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,} % SAMUEL LONDON, fairly Printer
i, ^ City of Neve-York, Lu. n^ Fitter for
^ Independent State (fa^b J° call'd) of
Arte York# at Fijh Kill.
Mr. Loudon,
I H AV£ heretofore looked on you as an
, hoictt Man, altho' a very great Bigot in
your religions Principles, and an Enemy to
he Church as ertablilbed by the Britilh Coo
dilution; an! that this led you to be fond of
a new aud Republican Government, and there
fore you „ere louden in founding the Trumpet
of Sedition, and filling Peoples Minds with
groundless Fears, that their religious, as well
as civil Liberty was intended to be invaded:
That Popery was eftablithed in Canada, and
was intended to be introduced throughput all
America. Bat'what mutt the World now lay
ofyour Integrity to your religious Principles,
when yoni Newspapers are blent, ata lime
when YOU fee Popery, which you so much
dreaded, now as much eftabtifhed all over A
m:r;ca, especially in your own State, and
that by ye ,~ own Laws, as any other Religion,
and as much as itw^sin Canada r Nay, when
you not only knew this, but mud fee, that f
France obtains the Ends for which she join'd
the Americans, that the will lord it over them
a? d their Consciences :—That nothing but the
Interposition of our good Old Mother Country,
aid our returning to her like dutiful uons;
can prevent this, is, I think as clear as the
Sun nt Noon Day ;—then to what an unhappy
Pass have we brought ourfclves, we once were|
the happiell People on Earth, and the Envy
of. all the World, and might have remained
f>, had it not been for some bigoted and reflf
Spirits. Now, if there be any Consistency in
your own Principles, I charge you, as you
shall answer it to your own Confeien^e here
after, that by publilhing this in your News
paper, and by every other Means in your Pow
er, you endeavour to bring home a People % tat
you have been inlbumental in leading affray,
(for it is molt certain, that through your Press,.
and by your Pulpit, this molt unnatural Rebel
lion hath been conceived, brought forth and
nurtured). For yet, if they will return, there
is no Doubt but they will be received, as was
the Prodigal Son mentioned in the Gospel, for
we have an indulgent Parent to deal with, but
if we remain incorrigible, we must expert to
be beaten with many Stripes, and perhaps at
L„ft delivered over to Satan, that is to France.
I have no Way <f conveying this to you,
but through your Friend Mr. Hugh Gaine's
Newspaper, by which Means I expect it will
come' to your Hands, as I know that you are
fond of feeing all the New-York Newspapers,
however desirous you and some others may be
to keep the Truth from most of your Readers.
I wilh you and them a hearty Repentance be
fore it be too late, and am your old Customer,
but, NO BIGOT. 1
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From the Pennsylvania Packet.
To the Printer of the PENNSYLVANIA
PACKET.
SIR,
Y / HEN passage and mistake give way and
Vy candor and benevolence, we sensibly
I zrget the injury contemplating the effe&, and
pay a reverence to virtue tho' provoked into
adion by a fault. The late unfortunate affair
of the fourth inst will, to different minds,
adminifh, a different medicine. Surviving
relations will feel as nature teaches ; their
part requite no invention, needs no apology,
and wh, ever were to blame they are to be pi
tied. Those who unfortunately fell on either
fide, h; ve paid a martyrdom to mistake, and
dirtinguiflied themselves as the lamented vic
tims of wafted bravery. In the fofter fenti-;
meuts of a thoughtful world, the whole affair
rill become a fubje& of concern; and the
only ccnT lation it affords, is the hope of fee
ing the fame degree of spirit exerted against ।
the enemy, which, warped by error and ag-;
gradated by passion, produced a tumult in I
which no one enemy fell.
The countenance of the city during that
aff-ri, wore an unusual contemplative gloomi-
r # i It bad nothing of that heated appear-|
2^ce which acc impariies the disturbances of'
other countries, and was totally void of that
eagerness cf enterprise which takes place
against a known enemy. Neither Whig nor
Tory could rejoice; all were at a stand, con
cern produced in the one what dread created
in the other, and for once the city was afflift
edly united.
