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having accepted the commands of the said Commands
concerning the laid prize under his or their custody ) on
mediate!, 'repair to the refpe&ve pert <r harbour where
the fried or his facceffors in command
m^H order, or do not proceed with the said prize pr pri
zes to the refpe&ive port or ports to be aligned by the
gid ' for the time being, that then, and
in failtire of any or either of the agreements aforesaid
contained on <nr p.-.rts, we and each and every of us
so offr^dm;, ch hereby federally febmit and agree to
be catered, n^ only for our several and refpe&ive in
terests and flt ires of, and in the captures or prize-money,
but totally to ne excluded and dieted from the piy
raent of any wages then due to us, ,or and in refpe& of
our fever*l firvices cm board the said ffiip
and the interest and ffiares of such delinquents that
otherwise would have accrued to us.
Fifthly, And the said for and in be
half ot himfelf and the Thirteen United Colonies of
Huth-America, doth hereby covenant and agree to, and
with the fald ufn «r% hanten and, mariners, whole
name or marks are hereto kt and fubferibed, to piy
them io consideration of such Services, so much money
per month, as in a febedule hereunder mentioned, set
opposite to the names or marks of each refpe&ive
officer, seaman or landman; and hkewife to advance to
each and every of them one month's pay at entrance
(due security for the fame being firft given ;) the receipt
whereof they do hereby acknowledge.
Sixthly, And as an encouragement to exert the valour
of the fearpen and mariners in defending the said sh p,
and in subduing and dittrelEng the said enemy, the laid
for end on behalf of the faidTnir
teen United Colonies of North Am rica, doth further
covenant, promise and agree t,, and with all and every
the officers, seamen and mariners, parties hereto, that
in case any prize or prizes shall be taken by the said
fliip during the intended cruize, thatthe fame /hill be
proceeded against, and distributed according to the re
locutions of Congress.
Seventhly, Anti it is by these presents mutually agreed
and contented to by and between the said
and every the officers, seamen and marines, parties
hereto, that in case the Commander for the time being
lose a limb in an engagement, or be otherwise dis
abled, so as to be rendered incapable afterwards of
getting a livelihood to fulfil upon, he fha!l receive out
o^ the net profits of such prize er prizes, or prize goods,
if„o much arise, before dividend or distribution be de
clared, the sum cf Four Hundred Dollars ; or if he lose
bis life, his widow or children (if an;), shall receive the
said bounty o' Four Hundred Dollars, together with ail
prize-money to him belonging at the time of his dec^afe.
And if the Captain of the marines, or any other com
mission or warr nt officer lose a limb, or be otherwise dis
abled, to as to be rendered incapable afterwards of getting
a subsistence, he or they so cifaokd (hall receive a bounty
of Thrt Hundred Dollars, if id much arise from the
net profits as aforefaid ; and in case of death, the wi
dow er children (if any), is, and shall be intitled to the
fame, toge her with their fliare of prize-money due at
the time of their decease. And if an inferior officer,
feamm or marine lose a limb, or ne otherwise disabled,
so as to be rendered incapable afterwards of getting a
subsistence, he or they so 1 receive a bounty of Two
Hundred Dollars, to be deducted as aforefaid ; and in
case of death, his widow or children (if any), is, are,
and (hail be intitled to the fame, together with his share
of prize-money due at the timeof his decease.
He who firft difovers a ship or v-. ff/l which shall as er
wards become a prze, fhdi be intitled to a double share
of such prize.
There (ball be ten (hares of every prize, which (hall
be taken and condemned, set apart to be given to Inch
inferior offices, feamoi and marines, as ffiJi be ad
judged belt to deserve them by the Superior officers, who
Hull be appointed to.make such determination.
He who (hall firri board a (hip or other ve(Ul, making
refinance, which (Rail become a prize, (hail be intitled
to a triple share.
