The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-03-22 00:00:00, page 3

Philadelphia; March 22.
Yeflerday morning the ship Duke de Lauzun, cap
tain Green, arrived here from the Havanna, which she
left the 7th instant, when Don Solano, with ten line
of battle fliips, had failed to join the marquis Vau
dreuil (at Porto Cavallo on the Spanish main) who also
waited the arrival of the count d'Estaing from Europe.
Three days after captain Green's filling he fell in
with three British frigates, with whom he exchanged
some shot, and buffered in ids fails and rigging, but
got clear by his good failing.
Toe ship Rising Sun, capain Decatur, from Tene
riffe, bound here, last Wednesday morning run ashore
on the coast of New Jersey, in a gale of wind ; and it is
feared the vessel and cargo will be loft.
Thursday night last a most barbarous murder was
committed by one Dorvall, a carpenter in Arch-street
near Third street, upon the body of a woman who had
lived with him a number of years as his wife. It ap
peared that they had of late been very unhappy to
gether, each being much addicted to liquor, and fre
quently engaged in quarrels. The evening before,
they were heard by the neighbours to be in a high dis
pute, and it was thought both had drank freely ; but
nothing very alarming was heard during the night. In
the morning some people entering the house found
the man awake in his bed, and the woman lying dead
on the floor a few yards from him. Her body was
bruised in the most (hocking manner, and a large frac
ture on the back of her head, w ich indicated the most
violent treatment. Dorvall was committed to jail yes
terday morning, but denies the fad.
The coroner's inquest brought in their verdift, wil
ful murder.
Tuesday last some people attempting to catch a
horse which had got loose in Second street near Vine
flreet, the unruly bead ran on the pavement, where a
fine child of about 3 years old was playing, and un
fortunately trod on its breast, by which it died about
an hour after. t
Extras of a letter from Maryland, dated March 15.
" A sloop of 6 (some prisoners fay but 3) guns, and
four barges have had entire possession of the heart of
Maryland (Chesapeake) a full month, from Patuxent
to Kent Island; their principal flation in all that time
is on Poplar-Island, they lay there 3, 4 or 5 days, and
then move towards Patuxent, coming up again with
the firfl fair wind to Poplar Island.
It is certain the commanders of the barges, give 5001.
bond at New-York, to be forfeited, if they should touch
any thing that is on land: 'tis as certain these barges
went to Benedict (3c miles up Patuxent) plundered
the (hops, &c. and wrote over a Mr. Ferguson's chim
ney piece, "Wha v land commanded this party"; they
burnt Mr. M'Kall's houses, because he informed two
vessels of the approach of the enemy ; they plundered
Mr. Plater's, took four negroes, and left his overseer
hanging, because he knew not where Mr. Plat r's plate
was. Last Sunday they were seen to take five veff Is
off Poplar-Island, and on the Friday preceding, the
sloop and a boat took a wheat vessel above Pool's Isl
and. They fend diflant detachments of their little
force, even 40 or 50 miles above Annapolis, whilst the
rest hold possession of a fair Island in fight of it."
Thus while the British ministry and fir Guy Carle,
ton, hold out the idea of a foeedy peace, they fuffer
the scum of America to burn, plunder and destroy
the habitations and effeds of the peaceable citizens of
the united states, under the fanflion of a bond which
they neve intend to consider as forfeited.—Have we not
reason to apply in this infiance the Roman exclamati
on, " O Punica Fides !"
