The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-06-01 00:00:00, page 3

" About fix weeks since, the province of Friefland
resolved the united states of America free and indepen
dent: in imitation, the date of Holland the day before
yesterday made the fame declaration ; a state for wealth
and political consequence in the affairs of the states ge
neral, bears the greatest sway ; therefore in time (for
we do not move the fafteft) we may depend on the de
cided part of the united Netherlands in favour of Ame
rica ; add to this,we may form some happy consequences
from the total change of the British minifir,.”
Copy of a letter from meffrs Ingrahani and Brom
field, merchants in Amflerdam, to a gentleman of
this town, dated March 29, 1782.
S I R,
Philadelphia, June r.
Thursday last a flag schooner arrived here, after a
passage of ten days from Charleftown, with part of a
number of families lately banished from that place.
By her we have a Charleftown paper of May rB, from
which the Wefl-India news contained in this paper is
taken. A vessel from Jamaica, arrived at Savannah,
after a short passage, was the channel by which the
Charleftown paper fays they^eceived these accounts.
The following is taken from the Charleftown paper of
May 18, under the head of Kingston, April 27.
" On Monday a flag of truce from Hi paniola an
chored in this harbour ; which brings intelligence of the
arrival of a fleet of transports from Brest at Cape Fran
cois, under the protection of a convoy commanded by
M. de Guichen:—the naval force at the latter port
consisted of twelve Spahifh, and fix French ships of the
line; but it does not appear what number of ships or
We congratulate you and your country upon this
happy presage in this quarter, and are,
Your very humble servants,
INGRAHAM a„a BRc MFIELD.
Translation of the Hand-Bill printed in Amflerdam.
Extra tidings from the United States of Holland to the
United States of N r rth-America, th t is to fay, the
Seven Provinces of Holland have declared America
Free and Independent States.
WE, the united states of HoI nd, have these twen
ty five years pad seen the iniquity of the British admi
nistration to the American colonies, and finding our
selves in gratitude to the calls of religion, freedom and
virtue, obliged to consent to defend the FREEDOM
of AMERICA, and grant them their Indepe dence,
from the twenty eighth of March, 1782, and are wil
ling to aid and assist them in every thing they thick
necessary.
The knowledge we have of your attachment to Ame
rica, and the zeal you have uniformly discovered for
her interefis, induce us to iuclofe you a copy of a let
ter, which this day came to our hands. It is from a
gentleman of eminence at the Hague, and being wrote
in a language that you are acquainted with will as
ford the opportunity of obliging your friends by a
translation.
" We are happy in communicating to you, that
this whole nation now unite with one voice id the most
urgent manner for the acknowledgment of the inde
pendence of America, by our Rates ; from the steps
taken by the separate states and cities, &c. the event is
looked for in a few days? and Mr. J. Adams w 11 be
received as public minifier. We cannot but fay, tho'
we have long laboured to acce'eiate it, but that we
feared the court party and Endifh interest gave us
room to fear this matter was at fomediflance : but the
people are grown so violent, and we are persuaded the
prince is sensible of the danger there would be to him
ftlf, did he refill them any longer."
Another letter of the fame date fays, “ Things begin
to have a much more pleasing afpe& than they have had
for some time: Mr. Adams bought a house at the
Hague. The province of Friefland have acceded to
the resolution to admit his excellency as minitter from
the united Rates of America ; Holland will do the fame
and it is expected the other provinces will follow : the
principal inhabitants of the different cities of Holland
have presented petitions to accelerate that step."
Extract of another letter from Amflerdam, dated Mach
t'rs, feemiogly to be depended upon, that admiral
f^mpenfelt, on the coast of France, has taken 4, and
drove on fllore 3 of 14 of their line, attempting to join
the Dutch in the Texel : n,ould this last piece of intel
ligence hold good, the French will have received a ve
ry handsome dressing both at home and abroad. They
cannot pofnb'y b ve any nav: I force for a co-operation
on the coast of America this year."
The French commander of the Glorieux, behaved
with almost unparalelled intrepidity; for after the
main-mail, sore-mast, and mizen were shot away, as
likewise rhe head and a part of the flern ; he cauftd the
ensign of France to be nailed to the slump of the main -
mast, where it continued flying until she was towed off
by one of our frigates, when it gave place to the Eng
lish jack."
Extras of another letter from Jamaica.
“ The Ceres was fen: express from France to M. de
Graffe, with account of their channel fleet, in attempt
ing to join the Dutch, having met the Enghfh fleet un
der admiral Kempeufelt ; and that after an obfiinate
engagement they (the French) loft 7 fail of the line, 4
being taken, and 3 run on shore. Sir G. Rodney has
sent the Andromache home express—lord Robert
Manners, dangerously wounded, gone in her —captain
Byne of the Alfred killed —other loss not yet af.tr
tained.
On Saturday last the Ship Enterprize, captain De
fhon, arrived here after a passage of 41 days from Am
flerdam. By her we have received several British pa
pers, which contain a numb r of important debates of
the British parliament, &c. which we shall give our
readers next week.
