The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-11-08 00:00:00, page 2

fiances of a nation. There seem to be men of real
wisdom in the cabinet of Vienna; but from the empe
ror's manner of travelling, one might be induced to
suppose, that he is only a man of pleasure, though in
a superior sense.
The Rippon man of war of 60 guns, lately arrived
from the EaftTodies, is the oldest fllip in the navy,
having been built before the last war.
Hands are so scarce on the river, that a number of
fllips outward bound, are lying with lighters of goods
along-fide them, for want of men to load them.
York, July 31. A few daysago, at Kirtonle Moor,
in Cumberland a man, his wife, and 30 of their chit
dren, walked to church to the christening of the gift
child. The you geft of the 30 was two years and five
months old.
Auguft.q. The American Congress hath ordered
their generals ipflantly to hang up the bearer of any
flag from general Arnold.
Extras of a letter from Kinfale, July 21
" A lady here has just received a letter from her
brother, now in St. Lucia, and formerly on board the
Thetis, in which he informs her of the island of Tobago
surrendering to the French the 4th of June ; and that
the Thetis man of war foundered going up the har
bour of St. Lucia on the 12th of May, but only one
man was loft"
Wednesday last the Success tender, captain Kippling,
went down the river with some pressed men for the Norf,
and had orders to call at Deptford for fifty men who
were turned over, (from a ship lying.there) for his
majefly's ship the Africa, lying at the Nore. When
the men came on board the Success tend r, they re
fufed going down into the hold amongfl the impres
sed men, alledging, they were not impressed, and had
three years wages due to them, therefore insisted on
having their liberty to apply for their money. On
receiving for aufwer they could not, they feifed the
helm, ran the tender on fliore, and all went off.
Admiral Arbuthnot is certainly come home in dis
gust, b,t whether his arrival is in consequence of a,re
call, we have not heard ; however, mutual accufation#
are made on the part of the admiral, and fir Henry
Clinton, whose arrival is also hourly expected; but
which is in fault will probably, after an artificial en
quiry, be 101 lin the convenient perplexities of offici
al tranfa&ions. Admiral Arbuthnot's bringing the
Roebuck home with him, a ship much wanted on that
flation, is not a step that meets with the approbation
of the board of admiralty.
fob Extract of a letter rom Plymouth, July 31.
" Saturday night last nine French prisoners crept
out of the chimney of Mill Prison, and got off. They
rami led out to Roborough Down, and at day-break,
to their furprize, found they were within a few paces
of the quarter guard of the 50th regiment. The fenti
mel a'armed the guard, fix were taken on the spot, but
three were pursued into Shea Wood, about two miles
from the camp ; two of whom were taken by a f rmer,
and one by a nght-Qorfe man. They were all brought
back to prison yeflerday. It is very remarkable, they
had a forged passport signed Sandwich, with the admi
ralty seal affixed: the whole so exactly imitated, that
it was difficult to be distinguished from a real one.,
“ Prisoners in Mill Prison,
408 French
373 Americans
15 Dutch
171 Spaniards.
Total 967
The foreign prints, received by this day's mails,
Confirm the account (so far at least as their credit will
go) of Hyder Aly's having taken Trichenapoli, and
add, that three privateers belonging to the Jfle of France,
have taken seven English merchantmen (they do not
tell us whether India or country ships) all very richly
laden, and on board of one of which was the sum of
600,000 piaftres in ready money
Peace still continues to be talked of, though it muff
be confeffed we have not any serious indications of its
approach. It will continue, however>as usual, to be tank
ed of, till it arrives at our doors.
If the war should continue a few years longer, half
the property of this nation will be fhifted into new
hands and new families.' This would not be an evil,
if it could be offered without depressing the poor, or
difcour ging industry.
It is confidently talked of, in the weflern circles,
that admiral Digby ' carries oyer with him full powe s
to negociate in America, 'in a more extensive manner
than ha yet been attempted.
Admiral Graves, it is sa id, ' will remove from Ame
rica to Jamaica, as Toorf as'admiral Digby arrives on
the former flation.
