The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-01-27 00:00:00, page 3

“ Although force pains has been taken to afpeffe the
militia of this, as well as our sister Rates', on account
of what happened on the memorable 16th and 18th of
Augnft ; yet, I hope, that an impartial world will not
lose fight of those striking 'marks of heroism displayed
at Ramfour's, on the 20th of June, Where colonel
Locke commanded : at Fackelet, in the night of the
15th of July, where colonel M'Dowel commanded; at
Colefon's, the mouth of Rocky river, on the 21st of
July, where colonel now general Davifon commanded,
and in which he was wounded; at Rocky Mount, on
the 23d of July, where the heroic general Sumpter com
manded ; at Hanging Rock, on the 6th of August,
where general Sumpter commanded at Enoree, the
19th of August, where th« late intrepid colonel Wil
lianas commanded; at Augusta, in Georgia, on the
12th of September, where colonel Clarke commanded•
at King's-Mountain, on the 7th of October, where
colonel Campbell commanded - at Broad river, on the
9th of November, where general Sumpter command d,
and where major Weyms was made prisoner at Blacic
flocks, on Tygar river, on tae 20th of .Nov* mb r,
where general Sumpter commanded and was unfor
tunately wounded; besides several other rencounters.
Such a train of important victories, obtained by raw
militia, has no parrellel in history.
" The firmnefs of the people in Mecklenburg and
Rowan counties, when the enemy advanced to Char
lotte, evince that they possess the most genuine princi
ples ; they were left to defend themselves ^gainft the
whole force of the enemy. His lordship took post at
Charlotte with amazing pomp. Proclamations wre
issued, peace and protection were offered to all return
ing and penitent rebels, and death, with all its terrors,
threatned to the obfiinate and impenitent. Governor
Martin, with great solemnity, assumed the govern
ment, and conceived himfelf reinflated. The people
generally abandoned their habitations, some fled with
what of their property they could carry, others took
the field, determined to dispute every foot of ground,
some assembled in (mail parties, in their refpeahe
neighbourhoods, determined to harrafs the enemy's
foraging parties. His lordship soon dfcovered that
he was in an enemy's country, without provisions,
without forage, without friends, without intelligence,
without a tingle humble servant, except Peter Johnflon,
and M'Cafferty, who at last defected them in the night
and came to make his peace with us ; his communica
tion with with Camden cut off and his dispatches in
tercel"ed; in the mean time our friends joined issue
with Ferpufon at King's Mountain.
These are ftuborn faAs, and will do immortal ho
nour to the militia.
“ Lord Cornwallis's aid, in a letter to colonel Bal
four, which was intercepted, fays, “ Charlotte is an
a '° ' ut ' n a '—'' rebellious country "
Oh. had we a well appointed, well disciplined,
permanent force, what a, delightful backcountry dance
we should have led his lordship at Cnarlotte."
Head-quarters, New-Windsor, Jan 1 1781
Al* T rt ,° f en q uir y ? ordered by Major General
Heath, the 27th of December, 1780, in conse
quence of an order of his Exc llency General Wafli
ington, the 20th of the fame month, to investigate
the condua of lieutenant colonel Antill, on the day
of his captivity in August, 1777, and to report con
cerning the fame.
Colonel PUTNAM, President.
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Sprout, Lieutenant
Colonel Commandant Brooks, Lieutenant Colonel
Badlam, and Major J. Porter, Members.
The Court, after due consideration of the circum
flances, report, That Lieutenant Colonel Antill ap
pears to have been captured while in the execution of
hisduty ; and that he is not answerable in any part
of his conduA, but is deserving the approbation of
every good officer..
The Commander in Chief is ple@fed to accept and
approve the report.'
Extras from general orders,
^^^d) ALEX. SCAMMELL, Adjut. Gen.
excellency governor Livingflon exerted himfelf with
great prudence and activity. The Jersey militia were
called upon, and turned out in great force, with a
readihefs, which has distinguished them in all emer
gencies during the war. ,
The honourable colonel ATLEE, brigadier general
POTTER, SAMUEL MORRIS, esquire, and
Mr. BLAIR M'CLANACHAN, were ap
pointed commissioners, of whom the two firft have con
fiantly attended, and the latter alternately, and with
g/eat patience and firmnefs, have nearly compleated
this perplexed and disagreeable service.
The present winter hath been remarkably mild, so
that the earth has scarcely been froze half an inch
deep, or the (mailed ponds covered with ice, strong
enough to bear a dog. Thus mild has it continued
until Monday night last, when we had a very hard
gale of wind, chiefly from the north weft, but alter
nately varying to almost every point, and accompa
nied with a (mart fall of rain.and (now. It continued
to blow so frefh for (everal hours, that a ship, four
brigs one of them ready for sea, and another half
loaded, a schooner, a (loop, &c. were forced from their
faflenings, and drove ashore on the Jerfies and the
island opposite this town, where they mostly lay in a
bad situation. The gale tore up several trees by the
roots, and unroofed force houses in this town, and,
it is to be feared, has done much damage in the river,
country, and along the sea coasts.
