Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-02-04 00:00:00, page 3

ch?rt„ might be belwtel the cities of Philadelphia and
London. And as the intercourse between the said cities
is now so far obftru£Dd that no such exchange can be
afcertaihed, and, except force rule is fettled by law, the
debtor cannot pay his d^bt though he be so disposed and
has in his pofffffi,n bills of credit for that purpose, for
remedy whereof, Be it enabled, That where any person
stands bound to pay any debt in Herting money aforefaid,
according to the exchange as aforefaid, such creditor
flu 1 ! receive Continental bills of credit, or bills of credit
of this State in payment a^id difeharge of any inch debt,
at the rate of die hundred and fifty five pounds Pann
fylvanii currency, for one hundred pounds sterling, if
tendered as aforefaid, and on refufal thereof (h ill be
deemed and taken to be within the meaning of this a%
in cases of refusal of the bills of credit in tender as afore
laid.
And whereas, bonds or other writings, may have been
given for money to be paid in half johannites weighing
nine penny-weight, or as much in bills of credit as will
purchase the fame. It is hereby declared and enafled, That
eight Continental dollars in bills of credit aforefaid, or
three pounds in bills of credit of this State afore menti-,
oned, or of any of the bills of credit of .Pennsylvania,
fliall be deemed and taken to be worth one gold Portu
gal half Johannes, weighing as aforefaid, and in the fame
proportion for all other gold coin.—And all perfcns,
whomf^ver, refufing to take and receive such bills of
credit in p,ym:ntand difeharge of such debt, and re
demption of such bond, or other writing, as aforefaid,
flail be deemed and taken to be within the meaning of
this a&, and (hall forfeit such debt and be in all things
dealt with as in this a& is directed in cases of refufal on
tender.
And be it farther enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
in every cate where any title deed or deeds, have been,
of (hall be, lodged or depefited in the hands of any per
iod or perlons, to whom any mortgage has been, or
may be made, and the money mentioned therein forfeit
ed, as by this a& declared, and such mortgager, his or
her heirs, executors, or admmiftrators, or theowner of
the lands and tenements mentioned in such deeds, (hall
demand the fame and be refuted § it (hall and may be
lawful for such mortgager, his,or her heirs, executors,
or administrators, or fuca owner of the lands, to sue for
and recover of such mortgagee, his, or her heirs, exe
cutors, administrators, or aligns, a sum of money not
exceeding double the value 01 the lands and tenements
mentioned in such deeds ; and if any such person or per
sons as aforefaid, being sued, Shall, at any time before
the determination of such suit, deliver up to the plaintiff,
or lodge such deed or deeds, whole and undefaced in the
Prothonotary's office of the court wherein such aftibn
Shall be, and pay the costs of suit, and a sum as the court
Shall order, not exceeding twenty pounds to the prose
cutor for bis trouble, in that case such action Shall cease.
And in all gases where tender Shall be made as afore
frid, and the person to whom such tender may be made,
fli di afterwards assign, transfer, or set over any mort
gage, bond, specialty, bill, or note, every such person
ffiall be, and is hereby declared to be guilty of fraud,
and forfeit and pay to the person to whom such affign
meat asafarefaid may be made, or to his, or her heirs,
executors, or administrators, a sum equal to double the
sum mentioned in such mortgage, bond, specialty, bill,
or note, so aftigned or transferred, to be recovered by an
action of debt in any court of record in this State.
And he it farther enabled by the authority aforefaid. That
if any person whattoever (hall, after the fixih day of Fe
bruary next aforefaid, refufe to take and receive any of
he bills of credit aforefaid in payment for any live stock,
^caffary of life, commodity, manufacture, article, cr
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That
every such debtor who ih ill make tender of any debt or
demand as aforefaid, which shall be refuted and not
again demanded as aforefaid, is hereby directed and re
quired, under the penalty of two Killings out of the"
pound of such debt, within the fp'ce of fix days, to in
form one or more of the Commiffoners of the county fir
the time being, ele&ed or appointed to levy the public
taxes ofthe film io tendered, and to whom, and the
time when, arid the names of the witneffe,s present at
futti tender—andthfe Commiffirhers of every count, (hall
keep fair books of entries of all such films of money for
feited by this a&, and lay the fame before the Commit-,
tees of Amenably appointed to fettle the public accounts
for the time being, and in case any debtor neglect to
give such information, then any other person who gives
the firft information, (hall be entitled to the aforefaid
1 wo shillings in the pound, and three pence per mile tra
veling charges for his trouble.
