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

KINGST 0 N, (Jamaica) March 9.
ON Saturday, by command of his honour the lieu
tenant governor, agreeably to the advice and
consent of a general council of war, martial law was
proclaimed at St. J^go de la Vega, Port-Royal, and in
this town; and on Monday'a proclamation was made
for laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the
different ports of this island.
The house of assembly havingvoted 40,0001. to com
pleat the out-posts, and passed an aft for eflablifhing
and declaring additional rules and articles of war, was
on Sunday adjourned to Tuesday the 19th instant.
A company of colonel O'Dell's royal American
rangers came in the brig Convert, and captain Moro,
of the Tartar, mentions four Spanish ships of the line,
three frigates and a Hoop, having arrived at Cape
Francois before his departure from thence.
Sunday returned from a cruize his majefly's ship
Ulysses, with two prizes ; an American brig 0f22 guns,
laden with fait fifh and lumber ; and aSchooner from
Hispaniola. The prisoners on board the latter assert,
that general Don Galvez arrived from the Havanna at
the Cape in the St. Juan Baptiste of 80 guns, the 22d
ultimo; that Don Solana was to follow the general in
a few days, with eight ships of the line, and 8000
troops ; and that Don Galvez, on his passage from the
Havanna, in lat. 27, had fallen in with a fleet from Ja
toaica, and captured a ship of 22 guns. Several other
vessels of which fleet are said to have been taken by a
French frigate and an American cruizer. The prifeners
further report, that engineers had been dispatched to
found Cumberland harbour, and to mark out an en
campment for 20,000 men.
LONDO N, M^rch 21.
One of the greatef lexertions made by th^ French
in naval architect ure this war, was building the Royal
Louis, at Brest: she carries 112 brass guns, chosen
out of 24®, cast for the purpose ; the lower deckers 54
pounders, the middle deckers 36, and the upper ones
24 pounders, which is such a weight of metal as no
other ship new in the world can boafl ; her full com
pliment is 1340 men ; and her burthen 2700 tons. Her
timbers are proportioned to her size, and were chiefly
imported from Silesia, by way of Hamburgh, It is
calculated, that her building cost nearly as much as
four seventy-sours. Two other ships of equal size and
force, and to be built on the model, are now on the
flocks at Brefl, and expelled to be launched during the
course of the year 1784.
A private letter from Berlin fays, that they are
railing troops all over his Prussian majefly's dominions,
and great preparations are making in every part, as if
a war was near at hand; and that expresses are daily
passing to and from thence to the courts of Vienna and
Peterfburgh.
The public works at the out-posts, and other parts
es the island, are carrying on with a most amazing de
gree of expedition. The militia ardent, spirited, and
indefatigable, perform their duty with a fleadinefs that
would do honour to veterans.
Arrived from a cruize his majesty's armed brig
Childers, with a sloop her prize ; also a f hooner in 10
days from St. Thomas's, chiefly laden with flour.
We hear the admiral has offered his honour the com
manderin chiefa battalion of seamen and marines from
the squadron, confining of 800 men, to do duty in the
forts ; and that another battalion of 500 seamen is rail
ing from the merchant ships in the harbour of Kingflon
for the fame service.
March 30. Sunday his majefty'# ship Southampton
arrived from a cruize, off the coast of Hispaniola, on
S 1 R,
THE united Bates of America, heard with pleasure
of your appointment to the command of his Bri
tannic majesty's troops in America. Your birth in a
land of freedom and urbanity, has secured you from
the prejudices and vindictive spirit of a Briton. —An
Irishman is a traitor to his native country, when he
becomes the enemy of liberty—You were once, we are
told, the matter and afterwards the pupil of the immor
tal WOLFE. Your behaviour in Canada and your ge
neral condufl, have procured you the charader of a
gentleman and a hero.
It is your misfor une to be called 3 a solemn wit
nef, of the dissolution of the British empire.—Your
predecessors in command have left you nothing to work
upon. They have expended the whole strength of
your nation in fruitlefs sieges, battles, marches and
even victories. A Ma|borough or a Eugene, could do
nothing in America, in your present situation.