Extract of a letter from a capital house in Amflerdam,
dated March 25, 1782.
Done and fettled with the honourable JOHN
AD \MS, minister plenipotentiary from the
united states of, America to the united states of
Holland.
BOS TO N, May 20.
28, 1782.
Many inconveniences and difor'ders having arisen
from an improper , diniffion of flags at various posts
of the two armies, which have given rife to complaints
on both sides—to prevent abuses in future, and for the
convenience of communication, I have concluded to
receive all flags from within your lines at the post of
Dobs-ferry, and no where else, so long as the head
quarters of the two armies remain as at present.
I have the honour to be
your excellency's, &c.
(Signed) G. WASHINGTON.
His excellency fir Guy Carleton.
By the United States in Congress assembled;
May 14, 1782.
THE letter of the iotn, from the commander in
chief, being read, enclosing a copy of the letter to him
from fir Guy Carleton, dated head-quarters, New-
York, 7th May, 1782:
Resolved, That the commander in chief be and
hereby is directed to refute the request of fir Guy
How much soever, fir, we may differ in other re-.
fpe&s, upon this one point we must perfectly concur,
being alike interefled to preserve the name of#Englifh
men from reproach, and individuals from experiencing
such unnecessary evils, as can have no effect upon a
general decision; e-ery proper measure which may
tend to prevent these criminal excesses in individuals,
I shall ever be ready to embrace, and as an advance
on u>y part, I have, as the firft a& of my command,
inlarged Mr Livingflon, and have written to his fa
ther upon the fubjeß of such excesses as have passed
in New-Jersey dtfiring his concurrence in such mea
fuies as even under the conditions of war the common
interefis of humanity require.
m further to acquaint you, fir, that it was my
iLir jon to have sent this day a fimiiar letter of com
pl%v to Congress, but am informed it is previously
necessary to obtain a passport from your excellency,
which i reretore hope to receive, if you have no ob
jet? on, for the passage of Mr. Morgan to Philadelphia
for the above purpose.
I have the honour to be,
with great refpe&,
your excellency's
most obedient, humble Servant,
(Signed) GUY CARLETON.
Hi excellency general Washington.
Head-quarters, 10th May, 1782.
SIR,
I HAD the honour last evening to receive your ex
c- llency's letter of the 7th, with the several papers
enclosed.
Ever since the commencement of this unnatural war,
my conduct has borne invariable testimony against
those inhuman excesses which, in too many instances,
have marked its various progress.
With refpe& to a late transaction, to which I pre
sume your excellency alludes, I have already expressed
my fixed resolution —a resolution formed on the most
mature deliberation ) and from which 1 Shafi nos re
cede.
I am much concerned to find, that private and un
thorifed persons nave, on both sides, given way to those
passions which ought to have received the ftroiigeft and
mod effectual controul, and which have begot acts of
retaliation, which, without proper preventions, may
have an extent equally calamitous and dishonourable
to both parties; though; as it Should seem, more ex
tensively pernicious to the natives and feitlers of this
country.
I have to inform your excellency, that your request
of a passport for Mr. Morgan to go to Philadelphia,
will be conveyed to Congress by the earliest opportu
nity: and you may rest assured, that I will embrace
the firft moment to communicate to you their deter
mination thereon.
HAV NG been appointed by his majefly to the
command of the forces on the Atlantic ocean, and
joined with admiral Digby in the commission of peace,
I find it proper in this manner to apprize your excel
lency of my arrival at New York.
The occasion, fir, seems to render this communica
tion proper, but the circumstances of the present time
render it also jndifpenfi ble, as I find it just to trans
mit herewith to your excellency certain papers, from
the perusal of which your excellency will perceive
what dispositions prevail in the government and peo
ple of England towards those of America, and what
further effe&s are likely to follow; if the like pacific
disposition should prevail in this country, both my, in
clination and duty will lead me to meet it with the rhoft
zealous concurrence. In all events, fir, it is with me
to declare,, that if war must prevail, I shall endeavour
to render its miseries as light to the people of this con
tinent as the circumstances of such a condition will
possibly permit.
troops M. de Guichen brought with him from Old
France, or whether the marquis de Bouille had arrived
at the Cape from Martinique.—The land forces at Hi
spaniola, it is said, are very numerous, and very sickly
large bodies of them having been obliged to be removed
to the interior parts of the country, far the benefit of
the salubrious air and water of the mountains.?'
The New-York paper of Tuesday last mentions the
arrival there, on Monday, of three prize brigs, vift.
one from St. Thomas with rum, another from Havanna
with sugar and 3000 dollars, and another from Balti
more with flour. Neither the names of the vessels or
their captains, nor the places to which they were bound,
are mentioned.
Extrad of a letter from his excellency general Wash
ington to Congress, dated Head-quarters, May 10,
1782.
