The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-08-22 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, August 22
In CONGRESS, August 18, 1780.
CONGRESS resumed the consideration cf the
proceedings of the Court-Martial on the trial of Doc
tor William Shippen, Director-General, and thereupon
pafftd the following order.•
The Court Martial having acquitted Dodor William
Shippen.
Ordered, That he be difeharged from arrest.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, SecVy.
Extraß of a letter from Boston, dated August 7.
" A lugger is just arrived, and the master of her brings
intelligence of a French fleetof is fail of the line, which
the mafferof a polacre bound to Salem informed him,
he had spoke with fourteen days ago on their passage to
Rhode 1/land. I hope fora confirmation food, but can
not be ref,bubble for the truth of'this information.
" Our privateers have had great success in falling ih
with a fleet of transports, odund from Great Britain to
Quebec! they Were under convoy ofithree frigates, but
were dispersed by a French seventy four, vihich fell in
with them off the Weflern islands. It is (aid that twelve
of the transports were taken by.this flbp, and we have
certain intelligence of eighteen that were taken by our
privateers as follows : By the Brutus <, two arrived ; the
Essex 4, two arrived ; the Jack 4, not arrived^ the Ame
rica 2, not arrived; the Stark 3, arrived. The (even
that are arrive, are laden with provisions, fpiriti and
English goods.—The remainder is daily expected."
Extras of a letter from a prrfon lately from New-York,
dated, A'uguft 10; 1780.
, cc The engagement between the Trumboll frigate and
the fbip Watt, was by far the most severe of any that
has happened on the coast this war, and is perhaps only
to be equalled by that of Paul Jones with the Seraphis.
She arrived in so amazing a shattered condition, that the
wharfs near where she lay, was conflantly crouded for sun
dry days by people of all ranks to view tier. She recei
ved near one hundred balls in her hull only, and had ,2
men killed and wounded. Her cargo was immensely va
"' °° "France w as made on her by the owners,
as she was fitted on purpose to fight any frigate she Ihould
meet. Her Captain has been candid and generous enough
give great applause to the officers and crew of the
Trumbull, and confeffes he had no idea of being so ruf~
By handled by any Rebel ship of her force?'
ed, fuppufed to be Admiral Graves, with 8 or 9 fobs of
the line, and some frigates and privateers from New-
Ydfk, endeavouring, it is fdppofed, to intercept the fe
cood divifi?n of the French fleet: -Yeflerday three of
their frigate attempted to cut gif a final: sloop corning
round, Point Judith from Conuedicut.
Yr., rday arrived here the privateer sloop Argo, Cap
tain Talbot, from a fh^rt cru e, and broughtiu with him
a fm.ll floppy from New-Providence bound to New York,
loaded with fruits, &c.
July 29, Thursday arrived here the privateer ship
WdlLihgton, Capt. Mu@ro, from a cruise. The Wash
ington was chafed by several of the British fleet lying off
-Block Island, neither of which could come up with
her.
The British fleet of 16 or 17 fail, which have been
Elock-Ifland lor some time past, remained nearly in the
fagie Situation the day before yeflerday, since which the
weather has teea so thick only three have been discover
ed from hepre.
Extras of an intercepted letter from Ireland.
'< A; to public news [ can tell you Engl nd, Ireland
and Scotland are in a great ferment; Some of the Mi
niflry lively to be drought to condign punifument. There
are this minute above 50,000 volunteers armed and dis
ciplined in this kingdom, which is a Vast deal consider
ing that these associations were in' their infancy when you
left England; and indeed forming and disciplining thole
companies ij the most useful thing that ever was inftitu
te.lin Ireland ; for by the volunteers we are prepared
against any foreign enemy; they keep peace and good
order at home, and have done more than that, (0 won
derful to fay it! made our Parliament honefl ; in a word,
from the Lord to the juror of a Sheriffs court, we are vo
lunteers ; fd that until time makes them corrupt, Ireland
will reap the benefit."
N 0 R WI C H, Auguftj: '
'Tis fail that the British fleet which for fom'B timupaft
have been off Newport, have disappeared.
