The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-01-25 00:00:00, page 1

TO BE SOL D, A
Second hand Chariot & Phaeton
in good order. Enquire of GEORGE WAY, Coach
maker in Arch street, between Fourth and Fifth-Abets,
Philadelphia. Dec.
N. B. Th* City Anaiofa will be constantly held
every MONDAY ; and as the Store is always open for
the Reception of Goods, it is desired (whan not incon
venient) that the Goods may be sent before the Day of
Sale.
GODOLPHIN.
ff,HAT beautiful, full-blooded covering HORSE,
I will be SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE, at rhe
Coffec-Houfe, in Philadelphia, on the fi ft Day of Fe
bruary, at which time the Conditions of Sale will
be made known,and authentic CrLficates of his Pedi
gree he delivered to the Purchaser.
GODOLPHIN was bred by the late colonel Baylor,
of Virginia, out of Jenny Difma ! , by Fearnought, who
was got by Regular, a celebrated Colt of the Godol
phin Arabian ; Jenny Dismal was got by Old Dimal,
whole Sire was the Godolphin Arabian, and h^r Dam
was got by lord Godolphin's Whitefoot.
This Horse Hands at Briffol, and may be fern by
applying to HENRY. SHELLENBERGH, of that
place. Dec. 28, 1782.
N. B. GololphW, Coil are unequalled ; a fampls
may be seen at Mr. Ogdon's, at the Middle-ferry.
CITY COURT will be held it the Court House,
in this city, on Monday the 27th irritant, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, of which all perf< unbound by
recognizance to appear thereat, and all city constables
rue to take notice and give their attendance according
ly. All public house keepers * ithin the city, who (hall
not then have tiken out their licences for this year, roll
be profecuteu according to law.
WILLIAM WILL, fhcriff.
Philadelphia, January iB, 1782.
Of a Large and very General ASSORTMENT of
M ERCHAN 1) I Z E,
Suitable for the approaching Season,
______ — CThwromi . iiiitt — —st ______
To be Sold by the Subscribers,
T" °- Fifths of seven hun
dred Acres of LAND in Cumberland county,
"i:h a valuable Iron Ore Bank, equal to ar.y in the
state, with a small dream of water Sufficient for a fur
nace, with thirty feet fall, and a feat for a forge on a
large stream fufficirnt for that purpose; both feats
within half a mile of the ore bank ; most excellently
Situated for timber and for (applying the backwoods,
as is lies in the mouth of the Path-valley, on the great
road to Fort-Pitt. There is a large body of the ore,
and it has been tried and found to he of the b-ft qua
lity. One half the purchase being paid in hand, there
will be time given for the remainder. Any person in
clining to purchase may know the terms and view the
premises, by applying to the fubferibers in Chambers
burg. BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, junr.
Nov. 22, 1752. JOSEPH CHAMBERS.
(Particulars of which will ^ published by the Bell on
the Morning of the Day of Sale)
With a QUANTITY of
Houfhoid Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
PorOWMAC K.
A Full blooded STALION, a bright bay with a
white face, 16 hands high and 8 years old; get
by the celebrated imported English horse Wddair, be
longing to colonel Symes, of Hanover county, Virginia,
who gave 2000 guineas for Wildair.—Allo, A fine
Bl.tck MARE, about 16 hands high and nine years
old. For fufther particulars enquire of Mr. JACOB
HIILTZHEIMER, who will make known the term:.
At the City Auction, on
MO NDAT next.
SATURDAY,
WEAR ING APPAREL, &c.
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VOL. XI.) Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
The 27th of January, 1783.
At NINE o'clock in the M ORNIN G,
Will Commence the S A L E
TO BE SO L D,
That excellent H OR,S E
JOHN BAYARD, AuSitneer.
GENERAL ADVERTI SER.
Philadelphia, January 18, 1783.
RY virtue cf a Writ of Venditioni Ex
ponas to me dir^a^d, w ; ll be exposed to Sale, at
the Premises, on MONDAY the 3d of February n>xt,
at io o'clock in the Forenoon, A certain MESSU
AGE and about One Half Acre of LAND, firime in
Snith field township, about miles from Philadel
phia, bounded by lands of Samuel Alien and James
Vantent ; Lid to be a good flat d for a fhopkea;er cr
tradesman ; late the property of J)hn L<w;s, and tak
in Execution, by WM. WILL, fhter ff.
