Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-05-27 00:00:00, page 8

Serves to himfdfen his fide, the liberty, of recalling
his troops at the end of four years, if they are notfcnt
back before, or to agree with his Britannic Majesty
at theend of that time for another term.
VII. With regard to the pay and treatment, as well
ordinary as extraordinary, of the said troops, they
shall be put on the fame foot, in all refpedls, with the
national British troops ; and his Majesty 's department
of war shall deliver without delay to that of his molt
Serene Highness, an exari and faithful state of the
pay and treatment enjoyed by thole troops; which
pay and treatment, in consideration, that his most Se
rene Highness could not put this corps in a condition to
march in so short a time without extraordinary experi
ces, shall commence for the firft division on the fir.F of
February, and for the second, seven days before it
shall begin to march, and shall be paid into the military
chaff of Hesse, without any abatement or deduction,
to be deftributed according to the arangements which
shall be made far that purpose, and toe fam of twenty
thousand pounds sterling shall be advanced immediately
on account of the said pay.
VIII. If it should happen unfortunately that any
regiment or company of the said corps should be ruined
or deftreye.lby accents on the sea or otherwise, m
the while or in part, or that t; e pieces of artillery or
other effects with which they Ihall be pr vided Around
be taken by the eneme, r r 10l on the sea, his Ma
jetty tltf King ofGreat-B itain shall cause to be paid
the exp nces of the occetTary rectors, as well as the
price of the'aid field pieces and effc&s, in order so th
with t n reinhate the artil ery and the laid regiments or
companies; and the sud recfui small be let led like
wise on the foot f thole whico were furnished to te
H Jiao officers by virtue of the treaty th 1702,11 ric'e
the firth, 1 "^ nd r hn the corns 'ay be always
preserve' aid lent back ma moi a ft 1 e as rw^cle
h er^dm; ,e r c us ao u 'y necefiby ih ill be
lent to tnqgqghih CommuTaty,' thfcip'ined and ebn
p'ariy - q;r,ged, at the price of -mba.kci 00, at iuch
ti eas i. nnic Mjedy mail appoint.
X Be Europe his M jelly shall make use of this
b y fro ps be land woerrverhe shall judge proper;
boN>rth m rica is the only country of the other
part of iheg! b- where this bdy ofiro ws shall be em
p oyed, '§ i.eydhah not lerve on the sea, and they
fberj yn al things, without any reftrittion what-
F. ver, ue fame pay and emoluments, as are enjoyed
b) tie Engl ih troops.
X. In cale, the most Serene Landgrave mould be at
tacked or ditturbed in the possession of his dominions,
his Britannic Majesty promises and engages to give
hira all the fuccour that it shall be in his power to afr
ford, [original, de doner] which fuccour shall be con
tinued to him uodl he shall have obtained an entire se
curity and joft indemnified ion : As the moll Serene
Landgrave promises likewise on his part, that in case
his Majesty the King of Greit Britain is attacked or
disturbed in his kiigd,ms, dominions, lands, provin
ces or towns, he will give him [original, lui pretera]
in like manner all the fa ccour that it shall be in his
power to afford, [original de donaer] which fucCour
shall likewise b continued to him, until he shall have
obtained a good and advantageous peace.
XI. In order to render this alliance and union the
' more perfe& and to leave no doubt with th^ parties
about the certainty of the fuccour which they have to
expe&by virtue of this treaty, it is expressly agreed,
that to judge for the future whether the cate of this
alliance and the stipulated fuccour exists er not, it shall
luffice, that either of the parties is actually attacked
by force of arms, without his having firft used open
force against him whoattacks him.
XIE Ihe tick of the Hessian corps shall remain un
der the cue of their physicians, surgeons, and other
perms appointed for that purpose, under the orders
of the General commanding the corps of that nation;
and every thing shall be allowed them that his Maief
ty allows t) his own troops.
Xill. All rhe Hvffian deferter^ shall be faith'ul'y
given up whenever they fkail be difccveied in the pla
ces dependent on his Britannic Majesty, and above all
gs far 3s it is poffibie, no person whatever of that na
tion shall be permitted th elabhih himlelf in America,
without the consent of his sovereign.
XIV. All the transports for the troops, as well for
the men as for the effe&s, shall be at the expence of his
Britannic Majesty; and none belonging-jo the said
corps fhak pay any postage for letters, in consideration
of the difta^ce of the places.
