The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-05-01 00:00:00, page 2

^T?,^ PENNSYLVANIA.
An Act to invest 3 the Con,refs of the United States
% Power to levy D uties of Five per Centum ad,Va
lorem, on certain Goods and Merchandize imported
into into this Commonwealth, and on Prizes and
Prize Goods condemned in the Court of Admiralty
of this State, after the firfl Day of May, one thou
sand seven hundred and eighty-one, and for appro
priating the fame.
^?{/ HEREAS the Congr. fs of the United States,
v ^ by their aft of th: third day of February lafl,
reß)l Ve _
“ That it be recommended fothe federal Gates, as
indifcrihtinately necfGary, that they veil a power in
Congress, to levy for the use of the United' States a
duty of five per centum ad valorem, at the time and
plsee of importation upon all goods, war s and riper
chan iize, of foreign growth and manufacture, which
might be imported in o any of the Did dates from any
foreign port, bland, or plantation, after the firfldty
of May, 1781 : except .arm*, ammunition, eloathing,
and oteer articles, imported on account of the United
States or any of them; and except wool cards and
cotton rarits, and wire for making them, and alio ex
cept fair, during the war, Also a like duty of fi^ per
cent. on i'll pri7.es and prize goods, condemned in the
c^urt of admiralty jf any of these Hates as lawful
prize.
. That the monies ariang from the Did duties, he ap
preprinted to the difeharge of the principal and intereG
of the debts already corprailed, or which might be
contrsfled, on thefdth of the United States, for sup
porting the prefect war.
That tee said dudes be continued, until the said
d bts fhonld be fully and finally difchargeh”
Be it therefore enade', and it is hereby enaftd,
by the reprrfentatives of the fre men of the com non
wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met,
2pd by the authority of the fame. That the United
States in Congress affemNed, drill be, and they hereby
are fully authorized and empowered, to levy for the
lift of the said slates a duty of five per centum ad
valorem, at the time and place of importation, upon
all goods, wares and merchandize of foreign growth
and manufaaure, which may be imported into this
commonwealth, from a y port, inland, or plantation,
rot within any of the United States, after the fir,ft day
of May, in the year 1781, except arms, ammunition,
cloathing, and other articles, imported on account
of the Did Gates or any of them, And except wool
cards and cotton cards, and wire for making them-,
and also except fait, during the war.
That the fat'd Gates be, and they hereby are also
impowered, to levy for the use aforefaid, a like duty
of five per cent, on all prizes and priz- goods, con
demned by the admiralty court of this commonwealth
as lawful prize.
And whereas it will conduce to the general interest,
that the commercial regulations throughout the said
slates be uniform and confident : Be it therefore fur
ther enaded by the authority aforefaid, That the said
United States in Congress assembled, (hall be, and
they are hereby fully authorized to appoint one or
more collector or collectors in this commonwealth, to
collect thefaid duties, according to such rules and or
dinances, for collecting and levying the fame, as they
shall judge expedient; provided always, that such
rules and ordinances be not repugnant to the consti
tution and laws of this Rate.
And be it further enabled by the authority afore
faid, That the monies arifing' from the said duties,
Dall be, and they hereby are appropriated, to the
difeharge of the principal and interest of the debts al
ready contrasted, or which may be contracted, on the
faith of the said United States for supporting the pre
sent war.
And be it further enacted by the authority afore
faid, That this aft (hall be and continue in force, un
til the full and final difeharge of the debts herein be
fore mentioned, and no longer.
Signed by order of the House,
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,. Speaker.
Enabled into a Law, at Philadel
phia, on Thursday, the fifth
. day of April, in the year of
cur Lord 1781.'
Samuel Sterett, Clerk of the
General Assembly.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
An Act for amending and continuing are aft intitled
“ an aft for the support of the government of this
“ Province, taking, the excise on wine, rum, bran
" dy, and otuer spirits, more equal, and preventing
" frauds in the collecting and paying the said excise."
