The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-11-04 00:00:00, page 3

The honourable. FREDERICK A. MU^LEN
BURGH, efqnire, is chosen f»eaker of the house of af
fertibly of this flare, and SAMUEL S FERRET, ef
(fuire, clerk : Mr. Paine, the late clerk, having infor
>nei the house that, as he had undertaken to write td
History of the Revolution, it would be impracticable
for him to attend the duty of that office.
By,accounts from general Gates's Head quarters, at
Hilfboyough of the iSth of Gilbber we learn, that.
I.ord« Cornwallis, in confluence of col. Ferguson's de
feat, suddenly evacuated Charlotte on the 12th ult. at
four o'clock in the afternoon, and had already retreat
ed eleven miles when the last accounts were received.
A considerable party of light troops were close in their
rear, and had taken twenty waggons 1 aded with pro
vifionsand fiores. By this conveyance we have.a con'
£rmation that col. Clark, with a body of South Caro
lina and Georgia militia had furprized and taken Au
gusta, at the very inftant,the commandant was holding
a treaty with the southern Indians. Col. Clark defeat
ed the Britith and Indians, and loaded 300 horses with
the goods and prefects collected at that poss among
the prisoners are said to be several British officers and
col. Thomas Brown, lately appointed fupefintendant
of Indian affair# in the southern ' department, in the
room of John Stuart, esquire, deceased, We alf?
learn, that the British are now profecu'ting the war
with'thegreateftrigour in such parts of S^outh-Caroli
na as they at present occupy; accounts ^mention up
wards of, 200 houses being burnt OT one diftrid, and',
the inhabitants, women and children, turned out na
ked to fhift for themselves, with no other reason align
ed than that the men were not at home, and therefore
supposed to have taken arms a'gainft them ; and that
every house in" the neighbourhood of George-Town,
except th^e, had been burnt or destroyed. This
faews what dependence is to be placed on British pro
clamations or promises, and (he boasted humanity of
Lord Cornwallis will be found similar to that of their
other commanders, who decoyed Norfolk, Charles-
Town, Falmouth, Fairfield, Sringfield, and lately ma
ny of the settlements in the neighbourhood of Albany.
Whenthefe and other wanton a&s of cruelty, which the
Britith have ex'rcifed in America, during the present
Contest ! re ferioudy considered, they' canriot fril of pro
ducing in the mind&of the impartial part of mankind a
reflection on their national character: their wars in
Ireland, Scotland, the Eaf tand Well Indies,, have been
all carried on with a like degree obbarbarity : Limericks
the Highlands of Scotland, Bengal, Mexico, St. Vin
cents, have all bore testimony to the truth of this ob
ftrvation, and yet their generals ami officers are con
flantly holding out to America ideas of their humani
ty, which their every day'lpraafce is coriftantly giving
the lye to- bow much longer our forbearance to reta
liate will lafl, is a question that seriously concerns us
all.
Extraft of a letter from Richmond (Virginia) dated Oc
tober 22, (780.
"'This morning we received information, by express,
that a large fleet of British (hips bad made their appear
ancejn our bay, and this afternoon we hear from gene
ral Neifon, that they had already landed, and taken
possession of Kemp's landing with a party of horse. A
The goverpor and council ate a lopting the most vi
gorous measures to prevent the enemy from getting
a footing in she date, and I itell march tomorrow with
about 1500 men, to opfofe their penetrating into the
country. We (hall come to blows very soon I expert,
and the hardest lend off. lam much pleased to fee. that
the inhabitants of all ranks are ready to turn out t 1 op
pose the enemy." 1 ' #
Extract of another letter from the fame place, October
24, 17^0.
" We hare nothing at present but wars 'and rumors'
of wars. The enemy, if report could be credited, ha;e
landed in a thousand places at once : but the sass is, th y
have taken Kemp's landing, ani the Great Bridge. I
am now par ding the troops at fl is post, and shall
march tomorrow morning for Cabbin Point, with'
about 1000 men. The governor and council have pro
rnifed m A that they will have 10,00 b men in the field
in a little time, and I hope something will ' be done for
the honour of the old dominion."
