The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-12-28 00:00:00, page 3

The Raphael Archangel, homeward bound to Cronftadf,
bufeed at sea, and vent to the bottom. # The Captain
and the crew were three days and tiree nights on a rock,
till released front this aider able situation by a Dutch ves
sel.,
There are now upwards of 40 privateers, great and
finaM, lying in the several ports in the counties of Kent
and SuffexT with their men concealed, and their vessels
ready for sea, but cannot go out on account of the embar
go that now exifts.—Wbat a pity it is that government
do not take them into the service as cruizers, which are
so much wanted.
Yesterday the owners of the Brut us privateer, belong
ing to London, received an account from Capt. Hill, that
he had, in company with the Lively privateer, fell in with
,Spanish galleon, which they engaged for near three hours;
but not feeing the least brobability of success, mutually
Agreed both to leave her. She carried upwards of fifty
guns, and is said to have had a million of specie on board.
The mail mentions her arrival at Cadiz.
Captain Huchins, of the 6ath regiment, "who was on
Tuesday examined at Lord George Germain's office, for
carrying on a treasonable correspondence with the French
any Spaniards, and committed to prifero, which makes
tne third person apprehended for those pradices since Fri
lylaft. He was again examined yesterday at Lord
George Germain's office, and the proofs appearing Wronger
again ft hini, was remanded back to prison.
Captain Hutchins,l was in 1763, a Lieutenant in the
firft battalion of the ^oyat Americans, under Gen. Boh
«uet, with| whom he went upon an expedition against the
Indians in America, when the General relieved Fort Pitt,
which was at that time besieged by the enemy, and
brought over a vast number of the Shawanefe to the Bri
tri interest. Capt. M——wis born in the lower Counties
upon the Delaware, esteemed a good officer, a gentleman,
and most excellent draughtfman, having about the year a
bove mentioned published very accurate charts ofmoft of
the rivers, lakes, &c. belonging to the Britrfh America#
settlements. . .
The Rev. Henry Bate, Mader of Arts, is appointed
a Juflice of the Peace for the county of Essex. We (hall
make no comment on his promotion, other than to an
nounce the intelligence to the public.
We are forrry to hear, that notwithstanding the utmost
attention ofthelew French, who took St. Vincent s, that
themoft cruel depredations have been committed by the
Caribbs, on the property of the English planters , at the
fame time tkat it would give no man of humanity much
concern, had the just revenge es theft persecuted men been
pointed only at those needy adventurers, who for the gra
tification of their avarice, and contrary to every principle
or pretence of justice, " cried havoc, and let loefe the dogs
look to it.
Administration has set on foot a subscription in
several parts of the kingdom, for the more cff&Hual pro
pagtion of the Gospel in America. There is something
extremely laughable in this Miaifterial manoeuvre. It
would have us fuppefe, that our Ihameful defeats in Ame
rica, have been so many glorious victories, and that we
are fill in possession of a country, which folly, treachery,
and corruption, have loft forever to this kingdom. The
truth is, America is no longer our's, and the fubfoiptions
railed under the pretence of their being approbated to
the purpose of propagating the Gospel, are to 6® ©upend
ed amougft those reverend worthies in America, that have
tfpoufed England in her unjust claim on that country.
The trap is artfully laid , but few, it is to be hoped, will
be patched in it. Beal and disgraced abroad, and unable
to defend ourselves at home, we t&k of propogatiag the
Gospel, in a country from whence we are driven with
loss and with fllame! But according to Lord North's
maxim on a late parliamentary difiuffion, of the naval
expenditures, “ monies raised by government for one pur
pose, may be applied to any other woartoever." And
thus the Minifleriai Clergy in America, are to be enrich
ed out of the pockets of tnofe whom they have endeavour
ed to enflava. This is likewise another infiance of .the
wisdom and confidence of the pref nt adminiftra.ion.