YKFHEkEAS the aft of assembly, intitled “ an aft
for the support of the government of this pro
vince, making the excise on wine, rum, brandy, and
other spirits, more equal, and preventing frauds in the
collecting and paying the said excise," passel on the
twenty firft day of March, in the year of out Lord one
thousand seven hundred seventy and two, will expire
on the tenth day of April, which will be in the year
of our Lord one thousand. seven hundred eighty and
two. And whereas-it is necessary, for the supporting
the honour of government, difeharging its debts and
incidental expenses, .and for carrying on the war
^gainft the king of Great-Britain, to continue the
prefect excise on wine, rum, brandy, and other spirits,
and to raise additional sums of money upon the fame:
Be it therefore enabled by the Representative, of the
Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
General Assembly met, and by the Authority of' the
fame, That so much of the Aft of Assembly,. afore
faid, not altered by this Ad, as relates co the excise
on wine, rum, brandy, and ocher spirits, and the col
leding and paying the fame, ihall be continued, .and
the fame is hereby continued for the term of tn years
from and after the aforefaid tenth day of April,'
which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred erg ty and two.
Provided always, And be it further enaded by the
Authority aforefaid, That the retailors of spirits dis.
Pitted from the natural products' of this ii d ie, late pro
vince of prnhfylvsnh, shill take permits from the 1
collector of the excise, and give him security in like !
manner in all refpefts, as other retailers are obliged to|
do ; any thing in the nineteenth feftion of the A& of 1
Assembly aforefaid to the contrary notwithftandmg.;
And be it further enabled by the Authority afore- ;
said, That from and after the thirtieth day of Mayl
next, until the expiration of this Aft, there Dall be 1
raised, levied, coLeCted and paid, the rate, duty and;
sum of four pence a gallon, and so in proportion forj
any greater or lesser quantity, over and aroethe rate ;
and duty imposed by the above recited Aft, upon alll
such wine, rum, brandy, and other spirits, bartered, j
fokf, or consumed within this ftat,e, as an fubj^ffed }
to a duty by ths said AT; which rate-, duties, and 1
sums imposed by the AT amended, and continued by|
this AT, and by this AT shall be paid in fp-.cie, or -
other money equivalent, and not otherwise. ':
And be it further erased by the authority aforefaid,
That the feveial and refpeTive duties, by this aft}
granted and continued, shall be railed, levied, col-'
tested and paid during the term and time aforefaid, -
by the fame ways, means and methods, and by fuch.l
rules and directions, and under such penalties and for
feitures, and with.fuch powers in all refyefts, not 0
therwife direTed' by this aft, as are prescribed, menti
oned or expressed in thefaid former aft, or in any ob^v I
aT of assembly thereby referred unto, for and concern
ing the defies by the fame imposed and granted; and|
that the fame aT beforementioned, and the a& or aTs ;
thereby referred unto, as- for and c ncerningt e faidl
duties on wine, rum, brandy) and o'he r spirits, and!
every article, rule, elaufe, matter and thing therein 1
contained, and now being in force, not otherwise al- I
t red by tins aft, shall be and continue in fall force and;
effeT, to all intents slid purposes, for raising, levying,'
coilefbng, fecureing, and accounting for the rates, du
ties and impositions hereby granted,imp-Ted and conti
nued refpedively, and for levying and recovering the
penalties and forfeitures, and all other matters and
things, during the continuance of this afl, as fully as if
the fame were particularly and at large repeated in the
body of this present aT.
Providealways, and it is hereby ena&ed, That no-|
thing in this ad contained shall extend, or be con-'
Grued to extend, to allow any collector of excise for agy
county of this state, any larger or greater sum far his|
trouble and care in collecting and paying the additional (
rate, duty or excise, by this aft imposed, than atl
the rate of one per centum on all sums by him to be :
collected and paid in virtue thereof.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, 1
That the treasurer of this ft&te, for the time beingfhall,
and he is hereby enjoined and required, to pay all and ;
finguTr the sum and sums of money, arising by this aft
or the aft hereby referred unto, which shall be at any
time in his hands, as the general assembly shall, by
aft of assembly, vote, or draught, direct and order,
and # not Therwife : anything in any former ad of as
sembly to the contrary notwithstanding.
