The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-13 00:00:00, page 2

Extract of a letter from colonel Campbell to the Go-
vernor, dated Washington county, Nov. 27, 1,80.
T H E extracts taken out of originals in my pof
1 session, I fend to elucidate colonel Clarke's tetter,
and may shew tl^ world what fort of beings we are
©oiltending with-
SIR, Wax Saws, Sept. ±j, 1780.
T HAVE just received yeur's of the 19th, and
Lift night had. the fatisfaXion to he^r from lieutenant
colonel Cruger, that he had arrived iR time to save
Brown, had retaken the guns, and totally routed the
enemy, who had retired with great precipitation;
that the Indians had pursued and scalped many of
them. I haye no objections to your making any al
lowance to the militia you may think they deserve,
but had rather it was called gratuity than pay, even
if it amounts to the fame funk
Tarliton is better, and was moved to-day in a lit
ter, his illnefs* I shall t
tI h ard a report that a major Davie, who com
mands a corpsof about 80 horse, militia, had marched
against you- You will know whether this is true be
fore this can possibly reach you. I am, &c.
CORN (VALLIS.
Major Ferguson.
V S. As soon as I have confirmed the provisions in
this settlement, I shall march with as much expedition
as possible to Cross creek. lam told the climate will
be healthy there by the middle of next month.
. * The remainder of this sentence in cyphers.
1 This also.
J This report is not true, Davie being gone towards
Salisbury.
Extract of a letter from major Ferguson to Lord
Cornwallis.
Mr Lord,
" A DOUBT does not remain with regard to the
intelligence I have sent your lordship ; they are since
joined by Clarke, and Sumpter of course are become
an objeft of some consequence. Happily their leaders
are obliged to feed their followers with such hopes,
and so to flatter them with accounts of our weakness
and fear, that if necessary, I (hould hope for success
against them myfelf ; but numbers com? red that must
be but doubtful. lam on my march towards you,
by a road leading from Cherokee ford, north of King's
mountain. Three or four hundred good soldiers,
part dragoons, would finifh the business. Something
must be done soon. This <s their last push in this
quarter, &c. PATRICK FERGUSON?'
"THE rebels rose in Georgia, and the 12th in
flant attacked colonel Brown in Augusta: he being
very weak, was obliged to leave the town, and take
shelter in a fort where he had his stores for the Indians,
but on the approach of colonel Cruger from Ninety-
Six, and a body of Indians, accidentally coming
down, the rebels fled, and colonel Brown (allying out,
they killed and took several hundred of them- Major
Ferguson has just received a letter from colonel Cru
ger, who informs him, that he has fell in with the
rebels and taken most of their plunder, killed a great
number of them, hanged several of the inhabitants,
and has a gr at many more to hang; he likewise re
took several brass field-pieces." l
Extract of a letter from lieutenant William Stevenson
to Mrs Susannah Kennedy, in New York, dated
Gilbert town, North-Carolina, Sept. 25, 1780.
Dear Aunt,
"THE people in Georgia finding the army march
ed towards North-Carolina, took up arms and at
tacked colonel Brown in Augufta,.who being weak,
was obliged to give way, and retreat into a fort, where
he bad; his fier s for the Indians . ; about the fame time,
a party of Indians coming down, found means also
to et into the fort, which enabled colonel Brown to
sally qut• he then drove them out of the town, and
jn their retreat took between two a d three hundred
of them; by this time, ,being joined by colonels Cru
ger and Alien of our brigade, they pu fried them and
took 1 great many mor, several of whom they imme
diately hanged, and has a great many more yer to
hang. We have now got a method that'will put an
end to the rebellion in a short time, by hanging every
man that has taken protection, and is found anting
against us" t
ExtraX of a letter from lieutenant William Stevenson
£0 lieutenant colonel Barton at Staten Island, dated
Gilbert town, North-Carolina, Sept. 25, 1780.
D^ar Colonel,
Camp (Fair-Forest in S. C.) Nov, 5.
D ar Sir,
I EMBRACE this opportunity of writing to
you, which will inform you that we are on our way
back to our own country, but finding the ftrengh
defined for Georgia not to be so large as was report
ed to me before I Crossed from your fide the moun
tains, we beg leave once more to ask your affftince
in opposing the enemy in these fonthern parts of the
states, and I make no doubt but you, and all the true
friends of America in your county, will feel resent
ment for the lingular cruelties that have been exer
cised inG or^ia since we left that place. Several men
of credit lat ly from that state, who have escaped the
general massacre, relate the matter in words to the
following purport. That after the unexpected blow
I gave theenemy under Brown in Augusta, about the
middle of September lad, and my necessary retreat
from that country to your fide the mountains, a co
lonel Cruger from Ninety Six, with Brown and a bo
by of tories and Indians followed us into the upper
fetfements of Georgia, and finding us out of their
reach, fell upon our lick and wounded, together with
old men, women, and children of the families of those
that adhered to, or retreated with me; also several
tory families, I suppose through mistake of the In
dians, were all murdered in the most cruel manner,
women and children stripped, scalped, and furred to
welter in their gore unaflified, until they expired with
hunger and pain : tads obliged to dance naked bet ween
two large fires, until they were foorched to death ;
RICHMOND, December gov
SIRS,
I fhdl ever remember, with the utmost gratitude,
the hi^h honour this day done me, by the honourable
the House of Delegates of Virginia. When I engaged
in the noble cause of freedom and the United States,
I devoted myfelf entirely to the service of obtaining the
great end of their union; that I have been once un
fortunate is my great mortification; but let the event
of my future services be what they may, they will,
as the, always have been, be directed by the most
faithful integrity, and animated by the truest zeal for
the honour and interest of the United States.
