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critical juncture, when three ships got into a9ion an un
favourable flaw of wind drove the British fleet farther to
leeward, and gave the rear and center divisions of the
French an opportunity of mauling obr fix fllips at an un
merciful rate, they were called away, but damaged con
siderably with the lots of near one hundred and forty
men. However they are now in good order and about
four leagues to leeward of the enemy between Barbadoes
and Martinico."
By Ruston'/ Paper of the 2rft June, it appears that
the famous Sir Harry Clinton, K- B &c.in the true spirit
of a modern Englishman, hath b r oxe thro' every article
of the capitulation between General Lincoln and him
felf. In defiance of the law of nations, hehas robbed the
inhabitants of their property, insulted their persons, and
by fundr, villainous papers fliled Proclamations, apd
smuggled into the heart of the country (where he date
not come) has endeavoured to seduce the good fubjeds of
the Carolinas from their allegiance to these States, by re
leasing from their paroles all such as were prisoners; and
threatening with military execution all those who refufed
to take arms against their native country. We
may justly apply the old Proverb to this Military Thief;
“ Set a Beggar on horse back and he'll ride to the
Devil."
In CONGRES S,
June 28th, 1780.
WHEREAS Congress, on the eighteenth day of
April lift, resolved in thb words following, viz.
" That Congress will, as soon as may be, make such
provision for discharging or continuing the Loans
that have been made to these United States on Loan Of
fice Certificates, as that the holders of them shall sustain
no lofg thereon, by any depreciation of the Bills Loaned,
fubfrquent to the refpedive dates of the said Certificates :"
Therefore
Resolved, That the principal of all Loans, that have
been made to these United States shall finally be discharg
ed, by paying the full current value of the Bills when
Loaned, which payments shall be made in Spdnifh Mil
led Dollars, or the current exchange thereof in other mo
ney, at the time of payment :
That the vlaue of tne Bills when Loaned; shall be ^f
certained, for the purpole above mentioned, by compu
ting thereon a progfeffive rate of depreciation, com
mencing with the firft day of September, 1,7% and con
tinuing to tne eighteenth day of March; 1780, in geome
trical proportion to the time, from period to period, as
hereafter flared, assuming the depreciation at the federal
periods to be as follows, viz.
On the firft day of March, 1778, one dollar and three
quarters of a dollar of tae said Bills, for one Spanish Mil
led Dollafr ; on the firft ofSeptember, 1778,2 s font of the
former for one of the latter ; on the firft of March, 1779,
as ten of the former for one of the latter on the lift day
of September, 1779, as eighteen of the former for one of
the latter ; and on the eighteenth day of March, 17S0,
as forty ofthe former for one of the latter.
That the principal of all certificates that have been
taken out since the eighteenth day of March last, shall
be difeharged at the rate of one Spanish Milled Dollar,
or the current exchange thereof in other money at the
time of payment, for forty dollars of the said Bills of
C edit, received on Loan :
That the principal of all Certificates that shall hereaf
ter be taken out, until the further order of Congress, be
discharged at the fame rate and in the fame manner as
those that have been taken out since the eighteenth day of
March laA.
That the iritereft of all Loan Office Certificates at the
rate of fix per cent, per anhum, computed on the prin
pal ascertained as aforefaid, shall be difeharged annu
ally, in like manner as the principal, until the principal
shall be paid : Provided nevertheless, tnat the fame inte
rest ana mode of payment on Certificates taken out before
the firft day of March, 1778, shall be continued as at
present, until the principal ascertained as aforefaid, shall
be ready to be discharged.
