The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-08-12 00:00:00, page 2

O Y 7 O N, May 1,
T T ITHIN N< : 6 ten days 40 000 quarters of fo
frV rugurcofin l^.ve' been brought iito toe river,
30.000 <'.f whi... 13 niie^.'accor L gto the ac
c<unts delivered id at the manlion louse of the quan
tiv<n board ah vef!e.
A letter hero Ci^toam fay 3. that the frigafes and
4'0,0 h do.gsolw;r are or f (red tu be fan ready to put
to tea r^ re to be flattened aim g t'he chaft of Eng-,
died and Scotland, to prevent the running of good* in
to 0 s country, and to flop the illegal trade now car
r, in^ on, of fending live cutie to France.
he due de- Chartres, to bis immortal honor, has
given nofke tu' ids demeflics, that any one who at
tempts fw Shelter contraband goods of any kind under
I is r^of, will < xp< rience the fevers ft marks of his dif~
p'eaiyre.
h he lid year was one of the mod unfortunate for;
the order nr ters ,hat perhaps ever was experienced in
this country, as the lifts fufiaiord by the failure of
the Jam i: fi.ipsalone amounted to full three hundred
tcu;aol pounds.
A or ruing pper far, th^ Irish volunteers will riot
I y down tltir arms during the [relent year—the truth
ii, they intend keeping up their associations continu
aby, though not with th ir ufpal mi itary parade,
w^h # th<y intend to confine to an annual review.
A letter irom Prterlbn-gh fy, that the Enghib, Im
perial, and Fruflian ambaifalors are in daily confer
ence with the emprvfs; nothing transpires of what puff
eq tat express-s ate continually going to arid from the
courtsof Vienna and Berlin.
A letter from Rrutfels, by Saturday's mail, fays,
that hir. Fizherbert, late minifler plenipotentiary
from §e king of Great Britain to that court, is remov
ing fr nil his hotel all lis eff AT. It is assured that
nnuiher is going to the court of Peterfbuygh.
'A letter from Llb°n to a merchant in London h^s
the fclowing article: " We now carry on a trade
with the^Americans, and hitherto we have found them
a fair dealing people, which has encouraged our mer
chrdis to freight several more vessels for those parts.
We have received advice from Madeira, that one of
t;.te American ships which put in their for wine, being
leaky, in the night funk, and five persons wete drown
ed."
They write from Rotterdam, that there lately died
in that city one Rachael Salomon, a Jewels, ag«d no
year?.
My 28. According to letters from the Ead Indies,
the fiorro which proved to fitalat Madras, had been
equally violent all along the Coafr to the southward ; at
Tranquelar 24 fail of shipping were 1011, with every
perlon on board.
A letter from Fontaiubleau fays, that on the firft
inflant, one Alexander Macdonald died there, aged
13. he WHS in the grand rebellion in the year 1715,
arid effaced in a vessel from Dunkel, with several re
bel officer..
On Th rfday afternoon an account was received by
thf French mai', of monsieur Suffrein's squadron in the
Fail Indies having met wvh some accidents in their
way from Trincomale to Sumatra, which it was con
j^ured would prevent their appearance in the Orien
tal seas any more. The circumstances are thus related:
Commodore Suffrein let fail with his fleet, confiding
ofthirteen men of war of the line, from the port of
Trincomale, on the 16th of Noveml er lafl, in order
to make the port of Achfen (on the island of Sumatra,
which was appointed for the rendezvous of a Dutch
squadron from Europe, which had under its convoy
some Blips with naval stores) where he intended to refit
lis squadron. On orabout the 29th of thefame month,
having Wretched across the bay of Bengal, they fell
in with rhe Nicobar islands, where they were surprised
by a Borm, which was so sudden as to lay several of
tve Blips on their beam ends. When this squall was
over, it was succeeded by a florm that lafled neara week,
in which several of the ships were entirely difmafted,
and home of them flung their guns over. On the 11th
ci December they arrived at Acbeen, but only eleven
of the hue entered that port; two others, Le Vengeur
of 64 guns, and Le Hannibal ofso, were miffing, audit
sas not known what had become of them ; neither had
there been any news of them on the 28th of the fame
month, when the accounts came away.
Toadd to their misfortune, the Dutch fleet had not
arrived, nor any part thereof; so that they mufl ei
ther remain there or go to Batavia, which is further to
the south-east, and from whence, in the condition of
their squadron, thereis no likelihood of their being able
to return till May or June.
