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SOUTH-CAROLINA AND AMERICAN
In CONGRESS, January 14, OT7-
WHEREAS the Continental money ought to be fap
ported at the full value expressed in the refpedtive
bills, by the inhabitants of these States, for whose benefit
they were issued, ^nd who stand bound to redeem the f?me
according to the like value; and the pernicious artifices
o', the enemies of American liberty to repair the credit of
the said bills, by railing the nominal value of gold and
silver, or any other fpecics of money-whatsoever, ought to
be guarded again ft and prevented:„
l&felved, That all bills of credit, emit cd by authority
of Congress, ou ht to pass current in all payments, trade
and dealings, in these States, and be deemed in value equal
to the fame nominal film in Spanish miled dollars; and
that whosoever 11^ offer, ^, or receive more in the f^d
bills for'any ~gb'd or silver coins, bullion, or any other
species of money whatsoever, than the nominal sum or
amount thereof in Span sh milled dollars, or more in the
said bills for any lands, goods, or commodities whatsoever,
than the fame could be purchased at, of the fame person or
persons in gold or silver, or any other species of money
whatsoever ; or shall offer to fell any goods or commodities
for gold or silver coins, or any other fpeci® of money
whatsoever, and refufe to fell the fame for the said Conti
nental bills, every such person ought to be deemed an
enemy to the liberties of these United States, and to forfeit
the value of the money so exchanged, or house, land, or
commodity so fold or offered to sale. And it is recom
mended to the legifl rtures of the refpeftive States to enaft
laws inflicting such forfeitures and other penalties, on of
fenders as atorefaid, as will prevent such penicious prac
tices.
That it be recommenced to the legislatures of the
United States, to pass laws to make the bills of credit if
sued by the Congress a lawful tender, in payment of pu
blick and private debts, and a refufal thereof an extinguish
ment of such debts ; that debts payable in fteiling money,
be discharged with Continental dollars at the rate of four
Shillings and fix pence fteriihg per dollar, and that in dif
'charge of all other debts and contrasts Continental dollars
pass at the rate fixed by the refpeßive States for the value
of Spaniftr milled dollars.
Refolded, That it be recommended to the legislatures of
the fever,! United States, to pass resolutions that they will
make pr©<fion for drawing in and finking their quotas of
the bills emitted by Congress, at the fcveral periods fixed,
or that shall be fixed by Congress.
That it be recommended by the leglflatures of the several
States, to raise by taxation, in the course of the current
year, and remit to the Treafory, such sums of money as
they fhhll think will be most proper in the preTent situation
of the inhabitants; which sums shall be carried to their
credit, and accounted for in the fcttlement of their pro
portion of the pnblick expences and debts, for which the
United States a?e jointly bound.
That an additional firm of two millions of dollars be bor
rowed at the Loan Office, on certificates of two hundred
dollars each.
That the Commissioners of the Loan Office be directed
to receive the bills of credit, heretofore emitted by the
States in which they refpe&ively hold their offices, for such
sums as they shall be ordered by the Continental Treasurer
from time to time, to pay for Continental purposes within
such StateVrcfpe^tively.
February 24.
Refolded; That the several States be requested to take
the most effectual Reps for immediately codeding, from
the inhabitants not in actual service, all Continental arms,
-and give notice of the number they shall colled to Gen.
Walhington.
That all arms or accoutrements belonging to the United
States shall be damped or marked with the words UNITED
STATES; all arms already made to be stamped on such
parts as will receive the impfeffion, and those hereafter to
be manufactured to be stamped with the said words on every
part composing the stand ; and all arms and accoutrements;
so stamped or marked shall be taken wherever found for
the use of the States, except they shall be in the hands of
those actually in Continental service.
That it be recommended to the legislatures of the several
States to enaCt proper laws for the punishment of those who
shall unlawfully take, secret, refufe, or regies to deliver
any Continental arms or accoutrements, which they may
have in their possession.