With the sword in one hand, and the Gospel in the other,
a whole nation is to be destroyed and saved at the fame
time! n
The breach between the Gower and North patty mult
cem^ '0 some determination before the meeting of Parlia
ment.' as at the prefect neither party will do buhnefa
"wehear that his Royal Hignefs the Duke of Cumber
l^d Solicited for a command in the prefect fleet, but was
refufed—under the cold compliment, that it was too much
to rifiue two Prints of the Blood at one time
Notwithstanding all the reports about peace being on the
carpet,,we can assure the public there is no such thing,
though a fertile begging pardon and a train ot unmanly,
unconftimtional conceffionsa^off^d to the Courts
France and Spam, to secure t^e Minifies in th.ir place..A.
peace we underhand to be a mutual acqm e ! e nc e in two,
more powers to put an end te which a profttut^
on of honour and dignity on ^ fide cannot be t^d toe.-
fe&, though the negotiators by such a prostitution may
for a time save their own bacon.
of war upon them "
All the private letters from the Weft-Indies, agree in
the cenftant depredations committed by the French fri
gates and sizers on their trade, even in fight of the En
glish. fleet, which is obliged to watch D'Eftaing, and can
not (pare frigates or other veffela to proted them. The
iflaads arein daly alarm, and a grand attack on Jam rich
toy the French and Spaniards, is esteemed an unavoidable
event. So much for cur Superiority in the Weft Indies !
The capitulation ofSt. Vincent's it in town, but fup
pretfed by government, although es the utmost importance
to the unfortunate individuals who have property in that
island. Let any impartial man compare cue paltry, petti
fogging detail of taking a few small craft in the Court Ga
zette of Tuesday, with the innumerable, wretched con
cealments of the most important evtaa, both to the pub,
lie, and to private perlons, and fay whether this is not a
government of private inhumanity and public insult, able
and contemptible fyfiem of expedients and patchwork,
whicn dehrvesnot the support, but the contempt, the in
dignation, the refentmeat of a betrayed and injured
country?
Nineteen firft and second rates, will be usually ready
for sea from the different dock yards in France by the firft
of January next. This is a sea, let Lord Sandwich
WHEREAS, in the unsettled Bate of public affairs,
during the war with Great-Britain, the neceflities of
the United Colonies or Stages induced their officers to take
possession of the lands of divers persona, inhabitants of this
Commonwealth, for public wfe, and have at the public
expence ereßed thereon barracks, hospitals, stables, store
houses, and other buildings. AND WHEREAS
the Honorable the Congress of the United States of Ame
rica, by their Resolve dated the 23d of July lafi, have re
commended that suitable provision be made by a law for
preserving the fame buildings, &ad for punifting those who
shall seize upon or injure the fame ; and in force instances
vest the ground on which such buildings are traded in the
United States.
Be it therefore enaded, and it is hereby beaded by the
Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of
Ptnnfylvania in General Assembly met, and by the au
thority of the fame, That all aad every the buildings
aforefaid, with so much of the land adjoining as may be
necessary for the purpose for which such buiTdin gs were
ereaed, be vested in the United States during the war;
and that the said United States be fully authorized and
impowernd to sue and maintain any adion or actions at
law against all and every person or perlons who shall com
mit any wafle or trespass thereon within this Common
wealth.
Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority
aforefaid, That nothing in this Aft contained fliall extend
to the juflifying any eniry made, or pofcffion taken, of
the lands or real estate ofasy person or persons within this
Commonwealth, without the consent of the owner, from
and after the firft day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thoufaud (even hundred and seventy nine, or te vest
the fam® land so entered upon or possessed since that time
in the said United States.
And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid,
That whensoever in any safe it ihall or may be found con
yeoiant or proper to remove any @f the said buildings
which are remeveable, the United States, or their officers
duly appointed, fliall and may be fully authorifed so to do,
whether the fame buildings were erected before ths said
firft of January, One thousand (even hundred and seventy
nine, or since ; and that in all cases where the fame buihj
inga shall be so removed, all title, interest and property of
the said United States of, io and to the lands whereon the
said buildings shall have been ere&d, full from thence
forth cease and determine.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That in all cases where the title of the lands are in and by
this Aft vested in the United States during the war, the
original owner or owners of the land, or the tenant or te.
