The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-10-24 00:00:00, page 3

Extract of a letter from bis Excellency Governor Jef
ferfon, of Virginia, to the President of Congress, dated
Richmond. oaober 15, 1780. 6 o'clock, P. M.
SIR,
" I do myfelf the plea sure of congratulating your
Excellency on the final! dawn of good fortune which at
length appears in the South, as you will find by the
di fprtches I have the honour of inclofing to you, and
which I this moment received from General Gates."
Burk County, 2d October, 1780.
S I R,
" I am, at present, about 70 miles from Salisbury,
in the fork of the Cat^baw, with about 450 horfe-me°,
in pursuit of Colonel Ferguson. On my crossing the
Catabaw river I dispatched to different quarters for in
telligence, and this evening I was favoured with this
news, which you may depend on: That Colonel Clark,
of the State of Georgia, with icq riffle-men, forced his
way through South Carolina to Georgia. On his route
thither, being joined by 700 men, he proceeded to the
town of Augusta, and has taken it with a large quan
tity of goods; but not finding it prudent to continue
there, he has retreated to te upper parts of South-
Carolina, in Ninety fix diftrid,. and made a hand with
800 brave men.
* This moment another of my expresses is arrived
from Colonels M'Dowell and Shelby : They were on
their march, near Burk court-houfc, with 1500 brave
Mountain-men, and Colonel Cleveland was within io
miles of them with 800 men, and was to form a jun£ti-.
on with them this day. Lexped tb join them to mor
row, in pursuit of Colonel Ferguson, and under the di
redion of Heaven, I hope to be able to render your
Honour a good account of him in a few 'ays. l am,.
&c." Signed JAMES WILLIAMS.
Major General Gates.
Hillffiorough, 12th Oaober, 1780.
SIR,
, - " This iuftant I received the great and glorious news
contained in the inclofed letter from Brigadier General
Davidson to General Sumner, who directly dispatched
it to me by express. We are now more than even with
the enemy. The moment the supplies for the troops
here arrive from Taylor's ferry, I ihQI proceed with
the whole to the Yadkin. General Smallwood and
Colonel Morgan are on their way to that post ; the lat
ter, with the light infantry, was yefterd y advanced
18 miles beyond Guilford court house; the former,
with the- cavalry, lay, last night, 13 miles on this fide
that place. I desire your Excellency will forthwith dis
patch copies of all the letters I now fend you to the
President of Congress. I am, &c.
HORATIQ GATES."
Governor Jefferforn
Dear S I R,
“ I have the pleasure to enclose to you a large pack
et of dispatches taken yesterday, at M'Cappin r s
creek, on the way to Camden, by a small party of my
brigade. A detachment of izo horse, under Rutledge
and Dickson, almost surrounded Charlotte yesterday,
attacked a picket at Colonel Polk's mill, and at a cer
tain Mr. Elliot's, brought of a sentry and eight tories,
who are now on their way to you. A small party of
rifle- men brought off 50 horses from the tories at Col.
Polk's plantation last night. I have the honour to
be, &c. WILLIAM DAVISON."
Rocky-river, Sunday 2 o'clock, ioth O&o. 1780.
" P. S. Dickson loti one man killed and one officer
wounded."
General Sumner.
Camp, Rocky-river, October 1780.
SIR,
" I have the pleasure of handing you very agreeable
intelligence from the Weft. Ferguson, the great par
tizan, h&s mifearried. Tais we areaffured of by Mr.
Tate, Brigade Major in General Sumpter's late com
mand; the particulars from that gentleman's month
stand thns : That Colonels Campbell, Cleaveland, Shel
by, Seveer, Williams, Brandon, Lacey, &c. formed
a conjunct body, near Gilbert-town, confiding of 3000:
from this body were feleded 1600 good horse, who
immediately went in pursuit of Colonel Ferguson,
who was making his way to Charlotte. Our people
overtook him well polled on King's mountain, and on
the evening of the 7th inflant, at 4 o'clock, began the
attack, which continued 47 minutes. Colonel Fergu
son fell in the action, besides 15.0 of his men. 810 were
made prisoners, including the British - i< o of the pris
oners are wounded: Fifteen hundred stand of arms
fell into our hands. Colonel Ferguson had about 1400
men. Our people surrounded them, and the enemy fu
rendered. W loft about 20 men, among whom is
Major Chronicle, of Lincoln county ; Colonel Wil
liams is mortally wounded. The number of our
wounded cannot be afeertained. This blow will cer
tainly effeft the British v ry considerably. The Brig
ade Major, who gives us this, was in the adion. The
above is true. The blow is great. I give you joy up
on the occasion. I am, &c."
