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And whereas many counterfeits have appeared in
circulation, of various denominations, of the emiffi
cr^of May io, 177% and April 11, 1778, and
ccunterf&s of these emissions have lately been issued
by our enemies at New-York, and are found to he
foreading and increasing faft in various parts of these
United States ; whereby individuals are defrauded,
prices enhanced and the credit of the paper currency
greatly injured ; and it is ^come necessary for the
Security of individuals and fafety of the public, that
those two emissions should cease to be a circulating
medium, and should be called in, and exchanged, or
' otherwise provided for as soon as may be with con
venience to the present holders, Therefore
Resolved, That the following bills be taken out
of circulation, namely, the whole emissions of May
20 1777, 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 State Treafufies
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 election of the own
ers, for other bills of the like tenor, to be provided
for that purpose;
That the bilfa lodged in the said Offices to be ex
changed, be there registered, and indented certifi
cates thereof given to the owners by the refpeflive
Commissioners of the said offices.
That the Commissioners of the Loan-Offices make
returns to the Treasury Board, immediately after the
firft day of June next, of the amount of the bills r>
ceived into their refpedive offices to be exchanged
as aforefaid, arid that proper bills to exchange the
fame be furnifhed arid ready to be delivered out at
their said offices, within 60 days from and after the
' r ",.y °' June.
T,at the firft mentioned bills, as they are brought
into the Treasuries and Loan- Offices, be immediate
ly crossed and struck through with a circular punch
of one inch diameter, to be afterwards examined and
burned, as Congress shall dire&.
Extra& from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary,
In CONGRESS, January §, 1779.
RESOLVED, That the several States raise by
taxes refpe&ively as follows, for their quotas
of tiie fifteen millions of Dollars for the year 1 779.
NeWtHampfliire - - 500,000
Massachusetts-Bay - 2,000 000
Rhdde-Ifland and Providence Plantations 300 000
Conneaicut - - 1,700,000
New-York - - 800,000
New Jersey - - 800, ego
Peonfylvania ~ * 1,900,000
Delaware - - 150,000
Maryland - - 1,560,000
Virginia -- 2,400,000
North-Caroling - - 1,090,000
South-Carolina - - 1,800 000
Georgia being invaded, is here-) - -
after to raise her pro- > 15,000,000
portion. J
That the said several sums, or any greater funis
which shall be paid by any of the States into the Con
tinental Treasury, shall be placed to their refpe&ive
credits on interest, on the fame terms as are set forth
in the, Resolution of Congress palled November
22d, 1777. Extra& from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON Secretary.
In CONGRESS, January 14, 17)9.
RESOLVED, That the Bills to be emitted for
exchanging others, agreeable to the Resolutions
of Congress the 2d instant, or for supporting the war,
the ensuing year, bk of the following denominations,
viz. 65. 60. 55. 50. 45. 4 0 -35-3°- 20 - 8 7°fr 4<
j, and 2. Dollars ; and One Dollar.
That the Form of the Bills be as follows,
«< N , Dollars. The bearer is entitled to
'3 receive Spanish Mlied Dollars, or an
" equal sum in Gold or Silver, according toa Refo
<' lution of Congress of the 14th of January, 1779."
That each of the said Bills be numbered and sign
ed by two persons.
That the faith of the United States be pledged for
the Redemption of such Bills, on or before the firft
Day of January 1 797 agreeable to the Resolutions of
Congress aforefaid.
That for preventing the counterfeiting of the said
Bills, new stamps with additional checks, be provid
ed, and a fufficient number of proof fleets struck,
and sent with the Signatures of each Signer, to the
Assemblies of the refpe&ive S ate; to be lodged by
them under proper Regulations in Public Offices in
their several Counties, Towns and Diftri&s. for the
benefit of the inhabitants of the United States,
Extrad from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
•, The Printers in this State are desired to inftrt
the above refohtiont in thtir receive papers.
S MY R N A, JULY z 3.
