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PHILADELPHIA, June 20.
By Hrs EXCELLENCY
JOSEPH REED, Esq;
President, and the Supreme Executive Council of the
Com nonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A Proclamation. .
WHEREAS the honourable House of Affeth
tty, in their last session, duly sensible of the ex
igencies of war, and the necessity of hidden
and extraordinary exertions in bimes of special difficulty
and danger, did vest in this Council a power to declare
Martial Law, for such purposes and so far as the fame
might be conducive to the public security and the fafety
and defence of the good and faithful citizens of this Com
monwealth: AND WHEREAS since the palling the
fad resolution the honourable Committee of Congress
now with the army, and his Excellency the Commander
in Chief, have, in the most pressing and cogent terms, re
presented the abfilute necessity of procuring certain enu
merated supplies f° r the army, in so short afpace of time
that the usu d and ordinary forms muff be difp nfed with,
or the requisition remain unexecuted; and the late of
fehfive movement of the enemy, of which certain intelli
gence has been just received, admits of no delay in pro
curing a number of horses and waggons to be forwarded
with all expedition to camp : AND WHEREAS toe
indiLrimioate admiflion of all Grangers into this city,
without ex iminatiep or enquiry, enables our artful and
in v e eraie enemy to introduce their spies and emissaries,
difirbue their counterfeit money, and by such like prac
tices defeat the bed designs for the public welfare, and can
nobnger r with a due regard to our own fafety, be per
mitted or connived at ; for the preventing whereof we
have thought prop.r to dired an office of enquiry to beo
peued,and Commissioners to be appointed, with power and
authority toapprenend all suspicious perfons,and take such
other measures as the public felety may require:
W HE REFORE, for the purposes aforefaid, and no
farther at present, we have thought proper, and do here
by declare Martial Law, authorizing and requiring the
persons by us to be appointed to proceed as they may be
Specially directed from time to time, to execute the pur
poses aforefaid, for all which this cur proclamation shall
be their fufficient warrant and authority. And we do in
like manner require all officers civil and military, and all
other the faithful inhabitants of this Commonwealth to aid
and assist them therein, as they tender their own weifae
and fafety, and as they will answer the contrary at their
peril
GI /E N, by Order of the Council, under the hand
of His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire,
President, and the Seal of the State, at Pniladel,
Ibia, this ninth day of June, in the year of our
ord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
JOSEPH REED,
Attefl. Pr^ehti
T. MATLACK, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
In C O N G R E S S,
May 19, 1780.
RESOLVE D, That if any person or persons shall
takeand prosecute to conviction, any person who shall
prepare engrave damp forge or print, or cause or procure
to be prepared engraved damped forged or printed, toe
counterfeit resemblance of any Pap-r Bills of Credit issued
emmitted or made by Congress, or woo shall counterfeit
or sign the name or names of the fibers t # , any true bills
to such counterfeit piper, with tae intention that such
counterfeit paper shall be passed in payments or received
as genuine and good Bills, whether the fame be so passed
or received or not; or who shall pay or tender in pay
ment any such counterfeit money, or deliver the fame to
any other person or perforis, ©th ari intension that such
counterfeit paper be passed, paid or received, as and for
good and genuine, knowing the fame to be fogged or
counterfeited, upon every such conviction, and procuring
a certificate thereof, under the handsof the Judges befere
whom filch conviaion shall be had or either of them,
such perlon or persons shall receive of the Continental
Loan Officer of the State where such conviction (had be
had, the sum of ^0 thousand dollars in the prefect Con
tinental Currency, which the laid Loan Officer is here
by directed and required to pay out of any public money
in his hands, and to charge the fame to the United States.
Extract from the Minutes,'
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
In C O U N C I L,
Philadelphia, Thursday June 15, 1780.
WHEREAS the regular and punctual collection of
the fines for neglect of Militia duty is not only indifpen
fibly necessary to encourage the brave and well affected to
turn out in the service of their country ; but as a prefect
fund to defray certain unavoidable expences which at
tend actual service. Toe fevcral Captains or command
ing officers of Companies are therefore hereby required,
agreeable to Law, to make an immediate return of all
delinquents on the several muft'er days, to the Lieutenant
Colonels or commanding officers, who, together with the
Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants, aredire&e 1 to proceed
immediately to the recovery thereof, as by Law direct
ed.
