The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-05-22 00:00:00, page 3

have bad many a forrowfuf Dance King David dan
ced before the ark, on its return to' the city of Sion ;
but this was a dance of joy : And no doubt king George
would have no objection to a d nee on the return of
his American Colonies to th6ir allegiance.
It is now file g-neta! Opinion that an additional tax
on ^in will take pl. ce ; and this seems necessary, that
thrower ranks of p^ ople may not kill themselves with
Drains. There are several public houses in one parity
which return from 900 1; to 1,400 1. per annum, in the
article of gin.
A paragraph m yesterday's paper justly mentions
" the want of immediate, of expeditious trial:" But
the very contrary happened a few year's ago. During
the sessions at St. Margaret's Hil'l, a man picked a
pocket, was apprehended, tried, confided, sentenced,
en board a transport, and on fail for America, all
within eight hours. This man could not complain of
the " Laws Delay."
Letters from Paris bring advice of the death of mhnf. -
de Ttrnay, the French admiral at Rhode- I (land, at a
very advanced period of life, and that he was succeed
ed by the officer next in command, whole reputation
hands very high in France. They mention further;
that 12000 workmen are employed night and day at
Bred, repairing and sheathing vi h copper the ships
which are to put to sea this m nth ; and that that
fquidron will consist of twenty eight ships of the line,
with fourteen regiments on board. D'ERaing is to
have the command.
SALE M, May &.
Yesterday arrived here the privateer brig Montgo
mery, captain Carnes, from a fuccefsful crui'e, during
which he has captured three prizes, all of which have
faf- arrived, their cargoes chiefly wine.
Captain Carnes fell in with a large British cutter,
which he engaged for some time, before they parted:
The firfl lieutenant of the Montgomery was unfortu
nately kill d, and 5 of her hands wounded.
NEW-LONDO N, May ij. #
Wednesday the sloop Jay, captain H vens, arrived
here from Guadeloupe. On the paffagy soon after he
failed, he took up a boat with 14 men, being the crew
of a brig from Charleftown, South Carolina, bound
to Montferat, laden with rice, which brig had foun
dered about fik hours before, zhen a woman 011
board was drowned Captain Havens, at the time he
met with the boat, was close chafed by two ships,
and was in d mger of being captured, by the lead de
tention, yet his humanity wou'd not perm t him to
leave such a number of people in danger of perilling;
the wind at this time blowing hard, and it was near
right.
The following was brought from the Weft-Indies, by
a vessel which arrived sere the last week
Copy of a letter from Admiral Rodney to the Mar
quis de Bouille.
I Received the letters which your excellency did me
the honour to write me ; and I f fry to fee a per
son if so high a rank and character as the marquis
de Bouillie, should abase himfelf (on informations
which he acknowledges to have received by indirect
ways) so much as to make use of threats.
British admirals never fear and never make use of
threats; they are responsible for their actions only
to their k rg and country, and never have been re
puted for having insulted a declared enemy, these
have always been treated with resp.& and humanity.
A perfidious people, wearing the mask of friend
fhip, traitors to their country, and rebelling against
their king, deserves no favour or cot fideration, and
they never shall have any from me. lam, &c.
ANSWE R.
S I R,
I A M sensible that a British admiral and a French
general ought to be responsible for tl eir conduct
only to their King and country. Retortion, during
the war, is what I owe to each of them, (however
true! it may become) by the example you have given
in St. Eufiatia, and shall make it a law to follow it
ifriftly.
Your excellency undoubtedly forgot, in your let
ter, that you was writing to a French general, whom
the events of war have for tl is some time past, ac
cuflomed not to fear British insolence.
I had the honor of writing to your excellency, that'
I shall exchange no more prisoners, they shall be all
sent (without exception) to France. I repeat to you
once more, that you may aft as you think proper
with the flags of truce. To calm your fears on this
fubjed, I shall fend you no more. We will in future
fettle all our affairs * a coup de canon, and by that
means avoid these polemic, tedious disputes, which
are more fit for ambassadors than folc/iera.
