Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-02-18 00:00:00, page 2

'^ith him in humbling his (editions firife&s; and as his.[
Admiral and General -are fti 1 extending the arms of ;
mercy for the gracious reception of thole who *.'! ret
return to their duty and allegiance ; for Hufen's fake,
,e poor deluded; mfguided, bewildered, cajoled mid bam
brzeded Whigs ! "ye dumbfounded, infatuated, back
bedridden, 'voje-kd abcut, pripfridden, demagogue-be
foackled af+Cengrefs-becrafted iSpEPENDEMTS, fl,'®',
okfly for proteaira co the royalfartdard, oryewill be fwefet
from the face of the earthwith tbe,ejom oj defnuElion, dad
cannonaded in a moment, into nudities andi^x^entitie; and
no mortal can tell into what other kind of quiddities and
quoddities.:
From the London. Gazette, O^oker 10.
y, A N-A W AY from St. James's, an old ferVant
L'^ c^Wed Common-Sense and henefy, so, merly belong
ing to bis late M : efty George IL arid by him imported
from Hanover. Re served the old King faithfully, and
was of gr^at service in procuring him the esteem and af
fe&icn of all hrs' fuhfras. But being conft?ntl[made a
laughing flock by the Lords Bute and Mansfield liner: his
Majed's demrfe, he took the resolution, Suddenly to
absent himfelf from Court. His present owner, it is
Aid, is very indifferent whether he ever returns or not,
having by the at ts and nrifrefcfentations of those noble
men, and others, taken a prejudice against him; but.
some of the people who knew the old king, arid the re
gard he had for this vfeful.fervent, have authorifed the.
Printer to promise Five Thdufand Pounds reward, to
any person who (hall bring him. back to the Palace, and
prevail upon him to continue only one month longer in
bis Majesty's fcrvice.
N E. W-Y 0 R K.
His Majesty, ever ft-udiom of rewarding exemplary
merit, and particularly ni GcniPzing martial prowess
with the molt ^tftmguifhing marks of his rpysl approba
tion, has Lent o< r er the Feather of a Peacock's tail of fin-'
gular length and luftrc; which was last week tt^ixed to
the cap of .one of the Conquerors .of America (ah illus
trious proof of his Majesty's deep sense of that hero's un
paralebed exploits agarrift the rebels'!) with all:the:cere
mony and f^iendor fairable to the pomposity of the oc
cation.
•We hear from every part of the country, that the re
markable warm weather we have had during the ptefent
winter, the like of which Tas never kndwn before, hit?
carried.th? wool of,ail the American foeep to turn into
hair, as is usual with that animal in warm climates'—
A maffefi judgment of Providence to compel the rebels to
return to their dependence Upon Great- Britain, -or peryh for
want of cioatking !^
It is £cneraUv fupn6fed that if any thing besides the
want of woollens., will oblige 'the Americans to foe for a
recon Gi^bm ^ithlbe mother country, it will-be the
interpret* mos the Ladies, who have been so lavish in
the mbn4trous size and longitude &theb 'head-drefs, that
the materials of which their caps'are compo'el (which
are ad British) will soon be expended : Arid then bare
heads or o ace upon any term?.
P R O C L A M ATTO N.
