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thereby recedel the other cuts os her arms. When hie
called out murder from the window, file was nearly upon
the point of throwing herfelf out forfafety. Mr. Manon,
surgeon, ®f Ruffd-flreet, was sent for, who expostulated
*ritn N. on his cruelty dad dastardly attack on a woman,
and as frequently N. uttered his regret, that he had net
killed her, and declared he Should go to the gallows with
pleasure if he had, at the fame time repeating some lines
from the Beggars Opera. Mr Mahon humanely had Mrs.
N. conducted to hisown house for Safety, where the was
dressed, and lay all night. The dining room was one
continued feene of blood, and the stone below the di
ning-room window all of a gore. In Shore mere accident
laved Mrs. N.'s life, for the pen-knife with which the sa
vage ftabbedher, flruck on the jaw-bone just above the
neck so forcibly, that it bent by the blow. He was taken out
of the house by a constable, and Secured for the night at a
neighbouring tavern. The reason of this cruelty we hear,
was on account of Mrs. N.'s having received some mo
ney out of the country, for which the had not accounted
to her husband, and also for going to Colman's^ theatre
the fame evening.
IN g od King George's goldcm d,s,
When true loyalty had harm in't,
A Tory Priest for courtly praise,
And eke for high preferment ;
In public papers Sirov to (how,
(A vile insinuation)
That all the cuts would join the foe
To overturn the nation ;
That this is true I will maintain
Until my dying day, Sir,
The nation's 'os in favour reion
And Real its wealth awaypbir.
So soon as glorious George was hers'd,
(Alas how weak our nature)
His principles were quite revers'd,
And he another creature;
With Scottifn knaves he fought the Court,
And every day was seen, Sir,
To turn the ways of Whigs to sport,
And so became a Dean, Str.
B A LTI M 0 R E, Dec. 2&.
The General Assembly of this State, have choieu the
following gentlemen Delegates to Congress for the year en
suing, viz. the Hon. George Plater, James Forbes, Tho
mas Johnson, John Hall, Edward Lloyd and John Han
lon, jua. Esquires.
MARYLAND.
By the House of DELEGATES, Dec. 29, 1779.
Resolved, That William Paca, John Henry and Joseph
Gifpiu, Esquires, or any two of them be, and they are
hereby appointed Coramiffioners, to meet Commissioners
appointed by the Legiflitures of the (everal States of New-
H unplhire, Maffach-ufetts Bay, Rhode-Blind and Provi
dence plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia, at the city of Pni
ladelphia, for the purpose of considering the expediency
and practicability of limiting the prices of merchandize,
produce and labour, and of agreeing to the fame, should
they ju Ige it aeceffary, in such manner as may be best a
dapted to the fixation and circumhances of this State:
Aad that the Commiffio^rs appointed by this State, make
a return of their proceedings to the next General Assembly
for confirmation, if deemed proper.
By Order, J. DUCKETT, C. H. D.
By the Senate, December 30, 1779.
Read and assented to.
By Order, H. REDGELY, C. S.
True EKtra.fi from the Minutes,
J. DUCKETT, C. H. D.
PHILADELP H I A.
EXTRA CT fro n the Journals of Congress.
WEDNESDAY, October 27, 1779.
nEVOLVED, That the thanks of Congress be
given to his Exaelieney Gener-iWashington, tor
directing, and to Colonel Brodhead and the brave offi
cers and soldiers under his command, for executing,
t^ important expedition against the Mingo and M.jnfy
Now may our Hardy gain his ends,
Should' Bourbon dare to face him;
And may his matter know his friends.
From those who most diferace him.
And may no one this truth conceal,
Who hopes for Englands glory,—
No foe have we to Britain's weal
Like that we call a Tory.
From the LONDON EVENING POST.
A NEW SONG.
To an old tune (the VICAR of BRAY) occasioned by
the following illiberal, and unwarrantable aspersion
thrown out bv Dr. TUCKER, Dean of Glouces
ter, “ The Members of IM Oppofidon are all repub
licans, and if they do not join the French in overturn
ing the Confiitution of this country, it will be more
owing to their cowardice than their principles."