Lafl Saturday tiwyning this town was alarmed with
advice having been received by his Excellency the Co
yernor, ,at a fleet having 8000 troops on board, was off
Greenwich in thidState, proceeding caftward; it was
coujeatred their intentions might be to ravage the sea
coast bordering on this State, orders was Accordingly
given to have the militia repair to New London ;~r its
defence ; —*hey univerffally turned out on the service and
with the train of artillery, which made a martial appear
ance, they marched for New London, where tlw y remain
ed till tills morning, and then was difiniffed, intelligence
being received tbatthe flect'and troops had returned to
their dens.
PROVIDENC E, July, 29.
Yesterday fe'nnight a fleet appeared off Rho le-'lfknd,
fain to consist of about 18 or 20 fail, among which are
9cr 16 fliips 0: the line, the reminder frigates, 'and
fualhr armed vessel, under the command of Admiral
Graves.
August 5.
Sincethe accounts were received here of an intended
attack upon tlie" French' troops at Rhode Inland, the
whole of the Militia of this State, and a configurable
body from M ffmouferts-B^y and Cohhefticut, have,
much tot eir honor, chearfdllv turned out and marched
to the lopport of our generous Friends and Allies, there
by manifefting their attachment to them, and their zeal
for the common cufe.
Last week the Marquis de la Fayette arrived at New
port from the American Army.
On Tuesday a Pollacre ar ived here, in 11 days from
St. Euftat@ By her we learn, that the French andSpa
obh fleets puffed by that Island 21 days before file faded
from thence.
On the morning of che Bth infant, departed this life, in the
55th year cf her age, JANE WILLIAMS, the wife of
Daniel Williams, and was decently inteied the next day,
in Friend's burial ground ; file was a woman pduUled of ma
ny valuable qualifications, and particularly dhtieguithed herfeif
as an affcaionat, wife, a tender mother, cohßa^t friend, of a
generous and affable difpofition^ Which secured her the uni-
Verfal love and efleem of all wco Lad the pkafmeof being
acquainted with her.
Lift Sunday came to town, Captain Richard Grin
nell, who made his escape from the Scorpion prifordhip
io New-Yerk, on Tuesday the 15th inst. He informs
us, that on the day he left New-York, there was the hot
eft press ever known there, they pressed about 700 men
that day, and the press flill continued, that they cot only
took teamen, but all the refugees, labourers end mer
chant's Clerks they cattie across. Captam Griundl fur
ther fays, that there was on board the two prison Blips,
Scorpion and Strumbillo, about 300 prisoners.
<<**? >*** Q+s, $904!„4,+
Lieutenant's- Office, Philadelphia, August zi, 1780.
To the Second, Third, and Fourth Caffes of the city
Militia.
W HERE AS a large number of onr virtuous Mili
ti„ belonging to the id, 3d, and 4thCl,it., have
marched agaiwft our common enemy; and as many of
there true tens cf liberty have left wives and children,
who by Lz^ are entitled to a fappoit during their ab
sence, which is to be paid them out cf the fines of delin
quents : Hereby give Notice to all such delinquents, 10
pay forthwith into my effice in Arch street, their re.pec
tive Fines, by which such delinquents will jave five per
cent; ,commiffon, .and other inionveafcnci#s ; the Col
lectors havin,pofcive orders hot to call mmethan oata
on any delinquent, frem and alter the publication of
th:asotice, for ary Militia fin:3 due;
WILLIAM HENRY, Lieutenmt
cf the city and liberties. 7
T O BE S O L D,
A NEAT and convenient trick DWELLING
" HOUSE, in Baltimore Town, fuitabiccithei ;ur
a private Fantyy or Merchant, 2nd in as good . :ftand
for butinefs a$ any in she Borough. Five Hunched
Pounds of the purfh,fe money must be pad hi geld cr
filter, not that the feller lacks confidence in the CoAti
nent.d currency, bu , from a neceffiry of raising a sum
in fperae, to defray the e„ertce of a twoyears captivity at
NeicY^rL
NATHANIEL RAMSAY.
August 21, 1780.
Pert of Philadelphia, Ptnnfylvania, fl.
1 O A LL whom it may concern,
ITO TIC Eis hereby given, the: a Court el Ad'ni
r^y will be held at the State houft, in the city of
PhiUti^phia; on toe twenty.fixth day of Augult inst.
at Ton 4,clock in the forenoon, for the trial of the
fhooner or veil! called the Lively, and her cargo, bur
t? eh about twenty tens, —Alien, late'mafter;
t&k&i on update voyage from Hispaniola to Baltimore,
re token, faut into ibis port and' libelled aghinft by Sa
inM Hollmglh,ad, (qui tam, &c.) To the intent that
the owners thereof, or any other persons concerned
therein, may appear and (hew c^u/e, why a decree
Ihould net p^fs putfuant to the prayer of the libel, &c.