Provided always, and it is hereby declared to be tte
true intent and meaning of the parties to the afore
mentioned articles and orders, that any of the officers,
Damen and marines, fliall; be liable to be removed by
the Congress or Committee of the, Congreri, during the
recess thereof, or by the Commander in Chief of the
American fleet for the tim° being, from 'ne aforefaid
vessel to any other armed vrifl in the Grrice of he
Thirteen United Colonies, any thing contained in the
foregoing orders and articles notwithstanding.
The Committee, to whom it was referred to confider bow
the fare of prizes allotted to the captors ou^bt to be di
wi led between the officers and men, brought in their report,
which being taxon into confderation, mas agreed to as
follows :
RESOLVED, That the Commander in Chief have
one twentieth part of the said allotted prize-money taken
by any (hip or (hips, armed vessel or vcflels under his
orders and command.
That the Captain of any single (hip or armed vessel
havetwo twentieth parts for his (hare; but it more drips
Charmed vedels be in company when a prize is taken,
then the two twentieth parts to be divided amongst all
the said Captains.
That the Lieutenants df marines, Surgeons, Chap
bins, Pursers, Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, the
Mader's Mates, and the Secretary of tie fleet (In re
together, and have two twentieth parts, end ure half of
a twentieth part divided among them equally of all
prizes taken when they are in company.
That the following p^ty u grants, and petty officers,
(viz. allowing for each drip fix Midshipmen ; for each
brg four M dihipmen ; and each (bop two Midshipmen
one Captain's Clerk, one Surgeon's Mate, one Stewards
one Sailmaker, one Cobper, one Armourer, two 80. t
fwajn's Mates, one Cook, one Coxswain, two Serjeants
of marines for each (hip, and one Serjeant for each brio
and (loop) have three twentieth parts divided among
them equally ; and wh^a a prize is taken by,any (hip er
yrflel, on board of which the Commander in Chiet is', or
in company, then the Commander in Chiefs Cook or
C xfwaip to be added to this allotment, and have their
Shares with these iatt mentioned.
That the remaining eight twentieth parts, and one half
of a twentieth part, be divided among the red of tire (hip
or drips Companies as it may happen, ft.:re and fliare
alike.
That no officer or man have any share, but such as are
actually on board their feverJ vefihls at the time any prize
or prizes are taken, excepting such only as may have
been ordered on board any other prizes before tafr.cn, ot
fint away by his or their commandin officers.
Extract from tie Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
^^ °s*e°'^'Oo4>''4's-'$ •&Y'4fr4>4,<&<§s§
B 0 S TO N, April 2fr
\/i, ILLIAM Jackson of this town, and Crean
VV Brush of New-York, who were on board a
brig taken the 3d instant, by Capt. Manly, are new
imprisoned in the gaol here.
Last Friday a vessel arrived off Marblehead, from
Hailiux, with Dr. Stockbridge, and a number of 0-
ther refugee tories. The information from some of
them is, that they had their choice of inlifting as sol
diers, and as such to be provided for, or to starve, or
return to this colony. They chose the latter, and are
now supplicating their country fcr mercy. How they
have been di s posed of, we have not beard.
N E W-LONDO N, April 26.
Extras of a letter from Boson, April ,21.
" They are fortifying and putting the harbour, &c.
in the belt poflure of defence they can. To-morrow 1
they talk of finking hulks by the castle, and erecting a
battery at Camp-Hill, on Noddle's Island. There
was a fleet of the enemy, about twenty fail, lay at
Nantalket last week, but they are all gone from thence
except the Renown. Our (mail privateers run in and
out by Pulling's Point, without any regard to the enemy."
During the last and beginning of this week, several
of the men of war have been cruizing in the offing.
N EW-Y O R K, May'z.
