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.% LONDON.
~*,HERB;i«^h Article in an old treaty, that never was ior
I fringed, bet ween us and the French, which stipulates,
Tat/either* ^ wkr or peace they shall be allowed to fend
enelhip annually to any port of Great-Britain, for a lad
ir^ of tobacco, provided it did not exceed four hundred
tons, and that the said ihip, furnifhed with a proper clear
ance', a copy of the said treaty, and carrying a flag of
truce on the top-mast head, shall pass free and unmolest
ed by allVruifas, who have only a power of examining
the fllip's papers. This treaty was not rendered mutual,
as Queen Anne's Ministry had no idea that the loss of our
American Colonies, would ever prevent us from fmoaking
cur own tobacco.
ExtraEi of a letter from Kinpfion, Jamaica.
<< I ho/e the eyes of your Ministry are opened to fee
the ruinous confequewces of this cruel American war.
Our communication being cut off by it with our brethren
of the Continent, who have been, as it were, obliged to
number us among their enemies, though Americans our
selves, and naturally their friends, for a long time reduced
us to great extremity. Our negroes were almost perilling
for went! and plantanes were so high as fix for a bit.
"However, it has been so far serviceable, as to rouse us to
exert that Ipirit of industry for which, by the bye, we
were never very remarkable. We are extremely indolent,
omrafteriftically so, which perhaps may be attributed ei
ther to the excessive heat of the climate, or to the misfor
tune of our being born, as the proverb goes, with a
golden (boon in our mouths.
, “ So low is oar credit reduced, that I was told by a
gentleman of the firft er? lit in the law, that five thousand
venditions were issued by the Court before the new a£t
took place. Your good friends, the Scotch, still maintain
a great power heie, with the Orkney King at them head.
Mr. Bayley is not now alive tc&ep them a little in or
'der; however, they seem to be somewhat down in the
mouth, fiace the Americans bid so fair to be triumphant ;
and God fend they may effectually cruflr their blood
thirsty oppressors, and at once put an end to the war by a
victory like that obtained over the vain glorious Bur
goyne. ,
<' We are all military men, as I make no doubt you
have long Vince heard ; and Governor bailing, who you
know is a brave fold ier, has taken every precaution to re
pel an invasion of our ifbnd, should it be attempted by
our neighbours of Cuba or Hispaniola."
The ministerial prints have been puffing away for some
days, on the great number of captures we have made on
the French, and concluding from these the prosperous
hate of our commerces but, alas! nothing can be mere
remote from the truth than this conclusion; by any one
conversant in the state of the Weft India and American
trade and who mixes much with tradesmen, and other
orders of people, instead of baing in a prosperous state of
commerce. Desperation and bankruptcy mark the higher
orders or commercial people; fhift, and a life of expedi
ency, the lower. Some adventurers, no doubt, ate mak
m^ rapid fortunes, (as is always the case in declining,
dissipated empires) but the people at large are not only
losing their private property, but their public spirit.
From the LONDON ADVERTISER.
Advertisement Extraordinary.
WHEREAS many gentlemen and ladies of the
firft taste and frihion continue, from mere preju
dice to wear their own blocks, commonly c tiled heads, in
foite of the inconveniencies which attend them, I find it
n ceffary to inform the Beau Monde, that I have invent
ed a I'rht, jauhtee, careless head, made of pasteboard,
which answers every ufeful purpose of the natural head,
without feeling its defends. r ,
In P e firft place, as most heads are considered as mere
hlnrk/for the display of die fine ornament, the hair, the
matted cushions, and the curious fabrics ereded upon
them it is evident that a paper scull, not troubled with
tonkin- is the fitted for the purpose; as in that case, it
will be no reflexion upon the head, that is made merely
for the ornaments it exhibits, although the contrary has
been foretimes cynically hinted, of the hefhy pate.
