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ft General Assembly of Pmunsylvaria.
Saturday, November 28, 1778.
WHEREAS divers petitions have been prefent^to
former Aff.mbUes of this Commonwealth, fuggeUing
inconveniencies in the present Constitution and Form ofGo #
veinment, and praying the said Assemblies to adopt prudent
and proper measures to obtain the sense and judgment of the
good people of this State thereupon: In consequence whereof
pertain resolutions where heretofore passed and published, but
the invasion of the State and other circumstances have prevent
ed the fime being carried into eftd, Resolved unanimously,
therefore, in pursuance thereof, That the people throughout
this State, qualified to vote for Members of Assembly, do
meet at the usual places of ele&ion since the# late happy revo
lution, on the twenty-fifth day of March next, and chufe
Judges aad lafpeGors as by law directed in case of Represen
tatives. And the said Judges and Infpe&ors being fb chosen
and (worn as at the election of Representatives, Shall provide
two boxes for the city and each dittrid of every county, and
on the firft Tuesday of April next they Shall receive the votes
of the Freemen qualified at the time of said election by law to
vote as aforefaid, making at the fame time a lift of the voters
names, and put into one box all the votes for and againfta
Convention, the voters ia favour of a Convention writing on
their tickets, " for a Convention , and those against it writ
ing on the tickets, “ against a Convention ;" and in the other
box they mail put the votes for the Members of such Conven
tion, as that, if the majority of votes should be in favour of
a Convention, the minority may net be precluded from a
choice in the perlons who are to compose it, or the people put
to the inconvenience of a second meeting ; all widen votes
fliall be put into boxes so conAruded as that they may be
fealedQ soon as the election is closed by the refpedive Judges
with diftina seals, and delivered by the said Judges, or one of
them, to the Sheriffs at the Court-houses of the refpedive
counties within three days after, from whence they Shall be
brought up by the said Sheriffs to the Assembly, if fitting, or
if not fitting, then to the Assembly at their next meeting, the
Judges fending at the fame time the imprcffions of their seals,
and the lifts of the voters names, inelofed in a letter to the
Speaker, and upon the Sheriff's making oath or affirmation,
which he is enjoined to do, that the said boxes as delivered by
him are the fame received from the Judges of the eleaion, and
in the fame condition, without having been opened or the con
tents thereof in any refped altered by them or with their pri
vety ; then thefaid boxes fliall be opened in the House, and if
a majority of votes (hail appear to be against a Convention then
no further proceedings Shall be had, but if a majority of votes
flia I be for a Convention, the Assembly Ihall then proceed to
open the be. s containing the;names of the members for the
city and each county, and shall declare the fix highest in num
ber from each city and county to be the members to represent
the said city and counties in Convention, and Shall direct the
Convention to meet at Laocader on the firft day of June next ;
and the said Convention having so met, (hall judge of the qua
lifications of its members, and then proceed to determine on
theft points, viz.
1. Whether the Legislative Power of the State Shall be veiled,
as at present, in a tingle branch ?
2. If the Convention should berfot a second branch of Legi
slation, then, how the fame and the Executive Powers for the
administration of government Ihall he constructed>
3. ifthe Convention shall determine against a second branch
of Legislature, whether any provision Shall be made for the re
vifal of laws (Without any negative) before they receive their
final function ?
4. Whether the appointment of Justices and Field-Officers
es the militia mail be veiled in the Executive Powers of Go
vernment ?
5, Whether the Council of Censors Shall be abolished ?
6, Whether the President and Vice. President may not be eli
gible into Council so as to be capable offaid offices after the ex
piration of three years, if their conduct Shall render them wor
thy ?
7. Whether the judges Should not be made more independent
by having their faiaries fixed and certain ? .
S. Whether, agreeable to the articles of confederation of the
United States, the Delegates in Congress may not be eligible 3
years fuccefrively ?
0. In case any alterations Shall be made by the Convention
in the above points, how the several oaths prescribed by the
Constitution ihall be adapted thereto ?
