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For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
Number IV.
f, HY is it, that the posts, to the southward, have
VY been left so unprovided for defence, as to render
the success of the enemy attacking them, extremely pro
bable? It was well known, before the conclusion of the
lad campaign, that it was a main object with the enemy,
to take pofcffion of two or more of the Southern States.
The Britifli arms, under General Prevoft, had over-run
a great part of Georgia, and penetrated to the capital of
South-Carolina. Frem hence, they were repulsed, by the
gallantry of the inhabitants, the valour of the militia of
the neighbouring States, and the discipline and prowess
of the Continental troops. An embarkation, of four thou
sand men, was intended from New-York, about the be
ginning of October, 1779, to reinforce the troops under
General Prevoft, and to enable him to institute a fecund
march to Cnarleftown. The arrival of the Count D'E
fiaing on the coast of Georgia, put a flop to this embarka
tion, indirectly, by rendering it necessary for them te be
detained, in order to defend the main post of New-York,
or by rendering it dangerous for them to put to sea, left
in their voyage, to the southward, they Ihould fall into
his hands.
The Count de Graffe, by his arrival in the western seas,
exciting like apprehensions in the enemy, put a flop to an
embarkation of the fame, or a larger body of troops from
New-York, November, 1779, which were intended for
the fame quarter ; by which it was effected, that, not un
til toe last of December, 1779, did the fleet let fail from
the Hook ; so that the winter winds, an event to be ex
pelted, falling on it in its passage, difrcafled most of the
whipping, branded some on toe rocks of Bermuda, drove
others to the Weft Indies, and threw many into our hands
and iqfothe hands of our ally. By these means, and by
this disaster, the expedition has been much delayed, and
the reinforcement so weakened, the greater part of the
artillery and horfts having been thrown overboard, if the
accounts received are just, and the troops much reduced
ia number, that with a (mall force, ill provided, and ma
ny months later than expefted, have the enemy been able
to appear on he deflined coati, where they had hoped to
have been able, with much advantage, to inftitutea winter
campaign.
What, in the meantime, has been done by these States,
to resist the invasion of the enemy, about to be reinforced
from New-York, and once more advancing toattack
Charleftown ? Has the militia of the neighbouring States
of North-Carolina and Virginia been early roofed to
march to oppose their progress ? Have bodies of regular
troops, in these States, been ordered there, with a rapid
movement, toeffed the fame ptirpofe? Have the Conti
nental troops, ordered from the main army, to that quar
ter, been seen forward with all that expedition which the
exigence required ? On the contrary, have not the mili
tia of the neighbouring States slumbered through the
winter ? Have not many officers, and bodies of regular
troops, been buffered to remain in the towns of the
neighbouring States, as if they could fufped that these
States might be the feene of action ? Have not the troops
ordered from the main army lingered 011 cur borders, and
when it behoved them to have met the enemy before
Charleftown, have been only within some days march of
ir, and greatly apprehensive, left this capital, the key of
the Southern States, might be under the necessity of ca
pitulating before they could arrive-? I do not call in qnef
tion the promptness of the militia of the Southern States
to step forth, when called upon to defend their territories.
They are moved, routed, agitated, or composed, at the
will of tnofe, in whom, by the confutations of the re
fpe&ive governments, the power is verted to call them
forth. Ido not mean to blame the Continental officers,
and troops, who have lingered on our borders. They are
detained or feat forward, as they have received orders,
or as they are provided with necessaries for tire march. It
niuft be owing to a deficiency of elaflic vigor in the faring
of our public Councils, that our operations have proceed
ed with so flow a Hep, for some time past. lam not ac
quainted with every remora, which, unavoidably, may
havebeen thrown in the way ; but knowing that men,
after high exertions, are prone tp fink into indolence,
especially, it they ialfely apprenend themselves to have
nearly attained their purpose, as has been the case with
us, the preceding winter, from our hopes of peace, I
think it not improbable, from the fa e of things, that
we have not been so felicitous as we might have been, to
be prepared at all points, to meet the enemy the enfuiog
campaign. The memory ef^aft mifeondud ought to
be a four to redoubled diligence in a future junßure of af
fairs. /
Let it be considered what may be the consequence, if
we do not repel the ^nemy from these Southern territories.
