The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1779-12-20 00:00:00, page 2

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FEZ K OUR PAPER CU^ENCY.
L > ri ^ TV
+ ih in my third Mter nr^faed the
j • elre of ten million °F paper borons to oe
r \ but on the whole! think it wouid be
n .erodent to emit fifteen million a: firft;
„ i mik be without any danger at
, m ion. The Congress tippofe that trnee
eri million is the extent of our nron
: / inclu'di^ al the bills tha^, Iff e been
eri ted. The fifteen million new nodars pr
r .ri would clear this debt at twenty for one;
' - as'a configurable part of th 1 ft - m^r be
— in money it a better excha^ man t,ven
for one, there would tome p:^ ^ curdebt
f 4 remain, which mull grariuTy be p&l d by
. es, from year t> year,. Sime ^^ lup
noi 1 i thirty for one a more bquitaoe e*-
) a Q for th # old money than twenty. Should
t Conti's nnd this to be the cite when the
money comes to be lira >: d-^. ^h^ would
hop the matter much; in thatvo.'.^ run
j ..fje ßfteen million new dollars wouid bmu
a l ' he old, and leave as above half our new
c Sou to help pay our debts. Could we
{o bach manner pet ridof the. chief expeuce
the war, and our old appreciated money,
ir r,uld be much better than to obtain a loan
in 1 :rd mouee, though,upon the moil reaton
terms; and that on ' two accounts.
Ind, The paper would not be so liable to
be o^r'ded as the hard money; but, second,
i 'principally because we should not be
d~ ^'d to repay or refund the, paper money,
, ^as the loan in hard monev mud be paid,
ar that with, interest. The fifteen Bullion
0 ; r dollars propped would not be a debt
) n the country, but might pds for ever,
w : h only the expence of drifting new bills to
fringe the old ones, when they become
n^-ed Sappofe then we should by fifteen
r ibin of new paper dollars, clear ou/ie^ves
<eold money, and so great a part of the
co cental debt too: The enquiry is, who
}as orne the burden and defrayed the expence
of ,e war? The answer in general is easy.
save one must fee that those who have fuffer
ed fv the depreciation of the currency have
Jo this: For it is done by the depreciation.
^ Many widows, orphans, aged, and help
fofons, whose estates lay in money, and
/ ave been obliged to live upon it, have
k some one half, force three fourths, force
nine-tenths, and some the whole of their
triads by the depreciation, who could have
?ved comfortably upon the bare intereß, if
money had kept its credit. Tnefe unnappy
<„,.%$ have by the depreciation, Nine a
t of the burden and expence of the
} Secondly, Many ot.ier persons, and
nf them gentlemen of fortune, have loft
Orcat iartuf theireb • i ^me manner.
b fe that ha' money e#:e ^ and have
t x obliged tc CT I I suffered ac
<rthe v d ^ ! * e ™ which
was paid; and hi ei r part towards
texpence of the 1 ^ly, Refugees
n the enemy, who have tied from their ha
bitations and employments, by wh >c h they
sported their families, and who have been
/ iged to live upon their money, and other
L which they have been obliged to turn
.oney, to fopport their families, have felt
ue rod effeds of 'the depreciation, and have
Vborne a great part of the burden and ex
p^ceof the war. Fourthly, Banks or funds
<' money through the continent,, whether tor
< , fopport of colleges, churches, fchiols, or
OTher ourpofes, have done their part, lince a
corfiderable, if not the greatest part of their
ro, on ey has been brought in at a confiderabie
difrouat. Fifthly, All f^ary men, who have
nr had their salaries railed in proportion to
Depreciation, have done their part. Sixth-
Our officers and soldiers who have defended
ir country, and in that sense borne the burden
the war, have also felt it severely by the
Nation of the money. Their wages not
Sporting them in the field, so that those who
left families at home, had nothing to spare for
hem, however destitute and helplels. Se
enthly, Those already mentioned are so much
.he greatest fufferers, and have done so much
more than others to support the war, that the
little which particular perfops have Of
fered by the depreciation, while the money
has paffhd through their hands, Scarce deserves
be mentioned, as any burden that they have
orne: Yet taking the whole country toge
.ser, and the depreciation between the times
f f particular persons receiving and paying out
t cmoney, and that from time to time repeat
edly would amount to a great fam. Thus we
