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fretted to export will ^ to the relief of the Ber
mud)3 s ; therefore the C,nominee are of opinion.
" T\a so bop a; Bermuda sh ill continue to be
guarded by BziUh fh,s and ,jui:fo ed by British
folders how powerfully fever humanity may plead
in their behalf, and the difpcfition of Coogiefs in
cline them to relieve the ddhtHc# of Bermuda, yet
f^nd policy aid the du'y they owe to their con
fl nears. % li contain them to refufe a compliance
with rhe requett of the memorialifts,"
On the question to agree with the report of the
Committee the yeas and nays being required by Mr.
Jay the Spates were equally divided.
Ordered, That the report with the memorial be
re committed.
May 4. A leHerfrom his Mos lChriSian Majefly,
Budc/figned de Vergennes, wasread, informing Cen
grefs of he birth of a Princes ; whereupon
R solved, that the P,cfident, with a Committee
cerfft or of a Member from each Stite, wait on
the M differ Plenipotentiary of France, and congra
tulrt : him on th^s event;
Tue Members ch< fen, Mr. Whipple, Mr. S. A
d ms Mr. Edery, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Duane, Mr.
W ':e f bcou Mr. Aim^rong, Mr. Dickinson, Mr.
P: e. M p . Smith, Mr. Penn, and Mt. Laurens.
Relolvcd, Thar 2 Committee cf three be appointed
to p •pare '.e drangin of a letter in answer to that
firn s is ?^ ft C!.nhia<# Majefly ;
Tn# 14 m.bm ch:.fcn Mr. Jay, Mr. Morris, and
M.W ho.fwon.
M-y , A memorial from Leonard Albouy Jo
ffo Hificn and Nathaniel Prudden, was read ;
MWneupon
C . .t resumed the consideration of the report
cfGe 'J.rcmiv^ to whom the memorial cf divers
inhab-un.<f:he Ifl*.ds ui Bermudas, daed the
20.1 cf Mich, 1779, was re committed; wherein
tney tep'efnt.
" 7oat hem are ejefidcrarien cf the deplorable
chcuniFarces cf those unhappy periods, who are de
puved ^ it hash been rep?elected to your Commrf
tee. cf # he means of Applying then,felves with
bread, which are allowed to other inhabitants who
c,e.d? prefer their a fr ^cement to the enemies of
fl 'f Sate.,, they are cf c-pinion, that it be recom
r??l 3. to th- Executive Powers of the Stales of
P.e fy'varia Delaware Maryland, Virginia and
N r.h Carolina, rtfeectively to permit icoobufhJsof
lidun corn to he exported frera ^ach of t e said
S lies for rhe tkef cf the diflrcflfed inhabitants of
th.ri flancis "
T> wrich a fabfoturi war moved by Mr. Burke,
fnV-? by Ms Morris, in the fJawing words :
That the m-moriahds be info med, that Congress
de Q it highly inexpedient to grant the prayer of
their memorial.
O, the q region for adopting the fob^itule, the
ye^ and cavs b^%; required by Mr. J^y, the Lb
ihbrr wav a 1 pted.
Muy 10. A letter of the 7 h from General Waft
i '-;i wi read ires'Ll aiex rA of a letter from
Gn?ra Sei ujkr, with an acccunt cf Colonel Van
tchrirl,;op,dirion a ,in{| 0 i/idar.
R f v.d T l at Or hank: ri C)% s rffs be prefect
ed c Colon I Vu Sc. rick and the tffi ers and fol
die^ o'drl command, for their aetvity and
geeJ coad fl in the hie expedition a^aina the On,
bed ?&
May 11. A letter of'his day from Brigadier du
Pur ad v as re^d ; whereupon
C-o;r,ri taking ino co .filiation a report from
tie Bird of War relative to the cetps of Sappers
and M ners :
R Lived. That 'he pay and fill finance of the cn
gr ^3d of 'be offices and msj cfthe companies
cf 59,,^..S 9 ,,^.. i-d M^crs fhjj be the fame with those
of effi 'cr< of/' e liker^ks and cf the men in the ar
tillery of '' the S are.-:
That Bri^diei General du Portafl he appointed
Comma dint of the corps of engineers and compa
nies of Sappers and M ners.
