The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1779-12-27 00:00:00, page 2

pFibdclp^il, De^era^er t.'
'On Sunday het departed this Life, h> ^
ad a w r-ri age, the Revd Francis Al fon,D D.
Vive H^cft cf the College of Philadelphia,
;f.tr a t<dio us L^T, which he bore with
re: ^eGgration.-The College of Philadel
phia has loft in him a most laborious and
banned InArm-lar ; the Church of ChriT, a
faithful Miniftcr, and Society in general avery
ufefa! and honest man.
Saturday thcGeneralAffembly of this Com
monwealth aujourned till the 19th day of Jan.
next, having passed the following A&s.
ill. An Ad for regulating Chimney-swee
pers within the City of Philadelphia, the di
strict of Southwark, and the fownihip of the
Nor hern Liberties.
2d. An Act for sailing the sum of 2 millions
five hundred thousand dollars monthly, during
8 months in the year 1780, for the Supply of
the Treasury of the United States, and the
Treasury of this State.
3d. An A& more effeßuilly to prevent
counterfeiting the Continental Loan Office
Certificates, the Continental Loan. Office Bills
of Exchange, at d the Paper Money of the U
nited States of America, brafy of them.
4th. An Aft for the effectual fuppreffian of .
publick auctions and vendues, and to prohibit
male persons, capable of bearing arms, from
being pedlars and hawkers.
sth. An Aft to confirm the estates and inte
rests of the College. Academy, and charitable
School of Philadelphia, and to amend and
alter the Charters thereof, conformable to the
Revolution and to the Constitution and Go
vernment of this Commonwealth, and for e
reding the fame into a University.
6th.An A&to repeal part ofanAfl, entitled,
" An Act for making more equal the burthen
of the public defence, and for filling up the
quota of troops to be raised in this State;" and,
to continue for a longer time the A& entitled
An Aft to empower the Supreme Executive
Council and Judices of the Supreme Court to
apprehend fafpeded perfon°, and to increase
the fines to which persons are liable for neg
lecting to perform their tour of militia duty.
7th. A Supplement to an Ad for the relief
ofthe poor.
Sth. An Aft for vetting the estates of the
Proprietaries of Penhfylvania in the Common
wealth.
9th. An Aa for the better support of cer
tain officers of this State ; and for ascertaining
the fpedfic fines and penalties which they may
incur by neglect of duty.,
Philadelphia, December 7.
In Cengrefs, November 19, 1779.
Wbereas the fluctuating Bate of prices not|
on'y canfes inequality and injustice in private
dealings, and in fuurnilhing the public sup
plies from the several slates, but renders it
impracticable to make the proper estimates for
future exp trees, and to fix equitable salaries
for thole employed in the service of the United
States; aid whereas the estimates, according
to wb° r h the requisitions for the taxes of the
fuccreding) r^.r have Seen made, by the refo
?ution of Qd 6th of Cdober last, have been
f c>a J r principle that *' ^ price ofcom
modities necefary for the public use would not
exceed twenty fold of the former prices, and
should they rife above that rate the taxes must
be uccoiding'y increased, but foould they fall
Uow it, tne lurplusof the fam raised may be
applied to the finking fund; therefore,
Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended
to the several Gates, forthwith to enaft laws
for eftabl filing and carrying into execution a
general limitation cf prices throughout their
refpetlive jurifdi&ions, on the following prin
ciples, and to commence in their operation
from the firft day of February next.
Articlesof domestic produce, farming and
common labour, the wages of tradesmen and
mechanics, water and land carriage, hot to
exceed twenty fold cf the prices current thro'
the various seasons of the year 1774
Articles imported from foreign parts to be
in due proportion with labour and the articles
as above dated, making a proper allowance for
freight, infinance and other charges—Salt and
military Gores, whether of home manufacture
or imported from abroad, to be excepted from
limitation of price.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the
several Rates to enatt flrifl laws againtt en
groftng and withholding, and to take the ne
cessary measures for having the fame carried
into full execution.