Ard be it further enacted by the Authority afore
faid, That no other excise be demanded, receiv
ed or paid in this state, on any wine, rum, brandy, or
other spirits, than those imposed and made payable
.by this AT, and the AT hereby amended and conti
nued : any law, usage, or custom to the contrary not
withstanding. Signed by order of the House,
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker.
EnaTed into a Law at Philadel
phia, on Friday, the sixth
day of April, in the year of
our Lord, 1781.
Samuel Sterett, Clerk of
the General Assembly.
On FRI-DTr^^t,
At TEN o'clock in the Forenoon, On Chefnut.
street Whrf,
Will be Sold by Public Audion,
Forty-two Barrels of Tar,
Part of the Cargo of the Prize Sleep Northampton,
takrn by the Privateer Brigantine Fair American :
And at SIX o'Ciock in the Evenin%
of the fame D<y,at the Cofre-boufe, will Le Sod °
THE SAID
Prize Sloop Northampton,
As the now lays at Ch mut-ftr^t Wharf, with either
Tackle, Apparel rnd Furnitur.-,. agreeable to Invin
tor/, to he fern ,t the Phce of Sale,
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
April 23. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Maj/hal.
_ , T 0 BE L E T,'
Fer the Summer fcaOn, or longer, and m 4 y be entered
on immediately, A very ,'
Pleasant, healthy Country House,
Situate near the four mile stone, on the Falls road, op
'° ’':'' David Franks s country teat; irla? two rooms
°l a "°° r > ^ith a piazza round it, well finifaed: abb,
a Kitchen, a milk hsufe, a^d a Stable adjoining, and
' pump of good water &t the door. Enquire of the
Printer.,
N B. It is in a verypr^d neighbourhood, and near
many principal country feats.
4 genteel Chaise,
having a falling w p, rpron, curtains, fbel fprinrr,
MI i oh axle, a fixing box, and harness, all in good
ordrr, to be fold at a moderate price. Apply to the
printer. '
so be let, two genteel Rooms, 1
T. h th« use or a kitchen, in 4 phefant and public part 3
°r"f' y : E "^"^i captain Styles, in Third-ftrect4
a^wve B.ifgt-kigit, .
The following ExfraT from the Martinici GazeTe,
giving an account of the very disinterested anrf
magnanimous behaviour of the British Comman
ders towards the inhabit in s of St. Eullatia, we doubt
not will be acceptable to their good Friends in this
city, who echo—~B.%iTish Clemency!
St. P TERE S, (Martinique) March I, 1781,
From the particular persons that obtained permif
ifon to pass from St. Euftatia to Guadaloupe, on the
23d ult and arrived here last Monday, we have tne
following detail, which we give as the most interefiing
that has appeared refpeTing the capture of that island.
HE last accounts received from Europe had
, quietted every mind. Te inhabitants of St.
Eußatia no longer thought the acceffiou of Holland to
tbe armed neutrality would be the cause of a speedy
rupture, especially, as the letters from Amsterdam had
advised an accommodation; in a word, every thino
appeared to be in -the m^ft perfeT ftcurify: when, on
fee third, at ten in the morning, the British fleet 'un
der admiral Rodney, appeared in toe bay: at' this
moment tQe fate of the Americans, only, was appre
hended; as there was not theleafl suspicion they would
molefl any other flag, and that they only intended a
second St. Martin's mancuvre. The prime sailors,
amongG the Americans, cut their cables and attempt
ed to escape, but found themselves enveloped by the
Britifli fle- t, which n id extended its line across the bay,
•ne only fu.ceeded, by pressing fail through a shower
of shot, and' as De was f t# # n (landing to the northward,
it is presumed made the bed of her way for North-
America, to inform of the capture of St. EuGatia- it
may not be amiss to mention, the had the value of 2000
hah-joes or board. The British fleet came to anchor
in the bay, about noon. Woen genera Cockburn
immediately landed with a fia?, and summoned the
governor to surrender the island in one hour, threaten
ing oiGruTion if, after this delay, granted hirA by the
geoerofity of fir George Rodney, he lefufed to sub
mit It was not before known tout the court of Lon
don had, on the 3d or 4th of December, pubhD^d a
brilliant manifeGo, beginning with it lotg enumeration
of greivances, and pretended attempts on the part of
Holland, and termiaariog in a formal declaration of