* Field of battle.
BOSTO N, May to.
Sunday last arrived here a French ship, in 40 days
from France, on board of which came an admiral for
the French fleet at Newport. She brings intelligence
of the Alliance's arrival in France.
Wednesday fen'night arrived at New-London, the
privateer ship Randolph, captain Fofdike, with a ship
of 300 tons, bound from Guernsey to New-York, her
cargo very valuable, confining of 60 hogsheads of
Brandy, 150 ditto of geneva, 30 ditto claret viine, 90
boxes of cordials, Ac.
Last Sunday arrived in this harbour, after a pass ge
if about 6 weeks from Bred, M. M. de Barras, rear
admiral, appointed to the chief commander of the squa
dron of his most chriflain majefiy at Newport, in the
frigate la Concorde, commanded by M. de Tanauram.
This frigate has also brought back to America the
vis ount Rochambeau, son to the Count Roch?m
beau,'commander in chief of the French army - and
the baron Dubourg.
As the la Concorde had been defined to another quar
ter, and was fuddeniy and unexp; Redly ordered to at
tend the admiral this way, no private letters, we are
told, are come, th.? public dispatches are gone forward
to the commander at Rhode-Bland, and to Congress.
This frigate,- it is said, has brought a large sum of mo
ney for the far'd hnd naval forces of France,n Ameri
ca. We have not yet been able to obtain any European
news papers. —Accounts in general are, that some days
before the la Concorde left Brest, a squadron of 28 ships
of the line besides frigates and a large number of mer
chantman aid tfanfports, had failed from that port
the greater part bound to the Weft-Indies, and' some to
the Bast-Indies; to aR in conjunction with the Dutch
forces in that quarter: That Holland had begun
repeals upon Britain, and was now making every pre
paration to carry on the war with vigour : That Por
tugal had undoubtedly joined the armed neutrality,
and was fitting out men of war for the fepport of it ;
and that ti e court of Russia had ordered 8 ships of the
line to the Coad of Portugal for the fame purpose: That
the aimed neutral powers would make up for the com
ing season, a fleet confiding 56 fail of the line; while it
was concluded in Europe that Britain, in her prefant
circumflances/ could not retain for the channel service,
and her home defence, more than about 30 ships of the
line: That the blockade of Gibraltar was still continued,
and the garrison much ftraitned for fimplies: That the
continental frigate the Alliance, which failed from this
port, last February, in which colonel Laurens went on
public, buifinefs to the court of France, had arrived at
port I'Orient, about the middle of March: That M.
Necker, the celebrated direfter general of the finances
of France, had pub'lifhed, by order of the King, the ac
count he had rendered to his majefly of the state of his
finances, on the firft of January last, which had given
the higheflfatisfaßion to the whole kingdom, as this
is the firfl infiance of the kind, 'and as it is evidently
appears from this fl'atef that by tie abilities of that
great man, the revenues of the kingdom are now in a
better situation than before the war began : That it
did not appear that Britain had been able to procure
a' single ally fa Europe, though reports had been
fpfead that the emperor of Germany and the empress
of Raffia would beconte mediators for a general pacifi
cation, which Britain appeared to want ; but these re
ports were too vague to have any dependance placed
upon them.
Philadelphia, May 22. -
Saturday la.fithe fchoonef Neptu'ne, capt in l'Alle
riiant arrived hefe, after a parfage of 41 days, from
Cadiz. The accounts received by this vessel are, That
the siege of Gibraltar is still continued : th t the large
fleet mentioned, in Mr. Rivington's New-York paper
of the rath instant, to have failed ' from England on the
:3th of March, for the relief of Gibraltar, had not
made its appearance; but that 30 Spanish ships of the
line, and a number of frigates and smaller ve!fel< tin
der admiral Don Lewis de Cordova, lay at Cadiz, and
32 French ships of the line, &cz lay at Brefl, both
fleets waiting in their refpefbve ports for the time the
British fleet Ih II attempt to fuccohr Gibraltar, when,
it was not doubled but that the superiority of the
forces of our friends, must prevent rhe (applies from
Britain arriving at their defined port, Which will be
one principal means of the reduction of that very im
portant fortfefs.
