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purchaser or purchasers thereof in fee Sir pie, rrfrfuch
eftaie as the delinquent owner thereof held the fame, which;
shall be good and valid io Law ; and the laid Cornmif
fi mm, after deducing the him or turns of money afore
laid, and the reasonable costs, (hull return rnd pay t^
overplus of the consideration money, if any, to the
owner or owners when thereunto required.
And be it fur her eo@&ed by the authority afcrlrnd.
That all tenants in pofoffian shall be accountable for and
pay any sum or fume o money, charged tj virtue o^tais
Aft on the lands in his or her poffc ffon, ana may dis
count the fame out of his or her rent; and ?o case one
year's rent should prove infufficieDt tc de'ra, the (arfte,
the said lands ffiaH be liable for the sums charged there,
on, and the fame, or fucto parts thereof at may he fuffi
cient, may be fold therefor in the manner prescribed in
the foregoing chufe.
And be it further ensued by the authority aforefnd,
That the persons to be appointed by the Commiflioners
of the City and frveral Counties, to transmit and deliver
to the Several claffestheir order with the du,li ate herein
before mentioned, shall be p^id such reasonable rewards
respectively for that fervica, as Shall be agreed for by
drafts of the said Commissioners or any two of them, on
the Treasurer of the proper County, who H hereby direct
ed to anf-wer and discharge the fame out of any monies in
his hands belonging to Such County, and unappropri
ated. Signed by order of the House,
FREDERICK A MUHLENBERG, Speaker..
Enabled into a Law at Philadelphia, on
Saturday, the twenty-third day of
December, in the year ofour Lord One
thousand Seven hundred and eighty.
SAMUEL STERETT,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
From Rivington's New-York Gazette of Dec. 9, 1780.
DECLARATION of the king of Denmark and Nor
way to the courts of London, Versailles and Madrid.
" Y F the mast exad and perfect neutrality, with the
I most regular navigation and tie most inviolable
refpe& to treaties, could have kept free the commerce
of the fubjeds of the king of Denmark and Norway
from th? inroads of the powers with whom he is at
peace, ree and independent, it would not be neces
sary to take measures to insure to his fubjeßs that
liberty to which they have the mast incontrovertible
rirht. The king of Denmarlc has always founded his
glory and his grandeur upon the efieem and confidence
of the neighbouring people. It has been his rule from
the beginning of his reign, to teftify to all the powers
his friends, a c< ndud the moll capable of convincing
them of his pacific intensions, and of his desire to con
tribute to the general happiness of Europe. His pro
ceedings have always been conformable to these prin
ciples, against which nothing can be alledged ; he has
not, till now, addressed himfelf but to the powers at
war, to obtain a redress of his griefs, and he has never
wanted moderation in his demands, nor acknowledge
ments when they have received the success they de
served: but the neutral navigation has been too often
m lefted, and the most innocent commerce of his fub
jefts too frequently troubled, to that the kin? finds
himfelf obliged to take proper measures to assure to
himfelf and his allies the fafety of commerce and na
vigation, and the maintenance of the inseparable rights
of liberty and independence. If the duties of neutra
lity are sacred, t n « law of nations has also its rights,
avowed by all impartial power#, established by custom,
and founded upon equity and reason. A nation inde
pendent and neuter does not lose by the war, because
peace exifis between her and the belligerent powers,
without receiving or being, obliged to follow the laws
cf either of them she is allow dto follow, in all places
(contraband excepted) the traffick which the would
have a rigid to do if peace existed with all Europe as
it exists with her. Tae king pretends to nothing be
y .d what the neutrality allows him. Thins his rule,
and that of ids people; and the king cannot accord
to the principle, that a power at war has a right to
interrupt 1 e commerce of his subj & . He thinks it
due to bimfelf and his fubje&s, faithful observers of
these rules, and to the powers at war themselves, to
declare to them the following principles, which he has
always held, and which he will always avowsod main
tain, in convert with the empress of all the Ruffian,
whose sentiments h^ finds intirely conformable with
his own.
I. That neutral vessels have a right to navigate
freely from port to port, even 011 the coasts of the
powers at war.
11. That eff Rs of the fubjefts of the powers at war
shall be free in neutral vessels, except such as are deem
ed contraband.
111. That nothing is to be underflood under the de
nomination of contraband, that is not expreftly men
tioned as such in the third'article of his treaty of com
merce with Great Britain in the year 1670, and toe
26th and 27th article of his treaty of commerce with
France in the year 1742; and the king will actually
maintain those rules with tiiofe powers with whom he
has no treaty.
IV. That he will look upon that a# a port blocked up,
into which no vedel .an enter without evident danger,
on account of vessels of war Rationed there, which form
an ededual blockade
V. That these principles serve for rules in procedure,'
and that justice fcll be expeditiously rendered, after
the rules of the sea, conformable to treaty and usage
received.