IT is necessary in the present conjuncture, to form
a clear and just idea of the fi nation of our affairs
in Europe. Our army, the merchants, the farmers,
in short all ranks of citizens are deeply interested in
it. The point upon which it is above all things im
portant to have a precise opinion is to know the value
of the articles signed by our plenipotentiaries and
those of Great-Britain.—Are these articles conclusive
or not ? —Has the king of England the power to re
peal the articles signed by his plenipotentiary, or has
.he not that power ?— In my opinion, the matter is
clear and has been decided hy the English parliament,
and by the articles themfeives. They contain the
following words: “ The treaty is not to be concluded
until his Britannic majesty shall be ready to conclude
fuel; a treaty ” As to the parliament, they are divid
ed on this queflion; even the council itfelf is divided;
the result of this will be that England will take ac
cording to circumflances the part the most conven ent
to her, and at her pleasure acknowledge or refufe to
acknowledge cur independence. Are therefore the ar
tides signed the 30th of November without value?
Certainly they are not, inasmuch as they prepare the
means to conclude a definitive treaty ; they determine
conditionally and provisionally some important points.
But nothing is at an end; the war is not finifhed, and
the only means to bring it to a conclusion, is to pur
sue it with vigour, and to guard ourselves from being
deceived by chimerical and revocable concessions, of
which lord Shelburne may fay whenever he pkafts:
Verba et voces praetereaque nihil.
Let us take a short view of what has happened since
the beginning of this revolution. We have been alter
lately flattered or threatened, according to circum
stances. In 1776, and 1777, England speaks of no
thing but deftrußion and devaflation ; she threatens
to annihilate and swallow up the whole continent. In
1778, some time after the defeat and surrender of Bur
goyne's army, she hears that we have concluded with
France a treaty of alliance. Immediately three com
missioners are dispatched to propose terms of reconci
liaticn, and the repeal es those a&s of parliament
which had caused us to take up arms, with the condi
tion however that we should stain our reputation with
an eternal blemish, by a violation of our engagement
with our ally. Congress rejects with disdain these ig
nominious terms; then the commissioners take their
leave, flaming with anger, and threatening revenge,
Daughter, &c. &c. We know that they kept their
word but too well, and the crimes committed until the
taking of Cornwallis shall always be frefh in our me
mory. In 1782, when the nation and the parliament
of England were informed of this memorable event,
and that an army of 8000 men were prisoners of the
united states, they fell again to the feet of those thir
teen nations whom they had so odiously treated, and
inclined to pass from one extreme to another, they
determined that an offenfive war should no more take
place upon the continent; they prepared themfeives
gradually for the acknowledgment of our independence,
but at every hep they difeovered their extreme reluc
tance against this decisive measure; they proposed it,
they denied it. —General Carleton made his advances,
he declared that our independence would be proposed
in the firfl instance, as the preliminary of the peace.
His brilliant offers did not deceive congress, nor the
different legislatures, and it was unanimously resolved
that there should be no negociation for peace but in
concert with France. By the bye, it has been very
wife and very politic on our fide to behave in this
manner. If we had given admittance to secretary
Morgan, and listened to his perfidious insinuations, we
should have loft the confidence of our ally, and indeed
we should have ruined ourselves, for the British minis
try have disavowed the letter of fir Guy Carleton. I
do not mean to give offence to this general, whole
character I rerpe&, but indeed this refpeHable and
brave veteran has been treated by lord Shelburne in
a manner so humiliating that he must feel it sensibly:
Let us go on: The British miniflers have read the
successive resolutions of congress, and of the different
Bates to negociate only in concert with France. Then
at last they felt tie necessity of acknowledging our
independence. Every other man but lord Shelburne
would have taken this hep definitively ; but it costs
too much to this proud minifler, and he preferred to
lay before us a snare, which I hope, will be the last.
He has caused a treaty to be signed by the American
and English plenipotentiaries, in which we really find
the principal advantages we could exped, but ac
cording to the terms of the preamble, this treaty is
not to be concluded until terms of a peace shall be
agreed upon between Great-Britain and France, and
until his Britannic majesty shall be ready to conclude
such atreaty.—There is the snare, but we are not
more in danger to fall into this than we did in the
former ones. We are invariably resolved to conclude
only in concert with France, and not withflanding those
provisional articles, we are Bill at war with England,
and we shall remain so as long as the treaty of peace
shall not be agreed upon with France. Some are sur
prised that the packet does not arrive at New York,
and that they received nothing direaly from England
since te month of November. The riddle is not dif
ficult to explain, and what has just now been said may
be a key to it. We have to this moment rejeded
with di dain every proposal of a defection.
