Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-09-24 00:00:00, page 3

6. That the right in the people to participate in the
legislature, is the foundation of liberty and of all free
government, and for this end all elections ought to be
free and frequent, and every freeman having fufficient
evidence of a permanent common iatereft with an at
tachmem to the community, hath a right of fuffrage.
7. That no power of Suspending laws or the execu
tion of laws 08gut to be exercised uolei's by the legifla
tore.
8. That for redress of grievances and for amending
and Strengthening of the laws, the legislature ought to
be frequently convened.
9. Thar every man hath a right to petition the le
giflature for the redress of grievances in a peaceable and
orderly manner.
10. That every member of Society hath a right to be
protested in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property,
arid therefore is bound to contribute his proportion to
wards the expence of that protedion and yield his per
sonal service when necessary, or an equivalent thereto;
but no part of 2 man's property can be justly taken fi om
him or applied to public uses without his own consent
or that of his legal representatives: Nor can any man
that is confeientioufly Scrupulous of bearing arms in
any case be justly compelled thereto if he will pay
such equivalent.
11. That retrofpe&ive laws punishing offences com
mitted before the exigence of such laws, are oppressive
and unjust, and ought not to be made.
12. That every freeman for every injury done him
in his goods, lands or perlon by any other person,
ought to have remedy by the conrfe of the law of the
land, and ought to have jufrice and right f r the injury
done to him freely without sale, fully without any
denial, and speedily without delay, according to the
law of the land.
15. That trial by jury of the fade where they nrife,
is one of the greatest securities of the lives, liberties
and estates of the people.
14. That in all prosecutions for criminal offences,
every man hath a right to be informed of the accusa
tion against him, to h allowed counsel, to be confront
ed with the Accusers or witnesses, to examine evidence
on oath in his favour and to a speedy trial by an im
partial jury, without wh®fe unanimous consent he
ought not to be ' and guilty.
15. That no man in the courts of common law ought
to be compelled to give evidence against himfelf
16. '1 hat excessive bail ought not to ne requ red,
nor excessive fines impbfed, nor cruel nor unmuai pu
mfhments inflicted.
17. That ail warrants without oath to feaich !u
---peded places, or to seize any person or his property
are grievous and oppressive, and all general warrants
to Search fufpeded places, or to apprehend all per ous
fufpeded without naming or describing the place or
any person in special, are illegal and ought no.t to be
granted.
18. That a well regulated militia is the proper, na
tural and fate defence o'a fret government.
19. That Handing armies are dangerous to liberty
and ought not to be raided or kept up without the con
sent of the legiflaiure.
20 1 hat in all cases and at all times the military
ought to be under Arid subordination to and governed
by the civil power.
21. That 00 soldier ought to be quartered in a^y
h?ufe in time of peace without the content of the own
er; and in time of war in such manner only as the Ie
giflature (had duett.
22. That the independency and uprightndt of judges
are essential to the impartial administration of jutlice,
and a great fecuruy to the rights and liberties of the
people.
23. That the liberty of the press ought to be invio
lably preserved.
A true extras from the Journals of the Convention.
JAMES BOOTH, Clerk.
We are informed by authority, that the Honora
ble the Convention of the Delaware State, huh
was eluded on the 19th day of Auruft last, for the
special purpose of " ordaining and declaring sb,fa
tyre form of Government of that State," met at New
castle on the 27th day of the fame month, and hav
ing furnifhed their quota of the Flying Camp, and
ordered another battalion to be forthwith raised,
under the command of Colonel Samuel Weft, to re
inforce the army of the United States of America,
and having also finifhed the work for which they
were particularly chosen, they drived themselves
on the 21st indent.
The names of the Members for Nmce,!e County.
Nicholas Vandyke, Richard Cantwell, Alexancer
Porter, John Thompson, Abrad m Robinson, Tho
mas M'Kean, George Read, John Evans, John Lea,
John Jones.
Kent County. Thomas Collins, Charles Ridgely,
James Sykes, Richard Baflett. J^coh Stout, J>hn
Cook, Samuel Weft, John Clarke, Thomas White,
Richard Lockwood.
Suffix Cou^,. Jacrb Moore, James Rench, Tfaac
Bradley, John Wiltbank, Isaac Horsey, William
Polke, Joshua Hill, Peter Hubbert, Phillips Kol
lock, Alexander Laws.
The Honorable GEORGE READ, F.fq; was
unanimously chosen President, and Mr. JAMES
BOOT H, Clerk es the Coraventioß.
To the Printer 0, the Pmnnylvania Packet.
S IR,
IN imes or genera, dihrefs. noihr % can better evi
doce a good heart than the c meu icarion of a
remedy, with u expectation of fee or regard. The
gentleman woo pubufhec a cure for thefax in your Est
paper, appeals to be poffefled of this benevolent dis
position ; and trom the fame tenderness to my country,
men, 1 beg their exertion to the opinions of foire of
the grea eit and bed men in several ages and countries,
on a 'uDjed of 10 much importance to them. By these
however, they will fee that a fhipwri &ht might as well
advertise cures for leaky veff.de, and apply his materi
als wihour the least regard to the shape, size or fruati
en of the defeAve part, as a physician publish cures for
any particular disorder.
