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From the (London) PUBLIC LEDGER.
THE HEAD S,
$ Or.tbcT.ar 1776.
C^E wrong hbads, and Strung heads, attend to my
Y Strains;
Yecbar heads, and queer heads, and heads without
brains ;
Ye thick forils, and quick Skulls, and headsgreat and
final!;
And ya heads that afpirt to be heads over all.
De^ry Down, &c.
Ye ladies -(I would not offend for the world)
Whole bright Leads, and light heads, are feather'd
aad curl'd ,
The mighty dim^fi ^s dame Nature farprize,
To find She'd to gr^fly mistaken the size.
Dirry down, &c.
And ye petit maitret, ycur head: I might spare,
Encumber'd with nothing-, but powder and hair ;
Who vainly difgrac# r.'ie true monkey race,
By trarif,lasting the tail from its own native place.
Derry down, &c.
Enough might be said, durst I venture my rhymes,
On Crown'd he^ds, and round beads, of theft moaera
times ;
This flip'ry path let me cantiet fly tread —
The neck tlfemay z^wer, pebaps for the head.
Dsrry down, &c.
T*< heads of the church, aad ths heads of the Bat#,
Have taught much, and wrought much, too much to
repeat ;
Oiths neck cf corruption upLfied rib Lid,
Same rulers, alas ! arc too high- -by the head.
Dwy down, &c.
YTclrmers and drearatra of politic things,
P^j-diug the downfall cf kingdoms a^d kings ;
Cn your wlfdcc ideclare how this body is fid,
When the members rebel and wage war with the
head.
Derry down, &:.
Expounder, confounders, and heads of the law,
F Hri^qcafe in poiar, do not point out a flaw;
if ^rfo 4 .is trsaf. 1, what plea Shall I plead ?
Tc . y)?r chief I appeal- -fir your chief has a head.
Derry down, &C.
Or Bri^nD's bof> r n free! liberty fail'd,
The penvt grew ft org while She fofter'd the child ;
N^rirairg her rfapfoy, a fev^ ffia bread,
W^ich c^t^aed her limbs, and dift^s&d her head.
D*rry down, &c.
Yelearned ft:t.% dodcr#, your labours are vain,
Proc^dri^ by hireling to fettle her brain ;
M^ch l^fi CHA you- nrt the loft members restore,
Amputation s^uh fallow- --perhaps fr nitthing more.
D/rry down, &c.
Pale Godd^fsof whim ! wh^ with checks lean or
sol 1 ,
The i~ fl,enc4 frizes an En,lißmn?{ fluid,
He biu^Drs yet wonders his fchem„ uve? fill,
Tho' ofiea mistaking th^ head for th* tail.
Derry down, &c.
„jm :eing that they are socs a %% proof affW.ne.
1 heartily agree, Sir, #hh the noble lotd in the a
nmdment propped; but! go farther, and ray epi
mien is, that if we exped to five the empire, to pre
serve, ev,n for a Short period, Canada or the Weft
ladia islands, or to recover any part of the iramesfe
territory we have lately loft, we must recall our fleets
and armies, repeal all the ads injurious to the Ame
ricans paffd fines 1765, and restore xhrif charters.
We ran then, if they will forgive, and can trull us,
treat with thsra on j^ft, f^ir, aid equcl terms, with
out the idea cf cenvu'fien, and a foundation be laid
for the restoration of ;t?c, intent! tuiquility,and
baity to this cunvuifed and difmenSered empire.
From the (London) PUBLIC LEDGER.
A TEMPORARY CATECHISM.
% /Hlr fashion ?
A. ,^,.
Ore What is religion ?
A A far Ce.
Q_ Is there not anr thing which ferioufy occupies
th # ^noughts of m^a ?
A. Self interest
Q_ Want is public virtue?
A T: is the r.a^e rfa thing, foldnm fan, rarely felt,
an b^rdy underflood
Q_ Vha is patriorifm !
Mr. Flood well knows its worth.
Q_ Where ; s charity to be fonnd?
