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Supplement to an a 2 intitled, 'A CT for the at
tainder of dinerJ.Traitorj ij they real , not tbemfelwes by
a certain day, andjor vwfing ibnr estates in this corn
moniuealtb, andfor more cfrUualiy dfonertug thejame,
a^lfer afreetaiming and fatisffag the lawful debts and
{hums thereupon.''
^^7 HEREAS in and by the aft above-mentioned,
VV passed at Lancaster tr.e sixth day of March, in the
year of ®ur Lord One theufand seven hundred and feventy
eight, it io eiiad^ that the President or Vice-President
and Council may and th di, within twelve months after the
claims and debts upon the estates therein described, shall
be refpedively adjudged, or in case there frill be no debts;
fell or cattle the said estates to be fold by auction to the
bell and highest bidder.
AND WHEREAS, it is highly necessary and expedi
ent to compel an exhibition of such debts or demands in a
reasonable time, and prevent farther waste and spoil of the
said estates, and to make seasonable provision for the de
fence of the Rate, and the contingent charges thereof, that
the said estates both real and personal ihould be fold with
out further delay, and the monies thence arising carried
into the public treasury for the purposes aforefaid.
Be it therefore enabled, and it is hereby enabled by the Re
prefentatwas of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Benn
fyluama, in General Aftmblj met, and by the authority of
the (amt, That the President or Vice-President and Coun
cil may and shall, with all convenientfpt ed fell or Cause to
be fold by public auftion to the bed and highest bidder, all
and every the estates of traitors duly forfeited to this com
mouwealih, by virtue of the aft to which this is a fupple
nunt, or by virtue of any judgment of any Court of Law
within this Rate, and cause the monies arising from such
tales to be p id into the public treasury of this common
wealth in manner herein aft^r directed,™ any thing in the
said aft tothe contrary notwith ft.mdihg, (except that part
of the estate of Joseph Galloway, which is appropriated by
an ad intitled, "An aft for veftihg the house and lots
" therein described in Trustees, for the use of the President
" of the Supreme Executive Council of the state foi the
<; time being.'' )
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
whenever such intended sales fha.fi be advertised, public no
tice shall also be given, that the creditors of the said trai
tors and all claimants upon the said refpedive estates, ex
hibit their several claimsand demands to the Jufiicesof the
Supreme Court, for payment or fatisfadion, as is by the
said aft directed, within fix months thereafter if residents
within this state, or within twelve months if residents in
any other of the United States, or be for ever barred from
the recovery thereof.
frßided'alwdys newertbelefs, That if any such creditor
or claimant flail, at the time of such notice given, be
withili the age of twenty-one years, feme-covert, non com
fos mentis, imprisoned or beyond sea, that then such per
lon or persons fltail be at liberty to exhibit their claims or
demands as other persons now may, so as the fame be done
within fix months if residents within this state, or if refl
dents 7 ithm any other of the United States within twelve
months after such disability is removed.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
if any procefa or proceedings, by virtue of whi hany such
attainder or judgment has been or may be made as aforefaid,
sh hi hereafter be revealed or made void for error, or for
any other cause whatsoever, the fime shall not effect or
injure, or in any wife operate against any bona fide pur
chase under this aft, but against the state only; but every
such purchaser shall hold and possess the estate by him pur
ch fed for ever exonerated and difeharged of all former
claims and demands whatsoever ia law or equity (other
than such as are herein after mentioned): And in every
such case the plaintiff in error or person injured by the at
tainder or judgment, by virtue of which any such estate
fhdl be full !hdl apply to the Legislature to be indemni
fied out of me Public Treasury to the amount of the pur
chase money of such estate
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, Tat
the Agent or Agents for disposing of forfeited estates in
theory of Philadelphia and each refpeftive county, Hull,
within three months after the tale of any inch ellate, real
and personal, in such county, pay the firm or sums of mo
ney arising therefrom, to the Treasurer of the state, after
de luring all such lawful costs and charges as may accrue
on the ptofecution of each refpe€tive traitor, and on tne
fde'of etch refpedive estate, and the receipt of rie said
Treasurer shall be a fufficient difclarge to such Agents,
their exe.ctors and admmiflrators, for the monies by them
paid ; and if any of the said Agents shall negled or refuse
to pay the said monies or any part thereof as aforefaid,
such Aleut or Agents so neglecting or reefing, shall for
feit and pay double such sum or funis which he or they
full so neglect or re.cfe to pay as aforefaid, to be recover
ed by aftioa of debt, case or account render, as the case
ma/ require, in the name and for theufe of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
nothing in this ad contained shall extend, or be construed
to extend, 'fo as to debar or prevent any person or persons,
or bodies politic or corporate, other than such as claim
under any attainted or convicted traitor, from pursuing
his, her or their action or anions, suit or fuics, in any of
the Courts of Record in this date, in the utual way, for
the trial of his, her or their title to any of the lands, or to
the p^ fuon of any of the linds or other real estate seized
as the estate of any such traitor.