Resolved, That the proceedings of the com
miffionerr from the Eastern States to New-
York inclusive, ar their meeting in Hartford
in Connecticut, on the twentieth of October
last, difeover a generous attention to the pub
lic good, and are well calculated to promote
the fame. It is nevertheless expelled, that no
time will be loft in giving effect to these reso
lutions as the fame general purpose may there
by be attained and at an earlier period.
Resolved, That all officers and agents em
ployed in making purchases for the United
States, be directed to conform ftridly to all
regulations that are or may be ellablifhed in
the several states.
That accounts be kept and returns made by
all persons employed to make purchases in be
half of the r fired States, or to hire veff^ls,
carriages or men, for the lerv ce of the fame,
of the prices by them refpe&ively given in
such states, as shall not before the firft day of
February, 1780, pass laws for the limitation
cf prices agreeable to the recommendation
contained in the foregoing refolations, to the
intent that such state as shall have neglected to
pass laws for the purposes aforefaid, ,may re
fyedively be charged in the public with the
aggregate amount of the difference of prices
From the New-Jerf,
Mr. Kollock,
IN reading your lute payers, 1 baa >een ~„
pleased ivitb the performances of your corref
pendent Eumenes. 1 like his plan, and ^ijh it
might be put in execution. It breathes forth
frongly the breath of liberty andjufice to the op
prejfr. as avell as vubolefome council and a '^ice to
America in general. What can be more nable
than for Congress to give to every one the h-& va
lue of bis Money, instead of^ivtn^ value for Cy
phers ? By this method the truly belplefs widow
and orphan, and other innocent fufferers, will be
redrefed —our public expences lessened and brought
within cur power and many evils and difficul
ties prevented, which would otherwifo come upon
us. This plan appears to me preferable to taxing
in the ujual manner, because it would immediately
relieve us of an enormous nominal debt, and re
move in great measure from us the depreciation of
our currency; the bane, as well as the curse of
our country ; under which it greatly labours, and
groanetb at prefat.
I am aware that many will find fault foould
this plan take place, and fay, our money is our own,
and who has a right to take it from us? But re
member, my friend, that you have rijked your life
and fortune, in the defence of you, country, and
obligedyourfelf by fgningtbe association agreement,
and you will abide by the Congress, and cur rulers
in general, in compliance with those measures which
they in their wisdom Jhall think proper to adopt.
I know that it will be very dfagreeable to some
monied men to. lose fifteen or twenty parts of their
money ; but let juch confder tbat if they have the
true value cf the whole, in the remainder no in
jufice is done them, and their country much advan
taged by Jucb an exchange. Ibe commonwealth
ought to be the main object of ever, member of the
community ; and ever, one j'hould be willing toya
ci ifice jome of bis private property for the advan
tage and good of the public ; which I trufi every
true friend to bis country will c bearfully no, in or
der to extricate her from the tyranny of Britain,
andfrom the oppreffon and cruelty of all those who
are taking advantage of the times, and of the de
preciation of our currency.
A Friend to Liberty.
Mr. Kollock,'
By giving the following a place in your pa
per, you will much oblige, your humble
fevant,
Araor.
Mr. Ewmenes,
paid from and after thluftyday of Feb^uAry,
1780, in such hires, aqi ;fyfe in which iuca
laws may have been ermttek
Extrad frohxfhe minutes,
CHARLES tHOMSON, Sec'ry.
tn Congress, November 2§, 1779.
Resolved, That the various departments of,
the civil Raff belonging to the army, be for
the future under the fu perin tendency and di
rection of the Board of War; and that the
Committees of Congress on those departments
deliver over 'to the Board of War, all papers
in their hands reflecting them, and thereupon
be difeharged.
Extras from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
In Congress, November 30, 1779.
Resolved, That the Board cf War be di
. reeled to procure from the Quarter-Mailer
General, the Qommiffarics General, the
Forage Mafler and the Barrack Master Gene
ral, a return of all the Allillants, Deputies,
Officers; Agents, and other persons employed
in their ref| 'Give departments, the diftritls
in which they are so employed, and the
terms upon which they a:e engaged: And
that such return be made by the firft day of
January next.