VI. His Majesty does not hesitate to declare that he
will maintain these principles, with the honour of Iris
flag, andth liberty and independence of the commerce
and navigation of his fubjehs; and that it is for this
purpose he has armed a part of his navy, although he
is de rous to preserve, with all the powersat war, not
only a good und/rftanding, but all the friendship whi h
the neutrality 2 a admit of. The king will never re
cede from these principles, unless he is forced to it:
foe knows the duties and the obligation, he rtfpeas them
^s he does his tr aties, and desires no other than to
r, detain them. H-s Majesty is persuaded, that the
belligerent powers will acknowledge the justice of his
motives, that they wll be as averse as himfelf to doing
any thing that may oppress the liberties of mankind;
and that they will give orders to their admiralty, and
to their officers, conformable to the principles above
recited, which tend to the general happiness and inte
rest of all Europe. Copenhagen, July 8, 1780.
The declaration of the king of Sweden to the fame
courts was to the fame effect
In the above declaration the king of Denmark difeo
vers his intentions are to <b le by the former trea
ties between Great-Britaia and his own kingdom,
and the following additional inftrußion enuim rates
the articles which are declared to be contraband.
To this declaration the kii g of Sweden has acceded.
An additional inftruflion to ail Ships of war, and pri
vateers, that have or may have letters of mart against
the French king, or the kmg of Spain, tiveir vassals
or fubj-ds, or others inhabit ng within any pf their
countri s, territories, or dominion', or against any
other enemies REBELLION ^ SUBJECTS of the
crown of Great Britain.—Given at our court of St.
James's, the 1 th of September 1780, in the twentieth
year of our reign. GEORGE R^X.
« That in conformity to an explanatory article of
the treaty of alliance and commerce between England
and Denmark, concluded at' Copenhagen, 1 July 11,
1780, which hath been lately concluded and greed up
on between u^ and the king of Denmark, all forts of
arms and things thereto belonging, as muskets, mor
tars, polards, bombs, grrnadoes, fmciffes, carriages,
rests, bandoliers, powder, match, faltpetre, bullets,
pikes, swords, head prices, cuiraffes, halberts, lances,
javelins, horses, holders, belts, and generally all dthet
implements of war; as also Ship timber pitch, lar,
roßn, copper in Sheets, fail cloth, cordage, and gene
rally every thing that is used in the equipment of Ships
(except unwrought iron and fir plink) laden in Danish.
Ships, and bound to the enemies country, are account
ed contraband goods ; but fifh and fifth, frrih or salted,
whet or othir grain, slur, oil, wine, and generally
every tiring that Serves lor the nourishment and susten
ance of life, laden in Danish Ships, and bound to the
enemies country, are not accounted contraband, pro
vided that the places to which they are bound, are
not beh ged or blocked up. By his Majefiy's cm
mand, STORMONT."
M ADRI D, September 4.
, /TR. Cumberland, who for tuefe few days past has
been at St. Il elphonfo, has received a courier
from the court of London.
Mr. Jay, the inten led minister of the United States
of America, full remains here, with Mr. Carmichael,
his secretary.
LONDO N, August 27.
The last ship from the Mufquito fllore brings ac
counts that the Engxfh Settlement in that quarter was
entirely ruined and broke up. The natives, Indians
and Blacks were entire masters of the settlement, all
the whites had gone to the Inland of Rattan where
they were in a miser ble situation for want of provisions
and neceffiries when this lafl vessel failed.
Orders are sent to Ireland to take up 20,000 tons of
Dipping with all possible expedition, for the service of
the merchants.
Two transports are now loading at the Tower with
ordnance stores, supposed to be destined for America.
Sept. 23. The brigantine Congress, from Philadel
phia to Amflerdam, having been taken off Newfound
land, by the Vestal, captain Keppel, of 32 guns,
with a mail from the Congress, under the care of Mr.
Henry Laurens, their late president, he was fhifted 011
board the frigate with his dispatches, his secretary,
and another rebel gentleman, landed at Portfmoutn,
and he is fafel, lodgedrin the tower of London.
OR. 11. So precipitate and unadvised were the mi
nistry in the commitment of Mr. Laurens, that after
he was sent to the tower, a confultarion was held on
the propriety of the meafute. It lafled for five hours,
and it is a fad, that some of the men, who are intrud
ed with the government of this country, went into a
serious deliberation, in order to determine whether they
should take the advice of the president of the council,
or the lord chancellor. It was decided in favour cf
the latter, and ameffenger was defy.itched at midnight
with defpatches to him ay Bath, where he now is. The
above anecdote, which may be depended on as a
truth, affords a tolerable pi&ure of the prefect fyflem.
Such is the indecision, and fucu the abfur'dity of all
their measures. Thir occasional exertions are the ef
fefts of rashness ;—their iniflivity is deliberate ; —it
might be added also that it is wife; for when tuey de
viate into aOion they are doomed to repentance. Till
they are inftrufKd by the lord chancellor, they are
utterly ignorant either of the propriety of the hep
they have already taken, orof the measures they ought
to adopt in consequence thereof.
We are given to underhand, that government are
not in possession of any American papers of importance.
Those which relate to the filiation of their finances,
resources, and European connexions, were funk by Mr.
Laurrns on the capture of the veffeb The packet which
was recovered, contained chiefly letters to different
gentlemen cn the continent, refyeHing commerci 1
tranfaflions and they have afforded government no
lights from which they may difeover the plans or ope
rations of the enemy.