Beware of the company of Billy Smith. He deceived
fir Harry Clinton, who deceived the late miniflry. He
likewise deceived governor Jobnfon, who afterwards
deceived the British house of commons. His ambition
and avarice ave blinded his understanding, and with
all his pretensions to loyalty, he is in heart a flaunch
re publican.
You have but one thing left and that is to be honest.
Tell your master that the time is past for making the
least impression upon this country. The people are
uniting daily, more and more, in support of their in
dependence. The French alliance they now fee to be
founded ip interest, and the once deluded adherents of
the crown of Britain, now expose for sale in our city,
cargoes of goods manufaHured by the hands of Frer.cn
tnen.
Put an end to th* tortures of the Prison-ship. Let fir
William Howe, and fir Harry Clinton, feel in their con-
Sciences all the punishment of putting American sea
men to death in cool b 004 Let not your name and
laurel, be Gained whh any one of their crimes.
" I am, fir, your sincere friend,
and humble servant,
AGRICOL A.
Philadelphia, June 3, 1782.
The royal standard has been raised in every state to
no puapofe. Crown officers and a few vagrants called
toy you refugees have crouded to it. The rest of the
king's friends would not take up arms to rescue their
Saviour, and there is no government so obnoxious to
their principles, to which they would not (wear allegi
ance.
To SIR GUY CARLETON.
" she prisoners on board of the prize mention, that
they lately spoke with a Spanish veflel, from which
they were informed, that an armament was to fail be
fore the prefect day from the Havana against this island.
I do not give muce credit to this intelligence ; but I
am fearful, from our threat success in privateering, they
may be induced to pay us a visit in the course of the
summer ; more especially, as they have failed in their
intended expedition against Jamaica."
Captain Stirrup, and other persons who are arrived
in the (loop, mention, that on the night of the sth of
this month, the day they left New-Providence, they
fell in with a fleet, from which they endeavoured to es
cape, think.ne it to be that they had heard was com
ing from the Havana; and that on the morning of the
next day tiey diftinguifhen 12 fail, viz. a ship of a.
bout 40 guns another of 20, two armed brigs, three
galleys, and five Hoops and Schooners; all handing to
wards the bar of Nassau.
April 6. By the Juliana, Smith, which arrived on
Thursday the 28th ult. at Port-Maria, in 41 days from
Liverpool, and a week from Tortola, we have a con
firmation of the failing and difperfon of the outward
bound East and Weft India fleets.—Captain Smith
fays, that while he lay at Tortola, a Danish sloop ar
rived there from Antigua, in which came passenger a
Mr. Smith, an inhabitant of the latter, who mentioned
from his own knowledge, the arrivalof two or three of
the London fleet there, whichhad been separated
from the main body in a heavy gale of wind, a few
days after they had cleared the Land's-End of England.
The Juliana encountered the fame storm the 15th of
February.
May tft. A letter of marque brigantine was brought
in here by the Fox, Bell, she is from Baltimore, with
1039 barrels or flour, and some bar-iron for Havanna.
Bell has been out 37 days, and has brought in fix priz
es- Four hours ago the Enrerprize, captain Watkins
sent in the schooner St. Joseph yl as Animas, loaded at
the Havana for Ouareco, with about 5000 dollars, some
indigo, peafe and rice. The Enterprize had brought
too a brigantine, it is said, before the St. Joseph was
out of fight of her ; if so, we may expeflher in to
morrow; the Garland failed on a cruize yesterday
May 3 The iG instant arrived here, in nine days
from Cape Francois, the prize sloop prudent, and
bring# us the newspapers from that place, with the
melancholy account of fort St. Philip having capitu
lated on the 4th of February. The articles on which
it was surrendered are honourable. The captain re
ports there has been a general engagement between
fir George Brydges Rodney and count de Graffe ; that
both fleets are much flattered : that the latter has put
into some port, fappofed Porto Rico, and sent an ex
press for the Spaniards to join them; that they were
becalmed, both fleets for five day, ; that he does not
know who got the better, but believes it was a drawn
bittie.
