The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-10-03 00:00:00, page 2

A N N A P 0 t ts, Sept. 19.
A genuine copy of a letter to Generals Smallwood and
Gift, from the Chevalier Dubuyffon.
Charlotte, August 26, 1780.
Dear Generals,
FT AVIN G received feverJ wounds in the adion of
X ^ the 16th inflant, I was made prifouer with the Ho
norable M Jor-General the Baron de Kalb, with whom
I breed as A,d de Camp and friend, and had an oppor
tunity of attending that great and good officer during the
short time he lan^uifhed wit'.; eleven wounds, which
proved mortal on the 3d day.
It is with ple,afore I obey the Baron's last commands,
in presenting his most affectionate compliments to all the
officers and men ofhis division ; he expressed the greatest
fatisfaaion in the tdlmony given by the British army of
the bravery of his troops, and he was charmed with the
firm oppofi ion they made to fuyerior force, when aban
doned by the rest of the army, The gallant behaviour of
the Delaware regiment and the companies of artillery at
tached to the brigades afforded him infinite pleasure, and
the cxamplary cenduH of the whole division gave him an
endearing sense of the merit of the troops he had the hon
or to command.
I am, dear Generals,
With regard and refpe&,
Your most obedient humble fervent,
Le CHEVALIER DUBUYSSON.
To Brigadier-Generals
Smallwood and Gist.
BOSTO N, September 14.
The ship Harlequin of 18 guns, ship Jack of 14., and
the brig Eagle of 14, al! belonging toSilem, are taken
by the enemy in the river St, Lawrence, and carried to
Quebec.
At cue Interior court held here last Saturday, Thomas
Gobs, of Vermont, and Ebenezer Burbanck, of Sunbury,
being convicted of puffing counterfeit 50 dollar bills,
Gibbs was feirenced. 36 lathes, 6 months imprisonment,
p^y treble damages and costs; Burbanck was sentenced
to fit on the gallows one hour, fuffir 3 months imprifon
roent, pay treble damagesand colls.
T R F, NTO N, September 27.
On Tueday night the 19th instant, Ensign Fitz Ran
dolph, with eight men of the state regiment, visited Sta
ten-lland from Woodbridge, and furprized a picquet of
fourteen New Levies, but took only four prisoners, as
the remain hr of the nimble footed guard trufied rather
to taeir heels than their firelocks for fafety.
PHILADELPHIA, October 3.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at camp, tobis friend
in this city, dated Highlands, Robinson's house, Sept.
26, 1780.
6 I make use of the present express to acquaint you
with a terne of villainy, which happened in this quarter.
A very fiogu'ar combination of circumflanc's has pre
served to ns Weft Point and its dependencies. General
Arnold, who was the command ng officer. has been bought
over to the inter:o of the enemy, and the place in a few
days must have become theirs. They had a part of their
army in readings to aft on this occafibn, and they could
not have failed of success from the concert of Arnold
within. Such was the filiation of this important noft,
when a providential event difeoveed the traitor. Ma
jor Andrie, the British Adjutant General^ a p?rfop of
great talents, appears to have been the principal actor
with Arnold. In his return to New York, after an In
terwiew with Arnold, he was flopped near Tarry-town
by a few militia, (who, notwithstanding a pass written and
signed by General Arnold, by which Andrie was permit
ted to proceed as a John Anderson) and detained as a spy.
As they w re conducing him to a party of Continental
troops, he offered them a large sum of money, for his re
lease, which they rejected with as much virtue as Arnold
received his with baseness.
The ft % teof the garrison, arrangements for its defence
in case of attack, a council of war, &c. were found on
Andrie, in Arnold's own hand writing.
Col. Jimifor/of the light-dragoons, to whom he was
conveyed in the firft mftance, and before a deteaion of
these papers, dispatched : n account to Arnold that he had
a spy in his care, and described him in Inch a manner,
that Arnoll knew it to be Andrie. His Excellency Ge
neral Washington, the Marquis de la Fayette, General
Knox, and their aids were within a few miles of his quar
ters at this juncture. I had proceeded them with a Malar
Shaw, to give notice of their coming. Arnold, I think,
must have received the advice while we were present, as I
observed an embarraffnient which I could not at that
time account for. The approach of his Excellency, left
him but an i.ifHnt to take measures for his own fafety, or
it is likely he would have attempted that of Andrie's,' and
the matter might have remained in obscurity. He'order
ed hts barge, and passing King's ferry as a flag boat, fell
down to the Vulture ship of war,.which lay below at a
inortdidahce. In the meantime an officer arrived with
the papers which were difeo vered, and a letter from An
drie to his Excellency, in which he endeavours to the*
that he did not come under the charter of a spy. Upon
this Col. Hamilton and myfelt rode to Kng's ferry, but
he had before this gained the enemy's vessel.