A. Notin the Green Boxes <f either Theatres.
Q_ Are not tht ladies virtuous ?
A. A: fallen Angels are penitent.
Q Is there much of conjugal fidelity in the world?
A.faff enough for the propagation of the fpeciis,
^d^r^s arfmiffi'oa of family- -property.
Q Wha % 'ih ? n are wives ?
A B.^d^rs.-gene^.! to th^ community.
Q Aid ^hat a e hofbands ?
A. Tfe godfathers of other men's children.
Q_ Whitish lady rs e*f, virtue ?
A. 11 a vicious ferfe of the word, a disciple of St.
?a!, ^ho " hecometb ALL things to ALL men, in hopes
f gf % fg SOME."
Q_ Waat is the d#G of the tiffin ?
A. An antidote to beauty.
Q Are there any /ach things as cork rumps ?
A. The qisftion implies a poferior conffration ?
Q What is a maccaroni ?
A~ A whip fylla bub, in the Shape of atm, which
fry woman may exhtuft at a m^l.
Q And mot fea# on a foW time?
A. Not ÜBlefs ffieis tiaccißmcnly find of ....... &
trifle.
Q What is s Dillatanto?
A. A disfigured exotic, to be found only in the
<wilds of nature.
Q_ What fay you to the politics cf the times ?
A. Others may bhrne-I praise them not.
Q_ Give me your opinion of the Americans ?
A. They have made fs many rf&s, that they
seem to have loft all their rtfolutta.
Q_ Do the Ministry ad wnh spirit?
A. They forfvCT with obfinac,.
Q_ Confider the dignity oj parliament !
A. The^fy of ovorch, which wifdem abhors, and
FJ'r delights in.
Q_ We sh til certainly conquer America.
A. Mum - Budget.
Q_ Old Moth r Britain not subdue her cff pring !
A. fyoth scbo,pifo! .
Q_ Who ordeirej che /as?
A. Nothewho " filled the hungry %uitb good things.''
Q_ 1$ it not# figa of court,m, ?
A. Read -- policy &
Q^ Wh*t are the Miuilby about ?
A. Ruminating on the art of improving an idle
hour,
Q_ L not Lord George Geim^ine a vigorous mi
nijhr? x
A. Hr has his <weakr.ffi ?.$ s man
In CONGRESS, F^b. 25th, 1777.
^0 thread that the most fpecd, stop may be put to
the pernicious and unfoiaieily practice of defert
i'g, a^d that such offenders oho receive the public
money for firvic-s that they defigm not to perform,
may be certainly and speedily carried back to the
corps they have defined fern, it is aameftly reccm
raended tr th^ comnriueas cf ebfervation or infps&ion
in th*fe United Status, that riry cause diligent sr qui
re to be made in their refy eftiv# counties or diftri&i,
for all drives that may be lurking a^d haibcured
therris, and cause such whenever found to be imme
diately secured and conveyed to the nearest centiptn
tzl officer, and all officers are hereby diefted to re
crivrted facure such daferters, that they may be fafe
ly delivered to their refpe&ive regiments, end bre ught
to a speedy trial and exemplary puriihmest; aid
fd! the? to pay to the petfons delivmi; g such da fitters,
eight dollar* for tach defer^er so brought and deliver
ed, and twelve ninetieths efa dollar, iu lieu ofexpen
cas for every mile from the place where the d<ferter
was takxn up, to titu place where he is delivered to the
officer.
Articles of War, Ssfiion vi.
Art. 1. All officers a»d fcldiers, who having receiv
ed pay, or having been duly inlifted in the fervica of
the U deed State#, fhali be convi&ed of having deser
ted the fime shall fuffirr death, or such other punish
ment as by a C urt Martial Bull be ii fl &ed.
Art. 2. Any noR-commiffiored cffi.tr or fo'dier,
who shall without leave from his cemmending officer,
absent himfelf from his troop or comply, or from
any dit^ch^rnt with w^ich he Shall be commanded,
fh,lt, upon being convicted thereof, be puaiffied ac
cording to the nature es his effance, at the direction
cf a Court Martial.
