The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-08-10 00:00:00, page 1

Reed and Forde,
A their STORE in Front-street, two doors above the
Market,
Have on Hand, A few PIPES of
London, particular London, York and
Virginia
Madeira Wines, a few Cbefts
of Bohea Tea, Powder and Sheet Lead, and a General
ASSORTMENT of DRY GOODS, which th-y will
Dispose of for Cash, Paymasters Notes, Bills of Ex
sh ange or Paper Currency. June 17.
fians,
Silk Handkerchiefs of all
kinds,
Cambrick do.
Belt India Nankeens,
Plain and striped Dimi
ties,
Womens white silk Gloves
and Mitts,
White and coloured Jeans,
Mens Morocco Slippers,
Tapes and Pins of differ
ent forts,
IMPORTED in the Favorite, captain Bucbannao, the
St. Helena, captain Stilwell, and other veflels from
France, and to be fold, by
Van Vleck and Barton,
At their Store in Market-street, three doors abeve
Lsetitia-Couit, a fre(h assortment of merchandize,
Amongst whieh are,
CHINTZES and Cali
coes,
Cotton and linen Checks,
Sheetings,
Plain and corded Mullins,
Check and bordered Hand
kerchiefs,
Durants,
Corduroys,
A^mozeens,
India Taffities,
Brocaded Tabines,
Large and small Table-
Cloths,
A NEAT assortment of
foperfine Broadcloths
Costings of various co
lours,
Ratteens,
White Flannels,
Embossed Serges,
Superfine white Caffimm,
A neat assortment of
Chintzes and Calicoes,
Striped Cottons,
Cotton and linen Checks,
Bed Ticking,
Ruffin Sheeting,
Ravens Dack,
^eft black Florentine,
Silk for mens wear,
Mens and womens silk,
thread and cotton Hole,
Mantuas of various co
ieucs,
Black and white Sattin,
Black iduii Taffiries,
Plafo and striped 1-2 ell
and ell wide India Per-
TIN in boxen and cuffcs, Window Glals, S-io,
9-11 ^d 10-12, ffieet and pig Lead, a variety
of printed Calicoes and Chimzet, fine Hollands,
royal and laval L nens, white and brown Sheeting,
feting S Iks and Threads, gold and filler twist But
ton#, linen Handkerchiefs, Shalloons, Camblets, Broad
dothi, and sundry other Articles. Aug. 9,
Lamb and Checkley,
Tn Second street, one door above the north-east corner
of Market-street, have ft r sale the following Articles,
ALSO a few LOOKING-GLASSES.
Goods are received at their Store for Sale, on Com
mission.
Just Imported and to be Sold, by
Andrew & James Caldwell,
SATURDAY
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VOL. XI.I Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
WHOLESALE and RETAIL,
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Cambricks and Lawns,
Nonhattu and Laval
Linens,
Roval Laval, ditto,
Wide End-Ticking#,
Cotton Stripes,
Prunellas,
Mens and Womens cotton
I Hose,
lUmbrellas,
; Watch-Keys and Crystals,
I Fine and coarse Cloths,
Caffimers, &c. &c. &c.
I Coloured and Scotch
I Threads,
I Ivory and ebony flick
! Fans,
Umbrellors,
Lyn Shoes,
S wing Silks,
Fit Hara,
Paper muff Boxes,
Broad and narrow Bind
ings
Wool Cards,
Ivory and horn Combs,
&c. &c. &c.
A L S O,
An assortment of HrJ
Ware, confining of,
Cutteaus,
Penknives,
Rafors,
IKnives and Forks,
Sciffars,
Files of different forts.
Padlocks,
Fish Hooks,
Handsaws,
Chizris,
Gouges,
Plain Irons,
A carpenters Plough com
pleat, &c.&c.
Best Hyfon and Bohea
Tea per chest, and Tin
per box.
AL S O,
UE7AS STOLE N, on Saturday night
V V last, out of a Cable near the enures in S^cond
ftreet, a neat SIDE-SADDLE, with a double reined
BRIDLE, the handle had a new quitted bucklkin feat
blue saddle-cloth, and was fvery way in good order.
Whoever will return f'id saddle and bridl , ard give
such information as will bring the thief to jaftice,
di h<ye the above reward, by applying to the pr ater.
Philadelphia, Augtitt tft, 1782.
For Sale, One Fourth of the Ship
St. Helena.
For Terms apply to the fuhferiber, who will make
the payment easy to the ptirchafer.
CLAUDIUS PAUL RAGUET.
THE Corartnerfhip of SASPORTAS
and LE BOEUF being expired since the roth
instant, they request those that are indebted to laid
Copartner fliip to difehsrge their Accounts to them ; arid
those to whom they are Indebted are desired to fend in
their accounts for payment. A. SASPORTAS.
Philadelphia, July 24, 1782. F. LE BOEUF.
ANY person thoroughly acquainted with
the Bu'inefs of tuidng and repairing MILLS,
that may he willing to go to Frederickfburg, in Virgi
nia, and undertake to complete a Mill, within half a
mile of said pOcc, will meet with the greatest encou
ragement, by applying to the Printer.
July 15.
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TO BE SO L D,
The Hull of a Ship now building
in the state of New Hamplhire ( • the farnp builders
and the fame moulds of the (hip Alexander, which we*
formerly owned by Messrs. Meafe and Cldr-ell, and
°'"'" ) Ninety feet by the keel, thirty f t beam, ard
thirteen feet hold. She may be launch-din the month
0. oaober next. For further particulars enquire of
the Printer. Jel ? 15.
Mr. PRINTER,
THE reflexions of a life [pent chiefly in a foreign in
tercourse, had filled roe with the deepest regret
for the vassalage and fertility in which I every where
beheld my fellow men involved; and had inspired roe
with the warmest devotion for those unalienable rights
which conflitute the true dignity of our species, whea
the prefect glorious revolution opened to the world,
and repleniffied he dying lamp of liberty.
Principle and inclination ur;ed me to embrace the
cause of my country with zeal (if not activity), for at
the fame time that I considered a favourable issue the
greatest blessing Omnipotence could beflow upon man
kind ; I was fenhble that should the ufurpatioos of Bri
tain ever prevail over the righteopsclaims of this coun
try, the dignity of human nature would be extinguish
ed, and liberty, fair goddess, would take her flight
from this globe forever.
In my attention to the general progress of the war,
I have paid due regard to our feeble fruitless attempts
at a navy, and possessing some knowledge of naval af
fairs, I am naturally attracted by every thing I hear
uttered, or fee published on the occafiou. I htve been
amused of late by the publications of a writer under
the signature of Leonidas, who has Continued to' har
rafs the public for several weeks on this fubjeX, with
essays which convey neither sense, reason, nor consist
ency. This visionary genius might have indulged his
whim, and wrote on till doomsday without molest
ation from me, had he not, in attempting to outdo all
his outdoings, in the Gazette of the 17th nit. made an
unwarrantable encroachment upon the sacred rights of
the patriots and foldiefs of 1775,. 76, and 77. Te
frivolous charter of the author (for his writings fuf
ficiently mark him) ou^ht not to screen him from no
tice, nor shall it, for difagreeatle and novel as the of
fice is to me, I will venture to make a few animadver
sions on this performance : to follow Leonidas minute
ly would, like his own essays, be loft labour; my par
ticular attention will rest on his invidious attempts to
impress a favourable opinion of those “ wealthy people,
who in the years 1775 and 76, were our friends in their
hearts," and certainly in their hearts only, for their
condud and aXions bespoke an opposite attachment.
And do you, Leonidas, really believe, that at that
flage of the revolution, " when American independence
Ten Dollars Rewa d.
