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On FRID A r next,
(The Thirteenth Instant)
At NINE o'C'lock in the Morning,
Will be SOLD by Public Au&ion,
At the late duelling House of HENRY KEPPELE,
jun. deceased, the corner of Arch and F urtb^ftrecta,
Sundry Houfhold Goods, &c.
viz.
BEDS, Curtains, Chairs, Tables, Settees, China,
Glaft and Queens Ware, D?fkt, a Book Case, a
large Spv-Gla/s, a large Mahogany Chest lined with
red cedar, a Glass, a Variety of Profpe&lve Views, a
large Scare and Fiffiing Net, Andirons, Shovels and
Tongs; English and German Books, amongst which
is, Rider's History of England in 29 volumes, and ma
ny other Articles.
Sept. 7. JOHN BAYARD, Awaionter.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfylvaniz, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-house, in the city
cf Philadelphia, on TUESDAY the 17th of Septem
ber, instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the Tral
of the Schooner or Vessel called the LADY WASH
INGTON, laden with flour, lately taker, in Chefapeak
bay, on her passage from Baltimore for the Havanna,
by an armed British Galley, called the Revenge, com
manded by a certain Joseph Wayland, and retaken at
fca, sent into this Port and libelled against, as prize,
by JOHN KEMP, Esquire, (qui tam) &c. To the
end, that all perfans concerned, mayappear and shew
caule, if any there be, wherefore a Decree should not
pass pursuant to the prayer of the libel, &c.
By order of the Judge,
Sept. 6, 1782. JAMES READ, Register.
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Pennsylvania, ff.
The voluntary Affidavit of JOHN KITTS, of the city
of Philadelphia, late mate of the sloop Industry,
commanded by Robert Harris, taken before the sub
scriber, chief justice of the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, the sixteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty-two.
THIS deponent faith, that in the month of No
vember last he was walking in Front-street with
the laid Robert Harris, and saw in his hand a paper,
which he told this deponent he had received from a cer
tain captain Kuhn, who had been lately from New-
York, where he had been a prisoner; and that this de
ponent understood and believed it wasa permit or pass
to go to New-York with any vessel, as it was blank
and subscribed by admiral Arbuthnot ; that he does
not know that the said Robert Harris ever made any
improper use of the said paper, but is inclined to think
he did not; as he soon after told this deponent that he
had returned it to captain Kuhn again. And further
faith not. JOHN KITTS.
Sworn, at Philadelphia, the day
and year abovefaid, before
THO. M'KEAN.
Pennsylvania, ff.
The voluntary Affidavit of JOHN COCHRAN, of
the city of Philadelphia, late mate of the Blip Ad
miral Zoutman, of Philadelphia, taken before the
fubferiber, chief justice of the commonwealth of
Penufylvaoia, the 16th day of July, 1782.
TH E (aid deponent faith, that he was taken pris
oner on board the aforefaid fllip on the 12th day
of March last, by the ship Garland, belonging to the
king of Great-Britain, and carried into the city of
New-York on the 15th of the fame month ? when he
was immediately put on board the prison ship Jersey,
with the whole crew of the Admiral Zoutman, and was
dose confined there until the firft day of this month,
when he made his escape ; that the people on board the
said prison ship Jersey were very sickly, insomuch that
he is firmly perfwaded, out of near a thousand persons,
perfectly healthy when put on board the fame ship,
during the time of his confinement on board, there are
not more than between three or four hundred now
alive; that when he made his escape there were not
three hundred men well on board, but upwards of one
hundred and forty very sick, as he understood and was
informed by the physicians ; that there were five or fix
men buried daily under a bank on the shore, without
coffins ; that all the larboard fide of the said prison ship
Jersey, was made use of as a hospital for the sick, and
was so offenfive that he was oblig cl constantly to hold
his nose as he passed from the gun-room up the hatch
way, or he believes the smell would have knocked him
down; that he fren maggots creeping out of a wound
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of one Sullivan's shoulder, who was the mate of a ves
sel out of Virginia ; and tuat his wound remained un
dressed for several days together ; that every man was
put into the hold a little after fun-down every night,
and the hatches put over him; and that the tubs)
which were kept for the use of the sick, for their excre
ments, were placed under the ladder from the hatch
way to the hold, and so offenfive, day and night, that