They will continue to despise our independence, as long
as they Shall be able t® retain possession of a foot of ground
upon the Continent. . They will boast id the language of
Archimedes, to remove the new world from its prefect
political exiflence, as long as they Shall find a place
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whereon to fix their armies, the fulcrum and their power,
by which they labour to affed it. If, by any means,
they Should, at length, be brought to adroit our indepen
dence, they will admit it only with regard to those States
of which they do not hold possession. This will embarrass
our negotiation, and protract the war. It will be impos
sible to desert any State, and leave it to the arms ot Bri
tain. The States are bound to each other by the most
indissoluble knot, and they must live or fall together.
While Britain therefore possesses one State, She has, in
a certain sense, possession of the whole, and before one
State can be independent, the whole must be refeued from
her grasp.
We know that, of late years, war has been usually coni
pofed, in Europe, by the intermediation of other powers.
Two nations though equally weary or the contest, often
continue it, merely from an unwillingness to make t L e
firft advances to an accommodation, left these ihould be
imputed to weakuefs ; or they persist in it, from animosity,
and against their real interest. Tnen, common friends
effectually interfere, offering themselves for mediators.
An article usually takes place Stipulating that b®th parties
Shall retain possession of what they have acquired during
the war.
For this reason it will be radically and effentiafy our
interest that the enemy Shall retain possession of no part of
these States. Mediators will then have it in their power
to demand, with a good face the relinquishment of every
claim of dominion, or jurifdi&ion, over them ; the ground
will be fm®®th, and there will be nothing to impede the
course of a negotiation.
An Anti-Anglican.
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Philadelphia, April 7, 1780.
H E annual election of Directors and a
A Treasurer, of the Library Company of Philadel
phia, fur the year ensuing, will be held at the Literary
Appartments in Carpenters Ball, on Monday the fiat
day of May next, at three o'clock in the after noon.
The Treasurer will attend to receive the annual pay
ments, and the Shares of thoie Members who are in ar
rear, will certainly be forfeited agreeable to the law of
the company, unless they pay eff their arrearages on er
before that bay.
Bi the Board of Directors,
ANDREW ROBESON, Sec'ty.
Trenton, April 1780.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the
L A WS of the last Sitting of the General
Assembly of New-Jersey are published, and ready
to be dehvered. ISAAC COLLINS.
TO BE S O L D,
* PI EC EofG ROU ND, containing fifteen
fl acres and twenty-one perches, with a large two
story brick tenement thereon, commonly known by the
name of the CHAPEL, Situate on the road leading
from Frankford to the Old York Road, about four miles
from this city, and one mile above the Rifiag Sun. En
quire of the Printer.
n^-E-~NO T~E D TAV ERN t^c
a Sign of the BUCK, in the Townfllip of Moya
menfi^g on the Five Mileßoad, formerly oc
cupied by Mr. 1 homas Mulhet, is now kept by the
fubteriber, who has laid in a Stock of materials, and is
determined to exert himfelf to the utmost, to give fa*
tisfa&ion to all Gentlemen and Ladies who may favour
him with their cuttom.
WILLIAM DAVISON.
April 14, 1780.
TO BE SOLD BY
ALEXANDER FOSTER,
At his Store in Pine-ftreet', between Front-Street, and
Delaware.
A FEW PIECES of yard wide, and 7-BIRSH
LINEN S, a quanrity of good double refined
Sugar, and a few Bolts of Holland and Ravens Duck.
All of which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for
Cafa only.
gtpero" CTCTtu—l —fee 11 10iIluJ 11 Imu ran rein mratmtp - rami rare,i»i»n —^<<# ,'tett rotr-s
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A P,
( Bound or unbound )
ANY QUANTITY OF
DILWORTH's SPELLING BOOK,
Printed on fine Strong paper and a new t) pe.
N, B. Those who buy by the thousand Shall have a
large allowance.
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ADVERTISER.
Philadelphia, April 4, 1780.
WHEREAS the following described
Continent Loan Office Certificates were re
mitted to Amsterdam by the Proprietor thereof, and of
which his fiend was there robbed, may arrive on th ; s
Continent for negotiation, by which some innocent per
son may be deceived, ind fuffer ; this public notice it
given, that payment will not be m de for any or either
of them ; and it is (equated, Should any such Certifi
cates be prefcnied, that , the person or persons to whom
such presentation (halt be m ide, will inform the subscri
ber. ANDREW PURVIANCE.
