The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-05-04 00:00:00, page 1

At ten o'clock in the forenoon, on Meff'rt Willing and
Morris's uharff, will be fold by public auction, the
Schooner HooK-'em-Snevy, with
her guns, arms, tackle, apparel and furniture, as (he
now lays at said wharff, being a prize to the ship Hy.
der Ally, Jofhna Barney, efq; commander.
By order of the court of admiralty,
April 29. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marflrll.
H A
Tuesday, tl^ 30th of A pril, 1782.
This Evening and for several Evenings successively,
Jewels and Diamonds for fentimentalilb :
Containing a great variety of the most celebrated ant
cient and modern authors in arts, Sc ences, Biography,
Voyages, Travels, Poetry, Novels, and entertainment ;
Also, A Collection of LAW BOOKS; being the
library of a Lawyer lately deceased. Will begin to be
Sold by Auction, at the Book-Store of ROBERT
BELL, near St. Paul's Church, in Third-street.
*** Hours of sale, each evening, from half after se
ven to nine o'clock, at which movements of time, the
books will instantaneously, either be fold, or facrificed,
According to the taste of the company.
Printed Catalogues to be had at BELL's BOOK-
S TORE.
At the Northern-liberty Auction-Store,
The upper end of Second-Preet,
Will begin the SALE of a GENERAL and good
ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Houfhold and Kitchen Furniture,
Next Tuesday Morning,
At NINE o'Clock,
&c. &c. &c.
ALEXANDER BOYD,\ A c
JAMES LAUGHEAD, ) Aua i° n eers.
N. B. Public Auction will be held at the above
mentioned Gore, on every Tuesday, beginning at nine
o'clock, &c.
An entire New Work.
Now felling at Pell's book- fl ore, near St. Paul's church,
in Third - Greet, Philadelphia • price one dollar.
The REA L and GENUINE
Hand bills will be discontinued for the future, except
on particular occasions.
A further Sale of the Public Lots
of thia city, for the redemption of the bills of ciedit of
this state, dafed April 29, 1780, will be held at the
Coffee-Houfr, on THURSDAY, the 9th of May next,
at to o'clock in the Forenoon.
At the fame Time and Place will be Sold, Lot, No.
4, containing 10 acres —►perches, and 21 ac/es and 84
pitches of Cripple, being part of State-island. A Plan
of the Lotsand Cripple may be seen at the Coffee-houfe.
The Conditions the fime a# the hft Sale. April 29.
School for Scandal,
A Commedy ; afted with bursts of applause, at the
The REVOLUTION of AMERICA.
B, the Abbe R A VNA L, author of the philofo
pbilcal and political history of the establishments and
commerce of the Europeans in both the Indies.
Also, Variety of curious and ufeful books, in hiflory,
divinity, voyages, travels, poetry, plays, novels and
entertainment, with Latin and Greek classics, &c. &c.
Hold the Mirror up to Nature, and shew Vice its own
Image.
Likcwife, Another entire new work, now felling at
Bell's book flore, near St. Paul's church, in Third
ftreet, Philadelphia, price one dollar.
To be Let on the Shares,
For the Purpose of Planting Potatoes,
A Three Acre L O T,
On Arch and T^nth ftreet#. Enquire of the Printer.
SATURDAY,
VOL. XIA Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
O^^^^^O
Theatres in London and Dublin.
Written by Richard Brinfley Sheridan, esquire.
On MONDAY next,
Atßion of Books.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer,
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
From the (London) Public advertiser, dated Decem
ber 6, 1781.
WHAT man who feels for the honour of his
king, and prosperity of his country, who com
pares the present deploiable state of the latter
with its former power and grandeur; when not more
than twenty years ago, in the full meridian of its glo
ry, it was the dread and envy of surrounding nations,
but must exclaim in the emphatic language of our great
progenitor soon after his fall, oh miferabie of happy !