me who have borne the burden and expence
, the war. And this will be much the fame
re those fufferers let our bills be redeemed and
rights paid in what manner they will. Did I
a much the fame? I recall my words, it will
be much worse for those fufferers if the bills
mud be redeemed so as to be made as good as Gl
- and that by a tax upon the country. How
rturt, how cruel would it be after the war is
over to tax our soldiers, thole orphans, and
other persons mentioned, who have done so
inch already? I fay to tax those for many
/ears to make good the bills to a few men who
have acquired them at so cheap a rate r Lut to
return, Since in the proposed method the past
, .fences of the war would be nearly defrayed,
l ecple might afford and would be willing to
ay high taxes after the new money is emitted,
n cate the war should continue, or any thing
rife require large taxes, because, the whole
country have exposed to pay large taxes for
several years success fively in order to link our
•oney and pay our continental debts. If the
war should continue, it might be furporod in
the method proposed, by taxing tue vo. </
not higher than they have expected la be ...x
---ed; nor one darter so high as they mud be
taxed if we purfuc the method that has nevi
pursued. Afte- all, should the country pro
ceed in their endeavours to diminish the quan
tity of,our m >ney bv large taxes, wh^hris
e ideally impo hoe while the war continues,
and eve y yc/rrequires more to support it in
tae depreciated date of our currency than we
can pay in. I far, should the country en
deavour to accomplilh what is desired, by large
taxes, it would be the interest of all oar peo
ple immediately to fell so much of their move
able cliatc as would procure continental mo
ney enough to pay their part, while they ran
obtain the money at so cheap a rate. The
Couarefs suppose that three hundred million
of dollars are equal to the sums emitted and
debts contrasted till that time. Any man
that would pay his part of this, whether by
rate or putting into the public funds, would
be clear with the continent till that time.
An) man may know nearly what his part or
the three hundred million will be by compar
ing it with the tax he lately pad to rail, the
f ?y pillion dollars which he lately paid in.
T his rate was tool, in paying the fixtv mtl
iin./it will be ;001. to clear the three h n-;
dreu mil ion. He thkt paid 501, in the late
tax, might now f>r a good cow procure near
mo^ev enojgh to clear him of the three hun
dred .million. And he that paid 1501. in tne
late tax, might for a good yoke of oxen do the .
fame If the method of taxing i> pursued in
order to redeem our money and pay our >eht,
I would advise and urge mv countrymen forth
with t. fell forcething to five times the value,
of the late tax, and put the money into the
public funds. - Those that neglect this will,
'ere long, find themselves in a bad iituati m,
if our money matters are to be let r^nt oy
taxing and funding. In every view 'of the
case, let what method will be parfu d, the
bulk of the country have not the lead oc,<-
fion to be discouraged. Should the war con
tinue, we have no reason to be d he^rten^a ;
nineteen twentieths of the country ,arc io far
from finking under any difficulties that they
are not much burdened by the war, thri it:<
true, force have fufiered severely, anc areeven
undone. This country is not so much in debt,
beyond their o &vn limit, as they were before the
war. Yea, I may venture to fay, they are no;
so much in debt among themselves; molt peo
ple through the country have paid off their
private debts iince the war began. We are
well able to fuppert the war, and rectify our
money matters, and if the method I have
pointed out is not pursued, I trust force pro
per measure will be taken ; for measures there
certainly arc that will answer
In this letter which I designed should have
been my last I proposed to have said something
in favour of those who have fufferec by the
depreciation ; but what I proposed would have
led me into so large a field, and would have
been so different from the fubjed I have hither
to pursued, that I thought proper to defer it,
and make it a subject by itfelf.'
Au aEt for the forfeiture and sale of the efates
' of persons <wbo have adhered to the enemies of
this fate, and for declaring the Jovereign, of
the people of this fate, in reJpeA to all property
auithin the fame. Faffed the 22d of Octo
ber, 1779.
YT7HEREAS during the present unjust
W and cruel war, waged by the King of
Great Britain against this date, and the other
United States of America, divers persons
holding or claiming property within this flare,
have voluntarily been adherent to the laid
King, his fleets and armies, enemies to these
states, with intent to subvert the government
and liberties of this state and the faid # other
United States, and to bring the fame in fub
jeaion to the crown of Great-Bri^ain, ny i^-
son whereof, the said persons hare federally
justly forfeited all right to the prottcl.m of
this state, and to the benefit of the laws under
which such property is held or claimed : And
whereas the public justice and fafety of this
state absolutely require, that the most notori
ous offenders should be immediately hereby
convifted and attainted of the offence afore
faid, in order to work a forfeiture of their re
fpeftive estates, and vest the fame in the peo
ple of this Rate ; And whereas tne conhituti
oa of this Rate, bath authorifed the legislature
to pass acts of attainder, for crimes commit
ted before the termination of the war.
I. Be it therefor# exacted by the people cf toe
fate of New Fork, reprfated in senate and as-
Jcmbly, aud it, is hereby enacted by the authority
ofthe fame, That John Murray, Earl of Dun
more, formerly Governor of the colony of
New-York; William Tryon, Esq; late- Go
vernor of the said colony ; John vVatts, (fi
ver De Lancey, Hugh Wallace, Henry White,
John Harris Ceuger, William Axtel, and Ro
ger Morris, Esquires, late members of the
council of the said colony; George Duncan
Ludlow, and Thomas Jones, late jullices of
the supreme court cf said colony; John Fa
ber Kempe, late attorney-general of the said
colony ; William Bayard, Robert Bayard, and
James De Lancey, new or late of the city of
New-York, Esquires; David Mathews, late
From HOLT'S Rebel New-Yerk
oooro^^Q{feooce ^oo ]@iQ^tectoog^cccc^ota
Journal, Nov. 29.
EUMENE S.
Mayor of the 7d c-t/; t^es Jauncey,
( ,Z lAepas v/hite, William M 6 ;
Adam, Ihac LoALAs onerbroke, Alexan-|
der Wallace and John Weatherhead, now, or
late of the said cirv, merchants; Charles In
glis, of the said citv, clerk, and M rgaret his
wife; Sir Jqha fohnfon, late of ^he county of
Tryon, Knight 'and Baronet; Guy Johriion,
Daniel Claus, and John Butler, new or late
of the said county, Elquires; and John Jooft
Herkemer, of said county, yoema ; Frede
rick Philipfe^nd James De Lahcey, now or
late of the county of Welt-Cheder, Inquires ;
Frederick Philipfe, (son of Frederick) now or
late of the said county, gentleman; David
Calden, Daniel KKam, the elder, and Ga
briel Ludlow, now or la ? of Queen's county,
Efqrs. Philip Skene, no , or late of the coun
ty of Charlotte, Esq; ad Andrew P. Skene,
son of the said Philip Sk me. late of Charlotte
county; Benjamin Seaman and Chrifopber
billop, row or late of the county o' Rich
inord, Enquires; Beverly Robinson, Beverty
Robinson, the younger, and Malcom Morri
lon, now or late of cue county of Durchefi,
f'ws. John Karr, now or ia:e of the iod
county, gevtl<ma:' ; Apr^hdEi C. Luy cr, row
' or lac of the c untrof Albany, Efi; Robot
iLe^xe, Edward jelup, and fjenezer fefup,
lOGW or itu o' the laid county, gentlemen;
i.r.d Peter Dubois, and Fbomas H BrircHy,
; now or late of the county of Ulfer, Efis.
I Sufacnah Robinfob, wife to the said Beverly
'RJvufon, and Mary Morris, wife to the hid
;Ro er Mrrrir; John Rapeliee, of King's
!couetv, F.tq;Gc6rge Muirfon, Richard Floyd,
i <cd Packer Wiokham, of Suffolk county,
;hfers. Henry Lloyd, the Elder, late of the
'%/e of r-Dachtifett's-Bay, merchant; and
I birlirnn I i^um, .Knight, be, and each of
1 there aicloeb- fc e^lly declared to be, ipso
' <m.icutlord and attainted of the offence
I >fo efaid; and that all and lingular the elbite
I both real and perfmal, held or claimed by
I them the bid persons severally and refpe&ive-
Ily whether in piHellion, r.vetii m or remain
-1 within this date, on the da, ofthe paring
I o' this act, fhali be, and hereby is declared
I to be forfeited to, and vetted in the people of
I th^ Rate 1
11. ind he it further enz ?el hy the authority
aftrefud, That the said several per.or,s here
in before particularly named, fnab be, and
hereby are declared to be forever banished from
this date; and each and every one of them,
who (hail at any rime hereafter, be found in
any f^rt of t*i> Rate, (hall be, and are here
by ' a±> ged and declared guilty of felony,
and th • lit death as in cases of felony,
wohew benefit of energy.
