The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-07-15 00:00:00, page 3

W" ERBAS a printed performance under the figna
' ' ture of your name, has been indufirioufly , ircuiate,
through this City and Liberties, and aidto e fig ted by
the tanners, curriers and cwJwainers of Philadelphia,
which it is justly apprehended is intended to obfirua and
defeat the laudable intentions of the-la'e general Town-
Meeting and the regulations of the Committee then ap
pointed, and containing an express declaration hot to abide
by those regulations; and as it is well known that at least
four fifths of the rafter workmen concerned, and w^
convened at your Committee Room in the Tan-yard up
town, are persons difaffetled to the common cause, and*
Skulked in town reaping advantages under the wings of the
British enemy while in possession of the city : You are re
quested to furnilh tee Public (who have a right to demand
it) with t eir nam c s in toe next papr, or at the next
Town Meeting, that the People may form a judgment of
the principles and dispositions of all those who determine
to aid against the r uhtions of the Committee, and in op
position to the numr us virtuous cordwainers of the City
and Liberties of Philadelphia .
A WHIG SHOEMAKER.
ANNAPOLIS, July 9 .
Captain John M'Kirdy, in the brig Tom Johnson, ar
rived here this morning from Nants, but last fromißreft,
which port he left about the firft of May, under convoy
of five foips of the line three freates and seventy transports,
said to have on board rom tn o fifteen thousand men,
and bound for Martinico. H pared with them in the
latitude of Madeira. Captain M Kirdy in company with
the ship General Washington, arrived in Patowmack, fell
in off our capes with a (mail privateer of 6 guns and 25
men, which they took and brought in with them.
PHILADELPHIA, July 15.
Extras of a letter dated on b>ard tbe ifa, at St. Chrifo
pbers, titb May, 1779, direfied to the Surgeon of His
Majefo's Ship Dela ±care.
After giving a relation of the Count D'Eftaing's unfuc
cefsful attempt upon St Lucia, he fays :
'' We have been twice out after the enemy's fleet, but
can't bring them to aftien. On our passage to this port, in
company with the Carrisfort, we fell in with a fleet from St.
Euftatia, under convoy of one fifty, one forty, one thirty
two, and one twenty guns ships, who chafed us one day ;
we got into Montserrat. Two days after we failed, and off
Nevis, we fell in with five fail 0 tne line who gave chace;
we were fortunately to the windward, and next day got
into Antigua, the British Fleet all laying at St. Lucia.
" I have the pleasure to inform yop we are going home
with thefirft convoy, and fail soon. No prizes yet, Da
vies. We hear theDelaware has been very fortunate; sup
pose you have ecieved four or five Hundred Pounds to
your Ihare now. The Cabot is foun ertid at sea : I can't
hear if Dowfon is saved or not. There has been three
American Vessels taken from 1^024. guns. Tne Ceres
and Weazle are taken; the latter chafed 9 hours by a
French [frigate of 32 guns, who fired two broad Tides ; not a
man hurt nor a shot struck the Ship, upon which fortu
nate circum flame the colours were immediately ftruck;fo
much for the honour of tre British flag. It was so dark
before the firft Boat with the prisoners got on board they
were obliged to hoist lightsto find the Ship."
Yesterday morning arrived here the schooner Stephen,
Capt. Jacob Benson, from Rochelle, in Old France, load
ed with dry goods
or a dozen other articles, but by the whole amount of the
annual fubfifcnee of the manufacturer compared with the
amount of his annual labour. And evsry manufactory must
fall to immediate decay, unless the price of the'goods ma
nufactured confi Jerably exceeds the whole fubfiftance of
all t e persons employed about it, and their dependant fa
milies.
Trade should be free as air, uninterrupted as the tide,
and though it will necefiariiy like this be sometimes high
at one place and low at another, yet it will ever return of
itfelf, fuffidently near to a proper level, if the banks and
dams, or, in other words, injudicious attempts te regulate
it, are not interposed ; this maxim, we apprehend, admits
of no exception but in the case of a besieged city ; and we
expected that so far from undertaking to obfiruCt the course
of trade, the present Committee were appointed to free it
from those refiraints which the monopolizer, the engrosser,
and foreflaller, had thrown upon it by hoarding up large
quantities of necessary articles, with a view to raise the
prices; had the Committee attended to this matter fing.'y,
we had reason to hope the prices would have fallen of them
selves.
