The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-02-18 00:00:00, page 3

B A S T I A, (Corsica) June 20.
'', HE States of Corsica having met on the nth
£ of May, elected on the 2d inst. thete Depu
ties to renew the homage of the nation to the King
of France, their (overt,gn, and at the fame time to
lay before him a tranicopt of their proceedings.
Mr. Santitine, Biihop of Nabbio, was chosen on the
benadof the Clergy; Mr. Charles Buanfparte, of
zfrcc'o, of ar anttcat family, originally from fuf
caoy, fur rhe Nobility ; Dr. CTcbunca, of Ampug
hania, to reprefe-rt ths third estate.
Stockho m (Sweden) June 27. On the 24th in
ftaot cur Court received an express from Petersburg,
with the news that the King, having failed from
Sw p aburg, at which place the Galley called the Se
raphrn tvd bem wind bound, had happily landed
th 9 i6h at FeteTuurg.
%rfe^ sud 19. Much is said here of the im
menfc preparations made by Ruma, who is fu peeled
of gi^t deigns. Tory talk of the division of fur
key in Europe; and it is thought that this ,r°j &
vI be ex cured when certain p&&ers, fully employ
ed by a war, which is compered as unavoidable,
flub b ze neither leisure, so ces, nor means of .n
terse ing.
rderfGrg (Rufo) RuR 29. On the 23d of this
month a S- ~T-fh officer arrived here, di patched by
the Kinz his matter, from Hrivingfort, in Swedish
Fin^ id, vYb the news that this m inarch had ar
rived in five days after hi; departure from this
place.
Conf^Enefe, (! urkey) ju', T 7. The frequent
rod secret conferences woich are holdem between
the Envoy of Ruflia and the Mimfters of the Porte,
lead us to t Tk, th.t de to Courts are far from
.acewnumda'ing their &Fences ; 2nd the father as
we Hiow that a certain power (Fiance) labours <e
c.ctly to k?ep up and i fhme the aniroefity and anti
patby which hath ever lobbied between these two
marines,
B age's, Ju, ~ Go d accounts from Verfairies
furnch co expz^ f)u &t the causes of the di price
of the Count dr Vui, AmbuTador of Sardinia at
the Court of France; we give this to our readers,
as it ap^enrs probable, tlmu r b we undertake not for
ihe 'ruth of it. During the flay of the Emperor at
F^T, fay these letters an alliance offenfive and de
fc^five was conclude% for neceFry purposes, oe
lwe*n the Cours 0: V^nia, Verifies, Turin,
Spam, Naples, rod P r uga , tome aid, Sweden;
whilit others allot this lad po.ver to the opposite
fide of R Nia MN Great Britain. However this
rn^y be, the treaty was kept very feciet, as we
Should easily suppose, left it might give umbrage to
the powers last named, as it was not made on con
ditions and for cases, whicl could net exist. But
the Count having unfortunately communicated this
treaty to his Sec etary, he, corrupted by the Eng-
Lih, delivered to them a copy. Furnished with
this instrument, Lud Stormont complained loudly
cf the cnduA of the Houle of Bourbon towards
England, and took steps of which meatier is made
more openly. It is farther laid, that the Secretary
of the AmbafFdor was, upon this, arrested, and
bau d hand and foot, carried prisoner to the castle
of Chamberry. As to the Ambassador, his friends
'aJvifrd him to retire to England and fettle there;
be p ffsfiiy in tha country an estate of more than
100000 livres per annum, in right of his wife, who
is daughter of Lord B. This, however, he
refoutely refifed to do, left he might be fufpe&ed
of holding an undue intercourse with the rivals of
his maker's allies; a conduct of which bo'h lenti
meet and known attachment to the intereil of his
country rendered him incapable.
Bruffe's, Augufl 4. The English have very fuffici
ent reasons to resent the connections of France with
the Americans, and to declare war against that na
rtion. They will not doit till the last extremity, and
the more reluctantly and slowly, in case their arms
in America ffiould meet with ill fuccels. It is very
material to France, whether peace continue or flie
be forced into a war, to be prepared for every event.
Resolved not to be the firft in declaring war, die
will not decline it if declared against her. Such it
appears t® us, is the present state of affairs; but it
may alter in a moment; for policy is subordinate to
events, and these are neither within the controul of
prudence nor the scope of calculation.
L OND O N, July ii.
The celebrated Doctor Price's pamphlet on the
fuhj& of the government and finances of this
kingdom, public liberty, &c. having been translated
into almost every language, has produced luch an
effeff abroad, especially in Holland, that no fo
reigner will meddle with the new loan, so that cur
own money must be depended on to fill it.
In CONGRES S, December 30, 1777.