Ordered, That the Board of Trexfary prepare the
proper tables for direction of the Commiffionera of the
Continental Loan Offices iri the several States, in paying
off the principal and interest of Loans, agreeably to the
foregeing resolutions.,
Extras from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary a
Mr. DUNLAP,
By an Am of Congress, passed a few days ago, the va
lue of Loan-Office Certificates is fixed at the end of every
fix months, from theist of September 1777, to the igth
01 March 1780. The Loan Officers, in the refpe&ive
States, will be furnifhed with tables Shewing the value of
Certificates taken out on any day before the i&h of
March last ; but as there is reason to fear, that there may
be deigning men ready to take immediate and tinjuft ad
vantage of the people who hold Certificates of an ear
ly date, by purchasing them much below their real
worth, I have sent you a table which (hews their value
an hard money monthly. This, if attended to, will
':','.' nt an > ^ reat frauds, and I, therefore, request you
mil mlert it in your paper.
T G.
Philadelphia, June 30, 1780.
Value of One Thousand Continental Dollars in Specie,
on the firft day of every month, agreeable to late Re
folutiQns of Congress.
Hard Dollars. Tenths of a Dol.
1777' September ift, 1000
October 911 and 4
November s z s,
December 754$
177^ January 6852
February 6231
March 571 4
Aprd 497 ,
M^y 434 5
June „g 0
J ul y 33°3
August 287„
September 250 x
October 215 2
November 183 5
December 157 7
1779. January 134 £
February 115 2
March ice©
April 9® 6
May 82 3
June 74 5
July 67 7
August 61 3
September 55 5
October 4,Z
November 43 5
December 38 6
1780. January 34 ®
February 3® ®
March 26X
March itth 25 0
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
Number X.
TH E Sleeping spirit of our country has been roused
by some late circumflances in the course of our af
fairs. It was indeed high time that it Should be rqufed.
We had well nigh Slept the sleep es death, bein,? within a
point of lofingthat independence for which we have so
long fought Had it not been for the delay of the ene
my in the reduction of Charleftown, the bravery of the
Continental troops, the alacrity, @nd almost unparalelled
valour of the Jersey Militia, in iuftaining the inroad of
Knyphaufen, the refiraint laid upon the movements of
the enemy, by the expectation of the fleet of our Ally,
the enemy might have been in a fair way before this time,
to have driven our little afemy from the field, and to ex
tend their despotic empire over several of the middle
States. - #
The danger is greatly lessened, now that we have
known the danger ; it arises not so much from the efforts
of the enemy, as from our own indolence. W e are now
Sensible of our reraifsnefs in council and in action; and
vigilance Succeeds to stupor, and heroiSm to a vain pil
lowing ourfeives on the idea of a peace. But the mif
chief is, we shall soon be disposed to fall asleep again We
ffiall remit the heady stroke of the oar, and be ready to
be bound with the chains of servitude.
It seems to me that in the public measures of this coun
try, we have been disposed to take for literal truths, to
be applyed to all cases, those Words of the Scripture,
" Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof,'' and " take
" no thought for (he morrow; for the morrow will take
" thought tor the things of i;felL" F r otherwise why
is it, that, from the commencement of the war, tempo
rary expedients alone have been adopted' Every year
of the war has been thought to be the last. amd protons
has been made only for that year. To recount theie in
fiances of short lighted politics would be fndlefs; those
in public councils roll recoiled them for themselves, and
it will be a lessen to deter them from the like steps tor the
future.,
It is proper that some regular fyflem be adopted and
pursued, which shall comprehend the ©economy of more
than one campaign; that this summer we provide for
the wants of next winter, and next winter fer the wants
of the fuc feeding summer; tnat each day be no longer
lelt to depend on its own expedients- To look forward
ought to be the conduf l of every Statesman.,
It is in vain to hope tnat the exertions of private vir
tue, however laudable, will yield more than a temporal
ry support to our interefis. Unless in the mean time ; st
fyfterh in our finances is radically and fully established,
these efforts will prove but a fever of the constitution ;
they will cause the Spirits io flow for a while, but they
will Ihortly fubfid^, arid leave paleness and lan^our be
hind them. Nay, if tiiefe exertions shall be a means to
betray the public c uncils iwto security, leaving them to
depend on these, the very excellence will be turned into
bane, arid it will be the language of experience, th at it were
better they had never been. Nothing but ciaflic vigour
in the great springs of the machinery , nothing but the
fl rength of the Continent combined by the great belt that
corineds us; nothing but the resources of this country
drawn into action, by the States met in Congress; can
possibly preserve out independence, arid carry us through
the war. The virtue of a country ddcoverablc tri parti
cular instances forms oftentimes the brighter page in hif
tofy ; but if it is not collected and pr served by the pub
lic authority, like powder set on fire; in the open air, it
fodn Spends its force and operation.
