The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-04-08 00:00:00, page 3

emr.fir.TCd-If tru% ft is certainly very important, and
innft produce memdrable events. Burgoyne's defeat,
and ibrne overture's said to be made by the English
Ambassador to our CorUmiflinners at Paris, are affign
ted as the cautH of this pleating profpe&''
We hear from Levittown, that on Sunday the iad
irritant, at two o'clock in the morning, an English ten
der belonging to die Roebuck, mounting eight car
riage guns and four fwive!s, with twenty one men
on board, ran afore at Cape Aral pen ; it being in
the night, the was not discovered by the guards until
day, before which time the crew had set her on fie
and left her (the guns can only be faVed). When the
crew was it discovered, they were paraded on the
bench, and Surrendered tnemfelves prifoaers of war on
firing one mufct.
The next morning (being the 23!) a fchooher
called the Red, and formerly belonging to Wilming
ton, mounting eight carriage guns and four swivels,
James Dunavan, Master, from St. Chriftophers bound
to Philadelphia, with flip,ar ano limes, consigned to
Tench Cox, Mmchmt, also ran on ffiure at the Cape :
The crew, confuting of eleven white-men and one Ne
gro, Carre Aered themselves prisoners. T>e sugar,
together with the rigging ard fails, are laved,.
The prisoners, bring the crews of both veffek, 3-
rnou-ving 0 thirty-turee in number, are sent un ler
gua d to Dover, on their way to General Smallwood's
head quarters at W Imirigton.
We be,r from Dover, that on the 31st of March
lift, the General' AT mbly of the Drawae S'ate ap
p.dot'd.the Honorable Mj)r-Gener.d C^S AR
RObNF # V PrTid'nt, Captain-General, and Com
mander in Chief of the said S'ate.
Extract of a letter dated Mr. Jacob's Tavern, March
3% '778.
" On <Wur(taevening I Arrived here, the Officers of
Col 'Morgan's corps gave me "aninvitation to spend the
ni^bt runh them, ^h'cb I readily accepted of, as Incas
informed they were going to pay a tribute ofrefect to the
dcceafedMj r Morris, who cited 0; the Wound he received
at Whi/fmarfo in 4 farmi/b with the Britifo troops; also
Lieutenants Buchanan and Harrifan, who were riled at
the Northward, in the adst r n of the ,'th of October last ;
after the banner of the Indians avbo believe they can
raifetheir decefed Warriors that avers billed by an enemy.
At d?jk, the corps wfembled unarmed, with their faces
painted; a War pf teas planted, and neatly painted in
the woods; the corps for med a circle round itand a fire
Huas made in the centre; One of Burgoyne's * Grass
hoppers, with the train belonging to it, was polledwith
out the circle —A principal Mar ior (sui'b fame Indian
runners jud arrived were within the circle, these are a
pa r t of two hundred on their Way to join this corps) arose
and addressed bimfelfto big brethren in the following man
ner, viz. " Brother Warriors,—Something has lain heavy
" u,dn me for a long time —Ican't hemery—lam much
«' t"~ub : ed—'Tis eaferjelt, my Brothers, than described —
" You all know, we have been at war ; that we have left
" our great Brothers, Mflor M utis and Lieutenants
" Ruchannan and Horifon, and many others — You all
" knew they loved us, andthat they were great Warriors
"—I cannot be merry —set usft d&wn and mourn for
" them " —=—7 his woe obeyed infantly, and a profound
fence observed. dfew minutes after, a cannon fired,
and a foreign Warrior appeared on borfeback; he rede into
the circle and enquired ofbis Brothers what was the reafin
of tbir bring in t= ouble? To this be was answered (by the
Warrior who sirs fpske) that they were ferry, and could
not rejoice and he glad —1 bat they tad loft three great men
— ? reat Warriors,— -and incited the foreigner to mourn
with them He told bis Brothers he was ferry for their
loss, and fympatbifed with th # m in tbe°r diflrefs —andafked
them it he could do any thing that would relieve them from
the trouble they auer, in ?—if they'd be merry, provided
he wou'd fbew them the three great Warriors they bad
loft, and were in mourning for ? and whether they'd trust
him to go for them ? To this he was answered yes. He
then retired, and natew minutes returned, —a Jingle gun
feed from the train, and three Warriors on horfebuck ap
peared, dressed in white, with drawn fw rds in their
bauds: Here, said the foreigner, is the three great War
riors ,#u lofl• Willyou now be merry ? Will,ou go to war
with them so long as you can hold the tomahawk in year
right hands ?= To this they unanimously gave their afent
by holding kp their right arms; —the circle faced to the
right, and moved round; each /book the late deceased War
riors by the hand, figging a War song, and dancing at the
fame time. " Brother Warriors," said the foreigner,
" General Wafbington bat a fwerd that reaches from
" mountain to mountain, and we are a hart of the blade.