T%, H'E REAS bv our d%laratiba«W. the ,4th of
V▼ folv arid the 19th of September lift, in puHuhnee
of hrs Mrpßy's m .ft gracious intentions neither to rob,'
plunder or left cy any perlon >r perlons whatsoever who
& u!d voluntarily, and of their own free Wil a?nd ac
cord, ferriedr their elates ard effects into cur hands,
and their perTas to eternal Londa e, ail fach parens
were promiled a free a dg-ner.d pardon : ANDWHERE
as, notwit/Ha ring the raid declarations, and the laud
able example of 'nc-any.who were by that means -indited
to betray their native -country, and have in con Sequence
there A already reaped toe unspeakable hen+T: -of living
in New-York upon fait nrovihors, or being defpifv! at
home by all the rest of their corr/rymert; teverai bodies
of rnY are nevertheless determined to vindicate thel{'
natural and civil rights, by open arms, in minifelt
counter vention of his Mrijeßyri meft gracious purpose, of
reducing America to fra very,, in the thrift .peaceable and
-unexceptionable manner. Now in order to the more
eh' &uai accornpLlhment o' his M-jettTs said gracious
intentions:; and that his mild &hd unlimited dominion
may be cftxblilhed without the further rfufion of British
or G-Vian blood-,or expenditureof Euglifh traafure-;
and duly cenhdermg the expediency of liming the time
in whi h fuchpaidon a< a'crefaid flull be granted (lnt
his Mj tty's troops fbouhl the mean while be diminished
by death arid detention, and the nation become bankrupt
by an enormous protracted exoenct) and of so citying
the 'terms.-upon which- only the fame mail a6d rhay be
obtained We do, in eis Majesty's name, and by
virtue or the powers committed to us as.P^nippuratiaries
for abqhfhmg'tne conhouHond lights 0* America, and
augmenting and accumioajng all grievances heret fire
coinfLined ot, hereby charge and command all nerfons
whatsoever who have taken up arms againri-the I frit and
most honourable of all lyftems of government, arbitrary
and deffotic.power, forthwith <o abandon their c untrv,
to be pillaged bi the Briufh f@-C4fr.m4 foreign mercena
ries; and to be.peacQl; and quia /pe&tors of what
ever tetflttten and Slaughter we (had graciously think
p roerto penetrate. And We do al 0 charge and
command ad persons who have been choten by the pro
p> m th^exL^otk of their d&flrefs find after his Ma
jetty -as mob j^ orily pbafeti to rfj-& their Supplica
tions and adrireff^) for the traitorous pw.pofe .of coun ,
felting them in t^eic tribulation, and finally dir &bg
their operations fur op^ofing the-neceffacy-hoftdioes of
G:cat-Britain, to defittdrom all such nefarious &ings
and doings, fa that we may obtain tut peaceable peg frm
of toe Comment, without any -more fighting 0 blood
ffitd; that the inhabitants ma be delivered from the
trouble of hiking rare of their own property— that a re
mission ofthe ab,mmable fin of patriotism may reflate
to the guilty peace .nd tranquility of oeafcieace, anl
every perl ri irfanfly reap the benefit of laying out the
one h ^ of his future earnings in the toy-shops of Lon
don, and .void the refidue.during the wiil and pleasure
of iheC-o^n and Parrameat. And We do hereby
declare and make know. -0 all m% that every person
who, within Sixty Days from the-day of Ah? dote
h^eo', riai apoe^^ ^a^ proper duthortty, and shalt
claim rhe bemtit-of this pardon, and at the fame time
fable he a debuatiau in the words following '< lA. B
"de ^mife arm •declare that I will remain cpiet and
" Ruud iuoaoidils and unaife&ed as a statue while the
'" Heffans destroy my property, end murder my sons in 1
1" cold, blood ; and while the'Britifh officers ravish my 1
" wife 3rd'd&’f,ters Before my faCe,'and bo^li cc ope- ;
“ ratety fire and fwerd in desolating my native coun-|
" try, qnd reducing millions 'of my feliow citizens to ,
“ ignominious and everhftmg vsffdage," Ihall and may
obtain a free and full pardon of all the treasons which be
never committed, and of the forfeiture of all his estate
after he has none Jest.
Given at hfw-rork, the tbirlftb dev rfNoveKiber,^^
QU OMODO.
W. QUOMODO.
We hear from 'Conneaicut, that a put cf fait has been
fold for ;1. lawful money ; but it mutt be observed that
the consideration was paid in Continental currency—--.^/:
irrefragable proof a: voell oj ibeimmen/e scarcity of salt, as
!of.the incredible depreciation of the dirty trail tbat ^as bar
tcred away for it.