Extras from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
CHATHAM, Dec. 24.
The legislature of Pennfrivania have passed
an aft for railing the sum of two millions live
hundred thousand dollars, monthly, during
eight months in 1780, for the supply of the
treasury of the United States, and the trea
sury of that State.
The 6th ink. departed this life at Wood
bridge, in the 35th year of his age, Mr. SA
MUEL FRANKLIN PARKER, Printer, af
ter a long and painful diOrder, which he bore
with the greatest patience.
TRENTO N, Dec. 8.
Monday last passed through this town on
his way to Congress, Samuel Witham Stock
ton, Esq; Counsellor at law, having lately
arrivedat Boston from Holland. This gentle
man is a native of this Slate, and we are hap
py to hear from several quarters that be has
uniformly distinguished himfelf in different
parts of Europe as a firm and zealous friend
to the liberties of his country, we therefore
presume his own date will claim the advantages
of his future fervices. & —He left America in the
beginning of 1775; and, after the appoint
ment by Congress of a Minister at the Courts
of Vienna and Berlin, he was called to the
$e '^de nJuafthe ^ e hearalfo
thathe nas ^ r:' °< "al
land, where Kesha's m^fiQAT'j
rest and advancement of the American caule ;
and that he brings important dispatches from
that country for Congress : We therefore hope
it will be but a Short time before our Indepen
dencc,f^e recognized by the United States
of %e of ' ''-h "ill enable them to a ffiare
of our future extepfive commerce.
T"''P' an pointed out b, you, in the
- £ course of your letters on our paper cur
rency, appears rational and wife in general ;
yet it appears to me there is an essential error
in your plan of emitting new money, tb be ex
kno° n > the^/^ amount of ourbfs, in killed
.nd woundeu, ' fr beyond one hunted and
iventy : And this was ° n Attack which
w'll immortahze the confederate arms, and
endear them to each other. They fought
like a band of brothers, and when they re
treated, it was in triumph. A French fqul
d[on is dill on our coast, watching and inti
midating the enemy, and affording its kind
protection to our commerce.—And when it
fails, thank God, it will be to humble a vain
glorious, cruel, and all-ignorant nation.
While I am [peaking to you, I would sug
gest to the fraternity of Printers, themeceffity
there is for a closer application to their art :—
They are every day exhibiting matter of re
buke to their friends, and merriment tcr-our
enemies. I could no^ help being itruck on
reading a late attempt in the Pro^i^nce Ga
zette, to enhance the merit of oi : of our wor
thy Generals. The Printer in the case before
ua, has turned his compliment as awkardly,
as to reverse he very intention. The begin
ning is at vatia^cc with the middle, and the
From Loudon's New-York
.Racket, of Dec. 2.
mistake of killing to, many in
paper—his informer was mifinfe
Fond as the Printer is of telling trutu, he
is glad of an opportunity of acknowledging
his error in this particular.]
To Mr. LOUDOX.
SI R,
I FIND that Printers, as well as generals,
are liable to mistakes. With all your in
vinfible affiflance from Z. and your Printer's
Devil, you have been faulty like other mor
tals. You tell us in your paper of the 18th,
ult. that we had 500 killed ifithe assault at
Savannah, and that the Count failed for the
Weft-Indies. Now, Mr. Loudon, I believe
you to be a very good kind cfa man, and am
far from thinking that any body Should fufpea
you of Toryifm, tecaufe you have been molt
egregiously deceived in this publication. I
neither blame you nor the person who may
have handed you the account, as the'williug
authors of misinformation. We know how
Tories will increafi; and change their appear
ance in travelling through fueb a trad of coun
try, as between this and Charleftown. I ex
culpate, therefore, both of you, of any evil
delign ; and I dare fay, both will make full
amends to the public by being more cautious
m future.---When the truth comes to be
That this purpose may the better be effected;
let five million of Silver dollars be Stipulated
for by Congress, to be delivered to them on
loan, at least one month before the time fixed
upon for the redemption of those bills. Then
let ten million dollars be called in by rates,
the last of which to be paid into the conti
nental treasury at least one month before the
time expressed on the bills for their redempti
on ; so that all accounts might be well fettled,
so as to have the money ready to be paid to
the possessors of the bills not called in by rate,
er y $' ^','comp s '"'• Then let
,ong > s affuify MP^ foallbe thus re
deemed, and v —; - eceive it equal with
Silver and gold.
