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The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
B Y
JOHN D U N L A P.
Philadelphia, June 8, 1779.
At Eleven o'clock this forenoon, before the door of
the Coffee-houfe, will be exposed to S ALE by
Public Vendue,
An elegant four-wheeled CHAISE,
With HARNESS for a pair'of horses.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
At the Cbffee-houfe in the citv of Philadelphia, on
Wednesday the ninth day of June inst. at Six o'clock
in the evening,
A HOUSE and lot or piece of ground, situate ®n
the weft fide of the main street in Germantown,
containing in breadth on Lid street fifty feet, and in
length or depth two hundred and seventeen feet; oppo
site he White Horse tavern. There is on laid lot an
elegant new stone house, two stories high, with two
rooms on a floor genteely finifhed, and a good cellar
under the whole house, also a liable and other out
houses, with some fruit trees. The lot is inclofed with
a good board fence. Free from any ground rent. Late
the eftute of Daniel Meredith, deceased. For fur
ther particulars enquire of Colonel Bradford, at the
Coffee-houfe.
INDIANA PROPRIETORS, agree
able to adjournment, are to meet at the house of
Mr. Francis Lee, at the sign of the Indian Queen, on
Tueiday the fifth of July, at Five o'clock in the after
noon, on affairs of consequence, where the concerned
are requested to attend, or their Attorney; for them.
Bv order,
Ma, 29. 4. D. FRANKS, President.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS several French seamen, enlisted in
the service of His Most Christian Majesty or be
longing to French vessels trading to this port, are daily
enticed to desert from the fimr, to enter on board mer
cb nt and Armed vessels without the permission of his
Majesty's Conlul, any person or perlons securing the
fame in any of the gaols of this State, the States of De
laware or New-Jersey, or delivering the fame to His
Majesty's Consul or Vice Consul in this port, shall re
ceive the above reward for every such deferred sailor or
feafaring man so secured or delivered, over and above
every other reasonable expence.
Five Hundred Dollars are also offered to all those who
shall give information against any person of any de
nomination whatloever, who shall seduce or entice any
French sailor or foreigner enlisted in his Majeft,'s ser
vice, to desert and enter on board any other merchant
or armed reffel without peimiffion from the Consul, or
against any person who fhali knowingly conceal and se
crete them ; the last mentioned reward to be paid upon
the conviction of the person or persons so offending, in
a criminal profecurion, or upon a verdict or verdas
being found against him or them in a civil action.
HOLKER, Agent of the Royal Marine
in all the ports of the United States,
Consul of France.
B, order of the Consul,
OSTER, Vice Consul of France.
Philadelphia, Maj 29, 1779. 6.
W A NT E D,
A PERSON who can be well recommended, to
a& as a CLERK in a public office. Enquire of
@be Printer.
One Hundred and Forty Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN last night, out of the pasture
of the fubferiber, in Brandywine hundred, New
castle county, date of Delaware, a black roan HORSE,
ten or eleven years old, about fourteen and a half hands
high, when rode inclines mostly to pace, and when push
ed trots very rough ; formerly belonged to the Conti
nent and branded US, was fold last fall at Continental
vendue and branded P on both shoulders ; his tail trim
med to a short round bob, his shoulders pretty much
ruffled with the collar, very tender footed, and had ns
Sloes on when ftblen. Whoever takes up and secures
said horse so that the owner may have him again, shall
receive Fort, Dollars, and for the thief, if brought to
justice, One Hundred Dollars, by applying at Grubb's
Tavern, to
June u GEORGE ROBINSON.
TUESDAY,, JUNE 8 , ,
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G E N E R A L ADVERTISER
[Price 2S. 6d. single, 2S. by the quantity.
OFFICE for Conveyancing, and Sale of
Real Estates.
TO BE S O L D,
THREE frame dwelling-houses and let of ground,
lituate on the east fide of the mai^ street in New
town, Backs county : The lot is in breahh on the said
street nine perches and an half, and contains in quanti
ty one hundred and thirty th ee (quart perches- Tae
houses are well built and compleatly fimfhed, with cl
lars under each ; one of them 30 feet by 20, a d tue
other two 18 feet by 26, two rooms on a floor, a good
garden to each tenement; being an exceeding good
stand for a store or tavern.
