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F R AG M E N T
From the JOU RNAL of a Macedonian tra
velling in SICILIAN
—— ^^7 E arrived about day break upon the left shore
% V of me river Anapus, at a little difiance from
the camp of TimoUoa. He liad come out to meet us, and
we found him accompanied with the officers of his army.
Me drew near and offered his hand, alter the Corynthian
,banner. I felt a sensation mixed with refpe& when I
found my hand prefled by that of this great man. After
h^v^, pirt^ken of force refreshment which was prepared
(<»r us,' we went on board a small vessel : We failed down
the Anapus towards his camp. As be Was no Granger to
ny of the ufefui sciences, it was he who kept the helm
during this short panage. The river is bounded by two
chains o' moumaiiu loaded with antique forefts. There
is on the right fllore a little valley nearly as large as the
Pyre or rne CetamiqUe. It was here that bis tent, as
wUI as those of feverai other officers, were pitched. Here
we weat on (here, and (he firft objed that struck me wits
a little orchard and trees loaded with fruit, as if it had been
a time of perfect peace. This circu-mflance was a good
omen of the djfipline of the soldiers.
The General conducted us to the tents prepared for us;
after which we returned tohis own, and fat down at his
table. The principal officers of me army were here met
together, and it was very pleasing to fee a collection offo
many patriot warriors ; all of them famous by some signal
a.fvn . i would have spoken of the areas exploits which
,L/ had performed ; but they modeflly declined the eon
verfition, preferring to (peak to us concerning those of our
fellow countrymen" who fervid among them ; and of the
glory winch they had acquired in fighting against the Car
'thagenians for the liberty of Sicily. One of them turned
Fiction, a native of Pella in Macedonia, had lately been
engaged in the taking of the Citadel in which the Carthage
mans had placed their created confidence. Timoleon rela
ted to me, that this young soldier on that occasion feeing
his victorious Chief woun led and extended on the ground,
brought him a flandard of the Carthagenians, and throwing
it at iris feet, said th him,—" behold, General, behold a
comfortable bed for you. This General was Waynos, of
Lacedemon : He had been wounded in the beginning of
the attack, and his soldiers having asked him whither he
would be carried, he answered in these words, altogether
worthy of a Spartan, “ into the enemy's fort." Wiynos
enjoyed on this glorious day the molt exquisite pleasure
wiih which a great foul can poffioly be affr&ed. He saw
the Carthagenians and their allies overthrown, humbled
cd proflrated at the feet of the Grecian soldiers, whom
they had injured by so many barbarities during the time
of tiieir tyranny and from the beginning of the war, now
begging for life and piroon ; and he beheld the Grecians
feperior to viHory, and disdaining revenge, raise up a con
quered enemy and abstain from every thing that might
aggravate their misfortunes. It is said that when Magon,
the enemy's General, who was blocked up in Syracuse,
was informed of this news, be tore his cloaths and cried
"out, " O fortune of Carthage, thou art pasted over to the
camp of the Greeks with all the virtues which give vigor
to nations, and thou haft left us only the alternative either
of humiliating retreat er of a peace incompatible with our
pride !"
While we rhhs conversed together, Athenian Musici
ans played at some difiance military and harmonious
tunes. The stream of the river repelled by the tide, brought
the waves to the stacks of cur tent and there broke with
a Mujeftic noise. * the fun was set-.-the hills on the op
posite fide glittered from the fires which the soldiers had
kindled. I had beforemy eyes one profpea the mos twor
thy of the admiration of men, the valiant and gene
rous Leaders of a Brave People contending for Liberty.
I feeit myfelf affected, and could not refrain shedding
some tears.
The Corynthians and many other Greeks have a cuftdm
to celebrate at their tables the memory of their absent
friends. Timul^n told me that he would drink the health
of Phaeton, the young Macedonian, famous for his cou
rage, so de^r to the Greeks, and to whom people would
have given some merit on account of his facrifices, as if it
was rare to fee a Mredonian prefer glory to voluptuous.
nefs. Timoleon asked nfe if I had any news concerning
him. I informed him of the reception which he had met
with at the Court of Ptolomee, the favours granted to him
for his concufd, Lol for bisdevotion to a cause fo'dear to
all Macedonia, I told him, that he had above all obtain
ed a reward the mod agreeable for a Macedonian, the
efleem of bis countrymen. I then perceived Timoleon
blvfh, as a ten her mother who is told of the virtues of her
child: He elafped my hand, and could f arce utter the
following words'; “ It is impossible to have a more noble
and honest foul, and I loved him zs my fan.”