Providedalways n^pertbeleft, That, if any person or
persons who shall purchase any real estate, seized and fold
as tod estate of any cenvifte 1 or attainted traitor, shall be
evicted, or shall be dispossessed of the fame by the judg
ment of any Court of Common Pleas, or of the Supreme
Court of this state, given in any ejefteent which shall be
brought by any person or persons having a lawful title
thereunto at the timf of the said sale or afterwards, by re
mainder or reversion against such purchaser, his heirs or
assigns, his or their tenants, within twenty years after the
fame shall be fold by virtue of this ad, every person so
evicted, his heirs and assigns, shall be paid the value of
such estate at the time of such eviction, out of the Treasu
ry of this commonwealth.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
where any claims or demands have heretofore been made,
aad where any claim or demands shall hereafter be made,
pHiLADEtf a I A.
in any of the estate of any trailer, in pursuance of the
aft to which this is a Supplement, if the party or
parties making such claim or demand, his, her or their
Agent or Agents, Attorney or Attornies, shall request the
fame, the said Justices shall direct proper issues to be join
ed, and shall cause and direct a jury to be summoned for
the trial of such issues, and such proceedings shall there
upon be had as is usual and according to the courfeof law ;
and the said Court on the finding of such jury, shall pro
nounce judgment and award process agreeable to the prac-'
tice in other cases; provided such claim or demand amount,
to Five Pounds or more.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,That the
Agent or Agents in the city of Pnjladelphia and in each of
the refoedive counties shall, Over and above their necessa
ry expences have and receive, as a compensation for his or
their trouble in attending the management and disposal of
each estate, at the rate of one per centum, if the money
for which such estate shall be fold shall not exceed One
Thousand Pounds ; and at the rate of three-fourths of one
per centum if it shall exceed One Thousand Pounds, and
not exceed Five Thousand Pounds; am, at the rate of one
half per centum if the amount of said ftle shall exceed Five
Thousand Pounds.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid That
the fees and allowances of the Prothonotary of the Supreme
Court, Auditors, Jurors and witneffa for all services done
by them refpeaively, in pursuance of the aft to which this
is a supplement or of this aft, shall be the fame as the fees
and allowances or the fdd Prothonotary, Auditors, Jurors
and witnesses for like services by them done and performed,
in the Supreme Court in other cases : And that the Judges
of the Supreme Court fliall be allowed their rbafonable ex
pences, while they shall be employed in performing the
extra services, required to be performed by them, by the
act to which this is a fhpplement or by this act, and their
accounts for the fame to be liquidated by the Committee of
ac. ounts, appointed by tne General Assembly for the time
bein., an I draughts 'for the fame on the Treasurer of thia
stat&, shall be Signed by the Speaker of the said General
Assembly.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the friaries allowed or to be allowed to the Judges of the
Supreme Court thill, from time to time be paid to them
by the Treasurer of this state bn their own orders, by equal
quarterly payments.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
so much of the said recited aft to which this is a fuppfe
ment, as is herein altered or amended, is hereby declared
to be repealed, and of no further force or effect.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enabled into a law at Philadelphia, on Monday the twert
ty-nintb da, of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.
-JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
From LLOYD'S EVENING POST.
To the Editor oI Lloyd's EVENING POST.
