The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-06-15 00:00:00, page 3

Polelurrendered Without firing a guh, the Confederacy,
of 36 guns, another American frigate, being a little afteru.
She has 4)0 barrels of faked provisions.
Two perfohs efcapbd from New-York city, who left it
on Tuefdhy last, by, that the greater part of the Britifll
forces, and almaft all die vessels, that lately appeared at
, King's Ferry, up the Hudson, had returned ; that the
RaifQnable, Rainbow and other Ships of war, save one of
,o guns, and several privateers, had just gone out of port,
for New-London, as was reported ; and that the Oliver
Cromwell, a fltip of war, belonging to ConneHicut, being
attacked the Friday before by the Galatea, a British fri
gate, was after a long refinance obliged to strike, another
frigate, the Delaware, formerly belonging to the United
States, coming into the engagement, and was brought in
to New York harbour.
Extras of a letter from Edenton, Norths Carolina, dated
' ' Jawe I, 1779.
" I have the pleasure to inform you, that our affairs to
the southward have a good afpe&. By f veral letters, and
perfous, from South- Carolina, we are informed, that on
the 9th and roth of May, the enemy under the command
®f General Prevoft, approached within twenty miles of
Charleftown : They were computed at 3500 strong, with
6 nine pounders, befiJes field pieces and mortars. At
the fame time General Moultrie was between them and
Charleftown with 1500 men. General Williamson was in
their rear, and within a day's march, with 2000 men.
Gemral Lincoln, when the last accounts left Georgia, was
yet in that state, with 3000 troops, and had taken
•the whole baggage and ftorts of the enemy, from the
Ration above referred to. The enemy filed off along
Ashley river as far as the ferry, on which the Gover
nor gave orders to dismantle Fort Johnston and burn it,
leak they fnould cross over and take it. On the 11th
they troffed Ashley river and advanced towards Charles
town, by the common road ; about five P M. th'ey made
an atack on the town, and kept up their fire till half past
nine, when they were repulsed. They left about 650 men
oh the field. Our lots is said to be about 120. The ene
my retreated about five miles that night, and when the last
accounts left Ch rleftown they were hemmed in between
the rivers Ashley and Ceoper, 10 that I hope by this time
General Prevoft, like his friend General Burgoyne, is re
lieved from the fatigues of a military life."
Tn CONGRESS, June I*, i,"9.
Congress took into confederation the report of the Com#
. mitre to whom was referred the memorial of Dodor John
Morgan, date Director General and P yfician in Chief in
the General Hospitals of the United States, and thereup
on came,to the following r Solution:
Whereas by the report of the Medical Committee, con
' firmed by Congress on the 9th $f August, 1777, it appears
that Doctor John Morgan, late Director General and
Chief Physician of the Getter I Hospitals of the United
States, had been removed from office on the 9th of Janua
ry, 77> by reason of the general complaint of perlons
or all ranks in the army, and the critical date of affairs at
that time; and that the said Doctor John Morgan re
queuing an inquiry into his conduct, it was thought pro
per that a Committee of Congress should be appointed for
that purpose: .•
And whereas, on the 18th of September last, such a
Committee was appointed, before whom the said Doctor
John Morgan hath, in the mod fatisfaftory manner, vin
dicated his conduit in every refpea as Dire^or ' General
and Physician in Chief, upon the testimony of the Com
mander in Chief, General Officers, Officers in the Gene
ral Hospital Department, and other Officers in thearmy,
Viewing that the said DireHor General did concha him
felf ably a nd faithfully in the discharge of the duties of
his office: Therefore ^
Refolded That Congress are fatisfied with the conduct
of Doctor John Morgan While anting as Director General
and Physician in Chief in the General Hospitals of the
United States, and that this resolution be published.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Larciflcr, Jnn? \otb, 1779.