Extract from the Minutes,
T. M„A TLA CK, Secretary.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman of veracity in Ma
drid, to another in this town, dated, January 27th,
1780.
“ Our sea and land forces have besieged Gibralter from
the month of July, and reduced that garrison to such a
pitch, that exnaufted of provisions, weary of fatigue,
full of sickness, and only sustained with, the hopes of fuc
cour, which the Court of London had proroifed since the
begining of the war, and not coming, it was probable,
that it would have surrendered in a short time, and that
we would acquire without the spilling o' blood to our
Dominions, that important place, the only one which art
has httherto looked upon as inexpugnable.
“ The measures taken were the most adequate and pro
per to that intent, an army of 15000 men formed the
siege by the land fide, the San Rcquel lines were garrison
ed with numerous batteries of guns and mortars, to hin
der the fades of the enemy, difturo them when good o
peniogs offered, and to permit as far as tneir fires reachd,
no vessel which could by bad weather evade the vigilance
of our fleets; in the Bay of Algeciras opposite Gibralter,
was Don Antonio.Barcelo, with two fhipsof the line,
some frigates, the fherbacks, galleys, and ocher very fwift
failing, vessels, distributed in the moll convenient places,
to intercept any enemy or neutral vessel which could in
tend to get near the placa; another fleet of 11 lhips of
the line rind some frigates, under the command of Don,
Juan de Langara, was on the Streight's mouth, to im
pede anyfufpicious vessel going into the Mediterraneaufea.
" Whiift the ^panifh and French fleet could keep the
seas, England being of inferior naval force, was limited
to the defence of her own Island, every moment fearing
a powerful invasion. When the winter made the teas unsup
portable, Don Louis de Cordova came to Cadiz, with 12
Blips of the line, leaving three at Coruna for the defence of
those coasts, and the rest of the fleet, composed of 50
flips of the line and a good many frigates, went into Brest
harbour, in reidinefs to fail again, at the firft warning.
" In thisfituation it appeared impossible, that the En
gliffi intended to fend naval farces that could fuccour Gib
ralter, If small, they would fall in the hands of the fleet
which kept the Streight's mouth, if numerous, a party
of the fleet at Brest could come out in their pursuit, and
at leaf if blockaded in Gibralter and Mahon, would make
them useless for next campaign : The furious hurricanes
and bad weather which for the space of two months had
reigned in all the seas, favoured very much thecombinatio
of this plan. , ,i. . .
" Against a situation which left so few resources—the
British Ministry knowing the fituaiion of Gibralter, and
fearing the clamours of the people, for the !oU of a place
so well accommodated for trade, resolved upon an obsti
nate plan, against natural reason and policy, and only
could have good issue, by one of the most extraordinary
chances of luck ; —they sent a fleet of 23 ships of the line
and a good many frigates, escorting a large number of
provifioß loaded (hips and transports witn troops ,to the
fuccour of Gibralter, consequently there v±e circum
ftaocial advices ofthe preparations of this eriterprize, the
most active orders were dispatched to Don Miguel Gaflon,
to fail immediately with 24 ships of the line in their pur
suit, but sundry unforefeen accidents, and the boisterous
ness of the weather, retarded for some days his failing,
the fame accidents hindered the Beet under Don Louis de
Cordovatojorn that h the entrance of the Streights, which
as er doing their most active endeavours, were, obliged togo
into Cadiz Bay, much damaged by the weather.