Aid be it farther evaded by the authority aforefaid, That
the Commissioners tor the time being of every county of
this State are hereby authorized, and required to ask,
demand, foe for, and recoyer two third puts of every
det?, or sum of money, so as aforefaid tendered and re
fused and not afterwards demanded as aforefaid, which
aftim, or actions, frit, or twits, (hall be brought or
commenced and prosecuted by the fail Commissioners,
by name and stile of the Commiffuners of such county ;
2nd the proceft (hall be the fame, and as effbaual in
Jaw, as if inch ti&tgare, bond, specialty, or note, was
given to such Commissioners bona fide, for a valuable
consideration, or as if such other debt was contra&ed
with said Commiftioner Or Commissioners, and, after re
ceiving the fame, some one of them (hall enter fitisfac
tion in the recordsdt such mortgage, as is red hired by
an aft of General ATembly of Pennsylvania, in cases of
difbarging mortgages.
And if any person or perlons, having so, as aforefaid,
tendered any money in payment of amy debt, and the
f?me being refuted and faed forand recovered by the
Commiffijners, or paid without any suit commenced,
it shall and m?y be lawful for every such deotor to ask
for, and demand, his, her, or their mortgage, bon I,
Specialty, bill, or note, ora difehargeof his, her, or
their debt, if it (had be of any other kind or denomina
tion ; every such demand being made before two credita
ble witnesses, and such creditor refuting, or neglecting to
deliver up to such debtor such writing, or give such dis
charge as aforefaid, it thill and may be lawful for every
fuch.debtor to sue for, and recover of, and from such
creditor, his, or her heirs, executors or administrators,
a sum of money equal to the sum for which such mort
gage, bond, specialty, bill, or note was given, together
with interest and costs of suit.
goods whiitfoever, which hr, or me, (ha!! fell, or expose
to Sale, And offer the tame for a less price, or smaller sum
of money, to be paid in gold or Silver, or in any one
fort of the bills of credit, or other current money piling
in,payment of debts in this State,, than in the bills of
Credit emitted by the Continental Congrefq or in bills of
credit emitted by refoives of Assembly aforefaid,' every
such person (hall forfeit to the use of the State a fina of
money equal to, or as much as, the sum he, or (he, had
refuted to take for the commodity so fold, or that he, or
(he, had asked for, or rated such stock, necerfary of life,
commodity, manufacture, article of goods at ; and on
proofthereof being made toy two creditable witneff^s be
fore any one of the Justices of the Peace of the county,
such Justice ffiall (if such sum of money, as aforefaid
forfeited, (hall not exceed five pounds) issue his precept
in the name of the State, in the nature o' a summons, or
capias, as the case may be, and prosecute and recover
the sum so proved to be forfeited, in the thinner pre
ferred and directed by the laws for recovery of debts not
exceeding five pounds, together with cost of suit—And if
any such forfeiture as aforefaid, (hall exceed five pounds,
the justice before whom any such proof (ball be made,
(hall, within fix weeks, fend an account in writing to the
Commissioners of the county, or one of them, containin'?
the names of the wifneffes proving the fame, and the per
son who, and the sum that he, or (he, has so forfeited—
And the said Commissioners are 'hereby enjoined and re
quired, as soon as may be, to sue for and recover such
sum or funis of money in the fame manner, and when so
recovered pay the fam^to the fame persons as is in this
aft directed in cases es refufal on tender. And when
any just ce shall recover any money, so as aforefaid for
feited, he (hall pay the fame to the Tredfurer aforefaid,
who (hall give his receipt for the fame. And every
Justice of toe Peace in this State (hall, once in each year,
lend an account to the laid Commissioners of the sum or
furtis of money he (hall have recovered so as aforefaid
forfeited, which the Commissioners (hail make fair entries
of, and report the fame to the Committee of Ass mbly
aforefaid for the time being. And the fees, or allow
ance, to the said Commissioners, for the services and
duties by this att requiicd„ (hail be the fame as they
have a right by law to take and receive in other cases.