A leuer of the 10th from Gufiavus Rifberg, De
puty Cemmiffary General cf Issues, was read;
whereupon
Con^refs taking into corfideration a report cf the
Board of War relative to the Deputy Cammi ffaries
cfiff.es, and a report relative to the officers in the
department cfthe Quarter Mafler General ;
Rcfolved, That the pay of two hundred dollars
per month be allowed to the Drp't^v Conrmiffaries
General of IfLes, to commence ficm the firfi dry
of January last :
Thatchc affiant CommifTaries cf [Tags at every
magazine, poll or brigade of the army be allowed
ninety dollars per month ; and tie Clerks cf the
Commissary General and Deputy Cemmiffary Ge
neral of IfTaes, the fora cf eighty dollars par m mth:
That the Clerks of the Brigade Commissaries and
those at pods and magazines, be allowed sis y dollars
per month; but no such Clerk to be employed
where the daly iffucsdo not eqdal four hundred ra
tions :
That a Clerk of the Laics be allowed thirty five
dollars per month ;
That every Deputy Commissary General of Issues
be infilled to forage for two borfes :
That every SrigadeCommifftry be infilled to for
age for one horfc ; and ^ henfoever the duty of the
department requires the Commissaries at posts and
magazines to travel, the Quarter Matter at the post
thill furnifh an horse for the occasion : -
When the duty of an Affidant Coramiffary abso
lutely requires that he should travel, he final be al
lowed three dollars for every day he ffiall so ntcef
farily travel, for and towards his expenses on the
journey :
That the Deputy Commissary General of Issues
shall once in fix months v;fi< all the magazines, polls
and issuing fiores in their refpedive diftria% to ex
amine the slate of the provisions and ft®r%, and fee
that their Affiftn^ts are punctual in the difeharge of
their duty ; and they shall be allowed three dollars
per day for their travelling expeuces in making such
circuits :
That an accurate lift of all the Commissaries of
Issues be made out once in every three months and
lodged with the Board of War ; and eve^y such
Commissary who shall have been in the department
for one year, previous to this date a^d now contin
ues (herein, shall be intitled to draw out of the Cloa
ther General'..Bore one suit of cloarhs for himfelf
and one Lit for his Cle-k to be paid far at the farce
rate that officers in the line are charged for the feme ;
and that they continue annually to do the feme until
Con^refs shall order cfherwife.
Revived, That all Deputy Quarter Makers Ge
neral who tranfra buftnefs upon commissions; fhril
not oern'itied cither to pay or rations § but where
they ad without receiving such commissions whe
ther stationed at a pod or with the army, they shall
be allowed two hundred dollars per month, two ra
tioni per day, and forty dolors per month fvbfilhnce;
That the pay cf an Affuiant Q^arer Ma^er be
one hundred aad forty dude's per mouth and the
usual rations and f^fi^cc:
rhat the pay of r Deputy Waggon Maffer Ge
neral be one hundred dollars per month and oce ?
tiou per day, and twenty d.rihrs per morch fa. fif
tenca. and that, Warden M*#er be allowed eighty
d Pars per monta one ration per d^y^ and ten dol
lars per menrh furfr^cc :
That a Deputy Comm.ffary General cf Forl,e at
tending the main army, cr a'a ,stto an a.-sy io a
fc,ara e department : be allowed the fame rs '?d
rations as a Deputy Quarter Mazier General string
without ccmm'fiiii:
That the AffiSant Comm^rie, qf Forage; either
amending the a my to collA forage on a ro^cb, or
those employed in parch:fi < und^r the principal
purchasers in diftriAs, fh^l hav* the fame allowance
as theAffi3.ini D p'% QjarterMrte General ; and
the Forage Mafiers who auend the receipt and iflhes
cf forage at poßs or magazines, and one with each
biigadeof tha airy br allowed the fame pay and
rations as,Wabern Milers :
That aILS iffOHi-ers who serve with the army,
shall be allowed clcat^m? on the fame conditions as
offi ten in the fine, provided they engage fur a year
cr longer.
The Committee appointed to enquire into the fare
of the Penofylvania uo-ps. and to report whr^r
a. additional Brigadier is wanting for the trorps of
that State and .o'whom wa« ft feted a tetter from Mr.
P^fident Read to the Delegates of the S'ate of P,~ n
fylvanii wh ch was laid before CongreG (he 26th
of January Lff; brought in a report, and the fame be
in? read.
Revived That ar additional Brigadier be appoint
ed f r the Pennfylvan a troops, and that to morrow
be affined for the appointment.
Col. W. Irvine was nominated by the Committee.
May 12. Cunrrefs pit eeded to the ele&ion cf a
Brigadier for the State of Peanfylvania, and the bal
lots being taken.
Colonel Wiliam Irvine was e!e&ed.
May 13. The Board of War report,
T. at they have ta\en into consideration the refer
ence firm Con, left relative to a promotion of Briga
dierMoultric, and are Ifopinion that it would be inex^
p, dient to promote Brg. Moul rie, unless a more ge
neral promotion tock price, as some other Sta'm think
themieives intitled to a promotion of their General
Officers; but as it may exci^ uneafioeG and diffi
culties unless a Continental Officer commands the
army in the southern diflri&, it will be befl to make
a spacial appointment of Brigadier. Moultrie to be
Commandant of the southern array. Whereupon
Refriv-d, That Brigadier General Moultrie be
commander, in the absence cf M for General Lin
coln of the southern army during its continuance to
the southward cf North Carolina, with the allow
a~ie of Msjor General on a ftpeiMe command, until
the faMhor Hide's ml C''n&ref.