they Were almost intolerable, and increased the num
bers of the sick daily. This deponent further faith,
that the bilge-water was very injurious in the hold;
and the fame ship, from the lower deck to the hold,
was muddy and dirty, and never was cleaned out or
sweetened during the whole time he was there, nor, as
he was informed, and believes to be true, for many
years before; for fear, as it was reported, the provisi
ons might be injured thereby ; that the sick, in the
hospital part of the said prison-ship Jersey, had no
sheets of Russia or any other linen, nor beds or bed
ding furnifhed them ; and those who had no beds of
their own, of whom there were great numbers, were
not even allowed a hammock, but were obliged to lie
on the planks ; that he was on board the said prifon
fhip, when captain Robert Harris and others, with Da
vid Sproat, the commissary of naval prisoners, came
on board her, and that none of them went, or attempt
ed to go below decks, in said ship, to fee the situation
of the prisoners, nor did they ask a single question re
fpeaing that matter, to this deponents knowledge or
belief; for that he was prefect the whole time they
were on board. And further this deponent faith not.
JOHN COCHRAN.
Sworn, at Philadelphia, the day
and year abovefaid, before
THO. M'KEAN.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
September 5, 1782.
An ACT to amend the aft, entitled " an AR for the
" Regulation of the Militia of the Commonwealth of
" Pennfylvanla," was read the second time, and de
bated by paragraphs :
Ordered to be tranferibed for a third reading, and
in the mean time printed for public colifideration.
Extraftfrom the minutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, clerk of
the general assembly.
BILL, entitled “ an Aft to amend the AR" entitled
" an Ad for the Regulation of the Militia of the
" Commonwealth of Peunfylvania."
WHEREAS it is conceived that the aft of gene
ral assembly, entitled " an aft for the regula
tion of the militia of the commonwealth of Penufylva
nia," passed the twentieth day of March, in the year
one thousand seven hundred and eighty, may be im
proved by the abolition of the office of sub-lieutenants
of the city and counties, by relieving the lieutenants
of the fame of some pairs of their present duties, by
appropriating the fines and afeertaining the pay of the
militia, and by altering the days of mustering, and
other alterations hereinafter mentioned.
Be it therefore enacted and it is hereby enabled by
the representatives of the freemen of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and by the
authority of the fame, That from and after the
day of next, the office of sub lieutenant of the
city of Philadelphia, and of the several counties of this
state, Shall be and the fame is hereby vacated and abo
lished; and the lieutenants of the said city and corn
ties refpeftively, shall do, exercise and perform all and
singular the duties, matters and things required by the
aft aforefaid to be done and performed by the fub
heutenants, excepting as is hereinafter otherwise di
refted.
And be it, further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the lieutenants of the city of,Philadelphia and of
the several counties, shall refpeaively superintend tue
appeals that may be made by any person that may
think himfelf aggrieved by any thing done in pursu
ance of the aft of assembly aforefaid, by giving his
personal assistance therein, within each battalion dif
trid in the said city or county fr which he is appoint
ed ; and shall be allowed for this porpofe
days after the marching of any pact of the militia : and
when any class or classes of the militia fliall be called
out to perform a tour of duty, in pursuance of orders
from the president or vice-president in council, the
said lieutenant shall transmit such orders to the lieu
tenant colonel or commanding officer of each battalion
within his jurifdiaion without delay, who shall
forthwith fend the fame by the adjutant of such bit
talion to the several captains or commanding officers of
companies within the diflri& thereof, as speedily as
may be, and the said captains or commanding officers
of companies, (hall thereupon notify the fame to eve
ry person enrolled in their several companies, in the
manner and within the time prescribed by the afote^
said aft.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That hereafter the captain or commanding officer of
the company in which a fubfiitute shall serve, shall
have the sole and exclusive power of determining on th&
abilities and fitnefs of such substitute, and the lieuten
ants hereafter shall appoint two honest and fkiltful free
holders to appraise on oath the horses and accoutre
ments of persons serving as light horse.
