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"Refbived, That the agent of marine be informed that
congress, having a high sense of the merit and services
of captain J. P. Jones, and being disposed to favour the
zeal manifefled by him to acquire improvement in the
'line of his profeffion, do grant the permission which he
requeft*; and that the said agent be inftruHed to re
command him accordingly to the countenance of his
excellency the marquis de Vaudieuil.
The committee, confiding of Mr. Hamilton, Mr.
Peters, and Mr. Osgood, to whom were referred a re
port of the fuperintendant of finance, on a letter cf
22d of Nov. 1782, from captain Shreiber, and a let
ter of 25th of the fame month from lieutenant colonel
Crambray ; report:
“ That although they confider the situation of fo
reigners in the service of this country, remote from any
resources which they may have in their own, and de
stitute of any competent provision here, as involviig
a peculiar hardship, and requiring if possible some dis
crimination in their favour; yet io the present em
barrassed Rate of the pubic finances, they cannot
advise any measure for their relief which may derange
the general plans of the fuperinttndant of finance; and
they therefore recommend, that the matter may be
left to his discretion to as ltherein as he may conceive
meft proper."
Resolved, That congress agree to the said report.
FRIDAY, December 6, 1782.
On motion of Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr.
Carroll:
Whereas there is reason to fufoea, that as well the
national charaHer of the united states and the honour
of congress, as the finances of the said states may be in
jured, and the pub ic service greatly retarded, by some
publications that have been made concerning the fo
reign affairs of said states:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire
into this fubft & and report what steps they conceive are
necessary to be taken thereon.
A motion was made by Mr. Hamilton, seconded by
Mr. Rutledge,
That the fuperintendant of finance be, and he is
hereby directed to represent to the legislatures of the
several states, the indifpenfible necessity for their com
plying with the requisitions of congress, for raising one
million two hundred thousand dollars, for paying a
year's interest of the domeflic debt of the united states,
and two millions dollars towards defraying the expenc
es of the estimate for the ensuing year, and the iccon
veniencies, embarrassments and injuries to the public
service, which will arise from the states individually
making appropriations of any part of the said two
millions of dollars, or of any oth-r monies required by
the united states in congress assembled, assuring them
withal that congress are determined to make the fulleft
juflice to the public creditors an invariable object of
their counsels and exertions: that a deputation be
sent to the date of Rhode Island, for the purpose of
making a full and just representation of the public af
fairs of the united Hates, and of urging the absolute
necessity of a compliance with the refolu'ion of congress
of the 3d day cf February, 1781, refpeding the duty
Mr. John Lowell, and Mr. George Wa ad, were e
bad, the former having been nominated by Mr. Of
good, and the latt r by Mr FitTfimmons,
Whereas it appears to congress, by authentic do
cuments, that the people inhabiting tt ediftr ft of coun
try on the weft fide of Conne&icut river, commonly
called the New-Hampshire Grants, and claiming to be
an independent state, in contempt of the authority of
congress, and in direct violation of their resolutions of
the 14th of September, 1779, and of the 2d of June,
1780, did, in the month of September lad, proceed to
exercise jurddidion over the persons and properties of
sundry inhabitants of the said diflria, profeffing them
selves to be fubjeds of, and to owe allegiance to the
Bate of New-York, by means whereof divers of them
have been condemned to banishment, not to return on
pain of death and confiscation of eilate, and others
have been fined in large sums, and otherwise deprived
of property ; therefore,
Resolved, That the said aHs and proceedings of the
said people, being highly derogatory to the authority
of the united states, and dangerous to the confederacy,
require the immediate and decided interposition of
congro s, for the proteaion and relief of such as have
fuffered by them, and for preserving peace in the said
diftria, until a d^cifion shall be had of the controver
sy, relative to the jurifdiaion cf the fame:
That the people inhabiting the said diftria, claim
ing to be independent, be, and they are hereby re
quired, without delay, to make full and ample restitu
tion to Timothy Church, Timothy Phelps, Henry E
vans, William Shattuck, and such others as have been
condemned to banishment and confifeation of estate,
or have otherwise been deprived of property since the
firfl day of September last, for the damages they have
sustained by the ads and proceedings aforefaid: and
that they be not molested in their persons or proper
ties, on their return to their habitations in the said
diftrid:
That the united states will take effectual measures
to enforce a compliance with the aforefaid resolutions,
in case the fame shall be disobeyed by the people of
the said difiriH:
That no persons holding commissions under the
Rate of Kew York, or under the people of the said
diftrid claiming to be independent, exercise any au
thority over the persons and properties of any inhabi
tants in the said diftriH, contrary to the foremention
ed resolutions of the 24th of September, 1779, and the
2d of June, 1780:
That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be trans
mitted to Thomas Chittenden, esquire, of Bennington,
in the diftria aforefaid, to be communicated to the
people thereof.
