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M^ men muh be ju^. An tmjuA balance is ^n
Domination to the Lord." Oar real internal Arength
) defend eurfelves against British oppression never
,as so great as at present. Our vices are our only
re^nefs. There is a natural conne&ien between
iftice, union, strength, prosperity, in a body poli
te : and between injustice, difanion, weakness, dif
blution. " Whatsoever a man feweth that also
hall he reap." The grand Brhifh empire lies in ru
in before cur eys. If the daughter imitates the vices
of her mother, the may expert the fame fa'e.
P H I A.
In CONGRES S. January 2, 1779.
WH § RE A S the United States, unprovided
with revenues, and not heretofore in a con
dition to raise them, have, in the coutfe of the pre
lent war, repeatedly been under the necessity of cm
itting bills cf credit, for the redemption of which
the faith of these United States has been solemnly
pledged ; and the credit of wbich their honor and
safety as well as Ellice is highly concerned to sup
port and establish And whereas tc that end it .is
ttfentially neceflary to afeertain the periods of their
redemption; and seasonably to establish funds, which,
in due time, without diftreffiag the people shall
snake.adequate provision for the fame# And where
as, in apportioning the payments for the said funds,
it is expedient that an exra hum be called for the cur
rent year, both on account of the present case of
paying it and to reduce the surplus in circulation.
Therefore
Resolved, That these United States be called on
to pay in their rtfpe&ive quotas of fifteen millions
of dollars in the year 1 77Q,andof fix millions of dollars
annually for 18 years (remand after the year <779*
as a fund for finking the em ffions and loans of these
United States to the 31st day of December, 1778,
inclusive.
That if the Continuance and circumOances of the
War shill make any further emissions necessary, the
year ensuing, they shall be funk in the manner and
W thin the period aforesaid.
That any of the bills emited by order of Congress,
prior to the year 1780, and no others, be rec. ved
in payment of the said quo as.
That the bills received on the said quotas, except
those for the year 1779, be applied firft for payment
of the interest and secondly for the principal of loans
made by these United States, prior to the year 1780,
and that the residue together with those received on
the quotas of the year 1779, be not re issued, but
burned and deftrofed as Congress shall direct.
And whereas many counterfeits have appeared in
circulation, of various denominations of the emif
hons of May 20, 17,7, and April Ir, 1778, and
counterfeits of these emmiffions have lately been iffa
id by our enemies at New-York, and are found to
be spreading and increasing faft in various parts cf
these United States ; whereby individuals a r e de
frauded, prices enhanced, and the ciedit cf the pa
per currency greatly injured ; and it is become ne
teffary for the security of individuals and fafety of
the public that these two emissions should cease to
be ^circulating medium and should be called in,
and exchanged or otherwise providedfor as soon as
may be with convenience to the pTefent holders.---
Therefore.
Resolved. That the following bills be taken out
of circulation namely, the whole erniffions cf May
20 17,7, and April 11, 1778,
That they be brought in for that purpose in the
manner hereafter provided by the firft day of June
next, and not afterwards redeemable.
That they be received for debts and taxes into the
Continental Treasury, and into the States Tteafuries
for Continental taxes, until the firft day of June next.
That they be received until the firft day of June
next, into the Continental Loan Offices, either on
loan or to be exchanged at the ele&ion of the own
ers, for other bills of the like tenor, to be provided
for that purpose.
That the bills lodged in the said office: to be so ex
changed, be there regiflerd, and indented certificates
thereof given to the owners by the refpe&ive Com
mifiioners of the said officer.
That the Commissioners of the Loan offices make
returns to the treasury board, immediately after the
firft day of June next, cf the amount of the bills re
ceived into their refpeaive offices to be exchanged
as aforefaid, and that proper bills to exchange the
fame be furnished and ready to be delivered out at
their said office,, within 60 days from and after the
said firft day ofjune,
That the firft mentioned bills, as they are brought
in to the Treasuries and Loan Offices, be imm diate
ly crossed and flruck through with a circular pinch
cf one inch diameter, to be afterwards examined and
burned, as Congress shall dire&.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON. Secretary.
ANE W SLEIGH, with Harness complete, to be fold by Stephen Austin, in Hartford;
POUGHKEEPSIE, January if#
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated Decenl
berii,,,,B.
'' Yeflerda)t we received intelligence of the ene
my's second division of troops from New-York,hav
ing landed in the State of Georgia; this I fear is too
true, as it comes from the Honorable Henry Laurens,
Esq; late President cf Congress. It is reported they
proceed as usual, burning and destroying, and en
couraging slaves to desert their maflers.
