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tn COUNCI L, fliihaeipbia,
Saturday, February 5, 17^0.
Whereas sundry perform of the fociity called Quakers,
have represented, that divers hardfhipsand oppreffioos are
treifed in the coUedi/ii of pul dues, militia aad 3-
ther fines, by the persons employ in those fervicos :
Whereupon the fame being deliberate!, considered,
Refolded, That this Board doth highly disapprove of all
practices, tending unneceffarby to d^tefeand impoverish
any inhabitants of this State ; and as thedaws in force afford
a Sufficient remedy agaiuft all such abafeß, this Board dotii
earnestly recommend to all petfops so injured by public of
fleers, to avail themfebes of the justice of the State, and
bring all such offenders to exemplary punishment, being
assured of the utrooft countenance and affiflance of th^
public authority in so doing.
Refolded, that the federal particular cases ofcomplaint
arising in the counties of Philadelphia, Ci:efiarand Bucks,
and enumerated ida paper delivered to th*. President, bo
transmitted to the Attorney -General of the State, in or
der that the fame may be prosecuted in the Courts of Jus
tice, if tbe'ccm,Uw:Q parties will attend and mate the
neceff: ry proof.
Refelved, That the collection of public taxe^and fop
porting a competent force to repel the defers of the com
mon enemy are iod!(ptyfi&a duties which we owe so our
felv^sand posterity, add that therefore it is highly iacum
beat on public author it, to execute the necefftry laws for
thefc purposes wiih firmness and rcfclatio3, and to fuppoft
and countenance every officer of government therein,
while difciMrqidg his office with fiddity.and uprigiunefa.
Extract frern th" Minutes,
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
EXTRACTS from the Journals of Congress
Tuesday, December zf, ±779.
RES OLVE D) That, until the further order cf Con
grefe, the fobfiflance of a Judge Advocate be the fame
as the orefeat fhbSftac&of a &olanab acd that the fob
ftnc^bf a Deputy Jud^e Advocate be the feme as the
prefeut fuhfiftance of a Lieutenant Colonel.
December 23. ,
Revived, Wat instead of the fubfi fiance allowed by an
A& of Cohered of the iith day of February ihft, to the
officers in the department of the Field Commissary of mi
litary flares, the following fams be allowed, viz.
To the Field Commdftry, -' 400 dollars pet month.
Toa Deputy Field Ccromiffary, - ^OO ditto ditto.
To a Conductor, - - - 100 ditto ditto.
To a Clerk, ... 100 ditto ditto.
And th^f this eucreafed fubfiflance corr.nxnc3 the 18th
of August lal, and continue till the further erderof Cou
grefa.
December 14.
Resolved, That on the trials of case, not capita! before
courts-martial the dentitions of wimeffes Dot in the line
or Haff of the army may be taken before feme Justice of the
Peace, and read to evince, provided the prosecutor and
the person accused fare present at the taking the fame, or
that notice be givenof the times and places of taking such
depofitian to the opp:Ate party four days previous thereto,
where the witnefa resides ^within the finance of thirty
miles from such party, and fix days where the witaefs re
sides above the diftauce of thirty and not exceeding eigh
ty miles, and a reasonable time for a greater diilarce.
Refolded, That to encourage witmlues who do not be
long to the army 10 attend on courts martial, and give
their evidence, viva vote, when required by the Judge
Advocate, the reasonable expeeces of fueb withers shall
be defrayed by the United States, and paid by the Pay
tinker to the Board ^ „% and Ordnance, being firft ad*
jutted by the fuia Board.
ft ember „.
Whereas it appears to Congress, from the representation
of the B-la;,froi :h&Staie of PennfylVania, that dif
pntes.hava r.fec between the States of Pennsylvania and
Virginia, relative to the extent of their boundaries, which
may probably be productive of serious evils to both States,
and teal to lessen their exertions in the common cause;
therefore
Resolv'd, That it be recommended to the contending
parties hot to grant any partof the disputed land, or to
disturb the poifeffion of any oerfms living thereto, and
to avoid ^very appearance of force until the dispute can
beamicabiy fettled by both S ^s, or brought to a just
decision by the intervention of Cungrefs : That poffeftons
forceably "taken be restored to the original pugeffors, and
things placed in the I tuation in which they were at the
commencement of the prefect war, without prejudice to the
claims of either party.
December 28.