'' The English fhet commanded by Admiral Rodney,
appeared the 16th instant near that of D,on Juan de Lan
gara, that on account of the bad weather having Separa
ted three of bis Ships from the fqnadron, he bad only 8
of the line an 1 two frigates, a thick fagg which rose be
fore dag light, hindered himthe fight of the Englifli forces
until they ware under gun (hot, the flight in these circum
stances was impracticable, altho' Langara riot to expose
hi.i lpeople to do evident fact.fice, in ended it at the be
giniugj but feeing that he could not save all his fliips, in
tended to take the most glorious part, and fell dear to
the enemy a victory Which assured them the treble num,
tier of forces, An engagement ensued, the most cruel and
bloody that h^ happened in an age, each Spanish ship
was attacked by three or fohr Euglifh, all at once, which
met a heroic pppofitign ; the Santo Domingo after two
hours engagement had the bad luck of blowing up ; the
San Lorenzo that came to her assistance after having done
great damage to the enemy got into Cadiz, at which
place bad already entered the frigates and the flips which
had separated from the squadron ; two Ships the energy
had captured, favoured by a storm which rose almost at
the famegtime, altho' difmafted, and with part of an En
glifll crew on board, likewise arrived at the Port of Ca
diz iThe three remaining flips of which we have no ti
dings as yet, amungft them is the Commodore, who was
Bill engaging the day after with all the English fleet.
“ Fhe damage that the last has firftarned from the
storms and engagement, the effe&s shows it; and it is
Relieved to be greater than what is yer known. Two
English flips got into Lisbon difmafted, and so much
Bartered by the bad weather, that is thought will be
unfit for service. Three mere have been ruling at the
waves discretions difmated near Cadiz; and it is viable
that ohr vessels may have made prizes of them, or have
branded against the Rocks; fometave got in^o Gibral
ter very muh disabled, it is laid that one was funk in
the action; the rest carried away by the Brength of the
Currents and hurricanes, have got into the Mediterrane
an ea, wi h all the numerous convoy which they escort
ed; and t ptefent, thebe are no advices of any fuccour
of provisions or troops arrived at that place.
" It is much to be believed, that before the enemy
can get again to the Gutt, Don Gallon's fleet will get
there, as according to advices, had already psst the coast
of Gailecia. Should this be the case, the English ves
sels dispersed by the engagement, may easily be defeated,
if they have not had the good luck of ge ting into putt,
or perhaps they may be shut up in some of them, which
will make them useless for the next campaign, and frus
trate the dangerous intentions of the Court bf London
against those dominions; as this fleet was composed of
trie best of the British forces in Europe, which never
were above forty ships of the line;"
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Wednesday; May 31.
The report of the Committee on Ways and Means was
read and adopted, and is aS follows :
" That in the opinion of your Committee, it is of the
utmost consequence, that every possible measure mould be
taken to forward the collection of public taxes, and that
every Member of this House Should engage immediately
on his return, to inform the Treasurer and Collectors,
&c. efthe county in which he refidcs; of the Laws passed
during this Seffiqn, for enforcing the toileaion of taxes,
and use their utmost influence to accomplish this very he
ceffary bufihefs.%
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
[The several Printers intce State are requested to insert
theabove in their pipers, and to continue it till the next
meeting of the Houle.}
Part of Philadelphia, Pennfyhvania, ff.
1' O ALL whom it may concern.
XT OI ICEis hereby given, That a Couit of Admi
calty nil! be held at the Slate Houle, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Monday the t.nth day of July n.-xt
for the tryai of the brigantine or y< ffel called t; e Char',
wing Peggy, burthen aboutjoo ton#, with he Cargo,
conbfting of about 100 ho,,Betas 0 tot,; nd ^ large
quantity of ftaves, aid tuha^e been) tidy cut oct 01:
,harbour in Virginia, by a Waite boat Col New Yot
r -taken at lea, and libelled geinft s prize, by M th, /
Lawler, (g^ tarn, ^c ) T^ the intent th^i the voce
or dwnus thceot, or any perlons cc-ictmt be eic
may appear aad (hew cau'e i an, the, . '; . •-
cree fhoald net pass pfofuant to chew ': h.
&c. By order j the Jvh
June ft ANDREW koj; b^i R*g..'
