The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-09-21 00:00:00, page 2

B O~S T 0 N, September 9.
LAST Saturday his Excellency the Chevalier de la
Luzerne, the New Miuifter Plenipotentiary, from
our augull ally, ris Most Christian M ijefty, to these Unit
ed States, and Monsieur Marbois, the Secretary to the
Commission, with their Suite, let out from this town, where
they have resided about four week , on their journey to
Philadelphia.
The appointment of personages so refpedable to these
offices is a proof of their importance, and of the high efti
matien in which these States are held by their allies.
The Chevalier de la Luzerne, before his departure for Phi
ladelphia, addressed a letter tc th Hon. the President
ol tne Council of this State—of which the following is a
translation ;
Bfan, ^tb September, 1779.
SIR,
IT is with fiocereregret I take leave of a city where I
have met with a reception that cannot but induce me
to with for a longer rcfi fence in it. Be allured, I threat
you, that I shall ever retain a remembrance of it ; and,
be pleased at the fuue time, to assure the Council of the
State of M-rftchuietts of my m®ft grate.ul sentiments.—
What more endears, Sir, the kind attention of your coun
trymen to me, b, tuat I regard it as a telhinony of their
affection to my nation § and I can venture to affirm that
this affection is reciprocal.—Tne more frequent opportu
nities these two nations may have to become acquainted
witii each other, tne greater will be their mutual esteem
and affection ; and 1 am very certain that the leaders of
this State will employ every exertion to cherifli sentiments
so natural, ason my part, 1 shall apply the utmost of my
care to nourish the aifedion of the French for confederated
America.
Of this I beg you to assure the Council in which you
preside, and at the fame time to be fully persuaded your
fed of the fcmimenis pfelbem and attachment with which
you have mfpircd me, and of tne perfect refpe& with
which I have the honor to be, Sir,
Yuur mod humble
and mull obedient servant,,
Le Chevalier de i.a LUZERNE.
It is with pleasure we hear that tne Deane frigate is one
of the fafieft failing vtfftiin America.
PRO V I D E N C E, September 4.
Cap: Jacobs, in -e pri iteer brig Happy Return, of
this port, has taken a sloop from St. Eunatia/ bound for
Ireland, with .00 pipeso MaJeb. wine, ilfo a floep 'rom
Jamaica, laden with rum, mejrffes and fruit ; tne firft
mentioned prize is arrive, in a fate port.
Capt. Jacoos has ano hut into a fafe port a brig from
Boflon, laden with lum >er and fiih. The piratical crew,
five in number, having risen upon the captam, and got
poffeffioQofrhe vessel, were fleering for Ne^ ^rk. They
were c&adu&ed heie yetterday in irons, and committed to
fafe keeping.
The privateer Hancock is arrived at Stonington, and
has brought in with her a brig from J unaica, saving on
board 180 puncheons of rum, being the third prize ihehas
taken during a cruize of two weeks.
FI SII- KI LL, September 16.
Yesterday the Chevalier de la Luzerne, Ambassador
from the Court of Versailles, passed through this town qn
his way to Philadelphia, escorted by a number of gentle
men and a troop of light dragoons We hear he was to
ineet His Excellency General Wilhington at the Land
ing, to dine at New Windsor, from thence to take boat,
and view the army, and works at Weft-Point.
On Monday morning, the 6th inst. at fun rife, Lieut.
Col. Tarlton, of the British le ion, wit 1 about 300 horse
and 40 or 50 infantry, made their appearance in King
fireet, opposite the road leading to Suerwood's bridge
acrols Birain river ; leaving the rifcally M. : jor Baremore
with 20 of his men at the lower Biram bridge, in order to
draw down Lieut. Col. White's detachment of horse and
infantry, when Tar'ton was to fall on his rear by crossing
Sherwood's bridge.' Colonel White, having timely notice
of their designs, frustrated the whole of their plan—the
British hero was, therefore, obliged to return much cha
grined, an I diHppoint. 1 mais Don Qnixotte expedition ;
which begm wit killing one, and bounding five of his
own mm, in a charge it Rye bridge, and ended in taking
off all I K? g .efr, du ^s uri cnickms in the neighbourhood
c 'Jn; ^.: r ,j ac Waite Plains: It is hoped a cha
c. vech^Lf on w:11 be put on the latter part of this
£ ' ^r^ r : y 1 ;,n. as we are credi ly informed toe Bri
ink are uau^h in want of poultry, the number of
fuk 11. w daily
A ~e on —, who took off General Silliman,
from E. field, : taken on Lonfrlfl nd, and fafely lodg
ed in prii .n.
