The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-11-22 00:00:00, page 3

L 0 N D 0 N, July 26.
T HIS fumroer rruft be productive of great good, or
J great evil, to the British empire An immense
sum of money has been voted and raffed, such as ne ; -
ther this or any other nation ever did r^ ; f ju one year ;
and such as perhaps fcy be very difficult to be re
peated another year. The most rational vigorous and
I Spirited exertions are therefore requifitire on the part
of administration, i. the application of that money 0
the purposes for which it was granted : that is, by an
active, jud cious, and wife arrangement of opr forces by
sea and land, and direction towards the vulnerable parts
our enemies, to lath into them that ufeful memento, that
no power on earth fha I iufult Great Britain, or provoke
her indignation, without feeling her vengeance.
On the other hand, if the campaign, which costs the
nation so much money, is fuffcred to pass away in a
sleepy, drowsy, inactive state,. the very objet of our
enemies is obtained, and all their defgus answered.
Such over fl rained exertions of the people's purse,
without any effßuil warlike me fores confeonent
thereon must (they think)in the course of a few cam
paigns, reduce Britain, great, rich, and power id as file
is, or has beeppto tier ne plus ultra. Let her, fay they,
go on exh ufiiog her hearts blood and treasure thus
profufely from year to year - and a very few years will
put a period to her riches, flrengtb, and glory.
Therefore adminiftrition, and every commander and
officer anting under them, by sea and land, ought to
rouse, in good earned, and call forth all their powers
into affion ; to exert all their faculties, flrain every
nerve in this campaign, as if it were to be the last op
portunity that ever will present itfelf to them of fa
ving their country, or serving it in future, if the let this
flip out of their hands unprofitably. On the good or
bad management of this one campaign, of 1781, depends
the future fate, the welfare and happiness, or the dis
grace and downfall of Great Britain.' Let this be written
on every man's heart . and let its effects be seen in every
man's actions, whose fiation places him in the council,
or the a&i e defence of his country. Then will the
British empire resume its prifiine splendor, and perma
nent glory.
Lafl Thursday night, about eleven, a terrible ffre
brbkeout in a farm hou'e, about a mile from Grimflon,
rear the city of Y mk, occupied by George Fletcher.
H's wife and.two children, with the r-ft of the family,
made their escape out of the chamber windows with
only their shirts and fhifts on ; but he himfelf unfor
tunately perilled in the flames, which were so rapid
that the house with all the furniture, wearing apparl,
and other effeds, and all the out-houTs, except a flable,
were entirely consumed in a very little time; but bow
it appened is not known.
In the courfr of last sessions his majefly went four
times to the house of Peers, and, including the bills
signed by cormriffion, <SO received the royal assent.
The New, York fleet, confining of between 70 and 80
fail of victuallers, transports, and merchantmen, are
arrived under convoy of the Thames and Confederacy
frigates at C-rk, Falmouth, and other ports. The
above frigate re Confederacy was lately taken on her
voyage to Philadelphia by the Iris, &c.
By the above fleet there are a grea ? many letters and
many passengers They left New York the 14th of
June, and an express had then arrived from lord Corn
wallis, giving an account that the had plenty of every
thing and had been furnifhed with horses more than
fufficient to mount every rpan in his army, and the
300 or 400 ov' r he had Pifpatched to New - York, think
ing t' ey might be wanted there; and thus equipped he
was preparing to proceed on the further business of the
campaign.
Extract of a letter from New York, June 13.
" It is now certain that lord Cornwallis is arrived
with his army in Virginia, and we are in daily expeffa
lions of hearing of an afton between him and the
Marquis la Fayette. It is also confirmed that a plan
is in agitation in the rebel army to form a junction
with that of the French, and endeavour a coup de
main in this quarter, while the British are employ- d in
ther f wrhern expedition. It is said there are five
thousand French troops within sixty miles of this city
upon Hufon'., river. This rarrifon and its environs
being well ^ortifi d, and efficiently manned, .have not
the leaf! reason to fear any attempt from them jointly
or eparatly. It plainly appears by the letters lately
intercepted, that the rebels are in great distress, are
reduced to the almost total annihilation of public credit,
their bills o' credit being of no value, and aduall re
fufed by some of he most violent republicans. Gen.
