The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-08-24 00:00:00, page 1

C™ A'' ''.'" '" e plantation of the fubferiber,
3 in Christiana hundred, Newcastle county, on tie
27th es June last, a grey MARE, -about thirteen hands
kigh and about fifteen years old, a (hurt tail, is mod all
round, trots and hand gallops, has a small cross on the
near buttock. The owner is desired to come, prove his
property, pay charge, and take 'her away, otherwise (he
mJ be fold in one month from this date, as She has
been both cried and advertised be r ctofore, by
August 16. ANDREW CRIPS.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
near Germantown, on the 16th instant, a black
MARE, fourteen and a half hands high, twelve years
old, branded on the near buttock X. The owner is de
sired to pay charges and take her away.
WILLIAM M'CULLOH.
The H 1G HE ST PRICK
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN DU NL A P.
TO BE SOL D,
A N E /fT fo^r wheeled Phaeton cr Chaise, with
Steel Springs, iron axel trees, and brass caps, with
Hamefiqompl at, not much the worse for wear ; a light
Four wheeled Waggon, with a covered top, ahis ft new ;
a Single horse Chair, with Harness comp'eat. Enquire of
the Printer.
TO B E S O L D,
ft TRACT of LAND in, Northumberland caun
£l % containing four thousand five hundred acres.
Itu titrated on one of the branches of Bald Eagle Creek,
where it interlocks with Penn's Creek*, and is distant
about fix miles from General Patter's estate. The coun
try around it is fitted for forming the laigefi settlement
in Northumberland county. It is lime stone land ot an
excellent quality, and a very great quantity of watered
meadow may Ie made upon it. For nether particulars
enquire of ANDREW ROBESON, Eq; at his
Office in Chefnut-ftreet, between Second and Third
firsts, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, August zr.
LEST E R and POYN IE LL,
IDyr [or file at their Shop in Second-hire', three doors
below Market street, and directly oppose the Friends
Meeting,.
BE ST Writing Paper,
Belt red Sealing Wax,
Leather pocket Ink stands very convenient for carriage,
Wf--s in small boxes,
Clarifi d Quills,
Middlemen's Pencils,
Pocket Backs of all forts,
Blank Books of all forts,
Elites and Pencils,
Copperplate Copy-books ard flip Copies,
Forant Pafteboa/ds,
Dnghfh Cartridge Paper by the ream,
Spelling books and Brimmers,
An assortment of Childrens B >oks,
An affmtment of Phys and Magazines,
Rood's Maps of Philadelphia,
About thirteen hundred volumes of valuable and well
afforted Books,
A great number of Caffical Books, with a number of
other things in the Stationary way.
At fain shop may hkcwlfe be had, Lester and Dar-
BYs PLAYING CARDS of the best quality,
wholesale and retail, where traders may be Supplied by
the groce or dozen at the firft hands.
Philadelphia, Augufl zi.
O^c Hundred Dollars Reward.
$ TRAY ED or STOLE N off the Commons near
this city, a sorrel MAR E, near fourteen hands
high, bal^face and frich t il, both hind feet white
near the hoofs, branded on the neacrihoulder S. and,n
the near uttock H. Whoever Secures said Mare so that
the owner may have her again, shall receive Fifty
Dollars reward, and Fifty Dollars more for the
thi ^- CUNNARD DRUM.
^^@^ ^^^ ^^a^g
GERMAN ALMANACKS,
For the Y E\A R 1780,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A P.
GENERAL
TUES ) A Y,
[ Price 2s. 6d. single, 2s. by the quantity. Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
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Philadelphia, August 20, 1779.
WHEREAS, ara Town-Meeting, held in the
State-Hcufe yard, on Monday the 26th of July
last, the names of divers performs wh4 had contravened the
regulations adopted at a former Town - Meeting were read,
and the citizens there aflembled contented to permit their
case to lie over to some future opportunity, in hopes that
the offenders would demean themselves with more atten
tion t® the iatereft and happiness of the people, and that
the danger^'o which such offenders flood exposed, would
be an example Efficient to deter others from committing
like transgressions; but this Committee having bad great
reason to believe that thefaid regulations had been, in ma
ny instances, evaded — and fech practices being dangerous
to the peace, and deftruftive of th 3 welfare of the people,
this Committee, on the 13th day of August instant, did
r^folve: " That whereas the Town-Meeting, Leki on the
26th day of July last, til determine, t. at for tl eappreci
aong of the currency, the prices of goods Should be gradu
ally reduced; and this Committee was appointed 'for the
purpose of carrying this determination into execution. We
the Taid Committee, in order to discharge the said trust
titus reposed in us by the citizens of Pci idelphia, do here
by inform all whom it may concern, that any period,, who
fliall contravene the regulations, on reenable proof made
of their offence, their case will be Gated in the news-papers
with their names, and they be held up as enemies to^heir
country c' and published the said ref®lve in the news-pa
pers Of this city. And whereas, it appears, as well by fof
ficient witnesses, as by the acknowledgment of the parties,
that John McLaughlin and Robert Hagan, both of this
city, have fold to Philip Jacobsand Gottlieb Martin, both
of tbe Stateof New-York, 3? 6 pounds of Bohea Tea, at
the rate of 71. 10s. per pound, contrary to the said regu
lation, with refpedt@the price, and, trie said Tea having
been pu^ha/ed and net imported by them, they the said
M Laughlin and Hagan have flapped in between the im
porter and retailer, and thereby aifo contravened the re
solution of the last General Town-Meeting in that case re
solved upon And the said McLaughlin and Hagan ha
ving be n aiked by the Chairman of the Commit ee, whe
therthey, or either ofthem, had any concessions to make
t° t" e p u b ' c f° r the violation of the regulations with which
they flood charged and had acknowledged : And th ey hav
ing proposed concefhons, which the Committee deemed in
fufficient, they were informed, th^the Committee had re
folveo; " That unfefs they did freely arid voluntarily con
" fef.-;, that they had facrificed public cotfiderations to
" private gain, and violated the regulations of the Town
" Meeting and of the last and present Committee, and
" return thefum of money they, contrary to the rules in
" that case made and provided, had takesi, ask pardon
"of the public in the papers, and promise, on their
“ word and honor, to cc^dua themselves ftridly and
“ uwexteptionabiy to the regulations which they had in
this offence contravened, that their crimes he imroedi
" ately published with their names, aqd they be held up as
'< enemies to their country, agreeable to therefolves above
« referred to ” And a reafo fcls time being given them
for consideration, they returned into th'e Committee Cham
ber, and madeand signed the following declaration—the
fame being written under the last mentioned resolve:
“ W E, # the fubferibers, do agree to the termscontain
" ed in this resolve, and freely consent to the fame, re
“ queuing withal that the Committee will represent our
'/ eg e to the public in as favorable a manner as may be
“ confident with truth.-
" JOHN M'LAUGHI.I N.
“ ROBERT HAGAN"
The Committee considering this case, as the firft offence
against the regulations and refolds which has come before
them, and being unwilling to difiurb the peace of the city
where it can be avoided, confident with the fafety and wel
fareof it. do resolve: That the said John ^'Laughlin and
Robert Hagan having returned the money received con
trary to the said regulations, and the conceffi©ns now made
by them being all tne nature of thecafe will admit of; that
the fame be accepted, and that they be recommended to
-the public for their free and full pardon, and they restored
to the confidence and esteem of-their fellow-citizens.
Signed by order 0^ the < emmitteg
JAMES ' HUTCHINSON, Chairman.
Att^f,
Jared Ingersoll, Secretary.
On the French Alliance.
Friends and Fellotv-Citizenr,
IT is impossible to take a view of the present appearance
of our pu die affairs, without feeling ourselves unde,
the,greateft obligations to our illustrious ally the King
of France, who, under Gop, hath been the ioftrument
of humbling the pride of our enemies, and of giving li
berty, independance and the profpeds of peace t® this
country.
To the -FREEMEN of AMERICA.
In COMMITTE E,
^rnrara^
T H E
G^^ Gy tO^'6^® C°J;£jU4
ADVERTISER
My design in the following address, is to shew that our
alliance with France is more fife and beneficial than an al
liance upon the fame- terms would have been with Great-
Britain.
