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FEBRUARY it, 1782.
WHEREAS the United States in Congress affemb
ied, on the fecund dsy of November, 1781,
did resolve, That it be recommended to the feveial
States to lay taxes for raising their quotas of moned
tor the United States, separate from those laid for their
own particular use ; ar.d to pass a&s, directing the col
h&ors to pay the fame to the commiffioret of the loan
office,or such other person as should be appointed by the
Superintendent of Finance, to receive the fame within
the State, and to authorize such receiver to recover the
monies of the collectors for the use of the United States,
in the feme manner and under the fame penalties as
hate taxes are recovered by the treasurers of the refpeC
tive States, to be fubjed only to the orders of Congress
or the Superintendant of Finance.
And WHEREAS, it is not on only neceffaty that
some precise mode be adopted for managing the public
bufinef, in this refpe&, but also that the fame be pub
licly known, so that all persons concerned therein may
have due notice thereof; I bare therefore established
the following Rule#, in that behalf, for the receivers
who have been or (hall be by me appointed.
ill They (hall, according to the powers and autho
rities which they may refpe&ively be invefted^ith, urge
the payment of the several quotas of money which are
or m%y be required by the United States in Congress
assembled.
4thly. They (hall, from time to time, transmit the
bank notes in their poffiffion, by such perfan and in
such manner as the Superintendant of Finance (hall di
rect, to the treasurer of the United States, which per
son (hall give a receipt for the fame.
sthly. When such notes, so transmitted, (hall arrive,
a warrant shall issue therefor, in favor of the treasurer
of the United States, under the seal of the treasury,
signed by the Superintendant of Finance, and dulv en
tered in the register's office, directed to the receiver,
who shall have transmitted the fame, and the said trea
surer, on receipt thereof shall give a difeharge for the
fame, in the u fual form, indorsed on the said warrant;
which receipt, being also entered in the register's office,
the said warrant shall be transmitted to the said receiver,,
who shall cancel the receipt originally given to him.
6thly. The said receivers shall, at the end of every
month, make out an exact account of the monies re
ceived by them respectively, during such month, fpeci
fying therein the names of the persons from whom the
fame shall have been received, the datesand the sums ;
which account they shall refpedively cause to be pub
lished in one of the newspapers of the State ; to the end
that every citizen may know how much of the monies
coll< Red from him, in taxes, is transmitted to the trea
sury of the United States for the fuppert of the war ;
and also, that it may be known what monies have been
at the order of the Superintendant of Finance. It being
proper and necessary, that in a free country the people
should be as fully informed of the administration of
their affairs, as the nature of things will admit.
ROBERT MORRIS.
[All the Printers in the United States are requested
to insert this in their Newfpapers.]
THIS DAY, at THREE o'CLOCK, will be
SOLD, at the City Vendue-Store, a number of va
luable LAW BOOKS, alm@ft new; amongst which
are:
Bacon's Abridgment,
Salkeld's Reports,
Lord Raymasd's Reports,
Peer Williams's Reports,
Wood's Institutes,
Crown Circu t Companion,
The Myrror,
Hawkins's Pleas of the Crown,
Fortefcue de Laudibus, &c.
Gilbert's Law of Evidence,
Richardson's Practice, B. R.
Richardson's Practice, C. B.
Blackstone's Commentaries and Analysis,
Pigott on Common Recoveries.
All of the latest and most elegant editions.
idly. They (hall receive bank notes issued by the
president, directors and company of the Bank of North-
America, in payment of taxes; and when they (hall re
ceive sry ether money, they shall purchase therewith
the Aid batik notes.
;dly. They (hall, at the end of every week, make
out a cash account, containing all the receipts of mo
ney during such week, which account (ball be transmit
ted by the next succeeding poll to the Super intendant
of Finance.
VOL. XL? Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
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Office of Finance.