By order of the Jndpe,
August 21. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
XT OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of gdmi
ralty will be held at the S,atehoofe in the city of
Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of September next, at
Ten o'clock in .'the forenoon of the fame day ; for the
trial of t e schooner Two Brothers, lately commanded by
Samuel Cleetfam ; taken at sea on her intended voyage
from New. Providence to New-York; lent into this port
and libelled against as prize by fames Nieholfon apd Sa
muel Nicßolfon. Esquires. To the end,and intent that
the owner or owners or any perlon concerned therein,
may appear and Ihew cause, if any they pave, why the
fame mould not be condemned according to the prayer of
the li^!, &c.
By order of the Judge,
August 19, 1780 ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
TO BE .S O L D,
A BOUT two hundred VOLUMES of Medi-
T'l cio?. Surgery, Chenrftry^ Ph,fie, Bptany, Ana
temy, /Philology, and Phaimacy, among which are
fifteen v Junies of the Memoirs ofite Academy of Sur
gfey of Paris, ard thirteen volumes of the Prerqiuzfi/
given in said Academy. Janet's Dictionary, French
and Ltn, and others. A compleat collection of In
ftr,&meats of Surgery of the belt quality, of ftesl and
filver;.the Forceps of Drfmelie; ^d his Lever for wo
.mens.delivery.
Alfa , large quantity, of Linen, fit for wounds of all
kindsj^Bandages for hernia ; 4 quantity of Wax Pipes,
&:. a ne,, ; and good pair of Piftoli; a Bridle and Bit;
a Snuff Mill, with feme silk Sieves, fc, Apply to
the Printer..
Southwark, Auruft 17, 1780.
STRAYED from the ful,fcriber last Friday, the
tifh instant, (August) a brown bay MARE, 15
~ and a half hands high, with.a large star in her fore
head, tr,ots and centers well, carries,lofty. Also Belen
the beginning of May hft, out of the stable of the fub
leriber, a brown bay ,H ORS E, hbout 14. and an half;
hands high, with a final! Inip, about 5 years old, trot,
and paces ; he has a small lump on the inside of one of
his leos above the footlock. Two Hundred Dol
lars Reward will be given for the Mare or Horse, and
Four Hundred Dollars for the Horse and Thie f , by
JONATHAN PENROSE.
N. B. The fubferiber has a convenient family Wag
gon, and a genteel Coach to dispose of cheap.
TO BE SO L D,
At Twelve o'clock at the Coffee House, on VVedaef
day next, the iflinft^t.
The Schooner BLAZING STAR,
' Formerly a Pilot Boat belonging to this P^rt.
ABOU r fix vears old, her Lils aimed n,w, now
lying at Cocas'# Wh^if, below Walnut firmer,
(iomnerly Abrah+m Ma;qn,.) Inventory to be Gen at
the place or f<t. Aho t^o, cemphatWH A L E-
B OA T S, with one swivel and anumher of mulktis.
Augult 11, 1,30.
Au*uft 22, 1780.
TO BE SOL D,
A N Elgant b\y STALLION, 10 be seen at Samuel
Hodgson's Livery Stath, near Walnutrttieet, be
twgen Second and Third-fb rets.
L O S T,
On Tnurfday the r^h July last, between Fenrofe's
Terry -nd .Philadelphia;
A N % old leather PG^KET-BOOK, containing two
Pl. printed ce)tiric?tei, signed O#'en Biddle, Affiftan|t
C^nmifoy Gen. of. Forage, No. 68*, for 2838 2-3 roi
-141$; and No. 69 ler ifob dollar#, dated the ii:h May,
1780, dye to Capt. Archer; foine bills for herfe keep*
ipg,^ad alout one hundred ahd.fity dollars jh Conti
nental monfj. Whoever ha? found the fame, and re
turns the tickets to thef^Triyer as his Livery Stables,
back o(the'Ci?Y '.Tavern, ./hail be entitled to th' emope,
which the Pocket,Bock cpnQmcdj ,nd one hundred
dollars more on the.delivery 6! the Aid tickets. The,
are of no ule to Any perfca but the okri^r, as payment
i. Popped;
SAM UEL HOGSON.