Neither can I fee any hope the enemy can
derive, when they learn the story with its
ciufes and consequences. As a misfortune
which we lament, it may to them become a
matter of malignant joy ; but it promises them
nothing; it neither gives encouragement to
their arms, nor invitation to their artifice; it
neither indicates unwillingness to the field,
nor wariness in refilling. On the contrary, it
holds out to them a redundancy of zeal, a ve
hemenence of spirit, which, however injudi
cious in its plans, or unfortunate in its effects,
was intentionally aimed at their abettors.
It was the fourth of O&ober. The anni
versary of the adion at Germantown. A
day, diftmguifhed by perplexities and confined
to misfortune. Whether the circumflance oc
curred at the time the matter was concerted,
i. <wharl have not au hority even to guess up
on ; but be that as it may, we cannot but la
ment that the events of the evening should,
ir, both instances, close with a tear the spirits
of the morning
As it is one of those occurrences which it is
urpleafant to enquire into, I wish not to
krow more than I already know, nor indulge
ary ether thoughts on the fubjed than ^
m.r attend to abate the p^infoineG of remem-
enemy. But that he who never armed when
-the country was in danger, should arm his
house to provoke danger, and draw to it a
number of Gentlemen at the hazard of their
lives, when a timely application to the Civil
Pother might have prevented every thing,
was at once both unconstitutional and un
friendly, a disregard to the laws of the State,
and the peace of the city. By this imprudent
conduft, parties became pitted who knew not
each other; and that which had the appear
ance of a challenge, produced an action.
Ihe affliction which followed, soon extend
ed itfelf over the city. Every one asked what
was the matter ; how it began ; who were the
persons; with every other question of curiosity
and concern,and Hill the matter was inveloped
in darkness ; some supposed one thing, and
some another, without being able to fatisfy
themselves or those who enquired. But when
;me parties inand out of the house were known,
I and became known te each other, the ani-
I mofity began to subside; and the whole, ex
; clufive of the imprudence, explained itfelf
into a tragedy of errors.
It generally happens that distress is the fore
runner of benevolence ; at least it serves to
I quicken into a&ion that which might otherwise
I take a longer time to awake. The sickness
Iwhich has so generally prevailed through the
j city, added to the misfortune already menti
oned, has been the means of setting on foot
two well intended fubferiptions; the one for
the relief of the families of those who were
killed or wounded on the fourth inst. the other
for the reliefof the sick and distressed in the
several wards. Both of them have been liber
ally supported; and most of the persons both
:in and out of the house, who could afford it,
ihave been ample contributors. How different
I this, to that spirit of rancor which generally
laccompanies,laccompanies, and most affurdely succeeds,
premeditated domestic feuds. It calls back
the mind to a state of ferehity; and Ihews, by
the most convincing truth, that the affair, now
I too late to be remedied, was not. the quarrel
,of enemies or of parties, but the unfortunate
'bluhder us friends.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. .
Vienna, August 14.
THE Nobility and Foreign Ministers had
the honour of paying their court yester
day to their Imperial Majesties at Schonbrun,
for the last time before the Emperor's depar
ture from Bohemia. These drawing-rooms
will be discontinued at Court until his Impe
rial Majesty's return.
PeterJburgb, August 3. Yesterday being the
birth-day of her Imperial Highness the Great
Duchess, there was a grand ball and magnifi
cent illuminations at Peterhoff; and to mor
row the Court removes from thence to Czar
co Zelo.
Smyrna, July 9. We are at last delivered
from the locusts, which after devouring all the
herbage here are gone to other counties, but
many have perished in the sea. We hope they
have not deposited the eggs here. Since the
Ift of this month we have been alarmed in
another way, as we on that day felt a violent
shock of an earthquake. By the lalt accounts
from the Captain Pacha, we find that Admiral
continues punilhing the rebels wherever, he
meets them. His Dragoman is arrived here
with his suite in three vessels to receive the
annual tribute.
Hanover, August 13. The Princess of
Mecklcnburgh Strclitz was fafely delivered cf
a Prince.
That nothing more was meant by those who
assembled on the Commons than to remove
persons fulpeded of difaffedion, is universally
confuted to; and in this light their design
was naturally prompted by an attachment to
the cause of an injured country. The difficul
ty of attempting such a meafare, the hazard
of executing it, and the consequences which,
might probably ensue, without firft obtaining
an authoritative fantfion and consent, were
matters which do not always accompany an
e<ceb of zeal. Those whose talent it is to aft
are leldom much devoted to. deliberate think
ing ; and feeling that they mean well, they
fuppofeitimpoffible to be wrong, and in the
confidence of fuccel's overlook the trouble that
lies concealed. Where is the man who has
not, in his turn, exclaimed, that the Tories
°bgh^to be removed, and who had those men
laid hold of, that could be deemed a Whig ?