Lord Cornwallis (fays a letter by the last packet)
submits to all the fatigues of a private soldier ; not an
officer in his army is allowed to ride, though he has a
great number of horses; but they are all led by a great
number of negroes and followers of the army, and kept
frefh to be mounted at a proper time. He eats his
dinner off a biscuit, and drinks of the brook in the
way. He has but one carriage, which is a (mall cart
drawn by one horse, or two men occasionally, which
contains his papers, and is called his secretary's office.
The officers carry their own baggage, confining just
of a change of linen in a knapsack.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, August 3.
“ A special order is arrived, to get the ships in dock
compleated as faft as possible, and to fit every ship at
this port. Several more men of war are expected here
to repair; those of the line from the Weft-Indies in
particular ; the Roebuck, of 44 guns, is coming in for
a flight repair ; the St. George, a new ship of 90 guns,
will be immediately proceeded upon.
" The Rotterdam, captain Knowles, is ordered for
sea, and, it is believed, for America."
August 7. Advice is received, by the way of Lis
bon, that commodore Johnftone, in consequence of the
determination of a council of war, is now on his return
to Europe with his squadron. The reasons assigned
for this measure are, that in the present crippled con
dition of his ships, it was utterly impoflible for him to
double the Cape of Good-Hope, end moreover, that
their remaining provisions were not fufficient for fb
long a voage. -•
Advice is hkewife received; that the Eng'ifh packet
boat, the Mercury, from the East Indies, and the Vi
per packet, from Lisbon to Falmouth, having large
Turns of money on l^oard, are taken by two American
privateers.l
The empress of Russia, convinced of the real utility
pf her heirTeing the world, ha, resolved t, make him
begin a tour f Europe. General count Su Itikow, lord
"S eward of her Imperial highness, the grand duke of
Mufrog, has received orders to repair to Moscow,
to make the meceffary. preparations for a tour into fo
reign parts, in which he is to accompany the grand
duke, and his rirtiperiaLconfort. It is faidhis highness
will not return for twelve-months ; and that her ma
jefly has fettled upontheir highneffesone million of ru,
bles, over and above their ordinary revenue, to defray
the expences of their journey. It is already determined
that they (hall pass through Krow, Cracow, and Vien
na, on their way to Italy.
While the gazette has been giving us no very favour
able accounts of the situation of affairs in America and
the Weft Indies, fame with her hundred tongues has
been unusually busy in spreading still more unpleasing
news refpefting other parts of the globe. On
this head one of our best informed morning pap rs of
yeflerday fays, " That on Saturday an officer arrived
at the fe t retary cßftate's office, express from general
Elliot at Gibraltar, which place he left about three
weeks ago, in a small vessel, failed through the combi
ned fleets, and landed on the southern part of Portu
gal, from whence he proceeded to Lisbon, and came
over in the Minerva, captain Fielding': it is said the
fubhance of general Elliot's dispatches is as follows:
That the Spaniards, ever Luce the departure of admi
ral Darby's fleet, have kept up an mcefiant fire on the
place from their artillery and bomb batteries, and what
is worse, from their gun-boats ; by which means the
works are much damaged, and the town totally destroy
ed ; seven hundred of the garrison killed and wounded;
among whom are a number of officers: that the troops
are exceedingly harraffed and fatigued, being kept in
continual alarm : and unless the place is fpee ily relie
ved, the most serious consequences may be apprehend
ed."
That our readers, however, may fland. upon the bed
possible ground of information it is., in our power to
give them, it will be but justice to add, that the firft of
these papers, in a letter ad^reffed to the printer, and
published this day, fays, that " He has been mifiaform
ed relative to the number of killed and wounded ; for
instead of seven hundred, the real number, as appears
by the last returns, is only fifty killed, and one hun
dred and eighty wounded.—Of this number are seven
officers, viz. one killed and fix wounded." And here
rest our present advices, to which we have nothing to
add, but, be this matter as it may, dherfate of that im
portant fortrefs is probably determined ere this, as the
Spaniards were certainly to make an assault upon it to
wards the latter end of last month. For this purpose
the combined fleets were to attack it by sea, while the
army were to make an impression by land, and 6000 fe
lons, as a forlorn hope, were to endeavour to get pof
session of the works, with a promise of leward and
pardon, if they succeeded, to all who should survive
this hazardous enterprise.