Signed, WILLIAM DAVISON.
Honourable General Sumner.
Camp, Yadkin.ford, October 10, 1780.
Eight o'clock, evening.,
S I R,
" With great fatisfaflion I inform you of the defeat
of Major Ferguson, on King's mountain, 4 o'clock,
Saturday afternoon. The particulars I inclofe you as
I received them a few minutes ago : Also, a letter from
General Davifon, of his securing 29 barrels of powder,
which were secreted, some time since, near Charlotte.
I am, Sir, with great refped,
Your very humble Servant.
JETHRO SUMNER."
Pub'ifhed by Order of Congress.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
On he above important Intelligence i< ng yrtteday
circulated in the cit,, the chearfol counten-n escf the
honest and virtuous ^rt of the community fully evinced
the heart-felt atistafti n they experienced on the joyful
occafon; wh.lit the malignant afpefts of the Difaffefted
fuffiaet y betrayed the^r chagrin and disappointment.
In CONGRESS, Oaober 6,178 c.
Congress proceeded to the ele&ion of officers in the
hospital department, and the ballots being taken,
Doctor William Shippen, junr. was elected Director
General.
Do&or John Cochran, chief Physician and Surgeon
of the army.
Doa ors . I^foi r % ? ch i es "^ ^ fc
( Charles M'Night, ) '
f ° Thomas Bond, junr. Purveyor.
Doffers ) Haac Ledyard, Afliftant Purveyor.
"° ) Andrew Craigie, A pothecary.
( William Johounot, Afliftant Apothecary.
^James Tilton,
Samuel Adams,
David Townfhend,;
Henry Latimer,
.Francis Hagan,i
Philip Turner,l
I William Burnet,
Doctors, J John Warren, } Hospital Phyßerans.
1 Moses Scott, l"
David Jackforiyl
IBodo Otto, 1
I Moses Bloomfield,
IWilliam Euflis,
1 George Draper,
I Barnabas B.nhey,'
RSolved, That Do&or Matthew Maus be appointed
Surgeon teethe regiment of Invalids, commanded by
Colonel Lewis Nicola; and that Colonel Nichola be'
authorized to appoint a proper Surgeon's Mats to the
said regiment, when the number of sick (hall make if
necessary. Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES' THOMSON, Secretary.
On Thursday last departed this- life, justly and uni
versally lamented, Mrs. SUSANNA SMITH, the.
wife of Jonathan B. Smith, Efquir, of this city ; and
on Saturday her remains were interred in the Presby
terian church „rd, in Arch- flreet.
The virtues and accomplishments of this amiable
woman were such as give the highest luflre to ' a female
character
" She was polite, as if at courts she'd always been ^
" And good, as if the world she'd never seen."
The resignation and fortitude with which she fubmif
ted to the stroke that dissolved her connexions with life
and her family, furnifhed the strongest proofs of the
excellency of the religion she profeffed and adorned.
" Softly her fainting head she lay
" Upon her Maker's breast;
" Her Maker kissed her foul away,
" And laid her foul to rest."