"Lou fee these great men were buried without your con
" sent, and that the enemy couldnot keep them. Will you
" now all by merry, go to war in good spirits, and be true
" toyrar Brother Warriorsfo long as any part of thsfword
' remains ?'' To this, they anfwe r ed yes ! and gave three
cheers ; the circ'efaced to the left, and as it moved round,
earkfiruck bis tomahawk into the War pof, as a mark of
bis rtrength and resentment. The circle was then re
du'ed, the (entries placed called in, and each returned to
hrs quarters in peace.
" ^b,Recency and good order obfe«ved on this occasion,
by the Officers, Soldiers, and Indians of the corps, cannot be
too f^ffirientf admired. On) two privates appeared in
liquor, and they we r e infantiv punched. The Officers
front the remainder of the evening at Mr. Jacob's tavern
in innocent mirth, and many patriotic toafis were drank,
faitable to the occasion. The Indians, and many of the
neighbours who were fyeaators, were much pleased with
the performance of the corps. This has given a new turn
to affairs in the neighbourhood, info much that numbers are
drat) coming tn, and enlifl with the corps, and frequently
bring in those whom they know to be aflifiing the enemy.
The principalchara. ct were Captain Fan SchweringQ
and Lieutenant Harden."
* A hght bra's 3 pounder, commanded by Captain Lieu
tenant Harris, of the train of Artillery.
We hear from good authority, that on Monday the
23.4 ult, a little before day, a party of about 50 of.the
enemy, or rather Tories in their employ, came to a
landing about five miles up Little Creek, where there
then lay a (loop which they fei^ed, „and then lent a
party to the house of one John Maxwell, where the
fails and rigging had been sent, which they took? to
gether with Maxwell, his son, aril all fits property
they could lay their hands on, carried them eh board
th: floor, and then proceeded down the creek. Di
re&ly after the villainshad left the hbufe; Mrs. Max
well gave information of what had happened, to James
Sykes, E s q; a near neighbour: He sent an express,
with an account thereof, to Gentfal Rodney, in Dover,
whoimmedistelv dispatched in pursuit of them a party
made up of militia, and recruits belonging to the De
laware regiment, between ,0 and 4'o in al), under
the command ot Captain Willfoh, with Lieutenant
Queenuiauit of the Delaware,. This party came up
with them about zed yards from the creek's mouth,
and engaged them with the greatest bravery, though
in an open maifh, about h'alf an hour, in which time
the fl .op to aground) The party then retired, got
a freth flippy of ammunition, ard proceeded to attack
them again,, when the villains, on the appearance of
the party, few to the r boats, and left a fine ham
which they had just belote stole and boiled for them to
feaft on. The party orcogit the 'flbop with the effects
to the landing again, together with Mr. Maxwell and
his fen. Not one man of the party was either killed
or founded),
Yerterday the Cour? of Oyer and Terminer and
General Gao! Delivery was corned at I,ancafter before
the Honourable Thoms M Kean, Eq; Chief Jus
tice, and the Honourable William Atlee, Esq; one of
the Justices for this State, when ^n elegant charge to
the Grand Jury, fuita' Ie to the fofemmiy of the occa
sion and tbe'circum%rices of the times, vhts given by
the Chief Justice. This ^ the fi ft Court of Over and
Tetmiher for this State Tree the commencement of
Independence, to the great terror of the difrfFecfed,
and the comfort and security of the good people thereof.