Ard to the eud, That for the purpose afore
faid, that convictions and attainder for the
offeree aforit said, may in pursuance of this
aft, be had againll other offenders, than those
herein b< fore . articular!) named:
111. Be it further erased by the authority afore
faid. That it shall, nd may be lawful for
the grand jurors, at any supreme court of ju--
dicator, to be'.held for this date, or any court
of oyer and terminer and general goal deli
very. or the general or quarter feffious of the
peace, to be held in and for any county of
this Rate; whenever it (hall a pear to such
grand jurors by the ca h of one or more cre
ditabit witrefs or witnesses, that any person
or persons, whether in full life or deceased,
generally reputed, if in full life, to hold or
claim, or if deceased, to have held or claim
ed, at the time of their death refpedively,
real or personal estate within this Rate, hath
or have been guilty of the offence aforefaid;
to prefer bills of indictment, against such
persons as shall then be in full life, for such
offence, and in relation to the offence com
mitted by such persons in their lives, time as
(hall then be deceased, feveraily and refp&c
tively ; notwithstanding that such offence may,
have been committed elsewhere, than in th#
county for which such grand jurors Ihall be
fummoned —That in every indictment to be
taken in pursuance of this ad, the offence or
offences, Ihall be charged to have been com
mitted in the county where the indictment
Ihall be taken, notwithstanding such offence
or offences may have been committed else
where; and it ihall not be Tccell'ary to tec
forth specially, whether the several persons
charged in such indictment, were refpeftivel,
deceased or in full life, or were reputed to
hold or claim real or personal estate within
Tri date. And in eveiy such indictment ihall
be indorsed, that the fame w ab taken in pur
suance of this aft, and the day when the fame
was preferred into court.
IV. And be it further enabled by t^e authority
aforefaid, That whenever and as of.en, as any
such indictments Ihall be taken againß any
person or persons, the Rieriks of the refcc
tive counties where such indictments Rial! he
taken, shall forthwith cauK notices thereof,
agreeable to such form as is herein alter men
tioned, t* be published in one or ro ire of the
public newspapers within this It . v, tor at
lead four weeks.
V. And be it further enaatd by fri autdori,
aforefaid, That in every case of a neglect to
appear, and traverse agreeable to the Serif's
notice, the several periods charged in such in
diament, whether in full life dr deceased, shall
refpeaively be, and hereby are declared to be,
and shall be adjudged guilty of the offences
charged against them respectively. And the
several persons who shall in purfuan.ee of this
aft, either by reason of such default, in not
appearing and traversing as aforefaid, or upon
trial, be convicted of the offence aforefaid,
shall forfeit all and lingular the estate, both
real and personal, whether in possession, re
version or remainder, held or claimed by
them refpeftivcly, within this state, to the
, epicof fh^ rtefy ; crdiu^:m :^t TGI ac
t.,fl '.} be jfy&cgi^beiu, o ucc< urr4
1, fair, eganft thtlaid perlons rcioedivci,.
And inch icrfcitures as well of the eliatcs
which were at the time of their dea^n, refytc
tittly, of persons deceased, as of persons
in full life, at the time of conviction, Ihall be
deemed to have accrued; and the estates ac•
cmdir.gly attached to and veiled in the people
of this state, as and from the day charged in
each refpeCtive indidroent, inoft distant from
the day of the taking thereof.