THIS city has been in a most alarming rituation,
ever fincethe 25th of last month, by the many
Shocks of earthquakes which have been felt; and on the
third of this month, we had so violenta fhoc^ that
the consternation became universal ; many houses were
destroyed, together with four Mosques and three pub
lic baths, and many people buried in the ruins; forty
men were buried by the fall of one Mofquc, some of
whom were dug out alive twenty four hours after;
between seven and ten in the morning, we had two
more violent shocks. which were followed by twen
ty-four others, between that time and midnight the
next day (the fourth) the earth shook five or fix times,
but less violent than the day before; each fliock was
proceeded by a fobterraneous noise, like the report of
a cannon. The fifth was a more terrible day than
the preceding ones, as we thought the whole city
Would be destroyed, and every body in it ; the earth
quakes began on the morning, at half past one, and
the earth was not still one moment till eight o'clock;
during that space of time there were nine violent
Shocks, which threw down walls and houses, and
caused a fire, which lifted twenty-eight hours, and
as there mere thirteen other shocks before midnight,
no fuccour could be given towards putting a flop to
the progress of the flames; every one endeavoured to
make his escape; many of those who staid to take a
way their effete, were crushed in the ruins of the
houses; every building was consumed as far as St.
Veneranpo, when, 'there beingnothing more to burn,
the fire flopped in the mountains; more than half the
city, and all the richest quarter of it is burnt down;•
the houses of the French English, Neapolitan Ve
netian, and Ragufan Consuls, were confamed among
the rest , and what was most terrible; three Dervres,
or places built on purpose to secure things from fire,
were burnt down, which was never known to have
happened before,and they were full of valuable effe&s,
and many magazines were consumed. Notwithstan
ding these calamities, there were people who had vil
lany both to be incendiaries and thieves. Thedefo
lation is beyond conception, and the damage so great,
that it is much doubted whether this city will ever
recover it. It is a most Shocking fight to fee the neig
bouring mountains, covered with peoplecf all nati
ons wanting the necessaries of life and their situation
i 3 the more deplorable, as our magazines of wheat,
rye, barley coffee, &c, are burnt. In a word, there
is so great scarcity that we are in dread of a famine.
Constantinople, August 3. The plague con
tinues to render a residence in this capital very disa
greeable which has induced most of the Merchants
to go into the country, so tha ttrade is entirely at a
stand here. This disorder rages in as violent aman
ner as it did in tha year 1751, and is computed to
have carried off upwards of Bo,oco people in this
capital,
Toulon, August 30. By advices from Marseil
les we learn, that the English have taken five Ameri
can ships, and carried them into Gibraltar. This
news, whether true or falfe, occasions a great conster
nation there. .
Malaga, August 18. On the 12th inst. the
firft division of tie Spanish xebecs, under the com
mand ofßrigadier Barcelo, entered this harbour, hav
ing under convoy seven ships, four French one Nea
politan, and two Portuguese, laden with bombs and
other warlike floras for the service of the Spanish fleet
at Cadiz.
Aleppo, May 5. This morning, ten minutes af
ter five o'clock, was a shock of an earthquake ; Reau
mer's thermometer, in the open air, being ten degrees
above the freezing point; the preceeding evening it
had been at twenty eight degrees.
Paris, Sept. 3 The drought and heat have been
so excessive here, that, unless they abate soon, there is
reason to fear that the vines and other fruits, which af
forded a promiffing appearance, will not come to ma
turity. A great many springs are dried up, and the
Seine has been as lew as in the year 1719.
Hague, Sept. 22. Letters from authority, re
ceived last post fiom Breflaw, mention, that a Corps of
16 000 Ruffians were on their march to join Gen.
Werner near Troppan, where some Cossacks had al
ready arrived, which had obliged the Austrians to
retire towards Olmutz.
The last advices which we have received fiom Sax
ony mention, that the court of Solma, with 14,000
hussars, had joined Prince Henry of Prussia; that with
this reinforcement that Prince had set out from Nimes
to go to Kuttendurf, by the way of Leitmeritz, where
on the 15 th of this month, he had his head quarters,
that it was imagined that his Royal Highness would
march towards Egra.
Smyrna, Aug. 8. We have been hitherto pre
served from the plague; but since the 23d of lad
month, we had many Shocks of earthquakes, viz. on
the 24th two, on the 25th one, the 26th two, the 28th
one, the 2d of this month one, and the 4th also one.
These calamities make the inhabitants afraid of re
turning to their houses, which are mostly so damaged,
0^ they are in danger of filling every r^utt, and
workmen so fc^rce, and materials so dear, that feW
can have their dwellings repaired.
Constantinople, Aug. 17, After an afferii
blage of the Grand Vifir, and other members of thi
government, <t the Mufti's it was reported the 6ntef
prife against Crimea was resolved upon.