The next mornin, at break of day we took horse in or
der to accompany Timo'eon, who was good enough to
conduQ us himfelf to all the principal Rations which he
had taken upon the river Anapus.
[[f this Fiag merit is agreeable to tire lovers of antienthif
t®ry, the Tranfiator will continue to publilh the most
interesting parts of it.]
PHILADELPHIA.
An ACT for veiling theeftates of the late Proprietaries
of Fennfyvania in this Commonwealth.
«<XHEREAS the charter from Charles the Second,
,% heretofore King of England, to William Fenn,
under which bile late Province, now State, of Pennsylva
nia was fi ft begun to be fettled, was granted and held for
the great ends of enlarging the bounds of human society,
and the cultivation and promotion of religion and learn
ing and the rights of property and powers of government
thereby veiled in the said William Penn and hisbeirs were
stipulated to be used and enjoyed, as well for the benefit
of the settlers as for his own particular emolument, agree
able to the terms of the said charter, and of certain con
ditions and concessions entered into between them: AND
* This pafftge may be very embarra ffingfor Commen
tators and Phifofophers, as there is not at present any
perceptible tide in the An&pas. This phenomenon will
be the fubjeft of a dissertation, wherein I th.ll endeavour
to explain it in a fatisfadory manner.
WHEREAS the claims heretofore made by the late Pro
prietaries to tle whole of the foil contained within the
bounds of the said charter, and in conference thereof
the reservation of quit-rents and purchase money upon
all the grants of lands within the said limits, cannot long
er confft with the fafety, liberty and happinefe of the good
people of this Commonwealth, who, at the expence of
much blood and treasure, have bravely refeued themselves
and their poffeffons from the tyranny of Great-Britain,
and are now defending themselves from the inroads of the
savages : AND WHEREAS the fafety and happiness of
the people is the fundamental law of society, and it, has
been the practice and usage of Stales nhoft celebrated for
freedom and wisdom to controhl and abolish all claims of
power and interef l inconfiflent with their fafety and wel
fare ; and it being the right and duty of the Representa
tives of the people to affurne the direction and manage
ment of fnch inrereft and property as belongs to the com
munity, or was designed for their advantage : AND
WHEREAS it has become necessary that speedy and ef
fectual measures should be taken in the premises, on ac
count of the great expetices of the war, and the rapid pro
gress of the neighbouring States in locating and fettling
the lands heretofore uncultivated, by which multitudes of
inhabitants are daily emigrating from this State.
Be it therefore enaCted, an! it is hereby ensued by the
Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in General Affernbly met, and by the au
thority of the fame, Tuat all and every the estate, right,
title, interest, property, claim and demand of the heirs and
devices, grantees, or others claiming as Proprietaries es
Pennsylvania, whereof they or either of them flood seized,
or to which they or any of them were intitled, or which to
them were deemed to belong on the fourth day of July, in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seven--
ty-fix, of, in or to the foil and land contained within the
limits of the said late Province, now State, of Fennfylvania,
or any part thereof, together with the royalties, franchi
ses, lordships, and all other the heteditamentsand premises
comprized, mentioned and granted in the fame charter
or letters patent of the said King Charges the Second (ex
cept as herein after is excepted) Shall be, and they are
hereby vetted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for
the life and benefit of the citizens thereof; freed and dis
charged, and absolutely acquitted, exempted and indem
nified of, from and against ail estates, uses, trusts, intails,
reversions, remainders, limitations, charges, incumbran
ces, titles, claims and demands whatsoever, from, by or
under the said charter or letters patent or otherwise, as
fully, clearly and entirely, as if the said charter or letters
patent, and the elates, intereffs, hereditaments and pre
nufes therein comprized, mentioned and granted, and all
other the estate, right and tide of the said Proprietaries,
of, in and to the feme premises, were herein transcribed
ahd repeated.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the said foil and lands, hereditaments and premises, and
every part and parcel thereof (except as herein is except
ed) from and after the date hereof, Shall be fubjeD to such
disposal, alienation, conveyance, division and appropria
tion, as to this or any future legislature of this Common
wealth Ihallftum time to time seem meet and expedient,
in pursuance of such law or laws as Shall for that purpose
hereafter be made and provided.
Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority afore
faid, That all and every the rights, titles estates, clajme
and demands, which were granted by or derived from
the said Proprietaries, their officers, or others by them
duly commissioned, authorized and appointed, or other
wise, or to which any person or performs, other than the
said Proprietaries, were or are indtlcd either in law or
equity, by virtue of any deed, patent, warrant or survey,
of, in or to any p rt or portion of the lapds comprized
and contained Within the limits of this State, or by vir
tue of any location filed in the land-office, at any time
or times before ihe said fourth day of July, in the year
of our Lend one thousand seven hundred and Seventy fix,
Shall be, and they are hereby confirmed, ratified and efla
bhlhed for ever, according to such estate or estates, rights
or interests, and under such limitations and uses, as in
and by the federal and refpe3ive grants and conveyances
thereof are directed and appointed.
Provided alf®, and be fit enaDedby the authority
aforefaid, That all and every the private estates, lands and
hereditaments of any of the said Proprietaries, whereof they
are now possessed, or to which they are now entitled in
their private Several right or capacity, by devise, purchase
or descent; and likewise all the lands called and known
by the name of the Proprietary tenths or manors, whicq
were duly surveyed and returned into the land-office on or
before the fourth day of Ju'y, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and Seventy-fix, together with
the quit or other rents, and arrearages of rents, reserved
out of the said Proprietary tenths or manors, or any part
or parts.thereof which have been fold, be confirmed, ra
tified and established for ever, according to such eft<te or
estates therein, and under such limitation, uses and
trusts, as in and by the several and r^fpeftive reservati
ons, grants and conveyances thereof are direDed and ap
pointed.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all and every the quit-rents which at .any time or
times heretofore have been reserved in and by any warrant,
pa'tentor other eon veyance of lands or other hereditaments,
from, by or under the said Proprietaries, their officers, or
others by them commissioned and appointed; and all and
every the dues and arrearages of quit-rents, and arreara
ges of purchase monies for lands not within the tenths or
manors aforefaid, or which at any time or times hereto
fore have been deemed or taken to be due and in arrear,
other than the quit or other rents reserved within the Pro
prietary tenths or manors before mentioned, shall from
henceforth cease and determine, and the fame lands and
other here'* aments shall be held free and discharged
therefrom, and from the payment thereof for ever.
Provided always, and be it further enaded by the autho
rity aforefaid, That in order to preserve equality amemg
the purchasers of land under the said late Proprietaries,
the said arrears of purchase money, other than for lands
within the said tenths and manors, shall be accounted to
be due and payable to the Commonwealth.
And be it further ena&ed by the authority aforefaid,
That all and every law or laws, Aft or Ads of Assembly
heretofore made and enabled by the Legislature of the pro
vince of Pennsylvania, and such parts or clauses thereof
THE Clerk of the Market, in pursuance of bis duty
and special direction to enforce the laws preventing
abuses in the Markets and fate of provision, now gives this
public notice, That he ;s resolved to prosecute any perfona
offending against the laws, without refped of persons :
Ans ithat none may plead ignorance in future, thinks pro
per to inform them, in this public manner, what anions
are by law made offences and how pu^fhable, viz.
First. The purchasing any provificns or victuals what
soever for the food of ^an, at their own houses, in the
Greets, at any wharfs, taverns, ferry-houfes or other places
• Wan the public Market houses.
Secondly. The making any bargain for any such provL
fions or victuals, before the fame shall be brought for sale
into the public Markets.
1 hiflily. The endeavouring to enhance the price of
the above articles, or dissuading any persons from bringing
their provisions to Market for sale.
Fourthly, The purchasing the above articles to fell
again, within four miles of the Court-House ; except
they are tavern keepers, butchers anting in their trade,
or huckflers after io o'clock in the forenoon.?!
The punishments inflicted by law are, for the firft of
fence a forfeiture of the value of the articles foreftalled or
related, and imprisonment for two mouths ; and accumu
lated pun^flimenis for a repetition of the offences.