When George the Second fill'd the throne,
And Whigs were most in fafhion ;
Our learned Priest (his friends all own)
On Tory's back laid lash on;
Declaring that such vermin vile,
To herd with was pollution,
They wanted Charles to rule the isle,
And change the Constitution —
That this is truth I will maintain
Until my dying day, Sir;
I with the Whigs were in again,
Todrive such knaves away, Sir.
That this is truth Should he deny,
Without a fugle blush, Sir;
His heart will give his tongue the lye,
For confidence will not hush, Sir.
And this is truth I will maintain
Until my dying day, Sir,
Things never can be right again
While Tories bear the sway, Sir
Indians, sal that part of the Senecas on the Allegheny
river, by which the depredations ot those tavager, affift
cd by their merciless instigators, futyas of the K ng of
Great Britain, upon the defenceless inhabitants of the
western frontiers, have been restrained and prevented.
Resolved, That the Direaur General, each of the
Deputy Director: General, each Ph,fician and Surgeon
General, each senior Physician and Surgeon, each junior
Surgeon, each Apothecary General, each Chaplain, and
each Apothecary's Assistant, in the Hospital of the Uni
ted States, full be entitled to draw eloathing annually
from the stores of the Clothier General, in the fame man
ner and under the fame regulations as are established for
officers of the line by a resolution of the 26th day of No
vember 1777.
Resolved, That until the farther order of Congrefil
the said officer# of the Military Hospital (hall also be
intitled to fubfiftanc6, in like manner as is granted to
officers of the line, to be estimated in the following
rates:
ift. The Direftor General to receive the fame subsist
ence as a Colonel in the line.
2d. The Deputy Directors General, the Physicians,
Surgeons and Apothecaries General, the fame as Lieu
tenant C-denth.
3d. Tie f nior Fhyficians and Surgeons the fame as
Mfrrs: e
The junior Surgeons and Apothecaries Affldante the
fame as Captains: and th? Chaplains the fame as Chap
lains of brigades are intitled to by a refolorion of the
i £th day of Augoft last, and to commence from the said
18th day of Anguft.
Refolded, That the Ma'cs of the Military Hafpital
fhul, during service, be intitltd to the fame fubfiftenre
as is given to Regimental Surgeon'? Matts by the refo
ld ion of the 18th day of August last.
October 28.
Rrfolv-d, That a Board of Admiralty be efta'T&d,
to Superintend the naval and marine affairs of th?fc U
nited States § to confid of thee Commissioners not
Member) of Congress, and two Members ci Congreri,
any three of whom to form a Board for the uifp,t h of
business; to be fu j?a in all cases to the controul of
Centre £ :
Tuat there th all not be more than one Member of the
said Board at any time belonging to the lame State :
That there (hall be a Secretary to the i*id Board, to
be appointed by Congreis:
That the Board have power to appoint a Clerk to assist
them in the executin of the business of the depart
ment:
That the Did Board of Admiralty be, and they are
hereby authorised, impowered and dir.&ed, to form
proper plans for increasing the naval force of the U
rited States, and for the better regulating the fame, and
lay them before Congress:
That they have the ordering and dire&ing the desti
nation of all flrips and vessels of war ; that they tupcr
inted and direct such Navy-Boards as are how eftaidifh
ed or may at any time hereafter be established by Coa
grefs : Cause fair entries to be made end proper accounts
kept of all business trnifaard by them; examine the
accounts of the several Navy Boards and all Agents and
oth'r petfoos who have ranßaed er may trans.& any
business relative to the Marine Department where such
accounts Invt not been finally fettled ; report the fame
to Congress, and make proper entries in their books,
to that the whole matters m^y be comprehended in one
view ; keep an alphabetical and accurate register of the
names of all officers of the navy in the let vice of the