—And if any of the said Commissioners, Sail refufe
or neg!e&, to do and perform his, cr their, duty by
this %& directed and required, such Commissioners re
fpe&ively (half be fined in a tuni of money not exceed
ing ten pounds, by the next cou t of Quarter Sessions,
and another, or others appointed in his or their dead,
by the laid Court. Every such fine to be for the u e
of the State, and be recovered as tines are direCtid to be
tecovered, by tue ad for railing county rates and levies.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
if any perlon or perlons, turn and after the publication
ct this a&, ffiall counterfeit or alter any of the aforefaid
bills of credit, with design to increase the value of such
bill by this a& made a legal tender, or ^ny ofthe bills of
credit made current by any ofthe Assemblies, Conven
tions, or Congreffea of any of the United States of North
America, or utter any of said bills of credit so counter
feited, oraltered, knowing them to be such, and being
duly convi&d thereof, full fuff-r all the pains and pe
nalties, fines and forfeitures, which by the late laws' of
Pennsylvania could or might have been inflicted on any
person or persons so offending..
(Signed) J OHN J A C O B S, Speaker.
In the a&ion at Princeton on the 3d ult. the brave Col.
JOHN HASELET was mortally wounded, and his
remains were brought to this city and buried with the
honors of war, in tne burial place of the First Prtfbyte
rian Church. —Since his arrival in this country he main
tained a fair and unblemished character, and fulfilled the
duties of private and domestic life to the approbation of
all who had the plealure of his acquaintance. Having
merited the confidence of the Delaware State, in which
he resided, by the integrity and uprightnef; of his gene
ral deportment, and by his martial Spirit and zeal for the
happiness of his country in the late Indian war, he was
often chose to represent therm in Assembly ; nor did he
forfeit their esteem by the management of so high a trust,
for which he was eminently qualified by a clear under
standing, a liberal education, and an undeviating at
tachment to the interests of the public: And dill anima
ted with the fame inextinguishable love of his country
and unconquerable zeal for the invaded rights of Ame
In A SSE M'B LY, Wednesday, 'January 20, 1777.
Although many o. the inhabitants ofihTs bUtt have
fully paid the taxes whichhave been levied and assessed
as the laws in that case dire& ; yet a considerable num
ber have refufed or negle&ed so to do, and there remains
ontdanding of the said taxes to a cbnfiderable amount:
And as it is neceffiry that inch taxes be collected, in or
der to com, leat the intention of the laws by wbich they
were afiefled and levied, to support the credit of the pa
per currency of this Rate, cetray the exigencies of go
vernment, and that equal justice may be doneto alt
Refolded therefore, That the Cbli&rs which were ap
pointed to collet the public taxes, in the several warns
in the city of Philadelphia, in thediftrift of Southwark,
and in the several andrefpxbve townships in each county
in this State,do immediately proceed to collect and pay the
fame (with what they have already collected)tothe Trea
surers ofthe respective counties. And that David Ritten
houfe, the Treasurer of this Common-wealth, be ordered
to write to the County Treasurer ofthe Provincial taxes in
e^cb county in this State, (except those who have al
ready fully paid the fame) commanding him to enforce
this Resolve as the aforefrid Laws dire&. And that the
said State Treasurer do forthwith call on the said County
Treasurers refpe&ively where any such outftandings are,
and order the fame to be paid into the Treasury as foan
as it (hall be received by them/
Ordered, That the fame be inserted in the Englilh and
German news-papers-.
Ordered, That public notice be given in the news-pa
pers, That this House has gaffed a Law " To revive
“ and put in force such and to much of the late Laws of
" the province es Pennsylvania as is judged necessary to
" be in force in this Common-wealth, and revive and
“ establish the Courts of Justice, and for other purposes
" therein mentioned;" and that the said Law will be
published as soon as poffibie.
Extracts from the Minutes,
,T. MATLACK, Clerk of the General Assembly.
rica, he ertly distinguished himfalf in her virtuous 0^,07™
fidon to British Tyranny, and unddmayed at the danger
of war, he nobly Sacrificed his invaluable ipe at the Shrine
of American Liberty.
On Friday Se'nnight was Interred, the body of AN.
THONYMORRI S, Jun. Eq; an officer in the
First Battalion of Phi adelphia Munia, No other rule,
gium we conceive is necessary to be made on hrs charac
ter, than that he nobly stepped forth at the late alarm
ing Situation of his country, behaved as a Soldier, belo
ved by those under his command, and ftb on the 3d ult.
in the battle at Princeton, contending for every thing
dear and (acred, much lamented by ail who knew him,
and particularly by the corps in which he served.
*** Major Thomas Duff's detachment of Delaware
Militia, having served the term of their enhitment with,
much honour and reputation in New-Jersey, under mv
command, are hereby difeharged.