BOSTO N, January 14.
Extras of a letter from Capt. W. Newman, Com
mander of the Brig Vengeance, dated Cauanna,
[Spain] October 4th, 1778.
"f\N the 16th of August lift I failed from Cape-
Anne, in the Brig Vengeance of twenty
guns, with an intention of falling; in with a Weft-
India Fleet, which failed much about the fame time
for England ; and accordingly or the second of Sep
tember in Lat. 41.13 Long. 44 Weft fell ih with
the above mentioned Fleet,-but was,chafed out of it
hy two Frigates for about the Ipace of four hours,
which could not come up with us : Four days aftef
fell in again with the farce Fleet at the fame time
saw a ship standing to the Westward ; I gave chace
to her and loft fight cf the Fleet; but night coming
cn, could not keep fight of her. and cn +ht 17th cf
September, in Lat. 49 N.and Long. 26 Weft fell
in with he Ship Harriot Packet, es fixnen guns and
forty five men, Capt. Sarapfon Spra.ic from Fal
mouth, bound to New*York, which,afer a small re
finance, struck. I man'd her and ordered her for
Newbury-Port.---And on the 21st. of the fame
month, fell in with the Snow Ea, le Packet, from
New York bound to Falmouth, Commanded by
Edward Spence, mounting fourteen carriage guns
and sixteen men, including feme officers of the Bri
tish army, which, after an engagement of about
twenty minutes, was obliged to strike to us, which I
likewise ordered to Newbury Port# Col. Howard of
the i 11. Regiment of Guards was killed, and several
other officers - and a number wounded-.-Lucky for
me not one man killed or wounded except myfelf, by
a musket ball in my thigh, which did not touch the
bone, andam already so well that I can walk very
well with a cane# Among the passengers, was four
Colonels, three Majors, one Cornet of dragoons :
Having more prisoners on board than my own num
ber confined of, my vessel excessive crank and not
much provisions on board, I determined to go to
Bilboa in order to get rid of my prisoners and refit my
vessel ; but on making Cape Oregat, the wind came
to the Eiftward and blew very hard, which obliged
me to put into thisport, where ! have delivered my
prisoners to the British Com^.Jaty residing here,
taking his receipt for the fame,obligating him co re
turn a like number of American prisoners of equal
rank."
Tuesday arrived at Cape-Ann, a prize Ihip from
Jamaica, bound to London having on board be
tween g and 400 hogsheads of sugar a number pun
cheons rum, &c. She was taken by the Bennington
privateer, belonging to Newbury - Port.
HARTFORD, January 19.
By private advices we learn, that Count D'Eftaing
joined by twelve more ships of the line, is in Mar.
tico : That a British fleet of 18 fail of the line, is
likewise in the Wet Indies.
*4.* PLAIN TRUTH, in answer to Common
Sense, will appear in our next.
|VST comefo HAND and to BE SOLD,
By NATHANIEL PATTEN,
Book . Binder and Stationer, a little north of the
State.Houfe Hartford,
LARGE BIBLES, Testaments, Dilworth's
Spelling Books, Palters, Primers, Watts's
Pfaims and Hymns bound in one volume, or Psalms
separate, Tate and Brady's do# Watts's Lyric Poems,
Watts's Divine Songs, Latin Accidence's, No
manclaturas, The Family Physician or Tiffot on
health, Stickney's Singing Books, Halt's Mercan
tile Diaionary Fd # Willifon's Works Fol. Hervey's
Meditations, Youngs Night Thoughts, Paradise Loft;
the History of the Martyr's epitomifed Or a Cloud
of Witnesses in two vol. the History of the Nether
lands; the Hiflory of Tom Jones, Long Sword or
the Earl of Salisbury, Frier Bacon, Dr. John Fauflur.
And a Variety of other Plays Hiflories and small
Books for Children ; Pocket Books, Record Beoks,
Account-Books, Paper, Wafers Crown Soap, Shoe
and Knee Buckles, Needles and Good Rock Salt.
P. S. A handsome allowance, to those who buy
to fell again.
TES O u "
A Pair of Excellent DAPPLE GREY
HORSES, about fifteen hands high, fix
years old and well broke to a Carriage. Enquire
of the Printers.
Hartferd, Jan. 19, 1779°
O fait, to be fold, by thee fk or fnaller quantity,
by Burt and Shephard, at the bridge foot.
