The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-06-18 00:00:00, page 3

Philadelphia, June 18.
Last Saturday might between 7 and 8 o'clock, about
two miles on this fide Little Gunpowder Falls, the
southern ,0 1 was flopped by several men, two of them
on horses, the others afoot, who carried him into the
woods, and robbed him of the mail and his piflols, but
did not take his money from him He desired to have
his pistols again, which they refufed, faying they had
. to seize a)1 fire arms. Mr. William Matthews,
ot Baltimore, and a lady of Christiana, were upon the
road with the post ; they were also flopped and carri
ed into the woods by two of the gang, but nothing tak
en from them.
It WAS yeflerday morning reported, that captain Lip
pencut was last Friday sent out of the British lines, by
way of Staten Island, previous to whic' JI the refu
gees were ordered into New-Voik.
In pursuance of direction ; m the honourable the
perintendant of the finance of the united dates,
L ° ve| L enquire, receiver of continental taxss in'
Massachusetts, certified, on theist inflant, that he
had not received any monies for the use of the united
ltateß; and
J °4?T° ° ] , e y> es quire, receiver of continental taxes
for Rhode Island, also certified, on the firft inflant,
that he had received sixteen hundred ninety-seven
pounds, eleven Killings and four-pence half-penny,
lawful money, for the use of the united dates, fourteen
^uadred and ninety-four pounds of which he had
transmitted to the treasurer of the united states.
°' A a '-"'' from Baltimore, dated June 8.
1 & rhe . drfafier ° f the fleet of our allies in the Weft
indies is but too true, but it is equally true that the in
lolence of our enemies, at so unexpected an event, is
apreof how little they are accuflomed to victories
' S o °'y as ' ar honourable for them as for
be h °?°° rable ; a superiority of seven or
'" a L °°' e and obfl i na te battle is amazing,
be ^ fur Prized at tbe capture of count
° f ,'"" al other commanders, lam ra
r afton^hed to fee them fight a whole day, each a
Monday arrived the privateer sloop Tryal, captain
Parker, in twelve days from Bermuda, on her passage
she took the rebel brig Phoenix, Sheldon, master,
from St. Croix, bound for Provid-nce, with one hun
dred and twenty puncheons of rum, and sent her to
Bermuda.
The day before the Tryal failed from Bermuda, a
schooner arrived from the island of St. Thomas's, the
mafler of which asserted, that a French dip of the line,
in attempting to get into Curacoa, run ashore, and was
loft.
We beg leave to produce the following particulars,
brought hither lafi Saturday, by a gentleman of cha
raßer, from the island of Providence.
Previous to the departure fgr England of lieutenant
colonel Maxwell, late governor of New-Providence, a
dispatch veff I arrived at that island, from the Cape,
requiring the immediate return of Don Cargalla (com
mander of the expedition which had succeeded in taking
poffeflion of the island) with the main body of the for
ces employed in it, together with this information, that
in an action between the admirals Rodney and de Graffe,
the French fleet had fuftamed a loss of twelve line of
battle ships taken or destroyed, on which account the
enterprize agaiuft Jamaica muh be laid aside. Tnefe
orders were obeyed, and the Spaniards set oil for Ha
vanna, before the vessel which brought the above ac
count left Providence.
Sunday ni^ht four defer'ers came over from Staten-
Iflaod, who report that difaffeflion pervades the whole
cf the provincial corps.
Captain Pierre Depeifter, of Second River, was late
ly deleted io holding a treasonable correspondence
with the enemy, and sent to Weft-Point to take Ids
trial.
'The following, however adulating and conformant to
our whiles, we five to out readers as a report, though
the paragraph u rider the Newport head givesit a sem
blance of truth, viz. That fix ships of the line and
several frigates are arrived at Rnode-lfland, with a bo
dy cf land forces to co-operate with the American ar
my.
NEW- YORK, June 12.
The British and combined fleets now in the Weft-In
dies, are fuppeftd to amount to more than ico fail
of the line.
CHAT H A M, June 12.
Friday passed t rough this place under guard, se
ven tatterdemalions, taken the preceding day on Ber
gen, by a party under the command of captain Hend
ricks.
flruck the house of Mr. Peter Van Rants, failmaker.
His fail loft was on the fecund dory, on the file of
which was fixed a lofty flag-pole, which, with the
wet hallards proved a conductor to the lightning.
Mr. Van Rants's son Barny, a hopeful youth of a
bout eighteen years, flood at a window near it with a
gun in Ids hand, which it is supposed attracted the
lightning, which inftantiv (truck him dead, broke the
flock cf the gun, and split a post of the house ; it then
descended to the lower room, and there split the flock
of another gun and two posts; the fiery flream appa
rently came down the chimney rapidly, set it on fire,
and threw some stones out of the jamb, one of which
flow into a cradle where an infant lay, and greatly a
larmed the people, but by the good providence of God,
no other damage was done: during this gust, the in.
tervals were short between the lightning's fiery slash
and the thunder's tremenduous roar. - How dread
ful is the artillery of Heaven !