And the said Convention having finished they Shall publish
their proceedings and determinations, which Shall be received
and adopted by the inhabitants of this State, at and after the
next general eleaion, as parts of the Constitution by which
they ate in futureto be governed.
And that the choice may be as free and open as is confident
with the interest of the State, no office or poll under Gongrefs,
or in the State, Shall debar any petfon otherwise qualified from
being elected into the said Convention.
And to prevent as much as poffibie any irregularities which
may happen when the votes are collected, by districts, each di
strict may,if they think proper,depute on a Substantial qualified
ficcholder appointed in writing by the lafpeCtors, to attend
at every other district in the said county where an clediori is
held, to check as much as may be, rhe receipt of votes from
unqualified persons, and to enable him so to do, there Shall be
produced at each place of election, the tax duplicates, and also
the registers taken by the Magistrates of the person having ta
ken the oaths of allegiance as prescribed by law, and it any
vote be questioned as having been given on an antedated certi
ficate, the voter may be called to answer thereupon on oath or
affirmation ; and if he Shall refufe to declare the real date of
his certificate, or it Shall otherwise appear to be antedated, such
votes Shall be rejected, unlefihe Ihall take the tells prescribed
by law.
Extract from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
qq-q# * Q&+-H+ fr,#fr^ 44
Ne^u-Britain, Bucks County, Dec. 22, 1778.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD,
n AN AWAY from the fubferiber, on the 20th in
" slant, a Negro Man named TO M, well made,
about fix feet high ; had on when he went away, a
lightifh furtcut coat, a elok-bodied brown home-made
ditto, a fine hat half worn, leather breeches with boot
straps behind, also a pair of boots : He has a Middle with
him, and plays with his left hand. Said Negro is well
acquainted at a place called Ten-mile Run, and it is
thought will make that way: He was bought of one
"William Blown, near ft Run, in the Jerseys, and one
lohn Hunt wa & in company with Said Brown, and it is
gjppofed the Negro has followed them. .Whoever takes
up andjecures said Negro so that his matter may have
him again, Ihall receive the above Reward, paid by
TOBIAS SHULL.
FHILADELPHI/1; Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-Street.
WA S left in the house of the fubferiber,
the 25th of September last was twelve months,
two large mahogany tables, and four walnut ones, two
of them oval with turned legs; one walnut dressing ta
ble and a Stand; two tea-tables, one mahogany and one
cherry-tree ; three pairs of chrfts of drawers, walnut,
and a desk; an eight day clock, maker's name Rouse;
fix mahogany chairs, hair bottoms ; eighteen walnut
leather bottom chairs ; one arm chair with blue damsfk
bottom, and two rulh-bottom ones ; eleven rush bottom
chairs, seven of them old fashioned ; four high back
Windsor chairs ; four bedsteads and two beds ; two
foir ftieets and eight rugs; a Jack with a long Spindle,
three Spits, a large pot and small brass kettle, a pair of
kitchen dogs, tongs and (hovel, a very large crane and
racks, and one small crane, two pairs of iron head dogs,
two looking glares and' twelve pictures; two calks or
ironmongery, in which were five very large flat files ;
brass and brass knob locks, HL hinges, twenty dv sen
brass H hinges, cut cupboard locks, chiffels, and many
other articles. Also were taken out of my Store, many
dozens gimblets, feme very large; augers of different
Sizes; twelve thousand Scupper nails ; four scale-beams
with Scales, enc pair large iron bottoms with Jack chain
and weights; a quantiy of large fish-hooks ; a fix-plate
stove, a fund, and ten feet of pipe. Whoever can give
information to the owner of ah, of the above articles,
and of the hinges that came off the pews that were taken
out of the Presbyterian Metting-houfe in Market-Street,
Shall be well rewarded. It is hoped after this notice nd
one will attempt to secrete any of the above goods any
longer.—l have in my poffeffun forne valuable piaur^s
that are worth the owners calling for.
