The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-05-12 00:00:00, page 3

Uy ry rendinefs to execute the plans riven me by ge
tral A aldington. I a,ffure your Excellency, that there
is not an American general more ready rnn I am to
obey his orders and to carry them intoexecation : this
is the intention of my King and the foundation of the
orders he has given me. Tne baron de Viomenil, and
the superior officers and fubafterns fhaU be informed of
the approbation which your Excellency and Congress
have been pleased to give to their condua, during the
navd engagement on the 15th ult.' That approbation is
tne mod flattering reward their Services coud meet
with ; and it is only by deferring it that they can ex
pe^ that of their Sovereign.
I am, with re'fpea, Sir,
Your Excellency's rfloft obedient,
And mod humble fervanf,
LE CTE. DE ROCHAMBEAU."'
The Answer of the chevalier Destouches is as
follows.
" Newport, April 20, 1781.
"SiR,
" I RECEIVE D, with the most lively fatisfac
tion. your Excellency's letter, and the r.-solve of the
United States in Congress assembled, Which you have
been pleased to transmit me. This honourable teflimo
ny of approbation, given to the firfl efforts which it
was in n, power to make in rh fence of America, ex
cites in me a new desire of being in condition, as soon
as possible, to do her more effectual fe<vice. All the
officers and men on board my fleet are animated with
the fame sentiment : and I entreat your Excellency to
give the strongest assurance of this to that illustrious
Assembly over whom you preside.
I am, with refpe&, Sir,
Your Excellency's
Most humble and most obedient servant,
DESTOUCHES."
Wednesday last the chevalier de la TOUCHE gave,
•n board his frigate, a second most elegant Enter
tainment, to a great number of ladies and gentlemen of
this city The frigate was fepara:ed into two large
halls, one of which had room enough for forty couple
to dance at once, and was so finely decorated and light
ed, that it furprifd all those woo came on board, and
gave a great proof of the tafle of the captain. The
entertainment began, at seven o'clock, with an elegant
ball : at nine a compleat file-work was exhibited upon
the island, oppofire to the frigate, arid followed Ivy a
sup at which there wre near two hundred persons/
Veflerday arrived in this port the privateer brig
Rattlesnake, late commanded by Hanna, she was
three weeks out from New-York, and had 50 men on
board when taken, having manned three prizes; and
was sent in by the Rifin, <-Sun privateer of this port.
Thursday last arrived here the prize fllip Resolution;
captain Waterburgh, from Dominica bound to Amfter
dam,but was captured by the Hetty and Cornwallis, of
Charleflown, retaken by the Antelope and Felicity, of
Baltimore, then taken by the Revenge of London, and
finally retaken by the Ariel privateer of this port.
She has on board a very valuable cargo, confiding of
350 hogsheads of sugar, a large quantity of coffee, &c.
Py the Ann, c ptain Josiah, arrived in cur fiver
from L'Orient we learn, that a fleet of to Chips of the
line and some frigate, with a number of troops
failed from France bound to America, about the 20th
of March, and may be daily expected.
ORDIN A N C B,
For eftabhfhing Courts for the Trial of Piracies' and
Felonies committed on s he High Seas.
TCYTHEREA Iby the nintarticle of the confe
-VT deration and perpetual union of the thirteen
United States of America, it is agreed, that the United
Status in Congress a Lemhi d, shall have the foie andex
clufive right and power (inter alia) of appoin ing
courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed
on the high fees: And whereas it is expedient, that
such courts fhottid be fpeeddy ereffed ; and it is rea
fonable that tne fame mode of trial mould be adopt'd
for offenders of this kind on the high seas,- as is tiffed
for offenders of the like fort upon the laid :
Be it therefore ordained, and it is hereby ordained,
by the United States of America in Congress assembled,
and by the authority of rhe fame, That all and every
person and persons who heretofore have committed,- or
who hereafter fhdil commit any piracy or felony upon
the high seas, or who ih:ll be charged as acceffaries to'
the fame, either before or after the fad, may and fhalf
be enquired of, tried and judged by grand and petif
juries, according to the course of thecommon law, in'
like manner as if the piracy o r felony were committed'
upon the land, and within some county, diftrift or
precinct in one of these United States : And the justices
of the supreme or superior courts of judicature, and
judge of the court of admiralty of the several and' re
fpe&ive States, or any two or more of them, are hereby
- confritufed and appointed judges for hearing and try
ing such offenders.