Arnold is returned from Virginia, after effecting the
deteßon of a large quantity of tobacco, stores, &c.
belonging to the rebels there "
Extract of a letter from Oftend, July 18.
« Within these two days thi town has been crowd
ed with French families, who came over in boats from
Dover, Deal and orer parts, so many of them that
crri ges cor'd not be procured to carry them on their
journey for France. The reason of such numbers com
ing almost all at once we could not learn, for they
were very reserved, and would not enter into conver
sation with any one except of their own country."
The Exchange, Bloom, from Wells to Embden, was
taken the 6th inflant in Embden river, by a Dnach
fltoot of hr guns, and carried into Delf Zill. Captain
Bbhm fays, it is impossible for any (hip to get to Emb
den, as tnere is a privateer besides the fkoot, in the riv
er.
Philadelphia, Nov. 22.
A letter from Newark, dated November 14, fays,
" The Brilifh fleer, after landing their grenadiers,
lipht infantry, 42d regiment, with some other regiments
on Long 11 old, fallen Monday lad, leaving a 44 gun
fh-panj two or three fmailer frigates, or more pro
perly sloops of war it's merely conjecture where
th y are go i e, some think to the Weft Indies, others
t°Ch rles Town but this is certain, they had a
severe press f 'rh nds which still continues.
N. B, The enemy's fleet has not been inside of the
Hoox.''
Extracts from letters received from general Greene's
head quarters, at the High-Bills of Santee.
'' OR. 18. T e enemy a few days ago retreated to
wards Monk's Corner, and have already got as low as
Fairlawn. During this movement colonel Mayhem
took an officer and twelve dragoons of the enemy, who
were reconnoitering.
" Oft 25. The enemy are all in the lower Country,
°nd nothing very material has taken place since my lafl,
however, we have not been altogether idle, light parties
sent out from our advanced post, by gen. Marion, have
made a number.of prifoaers, and as a considerable num
ber of riflemen from the mountains are gone down to
join general Marion, something clever in the partizan
way may take place
" Reports fay, tire enemy have left Wilmington and
gone to Brunswick, about 30 miles below: and other
reports mention, that small transports are preparing at
Charleflown that can keep close in ffiore to take off the
garrison.
" ft 26. A. party of general Marion's went down
to the quarter house, within five miles of Charleftown,
a few wys ago, where they killed some of the British,
took a captain and 23 others prisoners (among whom
were a number of the ftaff) and Bove 40 hogsheads of
rum- Each man brought off an horse loaded with as
many stores as he could carry. Not a single man was
loft on our fide.''
In ASSEMBLY,
Turfday, November 20th, A. M. rySr.
The bill for the support of government and the ad
rniniftration of justice being read a second time, and de
bated by paragraphs;
Ordered, That the fame be transcribed. and printed
for public confederation. Ex+raf from t e minutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, Clerk.
An ACT for the Support of Government and the Ad
ministration of Justice.
WHEREAS those who dedicate their time and
abilities to the service of the public, ought to
receive a reasonable compensation:
Be it therefore enacted, and it is hereby enabled, by
the representatives of the freemen of the commonwealth
of Peonfy vania, in general assembly met, and by the
authority of the fame ; That the following annual sa
laries (hall be allowed tothe feveraj officers of state, here
inafter mentioned, to commence on the day of
and to continue for the space of one year, and until
the fame (hall be afterwards altered by the legislature,
to be paid to them severally on their 1 receipts, hr on
their draughts ouar'erly, on the treasurer of the state,
that is to Ly —To the president of the supreme execu
tive council, or commanderin chief of the forces of this
state, for the time being, the sum of twelve hundred
and fifty pounds; the vice preffdent, the sum of five
hundred pounds; the chief justice, the sum of eight
hundred pounds; the second justice of the supreme
court, the sum of four hundred pounds; the third and
fourth justices of the supreme court, the sum of three
hundred pounds each ; the attorney general, the sum
of one hundred and fifty pounds; the secretary of the
supreme executive council, being regifler of forfeited
estates, including the expence of clerks, the sum of
five hundred pounds. Provided always, That all fees
appertaining to the office of laid secretary of the su
preme executive council, fliall be paid into the hands
@f the Rate treasurer, for the use of the state.