war. As fyon as the BridD fqu:dron had entered the
bay, fir George ^dney ordered a Dutch frigate, then
at anchor,, to Grike his colours, which the captain re
futed to do, nor did he surrender until ha hadreceived
several broadfines from the San iwich, and several other
Dips of the line. The governor of St. Eußatia Gill
demanded a capitulation ; general Cockburn replied,
that the befiegera were fa far superior to any force the
iGand could bring tooppofe them, that it was pre
fumptioo to propose a capitulation l , and that the island
mull submit to the diferetion of the conqueror, add
ing, that the inhabitants might hope every indulgence
from the well known humanity and benevolence of fir
George Rodney,.and general Vaughan, commander in
chief&i the land forces. Such specious promises, made
io the name of an mcendiasy, were, by no means fatis
factory to the besieged; but a superior force claimed
fobmiffion. Still it was expected the enemy would
observe some kind of refpe& for property. The Brit
ish troops, to the number of 3000, landed, about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, and took possession of every
port; and as the Dutch flag was hoifled in the fort,
the British commander published a proclamation, or
dering all the Inhabitants to give in an exaß account
of their property to the commissary appointed for that
purpose. taptaia Gedeon, of the Dip resolution, was
ordered to seize, and convey on board, all the tobacco,
sugar, coffee, cotten and other produce that might
be found on the bay or in the stores: captain Saxon,
of the invincible, went in pei-fan to the fort, chafe 200
negroes, and ordered them on board his Dip. The
Dutch convoy, in pursuit of which fir George had dif
ptched two fail of the line and 3 frigates, returned the
6th instant, confining of 24 fad from St. Euftatia, and
3 or 4 from Demarara and Currafo, and was overtaken
by the British Dips abeut a day's Dil from St. Eutta
th. When the Britiffi fleet carve up with the Dutch
vice-admiral Krnll, who cenvoyed the Dutch fleets
they informed him that wa< was declared againG Hol
land, and that he mutt surrender; to which admiral
Krull replied, he was armed, and would never surrender
while he could fight a single gun; this answer cost him
his life; as the captain of one of the feventy-four's,
who was in the ad niral'& v^ke, ordered a difeharge
of mufquetry from his Dip's tops, by which the brave
admiral was killed, and fell a victim to his intrepidity,
but his firft lieutenant gallantly revenged his death,
and with great bravery supported the honour of the
Dutch flag, until his Dip was entirely -disabled; ad
miral Krull's Dip, the Mars, had 9 men killed and
12 wounded in the a&ion ; the Monarch, a Britifli 74,
being the cwfefi engaged, loft one lieutenant and 5 sea
men. On the Bth, when the whole convoy had come
to anchor, admiral Krull was interred with the ho
nours of war; he very deservedly pofleHed the efieen?
of his friends and the admiration of his enemies. Oil
the fame day the intendant of police was ordered on
board ; and on the second day following all the Ame
ricans that were found on the island were also ordered?
to embark ; on the nth the Jews were ordered to hold
themselves in readiness to embark; on the i'th nearly
all the Negroes were feized^aud divided amongG the
captains of the fl et; the fame day was exhibited 3
feme, as revolting ' on the oca part as it was compaf-
Donating on the other: the Erkifh chief ordered, with
the greatest inhumanity, the Jews to be embarked fe
perate from their wives and children : they were search
ed at the sea fide with the meft mercenary avidity,
and again, with great carefulnefs, on b n ard the vessel,
in which they were heaped together. British officers,
(men of the nicest honour and delicacy) wire seen plun
dering in detail, Daking and fearchiug the meaner , arti
cle. Not fatisfied with pilfering every thing of the
moQ trifling value; but to add,~if poflible,t^he dis
t refs of the unfortunate fudcrers, they wantonly de
hreyed every article they din not thick worth taking
away. On the i6ih they were Tent, with the Dutch
and A mericans, to St. Corifiopher, wh^re they were
deditute .of every fuccour tli<ir fliGrefed filiation
claimec, aod reduced to one quarter ration; the pri