Three of his Majesty's Bat-bottomed boats, carrying
two swivels a-piece and manned With ten hands, defcry,l
ing four of the 'American nivy 0. 16 ^uris each, hear
Block-ifand, immediately gave chace to the enemy ; but
the wind being fair, the r^bri Beet cut-failed the purfu-,
ers; when fudder.l, turning right ri-head, mid the royal
boats having the advantage ripen the wind, they fooh
overtook the rebels, and after a finart engagement for
- three gh'ffes, blew up one, funk another, and after kill
-ing the Captain, Lieutenant, and nine-tenths of the
- ofehe other two, bearded them arid have brought
them fafe into this port.
It is now fully ascertained that when the Cohgrefs fit ft
heard of the British troops taking poT/fHdn ofßnmfwick,-
they were thrown into such ccnl^rn'ation in the recepta
cle of hig'h.Trea-on and rebellion, where they were then
affcmblea, that jeM Hancock darted head foremoft thro'
the door before it could be cpeped, carrying with him
above halfapunnet; rind ^^A'/ AdaMc^ot cut through
rhe top of the' ,chimney, and leapt down from the reef .
of the State-house; and the whole band of cohfyir^tofs, :
withetitwaiting for horft or carriages, ran^off a foot to
Baltimore, and there immediately embarked on board
of a pilot-boat, and have tuvrr 'b?en he^rd of'fince, tho'
it is generally fnppokd they are failed for Frartce.
Kfatefday lafrfwe of the Hghfhorf<rri?et forty - three of
the „rfy militia -between Ertikfwick and .Milftoe with
two brads firid pieces when an engagement endued, in .
: which'the Lghrho/fi without so much as receiving a
want, -killed every one of the rebels upon the spot, and.
brought off tbefcld pieces to head-quarters.
Lately invented, a curious hvdrrtrfic inftrumen't,
which will make any piffle, guinea or half Jo, weight a
twentieth part more, by clipping off a'6oth part. By ,
M jar General 48—.
F inled by ,I ugh Gaine, and given gratis, The Mirror -
of Pfercy, or Tri Frimrofe pj Fa%w%r endC^ny ; flaw
ing hov every Ic,al American may pe'ferve th^ frill and
free poffeffroo cf-his whole elate ^4 and personal, by"
liilering the B itrft Parliament to deprive, him of nine
tent^s cf it; edited by h;s:mcft g'^ciouS Majesty's most
gracious Ibenipocentiaries. C/rta^ly nothing can more
pull, demonfrale the Actuation of the reads, and their
vjojztyeductunfy a few erful a%d ambtUota demagoyees,
than tbef mi beimrurwe fatty convinced oj ibeir true mte
.ref by toe uoaywt falle reasons {obtained in this precious
and tnejitma^e pu&.ccaKd/i^ th uyb totbe honour gJ the wife
and loyal, it mufi be acknowledged flat thousands, being
perfectly cured oj their obduracy f, this mdiifag cordial,
daily flock to the royal standard, ord pretend t o other im
pe haunt againf fvht^g ter their Sovereign, dhan their
natural -and incurable -cowardice,
Compounded anrttb be fold by Dr. M'K—, a medical
p'evaration that will enable an American pr¥oner to
fu ,fift comfortably and growfat upon ^ arid ahaHpounds
of beef, and g pounds of bread per week.
Foe Commander ir'Chief having found from repeated
exptiim^ut, th/t ^otwirhitaiwbng the knopm bravery of
t.''','™^'"^' dorfe, theimmenfe woods and numerous .
uefiles iii-this detat-covniry render it impra&iciblc to :
prevent the ^mhurades ofthe enemy, which has lately
made our cavalry lets formidable to the rebels than was r
expr&ed, his Excellency has made application to his
Mj<tr so- 2000 Ruffars, thr fime number ofPandours,
and is o o Crva &i who are initially to nun upon the
enemy without knowing wheie they be, and to cut them
- down with their fttrefs wUhout feeing them.