SIR,
The description of the Rdn2n„ -aft£^th&battle wPCannte,
by an elegant French writer, may be acceptable to some
of your readers; with that wish I fend it to you.
HE fays, "that after the battle there was scarce room
for hope left. The fidelity of the greatest part of the
allies was shaken by such a blow. The state without leaders,
troops.or money; and yet obliged to make levies, raise
recruits, equip fleets, buy provisions, arms and cioaths.
The state wanted every thing but credit ; but in the affec
tion of the citizens it found ready and fee resources.
" The Consul reprelented that the Magi^rates ought to
fitew an example to the Senate, and they to the people, to
assist the republioiu the extremity the was in: Tnat the
way to engage the inferrior elaffes to contribute their pro
perty in support of the fl'ate, was to begin by doing it
tbe^felves; therefore t^ey should bring all their gold and
silver to the public treasury, which was diredly put in ex
ecution, and with such zeal, that the receivers were with
difficulty able to r ceive it, from the pressure of the croud
each, being ambitious of having his name firft enrolled.
Tne Order of Knights, and then the people, did the fame,
without the beceffity of a public edi& for the purpose.
" Some time after, of thirty colon es, which were in
Italy, eighteen sept deputies to Rome, to shew that they
were not only ready to furnish the troops demanded of
them, but more if required ; that, thanks to the Gods,
they neither wanted the means nor the courage ; ad id Jibi
neque opes derfe, ar.tmum etiam fupertge. The deputies
were received by the Senate and people with acclamations,
and most extraordinary marks of honor and jay. The
twelve other colonies, which refufed to make levies, the
Senate thought it would be more f®r the dignity of the
Romaic people not to punish them otherwise than by not
making the least mention of them. Ea tacita cajhgatio
magis ex digitatefopuli Romanivifa est.
" They received at the fame time letters from the two
Scipios, who commanded in Spain, by which they under
took to furnilh then-Selves wherewithal to pay the troops
in that country, but desired provisions and eloathing to be
sent as soon as possible, without which it would be impos
sible to preserve the province. It was no less difficult for
the republic to supply them in the present situation. The
Pretor assembled the people, and represented to them the
public neceftties, and the impoffbility of the state (up
porting itfelf, if credihfailed, as well as the funds. He ex
horted those who had increased their patrimony by hold
ing farms under the commonwealth, to lend now part of
that wealth to therepublic to whom they were so i^uch be
holden, and to advance for Spain, on promise that the
sum advanced should be returned with punctuality as soon
as convenient. There great and substantial companies pre
sented themfelves,and every thing was furnifhed for the ar
mies in Spain, in as great abundance as in the times of the
greatest opulence.
" This noble disinterestedness and ardent zeal reigned
equally in all orders and bodies of the state. Never did
the Romans appear more terrible than after the greatest
misfortunes, and when the state was reduced to the last
extremity."
I am, Sir, yours,
P. Y.
FORT Y DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY pi the 24 . th instant, (April) ficin
the houlc oi Mi. francs Hunter, a dark Mulatto
Wench commoniycabled HET F, late the property of
Dunnin lrw : ;i, and formeily belonged to Mr. David
Franks; Itfppofed to be about treaty years old, of low
stature but well made; she has a remarkable fear on the
right fide of,her neck Any person who will deliver
the laid Wehch to the Agents for seizing confiscated
estates in Philadelphia, Iha 1 receive the above reward.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Frid.ty the fourteenth day of May, at One o'clock
in the afternoon, on the premises,
PLAN I AIION containing one hundred and
twenty-five acres, fctuate in Providence township,
Philadelphia county, twenty-fix miles from the city of
Philadelphia, and half a mile from the Trap tavern.
There are on the premises a large Kone dwelling.houfe
but four years built, a stone barn 45 by eg feet, with a
cedar roof and tables under, a spring-house and other
convenient buildings; about two thirds of the land
cleared ; eleven or twelve ocrea of meadow watered by
several Springs, which likewise fuppli^a every field on the
pl/Te with water; about five acres cf ,pple and peach
orchard, moldy thriving - trees. The fields are good for
grain and pasture; the woodland is well timbered. Any
person inclining to purchase may fee the place by apply
™g to George Bachtal, living on the premifas.
a he conditions will he made known at the time pCAt
by— --j^ cvp^ -crCTTTG L E Y.