Early this morning the fourth regiment of Light-Dra
goons, commanded at present by Lieut. Col. Anthony
Walton White, marched from hence, in order to join the
army under the command of his Excellency General
Washington, and were accompanied several miles by a
number of the gentlemen of the town. They made a ve
ry refpe&able appearance, both men and horses being in
fine order, well equipped and well disciplined. Great
praise is due to Lieut. Col. White and his officers, for their
unremitted care of, and attention to, this regiment during
the fix months they have been quartered in this- place.
The officers, by that polite and gentlemanly behaviour,
which we wish may ever distinguish the officers in the
American army, h^ve gained the approbation and esteem
of the inhabitants; while the privates have committed
fewer irregularities than could reafbnably have been ex
pected, and have in general paid a ftri€ tregard to their
duty, and conducted themselves with sobriety and good
order. The latter part of the time the privates and their
horses have been distributed among the farmers in the vi
cinity of the town, for tub convenience of foraging ; and
these people, who are princip illy Menonifts, and consi
dered as rather difaffefted to the cause of America, have
unanimously expressed the highest approbation of the
peaceable, quiet behaviour of these men, whilst among
them. In short, this corps, while in quarters here, have
ailed like Soldie s, a character to which that of a Gentle-,
man is inseparably annexed ; and we are persuaded, that
in tl e field they will always fllew themselves worthy of
that honorable name.
To the FREEMEN, &c. of the county of Philadelphia.
WHEREAS a great number of the citizens of
Philadelphia have chosen and appointed a Com
mittee, in order to regulate and lower the prices of seve
ral necessary articles of life, &c. and thereby to raise the
value of our currency ; and having by their refolds and
proceedings made considerable progress therein.
The inhabitants of the county aforefaid are requeued to
meet at the house of Jacob Neaf, on Saturday next, at
32 o'clock, in order to take into them consideration the
propriety of adopting the resolves of the said Committee,
and fall upon fach further measures, as may be thought
most advifeable and conducive to promote that laudable in
tention.
On Friday last arrived in this city, from Lancaster,
on their way to Head-Quarters, the regiment of Dragoons,
at present commanded by Colonel White, and were the
day following reviewed by General Wayne.
His Excellency the President of Congress, attended by
several of the Members, and other gentlemen, were pre
sent,
The exa&nefs and facility with which they performed
all their manoeuvres, gave a general fatiafaftion, and re
f)e&s the highest honor and credit on its officers, for that
attention to discipline, which ®nly could have produced a
corps so complete and perfect. On Monday morning they
left the city and proceeded on their march to join the
main army.
We have the pleasure of informing the Public, That the
Spirited measures entered into by the citizens of Philadel
phia for appreciating our currency, and lowering the priced
of the, necessaries and conveniences of life, are followed by
several of the Counties in this State, and we have the
greatest reason to hope will soon be adopted by all.
+„ The Committee meet this afternoon at the Col
lege, at four o'clock precisely. N
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O' H E Members of Lodge No. 3, are de
ft fied to meet the Master and Brethren at their
Lodge Room in Videll's Alley, at Six o'clock this even
ing, whan it is expelled, every Brother in town will be
punctual in attendance. .
By order of the Master,
HENRY VALENTINE, Secretary.
Tuefdaj, June 15, 1779.
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Philadelphia, June 14.
To be SOL D at Public Vendue,
On Thursday the seventeenth instant, at Nine o'clock in
the morning, at the Magazine of Prorifiani next
above Market-street Wharf,
1 QUANTITY o' HARD BREAD, and a
fl few barrels of SALTED PROVISIONS.
The money to be paid on the spot.
N. B. The persons who pufehafed at the late Vendue
on Arch street and Bi,ht's Wharves, and have not yet
paid, are requeued to call at the Commissary's Office in
M rket street, above Third street, and fettle their ac
counts.
C Y D I R,
TO BE SOLD BY
J OH N HA RI.A ND,
At his store the corner of Walnut and Second , streets.
Excellent bottled cyder, fit forimme
diate uie, by hegroce or dozen ; Madeira WINE
by the quarter-calk or gallon.
