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Sequence might be fatal. A handle would be given to the
difaffeNed to blast the credit of our money altogether. They
might fay, and plausibly too, that after so manifeft a breach
of faith, no man of common prudence would hereafter trust
Congrefs.'
Congress then mull carefully avoid reducing by any
dired ad, the nominal value of the money, more^fpeciJ
1y fhpuld they be able to borrow upon moderate terms,
without recurring to this violent measure. I have spent
roach thought upon this fubje&, and flatter myfelf I have
at length hit upon an expedient, which will relieve us in
tir^, from this disagreeable dilemna.
By means of the limitation of prices before mentioned,
it is undoubtedly id the power of Congress to fix the de
preciation in tk, firh influme, at either eight, ten, twelve
for one, as they ftiall jud2e befl„ But as the comparative
vhlue of commodities of file, mull unavoidably be fubjeft
, to coptiderable variations, it will be neceifary to fix on
fume one article of general use, to serve as a common stan
dard. I know of none which will answer this purpose bet
ter than wneat. We will fuppofethan that wheat, by the
tariff, should in the firftinftaace be limited to five pounds
per bulhel, Pennsylvania Currency ; that the monthly re
duction of the price was to proceed at the rate of an half
per cent, or fix pence ptvuuihel. There would of coufe
qtence then be an annual appreciation of b^ money of
fix per cert.
After having done thus much, kt Congress, with the ex
press consent and approbation of the Legislatures of the
federal States, fJemnly pledge the faith of the public, that
at the expiration of the w^r, or at an earlier period, if
judged expedient, all the money hereafter to be borrowed,
shall be repaid in gold and filter at the then present rate of
exchange, with this express pr®vifo that the public credit
tors ihall in no case be repaid at an higher exchange than
eight, ten, twelve for one, or what ever standard Ihall at
firft be paid on. Thus, in my opinion, might Congress
obtain loans to any extend upon moderate terms, without
itte leaf! infraction of former engagements.
PHILODEMOS.
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JOHN WILCOC KS,
HAS for SALE at his (tore in Third-Greet, between
Maket and Arch-streets, Philadelphia,
BAR IRON, and a few koglhead of Tobacco in
good order for whipping; imported fine Salt, Ai
lum, Weft-Indie Rum, good Lime Juice in small calks,
frefh Rhubarb, and a quantity of Huxham's Tinftiue
of the Bark in quart buttles. Also, three hundred white
linen Shirts.
* Hill-Town; June 7, 1779,
WHEREAS Mr. Andrew Kuechleim
has published an advertisement in ,lr. Henry
Miller's paper of the efl of March last, against me the
fubferioer, witnessed by two falfewitneffa, Adam Ma
gel and Peter L^pg, concerning a horse belonging to a
certain German (by his fpeecb) living in Maryland;
fur which reason I will give the following fliort and true
account thereof. The right owner, who left the horse
with me, liv^s in Carl.fle, named John Patterson, a na
tive of Ireland, who cannot fp:ak German ; and there
has no enquiry been made about the horse, until about
a week before the above falfe advertisement appeared in
the paper, when there camt a man to me, named Sharp,
from Carl lb, and enquired about the horse, who told
me he had'bem in trie fame brigade with the right
owner of the horse when he left him with me, and told
Mr. Kuechlein every circumstance thereof, in my pre
sence, and I have sent word to the owner, but he being
in the Continental Urvice, has not y<t come for his
horse; and I can prove Mr. Kuechleix's advertisement
to be falfe, if required.
CHRISTIAN KERN.
N. B. I hereby make known to the owner of the above
horse, that if he docs not take him away within three
weeks from the date hereof, he will be fold to pay the
cub.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff,
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NO TIC £is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the Court-house in the city
of Philadelphia, on the fi'th day of July next, at Ten
o'clock in tne forenoon of rhe fame day, then and there
to try the truth of the fads alledged in the bill of James
Montgomery, Eq; &% (who as well, &c.) against the
brig or vefl'tl called the Impertinent, lately,commanded
by Jacob Getcl.e^ burthen about seventy tons, and
mounting fourteen carriage guns, &c°. To the end and
intent that the owner or owners, or any person or per
lons concerned therein, may appear and the# cause, if
Any they have, why the fame should not be condemned
according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
June 11. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
, Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
T O AL L whom it may concern.
AT OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ra'fty wil be held as the Court-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the fifth day of July next; at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and there
to try the trulli of the falls alledged in the bill of James
Montgomery, Esq; (who as well, &c.) against the
schooner or vessel called the Humming Bird, lately com
manded by ^ —- To the end and invent that the
owner or owners, or any person or perlons concerned
therein, may appear and Ihtw cause, if &ny they have,
why the fame should not be condemned according 'to
thf prayer of the said bill.
