Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-04-08 00:00:00, page 3

b CONGRESS, foiafy \^ 177%
\<HERE A 3 the Continental money ought to be
fupparied at the full value expreffid in the refpedlive
bills, by the inhabitants of these Staves for whbfe be
nefit they were iffoed, and who sand bound to redeem
the fame according to the like value; and the pernicious
artifices of the enemies of American liberty to impair
the credit of the said bills, by railing the nominal va
lue of gold and fiiver, or a^y other species of money
whatever, ought to be guarded ag^inft and prevented :
Refers, That all bills of credit, emitted by autho
rity of Congress, ought to pals current in db payments,
trad? and dealings, in these States, and be deemed in
value equal to the fame nominal funi in Spanish milled
dollars; and that whomever (ball offer, afc or receive
more in the tied bills for any gold or fiiver coins, bul
lion, or any other species of money whatsoever, than
the nominal fora or a tount thereof in Spanish milled
dollars, or more in the said bids for any lands, goods,
or commodities whatever, than the fame could be
potchafed at of thr fame person or performs in gold or
silver, or any other species of money whatsoever ; or
that! offer to tell any goods or commodities for gold or
fiver coins, or anp other species of money whatsoever,
and refute to fell the fame for the said Continental bills,
every fitch person ought to be deemed an enemy to the
liberties of these united Staged to forfeit the value
of thejnone, so exchanged, or hopfe; land, or commo
dity so fold or offered to file. And it is recommended
to rhe tegiffatures of the refpe&ive States to enad laws
inSi&Dg; faeh/forfifr ores' and other penalties, on cf
fe^dere as aforesaid, as Wid prevent such pernicious
practices.
That it be recommended to the legifcures of the
United States, to pa's laws to make the bills of credit
iffoed by the Cn^refs a lawful tender, in payment of
public and private debts, and a refund thereof ay ex
tiegmihment effect debts; t^at debts payable io fUr
fag money, be difehadged'with Continental dollars at
the r^te of four &%1. and fix pence sterling per dol
lar, and tfm io discharge of all other debts ^nd con
tta&s Coh^em^ dollars pass at the rate fixed be the
re^aire States for the value of Spanish milled dollars.
Efendi I h^r it be recommended to the legiflaulres
of the federal United Stages, to pa's resolutions that
they will m&^pmtifo* for drawing in and finking their
azotes cf the hd^ emitted by Congress, at the several
periods fixed, or that fah be, fixed by Congrefe.
Thu- it be recommended by the legiflaturcs of the
feverrb States, to v&@ I>) taxation, in the course of
tie current year, and remit to th? Treasury, joch funis
of m«meyas they feat! think wid be most proper in the
prefect fcration of the inhabitants; which turns (hall
be carried to their credit, and accounted for in the
fakement of their proportion of the public expences and
debts, for ^hjeb the United States 'Rejnntiy bound.
Th^t An additional sum of two millions of dollars be
borrowed at the Lean Office, on certificates of two
hundred do%rs e^ch.
That the Comradli triers of the Loan Office he dirti
ed to receive the bills of credit, heretofore emitted by
the Stales io which they refpe&vely hold their < ffices,
for such funis #$ they ffiall tie ordered by the Conti
nental Treasurer from time to time, to pay tor Conti
nental purpefeS wit n 'uch States refpedively
^ B^ order of bonfref,
JOHN HAN CO CK, Present.
In CONGRES S, April 1, 1777.
Fur the better regulating the PAY of the ARMY,
Re/Aved, That the Paymaster or Deputy Paymaster
General (ball pay no money but by warrants from the
Commanders in Chief, in their relpeSive departments,
couaterfigned by their refpeftive Secretaries and that
the money be ^d oily to the person fpecitied in the
warrant, or to bis «tde> in writing, excepting in ca
ses otherwise provided by Congress.
That the regimental abftrads be made up by the re
g'm*nta! Paymasters, at the clo'e of every month, and
certified by the refpeafeve Colonels or Commanding
Oncers and Brigadiers General, who shall carefully
examine and compare r i e fame with the weekly returns,
.after which they (haM be lodged u,h the Paymaster or
Deputy Payuufier General, until orders are given for
the payment.