N. B. Tavern keepers in the country are defircd to
bring empty bottle in exchange for the Cyder they may
want.•
w A n't'F—A p-fA ce'
To ferva in the charader of a Child's Mais!or Cham
ber Maid,
A VOUNG WOMAN who can be well recom
4 1 mended. Enquire of thy Printer.
Philadelphia, June
TO BE SO L D,
AH EALTHY likely Negro Wench, sixteen years
of age ; enquire .of the fubferiber in Union-street,
who has for sale, a Sextant with brass arches, three
dark glasses and adjuring ferews to indexes, a Telefcbpe
and Magnifying GlaD in a mahogany box, and a com
pleat Manual Orrery; Emtrlon's Algebra, ditto Trigo
nometry, ditto Conic Sections, Martin's Optics, >ditto
life of the giober, Keil's Natural Philosophy, Cotes's
Hydrostatics, Payne's Architecture, Curb's Euclid,
Martin's Manners Mirror, Mair's Book keeping, Dil
worth's Assistant, Gough's Grammar, &c &c.
Was taken out of the house of Capt. Andrew Porter,
when the B itifh army was in this city, an elegant pair
of fifteen-inch Globes, mounted on heft mahogany claw
frames, cempafs boxes, flower circles at each pol% en
tire brass ribs to fuppart th? horizon, and green covers
to each, prisms, two feet Gunter's flidirig rules, fades
arid dividers, with a number of mathematical books.
Whoever has them in pofreffion is requested to return
them; and any perlon giving information where they
may be had will be handsomely rewarded, hy
ELIZABETH PORTER.
STRAYED about rhe 2,th of May last, two
COWS; one a black, with short wide horns, looks
much like a bull about the head and neck ; the other
red, with the tip of her horns sawed off, a star in h<r
forehead, a white belly, white feet, and some White
about her udder. Whoever takes up said Cows and
returns them to the owner, shall have Twenty Dol
lars reward, er Ten Dollars for each, paid by the
subscriber in Union-street, near Third-street, Philadel
phia, ELIZABETH PORTER.
TWENTY~DOLI?ARS-REWARD.
OTRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,
~ living in Blockley township, within two miles of the
Middle Ferry, on Wednesday the ,'h of June infant, a
grey Horse, about thirteen hand, high, rising fix years
old, with a twitch tail and thick mane, branded with
the figure of 8 on the off fnoulder, paces and trots, but
pretty dull to ride, being moreufed to thefeerfy had no
shoes on when he frayed away. Any perlon that bijugs
said herfe to Mr. Joseph Ogden's, at the Middle Fer
ry on Schuylki I, (hall receive the above reward and rfa
fcnable charges, from
JOSEPH TURNER.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Blockley Township, on Lancaster read, on the
fifth inft^nt, (June) a dark brown HORSE, with a
b ze in his lace, about fourteen years old, near fifteen
hands high. The owner is desired to come, prove his
property, pay charges and take him away
DAVID MALIN.
Philadelphia, %^e ifo
LESTER and POYNTELL,
Have for file at their (hop in Second- street, three doors
below Market street, and dirtily eppofce the Friends
Meeting,
BEST Writing Paper,
Best red Sealing Wax,„
Leather pocket Ink-Rands very convenient for carriage.
Wafers in small Voxety
Clarified Chills,
Middleton's Pe^cilfy ''
Pocket Books of al! forts,
Blank Books of all forts,
Slates 2nd Pencils,,
Copperplate Copy-books and flip Copied,
Bonnet Pasteboards,
English Cartridge P?per by the ream,
Spelling-books and Primers,
Ink Powder warranted of best quality
A quantity of belt Red Lea#.
An assortment of Childrens Books,
An assortment of Plays and Magazine^
Reed's Maps of Philadelphia;
About thirteen hundred volumes of valuable and well
assorted Books,
A great number of Cbffical Books, with a number of
other things in the Stationary way.