On Friday last, the 20th instant, departed this life, in
the 57th year of his age, Mr. JOSEPH WARNER,
of this city, heel and last maker, after a long and
tedious spell of sickness, which he bore with the most
chriftian fortitude, and freely and calmly resigned up
his breath into the hands of that supreme Being from
whom he received it, fully convinced in his own mind,
in his last moments, that he had led such a life as me
rited the esteem of his Heavenly Master—As a hufbaud
he was loving and affectionate,, as a father kind and in
dulgent, as a master tender and bttoved, as a friend
sincere, as a member of the community an honed, up
right man, and a firm friend to the independence of
America. He died' much lamented by all those who had
the pleasure. of his acquaintance, and has left a widow
and five children, besides a numerous train of relations
to bewail his loss, which to them is irreparable. His
remains were interred the next day in she Quaker's bu
rial ground in this city, attended by a long train of his
relations, and a refpeXable number of his fellow citi
zens.
*** The SOCIETY for the Relief of drowned Per
sons, are requeued to attend, punctually, at the Col
lege, on the firft Monday in November: as some
matters of importance wrll be laid before them for their
confederation. By order of the President.
B. DUFFIELD, Secretary.
City of Philadelphia, ff.
ON the sixteenth day of Odober, in the year of
our Lord One thousand (even hundred and
eighty, before me John Ord, Esquire, one of the
Justices of the Peace for the city and county of Phi
ladelphia, personally appeared William Weffcott,
commander on board the sloop Elizabeth, the pro
perty of Ilaac Hartman, of the iftand of St. Croix,
Esq; who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelift§
of Almighty God, did depose, declare and fay, that
he was (hipped by and received his inftruXious from
the said Hartmart to proceed with the said sloop Eli
zabeth to New-York and Philadelphia, as a flag,
having DoXor Kuhn and family on board as paffen«
gers : That he, this deponent, is neither dire&ly or
indiredly interested in the said floopT Elizabeth:
That on the twenty-third day of September, last past,
they arrived at the city of New York, and on the firtt
ioftant they failed from thence and arrived at Phila
delphia on Sunday the eighth following: Thar no
merchandize, whatever, was Slipped on board laid
sloop at St. Croix ; and that every article mentioned
in the manifeft were brought to Philadelphia and
there stored. And this deponent further faith, that
no goods or merchandize were landed at New-York
or Chipped on board the laid stoop Elizabeth there.
And further this deponent faith not.
WILLIAM WESSCOTT.
Sworn before me, John Ord.
Extraas from the Minutes of the General A ffimbly of
Pennsylvania. S-ptem^er 33, 1780.
THE House 1 efumed the consideration 0 the report
of the committee upon the determination of the Gene
ral Assembly cf Virginia refpe&ing the diluted boon,
dary, and having maturely considered the fame, it »a$
unanimously agreed to at follows, viz.
Refolded, That although the conditions annexed by
he Legifi^ure of Virginia, to the ratification of the
boundary line agreed to by the commiflionert of Penn:
f/ivania and Virginia, on the thirty-firft day of August
1779, may tend to countenance fonae unwarrantable
claims, which may be made under the State of Virginia,
in confeqnence of pretended purchases or settlements
pending the controversy, jet this State determining to
give the world the most unequivocal proof of their ear~
nest desire to promote peace and harmony? with a sister
State so neceff^y during this great contest agaiuft the
common enemy, do agree to the conditions proposed
by the State of Virginia, in their resolves df the twen^
ty third of June last, to wit:
" Th^t the agreement made cn the f?ft day of A&
gust, 1779, between James Madison and Robert An
drews, Cummiffioi era for the Commonwealth of Vir
ginia, and George Bryan, John Ewing and David Rit
terhoufe, Commissioners lor the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, be ratified and finally confirmed, to wit a
That the dne commonly called Mufon'tand Dixon's
Line, be extended due weft five deg: ees of longitude, to
be computed from the river Delaware, for the foutherm
boundary of Pennivivania, and that a meridian drawn
from the western extremity thereof to the northern limits
of the said states rcfp<&ively, be the western boundary
of Pennsylvania forever : on condition that the private
p of erty and rights of all perlons acquired ^ under, found
ed on, or recognized by the laws of either country,
pf vioui to the date hereof, be saved and confirmed ta
th m, a though they Should be found to fall within the
0 her, and that in the decision of dilutes thereon, pre
ference (ha I be given to the elder or prior light, which
evr of the said fbtsthe fume Sha 1 be acquired under,
such persons paying, within wh< D boundary their lands
fh?ll be included, the fame purchase or consideration
m ney, which „<ud have been due. from them to the
ft te under which they chimed the right ; and where an,
such fu chaie or conficeraticn ' money hath, Since the
declaration of American independence, been received
by either Rate for lands, which, according to the before
recited agreement. Shall fall within the territory of the
other, the f me Shall be reciprocally refunded and re
paid; and that the inhabitants of the disputed territory,'
now ceded to the State of Pennsylvania, frail not before
the first day cf December in the prefect year, be Subject
to the payment cf any tax, n<r at any time to the pay
inert of arp ?rs of taxes or impositions here oforc laid b,
eith'rftte."
