The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-11-20 00:00:00, page 2

The Minister was then announced to the House ;
Whereupon he arose and addressed Cougref^. in a speech
which when he had finished the Secretary deftered in wri
ting to the President, and is as follows :
Messieurs,
LA fageffe et le courage qui ont fonde votre republi
que, la prudence qui preside a vos deliberations, vo
tre termete dans I'execution, I'habjlite et la valeur que
vos Generaux et vos foldats ont deploiees dans le cours
de cette guerre, ont att.re fur vous ['admiration et les re
gards du monde entier. Lt Roi, mon Maitre a reconnu
le premier une liberte acquife parmi taut de perils et a
vec autant de gloire. Depuis que des traites elides par
la moderation ont etabli fur une base inebranlable ['uni
on de la France avec la republique Americaine, toute la
conduite de fa Majefte a du vous prouver combien votre
profperite lui est chere, et la ferme resolution ou elle est
de maintenir votre independence par tons les moyens
qui font en son pouvoir. Les evenemens qui fe font de
velopes fycceffivement ont prouve la fageffe de ces mefu
res.' Un a'lie puissant a reconnu la justice des motifs qui
ont force le Roi a prendre les armes, et on peut avec rai
fon fe promettre les fucces les plus folides des operations
des deux flottes reunies. Les forces navales de notre ene
mi ont e.e detourneesde votre continent. Contraint d'ac
courir a la defenfe de fes propres possessions, tous fes ef
forts 11'ont pu empecher nos troupes d'en conquerir une
partie confiderabß. Les autres isles Angloifes redoatoient
le meme fort, lorfque le General frangois a interrompu le
cours de fes fucces pour venir chercher parmi vous, de
nouveaux dangers, En fe conformant aux intentions de
fa Majefle, il a cede a lon propre penchant, aux defir
des Fraogoife et aux voeux des Americains, qui I'invi
toient a joindre fes armesa cedes de votre republique. 7
Les evenemens n'ont pas repondu completement a fen
courage, et a fes efforts; mais son fang et celui de mes
compatriotes, repand pour une raufe qui nous est fi
chere a cimente la base fur laquelle l'alliance est fendee, et
lui imprime un nouveau caradere, aufli inalterable que
tous ceux qui I'ont deja confacre.
Cette alliance, Messieurs, devient de jour en jour plus
indissoluble, et les avantages que les deux nations en re
tirent, Font portee aux plus haut point de confiftance.
Des relations de commerce entre les fujeds du Roi mon
maitre, et les habitants des treize Etats unis fe multiplent
continuellement, et deja I'on peut observer malgre les ob
flacles qui embaraffem la communication retiproque, com
bien elle est naturelie, combien elle deviendra profitable
aux deux nations, eta t®utes celles qui y prendront part,
et combien les principes exclufits, I'attention jaloufe et
les loix prohibitives de I'ennemi de votre liberte ont ete
prejudiciable a votre bonheur.
Ceft dans ces conjonanres, Messieurs, que le Roi a bien
vole me designer pour remplir aupres de vous les functions
de son Miniftre penipotentiaire, et vous avez trouve dans
la lettre que je viens d'avoir I'honnewr de vous remettre,
de fa part de nouvelles assurances de l'amitie qu'il a pour
vous. J'ai reg^rde comme la plus heureufe circonftance
de ma vie, une mission dans le cours de la quelle je fuis
fur de remplir mes devoirs, en travaillant a votre profperite,
et je m. fuis felicite d'etre envoie pres d'une nation dont
les interets font fi etroitement lies aux notres, que je ne
puiffe etre utile ou a la France, ou a la republiq ue Ame
ricaine, fans me rendre agreable a la fois a I'une et a I'au
tre.
(T RANSLATIO N.)
Pery clear, Great Friends and Allies,
THE bad fiate of health of the Sieur Gerard, our Minif
= ter Plenipotentiary to you, having laid him under the
necessity of applying for a recal, we have made choice of
the Chavelier De la Luzerne, a Colonel in our service to
Supply his place. We have no doubt but he will be agree
able to you and that you will repose entire confidence in
him. We pray you to give full credit to all ne fliall fay to
you on our behalf, especially wnen he fliall assure you of
the fijeerity of our withes for your prosperity, as well as
ofthe constancy of cur affection, and of our friendfhip for
the United States in general, and for each one of them in
particular We pray God to keep you, our very dear,
great friends and Allies, in His Holy protection.