From what causes the rapid decline of this great empire
proceeds, is worthy the calm deliberation, the candid
enquiry of a free British senate, where faction should
not dare to shew its hated head, but the amor patriae
only shine with luftre in every countenance, and glow
with ardour in every bread. To this grand inquest,
this great and dread tribunal, the people look for fafe
ty. On them (their legal representatives) the only pow
er on earth who can adminifler relief, and guard them
in the hour of danger, the eyes of the nation are fixed.
To them alone they trust, not only for future proteai
on, but a restoration to that power and grandeur from
which they have lately so unhappily fallen. To effect
this great and salutary purpose, union mud be firft esta
blished. Let our rules unite in friendfhip, harmony and
love ; let the only emulation among them he, who shall
appear most forward in this critical hour of danger in
the service of their country. The people would eagerly
catch the generous, glorious flame, which would soon
strike terror into the breads of our numerous enemies,
and Britain would again resume her ancient splendor,
be a queen among the nations, grear, mighty, and to
be feared. C I V I S.
Jan. 19. Yesterday colonels Tarleton, Lake and se
veral other officers, arrived at lord George Germain's
house in Pall-Mall, from America, and have brought
dispatches to his lordflnp, which were afterwards car
ried to the king at the queen's palace.
They failed from New-York in the Robufte man of
war, on the 15th of December ; but the Robufte prov
ed so leaky, the could not proceed on her voyage to
Europe, 'and bore down for Jamaica. The officers
went on board a transport coming also from New-York.
When they came into the channel, they fell in with a
French privateer, which took them, but ransomed the
above officers for 400 guineas. Afterwards they were,
by the late high winds, driven up to Dungenefs before
they made the land. The ca ptain of the privateer told
them, there were fix more privateers now cruizing in
the channel.
SIR,
I Write from good authority, that if the petition of
Mr. Peon had been received, read and attended to,
the differences between England and her colonies would
have been long ago amicably fettled, and they would
have been in perfed peace and friendfhip with each
other. T RUTH.
The information they bring is, that the offi
cers at York-town, after the capitulation, drew lots
which should come home, because a number of them
were to flay with the men. Those who were fortunate
embarked at York-town for New York ; those who ar
rived at the latter place were three weeks on their pas
sage. Near one hundred officers, who embarked also
for New-York, have been driven down to Charleftown.
Among these were the officers of the 80th regiment in
particular. That lord Cornwallis is on his passage for
England in one of the return transports; that general
Arnold is also coming to England in another transport.
The objed and purpose of this gentleman's coming is,
to Prefer, and, as far as he can, to support a charge
against fir Henry Clinton ; that he (Arnold) made an
offer to general Clinton, to prevent Washington going
to the southward, but general Clinton refufed his pro
posal. Whether general Clinton did not choose to en
trust him, or what was tne reason for refufing to liflen
to Arnold's proposal, cannot yet be known; but fir
Henry Clinton has infilled upon coming home, and it
is underflood, that permission will be immediately sent
him. A negociation is at prfent on the tapis with hr
Guy Carleton to succeed fir Henry Clinton, hut there
are doubts whether he can be prevailed upon to go.
BRIDGETOWN, (Barbadoes) Feb. 23.
A cartel vessel from Demerara, with prisoners, has
arrived, and there is at this time another flhip to lee
ward, which has been off since yeflerday morning, in
a very distressed condition ; a few of her passengers
ventured to attempt to get on shore in a boat, and
happily succeeded ; they inform, that the ship failed
from Demerara on the 12th infl. that river and its de
pendencies having capitulated on the third ; that, hav
ing but little provision and a great number of mep, it
To the Printer of the Pub'ic Advertiser.
O R, THE
T HE
O N.
" OnSunday the 7th instant, eight Indians made an
attack upon the house of Mr Rofwel Franklin, of
this town, and made Mr. Franklin and four children
prisoners ; took what plunder they could carry off, and
burnt the house, with 150 bushels of wheat, aquanti
ty of linen cloth, yarn, flax and houfhold furniture.