The fleet that failed up the found last week, which
it was (uppofed intended mischief to some part of Con
necticut, we learn, have made no stop, but failed to
Halifax or Penobfeot, where it is said a number of to
ries are gone to fettle a new colony, under the auspices
of their gacious foverei.cn.
We hear from Albany, that the Indians have lately
carridoff some people from the back settlements ; the
particulars are not come to hand.
Schooner ANN, taken February 15, Part of the Crew
committed July 28, t 7&.
John Cottrell, Rhode Island.
David Vail, North-Carolina.
Schooner ROBERTSON, taken at St. Euftatia Jan.
20, Part of the Crew committed July 28, 1781.
Malachi Williams, Virginia.
J. Malach Norris, John Davis.—North Carolina.
Brig RANGER, taken at St. Euftatia, one of the
Crew committed July 23, 1781.
Robert -Remmington, Salem.
Brig EAGLE, taken and carried to Quebec, one cf the
Crew committed July 25, 1781.
William H dke:l, Beverly."
Brig NANCY, taken at St. Euftatia January 20 , one
/\ of the Crew committed July 2 8, 1781.
Selden Jasper, North. Carolina.
Schooner DENNIS, taken at St. Martins, March 0
one of the Crew committed July 28, 1781.
John Marshall, Plymouth.
Sloop GALSEY, taken at St. Euftatia, one of the
Crew committed July 28, 1781.
John Richards, Virginia.
Ship SUCCESS, taken February, one of the Crew
committed July 28, 1781.
Hermon Snow, entered; Cape-Cod.
Hardy Wilkes, South-Carolina.
Frederick Elackhard, entered; Edward King. Vir
ginia.
Ship CONFEDERACY, taken April 14, Part of the
Crew brought from New-York and committed
August 23, 1781.
James Eartram, Conneaictit.
Brillon Chyman, Rhode-Iffand.
Ebenezer Darby, Boston.
Ship CHATHAM, taken June 4, Part of the Crew
committed August 23, 1781.
Simon Lambert, entered; Samuel Payne —Cape-
Cod.
Silvanus Paltey, Plymouth.
Samuel Livingston, Virginia.
James Billings, Samuel Minor .New London.
James Barney, Pennfylva^ia.
Taken at ShuthaCarol'/na, August 31, r7 B : .
Daniel Duff, dead; Andrew Welts, William Snell
James Markham, William M'Elany—South. Carolina.'
Ship PROTECTOR, taken May 5, Part of the Crew
brought from New-Yovk and committed August 23,
John Gowen, Boston.
Alexander Hunter, Nantucket.
Ship BEAVER, taken March 7, Part of the Crew
committed September 1, 1781.
John Manning, Affa Riggs.—Cape-Ann.
Ship LION, taken Junie 29, Part of the Crew com-'
mitted August 31, 1781.
James M'Kenny, entered; captain John Green,
r j " ia T Miles, Virtue Sweat, John Stewart,
gainfl two or three ships of equal force. The empty
boasts and bravadoes of rhe adventurer of Statia must
appear ridiculous, even in the eyes of an Englishman,
when be confiders, on one fide, the noble conqueror of
St. Kitts rushing forth in the midst of his enemies, aban
doned, whether by chance or on purpose, by his (quad
ron: and on the other, the great British hero graced
and supported by two 90 gun (hips cannonading during
eleven hours the dauntless Frenchman, and being on
the point to Icofe his prey, if a third (hip of equal
force had not affifled him. If this is bravery, how
(hall we call the man who was able to resist such a num
ber of enemies? Notwithflanding the ridiculous and
low aspersions of the British officers, we have seen de
Graffe, Vaudreuil, La Motte Piquet, attack in a close
battle a superior enemy, and we know how to ap
preciate French valour. The particulars ee have re
ceived from Hispaniola, contain the most extraordinary
instances of patriotism and intrepidity in their navy.
The most firiking is, that of a lieutenant on board the
Glorieux, who after having loft his two legs, continu
ed a few minutes to fire his gun till he fell down. The
British themselves could not refufe their admiration to
the captain of this (hip. But I (hall not longer dwell
upon a fubjeft, where good conduct and bravery have
been so cruelly betrayed by fortune.
" This event i, but a little brook of prosperity that
will soon be loft in the abyss of the distresses of England;
their measures are Bill defensive, and they will remain
so during this campaign. The greatest advantage they
can reap, will be to loose nothing, and they will be toe
happy to save Jamaica."
Taken on Shore at St. Euftatia, committed July 21,
1781.
John Stockhoufe Apdale, entered; Boston.
William Kennedy, Salem.
William Troop, South Carolina.
James Crocker, John Norrifon.—Cape Cod.
Letter of Marque FRIEND's GOOD-WILL, taken
February 27, Part of the Crew committed July 23,
1781.