February 25.
- Rooked, That the several States be requeued and im
powered to borrow of purchase, on behalf of the Continent,
fro n the militia within the said States refpeftively, as many
good and Sufficient arms as can possibly be procured.
TO the end that the most speedy flop may be put to the
pernicious and unfoldierly practice of deferring, and that
such- offenders who receive the publick money for services
that they design not to perform, may be certainly and
speedily carried back to the corps they have deserted from,
it is earneftiy recommended to the Committees of Obser
vation or fnfpedibn of these United States, that they cause
diligent enquiry to be made in their refpe&ive counties or
diftri&e, for all deserters that may he lurking and harboured
therein, and cause such whenever found to be immediately
secured and conveyed to the nearest Continental Officer,
and all filch Officers are hereby directed to receive and fe
dure such deserters, that they may be fafely delivered to
their refpedive regiments; and brought to a speedy trial
and exemplary punishment; and farther to pay to the per
sons delivering such deserters, eight dollars for each de
serter so brought and delivered, and twelve ninetieths of a
dollar, in lieu of expeoces for every mile from the place
where the deserter wastaken up, to the place where he is
delivered to the Officer. , re
Articles of War, Srfba'PT.
Art. T. All officers and soldier% ' who, having received
pay, or having been duly inlifted in the service of the United
States, shall be cohvided of having deserted the fame, fh£l
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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 177%
fuffer death, or such other punishment as by a Court-
Martial shall be inflicted.
Art. a. Any non commiffioied officer or soldier, who
shall, without leave from his Commanding Officer, absent
himfelf from his troop or company, or from any detach
ment with which he shall be commanded, shall, upon being
convicted thereof, be punished according to the nature of
his offence, at the diferetion of a Court- Martial.
Art 3 No non-commiffioneqofficer or soldier shall in
lift himfelf in any other regimemt^roop or company, with
out a regular discharge from thetegiment, troop or com
pany, in which he last served, orethe penalty of being re
pitted a deserter, and fuffering accordingly : And in case
any officer ihai knowingly receive end entertain such non
commissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being
discovered to be a deserter, immediately Confine him, and
give notice thereof to the corps in which he last served, he,
the hid officer so offending, shall by a Court-Martial be
cashiered.
Ordered, That the foregoing Resolve, and the three
Articles cf War be published in the several news papers for
fix months, and the several printers are hereby requeued
to publish them accordingly.
February 26.
Refolded, That an Interest of fix per cent, per annum be
allowed on all sums of money already borrowed, and di
rected to be borrowed on loan office certificates, although
such certificates mention only an interest of four cent, per
annum.
Refolded, That the interest on the prizes drawn in the
Continental lottery, shall remain at four per cent.
Refolded, That it be recommended to the legislatures of
the several states not to offer or give mote than at the rate
of fix per cent, per annum, upon any monies to be borrowed
in their refpedive loan offices.
February 27.
Refolded, That it be recommended to the several legisla
tures of the United States, immediately to pass laws the
most effectual for putting an immediate flop to the perni
cious practice of distilling grain, by which the most exten
sive evils are likely to be derived, if not quickly prevented.
April 1.
For the better regulating the PAY of the ARMY, Re
folded, That the Paymaster or Deputy Paymaster General
Shall pay no money but by warran s from the Commanders
in Chief, in their refpedive departments, counteifigncd by
their refpedive Secretaries, and that the money be paid only
to the perlon Specified in the warrant, or to his order in
writing, excepting in cases otherwise p ovided by Congress.
That the regimental abftrads be mice up by the regi
mental Paymasters at the elofe of every month, and cer
tified by the refpedt ve Colonels or Commanding Officers
ani Brigadiers General, who shall carefully examine and
compare the fame with the weekly returns, after which
they shall be lodged with the Payrnafter or Deputy Pay
master General, until orders ate given for the payment.
