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THURSDAY, March
THE
GEORGIA
SAVANNAH: Printed
REBEL ORDINANCE.
An ORD IN A NCE qfcertaining •
•what Captures on Water Jhal! be
lawful, ‘ ‘
( Concluded from our, last. )
and after the firft
y&jd day of'Fefijruary, which
F • shall be in theyrar of
ft# our Lord one thousand
seven hundred andeigh.-
■’ ty-two, any letters of
palTport or fafe conduift, granted be-,
fore the 27th of March last, under the
authority of Cohgrcfs, •to any perlon
whatfotYef, for removal of property
from a plage beyond lea, w thin the
dominons or pofitfljons of the Britilh
King, shall be void.
Upon the capture of a veftel, com
missioned as a man of war or privateer,
by any of the weff-ls Os war of the Un
ited States of America, the whole of
the property contienyned shall be ad
judged to the captors, to be divided in
the following manner, ffavinof.jtd*-idl
persons who shall lose a limb in any
engagemcfjt, or (half be otherwise dis
abled in the service of the United
Statei, every benefit to-tlicm
under the tef vfutions of Cong refs of the
*Bth day or November* 1775) that is
to fay : ‘ ...
To tire commander in chief of the
fuvy of the United States fliatt be al
io tcci one twentieth part of all prizes
taken by an armed veflei or veTTUs un
der his orders and command; when
there shall be no inch commander ini
chief, the one twentieth part alloted to ‘’
him shall be paid into the treasury of
the United States.
To the cap tarn of any fmgle armed
vfflel.two twentieth parts, but if more
ships or veftels be in company when a
-prized'’ taken, then the two twentieth
parts shall be divided equally among
all the captains. ‘’ f
:: To the captains of marines, lieuten
ants, and masters, three twentieth
parts of all prizes taken when they .re
in company, * > be divided equally a
motig them.
To the lieutenants of marines, fur
gcons, chaplains, purlers, boatswains,
gunners, carpenters, masters mates,
and the fccretary of the fleet, two
twentieth parts, and one half of one
twentieth parr, to be divided equally
among them. > • • t
To the following petty warrant offi
cers, viz. midffiipmen, (allowing for
•eich ship fix, for each brig four, and
for each sloop two) captairs, chirks,
surgeons mates, faitm-kers,
coopers, armpurtrs, (allowing for eac h
veflei one of each only) boatswains
mates, gunners mates, carpenters
mates, (all >wing for each vrifel two
of each) cook*, cockfwains, (allowing
--t ■ * • * . ‘ ‘ ■-
for each veftel one of eathj&rjeants of
marines, (allowing two fqf efch ship,
andone each brig andtloop) three
twentieth parts to be divided equally
-among them; and when V prize is
taken by any veftel, on boarder
company of which the commander in
chiefs cook or cock Twain.fhall be add
ed to said pe'ty warrant officers,
and (hare equally tKym.
The remainingeight twentieth parts,*
and half of t e one twentieth part, fliall
be divided among the rest of the ves
sels company or companies as it may
happens share and (hare alike.
No officer nor man fMSH have any
flure but such as are a§uafay on board
their fcveral veftels when iny prize or
prizes shall be taken, *xetpting only
such as may'have been s ordered on
board any other prizes, before taken, >
or feat away by his or their command
ing officer-. b
Upon rhe capture of afty other ves
sel, if made by a veftel ofjwar belong
ing to the United States,lone half the
properly condemned fhal be decreed
to the United vStates, anj) the other
half to the captors, to divided as
aforelaid *, if by a private not hav
ing a dotnmiftion, the whjule, shall be
decreed to the captors •, if by any body
or detachment <tf or other
troops for the service of the United
States, the whole shall be adjudged to
the captors, to be divided in propor
tion to the pay in the line of the army;
ft by inhabitants o£ the Country, being
in arms, the whole shall be adjudged
to the captors, to be divided equally
among them; provided, that it any
luch inhabitant shall be woundeJ in
making the capture, he flialk be en
titled to two shares, and if killed, his
legal representative -shall be entitled to
four shares; if by the crews ©f British
veftels, the whole (hare ftialibe adjudg
ed to the captors, to be divided at the
diferetion of the court. r|
On recapture by an armed veftTel,
belonging to the United States, of a
veftel under the protection of a veflfel
belonging to the enemy, comonftioned
as a man of war or privateer, or where
the veftel retaken is equipped in a war
like manner, the proportion to be with
drawnTrom the original owner shall b£
divided as in the case of a capture of
an enemy’s veflfel commissioned as a
man of war or privateer. v -
On recapture by an armed vrlfel be
longing to the United States of a ves
sel under the protection of an hostile
veftel, not cofnmiftoned as a man of
war or privateer, and where the veflfel
retaken is not equipped in a warlike
manner, the propoition to be with
drawn born the original owner Hull be
divided as in the caflr of an hostile vef
ftl not commilfione.d as a man of war
or privateer.
The rules of deciflon in the ieveral
courts Hull be the. rciolution and o*Ji-
14, 1782. [nV i S9 ]
R O Y A J.