Last week was married, at Newmills, in Jersey,
brigadier general LACEY, a member of the h nour
able the supreme executive council of this state, to
Mils REYNOLDS, daughter of they worth colonel
Th°mas Reynolds, a gentleman, who, early in the
present con+eft, distinguished himfelf as a zealous ad
vocate for his injured country; and being made prif
oner, was, for his unshaken attachment to its freedom
and independency, long detained in captivity at New-
York, from which he was happily relieved by ex
change for colonel Simcoe, a British partizan.
Extrad of a letter dTed Charlotte, North-Carolina,
December 5, 1780.
} The SALE of PART o f the Ship Lady Mar
garet's CARGO, which was to have been held
Yesterday, is postponed, on account of the b°d wea
ther, until TUESDAY, the thirtieth January at
TEN o'clock, then to be h Id at a store on Mr. Abel
James's wharf. MATTHEW CLARK ON.
IMMEDIATELY,
A Valuable Plantation, lying on the river
Nelhimmsny, ne mile and a ball above tne fer
ry, three miles from B iftol, and eighteen r m the city
of Philadelphia, from whence th,re is gosa Navigation
to (aid Plantation ; containing 100 acres G good Land,
15 acres of which i excellent bo torn Meibom.
There are on said Premises, a good new Stone Dwell
ing. House, two florins high, neatly fiufhed; an old
Stone House and Ki chen adjoining, with good dry Cel
lars under the whole; convenient Barn, Coich-houfe,
Stabling for fix ho,f% and a Co .-I. rfe, &c. Good
apple and peach Orchards, bea iny Fru t of the heft
quality; together with an excellent Kitchen Garden,
which always affords an abundant fuppiy of every kind
ufeful for a large family. For lu ther particulars and
terms of sale, apply to ISAAC WIKOFF, on the pre
mises, or to PETER WIKOFF, in Philadelphia.
TO BE SOLD,
A luffy, strong Negro M A N,
about 2 3 y^ rß old, fit tor town or country, and ha's
U >f H™' c v e ° f h ° rfe% * nd %lfa ' he man,
Pr^' "™ ° P ' "' oth <r small craft. Enquire of the
One half of a Lot of Ground,
Situated at the Fait-Landing, in L ttk-creek hundred,
Kent county, 00 Delaware:
Containing about 4. ? res and a h?l 0' Ground; it
h?s thereon, a good Framed Dwelling-house, and a
Pump of Water at the do r;
Genteel Boarding and Lodging may be had
b y applying to the Printer.
To be Sold and Entered upon
With a Brick Malt and Brew-House,
80 feet long and 30 wid— and a V.ult the length of the
house; with a Buck Cooper's Shop, adjoining; all in
good order f& carrying on the Making and Brewing
Business. ALSO,
TO BE SOLD,
By Virtue of the bft W:!lond Testament of Joshua
Baker, deceaf>d, bv us the fubicribers,
ATPUBLIC SAL E,
The Fifteenth day of February next, Hie late
Dwelling House and Plantation,
fnuatcin Chr itiana hundred, and county of Newcastle
on Delaware: Containing upwards of 200 a res of
Land, well watered and timbered; on which is a good
Stone Dwelling-house, a large framed Barn, Stables
and ether Out-houses, a good Apple Or hard and other
: Also, Two small Tenements th< r<cn The
laid Pi&ce is in a hne healthy country, and well fituned
for trade, farming, &c. The public road leading thru'
1: about 7 mdes distant from Wilmington. Any per
lon inclinable to purchase the fame, and willing 0 view
^" f ° re the da y of fa! N may apply to
P , E R BAKER , living thereon; the title indifput
a e ° , 7, h ° "' ms of payment will be made known the
day of file, bv w,
To be Sold, one Half of a Shallop;
About 500 bufhe's burthen; and another on the horks,
to carry about 1500 hufbels; one Hlf o* 'which will he
fold; aid one Third of a profitable W nd-M'dl: On
th s Lot there is a Wharf and public L riding. Any
Per on inclining to Purcbaft a part or the whole, may
k^ow the Particulars, by applying to the fubferiber on
h Pr mises. JOHN BRINCKLE.
Thirty-five Acres of exceeding
good L A N D, in PGlyurk township, distant between
two arid r ree miles from the Cout-houfe, being part
o' th t elg nt ?nd well k own Place formerly owned
by M JOHN ROU SE, situate on the east fide of
Rone's lane. The whole will be divided into Lots of
fi.e^r seven acres each, or fold together, rs my best
huit the purchaser. If divided into Lots, each Lot still
have a front upon the said lane, and nearly one half
pait of eah Lo fronting the lane, will cenfift of good
up and me*d< w, and the remainder may, at a final! ex
pence, be converted into meadow, as it has been well
manured yearly for some years past, and a great deal of
dung han been hauler on it lately. For terms of sale
ppi" to B Namin Homings, at his livery-liable in
F u r th ft eet, btw en Lombard nd ^outh-ftreets, near
the new P a , bo. e, or to Afhet.n Humphreys, esquire
at his office in BLek-horfe alley, near Frort-ftreet.'