The late high prices of grain and other articles foreign
and domestic, would have operated as a four to the indust
ry of the firmer, tne mechanic and the merchant, out mar
kets wbuld fooh have been crowded with the commodities
and produce 01 every foil, the spirit of trade, which had,
been allayed by frequent losses and inadequate profits was
surmounting every rifque; aplenty of foreign goods would
have soon lowered the prices ; a plentiful harvest, well and
seasonably secured, would have procured plenty into all
cur populous citiesand towns; te prices when the mar
kets were full, must inevitably abate of themselves, to filch
a pitch as would admit of exportation; and thus, in a few
months, every thing would have returned to the old chan
^l; but how has this injurious flep of he Committee
blasted all the propped ! By limiting the price of country
produce, they have prevented its coming to market; by
lowering the prices of foreign goods, they have damped
the fpirit^f the adventurer ; and if they persist in limiting
the prices of tradefm n, their shops will be fuut, t mir
journeymen difeharged, and want, with a train of into
lerable evils, wiil await us all.
Having thus Rated our ideas of this matter for your
consideration, we think ours 1 /es juftified before the world
in declaring, that we do not confider ourfdves boun 1 by
the regulated prices of our commodities, and, that we shall
not observe them until a gener 1 regulation of all other ar
ticles frill take place, by common confect In full confi
dence that you will fee the justice of ur compl ints, and
approve cur cenduft, we remain your affectionate fellow
citizens.
To Mr. RONEY, Shoemaker, Chairman (so cal'ed)
of the Tanners, Curriers and Cordwainers of the city of
Philadelphia,
Signed by order of a meeting of tanners c here and
co?duaner; held at the Omediae- - doom, n/j a y of
July, >779'JAMES RONEY, Chairman.
You will please to give the following paragraph % place
in your paper, and oblige, Sir, your humble servant.
# A Pennsylvania Soldier.
TH E Officers of the Continental army, particularly of
the Pennfylvanii line, present their refpe&ful com
pliments to the Hon. the Congress, and return them their
fificere thanks for the kind and generous invitation (that
the few that were in Philadelphia had from that Honor
able Body, on Monday the sth July instant, to celebrate
the anniversary of Independence, at the City tavern. But the
officers, not wishing to intrude upon their generosity, chose
ratr.er, to decline the honor ®f dining with so Honorable a
Body 00 that day, particularly as the officers are confeious
that the pay they receive from Congress is ample and fuf
ficient to afford themselves a dinner and entertainment at
the firft taverns on the Continent, at this present juncture,
and think themselves extremely happy, to fee that refpe€t
shewn them from that Body, under whom they have the
honor to hold their Commissions And tho' the officers
of the army have spent almost all of the little property
they had, in supporting the glorious cause of freedom and
independence, yet are happy to think, that the inhabitants
throughout the Continent will now fee proper so show that
refpe& due to them as officers, especially when the example
is set by that Honorable Body.
O ! Who would not be a Continental officer !
tit All Printers on the Continent are requested to in
sert the above paragraph.
Qte^^-*#-4-^ 4.ft $ Q. s*-*s^4.
Germantown July 1779.
CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY
1 of this place are to meet at the Union School-
House on Saturday the seventh day of August next, at
Three o'clock P. M. The Members are requested to
be pun&ual in attending.
THERE has been in the possession of the
Surgeon of the tenth P. R. a considerable time,
an old bright bay HOR SE, with a large snip, brand
ed with the letter R on the near (houkkr and with C
on the near buttock. The owner is defined to prove his
property and pay the charges in the space of fix weeks,
otherwise he will be fold for bis expences.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
ST RAY ED AWAY on the third instant, (July)
from the tubfcribqr in Southwark, a bright bay
HORSE, between thirteen and fourteen hands high,
trots and canters well, paces a little, branded on each
fliould^r P, on each buttock C A, and on the near but
tock T I, above the Continental brand ; his off hind feet
white, and had a lock on his fore foot. Whoever takes
up said horse and brings him to the fubferiber, fliall
have the above reward, paid bv
WILLI.AM MMULLIN.
Extsaß % a letter from 4 gentleman be St. Eufatia to bis
friend in this city, dated June \6tb, 17)' 9 .