nants, shall receive from the United States a reasonable
rent for the fame, according to the valuation of the said
lands, exclusive of the fame buildings, to be appraised by
three indifferent ,appraife^, one of whom shall be ch^fen
by the United States or their officer, one by the said
owner or owners, and a third by the two so as aforefaid
chosen; and that in case of therefufal of the United States
or their offices, to choose, the owner or owners, shall and
may after full notice given, choose two proper persons,
and the two perfens so choftn shall choose a thirds
And be it further enured by the authority aforefaid,
That from end after the termination of the present war
with Great-Britain, it shall and may be lawful to, and for
the United State, ®r their officers duly authorifed, in all
cases where the said buildings are no longer necessary,
or where the owner will wot agree to proper terms for con
tinuing the fame buildings, to remove the fame, or pull
down and remove the materials, and the fame to fell and
dispose of, or to fell the fame buildings as they than Band,
to the owner or owners of the land, or any other person
or persons, according as to them shall seem most advanta-
And be it further ena^ed by the authority aforefaid,
That the United States of America, by the name afore
faid, shall be able and capable within this Commonwealth,
now and at all times hereafter to purchase, takeand hold
lands, houses, hereditaments and real estates for the pur
pose of erecting and maintaining necessary public build
ings thereon, by the gift, grant, bargain, sale, release,
enfeoffment, alienation or devise, of all or any person or
perfoni whatloever able and capable to make the fame,
and that the fame fliall, be and remain fubjea to the dis
position and appropriation of the Honorable Congress of
the United States of America, according to such estate and
estates therein, as in and by the grant or conveyance
thereof shall or may be specified and contained.
However Shocking itmay appear, we are arrived to such
an extreme pitch of nonchalance in the amor patriae at
present, that a very ceafiderable member of Administra
tion in a public company a few days ago made no scruple
of declaring should the war' not be concluded in a very
little time, we must only have recourse to the French mode
of railing money, wiping off with a wet finger the national
debt.„
A letter from Plymouth fays, that those inhabitants
which left the town for fear it should be bombarded, are
returned and all is quiet ; the commanding officer of the
forces is highly blamed, for being in such a hurry to cut
down the fine grove at Mount Edgeumbe, because, the
letter fays, some pieces of cannon properly placed, would
have prevented the enemy from landing near it.
In ASSEMBLY, November s/, 1779° '
The Bill intitled " An Aft for the preservation of buil
dings, ereded upon the lands of divert inhabitants of this
Commonwealth, for the ufe'of the United States," &c. &c.
was read the second time, and being debated by para
rgaphs, was ordered to be tranferibed for, the third reg
ing, and in the mean time printed for confideratioti.
Extras from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An AC T for the PrtDrvition of Building, 6M&tdwon
the lands of divers Inhabitants of this Commonwealth,
fur the use of the United States, and vefli% fech 'and
with the Buildings in the United States during the pre
sent war, and to punish persons for waste or trespasses
made or committed thereon, and for other purpofee
therein mentioned.
PHILADELPHIA.
The following letters were found on board a vessel lately
taken on her passage from St. Au^uftine to Antigua.
Extr^a of a letter from John Tunno, at St. Angufiine,
to Messrs. Jarves and Scott, Merchants, in Antigua.
Gentlemen,,
' " I f the two Carolinas and Georgia are reduced (my
former connections being there) it will fait r^y interest be
yond what I have lately expected/ My best Lrvices where
ever lam you will please to command. The produce of
your island must in my opinion fell well, as the article of
rum particularly advanced toa high price at New-York on
the different embarkations taking place; no supplies from
this can be sent but what is trifling. Colonel Campbell
will have fix thousand men under his command, with
which we are told he is to penetrate into the back country
of South-Carolina, in order to open a communication with
the loyalists of North- Carolina, who ar^ said to be nume
rous ; the plan carr.es with it a probability of feccefs, and
time must evince the truth of the, experiment.''
Extras of a letter from Joseph Farley, at St. Augustine,
to Lewis jotinhon, Esq; Naval Officer in Antigua.
St. Augufiine, July 30, 1779.