A gentleman just arrived in town hath conatnuriica
ted to us the following sketch of important intelligence,-
the substance of which was ' published at Richmond a'
few days ago, in a fnpplement.to the Virginia Cfazetr%
viz. That a French fleet, vith 6000 troops had arri
ved as Sunbury, in Georgia, 40 miles fourth ward of Sa
vannah-— That thr^e Briidh men of war, consisting of
f " e " °' 64 guns, and' two frigates, had been
captured off Charleftown bar. it is orobible by a part
,f the French fleet in t ofe fear --'That George Town,-
in Sotth- Carolina, had beep, taken by a party of the
America ns- --That 50° of 1 arlton's British legion had
been lately killed and wcunde, - The fame gentlenri,
adds, that the governor of Vnginia had received a
drfpatch from general NeHorqadviArg him of there-em
barkaticr. ofthe British troops, which lately landed in the
lower parts of that state, and ' it the whole armament
of the enemy had loftily left Cnefap?akez.
§t§ fbe Comndicree . painted by the
Whig A ffociators are requeued to meet rn
Thursday the 9th inst. at V[ o'clock in the
evening, at the house of Colonel Lewis Far.
mer, where i, is hoped every membe r will
be punctual in attending; at which time
thole gentlemen whoare enrr^ed with the
Allocation Papers, are desired to deliver
them in.
N. B. There will'be a General Meeting
of the Associators on Saturday the 1 ith inst.
the hour and place to be appointed in a fu
ture notice.
*** The OFFICER S of the Philadelphia M^
litia, are requeued to meet on Monday next, at
Two 0 clock, for military purposes, near Japes
a °?^ n '' ] ° Commons, they having agreed to meet
the Firii Monday of every month.
11l to NCRESS, O&ober 14, 178^
RESOLVED, That a monument be erected to
the memory of the late Major General the Baron
de Kalb, in the city of Annapolis in the date of
Maryland, with the following Infcripticrn ;
Sacred to the Memory of
The Baron de Kalb,
Knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit,
Brigadier of the Armies of France;
'And
MajorGcneral in the Service of the Unfoed States
of America.
Having ferried with Honour and Reputation for
, three Years,
He gave a last and glorious >roof of his Attach
ment to the Liberties of Mankind and
the Cause of America,
Id the Action 'near Cambden, in the slate of
South-Carolina,
On the 16th of August, 17S0 ;
Where, leading on the troops of the Maryland &
Delaware Lines againit Superior Numbers,
And animating them by his Example to Deeds of
Valour,
He Was pierced with many Wonnds, and
On the 19th following expired/ in, the 48th Year
of his Age.
The CONGRESS ofthe United States of America,-
In Gratitude to his Zeal, Services and Merit,
H#ve erected this Monument.
RefolveJ, That the thanks of Congress be gi
ven to Generals Smallwood and Gift, and to the
Officers and Soldiers of the Maryland and Dela
ware Lines, the different Corps of Artillery;
Colonel Porterfield's and Myor Armstrong's corps
of Light Infantry, and Colonel Armand's CavaT
ry ; for their bravery and good conduct, display
ed in the action of the 16th of A?gnll iaft, near
Cambden in the Rate ofSouth-Carolina.
Refolded, That tire thanks of Congrefi he gi
ven to such of the Militia Officeis and Soldiers
who diftingniffied themselves by their valour on
that occasion. Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
TNthe year 1778, when the alliance was formed'
A with France, the people of this couiltry were weak
enough to believe that the cohtroverfy was at an end ;
pe ice and halcyon days were before its ; and almost
man > forgetting the public iirtereft, began to'
confide, only bow he fliould provide for himfelf.