And be it further ordained. That if any per foil or
persons shall be indited for any piracy or felony done,
or hereafter to be done upon the high seas, or as ac
ceffaries, before or after the sass, either on the land or
Upon the seas, by a grand jury for any county, dif
tri& or precin& within any of these United States, -be
fore the justices of the supreme or superior court and
judge of the admiralty, or any two of them, that then
such order, process, judgment and execution shall be
bfed, had, done, and made, to and against every such
person and persons so being indiAed, as against rob
bers, murderers, or other felons for robbery, Murder,
or other felony done upon the la- d within such coun
ty, diftrid or precinfl, as by the laws of the Aid
irate is accustomed; and the trill of such offence or
offences, if it be denied by the- Render or offenders,
shall be had by twelve lawful men of the said county/
diftria or precinA ; and such as frail be convicted of
*py such offence or offences by verditb, confeffiore, or
©therwife, in the said court, shall have and fuffer such
pains of death, losses of lands, gcoc s and chattels, or
other punishment, and by the fame authority as if
they had been convive' and attainted of. any robbe
ry, felony, or other tke said offences done upon the
land, and shat be utterly excluded the benefit of cler
gy, where the fame is taken away of not admitted for
such like offences committed within the body of a
county, or on land where such trial shall be had.
And be it further ordained; That if there shall be
more than one judge of the admiralty, in any of the
United States, that taen and in such case, the supreme
executive power of such fiate, may and shall commif
fionate one of them exclusively, to join in performing
the duties,required by this ordinance.
And be it further ordained, That all losses and for
feitures of lands, goods and chattels, incurred upon
any such conviction and attainder, shall go and belong
to the fate in which the said conviction and attainder
shall be had.
DON E by the United States in Congress
assembled, the fifth day of April, in tie
year of our Lord one thoufind seven
hundred and eighty one; and in the fifth
year of our Independent e.
SAM. HUNTINGTON, Prefideut.
Affeft. Charles Thomson, Secretary.
An ADDRESS to those of the pimple called Quakers,
who have been disowned for matters religious or civil.
Friends and Fellow Sufferers,
THE fcattefed and distressed fixation in which we
have been for some time pift, having occafion^l
great inconvenience to most of us, a (mail number of
men educated among the people called Quakers, as you
have be^n, have met together and seriously considered
our circumstances.
This reparation has not been fotfght by, but formed
upon us, as the pride and folly of former churches,
vainly attempting to abridge the rights of conference,
excommunicated their brethren from among them,.
And there appears no reasonable ground of expectati
on, that we fall ever again be united to those who
have disowned us; For they will not permit, among
them, that Chtiffian liberty of sentiment and conduct
which all are entitled to enjoy; and which we cannot
consent to part with. You know that many have be n
disowned by that people, for no other cause than a
faithful difeharge of tho'fe duties which we owe to our
country.
Thus Situated, and acknowledging our dependence
upon the Supreme Being and the duty of public wor
ship which we owe to him, we have lamented the loss
of those advantages which arise from religious commu
nion, and nave fear'd flill greater !ofs, in this refpca, to
cur children and families. And, therefore, although
we know that " weakness is ours," and that difficulties
and dangers surround us on every hand, confiding in
the gracious promise of the great Shepherd of his people,
that he would " be with" even " twoor three " where
soever they are met together in his name, we have agreed,
that, as friends and brethren, we will endeavour to
support and maintain public meetings for religious wor
ship.
We have no new doctrines to teach, nor any design
of promoting schisms in religion. We with only to be
freed from every (pecies of ecclefiaflical tyranny, and
mean to pay a due regard to the principles of our fore
fathers, and to their rules an- regulations, so far as
they apply to cue circumftantes, anef hope, thereby,
to pfeferve decency and to secure equal liberty to all.
We have no design so form creeds or confeffions of
faith : but humbly to confide in those sacred lessons of
wisdom and benevolence, which have been left us by
Christ and his apbftles, contained in fe holy scrip:
tures and, appealing to that divine principle breath
ed by the breath of God, into the hearts efail, to Have
every man to think and judge for himfelf, according
to the abilities received, and to answer for his faith
and opinions to him who " feeth the secrets of all
hearts," the foie Judge and sovereign Lord of con
science
And feeling for you, as fellbw-furferefs, afympathy
and brotherly affection, we think ir our duty thus to
communicate to you what we have done and are about
to do,- that you may, if you chufe, partake with us
in the bteffings we seek and hope to obtain. As breth
ren indeed, united in affliction, " let vs (agreeable to
the counsel given by the Apoftio Paul) confidef one
another, to provoke unto love, and to good works:
not forfaking the assembling of ourfolves together, as
the manner of some te; but exporting one another :
and so much the more as ye fee the day approach
ing." Be encouraged, and let us meet together, -and'
ask Nead from him in whole hand it is, with an hum
ble hope, that HE who giveth food "to the young
ravens which cry," will provide also for us. And in
this hope we salute you with unfeigned affection-
Signed in, and on behalf of the Meeting.
SAMUEL WETHERILL, junr. Clerk/
Philadelphia, 24th of the 4th Month, 17&1.
@&£®®®^^)«®(^^
Philadelphia, May li, 1781.
On FRIDAY Next,
At TEN o'clock in the Forenoon, at Bickley's wharf,
Will be Sold by Public Audios,-
The PRIZE SLOO P,
Flying - Devil,
And her Cargo of Oars and Flaxseed,
Taken by the Sloop MERLIN, and condemned in the
Couft of Admiralty for this State.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Mashal.