A letter from C,ffel fays, “ We have received letters
from America, which fay, that many of the H ffians,
both officers and common men, intend to continue there,
as they have great encouragement from the Congress so
to do; the climat,e agrees with them, and provisions
are very p entiful.
A letter from Gotfenburgh fays, that some ships are
fitting out there to trade to America, a vessel having
arrived from thence, by which it is learned, that trad
ing to those parts will turn out to great advantage,
which has given encouragement to some Swedish fami
lies to declare their intention of going to refile there.
Every preparation is making for weighing up the
Royal Gorge, whi h will be commenced the latter
end of next month, or beginning of July ; the cables
of the Victory, of 100 guns, laid upat Portsmouth, will
be employe: f cr that purpose ; and some other cordage
and tackling is now preparing there.
Whatever t! e intentions of miniflry may be with re
gard to the army, it were to be wished something were
quickly done. The inconvenience to many officers is
very great in the present Rate of uncertainty. A
fchtme is in agitation, to keep 40,000 Teamen in Inch
employment, as to be ready t: take to fra on very short
notice -a feneme which we doubt not will meet with
general approbation, asthe ex°ci tion of it would give
ms a decided superiority whatever mi^ht hereafter hap-
F DINBURG H, May 14,
The claims of the Scottish burgesses to e!e& their own
magUiirtie^ and members of parliament, is only a revi
8 O S„ T 0 N, July 28.
Friday arrived the sloop Polly, captain Thomas
Clough, in 9 days from the Chefapeak, with bread
and flour.
Yeder ay arrived a cutter from Liverpool, but last
fttm Cork, in Ireland.
W ORCEST FR, (Massachusetts) July 31.
VI ehear from Peterfham, that about a fortnight since,
there was considerable damage done by the mod terri
ble thunder ft rui ever known in this country by the
oideft man living. Several cattle we are told were kil
l'd, but do not learn that any perlons loft their lives.
It is said that the lightning riruck, in-above an hun
dred places in "and about that town, during the con
tinuance of the florm, whbcb, we hear, lafled upwards
of two hour% 'We are fairy that we have not a more
particular account to lay before-ourreaders, and would
be obliged to any gentleman who was a witness, to fur
nidi us with' the/particulars of that event.
Stage-coaches are now eflablifhed from Springfield
to Hartford, and from Hartford to New-Haven, and
from thence to New-York, the Jerfies, Philadelphia,
&c. and it would undoubtedly be of publick benefit,
and emolument to the undertakers, if flage-coaches
were continued from Springfield to this town, and from
hence to BoPon. We ho;e there will be found per
fofe, who will he so attentive to their own interest and
the publick good, as to speedily supply this want at
the lafl mentioned places ; travellers may then be con
veyed from Portfrrrouth, in New-Hampihire, to Balti
more in Maryland, without the trouble of hiring horses,
carriages. &c. —
FROD ENC E, July 26.
A (loop from Philadelphia, captain Wood, bound
for Newport, foundered at sea lafl week. The vessel
being old, and meeting with aheavy squall, her chain
bolts were drawn, the mall went overboard, part of her
deck wa^ ripped up, and she was soon full of water.
In this deplorable fituatien a sloop from Warren, bound
for Maryland, happily hove in fight, took cut the
crew, with about 200 b r:e:s of flour, and arrived at
Newport 011 Sunday evening lafl.
N E W-LONDO N, July 25
Mr. Green,
We think it our duty to inform the public, that last
week, on application being made to fir Guy Carleton,
he gave an order for apprehending a number of people
that were counterfeiting and paff+ng Morris's and Hil
ligas's notes, several of them being apprehended, viz.
William May, formerly a chaplain in the American
army, belonging to Brimfield Massachusetts ; Sylv<f
ter Lyon, of Woodflock, Connecticut : Lemuel Ni
chols, of Waterbury, Connecticut; and'upon search,
the printer, whose name was Poor, was taken with all
his tipes, blanks signed, and paper, &c. On appre
hending the printer, they found one Forward, at his
office, employed in figging them, he is a refugee from
Windsor in Conneaicut, and two others, one a refu
gee from Waterbury, named Nichols, the other Den
nis Flinn, from Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The prin
ter had counterfeit money of every kind, nearly two
hogsheads; the greatest part were fifteen dollar notes,
poorly executed. General Carleton has promised to
fend them to general Washington. A. B. C.
ALBAN Y, July 28.
