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By his Excellency
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq ;
General and Commander in Chief of the
Forces of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
TITHEREAS fandry Soldiers belonging to the
Armies of the said states have defeated
from the fame
THESE are to make known to all those,
who have so offended, and who shall return
to their respective Corps, or surrender them
selves to the Officers appointed to receive
Recruits and Deserters in their feyeral States,
or to any Continental commissioned Officer
F , before the firft Day of January next, that
they (ball obtain afull anclEßEr rPARDON.
And I do further DECLARE, to all
such ooftinate offenders, as do not avail
themselves of the Indulgence hereby offered,
that they may depend, when apprehended,
on being profited with the utmost rigour
and fuffcring tie punilhment justly duato
crimes of such enormity.
Left the Hope ot draping Punishment
by remaining undifcovereu, Ihould tempt
any to reject the terms now held out to
them, they may be assured, that the mod
effectual measures will be pursued in every
State for apprehending and bringing them to
a fp^edy trial.
Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters 1
this 24th Day of October, Anno Domini
, 777 . G. WASHINGTON.
By Ids Excellency's Command,
R H. Harrison, Sec'ry.
'For fee Connecticut Courant.
A LOOKING-GLASS.
Y 7 HEN the liberties of America were
# firft invaded by re tyrant of Bri-•
tain, all considered themselves joint
ly interefled; and their united efforts requi
site to repel the invasion ; and no one then,
even dreampt, that our fftuggles against the
common oppreffur would involve us in mu
tual oppressions of each other, of the most
pernicious and heinous nature.
Oppression, consists in taking the advan
tage ot the necessity of others to extort from
them an urireafonabie price for the neceffa
ties of life; and is an offence againll the
laws of reason and morality, and is incoofif
zant with the righteous and beneficent rules
of chriftianity, and refembies the infernals
whose character is to devour one another.
Every one who is guilty of this vice and
fives in the practice 01 it, forfeits his charac
ter of a reasonable being, a man and a chrif
tian, and is fit for nothing but to be joined
to the society of devils.
The faith of the Continent is engaged to
redeem every fhiiiing of the continental bills,
sfter a certain period, at the ra f e of one dol
hr for every fix fhilling---armmuch of rhe
money nowcirculating was purchased or con
ta&d for when wheat was four Killings per
bdhel, and other commodities in proportion
every fix shilling of continental money,
therefore, is in the hands of the poflNLr,
,fUESDA I^^^^ 25 OT%
CONNECTICUT
Containing th# Freshest AD VICES,
AND
WEEKLY
equal in value, to a dollar, or it is worth no
thing, for there is no medium; if the for
mer, then to exad lore of it for an article
than of silver, is extortion and no better than
specious robbery, If the latter, then to pass
it for more than the value of the paper ori
which it is impressed, is an imp6fition and
fraud : But, that which by common consent
has a certain value stamped Upon it, ought
not, nor can be altered without the fame au
thority that gave the fandion. The confer
quence is, that the continental bills must be
considered as equivalent to dollars and pass
as such ; or be rejected as the grossest cheat.
But it may be objected, that the credit of
these bills will vary with the probability of
the success of our arms. This objection
might fairly enough be made by a foreigner,
and comes with anj( grace from ourselves,
who by common consent hive put a certain
value upon them. But further, America
will maintain its independency led be able
to redeem these bills, or it will not-- If the
former, .then every fix Killings entitles the
possessor to a dollar or an equivalent. If
the latter, our estates may as well be in Con
tinental bills as any thing else, for the whole
will he considered ^ forfeited and taken from
us by the conquerors. 1 appeal to every one,
and call upon all, to reconcile if they can,
the prefect enhanced prices of articles, with
the rules of common honesty Let themer
'chant take into his computation ^he freight,
rifque, inlurance and every other extraordi
nary charge on trade, and to it add his pro
fits fifty or a hundred per cent, and he cant
make out one half the price the articles are
ufcally fold for Lee the fairfier take into
his computation, what? fcarci'y, no; provi
dence has been bountiful and crowned his
labours with pJerrfiournefs - Labour indeed
by rcalon of the war has been dearer, but not
more than double what it uted to be ; Will ,
that warrant five and fix fold advance upon
till the necessaries of lire ? which is in sass
the case, in almost every instance. But let
us go further, hath not the continent raised
an army to defend them, who are engaged for
three years or during the war, many of whom
have families to maintain at home, while
they are jeoparding their lives in the field,
and contrasted to pay them wages in propor
tion as things were then ? wheat at four
shillings per bushel, &c. and now it is raised
to twenty and'thirty (hillings per bushel, and
daily rising, and other things in proportion.