We expert Andrie here every minute. I lament at
Arnold's escape, that we might have punished such a high
piece of peihdioufoefs, and prevented the enemy from
profiting by his informations. Andrie has adventured
daringly for ih^ accomplishment of a great end ; fortunate
for us his abilities failed him, as it was on the point of
being finifhed; and he muff inad human probability fub
rmt tothefate of a common spy."
The following is ARNOLD's infamous LETTER to
our Great Commander :
On board the Vulture, Sept. 25, 1780.
, TH E heart which is conLious of its own reditude,
cannot attempt to palliate aftep which the world may cen
sure as wrong ; I nave ever aded from a principle of love
to my country, fined the commencement of the present
unhappy confer between Great Britain and the Colonies;
the fame principle of love to my country aftuates' my
present condud, however it may appear inconfiflent to
the world, who very feidom judge light of any man's
actions.
'' I have To favor to alk for myfelf, I have too often
experienced the ingratitude of my country to attempt it ;
but from the known humanity of your Excellence, I am
inducei to ask four protection for Mrs. Arnold, from e
very iofait and injury that the mistaken vengeance of
my country may expose her to. It ought to fall only on
me, (he is as good and as innocent as an Angel, and is
incapable of doing wrong I beg the may be permitted
to return to her friends in Philadelphia, or to come to me
as she may choose ; from your Excellency I have no fears
on her account, but she may fuff'er from the mistaken fu
ry of the country.
" I have to request that the inciofed letter may be deli
vered to Mrs. Arnold, and the permitted to write to me.
" I have also toalk that my cioaths and baggage which
are of little consequence may be sent to me, if required
their value shall be paid in money "
I have the honor to be,
With great regard and esteem,
Your Excellency's most obedient
Humble servant,
B. A R NO L D.
His Excellency
General Washington.
N. B. In justice to the gentlemen of my family, Col.
Varrick and Major Franks, I think myfelf in honor
bound to declare, that they as well as Joshua Smith, Esq;
(who I knowis fufpeded) are totally ignorant of any
tranfadion of mine, that they had reason to believe were
injurious to the public.
A Coocife DESCRIPTION of the FIGURES
exhibited and paraded through the streets of this city
on Slturday last.
AS rAG E raised on the body of a cart, on which
was an effigy of General ARNOLD fitting; this
was dressed in regimentals, had two faces emblematical of
his traiterous condoa, a mask in his left hand, and a let
ter in tis right from' Belzebub, telling him that be had
done all the mifehief he could do, and naw he must hang
himfeif.
At the back of the General was a figure of the Devil,
dressed in black rooes f fluking a purse of money at the
General's left ear, and in his ri ht hand a pitch fork,
ready to drive him into tell as the reward duefor the ma
ny crimes which his thirst of gold had ma :e him co,mart
In the front of the flage and before General Arnold was
placed a large lanthorn of tranfparsnt paper, with the
consequences .of.bis crimes thus delineated, i. e. on.one
part General Arnold on his knees before the Devil, who
is pulling hind into the flames— a label from the General,
mouth with these words, “ My dear Sir, I have served
you faithfully ;" to which the Devil replies, " And I'll
reward you". On another fide, two figures hanging, in
fcrihed " The Traitors reward," and wrote underneath,
" The Adjutant General of the R.difh army, and Joe
Smith ; the firfl hanged asa spy and the other as a traitor
to his country." And on the front of the lanthorn was
wrote the following :^
“ MAJOR-GENERAL BENEDICT ARNOLD, Ute
COMMANDER of the FORT WEST-POINT.
THE CRIME OF THIS MAN IS HIGH TREASON.
" He has defertedthe important poll WEST-POINT,
on Haddon's llßer, committed to his charge by His Ex
cellency the Commanderin Chief, and is gone off to the
enemy at New-York.