The Congress, arid the legislatures ofjhe several Stated
mtift expert that power with which they are i urufted.
What have we not fuffeted from the blameable negligence
of some States, tri fend affifiarice early to the South
ward ? Th^ war which might have been terminated this
campaign, has derived strength to exist several. What
no we Rill fuffer from the obstinacy and downed of others
to adopt and comply with the late requisitions of the Con
gress ? The wheels of public measures have been in all
places well nigh at a stand and shortly about to flop alto
gether, Great exertions are necessary to great exigen
cies, and it will be happy for the p ople of this Conti
nent, if it may be true with regard to us, that, “ as
our day is, so fhiaii our strength be."
An Anti-Anclican.
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Philadelphia, July 3, 1780.
LOS T from the fubferiber's ihallop while in the
poffelfon of the Refugee#, about two weeks ago,
between Egg-Island and the Capes 0/ the Delaware, a
large B O A T, which has been cut down and now has
straight gunnels, of a very strong bailt, the ring 2nd
bolt drawn from the bow, the ffern sheets and thoughts
painted with Spanish brown, and her bottom payed with
tar. Whoever hath found said Boat and delivers her to
the fubferibers, or to William Peterson at Morris's Ri
ver, in the State of New-jersey, shall receive Two
Hundred Dollars reward.
M'CULLOH & PETERSON.
OAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, living in
Cocallico township, Lancaster county, on the Sth day
of June 1780; a black MARE, has three white feet,
middle fixed, arid trots. Whoever can prove his right
to the Mire, is desired to pay charges and fetch her a
way. GEORGE ILLI € K.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO AL L whom it may concern.
T\7 O TICE is hereby given, that a Court of A dmi
ralty will be held at the State-honfe, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Friday t' r e fourteenth day of lul, inft
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the trial of the- rmed
cutter or vrffel called the Miraculous Pitch r, burthen
about one hundred tons, William Middleton lae c(m
marider ; taken at sea, fenr-imo this port ,nd libelled
againit as prize by Gerald Forr^ft^r, (gut tarn) &..) To
the intent that the owner or owners thereof, or any per
lons concerned therein, may appear arid (hew Cause if
any they bare, why the fame fh^ld not be condemned
puduant to the prayer ofthe bill, &c..,
P, Order ofthe Court,
July 3. ANDREW ROBESON, Ry.
;- Philadelphia, July 4, I/Sj.
NOTICE is hereby GIVEN,
TH A T«the Marlhal of A m ; ralty, is ready ,?
mak-D ISTRIBUTION ofthePßlZ E
MONEY anting on the fchopner Martin and fijop
Peter, : retaken by the Ichponer Delaware, Jufeph Wade,
Corntnander, the arm'd bo^t L bn, Henry Martin,
Commander, and the armed boat V'P e s Stephen B ar
ly, Commander. The Agent or Agerts duly authcri.
zed by the owners, teamen or others, and every of them,
haying a right to Inure therein, by luring on board either
of the said veffeh, at the time of capure or othnwife,
are hereby called upon to appear and make known his
or their authority to aifl as an Agent or Agents, as a
forefaid, within Three Diys from thedute be eo'.
MATTHEW CLARK ON, Muftial.