I aiK the question, will your army continue
to defend you in the field, when their wives
and their children are famishing and crying
for bread at home, through your intol
erable oppressions ? or will they turn their
arms against you and do themselves justice ?
My countrymen ! for Heaven's fake flop in
your mad career, paufea moment and con
sider, what you are doing, to whar your un
godly avarice tends, and tremble at the con
sequences, unless feeddy prevented by a re
tOTiTrati^ as univemi, as the vice is become
epidemical*
4 CONTINENTAL.
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CHARLES-TOWN [S. C.j Sept. 2%
A fortnight ago, there was a small King's
tender at New Providence, which has seiz
ed three' vessels belonging to that Island,
upon fufpicioh of having Carried fruit to
some of the united States.
B A LflM O Rfe Nov, 4.
Extract of a letter rrom an officer of diflinc^
tion ar camp, to a gentleman in this town^
dated October 2bj 17'77.'
' ''™^e Quakers made friend Howel a free
Gift of 60001. on his entrance into Philadel
phia , and yesterday, by his positive com
mand, they were to pay 20,000). Ifcarhis
friends will think him troublesome, though
I believe we shall relieve them in a few days,
I am now preparing to march."
, FI SH-K I L L; Nov. 4.
There is advice from St d Euftatia, upon
which we place some dependence, that a
vessel had arrived there fronm Holland,
bringing an account, that Capt. Weeks
who carried Dr. Franklin to France, had'
in company with a number of French vessel
under Continental commissions, taken fifty
lad of the Jamaica fleet and carried them
into France ;----that Lord Stormont had.
remonftated to the court of Verfeib; and
demanded a categorical answer, whether
they were determined to aid the Americans;
le ^ ve ° f the € ° urt unfinished.
1 bat docks in England had fallen fifteen
per cent That the King of Prussi a had
opened the port of Embden to the Ameri
can track,---and France and Spain were re
vived to afford us assistance in the mod eT
fedual manner..
By the last accounts from the Southward
We learn chat the enemy had kept upahot fire
for two days, from their battery on Province
Island, oq fort Mufilin; that the fort flood
out nobly, and fired the last gun on Wed
, nefday evening the 12th infc-
B OSI ON, November zt.
Captain Skimmers in his late Cruise, (a
£ ew Days before he arrived, came a cross a
French Vessel bound from the Cape for Old
France, the Master of which came on board
him, and inform'd him, that a Vessel arrived
at the Cape from France a Day or two before
he fail'd, with Dispatches for the Governor,
and among others, one was, an Account
that a New Nabob had arose in the East-In
dies, and cut off every British Subjed in
Calcutta, .&c. Man Woman, and Child, to
the Number of about 40,000 Souls. 'Tis
thought this was done in Retaliation of Gen.
Clive's humane Treatment to those People
some Years since.
Extract of a letter from Martinico, dated Au
^ C 1777^
" The armament in France and Spain are fill
kept up, and a powerfad confederacy is forming
against Great-Britain -The elimination of the
feet thatfad'tf from Cadiz the 13th <f November,
which was kept a profound secret is no longer a
r^ftery- ft appeared before the inland of St, Cath
aripe belonging to Portugal, fcmmoned it to sur
render, and upon a refufal reduced it in ffew
days, But 4 good nnderflanding has t^n plat*
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