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By the UNITED STATES in C ONGRES3
assembled, April 7, 17^
Be it ordained, and it is . ereby ordained by the Uni
ted Stakes in Congress .ffemb ed, that tie following In
flr^ions be < 6ferred by the captains or c mm^rders
of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of
marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the autho
rity of the United States in Congress assembled.
First. YOU may by force of arms attack, subdue, arid
I seize all ships, vessels and go>ds, belonging to
the king of crown of Great- Britain, or to his fubjeds,
or others inhabiting within any of the territories or
possessions of the aforefaid king of Great-Britain, on
the high seas, or between high-water and low-water
wafks. And you may afo annoy the enemy by all
means in your power, by tandas well as by v^ater, tak
ing c a r e not to infringe or violate the laws of nations,
or laws of neutrality.
Second- Von are to pay a sacred regard to the rights
of neutral powers ; and the usage and customs of civi
lized nations; ard on no pretence whatever, presume
to take or fei?e any ships or vcffels belonging to the
fubjefh of princes or powers in alliance with these
United States ; except they are employed in carrying
contraband goods or fuldiers to our enemies; and in
such case you are so conform to the flipulations con
tained in the treaties fubfifiing between fwch prihces or
powers, and these states : And you are not tocapture,
feite or plunder any ships or vessels of otir enemies,
being tinder the protection of neutral coasts, nations
or princes, tinder the pa ns and penalties fexprieffed id
a proclamation issued by the Congress of the United
States, the 0 nth day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand (even hundred arid seventy-eight.
Third. You shall permit all neutral vessels freely to
navigate on the high fcas, or coasts of America, ex
cept such as are employed in carrying Contraband
goods or fo'diers to the enemies of these United States.
Fourth. You ffiall not feitie or capture any effeds
belonging to the fubjeds of the belligerent powers on
board neutral veffeh, excepting contraband goods;
arid you are carefully to observe, that the term con
traband is confined to those articles which a r e expreflly
declared to be fttch in the treaty of amity and com
merce, of the sixth day of February, one thonfand fe
v'en hundred and seventy eight, between these United
States and hh most chrifian majefly, namely : arms,
great guns, bembs with their fufes and other things
belonging to them, cannon balls, gun powder, match
es, pikes, fWbrds, lances, fpeafs, halberts, mortars,
petards greradoes, salt petre, muskets, muiket-ball.
Bucklers, helmets, breafi plates, coats of mail, and
the bke kind of arms, proper for armi g foldiets, muf
ket-rePs, belts, horses with their furniture, and all
other wifiike irftruments whatever.
Fifth. Yem shall bring all such ships and vessels
as you shall seize Or capture, with their guns, rigging,
tckle, apparel and furniture, and ladings, to judg
ment in any of the courts of Admifalty that now are
Or hereafter mybe eflablifhed, in any of these United
States in any court authorised by his most thriftian
ma ; efly, Or any other power in alliance with these
United States, to take cognizance of captures and lei
Zures nrde by the private armed vessels of these states,
and to judicially hear and determine thereon.
S ; xth. You shall fend the master or pilot and one
or mor^ principal perfori or persons of the company of
every ffiip or vessel by you taken in such fllip or vessel,
as soon after t e capture as may be to be by the judge
Or judged of such court as aforefaid, examined upon
oath, ad make rifwer to such interrogatories as may
bepropourded, touching the interest or property ofthe
mip or vessel and her lading arid at the fame time you
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the judge or
judges, a ! l pafT s, sea briefs, charter parties, bills of
lading, cockets, letters- and other documents, and wri
tings found on board, proving the said papers by the
affidavit of yourelf, or of some other person prefentat
the capture, to be produced as they were received,
without fraud ad lition fubdudion or embezzlement.
Seventh. You shall keep and preserve every ffiip or
Vessel and cargoby you taken, until they shall by ten
fence of a court properly authorifed, be adjudged law
ful pr ; ze, or acquitted, not felling, foiling, wafting
or diminishing the fame, or breaking the bulk thereof,
nor (offering ary such thing to be done.