Resolved, That all persons inhabitants of any of
these United States, who have voluntarily inlifted,
or shall so enlist with or join the enemy of the said
United States, and have been or shall be taken in
arms, be confined io close gaols, fubjed to be deli
vered up to the refpe&tve States, to which they re
fpe&ively belong, 10 be dealt with agreeable to the
laws thereof; and that the CommifTary General of
prisoners and his deputies be oireded from time to
tim? to transmit to the leipe&ive States the names
of such of their citizens, who have been made pri
soners. Extrafl from the Minutes,
CH ARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
*, 1411pubUJhers of News papers, both German
and Enffb. are desired to continue the above in their
papers jor fix months.
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TO BE SO L D,
<'l XTE^Nhun'rd acres of good LAND, Ling
on both fines trie Youghagania river, near Stew
ard's, in W.ft^oreLnd County, Pennsylvania, about
40 mi ~s from Piitibug: The land is eq tal to any in
that country, ano capable or very ronfiderable im
provements, being A largequantity of meadow, ground,
and one or two mid feats, which will soon be very va
liable,, being in a fin ' grain country and navi^ada
water from die foot every spring and fall : There are
fundr; other advantages on the premises. The whole
will be fld very cheap for Continental cafti. Alo fix
hundred and torty acres of patented land, king on
Bennett's, Frederick County, Maryland, on the main
read leading from Frederick Town to George Town,
about ten miles from the former and thirty from the
latter ; the land is exceeding good, equal to any in
that part of the country, being fit for wheat, corn or
tobacco; the Lnl level, ahd an extensive range: A
considerable quantity of me&aow may be made. Alfa
two lets n the town of Warwick, Caecil County, Ma
ryland, contrir'ng fire acres, whereon is a good
dwelling house, stores, granary, fables, &c. An ex
clcat fituaiion for any kind of public bufine's. For
rerms apply to the fu scriber in Lancaster, Pennsylva
nia. CHARLES YOUNG.
York Count,, Pentylvania, Feb, y 5, 17^8,
TO BE SO L D,
For Continental Currency,
^. PLANTA LION containing 3,7 and a half acres
4^ °'<x~«u nt good land, about 50 f which are
taken up with a to^n caked Hanover, containing up.
wards of zoo lots, each fubjeft to an annual rent of Bs,
iteriing per year, upwards of cne hundred boufes built,
mufti, good buddings ; there are anout 100 acres of
upland cleared, all with good fencing and in good or
der; ado ab. ut 30 acres of excelling good meadow
cleared, bearing Timothy and clover, cm be watered
at p : ea are, and more may be made. L'kewife a num
ber of vacant lots, many of them very valuable, Aifo
ihr^e brick boules, two Tories high, four rooms on a
floor, with good kitchens, stables, &c. Gur log houses,
very good of the kind, with a large double barn, sta
bles, ba,racks, &c. There are about 40 acres of good
red clover p fture, with a Im-11 stream of waer run
ning through it. Alio four tra&s of land in Weft
moreUnd County, containing near 400 acres each, as
good as most in that part of the country, two of them
with confideiable improvements, with good mingled
houses; the other two with no improvements ; all'pa
tenied. A good title will be given for the whole. For
further particulars enquire of the subscriber, living in
the aforefaid town of Hanover.
RICHARD M'CALESTER.
TO BE S O L D,
A VALUABLE Plantation in Cumberland County,
State of Pennsylvania, lying at the mouth ot Gre#n
Spring, on Canadaguinet Creek, fourteen miles above
Carlisle, containing about 150 acies, 63 of which is
patented and excellent for bearing hemp or corn, and
50 more can be watered : There are on said place, a
grist-mill and few mill, on a never failing lime-stone
spring, about a mile and a half from the head. An
indisputable title will be given. Any person inclining
to purchase may know the terms by applying to Mrs.
Catharine Chambers, in Chamber Iburgh, or to
the fubicriber now in Camp.
JAMIES CHAMBERS, Col. ift P. Reg.
Camp, Ealle, Forge, Feb. 6, 1778.
CTRAYED from the fubferiber, about the firft
° of last month, a bay HORSE, about fourteen
hands high, branded on the near buttock thus, PP,
has a fta r in his forehead, paces flow, trots and canters
remarkable well ; he is about thirteen or fourteen years
old, had a final! hanging mine and switch tail ; there
is a remarkable spot on one fide of his back, that ap
pears bv feeling as if there was a hole under the fktn,
or as if the bones were broke, and above this is a hard
piece of IL sh or skin with some grey hairs about it,
this lump is under the hindermoft part of the fiddle,
and I believe he has a few saddle spots on his back ;
ne has a very large fear under the pummel o' the (ad
dle, is aft eng made horse, and was food all round.
Any person that will bring him to me at Camp, or will
inform me where he is so that I may get him again,
shall receive TWENTY DOLLARS reward.
GUSTAVUS BROWN WALLACE, Maj r,
15th Virginia Reg. Gen. Woodford's Brig.
