The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-02-19 00:00:00, page 1

In GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Monday, February 14, 1780.
The Bill intituled " An A& to enable William Clingan,
Theirs Drib John Kinkead, Roger Kirk, John Sellers
and fan Wb^i to build a new Court Holland Prison
fa th? County of Crieft^r, and fell the old CotruHoufe
andTrifonin the borough of Cheder," wasread the se
cond tore, and being debated by paragraphs, was ordered
to be trarfoihed for the third reading, and ordered to be
published for cur,Edition.
Extr&a from the Minutes,
T HOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Affen*to
An A C T ^.enable William Clingen, Thomas Bull, John
Kinked, Ro,rWrl<, John Sellers and John Wilson,
to build fc^w Court-House and Prison in the county
of Chefler, and fell the old Court -House and Prifbu in
the borough of Chtfler. ? '*g
WHEREAS it has be^n feprefences to this Hotfo
that the holding of Courts pf General Quarter
Seffibns of the Peace, Common Fleas, Nifi Prius, Oytr
gad Terminer, and General Goal Delivery for the county
6f Chester, in the borough of Chester, is very incenve
niem and burthenforne to a great part of the inhabitants
cl % laid count,, as the fitnation of (aid borough is at
an extreme cermet of said county, and that it wonks be
very commodious and much for the advantage of the in*
habitants in general, if the fevered Courts were held it a
nua-e central p^t of the said county :
*E? it tbere'er, enabled, and it is hereby enaßed by the
Rtprefeottive, of tue Freemen of the Commonwealth of
Pi anfylv#;,i% in General Affcmbly met, am l by the au-§
thority of th* (?r^. That it flxall and %% b p lawful to
and for the bud William Ctingar, Pnomns Bolt John
Kiakead, Roger Kirk, John Sellers a^d John WiTos, or
any of them, to ptu chafe and take afibrance to them and
their heirs of a piece of land, situate in feme convenient
place otihe said county, in trust and for the use of said
bouncy, and thereon to build and area, or cause to be
built end Fretted, a Court House and Prison, Aifficlent to
accommodate the public fefrice of the said county, and for
Qee%fe ano convenience of the said inhabitants.
Provided nev°rthdef„ That no eredion of a Court,
go^fe or Prifem, or other necessary budding fkall by
made on the land so to be purchased, until the Reprefer.-
tativ^s of ths Freemen of the Commonw^hh of P?nnfyl
vania in General Afftmbly met, ihall bit informed of the
Situation of such land, and give their approbation tor
erecting inch buildings.
And be it rafted by the authority aforefeid, Th 4
when the said Court-house shall be eroded a» afctefaid,
that from thenceforth the feverri Courts of General
Quarter Seffons, Common Pleas, Nifi Prius, Oyer and
Terminer, arid General Goal Delivery for the said coun
ty, fil^ii be hoiden,nd kept at the said Court house, when
thefame is but, and created in the place 6 to be provided
as aforefeid.
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For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
" T T is an ill wind (fays the old proverb) that blows
X nobody good;" and it,man be an extraordinary
law indeed from which no advantages are to be derived.
The Tender Law, it is true, injures theState, depreciates
our currency, defrays our morals, encourages frauds,
fagratitud? and oppreffon, and ruins thowfands of those
whom Government is bound by every tye to protect But
what then ? Shall it be repealed ? “ Nel" cries feme dif
heneft creditor, " I have not yet discharged the mortgage
that cucumbers my efla^." " Nos echoes another,
"my bond-debts matte unpM4. # " No!" Ud&fyfyfy
And be it further enabled by the authority uforeQid,
That it fhall' and may he lawful that the Gid William
CHugan, Tuomas Bull, John Kinkead, Roger Kirk, John
Sellers, and John Wilson, or any of them, Audi have fall
power to expefe te sale by public vendue or otherwise, to
the highest bidder, the old Court-house, Ppifop and Work
boufe, with all and firguhr the appurtenances nd here
ditaments thereunto belonging, Strode 'ln the borough of
Chester aforefaid, and to give assurances to the neiti and
afflgas cf the pc chafer or purchasers f„ ever, and the
monies therefrom ar/fing (half be appropriated towards
paying for the Nnds to be purchased, and the new Courts
fioufe and prison to be built io the GM place so as afore
faid to be provided.
And be it further en^ed by the authority afortfajd,
That for the defraying the remainder of theex,eoces and
charge of purchafingth° land, building and eroding, the
said Court house and Prison, it (hall and may be lawful
for the Cemcriflioners arid Assessors bf said county, or
a majority of them, who are hereby forthwith required to
afiefs and levy so much money xs the said Treftrn, or
any of them, &11 fo^gt necefary for paying the remain
der aforesaid, of purcbafingthe land and finishing the said
Court-houfo and Prison.
