The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-10-07 00:00:00, page 2

"L 0 N D 0 N, July 26.
T:HE o losing remarkable circumfla nce happened at
Drake!4 Th ScoHaod, a few ^eeka firice.--a gentle
man, of fm II fortune, who r fibs in t< at country,
had a mot? lovely daughter, famed for every accom
p foment that can adorn t l e sex. She had attained
hr fixt-enth year, truly virtuous, and Singularlydu-
Tutu to her fond father, having io-ft her mother at an
early period of net rife. Near her duelling, there
lived a youth, whose name our correspondent forbears
to rornim ; be had long wished in vain, for an op
p rtunity to ruin tie innocent virgin; about three
Greeks ago, the young lady went to walk in the fields,
juvoed by the finenefs of 'he evening : after having
farcied lierfelf, she fat down by the fide of a brook,
and w. shed tt. fair face, and ith the hollow of her
de icate hand, with her I'weet fofy lips 4he ripped the
wxer. In litis Situ tion, not dreading danger, the
villain who had so long fought her deftru&ion, ruffl'd
from behind a bush, and with a brutal intention seized
toe amiable fair. Shocked at such unexpected treat
ment, fßefoondfengaged herfelfkrom his rule hands,
and with a fwift&efs, icorfely to be parale'ed, file
leaped the brook, Juried by this wretcl across a
field, till she arrived, at a tremendous precipice, (of
whiti there are many in that part of the country) un
able to proceed, she fell <n her knees, and implored
fir Heaven's fake to be spared ; unmindful of her Tup
plication, he agiuilaid hold of her, with a determined
resolution to ruin her; at last, unable to bear the
thoughts of such d'fgrace, file Struggled, exerting till
her drength, till she ^a/ brought upon the brink of the
rock; Oil continuing ler feeble effrts to free herfelf
from his brutal hands, with a udden fpringdhe fell
headlong to the bottom, where she instantly expired,
being crushed in a most norrid manner : the wretch, in
attempting to look after this innocent vi&im, over
reached, and tumbled after h-r, where he lay in agony
for two h ur% having broke both his legs and his
back, then expiring, intreating pardon of the Almigh
ty, and lamenting the fate of this unfortunate maid,
whose rising graces promised ail their future charms.
This tragical feene was witneff^d by a shepherd at a
distance, by whom the particulars were related.
The unhappy father is now in a Bate of distraction
nor is it thought he can long survive the loss of his
daughter-
Anecdote of fir Robert Wal pole.-- Sir Robert, who
lay under some electioneering obligations to a man of
some weight in a weflern borough, had repeatedly pro
mised him a place, and as often pleaded prior engage
ments - -" He was sorry for it---but a certain great
" man muff be obliged,; however, he might depend
" upon the next,"and so on. After repeated disappoint
ments of this kind, the man began to di'pair, wh^n a
land Surveyor at Bristol being killed by the fall of a
sugar hoffhea?, he waited again oh fir Robert, who
told him, “ that place had teen promised a twelves
'' month ; but, my dear friend (added he) the very
" next that becomes vacant, you have it, on my word,
“ as a man of honor." W< y, then (fays he) fir Ro
" bert, f arc the luekieft fellow alive, for, by G--d,
“ the fame hegfhead knocked down a brother officer,
" atd there are two va ancles at the present hour".
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BOST O N, §,iembcf 22.
Wednesday next the general assembly of this com
monwealth are to met at the statehouse in this town.
Extract of a letter from Port-Rofeway.