Ihe measure, while it exited in words, was
ia measure of popularity , and every one who
has promoted it in conversation, has prompted
them on.
On what occasion, or by what coatrivance
a number of Gentleman were brought toge
ther in Mr. WUfon's house, makes up the most
mysterious part of the business. As far as I
can difejver, I cannot find the least trace
whereon to conclude that any one who went
there had the least reason to be apprehensive of
his own fafety. They must, in general, have
been induced by misrepresentation tho' some,
I am well assured, were led by a generous in
tention of preventing mifehief; and pity it is
their advice was not taken. That Mr. Wil
son is not a favourite in the Stare, is a matter
whick, I presume, he is fully sensible of, yet
the difference is exceedingly great, between
not being in favour and being conlidered as an
brance, and extinguilh the acrimony which
error may have kindled. It is over, and thank
God it was no worse. Birt were nothing laid
the matter might fuffer abroad by aggravated
mifreprefchtation. The deaths of three men
might be multiplied into as many hundreds,
and perpetuity be added to tne contention of
an hour.
From ^he New-Jersey Gazette.
Charlefaiun, South- Carolina, September 2.
Just as this paper was going to pies,, letters
were received fron, the camp of theChaileftowu
militia, dated at Zubiy's Ferry last Friday.
The following is an exTaQ of one of them :
Berlin, July 2fr On Friday last his Prussian
Majesty, attended by Major-general Goertz,
made a th^rt tour to"the new elkbtiihed Co
]cn;es in the Middle Marche of Biandenburgh,
and returned lalt night to Potzdam, in good
health.
Madrid, July 26. The most prudent and
determined measures have been taken to pre
vent Gibraltar from being supplied with pro
vision, by placing an immense army on the
land fide, whilst part of the Cadiz squadron
blocks it up by sea, and two cruising squad
rons, under different Commanders, intercept
any vessels that may be coming to the relief of
the place.
Algiers July 4. Eight privateers belonging
to this regency, that failed from this port up
on acruize on the 24th of May, are returned
with four Spanish prizes, two of which was
bound to the Weft-Indies. On the firft inst.
arrived here an Ambassador from the Emperor
of Morocco, with some dispatches to our Dey,
the contents of which have not yet transpired.
A Danish frigate of 18 guns, which arrived
here on the 16th of June, brought from the
court of Copenhagen the usual presents,
which consist of 400 barrels of Gunpowder,
4000 balls, of 24 lb. 4000 do. of 12 lb. and
36 large cables ;on the 13 th of the fame month
the above frigate failed for the Weft-Indies.
The Swedish Consul has delivered his master's
presents in specie.
LONDO N.
Gold and Conquest they destroyed above 15
Millions of Indians. There is nothing to
equal this in the Annals of the World. All
the Mifchiefs done by wild Bealls, Thieves,
and Robbers, are but Trifles to such Desolati
on. It is remarkable, that the City of Lima
founded above 250 Years by the Destroyers of
Peru, was overturned at different Times by
eleven earthquakes ; the 12th, which happen'd
in October 1746, in three Minutes ingulphed
the Town, its Harbour of Collao, all the Ves
sels belonging to the Coast, with above forty
five and a half Millions of Silver, either coin'd
or in Ingots. Its Gates on being opened pre
sented to the Duke of Plata Streets paved with
Silver. How the Lull of Gain there mull have
been glutted ! The Catastrophe was awful and
inftrudive.
Extras of a Letter from Lifeara, Aug 2|.
" The French appearing on the Coast for
these eight Days fall pail, has entirely put a
Stop to all Kinds of Business, except Prepara
tions for War. Our good Fiends the 1 inners
with all the capital Gentlemen, and their
Captains at the Head of them, marched thro'
this Town lalt Saturday, to the Number of
about One Thousand of the fineft young Fel
lows I ever saw. Our old Town and Parish
I mean Redruth, is extremely active, and
Glows a moll uncommon Spirit on this alarming
Occasion, having marched to the Number of
250 as fine Men as can,be seen, and who are
now employed in railing Batteries digging
Entrenchments, and making Mines wi^h inde
fatigable Industry, and learning the War Ma
noeuvres out of working 1 ine..