Philadelphia, January 1,178,.
RY virtue of a Writ of Levari facias to
me directed, will be exposed to Public Sa.r, cn
WEDNESDAY the 29th inst. at (2 o'clock (aid day,
at the Old Coffee-houe, A certain MESSUAGE and
LOT of GROUND, situate on the south fide of Ps,
ter-Platter-alley, between Front and Second- (trees, in
the city of Philadelphia, being about 20 feet front on
said alley, and 40 feet deep, more or hfs, bounded by
lots of Robert Grace and Thomas Shute ; tubjia to
Samuel Minfha.il, de
ceafd. WM. WILL, fheriff.
Philadelphia, January 22, 178 b
OY virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Expo
" nar, to me dirtied, will be expefed to PuW cSal%
at the Northern-Liberty Au^ion Store, on T UESDAY
next, the,2Bth instant, January. The Sale to bgn at
TEN o'clock, and will consist of the following enume
rated GOODS; brought intp this (late contrary to a
law of the tame, and condemned as British, viz.
Superfine Broadcloths of various colours,
Rattinets and Shalloons, Corduroys, Royal Ribs,
white and buff fuperfine Caffimerfy black Everlaftingt,
black Prir.cc(s Stuff, Stockinets, Sittinets, white and
brown thread Hose, Scotch and coloured Threads,
sewing Silks of all colouis, Barcelona and printed
Handkerchieft,hlack and coloured ell-wide Perfiars,
black Mode, &ft gilt Buttons, caftor Harr, &c.
N. B. The Ca(h mult be paid before the Goods art
delivered. WILLIAM WILL, thrift.
State of Delaware, ff.
To A L L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court if Admi
ralty will be held at the Ccurt-hcu^in ^e town
or Dover, in Kent county, in the Delaware h^ e, on
Wednesday the 29th day of this infant, January, at 10
o'cock in the fucencon of the fame day, then and three
to try the truth of the fact adedged in the libel of capt.
Thomas Bell, (qui tam,) &c. agiirft the Brigantine
Morfon, her Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Lading.
To the end and intent, that the owner or owners there
of, may appear and (hew catife, if ar.y they have, why
the fame (houli net be condemned according to the
prayer cf faty libri. Bv order of the judge,
BENJAMIN VINING,., regider
Jan. 8, 1783. of the court of admiralty.
A Gentleman, who is obliged
to Trend in Philadelphia some months every ye«r, at
different times, wants to HIRE, in a genteel he use r two
good ROOMS, as 3 good Bed-room and a Prrku,
another Room for his servants, a Kitchen, or the use of
a Kitchen, the Rooms furnifhed or not furnished. En
quire of the Printer.
AL L perlons indebted to the Estate of JOHN DE
VETTER, late of this city, Turner and Ch^ir
maker deceaf^d, are hereby requeued to ra^ka speedy
payment ; and those who have any just demands - gainit
hid estate, are allo desired to hringfin their accounts
properly attrited, that th*y mav be fettled, bv
CQNRAD DEVSTTER, Administrator.
Philadelphia, Jan, 4, 1783.
A LARGE front er back ROOM as an office, with
one, two or three chambers,
Also a young servant LAD, that can fpe^k E^glifh
and French. Enquire of the printer.
tyCAS LOST on Monday the 13th instant, near
, Byrne's tavern, on the Common, A finale Bu
rel'd PISTOL with bra:s Mounting, maker's name
T. Lane. Whoever has found the fame, and,wfl de
liver it to the Printer, (hall have ih^ above Reward for
their tiouble. Jan. 22.
Wanted Immediately,
Two Dollars Reward,
OR, THE
THE
Under this idea I bad conceived that the grand in
quest, when duly summoned and (worn, composed a
body of the highest trust and power, inferior to none
but the legislative body itfelf.
