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or ^ch matt be fived oat of atty ffity or vessel
or wrecked, or so orcoenhanced by difirfa of
forms or otherwise, that the cargo or lading thereof ought
to be fold for the account of Inform ; and anchors,
cables taken up ^ sea, or in the river or bay of Delaware,
and which ought to be fold to ascertain the salvage due
thereupon, to till person or perlons who may take up the
feme may be fold at public uu&ion or vendue, the raid
Aft notwith ftandirig ; fobfea however to the rolre and
reßriaions therein prescribed, as to the ^le by pubkc
audioo or vendue ofgoods and merchandizes thereby per.
minted to be fold by public auction or vendue.
Provided always and be it further enacted by the au
thority aforefaid. That before the Auctioneer of the city
of Philadelphia shall proceed to fell by public abdion or
vendue, any goods or merchandizes, by virtue of this Aft,
he shall be furaifhed with the licence of the President or
Vice- President in Council, authorizibgYuch fate ; in which
the goods arid merchandizes thereby permitted to be fold
as afocefaid, shall be (pacified and particularized ; such li
cence t® be grounded on the Report on eath or affirmati
on of three judicious arid indifferent men, who being ap
pointed by the . laid Afident orVice- President in Council,
tor that purpose ft 11 have carefully inquired of, and view
ed the said goods and merchandizes, and found them to
corce within the intent and benefit of this Aft.
O The CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY
m%t this evening (the 19th instant) at s?x o'clock precise
ly, at the Dutch Lutheran School house in Cherry-Alley.
EDAV ARD POLE, Secretary.
MR. DUNLA P,
JE NCL0S E you the tnnflatiod of a late Edift cf
Louis the Sixteenth, for the abolition of Slavery, I
could dwelt with pleasure on this law, equally just and
humane, and would gladly take decafion to pay my tri
bute of praise to the amiable Legislator who has every
pofflbie claim to that title of Projector OF THR
Rights of Mankind, long since conferred on him by
the voice and the vows of these States ; but I will not dare
to hang one votive tablet on the majestic column sacred
to Freedom and Virtue.
“ L O U I S, &c.
" CONSTANTLY attentive to every thing which can
promote the happiness of our people, and deeming it our
chief glory to preside over a free and generous nation, >
We cannot without pain behold those remnants of fcrvi
tude which extft in our federal provinces. We confider
with deep regret that a great number o' our fubje^s are
hill fervidly attached to the foil, considered as making a
part of it, and as it were confounded with it, Deprived
of perfontl liberty and the rights of property, they are
themfetves numbered among the feudal poffbffions; that
they have not the consolation to dd'p&fe of their goods,
and except in some cases rigidly circemfcribed, cannot
even bequeath the fruits of their labour to their own off
fpring: That industry lange ; fhe< under filch reftriaiaa,
and fotfety is deprived of the effects of that energetic spi
rit of labor which can only be inspired by the moR libe
ral ideas of pr >perty. Duly influenced by these consider
ations, We would have abolished all these verges of feu
dal rigor without diflinaion, but the state of our finances
would not permit us to purchase this rightfrom the feveial
proprietors. Retrained by thatattention We shall always
pay to tie laws of property, which We confider a? the
most fqlid foundations of order and jnflice, We perceive
With pleasure that while we refya these prin iphs We
can in some meafcre accompliih the good effect we have
in view, by abwlilhing the rights of servitude not only in
ail the demesnes which are in our own hands, but also in
these w rich hive been pledged by us and by our royal
predeceffora. For this purpose iVe do authorife all thole
Creditors who ;pay conceive themselves injured by this
provision, to return to as the demesnes they p^ffefe, and
to demand the him, paid by them or by their ^Hceflors.—
It is our further pleasure, that in cases either of acquisition
or re union to our Crown, the inflant of cur entry into
psiDfiion of any new territory or any L&rdlhip foall be
the^pozha of freedom to all the Serfs and Maiamortables
therein dependent. Aad in order to encourage as much
as in us lies Lords and Corporations '0 follow our exam
ple, and con,filtering .these liberations rather as a regaining
of natural right than as an alienation, We baveexempt
ed them from the formalities and taxes to which they
were fubjeded by the antient severity of feudal maxima.