Eighth. If you or any of your officers or crew,
shall in cold blood kill or maim, or by torture or other-
Wife crue y, inhumanly an contrary to common
ri^ge, and the pra&ice of civilized nations in war,
treat any person or persons forprifed in the thip or vef
fel you shall take, the offender shall be severely punish
ed.
Ninth. You shall by all convenient opportunities,
fe id to the ! oard of admiralty, or secretary of marine,
written accounts of the c ptures you shall make, with
the numbers and names of tre captives, and intelligence
SATURDAY, JUL Y 2s, t 7 Bfy
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VOL. X.l Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
cf what may occrir, of be ddfcoygfed, concerning the
designs of the enemy, arid the deffinations, motions and
operations of their fleets arirf armies.
Terith. One third at leaf! of your whole company
shall be l*ndfmen.
Eleventh. You shall not ranford or discharge any
prisoners of captives'; brit you are to take the utmost
care to bring them into port; and if from necessity,
you shall be obliged to dismiss any prisoners at sea, you
shall on yous return from four cruize, make report
thereof on oafh to the judge of the admiralty of the
"?',. '° which you belong, or in which you, arrive,
within twenty days dffef your arrival, with your rea
sons tor such difrciffioh ; arid you ffe to deliver at your
eXpencty of at the expence of your owners, the,
prisoners yob shall bring into port, to a CQrtimj&ry. of
prisoners nearest the place of theif landing, or i^to the
nearest county geol.
e Twelfth. You ffiaff observe ^jl'Tu'ch further inftruc
trons as shall hereafter he giveh 7 by the United States in
Congress assembled, when you, flip'll have notice thereof.
Thirteenth. If you foalldo any thing contrary to
these inft,unions, of to others hereafter to be given,
or willingly fuffer such tljingto he done, you shall not
only forfeit your corhtififliori, and be liable to an action
for breach of the condition of your bond, but be re
fponiiblf to the party grieved, for damages sustained
by such raalverfation.
Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
W^w^^)^^W^^^
Will be Sold by Public Atiaion,
At the Coffee-Houfe, o< WEDNESDAY the First
Day of Avgutt next, at Twelve o'Clock,
A three Rory Brick HOUSE,
KITCHEN and Lot of GROUND, on the weft fide
of Fifth-ftreet, in the city cf Philadelphia, next to the
corner of Walnut-street : The House and Lot is r,feet
front, intruding a , feet alleys and about 60 feet in
depth, be it more or less ; the Title is okir, fubje&to
no other incumbrance than a ground rent of forty
five (hillings per annum; It it now let ?f thirty-five
pounds specie per annum. July 24.
TO BE SOL D, A
YOUNG, a&we, strong Negroe LAD,
21 years of age, country borri, and who is well
qualified for a genUeman's family, or the duties of a
farm ; a& he hat beSn breughtup to each. Msfond
refs for company irt this city, and some evil condu&
arising therefrom, hath determined his me fter to fell
him to a person reading in the country ; where mere
work and left temptation will suit him. Whoever wants
a Fellow, tompleat as a house servant, and capable as
a Farmer, may hear further Concerning him of the
Printer.
ALL persons indebted to the efface of JOLIN CA
REV, enquire, late of the city of Burlington, At
torney at Law, rfeceafed, by b^mb, bids, notes of
hnd or bills of cift, are requeued to make speedy pay
ment ; aftd those that have just demands against the laid
estate are deffred to fend them in to the Executory, in
order to be tattled arid adfrifted. As many bonds ac
counts, and other papers, upon which scions have been
commences but are uncetet mined, remain in the hands
of the fubferinenfthofe persons concerned are request
ed to pay the fees already due, and receive their pa
pers, &c.
to BE SO L D,
Seven Acres of good Meadow,
ne^ the town of Salem, within the own-bank. Any
person inclining to purchase may apply to Catherine
Carey ard John Laurence, in Burlington, or to J hn
M tcbel, in Philadelphia, :nd know the terms. The
payments will he made easy.
CATHERINE CAREY, Executrix.
July r. 10HN MI CH/LL, \
JOHN LAWRENCE, ) Executors.