And be it further eoaOed by the authority aforefaid.
That from and after the said day of next,
the whole of the militia of this state, shall in the autumn
or fall season of the year, be fubjed to be exercised
in companies under their refpedive officers as follows,
that is to fay, in the city of Philadelphia arid diftrifU
annexed, in companies, on the firft and second Mon
days in the month of September, and in battalion, on.
the firft and second Mondays after the annual eledion;
and the firft battalion on the firft Monday in the month
of November, the second battalion on the Tuesday fol
lowing, the third battalion on Wednesday, and so on
every day of the week, Saturday and Sunday excepted,
till the whole number of battalions, according to their
rank, shall have mustered; and on the day following,
unless it should be Saturday or Sunday, the whole of
the said battalions shall meet in brigade; and in each
and every county in the following manned, that is to
fay, in companies the firft, second, third and fourth
Mondays in the month of September, and the firft bat
talion shall muster in battalion on the Monday immedir
ately succeeding the annual eleaion, the second on the
day following, and so on in numerical order, (except
on Saturdays or Sundays) until the whole number of
battalions belonging to each county shall have mufler
ed; which several days of exercise shall be in the place
of those fixed by the aforefaid aft in the months of
August, Septmber, October and November ; and the
militia shall be indemnified and excused from muster
ing on any other days in the said months than those e
numerated in this aft.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That when the militia, or any detachment thereof, are
called out on duty, each nod commissioned officer and
private shall receive per day for every days ser
vice, including the continental pay, instead of the pay
mentioned in the a& aforefaid : and that every person,
refufing or negleding to perform his tour of duty, shall
pay the , sum of
Provided always, and it is hereby declared and enact
ed, that nothing in this aft Ihall be construed or deem
ed to extend to excuse delinquents from paying the
tax of fifteen shillings in every hundred pounds of his
rateable property, as directed in the forty-fourth fefti
on of thead for regulating the militia of this common
wealth, and which this aft is to amend.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the fines, incurred by any persons for non-attend*
ance on mutter days, from and after the day of
next, shall be and they are hereby appropriated for the
purchasing of arms and accoutrements for such persons
enrolled in the militia of the city and counties respec
tively as shall be unable to purchase for themselves, and
that the arms and accoutrements so purchased, shall front
time to time be distributed by the lieutenants equal!,
amongst the several battalions, the commanding officers
thereof shall cause the fame to be deposited in some suit
able place within the diftrid of such battalion for the
use aforefaid, and shall be responsible to the lieutenants
for their fafe keeping.
And be it further enafted by the authority aforefaid,.
That the commanding officers of the several battalion
diftnas, ihall refpeaively make returns of all those in
their battalion who Ihall refufe or neglect to perform their
tour of duty, within days after marching, to the lieu
tenant of the city or county to which they belong,
who shall without delay make out fair duplicates in
writing of the fines so incurred in each battalion ; and,
where the inhabitants of any township, diflriH or' ward
have not appointed, he shall appoint a coll^aor, and
Authorize and impower him, by warrant under his hand
and seal, to levy and receive from eac, and every person,
the sum annexed to his name, which said colleger may
and ihab proceed in the receiving o^recovering thereof
in the lie manner, and be entitled fCfhe like reward, as
the iheriff heretofore by virtue of the aforefaid aft ; and
that the monies so collected Ihall be paid by the refpeaive
lieutenants to the treasurer of the county within which
toey inhabit, and by him to t^e treasurer of the state,
to be by him keptapart as a fund towards paying the
militia, to which purpose the fame is hereby appropri 4
ated, and to no otner use whatsoever.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That so much of the aft for regelating the militia, as
is herein altered and amended, be and the fame is hereby
repealed; and also, so much of the said a&, entitled " a
fuppl-ment to. the a&, entitled, "anaft for the regulation
" of the militia of the commonwealth of PeoniyIvania,"
as is herein altered and amended, be and the fame'll
hereby repealed*
[NUMB. 935.