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to land, foas that they mny not fall, info the hands or
power of any of our enemies ; wherein nevertbelefs it is
our will and p'leafure, that the refpedive owner thereof
may fufrer as little damage, loss or inconvenience, as may
be confident with the public fafety; and we do hereby
further ftn&y charge and command all our fubjefts to be
aiding and aiUfling to the execution of this our Royal
command.
Given at onr Court at St. James's, the 9th day of
July, 1779, in the 19th year of our rei^n.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
PHILADELPHIA, ORober 2.
A paragraph in the New-York paper fays % " The
« Cork 6eet under convoy of his Majesty's ihip Roebuck,
" Sir Andrew Hammond, Commander, consisted of 48
" fail, who all got fafe into Sandy-Hook last Tuesday
" and Wednesday." The fleet, said to have arrived with
3 or 4000 troops, got into New-York on Tuesday and
Wednesday the 21st and 22d ult. and is doubtless the
Cork fleet, without a single soldier.
We have received authentic intelligence that the fleet of
17 fail, with troops on board, under convoy of one 74 and
two 64. gun ships, which failed from New-York last week,
laid to be bound on a southern expedition, returned this
week to New-York.
Since our last, CapQ Taylor has feat a prize into Egg-
Harbour, containing a Hessian Colonel and 2x4 privates,
with a quantity of dry goods.
Captain James Nicholson, of the Navy, is appointed
to command the frigate Trumbull, and Captain Thomas
Read to command a new Continental frigate of 36 guns,
called the Bourbon.
In CONGRES S, Sept. 24, 1779.
Refolded, That the thanks of Congress be given to His
Excellency Genera) Washington for ordering, with so much
wisdom, the late attack on the enemy's fort and works at
Paulus-Hook.
Refolded, That the thanks of Congress he given to Ma
jor-General Lord Stirling, for the judicious measures tak
en by him to forward the enterprize, and to secure the re
treat of the party.
Revived, That the thanksof Congress be given to Ma
jor Lee, for the remarkable prudence, address and bravery
displayed by him on the occafron ; and that they approve
the humanity shewn in circumflances prompting to severi
ty as honorable to tee arras of the United States, and cor*
respondent to the noble principles on which they were as
sumed.
Resolved, That Congress entertain a high sense of the
discipline, fortitude and fpirir, manifefted by the officers
and foidiers under the command of Major Lee in the
march, aftioo and retreat; and while with singular fatis
fa&ion they acknowledge the merit of these gallant men,
they feel an. additional pleafare by confident), therm as
part of an army in which very many brave officers and
soldiers have proved, by their diearful performance of
every d„ under every difficulty, that they ardently with
to give the truly glorious examples they now receive.
Resolved, That Congress justly esteem the military can
tibn so happily combined with daring activity by Lieu
tenants M'Callifter and Rudolph in leading on the forlorn
hope.
Resolved, That a Medal of Gold, emblematical of this
affair, be flnick, under the direction @f the Board of
Treasury, and preferred to Major Lee.
Resolved, What a brevet and the pay and subsistence of
Captain be given to Lieutenant M'Calliffer and Lieutenant
Rudolph refpeaively.
Revived, That the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
be put into the hands of Major Lee, to be by him diftri
butod among the non-commissioned officers and soldiers
of the detachment he commanded at the attack and fur
prize of Paulus-Hook, in such manner as the Commander
a Chief (hall direst.
IRELAN D.
CITY of DUBLIN ADDRESS.
To the KlN^> most excellent Mafefly.
The address of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons, and
Citizens of the city of Dublin, in common council at
fembled.