And be it further enafted by the authority aforefaid,
That the following wages fid| be allowed and paid to
the persons hereinafter mentioned, to wit.—To the de
legates or deputies of this commonwealth, in the con
gress of the united states of America, for every day's
attendance in the public service, each the sum of one
pound ten (hillings.
The members of the supreme executive council other
than the pr^fident and vice-president, for every day's
attendance, each the sum of Seventeen (hillings and fix
pence.
The Speaker of the house of assembly, for each day's
attendance, the sum of one pound two Shillings and
fix pence.
The other members of the house of assembly, for
every day's attendance, each rhe sum of fifteen Shil
lings; the clerk of the house of assembly, for every
day's attendance, the sum of one pound ; the sergeant
at arms, for every day's attendance, the sum of ten
Shillings-; the door-keeper of the council, and the
door keeper of the house of assembly, each the sum of
ten Shillings for every day's attendance.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That every delegate in congress and me nber of council
Shall be further allowed, towards his travelling charges,
after the rate of fix-pence per mile, once in every three
months, fromthe place of his abode to the places where
the congress and council Shall respectively fit, provided
he Shall so often a&ually visit his family ; and that
every member of assembly Shall be further allowed to
wards his travelling charges, after she fame rate, once
in each fitting of the house ; which said wages and tra
velling expences Shill be paid by the treasurer of this
state, to the said delegates, on exhibiting their several
accounts, and giving their receipts or draughts to
him ; and to tne members of the council and their
door keeper, on the draughts of the president or vice
president in council; and to the Speaker and other
members of affi-mbly, to the clerk of the assembly, Ser
geant at arms, and door keeper, on the draughts of the
spiker of the house, signed in assembly.
And be it further enabled by the authority afore
faid, That so much of any aft of assembly heretofore
made, as declares what wages Shall be allowed to the
peaker an I other members of assembly, Shall be and is
hereby repealed.
TO BE SO L"
A good secondhand Phaeton
And harness, complete. Enquire of Willram D an, at
the George.iavern, the corner of Se ond and Ar h
ftreets.
Mr. CLA YPOOLE.
YOU will be so good, as to inform your kind and hfc
1 mane fellow citizens, that the difireffes of a number
of thejr poor,unfortunate fellow creatu res in the old goal
are almost beyond description, being almost naked for
want of cloaths, and not a blanket or any thing else to
cover them in these long and cold nights; there are
some of the debtors in the fame situation with r efpe& to
covering, and with refpe& to eating are worse off; as
for two weeks past they have been some days without
any thing to eat. Now, fir, it is presumed, that inthis
city there is a great deal of old caft-off cloaths of every
kind, old blankets, or pieces of blankets, &c. lay rot
ting in the ga rets and lumber lofts, that are of no
manner of use to the owners, but rather a rubbilh, that
wants cleaning out of the houses ; such things as these,
in the present situation of the prisoners, would be a great
relief, and " the blessings of many, that are ready to
perifti, will come on them," that will be at the trouble
of collecting and fending them to the prison.
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Fifteen Pounds Specie Reward.