Messrs KELLIGER& TISD&^L,
H.wcjutt opened, and row ready f r Sale, at their
Store opmfite the . Printing Office, a quantity
or ENGLISH GOODS, amo. g vekich ate
the f Ilowing articles :
COARSE and fine L'n^ens, Chintzes, Calliccet,
Aplins, figur'd plain, black and white Gauzes,
Gar7* Handkerchiefs, fi%, cotton and linen ditto,
figur'd & plain Lawns Muffins, Lutefttiogs Modes;
Satinets and Pelonff, Green Umbrelloes; black silk
Sonnets. Ribbons, black and white Lace, Sewing
Silks, Silk Stay Licer, Womens best warded Mitt;
Hrirbines. Shalloons, Sfetrge Denim, fretted and.
plain Jeans, Men's worked, thread and hemp Hose,
Boys hemp and thread dit'o, Scotch Cord, brown
and flriped Holland, B:d Bunts and Ticks. Fans by
the Groce, Dozen cr fi^fc Fan, Holman's best Lon
don Ink Powder, good Tea and Sugar by the hun
dred cr fmalfer quantity, with many other articles
too tedious to mention, which they will fell on the
moA reasonable terms for Continental 1111 s.
Hartford, June 26, 1779.
^tt/yh/^R UTO
Of the firft Quality, just arrived, to be fold by the
Hos /htad. Enquire cf
JEREMIaH.pIATT.
H^firi June 26. 1779.
lvi,kv UL D. Wholesale or Retail at ths
Siore of THADEUS LEAVETT, en
Suffield,
^ Variety cf Broadcloths, Coatings and Lamb-1
^ X Shn% fuperfine Ratteens, Half thicks and
'^fetts.^Baize and Flannels, Rugs and Coverlids,
R rirte ~ Shallcons and Duroys, plain ribl and
%d Crihmancoet, Drawbeys, Cambists and
rck!enberghs black blue and colou/d Manchester
Vrivtts, fretted and rit'd ditto, yard and 7.8 co
rd b ^ ck fi ^< handkeichiefs. Gimo and
B^l, Sewing Silk, Nuns Thread, Saddle F i%e,
°^t and Brea? Meial and Twifi Buttons, Sieve Do,
Caivin^ ^d Penbnivts, pack and weighing Pins,
Sowing Netdh< Knitting Pm, Awls and Tack<,
S^ffand Snuff Boxes, Horn and Ivory Combs Ink
Powder, Wbme.-U Linn Shoes White Stone Platters
Plates. Ceperas, Allum, Pepper, Tea, Coffee,
C cc:l^ C^a-13, D^ck and Pidgeon Si ot, HoD
lew Write fined, German Steel, gd. 6L 83. rod
aid r ?i N.'. & r „
jesr come to oand and ro be Sold
Br ISAAC BISSELL, of S@„
1? X'ELLENT BOHEA TEA, by tte
" '"'her Quantity, if applied for soon,
B est SICK L E S,
To BE SOLD, at
JOSIAH BLAKELEY'S Store,
Hartford,
1 U AOL D,
ONE Cupper STILL, containing r 3O Gallons,
with a pewter Worm, weighing 125 Ib. in
£ctd order. Aho, one Copper Still, containing r?
gallons, with a fuita^le C^p^ Worm. Any per
sons inclining to purchase the laid Stills may fee them,
and know the condition thereof by applying to Paub
Hochstrasser, in Albany, or Thgm A& L. Wl^
beck, in Great B.rrington.
A'hauv Mav 10 iu,q.
Ci '" per O ' havi% any aeccumi uuieuled with
4 l the edate of Elisha Hosmer, late of Hart
ford deceased, are defined to bring them in to the
fabferiber in order for an immediate settlement.
DANIEL HOSMER, Adminiftrator.'
Hartford, June 24, 1779.
TRAYEDf.om a paflfein Sheffield, on the
2oh of May last. a red roan HORSE, about
14 hands high, 8 years old, branded with the letter
Gon the left fhorider ; he has a white strip in hie
face, one white foot or more f and a fuelling on hie
head. Whoever will return said horse to Joseph
Barker, at Branford, or to the fubferiber at Canaan,
or give information so that the owner may have him
a &atn> shall be entitled to Fifteen Dollars reward and
reasonable charges paid, by
josephbarker;
June 25ft 779.
TAKEN up on the iotb day of May, and new
in the care cf Abijah Catlin, a dark brown
MARE about nine years old, paces and trots, haw
a white face, and four white feet, her off eye waled.
The owner is desired to pay cost, prove his proper
ty and take her away.
Harrington, May 25.
LA N K D-E-T~D~-S;
to be Sold at the Printing-Office.