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February 26, 1782.
IRON ORDNANCE
TO BE SOL D,
ONE Hundred pieces of IRON ORDNANCE, ly
ing at the H^d of ELK, being the property of
the United States, viz.
T^o 3 pounders without carriages,
Sixteen 6 pounders, ]
Forty 9 pounders, lon Ship carriages,
Sixteen 12 pounders, j
Twenty-fix 18 pound Carenades without carriages.
The Prices are as follows for every Pair of the
above ordnance :
3 pounders 120 dollars, 6 pounders £26 dollars
and z-gds, 9 pounders 293 dollars and i-gd, 12
pounders 333 dollars and 1 3d, and 18 pound caro
nades 213 dollars and r-^d.
Any person inclining to purchase, on payment of the
money to the Treasurer of the United States, for a
part or the whole, and producing his receipt into this
office, Shall have an order for the delivery.
Philadelphia, February 1, 1782.
PROPOSALS will be received in this Office until the
1 firft day of April inclusive, for a Contrast to sup-
Ely the Rations deliv cable to the moving Army by the
1 rted States, from the fiift Day of May to the Est
lay of December, inclusive, to the Eastward of Dela
* are River.
The Contractors are to issue the Rations, and the
Propofale ar^ to cunt in the lowest Prices and the long
est items of Payment, as also the Price of the compo
nent Parts, which are-
One pound Beef er three-quarters pound Perk,
Orfe pound Bread,
One gill Rum or Whiskey,
One quart Salt and two quarts Vinegar for 100
Rations, *
Eight pounds Soap and three pounds of Candles for
700 Rations.
The Proposals will also contain the Prices at which the
following Articles of Hospital Store will be deli
t vered—
One gill Weft-India Rum,
One gill Madeira Wine,
One gill Port Wine,
One gill Vinegar,
One pound Mufcovado Sugar,
One pound Bohea Tea,
One pound Coffee,
One pound hard Soap,
[ One pound tallow Candles,
One pint Indian or oat Meal.
The several Places for colleaing the Magazines, as
well as the Quantities to be colle&ed will, from time to
time, be pointed out by the Commander in Chief, or
Commander of the Department.
Any Provisions or Stores which may be destroyed
or loft in the Magazines by the Events of War, to be
paid for by the United States, according to Terms to
be fettled for that Purpose in the Contrast.
The necessary Removal of Provisions or Stores from
such Magazines, to De also made at the Expence of the
United States, but to be performed by the Contractors.
[All the Printers in the United States are requeued
t o publish this Advertisement.]
To be Sold by Public Vendue,'
At the house of JOHN FAWKES, in Newtown,Chef
ter county innkeeper, on the 6th day of April next,
One hundred acres of good
LAND, lying on the Darby road, about twelve miles
from Philadelphia, situate in Newtown township, Ches
ter county : there is on the place a small orchard, the
land is well timbered and watered, being above half
woodland, and good conveniencies to make a fine
watered meadow, and feme already made. Atthe fame
time will be Sold, one breeding Mare, fuppoled to be
with colt, one riding Horse, fit for saddle or carriage,
trots and canters. The title for the land is good. If
any gentleman hath a mind to view said land before the
day of sale, by applying to John Fawkes, innholder,
near the the premises, he will he (hewn it.
March 9. RICHARD FAWKES.
Wanted, a Gardener that un-
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derftands his business. Enquire of the Printer.
Office of Finance,
Office of Finance.
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
ADAM LEAR, an inhabitant of Briksc unty, h>s
Helen Several Horses in that conn y, particular,
ly a young full-bred Bay FILLY from th? fubferi-.
ber, about the latter end of August lalt She wav
found in possession of a person in Lahcafter count), with
one of her eyes out, thought to be done on purpose to
disfigure her; he put a cloth over <be Fill's eye and
rode her through great part of Lancaster county, cross
ed Sufauehanah and returned into Lancaster county.
He is a German, by trade a Mason, ab u: 5 Let 8 inch
es high, well made, about 35 yeais of age, has Short
dark hair, dark complexion, long no% large eyes,
thin visage and Hoops when walking, Whoever takes
up and Secures the above described Adam Lear, so that
be may be brought to justice, foal; have the above re
ward, paid by MARK BIRD. / March 6.
who purcha e SALT PROVISIONS.
AS many frauds have lately been committed by peo
ple failing fait Beef and' Pork, Vy which the pur
chaser has been a very considerable loafer : This 1$ to
caution such gentlemen as may chufe to become pur
chasers, that they defer the fame till duly infy^td, by
JAMES ROWAN, inspector of provisions, near South
ftreet whartf. March 15#
Fifteenth Instant, A
Small Plantation about 5 miles
from the city, containing 56 acres, srijo niu, the river
Schuylkill: Aho, a good Stone HOUSE and a large
LOT in Germanton , which may he e t_rd on the
firft of April next. Enquire of JOSEPH DEAN, in
Second street. March 4.
To the MERCHANTS and other GEb fLEMEN
To be Rented, and may be entered on the
Just I MP9RT ED and to be SOL D, By
Robert Bridges,
On Thomas Willing, ESquire's Wharf,
Rurt-au.Prince Sugars in hog
sheads and barrels,
TAFFIA, COFFEE >nd COCOA,
Choice Weft-India RUM,
Ruffin SHEETINGS, a
Raven DUCK and Ruffii DRILI INS,
Also, a few WOOLLENS and LINENS. Feb. 27.