Art. ft No non commissioned officer or soldier Shall
inlift himfilf in any other regiraent, troop or compa
ny, without a regular difeharge from the regiment
troop or company, in which he left fervid, on the
penalty of being reputed adeftr^er, and fufrering ec
crdb.gly : And in case any officer Shall knowingly
rec rive and entertain such non com^iffi ned officer
or Soldier, or Shtll not, after his being difcoveied to
be a deserter, immediately confine him, and give no
tice thereof to the corps in which he lift firved, he,
the hid officer foefinding, Shall by a court martial
be cafhi&ed.
Ordered, That the foregoing Resolve, and the three
Articles of War be publi^ed in the several Mews-pa
pers for fix months, and the several printers are here
by redaeftid to publish them accordingly.
JOHN HANCOCK, Prudent.
In CONGRESS, Feb. 25.
Rfel^d, Taat the fareral State's be requested and
rH 1 L A DE L FH 1 A.
In CONGRESS, February 19, 1777.
Rsfclved, Th^t in voting for General Uffictu, a due
regard fh+li be had to the line of succession, the merit
of the performs propofee, and the quota of trocps raised
and tj be xai.ed by e*ch Sate.
fy order of Cangrtf,
JOHN HANCOCK, Prefect.
Li C ONGRE S S, February 24, 1777.
Rrfol<v t d That th fsveral flares be r^queiud to teke
th^ most effectual fieps far immediate.y cellcdting,
from rhe inhabitants nA in adual (etvice, ail Conti
nental a^s, and give notice cf the num bar they shall
ctllvft to General W fhirgtoa.
That all arms or accou rcMenta belonging to the
Unit'd S utes shell bitfamped or mnkd with the
words UNITED S 1 A'l ES ; all a;ms already made
to b# slumped on fach parts as shall receive the im
prrffi n, and thole hereafter to be mar.ufcaured to be
Itaniped with the said words on every part competing
the f^nd; and all arms ^nd accourements fu flapped
or marked, ihall be tzken wherever fauhd for cac ufa
cf the States, except the, ffiall be in the hands of these
actually in Continental fervicr.
That it be recommended to the JegHlatures of the
ftv*ral States to eaa4 proper la^s fir the puniffituent
cf.h^fe who fail unlawfuly take, secret, relule, or
negled todeliver any Ccutinehal arms or accoutre
ments, whica they may have in ihrir p. ffeffion.
A gentleman of the firfi rank in this city has received a
letter from bis correjpouaent in France, who is ore cf the
mofl eminent merchants in that kivgeem, informing ft that
the commercial interrf in that country were so much in fa
vour of she gallant Er.gtijb Americans, that, under the
fofli^ d f government, they bad began, and hoped fa
to eflablfh a bank in favour es Continental currency, and
did not aoubt but all the powers in Europe would immediate
ly receive it, except the Englf. wbof diftrffdfcanc.es, it
was expeaed, would fan oblige them to acknowledge the
Americans to be free and independent fates.
Ar. Englifo paper of Nov. 5, fays, •'near nine hundred
seamen in toe course of la, week embarkedfor Dunkirk and
other faports in France, with an intent to enter into the
French navy rather than be imtrffid."
BALTIMORE, March 17.
Last Night Mr, Charles Cook, arrived here in 12 Deys
from Newbern, in North-Carolina, and brings the fol
lowing important intelligence, viz.
Thu the day before he fat cut, Capt. Charles
Stedman, of the North. Carolina Forces, a Gentleman
of Credit, jift returned from Charlsftown, South-
Carolina, informed him and other#, that he thare saw
a large F each Fleet, consisting cf 15 Men of W&r,
two of them 80 Gun Sh:ps, zad 40 Merchantmen—
That two of the aimed VtfTtls la, within the B^r -=
That these V ffels had on board 200 Pieces of Br?fs
Cianoe, 30,000 Steed Small Arms, and a vast
Quantity us ury Goods, for thc Use of the American
);4tei. Their Dedination was said so be for Defa
ware and Cnefope=k B ys.