The NEW RECRUI r, ortheGALLANT
VOLUNTEER, a New Song.
COME on my hearts of temper'd Reel,
And leave your girls and farms,
V ! or sports and ph; 3 nd holidays,
And hark, away to arms!
And to conquest we will go, will go, will go,
And to cor quest we will go.
A foldierjs a gentleman,
His honor is his life,
And he that won't stand to his post,
Will ne'er stand by his wife,
And to corqueft we will go, &c>
For T ove and honor are the lame>
Or else so near ailed,
That neither can <x,ft alone,
But flourish file by tide.
And to co: clued we will go, &cs
So fare you well fivcethearts a while,
You smiling giils adieu;
And m hen we 've druhb'd the dogs away
We'll kiss it out with you.
And to conquest we will go, &c&
I ° e Spring is up, the winter sties,
Ths hills are green and gay,
And all inviting honour calls,
Away, my boys, away.
And to conquest we will go, &c.
In shady tents, by cooling streams,
With hearts all fiim and free,
We'll chace the cares of life away
In songs of liberty.
And to conquest we will go, &c.
No foreign Oaves shall give us law,
No British tyrants reign ;
Tis Independence made us free;
And freedom we'll maintain.
And to conquest we will go, &c»
We'll charge the foe from post to post,
Attack their works and lines,
Or by some well laid ftratapern,
- We'll make them all Burgoynes;
And to conquest we will go, &c 6
And when the war is over, boys,
Then down we'll fit at ease,
And plow and sow and reap and mow,
And live just ug we please.
When from conquest we mail go, &c$
Each hearty lad shall take his lass,.
All beaming like a star,
And in her fofter arms forget
The dangers of the war.
When to conquest we did go, &c.
The rising world shall sing of us
A thousand years to come,
And to their children's children tell
The wonders we have done,
When to conquest we did go, &c„
So honest fellows here's my hand,
My heart, my very foul,
With all the joys of Liberty,
Good fortune and a bowl.
And to conquest we will go, &c.
Lancajier, April 5, 1778. P.
WANTE D,
For the Treasury-Office ofthe United States,
rnWO good Clerks and Accomptants: Such
A as^nay apply to be admitted, mtft bring with
them good recommendations of their moral conduct.
From a CTileka^eh (Br?tifh) pdpkh, of the \doffahuar?
iajt, take aina pr etco the Warren. Conti uintaljrigute,
Co.pt Hopkins, arid carried into Bofod.
Brist. l, Dec. 18. 1c havii g been asserted in the Bath
paper of lad Thursday, that a public meeting was held in
Bridol on Wednesday, for tbe'pUrpofe ol addling Govern
ment in a fubferiprion for men 1 , &c> We aie dififed to affine
the public, that rhe said paragraph is totafiy fade, no public
meeting having been held,for that, or any other purpose, as
the inhabitants of that city a e heartily disposed to peace.
C A M P, Valley Forge, March 27th, 1778.
THE numerous inconveniencies of a large train of baggage
muff be apparent to every officer of the lead obfetvatioh;—-
An army by means of it is rendered unwieldy, and incapable
of adirg with that ease and celerity which are effehtial eithet
to its own security and defence, or to vigor and enterprize
in its offensive operations, The solicitude which those who
have a large quantity at flake will feel for its fafety, even in
the mod critical cir cumflances, is sometimes attended with
very alarming consequences; and individuals frequently and
unavoidably sustain no incor fiderable losses from the impru
dence of incumbering themselves with fuperßuoUs baggage.
