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EXTRACTS from the Journals of Congress,
WEDNESDAY, March ift, 17^0.
Resolved,
THAT any interest the United States may have in
the capture of the brigantine Betsey, by the sloop
Argo, Silas Talbot commander, be rehnquifhed to the
said captan Talbot and the officers, seamen and marines
unjer his command at the time of the capture.
March 4.
A motion was made by Mr. Matthews seconded by Mr.
Holton, that it be-resolved,
That the thanks of Congress be returned to captain Paul
Jones and the officers and seamen of the squadron under
his command, for their brave spirited condud in the en
gagement with the Seraphis and Countefs'of Scarborough
ships of war, on the day of &
lad, and for the services rendered in the common cause in
the late expedition to the coast of Gre^t-Britain : where
upon,
it was moved by Mr.Houfton seconded by Mr.M'Clene,
That the foregoing motion be referred to the Board of
Admiralty ; on which the yeas and nays were required and
It passed in the affirmative.
March 6.
R.efolved, That the Governors of Virginia, North-Ca
rolina and South Carolina, be requeued to use their ut
most exertions in filling up their Continental battalions,
and that the men, as they can be from time to time col
leded to the number of fifty, be forwarded to join the
southern army: That, in the mean time, the said States
be requested to raise a body of Militia to join and serve
in the feuthern army until the firft day of January next,
unUfs-founer relieved by their refpe&ive quotas of Con
tinental troops, or otherwise difehgrged.
That on information they find large supplies for the ar
my have been lately collected in the Rate of New-Jersey,
in consequence of an application from the Commander in
Chief, either by the Magistrates or persons appointed for
that end by the Legislature ; the accounts arifingon which
can be more conveniently paid and fettled under the
direction of the State than in any other mode: where
upon,
Refolded, That it be recommended to the Legislature
of the Stateof New-Jersey to take measures for the pay
ment of tne accounts arising for supplies lately furnifhed
to the army th consequence of the application of the Com
mander in Chief, in the mode whieh they may judge most
conducive to the relief of those who have furnifhed them,
including the fame in their accounts against the United
States, to be fubjed to examination in like manner as o
ther charges.
(March g.
Resolved, That it be earneftiy recommended to the
States of Virginia, North Carolina and South-Carolina,
to have in readiness, to aft as the operations of the cam
paign shall require, a body of five thdufand Militia or
State troops, over and above their quotas of Continental
troops, in the following proportions, to wit:
Virginia two thousand,
Nor ^-Carolina fifteen hundred,
South-Carolina fifteen hundred ;
That the Militia direded to be held in readiness by the
States of Virginia, North-Carolina and South-Carolina,
agreeable to the aforegoing refolutiqn, be called into ac
tual service whenever the commanding officer in the touth
ern department fliall deem it necessary:
That the Commander in Chief ba dire^ed to make such
detachment from the troops under his command, to rein
force the fouthetn army, as his strength and circum fian
ces will permit.
Mirch 10.
A letter of this day from Timothy Pickering and T.
Mifflin was, read: Whereupon Coogrefscame to the fol
lowing resolutions:
Whereas General Schuyler has declined the appoint
ment made in consequence of the resolution of the 20th of
January last :
Resolved, That the remaining Commissioners be im
powered to proceed in thebufinefs committed to them.
Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to
cower with the said Commissioners, and with them devise
the best w^ys and means of carrying their commission in
to eff^^
The Members chosen Mr. Sherman, Mr. Jones and
Mr. Schuyler.