The great fathe of physic, Hippocrates, watched
his patients day and oight, to observe the several chan
ges of their con iti s and nevet applied any remedies
Without th? ftr.aed regard to the cirewnftinces\ al
ays considering medicines only as instruments from
whch particular a! orations were tc be expected, such
as t,kr?9 awy ivHt'he thought fuperfuous and supplying
what A „ iged deficient.
'^oo fi s had no conception of any medicine's
pui hi g a lower to travel through the system and ex
amine whatever might be anrs in it, and there exert
itfeir to person m° a cure as a farmer would go about to
mend a gap in his fence. No other instruments in na
ture are tuppofed to be endowed with felf directive
qualities; and nothing hut presumption, ambi i n to be
though: ft fui, avarice to get money in a iazy way, or
a fond conceit that what has once helped in tome case
to which it was accidentally accommodated, w?u j d
cure in all (however circumstanced) could ever inspire
a man to practice physic without a critical knowledge
of the tubj:& of his applications
Baglivi tells us. that the firft f uniation of cure is a
just apprehension of the difea e and a due difindion
between it and others of a like form: tor the firft ele
ments of difeales lie hid in thick da'knefs, and all the
prowels of art cannot reach the cure without the di
region of a solid diagnosis.
Cebus Anrelianus, an author (at least) esteemed
thud from Hippocrates, laid so much stress upon ob
Serving the signs of diseases, that he seems to have had
nothing so earnestly in view as the fettling of the fymp
tems and circumstances that diftmguifh diseases one
from another.
Celfus is so particular refpe&ing the cirewmftances
of administration, that he has spent several chapters in
directing when even foods and drink fliould be given;
and in one place he fays, that “ the man to be trusted
is he that knows his profeffion and is not much absent
from the patient. But they that practice only from
We are informed that the following Gentlemen are
appointed Officers of Government ft the State of
NEW-JaRSEY.
His Excellency WILLI AM LIVINGSTON,
E quire, Govern r.
The Honorable John Se^ns, fne rtf ent.
Legislative Cuu cil
Middlefen. Hon. John A':,hen 1 Monmouth, Dr
A^t^mel Scudder. Essex, Stephen Crane. omerfet,
Wiliam Parer'on. Bergen, Jon Fed. Morris, Sylas
Condiet. Bur ington, Richard Smrn. Glowfter, John
Cut per. Saiem Arcrew dinnickion. Cape Cay, ]-
natnan Hand. Hunterdon John Stevens, under and,
Theophilus Elmer. Sussex, John Cl wes Symmes.
Members of the Assembly.
Midd^Jex, John Coombs, Daniel Moore, William
Marmog. Monmouil, John Coverh^ven, Joseph
Holmes, Jernes Mott. %, Abraham Clark, Ca
leb camp, 3eo, Garretter, Somerset j cb Bogart,
A exander M'Ewen. Ru'et Vandyke Bergen. Peter
Zahrifkie, Theais Dy, D., v ;d Board. Morris Ja-,
cub Drake, Ellis Co k, Wiliam Woodhull. Burning. \
ton, Peter TaPmxn, Caleb Shreve, J feph Newbold.
'Bonce,er, Robert Friend Price I ^cMickle, R chard
Somers. Bah, Edmund Wd by, DSamuel
Dick, EHba Baflytt, ju. Cage May, Eh Eldridge,
I eeh Savage, Hugh Ha horne. Hunterdon JTn
Hat, Join Mehelm, Charles Coxe. Cumberland,
Jdin Buck, Jonathan Bowen, Ephraim Harris. Saflex,
Ca par Shiver, A^. Br wo, Phomas Peterson
Secretary and Me k of theCouncil, Charles Pettit, Esq;
9" reafu-er, Richard Sm th.
Attorney General, Hun. Wil iam Patterson.
Clerk of the Supreme ourt Bowes k cd, Esq;
Clerk of the Circuits, Elisha Boudmott.
Chief Ju, ce, J hn De Han.
oecbnd judge bamor Tucker.
Third fudge, Francis Dpi , nlon.
D ELEGATE S for that State.
D n J°^ D Withertpoo Richard Stockton, Francis
Hopkhkoo, John Dart, Abraham Cbik.
GUN CARRIAGES WANTED.
In i JCNciL of SFi EI September 18, 1776,
Reeved, Thar Vol. Bayard and Col. Matlack be
appsmedr enpoy pt.per ; rlocs co make a member
or Gun Cattieger t the lervice of this State.
Bxtr ft from the Bin Wes,
J'' OB S HOYELL, Secretary.
Workmen ca 7 bh & this tulips and willing to
undertake a parted a, are requested t apply im
mediately — ^ffociators Oh have a preference.
views of gain, because their profits arise fa proportion
to their number of pa~ien<s readily tail in with such
rules as do ri require close attendance :—but it is ne
cessary for him to fit by his patient, wl 0 would form
a true judgment of what alone is fit to be done."