tßarged for the old. Thou, you pretend to
.answer an objection, that cue new money would
depreciate as the eld has d 4 ne; yetJ do act
imagine you have fudiciently answered the ob
jection ; for you Sty in your fourth letter,
" The fifteen million paper dollars proposed
" would not be a debt up, the country, but
" might pass for ever with only the expence
" of Striking new bills to exchange the old,
" when they become ragged;" Upon this
plan how could the depreciation be hindered ?
But, upon a little reflexion, 1 acknowledge
it would not depreciate, because it would not
at firrt have any price ; therefore, it could not
lose a value which it never had.
But the plan I would propofc is this: Let
fifteen million dollars of paper money be
emitted, and the old redeemed with it, by
giving thirty for one, as you have proposed.
But in order to establish and keep the credit
of it equal with Silver and gold, let a time
be fixed by Congress, parhaps three years
would be the best, and then let the time be ex
pressed on the face of the bills, when it Shall
be redeemed with filvtr or gold, paid to the
possessors of the bills at the time expressed on
the face of the bills for the redemption of
them.
In order to know whether your plan ofemit
ting money will answer fcra community to
adopt ; let us fee how it will answer for indi
viduals to a& upon. Suppose you Should
write an obligation after this manner, " N. B.
" 1 never design to pay you the money ; but
“ I engage to give you a new obligation of the
“ fame tenor with this, as soon as it is worn
" out, or grown ragged, and do thus as often
''as the old ones becomes ragged."
Doycu think I would take such an obliga
tion and give you the produce of my farm for
it? As well might you imagine 1 would, as
that the inhabitants of theie States would take
paper money upon your proposed plan of emi
tion, and give the product of their farms for
it ? when at the fame time they were assured
that they Should never receive any real value
for it.
M'KIE and CUMMING,
No. 46, Maiden-Lane,
HAVE FOR SALE,
Superfine frefh PHILADELPHIA
FLOUR in Barrels,
Beef in Tierces, and Pork in Half Barrels,
Port Wine in Pipes, Hogibe ds and Quarter Cafk6,
Claret, Madeira, and Port v/ine in Bottles,
London Porter, and Liverpool Ale in Bottles,
HyfoD, Sufhong, and Bohea Tea,
Coffee, Rice in Tierces, Starch, Olives in Jars,
Mould Candles, Jamaica Spirits, Geneva, &c.
Likewise, Blankets of all Sizes, Flannels,
Knapped Cottons, Half -thicks. Dowfields, &c.
Wanted, an active Man Servant, that has beeh
^-r'ltomed to Work, and can bring an unexcepti
sU Chara&er.
& —— -... __
ANY person or persons hav = any .
A demands against the eftate^f s/eph'en
Kebble, deceased, are deFred . E . PH E . N
'belifX"": im :%, that the fi,:"mi;
^^ ; and a " th a °C e wh ° are indebted
to said ettate, are requeued to ma ke immedi
ate payment to immeqi
JAMES DOLE, Executor,
No. 328, Deck-street.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
Jamaica spirits, Weft-India rum, Madeira,
Tenenffe, and red port wine, mess beef and
pork by the barrel, fuperfine flour, belt May
butter, Yorkshire hams, and Russia tongues,
and many other articles io the grocery way.