XV. Thetreaty shall be ratified by the high con
trasting parries, and the ratifications thereof ihall be
exchanged as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, we the undersigned, furnifhed
with the full powers of his Majesty the King of Great
Britain on one part, and of his most Serene Highness
the reigning Landgrave of Hesse CaiTell on the other
part, have signed the present treaty, and have caused
the feds of our arms to be put thereto. Done at
Caffe'l, thesis eenth ofjanuary, in the year 1776.
L. S WILLIAM FAUCITr, L.S.M.DE SCHLIEFFEN.
Tranfl^tion ofa TR E ATY between bis M fefiy and
the Hereditary Prince of Hesse Caffell, Rei^ ning Count
of Hanau,
Signed at Hanau, the „b of February, 1776.
BE it known to all whom it may concern, that his
Majesty the King of Great Britain having judged
proper to accept a body of infantry of the troops ofhis
most Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Hesse
Caffell, reigning Count of Hanau, See. to be employed
in the service of Great-Britain, the high contracting
parties have given orders for this purpose to their ref
peQive Ministers, that is to (ay, his Britannic Majesty
to Col. William Faucitt, Captain of the Guards; and
the most Serene Hereditary Prince of Hesse Caffell to
his Minister and Privy Counfellor, Frederic de Malf
bourg: who -after the exchange of their refpeftive fall
powers have agreed upon the following Articles.
I. The said most Serene Prince yields to his Britan
nic Majesty a body of infantry of fix hundred fixty
eight men, which fhal be at the entire dhpotition of
the King of Great-Britain.
11. The most Serene Prince engages to equip com
pletely this corps, and that i: fhail be ready to march
the 20th of tire morth cf Ma-ch next, at fattheft. The
said corps shall pa sin review before his Britannic Ma
jesty's Commissary at Hanan, if that can be done, or
at f>me other price, as opp irtundy shall offer.
'III. The most Set e Prince engages to furnifh the
recruits annually necefLry; ih^e recruits shall be de
livered t.- his Brirannic Mjeriy's CommifTary, disci
plined and completely equipped: His mod Serene High
ness will do his uimHi tsarthe whole may arrive at
the place cf /heir embarkation at the time his Majesty
ffiall fix upon..
IV. Fee service of 'it Britannic Majesty, and the
preservation of the 'loops equi-Kg equally that the
Commanding Office s and Soba! er 4s diorld be per
fed'/ acquainted ah he 'e; 'ce, his mod be ene H:gh
nets wii take - 0 ^r care in r : choice rd them.
V. The mod Serene " i ee engages 10 put this corps
on the bed 'OO in^ rhr & e, and nme ball be admitted
ino it but,%'.., c , ,j.. r t,r cam <d?n fu^c nd
acknowledged as me - b his Bn tan.de Maj b,'sC, ffi .
in fikry.
VI. This corns shall be furnifhed with ten's and all
nectffary eq: Lage.
VII. TbeKiug grants to this cm $ th^ udinary and
extraordinary pay, as well as ad ?hl a<%nmo,-s in fo
rage, provifi^ns, winter quarters, art un • er,:%
&c. &c. enjoyed by the R<yal tro .ps; auf e, olt
Serene Pnece. -engages to let th;s c r ;^ er° v vi die
emoluments of pay that Is BAomj \d^.ws
them. The sick and woaoderi of he % -^rns t !
be taken care of iothf King's hobra's - # h ul he
treated in tis re'p:ft©s Iris Sri agueM? os;
and the woanded, not in ac % dunu r u<ll le
transported mio Europe, ad ^nt E, ^.^r own
country atrihe xomce of the Ki^
VIII There Iha.l be pai.l to his ra'iivh
nefs, under the title of levy money. • tfol
d?er thirty crowns binco; 'h wn - - Adv
three sols of Hoda d:oedo' of r. 1 ^y
shall be paid fix weeks after ,be fgu^ure of qc neaty,
and the other half three months and a halt a lit the
signature..
IX. According to cuAom, thr*e wounded men shall
be reckoned as o n e killed: a man killed, Ihal be paid
for at the rate cf he levy money. If it (hall happen
that any company cf-this corps mould be entirely ru
ined or destroyed, the King will pay the expence of
the necessary recruits to re eftablilh this corps.