Last Tuesday arrived in this city, on his way to
Canada, the honorable major general baron Steuben ;
he was received by the inhabitants, in a manner Irrita
ble to a perfen of his difiinguifhed charafbr.
During the course of lafl week, many of our soldiers
who have been prisoners in Canada arrived in this city,
having been released by the British commanding officer
in that quarter.
F I S H-K I L L, August 7.
On Monday last a very refpedable number of the
citizens of New-York, who in the cause oftheir country
have submitted to a (even years exile, with unparal
leled fortitude and patriotism ; assembled at colonel
Griffin's near Fifh-KiH, in consequence of the notifica
tion in this paper of the tweeny-fourth and thirty
firft of July lafl. We have not been favoured with a
particular account of the tranfaßions of the meeting,
but are informed that the following gentlemen were
chosen as a committee for certain purposes, and are to
meet at Newburgh on Monday the 18th inflant, viz.
major general M'Dougal, colonel Lamb, colonel Mal
com, colone Lasher, colonel Hughes, major Campbell,
major Bradford.
C FI A THAM, Augul 6.
The fenare and house of representatives of Massachu
setts Bay, the 10th ult. palled an as lfor levying an
impost of five per centum, ad valorem, on all nails,
looking glasses, china, plats, eartbero and dope ware ;
and an impost of two and half per centum, ad valorem,
at the time and place of importation on at) other goods,
wares, and merchandize that (hall b^brought into the
commonwealth by land or water, (except hemp and
fait, and such articles as are the manufacture and
growth of the United States of America) that (had be
landed or unloaded within the fame.
The best informed gentlemen give it as their opinion,
that the British will leave New-York early in the
month of October.
^1 of ancierd tights, which their forefathers enjoy
e:l. an telrittfh con. itution warrants. They request
the am inflation ofto one rotten Burgh, nor ary ad
ditin to ihrir representation in parliament. This
therefore is no innovation. They however think it
abfurl tbit 15 or 20 men, (elf-ele ^ed, and felf exist
ent., ill nil hold the exclusive management of every
public * ma ter, arid (peak the unauthorifed sense of as
many thousand. The citizens of Edinburgh have ful
ly declared for the reform, but their petition is only n
peparation; and other Burghs are in the fame fitua
tioo. Fr from being ended the burgesses of Scotland
have only began to move in the bufinefs>and, by their
union and perseverance, mull prevail in arequeft so
renfonabh.
Anecdote. — A refugee from this date, w|i6 form
erly resided at Elizabeth Town, giving in his name at
the office in New York, as one who meant to go off,
was interrogated as to the place of his former rehdence,
and where, if his willies wtrf complied with, he would
go, replied, <c I formerly resided in Paradise, but am
" now bound to Hell /---alluding to that place of pe
nance, Nova-Scarcity.
CHARLESTaW N, (South-Carolina) June
WHIG I\N TELLIG E N C E.
By accounts from Georgia, we are informed, that a
certain Maxwell, esquire, an ancient resident
of that date, and a fugitive to the enemy, had (in con
sequence of having been legally prescribed,and his estate
confifeated by the legislature) petitioned the late as
sembly for re-admission to citizenship, and to the full
enjoyment of his property. His petition having been
rejected by the legislature, he, like other political cai
tifs, fugitives from the sister-slates, had adopted the
plan of obtruding himfelf upon the Georgians, and
throwing himfelf, at all events, on the mercy of an
exafperated.and rejuftant people.—The executive of
the Hare, ceaftd (it is said) to execute the law, and Mr.
Maxwell walked at large, for some time, in the presence
of an incensed and disgusted populace.— In the re^efs of
the assembly, he was permitted, (it is affirmed) by the
governor, to reside on his confifeated estate, 'til further
orders, —but his residence proved to be of fhorc conti
nuance—in a few days, he was not in being.
American and Scotch tories of Augufline, who have
lately icfulttd the American flag, and you ancient ci
tizens of this land, (who have adhered to the enemy)
and who yet impose yourfelv.es on these Bates, as Bri
4ifh fubje^s—it belongs to you to contemplate Max
well's merited exit and defliny!
RICHMO N D, (Virginia) August 2.
df (fays a corre(pondent) the other Bates were to
adopt a similar mode with this Bate, to prevent the
return of the refugees, there would be 110 necessity for
the people flepping forth to remedy this glaring public
evil; for we find the governor's proclamation has been
complied with, a number having already d parted the
Bate in consequence of it ; and if any remain, they
know they are fubjed so the proclamation, which will
inevitably be rigorotfiy executed, the citizens being
determined to put it in force.