B) order of the Judge,
June 11. v ANDREW ROBESON, Reg,
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-ftrcet
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
In Market-street, Philadelphia,'
ALL ''THE
L A W-S
Enacted io the Second Sitting of the Third General
Assem^y of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, which commenced at Philadelphia on Mon
day tne fivil day of February, A. D. 1779, and conti
nued till Muriday the fifth'day of April of the fame
yar.
College of Philadelphia, June 10, 1779. /
A COMMENCEMEN r lor conferring BacQc-
FI R r 's Degrees on such Students as have been lately
examined and found worthy of the fame, will be held in
this College, on Monday the fifth of July; and thole
Students, who have formerly commenced Bachelors and
are now desirous of attaining the higher degrees, for
which they may be of landing, are requeued to make
their intentions known to the Provost, or Vice-Proved,
one week at lead before the Commencement,
INDIANA PROPRIETORS, agree
able to adjournment, are to meet at the house of
Mr. Francis Leb, at the Sign of the Indian Q^cen, on
Tuesday the fifth of July, at Five o'clock in the after
noon, on affairs of consequence, where the concerned
, are regretted to attend, or their Attorneys for them.
By order,
Mayay. 4. D. FRANKS, Prudent.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS Several French seamen. entitled in
the Service of His M At Chnftian Aft?jelly or be
longing to French vessels trading tothis port, are daily
enticed to desert from the fame, to enter on board mer
chant and armed vessels without the permission of his
Majefly's Consul, any person or perlons securing the
fame in any of th^ gaols of this State, the States of De
laware or New-Jersey, or delivering the fame to His
Majesty's Consul or Vice Coftful in this port, Shall re
ceive the above reward for every such-deserted Sailor or
feafaring man fa secured or delivered, over and above
every other leafonable expence.
Five Hundred Dollars are also offered to all those who
Ihall give information against any person of any de
nomination whatsoever, who ihall seduce or entice ary
French sailor or foreigner enlisted in his Majclh's its
vice, to defect and enter on board aqy other merchant
or armed vessel without permission from the Consul, or
against any person who fliall knowingly Conceal and fe-
Crete thepi the last mentioned reward to be paid upon
the conviction of the person or persons so offending, in
a criminal prosecution, or upon a verdift or veid 61s
being found against him or them in a civil allien.
lIQLKER, Agent of the Royal Marine
in all the ports of the United States,
Consul of France.
; By order of the Consul,
OSTER, Vice Consul of France.
Philadelphia, May ^9, 1779. 6.
/"O HE SYNOD of New-York and Phi
ladelphia, taking into consideration the low and
declining hate of religion ar.d the abounding of iniqui
ty amongst ut, for which an holy God yet continues to
visit cur country with his righteous judgments, appoint
the fourth Thursday of July to be observed by the
Churches under their care, as a Day df Public Falling
and Prayer.
JQHN EWING, Moderator.
Philadelphia, June 4.
T' HE Commiffi^ners for confifeated Estates
in the county of Philadelphia, and the Lieutenants
of said county, are desired to meet the Commiffionets
appointed to fettle their accounts on the fifteenth of this
instant, at Col. Benjamin MWealjch's, in Frankford,
at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, with their accounts,
in order to proceed to settlement as the Law dixeas.
BENJAMIN M'VEAUGH, 7
ROBERT CURRY, ^ fCommiffionro.
JACOB LAUGHLIN,J
The UNITED STATES
M A G A Z,I N E,
For MA Y,
Is just published and to be fold by FRANCIS
BAILE Y, in Market-freet,
Containing, amongst a variety of entertaining pieces,
AC." AR&E delivered to the graduates in medi
cine, &c. Materials for an account of the taking
Fort M:ffl n. Remarkable encounter of a White-man
and two Indians. Signal prowess of a woman in a com
bat with feme Indians. Method of preparing green tea
in America. The constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennfflvania. Ring George the Third's soliloquy,
&c. &c. &c.
A Journeyman Bookbinder may have employment,
by applying to Francis Baily.
— o ft — _
ROBERT WILSO N,
In Water-ftfeet, a few doors above Walnut-ftreer, on
as reasonable terms as times will admit,
THE following articles, viz. brown sugar in hogs
heads and barrels, ceffee in bags, cotton in ditto,
liim linens per piece, knives and forks in, dozens, pen
knives in ditto, fcitfors in ditto, hollandi and cambricks,
thread stockings, fagathies, pins, needles, pocket hand
kerchiefs, ivffy combs by the dozen, cambists, ever
lastings, a quantity of gilt coat and jacket buttons, and
a small assortment of glass ware, such as tumblers, de
canters, drinking glasses, jelly gaffes, &c.