O R, THE
THE
was in its infancy, when it could not walk alone, and
had no friend to speak for it in foreign courts,— when
we were without an army—without an alliance, with
out a confederation, —when our citizens were divided^
—when we w n re without trade, and two of our most
opulent Rates were in the hands of the enemy ;" I fay,
Leonidas, (under this complication of calamity, which
fir d every patriot breafl, and strung every patriot
arm) do you fricerely think, that the man who with
held both his person and his purse from the public sere
vice, could in heart be a friend to our cause ? or do
you rather design this gross imposition on our under-
Landing to answer some firlifter view? Shall timidity,
the fpe< ious, fiimfy pretext of timidity, gloss the crime
or palliate the conduct of those base born spirit , who
chose to lay down their liberty sooner than defend it t
The difrraceful plea, from any hand but your own,
would have surprised me; from you 'tis dictated by
the closest sympathy.,
But you have said, " that the year 1777 was not the
year of patriotism, and that we lave not loft the spirit
which actuated the whigs of that early stage of the re
volution " Tell me, Leonidas, is this the result of
yror reason, or is it the effufion of your feverifh fan
cy? Lt us fee how the adventurous affection will
bear the rest of truth ? Io the year 1777, the yeoman
ry of N. Jerfey,with the fragments of our broken redu
ced army, reftriXed the Biitifh troops to the narrow
bounds o' Bruofwick. In the year 1777, volunteer#
of all ranks crouded to the American flandard, front
all the neighbouring Bates, and freely offered their
blood and their lives in the battle of Brandywine; do
you recollect, Leonidas, that after this, militia, 'and
troops on a militia like eftab|ifhment, participated the
glorious confliX of Germantown, and circumferibed
the legions of Britain to the limits of Philadelphia ; er
are you unmindful that the ye,r you have reproached
with want of patriotism (for certainly the comparison
is reproachful) gave liability to the cause of our coun
try, by the convention of Saratoga ; let it be impres
sed upon your mind, that this ever memorable atchi,
evement was accomplished by the mutual exertions of
volunteer militia, and a loosely eftabirfhed little army ;
to sum up the merits of the year 1777 in a few words;
we may fay, that in this year, no tory poifoa had
tainted ou politics, no tory influence had crept into
our councils, no proflitute writers were employed to
scatter dissension among the whigs, to calumniate some
and extol others, as suited tbe'r policy or their re
sentments; a man's recommendation was his public
services and (offerings ; harmony and concord pervad
ed our armies and our cities, and the only Competition
which prevailed, was an emulation for public good.
Do, Leonidas, in your next, contrast this difpefition
with the temper of the present times, when wealth has
opened the avenues to diftinXion and public trust, when
merit is measured by length of purse, and avarice ha#
become the reigning passion.
By what authority do you, Leonidas, presume to de
preciate the meritorious /offerings and exploits of the
armies of 1776 and 77 ? from whence do you derive con
fidence to insinuate they were composed of poltroons
and petit maitres? Relieve me fir, the hcneft soldiers
at whose feet you seek to offer these ficrinces of truth'
and honour, alike will spurn the wild fyeophant and
the treacherous adulation. Is it not most ungenerous
and roost difhonoura ble to garnish the brows of (he liv
ing, with tie purloined laurels of the dead? to extol
the heroes of this day at the expence of those of yes
terday? These offices are referred for you alone, Le
onidas, for 110 other man, whose equal merit shone
confpicuou- in every lineament of charaXer, would
difeompofe tne tenfations of a moment, by roviuous
diftinXion or odious comparison, But did not " the,
(offerings and exploits" of the departed as well as the
living heroes of 1776 and 77, rest upon a basis too sub
stantial to be snook by your profane breath ; we might
Support their preteufions by a recapitulation the roost
splendid and mos lhonourable. In 1776, we have feed
cur excellent commander in chief, with the (bartered
remains of his fugitive army, naked and almoftun
armed, emerging from the abyfsof dtfpair by the
critical and important coup de main against Trenton,
You have neighbours, Leonidas, who penetrated Ca,
nada in an inclement season, by the moll difficult and
perilous march recorded in modern history ; you have
others who followed the fortunes of their country
through New-Jersey, in the extremity of winter, where
the kindly canopy of Heaven was their only cover, and
the footkeps of their fallow (oldiers might have be~n„
traced in blood. The merits of that eminent fotdier
colonel Brown, are not to.be obfeured by the foul ca
lumny of your pen ; his services, and the f me of his
descent on the north landing of lake George, over a
traX of 50 miles, (in wl ich mountains, clilts, precipi
ces, and fern forefts, opposed him in vain; (ball Hour-,
ifh when then art gone, and no remembrance (hall be
AUGUST 10; i^
(NUMB. 922.