X. The most Se ene Prince refetves to himfelf rhe
nomination to th^ vacant employments, as allo the ad
ministration of juflice. Moreover Iris Britannic Ma
jesty will cavife, orders to be given to the commander
of the army in which ths corps mail serve, not to exa&
of this coi ps any extraordinary services, or such as are
beyond their proportion with the rest cf the army; and
when they Ihall serve with the Engriih troops, or with
other auxiliaries, the officers mail command (as the
military service requires of itfelf) according to their
military ra k, and the fenidrity of their commissions,
without making any diftindion of what corps the troops
may be with which they may serve. This corps shall
take the oath of fidelity to his Britannic Majesty, with
out prejudice to that which they have taken to their
sovereign.
Xl. Their pay mail commence fifteen days before
the march es this b®dy of troops, and from the time
the troops shall have quitted their quarters, in order
to repair to the place of their destination, all the ex
pence> of march and transport, as well as of the future
return of the troops into their own country, shall be at
the charge of his Britannic Majesty.
XII. His Britainic Majesty will grant to the most
Sereae Prince, during all the time that this body of
troops shall be in the pay ofhis Majesty, an equal sub
sidy of twenty five thousand and fifty crowns banco.
His Majesty (hall cause notice of the cessation of the
aforesaid subsidy to be given, a whole year before it
shall cease to be paid, provided that this notice mail
not be given till after the return of the troops into the
dominions of his most feene Highness.
This treaty mail be ratified by the high contrasting
parties, and the ratifications thereof mail be exchang
ed as soon as possible. In witness whereof, wethe un
dersigned, in virtue of our full powers have signed the
present treaty, and have thereunto put the seal of our
arms.
Done at Hanau, the yb of February, 1776.
L. S. William FaUcitt.
L. S. Frederic Bn. de Mals^ourg.
In C OMMI TTE E, at Accomack Court- koufe, i;z
Virginia, April 19, 1776.
CAPT. William Home, matter and part owner of
the Hoop Spry, of Cape-May, but lalt from Marie
Galant, having put into Gingoteague harbour, in this
county, some time early in the month of March lalt,
and after lying in that harbour till the 25th of that month,
was taen prevented from proceeding on his voyage home
to Cape May by order of this Committee, under an ap
prehension of his having a considerable quantity cf war
like stores on board which were in imminent danger of
failing into the hands of our enemies had he attempted
to enter Delaware Bay, and this day having waited on
the! Committee he laid before them a claim of 54.1. 19s.
for expences in going to his employers and returning,
and tor the detention of iris vessel from the 26th of March
until jederday, when he fold what gun-powder he had
on board to a member of this Committee for the use of
the Pu lie ; as the said Captain and his employer ap
peared diffatisfied with the resolution of the Committee,
in judice to themfclvcs they think proper to lay the date
of the case fimplv before the impartial Public.
On the r s th ofMaich lad the Committee having heard
that such a vclLI had put into the harbour aforelriid, and
that (he had on board 6 tun of gun powder and some fire
arms, ordered and Empowered one of their members to
wait on the Captain to know what truth was in the re
port, and if th, re was a*n v cordi lerable quantity on I sard
to pirchafe ic for any price not exceeding a dollar per lb.
Bib if the Captain fhoihd net chufe to fell then to flop
the vchEl, ^cue her, and fend n express to the Hon.
the Continental Congress for their direction what Ihould
be done with the carjo, for the Committee was then ful
ly apprized that no veltel could pals in or out of Delaware
bay in Sa'ety. When the Captain was thus waited upon
he adi med there were 6 tuns of gun-powder on board
his vtllci, and lomefne arms, but he affc&..d to believe
there was no danger from the enemy ; be said he dtpend
e much on the fwiitnefs d his veil I, and he mould wait
whde an e iterly wind had driven the crui ers o da, and
then he did n t doubt but he ihouid retch Iris port in
Gbrty ; for tliefe reasons no farther notice was taken of
mm at that time.
