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^) ■ oHriot Duke of Richmon I, that, as a goose for
° ".ft e'i tneßoman Capital, the British Camp might be
the fame means, provided one of thole vigil
tinhrll3 were always Rationed with evt ry out sentry ;
;tzoernrent was tried ; and, ever since, the patrolcs
^u^f none of the nodurnai guardians asleep. For,
"n the lead noise in the neighbourhood, the feathered fent
°v begins to gaggle; and then the alarm runs from goose
o ^oofe, or, which is the fame thing, from man to man ;
so that it is impoflible for any of them to nod for half a
minute to^etiier.
General Elliot, whocommands at Gibraltar, allures go
v^rnment in his last dispatches that he has made the neces
sary preparations for toe garrison's holding out a fie e of
eight months.
B O S T O N, December 7.
Capt. Hallet, in the Tyrannicide, ar ived at Salem,
from a cruise on Saturday last, and informs us, That on
the 23d alt. on his passage home, on George's Banks, in
la t. 41, 40 N. in i& fathem water he difeovered a mart a
bout 10 or ri feet out of water, on coming nearer to it he
hove out his boat, went to it, and found it to be a topmall
ofa large Ihip there funk, which he took to be a Lritifh
man of war of 74 guns, as the topmart was aboutxz inches
diameter. He cut away pirt of a topfi:l yard, about 76
feet fauare, 17 inches in the flings ; a cluline block of 14
inches, mark'd with the British tyrant's ~ The fail that
was to the yard was mide of King's duck, and had a blue
thread in the middle. The ringing with a rogue's yarn.
The block and rigging of the yard, Capt. Hallet brought
ir with him, which may be feeuon bo .rd the Tyrannicide.
'Notwithftanding ail the appt rances which the enemy
have lately riven of totally leaving New-York and Rhode-
Island, neither o' those places are yet evacuated; and it
now a'ppeirs probable that they will keepa garrison in both
this winter. Th^r view in this may be to have something
to offer in a negotiation, and to prevent at the fame time
our making any reduction of our army, an 1 public charg
es. It is hill, however, confidently affirmed that their
troops in New- York are thort of t ree thousand.
T^e enemy at Rhode- fllaud, we are informed, have la
tely dismissed all the French and American prisoners in
that place, without waiting for an exchange, provisions
being very scarce among them.
We have good information, that Admiral Byron's fleet
is weakly manned, and very sickly: And that betides tee
74 gun fliip that dime into New-Port difmafted, one ofhis
squadron of 64 guns had fprun^ her masts, been examined
by the Carpenters, and pronounced unfit for the sea, till
the is horouahly repaired.
We are well informed that fin e Admiral Byron's arriv
al with his squadron at Newport, after the late fterm, by
which he fathered so much, he has been joined by a 64
gun ship from New-York, which it is probable he sent for
as a reinforcement in his Ihattered condition ; and that so
thin are the British ships in that place of able seamen, that
three frigates were fiript of their hands to man this fliip of
the line.
Lately arrived here from Rhode-Ifland, from whence he
was dismissed with many other French and American pri
soners, the Captain of a French vessel, which failed from
hence for the Weft-Indies, on the 4th of November, in
company with the Count D'Eflaing's squadron. Heinforms
that the day after he left this place, namely on the <th of
that month, in a gale of wind he loft light of the French
squadron : and that the next day, the 6th, he fell in with
the Briiifh squadron commanded by Admiral Byron, who
had then with him ten ships of the line; among which was
the Fame of 74 guns, and 460 men, by which he was tak
en and sent on board the Princess Royal, commanded by
the Admiral, who asked him where the French squadron
was gone to which he replied that lie was totally ignorant
of it's destination. The next day the Admiral ordered the
fleet to steer for Rhodc-Ifland. And at four o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, the English difeovered 5 large ships
to leeward, which they took to be French, and which they
plainly endeavoured to avoid.—He further reports that at
Rhode, Island, to which place he wax carried, he saw eleven
fail ofthe line, not one of them having more than 5 00
men on board, except the Admiral, who had about seven
hundred men; and that the lick amounted to four hundred.
That a Captain of one of these large dips, named Hilera,
was dead of the dirtemper that raged in the fleet, as also
his Lieutenant and firft Surgeon.—That according to com
mon report at that place, and among the officers of the
squadron, Admiral Byron with his ships was designed for
Martinic® : that they were expending provisions from
New-York, having scarcely any at Rhode-Ifland.
It is reported that part of the wreck of a Britilh feventy
four gun Ihip has lately been difeovered not far from Cape
Sables.
We hear that a British garrison has lately been placed
at Bermudas, which has hitherto been esteemed a neutral
Island.
NEW-YO R K, December,,.
Last Thursday a sloop laden with arms and gunpowder,
bound from the Miffifippi to Philadelphia, was brought
into this port by the Columbus, one of our privateers ; Mr.
James Willing of Philadelphia was in this prize, and re
moved into custody on board his Majelly's ihip the Ardent.
On Thursday arrived the Enterprize, tender to the Rofo
Frigate, Lieut. Lock, Commander, with the Dove sloop
from James river for New England, laden with bread,
flour and tobacco.