Captain l'Allemant saw, ®n Wednesday last, off the
capes of Delaware, a fleet of 22 ships, supposed to be
the fame seen by captain Lyon in the Dove, as menti
oned' in our laftc
mand in chief.
By accounts fram the Southward we learn, that
after the precipitate retreat of Lord Cornwallis, from
Deep River, General Greene not finding it convenient,
for want of provisions, to continue the purfwit, filed
off, and directed his march to Camden, where he ar
rived on the 19th of April, having before he began 'his
march, detached Lieut. Col. Lee, with his legion, and
part of the second Maryland regiment, to join Gene
ral Marian, and to invest the enemy's post of commu
nication upon the Santee.
That upon his arrival at ' Camden, finding it im
pra&icable to norm the town, he took such a pofitibn,
about a mile distance, as might, induce the enemy to
Tally : That on the 25th of April, about 11 o'clock in
the morning, the enemy came out in force, 'and were
warmly opposed by the advanced piquet; upon this
out line was immediately formed. The action soon
commenced, and as the enemy were found to advance
with a small front, lieut. col. Ford, with te second
Maryla&defs, was ordered to advance and flank them
on the left, and lieut col. Campbell on the right',
while col'.Gunby, with the firft Maryland' regiment,
and lieut. col. Flaws, with th^ second ' Virginia regi
ment, advanced and charred Irim in the frott ; and at
the fame time lieut. col. Wafhington' was ordered to
turn their right flank, and charge them in the rear.
A close engagement ensued, and t'he enemy ' began to
give ground, when by an unfortunate accident the
firft Maryland regiment got int< some difor ier v.b ; ch,
by a miflake, was communicated to the second. The
enemy taking advantage of this, returned to the charge,
and before these regiments could be rallied, and re
duced to order, forced our artillery to reri e. Our
troops were rallied, bht not till it was too late to re
cover the fortune of the day, which at one time pro
mised a compleat victory, as col. Waffiington, upon
bis coming up, found the enemy, both horse and foot*,
retiring with the utmofi precipitation, ' and took up
wards of 200 prisoners, among whord were ten or fif
teen officers/ before he discovered our people had left
the ground; more than jo of Which prisoners lie bro't
off. Our army retired about two miles, wiihouf any
lots of artillery, ammunition or baggage, and not
withstanding this little repulse are in good spirits.
We are iikewife informed, that brigadier general
Marian, being joined by lieutenant colonel Lee, in
vested a pod of the enemy, c lied Fort Watson, situ
ated on a Small hill, well fortified, and garrisoned with
five commissioned officers and 109 privates, which af
ter a few days/ was Surrendered to him by capitula
tion.
A handsome, gay, Sorrel Horse,
to BE SO L D;
Enq^hc of the Fnntei.
The fate of the remaining Lots of the
Province-Island is adjourned till Saturday
next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
India Nankeens,
Ofthe best Quality, TO BE SOLD,
By John Smith,
Opposite the Church, in Second-street.
TO BE SO L D,
By Jonas Phillips^
At his Store, the foeth fide of Market street; four
doors b*low Mr. Dunlap's Printing-office, the fob
Rowing GOODS for ready Money, by Wholesale only.
BLACK and coloured Luteftrings, fine Corduroys,
Marseilles Quiltings, Dimpthys, Foftians, Draw
b°y°, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irifa Linens, Gauzes,
Nankeens, Book Mullins striped and plain, Per/iane,
Counterpains, silk and lawn Hankerehiefs, Moreens of
all colours, Sewing Silks, Gilt Buttons, Velvet Bind
ings for half, Silk Ferrets and Garters, Tapes and
Rrafs Nails, Womens Shoes, coloured Worked, Buff
Broadcloths, fine and coarse Thread Laces, a few large
Iron Bells r @r large half doors. Ivory Combs, Bindings,
Bl,nkflg, the best of Sdlad 01 in quart bottles, Eng
lift Garden Seeds, Watch Gaffes, Pepper, AU/pice.