From Ireland we lemi that the Earl of T.
chiquin has fubicribed ionol, to the Dublin
Association, and is railing on his own Estates
bi Permission of the King, a Re: iment of 1000
Men, for the better Defence of that Kingdom.
Lord Moundlua/t, pprin ed Minilhr Ple
nipotentiar, to thcvwprt of Turn, was prefect
Y-llerday at St. James's, and after the Levee
broke up his Lordihip had au Audience of
his Majesty.
Rome, Ju y,iS it is hid that Jie Acb-.!-
factor of Spain is charged to commitnictate an
affair of the geared importance to the 1 o,c;
no lets than to aik hs hohneij permiliicn 10
appropriate one tenth part of the revenues of
the energy of Spa n towards defraying the cx^
pen^es of the war agaiidl England.,
Bologna, August b. We have lately felt se
veral freffi Blocks of earthquakes in this city
and the neighbouring country. Daily prayers
are offered up for our prefervacion fioiu such
calamities ; but we dre not particu'ar in these
unfortunate events, all Italy has more or lets
been fubjeft to them of late.
PeterJburgh, July 13. On Wednesday the
Court removed to feterhofl; and ' Friday, be
ing the Anniversary of her Imperial Majesty's
acceihon, the Empress received the compli
ments cf the Nobility anh Foreign Ministers;
and on Saturday, the name-day of the Great
Duke, there was a masquerade at Court, and
the gardens of Fete,holt were magnificently
urnmated.
Extract of a Letter from Madrid, dated July 28.
“ You may be assured this Court has too
much Business on their Hands. The Revolt
of the South American Provinces, which is
now no longer doubtful, is of too much Con
sequence to be neglected, and will take up too
much of their Attention for them to with to
lengthen their dispute with the English."
We cannot be too careful in guarding a
gairift our new Enemy the Spaniards. Hittory
gives Testimony to their Cruelties and Barba
rism. That humane and venerable Priest,
Bartholomew De Las Cafas, did all that was
possible to flop them in their Butcheries in So.
America. He asserts, that in their Pursuit of
WeiA^r, ,A 1 a f r broke out here
lalt night, which, ooovnh:l & ding,l th s -ef
fortsu: the in'sbia-HS 10 txt rguub it, ban:
dnycihe luwn-nuu c, a;^ a v^lt nUmbir 0!
other buildings; feivru perivus lent tlieir
lives by this d^cidc-nt, u hd die damage dune
bv it i&va'utd at 2 000 sos'fl°ri s.
a (J be told ou leafed Ground, a good
£ Hculc, in Little Dock-Street, with a
valuable Lot in the Rear. For Particulars
apply to Hugh Gaine.
'FOR SALE,
At THOMAS ROACH'S,'
No. C 42, Waiter-Street, near the Fly-Market,
The following A RTICLE S,
OLD Madeira wine Fine byCan, gr^eu anj
by rhe pipe," quar- bohea TEAS,
tei -calk, or d< zen, Coffee, chocolate, pepper,
Pou wine by the pipe, Allspice, vinegar, oil,
ho^fhead, quarter-elk, Basket fall, flaking tp
o( doz n, bacco,
Claict and mountain do.|Ginger, cl wes, cinnamon
by doze,, ting le and double refined
Milmfey do. per gallon, | loaf sugar,
London porter per dozen, Powdered find mufcova-
Tauiton ale per do. | d > ditto,
B#illol beer per do Pohnd 11 -,rch, ind go,
Eugiilh cyder per do. iCattile soap by the box, or
Oki Jamaica spirits by the' let's,
puncheon or gallon. A few boxes of choice
Welt-India rum per do. I |,mo«,
French brandy in cases or Coks, Baling-wax,
per gallon, Role butt, in rifle ns and
Holland geneva io cases kt.s, lately atr,vtd,
and jugs, Some queer's war plates
Rafbnry brandy in bot- Lewis, bions a Imugs
ths, Abb a paltel of double
Chens do. per gallon, I Glot&^r ck<
'lreceived,
'' ''? ° ""ichf'' \>f rf > % f"! ;''v 1r "C c'r'ob r^nd
S-tvauirih over an . oarA'noin. au dpp it
Lidl j rid General Liner,in's arm* IQ nn^rorf.