Philadelphia, Mav 11. 178 T.
All persons interested in $e Cap
ture or the Prize Sloop NORTHAMPTON, taken by
the Privateer FAIR AMERICAN, ire requeued to
mke their Claims, at my Qffie, Within THREE
DAYS from the Dite hereof, as I am ready to make
D ftibution thereof, according to the Decree of the
Caurt of Admiralty..
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Matflul.
, The CITIZENS of Phi.
ladelphia and the Liberties are
requested to meet at the States
House this Day at Two o'Clock.
A Correspondent requests us, to Warn all honest men
to beware of the artifices of the money-changers, " who
meditating;" as he fays, “ to make a grand fpecula
" tion, out of thedefigned redemption of the 100,000 1.
" paper money of this State, dated the'zgth of April,
", !780, endeavour to possess themselves of these bills,
"at an under value. Some weeks since the language
" of these Catterpillars was, that the city lotts were
" not really liable to make them good. Upon this
" an A& of Assembly was paired to dispel all shadow
" of doubt on this head; for no teal difficulty sub
" filled before. Now, they insinuate, that when the
" Assembly, just called, shall meet, they will dispose
" matters otherwise, and that the Province Island,
" and that only, will be left for the redemption of this.
" paper. It is bpt too apparent, that in the mean,
" while, these persons are industrious to btty up all
" of it they can lay hold off."
N. B. These Bills are remarkable, by drawing in
terest at 5 per cent, express-d on the face of them.
They mu^ shortly be equal to hard money,
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To A L L, whom it may concern.
Ityo TfCE is hereby giver, that a Court of Admi
' ralty will he held, at the Statchoufe, in the cii, of
P il^delphia, on the second day of June next, at Ten
o'clock in the for ^noon of the farce Yay. for the Trial
of the (hip or vr&l called the REVOLUTION,
lately commanded by Captain WATERBURGH;
ra-tiken at fra, lent into this port, and libelled a^air^
by Captain Miller of the Ariel Privateer (qui fam, &c.)
To the intent that the own#r or owners or any per
lons concerned therein may appear, and saw cause, if
an' the, have, why ^ Decree mould not pass, pursuant
to the pQer of the Libri, &%
By Order of the Judge,
May tub, eyhi Andrew Robeson, Reg.
MINER S.
XTWANTED four or five Miners, tb work on a re-
Yfy gular vein of oe, to whom good wages will be
'given/ Enquire of the subscriber, at Durham
Furnace. Richard Backhouse.
Best steel Plate Mill-Saws,
T OBE SO L D,
By Samuel Hudson,
At the north-weft corner of Market and Fifth-ffreetsj
TO B E SOL D,
An elegant well finifhed Coach,
with white Cloth Lining and Harness compieat. En
quire of the Printer.
TO BE SOLD,
Nine glaized Window Sashes,
eighteen panes in each fath Enquire of the Printer.
FIF IY DOLLARS hard Money R?:^
RAN from Elk Forge, n^r the Head of Elk, Ma
ryland, the 13d of April, 1781, a country born
NEGROE MAN, name, DICK, abbots, years
old, 5 feet, 9 or to inches high, thin visage, hollow
eyed, straight bodied, and (peaks quick. Had on a
new felt hat, brickduft coloured English cloth coat,
white country cloth vest and breeches, wooden but
tons, white ffiiit, woolen flockings and good (hoes.
He had other cloaths with him, and perhaps may
change. He also had plenty of money. He was
brought from SufLx County, Delaware State, about 4,
or 5 yearsago, and probably m^y make that way, or
attempt to get to the enemy. Whoever will secure the
fellow in any goal on the continent, and give notice to
the subscriber, so that he may be had again, (hall re
ceive the above reward, and reasonable charges if
brought home. Thomas Mat.
Newcastle, April #6, 1781.
Was committed to my custody,
a certain NEGROE MAN, who calls himfelf JACK
MARTIN, aged about 13 years, of the stature of five
feet fixinches, is sprightly and salve, and fays he be
longs to THOMAS WHlTE,Enquire, of Kent County,
on Delaware ; which said Negree was tried arid con
vi&ed here far felony, oh the 24th infant, and ad
judged to make restitution, to the owner of the goods
stolen, to the amount of 61. 41. yd. specie. These are
therefore to inform the Matter of the said Negro, that
unlef# he cornea &n or before the firft day of June, en
suing, and releases the said Slave, by paying the resti
tution money aforefaid, and the costs of profecutian,
the said Negroe will be fold to defray the fame, agree
able to an order of the court before whom he was con
v&ed. SAMUEL SMITH, Sheriff.
Brecknock township, Lancaster county, May 3, 1781#
Came to the place of the fub^
scriber, about the middle of December last, a Sorrel
HORSE; he has some white on bis nose, and laddie
spots on his back. The owner proving his property
and paying charges, may have him again.
JOHN SLABAG,