V- Earn, that ^cr^ : nicies of merchandize, fell in
T.: die^wf dim ~ O:. littee there has flipulated
tmm, notwitm.andmg the ports of foine (peculators to
the contrary.
PHILADELPH' ~ September 21.
Extract oj a letter irom Nebec,m Hubb d, E/g; Hart
ford, Sep 9, 1779.
"B, a vessel lately arrived Be >ord, commanded by
Captain W addel, we are inform 1. at he failed from the
C pe i company witha French fleet, consisting of 25
lhr. % of the line and troves, with 6000 trcops on board,
commanded by the Count D'Eftaing, and that in latitude
25 and longitude 70, where he parted with he fleet, he
was informed the Count was bound to Georgia, and from
thence to the northward."
Extra's of a fetter from Capt. Samuel Nicholson, of the
Deane frigate, to the Marine Committee of Congress.
Falmouth, Sept. ;, $ o'clock, 1779.
Gentlemen,
"MY last to you was of the 29th of July, dated from
Hampton io Virginia, and on the fame day I left the capes
with two Virginia State ships, their tender, and 13 fail of
merchantmen. The State fllips and tender quitted us soon
after we left the cape.
“ On the second of August we dis overed two fail, and
gave them chace; they endeavoured to separate our con
voy, but we were fortunate enough to take them both, be
ing privateers from New-York, one the Tryall Lhooner
of 10 guns and 37 men, and the other the Flying Fish,
mounting the fame dud 3% men ; the former comended
An ACT to continue an Afi intituled " An Aft for opening
ana better atnena^g and keeping in repair the public roads
and highways within this Province,"
WHEREAS the said AH in its operation is found
beneficial and easy to the inhabitants and travellers
in this State, but cy its own limitation would expire at the
end of the fitting of this Assembly.
Be it therejore enaaed, and it is hereby enaaed, by the Re°
prefentatives oj the freemen of the Commonwealth of Fenn s
fylvania, in General Afo mbly met, and by the authority oj the
feme, That the said Act and every article, clause and thing
therein contained (so much thereof as relates to the afftff
ment of estates within the several townships, the quantum
of the fines and penalties imposed on persons offending a
gainst the directions of the laid AH, to the daily wages
allowed to Superrifors of the highways, for their actual
attendance at the mending and repairing the fame, and the
clause of limitation aforefaid only excepted) shall be, and
is hereby declared to be, in full force and virtue, for and
during the term of two years, from and after the publica
tion hereof, and from thence to tne end of the next fitting
of Assembly, and no longer.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the Supervisors of the public roads and highways, within
the refptflive tewnfhips of this State, valuing and estima
ting real and personal estates within their said townfhips,as
the fame were valued in the year One thousand seven hun
dred and seventy two, when the aforefaid Aft was made,
shall or may, during the continuance of this Act, make or
'ay a rare or rates in any one year, not exceeding
in the pound, on the yearly value of the fame estates, to
be employed for the opening, clearing, amending and re
pairing die fevered roads and highways within theirrefpeft
ive townihips. And that the said Supervisors, besides the
twelve pence in every pound, by them to be collected
shall be allowed and paid Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings
per diem, for each day he or they shall attend in overfeein^
employing and directing the workmen upon the public
roads and highways within their townfllips. And that e
very person who shall be duly elected and chosen Super
visor of the public roads and highways, and shall refufe or
negleft to take upon himfelf the said office, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of One Hundred Pounds, to be applied towards
amending and repairing the said roads. And that such
Supervisors as have taken upon themselves the office to
which they were chosen, but shall refufe or negleft to do
and perform their duty as directed by the said Ad, shall
be fined and pay the sum of Fjfty Pounds for every such
offence- And that every person employed at work in the
repairing of the public roads, or being with these work
by Capt. Warling, and the latter toy Capt. Blair , buh
which were sent to Philadelphia under the command of
Mr. Long a pilot, and Mr. Porter of the Boston.