Refelved, That hereafter all applications for promotion
in the army of the United States of America be made to
the Board of war, and all applications for promotion in
the navy to theßoard of Admiralty, and that they report to
Congress.
Congress took into corfiltration the report of the Com
mittee to whom was referred the letter cf November the 2d
last, frorri the Governor of Conne&icutjand thereupon.
Resolved, That Congress entertain a just fenfeof the
great and effcannl exertions of the State of Conneaicut
in the common caufe> and of the .readiness with which
they have executed the meafares recommended to them :
That as any al eration in the quotas eflabliflied by the
resolution of the 7th of October iaft would probably be
productive of confusion and emharraffinents, it be recorn- #
mend to thefaid State to raise the quota therein effigued
to them, confiding that due attention will in future be
paid to the circumfUnces mentioned iR Governor Trum
bull's letter of the 2d of November lafl:
That Concrete are earnefily difyofed to do full justice to •
every State in the liquidation agd allowance of all regular
expenditures, and have eflabtifned the means of adjur
ing and fettling all accounts of the refpeßive States with
the United Stats in order that due attention may be fea
fcmably paid to that object ; but cannot in the present cri
tical podure of affairs, aftent to the retaining of any part
of the taxes railed for general use, as an example of that
kind might involve the meft fatal consequences :
That Continental pay and rations, agreeably ro the re
folutionsof the 2zd and 6th of June, 1778, be allowed
for the service of the militia which ihall appear to have been
necessarily employed for the defence of the said State be
tween the firft day of April and the firft day of Novem
k^r last.
. December 2%
Revived, That Major General Lincoln be empowered,
if he ihall think it for the good of t^e service, to reduce
the corps lately commanded by brigadier Cowet Pulaski,
a^d to incorporate such of the men as terrain intofuch of
the regiments of horse and infantry under his command at
he shall think proper ; the men so incorporated to be never
theless oonfidered as part of the quotas of the States to
which they belong.
December 30,
Mr. Griffiaa delegate from Virginia, laid before Con
gress an exemplification of an Aft of the General Affem
biy of that State impuwerin^ any one of their delegates to
give the vote of the Stata, in the following clause;
" Be it therefore ena^ed by the General Assembly,
" that from and after the pafyg of this Aft, five Ihsli be
“ the number of persons to represent this Commonwealth
" in General Con^reffy any one of which or a majority of
" those prefect, if more than ene^th giv# the vifoe of the
“ Commonwealth." 1
1
Mr. DUNLAP,.
IB EG the favour of iarerdag in your news paper the
annexed two certificates relative ro an ehcrmuis
fraud COThmitted again ft the United States of Amty< a, by
cue ife: htoJrcel/amiller in 4erk> county,who $ been
detected, tried and convifted in the delivery cf 72 ter
relc of flou±, by a falfe invoice, to have wilfully p.n^
wickedly cheated the laid States out of 24CC. gq. folb of>
flour, (that is more than one sixth part of the whole)
which he bad been employed to grind for the army.
I have two resfons for publishing this La. Ooe is to
let the world know how insufficient our laws are to deter
avaricious men ffym offences against the public of so hei
nous a nature as that in other governments the culprit
nm ft at tone for on the cerd.=f do not wiih that fa^e
pundhrnent to be iaerodaoed in ours ; neverthekfs, these
m.u Should net fare better than the @th„ thieves do un
der our laws of Pennsylvania. The fine of three pe^cb
for every pound ol flour less than invoiced, set by an A^V
of Affemby 13 the yerfe 1733, when a bufhei of wheat
cc? perhaps 2/6, was well enough far making belters and
packer, of flour careful i^ot to mifreckoa : But k is far
Jufwicient to pucifli wilful froud or cheat, and the making
a fraudulent invoke of tie nett weight of flour. From
whence in & legifeive body such tenderoefs cou'd arise
towards rubbers of the public, as to exempt them from
the. scourge and pillory, 1 cannot account for, without
there being at that time a number of millers or owners of
mills in the Assembly, the members were afraid forne mif
chief might b&al their belt friends. In the present time
there seems uo reafos to fubfiftfor protesting these
arch-thieves, .when the army and the whole ^blic, rich
and poor, lovely call for revenge.
