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Iriend, how would your benevolent heart bleed were
you to fee the fad reverse which has since taken place
ill this unhappy country, in some places for upwards of
fifty nines and not less than twenty in any, from Fort-
Pitt, as far eastward as £ believe this slate goes, the
frontiers are entirely depopulated; thousands of the
inhabitants inhumanly butchered, fomein their beds,
and some at their innocent and peaceable occupations.
The sons of Britain, and their savage allies, (pared
neither age nor sex. It has been no uncommon thing
on the frontiers, to tee decrepid age, and vigorous
youth, the unhappy mother and the infant at her
b ^ e l lyi ° g in a man ^ed group; their houfea and
effects destroyed, and perhaps only one son or daughter
of a numerous family left to deplore their miserable
end. These horrid scenes continue to be repeated •
you have heard of the late of Hamna's-Town, and God
knows where they will wreck their infernal fury next,
there is hardly a day pafles in which we do not hear of
some family being either killed or carried into captivi.
ty. It is adding iafult to barbarity, to talk of their
humanity, and their inclinations to peace, while they
carry on this unmanly carnage. Depend upon it, my
friend, they will endeavour to dupe and deceive us: that
they will not carry on the war offenfively where we
have an army to oppose them, I am inclined to believe,
because experience has told them, that they would run
the risque of reaping only a repetition of dishonour ;
but I firmly believe, after having laid together and de
liberately weighed all the information which I have
received upon the matter, that taey mean to transfer
the rage cf it, to the helpless inhabitants along the
frontiers. The glory of a British army will not now
be tarnished, by the most mean and pitiful barbarities
exercised upon peaceable and helpless men, women and
children, their minds Dem to be congenial with those
of their savage auxiliaries. Ought not our rulers
therefore to bend their attention towards the frontiers ?
indeed my friend, I cannot help complaining, that we
have been too feebly fuppurted ; there is a radical de
fed somewhere ; those at a diflance will not believe
that such a number of men have been so long, so near
us as Carlifle, without being sent to our assistance ;
when we apply for aid, the answer insults our poverty
and our mifery;'' why dont you more punctually pay
" your taxes? the frontiers are a burthen instead of
" benefit to government." Good Gd, fir, are taxes
to be expected from those who are not permitted to sow
nor reap, and wno are (except a few months in the
winter) on as conftaut military duty as the soldiers in
your army ; those wno Hand guard to the more interior
settlements, and enable them to reap the fruits of their
industry, while their own are destroyed, and many
thousands of themselves are now no more. The fron
tiers furuifhed the army with more men, than any e
qual number of people in any other part of the state,
and they readily came to We assistance of their fellow
citizens, from the distance of two, three and four
hundred miles, at an inclement season of the year, when
they were called upon to join them in the Jerseys. I
with I was acquainted with our illustrious general, as
you are. I beg that you will from your own knowledge,
and from this and my former letters to you on the sub
jest, describe our situation to him, it needs no exagge
ration; a plain unadorned narrativeof the fails width
1 have, from time to time, informed you of, will pro
cure us assistance, if in his power. Von are acquaint
ed with many of the members of the assembly, and of
the council, and I take it for granted, with some of
tne members of congress ; will they leave the remain
der of the mod helpless pirt of the society to perifn?
if they cannot afford us all the relief that we (land in
need of, surely they could fend the men who are lying
idle at Carlifle, to save some of otlr lives; I know some
of the officers and men are panting, some of them to
revenge the deaths, and others to save the lives of their
fathers, mothers, brothers, lifters, wives and children.
My heart recoils at the thoughts of retaliation ; but
if all other methods have been tried in vain to put a
flop to the barbarities of Britons, and their savage af
fociatet in the war, common sense and humanity tell
me, that we would be jollified, before God and man, in
infli&ing a dreadful punishment upon them in the per
lons of those whom the chance of war hath put in our
power; fay not that the capitulations can save any of
them from being retaliated upon for future crimes a
gainst the laws of war. God forbid, that either con
gress or our generals should threaten to retaliate in this,
as they have done in other cases ; if they do, the enemy
will laugh at us, and we will deserve to be laughed at.