“ I find the refugees here to be the most miserable
set of brings that it is poffib'e to conceive of. The
king finds thin provision at present, otherwise they
could not fubfil. They live in huts and tents about
the woods, and appear to be the mot dejedef set of
people that ever I behed : ft is not possible for any
person to conceive of their filiation that has not seen
it : their looks plainly disclose their feelings, and would
almost incline the humane to pity them, were it not
that they can hill make use of their tongue- in the old
language of rebels and traitors, which mud induce
every person of sense to d fpife them, and incline them
to think tuat they deserve their punifliment ; which,
however, I believe the most faneu ne would think fuf
ficient were they to fee it. Taere is Jam informed,
about sixteen thousand people at this place, but I
believe there is not so many; there may be ten or
twelve thousand, very few of wh:m are able to kipport
themselves until fall without drawing the king's allow
ance, watch is all that they depend upon. There is
likewise anoth rfl et arrived here with some more of
the fame animals Since I have been here, but they have
Dot landed yet; and I be ieve that many of them will
not land in this place; they have lad out the land on
both tides of the harbour in fifty acre lots: and at the
town, each one has 75 feet by 25 for house lots, which
they are clearing, levelling, and getting up huts to
live in the ensuing winter, which I believe the mofi
wretched will not envy them. The governor of Hali
fax is here endeavouring to make peace, there being
great uneafioefs among the poor wretches ; however, I
believe that the best tim s that they are ever like to fee
is while their king feuds them provision, for as soon as
that fails, they muff inevitably starve, unless providence
should feed them in a miraculous manner, which I can
scarce believe will ever be, although he is represented
as gracious and merciful to the unthankful and evil
yet I have not faith to think that he will ever work a
miracle in favor of such an ungrateful set of beings .
however, his hand is not shortened that it cannot save
the worff part of his creation: but of all the human
race I think that a refugee is the most miserable, difpi
cable being on earth, and the leaf! va thy of trust or
notice. They curse both king and congress, and al
mod their God ; however, I believe that their days are
numbered and almost finished, that fhouid they be
weighed, they would be found wanting ; so (hall leave
them to the flings of their envy and guilt."
Four persons are in the provost at New York, under
sentence of death, for robbery.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of good intelli
gence in Europe, dated May 27, 1783.
" The definitive treaty of peace and that of commerce
are going on; but when you confider the numerous
claims to be adjusted between so many powers that
bare been contending, And the nice points to be fettled
io so complicated and extensive a commerce as these
powers possess, you cannot wonder that a final decision
fhouid require time. The spirit of commerce seems to
pervade the nations of Europe, and to form the com
plexion of the present age Happily for mankind, this
Spirit, by opening a friendly intercourse between dis
tant nations, and rendering th^m reciprocally depend
ent, enlarges and polifhts tt e human mind ;'checks fe
rocity; abates bigotry ; fodens the rage of war ; makes
us citizens of the world, and surprisingly changes that
felf-interefl from which it springs, into the toeans of
promoting the benevolent affeHioris, and the pleasures
of human society. Many are now convinced that
trade has been loaded with two many reflriCtions, and
that io A time of war it has Suffered more than it ought
to have done. The powers that formed the armed neu
trality appear to have adapted this idea, and are fup
po'ed to be desirous of making it part of the basis of
anew general fyflem. America, without doubt, wishes
to trade with all the world upon the most liberal and
extensive plan, and every nation would be glad to havO
as large a share as may be in the trade of America.
But the Sovereign, independent United States are a new
objea, very different from what they were in their for
mer mode of exigence a§ British colonies, which must
necessarily create a tew influence, and occasion new
points to be difeuffed, refpefting the general system of
commerce. And^When the Separate inhered of each
'nation, add the obj+ffs and modes of its present finance
are clofcly cobfidered, a plan for an extensive enlarge
^ment of the freedom of trade is, I can assure you, at
tended with" more real difficulties than one would at firft
imagine. If some special indulgences are proposed for
America, from any nation, the other Eur pean pow re
in commercial alliance with that nation, immediately
expert similar indulgences for themselves and their
dependencies abroad. At the time of sighing the pre
liminaries, the court of London appeared disposed to
grant the-United States the most iberal terms of com
merce, and a trade to the British islands with every
former privilege of freight, &c For which purpose
a bill Was brought into parliament, but it met with
objections of various kinds, principally from the sup
posed inj rcy such a measure might induce to the inter
est of the British merchants, and to the revenues of the
kingdom; and the fubjeft was referred to commercial
treaty, where the fame objections are not forgotton.
And yet it behoves no nation more to court the good
will and commerce of the United States than that of
Britain.