No. 1181, rhe ip favor of John Carter, dated 210&.
1778, for 200 Doderr.
No. 2334 one in f?vor of Ephraim Blaine, dated
April x. 1778, for 400 Dollars.
No 2216, .n: in Uy; rof John Muis, dated Decem
ber 28, 1778, for 200 Dollars
No. 1433, one in favor of James Forbes, dated Ja
ruary 9, 17'79, for 400 Dollars.
No. 2231, one in favor of B r.jamin Harwood; dated
Janua y 8, 1779, for 200 Dollars.
No. 2454, or e in 'avor of Thomas Buckingham, da
ted February 24, 1779, or zoo Dollars;
No. 1431, one in fiver of jofeph Williams, dated Ja
nu ry 7, 1779, for 4°° Dollars.
No. 223% one in raver of Joseph Dowfon, dated Ja
nn ry 9, 1779, for 200 Dollars.
No. 1421, 011^ in favor of George Mann, daetd Ja
nuary 9, 1779, f° r 3 0 ° Dollars.
No. 1415, 1423, two n favor of Thomas Johnson, da
te.: Dec:mocr 28, 1778, one 300 the other 400 Dollars,
700 Dollars.
No. 1428, 1429, 1430, three in favor of Eifiman ?nd
Netti, dated January 7, 177 g, for 400 Dollars each,
1200 Dollar.
No. 300, one in favor of John Mitchell, dated Jure
25 1778, for 1000 Dollars;
No. 624.6, one in favor of John Mitchell, dated July
18, 1778, tor 400 Dollars.
No. 9851, 9852, two in favor of John Sterit, dated
March 5, 1779, for 400 Dollars each, 800 Dolls rs.
No. 7118, on# in favor of Isaac Moses, dated Febru
ary 12, 1779, for 300 D dlars.
TO BE SOLD BY
MIFFLIN a^d BUTLER,
At ths Corner of Front and Walnut-streets,
JtfUSCOVADO SUGARS in Hogs-
SA LT, by the Quantity,
COFFEE,
COTT O N.
Philadelphia, April 12.
To 6e SOL D by Public Auaion,
Atthe house of Lawrence Shinneys, in Fifth-ftreet be
low Spruce ftr^et, on the 19th instant at one o'clock
in the afternoon:
r [ H REE able bodied Horses with gearing com
-1 pleat, also a very fubftional Waggon fit for the
roads and Waggon Cover,
JOHN DAVIS.
—7 HERBAS Isaiah Yard, of Tierton, has mali
' cioufly inferred in the Pennsylvania Packet of
March 28, a caution to the public, with a view (no
doubt) to prevent the sale of a Plantation advertized by
me in the laid Packet. Ido hereby inform the public
that I can prove, by the very belt authority, that neither
the aforesaid Lhiah Yard, his father, nor grandfather,
nor either of them, have or ever had right or title in
laid tra& of land ; arid also that my right has been re
gula,ly derived from an indisputable title made by the
then Sheriff on a legal sale, as appears by the record.—-
" But it fcems his father's administrators were told tha
they must wat till he, the heir, should become of age
before a deed could be obtained; and, now, being ot
full age is determined, to defend his title." I readily a
gree with my friend Faiah that he is not only " now of
full age," but was twenty on?, fix or ieven years ago ,
and further that his father'^ administrators andliimfelf
have oeen reffdent in and about this place before and g.
ver since he became of full age, and yet without being
able to obtain any kind of title, nctwithftanding ins
perseverance in a pretended claim; I would further add,
that my pr dee fl; rs and myfelf havebeen in full and qui
et possession ot laid tra& of land tor more than twenty
years part, occupying and difpofiog of the fame at plea
furt, in the most unint rrupted manner.—Whoever will
thoofe to become the purchaser, may depend on receiv
ing from me a fufficient title, and I will warrant and de
fend the fame against any pretended claim or claimants
BERNARD HANLO N.
Trenton, March, 178%
APRIL i 3, 1780.
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