FO R S~A L
FORTY-TWO tenements, wherein are largely
above two hundred houses, lying and being on Rat
cliff-highway, Pennington-street, King David's Fort,
Trot's- court, and George-yard, in the parishes of Step
ney (otherwise Stephen Heath) St. George, St. Paul,
Shadwell, and St. Mary Malfellow (otherwise Wnite
chapcl) within the Liberties of the city of London, in
the county of Middlefe^j in the kingdom of Great-Bri
tain. One of the tenements, by King David's Fort,
contains a field, and ore in George-yard, a riding ground.
Two of these tenements only are fubje& to the rack, all
the rest being leafed out upon a free rent. The annual
amount of the rent is not mentioned, as the owner of
this estate has empowered his Agent in London to grant
new leases, an account whereof is not as yet come to
hand. Any person inclinable to purchase, may apply to
"Mr. Herbert Claiborne, at Ruffin's Ferry, on Pa
munkey River. Continental or Virginia Loan-Office
Certificates will be received in payment.
• December 22.
— 1 —
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED on Thursday left, from the fubferiber,
° living in Third-street, Philadelphia, a dark sorrel
Mare, with a white face, wall eyed, b^s a Short mane,
four white feet, between fourteen and fifteen bands high,
a natural trotter, but canters well, and is about fix years
old. Also a white Horse with brown fpofs, wall eyed,
a natural pacer, about fourteen hands high, and between
four and five years old. Whoever takes them up and
brings them to the fubferiber, Shall receive the above
reward for both, or Fifteen Dollarsfor each, and rea
sonable charges, paid by
Dec. i s . GEORGE TREN IS.
AME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
, in North Wales townfliip, Philadelphia county,
some considerable time puft, a Stray BULL. The owner
is defirea to come, prove his property, pay charges and
take him away. HUGH FOULKE.
THOMAS LEAMING
Has for SALE, at Powel's Wharf, below the Draw
bridge,
GOOD imported salt, with or without calks ; best
moDiDs by the hogshead ; coffee, cotton, red
wood ; loc, Bd, and 6d nails ; a few papers of faddlers
tacks ; a few pieces of wide thin lino and crocus ; also
a quantity of Second hand fails and rigging.
TO BE SOLD BY
William and Samuel Depees,
At their tore the next wharf belo^ Chefnut Street,
BAR iron and fleet, Jamaica Spirits and Weft-India
rum, tar, a few bands of good fl mr, a good an
chor about 2 cwt. Some Franklin fire-places and small
fix plate Stoves.
"amos "wTckerslTa m,'
In Arch-ftrett, next door below the corner of Second-
Street, has for SALE,
WEST-INDIA rum, coarse and fine salt, loaf
Sugar; a box of hard ware, among which are
cheSt and till locks, upwards of one hundred dozen
gimblets, &c. about fifty dozen G B coarse and fine
wool and cotton cards; an elegant glass pyramid, con
fiding of upwards of eighty double flint cut glasses ; a
Set of tea-table china ; one ditto for a dining table ; a
lirge pair of scales and triangle, and a quantity of fifty
fix weights ; also a fine blue and white Suit of bed and
window curtains, very genteel pattern, and made in
the bed manner.
Northern Liberties of Philadelphia, ON. 21.
ABOUT a fortnight ago an orange co
loured small C O W, with a little black about her
mouth and tail, joined my cattle on Captain Falkner's
plantation, near the Falls of Schuylkill. The owner is
detired to come, prove his property, pay chaiges and
take her away, otherwise She will be fold according to
law in four weeks time. The above Cow was adver
tised in the German paper, No, 809, by
GEORGE SCHRANK.
A GENTLEMAN with a small family will give
'* the highest wages for a Maid Servant, that can act
as cook, &c. and also for a Man Servant to attend the
house. Enquire of the Printer.
t o b'e
A LOT of GROUND, with a good three-story
1 brick house thereon, having two rooms on a floor,
and a cellar; Situated on the weft fide of Sixth-Street,
about half way between Arch and Rac^-ftreets ; it it
Sixteen feet front and about fifty-one and a half deep.
Any person inclining to purchase may know the terras
b y applying to Isaac Hazlehurst, at Mr. James
Logan's, in Second-Street, Philadelphia. 1
Nd B. A good title will be given.