That they are constitutionally independent of every
influence and controul, and not accountable for their
decisions, unless on manifeft proof of corruption or
breach of the laws of the laud. That they are foperi
or to, and not the servants of the court, inafmoch as
the court wijh all its powers, cannot proceed against
any individual in the line of criminally, without the
leave and (anftion of tlrs grand inquefl, (except in ca
ses of attainder, or contempts against the court) for
as to the doArine of proceeding by information, I do
not rightly underhand it; yet know enough of it to
hope it will never gain an establishment in this country.
I thought that this power, though great, could never
occasion jealousy, because it is lodged in a kind of re
presentation cf the people at large (if the Iheriff does
his duty with integrity and diferetion) in a number of
nen, hazily drawn together, between whom there
could not have exited any previous colleaive connec
tion, and therefore there can be no collufron : and 'aft
ly because their power is so temporary, that there is
not time to form a fyflematical abuse of it.
I had further conceived, that as the grand jury were
empanels 3 metely far tte'proteaion of the innocent,
by bringing the guilty, and none but the guilty, to
an open trial, they muff of course have a power, and,
by the tenor of their oath of office, are enjoined to make
Arid enquiry, that is, to Command to be brought be
fore them all manner of legal teflimony of what na
ture soever, that may in any wife Tend to the elucida
tion of the truth and the whole truth ; and that they
may and ought to do this of right, uninfluenced by the
interference of any foreign power whatever. And that
if the grand jury were obliged to receive dilates from
the bench, or from the attorney-general, (who in fad
ought to be no more than affiflants to the jury in points
of form only) they would be an unnecessary wheel in
the machine of government, and serve no other purpofe
but that of giving a legal fanftion to the will of the
court. —These and some other extravagant notions, I
found myfelf possessed of when I conversed on the fub
jea, but could not recoiled the source from which
I had drawn my ideas.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
"Q ROM what hath appeared in the public papers,
, ns well as from private information and report,
refpeaing the late contest between the judges df the
court of'oyer and terminer, and the grand jury for the
city and county of Philadelphia; this fubjeft hath
claimed general attention in the country, and the
rig ; tsand duty of a jury been difeuffed in almost every
conversation; ignorantly enough no doubt. But the peo
ple, ever jealous of their liberties, are ready to take
the alarm on any appearance of invasion ; without re
fpe& to the quarter from whence the danger arises, or
the motives that induced it. The robe of office is not
long enough to screen the invader from censure; nor
will the seemingly harmless motive of pride, paliate the
offence. Are our liberties fa fe, cr ate they not ? is
the only question with the people at large. Friends
may explain away an error and fyeophants may flat
ter ; but flri£t right knows neither friends or flatte
rers.
For my own part, I confefs I am no lawyer, and
therefore wonder how it should ever come to pass, that
I should appear in your paper on a law fubjea— but
the thing is unavoidable, as I feel myfelf urged by
what I conceive to be a sense of duty.
I had some bow or other acquired a notion, that
there were but two screens between the fubjea and
the supreme power of the law. I mean the grand ju
ry, and the power cf pardon, lodged somewhere in e
very conflitution. The firtl is a security to the in
nocent accused, that be mhy not be brought to a
difgraceful, expensive, and vexatious tefl^ and the
other is a power to relax the unrelenting cords of
conviaiow, and blunt the (harp edge of the law in ca
ses where, though the crime may have been fufficiently
ascertained, yet concomitant circumflances may juflify
an extension of mercy.
At length I (aw a piece in the Freeman's Journal of
the 15th instant, signed Adrian - and was horribly
Shocked, to 61d feßtiments and doßrines advanced on
this fubjea, so very contrary to my own. As I doubt
not bitt it t,uft have been written by a very great man,
from Te elegance of^he flile, and by a very great law
yer Irom the subtlety of the reafpoing: I began to
fear I was all in the wrong, I thought of the matter
night and day, and at lad I difeovered that the ftpre
from which I had procured all my idle whims on this
fubjed, was ciofe at my elbow. You must know that
we have in the house, an old folio book, which had be
longed to my grand-father ; this book had been puc
to no other use by try father, than to whet his razor
on the leathern cover thereof, when be had ocoafion to
JAN UARY 25, 1783;
, [NUMB. 994.