The smoke and flames of the house, hurried home the
unfortunate Mr. Franklin, who was then absent after
his cattle, but too late either to fee the savages or save
the building. Upon information arriving in the nigh
bourhood of the garrison, which was about five miles
diflant, colonel Nathan Denifon ordered a flout im
mediately in pursuit of them; accordingly ferjeant
T. Baldwin, with eight enterprizing young men of the
inhabitants, went up the river about 70 miles, and
lay until Saturday the 13th, when their provisions were
entirely exhaufled. Early in the morning, ferjeant
Baldwin sent two of his men into the woods for vemfon;
the enemy soon appeared in fight, to the number of
thirteen : They had, previous to this, difeovered the
tracks of Baldwin's party, and wen cautious of an am
bufeade. Before the action commenced, they desired
the prisoners to lye flat on the ground during the tine
of it, which they were encouraged to think would ope
rate in their favour, by reason of the superiority of
numbers. The action began about ten o'clock A. M.
and continued until about five in the afternoon, ;t
which time the enemy withdrew, leaving on the ground
one Indian, gun and accoutrements, one tent, eight
blankets, a number of other Ind an articles and the
plunder taken from Mr Franklin's house. The pri
soners fay, that soon after the adion began, they saw
an Indian carry off one of their dead, and in a short
time returned and shot Mrs Franklin, as she lay by
them, took the youngest child, about eighteen months
old, and carried it off : The other three children were
recovered.
was confuted by Sunday last, since which time they
have been starving; immediately as the merchants of
this town were acquainted with their melancholy fitu^
ation, they dispatched a faft failing vessel to their relief.
Among the passengers are colonel Kingflone and cap.
tain Towarden.
" Serjeant Baldwin was shot through the left h^nd,
and bled so free, that it was with difficulty he loaded
his rifle ; Oliver Bennet was also shot through the el
bow, which so disabled him as not to difeharge his
piece during the action. The prisoners further fay,
they were informed by the Indians, that 28 came from
Niagara together, and that 15 of them were gone ts
Delaware."
Yesterday afternoon, _about 25 minutes after two
o'clock, a very severe shock of an earthquake was felt
throughout this island, which continued (by the best
accounts we have collected) about 40 seconds ; force
fay it was preceded by a sudden gust of wind, and a
noise like that of diflant thunder; but as no perform
could possibly have foretold this event, and as all must
naturally be surprised at so awful a shock, it is not to
be wondered at, how much the accounts may differ.
We have not learnt that any damage was done. The
direction of the earthquake appeared to be from north
to south.
BOSTO N, April 11.
When we talk of the public debts and taxes in th@
United States, let us look to those of our enemies, and
corifider what a large share of them must have been laid
upon our (boulders had we been conquered by Britain,
in recompence for which we should have had the most
abject slavery.
The national debt of Great-Britain is Gated in a late
London paper, in the following manner:
Funded debt, sth July, 1781, I. Sterl. 177,206,000
Annual intereftpaid by the) , c
public on this debt, ) '*,812,000
Unfunded navy debt, ... 9,000,000
Extraordinaries of the war, - - 3,000,000
Vote of credit, - - - . 1,c00,000
Debt of artillery, - - - . 1,000,000
Extraordinaries of the navy, - - 1,000,000
Exchequer bills in circulation, - - 4,000,000
Loan of the bank, .... 2,000,000
The whole unfunded debt, 21 millions.
Supposing that when the funds shall be laid for this
sum, the terms agreed to with the public shall be as in
the two or three last years, that is, at 5 1-2 per cent.
This annual interest for 21 millions, will amount to
1,155,000. So that the total of the national debt, on
July iff, 1781, amounted to 198,206,000; the total
annual interest, to 8,044,000. which is hlmoft double
to what the nation paid in taxes before the American
war; the annual interest of the whole national debt, on
the firfl of January, 1776, being about 4,300,000
pounds sterling.
FIS H-K I I. L, April 25.
Extras of a letter from Weftmoreland, on the Suf*
quehannah, dated April t 6, ,782.
M A Y 4, 1782.
[NUMB 880.