If the French should make an attack on the island of
Minorca, there is very little fear but it will be able to
ftahd out a very long siege, there being now on that
island the 51st and 61st regiments of foot, two battali
ons of Hannoverian#, four independent companies, and
a company of artillery, besides the militia, which is
numerous and refpedable.
This morning also arrived express at the gener I
pofi-office, a mail from the Weft- Indies, brought over
in the above packet boat, captain Bull, after a fine
passage of 26 days.
Thirteen Eafl-Indiamen Tiled with commodore Tohn
flone,and seven under convoy of the Sultan and Mag
nanime, the 11th of last month. The October fleet
will consist of thirteen fail, making the number of ships
taken up by the company this year, thirty three fail.
Extract of a letter from Limerick, July 26.
“ Arrived here the Thunder privateer belonging to
this place, and has brought in with her two French pri
vateers, in a very fluttered condition; they are the
fame vessels which have infefted this coast for upwards
of three months, and have got nine ransomers on board ~
The? had an engagement with another privateer fix
days ago, which got off in the night, finding herfelf un
able to Cope with them. One of the privateers mounts
to guns, fix pounders; the other 8 guns, fix and nine
pounders, besides a number of swivels. They failed
from Dunkirk the 2d of April, with fix months pra
vifions on board, and during their cruise have taken
28 vefltls"
Shipping are still so very scarce that government
have been obliged to take up some of the large Green
land ships returned from the whale fifhery, which are
ordered to be cleared out as soon as possible.
Edinburgh, August 3. This day about one hundred
Spanish prisoners embarked at Leith on board a cartel
ship for Spain. This is the sirs lexchange of Spanish
prisoners that has taken place from Scotland since hos
tilities commenced.
The cartel from Leith to Calais, with the Rohan de
Soubife's crew, is arrived at Dunkirk, where a new
ship of the fame size, was within a few days of being
ready for sea, and the master of the Soubife to have the
command.
N E W-L ON D O N, Oflober 26.
On Thnrfday of last week, capt. Thomas Parks, ip
a small privateer sloop, being on a cruize, in the Sound,
he difeovered under Long-Island shore, two gallies
which appeared to be full of men ; and find ng his vef
fel not capable of ottacking them with a probability
of success, he flood for this harbour, and on his arrival
acquainted captain Wattles, of the Comet privateer,
of what he had difeovered ; about 50 volunteers imme
diately went on board the Comet, and both vessels
proceeded to Oyster-Pond, when they difeovered the
above gallies near Shelter -island, endeavouring to get
out of the bay ; but heiog closely pursued, both gal
lies ran on shore at Southold, and the people (60 or 70
in number) quitted them and made their escape. I he,
gallies were immediately taken, and on Friday bro't
to this har our ; one of trem mounted three and the
ether two cannon, 16 mufqu"ts and a variety of arti
cles were found on board. They had been trailing in
the Viney ird found, where they captured several ves
sels, but they had all been retaken ; they had also drove
on fllore a brig from tue Well Indies, Pond, mafier,
belonging to Milford, and burnt the vessel.
Wednesday last arrived a brig laden with lumber,
prize to toe Minerva, captai 1 Angel. The above brig
failed from Newport, about three .^eeks ago, com
manded by captain Rathbun, but captu ed by a Ber
mudian privateer, and retaken near that ill ud
On Tuesday last the general assembly of this slate,
then fitting at Hartford, adjourned (but we don't learn
to what time:) previous to their adjournment, they
repealed the embargo a& ; which has long been con
sidered by the in abitants of the eastern parts of the
hate, as a great grievance: they also repealed the aft
prohibiting the fab of goods at vendue.
CHATHA M, OHober 31.
All accounts from New York agree, that some of
■ admiral Graves's squadron have returned to Sandy-
Hook, in a very fhatte^ed condition.