T 0" "B r
By the SUBSCRIBER,
A TRACT of land in Cnefter county, about two miles
below Chads Ford,containing 220 acres, about one
half whereof is cleared, upwards of 20 aces of which is
a rich bottom on Brandywine Creek, that may be wa
tered by a plentiful stream, The remainder woodland,on
which is a large quantity of white oak, and other valua
ble timber. There is on the p smiles, a small wooden
duelling house and barn: It is about ten miles from
Wilmington. Any perfba inclining to purchase, is re
quested to apply to
EDWARD PENINGTON.
,Also, fingb and double refined L OAF SUGAR,
to be SOL D, enquire as above.
To be SOLD for want ts Employ.
A YOUNG Negro MAN, <&Q na good niufe
Servant, and har.dy in a kit&fo Enquire of the
Printer. , '
WHEREAS ah advertisement appeared in one
of the weekly news-papers of this city, some time
£nce, advifiog that the CemmiiTbry, of Military stores
would receive gub-powder itvo the Strife Magazine, from
the owners or poffeffprs thereof, ntv±rthefe's the fabferi
ber has reafan to believe, that several, perforis; as well
merchants as others, for want of knowing the penalties
they are fubjefl to by a law now,in force, for not fending
their gun-powder to the laid Magazine, have retained tie
fameto their hecifes, stores, &c. to the great danger of
th® neighbouring inhabitants. Tote intent therefore,
that no person may plead ignorance in the premises, I do
hereby inform all whom it may concern, that the follow
ing feftion is part of the law abovementioned, which
they would do well to observe as the fubferiber will be
obliged to put the Lid law flriftly in execution against
all delinquents.
And be it further enaflei by the authority aforefaid,
That no person whatfoevr within the preci Nisof the cit,
of Philadelphia aforefaid, not within two miles thereof,
fliall presume to keep in anyhoufe; ftiop, cellar, time or
place of the said city, nor within two nines thereof, other
than the powder dore aforefaid, any more or greater quan
tity at any one time ,than twelve pounds of gun pow
der, under the penalty of ten pounds for every offence.
And wuatfoever matter, merchant, or other perfoo, tra
ding or bringing into the said port, any gun powder,
Bull not, within the (pace of forty-eight hours from his
firft arrival and coming to anchor there, upon due no
ticegiven him cf the purport of this Aft, by the said of
ficer er his deputy, or servant, deliver all the powder so
brought into the said port aforefaid, unto the said officer
or his assigns, he shall forfeit the Ike fem of ten pounds
for every such off-nce.
N. B. By a late law for accumulating fines, the above
ten pounds fine will Be fix hundred pounds.
Due attendance for the receiving and delivering gun
powder, is given at ray office in third-street, between
Market and Chefnut fireets.
JOSEPH STILES, Com. Mil. Stores.
One Hundred Dollars Regard.
n AN AWAY about the ill of Jone 'aft, an Indian ap
" prentice B O Y, about twelve yexrs of age, had on
when he went away, an old pl ne coat the fl^ves torn
off, a Russia sheeting shirt, cznabrig trowfers, a small
wool hat and a pair of Lots; has frequently ran away
and loiteied about town until brought home. Whoever
takes up said boy, and lecures him so that his in fter
may have him again, shall rece ve the abov: rcwaid
and reasonable charges, pa d by ROBERT ELLIOT,
two doofs from Mr. Dunlap's Printing- (office,
Philadelphia, July 1 I;8q.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
DAN AWAY, a Negro man named CAESAR, a
" bout 5 feet 6 gi 7 inches high, much pocx marked,
and remarkable heavy footed; hd on wh:n he -ent a
way, a hunting shirt, 3 pair of old black knit breeches
and mixed woolen stockings, was iormcr'y a lwetp
chimney in thia city. Whoever apprehends and derive s
the said Negro to the fubferiber in Second street, near
the Market, shall have the above reward and reasonable
charges.
BARNT. DE KLYN.