GENERAL
SATURDAY,
PHI LA D E L F H 1 A.
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[ Publilhed every Tuesday, Thursday end Saturday. J
" my lease Is not y^t expired"-^ rd thus on, till one
would be tempted to think that these ^ho fopport the
law were a formidable phalanx :—And so they are, from
the Aro,g, interested add naifemevous oppofitiou they
mke, but,not from their embers I Fer if we count the
yeas and nays upon the question, we shall find the latter
dwindle into a contemptible minority, while every man of
a cle^r head and good heart urg e ? the repeal of a law which
difh^ors cur country and fLbs justice at the foot of hcf
own altar.
I have fees a piece, Mr. Printer, in your paper of
Tut-f'az lafy figged “ A Whig, which feeing to eppofe
the current of general opinion. The writer, indeed, is
half eforaed openly to advocate the Tender Law ; but
walking his motives under the convenient veil of Whiggifm,
h* fu^geiis the impropriety o' a repeal by infinQ^ting that
the Tories alone would bob* % Sled by ft. It is not true—
Thouf^ds of the belt W'ifs in the State will find relief—•
Evtry honest num who f.ern? to avail bimfelf of thb in
iquitous advaoutgrt which the Mw gives the debtor, will
find relief by its repeals Nay, thoaiaHds who are yet too
young to know what Whig % Tory mean— will be saved
from the miseries of dep^n^apce and want, which tkh
AR threatens ^w with.
Bet fapfiofe far a moment, that the Tories will be
[ready bemfite/ by ^repeal: Sail we tbtricre reiufe
to benefit ourfelvrs? They are creatures that do not de
serve so much confederation ; pod if an Aft is unwise and
unjufi, though the advantages they may derive from its
repeal, may bejvimerou- yet ought ^e not to deliberate
in the choice we liquid make. If this Tender Law is in
jurious to the State io general, roll the pleasure, arising
from the ruin of the Tories, 1, a compensation for the
rum we {hall pull down upon &' own beads, by continu
ing it ? If the ;Law is cruel and opprlffive, fliaii we be
excafed from the gQllt of that cpp,effion, beraufe these
whom we have ton much reason to d-fpife, ate invoked
in the common wifery? Surely net.— But the truth is,
that it i 3 the V/h^s—and to their honor be it fpek^n—lt
is the Whig#l fy who aieurgtot for a repeal, sad who
demofl severely reprobate the further continuance of th@
All.
The arguments in favour of a repeal have b#em dated
by a late writer who calls himfclf Adolphus. If they do
not convince, let me alk any ene in feme hour of cool re
flection to cpnfult his own heart, whether he would take
the advantages ofthe law if i: were in bis power to do lot
if to difeh^rgean eld mortgage or pay gent referred on an
old lease, he would render only the nominal sum in Con
tioenml money? I believe he would abhor the idea § if he
is an honest and well informed man, fam sure he would,
No good man will attempt thus to defraud bis creditor.
Whatthen is the cofifeguence? Why, tfe tb.^ tew ex*
t/is orJy for th? benefit oj roiltia^s.
Let roe make ffe foppeiitiOTj that the trader has ton
rafted a debtofrne thouf.ind,okds, for property that
might formerly have been purchased for twenty. Let ma
foppofe, that the qu^uty of money is suddenly teffcmid
and reduced to one fifth th ; by an Act of the States, as
has been proposed by some fpfalative writers. Would
ba not expiiil the Le°ifbwre would fiep in to his relief?
Would he not expect that a tender of the real value of the
debt Ihould difetiarge it without regarding the nominal
sum? And would he not complain of that diffrefs which
the prefect Tender Law, if unreeled, would heap upon his
head ?He certainly Would, then let him endeavour to
extend to others the relief he would so reasonably expert:
“ Let him do us he withes so be doje by."
CONSCIENCE.
Fbila-blfecia, February tr, 17%%
WAN T E
ft, Master workman, v± o m be mu
,^ recommended, for a FOREMAN in the art of
making and mararfa&uring GLASS 0? various kinds.
Such a person r.v.y nrct with the greatest encouragement,
and may have a tf^re in the Works if be ihculd choose
it, by applying to the futifefiber, at Mrs. Wirt's in
Arch-ftrert, near Third-ftrert, who has a patent from
the Srae c'Cinr.e& cut, and other encouragements, to
ereft the Werke, &c. As there is no Ghus Work in
New. England, the left offer# will be m<& that can be
Lad in America, by
ISAAC MOSELEY^
N. B. Any person that is disposed to engage, is de
sired to apply as fodn as pofe{e ; the foorzr the better.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N LA P,
( Round or unbound )
ANY QUANTITY OF
BIL,WORTH'S SPELLING BOOK,
. Printed on fine strong paper and « new type.