In the second place, cis most modern heads are in
by affixation, hypocrisy, grimace, or paint, it
appears fomp that pasteboard has the advantage in that
over any skin whatever, as being susceptible of all
kinds of complexion, feature, and expression, by which
diHricter may be more varied, and the face alone may
be made to have more meaning than is to be found in the
'"this c'ir"um fiance will rendef a tongue perfectly fuper
fiuous &ong fine ladies and gentlemen, who will then
corrie in a more delicate manner bya kind of intuition,
will save a world of noise and confufion in all fami
and prevent deluges of nonfenA and impertinence.
may be - coiffed, adapted to the features, age,
complexion alfol&d. And it may not, perhaps, be
difficult to r^ke it fee as well,'and express as much,
fine folks with their native powers of viAon. As
to ea~s they will be no kind of use, unless by way of or
uanrnt- for when nobody (peaks but in pantomime,
hearing will be out of the question. And with regard to
fuelling, I suppose that sense may be easily spared in great
towns and polite circles.
brains should be thought absolutely neceffaty for the
apparatus of an head, a skein of white silk, properly dif
nofed to regular confufion, will amply supply all persons
the Tor., and the furniture of the mouth may be pur
rhafed of any Court Dentist, excepting the tongue, which
^ould grow spontaneously in a female's head, although of
r . Having said thus much in behalf of my artificial
lead which bids fair to rival Nature, I might further
bfer've that the former will be fubjed to no achs or
and let Fashion play what tricks flie pleases, it
P ill beim possible to disgrace and put it out of countenance.
" All persons willing to encourage this original invention,
v enquire of * B * *, who has already begun to reform
Nature in the covering of the heady end will be ready to
supply this capital manufacture with hair of all complex
ions.
CHARLESTOWN, (South Carolina) March 3.
Col Campbell's expedition from Savannah to Augusta,
with the Highlanders and Col. Brown's rangers, has
proved as unfortunate as Major Gardiner's to Port Royal;
escape a Burgoxnade he has made a very sudden and
precipe retreat down thecountr y> lavin ^ us in P°'
hffion of all the back counties of Georgia, and his friends
the Tories to fall a facrifice, a whole regiment whereof,
which had with great art and secrecy been three years in
lifting, have already been defeated, and awards of 15®
of them made prisoners.
P H I L,A D ELPHI A, April 6.
Extract of a letter from Edenton, North-Carolina, March
19, '779-
" The circumßance of the British troops landing in
Georgia, and the fending two thousand five hundred men
from this state to the assistance of that state and South-
Carolina, induced the difaffeded people in the western
parts of our state .to assemble in arms; their intention was
to join the British troops,, and I believe a considerable
number who went off without arms and in a private man
ner did actually join them. Others more hardy collected
themselves together to the amount of seven hundred in,
order to march in a body ; they were met with by about
five hundred militia h illily collected, who attacked them,
and it is said killed and took prisoners about two hun
dred, and dispersed the others.
“ The British troops had penetrated up the country as
far as Augusta, in Georgia, but not finding so many of
their friends to join them as they expected, they made a
precipitate retreat down to the town of Savannah, leaving
their friends, the tories, and their sick to fhift for thefo
felves. By the last accounts our army had crossed the ri
ver, and were in full march after them.
TP RASTIR V-OF^TCE. Aoril ^h. 1779.
Refolded, That the several Commissioners of the Con
tinental Loan-Offices, Treasurers appointed to receive
Continental taxes, and others, authorized by Gongrefs to
receive, colled, or exchange bills of the emissions of
May 20th, 1777, and April 11th, 1778, be refpedively
directed to fend to the Treasurer of Loans as soon as may
be after the firft of June next/rch of the said bills as
they may possess, under the tare of some Continental of
ficer and guard, taking triplicate receipts, agreeable to the
following form, one of which is to be sent to the Treasu
rer of Loans by the said officer, and another by some other
conveyance.
By order of the Board of Treasury,
JOHN NICHOLSON, Clerk.
The several Printers throughout the United States are
requested to insert this notice, and continue it in their pa
pers fix weeks.