And wedo hereby accept and folly ratify the said re
c ted condition, and the bound ry line formed thereup^
on.
Rtfolved, That t'e Pr< fi lent and Council of this state
be, ard they arc hereby empowers dto appoint two com
m ffi wers on the part o! this Rate, in conjunaion with
c< mm ffioners to be appointed by the ft?te of V rginia,
to extend the line commonly celled Mason's and Dixon's
line, five degrees o' longjude from Delaware river, and
from the western termination of the line so extended to
run and mark, as fcon as may be, a meridian line to
the Ohio river, the remainder of that line to be run as
soon as the Prefdent and Council, taking into their con
fi 'eration the disposition of the Indians, Shall think it
prudent. And the President and Council are hereby
authored to give to the said Commiffioneis such in~
ft, uftions in the premiss as they Shall think fit.
Rest I'ved, That the average price of labour per diem,
foithe purpose of ascertaining the pay, fines and penile
t ; es of the militia of this state, be thirty dollars.'
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to BE SOLD,
A very good second hand 7 inch CABLE, 110 fathoni
" long Also a , inch ditto, f ,o fathoms|long ; and a
quantity of BLOCKS, iron hoops aAd Junck.
Apply to WIILrA m Bidden.
TO BE SO L D,
A three ffory BRICK HOUSE, in Front-street near
Scuhftieet. Alo a HOUSE in Spruce-Street
near Second, flreet. Enquire of the printers-
Cheftr Goaf, O&cber tgd, £7BO.
WA 9 committed to this go 1, some time ago, &
certain ROBERT M'DONEL, fays he is a
fer ant b longing to William Hayes, of Lancaftcr coun
ty, Londonderry township. Hsmafter is hereby reques
ted to come, pay charges and take him away, in the Space
of three weeks from this date, or eife he will be fold foe
his fees
Was committed to she said goal, about the iSth of
September last, a rirgroe man named JACK, about five
feet four inches high, a well set fellow, hit age unknown^
fays that he min.away from aboard some Ship lying at
Philadelphia; the name of the vcfftl unknown, aria
further fays he belonged to one Burges Smith, living on
Rapahanock river in old Virginia : his owner is desired
to come, prove his property, pay his charges and take
him away, or else he will be fold for his fees.
J. VAUGHA N, Coaler.
Was committed to the Goal, the 10th of this inftant,'
a certain PATRIC K &RANT, alias GRIMES, on
fulpicion of burning Jerret Doughart)'shoufe, late of
Shearmans Valley, Cumberland county ; and farther fuf
pe&ed f rl re king Carlisle goal, and making his efcapa
without finding tryal ; taken up by Dav.d M Lure,
and committed by Evan Evanfy enquire.
TO BE SOL D,
At PUBLIC VENDUE, on Tnefday the gift day of
this instant, Oaober,
A Valuable PLANTATION, situate in Amwell
township, Hunterdon county, is miles from Tren
ton, g miles from the river Delaware, whereon Au- -,
guftine St«venfon now dwells, containing too acres,
wth a fufficient quantity of meadow, woodland and
orchard; a good house and barn. Any perlon or per
lon , inclining to purchase, may view Qe premises be
fore or gt the time cf fate, which will begin at >z o'clock
of Grid day ; where attendance will be given, and the
conditions made known, by
O&o. 14, ROBERT STEVENSON, ,
1780. THOMAS brEVENSON,)™™ 0 "'