Also a valuable tra& of land, situate about twenty,
seven miles from Carlille, in the county of C^mberLmd,
containing about four hundred and three acres eighteen
acres thereof good mowable meadow and fix y acres
more may be easily made, rixiy acres cleared ; bein;
extremely well situated for a mill- fear, @u a never-failing
stream of water. On the premises are a leg house, bare,
orchard, garden, and other im, i^.n^uu L^^.
Office Certificates will betaken in payment for this n &.
Likewise a great number of houses and lots in mid
near the city, plantations in the country, anJ a riat
quantity of unimproved trr& of land in matt of the
different counties. For a more particulardefcription of
which, and the terms of sale, apply to BONSAIL
and SHOEMAKER, at their Office in Fourth- street,
oppefite the end of Union-street, where Deeds, Mort
gages, Bands, Wills, &c. are done with accuracy and
dispatch, and Money let out at interest.
Philadelphia, June
T O BE S O L 1),
At SAMUEL HODGSON's Livery Stable, back
of the City Tavern,
A GENTEEL pair of BAY HORSES, with a
tecond-hand PH JR TON, harness complear.
Philadelphia, June 1
TO BE L E T,
On the south fide of Market-street, between Fifth and
Sixth-streets,
THE Dwelling -house and Stores late the property
of Adam Kimmell, deceased, and now in poffeflion
of Mr. Adam Foulke. The tame may be entered upon
by the fifteenth instant. For particulars apply at the
King of Prussia in Market street, to
MICHAEL KIMMELL.
Philadelphia, June 2.
ALL persons who have any demands against,
the estate of James Humphreys, deceased, are
requested to render in their accounts to the fubferibers,
that they may be fettled and paid. As there were a
number of Deeds and other writings in the peffeffion of
the deceased at the time of his death, belonging to dif
ferent people, the owners are requested to call on the
fubferibers, who will deliver the fame on the payment of
charges. ASSHETON HUMPHREYS,].. .
SAMUEL JEFFERYS, ] Administrators
Philadelphia, May 29.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons,
two large HORSES; one a sorrel, about sixteen
bands high, four white feet, a bald face, and marked
WK on his left buttock; the other a bay, about the
fame heighth but rather thicker, and his lower lip turns
out. Whoever takes up said horses and brings them to
the fubferiber, shall receive the above reward and rea
sonable charges, paid by
JAMES STEWART.
Philadelphia, Ma, 19.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
OTOLEN from the fubferiber, in Oxford township,
U on Saturday night last, a b ight bay MARE, with
a white Star, her left hind Soot white, a natural pacer,
thirteen years old, and about four een hands high ; She
is apt to kick when any person mounts her. Whoever
takes up said mare and the thief, and brings them to
the fubferiber, shall receive Twenty Dollars for the
mare and Thirty Dollars for the thief.
GEORGE CASTER, Sen.
TO BE SOLD BY
THOMAS GOUCHE R,
Scythe and Sickle maker, at the ign of the Scythe and
Sickle in Market-street, next door to the sign of the
Black Harfe, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Phi
ladelphia, '
Q RASS and Cradling Scythes and Sickles, warrant
ed or unwarranted good, by whelefale and retail ;
also English Steel by the faggot, excellent good. 8,
Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ]
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET
Mr.DUNLAP.
': "' '',.,"' content commenced, the inhabitants of this
y State, ukeinofe of other States, have often been re
r" cman y tr y' n g ai] d important Situations We have
IV ''"""ttees and Constitutional Bodie's of men appoint
ed by the people, who have suspended the prevailing laws
of the land, so far at least as combated with the general
welfare, and which could not apply in all cases, consistent
"fl °, '''" circuit fiances. Tuefe Committees have exer
cnen the most Sovereign authority, and such as have fuf
ftred by the fame will have the justice to allow that they
never punifh^d any person that was undeserving the refent
merit us the public, or that was punched as high as his
crime deserved. On the contrary, every candid and im
partial man muff confefs, that in all their proceedings they
have obferyed an order and decency, which would add ho
nor to the most finiffied Court.