Dee. 26. The Parliament stands proro ued to the 26th
of November, when it is expected his Majesty will open
the session.
PHILADELPHIA, January.
This day at eleven o'clock, at the State-house, comes
on the election of a Representative in the General Assem
bly for this city, in the room of His Excellency Joseph
Reed, Esquire.
We are informed by a gentleman from Elizabeth-tonn,
that fourteen out of twenty outward bound vessels, under
convoy of the Juno, were funk or run ashore upon Long-
Irtand in the late snow storm.
Last week arrived here from New-York, Mr. William
Macpherfon, late Lieutenant and Adjutant in his Britannic
Majesty's 16th regiment of so t---Son of Captain John
Ma' phe son of this city, and brother of the late gallant
Maar Macpherfon, who fell before the walls of Quebec.
This young gentleman entered the British army very early
in life. The part his family took in the present war and
his feelings as an American induced him to embrace the
firft opportunity that his honor gave him of facrificing a
mode of life that choice, habit, and the most flattering
profpeas had made agreeable to him, father than employ
his arms against the liberties of his native country.
fj|t she piece signed '- A Country Gentleman," is re
ceived, and shall be published immediately after the wri
ter calls upon the printer.
In CO UNCI L, Philadelphia, January 4, 1779.
WHEREAS the keeping of gun-powder in or near any
town or city is highly dangerous and contrary to law ,
And Whereas there is reason to believe, that cenfiderab e
quantities of gun-powder are warehoused in the city of
Philadelphia, and in the towns of this State, to the endan
gering of the lives of many of the inhabitants; this Byard,
therefore, think proper to fignify to all persons possessed
of gun-powder, that ftrid enquiry will be made concern
ing the nuisance aforefaid, and prosecutions commenced
against all persons offending in the premises.
Extract from the Minutes,
T. M ATLAC K, Secretary.
In Philadelphia, or within two miles of it, twelve pounds
of gun-powder may be kept in a private house: In Lan
carter Borough twenty -five pounds may be kept in a pri
vate house.
The Commissary of Military- (lores for, the State, will
receive gun-powder at a reafonabie rate into the new pow
dcr-houfe, in the northweii part efthe chy.
In CONG RE S S, 'January 2, 17
HEREA S these United States, unprovi
ded with revenues, and not heretofore in
a condition to raise then., have, in the course of
the present war, repeatedly been under the ne
cessity of emitting bills of credit, for the redemp
tion of which the faith of these United Slates has
been solemnly pledged ; and the credit ofwhich
their honor and fafety as w ell us justice is highly
concerned to Support and eftabhih. And whereas
to that end it is ellenually necedary to afeertain
the periods of their redemption ; and seasonably
to eltabhfh funds, which, in due time, without
diltrelling the people, shall make adequate pro
vision for the fame. And whereas, in appor
tioning the payments for the laid fund, it is ex.
pedient that an extra sum be called for the cur
rent year, both on account of the present ease of
paying it and :o reduce the surplus in ciiculatiun..
Therefore
Resolved, That these United States be cal
led 011 to pay in their respective quotas of fif
teen millions of dollars in the year 1779, and of
fix millions of dollars annually for j 8 years fi out
and after the year 1779, as a f un d for linking the
emillions and loansof these United Slates to the
gilt day of December, 1778, inclusive.
That if the continuance and circumflances of
the war shall make any further emillions neces
sary, the year enduing, they shall befunk in the man
ner and within the period aforefaid.
That any of the bills emited by order of Con
gress, prior to the year 17S0, and no others, be re
ceived in payment of the laid quotas.
That the bills received on tne said quotas, except
those for the year 1779, be applied full for payment
of the intered, and secondly of the principal of
loans made by these United States, prior to the year
1780, and that the relidue together with thole re
eived on the quotas of the year 1779, be not re
ill'ued, but burned and destroyed as Congreis shall
direct.
\And whereas many counterfeits have appeared
in circulation, of various denominations, of the
emissions of May 20, 1777,2nd April 11, 1778, and
counterfeits of chele emissions have lately been iiiu
ed by our enemies at New York, and are found to
be spreading and increasing fall in various parts of
these United States ; whereby individuals are defrau
ded, prices enhanced, and the credit ofthe paper
currency greatly injured ; and it is become neceil'ary
for the security of individuals and lately of the pub
lic, that thole two emillions Ihould cease to be a
circulating medium, and should be called in, and
exchanged, or otherwise provided for as soon as may
be with convenience to the present holders. —
Therefore
Resolved, That the following bills be taken Out
of circulation, namely, the whole emissions of May
20, 1777, and April 11, 1778.
That they be brought in for that purpose in the
manner hereafter provided by the firft day of June
next, and not afterwards redeemable.
That they be received for debts and taxes into
the Continental Treasury, and into the State Trea
suries for Continental taxes, until the firft day 01
June next.
That they be received until the firft day of June
next, into the Continental Loan Offices, either on
loan or to be exchanged at the election of the own
ers, for other bills of the like tenor, to be provided
for that purpose.