'„ My other reason for this publication is, to fake the op
porurnity cf giving fair warning to all perfens who are
any wife concerned in falling or delivering es flour for the
use of the army, that they may beware of all fraud and
falfe paaai.es in that trade—l know the characters of
several of these unfair dealers, by whom the public Jias
hitherto couhderably loft. I intend, shortly, to prosecute
fame of them ; xnd from henceforth, to use eVery means
in my power, to try oil flour and calks that cometh to my
department, andwherever I thill difeover any witful
fraud or deceit, I will without any regard of perlons and
familie^comraeace a prosecution again# the offender. lam
fully fenffble, that in this,way' )I Ihall get feme enemies
and receive no profit. I have made my firft experiment
in Berks county, where when half the fine paid by the
prifober came to my hand, I had about 361. toput
to it for paying my own expences.
I am, &c.
CHRISTOPHER LUDWICK,
Superintendent of Baking in the Grand
Army of the United States.
IDO Certify, That Isaac Handcock has fully accounted
with me, on account of tne United States, for twenty-four
hundred three quarters, and ten pounds of flour. The
deficiency of flour in an invoice of feveatfotwe barrels, by
him ground for the United States, and sent to George A,
Baker, Commissary General of Issues in Philadelphia, by
Henry Decker, Waggon Master ; Witfefe my Hand, this
nth day of November 1779.
/PETER ASTON.
Refpnblicn, ^ Berks County, November Se.ffions,
v. § 1779- # •
Isaac Handcock.'_ w,
IDO hereby Certify, That Isaac Handcode was pro
secuted by Mr. Christopher Ludwig, tried, and convi&ed
at Reading, cf a cheat in delivering a falfe invoice of she
Bett weight of fev^nty riwo barrels of Hour of the United
States to faery Decker, Aud that the said Isaac Hand
cock, was fined by the court, in the fora of one hundred
and ninety-eight pounds, seventeen sh kings and three
pence. One halt whereof, was ordered to ^ paid to the
Overfeeds of the poor of Langfwamp township in Berks
County. And the other ba)f, to the ptofecutors. And
was ordered to pay the costs of prosecution. Witness my
hand this nth day of November, 1779.
DAN. LEVAN Cik. Sefs.
To the Honorable the CONGRESS of the United
States.
nr HE Law which make^ the Continental Money, a
' legal tender for old debts, was made in consequence
of a recommendation of Congrtfs for that purpose. This
law, though originally well intended, has done more
mifchief in &ur country thsn the British army. It has
bsen fatal to thousands of the meft worthy and helpless
members of the community. It has depreciated the mo
ney more than all the counterfeits Sir William Howe e
ver lent among us; and lastly, it has contributed more to
extirpate religion and virtue from our country in the space
of four years, than the writings of Home and Bolingb^cke
could have done in a notary. As the above law origi
nated in Congre fa, the public have a rightto look to tte
Congrtfs for a resolution recommending a repeal of it. Se
veral of the Legislatures of these States, are looking up 43
you, gentlemen, f©r a relation for that purpose. Ze
perilling widow and orphan,'and the aged citizen, whoft
ground-rents and leases once afforded him a ^andfoae
fubEftenct, have more than once beset your doors with
their cries. "Take care (to use yeur ewa emphatiait
words) that they r,fa no higher." —Say not the mifchief
is done. There are hundreds and thousands of people in
our country, whom a repeal of the ten Ur law would im
mediately restore to competence and happiriefs. Let no
falfe reafonio^s upon the f< bjeß of money lead you to de
lay this necessary resolution. That policy is even weak,,
which is,maintained at the expence of justice, and, to use
the words of a member of that illustrious and immortal
body of men who coinpofed the Congfefs of 1774, whilst
America was irinnocent, and knew nothing of the ciuel
despoiler of her virtue (for that name bast befits the law
for making the Continental Mopey a legal tender for old
debts,) " nothing (said he in a debate where the fubtie
ties of pclicy were urged rigainft the plain rales of equity)
THAT IS MORALLY WRUNG, CAR B7BR DE POLITI
CALLY RIGHT."
, T. P.
M* The Member, of the AMERICAN PHILOSO
PHICAL SOCIETY are desired to take notice, That
re Honorable Affcrably of this Commonwealth hath
granted taem perm!lion to bring id a bill to incorporate
tile Society j a draught has been prepared by a Com
mittee appointed for that purpose aad the Society
ftaßds adjourned until i^zt W^deefday evening, whyn
it ,s expiated t&re will be a general abundance of the
Members as the University, to coufider and finally
conclude upon the fame.
^^o I z^^^^
Pbiladel,bia, February 7,
Tzvo Tboufad Dollars Reward.