The great advantage the inhabitants of the city as well
as those of the country would reap from observing these
regulations, would soon make all compulsion of law
unnecessary: But the fubferiber if resolved to do his duty
in this refpeCt ; and after this notification, n^citizea can
take it hard if he or his servant, found in the breach of the
law, are presented And be expels that such of thein
habitants as wish to fee abuses prevented, and a fair gene
ral plan of sale promoted, will not only comply ftriCtly
with the law themselves, but difeounteoance, and enable
the fubferiber to punish, those who do otherwise.
ROBERT SMITH, Clerk.
by which any right, title or claim, power crawhutify, i&
or are given or granted, ratified creftablifhtd in the said
Proprietaries or any of them, their or any of tiieir efficers
or servants, of, in or to any of the estates, lands or ether
hereditaments herein and hereby veiled and confirmed,
or meant to be hereby vefled and confirmed in this Com
monwealth, lor the use and benefit of the citizen?
thereof, or of, in or to the quit- rents and purchase money,
and arrearages thereof or of, in or to any portion thereof
herein and hereby released, discharged and aboilfhed, or
meant so to be, be, and they are hereby annulled, revoked
and repealed.
AND WHEREAS the Freemen of this Common
wealth, being desirous to maeifeft not only a regard to
their own fafety and happinef, but their liberality also,
and remembrance of the enterprizing spirit which distin
guished the founder of Pennsylvania, and mindful of the
expectations and dependence of his defeendants on the
propriety thereof, and also that sundry marriage fettle
meots and teflamentary diSpofitiohshav^ ^een made there
upon, which will be wholly defeated, ', the parties ex
posed to great disappointment snd lots, if no provision be
made therein :
Be it therefore enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the sum of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds,
flerling money of Great Britain, be paid out of the Trea"
fury of this State to the devifees and legatees of Thongs
Penn and Richard Penn, late Proprietaries of Pennsylva
nia refocDively, and to the widow and relict of the said
Thomas Penn, in such proportions as shall hereafter by
the Legislature be deemed equitable and just upon a full in
veftigation of their respective claims.'
Provided always, That no part of the said sum of One
Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds flerling, shall be
paid within less than one year after the termination of the
present war with Great-Britain; and that no more thaq
Twenty Thousand Pounds flerling, not less than Fifteen
Thousand Pounds flerling thereof, shall be paid or paya
ble in any one year, until the whgie sum be fully paid and
difeharged; and that the firft annual payment rhmof be
made at the expiration cf one year alter the termination
of the said war.
AND WHEREAS divers perft?ns who baveaßed un
der the said late Proprietaries, or any of them, as Secre
taries of the Land Office, Receiver of PurchaSe-money,
Rents er either Income, Surveyor General, Surveyors of
Land, or otherwise, or being the heirs or representatives
of such perlons, are possessed of divers books, Surveys,
returns of fhrvey, certificates, orders or other documents,
increments, records, or writings, or seals to the TH
Propriety belonging or appertaining, or which have been
usually lodged and kept in the federal and refyeDive offi
ces of Secretary of the Land office, Receiver- General
and Surveyor- General, may neglect or refufe to deliver
up the fame, undiminished, to the Supreme Executive
Council of this State, as is proper and necessary upon the
passing of this A&.
Be it therefore enaded by the authority aforefaid, That
if any person or perlons whatsoever who now is nr are,
or hereafter shall be poff c ffed of any of the said books,
surveys, returns of survey, certificates, orders, or other
documents, instruments, records, writings or seals, and
shall, after demand thereof in writing made by the Presi
dent or V ice- President of the Supreme Executive Coun
cil of this State, for one month after such demand refute
or neglect to deliver up the fame to the person or perlons
empowered by the said President or Vied President to re
ceive the tame, such person or persons, so refufing, shall
forfeit and pay to the use es the Common wealth any sum
not exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, upon be
i°g convicted by indictment in any Court of Oyer red
Terminer; and moreover, if such person or persons after
such conviction perfiftin such refufal, such person or per
sons shall be fentened to imprifocment until he or they
deliver the books surveys, or other herein befor- men
tioned articles, by such pa {on or persons withheld asafcre
faid.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enabled into a Law at Philadelphia on Satur ay the
Twenty seventh day cf November, A. D. One
thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of General Affeinbly.