T^at the bills lodgedin the said offices to be so
exchanged, be there regilterd, and indented certifi
cates thereof given to the owners by the respective
Commissioners of the said offices.
That the Commissioners ofthe Loan-Offices make
returns to the treasury board, immediately after the
firft day of J me n^, of the amount ofthe bills re
ceived into their refoedive offices to be exchanged
as aforefaid, and that proper bills to exchange the
fame be furnifted and ready to be delivered out
at their said offices, within 60 days bom and alter the
aid firft day of June-
I hat the urft mentioned bills, as they are freur'it
in-line lieaiurie> and Loan-Offices, oe immediately
croued and struck through with a circular punch ^f
one inch diameter, to be afterwords examined and
burned, as Congress shall direct.
Extract trem the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
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Philadelphia, January 1779.
THIS MORNING at Nine o'clock, at
JAMES I. OUGHEA D's
VENDUE-STORE,
I/IfIEL begin the sale of a very valuable, neat and
useful colkaion of Huuihold.and Kitchen Furni
ture, and Wearing Apparel, in which are two hundred
new jackets and breeches, luitable for sailor or soldier.
And on the next day (Wednefda,) on Meffm Wil
ling and Morris's Wharf, at Ten o'clock, will be fold,
two cables, one jibb, one flying ditto, and two gun
carriages tor 4-pounderSbAnd at Six oclock in tie
evening, at the Coffee-houfe, will be fold, that lar^e
Anchor on Mi. Peter Knight's Wharf, laved out ofthe
Augusta wreck.
Io be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the sign of Admiral Warren, on the LincalteQoad,
On Saturday the 9th inst. (January)
A VALUABLE PLANTATION, contain
ing two hundred and three acres of land, upwards
0, Sixty acres of good watered meadow, about fifty acres
of woo lland, the other land fertile and good. There is
on said plantation, a stone dwelling-house with two rooms
cm a floor, a large Fone barn, with stables, &c. a good
bearing orchard, and a stone fpr ng.houfe; it is plea
fintly situated in Eafton Township, Chester County,
nineteen miles from Philadelphia, and one mile to the
f uth of Lancaster road. The sale to begin at One
0 lock in the afternoon, where attendance will be given
and conditions of sale made known, by
RICHARD MASON.
N. B. The above Plantation is within two miles of
several lime kilns. 2 ,
State oj Neiv-Jerfey, ff.
IO ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is beieby given, That a Court
of Admiralty will be held at the hot L of Gilbert
Barton, Inn-holder in Alien-Town, in the county of
Monmouth, on Fuefday the twelfth day of January, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to try the
truth of the faffs alledged in the bills of Yelverton Tay
lor, (who as well, &c.) against the schooner or vessel
ca.led the Good Intent, lately commanded by John
Rifely ; against the schooner or vessel called the Fame,
lately commanded by Francis Coffin: Of John Leake,
(whas well, &c.) against the schooner or vessel called
t l e Fortune, lately commanded by Garret Beakman :
Of Moses Griffin, (who as well, &c.) against the fcho%
ner or vessel called the Rambler, lately commanded by
Bayne Smallwood : Of Seth Johnson, (who as well, &c.)
against the sloop or vessel called the Charming Polly,
lately commanded by Ebenezer Ward : Of David Ste
vens, (who as well, &c ) against the schooner or veils!
caPed the Friends, lately commanded by James Conn:
Of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, (who as well, &c.) against
the (loop or vessel lately commanded by Richard Read
ing: Of John Neilfon, (who as well, &c ) against the
flocp or vessel lately commanded by Thomas Crowell,
Jun. with their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and
cargoes: T® the end and intent that the owner or
owners of the laid vessels respectively, or any perlon or
persons concerned therein, may appear and shew cause,
it any they have, why the said vessels and their refpeaive
tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes should not be
condemned, according to the prayer of the said bills.
By Order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Allen Tonun, Dec. 21, 1773.
_ January 5, 1779.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS LOST last Saturday evening, in Third
ftreet, between Market and Chefnut- streets,
wrapped in a piece of brewn paper, FOUR HUNDRED
and EIGHTY DOLLARS, Continental Currency.
Whoever has found the fame and will leave word with
the Printer hereof, so that the owner may have it again,
shall receive the above Reward.
Philadelphia, January 5.
F 0 R SAL E,
A few PIPES of excellent
MADEIRA W I N E,
B Y
ALEXANDER FOSTER.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN M A R I E,
In Norris's Alley, the firft door upon the right hand
going in from Second-street,
BEST Coniac Brandy, by the quarter-calk or gal
lon ; Bourdeaux Claret of the firft quality, by the
(piaiter-calk or dozen; White Wine Vinegar, by 'he
quarter-calk or gallon; Florence Oil in cases ; Cam
bricks, Linen Handkerchiefs, fine and coarse Dutch
Sheetings, French Indigo, Green and Souchong Tea in
Cannirters.
N. B. Twelve Shillings per dozen will be given for
empty Wine Bottles. 12.
Just publiJbed and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market freet, Philadelphia,
L A WS
Enacted in the third General Assembly of the
Common W^-lth of Pennsylvania,
Which met at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty
fixth u- y of October, 177 c.