KUN AWAY from the fubferiber, living near the
. Raccoon ford, in Orange county, Virginia, the
34th Sen'emSer l?ft, a very likely Mulatto SLAVE
named DICK, about 20 yea># of age, 5 feet, 8 or 10
inches high has been used tc all forts cf house business,
and in Taking care of horses; he is very fond of dref^
and keeps his head neatly combed, and often ties hie
bair ; h- is a tolerable good (hoemaker, and carried off
his apron and took with him ; as he is a very fair Mu.
latto he will end^rour try pais as a freeman; he cut#
very wII with the feythe and cradle, and last harvest
cut his knee-pan with a feythe, by which a small fear
remains : he had cn and carried with him, a coat and
jacket of white cotton filled in with black wool, and
hpelHd with blue cloth, had pewter buttons down
each fide the breast, a scarlet cloth j eket, an old hunt
ing shirt dyed black, a new flaw hat, &c. but as he
will change his dress he will he e-fieft difeovered by the
cut on hisknee (about a week before be run off, he fold
or lent a Mare, Saddle and Bridle, of mine, to one
William Donaldson, who deferred the fame night, be
low F ederickfb.rrg, from a party of the Fauquier'mi
li iar (he is a forrri, with a star in her forehead, 14
hands high, about 6 ye%rs old, and branded on 'the
near but 0 k with a small key ; the faddie-tree was
broke across and plated on both sides with iron, the
fkr^ wrrfwed to the feat with (hoemakers thread.)
I will give F ve Pounds reward for the Fellow, if taken
ip and secured so that I get him again, o Ten Pounds
if brought home anddbvered to me; and F.ve Pounds
for the Mare, &c. if brought home. JAMES ROBB.
N. B. Allo, A Muht'o WOMAN SLAVE, the
pr ptrty of major Brnjsm n Porter, ab< ut 28 years of
a g% pit' d much with the fm.ll-pox, loft her upper fore
teeth, full eyes, long hair, which the is fend of comb
ing; rhe is well made. A Reward of Ten Pounds
Specie, will be g ; ven to any person who will deliver
her to Mr. Nicholas Dafon, nesr Fredericktown or
the fubferiber, Orange county, Virginia, if she is taken
out of the state of Virginia. O&o. 26'
Thirty Pounds Specie Reward.
RA N-A WAY from the fubferibers, living near
Raccoon fold, in Orange county, Virginia the
2d of September last, Three NEGRO SLAVES 'viz.
GEORGE, a d,rk Mulatto fellow, about 17 years of
age, near or quite 6 feet high, has a four, down look :
had on and carried with him, a white yarn contturned
up with blue, one pale blue coat, one striped, Virginia
cloth cort, one pair green cloth breeches, and one°pair
breeches cotton filled in with thread. HARRY about
the Tme age with George, a low, well-set 'fellow
fpr^htly and quick spoken, and is very black , hi;
cl othing, an old white coat, a new white hunting shirt
and an old Macaroni hat. CHARLES, a black a-°
bout 16 years of age, Aimer than Harry, has a pfeafant
countenance, and (peaks flow : had on a common felt
hat and black hunting shirt; he spins very well on the
foot-wheel ; we have reason to believe there was a white
man with them, who had on a white cloth coat, with
buttons down each fide the breast, and an old Macca
roni hat, the other parts of his dress we cannot learn.
We wit! floe Five Pounds Reward for each or either
of the Slaves, it taken up and secured so that we get
them again, or Ten Pounds for each or either of them
if brought home and delivered to us.
, fL JOHN BLEDSOE,
Octo. 26. BENJAMIN CRAIG,
JEREMIAH CRAIG.
On the night of the 29th
of October lift, the house of the fubferiber was BROKE
OPEN, and Robbed of MONEY, to the amount of
ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS a
mongst which was Two Hundred and Fourteen Hard
Dollars, the rest in Gold. The Robbery was commit
ted by two Fellows, the one about 5 feet 10 inches
high ; the other fhert and chuncky. Any p^rfon ft.
curing said Robbers in any goal, so that they may be
brought to jjftict, thill receive a Reward of SIXTY
POUNDS Sp lit,pii: by ' Y
daniel pettet, coihaor.
Salfb iry, Bucks county.
Wants a place in Compting-houfe,
A Young Man, capable of keep
ing books, it! who can be well recommended.
Enquire cf the Printer.
Genteel Boarding and Lodgings,
by Mis. ELLIO T, f^r doors above Third-rtreet, in
Vine ftrezt.