A correspondent observes, that general Washington's
circular le ter, intituled his Legacy, must (if possible)
convey a greater idea of that illustrious character, than
his unparalleled prudence, and wife condufl during
the war.
'' Fnvy itfelf i; dumb, in wonder loft,
" And fadiGns drive who shall applaud him moll."
Philadelphia, August 12.
Captain Dalton, fuperintendant of Indian ass irs for
the United States, arrived here last week from Canada,
which he left about a month since, in company with 2001
Americans, who are at length happily liber^ed f om a
cruel captivity with the savages. But he % sorry to
inform us that there are a number of unfortunate fel
low fufferers, who are Bill retained as prisoners by the
Indians. Toe (offerings of captain Dalton and his lady
have been very great, both having been many years
prisoners with the enemy, and forced to endure the.
most cruel treatment from their captors. For the h
tisfaaion of their friends, captain Dalton has given %
lift of the unhappy people who are confined chiefly
among the fix nations, viz. the Shawnefe, Delawares,
Munfeys, Oniaftenaws, Putawawtawmaws, &c. &c.
The Lift is as follows:
James Grey, Jonathan Gold, James Stewart, George
Fuks, Elizabeth Fulks, Mrs. Brown and three chil
dren, Jonathan Long, Mary Long, Barbary M'Fall,
J>hn M'Fad, Rucy Lion, Hugh Stear, Thomas Wil
liams, Katy Dundas, John Jones, Mary Jones, Mary
M'L e, Susy M'Lee, Ann M Lee, Abraham White
ker, Kennit Morris, Hannah Burk, William Morgan,
James Rogers, Jonathan Trimble, William Hitchkok,
Edmund Keer, Sarah Wilson, Nicholas Wilson, Ni
cholas Oatman, Margaret Sheerer, John Turney, Jo
seph Wilson, William Bangle, John Barton, Adam
Shoemaker, John Dumf@rd, Ambrose White, Jonathan
Troy, Adam Brown, Francis Colaway, James Barley,
Abraham Coore, Mary Emerick, Silvester Ash, Geo-
Ash, Henry Asa, Abraham Afb,l(aac Ash, Jtffe Bland,
Betsey Poke, Isaac Davis, Mary Denton, George Lech,
Valentine Lawrens, Jonathan Hicks, Martin Coile,
Barbary Coile, Criflin Coile, Barbary Coile, Margaret:
Baker, Betfe, M'Cermick, James Cooper, Benjamin
Brooks, Polly Francis, Betsey Plum°r, Nancy Daron,
Mary Kennedy and twochildren, Peggy Fauland, Katy
Sicks, Katy Etelmaw, David Etelmaw, Daniel Eriiraaw,
Elizabeth Fisher, Frederick Fisher, George Mawfit,
Henry Calaway, Polly Whitmon and her filler. Bar
bary Burger. Jonathan Calaway, Jones Hoy, Peggy
Paulin, Charles M'Lane, Timothy Dormin and his
wife, Jonathan Wilson, Jonathan Hanna, Rachel
M'Kutchy, Darkey Miller, Nancy Marrin, James
M'Swine, Reeky Lee, Sally L p e, Thomas L^, Jona
than Delong, lames Crawford, Betsey M'Caumin & (on,
James Cain, Miller, Whitts, Calaway,
— Ward,Samuel Davis, Isaac Riddle and two brothers,
Elizabeth Turner, Charles Mitchell, Polly Michell,
Sally Whirenire, Andrew Armdror^ and his sister,
Lahey Malate, Robert Nealie, Elijah Mathews, Ste
phen Parish, James D?vifon, Henry Li&ers, Jacob
Vingordor, Alexander Thomson, Jonathan keddpek,
William Betramin, Robert Cruders, Elijah Hunt,
Adam Templeman, Jonathan Shull, —- — Pankburn,.
Samuel Prohor, Joseph Newman, Zophar Hawkins,
Rudolph House and his brother, Nelly Smith, Katy
Rinkl% Betsey Doherty, Polly M'Curdy, Mrs. Herf
ler and four children, Joseph Smith, David Price, Ki
jah Paterson.
Captain Dalton fays, that on their way home,
ithrough Canada, they experienced the mod polite treat-
Imem from tie English officers, but wer^ more than
I once abused by different parties of tnofe wretches who
1 had fl.d to Canada from the back parts of the United