The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-17 00:00:00, page 3

W^F> fo* 2nd towtai the relief and fopp^t of poor,
a^d and infirm matters of ftips their widows and children,
and for and towards no other us% intent and purpose
whatsoever : And that all the monies which were placed
out on iotereft and did belong to tpe said Society, on the
faii firft Monday in January, One rhoufand (even hundred
and eighty, together with all future fubferi,lions, dona
tions, gifts, bequests, and devises, thill be adjudged and
deemed capital itach, unless the fame mill be otherwise de
clared by such donations, gifts, .begoeft' or devises ; and
flail be from time to time laid cut in the purchafq of real
cr landed property, or placed out on good fccunty as
aforefaid, and net otfoetWife disposed of by the said Mana-
Provided always, and be it further elided by the au
thority afoaefaid, That the said fever&l ferns of three
pounds contribution, and annual payments of twelve (hil
lings, fell beeftimated, and deemed to beat, and after
the rate of ten (hillings for a bethel of good merchantable
wheat weighing ft±ty pounds, and that the fumarin Cur
rent money utcefFry to be contributed and paid, in or
der to procure /.dmiffion as a Member into the said Soci
ety. And the annual payment aforefaid, (hall be regular
ted and adjusted, from time to rime, by bye laws of the
hid Corporation*, made for tha purpose.
And be h further enn&ed by the authority aforefaid,
That there (hall be a ge^ral meeting of the contributors
on foe sirs iMondays in January, April, July and Odo
ber, in every year, and the managers, or a majority of
them, are hereby allo authorized and impowered, to call
\ fyeciaf tnertiw when, and as often as they shall judge
necessary so to do; of which they shall give notice, in one
or more of the public news papers, , published in the
city of Philadelphi , at haft one week before such special
martin'; at all which general and special meetings, the
contributors shall and may, and they are hereby authori
zed ihd imp&w red, to confide,, treat and determine, of
rind concerning all arid every the matters @d things fela
tin ;to the pro - 4 en? management and good order of theftlid
Society, and to mate an, ordain all (uch rules, orders and
bye-laws as f fhallbe ufcful and neceffaiy for that purpose,
' and generally for the well ordering all otti^t matters arid
things concerning the efhte, goods, chatties, lands, te
nements an 1 revenues thereof, all which bye laws, rules
and orders, dial! be inviolably observed by allconeerned:
Provided always, That the said bye-laws, rotes and or
dera, be not repugnant to the laws of this Common
weal^ and shall be agreed to by a majority of the
contributors pref nt at such meeting
A h be it enaftH by the authority aforefaid, That at
the said g-nerd meeting, bathe firß Monday in Janua
ry, yearly ml ^ery year, the said contributors, who
&Jlbe pref at shall choose by tickets in writing, twelve
per foes out ofifeeir own body, to be ts# 3 Managers; and cne
ctber parton to be the Treafurar, for the ending yearj and
that the p^agers of the preceding year, (hall appoint
two o' their own body, with three other centabutors, who
ar- n^t managers to be Julies of the eledina, w£p shall,
on Jer chute han 4, or the bawds of a ryajor aart of them,
report toe names of the perfans duly elrftedM: ,napers and
Treahner refpefbvely, for the erfuiog year, to the gene
ral meeting : And wh© the said eledion shall be foifh
ed, and the report Gmade, the contributors prefeat,
nnr proceed Gbufioef„ and not before.