" With refp^a to France, a nationihat has so essen
tially supported our independence, has given us every
pledge of friendfllip, and whole infereft it is, as a ri
val of Britain, to cultivate a commerce with us as far
as' possible, the difficulties attending a free trade front
Amer ca to her islands are Hill fironger. The records
of her revenues prove to a demonrtratioi, that her
Weft-India islands occasion an annual importation of
money into the kingdom of France, to the amount of
80 millions of livres tournois This you must allow
is an important object. The merchants of France stand
ready to evidence that a f ee trade from America to
those islands would not only essentially injure their own
private interest, but greatly diminish in various ways
this importation of money ; and that fhouid the pre
lent regulations and duties cease, the public revenue
could never in any other wAy be brought near to the
amount at which it now flanks; lam moreover affur•
ed, that according to the treaties which France has
entered into with other nations, an adrn ffion of the
Americans to such a free trade, would necessitate her
to grant the fame admission to those nations. How
impossible this must be, you may easily perceive. These,
and other I have not mentioned, are the obfiruHions
that le in the way to an object which if attained,
might prove advantageous not only to America but to
the inhabitants of the Weft India islands. Indeed, by
a special favour, his most chriflan majefly has given his
consent to the admission of American flour in'his
islands upon French bottoms. Even this indulgence
has been considered by many as unfriendly to the
trade of France, and has occasioned particular com
plaints from the merchants of Bordeaux. The king,
however, perjifts in the measure, and will not revoke
the conpeffion."
WORCEST E R, (Ma ffach ofetts) Sept. 25.
A lew days since Mr. Warren and his son, of Stur
bridge, were id a wood in that town hunting bees ;
and upon hearing their dog bark they went to fee
what was the occasion, and difeovered at some diflance
from the dog, fix large old rattle-snakes, with forty
four young ones, all huddled together in a bunch ;
Mr. Warren and his son deftroyrd the whole of
them.
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N E W-LO ND ON, September 19.
Monday night arrived captain Tvler in a fchodner
belonging to New-Haven, from the *Weft-Indies. He
was in company with captain Briufndl, and both ves
sels flruck on the rock at the fame time bat captain
Tyler's fortunately went over. These vessels failed
the fame day on theiroutward bound passage ; parted
at Montague Point, went to diff rent islands, had each
just 36 days passage, failed the fame day from the Weft-
Indies, and met again at Montagne-Poiut.
CHATH A M, October 1.
Monday night some no&urnal incendiaries made a
third attempt to destroy the city of New-York by
fire. Six of the villains, we hear, are taken.
PRINCET ON; Sept. 27.
On Wednesday the 24th infant, the public com
mencement was he d in the college church, before a
very polite aiTembly.
The exrcifes were introduced, with a prayer by the
president ; after which succeeded a latin falutory op
tion on the union, of learning and religion, by Mr.
Holmes.
An English oration on the dangers and advantages
of popular elections, by Mr. focii.
A forenfic difyahtfofl oh this quellion, -4ft there an",
fufficient reason in the Rate of society, and the improve
ment of the human mind, why a more cool and dis
passionate eloquence fhouid be cultivated among us
than was among the antients ? by Meffra. A. Green,
J. Radclift and S. Beach.
An oration on the fu bjeft of female education; by
Mr Snowden.
A dispute on this queflion,—Was Brutus juftifiable
in killing Carfar ? by Messrs. J. Venable, G. Snow
den and E. Taylor.
An oration on tafle, by Mr Ford.
A dispute on the quefiion,—Can any measure that is
morally evil be politically good ? by Messrs. J. Ve
nable and J. Radclift.
An oration on delicacy of fentimenf, by Mr. Wood
ruff.
The degree of batchelor of arts was then conferred
on the following young gentlemen, Samuel Beach,
William Clements, Afhbe lGreen, Obidiah Holmes,
Jaumes Hunt, Timothy Ford, Nathaniel Laurence, Ja
cob Le Roy, Jacob Radclift, Joseph Riddle, Gilbert
Snowden, Edward Taylor, Joseph Venable, George
Woodruff.
Mr. Ephraim Ramsay A. B, in Philadelphia was
admitted ad eundum in this college.