Three vessels that left New London N on Saturday
evening, assure us, that our fleet failed from the har
bour's mouth on Friday last, with : fair wind from
Newport.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the Continental
army before Quebec, dated /sprit 6,
" Our battery at Point Levy has been firing feme
days; the mortar battery on the heights is not quite fi
nifhed, and in two days we will have another battery
at the Little River. We have had a prodigious quan
tity of snow this winter; the tops of the fences just
begin to appear, and I suppose that in a few days the
roads will be impassable. I shall continue as long as
there is a probability of the town's being taken. We
are difeouraged at Gen. Lee's not coming; however,
Gen. Wooster is arrived. We ought to have at Jeatt
ten thousand men more here in case of troops arriving,
otherwise the Canadians, who have assisted us, will be
ruined. This province is the key of America.-
Pflfcript of a letter dated Cambridge, April 22, 1776.
“ I am informed that a vessel being taken up in
government service, against the captain's will, and being
at Halifax amongst the fleet, the captain took an op
portunity, in the midri of the movements of the many
vessels coming in and changing their Actions, to set
fail and return into some harbour near Bolton,but I
did not learn precisely where. He brings an account
that the tories and refugees were in the greatest distress
imaginable, the place not being capable of accommo
dating them; that a certain Mr. Taylor and his wife,
who were in good eltcenl and circumstances at Boston,
were left all night on one of the wharves, lamenting
their ill fate.
“ From a variety of hands, accounts come from
Halifax, that several persons, and sometimes different
families, are crowded into one room, Tor which they
—are obiged to pay fix dollars per week; that many of
the tories from Marfhfield had joined in representing
to General Howe their distress and poverty, and beg
ged for better accommodations, which they could not
obtain on account of there being little enough for the
King's troops; that forty ofiheir number had got a
vessel and returned to Marfhfield, chocking rather to
throw themielves on the mercy of their country than
continue in such circumriances. This account was
just arrived at Boston, much talked of, and commonly
believed there yesterday, where I went over on busi
ness." -= :
PHILADELPHIA, %6.
On Wednesday last, according to the law puffed last
session for increasing the number of Representatives in
the Assembly, the election was held for four Burgesses
for the city, which did not finifh before midnight.—
The following Gentlemen were voted for, ard upon
summing up the poll, it flood as ft^lows, viz. Samuel
Howell, 941; Andrew Alien. 923; George Clymer,
923; Alexander Wilcox, 92 (; -Thomas Willing,
911; Frederick Kuhl, 904; Owen Biddle, 903; and
Daniel Roberdeau, 890.
Last Saturday William Bales and James Jones, for
a street robbery, and John Woodward, for the murder
of bis wife, were executed pursuant to their lenience.
Woodward behaved with uncommon resolution, though
not insensible of his deplorable fituatien, and in his last
words denied being guilty of the crime for which he
was condemned; the other two confeffed the justice of
their sentence, and seemed penitent. When the un
happy father of Bales got into the cart, and took leave
of his son, the generality of the fpe^ators, affected at
so moving a feene, (bed tears, and one man fainted.
In COM MM TTEE of SAFETY
Philadelphia, May (, 1776.
ALL persons who are now prrf >neir upon parole,
in the different parts of this province, are ftri&ly enjoy
ed not to leave the di(bi& that has been appointed for
toeir residence, without the written rerfarfli n of this
Board; and all prisoners who come into his city, by
the licence of the Congress, are directed upon their ar
rival immediately to communica r such licence to this
Committee; and if any prisoners foall be found trefpaf
fmg against this order, their persons will be immedi
ately leized and imprifonedi
1 he Sifteihood of Bethtehem having preferred this
Board with a quantity of linen rags, for the benefit of
such as may be wounded in the service of their country.
Refolded, That this instance of their humanity be
thankfully acknowledged. Extrafl from the Minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
C Y ATO! You have, ia your firft letter, laid hea
> vy charges against the Committee of the Cn^
and Liberties of Philadelphia, and being called upon,
have engaged to support your charges against certain
"individuals'' of them—A great length of time has been
allowed you, yet you have offered nothing in fopport
of these charges I mov^ (for the last time in this way)
call again upon you for the fa&s upon which they are
founded -Criticisms on file may become your
station, but they will not serve your purpole—You are
known, and must either prove your several charges
against the Committee—or you will soon be called upon
in a different way, by the gheft of TIBERIUS.