The public is burthened with a fruitless expence in an ad^i
tional number of horses and Waggons, and the brength of
the army is diminished by the extraordinary number of guards
requited for their prote^icn.—Thefe disadvantages, and ma
ny more that will fagged themselves on reflexion, notwith-
Landing the pain, taken to remedy them, have heretofore
been Severely fert by this army. Many inftahces will be re*
collided in the course of the lad campaign j and among others
tl e great lots which attended the fending the fuperfluous bag
gage, during the more arrive part of it, to a dihance from the
army. The Commander in Chief hopes these corfiderAtions
will influence Officers in the ensuing campaign to provide
themselves with those heceffaries only which cannot be diA
perfed with, and with the means of tarrying them in the molt
easy and convenient manner; in order to which he Wrongly
recommends the disuse of clefts and boxes, and that port*
manteaus or vatifes, made of duck, may be fuhditued indead
of them : This will be the more requisite, as it is in contemn
plation to employ as few waggons as prffhle, and to make
use of pack-horses as far as may be praflicabe. It is expec
ted the Genetal and Field Officers will set the example, and
fee that it is flri&ly followed by all those under their refpec*
tive commands. Extras from General Orders,
ALEXANDER SCAMMELL, Adjutant General
Lancader, April 7, 1778.
THE Managers ct the LOTTERY have the
pleasure to acquaint the Public, that the sale of
tickets has been very rapid since the time ot drawing
was absolutely determined : And as the day is near at
hand, being the firft of next month, request luch as
chute to be adventurers to be speedy in th ir applicati
on, as the tickets remaining unfold will be foeld awn
in from the different agents.--—Letters by p £ or
otherwise to the office at Lahcafter, will be duly at
tended to.
*, The Printers of the different Nevi's papers are re^
quefled to insert the above.
ss@®@4ssW@®a®@e^-W®^
TO BE LE T,
And m# be entered on the 16th inflant, (Ap il)
A PLANTATION situate in the Great Valley,
in Bart Townfllip, Lancaster County, one hun
dred acres of cleared land and twenty acres of pood
meadow. Also a quantity of horned cattle for sale.
For terms apply to James Miller, on the ptemifes,
or to Francis Bailey, Printer, in Lancaster.
O BE '— T;
And entered up^n the fi: ft of May,
A PLANTATION belonging to Reading Fur-'
nace, with a good stone house, barn, &c. there
is a large quantity ot arable land and meadow, and a
great range for cattle ; would particularly suit a person
who islargely in the grazing way. The terms may be
known by applying to Doftor Van Leer, near the
premiss, or John Lardner, at Windsor Forge.
Some of the Undivided (hares of said Furnace and Lands
will be disposed of, apply to John Wilcocks, of
Penrfborough Township, Chester County.
To be SOLD for Continental Money,
A VALUABLE plantation, pleasantly situated
in Montgomery Township, Philadelphia County,
containing one hundred acres of good land, seventy
acres thereof cleared, the remainder well timbered;
the clear land divided into several fields, which hatti
all been limed except one ; a quantity of good meadow:
There is on said pre miles a commodious stone dwelling;
house two dories high, with four rooms on a floorarid
a cellar Under the whele, with a stone kitchen adjoin
ing the house, and a well of good watef near the door
with a pump therein, ftnever-failing spring of gocid
water and a ttone-houfe over it ; also a good frame
bath, ftabies, cow-house, cart house, fmoak-houfe,
and other out-houses, and two apple orchards whicli
produceth good fruit; there is Ekewife on said pre
mises a large and convenient tan-yard fufficient to con
tain seven hundred hides, with all the buildingsthere
on and all the stock therein, bark, &c. &c. For Fur
ther particulars apply to the fubferiber on the premises.
EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW.
Lampeter, April 7. 1773.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD;
DAN AWAY last night, from the fubferiber, living
in Lampeter Tov^fkf, Lancafer County, a fer<vant
man named PETER MEYE R, about nineteen years
of age, born in Sqroit%erland, a little pock-marked, jellovu.
iJb hair ; had on roeben he avert away, a half-worn fnuff
coloured coat, and jacket of the fame, with pewter buttons
marked P. R. B. ( PennfylvaniM Rifle Battalion) linen
trawlers, and half worn fooes tied with firings: It is
thought he is gone towards Philadelphia. Whoever takes up
said fervan*, so that bis maser may have him again, shall
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
CHRISTIAN ROHRER.