6 The-Wert-India fleet of upwards 3 00 fail of Vessels,
failed yesterday from St. Kitts under convoy of a few
Frigates, who were accom paniedgby Admiral Byron,
through the Mauds with tzfail of the line. The Fleet ww
are informed is but indifferently m mned, and the crews in
general very unhealthy, since they took possession of the
Bland- of St. Lucia, it is amazing to concert, the num
ber of men they have loft, both in their land and naval
force. It is said reinforcements are exptCted ouf, both to
the English and French Fleets, but none have yet arrive'.
Count D'Eflaing is yet in Port, and until they arrive will
not be able to keep the seas, his squadron bei&g infuffici
ent to encounter with that of Admiral Byron's, not hav
ing an equal number of Ships."
Yesterday died at his feat near this city, the Honorable
GEORGE ROSS,, Esquire, Judge of Admiralty of
this State, who justly merited the character of a firmand
impartial Judge.
In CONGRES S, July 9, 1^,9
Resolved, That the Executive Powers of each State be
earnestly requeued instantly to make the ftriHeft enquiry
into the conduct of every person within such State respec
tively employed either in the Quarter Marter General's,
or Purchasing or Issuing Commissary General's depart
ment; and in case of any kind of misbehaviour, or strong
fufpiciou thereof, in any such person not being an OAcer
immediately appointed by Congref% to remove or suspend
every such person, ordering him at their diferetion to be
prosecuted at the expence of the United tates, and to ap
point another in his place if Decenary, and so from time to
time as ocfi^n may be, giving notice to the Board of
War, and allo to theQiarter M ifter Gen ral or Commis
sary General in whose dep irtment such removal or fufpici
on sh II be, of the change ; the person so appointed to have
the fame authority and pay which the person removed had
been verted with and entitled to, or such pay as the said
Executive Powers respectively shall agree for; to be in
lice manner fubjeft to the head of the department to which
he belongs, and to observe all the regulations for the
government^ of Deputy Quarter Mailers, and Depu
ty Comroiffaries refpe&ivcly; and that the Executive
Powers of each State be in like manner requeued to en
quire into the number of persons employed in the Quarter-
Master General's and Commissary's department, and im
mediately to difeharge such as shall be judged unnecessary.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.'
In COM M ITTE E, July 14, 1 779 .
Resolved, That te plan or flopping emissions be print
ed in handbills, and distributed for the confederation of
the public; and that a Town-Meetin be held in the
State House yard, on Monday the 26th inflant at ten
o'clock in the forenoon.
For the PBNNSYLVANIA PACKET.
0 EEING a handbill published yesterday by the shoe
-3 makers tanners and curriers, and that James Roney
was Chairman of the meeting wherert was drawn up. It
may not be improper to inform trie public, that this fame
Mr. Roney lodged a complaint against a de ler in tea, for
felling him, I think, one pound thereof above the regu
lated pri e, and had the money refunded by order of jhe
Committee. JUSTICE.
WILL lAM HENRY, Chairman
Mr. DUN LA P.
MR. Andrew Keuchlein having by a
falfe advartifement ;n Mr. Henry Miller's Ger
man News paper of the > 3 d of March last, signed by two
equally falfe witnesses, accused m- @f detaining from a
certain man (by his Ipeech a German, living in Mary
land) h ; s horie which he halest in my cuftod : Idid
in M .Dunlap's paper cf the is.h of June hft fulb re !
fute such falfe accufajion, by the evidence of one Sb? 0,
from Carifle, who came to me to enquire about the norfe
in question, and to ri me that he had been with the own
er of said horse in one brigade, assuring me at the fame
time that the said wne lives in Carlifle, and is not a
German, but a native of Ir. land, John Patterson, by
name, and I have tent word to him, but as he is in the
Continental service he hs,n t come for his horse yet.
Notwithstanding which Mr. Keuchlein appeared a in
with his falfe advertisement and accusation in Mr. Dun-•
lap's paper of the firft instant, from what bad principle or
motive I know not. Now to make an end on m, pact
forever of this : ffair, so disagreeable to the Public, I do
hereby declare that the horse is not fold, bur still i' n my
custody, so that in case Mr. Knchleni will come with
his German man, prove them property and pa, charges,
they may, take him away from
CHRISTIAN KKRN.
N. B. I fliall henceforth no more engage in any news
paper quarrel about the affair.