TO BE SOL D, A
Very valuable Estate, bounded
on Cunedeguinet creek, id the township of E^H P&inf
borough, and county of Cumberland, lie# about r^a
mile? from Carlisle, the county town, and abeut fix
miles from the river Sufaue'^nah. The Tr,fi con
tains iico acres of limeftcne land, patented and < f ex
cellent quality ; a considerable quantity of rc&sdsw is
made and much more may Ie made end watered , on
the premises are two very good dwelling huta two
Tories high, each having four roon son * floor, with
good barns, stables and other out-houses to each ; one
of the houses has been uled, during many ,•>•, as a
tavern ; a law-mill, and a grilt-miiu, with two pair of
Hones, are erected cn a never failing ftiem, »»d a
dam is built which will convey water to a number of
mills, and besides will furnish ft Stream for watering 50
or 60 acres of meadow. For terms apply to JAMES
WILSON, enquire, in Ph hdelphia, or the fubferiber,
who will be on the premises on the 10th d*y of April'
next, to rent or fell, if not (bid hes re that d'>y.
March 6. MARK BIRD.
Full bred covering Horse, laid
to be got by Old Wildair: H,.- is a fine size and figure,
his form and colour equal to any horse cn th# conti
nent. He stands at Mr. Hiltzheimer's Hables, vheie
he may be seen, and his pedegree more fully ex, aimed
to any person who may want to pur baD.
March 6. MARK BIRD.
Just Imported and to be SOLD, cheap by the Bale,
at the STORE of
Thomas Randall & Co.
In Front-ftreit, a few doors above Market-street, viz.
T IGHT French fail Canvals and a variety of other
Goods very Suitable for the fealon.
TO BE'S O L D, A
Five Pounds Reward.
O R, THE
THE
WHENEVER an appeal is so be made to the
public at large, every member of the commu
nity is authorized to give his opinion upon the
fubjeft. The protest therefore of three of the mem
bers of the supreme executive council, against the de
cision of the board on the late Philadelphia county
election, being published to the world, it is fairly open
to the animadverfi ons of all such as are pleased to re
mark upon it. No exception ought to be taken to
the freed ftridures. No apology is necessary for &
difeuffion of the principles held forth to the world by
tiris pr'oteft.
The firft article of dissent in this protest in my opi
nion, strikes at one of the most essential maxims of,
public justice; it is a rule which has been hitherto
uncontroverted in every country which pretended to
be governed by laws, that in all public accusations,
the charges ought to be fpecified upon which the ac
cusations are founded. The reason of this is very ob
vious : it is that the court may know what they are
enquiring about, and the party charged may know
what he is to answer to. There can be no crime With
out acriminal. There can be no wrong without a
wrong-doer. There can be ho accusation without
some person being accused. There can be no fair en
quiry without some determinate object of enquiry.
For reasons of this kind the council and assembly,
each of them unanimously required that the petition
ers against the election, fhculd fpecify th€charges on
which they expeded to set it aside. Those charges
were accordingly fpecified. They were examined be
fore the council and compared with the evidence, and
by far the greater part of them were found to be un
supported. The few that were found to be Supported
in point of fad, were determined to be infufficient to
vacate the election. They were in truth of little con
sequence. All judicial proceedings Should be open,
and public. It is to be hoped these charges will be
published, and it will then be found that I have Hat
ed the matter truly. But the honourable gentlemen
who have signed the protest tell us, '' the election,
may be void though not a Single charge were Sup
ported." What are we to underhand by this ? After
all the time and labour which has been Spent in this
enquiry, Should the election be set aside for reasons
which the accusers themselves know nothing of.
Should the condud of individuals be reprobated for
feme unknown misbehaviour which was never alledg
ed againfl.them ? Was it ever known that in a matter
of the most trifling moment, a cause was decided upon
fa&s that were never suggested by the parties? Are
men convided of murder on a charge of treason, of
of horse-stealing upon evidence of fornication? It
would be a thoufand.times better that the charges
Should not be fpecified at all, and that people ihould
defend themselves as well as they could, against all
that could possibly be alledged against them, without
notice or preparation, than that charges fliould be
fpecified, and after they had been at the pains of re
futing them, some hidden matter Should be produced
unexpectedly to ensnare them. The belt of men
Would be puzzled to answer all at once and unprepar•
ed, for every action of his life, but it would be much
easier to do even this, than to be warned to defend
himfelf against particular charges, and then be sur
prised to his deftrudion with a conviction of crimes he
had never heard of. The mariner who fails in un
known tempestuous seas is in imminent danger, but
when falfe lights are held out to the wretch, his de
ftruftion is sure. This however is not all. This arti
cle conveys a Shrewd intimation that the accusers in
the present instance, were not fufficiently able to con
duct the prosecution : that they were such arrant
drivellers, as to have overlooked and omitted the most
material passages of guilt in those who interefled
themselves at the election in favour of the fuccefsful
candidate : that they knew not what to charge : that
they mismanaged the business and the guilty have
escaped for want of ability and zeal in the council for
the petitioners. This is not true, and any one who
will be at the pains of reading over the lift of char
ges, will find that there is hardly a crime of which
human creatures could be guilty at an election that is
not charged—Without paying any compliment to
these accusers, I may venture to pronounce that no
accusation has been more keenly waged, or more art
fully managed, since the days of the great chief j,uf
tice Jeffries. It is hardly worth while, when this is
the case, for judges to exceed the zeal of the prosecu
tors : it is neither just nor proper for judges to go fur
ther in the business of crimination than they are aik
ed to go by the charges. Never let judges become
accusers; much less let them determine on matters
that are not before them,and which neither they nor r^
thershave any account of. This enlightned age and th a
free country will not admit of such proceedings. Time
was, that a grand jury, in the days of darkness and
MARCH go, x,B&
[NUMB 865.