And although the principles we have already advanced
would not permit us to abolish the whole law of Slavery,
yet we perceive an excels in the exercise of that law which
we can no longer delay to check and remove. We speak
of the right of Purfcit over Serfs and Mainmortables; a
right by virtue of which the Lords of fiefs have at times
purfaed in Franc-lands of our kingdoms, and even in our
capital, the goods and earnings of citizens who for many
years had been remote from the place of tiieir glebe and
their servitude. An excessive right which the tribunals
have hesitated to support, and the continuance of which
focia! justice will no longer foffer us to permit. Lastly,
We declare that it will give us pleasure to perceive that
our example, and the love of mankind so natural to the
French natron, bath in our reign produced a general abo
lition of the rights of Main Mort and servitude, and that
we shall thus be witness to the absolute enfranchifement of
our fubje&s, who, in whatever circumflances or fittmtioas
Providence may have been pleased to direct their nativity,
equally occupy our cares and equally demand out protec
tion and benevolence.
" For these regfons," ±c. -
After which follows the Edi& exadly conformable tu
the above preamble. It is net translated, because the
various antiquated law terms would afford but little amuse
ment to any readers but Lawyers, and they ought to un
derftaud the original language. Ne explanation is given
of the words serf gfainradrtaWc, &c. because the reader
will perceive enough of their meaning to understand the
nature and defigh of the edia, and it would require almost
a hiftorf to convey adequate ideas of them to those unac
quainted with the fubjed. ft would be a history of the
progress of rapine and power, and of the violation of jus
tice and the rights of human nature.
I
To the PANTER of the PENNSYLVANIA
PACKET.:
SIR,
EVERY body fees and thoufanda have felt the op
pressive effeasof the present Tender Law. Virtue,
honor and humanity are weeping over the rain it accafion#
and willing for its repeal. Yet has thia Law found a friend
—and he calls himfeif a Whig !
When a cause is tod bad to be supported by reason and
argument, it is usual fob its advocates to apply cedar pre
judices, and entiß the little passions of the heart in thru*
favour. This has been the conduct of that writer, who
seems to be well acquainted with the weak fide of human
nature, and by no means destitute of ingenuity. SenShM;
that fait reasoning would not serve his ,ir,ofe, fe rings
ad the changes upon Whig and Tory, and endeavours 10
arouse our refehtmen/s and animosities, that i> the tumult
of pifan we may forget cur tree interest; or be tempted
to fierce it to gratify our revenge. These arts are some
times too fuccefeful : And therefore it may not be impro
per to make a, observation or two upon what ibis Whig
has said.
He would persuade us that it is a mefre ^ry fchewe to
get the Law repealed ; rind that they alorie would reap
all the benefit of it.—Woat may bo the fentimeote of rhe
Tories I Know nec—My conversion does not lie among
them—but this I know that many good and wife men, ma
ny firm and honest patriots, and many difiaterefted Whigs
exclaim agring the oppression at this Aft, and wonder
why it is not repealed. IF it be Toryism to censure a Law
which, though proper at firft, has by the depreciation cf
our money, become unjust arid opprefiive, the writer of
this confeffes hi^feh guilty of the crime 1 And yet Tory
as he may be, he has m^re than one: rifted hi^ life in de
fence of the American cause and is willing to do it again
whenever his country fkall require h^ service. L ths not
be imposed upon by words. Whig and Tcry have no
thing todowiti dthir shatter. It, is the dignity ofgoveru
mGU% the welfare of the State. It is justice and hunsami
ty that demand a repeal S And shall we be deaf to the
voice of these, became a tew Tories may derive advantages
Gem that repeal > What if for once they happen to think
rifht, and call this Law opprrffive; must we out of op
pofitian think wrong and ad uajuflly ? Ifthey with it
repealed, shall we fcppnrt it merely to Chagrin them and
continue oppression to gratify ohr refeatment? Let
firth doftriues be handled from Penufyivania.—To
wish t'rLi law; repealed is by nd m^ns the diffuse of ge
nuine To r yifm. A tree Tory poffeffee a portion of that
)infernal malevolence which rejoices at the ruin and dif
^reffes ofothers : And such a one will derive a diabolical
pleafur, from contemplating the mrfchievous effe&s
of the prefect Tender Law; and will lament its re.
peal.
The writer nlfo inflanates that the Tories will reap all
the benefit if the AR is altered > But he is certainly mis
taken. They may derive advantages from it for aught
that! know : Bull am sere many worthy men and zeal
ous Whigs, innocent widows, and unoffending orphans
will also fee! the bluffed effeas of an immediate repeal.
And if In relieving these we must benefit the Tories—let us
do so. I declare I would not ruin qae honest man to pu
nish all the fcpundrels in the world.
But we fhoald confider this matter upon a larger fcal%
and throw both Whig and Tory out,of triteqa Rion. It is
not the creditor that is solely injured by this Law : It has
pernicious effe& upon the community at large. The pu
rity of cur morals, the value of our money god ttys vigor
of government are all injured by it. So that if we adopt
the ideas of this writer, and continue the law to pumifh
Be Tories, we,fto,l< in the end most severely punis our
frizes, and gratify the makvolente cif eur enemies by our
miftakeo and dedruciive policy.