frife &auntd'iihiug had latoediv deracn
menti, che at ILfyioCs plantation, wi^h j 6
" pieces id orals caihi>n ,tne ocuer at (rirardeau's
I print : That the active andante p nring Count
I Eul^ki, with the cavalry, had so thoroughly
I crimed the Way, am.l /m9\c up the. enemy's
;advanced pod', as to artord Gen. Lincoln the
lopportunity of an interview, with the French
General at the Orphan-house the 16th, when
and where the plan of operations was fettled;
That feme of the French men of war had got
into t^e harbour, and poitefed themselves of
all the Britith Dipping below Brewton's, a
mongi tthem the Fowey man of war, which,
though grounded, had all been got off, and
into the fleet : That the fortifications at Sa
vannah were trifling, confining only of nine
redoubts (no lines) and abbatis : That the
force to defend these confided of about 1000
regulars and tzoo militia, refugees, and pro
tection gentry: -That Sir James Wright, Go
vernor, &c. was at Savannah : That Colonel
Maitland had not been able to effect a junAion
with General Prevail, and it was supposed had
been repulsed in the attempt to get through
Skull Creek yesterday morning,when we heard
a heavy cannonade : That the enemy's soldiery
in general, were much diffatisfied ; and tho'
it was pretended that Savannah would be de^
fended, even the officers gave their opinion
publickly that it mat capitulate."
Sept. 29. We have abundance of intelli
gence from the American army commanded
:by General Lincoln, acting in conjunction, in #
I Georgia, with that of his Molt Chriffian Ma
!jefty, our great and molt refpedable ally, un-
I der the command of the Count d'Estaing
I but as it is likely that a general attack upon
} Savannah cannot be made before to-morrow
, or next day, bad weather, excessive bad roads
1 and the many difficulties that have attended
I the bringing up ofheavy cannon and mortars,
from a great distance, having prolonged that
event, we Ihall defer giving particulars till
the fate of the state of Georgia be decided,
which is not doubted will be in a few days.
The most remarkable occurrence in that
quarter has been a sortie made last Friday
morning upon a covering party of about zoo
French,to a battery erecting near the barracks
by 200 British light infantry, commanded by
Capt. Campbell, who were repulsed and pur
sued into the redoubts, with the loss of 50
men,amonglt them Capt.Campbell,Lieutenant
M'Pherfon, not long since a Prisoner here, and
another officer, and near 100 wounded ; Our
Ally's loss is said to be 20 killed, and 84,
wounded, amongst these ten Officers. The
eagerness and impetuosity of the French was so
great, that, instead of waiting for the enemj,
they leaped out of their trenches, attacked and
pursued them, using chiefly the Bayonet, till
they were galled by the cannon from the Bri
tish redoubts, by which they sustained their
greatest loss.
~ri O IVIA N wants a Piace in a genteel
A Family: She is Capable of taking Care
of Children, can few and iron, or take- care
of a House. Enquire at Hugh Miller's, at
the Fly Market.
TRENTON, November 3.
On Saturday last at a Joint-Meeting of the
Honorable the Council and Assembly of this
state, His Excellency WILLIAM LIVING
STON, Esquire, was re-appointed Governor
for the ensuing year. . >
At the opening of this Seffipn the Honour
able John Stevens, Esquire, was re-chosen
Vice President of the Legillatffre-Cottocil, and
the Honorable Cale b CaMp, EfquirefrSpeak
er of the House of Assembly. r
John Stephens, jun. Esquire, is re-ap
pointed Treasurer for the ensuing year.
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No. 268, Bread-Street, the Corner Print's
Street, v.ho'iejale and retail,
SUPERFINE flour in barrels, Chedworth and
Glocetter cheese, in tubs or single cb/efe ; Ox
beef in half barrels, Neat's tongues in firkins, tripe
in kegs, Rose butter in fi kins, Taunton ale, Lifli
linn ns, Uationary, silks, women's golufhoes and
clogs, with eveiy article in the grocery way, fine
butter and water bisket, Rusk. Alib, a small cellar
to l< ?t, erquire as alcove.