According to the order of the day, congress pro
ceeded to the eleHion of two judges tor the court of
appeals in cases of capture, and the ballots being
take n ,
THURSDAY, December 5, 1782.
on imports and prizes, as a measure essential to the
fafety and reputation of these states.
When the question was about to be put, a division
was called for by Mr. Howell ; and on the question to
agree to the firft part, as far as " exertions" inclusive,
the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Izard:
Resolved unanimously in the affirmative, every mem
ber answering ay.
On the question to agree to the second part," That a
deputation" &c. to the end, the yeas and nays being
required by Mr. Izird:
it was ref Ived in the affirmative.
Resolved, That the deputation confit of three mem
bers, and that previous to their departure they confer
with the fuperintendant of finance, the secretary at war
and the secretary for foreign affairs, who are hereby
directed to communicate to them such information,
fron their refpedive departments as may be mod con
ducive to the end proposed:
The members chosen, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Mifflin and
Mr. Nash.
TUESDAY, December 10, 1782.
Mr. Carroll laid before congress a letter of the 6th,
from the president of the senate and speaker of the
house of de agates of Maryland, informing him of
his being chosen a delegate to congress for the endu
ing year.
WEDNESDAY, December 11, 1782.
On the application of the secretary at war,
Ordered, That he have leave of absence to visit his
fami y
On the report of a committee, confining of Mr. Ha
milton, Mr. Madison and Mr. Fitzfimmons,
Resolved, That the following letter be lent to the
governor of Rhode-Ifland and Providence Plantations,
with the deputation appointed to proceed to that
Hate:
SIR,
CONGRESS are equally affected and alarmed
by the information they have rece ved, that the legi -
lature of your state, at their last meeting, have refuf
ed their concurrence in the establishment of a duty on
imports. They confider this measure as so ipdifpen
fable 0 the profecutlon of the war, that a sense of du
ty and regard to the common fa ety, compel them to
renew their efforts to engage a compliance with it ;
and in this view they have determined to fend a de
putation of three of their members to your state, as
expressed in the enclosed resolution. The gentlemen
they have appointed will be able to lay before you a
full and just representation of the public affairs, from
which, they flatter themselves, will result a conviction
of the propriety of thew solicitude upon the present
occasion. Convinced by past experience of the zeal
and patriotism of the state of Rhode Island, they can
not doubt that it will yield to those urgent confidcra
tions which flow from a knowledge of our true situa
tion. They will only briefly observe, that the increas
ing difeontents ofthe army, the loud clamours of the
public creditors, and the extreme d ifproportion be
tween the current supplies and the demands of the
public service, are so many invincible arguments for
the fund recommended by congress. They feel them
selves unable to devise any other that will be more
efficacious, less exceptionable or more generally agree
able, and if this is reje&ed, they anticipate calami
ties of a moll menacing nature, with this consolation,
however, that they have faithfully difeharged their
trust, and that the mifehiefs which may follow, cannot
be attributed to them.
