The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-06-12 00:00:00, page 1

]UNE m, 1779. * T !! E ' nvMan si. .
VIRGINIA GAZETTE
WILLIA'MS'BURG: PRINTED BY DlXON &? NICOLSON.
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1: . Came! Hufizg si m a'n'zeu: if Pmuounn, mdspam -
Am. um Seat: Estjarlg in th': th], Grntrll Ronuouu
wi: um "22 to take the day, f'wba introduce: the bush;];- .
- with lb! it: of:: "
! Ganruusiln, _
ct LTuoUGH ! fee! Ram (tom the fituation in which you have h'siee'n
Mad to place me, it is yiih [casure ] meet you, my fellpw
- m \ tuoz " ' ct th'earth:- so: 'dut meal" and
" _ ct rflnssfssfldmt & 'vsihitla'ei'xsso blessed us with su'ccest,
and earth tal through a four years war ctwith al few misfortune as co'uld
possibly be expected, "We bsive ctmuch'to lie th'ankful for; 'and though
manz My tidsinidusl Save greatly sussesed, yet, a a nation, v'n have
but idle to complain _. si . ' ,
The danger: we an now exposed to, arise from evils cre'atsiedsiathon
o'utselvea. ] seem, and ] hose even 'citizen hete sc'orne the thought off"
getting rich by sucking the !) ood of his country. Yet, alas! This
unnatural, tlm cruel, lhiactdesimctivsie'pr'asiflice, is the greatest cause b'four
present calamitiea. 's he way to make our money good it to reduce the
price of goods and provisiom. lt i: nut the quantity of m'un'e'y which
any man ged, but how far his money will go when he comes to lay it out
again. thn oakes him poor or rich. '
si The tap that has been laid upon us by moncpolizeu asind soreffallen
within these? six month- pafl, for it may with be called : tak, amo'nn'n
blacke money than would cagryssthe wat on twelve months to come.
There is at present no law forsi regulatin the pricea in the shopi and
parkete, neithet siu th'ea'ean law to vent uch regulationa being made,
and therefore, the whsi-lete : upon t e virtue and common consent of the
community. ] have no doubt hut cqmbinations have been formed fot
raising the prim-dssigqoda and Fmvifione, an-l theresme the c'otnmunity.
in theu- m defqoe, haven natural right to countcl act such combinationa,
and to set finit- to . which effect themselves.
' It i; innfible,$tkm conne the disease all at once, but it tun!
be aa di- ' appean to besszbe piece th which the
di mfidM—ctl 'ssthffel-e theremedyoughtto
befifl ' . Bom Gmw,si\sh*mple,andlthinkshetc
b-little huntin- hiusifidlo-iu' - _
\ct* ' '- ahMMWW-hvefisumk,
ky'week. Only, Gbnthoei, we can do as much as the monopolizets
si havedone, and bridg the.,tieee do'n again week by week. R thi
. methenwillbenmuyto'lpauwpay !!er with; for It thentet in
now on, it takeull the countrypeople': on to go to the shop: wit .
and all th town people'e on to go to mar with, and the whole
nunity ia growingpoot er : nation of ctng rich.
"=".- wonhy citiuna who have the succc a of our ]crioua cause at
ban, ba" nndatikln w form : plan for regularly vcing the pricea
sisid'fgooda lntl Ptoviiona, and he in up the nine of the money, and
fish, ac ] underdansid, it to be ai befctezou at some fotu're meeting.
.,For my no part. Gefltlemm, ! shall joy ully asist in any judicioua
must. for the publick happiness, and have no doubt but you will do
me.
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. It is a snrprihg thing that the more ! we have had !) it! into
thI dey, thedater they have heen; an thil it one of the uffihieh i; -
b abfohttly necessux to en nue into. But the great point in to 'n.
- Thpptt ] have to my nd contains some resolution whicthv-e
ss hon m ny and agteed on by a committee of eitizena, which, with
you- Whitpn, 1 In]! read. ! propose firfl to read the whole through,
and the- tud a a second tuneby yaragraphe, in otderto take your sense
m.
. u'll'he Ppct being read. after some ammdnentt was agreed to ;.
si owe : .
WHEREAS the price: of good: and provisiom have, within the space
of five ot- six ynontht, 'risin to an enclmou! height, far beyond what
they ought tobe in Pl' stion to the quantity of the money. The price;
of dry good: hlve'ari en when they ought to have decmsed, and every
m urge, antud of lessening the pricu, have raised them.
Re , That the pubhck have a right to enquire into the cause: of
such eatnordinary abuses, and Ple'enl them.
And whereas, since the late tmportation of : cargo of good;, said to
have been sthee purqhsed or eansigned to the management of Mr. Robert
Mark, merchant, or othen, the price: of all kinds of dry good: have
been greedy advanced to the injury of the publick, and the great deni
nent of tude. -
Rofikml, That this meeting, jnfljfssving their conduct on the necessity
of the measure, and being deeply affected and injueed hy those increafing
evils, will app'oint : committee to enquire of Mr. Robert Mordo, or
others, what rt he or they have acted respeflihg the said cargo, and to
,teqnite front im or them their answert in writing to such questions as
the committee day find it necessary to put, and to report the same,;t the
next genefl! town meeting.
And whelsi'eaa the price: of mm, inns, flour, coffee and tea, have
tly arisen within this week pan, without any real or apparent close;
and as it in our determination not to be eaten up by monopolizen and
fmstallen : Therefore,
Rp/on, That Nve do uneonditisionally insut and demand. that the
advanced, or monopolizetssl. ptice of the present month be instantly taken
of, and that thesipricet of those artieles be immediately reduced to what
they wtt'e them lay of May inshnt.