Is there a man in America, who can bring himfelf to
believe for a minute, that they do not mean to carry
on the war offenfively, or that they have any real in
tention of concluding a peace, while they continue,
contrary to the laws of war, to massacre our peaceable
citizens? I make no dißinaion between our British e
nemies and their savage associates in the war, th^y are
both actuated by the fame base, vindictive, birbarous,
mean and pitiful spirit, and each is answerable for the
condud of the other. Surely, there is not a mao of
common sense, who will be so credulous as to believe
one word of fir Guy Carlton's letter, until he shall
cease to encourage the carnage of the citizens of Ame
rica, who have been the means of emancipating his
own country from slivery ; until he (hall cease to car
ry on the war offenfively against any part of these unit
ed Rates, his communications ought to be considered
as insidious, and ought of consequence to animate A
merica, to prepare to oppose the force, and to be up
on her guard against the fraud of Britain. * * * *
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Since our faft the priz&fchooner Leah Addresses ar
rived here. She is from Hispaniola, laden with rum,
sugar, coffee, &c. and was bound for the Chefapeak,
but off that bay was taken by the Lively (British) (loop
of war, from which an officer and some, men were put
on board her, when she was retaken by captain Tink
er, in a letter of marque belonging to this port.
The British prisoners fay, that the Lively is lately from
the Waft Indies, and was ordered to wait off the Che
fapeak for the British fleet, commanded by admiral
Pigot, which was to fail for this continent about the
Bril of August.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Tuesday, August 20, 1782—P. M.
THE committee appointed to wait on his Excellency
the Minister Plenipotentiary from his Mod Christian
Majefly, with the congratulatory Address on the
Birth of a Dauphin of France, reported their perform
ance of that service.
Ordered, That the Address be entered on the mi
nutes, together with the Answer of His Excellency
the Minister.
Extraft from the minutes,
Peter Z. Lloyd, Clerk
of the General Assembly.
To His Excellency the Chevalier de la LUZERNE,
Minißer Plenipotentiary of His Most Chriflian
Majesty:
S IR,
TH E representatives of the freemen of the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly
met, are extremely happy that their present ear
ly and unexpected session, has given them an opportu
nity of joining their congratulations with those of con.
grefs and their lifter Rates, upon, the auspicious birth
of a dauphin of France.
As friends to humanity we could not help rejoicing
on this event; which, by securing a direct succession,
will more effectually preserve the tranquility and happi
ness of one of the greatest monarchies in toe world—
But we have other reafoni for our joy on this occasion;
we behold our illustrious and beloved ally
made happy by this event; we behold a new pledge of
the perpetuity of our alliance derived from it „ and the
royal father of the prince; we are confident, will not
fail placing the advantages of that alliance, which we
know to be the object of his affedioirf among the firfl
principles of his fon's education. We anticipate for
our posterity his friendfllip and assistance; and we are
confident, in return, the future resources and strength
of our country will be exerted for ID interest. Hu
manity, fir, will have nothing to fear from the union
of the forces of tl:e two nations; for ti e principles of
our alliance will be violated, Should it ever be employ
ed in any other way, than in relieving and (upporting
the oppressed.
To His Excellency Sir GUY CARLETON, &c. &c
SIR,
IFIND by your excellency's and admiral Digby's
joint letter, to his excellency general IValhington,
of the 2d instant, that the king, under whose autho
rity you aft, hath at length so far recovered his fences,
as to " command" bis miniflers to " difeft" Mr.
Grenville, the British negociator at Paris, to “ pro
pole" independency to this country. This, fir, being
the case, you, as well as your army at large, mull
conceive that peace cannot be very far difiant. What
then can juftify your conduct in perilling in that
A N S W E R.