HORATIO GATES.
Ex'raa from th* journal.
JOHN BECKLEY, C. H. D.
^®^®3^(^@^OT)^ 0
Imported in the last Veffe's from France, and to be fold
for good bids on Europe or cath, by
JACOB MORRIS,
On the weft fide of Front-street a few doors below Wal
nut street,
A few trunks of Chintzes and Callicoes, suitable to
the season,
A fewbiles coarse Linen o f pood quality,
Mens Silk and mens and womens Cotton H)fe,
Excellent Bvbea Tea, &c. &c. &c.
T O BE L E T,
A large S7O R E,
At the corner or Market and Third streets. Enquire
of JOHN ROUSE.
FOR SAL E,
By Edward Bartholomew,
In Third-street between Arch and Racefteets,
A quantity of imported HIDES, of an excellent q ally.
A quantity of drtffed CALF SKINS anddreffed DEER
SKINS,
A few barrels of TANNERS and LINSEED OIL.
BROKE into the Plantation of the fub
fcri^er, in P ffyunk townffiip, on the 2d of Oc
to'er, 1780, an iron grey HORSE, about 15 hands
htg), no brand or ear mark, midting low in flih, no
fho,s on. The owner of said horse is desired ;o prove
property, pay charges and take him array, Qtherwife
he will be fold, agreeable to law, for damages he has
done and expences that may accrue.
HENRY MA AG.
It is improper for me to fix a place where to meet
your men, but on their arrival in the south, a friend
of mine will seek for them, and give necessary infor
mation. I am, dear fir, with r sped, your very
humble servant, ELIJAH CLARKE.
To Colonel Campbell of \
Washington, Virginia. )
Extract of a letter from colonel Campbell to the Go
vernor, dated Washington, December 5. 1780.
“ By recent intelligence from' the Cherokee coun
try, it appears that the whole of the towns had agreed
in a late treaty with our enemies, to the southward,
to take up the hatchet, and attack the inhabitants of
Virginia and Carolina, fettled the back of the moun
tains, immediately; which Country was to be given
them by the king over the great water, besides a Popu
lated quantity of goo <s, for every scalp they might
take. Some of the American traders were murdered,,
others confined, and every preparation making by the
tories and Indians to give a general and unexpe&@d
blow to our defencelefs inhabitants - when Mr. John
Martin with three other traders, by the goodness and
address of an Indian woman, made their escape from
the towns. From the traders account, that have got
in, which I am fa tisfied may be depended on, our warn
ing is but fliort, the enemy intending to set out within
two or three days after they left the towns. lam how
ever endeavouring to raise a force that I hope will not
permit them to advance far in the country, until fuc
cours can be sent from the more interiour parts of the
slate, where families can be fafe in the absence of the
men."
In the HOUSE of DELEGATES, Thursday the 28th
of December, 1780.
RESOLVED, nemine contradicente, that a com
mittee of four be appointed to wait on major general
Gates, and to affnre him of the high regard and efleem
of this House. That the remembrance of his former
glorious services cannot be obliterated by any reverse
of fortune, but that this House, ever mindful of his
great merit, will omit no opportunity of teftifying to
the world the gratitude which, as a member of the
American union, this country owes to him in his mi
litary character.
(Tefte) JOHN BECKLEY, C. H. D.
meg flripped, dismembered, and scalped, afterwards
hung up. It is too painful for me to dwell on this
gloomy fubjeft, my own family being loft in the ge
neral calamity. What assistance you can possibly fend
the sooner the better, and you my assure those that
voluntarily turn out to join us, if we prove fuccefsful,
will have no reason to complain of not being amply
rewarded for their time and trouble, as rhe enemy's
property and stores in that country are very consider
able, and it will be but justice to serve them as they
have done us.
Mr. Henry reported from the committee appointed
to communicate the resolution of yesterday to the ho
nourable major general Gates, that the comm ttee had,
according to order, communicated the fame to that
gentleman, and that he was pleased to return the fol
lowing answer.
RICHMOND, December 28, 1780.
FRIDAY the 29th of December, 1780.
L O N D C N.