N. B. Those who buy by the ibowfand ffiall have a
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FEBRUARY $, r fo
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is GIVEN for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
JOHN DUNLA P.
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% be SOLD by Public Vendue,
Ac the Coffee-hoafe, on Saturday the 19th of February
ink. at Five o'clock in the evening,
FIVE ^r^ an I one hund el and thirty-cne and a
hrif p^fch&s of M'^dow Giound and Fkts, on
Pettie's lihad ; late the efiate of Michael Baker,
dece ritd.
All perfuns that have any rkmardsrigrinft the . date
of the said MICHAEL Baker, dweafed, by bend, rcte
01 book debt, are defied to bring in their acrourrts,
And thole thet are any ways indebted to said eflate are
requeued to make imraeerre payment to
MARY BAKER, tecut.i*.
Philadelphia February rg ; 17^00
BY virtue bf a Writ of Vendiikni Exponas,
to raf th fubferib^r di^a.d, wlirbe fylg on Sa
twrday the z6rh infant, at Mkraa o'clock, at the Cos.
fa-houfh in this city, two ti-th part*, cr^l the righty
tie* and ink-rest of Nabobs s@berfy cf, in ard~ro a
brick tenement, and large brick and wecden tfnem^nt
adjoining it, and lot of ground, fa Moravian Ahey, in
this city, epnt^ning abcih eighteen feet front and r ar,
and about eighty fter defy, bounded on the north by a
fron!^ and let of the Rev. Mr. Kunie, oh the south by a
house aud lot of John Corry, tn the wft by ground of
-—— Rent^et, and on the tad by Moravian Alley
aforefaid ; the whole bring fdje&'to a mortgage for
one hundred pouAdty payahh to Jacob Duchf, Eq; and
a ground rent of thirteen tbr!!ingf ape! fix pence sterling
per annum, payable to William AlLn, Eo; Sriz : J and
taken in execution as we effate of Nkholx'a H ffriberg.
at the fait of John Coffman, by
JAMES CL A.YP&OLE, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 1780.
BY virtue of 2 writ of Veriditioni Exponas tai
me dire&ed, wih he fold by Public Vendue, on
Monday the rhh inst. st ^ven o'clock, at the Ceffee-
House m this city, all the tight, title and inte est of
James Talbot, fate of feid city, 'of, in and to one maety
or half part of a brick tenement three Tories high, trick;
kitchen, and wooden tenor nt aejo riing and back of
the kitchen, and lot of ground, oh the Muth ft ;~ of Race
ft/^t, between Th:rd prt Four h gratis confeifig
about twenty feet front and tea , and abent eighty feet
d.tcp; bounded on the weft bj jbn Ta^llxfer's let,
on & east by John R erftein's ho ift and lot,' on the
few, by the Hec. M;. Kunze's cr ur.di and on thart,,
hy Kace-ftrsets Seizni and taken in excatunn as th,
&Ite of Lid Jkmrs Talbot, ?.'fo rinit of - — fagrOT,
Mid Conttard#, by /
JAMES CLAVPOOLE , Steiff,
^pH£ MARSHAL .f^he ADmT-
I RALTY finds ~&hitel; neceffarv to ca lin
this rubric mariner, tfyn *!1 pertans indebted for P^ze
Gpods purchased at auction, to me',* immediate pay
merits
Noc d^h&;ng t\e 4/uhau^ity of purchaf^rs in dis
charging the zidohpi es their biPe as four as delivered,
agresahWte the aordirions made known at the times of
Lie, he has permitted goo. s co p&fs into the h^nds cf
many, who h# thought would not fuffcr thcmfelves to be
called upon more bhar once, or t^i^e at most, for the
money 1 He is lorry tc find, 5, daily experience, that
the contrary is the fact, and that his applications are
mow coufiirced i# impertinent; he therefore begs leave
to remind such, thM from the long tff& of large firms
they have been enabled to acquire great gains, and
ought from a principle of gratitude immediately tc com
ply with his roqueff, efp?ciri!y when hr z^ures them,
that their n^gtect iubje^s him to imputations not tha
most pleating.
By the 20th d&y of February infant he faall be ena
bled to dtterwne who effects frmtefv:< under ohrinti
ons for the credit they have takeh, by pavng their W
lances in the mean time. He ffiall take it for ^rm^d,
that those who do riot, are determined to prefit ny the
advantages which thr delays of th? law can give ih%
and to prevent these being too great, he fisll, wittanri
fail, pat their acctunts the next day into th? hands' of an
Attorney, with dir<aions 10 proceed upon them with
out further notice.
W A N
AW 0 MA Nto few red tike - care of children,
that c^n be well r^comrwidedr Enquire of the
Printer.
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