Port of Philadelphia,,Pennfylvania, f
TO ALL whom it may
T\T OTiCE!S hereby given, Tint a Court ofhami,
1 ralty will be held A the State House, in the city of
Philadelphia, on the Silt day of July next, for the tryal
of the olowing vessels, viz, the (hqcnr F^emafon,
Hinry Minich, late mall r; the fchponer Lilly, Gideon
Prat, late matter ; the fl op Polly, John Mufhero:, late
matter ; th% sloop If iver, Ifoac Dicker, late master ; the
Hoop Dove, John Cole, late matter ; the sloop Eliba
beth, John Morgan, late master; the (loop Elizabeth;
J ha Winants, late master ; the fehocner Sally, John
Shaggerlie, late master ; taken at fei, sent into this Port
and libelled against as prizes, by John Kemp, (qui tam,
&c,J To the enu arid intent that the owner or owners
thereof, or any persons concerned therein, may appear
and shew cause if any,they have, why the fame should
not be iefpe&ively condemned according to the prayer
of the libel, &c.
By order of the Judged
June 16. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
/'Philadelphia, June 19, 1780.
TO THE PUBLI C.
V£7 °H EREAS the Plantation and Powder Mill, be
longing to Oswald Eve, late or Oxford township,
in the county of Philadelphia, are.^dv-rtifed by the A
;ents for confiscated efta/es, to be fold; on the 21st inst.
Tne subscribers inform the public, that they have an ob-
Uftion to the Dam of the laid Powder Mill adjoining
their land, as being railed too hi,h ; that unless it is
lowered to its proper height by th: fiid Agents, Pur,
chafer or Purchasers, they wr have it dene by due course
of Law. RICHARD WITMAN.
. MARY PETERS.
THIS is to inform the public, his friends
and customers in particular, tuat the f'ubfcii ^r
han removed fromhis fliop in Second Street, to the cor
ner of Market Iheetjn Front ftrev, and opposite the
Coffee-Houie; where he continues carrying on thh
watch and clo,k making bufioefs in all its Branches, on
the ihorteft notice. Those gentlemen and ladies who
please to favour,him with, their commands, may depend
upan having their work done in the neatest and bell
manner, and on the most reafonabh terms. All orders
from tre country fnril be punctually attended to. Mas
ters of sh Tops, itage^eh and others, fh:11 have allow
ance made them; by their humble fervent,
.EFHRAIM CLARK.
N. B. Of said Clerk may be had, French and English
gold and diver watches, fijk strings, Reel wat, h chains,
keys and seals, with sundry other things in the watch
making branch.
To be SOLD by the Subjeriber.
A NEAT light pleasure WAGGON; also a
COACH both with harness complete for four
horfy. Any person inclining to purchase either, may
know the terms by applying to GEORGE WAY, in
Arch ftrect, at the place where William Todd formerly
carried on the Coach making bufioefs.
June 16.
TO BE SO L D,
TW 0 tenements and three lots in Southwark, con
taining in front upon Fifth-ftreet, about 105 feet,
and in dee about 275 feet. Enquire of th? Printer.
Philadelphia County, June 9, 1780.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber;
living in Lower Merton towrfhip, Philadelphia
county, a dark biown MARE, about 13 hands L;a,
no brand nor ear mark. The owner is defined to comej
prove bis property, pay charges, and tak- her aw.y.
WILLIAM Torbert.;
—— —__ — _— ; h
Bordentown, j un ^ ^, 1787.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out of the liable of the fubicri er, near
Bordentown, Burlington county, on the night of
the 13th instant, a bay STALLION COLT, 3 years old
next month, low in flefh, aboui 14. nan!s one inch and
an half high, trots well, his near bird foot white, a
fta^n his forehead, when taken had a i ck on his foot.
Whoever takes up fid horse and thief, so that the own
er may get his horse; and the thief brought to jupre,
shall receive the above reward, or FOUR HUNDRED
DOLLARS for the horse only, paid by
JOHN THORN.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN on the 15th inltant,
a ftiawhefry roan coloured MARE, about 14
hands high, has a star in her face, and was branded
on the off flrulder with the letter C and on the near but
tock with th^ fame letter; her gates are trotting and
galloping. Whoever takes up said mare md thiei, fhal
receive the above reward, or FIFTY DOLLARS for
each, and reasonable charges, paid by me
CONRAD COLEMAN,
Living in Whiteland town
ship, Chester county.