That the Regimental Paymasters only shall receive from
the Paymaster or Deputy Paymaster Geneial the money
due upon abftri&s, to the officers and soldiers; and the
said Regimental P ym^fters alone shall fettle with, and pay
the money due to the officers and fol Hers of the regiments
to which they refpeftvciy belong, either in person or to
their order, arid take receipts for the fame, to te produced
as vouchers on the Settlement of their refpe&ive accounts.
The officers and Soldiers, who may be prisoners of war,
shall be made up in the abftrafts of the regiment to which
they belong, to the time of their captivity, ,nd authentick
returns Shall be made with such abstracts 0 the names of
the officers and soldiers aforefaid, their rank and the com
pany to which they belong, the time of their captivity, and
the pay that was then due. And whenever such prisoners
are to be exchan^ ed, a pay roll Shall be made out by the
Paymaster, or Deputy Paymaster General, for the pay due
to them to the time of their return, and the money shall be
sent to them, and paid by the officer appointed to receive
them, and their receipts immediately lodged with the
Paymaster or Deputy Paymaster General.
That whenever any Regimental Paymaster leaves the ser
vice, or is dismissed, he shall make a return to the Pay
master or Deputy Paymaster General of the names of the
commissioned, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of
his regiment, who remain unpaid, the sum due to them
respectively, and what balance of cash he has remaining,
all which shall be lodged with the Paymaster, or Deputy
Paymaster General, to be by him delivered to the next Pay
master of the said regiment, or otherwise disposed 01 as the
Commander in Chief in the department may think proper.
That no commissioned, or non commissioned officer or
soldier, coming from any department where a Paymaster
or. Deputy Paymaster General is appointed, shall receive
in any other department the pay that may be due to him,
unless he produce a certificate from his Colonel or Com
manding Officer, oounterfigned by the Paymaster or Deputy
Paymaster General, of the department to which he belongs,
of the sum bona tide due to him, and deliver the fame with
a receipt thereon.
Rfolved, That no officer, already apnointed, or to be
hereafter appointed in the army of the United States, shall
take rank by virtue of a commission antedated, but rank
Shall be determined by the time of appointment, unless
otherwise directed by Special refolutjon of Congress.
Refolded, That it be recommended to the legislatures,
and, in their recess, to the executive power of the respec
tive States, that they forthwith transmit to the Board of
War, exadt lifts of all officers appointed by them in the
Continental Army, with the dates of their comm'ffions,
and times of appointment.
April 2.
Refolded, That the Paymaster and Deputy Paymaster
General, at the end of every month after the firft of May
next, <hall make up rolls containing the names of the Ge
neral and other officers of the army to which they respec
tively belong, ^Q are not comprised in the regimental
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abftrads, excepting only the Commanders in Chief of the
several departments, who Shall refpedively examine such
rolls, and iffae their warrants on the Paymaster or Deputy
Paymaster General tor the sums due on the fame.
That the Commanders in Chiet of the several depart
ments be directed to order payments to such officers and
detachments of the army as Shall at any time be ordered to
other departments, to be made to the day of their march
ing or leaving the camp, and that certificates be given by
the refpedive Paymaster or Deputy Paymaster General,
mentioning the names of such officers ani corps, together
with the time to which they are paid, which certificates
Shall be delivered by the Commanding Officers of the re
feedtive detachments (or by such officers as shall be ordered
without detachments) to the Paymaster or Deputy Pay
master General of the department to which they are or
dered, to enable him to examine and make up their future
tolls and abstractsV
April 15.
Whereas the Continental battalions are all on one foot
ing, liable to the fame kind of services, and entitled to
equal priviledges ;
Refolded, That the appellations " Congress's Own Regi
ment, General Washington's Life Guards," &% given to
some of them, @re improper, and ought not to be kept up;
and the officers of the said battalions are required to take
notice hereof, and conform themselves accordingly.