Done at Versailles, the 31st May 1779-
Your good Friend and Ally,
(Signed) LOUIS.
(Underneath) De Vergennes.
LAST Wednesday an entertainment was given by Con
gress to the Mioifter Plenipotentiary of France, at
which were prefect by invitation several Foreigners of
diflinftion, and gentlemen of public character.
In CONGRESS, November 17, 177,.
According to order the Hon. the Chevalier be la Lu
verne Minifler Plenipotentiary of his Most Christan Ma
lefty ' was introduced toan audience by Mr. Mathews and
Mr. Morris, the two Members for that purpose appoin
ted, and being seated in his chair, the Secretary
Embaff", delivered to the President a letter from His Moil
Majesty, directed on the out fide, “ A nos tres
chers grinds Amis et Allies, le President et Membres du
Congr^s General des Etats Unis de 1' Amenque Septentn
enale; " and which is in the following words :
Tres Chers Grands Amis et Allies.
LE mauvais etit de la fante du Sieur Gerard, notre
Miniftre Pirnipotentiaire, aupres de vous, Paiyant
mis dans la neceffite de demander son rappel, Nous
avons fait cho x pour le remplacer en la meme qualite du
Sieur Chevalier de la Luzerne, Colonel a Notre fervicei
Nous ne doutons pas que fa perfonne ne vous foit agreable,
et que v®us ne lui accordies une entiere confiance. Nous
vous prions d'ajouter fois a tout ce qu'il vous dira de notre
part, furtout loriqu'il vous affurera de la nficerite des
voeux que Nous termons pour votre profperite, ainfi que
de I 1 conflance de Notre affeOion, et de notre amitie pour
les Etacs unis en general, et pour chacun d eux en particu
lier. Sur ce nous prions Dieu qu'il vous ait tres chers
grands amis et allies en fa fainte et digne garde. Ecrit a
Verfaiiles, le 31 Mai, 1779. Votre bon ami et alhe,
J LOUIS.
II eut ete fans doute a desirer que les affaires dont je fuis
charge fuffent reflees eatre les mains du miniftre eclairee
auquel je fuccede, et que fa fante oblige 3 retourner en
PHILADELPHIA, November 20. *
DE VERGENNES.
It was certainly defireable that the affairs with which
I am charged, had remained in the hands of that enlight
ened Minister whom I succeed; and whose health compels
him to return to France. I have not his abilities, but like
him, I have an unbounded zeal for the welfaare and suc
cess of the common cause; like him I am directed to con
cur in every thing which can be ufeful or agreable to your
Republic. I have the fame attachment to the people you,
Gentlemen, represent, and the fame admirarion of their
conduct I have the most fervent wish to give you proofs
of it, and I hope by these different titles to merit your
confidence and your esteem. >
LE CHE DA LA LUZERNE.
France; je n'ai point fes lumieres ; mais j'ai comme lui
tin zele fans bornes, pour le bien et le fucces de la ^ufe
commune. Je fuis charge, coname lui de concourir a
tout ce qui poura etre agreable et utile a votre republique ;
j'ai le meme attachment pour le ;euple que vows repre
fentez, Messieurs, et la meme admiration pour leur con
duite. J'ai le plus |rand empreffement de vous en don
ner des preuves, et ,'cfpere que ces differens titres me con
duiront a meriter votre confiance et votre eftime.
(TRANSLATION)
Gentlemen,
TH E Wisdom and Courage which have founded your
Republic, the Prudence which presides over your
Deliberations, your Firmness in Execution, the Skill and
Valor displayed by your Generals and soldiers, during the
course of the war, have attrafled the admiration and re
gard of the whole World. The King my Master was
the firft to acknowledge a liberty acquired midst so many
perils and with so much glory. Since treaties dictated by
Moderation have fixed upon a permanent base the Uni
on of France with the American Republic, His Majesty's
whole condud must have demonstrated how dearly he
tenders your Prosperity, and his firm resolution to main
tain your Independence by every means in his power. The
events which have fucce ffivei ly unfolded themselves shew
the wisdom of those Measures. A powerful Ally hath ac
knowledged the justice of those Motives which had compel
led the King to take arms, and we may reasonably hope for
the most solid success, from the operations of the united
fleets. The naval force of the enemy, hath been diverted
from your Continent. Compelled to flee to the defence of
their own possessions, all their efforts have been too feeble
to prevent our troops from conquering a confiderab^e part.