A principal objed of the proposed fund is, to pro
cure loans a road. If no security can be held out to
lenders, the success of these must necessarily be very li
r mited. The last accounts on the fubjed were not
flattering, and when intelligence shall arrive in Europe,
that the Rate of Rhode-Ifland has disagreed to the on
ly fund which h^s yet been devised, there is every
reason to apprehend it will have a fatal influence on
thorfuture progress. Deprived of this resource, our
affairs muff, in all probability, rapidly hafttn to a
dangerous crisis, and these states be involved in great
er embarrassments than they have yet experienced,
and from which it may be much more difficult to e
merge. Congress will on'y add a request to your ex
cellency, that if the legislature should not be fitting,
it may be called together as speedily as possible, to en
able the gentlemen whom they have deputed to per
Iform the purpose of their mission.
Old Gaol, February 28.
NO W confined for debts, about 4.0 pounds, cne
who cn make over, as security, a house which
rents for 201. per annum, exclusive of ground-rent.
Whoever will be so humane as to lend the above sum,
will not only relieve me from a cold gaol and un
merciful creditors costs of fuit# (as I paid last summer
near four ponns, now have the Dine sum 10 p^y for
the fame debt) but likewise save my property, and en
able me to follow my trade, to help tc f pport myfelf
in my old age, being now 63. Whoever is inclined
to be so charitable, will find he and the deed, & above,
at captain Reynolds's.
THURSDAY, December 12, 1782.
Mr. Nathaniel Gorham, a delegate for the state of
Massachusetts, attended and produced the credentials
of his appointment, which were read, and by which it
appears, that on the 24th of October last, he was ele&-
ed to serve for one year, to commence the firft Mon
day of November, 1782.
Mr. John Collins, a delegate for the state of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, attended and pro
duced the credentials of his appointment, by which it
appears, that on the firft Wednesday in M?y last, he was
chosen to represent that state in the congress of the
united states for one year, and until another Ihdl ap
pear to take his place.
S I R,
I O NDO N.
From the Courier de I'Europe, November 22, ^782.
Extract of a letter from the baron de Viomenil, to the
marquis de Segur, dated September 17, 1782.
THE officers, passengers in t hetwo frigates, l'Aigle
and la Gloire, were landed on the flarboard shore of
the Delaware. Being at the diflance of three leagues
from their frigates, the baron de Viomenil sent back
the boats, with an invitation to Cod the treasure com,
taioed in the two frigates to him. Notwithflanding
they were in greater danger than before, yet by the
activity of monsieur de la Touche, and de Vallongue,
this business was effifted. though attended with great
difficulties. Two boats of refugees, containing 100
armed men each, attempted to take those who ha&
the money io charge, and had it nearly in their pow^
er; but by the gallantry of the officers, and the intre^
pidity of lieutenant le rieur Gourgues, who came up
with the boats of I'Aigle, flruck such a damp to the
enemy, who, though they had not twenty men to en^
gage, Cheered off with precipitation. The money was
sent to Philadelphia under the care of the aids de camp
and fix officers of the royal regiment of artillery, and
the legion de Lauzun, commanded by le fieur Sheldon^
who acquitted himfelf io this service with zeal and in
tegrity. Les fieurs de Erbanes, Montefqu eu, Lomenie
and Melfort were of the greatest service in the most
critical time of distress. Les fieurs de Brentano, Rice,
Talleyrand, Lameth, Fleury, Vaudreuil, Frederick
de Chabannes, Montmort and de Viomenii's son, have
demonstrated the most dilintereßed ardor on this oc
casion, having done duty as private centinels every
night ; les fieurs de Laval, Tiffeal and Brentano, have
exerted themselves in a most extraordinary manner in
recovering the 500,000 livres, which were thrown 0-
verboard at the time of the refugees attack on our
boats. Les fieurs de Segur, and de Broglio, after hav
ing from the beginning acquitted themselves in every
inßance with great zeal and honour in this service, be
ing entrufled with dispatches from the ministry to les
fieurs de la Luzerne, Rochambeau and <'e Vaudreuil,
have carried them to Philadelphia. The due de Lau
zun, who had be<n ill of a fever about 23 days at sea,
and is but just beginning to recover, never quitted the
baron de V.omeoil in any of these great difficulties,
and it was entirely owing to his address, that some mi
litia of the country were assembled, who aflifled in
saving the money.