B, Order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, Prefdent.
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4 LLXANDER JVRIGHf, Esq; lately gone for Europe,
ML left Directions to his Attornies to discharge all De
mands against him as faft as poffibe; and for that Purpose
to advertise all Persons indebted to him by Bond or other
wise, to pay their respective Engagements by the firft of
July: Those concerned are requested to pay Attention to
this Notice, and to apply to JOHN DAWSON,
§ ALEXANDER INGLIS.
WANTED immediately, a Patroon Negro either
to buy or h re; he must be acquainted with the
Southward Coast ; also a Carpenter Negro that under
stands making of Indigo Vats. Apply in Charleftown to
§ JAMES WIT TER, jun.
JOHN YOUNG, Peruke-Maker and Hair-Dresser,
being now recovered of the Wounds he received in
the Engagement on the 28th of June, begs Leave to
inform his Friends and the Publick, that he, has taken a
Shop in Meet ng-ftreet, opposite to Blake's Buildings,
where he will be glad of their Business, and will, by his
Assiduity and Attention, endeavour to merit their Coun
tenance. §
THE Subscriber desires all Persons having Demands
against Mr. John Champneys, to fend a State of
them in ; and those who are indebted to him to fettle
with Mr. James Granden, at Henry Rugeley, Efqr's.
ROGER-PARKER SAUNDERS,
§ Attorney to Mr. Chamfeneyr.
Lost, about the 27th or 28th of last Month on the
Road from hence to Purryfburgh, a Red Morocco Lea
ther Pocket Book, marked in gilt Letters with a Gentleman's
Name, containing some Papers of Consequence to the Ow
ner, a Miniature Picture set in Gold and edged with Pearl,
and upwards of Three Hundred Pounds in Currency. Any
Person who will deliver the Pocket Book and other .Arti
cles to the Printer hereof, ffiall be entitled to the Cash it
contained. May 12, 1777^ ±
A LL Persons indebted to the Estate of Thomas Searfon,
BI deceased, late of St. Helena Parish, are defirea to
make Payments to the Subferibers; and those who have
any Demands against the said Estate, to bring them in,
properly attested, by the firft Day of August. 1777, other
wise their Accounts will be put in a Lawyer's Hand to be
sued for, by MARGARET SEARSON, Administratrix,
CHARLES BEALER, Administrator. *
— — „_ ,j,, _ ; i.^„+
LOS r the firft of November, 1776, between the Beef-
Market and the Exchange, a Red Cornelian Seal set in
Gold, the Impression a Coat of Arms, five Hbtfc Shoes on
a Chivron, an Antelope the Crest ; likewise an Oval Gold
Sleeve Button. Whoever will deliver the said Seal and But
ton to the Printer hereof, shall receive Ten Pounds for
the Seal, and Two Dollars for the Button. *
LOST out of the Subferiber's Pocket on the Market
Wharf, or on the Bay, a Forked Pocket Book, with a
bout 1751. Currency therein, and some small Accounts
and other Papers of no Value to any other Person but the
Owner. Any Person that has found it, or give any In
formation of it, and deliver the fame to the Subscriber at
Stono, or to the Printer hereof shall receive Twenty-five
Pounds Reward. * JAMES D. YARBROUGH.
I^o be fold, a TRACT of LAND, 18 Mi:es distant
. from Charleftown, on the south Side of, and fronting
Afh!ey River, containing near 500® Acres. It is divided
into three different Settlements, each o' wrich has every
ufeful Accommodation; also about 250 NEGROES. The
Owner being compelled to leave the Province will dispose
of the whole together, or in three feparatc Divisions, witli
the Negroes belonging to each ; likewise, of his House upon
the Bay of Charleftown. WILLIAM WR GG. ±
STOPPED from a Negro, a worked Pocket Book,
containing a Stone Knee Buckle and two Gold
Rings. Enquire at the Printers.±
Numb. 957.