Said HogfOo has a centeel pair of HOUSES and
good tight W AGGON; Titha careful driver to hire,
either by the day or job.
Ladcafter, Auguf 118, 1780.
One Ihoufend Dollars Reward.
P AN away from the Subscriber, in Arm Arundel
county,State cf Maryland , the night cf the 13th inst.
a Mulatto Slave, Gained D I CK, about nineteen years of
age, fiv^ feet two or three inches high, has Short curled
hair, which tie sometimes tits, had on a linen coat, blue
jacket and.drab.bfeecht% a fcrt of lr@ linen, and a
cambrick flock, he was apprehended at Wright's Ferry,
and called hiir/feh friac Black, is armed with a piflu!, and
fay^that he rigging to the Coptmental army.
Whoever secures fa id S'avf W mat his master may have
him again, fhdl receive the above reward, and reafoha
ble charges, if brought home, paid by.
CHARLES ALEXANDER WARFIELD.
jIIBOITCOT^VOA. . iiyi.il. .■*«»«.»^< l .■.• rftt&Qfevaira^^t. teart^c___—_-&.tramt
Philadelphia, August 19, 1720.
STRAYED or STOLEN, from the
Continental Waggon Yard, on Tuesday the 14th
instant, two Hories', viz,/ one a dark bay, about eigb#
years old, fourteen arid an halfh-nda high branded earths
near buttock M, and on thheffbuttock F. S, allo a ligha
bay, about fix years old, fifteen hands high, large ratch
in his face, tour' white feCT? r 'Wb&Ver takes up laid Her
fes, and brings them to Jac'Bb 'ffilftfeimer, or Colonel
John Mitchel, mail receiveSEVENTY DOLLARS Re
ward, for each, and reasonable charges, paid by
ROBERT BEARD.
Just came to hand,
A frefh and neat ASSORTMEENT of
D R Y',GOO D. S,
Which will be fold by whehfale only, at a reafonab^
price, fit.
JONAS PHILLIPS'S Store,
In Market-street, near Mr. Dunlap's Printing Office
ViZ. ':.
nHINTZES and Calicoes, Cotton and Perfitt
~ Checks, Cambricks, Laans and Muffins, checked
and cotton Handkerchiefs; white Lihehs, fewing.Silks,
and twi.ft° Tapes broad and narrow, quality Bindings,,
Breeches Patterns hair pluih, Mohair Buttons, women's
Gloves, black Modes, men's Hats, Ravens Duck and can
vas for iight^aiU for tentsfßuffiaDuck,Buntings for Blips
colours, white aud blue plain Blankets, Diapers, Span,fh
Brown, Role Brjmflone, and Cepprafs. Rasters, Door
Locks, Guilt Buttons, dfew calks of Pot and Pearl ash,
and foildry other goods. '.
Philadelphia, Augufl 7, 1780.
Philadelphia, Aueuft 8, 17S0.
TO BE SO L D,
FOR Loan Office Certificates, Continental or Stalls
money, or Exchanged, for Welt India good, or
tobacco, i^vefal tra&s of good land, in Cumberland
and ' Wthmoreland counties Twtf.tr^s of laid lends,
are patented, and lie in the pcighbourhocd of Cham
btrfaurfoh; For particulars' enquire at Mfs. Camp
ble's,. in f'ront-hreet, five doors beloff Arch lircet.
AL L performs indebted to the estate of Mary
Rivers, dectafed, are hereby defied to pay the
fame to thejubferiber immediately ; and all tbofe hav
ing any demands against laid estate, are defined to bring
io their accounts that they may Repaid.
§ARAH COCKSHOTT, Administratrix.
TO BE SOL D,
,rpHE HOUSE in which the fubferiber now lives,
& fituifed in the healthy and' agreeable village of
Pnncctou. the ,house k'a large, n€zt, convenient,
well/finiihed brick building, with every conveniency of
ftorts, tables, garden, &c. &c. to render .t pcriedly
agreeable either for a merchant or private gentleman.
For particulars enquire cf William Whitehead, in
Front-ftrecr,,nsar the Northern Liberty Ferry, PdiU^
delphia, or the subscriber at Princeton.
July 10, 1780. ENOS KELSEY,