" His deiign to have given up this fortrefs to our ene
mips, has been discovered by the goodness of the om
nitcient Creator, who has not only prevented him carry
ing it into execution, but has thrown into our hands
ANDRIE, the Adjutant-General of their army, who
&as deteaed in the infamous character of a spy.
“ The treachery of this ungrateful General is held up
to public view, for the exposition of infamy; and to pro
claim with joyful acclamation, another, instance of the
interposition of bounteous Providence.
" The effigy of this ingrate is therefore hanged (for
want of his body) as a Traitor to his native country, and
a Betrayer of the laws of honor."
The procession began about four o'clock, in the fol
lowing order ;
Several Gentlemen mounted on herfe back.
A line of Continental Officers.
Sundry Gentlemen in a line.
A guard of tae City Infantry.
Just before the cart, drums and fifes playing the Rogues
March.
Guards on each fide.
The proce flion was attended with a numerous concourse
of people, who after expreffiag their abhorrence of the
Treason and the Traiter, committed him to the flames,
and left both the effigy and the original to fink into allies
and oblivion.
Extras of a letter from Monmouth (New-Jersey) to a
gentleman in this city.
" On Sunday morning, the 9th infant, 72 men, eom
pofed of New-Levtes, Refugees and Negroes, under the
command o Lieuts. Josiah Parker and William Hewlet,
about an hour before day, attacked the house of Captain
Joshua Huddy, of this county, in the following manner,
viz, having the windows to pieces, and ordering the dam
ned rebels to turn out—This awoke Capt. Hoddy, who,
having two loaned guns at hand, made use of them in a
proper manner through the windows; and by the assist
ance of a girl, who carried bis cartridges and rammed,
he interchanged his firing up and down flairs, in such a
manner, that the assailants took it for granted a small scout
ing p^rty must be there ; by this means he repulsed them,
but on a confutation, they renewed the attack again, and
fired the house, whici induced him, on the entreaty of
Mrs Huddy and another woman, to capitulate on ho
nourable terms, which were granted, and he delivered
himfelf up a prisoner. On their entering the house, when
they found none but himfelf had de ended it, and their
brave Negro Tye, (one of Lord Dunmore'screw) wound
ed, it was with the greatest difficulty he was prevented
from being murdered. They broke the honor they had
pledged, by not leaving Capt. Huddy and his family, a
fecood change of cloaths; and, after near two hours spent
in taking this one man, they made a fhameful and silent
retreat, loaded with disgrace. A short rime after, fix mi
litia men pursued and came up with them, who renewed
the attack, and killed the refugee Cemmander. After
this they embarked in them beats, and passing the gut
between Sandy-Hook and the main, Enfgn William Vin-
c p nt, with 16 of the Rate regiment, Salem men, attacked
them again. Tne firft fire, Capt. Huddy, their prisoner,
was wounded, but is like to do well. This threw them
into such confufion, that they overfet their boats, four ire
number, and about twenty were killed and drowned.—
This gave Capt. Huddy an opportunity of attempting to
make his escape by fwimmmg, which he with much dif
ficulty accomplished, We had but one man Rightly
wounded. This account is taken from Captain Huddy
liimlelf.
Extract of a letter from St. Buftatia, dated Auguf 123.l 23.
" A Dutch Captain who arrived a few days ago rem
Amflerdam, fays, they had an account there that the
Danes had flopped joo fail of Britifh-fiiips in the Sound.
We hope this may be true, but believe there is no doubt
that two French (hips of the line had taken two of the
enemy's frigates, with 30 odd vessels under their convoy,
bound to Georgia or Charleftown.
" Sept. 2. Since the above, we have had a pretty fraart
gale of wind, which obliged most of the vessels to go to sea.
" We have a report this day, that Admiral Rodney,
with the fleet under his command, left Antigua eight days
ago for America.
" The packet that is just arrived 'rom England, brio's
a certain account, that Admiral Gerry had taken 25 St.
Dommgomen and a 50 gun Ihip.
'' The privateers about here are exceeding troublesome;,
'Tis but a fewdays %o that a fchoorer from Balimore
was fluffing her birth, and got a little without the Whip
ping, when one of these vermin flapp'd her op; and al
though the forts fired pretty smartly, she wa^ carried clear
off Frqm the late behaviour or the enemy, we doubt
whether file will be recovered again.
" We have had no arrivals of late from St. Domingo,
therefore, can fay nothing of the combined fleet.