-" Just as I am closing these dispatches, a letter
from fir Guy Carleton in handed me, covering fandry
print d papers; a copy of which, with the papers, I
have now the honour to enclose to your excellency,
together with the copy of my answer to him; and I
flatter myfelf my conduct herein will be agreeable to
tne wishes of Congress."
Head-quarters, New-York, 7th May, 1782.
S I R,
IX7 AS taken up on the 19th of May, inff.
a certain WILLIAM CLINE, and upon exa
mination was committed to Chester gaol : He h d with,
him a Im,il Grey Mare, Saddle and Bridle, 2 Silver
Watch ^ith a woman's Silver Sciffar'sChain fixed to
i; a pai? of Silver Slice-buckles, linen Coattee and
Wiftc at, a quantity of hemp Yarn, two flaxen Shirts,
a woman's Shift, one 61k and three small linen Hand
kerchiefs. The owneror owners, by applying to the
fubferiber, living at the fen of the Boot, in Goflien,
Chester county, may have them again by paying
charges. JOHN BOWEN. °
Strayed away from a Waggon id
Third street, between Walnut and Sp ruc e-ftreete, A
BAY HORSE, hitright hind foot white, with a star ia
hs forehead. Whoever takes up the said borfe and de
livers him to the owner shall have four dollars reward,
and reasonable charges paid by me,
JAMES M'CALPIN.
To be Sold by Private Sale,
A VALUABLE T'^& of 272 acres, and allowance/
of Patented LAND, fituatt in that well improv
ed rich settlement Conegochegue, in Cumberland coun
ty: The foil and situation render it capable of the
hizheft improvement-, either a, a grain or stock farm.
There are several mills of every kind adjoining, and in
the neighbourhood ; theie is an excellent waggon road
from Baltimore through the premises to fort Pitt, and
the conft^nt trade carried on between those places, con
stitutes it a general thoroughfare of business, whereby
the situation is rendered particularly advantageous for
the business of either a store or tavern, being go miles
from Baltimore, 11 from Chamherftown; and about 70
from Hager's-town. An indisputable title will be con
veyed to the purchaser.
LIKEWISE, To be SOLD,
A few Logs of Mahogony,
a quantity of 2d. 3d. qd. §d. and i s d. coopers Riv
ets, also ad. 3d. and 4.d. Sprigs, 14 ounce Tacks, and
3d. fine Nails. c
For terms apply to the fubferiber in Front-street, be
tween Arch and Rac#-ftreetr, a little above the Friend's
Meeting, Philadelphia. JOHN MORTON.
TO BE SOL D, A
Hearty, young Negroe Girl,
about 14 years ot age, has had the Imail-pox, and is
entered according to law ; fold for no fault but want
of employment. Enquire of the Printer. June 1.
Thirty-Two Dollars ' Reward.
RAN-AWA Y.hum the fubferibere, living in the
township ot Honeweil, county of Hunterdon, state
of N-w-Jertey, A Negroe MAN, named TOM, a
bout 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 11 ches high, of a yel
lowish complexion: had on when he went away, a
light blue home-made broadcloh coat and vest, hit
other cloths unknown.
At the fame time went off with him, A Negroe.
WENCH, named LYDIA, write to the above named
fellow, of a yellow th complexion, fomerhing like, an
Indian : Had on apd took with her, a light chintz
gown, a large black bonnet, a white uimit, jacket and,
petticoat, and other deaths unknown. Whoever takes*
up and lecures said Negroes, so that their matters may
have them again, Anil have the above Reward, or
Sixteen Dollars for either of them, paid hy
JOHN WELLING,
JONATHAN BUNN.'
manepea,
Mix'd coloured Sagathoys,'
Figured Flannells, *
Coarse Cloths,
Black Silk Stockings,;
Fine worded Stocking Jacket and Breeches Pattern,,
Bed tickings.
Linens,
Green, scarlet, blue, brown, buff, grey, purple, black/
ribbed, spotted, figured, fine and coarse Plushes.
^m@9XXX)ota^Wi
TO BE SOL D. BY
P. D. ROBERT,
At his STORE in Front-street, opposite the Coffee-
House,
gUPERFINE spotted Cloths & Wiltons,
Black, white, buff, olive coloured and corded fine
Prunellas,
Black, scarlet and grey Everlastings,
Brown, green and flefh coloured Camblets,
Spotted, grey, brown and plain Baragana,
Purple, brown and olive coloured Durante and Callie
N. B. The certain papers transmitted to gene
ral Washington .by fir Guy Carleton, " from the pe-,
rufal of which," he fays, “ you excellency will per,
ceive what dispositions prevail in the government and
people of Great-Britain," were only news-papers,
votes of the house of commons, for Monday the 4th of
March, and a printed paper intitled, " a bill to enable,
his majesty to conclude a peace or truce with the re
volted colonies in North America."
The remainder of the Havanna fleet, mentioned id
our last to have left that place with commodore Gillon,
is gone into Chesapeake bay.
*#* An account of the late capture of Providence;
&c. will be in our next.
Carleton, of a pa ffport for Mr. Morgan to bring dit,
patches to Philadelphia.
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, secretary.