That the Regimenta' Paymafterg on'y (ball receive
from the Paymaster or Deputy Paym/ter General the
money due, upon thoracis, to the officers and foUi
cts; and the said Regimental Payr.idßers alone (had
fettle with, and pay the money due to the officers and
soldiers of the regiments to which they respectively be
long, either in perfoDor to then order, and take re
ceipts for the fame, to be produced as vouchers on the
settlement of their refpedive accounts. That officers
and soldiers. who may be prisoners of war, ( hall be
made up in the abftraCD of the regiment to which they
belong, to the time of their captivity, and authentic
returns shall be made with foch abftrads of the names
of the officers and soldiers aforesaid, their rank, and
the company to which they belong, the time of their
captivity, and the fay that was then due. Add
whenever such prifone s are to be exchanged, a pay
roll (hall be made out by the Paymaftec, or Deputy
Paymaster General, fir the pay due to them to the
time of their return, and the money foall be sent to
them, and paid by the officer appointed to receive
Ithem, and their receipt immediately lodged with the
paymailer or Deputy hymafler General,
That whenever any Regimental Paymafler leaves
the service, or is dismissed, he (hall make a return to
the Paymaster or- Deputy Paymaster -General of the
names of the commifliohed, non commifftoned officers,
and soldiers of his regiment, who remain unpaid, the
sum due to them respectively, and what balance of
ea(h he has remaining, all which fhali be lodged with
the Paymaster, or Deputy Paymaster General, to be
by him delivered to the next Paymaft^r of the the, said
regiment, or otherwise difpofedof as the Commander
in Chief in the department may think proper.
1 hat no corhnuffiened, or non commissioned officer
or fotjier, coming from any department where a Pay
mailer or Deputy Paymaster General is appoint
ed, (hall receive in any other department the pay thnt
may be due to him, unless he pr^g^ a certificate from
his Color-el or Commanding Officer, counterGgried by
the Paymaster or Deputy P^mafter General, of the
department to which he belongs, of the sum bona fide
due to him, and deliver the iame with a receipt there
on.
Revived, That no officer, already appointed, or to
be hereafter appointed in the army of the United
States, fhali take rank bv virtue ofa commiffijn ante
dated, but rank fhali be determined by the time of ap
pointment, unless otherwise directed by special refoiu
tion of Congress.
Refo red, That it be recommended to the legisla
tures, and, in their recafs, to the executive power of
the refpe&ive States, that they forthwith transmit to
the Board'of War, exaCt lifts of all officers appointed
by them in the Continental Army, with the dates of
their cummiffions, and times of appointment.
Aprils.
Reeved, That the Payma^er and Deputy Paymaster
General, atjhe end of e e,y month after the firft of May
next, (ball make up rolls containing tre names of the
General and other officers of tie anhyto which th:y
ref%tvejv belong, who are not empprifefein t,e re
gimcmal abftrafts, excepting only the Commanders in
Chief of the f^veral departments, who (hjll cefpe&ive-
Iv txamine'fuch rolls, and issue their warrants on tee
Paymaster or Deputy Paymailer General for the fams
due on rhe fame.
That the Commanders io Chief of the federal de
partments be diteded to order payment to inch officers
and detachments of the army as (hall at any time be
ordered to other departments, to be made to :he day
of their marching or leaving the camp, a,d that certi
ficates be given by the refpe&iie H.m(l-r or Depu
ty Paymaster General, mentioning the 1 mu?s of Rich
officers and corps, together with tee rime to which
they are paid, which certifies es fhali be de ; iv red by
the Commanding Officers of the fefyo'ive.det;cbn)cntfr
(or by such officers as fhali te ordered without detach
menrij to the Paymailer or Deputy Paymafcr Gene
ral of the departioent to which they are ordered, to
enable him to examine and make up their future 'rolls
and abUraas.
Extract from the Minute,
DuEfbedby Order of Con^refi,
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
The WHIG SOCIETY meets this evening,
at feveo o'clock, a: the Pndofophieal Hall.