“ There are several arrivals from Amfhrdarn, but hear
no more of the enemy's vessels being flopp'd by the Dan&fy
io the Sound."
Extr.^a of a letter from a g A ml&min at camp, dated Tap
pan, September 28, 1789.
" I dcubt not you have he.:rd, 'ere this reaches you, of
the most cursed plot ev^r formed by man, for the ( CT,n^
of the per son of his Excellency Genera! Waffi n ton,
with.hs family, on their leturn from the eaßward, which
would have taken place oh the night of the^th inflant,
had it not bees most providentially difedvered by the tak
ing of a perfoo.who turns out to be Cel. Andrie, Adju
tant General to General Clinton ; who, it seems, has been
a'l thro' our gamp, difguihd in the habit of a servant, and
afled, when in c*ep, as waitingman to on ? Jofrph Smith,
formerly of New Yerk, who lives near King's ferry.
General Arnold, was tie principal agent in carrying on
this diabolical feheme, I shall endeavour, from the in
formation received, to give you the particulars, viz.
“ On the 25th of this inst. Col. Andrie was flopped by
three of the Militia, at or near Tarry Town, upon wh ch
he produced General Arnold's pafe; in the following
words . •Permit the bearer to pass all guards and out
pofte of the Continental army wheresoever polled. Th^
pass being somewhat singular, the Md.tia un ! ertook to
detain him, notwithflanding it was signed by Gen. Ar
nold; when Andrie found he could not prevail on them
to pass him, he then offered them 100 guineas, and it is
(aid role to 400 if they would dimifs him, this convinced
them he was a per on of consequence and a spy, upon
which they pinioned him and conducted him to one of
their officers, who ordered him flripped, and his boots
being the firftarticle taken off, they therein discovered a
plan of the fortifications at Weft-Point and Kin^'s-ferry,
and our incampment at this place ; unfortunate yfr us.
just at the time they were Searching Andrie, a gentlemen
puffed by, who enquired who he was, and was answered
by the militia that he was a spy, 2nd Adjutant General
of the British army; upon which the gentleman, pieafed
no doubt with the intelligence, rode off to Weft-
Point and acquainted General Arnold with the fame,
not fufpea'ing him to be concerned in the affair.—- -a
Arnold apprehending the whole matter was difeovered,
immediately mounted his horse and rode to the water fide,
where his barge lay ready to receive him. and pushed off.
Just at this in ftant, his Excellency appeared in fight, and
being made acquainted with the taking of Andrie. and
Arnold's sudden flight, Col. Hamilton, one of his Excel
lency's aids, was dispatched to King's ferry with all pos
sible speed, in hopes of flopping him, but the barge rowed
by eight flout fellows, had puffed by before the Colonel's
arrival ; and he had the mortification to fee the greater
villain on earth go on board a vessel prepared for the re
ception of his Excellency and family ; on board of which
vessel Col. Bevtrlv Robinfoo was, with a fufficient number
of picked men, for the purpose aforesaid.
The plan was to have furprized his Excellency and fa
mily, with the Marquis de la Fayette, in the dead time of
the night, in the above mentioned Robinson's house,
which was the quarters of Arnold, and where his Excel
lency was to have lodged that night ; and Rohinfon was
pitched upon to execute it, as being befl acqu linted with
the avenues leading thereto. Had they succeeded, the
garrison at Weft-Point was next to be given up.''
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
S I R,
UPON the difeevery of Arnold's design of betrays
ing the Fort at Weft-Point, and of delivering at
tne fame time, His Excellency General Washington into
the hands of Sir Henry Clinton ; an article I read in a
Cork news paper and took a copy of, occurred to my
mind. I fend it to you with request that you will infers,
it in your next Packet. It cannot new be doubted that
Lee and Arnold upon their meeting at Valley Forge,
upen the former's arrival from the city, had agreed to do
every thing they should ever have in their power to ruin
the army of the Stutts, and to facHfice our Illustrious
Chief. l am, Sir,
Yours, &c.
From Flyn's Hibernian Chronicle, Jan, 14, 1779.
"BY some private circumflances which have lately
" come to light, refolding General Lee' sconduct there
" is the highest suspicion and ground to believe, be was
" touched with EhghJb Guineas during his captivity —
" which accounts for his not annoying General Clinton
" more than be did, on his retreat from Philadelphia."