" On the ninth instant we chafed and took the ship
Glencairn, from Glasgow, mounting twenty 18, 9 and 6
pounders, bound for New-York, and laden with goods,
&c. She had about 30 men, and commanded by Captain
M'Caul.
" On the 12th, we came up with the Sandwich packet,
from New- York, bound to Falmouth in England, mount
ing 16 guns and 60 men, commanded by Capt. Hill of
the navy, who was going home with dispatches, which he
threw over, and had on board Lieut. Col. M'Pherfon of
the 73d regiment, Major Gardner of the 16th with his
wife and child, which we let remain on board her, on ac
count of better ac # on.modeling, Capt. Ross of the 71st re
giment, Captain James of the navy, and Mr. Robertfoa
•purser of the Swift, also Mr. Powel and Mr. Ashley mer
chants, besides the officers of the thip.
" The 23d, we chafed ^d tock the brigantine Venture,
from Madeira, commanded by Captain Leake, mounting
two guns and about 15 or 20 men, and laden with about
150 pipes of wine (Madeira) bound for New-York, the
was dispatched for Boflon in care of Mr. Day midihip
man of the Boston frigate; by her we learnt the declara
tion of Spain against England.
" Captain Tucker on the 24th was preparing to quit
me, but Just on the moment of parting we difeovered a
fail bearing down upon us, upon which we agreed to keep
together till we saw who or what she was ; and thereupon
gave her chace, which continued till one o'clock next
morning, when she struck without firing a gun. She
proved to be the Thorn, a sloop of war from Fortfmouth
in England, pierced for 18 guns and mounting 14, was
copper bottomed, and complete in every refpea as a Ihip of
war for fix months, and only ten months old, had 135 men
on board, and commanded by Capt. Wardlow, bound - for
New-York ; fixe was going with the Spanish manifefto
and other dispatches, which were destroyed.
" Upon my coming into this river, I found the Sand
wich packet lying here, who had pot in about four hours
before us, having Ellen in with Sir George Collier's fleet
returning to New- York ; but they took no notice of him,
and he got clear.
" On board the Glencairn a person fays he had in
charge a box, which was to be delivered to some person
in New-York, but upon our coming up with them and
he flip firiking, threw it overboard ; upon which we sent
immediately after it, and with difficulty got it before it
funk, wh<n upon examination we found it contain mate
rials for counterfeiting our currency, consisting of types,
piper with silk and isinglass in it, &c. We have however
determined to secure the person, as we believe him to be
the sole intender of the villainy: The boy we have on
board, and shall bring it with us to Boston.
" I gave the command of the Thorn to Mr. Yeaton,
my FjrttLieutenant; he is an excellent officer, and with
he might be appointed to the command of her."
P.S I saw the merchantmen a hundred leagues to the
eastward of Bermudas.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennsylvania.
Friday, September 17, 1779
The Bill intitlea, “ An AH to continue an Aft intitled
" An Ad for opening nd better amending and keeping
" in repair the public roads and highways within this
" Province," was read the second time, and bring again
read and debated by paragaphs, was ordered to be tran
scribed for a third reading, and in the mean time print
ed for public configuration.
Extras from the Minutes,
JOHN MORR IS, Jun.
Clerk of the General Assembly.
Published by Order of Congress.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
To be S OLD by Public Vendue,
On Monday the twenty-seventh instant,
frHE Hull of a fine new Brigantine, and the Hull of
a Schooner, which were drove ashore near Squats
River, in the township of Shrewsbury, in Monmouth
county, together with their spars, fails and rigging,
being all new—4 cables, 4 anchors, %% pieces of cannon
with their carriages, 10 swivels, a quantity of gun
powder, aquantity of round foot, double-head ditto and
iangridge, rammers, ladles, sponges, crows and hand
spikes, 2 boats and oars, a number of iron-bound pun
cheons, 2 iron caboufis, 2 coppers, a number of fmall
arms and cutlasses, crane and waist irons, a quantity of
good beef, a quantity of new duck, &c. &c. Apply to
Richard Whelden and Nicoll Fosdick, residing
at Mr. Haven's, near the premises.
N. B. The vcffels may be easily got off, their hulls
not hurt.
A VER Y valuable tra& of LAN D, lying by Mid
" die Creek, twelve miles from the county town of
Sunbury, in Northumberland county, state of Pennsyl
vania, containing two hundred and sixty-two acres of
land, and allowance; three hundred and fevfnty perches
adjoining said Middle Creek, and the remainder (ad
joining to land of Mr. Albreght Sweinford and Mr.