A Caution to th PUBLI C.
SOME prices of base Me r ai have lately appeared
among us, ij imitation of Spanish milled Dollars,
Half D dlars and Quarter Delia's ; they are of the size,
but.lighter than the true ones, and may readily be de
totted, being not milled bu? h^mme>ed lit the edges,
and appear to have beer, call
ss»#-+ ft + + **-6* + 4.4- s±-+^ E*^
To be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
at t t Loudon Curite houfc, at'kveh'chlock m the
evening on Saturday h.e 19-h inst. (April)
, BRICK HOUSE, two fifties high, with a.brick
xT kitchen adjoining; a well of excellent water in a
yard wi<h a good pump therein; titurted on the fenth
fide of Mr&t-ftreet, between fiord and Fourth-streets,
nw in the fiure of Robert M'Nair, faddier, containing
on Market ft-eet fxtetn and a half feet, and in depth
10^ hundred and forty feet; bounded on the well by an
alley lea ling to Dr. Benjamin Franklin's hotie, on the
south by said home, and on theealt by the lift office
fobjeft to an annual ground-rent of 5 1. Punnlylvania
cogency. " §2
WANT E Ll
A P AIR of screw barrel fi^er mounted holder
fl PISTO LS. Any person having such to dispose
o', will p'enfe to erqui^of John Burlap, at the N frit
Printing Office in Maikct-llreet, or Francis Lee, at the
Indian Qiecn.
TO BE SOLE
Av ALUABLE tfa& of land containing one thou.
land acres, lituate near Thornton's G p, in Cul
pepper County, about sixty five md<s from Fredericks
burg, in Virginia. There are about one hundred and
fifty acres cleared, on which is a meadow, with a fine or
chard consisting of apple, peach, pear, quince and cher
ry trees of all kinds, the rest in wood with large timber
of all forts. There are alfa several fine streams through
the tra&, on which mills may be built and supplied plen
tifully with water during the whole year. The foil of the
land is rich and well adapted for a farmer or plahrer as
there is a great range for ratfing ft<yck of all kinds. &y
psrfon inclinable to purchase may know the terms by
applying to the fabferiber, living on the premises.
t WILLIAM COURTS.
United States I sttery Office, April 7, 1777.
FT! HE Managers of the U T-wi St des Lottery rave
& the plH,u eto inform the Public, that the demand
for tickets'hw been fully equal to their must (anguine
expectations in the differed States, and-that th y hive
received accounts of the dripped of a very great number,
psrrfcciartv , n the feut'ern States ; but asuh Manager
wso vent to the eastward as far as New Eampfnire is not
yet returned, they apprehend it m/y nt be prurient to
commence drawing ^ the day formerly appointed, to wit§
the both of April: This, together with the p- Ability of -
an interruption at the verb time of drawing (from the
enemy) which would..becafton much-confufon, induces
them to pfftpene the chawing for fame tittle time- longer,
and as fobh as the predfe day is fixed the Ptiojic will
duciv informed : They'ar~ now rolling up the numi.;
for the wheels, which are finifted and left for public zu
fp.&ion zt Mr. Georgr Cinypoolc's, in Walrut-lb eet,
who is dirc&ed to fhowine wheels to such pufohs as may
incline to examine -them
Northern l iberties, April 5, 17.7.
T\T OTICE is b'leby given to the inhabitants of
TN Philadelphia County, Tint attendance will be
given, at John Wentz's ta ern, Whitpain Township, on
Friday the nth inftamt, at Nine o'clock in the morning,
by the lubfcii^ers, when th. County will be divided into
Diftrifts. agreeable to the directions of the Militia Law of
this & ate. The attendance of the Officers of the late
Mil tw. tre requeued.
WILLIAM COATS, Lieutenant. Archibald
Thompson, Jacob EnglP, Sammel Dewees
George Smith, Wi fe L LJAM Ant^, Sub-Lieutl
nant^.,
Chefier, April r, 1777.