And yet at this prelent period ofequal necessity, when
ail that is precious to us, teems haflening to a dangerous
cri, 6 '—when tne spirit of fraud, monopoly, and treason is
oriiefing itfelf far and wide among us,- and when the eftab
liihed laws of the State are by no means adequate to the
demands of good government. At this time I fay the pow
er of Conflitutional Committees teems radically struck at.
It might well have been expected, that under such circum
ces no Council or Magistrates would have interfered to
indire^ly countenance the just punimment of men, who,
regardless 01 all social and moral obligations, have steadily
diflinguifhed their enmity to our cause.
It is extremely difagreealde to be at any time obliged to
enter into a contention with the ruling powers; but if they
do arrogate dangerous and illegal authority, if they will
rescue the guilty from the refeutment of an injured pub
lic, 'ns barely just to alarm them of the dangers, which
await them. All of those with whom I have cenverfed ora
this tu feet, teem unanimously determined to support the
resolves of the town meeting, of the 29th ultimo, as the
result of necessary and deliberate policy. And will the
Council venture on any measure which is contrary to their
determined views? Shall the Magistrates, by their ill
founded recommendation, take fieps, which no law nor
duty of office, nor prudence, can maintain for them ?
Surely, it is too well known to be doubted, that the
Magistrates have no authority to "examine and enquire,"
°L '° ^ive reasonable fatisfaflicn," crto "proceed with
onenders as the law direas," because most of the men,
which have been “retrained, in their liberty," are not in
any relpeß pumfhable by the laws of this State, on account
of the peculiarity and delicacy of their charges, although
they certainly are in reason, jufliceand policy ? Some
thing more than human forefight is requisite to accommo
date the laws of a country to the vicissitudes of time and
things. And therefore, what would scarce be a foible as
to this, might be a crime of the deepest die, when confi
tiered in the former point of view. The truth is that ,0-
Ittical and legal rules are very different, and perhaps they
never can be well reconciled, consistent with the welfare of
a people, in such times as these.
let not this be ambiguous. Is the not taking an oath
of allegiance, although our State is farming with armed
l ories, and altho' our public measures are constantly ob
ftruded by th< ir practices, criminal by law > Are mono
polies fufficiently guarded against, and any proper means
used for the restoration of the credit of our money ? Are
the laws rigid enough to bring men, entrufled with public
monies, to a due account ? Does the treason-ad seem a
dapted to our past and present circumstances, either in de
'C"b^ L ? r P u ? lfhi ^ it? Is the flaying in Philadelphia
punishable, when the enemy invaded it, with a positive in
tention of adding influence to their armies, and then de
parting with them to New- York ?
These are but few of the numerous crimes which our
law has not hitherto made so. Nor can any laws be made
for the purpose, unlefsour Legislature would fit every day
which is neither practical nor convenient. To imaging
the Council can supply the want of an Assembly, is absurd
and dangerous. Their power is limited by bounds which
they cannot transgress without a plain violation of our con
stitution. Whether this has been the case exactly in the
'" e publication, for holding the afore-mentioned Court,
the juaicious world will fooii determine.
, F °f h °% in the name ° f Bonder, can they direfta
bench ot Justices, as to this? Are the Council to frame or
to execute the laws ? And are the Justices te make laws or
to ptoceed according to the laws already made ? Evident
it is, hatneither one or the other of them can recognize
crimes, tho' they trample ever so much on the liberties of
the people, which the laws do not intimate as such. And
it is equally as certain, that there are crimes at this time
actually existing, which are not declared so by any other
laws than those of Heaven, necessity and justice. Laws
which are antecedent to all social laws, eternal and immu
table in themselves, and of course superior to all others in
their moral obligation. Amid the exigencies of national
war many unexpe^ed things happen in which our reced
ing from the ordinary course of law may in the whole of
its consequences be an aft of duty, and a mercy done t®
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