GEORGE TRAIL E,
MAKES and fells as qfual, SCOIS ^NUFF,
warranted ^6cd, RAPPEE of all kinds and
flavours, LUNDY's IRISH SNUFF, to fair every
gentleman; PIGTAIL, CARLO T, and CUT
TOBACCO: Any gentleman used to a particular
kind of the above fnuff, by leaving a (ample at Mr. 1
Samuel Jefferis, No. 32, Bukinan-dreel, or at
M. James Cuthbert's, 4 No. 14, V n^erwater-
Itrte, may have it imitated to pesfeaion; and all
orders left at the abovementioned places, will be
immediately attended to.
N. B. Laid Trade has a machine for drawing
lead to any degree of thinness, for any gentleman
who want: canpiftert,- on the fherteft notice. He
has also ere&ed a mill for puiverifing every thing,
or any thing, and begs the favour of gentlemen of
the General Hospital, and of all his friends and ac
quaintance in d^ medical way, anu Merchants iu
general, who have bask, j a |op, hypocacuana, or
ginger to ;d<md, would apply while the mecninc
clean, before it is used for Inuff.
_____ Q
TWO GUINEAS Rewai
IO ST, last Wednesday evening, be^
,^ PJay-Houfe and Hanoveg-Squaie, a
LOCKE -p round with garnets, in
form, with tie let"" '°' in ''"k ' M "
owner of j^^ b Q ^fo , peri
" toWTiam Lewi''^,^
Wall-ltreer, ~.0 ^fowite Active the a
ward. ™qm^
—=_
f'UT away by the ice, in the Edl-b
ThuriJay morning lad, a LONG BC
feet 6 inches long, with 6 oars in her, pairt
and yellow ; allo, a four oar'd deal built)
17 feet long, painted black ard yellow
bottom). Whoever will lecure either
so as to be had afyain, fliall be handfom
by applying to W. Lewis Grant,l
Capt. John Hyde, on board the,H
Walters
twiddle with both ends. To Shew the rigid
(economy of the officer, (whom he d Scribes
as profanely celebrating the glorious event of
Saratoga on the Lord's-day) he makes historic
[any drink loyal toads in humite '/odd', ; and
immediately after, before one has time to ad
mire so patriotic ah exertion, as that of drinks
ir g of toddy, aligns for a reason, that no wine
could be procured at the pubiick exjence, where
withal the General might have treated h's
gueffs ; for that the 80 pipes taken by the
Continental frigates, had been preyiouily or
dered to the westward: ---Thus would it fee:n
by this Printer's account, that drinking of
wine, which cells a man nothing, is a repub
lican virtue; and that drinking of toddy, in
the fame predicament, is also a parellel repub
lican virtue. There is no faying how far the
complement would have gone, had the cele
bration been with whiskey. 1 would advise
such Printers to avoid undertakings of this
nature as much as possible, and to place little
or no dependence on their talents for Panegy
ric. Should they have occasion fi r any thing
Smart in this way, sooner than trust to them
selves, let them cultivate a friendship with
some honest man of plain sense ; or, in case
there is none in their neighbourhood, with the
parson of the parilh, or Should he live at too
great a dipance, with the almanack-maker,
who is generally within call, and fully com
petent to such matters; and to prevail upon
one or other of these gentlemen, to revise and
correct their compliments, and the mere Spe
cially when designed for personages in high
Rations, that so they may appear to theworld,
with some kind of consistency, and if written
by sober heads. I would alio recommend this
rule to the serious consideration of addreffere,
&c. &c.
I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
JONATHAN H ILDCRAB.
^^^''Qo^^ooo gcOTo^ggmcc„Mno
TO BE SOLD,
AVery convenient Dwelling-House, the upper
end of Broad street, wherein Mr. M'Dowel,
flioe-maker, now lives, and next door to Mr. Tho
mas and James Barrow's ; Likewise, a Chocolate-
Mill, with every thing thereunto belonging for
making chocolate. For particulars, enquire of
John Crawley, at Brooklyn, or of Mr. John Clark,
near the Old Slip, New-York.