BOSTO N, December 14.
We hear all t e American prisoners at Newfound
land are sent to England, and these in New York, it
is said, are like to take the fame route.
By a vessel which arrived here from c^pe Franco's
since our last, we learn, that captain Porter, in the
ship Aurora, from this port for the Well Indies, on
his passage met with a wreck, on board of which were
4 men only, the rest of the crew having perrihed: she
proved to be the Sterling Caftl% a Bririlh Ihip of 04
guns, which ^as difmafted in the late hurricane off.
Cape Neola Mole.
The French islands seem to have fuffered much less
than the British. It is remarkable, however, that An
tigua, instead of being dihreffed with the other islands,
received no injury, but on the contrary haa a season
able and refreshing rain, which was greatly beneficial
$0 the growth of the island, at which the inhabitants
were so affected on hearing the dreadful accounts from,
their neighbours, as< to appoint a solemn thankfgivmg
to Heaven, for the remarkable diftin&ion.
N E W-L ONDO N, December 5.
We learn that the Huffir frigate was'eatt away in
Hell gate, about 10 days ago, when all the people ex
cept 80 were loft, with the frigate.
T R E N T O N, December 26.
About a fortnight since the grand American array
went into winter qu ,rtcrs on the North-River, and in
the eastern parts of this date. Head-Quarters is efta
blilhed at New-Windsor.
We hear thit a packet in 30 days from London, ar--
rived lately in New-York harbour. She was anchor
ed off in the flream, and no person except th^ captain
was fuffered to go on (Lore or have any communication
with the inhabitants of the city. It is said (he brought
important dispatches, after the delivery of which, the
immediately put to sea.
A New-York paper of the Bth instant, announces
the death of Lord Drummond, at Lisbon, a person no
toriously known to the citizens of the United States.
A correspondent assures us it may now be affirmed
with certainty, “ that the Dutch, and also the Portu
guese have joined the northern powers in the armed
neutrality'; the former with good will and from the
heart, the motives of the latter are not yet so well as
certained."
It is far from being improbable that the negociati
ons for a general pacification will take their rife from
the politicks of this neutrality. If Great-Britain cha
fes to persist it will be like the rest of her blind and de
luded conduct. ,
The following is communicated to us by a gentleman
of North-Carolina:
To the P R INTERS.
As the British news-papers have lately been filled with
pompous accounts of the killed, wounded, and pri
soners who were taken, on the r6tb of August : I
Ihall try to furnifh yon with a different and perhaps
a more covreH account of the tranfatiions of that
memorable day
¥T is now generally known, that the British army in
I the field confided of 1720 men. including officers,
exclusive of Britan's militia, (3 or 400 men) who never
came to action. The American army hardly confided
of 2600: of this number there were hardly 900 regu
lars or continental troops. The British news-writers,
and some of their officers, pretend that they buried
io or ii hundred of our men, Who were killed in that
adion. It would be more for the honour of humanity
to suppose that the number dd not exceed 100, because
the amount of wounded prisoners, who were brought
to Cambden from the actions of the 16th and 18th, did
not exceed 240. But in all battles, where prisoners
are not massacred, the wounded are three times as ma
ny as the number killed : hence, by their own ac
count, the British troops must have been favagea of the
firft magnitude: they mull have destroyed 8 or 900
men, who lay bounded and incapable of redding^
One of our officers who viewed the field after the bat
tle apprehends that we loft about 200 : unfortunately
t>is moderate account supposes that above 100 were
massacred. It is certain that general Gregory and
others of our officers who were lad on the field saw the
British soldiers dabing our men with bayonets, who
lay on the ground with broken limbs.
The conduct of our militia has been indiferiminately
censured, because some of them were fiezed with a
flrange panic at the very beginning of the battle: but
it should also be remembered, that some of them foughc
with the coolness of veterans. General Gregory's bri
gade of North Carolina militia fought while they had
a single cartridge; anti when they complained their
powder was all done, he desired them to use their bay
onets. It is computed that the North-Carolina mili
tia were about 1,100, the continentals coo, and the
Virginia militia 600 on the field of Battle. We may
form a good edimate of their condud in battle from
the number t' :at was wounded of each corps. We have
already f rid the wounded prisoners were 240 : of those
162 belonged to the continental troops, 63 to the
North Carolina militia, 3 to the Virginia militia, and
12 to the militia of South- Carolina : those of the south
state had been under colonel Sumpter. The amount:
of the prisoners, wounded and others, belonging to
North-Carolina, did not exceed 294. The above num
bers are extracted from a return lately made by doftor
Williamson, surgeon general of the North-Carolina
militia, who, immediately after the battle, was sent
with a flap to attend the wounded, and was infiruacd
to get a return of t^e prisoners.
Concerning the loss of the British army we fliall fay
little, led we also be charged with exagerating: how
ever as it is generally granted, th^t b<>th lord Rawdott
and colonel Webber were for some time prisoners, the
aflion must have been warmly doubtful! : it is ano
granted that the 33d regiment alone loft 115 men: it
may be prfumed the other regiments did not escape
without some hard blows.
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