_ - esolctqed, That : committee he appointed to nscertlin the reteil ieee
v_* turn, sugar, flour, eoffeemdtee, u they loud on the firfl dey Me,
blent, at no publifh the same for the government os bnyet end sdlet. "
end to receive in writing any eonpleints egainfl such Men ney refuse
bmply with, or she]! obth-uct the execution of thisnedesnry tegubtion,
nel to,:eport the ferne at the next gencnl town meeting. _
., Roselved, That the said committee. when chosen. do aseemin wh
the prime of the nhove, ,or nay other artielee, were on the first dey
My lafl, end likewise on their! dey of every month sn- thlt line
to en; i-hot.
RJ-ZZd, That : eommittee be lppointed to pnpere . pin for regularly
proceeding to this business, end for carrying it into execution thtought
out the United Sntee, end to-leport the sinne it : (end!! town need!;
to be held for 'that purpose. . . sit,
Reflkml, That we will support the committed in the execution ostpetr
duty, encourage fair and honet commence, find supEr-sist to the um
dunpower, end at the heard of our lives, engto ng, mompdiing.
end fondelling, end depreciation.
Rtsal-wd, That :; it it the interest both of town end country to eoneut
in meesuree for the mutual relief of both, th-t the proceedinzt of this
meeting be printed end sent to the seven] counties for their con ideratiol
ussitt-nce therein.
. And whereu eomphintt of : very extraordinary unmre have, at
diffelent times, appeared : ainsi person: entmfled, or who have been
entmfled hf Congtese with tie disposal of publiek money. end the execu
tion ofpub ick commiffions, to whichxdmphinn, in some inflames, no
enfden have been given, be any deniel made:
And whereas the publick by delegeting their powere, have a right to
tell on their representativee to Whom (hit delegation is mede. to know in
what mannes the trust so repostd in them, is executed. Therefore,
- w That : committee be appointed to collect together the chargee
ueonpl-ints which hue been made .g-ina persone entn-ned hy Congrese,
.with the expeodimre of public]: money, or the execution of puhhck
tommiflion, end to require of the Deleg'atee of this nue, dhnt proceedinp
s ha've unde therein, towessrde eseeminieg the truth of such
elders or. comphints, or punishing the one ifflyflty, end to usisitnlmit
the. ' e tpthe several mmiel, .m er at: me, he enebled to
"vein ' In ' ' tativee, inA l atthufmth-tusi' ,
g'tosst MYGF 'si ( "w be hbeesefy in sie ihm-im
u MTMR' .qssnno-olthieneetingthntflo .n,wb.
hysffiem winnen," .- he-Fwefl' inimieel to the intuemd inde
pendnce of the Unind tum, be sufeted to remain .. end the
the committeee be dinaed do nke mnsum fot carrying t ie resolution
inw execution. "
The following Gentlemen were epfiinted on the committeee, 'to Muste,
'lespeflin the elrgo lltely : , end said to mww, in
an cttoeh'e man?:mem of Mr. Robert siMorrie, w tithers.
Timhy Mldaek, vid Rittenhouse, Capnin Blevee, Thou
Woe, Charles w. Peale. Colonelsi ]. B. Smith- .
And the followingGentlemen, together with the somiet, mipyointed
: edmmittee for carrying the other refolvee into execution.
CoI.-Henrv, Col. Bradford, George Schloffer, Col. Will. ColJosihn
Eyre, C_a (. Hesssham, M'aior Boy'd, Phili Bcehm, ]didilh Gnussden,
Netheniel onnell, Ca t. Robert Sniith, pt. Lang, Dr. Hutchmson,
Williu'n Brown, Pins Col, Edwd Pale, 'Ihe'mae Clsdmp, th.
George Ord. James Skinnet, John Kling, Willietn Them, thhn
Cent. Tenner, Josepsidean, Capt. John;!oungr ??flKp-d
isin C'a :. Thoinn oore. Squ' ' o'r . ! ess ' ,
shsisi P DANlEL RO BRsilEAU, Chiirmu.
'The thanke of the meeting were umimouny rem'led to the chimsn
for his noble and disinterened thenner of condnaing the bufin'ese.
commx'r'rE—n nooM, 26, act.
. Man: to : resolution Jsc'hcgenualrtsslzb mcthd
A the fine house yu'd the :sthinlhnt. '
The combine: for :sceruingaritbe ptieeeos run]. sd'gir, 'flodr, M
end m, :: they Red on the day df dle pre'ssoc mousith, do w
ublish the following.
PVefl India sum, - . pa- gallon, - - {3 13 "0
Country sum, - - per do. - - - _ 5 0 '0
Ten by the eheR, - - per lb. - - ' - 4 to 5
Bnndy !: the , - - per lon, - - 7 0 0
Molasses y the ): d. - per o. - - - i 'n C
Coffee, — - - per lb. - - - 0 17 b
Loas sugzr, wholeszle, - pel- lb. - - - '2 !: 6
Museovado, from (. los to;. 1 30 per hundfed, -
Turk's lflmd salt. - - xo ct - per bushel,
Common French fele, - 6 10 per do.
drlerehantable flour, — per hundred, - - (. !0 0 ctsio
Middlmg "do. - - - — - - - ! ; sio d
Ship [( , - - - - - - — s 13 0 0
Sham- - - - .Pfs bushel: - - 4 to 0
Bran, - - per do. - * — - 3 siz's 5
To our Fellow Citizens in town and country.
Convinced :: we all are of the absolnte necessity ofloweringtbeprieec
in order to raise the value of 'she'csiuffeucy, and smouflybnxiovlctdf ' -
ing the resolution! 'os she'meeeiffg'inw effectual execudon, "welle ' " ss
recommend in the firfl instanc , : cbenrful compshnce Mad "
resolves, int] likewise, um 'a: purchise! : w kmfiflrshe