_ ', Wilmington, April 24.
To be SOL D by Public Vendue,
On Saturday the fifteenth day of May, oft the premises,
A^°' ° f ° ROU N D situate on the weft fide of
f 1 Market ftrect, in rhe borough of Wilmington, be
ing forty-one feet eight inches front on the said street,
whereon is ere&ed a convenient two. story brick meffu
^ge about nineteen feet by twenty-nine, with a cellar
under the fame, and a good kitchen adjoining thereto;
the lot clear of ground tent, and the title indifputjbte'.
The sale to begin at Two o'clock on said day, when at
tendance will be given and the conditions of sale made
known, by WILLIAM NASH.
TO BE SOLD BY
Robert and Samuel Lewis Wharton,
At their store near the Drawbridge,
EXCELLENT Red Port and Madeira Wines by
the pipe, quarter-calk, dozen or gallon; Jamaica
Spirit and Weft-India Rum by the hogshead ; Bohea
Tea, Coffee, Loaf Sugar, fin, Silt, Rice, Turpentine,
Gun Flints, Iron Pots, a Ship's Leaden Pump, &:.&c.
Philadelphia, April 27.
NO W in the Work-house of this city on
suspicion of being a run-away, a Negro Wench
who is supposed to have come into this city with the
B itifli army, or about that time, and has gone by the
name of Lucy, alias Reg Walker ; about twenty-two
01 twenty.three years of age, Ihort and well set, round
smooth faced, lays the came to town about two years
ago with her matter, Joseph England, and his wife,
from Kent upon Delaware, and that they died soon af
ter in this city without leaving any one to take care of
their effcas or of her, whereby she thought herielf to be
free. Any person to whom the may belong is hereby
notified to come, pay charges and take her away in two
months from this date, otherwise (he will be fold out
for the fame, by
THOMAS APTY, Work-house Keeper.
Northampton County, April 23.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE out of the gaol of this county last night,
a certain John Harris, a deserter from the firft
jersey regiment, about five feet seven or eight inches
high, fair complexion, full face and fair hair; his
cloaths cannot be described, as he had with him several
changes. Whoever takes up the said Harris and deli
vers him into the gaol aforefaid, shall receive the above
reward and reafon,.ble charges, from
PETER EALER, Gaoler.
N. B. Said Harris left with me a silver Watch, No.
9926, maker's name J. Clay, London, supposed to be
Itolen. The owner of said Watch is desired to come
within five weeks from this date and piove his property,
otherwise it will be fold to pay the charges accruing on
apprehending and confining the said Harris. P. E.
To Be SOLD by Public Auction,
On Saturday theist day of May, at ten o'clock in the
morning, on Mr. Andrew Hodge's wharf,
ONE HUNDRED and eleven hogsheads and thirty
barrels of WEST-INDIA R UM, ,taken in the
prize schooner SALLY.
By order of the Court of Admiralty,
MATTHEW CLARKSON, Marfcl.
The difficulty the Marihal has been put to, in collecting
money forgoods fold by him at auction, renders it abso
lutely necessary, that the purchasers make payment as
soon as their bills are delivered ; those who do not com
ply with this reasonable requisition, must not take it amis
if at future sales their bids arenerafed. .
To be SOL I) at Public Aufrhon,
On the thirteenth Gay of Miy, at Ten o'clock in the
morning,
A LL the Hcufh.dd G oris late the property of Wil
liam Anitin, inch as feather beds, bedheads, chairs,
tables, chests ,of drawers, looking-glasses, and a great
variety of Kitchen Fa.niwre, &c.
And at F:vz o'clock on the fu^e day will be fold,
sundry Houlhold Goods, f rmerly the pi.,perry of Hud
son Burr, at b*< btet'r/hng-Vule in Fourth-faet, by
WILLIAM With, ? Agents for
ROBERT SMITH, , confifeMed
CHARLES W. PEALE, J Eltates.