" Gracious Sovereign,
" WE, the LordjMiyor, Sheriffs, Commons, "and Citi
zensof your ancient city of Dublin, thus dutifully pproach
the Throne, roused with honest indignation at the insidious
defignsof your Majeffy's enemies of the Hcufe of Bourbon,
and warm with the most ardent zeal to maintain the fatety
and honor of your, government; influenced by these fen
timehts, we for a while forget the uajufi and impolitic re
ftridious on our commerce, continued at the desire of
yohr Majesty's fubjt& of Britain, and eager to press for
ward in their defence, we lay far behind us the remem
brance of the many wrongs we caue borne, yet we trust
your Majesty's wifciom and clemency will accept the ten
der we now make of cur lives and fortunes in support of
any just or necessary war; not as the offer of a people in
fenfiole to the accumulated distresses heaped upon them,/
b, falfe policy, and ignorant Ministers; not as a mere
formal address, procured by ministerial influence from
pensioned hirelings, who in the day of trial would ihrink
from you, but as the free-will offering of men zealous to
manifeft the wafpoLed loyalty of their Country to the au
gust House of Brunswick; qs the firft determination of
fubjeas confiding in rhe ' beneficent intentions of their
Sovereign, and who entehain in humble hope, that by the
favor of Divine Providence, the united efforts of al! yatr
fubjeßs, and the aOame of wiser Councils than have
lately been adopted, the British Empire may not only de
feat her numerous enemies, but raise once more to that
strength and glory, from which at prefect that Empire has
so miserably fallen."
BOSTO N, September 20.
Yesterday arrived the Hannah, Captain Coffin, in 56
days from Amflerdam, who brings an account that the
English fleet, under Hardy, wdre block'd up in in Tor
bay, by a fleet of 54 fail of the French and Spandh line
of battle fllips—(TV, Lord North, inflead of bringing
America wider the feet of Great-Britain, you have been the
bafepy means of roverfrag the Scene, for wbicbjou (or jour
Maj?er) no doubt lot!! Jeon receive your reward!!! On
board the fleet, we hear, are 50,000 troops, who are to
make a defeent in the heart of England, whole King has
iff,led a proclamation for removeiug all the horned cattle
into the interior parts of bis Kingdom.
Resolved, That the pay and subsistence of Captalhs be
allowed to Lieutenants Gibbons and Knox, the officers
who led on the forlorn hope in the late attack on Stoney-
Point, and also to Mr. Archer, the bearer of the Gene
ral's letter and Volunteer Aid, to commence from the date
of their refpedive commifficns of brevets voted by Con
grtfs the 26th day of July last.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Extracts from the Minutes of the General Assembly.
Wednesday, September 22, 1779. A. M.
The bill, entitled" A further Supplement to the Test
Laws of this State," was read the second time, and being
then read by paragraphs, the question was put, whether
the following clause mould be continued in the fame, viz.
" And moreover fliall be affrffed and liable and compel
“ led to pay double the taxes which another person of equal
" estate, who has taken such oath or affirmation fliall be
" rated or aliened at, to be levied by the Collector of the
'' public taxesof the township, ward or difiria in which
" such offender dwells," which was carried in the negative.
The Yeas and Nays being called for, were taken, and
flood as follows:
Y E A S.
Alexander Lowrey, Thomas Hartley, Samuel Edie,
Thomas Lilley, Michael Smycer, James Dunlap, John
A!lifon, Mark Bird, Peter Rhoads, Barnard Dougherty,
Thomas Smith, Hugh Davidfoo, Stephen Chambers, John
Waited
N A Y S.
William Hollingfliead, Daniel Heefier, Robert Knox,
Robert Lo!lar, Ifanc Warner, Archibald Thomson, Ge-'
rardus Wynkoop, John Lacey, jun. William Scott, Ar
thur Watts, John Felton, Joseph Gardner, Patrick An
derson, John Culberson, Stephen Cochran, John Flern
n?jng, John Gilchrist, John Smiley, James Anderson,
William Brown, Jonathan Hoge, John Harris, Sebastian
Levan, Gabriel Heefler, Simon Dreibach, William M'Fer
ran, Christopher Waggoner, John Burd, Samuel Dale,
Simon Hemrod, Robert Martin, John Shields, Samuel
Sloan.
Tothe Printer of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
SI R,
Application, finned h. w. archer,
Aid de Camp to General Wayne, in your paper of
the third of August last, charging me with having, from
malicious and tor, principles, propagated a report that Ge
neral Wayne was dangerously founded, and giving Mr.
Archer as my author, ihould long since have been refuted,
had not a friend of Mr. Archer's, in Philadelphia, request
ed me to give him a previous opportunity of writing to
Mr. Archer on the fubjeft, and obtaining from him the
authority on which he had founded the charge. This re
quest I thought it proper to comply with, and Mr. Archer
has replied in these words—" Mr. James Wilson, the law
" yer, is the Gentleman who informed me of every thing
" I have wrote ref, e&ing' the Sheriff of Chefler county."