Nov. 19. The Salisbury, of 50 guns, the Refiflance
44, and the Syren, of 32, have received orders to hold
themselves in readiness to proceed to the East-Indies,
with the merchant fleet of that company, who are to
depart in the cour eof next month. The civil officers
of the company expert to get a passage in this fleet :
these two years past no person, except in the military
line, have had permission to embark in any of the ves
sels for that destination. The Salt Spring, captain
Jones, bound from Jamaica to London, and the Ann,
captain M'Neil, from Jamaica to Glasgow, are taken
by the Americans and carried into Salem. The Vigi
lant, of 74 guns, the Crown and the Samson of 64 guns
each, with the frigates Minerva and Andromache, are
the vrffels left to cruize off Cape St. Vincent, to protest
the Lilbon trade, the arrival of which is hourly ex
peded. It is said they are to join commodore Elliott's
squadron cruising off Lisbon, which will then consist
of nine vessels. The Dispatch, captain Season, bound,
from London to Fowey, and another ship from Ipswich
for Plymouth, were taken the 10th inflant by a French
privateer between the Start Point and the Brawle, who
sent them to France. The Marquis de Tallad,a French
privateer of 20 guns, fitted out at Havre de Grace,
is taken by the marquis of Rockingham and another
privateer called the Fly, and carried into Kinfale.
Le Wefer, captain Schomaker, of Peterlburgh, was
caR away near Calais, but the crew saved. Five o
t her v p ffels shared the fame fate, at the fame time, near
the fame harbour. The Vreyheyd, captain Zwartje,
bound from St. Maloes for a Dutch port, loaded
with bale silks, and other valuable goods, is taken and
carried i to Guernsey : a French sloop in company
left her as soon as die perceived her in danger.
The Amphitrite, captain Tupper, bound from Guern
sey for London, is taken by a Dutch privateer and
carried into Cherbourgh. The Fort Louis, a Dun
kirk privateer of eight guns, is taken by the Mercury
privateer, captain Williams ; the Frenchman had just
before made prize of a ship which (he sent for France,
and which captain Williams mmediately went in q uel
of. The ship Freeport, bound from Offend to Brest
loaded with pitch, tar, &c. is taken and carried into
Plymouth by the Frieodfhip privateer, belonging to
Penzance. The Rose, captain Wermel, is taken on
her passage from Montserrat to Oflend, by a Dutch
privateer, in the latitude of Bermudas, and was entire
ly loft on the coaß of Hoiland : the captain and crew
are arrived in the Textl.
N E W-Y O R K, February 21. '
Various have been the reports circulated in this ci
ty, within these few days, of a general peace, but the
printer hereof assures the public, that from what he can
colleH from the latest rebel papers, it appears, that a
formidable naval and military armament is ordered
to be got ready immediately for the Weft-Indies.
Yesterday was sent in here by his majesty's ship Ly
on, the ship from the Weft Indies bound to Phi
ladelphia.
We also learn that a number of other prizes, sup.
poled to be part of the fleet that failed from the Weft-
Indies, some time ago, bound for Philadelphia, under
convoy of the rebel frigate Alliance, are taken by his
majeft, 's cruizers and sent into the Hook, but the wind
and tide eing unfavourable we are prevented from
learning the particulars.
February 22.
By the brigantine -, prize to the cruizer,
Fair American, captain Burton, which arrived here
yeflerday, we are told, that the former left Cadiz on
the 24th of December, when accounts were received
at tuat city, declaring the conimiffioners for treating
on a general pacification, had broke off their confer
ences, and (eparittd; the two ministers on the part g!