M. B. Said HEMINGS beg# lea.e to inform th>
Public in general, and h s Friends and former Custom-
r ' that bt ha ^ ain opened his LIVE
RY STABLE, and keeps Hnfeg by the da, we r k.
m nh or year, at as moacrate a Price as the Times will
admit.
N B, To be Sold, three valuable Plantations in
Kent county, on Delawae; an) also, a Negro Women
to nc hired. Apply to ARCHIBALD M'SPARRAN,
rear the Draw-bridge, Philadelphia ; who nar, to dis
pole of, a Qentity of Beef in barrels.
SAMUEL BAKER, and)
JOAN MEKISS, J Executors.
January 21st, 17 gj
TO BE SOL D,
TO BE SOL D,
C AME to the place of the fubferiber,
n " , muel Hedge, at the 7 mile done,
^ the Ridge r^d, a Sorrel GELDING, about
' s3fmai ' ft , ° nh:s ^ed, ^sand
trots. Incowner is desired to co % prove hi @ pro-
P-rty> pay charges, and take him away ' '
CORNELIUS STURGIS.
This MORNING,
Of the Prize Schooner Success,
Taken by the Letter c r Marque Brigantine PATTY,
Captain Thomas Reed: Confi/Ln^ of
Pine MASTS,
Squared Pine LOGS,
Inch and two Inch BOARDS,
Large OARS,
SHINGLES and CLAPBOARDS,
ALSO, An IRON CABOOSE, &c. &c.
And at SI X o'Clock,
WANTE D,
A Woman who understands the
Care of Children and Sewing. S, e must be well re
commwdrd, as none other need apply. Enauire of
the Printer. enquire ot
WAS FOU N D,
About the beginning o f the month of November last
A Bundle of Continental Money,'
With a Lift of Bills,"
On th. Green,? a Mr. WiMi,m BrowYsVcndue.fr
Owner §vmg Satiri^n, and paying for
the Widow Benson, living i n Union-ftrect.'
This EVENING,
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY from the fubferiber, living
in L^r-Duulin township, Philadelphia counts
a Mulatto LAD, named SANDY, about 22 pars of
age, about 5 feet eight inches high : Had on /hen he
went away, a new felt bat, tow shirt, cloth jacket a
lightish coloured striped linfey under jacket, bucklkia
breeches, grey yarn ribbed flockings. Whoever tak e ^ up
Hid Mulatto afd brings him to me, or lecures him in
an y g a °h f° that his matter may have him again shall
have the above Reward and reafrable charges paid by
m : V JONATHAN THOMAS.'
N. B. All m&ts of veffn, are firbid to harbour.
Conceal or carry him off at their pe il.
WANTE D Immediately,
A wet NURSE with a good bread: of
Milk, and who can be well recommen
ded. Enquire of the Printer.
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
1 H E
At the Coffee-Houfe, Will be Sold,
BY PUBLIC AUCTIO N,
The said Prize Schooner Success,
Wih all her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture :
Agreeable to Inventory, to be seen at tie Place of Sale.
By Order of te Court of Admiralty.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
FOR SAL E, AT
Hartshorne & Large's
Grocery Store, four Diors above Market itrcet, in
Water-fir e*,
Lamp Oil by the barrel, or
Gallon, -rd Fkxfecd Meal by the Bushel:
Also, A few barrels of good Flour.
TO BE S O L D,
Window Frames, Sashes, Shut
ters, &c. Gffici, nt for a tire- story Home, trade in the
belt manner, of learned timber. Fo paiti ulars en
qu re of HU 3H ROBERTS, jun. in Eim street.
This is to give Notice to the
Pubic, that I the fub/criher bought, on the firft d<y of
November, 1780, a certain Tract of LAND, lying cm
Jacob Creek, Weftmoreland county and state of Penn-
Sylvania, of a certain Samuel Wells, to whom I
palled my bond for 3301. i@s. to he pvid in gold or fi!
ver, as money rated in he year 1772, and dated theist
dav of November, find payable th ift dav of June 1783.
Ido hereby foruid all persons from taking an ffign
ment of said bond, 3$ I am determined not to pay the
said bond, until said Wells makes go; d his obligation
to me or my assigns, as I am informed he fold part of
said Land to other perlons. Given under my hand, this
29th day of November, 1780.
ADAM KAFFER.
CARGO
At TEN o'Clock,
At Mr. Andrew Hodge's Wharf,