Sept. 1. The public have been much divided as to
what line of condud government will pursue respec
ting the armed neutrality. A, Ruffian ffiip was by a
London privateer taken a few day^ since, wirh naval
stores bound for Nantz, and brought into Plymouth.
The condemnation or difehar, e of this vessel will deter
mine this interesting and important point.
EXPLA N A TION which the court of Sweden has
demanded, relative to the proposal which the court
of Raffia has made her, for the reciprocal protection
and navigation of their fubjefts,
I. ^ OW, and in what manner, a reciprocal pro
-1 teflon and mutual aflrftance thall be given ?
11. Whether each particular power shall be oblig
ed to proteß the general commerce of the whole, or if
in the mean time it may employ a part of it's arma
ment in the proteaion of it's own particular com
merce ?
TIL If several of these combined squadrons fhouldl
meet, or, for example, one or more of their vessels,
what should be the rule of their condha towards each
other, and how far shall the neutral protedion ex
ten 1?
IV. It seems essential to agree upon the manner in
which representations ihould be made to the powers
at war, if notwithstanding our measures, their (hips
of war, or armed vessels, thould continue to interrupt
our commerce in any manner. Mirft these remon
strances be made in the general name of the united
powers, or shall each particular power plead it's own
cause only ?
V. L^!y, it appears essentially to provide against
this possible event, where one of the united powers
feeing itfelf driven to extremities against any of the
powers : dually at war, should claim the affiflance of
the allies in this convention to do her juflice; in what
manner can this be best concerted? a circumflance
which equally requires a stipulation, that the repri
zals in that case shall not be at the will of such party
injured, but that the common voice shall decide ; 0-
therwife mi individual power might at pleasure draw
tne rest against their inclinations and interests into
disagreeable extremities, or break the whole league,
and reduce matters into their original state, which
would render the whole fruitlefs and of no effed.
Answer of the Court of Russia.
I, As to the manner in which protection and mu
tual assistance shall be granted, it must be fettled by
a formal convention, to which all the neutral powers
will be invited, the principal end of which is, to in
sure a free navigation to the merchant ships of all na
tions. Whenever such vessels shall have proved from,
it's papers that it carries no contraband goods, rale
protection of a squadron, or vessels of war shall be
granted her, under whose care she shall put herfelf,
and which shall prevent her being interrupted. From
hence it follows:
IL That each power must concur in the general
security of commerce. In the mean time the better
to accomplish this objeft, it will be necessary to fet
tle, by means of a separate article, the places and
distances which may be judged proper for the station
of each power. From that method will arise this ad
vantage, that all ' the fquadrona of the allies will form
a kind of chain, and be able to assist each other ; the
particular arrangement to be confined only to the
knowledge of the allies, though the convention in all
other points will be communicated to the powers at
war, accompanied with all the protestations of a firi^
neutrality.
111. It is undoubtedly the principle of a perfect
equality, which mufi regulate this point. We shall
follow the common mode with regard to fafetj. In
case the squadrons should meet and engage, the com<
manders will conform to the usages of the sea service,
because, as is observed above, the reciprocal protec
tion, under these conditions, should be unlimited ;?,
IV. It seems expedient that the reprefentaiions
mentioned in this article, be made by the party ag
grieved ; and that the miniflers of th& other canfede*
rate powers support those remonstrances in the most
forcible and efficacious manner.
V. We feel all the importance of this conffderation ;
and, to render it clear, it is necessary, to distinguish
the case.
If any of the allied powers should fuffer itfelf to
be drawn in by motives contrary to the established
principles of a neutrality and perfect impartiality,
should injure its laws or extend their bounds, it can
not certainly be expected that me others should espouse
file quarrel ; on the contrary, such a conduct w uld
be deemed an abandoning the ties whieh unite them.
But if the insult offered to one of the allies should be
hQftile to the principles adopted and announced in the
face of all Europe, or should be marked with the cha
ra&er of hatred and animosity, inspired by refentmant,
these common meafuies of the confederacy, which have
no other tendency than to make in a precise and irre
vocable manner, laws for the liberty of commerce,
and the rights of every nation, then it shall be held fa
difpenfable for the united powers to make a common
cause of it (at sea only) without it's being a ground
work for other operations, as these connexions are
purely maritime, having no other objeX than naval
commerce and navigation.
From all that is said above, it evidently results,
that the common will of all, founded upon the prin
ciples admitted and adopted by the contraXing par
ties, must alone decide, and that will always be the
fixed basis of the conduX and operations of this union.
Finally, we shall observe, that these conventions sup
pose 110 other naval armament than what shall be
conformable to circumstances, according as those
shall render them necessary, or as may be agreed.
It is probable that this agreement, once ratified and
eflablifhed, will be of the great ft consequence : and
that the belligerent powers will find in it fu fficient mo
tives to persuade them to refpeX the neutral flag, and
prevent their provoking the resentment of a refpeXa
ble communion, founded under the auspices of tne
most evident justice, and the foie idea of which is re
ceived with the universal applaufoof all impartial Eu
rope.