Hartford, Jan. 19, '779
N~E W -HARTFORD-BRIDGB
lotter y.
SCHEM E.
5000 Tickets at 5 Dollars each is zycbo Dollars.
Deduct for the building the Bridge 3333 & 1-3- do.
To be drawn in Prizes as below 21666 & 2 3d£ do.
1 Prize cf - 1000 Dollars - - 1000 Dollars
I Do. - 500 Do. - - 5° 0 D°'
3 Do. - 200 Do. - - 600 Do#
6 Do. ' - 100 Do. -- 600 Do.
20 Do. - 50 Do - - 1000 Do.
46 Do. - 30 Do. - - 1380 Do.
100 Do. - 20 Do. - - 2000 Do.
1456 Do. - 10 Do. - - 14560 Do.
First Drawn - - - 26 & 2-gds. Dd;
1633 Prizes 11666^2 gds.Dol.
But a little more than two Blanks to a Prize: And
as the foregoing Lottery is set up in Pursuance of a
Grant made by the honorable Assembly of this State,
in order to build a new and very necessary Bridge
for the Use of thePublic, across New Hartford Ri
ver, on the great Road leading from Hartford to
Albany. The Managers of said Lottery appointed
by the Town of New Hartford, and twain to a
faithful Discharge of their Trust, believe for thera
felves, that the above Scheme, though hot formed
to make any Adventurer rich ; yet, on the whole la
formed for the best Advantage of the Adventurers.
The Managers flatter themselves, that although the
honorable Assembly have allowed twelve Months to
compleat the Drawing said Lottery from the R sing
of the Assembly last O&ober that the speedy Sale of
the Tickets will enable them to compleat the Draw,
ing within five Months from the Riring cf that As
sembly, and do propose to begin the Drawing on the
firft Day of April, or sooner if the Sale of the
Tickets will permit. We would invite a fufficient
Number of Adventurers to try their Fortune in said
Lottery : The fortunate Adventurers will be punctu
ally paid ; and the unfortunate will have the Oonfola*
tion to think that their Money was spent to promote a
very necessary Service to the Public.
The Place of Drawing will be notified in the Con
necticut Courant, and the fortunate Numbers will
be advertised in the Hartford and New Haven Pa
pers,
matthew gillet, )
JOSEPH MERRELLS, id.)
AARON AUSTIN, IManage^
JAMES STEEL.}
BILDAD MERRELL.)
N. B. Tee Lottery will be drawn in the fame
Manner as the United States Lottery, viz. The
Numbers in one Wheel, and the Prizes only in the
other.
TICKETS to be had of the Managers in
New-Hartford and of the Printers.
State of Vermont, Rutland, Dec. 29. f 778.
WHEREAS, we the Sufcribers, are ap
pointed Comraiffioriers, by the honourable
Court of Confiscation, to receive and examine the
claims against the estates of Benjamin Spencer, Simp
son Jenny, Oliver Colvioj Thomas Brayton, Daniel
Walker, Elijah Ofburn, Thomas Green, Daniel
Maifh, Philip Nichols and Jeremiah Parker, cf
Clarindon ; John McNeal, John Trish and William
Trish, of Tenmouth ; Robert Perry, David Sherey
and Joshua Boftwick, of Rutland ; Roger Stevens,
of Pitsford; and Isaac Ives, of Wallingford. Who,
by their treasonable conduct, have forfeited their
estates to this State. These are to give notice to all
persons who have any just demands against the
estates of the afo-efaid persons, to exhibit their ac+
counts to Us the fu bferibers, on the third Tuesday
of February next, at the house where the said Ben
jamin Spencer, lately lived in Cl&iudcn, o, ^ &
forth Tuesday of said February, at the house cf
Capt. John Shafford, in Tinmouth ; cr on the firft
Tuesday of March next, at the house of Capt. Jona
than Faffett, in Pittsford ; or on the second Tues
day of March next, at the house of Mr. Wm. Poss,
in Rutland ; where we shall attend on said business
at nine o'clock on eath of said days.
BENJ. WHIPPLE),
THO's SAWYER, f Commissioners.
JUST come to HAND, AND TO BE SOLD,
By ISAAC BISSE L,
of Suffield,
A Quantity of PHILADELPHIA BIJCK
SKIN BREECHES; a few Hundreds cf
INDIGO; and a small quantity of BOHEA
TEA if applied for soon.