GAZETTE.
byJAMESJOHNSTON.
nances of the United States in Congress
assembled, publick treaties, when de
clared to be for by an aft of Congress
and the law of nations, according To the
general usages of Europe * Publick
treaties fliaU have the pre-eminence L.
all trials.
Jhis ordinance (hall commence in
force on the fir ft of February, which
will be in the year of our Lord one
J|puland seven hundred and eighty
two.
Dune by the Onited States in Con
grtls affemblcd, the fourth day of
December, in the year of our Lord
one thou/knd* leven hundred and
eighry-one, and in the sixth year
of our *i_ __
JOHN HANSON, President.
Atttfl. Charles Thomson, Secretary ,
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r jj-'F-fE two fallowing picre* rgfpeAing the publication
A of Si lat Deane*, Letter* are taken frpn* the frte
riun’s Journnl of }aimary 2, *n4 January a.
To the PRINTER of the FREEMAN'i JOURNAL.
S I R,
IT said greet pain* hire heeji taken to prevail on ft>*
to lietline printing tlie intercepted letter* under the ftena.
tore of Silai Deane, and proltably with fomc fuccef*, aa
ydh hive not continued them. While it was doubtful
whether they were -genuine or, fpurijui, whether Mr.
Ueme had proved treat heron* or not, you might have pm.
perl) he lit tted; but America will now b more honchted
ky the d<edUoß of b 4 men and their adherent! than &c
can be injured by any thing Site* Deane can write. It i*
well known in thi, city, and ought to hejb throftgh aU
America, that Mr. I>eanr'i former friend* and tealou*
fupponer* admir, that though thafe lexers may not be li
terally genuine, letter* have been receietd from him con
taining 6mil*r fen time lit*, foch * ctiaca hi* bast defer
tionbfhia firft principle* and the ofVi*. country; hit
ingratitude to the French nation, by which he bad been
so kindly treated, hit corruption by the BritWh govern
ment, and that he is nw in all rrfpafi*, at he haa ever
bee ~ the bosom friend of Arnold. If there an no more
of there letter* to be publilbed, it i* hoped fome able pen
will take up the f.rbjea, and draw fomo ofcful leflont for
thr people of America from the condud of and toward*
these two men j and if any remain* of virtue ftitl esift a t
n, ng u, procure justice to those thmClcn wKo have
been so materially injured by Mr- Deane and hit friend*.
Thia ia a debt of ju (lice and honour which ought to be
piid, and is probably all the reparation which can be made
for the money embt£tle4 f the animosity kindled) and the
difgrarr and lha ne into which our publick council* were
betrayed by 1 l!i:id p-rv<rfe attachment to a bad man—>an
attachuvni vfluch mud hate beet* the effeft of intertß
and snutua! or unaccountable infatuation. No
real friend to hi* country can look back to the journal* of
thirdly, but mail wish rhr proceeding* with rcfpefl to
Mr. Deane forever obliterated from the an nil* jot America.
And nothing ft more certain than that Congref* have ne
ver recovered that ftandilig in the confidence and esteem of
the people which they parted before that period. J
hare no connexion with either of the gentlemen who
h .vefufferei by the injustice of CongrcA, ond it it prob-’
able that the Life Hume which often nieventt individuals
from making reparation will do so in the prtfent instance.
If thi* Ikottld happen, it will <U one m *re to the many
many proofs, we fra, that ingratitude for publick fervice*,
and injustice to publick worth, arc not confined to the Eu
ropean world. CATO
The PRINTER to C A T O
SIR,
YOU ha*e ingenioully tapped up an unfriendly insinu
ation again ft mc f in ike eaordiuip of jour piece n the lafi
number of the Freeman’* Journal. You appear to btlieae
my cefolutiont of impartiality bad surrendered “ to the
“ l P* ,n * that had been taken to prceill on im to de
” printing the intercepted letter* under the figna
“ ture of Silas Deane.”
For them format ion of you in particular, and the pub
lick in fenpral, I shall gire the true rcafon for dlfcontiuo
ing the publication of those letters. It is the following*-
There h filch a sameness of ideas through the wftolc of
hi* letter* as rendemrthdn as tedi-01 and infipid-i* thgy
are odiou* and dcteftable. Be turning to those I bare al
ready poMiihed, you will find focb evidence of thli at will,
1 doubt not, lead you to be of my opinion. •. “7
One or two gentlemen called, on the appoaraneeof the
rccoqd letter, and tedd me they thought there could be no
r7*dwntage in publilh.ng them, and dignified their desire that
1 Ihould defilf; adding, at the fame tiiae, that they ■were
of a tre tfoliable nature, Ac. |, however, was of a dif
fisrent opinion, and cooiinucd the poMicatib of them,
until 1 found the doU.repetition of fcatimeat, and even
espreflion, grow difgoßing; and tktt Deane’* intentiooa
w L frf 10 a* faoooHw principle, through
the con.meat at ttufamc tioie, ‘
, ®. u a’ j •• whom Deane ad
drefled m. i.vttey, mjg of them ever Sonified to M
the least define of flafPHmlftkcir rcpubht^oii*