TO BE SO L D,
A two-story brick House, on the
south fide o' Shippen ftr< er, between Front and Second-
Itreets, in S iuthwark. Ine lot is twenty two and an
half feet by fix^y-five in depth; and a frame Suable on
the back pato' the lot. For terms enqu re 0 jAMrS
ROWAN, in S cond street, near South-ff eet.
Pniladelphia, July 14th 1781.
O R, THE
Office of Finance,
JULY 14, 1781.
IN purfinnce of an Act of the United States in Con^
g^fs A-ffembfed, NOTICE is hereby given, That
Piopofals will be rece vad in thisemee, from the date
hereof until the ifth cby of August next, inclusive,
for (applying, $ v contrast, the rations deliverable by the
public at Fort Pitt and iW dependencies, to f'uch officers,
fbluiers ard others as are or miy be entitled to them
from acertain time to be fixed in the contrast until the
Expiration of fix months tiierr'alter ; the ration to con
sist of —M— &Ohe pound of Bread,
On • pburitlo' Beefor three quarters oi'P-orfe
One gill of good Whif/.ry, — — an d c f
I quart of S>lt,<
2 quarts of V<negar, (To every hundred
8 Petards of Soap, ration:.
.§Pounds of Candles; _
I he Cbntra&ors'O issue the (aid rations; the payment
to be fitadein gold or fi!vcr, at the time to be stipulated
in thecont/a& ; the proposals to be sins in sealed, and
to contain the lowest prices and longcft terms of payment
at which the parties will contract
N^ B. The Stipulations to be entered into may be
frien in the Draft of a Contrail at this Office.
Office of Finance,
JULY 14,
IN pursuance of an A& of th) United . Seated in Cori
grefs affcmbled, NOTICE 1 is hereby given, shit
Proposals will be received in iliti <flfte, from the date
hereof unfit Saturday ih? i%h inftanr, iriclufive, for
fuoplying, by contras the rations deliverable by tie
public at the port Of R-ad'rg, in Pennsylvania, to
such officers, fokfiers, privet#, cf cf}ers, as are or
may be entitled to them, frema day to k e fix d in the
contras; until theist day cf fa-tiar, next ; the ration
to coftfift of—==-one pound of Bread,
One pound of Beef, or 3.4 of Pork,
One jill cf Whifay, —and of
I quart of Salt, l
2 quarts of Vinegar, )To every hun<
8 pounds of Soap, dred rations.
3 pounds of Candles, -
The Confrsaors to issue the said rations, and the
payments to be made in gold or diver, at the times to
be hipirated in the centra ; the proposals to be sent
in sealed, and to c6h'tain the lowed ' prices and longest
terms of pa; merit at which the parties will centrad.
lCf B. The Stipulations to be enter d ify may be
fan in the Draught of a Centrad at this Offi e.
Office of Finance,
JULY i 6, 17 $ t .
IN pursuance cf an Ad of the United States ' in Cort^
grets aff&mblcd : NOTICE is hereby given, That
proposals will be received in this office, from the date
hereof until Saturday, the 28th instant, inclusive, for
fo ppfying by contrary the ratiors deliverable by the
public, at York Town, in Pennsylvania, to such offi
cers, foldiets, pifoners, or others, as may be entitled
to receive them, from a day to be fixed in the centrad,
until tie Ift' day of January next , the ration to con
fill cf—~ One pound of Bread,
One pound of Beef, or 3-4 of Pork,
One jill of Whifkey,— And of
I quart of Salt,
2 quarts of Vinegar, /To every hundred
8 pounds of Soap, f rations.
3 pounds of Candles, )
The Contradors to issue the (aid rations, and the
payments to be made in gold or filter, at the times to
be stipulated in the centred ; the proposals to be sent
in sealed, and to contain the lowest p/c:s and longest
terms of payment at which the parties will contrad
N. B. The Stipulations to be entered into may be
seen in the Draught of a Contrad ^ this Office.
Just typublifhed, and to be SOLD, By
CHARLES CIST,
Printer and Biokfeller, in Market-street, between
Fourth and fifth -Greets, Philadelphia,
(Price F ve S'ibing>)
A short Introduction co Latin
Grammar ;
For the Use 6' the University and Academy of Pinu
lylvuua, in Philadelphia
[NUMB. 761.