Another ebett of this vatin dream of victory was, that
too many were anxious to shew their moderation;
their magnanimity and clemency towards such of their
countrymen as had ' favoured fne enemy during the'
contest. The effect of this delusion has been such as a
wife man ought to have forefeen. We have declined
io ourexertions. the public has been plundered of its^
wealth; the enemy have persevered in distressing us;
and what is mod provokingof all, the tories rife.uporf
our indulgence and abuse a^hd insult us to our faces/
I am one of those who always thought it in vain to
contend with foreign enemies if we could not crulh our
own dorrieftick foes; yet, such has been the course of
things during two years pafl, t&t a whig has been a
c^eap and defpieaSle character, while tories, half to
ries, peculators and villains have been the only peo-
D'e in reputation: will it be believed by posterity?
Nay, more, these are the men Who have been most
readily entrurfted with power. I hafe those whigs who
love ail tories, and hate all other whigs befxk them
selves. Nobody ought to be trusted but such as are
unquestionable whigs, and all the rest ought to be
made slaves : yes, slaves ; for they love fiavery : they
ought to be made hewers of wood and drawers of wa=
ter; incapable of holding lands or goods any longer
than until the public wanted them: every thing the
public wanted fhoutd be taken from them, and they
thould be kept at work to earn moreagainft the time
the public needed more. Many of them have done
nothing; trii@: but it is high time they were made to
do something. If they will not assist their country in
one way they fhotild be nrde ufeful in another w^y :
away with the cold councils 'we have purfoet our
country is in danger; the enemy is at our doors' -the'
public cause is distressed: we ought not to hefit'ate
but devote the tories and their property, at once to
the public fafety. It was not by nursing enemies' in,
their bosom that the Swiss defended their dounfrye
I'd Hamden defended the liberties of England
by fining and chnfifcafing the property of the rascally
malignants, the secret abettors of the fyfanf. Why
do we hesitate? We do not love to hang folks, and in
fact a great many of these wretches are not worth
hanging ; but (laves they ought to Ire, their property
out to be devoted to the public use I would rather
"fr e °° ne than either be hanged or be a slave my
fell. The tithe is cotfie; we need trierri; they are
' r ?r' '"' Z^- e whi ^ s are poof: it is high time the
public necessities were relieved at the exnence of tire
tories - MILTON.
inattention and extraordinary negfeft
of Congress, to enquire into the conduct of Silas
% e ane before he abfeonded from America, was a means
of finking their reputation 'ever since; and their ap
°' doctor Shippen after the proofs, on oath,
of his felling hospital flores, has given their credit a
°°P5 r bl ? w ° lam sorr y to f ee these wounds given to
a body who ought to have been delicately nice of their
honour, for the fake of that public whom they repre
a°' ''"' "°"° cause they are entrusted to Con
du& A FRIEND TO THE PUBLIC
On THURSDAY, the Ninth day of November, at
Twelve o'clock, at the Coffee-houfe, Will be Sold,
by PUBLICK AUCTION, the Prize Sloo,
ELIZABETH,
Retaken by the fliip Saratoga, John Yourtg, esquire,
crinmanrifr, row lying at Mr. Willing's whats, with
al her MATERIALS, agreeable to Inventory to be
Lea at the Fince of Sale.
By order of tie Court of Admiralty.
MATTHEW CLARKSON, Mm/bak
Monntholly, Nov. 1, 1789,
ALL persons indebted to the estate of
_ Captain JAMES DILLON, late of Mountholly,
detcafeu, are requited to make immediate payment ;
and all p r/ong having demands against fa id estate are
refi ed to bring in their accounts within three month#
from thh date, if o f der for fenlement.
WILLIAM STRETCH, Executor.
TO BE S O ITT
frwo-tafy likely NEGROS MEW i they hake
& been brought up to the Joiner's and Windforw
Ch>ir hutinelbs, ind understand these branches. A
real- n?ble t me will be given the purchaser or purchas
er., on giving security if required For further parti
cgtos enquire of the Printers hereof.