An4he it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
Thit Joseph Sidefl, of the city of Philadelphia, (hall be
Tre surer to the fid Society for the fefent year, and
sh. Hron'inuern hishid office, until the firft Monday in
January nuxt ensuing the publication of this Aft, and un
til another &U 1 be chosen in his stead ; which Treafurcr,
and all ot -.er Trerfurrs to be defied by virtue of this
A*, fhdl hevethe custody of the cash, fecuritiea and
d.\!s| belonging to tre said Society, and sh 11 from time
flre par ard deliver the fame, and every of them, tofuch
,;;o^ or persons as th^mapagert, or a majority o' them,
hi d°y their orders due& and appoint; which said or
d^s ihrll b„ood vouchers to indemnify him;' and the
fair Treifurer shall, end he is hereby required to give
fnf*c 4 ot rdcafes and acquittances, of and for all ferns of
n. Y which he ihall receive oh any mortgage, bond,
tri ^ other tewrity, and WT tin one month after request,
to ack roofed:- th some on record, if fuel? payment (hail
b°% mortgage, under,the penalty of forfeiting any sum
of money no* ^c^ding the mortgage money, to be reco
v«rt 1 in hry court of Record within this Commonwealth,
by bill, wising or information; and shall also keep cellar
and fair books of sc ocors, of all cash, fecuritiev, deeds,
writings and other thing, and eifeha by him received,
paid >r delivered as afaref id; atd that facta Treafurcr be
fore be enters upon rhe duties of Ips office, shall give'uch
ftcurhy thth« said Corporation in the name aforefaid, for
the due and fzbh.ul discharge of this t^uft,and far ac orm
ting for, and delivering up to h:s Suceeffor in the said
office, all foch monies, securities, deeds, ^ritiogsand
effeas, as (hell have come to his hands or cuft )dy, and
which shall nut have, been paid or delivered upon difchqrge
of ah, mortgage as aforefaid, or by order of the mam gtrs
S 3 afoceOid, as the said managers,, or a majority of them,
ftril dire& and requ r„ which security, the said mama
gets are hereby enjoined and required to fee duly given
and executed, and recorded in the office for recording of
deeds, for the county of Philadelphia, before any futh
Treasurer fdeleaed, shall outer upon his said office, and
before he fhab receive any of the said cash, fecucitiee,
deeds, writings and other effed aforefaid.
And be it further enafted by the authority aforefaid,
That the said managers shall meet when and whereand as
often as they Anti thick proper, and being , majority at
^fy (nail and may enter open, order, direst and difoatch,
all (uch matt^rsand things as,fhall properly come before
them, and such, their proceedings shall be good and valid,
in all the affairs of the Society aforefaid, dene and per
formed in perfuance of this Aft, or that shall be commit
ted to their management by the Contributors aforefaid,
from time to time, at their general or special meetings.
And be it farther enaded by the authority aforefaid.
That thefaid managers, shall keep fair and exa& mi-
Writes of all their trauf aicnsand proceedings, and a tree
and fair lift of all donations, fubUriplions and payments,
which shall from time to time be made, to and for the uses
and purposes in this A 3 mentioned, and shall yearly and
ever, year, public the fame, together with an account
of monies expended, in some of the news-papers printed
in the city of Philadelphia,, and shall at all times, when
required, fabmit the books, minutes, accounts, affair#
and teconem, of the said Society, to the inf,eftion arid
free examination of fuels Committee of Assembly, as may
from t@e to time be appointed, for infpe&ing and exa
mining the fame.
And be it further enaaed by the authority aforefaid,
That from and after the publication of this A&, the a
forelaid aft, parted the twenty fourth day of February, in
t^e year of our Lord One thousand (even hundred aad
fevency, (hall be, and it is hereby repealed and made
void.
On Tuesday lad, the bill for the gradual abolition of
Slavery was read the thira time in the General Assembly
of this State, and passed by a great majority of voices. An
order was thereupon made, as usual, for the engrossment
es the bill,, in order that it may be eloathed, as soon as
m?y be, with the orms, and acquire the force of a law.
AU negroes hereafter bora in Pennsylvania, will be free at
the, age of twenty-eight years.
, Thisa& qf human ty, wffdom and juflice, flowing ftom
the Constitution of Fennfylvania, which declares, "that
all men are. born equally free and independent, and, have
certain natural ano u^dl^nabk rights," will immediately
and in future times, redound greatly to the honor of Penu
fylv^oia, and of the members who coprurred in the pro
ceedings. The example hereby let,, it can scarcely be
doubted, will be im fated by other States in the Union.
This effort in behdfei liberty is small however, compared
tothat of Louis the X. and his brother Philip, Kings of
France; about the beginning of the 14th Century, when
great part of their fubjefls were (laves ; for they issued
edicts, " declaring, that as all men were by Nature free
born, and is their kingdom was tailed the kingdom of
Franks, (freemen) they determined it fliould be so in re
ality as well as in name ; therefore they appointed that
enfranchifemeuts mould be granted throughout the king
dom, upon just and re fonable conditions."