There are few men beside Mr, Whifon to whom I would
riot apply for an explanation of a fubjed of the kind I am
speaking of § but the conduft o' this man does not, in my
opinion, intitle irim to that relped ; and fcr the juffice of
this sentiment, appeal to every one who is acquainted with
the zealous endeavours he has tried in defending and sup
porting, on very many occasions, either for hire or other
motives, even the most abandoned and infamous Tories
in our country—the unwearied opposition he has given to
the present government, and the inference of his manner
of doing it. Mr. Wilson's conduH in these r^fpefts being
generally known, it is certainly a very great degree of ef
frontery in him, to charge an established whig char ^er
with a^ing on toty principles; or to charge an, man
with ma/icioufnefe.
Had not Mr. Archer been, as he fays, perfectly a Dang
er to me, he never could have publifl^'d that charge ^ainft
me upon the evidence of Mr, Wilson: For, as to terjifm,
it is known to all who know me, that I very early took a
decided and adive part in the cause of America, and have
Readily a!nd uniformly been among the most zealous advo
cates for liberty and independence. No other proof need
be given of this, than that I have had the honor of hold
ing the office of Lieutenant of the county, under the pre
sent government, from the firft establishment of that office
to this day, and have been three times elected and appoint
ed Sheriff of the county, entirely on the Whig interest.
As to malice against General Wayne, it is impossible the
charge can have even the shadow of a pretence: For,
having long known General Wayne, I have as long had a
very great and increasing refpe& for him. And I new de
clare, that the report of General Wayne's being danger
ously wounded never reached me until after his lady had
heard it—and I also declare, that I never said, or insinu
ated, that I had heard such a report from Mr. Archer.
I shall leave Mr. Archer to account to the public, in his
own way, for that raffi and unwarrantable publication $
not only as to the charge itfelf, but also for the indecency
of the terras he has thought proper to use. And I firmly
rely on the candor of the public for that jufiice which is
due to my charaaer.
Chefler County, ROBERT SMIT H.
September 25, 1779.
*#* The Owners of the Salt delivered into the hands of
the President and Council, are desired to meet at the Cof
fee-houfe at Twelve o'clock this morning.
Saturdav, O&ober 2, 1779.
•ft The Members of the CONSTITUTIONAL SO
CIETY are desired to meet this evening at Six o?clock,
on very aeceffary business.
,1 The MILITIA of the City and Liberties of
Philadelphia are earnestly requeued by their Committee of
Privates to meet on Monday the 4th instant, at Nine
o'clock in the morning, at Byrne's Tavern, near the
Centre, on business of importance.
t§t The Observations on the original state of the Col
lege of Philadelphia as compared with its present state,
and on the characters of the Provost and Teachers, are too
lengthy to be inserted in this paper, and will be re-deliver
ed to the author.
^^^ ^Jam*x±)tf*^J^^^^*^^
—pHE Members of the Society for the Relief
X of poor and distressed Masters of Ships, their
Widows and Children, are desired to attend their gene
ral meeting at the Coffe^houfe on Monday next, the
4th instant, at Six o'clock.
T O BE S O L D,
This Evening at Seven o'clock, at the Ceffee-houfe,,
AV ALUABLE' piec: of upland ar,d meadow
ground, fituat# about five miles from the city, on
the south-east fide of the road leading to the Province-;
Island, containing near eight acres, more or less, the
upland well manured, the whole inclofed with a good
new cedar post and rail fence. It is rented at 3 tons of
hay per annum for five years.
Three valuable frame dwelbng-houfes and lot of
ground, fru&tc on the call fide of the main street in New
town, Buckb county; the lot is in breadth on the laid
street 9 j-a perches, being 156 feet 6 inches front, and
contains in quantity 133 square perches; the houses are
well built and complexly finiOied, with cellars under
each ; the middle one is 30 by id fert, the other two 1#
by 16 feet, two rooms on a floor, one ftury high each;
a good garden to each tenement. It is a good hand for
carrying on any kind of business.
A good lot of ground situate on the east fide of Front
ftreet, between Lombard and South ftreet^, nearly op
pefite to Willing and Morris's ftorcs ; containing 40 fe^
on Front and Penn-ftretts by 130 feet deep; a grea^
quantity of fine firid in the bank which is very valuable
tor building; fubjeft to a ground-rent of 401. per ann.
referred in dollars, and some arrears therein due. The
lot# belov this let many years ago at 27#. per foot.