N B They both have had the (mall-pox.
VQTICE is hereby given, that the
A Fertile ^ip of PETER GILL and MICHAEL
DURNY, Bakers, is now dissolved ; and those that
have a y demands against laid Partnerfliip, are hereby
defi ed to bring in their accounts before the firft of No
vember next, that they nmy be fettled for and paid :
artd all that is indebted to said Parnerihip are desired to
pay off the fame to prevent further trouble. Oft. 4.
Two Guineas Reward.
bAN-AWAY on Tuefdav lafl, a likely NEGROZ
" LAD, aged 16 years, dim made and a little in
clined to a yellow completion : had do when be went
away, a light blue coat, leather breeches, blue yarn
(lockings, wi h-tqrire hrafs buckles in hit short ; hie
frame PE TER. Any pe/fon taking op and conveying
laid Lad to Mr JOHN MAISE, cf Phisdelphi^, (ball
rßti -e the above re gard,- exclusive of neceff-ry charges.
All curtains of fhps sre cautioned not to fuffer said
N'grie 0 proceed with them so sea.
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
R EWA R D.
STRAYED off the Commons of th s dry, a BLACK
C O W, in dling size, about four yetis old, white
f^ce, black circle round each eye, round hole in both
ears, orie fuppefed to be torCouf, thort crumpled huris,
a browntfh ftreate along the ridge of her back, some
white on her belly. Whoever brings or gives inf&ma
ti<n of the (aid Cow, that fie may be had again, ffiall
have the above Reward from JOHN STAPLER,
In Front ftrest, between Market and Arch-streets,
Wants a place as a Wet Nurse,
A Women with a good Breast of Milk ; who can be
well recommended. Erqu re cf the Printers.
. _± I, ~■,, , „,,,,,^^l
Half a Guinea Reward.
RUN away from the iubfcriber, at the P nnfylva
nia Hospital, on the 15th initant, (O&ober) an
apprentice Lad named DAVID STACKHOUSE, 1,
yesrs of age, § feet $ or 6 inches high, of a ruddy com
phxfon, light coloured hair tied behind. Had on when
lie went away a fufaan jacket rih flevees, one under
veft,crown fuftian breeches, white shirt, thread stockings;
(hots and hattf took with him a light coloured coat
an.l vest, and sundry other cloaths. Whoever takes
up said apprentice and brings him to me, (hall have th#
above reward.
JOSEPH HENSZEY.
N. B. All maftert 0* vessels ami others are forbid tty
harbour or carry him off at their peril.
York County, O&ober 10, 1780.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
D AN-AWAY from the fubferiber, the 25th of left
metthy a NEGRO MAN named JOE, about
years ot age § about 6 feel high, a flout well made fel
low : Had on when he went away, a greyifh coloured
coat and a brown jacket, the other deaths are unknown;
and is fuppoftd to have a rifts gun with him. Who
ever takes up or secures said Negro in any gaol in the
Rate, (hall have the above reward and reasonable
by JAMES DILL.
To be Sold,
ABATER LO T, 94 feet front and feel
extending from Swanfon-ftretet into the ri
'"’ "™°* "° n th - L ^ tw) three story
House,, a good Wharf, arid the stone Walla arid
of a Score houf\ formerly the citate of Benia
mu L^y. Aho a conve oent thr-r story brick Houfre.
now in the tenure of Timothy Madack, E&ire, in
ou th Itieet, near Mcket street, and the frame House
adjoin rip , i The cellar#aelarge and convenient, and the
oirtofy are extrnfive and cinmodious : The
Lot is 0 ty-f,r feet ifort and ekhr veight feet deep,
term, apply to REUBEN HAINES.
A ^^ ^r, indebted to the efate of JAMES
D LAcLAINE, deceased, are requited to pay.
And those who have legal demies againtt said est ate, to
brin, in their accounts to be adjusted by
Oct 3 % MARY DELAPLAINE, Admifork.