" State of day of 177
“ RECEIVED of of
“ in the state aforefaid, cases (or pack
“ ages) marked and said to contain
" dollars, in bills of the enaiffions of May 20th, 1777,
" and April nth, 1778, which I promise to deliver to
“ Francis Hopkinfon, Esquire, Treasurer of Loans, at
“ Philadelphia, having signed duplicate receipts.
Signed '' officer of the guard."
That luch cases or packages be not received by the Trea
surer of Loans, unless accompanied with particular in
voices, fpecifying the numbers of the bundles in each case
or package, and the contents of each bundle.
That one of the said receipts be endorsed by the Trea
surer of Loans, on his receiving the cases and packages
mentioned therein, and delivered to the officer of the
guard as his difeharge. By order of the Board,
JOHN NICHOLSON, Clerk.
P. S. The printers in the several Hates are requeued to
publish the above three weeks successively.
TREASURY. OFFICE, Philadelphia, April 3 d, ,779.
Ordered, That all perform who have been eritru fted
with public money before the 25th day of March last,
(and who are not accountable to the Auditors of the Ar
my, or the Commissioners of Accounts at Albany) im
mediately transmit their accounts to the Auditor General
for settlement, on failure whereof they will be prosecuted
without further notice.
March „, 177,.
rfHIS day the Vice-Presidents of the Philofophicat So
' ciety waited on his Excellency Jo.eph Reed, Esq;
President of this state, and informed him, that agreeable
to their Conftitutien, they were directed to request the
favour of his patronage, and that he would honour their
meetings with his attendance as often as it may be conve
nient, in order to assist and encourage their endeavours to
promote the different branches of ufeful knowledge.—
His Excellency received them politely, accepted their in
vitation, and favoured them with the following answer:
Gentlemen,
The petition of James Martin, and the report of the
Committee appointed to consider his case, were again
read and considered, and thereupon'
Refolded, That the said James Martin have leave to
bring in a bill the next session of this Assembly, for the
purposes of divorcing him from his wife Elizabeth Martin :
And that the said James Martin be required to publiih this
resolution in the Fennfylvania Packet, or some other
public newspaper of this state, two months before he brings
in the said bill.
I am very sensible of the honor done me on this occa
sion by the Philosophical Society ; and as the cultivation
of learning, science, and the liberal art^ equally tend to
the reputation and happiness of a people, I shall rejoice to
fee your virtuous and honorable views meet with deserved
success and encouragement.
And allow me to add, that in whatever station I am, I
shall think it an honor to be ranked among the number of
your Members.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Penufylvania,
Saturday, March 20th, 1779.
ZOUNDS, DoHor, fays Hunt, you're a twiftical villain,
As nature did essence of rogue e'er distill in.
Faith, Hunt, fays the Doctor, you are just such another,
A Tory, a rascally, Billingsgate, brother.
Hunt. Put I mean to reform, nor will always be knave.
DoHor. None shall be more honefl than I—— in the
grave.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
The Friendly Squabble.
Extract from the minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
T O BE S O L D,
For cash in the emissions of May 20th, 1777, and April
iith, 1771.
THREE Plantations, containing in the whole
about one thousand acres, lituate in Lower Smith
field township, Northampton county. The land lies on
both sides McMichael's Creek, adjoining Jacob Strewel,
and at a fmali distance from bis mill. There are upl
wards of one hundred acres of bod cleared; it is well
timbered, and a considerable quantity of good meadow
may be made on each Plantation. The above lands aie
in the midst of a very fine settlement, and at the great
est distance, the farther part thereof not more than five
miles from Nicholas Dupui, Efqr's. at Delaware River.