„We can now inform our readers wuh undoubted cer
''" "'" *' 'deteritYrf the rebels at Frinceton,
Mr. %/frfyrn rendczvaul&l tbc4em d ms.of his routed
forces at Wlfone, and parading them over the mouth' of
a tof cirenecus cavern, to which the Loyalists in that
neigubourhoQd nad purposely dire&ed him, the furface
lu Idenly gave way, and his whole a >my linking into the
bottom of the cavern, the earth ciofed ove + hem as it did
ovzr Datban, Korab and dfom. A notable ifonce of
the Divine vengeance again, fab caufelfs treafox and re
bellion !
Pi^itec and ^old by Hugo Lucre, under the infpeaicn
and bfpermiffion of martial authority, in Never York in
Ga echoing Square, oppofte to Rhodom nt^o Alley,
at ike jgn of lue Cr^wn against the B*ble, where all
persons may be supplied wiik Fal e Jmelligt nee per hard
money, and with lluthupon no teirns whatsoever.
^^^'^^
WTLLIAMS-BU'RG, (Virginia) fanuary qi.
CT^'P brave Col. RICHARD CASWELL, who ef
„X feffually broke up the North -Carolina insurgent:,
is appointed Governor of that State, and arrived at New
bern the 13th instant, where he was received with •all
poflible marks -of dhtindion.
D V ,J? ~R T I SEME NT.
/4 Majesty s troeps now in this city intend to re
""" !? ^intelves the pleafare of setting it on fire
w .en^vei Mi. Flafoington &A\ compel them to evacuate
1i tne naive inhabitants are tlr buy prohibited to make
^ny juem^uie conflagration of that metropolis; and the
Prevent their depriving the array of
honour, all the citizens are ftri&ly charged and
commanded to goto bed in thedark, and to cock their
victuals without fuel, or they may expe& the fame pun
iihment that was i/fl cted on a former occasion (when
the town took fire by accident) of being thrown alive
into the flames. R. City-Governor and absolute
Proprietary of New-York.
-fro^fe Westminster Jour Nm, tf-Nortefr %%
(lately fokenin.aprize, fafek'rtefcf&UoSTON, cue
bsrufexted^sd the filtering articles cf intelligence,-^,hi.
B A R C E 1 .O N 'A, \k,ain) dug. 1.
^^ HE last letters from Madrid, auviie, th^ the
Court has determined to tend acorps of too meh
to America, with alLpoffiSle exped'rion.
The squadron of Don Michael GGtcr/ is returned to.
Cadiz, after having finiffied Bis cruize oh the ceafts cf
Portugal.,
Parts, Nov. to. Frie Chips of war df°fot'ce,.^re Ailed
from Toulon, lor Boston, and others froth ILeft and
Rochford, are preparing to follow them. Mchergrr?,
for feme months part, have been continually going to
and from Versailles, to the American Congrels.
O N. D 6 N.
HOUSE of 'C O M M O N S.
Lord Barrington having moved in the H use, on Fri
day' on the Ripply ; the ' follo'v/ing'rcfolu .ions wbs reports
ed, and agreed to oh Saturday.
That 20,734'inen, including 3,02 invalids, be em
ployed for guards and garrisons tor Great- : Britain for the
lervice of the year 17/7 ; and that W/0091. 16s. §3. be
granted f6r maintaining the fame.
That 11,473!, f^s. 6d. be granted for General and
Staff Officers in G;eat~Britain for the ferviee of the year
1777.
That 949,721!. ITS. 3d. be granted for maintaining
the but forces and garrifohs for the ' fer vice of the year 1777.
That47,iffl, 3d. be granted for difference cf pay
between the Britifn and Irilh eftabliihnierit'of one tegi
inentof'liglt dragoons, and fiEregimerAoi foot feivi^
in Norths America for the year i i 777..
Th 4 56,774 k -r„. 48. halfpenny, he granted for the
p?'y office battalions of Hanoverians Serving at Gibral
tar and.Minorca, and for piovifons for three battalions
at Gibraltar for the service of tie year 1777.
Teat 336.332!. Tri 6:1. three farthings, be granted for
12,667 Hermans for the service of the year 1777.