Toe degree of master of arts was conferred on the
reverend Jon Blair Smith of Hamden-Sidney, in Vir
ginia, Messrs. Andrew Bayard, Jonathan Dayton,
Morgan Lewis, Aaron Ogden, George Merchant,
James Riddle, jofeph Rue, Richard Stockton, Peter
Wilson and Aaron Woodruff alumni of this college.—
The honorary degree of matter of arts was conferred
on Ralph Bowie, esquire, of Lincoln's inn, and colo
nel David Cob, A. M. in Harvard, and colonel David
Humphrey, A. M. in Yale, were admitted ad eundeni
in this college.
The degree of doctor in divinity was confered on the
reverend Ehzur Goodrich of Durham in Connecticut,
one of the fellows of Yale college, on the reverend
Charles Nefbit of Mootrofe in Scotland, and on the
reverend Mr. Wren, of Portsmouth in England.
Toe president then gave the charge, to the class that
had jolt commenced, and the whole of the exercises
were concluded with a valedictory oration pronounced
by Mr> A. Green.
The aflembly was remarkably decent and attentive,
and the young gentlemen acquitted themselves in such
a manner as 'to procure the approbation of some of the
foremoft characters in America.
RIC H MO N D, (Virginia) September 27.
Extract of a letter from Washington county, dated Au
gust to, 1783.
" We hear from good authority that various depu
tations have lately arrived at Louisville, they all ex
press a hearty and ardent desire to be at peace; ack
nowledging their mift^ke for not observing a neutrality,
and submissively beg our protection ; some of them
tell u% our troops ate in poffeffiori of Detroit, and
that conmlffioners from Congress had arrived at San
dulky. This is the real cause perhaps of their now so
clearly feeing their error, notwithflanding this flat
tering profpeCt of peace presents itfelf, we are not a
little alarmed at the rash and wicked ; conduct of a par
ty of North Carolina people, fettled on the Cumberland
or Shawanefe river, joined by a body of the Cnicki
faw,, attacking one of the Spanish settlements on the
Miffiffipi; happily they were repulsed, and most of
them fell a Sacrifice to their villanous attempt. This
unlucky affair we find was set on foot by some tories
that bad taken refue in the Cumberland settlement,
after the conquest of Weft-Flolida; particularly ong
Turnbull and Phil. Alston (the famous money coun.
terfeitar) but early intelligence of their infamous pro
jed was given by a Virginian who it does great honor
to, to the Spanish governor; by which means, cur
friends were some what prepared to defend themselves:
would to God the Spaniards had them : perhaps, they
would gratify their thirst for gold by keeping them
digging for it all their lives, as the governor demands
that ai. those who have escaped by given up, or he
will feud a fufficient force to make rep ifals."
Arrived Bobb's Hole the brigantine Success, captain
Harris, from White-Haven with dry goods.
The inhabitants of the town of Frederickfburg, pre,
fented a very polite and effeClionate address to the hon.
major general Green, on the i2ti instant, and a pub
lic dinner was ajfo provided. The meritorious achieve
ments of that gallant offices, while Commanding in
the southern department, impressed the citizens of this ,
commonwealth with the warmest gratitude-
We are informed the inhabitants of the town of Al
exandria; presented the general with a very po ite
address, equally expressive of their attachment tohis
person; and provided an elegant dinner, but the gene
arl's indisposition prevented his attending.
William Lee, esquire, formerly fheriffof the city of
London, is arrived at Hampton, in trie ship Virginia,
captain Robertfoo, from Oflend.
BALTIMORE, CRober 3#
On Saturday evening the honorable major general
Greene, accompanied by major Hyrne, arrived in this
place from Char leflown.—-The eminent services of that
brave officer entitling him to every mirk of refpe&, an
elegant entertainment was provided for him -last Tues
day, at Mr. Grant's tavern, by the citizens of this
town, where a very numerous company spent the day
with much cheerfulnefs and good humour, and wi'h
many agreeable reflections on the important revoluti
onlo lately accomplished ; and in effe&eing which their
illustrious guest acted so distinguished a part. On this
occasion tli efollowing address was presented to the ge
neral:
To the Honorable Major General Greene.
SIR.
'" citizens of Baltimore, being Wrongly impref
£eiwith a g ateful fence of the important services
which you have rendered your country, are very hap
py in an opportunity of congratulating you on your
fafe return to this place We who have the happiness
of expressing their sentiments on this pleasing occafin
on, Iha • not attempt to recite the honors of your bri*