I TO BE SOLD BY
°john Lardner and John Redman, Jan,
A: their STORE in ' Second-Street, between
Arch and Race-Streets,
Philadelphia,
4 QUANTITY of CLARET, mhogtods
and bottles;
White Pure WINE;
CORKS of the but kind ;
BAK IRON CASTINGS;'
RUM;,
SUGAR by the hogshead or barrel, &~ >&r. frc.
C Y D — IC
In ho thead', to he SOLD by
PHILIP KINS E Y,
In Tbird-ftreet, the fourth dour above M^rket-ftreet,
BOTTLED CYDER,
Of an excellent quality, to te SOLD by
SA M U EL HUDSON,
The cc ruer xof Market and Fifth-Sheets.
N. B. Any person poll fled of Bottles may have theta
filled at a reasonable price, aad, on notice, the Butties
will be sent tor.
W A N T E
To Superintend the bvfincfs of a FARM in Maryland,
AP ER3ON sober, careful, induftriour, and well
acquainted with Agriculture and the management
of Stock. Speh a person will be treated with by appli
cation to WILLIAM BEL L, in Front-ftrect, near
Arch-street, Philadelphia.
\' PhiladX^ia, June 4.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD,
n AN AWAY in the night of the ad inst. from
1 the fubferiber, living in Fionr street, near poclGa
Bridge, a Hsffi.<n named JOHN SMITH, above
five feet four inches high, lair complexion, and light
grey eyes: Had on a beaver hat, a Russia linen Ihiit,
a brown coat, learner breeches, thread Hockings, good
shoes, and silver buckles : He also took with him two
good coats, one a London brown and the other a plain
brown, two white thins, a blue cotton Handkerchief, a
pair of new bocts, end a pair of parted fp^s. A fellow
went off with him dressed, in a blue coat lined and edgd
with red, with leather breeches, blue woollen Hockings,
and short boots; of a f+rr complexion and likely face.
Whoever t^kes up Die hid Heffi^n and kcures him, Io
that I ir.ay have him again, fhail receive the above id
ward and reafonurde charges, paid by
BENJAMIN G. EYRE.
to be sold by
JOH N GRO V E S,
The w.H fide of Front street, between Market and
Chefnut-Hreetf, at the ftcre lately occupied by Mist.
Cox end Lawrence,
PU M by the hogshead, Sugar by the hoglhead or bar
rel, Coffee by the bag, Boulting-doths, &c. 6.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD,
WAS STOLEN last night, from the boufe of
Samuel Patts, the sign of the Wheat Sheaff on
the Bristol read, tight miles from Philadelphia, the
following articles, viz. two feather beds with Hriped
ticks; five fhettr, two Russia and three home made ;
one calico bed quilt, one fide India, the other tide datk
calico; one pale blue and yellow home made coverlid,
wove in diamonds. The above articles were stolen by
a person who came for lodgings; a men of a dark com
plexion, with black hair, of a middling size, ffoops a
little ; had on a cloth-coloured great coat, ar I leather
breeches. Whoever apprehends said thief and goods,
id that the thief be brought to justice, ihall have the
above reward, or FIFTY DOLLARS for the
goods, paid by
June 4, SAMUEL POTTS.
Philadelphia, June
J 0 H.N .R 0 S S,
VENDUE-MASTER,
HAS opened a Vendue-Store in Front-street, near
the old City Vendue between Market and Arch-
Greets, or at his house in Third street; where he re
ceives and fells on commission, by- public or private
Lie, agreeable to law, houfhold furniture, wares, mer
chandize, grocet, carriages, &;. He has now fpr sale,
remnant broadcloth, gold lace, silver- mounted hangers,
silver watches, silk and oil-cloth umbrellbes, silk and ca
lico gowns, new bound books, silk bonnets, an eight
day clock, a few pairs of boots, ladies silk cloaks, a
neat silk lowered bed counterpane, &c. elegant chintz
bed and window curtains, also very nW piltols of the
fiift quality. Hopflhold Furniture, such as new and fe
cund hand mahogany breakfaft, tea, dining and bureau
tables ; chest of drawers, looking glaflee, pine table,
feather t^ds, thefts, 4 trunks, fanning and cottori wheels
and reels, a few suits of extraordinary second hand
cloathing, saddles, saws And carpenters tools, &e 4 also
v^ffels, rigging, cables, anchors, &c. He likewise fells
house, on the premises or other places appointed, (Cof
fee-houfe excepted) lots of ground, plantations, &c.
and has now for sale, a house and lot situated in Catha
rine-ffreet, between Front and Water-streets ; a neat
two story brick house, 18 feet front and 87 feet deep,
fubj,a to 45/ ground-rent per annum; also two other
house, situated in different places.
Those who please to favour him with their commands
will much oblige their humble fervent,
. f ss-'
W A"N 1 E d;
'A PERSON who can be well recommend,d, to
aft as a CLERK in a public office. Enquire of
the Printer.'