PROVIDENCE, March 9.
We are isfomea that a number of the enerc/s vtfels ar,
preparing to fail from Newport, and that part cj cue troof
there have orders to bold tbemfelves its readineG for erf.
barkatien.
We learn that a person, by the name es Slocum, was C.
prebended at er near Potowemut on Thurjda, las, for fad
ing Jupflies es provisions to tte enemy at Rhode Jfond, HJ
father, in attemp:tng co refine him, was wauna;d by one of
the guard, end is face dead.
NEW LONDO N, April a,
At the Superior court bold at Norwich last week, one %^
Dsnwfs of New London wasfodrd guilt, of the murder cf
William Garrick and received Jentshce of death.
Pardon Tahar of New-London,wis found guile, of crimes
inimical to tbe State, and Jentcncfd to be imprifaid §„ n^ntb.
to ,a, a fine of twenty pounds and bound to bii good behavi
our till the next derm.
Pardon Lillingbcfl Tabor of New London, found guilty o f
the like crime, and font meed to be imprijoued one year, a^d to
pa, afne of twenty pounds.
Benjamin Butler es Norwich, was found guilt, of defam
ing the bon. Continental Cangrefs, andfcntenced to be bound
to bis good behaviour, disarmed, and rendered incapable ts
bolding any se, civil or military.
impowerec to borrow, or purch^fr, on behalf cf ty
Contiaent, from the militta within the said States iL
fpodively, as many good and fufficient arms as &
possibly be procured.
February 27th.
Revived, That it be recommended to the frveu
legislatures of the United States, immediately to j?fi
laws ihe most effe&ual for putting an immediate flop
to the,pernicious practice of diftjlling grain, by whig
the meft extensive evils are likely to be derived, if
not quickly prevented.
In CONGRESS. March iztb, 1777.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the ^giih.
tufre, or in thfir recess the executive power cf each of
the United States, to cause aff.ffments cf Blankets tp
be made, in order to furnifh their several quotas of
soldiers with an article so neeeffary to defend them
felven from the inclemency cf the weather, and damp
air, in their encampments ; and that ail blankets, to
be obtained in thia manner, be valued to a just and
reasonable price, and paid for by & States rafpeftive.
',>s° b e repaid by the United States. And that the
legillaturer, or, in their recefi, the executive power,
do ca&fe money to be put into the h^nd^ cf a proper
officer in every county, diftrid, or townihip, in order
that such Blankets may be paid for, without delay er
trouble to the house-keepers on whem the #ff&i<^is
Shad be made.
March, 21.
,RfTved, That for preventing unnectfarj efya ce v fo
tes Militia of any of the States is called tojerns in the pay
of tbs United States, no more officers Jball be entitled to pay
tb^n a proper number in properties to the privates viz.---
for entry company coifing of net left than thirty fa fy
und^r fifty privates, two cottittiffioned officers.„.j or every
com,an, net less than fifty and under fxtj eight private#,
three commissioned officers -.fir entry company of faty fight
or more privates, fur commifaned officers— ana for e^r,
battalion cj fine hundred or mere privates, three fold effect,
-- for entry battalion under fine hundred and not l^j than
three burred privates, a Lieut. Colonel and a Major, and
for any number of privates above one lunared ana jif, and
under three hundred, one Lieutenant Cofol or Major.
March 22.
Resolved, That John Ord, Robert Richie, and fame.
Burden, be appointed additional Managers of the Lothr, of
the United States.
Ordered, 'll bat the Managers of the Lottery of the United
States, draw the fame agreeable to the mode syuAty pr<&ifcd
in too State Lotteries in America, by putting al, tog Humbert
in one wheel, and the prizes only in the other.
By order of Congress.
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
PHILADELPHIA, March 26, 1777.
Tuesday left arrived here the brig Sally, Capt.
Shocker, in 11 weeks from Nan.z in France, with
10,000 Band cf fmail arms, a large number of gun.
Ivcks, &c.'