Let not an Eoglith Whig, or the American Whig with
English blood in his veins, start a- this proportion What
ever yout feelings as Christians may be :towards the indi
viduals who have injured you, yet towards the nation of
Britain, as citizens of America, you owe nothing but re
venge. I he'GpD of justice has no other way of punish
ing the ingratitude and cruelty of Gr^t-Britdin, than'
through the inftruroentality of your resentments. Your
Ija redgto that haughty nation must erc& a monument of
justice to deter other nations from imitating their exam
ple. It is your duty, therefore, to rejoice in their down
fall, as much as it is your duty to rejoice in feeing punish-,
ments inflicted upon a criminal who nas difturbel the
peace of the foe ety to ' which you belong. It is four du
ty to retaliate all the mifehiefs upon them, they have per
petrated against you. You are called upon by the ties of
nature, and the great principles by which God governs
the nations of the earth, to burn and deflroy every thing
that carries the name or country of Britain upon t. Hu
manity to Englishmen is treason against America. Is
any hian chilled with these sentiments? Lt nim recoiled
the burning of Charleftown, Norfolk arid Falmouth. Or
if these are of tho old a date to rouze his refentmehts, let
him view the smoke of Norwalk and Fairfield, hill as
cending in the air. But it the defirudioh of houses is
too flight an injury to awaken his revenge, let him view
the venerable Roleburough receiving the bayonet in his
breast upon his knees praying, for 1 fe. Let him fee the
gallant Yeates forfaken by a band or butchers, because
no spot was led on his body with room enough to receive
new wounds. Let him fee the aged father of a family fllot
down by his fire-fide. Let him fee the lovely virgin, the
pride and ornament of the village, dragged to the bed of
a British or Hessian ravager. Let him fee our forts and
brothers thr<#m by hundreds out of jails and prison-ships
t® be devoured by dogs and fifties. Let him listen to the
cries of the wilderness, and fee, whole counties laid waste
by Indian savages, excited to war by British emissaries-
Whois there, after all this, that talks of an alliance with
Britain? An alliance with tygers and devils would be
more natural. Our ancestors, who were driven from their
Glares, forbid it. The spirits of the heroes, who have
fallen in fighting against them, forbid it. The ioterefts
and happiness ot owr posterity forbid it. No—let us ra
ther cherifli our resentments. * Lee us inftil them into the
minds of our children ; and let the firft lessons w^ teach
them be, that tolove liberty and todiatc Englishmen mean
one and (he fame thing.
Say not, that the cruelties that have been perpetrated in
America, have been committed by a few military butchers
—They have been pra&ifed by their whole armies, with
but few exceptions, in every part of our country. They
have been approved of by the King and Parliament of
Britain. They are agreeable to the nation. Nay more;
the King, Parliament and nation firft authorized them.
Cruelly to Americans is now part of the ftatnte law of
England. Our brave countrymen have been the fubjeds
of a new species of game ads. Th?y have been transport
ed across the ocean at th^pleafure of a capricious fea-mon
fier ; and the rattling of their chains in Newgate has been
music in the ears of the whole British nation.
We are sometimes told of a St. Bartholomew's day in
Paris. But has Britain crouded no jails, fettled no new
colonies, nor Shed no blood in persecuting for conscience
fake? Le: the memory of these things, in both nations,
be buried in the ignorance of the ages in which they hap
pened. But wh® can forget the late ravages of Great-
Britain upon property and life in the Bast-Indies? The
foundations of ancient societies and governments were
there torn up by the roots, and whole nations were exter
minated in a few years by her deflating hand. Nor was
this all. Lord Clive, the principal ador id these enormi
ties, was received with open arms by the present King of
Btitain, and that load of guilt was formally cancelled by
an aft of the Britifli legislature, which afterwards drove
him to put an end to his life by cutting his throat.
M^ch has been said of the excellency of the manufac
tures of Britain to induce us to sue for a treaty of com
merce with her. Such of them as are valuable or necessa
ry, may be had through the medium of other ports. But
I believe the prejudices of our ancient connexion with
that hand, have magnified and even created a great deal
of that perfection we have been taught to admire so much
in British goods. Such was our partiality in former tinted
to the country of our ancestors, that we hardly smiled at
the Simplicity of an Englishman, when he boasted of the
superior size and splendor of an English moon. Bid we
feel more of the true Spirit of freedom and independance,
we Should talk more Sparingly of renewing a trade with a
people for articles which were once the badges of our fub
jeftion to them. We Should view a piece of English broad
cloth as the tissue ®f our former chains, and even their de
licious porter and cheese would appear as the poisons that
lulled us into an ignorance of our Strength and resources,
happily f °{ us,, we have learned to manufacture those
AUGUST 24, i„ 9 .
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