But lord Shelburne has been perhaps extravagant
enough to believe that, accompanyed with all the ad
vantages, offered by the provisional articles, such a
proposal could seduce us, and that he might not ex
pose the English commanders to the disappointment
of another refufal, he thought it would be better to
fend the provisional articles by the way of France, un
der the fanHion of a flag of truce, and to leave to his
secret agents, the talk to insinuate that those articles
are conclusive and definitive : two or three weeks are
a fufficient time to know how they will work on the
minds of the people. Thus it is likely that fir Guy Carle
ton will receive in about a fortnight hence, the fame
articles from England, with double inftrudions, the
one to be followed in case we should have been (educ
ed by the British emissaries, and the other in case we
fhodd honourably and with courage persist in the
observation of our engagements. We may from this
moment (pare to the English general every kind of
uncertainty ; we declare that we shall never negociate
definitively but in concert with France, and that he
will do well to save himfelf the trouble of any propo
sal which should not be confident with a fyflem we
shall inviolably adher to. This is the last trick'but
one, and the king of Great Britain will certainly not
conclude a peace with our ally, but when he will be
informed that we are unshaken in our resolutions. We
shall make peace with him, but without rendering
ourselves contemptible in the eyes of the world.
Sir Guy, this is our answer ; forward it to your
master; he may receive it in June, and then he will
begin to negociate seriously for peace, and we may
enjoy its bleffiogs towards the beginning of next win
ter. March 18, 1783
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PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the honorable Thomas M'Kean, e'q.
chief justice, the honorable William Augustus
Atlee, efq, second justice, the honorable John Evans,
efq. third justice, and the honorable George Bryan,
efq. fourth j ftice cf the Supreme court, and the courts
of Oyer and Terminer and general jail delivery, for
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have issued their
p ectpt, bearin. date the fifth day of March, instant,
to me directed, for bolding a court of Oyer and Ter
miner and general jil delivery, at the State-house,
in the city of Philadelphia, for the city and county of
Philadelphia, on Monday the seventh day of April
next.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all justices of the peace,
the coron rs, efcheatois and conftabies within the said
city and county, that they be then and there in their
own persons, with their roll?, records, indictments and
other remembrances, to do those things which to their
offices, in that behalf, appertain to be done : also, all
they who will prosecute against the prisoners that are
or then shall be in the jail of the said city and county,
are to be then and there, to prosecute against them as
shall be just.
Dated at Philadelphia, the feventli day of March,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven
hundred and eighty three, and in the Seventh
year of American Independence.
WILLIAM WILL, fheriff.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
Al 0 of and in a certain MESSUAGE and Lot of
GROUND, situate on the weft fide of Fifth-ftreet, be
tween Market and Arch-ftr-ets, in the city of Phila.
delphia, containing in breadth on said flreet 15 feet,
and in length 78 feet, bounded by ground of Robert
May, William Anderson, and Fifth-ftreet.
And also of and in a certain Lot of GROUND, ritu
ate in the Northern - liberties aforefaid, near or adjoin
ing to the north bounds of said city, and on the east
Gde of a lane or street 30 feet wide, called Spring
ftreet, containing in breadth on said street 100 feet,
and in depth too feet, bounded westward by said
street, southward by Adam Burches's ground, north
ward by Anthony Willard's ground, and eaftwaid by
ground of Richard Gerrard.