" ' broke open on the night of tie 6th inttant,
vw the fto?e of the fybfcriher, hear the Old Ferry
hdule, an^ rubbed of tie following Grads, viz.. 4
Twenty .fofaj, pA<?s us etllico, of different colours,
meb ur/cnoviw, fly# biceps cf I ifh linen, 3^o dozens
Br^et, hz%k^rchis< etyht pair rhek filkAo.king^
Mur pieces hairUn'S, fixtytHo pounds fewiig thread,
twu defont wriJUd breerber ,:;ttrnt .of different ea.
lours, eleven pijr silver ska */<d kne* bu.k^s, with
fund-,- omenberk, fix pieces of check, M.inc:v?fter „@&
five pieces cf dark chiot^ not cut, one piece of lawn
marked D. B. two d^ns womens cotton ftockingg
marked D. R. cAc pircy of Russia Rusting, thirty.ei^ht
yards, markunkno in, eight ,%r%§fopetfue blue Eng-
I sa cloth, four pieces fu^rfiae fcariet rating, fix piece#
ditto white, cue pound icirf twitt, funky pieces of fhal
locnr, eight pounds sewing silk, twelve yfid s buckram,
luntiry carrie of gilt buttons, Gm: Sp^nifh sugar, one
(mill box of fauam nee%„ a quantity of check and blue
cotton haedkerchiris, fi;m%rds fupufin^ muffin, three
ibme paffe dock buckle, an^n*ar one hundred pounds
ofcoffee. Whoever figures the thiefor thirvegand goods,
so that rhe, may be brought to justice, shall have the
above Reward, or in proportion for any of them, paid
by LEVI MA RK S.
Pbdadelpbin, February
To, he SOLD by Public Sale,
On Saturday the twelfth instant, at Three o'clock in
the afternom, on the preurifes,
fl THREE-story brick Ecufe and Lot of Ground,
lituate on the east fide of S^ond-ftreet, between
South and Sbippen-ftreiti, in ttee diftrift of Southwark,
containing in breadth about eighteen feet and in depth
fevertv feet 5 fuhje& to a ground rent of nineteen Span
ish milled dollars per annum; Late the efface of James
Barnes, deceased, ard fold by order of an Orphan: Court.
ELIZABETH BARNES, Admimftratrix.'
WILLIAM ^MULLIS, Administrator.
A HARPSICHORD to be Sold.
Enquire of the PRINTER.
_ — rant fa _„_ __Q
Philadelphia, February 5, 17X0.
To be SOLD by toe Subscriber,
A HOUSE and LOT in Southwark, p^Paflyunk
fl road, near the New Play house; the house is thir
ty feet frw.t by twenty feet deep, with fix fire places,
and a good Hone cellar und r the whole : The lot is for
ty- fix tcet front by fcycnty five feet de^p, clear of ground
rent. Ahr co be fold, a few barrels of Lampblack,
about forty pounds in ezch, a few bufheh of fine Salt,
some brass knob iron rim'd Locks, brass Dividers with
or without steel Pencils, Augers, a Large Scale Baam,
Ship Chandlery, smd a set of Books cf Architecture.
Any person wanting any of the above articles may apply
to th m fubferiber, fit his house in Southwark, the cor
ner cf Front and Sbippen ffreets.
WILLIAM DREWRY.
N. B. He has the ground of a Rope-Walk, one hun
dred and fekertyweight fathom long, which he purpofe#
to rebuild in the faring, and would be willing to take#
partner with a competent stock.
Philadelphia, February a,
Tbree Hundred Dollars Reward.
ra H E dwelling-house of the fubferi^r was broke
g open luff night, and robbed of one fine diaper
cloth, one fine Holland apron, one striped muffin ditto
marked M G. two silver watches one the wiakers nerne
W, Brown, London, No, 146, the other marked Chy
toa on the silver face ; -allo a horfit-whip mounted with
silver, engraved Do&:r Sonmau, a pair of old fashioned
large fqqare filv^r fhoe-bucktes, and several other arti
cles not recoUcaed. Whoever apprehends the robber
or robbers with the goods, fhaii receive the above re
ward, or Two Hundred Dollars for the goods, or
in proportion for ray part of them.
GEORGE GLENTWORTH,
TO BE 5 O L D,
A HANDSOME IRON GRAT E and
COPPER COAC-BOX, not the worle for
wear. Alfa about twenty-five buthels of COALS,
in calks. The whole to be fold together. Enquire cf
the Printer. .
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