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
A GENERAL Assort
ment of the very
belt fuperfire Broadcloths,
confifii g of scarlet, dark,
blu , green, pink, light
blue, purpl, white and
plain colours,
English and French C.flk
mers,
A beautiful variety of the
best English, French and
India Chintzes,
Neat fm^ll figured, lew
priced Calicoes and Cot
ters,
Black, blue, white, green,
purple, .cloth coku ed
and (trifled India eh
wide Perti.*n.%
India Taffiries of .fame co
lour. ,
1-2 ell and 3-4 S rfnets of
d'nto, 1
Fafhiouablebro a^d Srik#,|
Pl in and striped Lute
ft# ings,
B'ack and white Mode#,
Real bandano, iomaji, flag
and Barcelona Handker
chiefs,
Cambricks and Lawns, re-
gularly assorted, from
All w%ich they will fell on reasonable terms, either
for Bills of Exchange, Specie or Pap^r Currency o'any
of the States,Tobacco, Flour and Bar Iron w 11 be re
ceived in exchange for Goods, at the market Price.
Just imported in the (hip St. Jernes, Captain Trux
ton, from France, and to be Sold by the Bale or
Pa ka^e, at te SRORE of
H. SHIELL,
In Market-street, between Sixth and Seventh greets,
SUPERFINE Broadcloths, Caffimers,
Flannels, Laval and Britannia Linens, C m^ricks,
Gauzes, Chintzes, India printed Calicoes, India print
ed Pattnas, printed Ginghams, Sattins, Luteftrin„,
fi!k Serges, plain and printed Ribbands, Fans, Sdk,
gauze, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, a few bales of
Russia Sheeting. Ma-cn 20.
Just Imported and to be SOLD, cheap by the Bale,
at the STORE of
Thomas Randall & Co.
In Front-street, a few doors above M^rket-ftreet, v z.
T IGHT French fail Canvalsand a variety of other
° Goods very (ui<able for the season.
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TH E emperor having made a general regulation
for all his dominions, respecting the toleration
of the different religions that profefs chrifliani
ty, we here give the translation of it for the informa
tion of the public.
Convinced of the pernicious effects of the restraint
upon confidence, and ofthe eKential advantages which
a true Chriflian toleration procures to religion and to
the slate, his majefiy, the emperor and king, has
thought fit to eflablifh In that refpeCt, the following
principles and rules, and to enjoin all whom it may
concern, to conform thereto, invariably, and with the
greatest punctuality.
I. The private exercise of religion faall be permitted
from this time forward, to the proreHants, whether of
the Helvetic conftffion, or that of Augfburg, in all
the places where there is a fufficent number of them,
and where their faculties will permit them, without re
garding whether or no this has been the custom former.
iy o
11. By the private rcercife cf religion, it mus fbe
understood, that although the prcteftaifts and Greek,
Don-united, are not permitted to have ia the r honfes
®f prayer or churches, a ring of bells, and a spire,
nor make the entrance of them such a# announces a
At their STORE in Front-street, two doors above the
Among which are —
Myket havejuft received a Fre(b and Elegant AS
SORTMENT of European and East India GOODS:
Reed and Forde,
Foreign Intelligence.
VIENN A, October 27.
O R, THE
THE
the lowest prices to the
r frft quality,
, L^wn and kentirg Hand
kerchief,
Book ard jaconet Muffins,
Irrih and French Hollands,
Lava's, dtyvh s and Nom
batte Linent,
Yard wide and 3-4 Bri,
tannias of different qua
lities,
Bown and white Ir sh,
French and Flanders 9-8
Sheerings,^
Russia Toweling and Huc
aback,
flouting Diaper,
Checked and spotted linen
Hankerchief#,
Sewing Silk, assorted co
lours.
Ginghams,
I Silk S^rge-defoy, Prunella
I and Everlastings,
IThread and cotton Stock-
I ings,
F ur arid four and a half
pound Pins,
Bed H/ton Teain quarter
Chests,
Sheet Lead, &c. &c.
VI. In the eleaions and collations to civil employ
ments, no rega rd shall be paid to the difference of re
ligion ; but the probity, the capacity, and the Chrifli
zan and moral character of the candidates, shall alone
be considered ; as it is praaifed 'with great success,
and without the least inconveniency in the military
eflablifhment.