ADOLPHUS.
Philadelphia, Feb. 17, 1780.
On the Use and Abuse of WINE.
WINE is both life, and the death of life; the mo
derate use whereof is the reibtu.ico, the immo
derate its deftruaion. Like exercise, the mean ftrength
eus, the extreme destroys nature Wit procured by wine,
is set the meft part like the fp<rklinps of the cup when it
is filling; they are br& for a while, but die immediately.
It is an element too^md to beget fobflantials. Dnmkeq
riefs is that powerful vice which transforms and metamor
phoses men ioto brute b^afts; it is the ufaer to all othef
fins. Lewd women and repeated bumpers are the prodi.
fious and certain forerunners of a feared confidence, znd
the dangerous and execrable symptoms of a leprous foul.
A drunkard is the scorn cf nature; he lives like a butt,
which does nothing btit leak and roll up and down ; &nd
when the head thereof is knocked out, you find nothing
there but lees and dregs. But forefeeing we reufteat and
drink; and use these neceffarie^ of life, let us do so at the
leafl like human creatures; with decency, diferetipo, and
civility. The gfottori and drunkard nA as if they *er4
fearful of a feeand deluge, and make their ft „?achs as
Noah's ark, tumbling id p/omifcuoufly all forts of crea
turesi the confuhen of Babej is not greater. Drunkenuefs
robs a man of himfeif, arid leaves a bkifl in his room.
Other fins hide shame, this displays it; for with the
drunkard, fecretsare proclamations. It both kindles and
lays open every vice> it removes that flume which gives
impediment to all bad attempts; it is trie funeral of all
intelligible man, whom only time and abfiinence can re
suscitate. Mis mind and stomach, are alike, who delighteth
in ftroug liquor, neither can retain what they receive;
for memory he hath nene% abundance of.vine hath drown
ed that noble recorder.
nover.
« RNES T, Christian, Augustus, Frederic,
Magnus, Choice and John, the seven tons of
Ernest the Confeffor, being rtfolved to keep up the fplen
der of their house, came to an agreement among them
selves not to divide their paternal inheritance; determin
ing that only one should marry, and that the elder bro
tou &vld toe the sole regency over the Luneburgh
Liquor is a familiar spirit which poffeffeth him. It is a
barbarous, tho' common opinion, to think with vice to do
honour; and to fliew the depth of out affection in the
depth of our draught ; far
Is not the drunkard's kindness madly shewn,
By drinking his friend's health to lose bis own ,
R— t M—m.
A Curious Fad in the History of the Eledorate of Ha-
idotyfmoi&s, ^nd be faemJeJ by the efdefl that ffi^uid
fritvive him. They kept to this brotherly agreement
with great exports; which so Rew ^d uticommun thing,
reaching the cars of the Grand Seignior, Achmet I. k e
expressed great fo,prize, fifing, " It waswurtha man's
while to undertake a juufoey on ,urpofe to be an eye-wit
hefs of such wonderful unanimity." The seven brothers,
according to their agre^eut, having drawn lots to de
termine who fhouid rn^rry, the happy lot fell upon
George, the fckth broths, who thereupon entffed the
marriea flat?, and c,n£ii ;r:d t^c family. By #i6 niarri
ago George f&Vred the government, to his posterity;
but he d^d before the regime, fall to bimfetf."
W@(l&ro^^K)B3&M
FWkd:bbia : F^rgar, 15, 1780.
AL L prffens having any demine, ?gain'tthe late
Barrack-Mailer Gmtfdl's depsiwurtrit, ^rr riqueft
id to exhibit their da,ms by the fikec^h % Msreh next,
ip order that their accounts may bi aJufh;d and paid as
soon as I am enabled $ 'Thou thit do not apply for fet
thment within th: time limited above will blame these
selves fcr their own ntgle&, ?s it is expected on that
day all the accoun tn of th^tdepartmot will be clo^d.
Attendance hid be given only at m, Office in Second
ftr^et, from Eight to Twelve oh lock, A.M.
1. MELC H ER, late B. M. G.
N. B As soon as cefh is received to pay eff the arc art,
such as arc inters Ited (bail receive the e&liett intelligence
thereof. I. M.
Fhllg^lpbia, February 17, 1780.
Two Hundred Dollars kernard.
V£l*hereas on the nigh' of tfc >6 h nftant
Y* sundry perforin dnknbwn broke toto the due, eon
of the Old Gaol of the City and county efPfykdet his,
by fading off th: bags of the front cef r window, and
forcing cp^n th^ iriaet door, where the following pri
fon^r was canting, viz. .