The other Britilh Islands feared the fame lot, when the
French General flopped the current of his success, to seek
new dangeis here. in conforming to his Majesty's inten
tions, he has complied with his own inclinations, the de
fies of the French, and the request of the Americans,
who invited him to join his arms to those of your Repub
lic. Events have not completely answered his courage and
his efforts, buthis blood and that of my countrymen, shed
in a cause so dear to us, hath cemented the base on which
the alliance is founded, and impressed on it a charader as
indelible as are all those by which it is already consecrated.
That alliance, Gentlemen, becomes daily more indisso
luble, and the benefits which the two nations derive from
it have given it the most perfect confidence. The rela
tions of commerce between the fubjeds of the King my
Mafler, and the Inhabitantsof the Thirteen United States
continually multiply; and wemay already perceive, in
spite of those obstacles which embarrass the reciprocal
communication, how natural it is, how advantageous it
will be to the two nations and all who participate in it,
and how much the monopolizing spirit, the jealous atten
tion and prohibitory editts of the enemy to your freedom,
have been prejudicial to your happiness.
It is under these circumstances, Gentlemen, that the
King my Master, hath been pleated to appoint me his
Minister Plenipotentiary to you. You have seen in the
letter which I had just now the honor to deliver from him,
frelh assurances of his friendfhip. I confider as the hap
piest circumflance of my life, a million in the courfeof which
I am certain of fulfilling my duty when I labour for your
prosperity ; and I felicitate myfelf upon being sent to a
nation whole interests are so intimately blended with our
own, that I can be ufeful neither to France nor the Ame
rican Republic, without rendering myfelf agreeable both
to theorfe and to the other.
To which the President returned the following answer.
S I R,
re^ H E early attention of our good friend and ally to
§ these United States is gratefully felt by all their vir
tuouscitzens , and we should be unfaithful Representatives
if we didnot warmly acknowldege every instance of his re
gard, and take every opportunity of expressing the attach
ment of our conflitueats to treaties formed upon the purest
principles.
His Most Christian Majesty, in rendering himfelf pro
tedor of the rights of mankind, became intitled to assist
ance from the friends of man. This title could not but be
recognized by a monarch whose diadem is adorned with
equity and truth: That monarch by joining his arms to
those of our great ally hath given a fatal blow to thecom
mon enemy ; and from the justness of the motives which
unite the combined fleets, we expert the most solid benefits
will crown their operations ; nor can we doubt that other
powers will rejoice to fee that haughty nation humbled in
proportion as they have been insulted by her presumptu
ous arrogance.
We well know, and all the world must acknowledge the
moderation and friendfhip of the Most Christian King, in
neglecting conquests which courted his acceptance for the
benevolent pleasure of fuccouring his allies. In this as in eve
ry other instance, we perceive his Arid adherence to the
principles of our defenfive alliance. We are sensible of the
zeal of the French General, in executing his Majesty's or
ders : We esteem his courage, we lament his wounds, and
we refped that generous valor which hath led your coun
trymen to contend with ours in the fame common cause,
in the fame field of glory. A noble emulation which hath
poured out the blood of the two nations, and mingled it
together as a sacred pledge of perpetual union.
The consequences which have followed from the appear
ance of the French fleet upon our coasts, particularly by
disconcerting the enemy's plans of operation, and destroy
ing a considerable part of their naval force, demon firate
the wisdom of the measure. That they kave not been still
more beneficial, is to be attributed to those incidents which
in the hand of Omnipotence determine all human events :
But our disappointment is compensated by refleding on
the perfect harmony that subsisted between the Generals,
and the troops es the two nations.
The prosperous course of this campaign, gives a pleasing
hope that the moment of peace, may soon arrive, when
the reciprocation of mutual good offices fliall amply recom
pence our mutual labors and cares; and we doubt not, but
in that moment the commerce between the allied nations,
now flruggling under great inconveniences, will shoot forth
with vigor and advantage, and happily demonflrate the
injuries we once fuffered from the refiramts of our enemies.
While we lament, Sir, the loss of your worthy predeces
sor, we are led from your personal character to the plea
sing expectation that you will possess that confidence and
esteem which he enjoyed. They are due to the servant of
our benefactor: We are happy in his choice, and being
thoroughly convinced of the intimate connection between
the interests and views of the allied nations, wecannot but
perfwade ourselves that the more attentively you fliall
perform your duty to your sovereign, and the more sedu
lously you fliall guard and promote the welfare of your
country, the more agreeable and refpedable you will ren
der yourfelf to the citizens of America.