TO BE L E T,
And may be entered upon immediately,
'4 A T Urge, commodious and well accuft^med
A In- -or Tavern, fimate in the Borough of Chester,
now in the pofteffon of the fUbferiber, with convenient
(tables, oht-hobfes, a hrge garden, and a very good
grata lot : The whole in com pleat order. Any perfuri
inclining to rent may know the terms bv applying to
Imary'withV.
/^AMk ko the liable of the fubferiber,
W_» fivmg at Frankford Bridge, in the Northern Liber
ty, on rhe firft intt. (April) a bay HORSE, about
nine years old. Whoever has loft the fame, by proving'
his property and paying charges, may have him a^ain,
by applying to ' | JOSEPH ^AU L.
T O BE S 0L D,
^ WOOLLEN and LINEN LOOMS, with
'1 their tack in.,, almost new. Enquire of THomas
Harper, at the old Crocked Billet, in Water-facet,
Philadelphia./
March 28, 1777.
THREE POUNDS REU •
ts ROKE OPEN, the house of th ':rin
L, linnum Island, Ridley TeWzfhip, ( %
.and the following Goods taken, viz, a ^ own brGa<lrfuth
coat lined with sr'o&n Ihalloon, wbbLren Hiring %o rhe
flevves, and mohair buttons ; a pair of bahs wmo buck
(km b?e coes, a pair of twilled lined drawee's, four fme -
(niris, fl w e yards of fine Irish linen, a half worn trivet
ho, and 7 pair of new turned pumps. The thief is a
voung hd an : ,ut nineteen or twenty years of age, abour
fie f eet five incurs h : gh, with light hair; hadron a fco^
loped hat, a 1 got coloured jacket, 3 fwanfon under dit
to, light breeches with ho knee-buckles, red and white,
freckled flockings, and neats leather Does with brass
buckles. Whoever secures the Thief and and Goods, so
th t the ov,m: my h^vc the Goods again, (hail receive
the above Reward, paid by
f 2 JOHN M'GUIRE.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
Wr AS STOLE N frota the fubferiber, in Shipperi
drees the corner of Front-street, on Friday
sights the flit inftaht, (March) a fiiver watT, '
silver buckles, a pair of locket sleeve button c.
.two dollars in p?per money. The above :
stolen by one Mary Harper, (he had on fl drawn
quilt, a b'ue bucey (hort gown, a whit;(h cloak and a
black bonnet; (he is much pock-marked, has a great
ftopoaye in her speech, and is about five feet high. Who
ever will secure the above person with the things, ffiall
have the above Reward, paid by
§r HANNAH BERRY;
Fbi&elpbia, Feb. 28, 1777.
EIGHTEEN DOLLARS REWARD,
nAN AWA V from the Effingham aimed Galley,
belonging to the State of Pennsylvania, Thomas
Ramage, about 38 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches' high,
fair complexion, long visage, a little pitted with the
small-pox ; had on when he went away, a brown coat,
Ipotted jacket, leather breeches, blue worked flockings,
half worn (hoes, with a pair of plain fiiver buckles. It is
supposed he is gone towards Salem, as he kept school
there last year. William Mayberry, a blacksmith
by trade, 5 feet sor 6 inches high, finooth face, sandy
coloured hair ; had on when he wentaway, a brown coat,
a blue gre-t-coat, and white plush breeches ; his other
cloaths unknown ; It h supposed he is gone to Parker's
forge, in Potts-Grove, Buiks County : He is about 33
years of age. William Johnson, about 5 feet 6 inches
high, and about 28 yea, sos age; bad on when he went
away, a brown lurtout coat, an ash coloured jacket,
and white plufb breeches ; his other cloaths unknown /
He is very remarkable, having no hair on the fore part of
his bead, and a large fear or cut over his left eye. Who
ever takes up said run-awavs and delayers them on board
the f-d Galley, (hall have the above Reward, or S IX
DOLL ARS for each, paid bv
t 'HUGH MONTGOMERY, Captain.
ALL PERSONS indebted for this PAPER ng
" requested to nuke immediate pay ment to ths
PRIN TER.