Limerick TownJbife, Pbiladelpbia County, luiy 6
WAS F ou n d,
Some time ago, near the thirty.one mi e stone, on Ma.
natwny Road,
A BLACK LEATHER POCKETBOOK,
which had in it a gold broach, and the oath of al
legiance to the States. The owner by proving his pro
perty and paying charges may have it again by applying
to the fubferiber, near the said place.
JAMES BROOK E.
Philadelphia, July jx.
WAS STOPPE D,
On Friday last, fufpe&ed to have been stolen,
ANEW fashioned GREAT COAT, with a
scarlet velvet cape. Whoever has loft the fame, by
proving property and paying for this advertisement,
may have it again. Apply to the Printer.
Philadelphia, July 10.
ibree Hundred Defors Reward
R/f A . " E ''™ ''^ &rt ° r 'he Old Goal in this
AGA oy, on the ^ni^ of the Bth inst. the 'ollow
, PETER BEATON, ch
a,uhing Retard Butler ami his wif,, Q
%: A^wt Car y years of 3 g t , fi, e fc t ^
high, for |„ 0w „) ai fy d„ k co k^^
andadown Go,. Jo[l N SHE L LIMA N, rf h, 6 $
a eharge , m . ,„. fr^ { ffr, , f o /„| icl
"ft 3 "'', d Hosed; he was taken up and com
mined to this gad the zo th trit, cn laid charge, a"- for
e heaimp He is about ^-m, fi, ?e ( ~~'
dak.All tied bound, and f a , : complexion. Abo a
SAMUEL SLACK, chased with h^
Leafing in company with said Snellman , About tH-tv
^?rs ofy five feet tight or nine inches hi^, br^n
hair tied bemnfcfur complexion, and a toltrab'e goud
c ^"r c :.Whoever fe cu . 8te s a i d ph, ;,
Pi h 'r'"0 '""' and ^™ information to the
Alt— berth ^ Gaoler tor the c- y2nd county of Phi
'" *' foal, receive the above reward, or Ohe Hundred
boyars ,or each, nd 11 r fon^h charges, p^d by
N R c HOSSMAN. Goiter.
N. B. Samuel track live; in T renton, N : & Jerfev
but as ms wife has been frequently to fee him whilst in
cot foment, p.mTj be may be bar ^med f. fomedavs
in the city, together with the other two : I that fhbuid
bethe ca e, it 13 to be hoped every friend to his county
will endeavour to deleft three such attroHous villains
Shellman was formerly a C'erk to M^ffs. Georg#
Meade ano CMerchants in this city#
o D ' * ,'on to aft as Turnkey at the
Old Gtol in Market ftrevt : None need apply without a
recommendation for hopefty and sobriety. Enquire of
SroKELY Hossman, at said Gaol.
70 be £CLD by Public Vendue,
At Capt. K adal Cole's in Gioucefter County, three
miles above Haddonfield, on Monday the 16th inst.
at Twelve o'clock,
^JkOvE of CATTLE, consisting of oxen,
' item, bulls, dry cows, cows and calves, and some
young cattle, with fevcial horses. J"'y 14.
To be SC L 1) by Public Vendue,
On Tuesday the tenth of August, at Nine o'clock in the
morning, at the d idling.hcufe of the fubferibers, in
the towofh.p or M rris Riv<r, Cumberland county,
J^' OR r> head 01 CA] TLE, aniong which art'
oxen, cows and calves, steers and heifers; also
t^o horses, some Iheep, and Sundry Louftiold goods and
farming utenffs.
As the fubfcrihers intend to move out of the State
tl , e Public may depend cn the above to be struck off to
ti- higntft bidder, and the conditions of the vendue
are cam only.
July 15.' JACOB and PETER PETERSON.
State of New Jersey, ff,
I ° A L L_ whom it may concern.
N° 1'° E 8 hereby given, Tav a Court us Admiralty
wib or held at the house of Gilbert Bartow, ta
v^r k^pcr, in Alien Town, in the laid State, on the
° August n xi, at T n o'clock in the fore
noon of die fame day, don an,l there to try the truth
oi tuyaN. Pledged i, the bill ofGeorgr Geddes, (who
wen, & ) agamft the frier Friendship, her tackle
•PP"* l , nirn-dun and cargo: To t. e end and latent
co ^n^r or owners or any perlon concerned
tnerzm, my appear and the* cau.e, if any they have
wriy tne fa n= fh&w i;u b e condemned according to the
prayer of the said bill. ' 6
By order of the ,u>ge,
JOHTH BLOOMFIELD, Reg.