Provided ' he-vetthehs, 1 hat where a trail
fl id' be had u„on anv such indictment, the
forfeiture shall in such case, be deemed to
have accrued from the day to be found by the .
verdiD of the jury, by which such persons,
Ihall be ref; c&ivcly convicted, mod didanc
from the day of the taking of the indictment;
a! y other a„y to be charged in theindiament
notwi hlfandin'g, And povided furt her. That
the several persons who ihall have been par
doned in purfuarce of a declaration of ordi
nance, of the convention of this date, puffed
the tenth day of May, in the year of cui Lord
one thousand seven hundred and feventy-fe
v^n, offering free pardon to such of the fob
j.lts of the Gid fate, as having committsri
treasonable acts agaroft the fame, should re
turn to their allegiance ; or in confiquer.ee of
any proclaioation or proclamations, hereto
fore ifihtd by th: commander in chief cf the
army cf the United States ,of America, may
ref; r&ivcly lead their pardons to inaictMents
taken in pursuance of this act, in like manner
as they might or could do to indictments for
high :reafon, taken in the ordinary course of
law. Ard provided farther, That each and
every person, who Ihall at any time before the
fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight
have taken the oath of allegiance to this state,
before the convention or councils of this tlate;
or before the committee < f the said conventi
on, appointed for enquiring into, detecting
and defeating all conspiracies, whjch may be
formed in this Rate, agiinll the liberties of
America ; or the corcmifliocers appointed for
the like purpose, ora county, diliri&, or pte
cin& committee ; ft.all and may plead such
taking the oath of allegiance, in bar to any
indiament, to be taken in pursuance of this
ad, for offences committed before the day on
which they refpedively tool: such oath, &c.
Poughkeepsie, November 22.
Our Intelligence by the southern Post, is
very irregular and interrupted, by the embez
zlement of our papers by the way, very sets
of the Philadelphia Papers, for several months
past ever coming to the hands of the Printer.
We hope, through the interposition of the
legislature, that this matter will Ihortly be put
under better Regulations.
BOSTO N, Nov. 22.
Last Tuesday nightin an affray, which hap
pened at a house at the north part of this
town between a number of sailors, one of them
was run thro' the body with a bayonet, of
which wound he expired focn after. —A jury
of inquest, after examining the body, returned
their verdict, 'willful murder 'deteral of the
party have been taken up and committed to
goal.
Last week arrived at Bedford,in Dartmouth,
a prize brig taken by the Mifflin, about three
months ago, bound to New-York, laden with
Port wire. She had been beating the seas
ever £nce Ilie was firft taken, and had but fix
pounds of bread on boaid when (he arrived.
Nov. 2§. A brig from St. Kitts for New-
York, with 120 hogsheads cf rum, is fen: in
to Egg Harbour, by Capt. Gardner, a priva
teer belonging to Philadelphia.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 15.
By AUTHORIT Y.
The „lloivixg is & faithful 7 rurfatton 0, the
Count D'EHaug's SL MMONS Jent 10
Mgr-tene, <u PreVOE, ityo^^a Surnntier
of the Town f Savannas 10 tae KING of
France.
COUNT D'Efaing summons his Excel
lency Gen. Prevoft, to surrender him
fci£ to the Aims of his Majefiy the King of
France: He admcrifr.es him, that he will be
perfonably answerable for every Event and
Misfortune attending a Defence, demonflrated
abfolutcly impohible and useless, from .the Su
periority ofthe Force which attacks him by land
and by Sea Healfo warns him, thathe will be
nominally and personally answerable hencefor
uard for the Burning previous to, or at rhe
H< ur es the- Attack, of any Ships or Vefids
o ft # , or Merchant bhips in the Savannah
River, ;# well at of Magazines in the Town.
Tie situation of the Mor p, £ dC'HospiTAL,
in G^nada, tie Strength ts the three Re
doubts which cefenped*ii, r th* Difproporiion
betwixt the Number of French iropps now
before Savannah, and the inconsiderable De
tachment which took Grenada by Assault
liquid be a Leifon for the future. Humanity
requires that Count D'Eftaing ffiould remind
VOL of it, after this he can have no Reproach
to make to himfclf. Lord McCartney had the
good Fortune to escape in Person on the firft
Onset of Troops, forcing a Town Sword in
Hand, but having Brut up his valuable Effe&s
in a Poll deemed impregnable by all his Offi
cers and Engineers; it was impossible fcr
Count DT^aing to be happy enough to pre
vent the Whole being pillaged.
Signed ESTAING.
Camp before Savannah, Sept. 16, >779°