Ground Ginger, Cotton, Wire Vinegar, Window
Glass, White Lead, Yellow Oaker, Spanish Brown
ground in oil, Pot and Pearl Aft, and a few hogsheads
of Tobacco, with sundry other Goods, &z.
N B Likewise 3 Pair of Carriage HORSES, to
be Sold at a reafonahle Price.
To be Sold by Private Sale,
For Cash or Weft-India Produce,
THE neat arid p'eafant BUILDINGS, situated on the
bnksof Schuylkill, between the Middle and Up
rer Ferry ; the whole commanding an extensive prof
puff of fid river.
An elegant Brick DOUSE, containing 22 feet in
f r ° ri b an d in depth 21 feet ; also a neat Stone Houle
^djmnin), containing in front 14 feet, and in d+pth
rg feet, with a good Kitchen. The Lot on which said
Buddings stand, contains 114 feet 6 inches on Afhton
fireet, and on Siffifrafs street 132 feet. For Terms
apply to WILLIAM DELLAP, in Water street, four
doors below the corner of Chefnut street.
Also, A LOT in Vine street, containing in front cm
said street 22 feet, and in depth 96 feet to Holm'a
alley, with the privilege of said alley. Enquire as above.
Thirty Spanifli milled Dollars
Reward.
RAN away ffom the fubferiber, about five weeks
ago, a Mulatto FELLOW, named Jack, about
five feet two or three inches high, fair complexion,
black bufhv hair: Had on when he went away, a drab
coloured cl th coat, leather breeches, a red furtdut
coat very large for him. He is a good tempered fellew
when sober, but sulky and quarrelsome in liquor; he
is well acquainted with the country, having been two
or three times at Boston, and was Servant to DcAor
Huichinfon when the army were at Valley-forge He
is a good Taylor, and probably may be skulking in some
part of the country, working at that trade. Whoever
takes up said fellow, and delivers him to the Subscri
ber, shall receive the above Reward; and all perfont
are forbid harborf'ng him, as by so doing they will be
prosecuted as the law direa#,
ANDREW CALDWELL.
N. B Said F l!ow would have been advertised be
fore, but as he had a trick of abferiting himfelf for two
or three weeks at a time and returing home, it was
thought he might do the fame now. May 18.
A Silver Table Spoon, marked
wth a cypher, was offered for Sale, about ten days ago,
and ftopt on suspicion of its being stolen. Whoever has
loft the f t me,by applying to the Subfetiber, in Second-
Greet, b<tw en Arch and Riceftreett, Goldsmith and
Jeweller, prove property, and pay the charge of advert
tiling, may have it again.
May 20. WILLIAM HAVERSTICK#
— &__ „
A Person capable of fett
ling Accounts, Posting Books, &c. would be willing
to Engage with a Gentieman, either in t<wn or country,
fer a Ihort Time, provided the Terms would suit. En^
quire of the Printer. May zc
Wants to take a Nurse Childe
A Woman that can. be well recommended, both for
her bonefty and sobriety. None other need apply but
those of a refpe& ble family. Enquire of the Printer.
Came to Stephen Webb's Plan
tat on. in Pennfbury township, Ch ft,r county, and
ftatet 0? Pennsylvania, a Brown HORSE, 5 years
Nd, near 14 hands high, branded with W. cn the near
shoulder, has a small Rar in his forehead, food before,
with old fibres and a considerable quantity of fiddle
marks. Toe owner is dtfired to come, prove his pro
perty, pry chargesand take him away.
N. B. The public is informed, that the Horse has
been advertif^d according to the old law.
STEPHEN WEBB.