It is probable that tbtfe laws which struck at the lo
tereft and power of the tipbility arid-feudal superiors, firri
broke the thr-Mom of the hufhandman of Europe With
out doubt the oppul^t opp fers urged plenty and va
riety bf arguments of inconvenience and danger to a
rise from this greaf all of jufiice. Slavery in England,
was left to be undermined by the force of civili
zation and the incrc&fe of religious knowledge, and
lasted much longer. In the year 15x1 we find 2 charter
pfH'nry t^eEighth, enfranchising w slaves belonging to
oue of his Manors; and as late as the year 1574, .there
iis a tommiffioß in Rymer's Feederafrem Queen Elizabeth,
with refpea to the rcanum ffion of certain bondmen be,
longing to her. Tee moment a Have lands in France, he
becoies free, in England, the law is so in general, but
feme limitation# have been put to this, in behalf of
Weft Indians and other fttafyers, as to their family ne
groes. ~.,. 7.
Puftfalpt ofa letter from a gentleman of credit, in York-
Town, Virginia, dated Feb. 1, I7SO.
" By an express just arrived we learn, that the fleet
which lately left Sandy Hook, is gone to Augufline.—
They sent a flag &ffiore at Charlestown, South Caroli
na, with prisoners Five French cruizing frigates ate off
Charles Town Barg and the enemy have evacuated Sa
vaunah, in Georgia. This we have for a certainty by a
fecord expreF arrived late last night "
The Continental frigate Confederacy, Capt. Harden,
(with whom went paffemgers, Mens. Gerard, Minister
of France, the Hen. John Jay, Esq ; and bis family,
from this port tor France) having met with a violent gale
of wind which carried away all her masts, was obliged to
put into Martinico to refit, where the arrived, after being
45 day. 2 at sea The paffeorers have since left Martinico
in the French frigate Aurora.
Extraa ^ a letter from St. Ebftiti% dated Jan. 22, -780.
" I have received advices from Liverpool, which men
tion, that Ireland has made a demand of a free trade to all
the world, and if not complied with, the ptefent was a
good time to rifque a revolution, and eflablilh panther in
dependent Rate out of the ruins of the British Empire.
How far this may be relied on, I cannot pretend to fay,
but it is generally btkeyed in the British iftands that Rich
an event will take place e'er long. -,
In CONGRES S, January 12, 1730.
Refolded, That the muffering department be difeffli
qued, and the officers thereof discharged.
fonocry 20.
Refolded, That the department of the Barrack -Maffer
Genera! be abolished; and that he be cited to an imme
diate account for tse money advanced him by the United
States.
January 27.
Refolded, That the ifoirig Coronriffaries be refpeQive-
I, directed not to deliver rations or parts of rations to any
Hofpitai Cornmiffary, unless on returns signed by him,
and countersigned by tae principal Physician or Surgeon
of the refpeßive Hefpicals, fpecifying the names and Ra
tions of the persons far whom, and for what time the ra
tions are drawn; and that the Hospital Commiffery be
alf© required to annex to eack return, thereceipts of the
perfoo, to whom he fh^l have delivered the provifion#
drawn on the last return.
That th: Commifory General of Ifl'ues, dired the form
of the returns and receipts aforefaid.
'( Extrads from the Minuses,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
•.* The CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY meet
on Saturday evening neat, the 19th inftaot, at fix o'clock
preciftiy, at the Dutch Lutheran Schuol-hcufe in Cherry-
Alley.
EDWARD POLE, Secretary,
wjfety^^
TO BE S 0 L D,
A NEGRO LAD, about eighteen years I 2ge,
who is very handy at waiting on table and &oing
house-work. Erqui/e of the Printer;
W A N T E D,
AW OMAN to few and take care of children,
that can be well recommended. Enquire of the
Printer.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN last night from thr hTfmb«r, living in
Tredyffnnj Ch^jr county, a rein HORS E, fif
teen years old, arout fourteen and a half hands h^ h, in
geed erd,r, has neither brand tror ear mark, was hod
before, paces and trot^ carries low and appears to bare
hid the fi£uh, g&s wifle behind when rode, and fome
wh%t lame in one of hit hind legs. Also was stolen at
the feme time, a faridle and bridle, the fiddle a'meft
new, with blue cloth housings, the stirrup leathers goes
through the fiveat dpt ; a large tilver race watch much
worn, with a large hub in the outfits case; a pocket
book marked M I. with some pap r money ; one silver
dollar, and two flk handkerchiefs. Whoever tekrs up
said horie, erd secures the thieves so that they m^y be
brought to ju^ice, (hall have the above reward, or One
Hundred Dollars fcr the herfe and ta Idle 5f taken above
twenty miles from home, and if within twenty miles.