To the Honourable the REPRESENTATIVES of
the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in General Assembly met,
Gentlemen,
J Shall take tne sirs topportunity of conveying to his
majefly, the testimony 0: that (hare, which the re
preftntatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
have taken, in the favour which Heaven has bellowed';
in granting him an heir to his crown. He will receive
it wnh the more fatisfadion, as it is the voluntary ex
preiiioii 01 the feelings of a people diflinguifhed for their
franknefs and their attachment to those sentiments and
principles which they have once adopted. Tne birth
of a dauphin, is indeed a new guarantee for the dura
tion of the alliance. He was born at the very time
when you were making the gredteft exertions for the
defence of your rights, and tiie maintenance of your
liberty. The events which refpe& the two nations, the
operations of th ir armies in the course of t ris war, are
so closely conceded, teat he will not be able to hear
the recital of them, Without taking an equal interest in
both; and this interest wil be redoubled, when he
(hall learn, that a multitude of citizens have diflinguifh
ed themselves by their virtue and their courage during
t^is memorable resolution. He will learn, that the
Pennsylvanians hold an honourable place in she lift of
those patriots; and nothing will be wanting to com
pleat the pleasure he will have in tracing the map of
a happy, wife and peaceful state; when he fha!l know,
that Pennsylvania produces none but grateful sons, and
such as are equally impressed with a love of the public
god.
The marks of approbation which you are pleased to
give to my conduct, are infinitely Raftering ; but,
gentlemen, I am far from thinking it merits any eulo
gium; living among a generous, polite and sensible
people, I couid not difeharge an office m.re agreeable,
than that of (hewing them, on every occasion, the refped
with which they have inspired me.
As to the regard which I have for your laws and ci
vil infiitutions, dilated as they are by wisdom and
moderation, and breathing as they do, a love of virtue
and humanity, a conformity to them is too cafy, and
too agreeabkto be a fubjed of praise.
Le CHAVELIER de la LUZERNE.
Philadelphia, August 20th, 1782.
In offering this testimony of r^fpeft, by your hands,
to your illustrious monarch, we (hould do violence
to our feelings, if we neglected to acknowledge the
pleasure and fatisfaftiop we have derived from our ob
fervationsof your conduft among us. Your polite at
tention to all orders and conditions of the people, and
above all your refptd Hjanifefled upon all Jeerfoils to
our civil mrtitutions, have rendered your perlon and
character peculiarly dear to us ; and we are happy in
this opportunity of acknowledging the wisdom and
friendship of his most chriflian majefly in committing
the care of the alliance to a minifier who has s o Frith
fully and atfe&ionately executed that high trust.
By order of the hpuff,
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG;
Speaker.
In General Assembly, August 20, 1782.
„ n N E W-Y O R K, August 14.
Yesterday evening a Rag of truce arrived from Rhodes
Island, which left it on Monday morning ; the passen
ger don board mention, that an express 'had arrived
there from Boflon, with an account of thirteen fail of
French line of battle fliips, being anchored in Boßon
harbour. 7
Arrivals since our left. The brig Renown, Morris
Dowan, master from Portsmouth, bound to St. Tho
mas's, captured by his majesty's ship Keppel, loaded
with lumber and (pars. And,
. The (loop Endeavour, Drinkwater, master, from Caf
co-bay, bound to Philadelphia, loaded with lumber
and (pars, captured by the Bonetta sloop of war.
c^3 W.)^3^M3 ^X^^M3 O#W
To rhe free and independent Electors of
the city arid county of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen,
T RETURN You my hearty Thanks for
a Ehairig Me ycur Sheriff near two years past.