THOMAS MIFFLIN, Brigadier General.
fuft fublifoed and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP,
In Market- Street, Philadelphia,
AN ADDRESS of the CONVENTION of
the R EPRESENTATIVES of the'STATE
° —2l?" _V ORK totheir CONSTITUENT ; .
I.HE CONTINENTAL LOAbTu
for this State,
IS removed to Dr. Shippen's, Jun. in Fourth-ftree'J
where certificates of tne United States, on interest,.
ate given fur Continental monev, by
THOMAS SMITH, Loan Officer.
T 0 ~ B E L E T,
And entered on the 6th of March next,
rpHE PROVINCE ISLAND, containing 34.0'
& acres of meadowland, within about five miles and
an half ct the city of Philadelphia, extremely well
adapted for grazing, or supplying the said citv with
many kinds of country product. All persons who are
inclined to take the premises are desired to fend in their
propofols to the fubftribers, Trustees of the Ihand, be~
fore the zdth of February next.
1 JOSEPH FOX.
SAMUEL RHOADS.
CHARLES HUMPHREYS
F DWARD _PE NINGTON.
To be J OLD at P ÜBLiC VEADUfo
Qn Tuefdav, the 4th day of March next,
A VALUABLE Plantation, situate in Bohemia
Manor, C^iil County, Maryland, containing
about 400 acres of land, one half of which is cleared^
the other well timbered, the foil of the best kind foe
producing grain of all forts natural to the climate, par
ticularly wheat of the very best quality. Likewise a.
good house, barn, stable, and other boules, all in good
tenable repair, a well us good water with a puron in it.
a good bearing orchard of about one hundred tiees ; %
great part of the uncultivated land may be improved
into excellent meadow. There is allo on said plantati
on a separate tenement near a public crcl'sroad, wei^
foliate for public business, being in the neighbourhood
es a fine wheat country, only eight miles from Appo
quiniminck Creek, on Delaware Bay, and two mile^
from Bohemia River, on Chesapeake, both of which
are navigable at that distance, which makes it conveni
ent to Philadelphia and Baltimore Town. The title i$
good, being only fubjea to an annual quit-rent of two
(hillings and eight pence Perling. The whole late (fta
estate of. Samuel Bayard, deceased, and to be fold by
the executors of his hit will, who are living on the
premises, and will make known.further particulars ar
the time of sale.
Port of Philadelphia,? _
Penaffria, ff. § T ° whom " ma y concern,
^yOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State house, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 19th day of February
inst. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, tried
and there to try the tru r h of the fads alledged in the bit
of John Young, Esq; (who as well, &c.) against the fru,
or vessel called the Sam, burtlien about 120 tons, wirt
her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, lately com
manded by Samuel Richardfun. To the end and intend
that tke owner or owners of the said (hip, her cargo, &c^
or any person concerned therein, may appear and (hew~
cause, if any they have, why the famefhould not be con
demned according to the prayer of the said bill.
Feb. I, 1777. Pj order o f the Judge,
§ ANDREW ROBESON, Regfo.
Port of Philadelphia, ? t .
Ifyfoif ff. , Toali whom “ ma 7 concern/
NjOriCE is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty
™ will be held at the State-House, in the city of Phila
delphia, on Wednesday the 19th day of February inst.
at ten o'clock in the foremen of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the
bill of James Montgomery, (who as well, &c.) against
the fliip or vessel called the King George, burthen about
zoo tons, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo,
lately commanded by Edmund Williams. To the end
and intent that the owner cr owners ofthe said (hip, her
cargo, &c. or any person concerned therein, may appear
and (hew cause, if any thay have, why the fame thouldL
not be condemned according to the prayer of the said bilK
Feb. 7, 1777. By order of the Judge,
* _j4NDREWROBESON, Reriften
Port Philadelphia,? _ „ , . "
r^fo^f. all whom m *y concert
XJOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty
'' will be held at the State-house, in the city of Phi
ladelphia, on Thursday the 20th day of February infl
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then an<t
there to try the truth of the fafts alledged in the bill of
John Baldwin, Esq; (who as well, &c.) against the
schooner called the Success, burthen about 40 tons, with
her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, lately com
manded by William Compton. To the end and intent
that the owner or owners of the said schooner, her carp, 9,
&c. or any person concerned therein, may appear and
(hew cause, if any they have, why the fame should not
be condemned according to the prayer of the (aid bill.
Feb. 1, 1777. By order ofthe Judge,
* ANDREW ROBESON, Register.