Fifty Dollars on hi# delivery, and reasonable charges,
paid by
February ij. THOMAS JONES.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 1780,
XX, HEREAS Margaret Robinson, the
* * wife of the fubferi^er, living in Almond-street,
hath for a centderabe time pall behaved in a very un
becoming mar.r^r, by borrowing m.ney of all persona
from whom ^e could get it, both in ray name and tier
own, to pnrbafe drink: And feeing no appearance of
amendment in her behaviour, I .m at length obliged,
contrary to my inclination, to take this method of for
wa ruling all perfens ^irlt trussing her c.7lmy Tfrunt,
as I am deter mired not to pay any debts ffir may bere
after contra^. Anti all perfofc ™hh rrhorn (he has beat
carrying on a curefeondence re hereby desired to pro
duce thair accoYmts soon after this notice, other wife I
shall think myfelf no ways liable to pay th 7 feme by law.
DANIEL ROBINSON.
To be SOLD fy Public Vendue,
At the Cofi?e-aoui,j on s:ourHav the tym 0! February
ink, at Five o'clock in the evening,
FIVE acre# and one blind ed and thirty-one and a
o half, perches of M^ti^w Ground bnri Flats, on
Pettier IQand $ late the e^at^ of Michael Baker,
deceifed. 1 ,
, All ptrfonr tha hava any. demands against the estate
of the hid Michael Barer, deceafid, by bond, note
or book .debt, are deti;xj # .to jwin^ in their accounts:
And fhofa that are any ways indebted to said eflate are
requeued to makt^iraWiitc. paymeut to
MARY BA KER, Executrix.
JAMES C LA RK,
CONTINUES to carty on the DYEING Bu
siness in i;s different branches, viz. silk garments,
various colours; fkririnnd new silks for ftorts arid shop%,
dyed black and dreff.d ; cotton, flowered and (ported
gauzes of all kinds, dyed birds and dressed to answer
&ny purpose ; werfads and yAfn, arid cotton and flax
yarn, dyed ^lue, red, and divers other colours ; jeans,
fuffians end cotton velvets dyad ftendry colours, and
drafted ; mens ctoaths cleaned, &c. The whole done
with expedition, and upon as reafonabic terms as the
times wri admit of. Work received and delivered ct
bis house in Second street, betwixt Market 2nd Chef
nut-ftram, arid at th^ Dye-house in Water-ftr^t, La
twixt Walnut and Chefnat-ftrati, Philadelphia
N. B. Commissions from flic county c^fcily an
fwerert.
WRAPPING PAPER
By the REAM,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN DUNL AP.
i- ?b:!a^lftia, Fib. rg 17^
T Or-B E L E T,,
GOOD WHARF,, having fuffifort depth of
water for any v^ff^tu lit at, filtrated in thedifrifi
of Southwark. Allo a three *wy b.nk HOUSE con
venient to the wharf, having t^o Iboras on a floor, with
a two,ftory kitchen adjoining, und an excellent pump
of wat,r at the door. For terms apply to JOHN
JONES, cn th^ premia.
; +; PbUc^/pbii, Feb. 16, iy%Q.
BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas to
me directed, will be fold by Public Venfoe, oa
Monday thy^ h n:f& at Eleven o'clock, at the Cuffee-
House io tbit city, all the riy,ht, title and int^etfof
Jamer Talbot, lite of f^id c 'ty, >f, in ind to one moiety
or ball part of a brick tenement three ffories high, brick
kitchen, ?nd wooden tßnernent aifeming aid b^k of
the kitchen, and lot of ground, on the louih fide of Race
fleet, between Third and Feurb Ar:#rs, containing
abeat twenty fret front an 5 rear, and about eighty feet
deep; bounded, on the wc% by John En^lberger's lot,
on th, east by John RayenfeinT hoof, and let, on the
south by the Re.-, Mr. Kunkel ground, and on the north
by Race-ftraeti Seized and taken in execution as the
elite of said James Talbot, at toe suit of -=— Se*;rove
and Constable, by
JAMES CtAYPOOLE, Sheriff.
ROB ERT DUN C A N,
Has for SALE at hj, ftotr in Secand-'.reet, near Chef
nat-ftr<et, The following articles by whulcfah and
retail,, viz.'
By. 1 G HT Mufcovadp Sugars in fiarces arid barrels.
Double refined Bagiiih Loaf Sugar,
Spabifh Sugars,
Rest B hea Te* by the chest or dozen,
H fen and Souchong ditto,
Coffee, Pepper, Choceljt%
imported Bird Shot of all numbers and fizez, in bags of
s oib. e^ch..