LEYDEN, 2d January, 1782.
In 1780, the Tartar privateer of Aberdeen in Scotland
carried in there an Eafi- Friefland vessel, Tonjes Ree
luffs Janfrn master. This trader though furnifhed
with regular papers,and clear of all contraband goods,
was thrown into prison with his crew and distressed
with charges, according to the British practice, with
out being able to procure his release. At length
Mr. George Forbes, of Aberdeen, advocate, provok
ed at the injustice of his own country, undertook the
cause of Jansen and informed his Prussian majefiy
thereof, who did not disdain to thank him in the fol
lowing terms.
" I HAVE received your letter of the 6th of Octo
ber; and I perceive by its contents that one of my fub
jeds T. R. Jansen, an inhabitant of Eafl Friefland, in
carrying on a fair commerce as a neutral, has been
taken, carried to Aberdeen, and ill used by a Scotch
privateer, contrary to the law of nations, and that he
has not been able hitherto to procure either his release,
ft tisfaftion nor justice, notwithstanding your interpola
tion in his behalf.l have been(and you muff have known
it before now) very much affeded upon hearing of so
manifeft an a& of injustice, done to one of my fubjeds,
however ineonfiderable: but I am not lets sensible of
your generous conduct. lam really much pleased to
find, that a Granger as you are, should undertake,
without a special call, the defence of oppressed innocence
against the injustice of your own country. lam there
fore eager to thank you for it, to express to you my
m< ft grateful acknowledgements, together with my ef
teem,and the very special sense I have of such uncommon
goodness. If a gentleman of such a way of thinking,
heeded any other reward, I should think it my duty
and 1 should with pleasure beflow it upon him. I have
not failed to communicate your letter to my minifler at
London, the count de Lust, and have order d him ve
ry particularly to make the mos t emphatical instances to
the British ministry for the release of the unfortunate
Jansen and his crew, and that real and immediate jus
tice be done to him. I exped this the rather as I have
taken the most righteous measures, by publifhwg two
declarations (whereof copies are herewith inclofed) that
my fubjeds may carry on no other than the most inno
cent commerce during the present war, conformable to
the law of nations and in no shape prejudicial to the
belligerant powers pra&ifing only the natural and ufti
al liberty of neutral nations. I recommend however
the unfortunate Jansen to your further assistance; and
I pray God that he would take you under his holy and
great protection, (signed) FREDERICK".
Berlin, 16th November, 1781.
This sovereign resolution has been notified to the
several departments of the capital and the provinc
es ; to the officers of the circles; to the universities -
to the proprietors of lordships, and the municipal ma
gistrates, with orders to conform to it ftri^y, and fee
it pun&ually executed. The fame orders have also
been given to the chanceries of Hungary and Tranfil
vania, and the council of war, as well relatively to the
military eflablifhment in general, as refpeaing the dif
trißs under their administration, and the departments
of rhe Low Countries and of Italy : The whole, never
theless, without prejudice to the more extensive rights,
in matters of religion, which the protestants of Hunga
ry and Transylvania already enjoy, by virtue of the
constitution of the country, and the Greeks non-tini
ted by their privileges.
dignities, nor civil employments, his majefiy propo
ses to grant in future, constantly and without difficul
ty, these different prerogatives by way of dispensation.
V. Those who do not profefs the catholic religion,
shall not, in any case, be compelled to take any oath,
the form es which is not conformable to their principles
of religion, nor to assist at the procfaffions or other
fundions of the predominant religion, when they are
not willing to do it.
cient footing.
IV. In the provinces and towns, where, to this day,
the proteflants and Greeks, non-united, were not
qualified to possess estates, nor to obtain naturalizati
on, nor to become citizens, nor to enjoy academical
church; nevertheless they shall be entirely at libert,
to build such edifices where they think proper, and
follow their worship, either within their own walls, or
abroad in the houses of the sick, in whatever part the
latter may reside.
111. In the places where a more extensive liberty in
matters of religion is already granted to the proleflants
and Greek, non united, things shall remain on the an-
APRIL 9, 178%
(NUMB 869.