At a fubftquv.it meetings f the C mmittce 01 the 2 sth,
they were ion rued the ve fLi was hill in harbour, that
th: Cap ain did not incline to tel, but that be had
lad 0. should net bril fl he heard tiom Col. Wat.s, a
m 1' c; of :he C remittee, who was present in Commit-
Heat t is bid mentioned meeting; the Cornnnt ee con
bbrme that time * -s aimed a mmal impofliblity of
I.lreaping the r mltcri I (refers, ordered the veflel
'' cbi uht into a pl&.e of &fe:y io be dripped, the
bilges to defeated, ^nd ago rd to < kept te prevent
in 1 zn.emenrr or nizate unt I advice .could „e h<d from
ieonine Congress to re 11 a e their future conduct.
Ine c.-oani a charge.: ri h ads immediately, and
w t ,ff to u* e --ploy: r.- : He returned with them two
or te4 v : ago, an• agreed to tskea dollar per 4b. for
<'c oowd r. but i dead of 6 tons there were but 2 bar
rel an ; quarter iwr-els found, t oof which were not
Fi I t whole containing 2801 b. nefdes about zolb.
"n^ ehdi jpoled of t Gin; oteague.
'mrni , ; rther that the bn I Captain Horne) pre
vic is t) Los 1 o-m „.>}.£ fc, e PdL-v, L^TT enfe :d into .1
bo 6 witb a certon Jonathan Smith, lis security, in
100 . n naby. pivr^c to J ffe Hind, said to be Chair
man of 0 Committ e ther, ,on the expin's condition cf
laying out the n dr f mcargo in aims and
ainmunrt.o , and t d.o th r wires or merchandised
were to be p.den on bo rd. It aifo appered by an ori
ginal letter from Capt. Chid me: B wile,, who was in
the employ 0' M j^rßichard Weiitoa, 1 ear Little Egg-
Ilirbou , that lie had put on -marl laid Horne's velkl,
at the liland cf Vlmi'clano, F Fe^uir- lad, on ac
cou t aid or the ofc of the said Werfcoat, 1:, b. part
of these 5 cal^: of powder piochal. J with ;ud Wedcoat's
nioney ; the r^ft of fib Horde's carg >cot tiding <.fFrench
brandy, wm&, (d d # ck. lim , cordage, &:.&.,The
Co nuntte eethe<efme of opin.on, th t he had not
only deceived them by deci^riny he had a la ge quanti
ty of ammunition when he had but a tr fl°, but turn he
had imgeneroufly broken his obligeten to his country
in laying out much the greeted part of his nett proceeds
for artic es very different from military storer.
The said Horne also claimed an allowance for zilb. of
gun-powder, alledged to have been embezzled while hir
vessel was in custody ; this also was difolowed, beca^fe
the Captain seemed to be uncertain what quantity of
powder he had taken on board, because in the invoice
ofhis cargo Laid before the Committee, the article gun
powder had the figure (1) visibly altered to (4) making
the quantity golb. more than it was extended, footed
up, aad of course that much more than he had bought
er paid for, and because it allo appeared by the oath of
one of the officers commanding the guard, that the car
go was 0 very itri&ly guarded no embezzlement could
happen.
This is an honest, undisguised state of this ger tieman's
ch'e, as it appeared from witnesses examined on their
solemn oaths, and froin his own papers which he volun
tarily laid before the Committee, flow far he may have
a right to complain is submitted to the Public. When
they consider that he ministered to the evufe cf decepion,
in giving an untrue account of bis c rgo ; when they
confider he took an unworthy advantage of the lit erty
indulged him of importing mid ary stores, whereby his
bond is become forfeited, yet he has found mans toob
ta n the polTefficn of it; and When they confider that h^
even ventured to commit forgery, by increating on pa
per the quantity of gun-powder in so unguarded a mart-,
ner as to fubjeft him to the deteldi n of the molt inat
tentive observer. The Committee with not to go beyond
their line ; they wilh not to lay any wanton rettri&ions
upon trad, already fettered more than it can bear ; they
with not to injure any individual, or to withhold from
any man the rewards of his toil and hazard ; b&t they
confider the public good as an object to which private
emolument mult give way. And they think the man
who would deceive his country and evade a necessary
commercial reftri&ion for the fake of private advantage,
has the least reason to complain, even if holding up to
public view fhculd be the confiquence of detention.
Ordered, That the Clerk of this Committee cause the
above case to b^ published immediately in the Pennffl
yauia Packet. J AMES POWELL, Clerk.