For the better regulating the payment of arrears dueor
become due to the soldiery for cloathing, pursuant to the
resolution of Congress of the 16th of August last,
Refolded, That the several regimental paymasters, at
the end efe^ch year,; make out returns of the eloathing
drawn by each soldier jarhe regiment to which he belongs
in the course thereof, 'and of the articles still due and to
be paid for at the value fixed by the Clo^thier General ;
That each of the said returns, certified by the sub or
lire ddathier of the troopsof the state to which the regi
ment may belong, accompanied by a certified copy of the
last muller roll, be delivered to the auditors of the army
or detachment of the army in which the said regiment
.may Be, who shall compare the return with the mufter
roll, filethem in their office, and reporta warrant in the
usual form for the sum necessary to discharge the arrears
to the foluiers; and when any part of the regiment hap
pens to be detached at that time, the furo necessary to pay
them shall, when they return, begranted on a certificate
ofthe infpedor who muflers the regiment, and fettled in
the fame manner as the arrears due to those present:
That each R-gimental Pay Master, within two weeks
after the receipt of the money, pay off the several com
panies and take receipts from thefoldiers refpe&ively, to
be produced as his vouchers to the auditors at the next
settlement of bis regimental pay-roll ;
That the said auditors examine and fettle the said ac
counts, and that the balance, if any, which may remain
in the hands of the said Pay-Mafler by reason of casual
ties in the regiment, after the taking of the mutter roll
aforefaid, be refunded as direded by the refolutiona of
Congress of the 6th day of February, 1778.
That arrears of clothing due to prisoners, or the legal
feprefentatives of such as from time to time may have died
in tne service, be paid tor in the manner directed in simi
lar cases of arrears of pay by the said last recited resolu
tions.
The Board of Treasury, t® whom was referred a letter
of January 26th from the Board of War, refpeding the
eight of persons out of office to draw pay, rations aad
fubfiftance, while fettling theiir accounts, brought in a re
port : Whereupon,
Resolved, That no allowance of pay, rations or fub
fiftance, ought to be made to any perform after he ceases
to be in office :
That if any issuer deliver out public stores to such per
sons without being authorised by a resolution of Congress,
the fame ought to be charged to his account.
March 11.
Resolved, That the Commander in Chief be jmpower
ed and dire&ed to make the most salutary regulations
possible for modifying the practice of taking men from
the regiments to aft as servants to officers, which has
heretofore been attended with many bad consequences:
That every officer who by such regulations shall be en
titled to a servant, and who shall enl ; ft, to serve during
the war, a youth not under fifteen nor exceeding eighteen
years of age, and who from appearances is likely to prove
an able bodied soldier, such officer shall retain the youth
so enlisted as his servant until in the opinion of the in
fpe&or general or one of the sub infpe&ors, he shall be fit
to bear arms; and the youth shall receive the bounty mo
ney, eloathing, pay and rations of a soldier; and the of
ficer to whom such servant shall be attached is not to be
allowed a man out of the ranks on any pretence whatso
ever, while such servant remains with him. In case of
the death or resignation of such officer, the servant 10 be
turned over to some other officer in the regiment entitled
to a servant. The like allowances of cloating, pay and
rations shall be given to any officer entitled as aforefaid
to a servant who shall bring into the field with him a ser
vant of his own; the officer in such case rotCo be allow
ed afervant out of the line.
Resolved, That the Deputy Quarter-M^fler General
and principal purchasing Coramiffary in the southern ar
my ascertain, in the best manner circumstances will ad
mit, the quantities of forage and provisions supplied by
the inhabitants to the forces of His Most Chriflian Maje
sty while the armies lay before Savannah last September'
and O&ober, and pay for the fame what they were rea
sonably worth, [keeping exa& and separate accounts of
the sums so paid, and transmitting the fame to the Trea.
fury Board as soon as may be.
On Motion, March 13.
Resolved, That the order of the day, for fixing upon
a place to which Congress will adjourn on the last Satur
day in April next, be postponed.
March 16.
Resolved, That th^ Loan cotinued to the firft of the
present month, by the resolution of the 6th of October
last, be further continued to the amount of the blank
loan-Office Certificates which are already ordered by
Congress to be firuck. March Is.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of
the Committee of the whole, and a motion being made by
Mr. Burke seconded by Mr a Jones, “ that the States be
requested to pass laws, enabling Congress to levy an im
post of one per cent, on all exports and imports, as a fund
for finking the emissions for carrying on the present war,
to continue until a sum equal to the whole of the said e
miffion^ shall be collected."