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City cf Philadelphia^ May 2, 1776.
The AS SIZE of RRE A'D.
Fines lour, at fifteen Millings and . Six pence per Ct,
Middlings, at Thirteen Shillings per Ct.
Rye, at Nine Shillings per Ct.
White bread. Ib.oz. Midi do. lb. oz. I Rye do. lb. oz 9
id.loafis o 81 id.loafiso 9? id.loafis o mJ
2d. ditto, i o ' 2d.ditto, 1 3 2d. ditto, i 11
4d. ditto, 2 I? 4d. ditto, 2 6 4d. ditto, 215
Bd. ditto, 4 3 Bd. ditto, 412 Bd. ditto, 514
'2d. ditto, 6 4zfi2d. ditto, 7 2 |2d. ditto, 8 13
Set by SAMUEL POWELL, Mayor.'
JACOB DUCHE, }
SA MUEL R HOADS, > Aldermen.
AMOS % S TRETTLE, J ;
PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Com
mittee of Infpe&ion and Observation of Chester
C unty, when last met, requeuing us the fubferibers to
advertise the members of faici Committee when neceflary,
These are therefore to desire all the members of the afore
faid Committee to meet at the house of Richard Cheney,
in the Townfirip of Eaft-Caln, on the eleventh day of
this instant, at Ten o'clock A. M. as there is bufinels of
importance to be laid before them.
THOMAS LEVIS.
May 2, 1776. CALEB DAVIS.
Jari published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
in Market-street, Philadelphia,
EXTRACT S,
From the JOUR N AL S of
CONGRES S,
RELATIVE TO THE
Captures and Condemnation of PRIZES, and the
siting out PRIV \ TEERS; together with the
Rules and Regulations of the NAVY, and Instructi
ons to the Commanders of private S B IPS of WAR.
Just printed, published, ana now felling by
R. B E L L, in Third-Street,
(Price Ten Shillings neatly bound)
I^HE DISEASES incident to ARMIES; vrith
the METHOD of CURE. Transited from
the Original olßaron Van Swieten, Physician to their
Imperial Mickies. To ▼ hich are added, the Nature
end Treatment of Gun-Shot Wounds: By John
Ranby, Elq; Surgeon-General to the British Army:
Likewise, Directions to be observed by Sea Surgeons in
Engagement*. Alto, Preventatives of the Scurvy at Sea:
By William Northcote, Surgeon, many years in the fen
service. With Rives for preserving Health in warm and
cold Climates, by D^aor find.
Published for the .use of Military arid Naval Surgeons.
At the tizn of the Rope-walk, the Couth fide of Market
ftrert, between Si^th and Seventh-ft r6ef^, makes and
fells the following articles; wholesale and retail, viz.
IT, ED cords, plow lines and traces ; mill, well, hoift
"^ an< lparbuckle ropes ; halters, jack lines, drum
cords; seine, fail and blocking twine; filling lines of all
firies, clcatns lines of all kinds, hair and hemp lacings
for lacking - l>ott<>ms, dressed hemp and flax, hemp and
flax tow by the pound or larger quantity, log-lines ;
marine, houfebue and whipping twine. Any Gentleman
may be fuppbed with any of the above articles, by call
ing at his house, or rifop five doors above Third-street;
nearly opposite the old gaol; where any Merchants or
Storekeepers orders sill be thankfully received and
complied with.
N+ B. He has a quantity of good Hemp Seed 'on hand,
which he will difoofe of for cedi onlv.J
0 I>T S o'IT'D,
A GENTEEL well made Riding Chair: It has
J^ been used but a few times, tor which there will 'be
a good allowance ^made. Enquire of the Printer.- J
—T 6 B S'- O'L EG'
ripHE TIME of a Dutch Servant Girl, who has
J four years and (even months to serve: She is rirong
and healthy, understands town or country work well,
and speaks pretty good Engiilb. Enquire of the Printer.