Our accounts from the Danube mention, that great
difeontent reigns among the troops the r e, 460 of
whom are said to have deserted at once, and gone to-
Wards Moldavia
Theplague has diminished very much within a
few days ; but in the night before the last, we felt a
shock of an earthquake which lafcd near zn hour,
and alarmed every body.
Upper Lusatia, Sept. 10. Yesterday arrived
at Beautzen, a tracfport of P iffian sick and' imperial
Wounded prisoners, with near 300 Surgeons and A
pothecaries. We do not know the number of sick,
but it must be very considerable, as the two houses
belonging to the cloth manufacture ,was filled with
them, besides another large building. There were
50@ waggons, part empty, and part full of sick and
woun'ded, besides 20 waggons for the military caffi,
with fix horses, and near 300 for ammunition and
provision besides others for d fferent purposes. This
transport and the escort were reckoned to be about
5000 men and 6000 horses. Some more arrived at
noon on the fame day, and we are assured there will
arrive 200 more soon. Although a courier brought
word that Prince Henry's head quarters were yester
day at Nimes, yet it is imagined; as he had got rid of
his heavy baggage and his sick and wounded men,
that he will march to post himfelf in flank of Marshal
Loudon, and that a strong detachment will be sent to
lay siege to Egra, in order to penetrate into Bavaria,
"and oblige the Emperor or Gen. London either to
hazard a battle or change their position.
Brussels, Aug. 2. We have received advices
from Spain that two packet boats, who had been pre
viously ordered to hold themselves in readiuefs for
executing a secret commission in the ^orth sea, left
Corrunna the loth of July at break of day, after the
arrival of a courier extraordinary. There arrived
also at Cadiz, at four o'clock in the morning, an ex
press from Court ; and very early on the following
morning two merchantmen failed from that port, on
board of which two persons of diflinaion had pri
vately embarked. It is supposed their commission
relates to a negotiation with United America. A
French frigate, the Andromacha, of thirty fix guns,
and an advice boat, the Eureuil of fourteen pans, at
the fame time entered the bay of Cadiz. The com
mander came on shore With perroiffion to speak to the
Governor of the place ; it is thought the design of
their coming was to take under their convoy fiyAme
rican merchant vessels then in the port watched by
two British frigates A French Flut6, le Telemaque,
had conveyed there sixty pilots, who were difiribu
ted among the Spanish fleet which was at anchor in
the bay, and confined of twenty-nine fail of the line
at that time, but was receiving continually reinforce
ments. The St. Trinite of one hundred and twelve
guns, and four other ships of the line, were expected
there from Ferrol. In ffiort, this fleet will be one of
the most formidable that has been seen in oy day, if
that of the Marquis de Cafa Tilly, who is coming
back from America, should join it. A bark with
three hundred men, making part of the firft division,
has already entered the port on the 3d of July.
CHARLESTOWN,(South Carolina) December <4.
The Sieur Baptifle Plombard of this town, is ap
pointed his Mort Chrirtian Majesty's Consul for the
ports in this State.
The v^ffels lately arrived fiom the Weft Indies,
bring accounts of there being a great scarcity of pro
visions, particularly in the Britiffi Iflinds whole dis
tress is still augmented by the arrival of the troops
from New York.
Last Friday two expresses arrived here from Savan
nah, with accounts of ten British ships fifteen bri;s
and one sloop, being arrived off Tybee, and eight
other large ships at Ofehaw. On Tuesday night
another express arrived from the fame place, with
advice that the number cf vessels had increased to
thirty seven, and that they were moving up Savan
nah river.- -And on Wednesday a fourth express
brought intelligence of fix of the enemy's vessels be
ing anchored at Four mile point on Monday after
noon, and that the rest of the fleet were under fail,
going up the river. This lafi ekprefs fays, he heard
a cannonade all Tuesday forenoon.
General Houston, in a letter to General Lincoln,
dated last Monday afternoon, fays, some of the ene.
ray's ships were then engaged with our gallies; that
the rest of the fleet were under fail coming up the ri
ver, and he expe&ed the action would soon become
general. The express entrusted with this letter falling
sick on the road, he forwarded it to town having
written on the back that he left Georgia on Tuesday
morning, and that for a considerable part of that day
he h,atd a fevers cannonade.
The fhftm^ sixth South; Carolina regiments, ^