" There is now off the bar a fine brig, prize to a
little schooner privateer belonging to this place. She
is from Newbern, and is laden with pork, flour, naval
stores, &c.
CHARLESTOWN, May 11.
Yeflerday arrived here the sloop , John Stir
rup, master, in fix days from New- Providence.
Extracts of three letters from New- Providence, dated
May rft, 3d and sth.
the 19th instant she difeovered 10 ships of the line,
with 8 smaller vessels that appeared to be frigates, and
on the following day they went into the Cape; there
were no transports with them, nor did they Shew any
Colours.
ExtraSt of a letter from New-Providence, dated
F I S H - K I L L, May 30.
On Sabbath before lad, a brig, sloop and galley ap
peared in the found, and about fun rife they attempted
to take a schooner, which lay off near Ra fi-Guilford
harbour, and for that purpose put twenty or thirty
men on board ; the inhabitants collected with great
ardor,and got down two field pieces After a Smart con
flict of two hours, the enemy was obliged to abandon
their eoterpr ze, leaving on the Schooner's deck one
man dead, three others were supposed to be killed, as
they were Seen to be thrown into tiie boat. The inha
bitants loft a captain Meigs, killed ; none were wound
ed.
The following paragraph is extracted from a late Lon
don news-paper.
« G. Selwyfe (pent the evening with lord North just
after he had declared the miniGry was no more: com
ing into Brooks's, at one or two in the morning, he
was asked where he had been ? I have been in Down
ing Greet (fays he) fitting up with the corps."
Some days ago, major Ayres made an excursion from
Saybrook to Long Island, anl took two vessels near
Wading river. After taking some goods out of the ves
sels, they went ashore, and as they were cooking pre
visions under a bank, they were Suddenly fired on
when major Ayres, and one or two of the party were
killed.
Splendid preparations have been making at Weft-
Point, for Several days past, in order to celebrate there
on this day, the Birth of tie DAUPHIN of
FRANCE. The particulars of which will be in
serted in our next.
His excellency the commander in chief has been
pleased to direct, that in future no flag, to or from the
enemy, on any pretence whatever, shall go from or be
received at any other place than Dobb's ferry, on the
North river; in consequence of which his excellency
governor Livingflon, of New-Jersey, has issued orders
to all officers of the militia who may command at any
post within .that Gate, to detail )as prisoners any per
sons who shall presume to violate this regulation
Ebzabeth-town has hitherto been the place where flags
were received from and sent to me enemy.
Philadelphia, June 6.
May 5.
We have extracted from lord North's speech on the
taxes for the present year, the following curious and
very interefling passage, from which the public may
fee how far the enemy have availed themselves of a
particular article of the capitulation of York-Town.
" The next article his lordship mentioned was tobac
" co, and he said, the fame reason that induced him
'' to cbufe soap, also incited him to chufe tobacco, viz
“ that it was finking in its price. Tobacco had, he
" said, fallen for some time past, though indeed im
" mediately of late it had risen again, but the cause
" of that rife was merely accidental ; and as that cause
" was removing, the price had fallen again, and it
would be still lower. What he alluded to was the
“ capture of St. Euftatius, which being the place from
" whence we imported tobacco, the capture had for
" some time checked the importation, and consequent
" ly raised the price. At length, however, the deal
" ers had found out a new (hop, and the trade in to
" bacco, formerly carried on at St. Euftatius, had
" lately found its way to the Danish islands, where it
" greatly increased every day. Tobacco, therefore, was
fallen in price, and taking at the medium of what it
'' had fold at, had been abo,ut 25.6 d. per pound; at pre
" sent the medium price was zs. id. perhaps it would
" be lower, as they were certain that there were 3000
" bog/heads coming, that had been taken, at 20s. the
“ cwt. in exchange for merchant goods, immediately
^ after the capture of the army at York-Town, :t
'' having been Aipulated, that the merchant goods
“ should remain free, and they having been fold to
the Americans in exchange for tobacco, at the price
" z bove-mentioned. The tax he intended to lay on
" tobacco was 4d. per pound, which, on 8,500,0001 -
" (the medium consumption) would produce 141, 333 |_
'' His lordship said furtlier, that lie had naturally
" turned his mind io the flock in hand, because the
" committe would immediately be aware, that had the
" flock been large, there was a great probability that
“ those dealers in tobacco, who had declared the tax
" advifeable, might have done so merely for the pur
" pose of raising the price of their flock in hand to the
" consumer, so as to make him pay the duty, though
" they had not paid it themselves. He had therefore
" made an enquiry into the matter, and he found
" there were not above three or four fhoufand hog
'' fheads in the island. It was not, therefore, an ob
" je& to tax the stock in hand with the new duty."