For further particulars enquire of the fubferiber at the
town of Northampton, commonly called Allen Town
of Benjamin Tomkins near the Wind Gap, or of Tho^
mas M'Carty near Brinter's mill.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS there is just cause to believe that our
cruel and inveterate enemies, despairing of the
conquest of America by open and manly force, are about
to adopt the mean and savage policy of distress and de
predation. And as vigorous, firm and united refinance
can alone (under Providence) enable us to disappoint and
defeat their barbarous design, WE do hereby moftear
neftly exhort the good people of this Rate to prepare
themselves for such events. And we do particularly en
join and require the General Officers, Lieutenants, "Sub-
Lieutenants, Field and other Officers of Militia, diligent
ly to exert themselves in arraying, training and difeipiin
ing the militia of the state, as by law directed : Enforcing
the said law against all delinquents, and encouraging and
animating, by their presence and example, those brave
and faithful fubjefts who chearfdly fl a nd forth in defence
of the liberties of their country. We do also exhort and
enjoin all officers, both civil and military, t@ make dili
gent search after the ,u' lie arms and accoutrements which
have been dispersed and loft through the country—and to
recommend and endeavour to have all the fire arms in
their refpeHive diflriHs and counties put in the belt re
pair, so as to be ready on the shortest notice. And as the
designs of the enemy, so far as they may regard this state,
must in their immediate effeft (unless fruftrated) desolate
those parts exposed to the sea on one fide, and the fron
tiers on the other, We do, in a fpe.ial manner, recom
mend to the good people there residing, the moftparticu
lar attention to the several measures herein exp.-effed
not doubting but those who are less exposed will pay all
due regard to the alarming intentions of the enemy, and
hand ready to support their friends and brethren if neces
sary. And we do also, in a very Special manner, recom
mend a spirit of union ? harmony and mutual affeftion, as
the most effeftua weapon of defence-Ilying aside all ani.
mofities, diffentions and uncharitableness, and then we
need not doubt but (with the blessing of God) we may,
as we h.vc heretofore done, repel our invaders with shame,
disgrace and disappointment, an.l in a short time enjoy the
blessings of peace on free and honourable terms.
POR K, imported Salt, Windward-Bland
Rum, French Rum, Country Rum, Whiskey
French Brandy, Green and Bohea Tea, Coffee, Sugar',
Pepper Molasses, Powder, and best Tobacco Ey the
quantity; also a quantity of Medicine, which will be
fold low per invoice ; Barley by the bulhd, &c. &c. to
be SOLD by
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH,
At his flore the third wharf below the Drawbridge.
Philadelphia, April 2.
WA S taken up in this city, on the 28th of
March last, a light sorrel MARE, likt one of
the mule breed, with an old bridle, no mark perceiva
ble. Whoever has loft said Mare is desired to come,
prove property, pay charge# and take her away from the
fubferiber, at the sign of the Red Lion in Vine-street.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
THE Gentleman whose name appears in the New-
York paper to have transmitted a letter from a young.
Lady to General Lee, declares upon his honour the whole
matter to be entirely falfe, and I opes the Lady and her
friends will not do hitn the injustice to suppose C. G. could
be guilty of so much baseness and obfeenity. The Gen
tleman has taken proper measures to difeover the villain,
wb% ^iehoMt provocation, could wound the feelings of a
sensible woman, or the pride of a man who profeffes at
least a'common degree of delicacy.
Philadelphia, April fb.
A Gentleman from the Hallward informs us, that last
Wednesday night a party of armed tories went to the
house of the Hon. Robert Ogden, Esq; in Sussex county
New-Jersey, and robbed him of hard money and plate to
the amount of 5000 I.'
Philadelphia, April 6, 1779.
TH E Proprietors of INDIANA are to
meet at the Indian Qjeen tavern, in this citv,
by adjournment, at Six o'clock this evening.
GEORGE MORGAN, Secretary and
Treafuier of the Land Office.
GIVEN byorder of the Council, under the band of bis
Excellency Joseph Reed, Effi PreJident, and the
Great Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, tbisfecond dav
of April, in the year o] our Lord One thousand fc^n
hundred and Jeienty-nine.
JOSEPH REED, President.
Attejl. T. Matla ck, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
TO BE SO L D,
AVER Y elegant London made CHARIOT.
Enquire of the Printer.
PHILIP LIN G.
N. B. The above Mare was cried through the city on
the a,th @f March, by John Refs.
By hit ExeeUeney ffo PRESIDENT, and COUNCIL of
the Commonwealth of PENNSYL'/ANIA.
ROBERT LEVERS.