At the publication of our firft number, when the
British were making rapid fir des towards the reducti
on of the slate of Georgia; when all was dark and
gloomy around us, both 'in the political and natural
atmosphere ; when a series of misfortunes to the south
ward had blackened our annals • ,we darted an eye
through the cloud, and, by secret impu fe, ventured
t%pr:.d)a-" That good would come out of evil, and
thty the successes of the eoe r,y . fe only harbing
ers to their final overthow' f.s chiral fp'cul-ti
on, with extatie joy, we now have. pleifare of fee
i g fully verified in the capture of lord Cornwallis and
his whole army, by that honour to human nature and
reproach to royalty, our illustrious WASHINGTON,
wtw, like the meridian fun, has di pelled those noflur
-09 I vapours thitt hung around us, and put the most
pleating afpe^l upon our political affairs that any aera
of the present war has ever beheld.
The lite battle at the Eutaw Springs will fland as a
monument of American valour, conduct; and intrepidi
ty, that wifi adoni-h every attentive, judicious reader,
down to the latest pod rity, and shew the tyrant of
Britain, the futility of persevering in the American
war; posterity will fcarce.find faith fufficient to credit
the .glorious atchievments of aGR ENEL but all en
comium upon this great man is dull ! Let his own mo
dest, candid, and fair recital of faffs be ^is own pa
negyric; and may Americans never forget to be
grateful as their heroes, ar- brave.
On receivinga confirmation of the capture of Corn
wallis, twenty gentlemen of this place and the neigh
bour ood, met on Monday evening last, at Mr, Day's
tavern, whererihey flipped, and spent a few hours in
convivial mirth and jocund feflivity. Illuminations
and bonfires were exhibited on the occafipn.
Nothing could exceed the joy that was visible in
every ' countenance on the news of Cornwallis's cap
ture- bonfires and illuminations were exhibited in al
most every town and village in this slate. -
T R E NT O N, ca 31.
Tuesday fc'nnight the honourable the legislature of
this slate met' here. —At the opening of the session the
hob. John Stephens, efq; was rechofen vice president
of the legislative council, arid the hon. John, Meheim,
efq w,s chosen speaker of the honfe of aFembly:
Ata joint-meeting of the Council and Assembly yester
day, His Excellency William Livipgiton. Esq. was tinani
moufly re elefrd G vernor for the ensuing year; - and
John Stevens, jun. Esq. was re-appointed Treafuier.
NE W-Y ()R K, November 1.
Yesterday arrived the flip Bonetta, with a flag o£
truce from York Town, Virginia, with dfpatchtf
from the rigut hon. general earl Cornwallis the left
Ch^fepeak on the zgdmlt.' '^
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Po t of Philadelphia, Pernfylvnia, ff.
To A L L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given. That a & re 01 Admiral
ty will be held before the |,orourabh;Francis Hop
kiufon, efq; Judge of the laid Court for this ftaie, at
his charcoerg in the city of Padadviphia, on Friday,
the ^'h of November inst. at 9 o'clock in the forenoon,
far the tria of the Negroes C2EoAR< SAM and ADAM,
taken at*fea op board the sloop POLLY, and brought
into port, and libelled agrinit by Fhmeai Eldridge
(qui tarn & .) To the end, that all perfcns concerned
may appear and &ew cause, if any there be, wherefore
a decree should not pass purfuants to the prayer of the
linel, &e. By OroeroG.be JuW,.
Nov 6, 1/81, JAMES READ, Register.
Came to the Plantation of the
S ibfcriber, living in the Nortben L oerti^s, about the
bf, inning of July, a bay MARE, a"out four ye-rs old,
14. hands high, branded cn he near buttock : few white
hairs on the forehead, pars and trots. Another bay
MARE, five yeais old, 13 hands high, a har in tb^
forehead, no brand, b er °h bind foot white, paces and
trots. A black MARE, about nine years old, 14.
hands high, a ft r on her fochead, p ces and trots.
The owne r-T owners are desired to come, prove pro
perty. pay the charter, and take them aw ± y.
DUNCAN LEECH.
A good Gardener will meet with encourage
ment, by applying to the printer of this
piper.