United States, with their rank and the date of their
commiffioas, which c< mmiffim.s shall be signed by the
President of Congress, and counter-finned by the Secre
tary to the said Board of Admiralty; publish annually
a register of all appointments ; obtain regular and ex
a& returns of all warlike stores, el&athing, provisions,
and all other necelTary articles belonging to the Marine
Department; take thecate and dirt&ion of sll marine
prisoners ; execute all Inch matters at fha'l be directed,
and give their opinion on all such fifje^s as fhril be
referred to them by Congress, o* as they msy think ne
celery for the better r gelation and improvement of
the navy of the United States ; and in general to fu
permtand and direct all tire branches of the Marine
Department :
That tle aid Board (hall fit in the place where Con
gress (hall be held, and no Member of the Beard thall
abfenthrmelf witbeut leave oi Congress, or the Com
mittee of the States in the zecefs of Congress :
That all the proceedings of the said Board (ball bein
fpe&ed ty Congress, or a Committee by them appointed
for that purpose, as often as may be thought proper and
convenient ;.and every Member of Congress may have
fiee acceis to the records and papers of the said Board,
excepting such as are in their nature secret:
That all navy and marine offi eu and others attending
upon or conne&ed with the Admiralty Department, be
and ther ar: hereby required and enjoined to oblerve
the dire Chons of the Arid Board in all such other matters
as they may be direchd, or may tend to facilitate the
bufinefsoi the D.parim ht.
Refolded, That the Salary of each of the three Com
mdrimeis who dull conduct thr business of toe Board
of Admiralty, be fourteen thousand dollars per annum,
and the salary of the Secretary of the (aid Board bz ten
thousand dollars per annum, the said faiaries to be annu
ally, or ottener it Cungrefs thill judge it expedient, re
viled and atered agreeably to the appreciation of the
Continental currency.
R* olved, That Monday the sghdrv of November
be .ffigned for nominating ' the officers aforefaid.
Gaoler 29.
According to order Con^refs took into consideration
the report of the Committee on the memorial of George
Morgan, and petition of William Trent; after del ate
A motion was made by Mr. Merger, leconded by Mr.
Morris, that the re,ort be re-committed : on which the
yen and nays were req tired by Mr. Griffin.
The report being as follows :
" The Committee to whom were referred the memo
rial cl G. Morgan, and the petition of Willi, m Trent,
beg leave to report, that they have re^d over and con
sidered the Rate of fa&s given in by the Delegates of
Virginia, and cannot find any such dillin&ion between
the quefiidh of the jurifJi&ion of Congress and the me^
rits of the czufe, as to recommend any decision upon
the firft separately from the last : That they recommend
to Congress the following resolution-.--That, corfider
ing the pre ent inccmpleat state of the Con eder^tion, it
be recommended to the State of Virgiria, and every
other St^te in similar circurnftances, to fufeend treiric,
grant or fetjement of any land unappropriated at the
time of the declaration of independence, until the con
clufioh cf the war."
It puffed in the negative.
, October 30,
Revived, That tl e Managers he dire&ed to make file
of the tickets of the Third Class of the Lottery of the
United States without delay, that the drawing the^of
commence the firft ofMarch next, and be complicated as
soon as may be, and that the ti Lets then unfold be the
property and at the risque of the said States.
Resolved, That Loan-Office Certificates b'lhe follow
ing denominations, bearing an intermit of fix ,er cent,
per annum, be struck under the direction of the Board
of Treasury, to be iflued to fuh fortunate adventurers
in the Second Class as may be entitled to and apply for
the fame § and that the hid certificates be dated at th^
time of finishing the drawing of the said Class, and made
payable at the end of five years from their date, viz.