The Continuance of your Votes ?nd Interest at the en^
suing Election will be gratefully acknowledged by,
Gentlemen, your obliged humble fervent,
WILLIAM WILL, She iff,
bloody and cruel, but ineffiaual war, which is still ca%
rying on in many parts of these Rates. Your humani
ty I have often neard of, your tender compassion for
the defencelefs of both sexes, and your ardent defir®
to prevent the further effufion of human blood, have
frequently been deemed leading traits in your excel
lncy 8 charader Be alas! I fear all this has been at
groundleft defamation, else, surely, long 'ere now,
your excellency would have interpufed and retrained
the ruthless savage from a repetition of those blood,
massacre and horrid barbarities which daily fill our
papers- Sir,the reverend fire, with hoary locks, escaped
not the scalping knife, nor the. chaste and undefined
virgin the flow and meditated torture; while the tend
er babe, with her who gave it birth, alike innocent,
are alike unfortunate in their wretched f^te—Sir, the
vengeance of Almighty God will reach you and your
nation ; unheard of calamities will fail upon you, un~
less you immediately put a flop to this difgraceful,
this cowardly and vindictive war ; a war too, in itfelf,
ridiculous and absurd ; from whence you can derive
neither honor, conquest, territory nor friends.
Sir, I am, &c.
, A Friend to Humanity.
Philadelphia,,Auguft 15, x 7 Q
Three Pounds Reward.
RA N.A WAY about four weeks a
NEGRO WENCH, named JUDE, about twenty
years old, short and small, has large a Icar over one of her
eyes; had on when she went away, a ftriptd linfey (bort
gown and petticoat, check apron anh cap. She has been'
some time about this city ; lometimes the fays sh e is free
and at other tinus fays she is looking for some perlon to
buy her, the is supposed to be harboured so this place.
Whoever will take up the Gid wench and bring h<r to
Mr.JOHN ROSS, in Fiont-Rreet, between Market
and Arch streets, (ball have the ^uov^ r^ar^ ai „ r m
Lnabit charge f p^i^Q
Port or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
1o A L L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at fke Stat,-hou'r, in the city
of Philadelphia, on THURSDAY the twenty
ninth of Augurt, indent, at 10 o'clock in the forercon;
for the Trial of the Schooner or Vefftl called the
LKJirl ADDRESSES, of the burthen of fifty tens, or
thereabout.; laden with rum, sugar and coffee, lately
t?kcn on her. pa.fkge from Hispaniola for Chefapeak-
Bay, by th# Britilb Sloop of War Lively, and retaken;
fenr into this port and libelled against 2s prize by STE
PHEN TINKER (qui tarn, &r.) To the end, that all
perfon# cantoned may appear and ffiew cause, if any
theie )-, wherefore a decree Ihculd not pals pursuant
to the prayer of the libel, &c,
By order of the judge,
Aug. 21, 1,82. JAMES READ, register.
This Day is Pubhfhed, Price half a Dollar;
A LETTER
Address d to the Abbe RaynaL, on the affairs of
North-America ; in which the errors in the Abbe's
account of the present Revolution are corr^ed and
cleared up: ..
By THOMAS PAINE, M. A. of the Univerfitp of
Pennlylvany, and auiher of the pamphlet, 2nd other
publications; entitled Cummer Spnfc.
Printed by MELCHIOR STEINER, in Race flreet;
and Sold by ROBERT AITKEN, hookfelter, in
M rket-ftreet, three d or, above T? C; .ff ^ ole.
Will be Sold on Wednesday the
28th of this infant, at the betie of James Willet, on
Cape May, two armed BOA TS, nam:d the True Blue
aJ Gibraltar, with their guns •nd appurtenances.
The Vendue 10 be pin at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Bv order of the Judge 0! the admiralty,
August 20, 1782. JAMES M-COMB, MarfhaV
C^AME to the plantation of the lubfcri
^ ber, in Willritown township, Chester county, a
bort the 13th or 14th of this inffant, a Sorrel Mare
COLT, supposed to be about two years eld, with a
blaze Jewn her face, trots all : the has been advertised
before. The o^n-r, by proving property and paying
charg $, may have her again, by applying to the fub
leriber. JOHN HOWELL. M &v 16.