Baglivi, before quoted, further observes fc hat " where
the diagr^ftic ligns of any dreaie are firft found cut
the remedies and indications of cure are presently let
in a clear ligh ; but if the diogneftics be neglected or
urdifeovered, a dileaie of onejpecies is taken for ano
ther of afar different kind; and so the issue of theere
rot answering the opinion fitft taken up by the igno
rant phyficiaos, they turn their backs upon many di
ftafes as being incurable—they censure the method of
cure; cry out upon the uncertainty of physic;" 01 as
many do new a days, declaim against bark and mercu
ry which prebab y they seldom life, but to the detri
ment of the patient. “ They neither know, adds he,
nor care to knew the art of prognosticating." And
may it not be lamented that too few i^ this enlighten
ed age think themfeives obliged to fatisfy a patient of
their thoroughly investigating and explaining their pre
fect condition, much less presaging how they will be at
any future period.
The dupencer of infallible cures may indeed be allow
ed to be a prgofticator, as he promises recovery to
every one who dkes his potion. But could a few, even
well c ntrived medicines, each cure a disease of force
general denomination, without more than a general di
re<ftinn, to take so many drops or fpoonfuls once,
twice or thrice a day, physic might as properly fall in
to the barber's hands in Pennsylvania as it now rests in
Brabant, where it is said no one in a whole province is
capable of taking eff a limb.
The receipt now under consideration may serve for
a cold, slimy, chil®us flux, where the mucus fupera
bownds and Ipoils the action of the bowels; as lye of
all kinds is dissolving of jelly; but what effefl must so
acrid a composition have where the natural defence of
the ioteftines is abraded, and their contents are as hot
as boiling water.
/ Tn fh^rt, every cure should be as peculiarly adapt
ed to the particular case intended to be remedied, as
the pleadings of a lawyer should refpedl the fun he ar
gues. So that those authors who have favoured the
world with every man his own doctor and lawyer, de
serve alike well of the public.
T. YOUN G.
ssAfowt,H-444^0^^H^«
SX7AS STOPPED, on Friday the 20th
VV inrtant (September) a Woman with a brown
c unbe. C LO A K, (uppofed to be stolen) lined with
g:een baize, alinoft new. Any person proving their
property and paying charges, may hear of it by apply
ing to he Panter.|
Philadelphia, September ? 9, 1776.
y OST, a large ^ell.finifhed HANGER,
I.> "ith Be t rd Chains complete, supposed to have
teen tken our of the front parkour of C^ptiin Francis
W e house in Fourth-ft-cct. Should a fuipiciou^ per
fin < ff # r a Hanger for Die, it is hoped thole to wh, mic
may e offered will examine into his right.
Also loft, a CAR RIAG E WHIP, with a friver
head, of this country make, half worn, marked ^uh the
I Tt^rs RH in a large cypher; the ownei is confident of
having left it at feme house in this city, but has forgot
where. If it be in the possess: n of any person who may
fee this advertisement, he will be pl<t.fed t^ fend it to
the fubferber, who will pay a reward of THIRTY
SHILLINGS for the Hanger, belt,& p delivered
to him, and the further sum of THIRTY SHIL
LINGS lor the difeovery of the thief.
F^A NCIS WADE.
Philadelphia, September 23 1776.
EIGHT DOLLARS KhWARD;
STRAYED AWAY, from the pasture of the
O fubferiber in Hickory-lane, on the zoth instant,
I' HREE HORSES; one a bay, ab ut fourteen hands
high, with three white feet, and a running fore under
his j iw, branded, but the letters not known ; another a
by, about thirteen hands and a half high, five years old,
with a small white star in his forehead, paces and trots ;
the other a black, about thirteen hands high, a natural
trotter, with a small star in his forehead, about fix years
old, branded with two R's. Whoever takes up laid
holies and delivers them to the fubferiber, at the sign of
the Coneftogo Waggon in Market street, (hall receive
the above Reward and reasonable charges, or in propor
tion for either of them, paid by
IS A A_C_ G REENTRRE.
Elizabeth- Town, September 21, 1776.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
WHER EAS the fubferiber, on the 14th instant,
hired a grey Mare, or rather white, somewhat
flea bitten, about twelve years old, thirteen and a half
hands high, a natural trotter and trots very faft, with a
half worn hunting saddle, a common bridle, the ear
piece covered with ferriting, unto a certain JOHN LOW,
to go from this town to Amboy, and to have returned
the fame night ; and as said Low nor mare have not vet
returned, but have since been seen at Princeton, under
pretence of going expre's to the Continental Congress,
it gives reason to expe& that he intends to wrong the
owner by not returning his property. The said Low is
about five feet ten inches high, about thirty years ofage,
a fair complexion, with short brown hair, and appears
to have been born in Yorkshire, in England ; had on a
blue coat with red facings and very small buttons, white
jacket, breeches and flockings. Whoever apprehends
said Low, and returns h ; m to the gaoler of Elizabeth-
Town, in East New.Jerfey, with the mare, bridle and
faddie, fliall have the above Reward, with all reasonable
charges, or THREE DOLLARS fir the mare, fiddle,
&c. paid by $ BENJAMIN MILLER.