/" Sir James Wright, Lieut. Gov. Graham, and Mr,
Stokes, C. J. &C. are arrived, and have taken poffeflrhn
of their several departments ; great matters are new ex
peßed to happen from their arrival, having come cut with
full and particular inftruaions refpeaing the eflablifhing
of order, &c. and proceedings in that province. Georgia
at all events will ce secured, ,nd it is thought the other
foutHern provinces this wiener : we know how easily Caro
lina can be conquered when set seriously and properly
about Col. Campbell did me the honor of appointing
me Prov. Mar. of the province, which I make no doubt
will be continued by Sir Jamfi Wright: at present there
is little done in that department, but a short time hence I
fancy will fill nay hands."
Extra& of a letter from Panton, Forbes and Co. at St,
Auguftine,to Messrs. John and Alexander Campbell, in
Antigua.
Gentlemen^ . St. Augufiine, Augufl 2, 1779.
" We are favored with yours of the ill June, which
reached us the 23d ult. and we embrace this opportunity
to prevent if possible your fending Negroes to Georgia.
The impression lately made in the province of South Ca
rolina by our troops has given privateers and others such
an opening, that many hundred slaves have been lately ta
ken and fold at this place and Savannah: Indeed we are
so much over- flocked with them, that some persons at Sa
vannah are attempting to fend them to the islands upon
speculation. This (hews that Negroes will by no means
answer at the present jundure, and makes us anxious to
dissuade you from so hazardous an adventure.
“ The disappointment Genera! Prevolt has met; with in
his expedation of taking Charleftown, will convince the
Commander in Chief that a very refpedable force is recui
fite to reduce that opulent and powerful country, and as
we have no doubt it will be an objed of attention the ap
proaching winter, Georgia will be a great market for rum
and other liquors. Very large supplies of prize sugar and
coffee has kept down the price of these articles for a long
while past ; but the confomption of rum is so great that
hardly any supply is equal to it."
Extra& of a letter from Peter Edwards, at St. Augufiine,
to Lewis Johnston, Esq; Naval Officer at Antigua.
St. Augufiine, August 14, 1779.
'' I have lately returned from Georgia. You have
heard I suppose of the melancholy fate of rcy dear bro
ther, Alexander Martin ; he unhappily fell in arms on
the day Savannah was taken. Poor fellow! easily per
suaded, or rather excited b, his intrepid spirit---having
been branded with the epithet of coward by some who dare
not face him—-fell a facrifice in supporting a cause his
heart abhorred. How much grief Mrs. Edwards and my
ftlf must have experienced on the melancholy cccafion,
your own feelings will suggest. Sorry am Ito inform
you," that little diftinaion is paid to loyalists; ravage and
plunder take place indiscriminately. Poor Georgia has
really been sadly ransacked---You would not know Aber
com scarcely-—the house only remains. God only knows
when, and where our troubles will end---For my part, I
view peace farther distant than we left Georgia, and was
I writing by an armed vessel, I would write you more
fully on toil fubjea.''
*l* The Meeting of the Trustees of the University,
which was ordered to be held on Tuesday next, is post
poned to Wednesday evening next, at Six o'clock, when
the Trustees are to meet in the Council Chamber.
By order, J. B. SMIT H.
XM^MMM%MXWI4XXXM?O(X^
TO B EL E T,
Ard may be entered on the firft of April next,
The SHIP TAVERN and FARM,
On Lancaster Road. ALSO,
A LOT conveniently Glutted in Gt m^ntown, on
which there is a good orchard of apple-tree#.
The terms may be known by applying to D0&or
THOMAS PARKE, in Fowth-ft eet, Phila
delphia.
SEA COAL MIN E.
TO BE, SOL D,
TH E right ot a fourth (hire, situated in the State of
= Conneaicut, in the Township of Middletown, 3-
bout one mile from the river. The title is indisputable,
and small faropies of the Coal may be seen at the sub
scriber's, eppofite Rafe's Vendue Store in Front-fireet,
Philadelphia, where further particulars may be known.
THOMAS BEDWELL.
Philadelphia, F^tember 15.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of James
Coffee, late of this city, Blacksmith, d^ceated,
are requeued to m # ke immediate payment : And all
those that have any demands a^ainft said elite are de
sired to bring in their accompts, propeily proved, that
they may be fettled and paid by
REBECCA COFFEE, Adminift^trix.