18 Certificates cf 5000 dollars each, - 90,000
7 OO do. - 1000 do. - 0 100,000
Btodo. - 500 do. - - 410,000
" Whereas it appears to Congress that the opening
the Land-Office in the Stateof Virginia, for thepurpofe
of locating lands unappropriated at the time indepen
dence was declared, has produced much 1 * fineis, dis.
pure and controversy, and greatly weakened these Unit
ed States by the irntyhtiors cf their inhabitants to parts
remote from defence agajr^ft the common enemy. Re
folded therefore, That it b€ <arh>ftly recommended to
the State of Virginia, to re confide their late Aft of Af
ftmbly for opening their Land-Cffise ; nd that it.be re
commended to the Hid State, and all other States fimi
kily circumflanc^d, to forbear fettling nr issuing war
rants for fueh unappropriated Ends, or granting the
fame during ?he continuance of the pielent war."
To this an ebj^flion was made, as taring out of order;
and on the question, " Is the motion in oide ?"
The yeas anti nays beiny required by Mr. Moriis,
It was revived in the affirmative.
The rtfolution was then taken into consideration, and
a division bring.called tor, and on the qu.ftion to agree
to the firft clause as far as " Land Office," in I: five,
The yeas and nays bein< required by Mr. Gnffin,
It was refcived in the rffi.m^ve.
A motion was then m?de by Mr. Morri, Seconded
by Mr. Sharpe, to strike out the words ''and all other
States similarly circumflanced ;" and on the question,
Shall these words Stand ?
The yexs and niys being required by Mr. Morris,
It was refched in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the latter clause as it ftandsj
Resolved in the affirmative..
On motion of Mr. Morris, Seconded by Mr. Sherman,
Resolved, That the confederation of the preamble be
poftponad.
On motion of Mr. Morris, seconded bv Mr, She, man,
Resolved, That the following preamble he adopted :
" Whereas the appropriation of vacant lands by the
several States, during the continuance c the war, will
in the opinion of Congress be attended with great mil
chiefs ; therefore,"
On the question to agree to the preamble,
The yeas and nays bring required by Mr. Griffin,
It was resolved as follows :
Whereas the appropriation of vacant lands by the fe
verai States, curing the continuance of the war, will,
in the opinion of Congref#, be attended with great
mif-hiefs : Therefore
R.fJved, That it be earnestly recommended to the
State of Virginia to re confi-.'er their late A& of Affem^
bly for opening their Land-Office ; and that it he r^~
cun mended id the said Swe, and all othti States simi
larly circumstanced, to ferbe r fettling or iffri g war
rants for unappropriated lands, or granting the lime
during the continuance of the patent war.
#Q -+Og*Q<,v+*+^++*•*#fo> Q
Philadelphia, January 12.
TO BE S O L D,
At the Coffee-hpufe, on Wednesday the 19th instant, at
Six o'clock in the evening,
THREE-story brick H O ( U SE, with a Kitchen
A two Stories high, Situate on the eeft fide of Thirds
Street, near Race- Street, now in the poll eflion of Fred:%.
rick Fogel : The house is twelve fee; front and fix een
feet deep, ekc!ufivc of the kitchen, with the privilege
of an alley t The lot is forty feet deep, and clear of a, y
ground-rent. WILLIAM BROWN,
Auftioneer Cen.
G^rfTbi^Tlfo-ADC T77YTTT;
AL S O,
MADEIRA W I N E,
By the pipe or quarter-calk ; and a small quantity of
PE P P E R,
TO BE SOLD BY
PETER K U H N,
In Market-Street, between Fourth and Frfti.-fccets,
Fhdadelphi:.
LEFT with a friend, the KEY of ;n
IRON CHEST, by Mr. Nathan Rumsey,
decreed ; the Chert supposed to be lucl, c; .in the barn's
of some other friend. IntePigence thereof is d fired to
be given to Mr. Robert Shewell, in PhiLdi r hia,
Mr. Augustine Boyer, ni Csecil County, Maryland,
or the fubferiber. Executor of ths last will and testament
cf the said Nathan Rumsey, at Joppa, Harford coun
ty, in laid State. - ;
Jan. 12; BENJAMIN RUMSEY.
Dollars 6:0,000
A motion was made by Mr. Paca seconded by Mr.
Plater, in the following words: