The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-06-17 00:00:00, page 3

" Be affared, Sb, when :he King of Grcat-BrJtaim
full he ferio .11, disposed to put an end to the unpro
voked and cruel war waged agrinft tfeft United St tes,
Congress will readily attend to such tems of peace as
may consist with the honour of independent nations,
the interest of their c nftituents, anrht.ee sacred regard
they mean to ptv to treaties. I have the honour to
be, Sir, Your nitft obedient, and
Mod humble fTvant,
11 ENRYLAURENS,
Kis Excellency Pirndtntof vongrefs."
Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. Pcilad.
Pahirfhed by Oder of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
In CONGRESS, June 8. 1778.
Whereas the expectation of previsions from these
States hath occasioned much difficulty in procuring
supplies for our armies, and by the capture of vefßls
concerned in such exportation, the armies of the ene
my have been freed from diftr fles, that would have
greatly embarrassed their operations: And Whereas,
for the easy supply of our armies, and to cm!arafs
and distress the enemy the induing campaign, it is ab
solutely necessary an embargo Should be immediately
laid, to prohibit f>rch exportations : And as, from the
distance of the States from Congress, and the different
periods of assembling their legislatures, the good end
of such embargo would be wholly fruftrated, should
Congress not proceed to impose the embargo : There
fore,
Resolved, That artembargo be, and it hereby is laid,
to prohibit the exportation of wheat, flour, rye, Indi
an-corn, rice, bread, beef, pork, bacon, live flock,
and other provisions, from any of these United States,
from and after th tenth day of June inst; nt, until the
fifteenth day of November next, unlefr sooner revok
ed b^ Congress. Provided that this embargo th A not
be eonffm^d to prevent the taking on board such pro
vifioa, as (hall be necessary for the stores only of any
flips or veff Is of way or others trading to and fiom
these States.
Revived, That itfr e?rctftly recommended to the
refpe&ive States to take the most eft'^urJ measures
for copying the foregoing resolution into irradiate
execution.
JUNE ~
Whereas doubts have arisen, as to the sum which
Co 11 be paid for the rations, which now rosy be due
and owing to Officefsin die fervid of these States, and
and also as to the vouchers for drawing the fame ; by
re fan whereof the intentions of Congress, with ref
pe& to such Officers, are frurtr^t^d :
Resolved, Teat the value of the ra ions due finre the
fcft day of Est January till the fid instant, be eftim4-
ted at One-Third of a Debar, end that the Officers do
present their accounts to the Payinader General co
Deputy Paymaster General, who shall adjust an' pay
the fame. Provided always, That the fid Officers
thill make oath to their accounts refo &ivtly, which
oaths the said Paymasters are hereby empowered and
directed to administer, and tenimit the laid accounts
with receipts ihrr^n, to the Tr-ahry.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
LAN CA STER, fy 17.
Extraff of ^ letter, dated June 11, 1775.
“ I returned from Camp lac Tuesday. The
enemy were positively to have left Philadelphia last
Sunder, but for the arrival of the Commissioners.
They were brought over by Commodore ETt.
J,ord Carlisle, a young macaroni, with several mis
tresses, is quartered at Mr. Powells, the he Ma
yor, the family having retreated into I is back butld
iros, Governor Johnttoae is at Mr. Charles Sted
man's. D r . Ferrufon, their Secretary, aflted fafc
conduct to Yoik-Town, but was told, it was need
kfs. Some few veffds remain; the rest, between
9 and 400 in number, are below the cbeveaux de
fife, and extend to the Capes. The army are Pop
pl ed with provisions feut up in boats. It is con
jectured, that the obftaces which they may fareee
in a march through New-Jersey, will induce them
to go by water. I think the coming of the Corn
m 111 mers will not do more than delay Gen. Clinton
fir some days.
“ Mefiburs Penn and Chew remain at Union, in
New-Jersey, as before. The messenger from Con
gress did net regularly deliver the letter for their
release. Though they know of it, they retrain
themselves within the bounds prescribed, taking
advantage of this incident. A letter to Mr. Penn
lately fed into Goh Moylan's hands: The writer
supposed to be J A , advises him to be
come a good fubjed.”
It is said, that.the people called Quakers have
determined to aifown all persons of their society
who have taken, or who (hall take the oath or af
fi mation of allegiance to this State, or to any
other State in North-America, as a free and inde
pendent State; or who shall, by paying taxes or
otherwise, acknowledge any authority ot Govern
ment in any of the United States, but what is derived
from the crown of Great Britain; and that great
numbers have already been disowned both in this
State and in Maryland, in consequence of this de
termination. If this be true, what must be the
consequences of such a measure to that part of this
people who have adopted it? If it is not true, it is
surely of great eonfequence to them to have the
matter explained to the fatisfadion of the public.
The assessment of the tax for railing 620 000
Dollars, the proportion of Pennsylvania io Fire
Millions required of the United States, is now be
come the duty of the AffcfTors of this Sta+e. They
will find directions for it, in general, in the A& of
Assembly for this purpose, and in former laws,
therein referred to. But the mode of proceeding
in appeal, necessary in this case, will differ from
former usage: For the county, of course each town
flhip, having a quota to bring in, without dedw&ion,
the abatements made to any particulars who may be
aggrieved, muff be reassessed on the diftrid, or ra
ther, the appeal must be held for the purpose of
amending and equalizing the rate of the inhabitants.
Therefore, when a rate is essayed, as nearly pro
portioned to the ability of the persons liable, as
may be, it will be proper to post up, at some public
places in the townffiip, fair copies of it, appointing
at the fame time, a day and place of appeal, to hear
complaints, and to rectify the whole afTeffment.
The ufnal notice should also be given of each per
son's proposed proportion; but no part of the tax
Should be received till the assessment be finally ad
jured. This mode is necessary to bring in, with
certainty, the sums required of each county, and
is jutillable upon the reason and intent of the
law.l
Ii our 1 , we mentioned the arrival of certain
Commifflone s t Philadelphia, sent from England to
concilium ihe:e States to Britain. These are the Earl
o' Carrifl?, accompanied by three doxies; William
ETn, Esq; end Cip'a'n J hnfton, cfth:Britifh navy,
formerly Gov rnar ot Wert Florida ; Lord Hew? and
General Clinton rre alfa empowered. They appear
not to possess any authority to treat with N^th Ame
rica as a 'ree and independent r.ati n. On Monday
bft, a join a; plication from these Comm ffiners was
c^fiderd in Congress, and without doubt received
like reply, as was lately given to the Admiral and Ge
neral. It is expe&ef, that the evacuation of Phila
delphia and this State, retarded for feme days to af
ford opportunity for these emissaries to receive the
formality of an anf&er, will now take place very f: d
denly. Every circumstance, indeed, denotes the near
approach of this event. General Lord Cornwallis re
turned from England ▼ ith th fe Cemmiffioners, but
without troops. The enemy have been very busy of
late in €olle&ing horses and waggons, but their route
is not clearly ascertained — The march through Nw-
Jersey ftiil eerns probable.' A print from New-Y@rk
c ; tv fays, that Rear Admiral G mibier was arrived
^ere from England; that war against France was net
delated at London on April 9th. —lt is Gid that Mr.
, Shirley, Governor of Jamaica, had been taken in a
Ipriz^rdbrought into Barton. —
rib: HOT?HIL!P Livingston, E-q; iate es New
-IYork city, merchant, D legate in, Congress from the
[ State of New York, died las! week in York Town, in
I anadvancedpge. &is bu rial was condu&ed with duel
l^r^nrjfoz--^— —■=■■——cc==—=b~=^^
7he l-W^n prisoners in arid near this place, are to
be delivered shortly, in exchange for an equal number
of onr troops in the hands of the ene y.
We are toF, that General Clinton offers Governor
Fankbn i n exchange for Brigadier General Thorop
fon, of-th s State.
Lpft Sunday the B'h Pennsylvania Regiment, cm
m?. ded by Co. B-oadhead, marched through thit Bo
rv^h- They are defined to: thedefence of the West
ern frontiers.
The Engl fir troops, Rationed a* Rho-T-TArnd, on
the eg 9 vlt. made a accent upon the main, at a place
called Wa r ren, where, after deftroging two houfts, a
number ofboats, two oundaloes and a imail privateer,
they proceeced to Briliol, liuuc the Church and se
veral other homes ; took a Colonel and a party of men
ported there, and made a precipitate retreat to the
isl nd.
The M makers of the United States Lottery inform
the Public, that the General lift of prizes is now in
1 the press, and will in a few days be sent to the Affem
bli s, Commissioners of the L Mn-Cffi.es, Pert Mafte?s
and Lottery Agents in the diff rent States, agreeable
td the order of Congress of the 3 I of June.
W' A S married lAft Thursday, Mr. William
Clingan, jin or, of Donegal, to M G Jen
ny Roan, of Londonderry, both of ths county of
Lancaster; a fo^r, ferfibl-, agreeai Ie young couple,
and vTV tin ere Whigs : This marriage piomifes ?s
much happiness, as the Rate of things in this our hn
ful world will .dmit. This was tiuly a Whig wedding,
as there w,r # patent many yeung gentlemen and la
dies, and not one of the gentlemen but had been out
when called on in the feivice of his country ; and it
was well known that the Groom in particular bad
proved h ;c h p roifm as well as whiggifro in ft veral bat
tles and t^um thes. After the marriage was ended ? 'a
motion was made and heartily agreed to by all present,
That the young unmarried la^es fhou d form them
selves into an AffocEtion, by the name of T/?e Whig
Afociatrn of the unmarriedyoung ladies of America, in
wnich they would pledge their honour, that they
would never give their hand in marriage to any gen
tleman, until he had firft proved himfelf a patriot, in
readily turning out when called to defend bis country
from slavery, and also his heroism when railed to bat
tle, by a spirited and brave conduct, as they would
with net to be the mothers of a race of Slaves or Cow
ards.
WILLIAM MENT Z,
Book-Binder, at Me Casper Fortney's, in Que^n
ftrect, a few doors below the Court-house, has for
file,
EL EGAN T an^ common penknives, large and
final! cutteaus, b:ft razor rc?tal fciffirs, razors,
bloc and knee-brickies, pound and ffiect pins, needles
of all sizes, ivory and hon combs, Gvcr watch sand
broaches, sewing silk and thread, writing paper, Lon
don ink powder, wafers, black lead pencils, slates,
&a. Also a la*r artertm-nt of Pocket Books of all
torts and sizes, wholesale and retail.
N. B. Said Ments binds books in the n*atert man
ner, and gives thy bigheft price Tor calf and sheep skin%
Weft NantmirTownfyip, Chafer C^n/'v, June 10.
SIXTEEN DOLLA R S REWA R D.'
CTOLEN or S A R A YED from the plantation
'of J<mcs Star Jet, on the eight of the nth of April
1 ft, a light bay MARE, two years eld, a Par in her
face, her mane hangs to the rear fide, paces all and
trots none, never trimmed.' Also a sorrel colt of cne
year old, a large fiar m hri fa r e, paces al 1 , no ether
mark. Whoever can inform the luhfcriber where they
are so that the boner may have them again, lhall have
the above reward, paid bv
Benjamin Cumming,
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD:
Cl RA ZED or STOLEN from camp, on the night
~ of the Sthinft. (Jun ) a large black MARE, near
fifteen haros high, trots, and when put to the carter
is remarkaole for friorting as 'ft'ere was some impe
diment in her nohnls; great pet of her m?re*n r xt
the body rubbed off, and or th? inside cf her right
fore hoof is a lar^e crack, beginning at the heel and
extending tow-mri the toe. Any person that will ap
prehend the thief and mare foal! receive the above re
wad, or TEDOLLARS for the mare, and all
charges in bringing her to camp, paid by
CALEB NORTH, L^ut. Col. nth P. R.
AL L persons indebted to the efface of
, Hugh Patrick, l-te of Little B itrin, in the
county of Lancaster, decea fed, by bond, note or beck
debt, or for goods bought at vendue, are defi ed to
make Ipeedy payment to the subscriber, or they may
expert to be proceeded against as the law direds : And
those who have any demands on the said estate, to fur
nifh their accompts, properly proved, that they may
be adjusted by the subscriber, who purposes to attend
the firft three days in July, August and September, at
the late dwelling house of *he d leafed.
JOHN PATRICK, Administrator.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Or RAYED or SfOLEN in the night of the i<tb
~ infant, (jure) fam the subscriber, living in Eafl.
Eanttrill Icaczfjip, Chefier County, near French Creek,
t^wo iraggon Horses, one a dark hrouun, about fifteen
bands hi<h aad about ten years old, high kit'd and hollom
back'd, hr, a gradl ffo in F. sfo-cTid.' c^d f z ,
lately food before vdtb new fooes. The other is a lift
bay, about fourteen hands high and about fourteen years
old, has a bad on h y .? bead, his'two amd feet white, has
largefaddle fpors, and is food with o/dforn before. Who
ever takes u, said horses andfecures them so that the owner
may have them again or brings them to Henry Da
ringer, in Lancaster, foad have the above reward, or
1 WENTY Dollars for each of them, and reasonable
charges, paid by GEORGE PRESE.
O&orara Hundred, Maryland, June 9, 1778,
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD:
P AN AWA Y lafi night, from the subscriber, living
1 in ONorara Hundred, a Negro Wench named Hann%
about thirty years of age, a foort, thick, fout woman,
ahlive and talkative, can dtffemble well, and feed tears
at plefire : She is supposed, on good greun. )fo ha :e
gone tfwitb one John Wiliams, an IriJbmr sabshas
deferred from the jecond da, ofOaorara .r, ^ , # .r
of about five feet nine or ten inches hfof black ba, and
dark complexion ; bad on a white dorrs, ~: ^ .^ #
lining an old jacket, afar u; L ^wetrew^rg and Nd
fooes bas foaled; he bad v,tb bim afitter watch, and
is much addtßed to liquor. kXhoever c c , 1 ? / „/, ch
and brings her to her maser, or secures her ft that bp ma,
have her again, Jball have the above reward 0 ;.
fonable charges, paid by j 0 UN EIN 1 :
N. B If the above deserter is taken up and fecuwa /
brought to Capt. fames Maxfie/d's, in Nottin.bbm. tie
reward of Thirti Dollars, and reafo/able charges,
fall bepasd ly WILLIAM EWING.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
14%^ S STOLEN, on the night of the 10th inffaut,
(June) cut of the fafure of the subscriber living
in Hammel's Town, Lancaster County a dark bay Mare,
four,ears old, about fourteen bands high, has afmall far
in her forehead, her mane bangs to the right fide carries
her tail a little crooked to the one fide, has ajmall neck and
small body, trots and pacees. Wboever takes up said mare
and the thief, andfeewes them so that the owner may get
bis mare, and the thief be brought tojufice, fthll have
the above reward, or for the mare alone Fifteen DOL^
lars, besides reasonable charges, paid by
LUDWICKS EMRICK.
RAISINS, POWDER and SHOT,
To BE SOLD BY
JOHN F ISH E R,
Brush-Maker, near the Gaol in Lancaster.
\ Advertisements, ®'c. omitted this week for want ts
room, fall be inferred in cur next.]