I Just published and to be fold by J 0 HN DUNLAP,
near the Ceurt-hcufe in Lancaster,
THOUGHTS
O N THE
LETTER of EEIMUND BURKE, Esq;
TO TH E
SHERIFFS of BRISTOL,
On the AFFAIRS of AMERICA.
By tee Earl of ABINGDO N.
Farks Toiunfip, Northampton Count,, Feb. 6,
CA M Eto the plantation of übelubicriber, on the
12th of December last, a dark brown H ORSE,
with a white spot on his forehead, the lower part of
the two hind feet white, was Ihod all round, about
fourteen hands high. 1 he owner is requested to come.l
prove his property, p y charges and take him away,
or he will be told in fix weeks after this date for the
cods, by MICHAEL BUTZ.
TO BE SO L D,
By the SUBSCRIBERS,
^HEIR DISTILLERY, situ te in Chester
X,Town, Kent County, Maryland, confuting cf
the following conveniences, viz. Five kills, contain
ing ni ie hundred and forty-nine and a half gallons;
mashing tubs fufficient, with house room tor them to
Had in, and every necessary implement to make
wh /key in the belt and most advantageous manner ;
with a lease of near four acres of ground for nine years
to come, and hands ready hired for the present year :
The fixation very good for wheat, where any quan
tity may be had at aoout fix (hillings per bufhei.
Likewise a good stock of hogs to be fold.
W ORRELL and LORAIN.
N. B. The stills have been but eight and a half
months in u r e. ||6
FORTY DOLLARS-REWARD
P AN AWAY and went on board the
£\. Englilb fl, when at Elk, a Negi 0 fellow named
I) A V I D, fix feet high, (lender made, was burnt in
one of his hams when a child, the fear kill remains
very plain ; the property of William Wiii&n, of Kent
County, Maryland. Also a Mulatto fellow, the pro
perty of John Bolton, of Charter Town, in laid Coun
ty and State : He is about fix feet high, raw boned
pitted with the fmalfpox, isa good mower and reaper^
?nd very handy with carpenters tools in firing, Lew!
ing, &c. can read and write, is very fenfire, and calls
himtelf Mich. High ; his hands are very little bigger
tl an his wrists, therefore cannot be fecund with hand
cuffs. Whoever will secure them in any State fro!
f, that their makers may get them again, 'fhall recti.e
the above Reward, or TWENTY DOLLARS
for either of them. JOHN BOLTON.
_ I4_ WILLIAM WILSON.
IF Richard Cooke, the brother of Anna
Cooke, deceased in 1775, who was born in Rot
terdam, but has been married and fettled some years
in America, and it is believed exercised the trade of
Surgeon or Apothecary in Maiyland, or any of his
lawful heirs, will apply to the Printer hereof, they
will be informed of something considerably to their
advantage.
TEN PC) U NDS RE VVAR D.
D AN AWAY from the Widow Nefbury's tavern
" at New London Cross Roads, on Friday the 12th
of December lift, a middle sized Negro man, who aft
ed as an oftler there from the time Color.! Richardson
marched patt there to Head Quarters ; he called him
felf JACK, and hid he belonged to John Forman,
of New-York, but is the property of the fubferiber,
of Worcester County, Maryland, and ran away from
him the 13th of September last: He had on when he
went from laid tavern, a brown coloured cloth coatee,
old leather breeches, f-lt hat, and good shoes, he has
a stooping aukward walk, his legs bending forward as
if the calf grew on his shins, his foreteeth seem fome
whst fluttered, has a lump or more on his collar bone,
and his right name is JOE, but it is supposed he will
alter it again. Whoever takes up said Negro and se
cures him, so that his maker may have him again, fh,ll
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
WILLIAM IRONSHIRE.
N. B. The said Nagro was fold in Worcester Coun
ty, when a boy, by said Forman.
Nciv-Providence, January 26, 1778
W AS stolen;
On the evening of the 24th instant, by two men ap
pearing like soldiers,
it BROWN or dark bay MAR E, about twelve
n years old, fourteen hands high, has shoes cn his
fore feet, a little chafed with geers on the thou'der, a
natural pacer; she was seen by different persons on the
road from the Trap to Parker's Ford on Schuylkill,
ridden by the said men, one of whom had a furr cap,
and one had red hair. Whoever will secure the Did
thieves and mare, shall have EIGHT DOLLARS
reward, and reasonable charges, from the fubferi ber,
Bring on the read from Philadelphia to Reading, two
miles above the Trap.
DAVID KENNEDY.
TO BE S O L D,
A STRONG, healthy, Mulatto WEN CH,
sixteen years old : She has had the small-pox and
measles, can cook, wash, and do most forts of house
work. Enquire of Mr. Robert White, Tavern
keeper, in Carlifle.