That 18,1 ell. 15s. 6d. three farthings be granted far
the pay of a regiment of foot of Hanau for .the .'fervice
of the year 1777- #
That 17,3701. 'Bs. 31. be granted for the pay of one
regiment ot Waldeck for the service of the year 177-7.
Tbat rf 93 947!. 1.55. ^J. be granted for'the pay c, 4,300
B unfrockeis for the service Gt the year 1777..
That 41,4271. 7s. 2d. halfpenny be-granied for provi
'fions for the ioreign troops in North-America during
I the latt campaign. '
That 6,6171. ss. 3d. orfe farthing, be granted to make
good a deficiency of the lad ieffion of the LGhan troops
1 to,be 24th December 1776.
'That roifl. i6s. rod. three farthings be granted for a
deeciency of last session for {hi Hanau troops to the 24th
Dec. 1776.'
That 26,0531. 7 s. 4d. be granted for the charges of
the artillery for the foreign troops lor the service of the
year 1777.,
That 50,152!. I2S. 3d. three farthings, be granted for
the charge of the foreign troops for the fecivice of the year
That 137973!. 19s. granted last session for artillery for.
Hrffe Caffel, for 1776, be grated towards defraying the
charges of artillery of foreign troop's, for 1777.
That 3,383!. 6s. Bd. granted last fiffions for the ar
tillery of Hau&u, for 1776. be applied towards defraying
thechaige of artillery for the foreign troops for the year
That 320,1111. iSs. tide be granted for the charge of
the office of ordnance lor land service for the year 1777.
That 272,705;. 18s. id. be granted to make good the
ext: aordinary fei vices performed by the office of ordnance
for land service, and net provide,„or in the year 1776.
Lb'd Barrington went through his usual detail. He
fpecified the number of troops at the federal dedicati
ons, according tothe last return, which he said, were
dated.in Q&ober. By thole it appeared^ that the native
anl foteign troops under Generals Howe and Carlton
were 30,000 effective, in good health and high Spirits.
Nov 23. I'he ndnority, it is fold -of both Koides have,
entirely withdrawn themtelves, being determined no
longer to give a fan&ion to measures, by their prefemc%
that they cannot check, though palpably to the ruin cf
our country.
A report is current, that in confluence of feme dif
patebes received from Lord Gantbam at Madrid by
partxular-delira his Lordship is recalled from tl^ above
Court.
An embargo on all the fhipp'rngin oar ports is talked
of as a measure likely to take immediately place.
Last Monday morning a Board was held at the Admi
ralty Office, Charing Cr ib, at which several Lieute
nants, Furfers and Surgeons on half pay, were .pu upon
lull commission, and ordered on board different fhr $
that are now fitting out for sea.
Orders are given so raise three new regiments of vo
lunteers, for the space of three years, or during the re
belhon in America. One to be raised in 'England, one
in Scotland, and one in Ireland, Their pay is to be i%
per day.
It is now no longer an idle rumour, that we are on the
eve of a war with France. The Minify them selves talk
melt seriously of the matter, and in all probability a de
claration of hoftiities will take place in a few dam.
Certain advice is received from the Hague, that very
large furns have been advanced to the French by the
merchants of Holland.'
Not lets than an hundred lives have been loft ty the
present shameful press, andthat too at a time the Minis
ter fays he has every assurance of peace; it is a went r
that he did not fay plenty too.
A great personage sent for Admiral Kepple on Lfr
day,- and detired be would take the command of ten fa il
of rhe line, and be ready to proceed to sea immediatefy_
Another battalion is going to be added to the °oyufe
regiment ofertillery, on account cf the number tf^ ©^
now out on foreign service, and more than are wanted^
this peri d. ,
No iefs than 18 privateers have been fitted out from
Marblehead, and it is computed that upwardscfo6 hav>
bcenfi ted out from the federal provinces ofN w England
At the commencement of the last war, Great-Britain
",' A 'r."°. a " ere united against France alone. Now
Great- Britain alone is to cope with France, Spain and
America.