The previousqueftion being moved by Mr. M'Kean se
conded by Mr. Lovell, on which the yeas and nays were
required, and
It was resolved in the affirmative, and the main quefli
an wasfet aside. March' &
Resolved, That it be recommended to the governments
of the several States to suspend making new appointments
of officers in the regiments of their refpedive lines, ex
cept where the Commander in Chief or the Commanding
Officer in the Southern department shall deem such ap
pointments indifpenfibly necessary.
March 22.
A motion was made by Mr. Griffin seconded by Mr.
Burke,
That the resolution passed on the 3d day of December
last, for the adjournment of Congress from the city of
Philadelphia, be repealed.
A motion was made by Mr. Liyingfton seconded by
Mr. Sckuyler f that the consideration thereof be postpo
ned;
On the question for postponing,
The yeas and nays were required, and
It puffed in the negative.
On the question to agree to the resolution, the yeas and
nays were required, and
It passed in the negative.
A motion was made by Mr. L : .vingfton seconded by
Mr. Matthews,
That a Committee of three be appointed to report a
proper place where buildings may be provided for the re
ception of Congress, together with.an ehifyate of the ex
pence of providing such buildings, and the necessary of
fices for the several Boards:
Op the queftionto agree to this,
The yeas and nays were required, and
It was resolved in the affirmative.
The Members chosen Mr. Houston, Mr. McKean
and Mr. Livingfon.
March 23.0
The Board of Admiralty laid before Congress sundry
papers and affidavits relative to the capture of the Conti
nental brig Eagle, when under the protection of a fort in
the Ifend of Saba, by several B i it fa privateers :
Ordered, that they be reier:ed to a Commute of three :
The Members chosen Mr. LiAngflou, Mr. Ellery and
Mr. Burke. ,
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State of Ne^w^erfg,^.
. -TO AL L whom may concern,
NJOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miraity will be held at Mount-Holly, in the State
of New-Jerfiy, on Tnurfday the Bth day of June next,
at tpn o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to try the
tip# pi the fa&s alledged in the bill of the Captains
Brown, D catur and Ridge, (qui tarn, &c.) against the
ftoQP or vessel called the Swallow, Capt. ^Snell, late
commander, with her tackle, apparel and cargo : To
the end ^hat the owner or owners or any persons con
cerned therein, may shew cause, if any they have, why
the fame should not be condemned according to the
prayer of the said bill.
B, Grder of the "Judge,
May Q J. BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
IRELAN D, Jar.ucry 15.
TH E following resolutions were Submitted to the con
fideratien and determination of the Belfaft Volun
teers, at a meeting held on Monday last.
Refold, That the kingdom of Ireland cannot be free,
while under the controul of any other authority than that
of our rightful Sovereign George the Third, and our two
Houses of Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled,
that therefore all interference of a British Council, or
British Parliament, in the Constitution or Commerce of
this nation, is an encroachment on the prerogative of our
Sovereign, and on the natural rights of bis loyal people of
Ireland.
Refolded, That Ireland is indebted for her present en
largement of freedom, and hopes of future eminence, to
no other causes under God, than to her associations mili
tary, and mercantile, to the wifclom of her Parliament,
and the spirit of her people.
Refolded, That the British Afis lately passed relativeto
this kingdom, which declares that it Inexpedient to re
dress some of the grievances of Ireland, do Dot amount
to a full relinquishment or renunciation of the rights as
sumed over us by the British Parliament, but are rather
a concession from power which flrivesjo appear gene
rous, when it is barely just ; and presuming on err ac
ceptance of partial freedom as a gratuity, not as a right,
endeavours to prevent our future reafohable demands, and
to continue its own controul ; that therefore untimely and
immoderate gratitude,for the recovery of a right, is an
acquieftence in the authority which assumed it, an autho
rity that may limit or recal its offers, when national spi
rit becomes less vigorous apd urjverfal
^Refolved, That we would therefore have but small rea+
son. to rejoice, at our prefect condition, did not the gene
ral policy which now seems toinfluence the British legis
lature, and the firm exertions of difinterefled patriotism
imthe Irish Parliament, give us the firongeft reasons to
hope, that the former will be as ready to refigh th:sau- :
thority, as the latter will be forward in their demand of it.