ON^ HUNDRED DOLLARS RE%fTd.
STOLEN out of the Suable of the fubferiber, living
in Hatborough, commonly cabled the Crocked-Bis:
let, in the mar@ of Mooreland, Philadelphia county,
on the night of the fourth of this instant (December)
a half blooded sorrel Stallion COLT, three years <&!,
about fifteen hands high, a natural trotter, has a heavy
neck, light mane and tail of the colour of his body,
fliod before. Any person or persons that Secures the
said Hoife and thief, Shall have the above reward, or
Fifty Dollars for the Horse, and Fipty Dollars
for the thief, and all reasonable charges, paid by
ALEXANDER MEA NS.
PAR C~H M
Made and Sold by
ROB ER T WO OD,
In Fifth-ftreet, near the New fail.
At said place WOOL also to be fold, walhed and
carefully afforded. 5,
Jacob Morgan and Helary Baker,
Have for SALE at their store on the wuth fide of Se
cond-ftrect, between Race and Arch Streets, and op
posite to Michael Hiilegas, Efqeire'<,
r, A R iron, Jamaica Spirit, Weft India and Phila
.O delphia rum by the hegihead, barrel or radon,
French brandy, apple ans rye whiskey by the barrel, a
few barrels of fogar, bohea tea in half-quarter chefb,
a few boxes of Sweet oil, brimstone id boxes, and belt
fine and coarse imported salt.
TO BE S O L D,
AN elegant HARPSICHORD, ,imported :rom
London about three years ago, Fort^rms apply to
Isaac Cox, in Front-Street below Walnut-Street.
December 16, 1778.
O TICE is hereby given to all perforin
indebted to the estate of Peter Matson, late of
Upper Merion townihip, Philadelphia county, deceased,
that they are desired to make speedy payment to the
Subscribers ; and all persons having any demands against
said estate, are likewise requested to bring in their ac
counts that they may be adjuffed by
NATHAN POTTS,],
PETE,R M AtS O N,] Execu '°"-
N. B. The said Executors will give attendance every
Saturday from the date hereof until the second day es
January next, to fettle, pay and receive.
TEN POUNDS RE W ED;
IXTHERE AS Some evil-disposed person or persons
VV have frequently broke down the line fences of the
fubferiber's farm, leading from Moland's Lane, and
along the Frankford Road. This is therefore to offer the
above reward to any one who Shall give information, so
that he or they may be brought to justice.
Strayed from the above farm the Sixteenth instant, an
old red tnd white C OW, somewhat pied, and very
pear calving, Whoever rakes up the said Cow and gives
information, Shall have Eight Dollars Reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by
HENRY GURNEY.
To BE SOL D,
AN EGROMAN about thirty-two years of ^e,
a stout, able, healthy fellow, this country tan,
understands the farming business in all its branebet,
and is fold by bis matter for want of employ. Enquire
of Thomas Apt y, Keeper of the Work-honfe.
Ve t e"r k'u~h n;
Has for SALE at his Store the north fide of Market-
Street, nearly midway between Fourth and Fifth- Streets,
Old Jamaica Spirits,
Welt-India Rum,
Continental ditto,
Belt Hyfon Tea,
Coffee,
Single and double relined Leaf Sugar,
Mufeovado ditto, &c. &c. &c. 6.
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTE
Has for sale, at his Store below the Drawbridge,
W~ ST-INDIA rum, French ditto, country ditto,
" sugar in hogsheads, loaf sugar in barrels, coffee
in bags, Weft-India and French salt by the bnihel oc
quantity, bohea and green teas by the quantity, import
ed boot patterns, Indian corn by the bushel, a few bar
rels of freSh Superfine flour, glauber salts, &c. &e.
All perlons indebted to the estate of Henry Neill, are
requested to I»ake speedy payment; and those having
demands against said estate, are earnestly requested to
render their accounts, properly attested, to
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH, Administrator,
SARAH NEILL, Administratrix.
sTel^'acTt'i C ANDUE S,
Manufactured and Sold by
RICHARD WELL S,
In Arch-street, near Sixth-Street.