Resolved also, That the Thanks of the Society be
given to doctor Benjamin Duffield, for the Speedy and
effedual affiflance afforded by him to the said master
Rowland Oliver (as fpecified in his report) after he
was taken out of the water.
The malignity and folly of the British nation are not
more conspicuous in any thing than in many of their
publications, which are evidently designed to diffolv^
the union of America and France, by attempting to
excite the jealousy of both. These low produHions.
while the, shew their total ignorance of the true sen
timents of ihs people of America, fufficiently evince
how much they are mortified at feeing the bonds of
friendship between the two countries daily firengthen
ed by new instances of affedion. Of this the following,
taken from the London Evening Post, of the 27th of
January last, may serve as a recent example.
LON D O N, January 29.
Extras of a letter from New-York, Dec. 5, 1781.
“ We are under some appreofions here for the fafe^
of Charleftown, South-Carolina. If that should meet
with the fame fate as York-Town in Virginia, Ameri -
ca, it is to be feared, will be totally loft to Great-
Britain ; and if that be the case, it will be of no ad
vantage to the Americans, the French are only mak
ing a cat's paw of those poor deluded people to gratify
their own thirst for dominion. If they should become
entire makers of America, the natives will be treated
in a very arbitrary manner. The French are already
Shewing jhem what they may hereafter expe& ; f or in
whatever place the French army is, the colours of that
nation only fly on the ramparts : if a fortrefs is Sum
moned to Surrender, it is always in the name of the
king of France, and, when taken, French colours are
immediately hoisted. In Boflon and Philadelphia they
have deprived the Americans of two of their principal
conventicles, and converted them to Mass houses- but
this is quietly Submitted to by them for the conveni
ence of the fubjeds of their great and good ally, the
defender of the rights of mankind, as the French fliie
themselves."
AT a Meeting of the Humane Society, June
3d, 1782.
Resolved, That in consequence of a resolution of
April 3d, the treasurer is ordered to prefect the Pre
mium of One Half- Johannes to Nathaniel Hutton,
together with the thanks of the Society, for his season
able activity and humanity, in plunging into the wa
ter, and thereby refeuing mafler Rowland Oliver from
death.
The brig Juno, captain Day, from this port for the
Havannah, is run ashore on one of the Bahama keys,
where the veflel is loft. The captain and Mr. ^mith,
the supercargo, were drowned
RAN-AWAY last Sunday evening from the fubfcii
ber, a Negro Wench, named PHEBE, is about
28 or 2 o year s of age, she is viry lusty, and most pee
pie take her for a Mulatto ; she is full faced, and has a
forbidding countenance, she took with her a lusty fa
female Mulatto child, between two or :h r ee rears old flu
was seen last Monday morning, between Second ft'reet
bridge and the D aw-bridge, and is no doubt concealed
by tome free Negroes, in or about the town. Wh^e
ver Secures her so that the fnbicribcr can get her again
shall have the above reward ana rea s o: able chafes'
paid by
Ph°i a i T THOMAS CULLEN,
Philadelphia, June 4, t„z.
o&^)BOKmjj&@9
One Guinea Reward.
Signed by order of the Society,
BENJAMIN SAY, secretary.