Refolded, That we should be wanting to ourselves, to
pofltri'ty, and to our country, if we forebode declaring
in the most public manner, that we will with all manly
firmness, co-operate with our Parliament, and the other
independent corps of this kingdom, in every measure ne
cessary to attain this great and glorious end.
.Refolded, That our Committee of nine be intruded
to open a correspondence with the neighbouring volun
teer companies, the better to ' effectuate this desired una
nimity..
B O S T O N, April 27.
Last Tuesday arrived at Salem, a large letter of marque
ship cfabout 20 gun^, having on board 1000 barrels pork
and bee', 750 barrels flour, SOO firkins butter, and a
quantity of dry goods, to the amount of 150001. bound
from London to New-York. She is prize to th# ships
Franklin and Jack.
Tuesday last arrived here Capt. Brown, in 24 days
from Guadaleupe, who brings advice that 5 fail of the
line had gone from Nartinico to join 8 Spanifn ships of
equal rate, at St. Domingo, from whence, it is said, they
were goipg to Georgia.
On Wednesday evening last week a very melancholy
event h^ppend near this place. As NATHANIEL
CRANCH, Esq; (lately returned from a public em
ployment at Philadelphia) was passing over the Neck that
leads from this townto Roxbury, the weather being very
stormy, and he walking alone as is supposed tec near the
edge o' the abuttment built there to guard against the tide,
by some mis-step fell over, and striking Ins head against
a sharp rock that lay on the Beach, received such a wound,
that to all appearance put an instant period to his life.
Hi^remains wer@ decently interred the Saturday following
Extract of a late letter from a gentleman of character in
Europe, tohis friend in America.
'' There has been much rumour during the summer,
throughout Europe, of an approaching peace, through
the mediation of Russia and Holland ; but it is under
ftoed to arise from the invention of flock-jobbers and o.
thers, interested in propagating such an opinion. Eng
land seems not to be yet {efficiently humbled 10 acknow
ledge the independence of the American States, or to
treat with them on that footing ; and our friends will
not make peace with them 011 any other. So we may ex
pt& another campaign.
' By the invoices I havefeen and heard of, sent hither
with Congress interest bills of exchange to purchase goods,
it fliould.feem that there is not so great a want of necessa
ries as of fuperfluities among our people. It is difficult
to conceive that your difireffes can be great, when one
fees that much the greater part of that money is lavished
in modes, gewgaws and teas. It is impossible lorus to be
come wiser, when by simple ceconomy and avoiding un
necessary expences, we might more than destroy the char
ges of the war. We export fulid provisions of all kinds,
and weimport fashions, luxuries and trifles. Such trade
may enrich the traders, but never the country.
'< The good will of all Europe to our cause, as being
the cause of liberty, which is the cause of mankind, still
continues, as does the universal wish to fee the English
pride humiliated, and their power curtailed. Theft
circumstances are encouraging, and give hopes of an
bappy issue."
N E W-L ONDO N, April 14.
In Rivingtons's Royal Gazette of the 22d ult. appears
Proclamation of Sir Henry Clinton, dated at James-J
---and, South Carolina, in which he announces himfelfhis
Majesty's sole Commissioner for restoring peace with A
merica, &c. advising the Rebels to come to him and re
ceive pardon for their manifold offences committed against
the befl of Sovereigns.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN hft Monday night, the Sth
instant, (May) from the Commons ofthis city,
a dark bar STALLION, feveri years old, without brand
or mark, full i§ hands high. Whoever will secure said
Horse so that the owner may have him again, shall have
One Hundred Dollars reward, and for the thief,,
Two Hundred Dollars when convi&ed, paid by
JOHN NOBLE, the upper end of Seventh street, or by
BENJAMIN MORRISON, living in Spruce, street,
Philadelphia, May 1%.