A tr^&^f 65 acres of woodland in Gloucester county,
New-J^fey, about eighteen miles from Glaucefter, and
within four miles of water carriage to the riwer Delaware
and within half a mile of the main road leading to Co
hanfey.
, T~ 0 — B~E SO
At the Coffee-hpufe, at Twelve o'clock this day,
FIVE four-pound double fortified Gums and Carrie
ages, and twenty Muskets; a fait of new Sails and
Running Rigging tor a brig; two Cables, a quantity
of Block 7, &c. &c.
Philadelphia, October 1.
Next MONDAY morning, at Nine o'clock, at the
late dwelling house of William Dibley, dcc.afed,
in Chefaut-ftreet, betwixt Second and Third-ftreet#,
will be disposed of at Vendue,
A VARIETY es Mens Summer and Winter
Cloathing, Silver Buckles, Watches, a variety cf
Books on various fubje&s, two Muskets and Bayonets)
and a variety of ufeful articles, &c. &c.
To be SQLD by Public Vendue,
On Saturday the second day of oaob:% at JOHN
ROSS's Vendue-ttore in Front-street, between Mar
ket and Arch-ftreet^, and near the old City Vendue
ftore,
OUNDRY neat houfhold and Kitchen Furniture,
u among which are elegant braf# andirons, shovel and
tongs, walnut defies, high chaft of drawers, tables and
chairs, bedheads, pewter, brass wafting kettles, silver
and pinchbeck watches, a fix plated stove and pipes, a
twenty four hour clock, and sundry genteel wearing ap
parel ; two/chefts of joiners and carpenters tools, Wind
sor chairs, brass candlesticks, and a gold watch.
And on Wednesday next, the sixth of October, will
be fold at Hid store, sundry houfhold and kitchen fur
niture, wearing apparel, a neat sour-horse covered wag
gon, silver mounted hanger, a gold ring, sundry books,
Hadley's quadrant, and car, enters tools,
N. B. Said Ross receives and fells at public and pri
vate rile, all forts of dry goods, houfhold and kitchen
furniture, grocery, dipping, anchors, cables, houses,
lots, plantations, ho les, carriages and waggons. He
continues to hold vendue every Wednetdaylfnd Satur
day, and has now for file at the above ft.re, all kinds
of houfhold and kitchen furniture, china and glass ware,
silver and gold watches, walnut dels, tables, chairs,
silk umbreloes, sundry genteel apparel, and fiber
mounted hangers.
TO BE SO L D,
This afternoon at Four o'clock, at Mr. Thomas Salter'e
wharf, above Vine-street,
A WRECK er HULL of a Shallop, lying at said
wharf; all her timbers found. If not fold this day
she will be fold on Wednesday next.
On $ ATURDAY the ,th instant, at Ten o'clock
in the morning, will be fold at Public Vendue, on
Bright's and Bickley's wharves,
AOP-AXTITY ^ flip Bread, Dry Herrings
_ '" °% CT&. Th# money tc b^id on th*
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
S STOLEN or STRAYED feme time last week,
) from the pasture of Samuel Crozer, living on Mr.
Knowles's place in Ridley township, Chester county, a
large brown HORSE, branded C A on the near but
tock, his near hind foot white, has a long switch tail, a
blemifn or fleam in his left eye, about fifteen hands high)
seven or tight years old, is but low in flefh, and bae
been gelled on the back with the fiddle which has caused
the hair to come off. Whoever takes up said horse and
delivers him to Samuel Crezer aforefaid, to Mr. Jacob
Hihzheimer in Seventh-street, Philadelphia, or to the
fubfeiber near the New Play-house in Southwark, shall
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
October s. JAMES LIGHT.
N. B. Since said Horse has been miffed a lad was seen
riding him towards Kingfefe.
Next MONDAY morning, (the 4th of October) at
Nine o'clock, will be SOLD by
JOHN MEA S E,
Below the Drawbridge,
About 2000 Ib. of COFFE E;
To House-keepers, in 61b. parcels, at Five Dollars.
Imported by ROBERT MORRIS, Esq;
N. B. Said Mease has also for file, a fait of Sails
ard two Anchors for & sloop of fixly or seventy tons, a
very neat fmailiFire-Engine, and a Seal Press for an
office.