John Williams, entered; George Milchett.—Penn
fylvania.
Nathaniel Smith, Philadelphia.
LI ST of Americans confined in Mill-
Prison, in England, since the Com
mencement of the present War.
(Continued from our last.)
Sloop HUNTER, taken at St. Eudatia March 10,
part of the Crew committed July 25, 1781.
TAMES BOLTON, entered; John Stephens, John
J Alien, Caleb Gilliver.—Philadelphia.
1 he fubferiber begs leave to in
form his Friends 11 particular rd the Public in gene
ral that be has opened the LIVERY STABLE lately
occupied by the Ml tia Light hoife, i n Sixth ftreer,
between Market and Cheliut-ftreets, and proposes tak
ing in Horses at as rtafcnable-a Rate as p&ffrle, wh re
he has every C nvenience for that Purpole. Tbofe
who pleale to favour him with th-ir Custom, may de.
pend on being ft r wd wih the greats ft Fi& ttAnd Cart,
by th^r hum'll Servant, HENRY M CORMICK
N. B HORSES and CHAIRS to be LET at ths
above Place. June x 7.
Isaac Franks, Broker,
Having opened his OFFICE, in Second, between Mar
'ket and Cbefnut-ftreets,
/TRANSACTS all Kinds < fEifine^ as a BROKER,
A °n Comm ffion ; buys and tells Bds of Exchange
on France, Holland dr any other Part cf Europe ;
likewise all Kinds of Merchandise j negotiates Officers
Notes and Certificates ; purchases and fells both Conti
nental and S ate Money.
All Gentlemen who may have Occasion for the Affift
ahce of a Broker, and who may please to favour him
with their Commands, may rely on the utmost Secrecy,
Diligence and Punctuality; for he is determined that no
1 ains &.11 be wan ing, on his Part, to give ampler,
tsfaaiun in tne various Transitions of his office, and
to mer^t the Attention of rfhe Public in general,
whole Favours, which he now earnestly solicits, will
always be held in grateful Remembrance. June 17.
Veflerday afternoon some of the people late belong
ing to the brig Bet fey, ca ptain Gallagher, arrived here.*.
This vessel failed from Nantz on the 3d of May, and
arrived within our capes on Thursday last, but for
want of a pilot could not proceed up, and on Friday
was unfortunately run ashore nearthe mouth of Lewi -
Town creek, by the enemy's frigates in the bay, and
four hours after her grounding the enemy's boats got
her off, when all hope of faying her vanished. But as
the ca ptain and crew, with several passengers, got faf?
on (hore, and all the letters and papers were saved, we
hope to inform our readers inour next, of the intelli
gence (he may bring.
I welve fail of sq uare rigged vessels, (being the latt
of a fleet of about forty fail from Havanna, belonging
to this and the neighbouring ports) arrived at Balti
more the middle of last week.
Reed and Forde,
At their STORE in Front-flieet, two doors above the
Market,
Have on Hand, A few PIPE S of
London, particular London, York and
Virginia
Madeira Wines, a few Chefk
of Bohea Tea, Powder and Sheet Lead, and a General
ASSORTMENT of DRY GOODS, which they wiL
Di pole of for Cath, Paymasters Notes, B lit of Ex'
change or Paper Currency, J un < 17. -
We hear the president and council have called the ge
neral assembly, to meet in this city on the firft of Au
gust next.
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Wanted, on very advantageous Terms,
An. Apprentice co a good Trade,
in this ci„. Ex^ucol me,Pi@r.June 57.
The Half of a good Shallop,
that vvill carry about 350 barrels, with every thing be
longing thereto, and ail in rood order. For terms ap
plyto GEORGE GARLAND or
June.fi. RICHARD THOMPSON.
A young Woman with a freffi
Brealt of Milk, would be glad to take a Child to Wet
Nurse. Enquire of the Printer. June 17.
N. B. She lives in a pieafint, airy Part of the City.
DAN-AWAY from the fobferiber, ipn
ke-per in Philadelphia, A NEGROE MAN,
n&racd JACK, between 50 and 60 years of age, gr*y
headed, about five feet fix inches high, remarkably
talkative, fays he is free; it is thought he is gone to
the iron works nerfChelhr. Whoever drlives bi m
to r the fuhferiber, or (cures him in any gaol, (hall have
the above Rewaid and reafoi a Ie Charges paid, by
DAVID M'MOOTRIE,
J^e r 7. WILLIAM CARSON.
Afhborn, William Knox, John @'Hara, Samuel Alex
ander. Philadelphia. Collin M'Mullen, Pennsyl
vania...
Joseph Shed, entered; Henry Mellus, Benjamin
Jenkins, Thomas Norton.—Boston.
John Cooper, Virginia.
Benjamin Bencraft, Stoten.
Taken at St. Euftatia August 25, r?Bi.
Sevil Tappin.
Light Dollars Reward.
TO BE
(To be Continued.)
SO L D,