And also of and in a certain yearly Rent-Charge or
sum of 161. 13s. issuing, arising and payable out of and
from a Certain lot or piece of ground, situate on the
weft fide of Second-street, and the north fide of Vine
ftreet, adjoining the ciy of Philadelphia, containing
in breadth on Second-street aforefaid 36 feet, and
in length or depth on Vine street aforefaid 50 feet, more
or left, now or late in the tenure of Seymour Hart.
And also of and in one other yearly Rent Charge or
sum of 16L I 3s. issuing, arising and payable out of
and from a certain lot or piece of ground, situate on
the weft fide of Second street, nearly adjacent to the
city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth, north and
fouih, on Second-street aforefaid 36 feet, and in length
or depth 50 feet, be the fame more or left, now or late
in the tenure of John Kling: late the estate of John
Ford, deceased, and to be fold by
WM. WILL, fheriff.
Philadelphia, March 22, *783.
BY virtue of a Writ of Levaria Facias to mt dirtd.
/ ed, will be exposed to SA LE, at the Coffee-
House, on SATURDAY the sth of April next, at
12 o'clock at noon—The one undivided sixth Part (the
whole into fix equal parts to be divided) of a MES
SUAGE and Piece of LAND, situate in the Northern
liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, containing
59 acres and 48 perches, bounded by lands of George
Emlen, William Ball, esquire, Rawle, and Gun
ner-run,
Philip Lebeau,
FARRIER from FRANCE,
Living at Mr. Gray's, near the Three Crowns Tavern,
in South-street, between Front and Second-ftieets,
CA N cure all diseases incident to horfts and other
cattle: he likewise gelds horses and fpa,s mares.
He requires no money till the cure is perfo med.
Two Dollars Reward.
Philadelphia, March 20.
ABSENTED himfelf from his fr iends in this citv
CHARLES HAGEN, about 17 years of age, Him
made, of a fair complexion, marked with the (mall
pox, light brown short hair, grey eyes ; and when he
went away had nothing on but a flhirt and trowfers.
Whoever takes up the laid Boy, or informs where he
is, shall have the above Reward ; and if he returns of
himfelf he shall havethe fame, by apply ing to the Printer
or to Thomas Robinson, in Water-street, opposite to
Daniel Hathorn's, near South-street.
Three or four furnifhed Rooms
to be LET, with the Use of a Kitchen. Enquire of
the Printer. March 22.
TO BE SOL D,
A likely Negro Lad, about
seventeen years of age. Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE SOL D, A
Hearty, strong, Negro Wench,
about 17 tears of age, underflancs all kinds of house
work : she is a good cook, and can be well recommend
ed for her honesty. Enquire cf the Printer. Feb. 2%
The Rainbow Tavern
To he L E T, and entered on Immediately.
A Large, convenient three ft^ry brick HOUSE
and a two flory frame House adjoining, with a
Lot of Ground 240 feet in de^h, situated in Second
ftreet, a little above the barrack. For terms enquire
of HENRY GURNEY, in the Northern- Liberties.
Philadelphia, October 11, 1782.
OTICE is hereby given,
To such of the inhabi ants of the city and
county of Philadelphia, who have not yet rendered ac
counts of damages thev have sustained by the British
troops, or their adherents, that they makeout such ac
count or estimate, according to law, and deliver the
lame to the Assessors of their refpeftive townships,
w:r ? s or diftrids, on or before the tenth day of next
month. By order of the hoard of commissioners.
March 21, 1783. GEO. HONEY, junr. clerk.
And may be entered on the 18th of April next,
A LOT of LAND, containing about 5 acres, situ
ate in Biberry township, about 13 miles fom
Philadelphia, with a good Log-House, and a well of
good water; Ik^wife a young Orchard of about §0
Apple-Trees of the best grafted fruit; it is row in
good Cedar Fence: The term, of sale will be made
known by applying to WILLIAM WALTON liv
ing near the premises : For further particulars enquire
of the fubferiber living in Shippen-ftreet, Philadelphia.
CHRISTOPHER SEARCH.
TO BE SOL D,