The Secretary of Corgrefs delivered to the Minifler a co
py of the foregoing reply dated in Congress, November 17,
1779, and signed amu~l Huntington, President. Where
upon the Minifler withdrew, and was conducted home, in
the manner in which he was brou, t to the House.
ExtraC tfrom the Minutes,
CHARLES THOM ON, Secretary.
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Philadelphia Manufacture.
TO BE SOLD by the lubirxr, at his Mar.u-
A factory in South-Ai cy, I ewren Market and Arch
ftreets a^d between Fifth and Sixth-ftr. rts, on Hudfun's
square, an affortuunt of Coatings, Blanketing, Saga
thies, Jeans Evcrlaftings, &c,
SPINNERS employed as usual, by
11. SAMUEL WETHERILL, Jun.
TO BE SOL D,
AN elegant and commodious L G T, containing
near two acres of ground, whereon the family of
the fubferiber lately dwelt, fouate near the Mai ket
houfe in Trenton, fronting about 200 feet on Mai ket
ftreet, and commanding a beautiful view of the Dela
ware for a considerable extent, including the Falls ;
together wi + h the buildings and improvements thereon,
to wit, a framed dwelling house containing fix rooms on
the lower floor and two above, befider the kitchen and
other roomy back buildings ; a brick building fronting
on the street, well calculated for an office or any public
business, having two rooms on a floor with a fire-place
in each, and a cellar under the whole; a large and com
modious carriage-house also fronting on the street ; suit
able buildings on the rear of the lot for stables and fo
rage-houfes, with an out-let the back way; two wells
cf exceeding good water, with a pump in each ; and a
large garden well stored with excellent fruit trees, aspa
ragus beds, and other conveniences adapted as well to
please the eye as to furnifh the table. The purchaser
may have pofleffion immediately. For tennis apply to
Major Gordon in Trentor, or to the fubferiber in
Philadelphia. CHARLES PETTIT.
N. B. Loan-Office Certificates of an early date would
be preferred in payment, and a suitable advance allow
ed en them, especially for those bearing date before the
firft of March, 1778. 6
A PAIR of y<ung, well-broke BAY HORSES
and a CARRIAGE will be efrered tor sale at
the Coffee-houfe this Day at Twelve o'clock.
Nov. 20, 1779.
AL L perlons who have any demands against the
estate of John Duffy, late of the Northern Li
berties, deceased, are requeued to bring in their ac
counts, properly attested, to the fubferiber, that they
may be fettled: And all those who are indebted to the
laid estate are desired to make immediate payment to
the fubferiber in the Northern Liberties, to prevent
further trouble.
DUNCAN STEWART, Administrator.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Coffee-Houfe, on Wednesday the firft dyof De
cember next, at fix o'clock in the evening,
A CERTAIN LOTT of GROUND, laying in Paf
fyunk townfllip, contaling n twelve acres and fifty
peaches of goad land, a small wooden tenement thereon
ere&ed, a very good well of water at thedoor, the whole
well fenced, and Lying about 3 miles from the cty, and
a quarter of a mile from Schuylkill, and joining lards of
Christian Derick For further particulars apply to Ma
ry Brown, in M^rket-ftreet.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue.
On Tuesday n xt, at ten o'clock in rhe morning, a the
house of Jacob Harman, in Second-ftrett, near
Spruce-street.-
pART of his FURNITURE, he being about
moving into the country, viz, An elegant pair of
mahogony chest of drawers, a ditto tea-table, a dining
table, sundry chairs, elegant mahogony bedsteads, a nett
settee lookrng-glafs, moreen window-curtains, brass and
iron andirons, Novels and tongs, a nest brass finder,
fconfes, watcr-difhes and plates, a large ja,an'd waiter, a
glass pyramid, several wire bird-cages, and sundry other
articles. Nov. 18.
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN on the night of the 14th inst. (November)
° from the fubfcribei in Tredvffrin townfoip, Chester
county, an iron grey MARE, three years old next
Spring, near fifteen hands high, paces and trots, newly
shod before, branded on the near Ihoulder but the brand
not plain to be seen, her mane thin and falling both sides
of her neck. Whoever takes up said Mare so that the
owner may get her again, (hall have One Hundred Dol
lars reward, and if the Thief be apprehended and
brought to justice, Fifty Dollars more, and re,fonable
charges, paid by ISAAC WALKER,