PETER MEWSICK, charged wkh coume Sit
ing the Continent btiit of credit; ^oout fiv^ fr..t seven
CT sight inched high, dark comptexitin, do^n look, and
^%tbb;k hsir; had on when he went atyay, a grey
great coat, e^an&id round hat; formerly refried at
Spotfooud, New Jurfey. 4
Whoever feQks the laid priforer in an, gori in the
United.States,.:rd giv^t information to the High Sheriff
or GuoL, for the city and county es Phikdelphia, shall
revive the above reward and all r<a!on^ble charges,
paid by #
STOKELY HOSSMAN, Gaoler.
N. B, Any parson or persons fh.it will difeover-thp
accomplices, as above, !'o that thev !>« ?brought re justice,
fall have a reward of F iVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS; xnd it it hoped that every friend to his coun
try will endeavour to dettß such atrocious villains
Pbilade^biA, February Is.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN on the melting of
the fifteenth inftint, tf&d an white milch COW',
about five ft#ft old, maikea wiihthc letter X on her
off horn, branded on each horn W Z a red fpm on her
off hind fetlock joint, the rest ci the foot while, with a
bell and chain round her ne«k locked «ih a froall thum
lock. Whoever fin*sihr said Cew aed ^ih bring her to
the fubfetib* living in Walnut ffrf?t, ih^l receive the
above reward and riafonable c'n^tfey pa ; d +,
§ • WILLIAM ZANE.
llffM)Mw aw I—if #HbfymbMfap„BfaHt|^ffitt!^^tQfytrfQhtfo M-w»w» >»—, —Q &t 1 ofl
Philadehbia; Feb. 16, 1780.
%X, HEREAS Margaret Robinson, the
vv wife of the fuoferr er, drirg iq AlnwnJ-ttrzet,
hath for a considerable tmt pad behaved in aver; un
becoming manner, b, borrowing mone? of all perlons
from whom the could get it, both in ray name and her
own, to purchase drink: And faring no ?; peepee of
amendment in her behaviour, I ^m M ^figth obliged;
contrary to my inclination, to teke this method 0 for
wa ming all performs a^ainft t lifting her or . my ^c^unt,
a# I am determines not to p^y iny debts flu may kere
aiter contr&a. And all perlon: with whom Drt h 3 hem
carrying on a correfpon&nce r,. h?reb\ desired to pro
duce their accounts icon after this notice, otherxffe l
fh?ll think ruyfelf co ways hah'e to pay th^ f^rio by law#
DANIEL ROBINSON, Mariner.
N. B. As there is archer 0: f^n of the nan: o' Da
miel Robinson in thit cty, I ought by way of diriinftion
to have mentioned my occu, non, that of a Marner.
TO BE SOL D,
And m?.y be entered on next Apr),
* HOUSE, and abcht eight 2nd a half :cre^ of
A Ground, in the Northern Liberti^, about two
miles from the city, (formerly, p*ft c' D.rrce.
being or. # lace teadiag.ro Robert Morris, E qui e's
place, on Schnylkiß, /nd a^rly opp 6 e M', Turner's
place on.the VV.(Thicken t 03d i Theku^ i 35 feetbk
IS, two ftqries high, t^o looms on a fldpr, ^tu good
cellars, shd a tea feet wide piazza round tb one half :
Also a two story brick Kitchen adjoin n< : Th~ ^bole
is well finifhed, and was byik about tour ye^ imm
A new frame building, 36 feet by 37, conraning Ta
bling for four horses and four co*',, eftarr and cort
houfe, &c. and loft fufficimi for eighteen or twenty t.fo
of hey ; ft pump cf excellent water near the houfc. T e
land fays high, airy and healthy ; greet part of it wa#
manured and sowed with clover taft femeer, and is un«
der good fence- Iris very fumble for a summer retreat
for a genteel family. Or for attending the Market. The
purc^fcr may be accommodated on a lease with a lot
adjoining the y.hove, %oc.<hnir,tf upward, of five serfs ;
on this lot there is an extr-erdinary good g r^n with
asparagus and Strawberry beds, and young bearing t: ^s
of the best kinds of peaches, peace, &c. a yotug or
chard of about four acres; highly manured.kft ^ll, end
now great pvt in wheat and cicvm For term? : ply
to the fubferiber, on the premises; who likewise has to
difnofe of, a good horse for chrir cf faddl , mib.h cows,
farming utenfilt, and feme feed pet^toe* of tn:heff kind#
4 ADAM HUBLEY.