Charles Williamson) good limestone land, with a large
dream of water; ten acres of meadow ready made, and
about fifty acres more may be made and well watered,
and as good timber land as may be defined. There are
on said place two log houses, and stables. It is about a
mile distant from a good grist and saw mill. The title
indisputable. For particulars enquire of Mr. Albreght
Sweinford, near said place, or of the fubferibers at
Lancaster. WILLIAM BAWSMAN.
\ LORENTZ MORQUDANT.
Tothe PRiNTER of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET
SI R,
BY some late publications, and by some petitions which
are fail now to be under the deliberation of Congress,
it appears that the exorbitant claim of Virginia to the
greatest and most valuable part of this Continent, lying
westward of the fettled parts of these United States, is
now become an object of general attention and alarm.
Never was there an affair of more national importance be
fore Congress, as the sovereign power of America ;
and upon their determination depends the greatest good or
evil to our confederacy, and our future union and prosperi
ty. On the one hand, if they support the exorbitant
claim of Virginia, she will pay her own national debt and
her future quotas, at the expence of the blood and trea
sures of all the other States in the confederacy; besides
possessing herfelf of an immense fund of money and lands,
which may enable her to dictate the future councils of
America, and to erect a new dominion over the free-born
sons of this Continent. On the other hand, if the Con
gress, in whom the sovereignty of America, as Represen
tatives of the United States, is now veiled, fhowid open an
cffieo for the sale of these lands, which are the just property
of the said States, it will in one month appreciate our money,
give it a solid basis in real property, and enable them to
carry on the war to a happy issue, rendering every conti
nental dollar equivalent to a silver one. Such is the dis
position of the country refpeaiiag the unreasonableness of
this monilrous claim, that if time is allowed, perhaps
100,000 freeholders at least will, in a few weeks, be found:
ready to address Congress to assert the sovereignty of
these States, and to engage to support them therein.
In a publication in Mr. Bradford's paper of last Wed
nesday, Virginia feerns to have a strenuous advocate under
the signature of Fiat fuftitia, challenging an aufwer to
their strange claims. Whether the writer be in jest or
earnest, he shall be indulged with a full answer ; and it is
hoped the public will not in the mean time be fwajed by
his flimfy arguments.
RALEIG H.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
A BSCONDED from Manington township, Ss
lem county, a young man named ELISHA
OSBI N, about five feet eleven inches high, fair com
plexion, pitted with the small-pox ; had oa an old fcol
loped hat, a blue and white Wilton coatee, a white lin
en waistcoat, and broad checquered trowfers. He took
with him when he went away, a likely white Stallion
with a saddle and bridle, fix years old, about fourteen
and a half hands high, paces, trots and gallops well.
Any person apprehending the thief and horse, so that
the owner may have the horse and the thief be brought
to justice, shall have the above reward, or FIFTY
A^.” '°' " e horse only, if delivered to the
fubferiber living in Manington township, Salem county,
or to Benjamin Miers in Strawberry-alley, Philadelphia,
Sept, IL JOSEPH HARTLEY.
Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Nifi Prius, will be
held at Lancaster on the sth day of October next, at
York on the 11th day of Odober, and at Carlifle on the
18th day of October.
taen, who fhdl aik any money drink or any ®ther reward
whatsoever, or shall by any means wh^tfoever, extort or
endeavor to extort any money or other thing, of or from
any person passing or travelling upon the said public roads,
sh di for every such offence pay to the Supervisor or Super
vif©rs of the township, the sum ofT&n Pounds. And the
Supervisor who shall connive at such practices, or &all
himfelf extort or endeavor to extort any money or other
thing from any traveller as aforefaid, sh dl forfeit and pay
for each offence the furo of Twenty Pounds. And that e~
very person and persons who shall flop or fill up any dram
or ditch already cut and opened, or hereafter to be cut
and opened by the said Supervisors to carry off and dram
the water from the public roads, ihall be fined, and pay
the sum of Fifty Pounds for every such offence.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the several fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
A&, shall be levied, recovered and employed in the fame
manner and to the fame ufe c , as in and by the aforefaid
AH, passed in the ye ar One thousand seven hundred and
seventy-two, is directed.