At said (hop may likew It be had, Lester ,nd Darby's
Playing Cards of the beft'quality, wbciefale'^d re
• tad, where traders m:y be supplied by the grace or da
zan at the firft hand.
One Hundred and Seventy Dollars
REWAR D.
CTOLEN out of the pasture of the fubferiber, in
' Roxubrough townlhip; Philadelphia county, ten
miles from the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday night
the twenty-ieventh of May Lft, two HOR SE S and
one COLT; one a black horse, twenty-one years old,
his mxne hangs on the near fide, has a star in his fore
head, and is blind of his right eye: The other an iron
grey, with a snip on his nose, a Am on hip forehead,
part of one of his hind feet white,, has Ihvp high hips,
between eight and nine ye^rs old : The colt a bay, two
years a^d, not docked, his two hind sett ,nd one fore
toot white, with a dar in his forehead. It is supposed
they aragone towards the cimp, as they were seen on
the Skippack road neat the 42 raik th,ne, and net far
from Mayburys Furnace,, with two men that appeared
to be soldiers. Whoßy^rTikes up end Secures said thieves
and horses, so that the thieves may be brought tojuftice,
hull have the above reward, or Ef';y=f<v& Dollars for
the horles alone.
NICHOLAS RAFEWINE.
TEN DO LLA RS REWARD,
OR a BATTEAU thrtbroke adrift from
r h^r chains in Schuylkill last Fall', in a fitfh; the
had about ten or twelve feet of chain with her, had Seen
lately repaired, ha% geen painted quarters and (tern,
with the letters M F on the fte v n. Whoever has her and
will bring her up to Peter George, near' the Robin.
Hood, Falls road, or gives notice tu,th« fubferiber so
that (he may be hud, shall receive the arov® reward.
DAVID FRANKS.
TWENTY DOILARS-REWA RD.
CTRAIED on the 25th of May last, a re< COW
belonging to the fubferiber : the has a bh.z- in her
face, a white (pot on her rum p r and another it the end
of her tail. Whoever secures and delivers said Cow shall
have the above reward and all reasonable charges; paid
WILLIAM WHITE.
Philadelphia, Ma, 26.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAY£D AWAY from Arca-ftregt, a red and
white CO W, with the tips of her horns cut off, and
one half of her hind hoofs almost off. Whoever takes
up said Core-and gives intelligence of her to the fub
fciiber, in Chancer, Lane, between Front and Second
ftreet#, near Arch street, shall receive the above reward.
JAMES DURANT.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
QTRAYED or STOLEN from the fubferiber,'
in Fifth street, the corner of Spruce street, Philadel
phia, on the 9th of June, a likely bright bay MARE,
about twelve or thirteen hands high, with a small star
in her forehead, and her right hindfoot white, branded
On the left shoulder with the letters HG. Fifty Dol
lars for the mare, if brought home, and One Hun
dred Dollars for both marc and thief, if stolen, will
^.P^by JOHN STERKE.
Philadelphia, June
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
CTgAYED AWA Y from the Commons, a light
bay MARE, about thirteen hands high, with four
black feet about four inches each, and limps with her
left hind foot ; the has a few saddle pnfe.ks. Whoever
takes up Lid Mare and brings hereto the figri of the
King of Pruffi^ in Market street, shall receive the a
bove reward, paid by
HENRY PETERS.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
^7 OLE N from the fubferiber, in Rexborough
"tow&fhip, Philadelphia county, an indented hey
named Rudolph Creasel, son of Andrew Creafel,
paper-maker, a deserter from the Continental aimy^
residing at or near Paul Trailer's, paper-maker,.about
three miles from Reading, in Berks county. He was
take- away by his mother, is about thirteen years of
age, and hid on when taken away, a tow (hirt and
trowfers, old brown jacket, and an old hat without the
brim, Whoever will difeover who conceals or harbours
said boy, so that they may legally be b ought to juftice^
shall have the above reward $ Also Fifteen Pence for
said boy, if brought home to hie matter.
Ma, 26, HUG & CRAWFORD.