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PHILADELPHIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
February 76, 1780.
A Petition from sundry inhabitants of Carrolsbugh
and Carrols Delight, praying thrtthe said trads may be
re furv yed, and the bounds ascertained and fixt, was
ready whereupon,
Refolded. That the said petition be published, that all
persons concerned may have notice thereof.
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
To the Honorable the REPRESENTATIVES of the
Freemen of the State of Pennsylvania, in General Affera
bly met.
Gentlemen, X
WE your humble petitioners, inhabitants of the tracts
of land called Carrols Delight, and Carrolsburgh,
containing each about 5 000 acres of land, situate in the up
end of York county, (except a part of the latter which
lies in theState of Maryland, as likewise the bounding
tree) beg leave to represent to your Hon. House, that the
above mentioned trails were obtained by patents from
Maryland about the year 1735, and surveyed as customa
ry in that State, viz. by marking one tree, called the boun
ding tree, and from which ,he various courses were to pro
ceed, and whence they were to return ; which by not ha
ving the intermediate bounds marked as in the State of
Pennsylvania, and the conflant variation of the neadle,
has been a source of contention between the persons inha
biting those trails, and the inhabitants of the adjacent
lands. And as there are some of the lands thus circum
stanced, the property of widowsand orphans,theaecompts
of which estates cannot be properly fettled, nor conveyan
ces given for the lands thus situate, but which may be fuj
jefl to errors until the outside lines of the said tracts are
fettled by authority.—We therefore pray your Hon, House
to take our case into consideration, and grant ct relief by
appointing a surveyor or surveyors of approved knowledge
and integrity, to afeertain and mark the outside lines 0.
the said tracts, (except such parts as lie within the State
of Maryland) according to the courses and distances of
the original patents, allowing the angle or variation, as
near as can be ascertained, proportionate to the time t^e
original survey was made,and leaf! injurious to the neigh
bouring inhabitants. Aad whereas sundry parcels of laud,
part of the aforefaid traH ofland, called Carrels Delight,
were fold to some of your petitioners, (but not conveyed)
by Amos M'Gmley late of Carrols Delight, deceased, who
alone was veiled with the power of conveying tne said
lands, and died intestate, his children being minors.—
We therefore pray your Honours to vest the administra
tors to the estate of the said Amos M'Ginley deceased,
with fufficieot powers to convey and make fufficient deeds
for the said lands, parts of Carrols Delight aforefaid,
which were fold and not conveyed to the purchasers. And
your petitioners fully convinced of your undoubted right
and authority, finally to fettle all cases of like nature
within your jurifdiftion, leave it with your Honours to
determine, as the revenues of the said traftsnow reverb to
this S-ate, whether the expences of ascertaining the outside
lines and boundaries of the said trails, which lie within
the State, ought not to be at the expence of the State ; and
if so that your Honours will be pleated to prescribe the
mode.—As your petitioners have at a considerable ex
pence, procured deeds for lotsof land within the said tracts
already, and (hall be obliged without a doubt to take 0-
ther deeds when thereal limits of said tracts are fixed—
as the deeds which have been given, have been disabled
by re-surveys, especially for the lands at the extreme drf
tance from the boundary. But if your Honours ihall not
determine the State liable to defray the expences aforefaid,
we pray your Honours may adopt some means to oblige
the inhabitants of the said tracts, or the persons in whom
the property of the said lands are veiled, as well within
the said tracts as of rhe adjacent lands; to pay their quota
of said expence, in proportion to their quantity of land
and interference of lines —And your petitioners in full
confident of your attention to the happiness of your
constituents, will ever pray.
Signed the 9th day of February, 1780.
Moses M'Clean, William Waugh, jun.
James Stevenson, Susanna Waugh,
Ephraim Johnson, Andrew Hart,
William M'Clean, Ann M ginley,
Isaac Robinson, Williamßeid,
James M'Aliher, William Miller,
Thomas Clingan, John Maginby,
Joseph Hamilton, James Brice
Benjamin Reed, Jane Dunwody,
John Reid, David Blyth,
Samuel Adams, Joseph Brown,
William Withrow, David Agnew.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
March 18, 1780.
The Bill intitled " an Aft further to continue such
parts of an Aft intitled, " An Aft to empower the Su
preme Executive Council, and Justices of the Supreme
Court, to apprehend fufpefled persons, and to increase
the fines to which persons are liable for neglecting to per
form their tour of Militia duty, as relates to the appre
hending of folpete'd persons," was read the second time,
and being debated by paragraphs, was ordered to be trans
cribed for toe third reading, and in the mean time printed
for confidertion.
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAIN E,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An ACT further to continue such parts of an Ad inti
tled, '' An Aft to empower the Supreme Executive
Council, and Justices of the Supreme Court, to appre
hend fufpeded perfons,and to increase the fines to which
persons are liable for neglecting to perform their tour
of Militia duty," as relates to the apprehending of
fafpefled persons.
wHEREA, the Aft intitled, " An Aft to em
power the Supreme Executive Council, and justices
of the Supreme Court, to apprehend fufpe&ed persons, and
to increase tne fines to which persons are liable for neg
lecting to perform their tour of Militia duty," passed the
tenth day of October last, was bp another AH passed on the
twenty-seventh day of November! aft, continued for fix
months beyond the firft limitation thereof, and the said
extended term will Shortly expire; and the powers and
,authorities by t e said Aft given t have been found ufe
fbl, and it is proper the fame be further extended ;
Be it therefore enacted, and,it is hereby en &ed, by the
Representatives bf the Freemen of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the au
thority of the fame, That the said Act as far as it relates
to the apprehending of fufpeCted persons, shall be, and
the fame hereby is continued for fix months, from and af
ter the twenty-seventh of April next, unless the war be
tween the United States of America and Great Britain Iliall
fuoner cease.
In CO UN C I L.
Philadelphia, Saturday, March, 18, 1780.
IX7 HEREAS many of the, purchasers of confiscated
Y V estates, taking advantageof the depreciation of the
money, have neglected to comply with the conditions of
sale, which were, the payment of cine fourth of the pur
chase money in ten days, and the remainder in one month
from the time of (ale, to the great injury of the State, and
the embarrassment of the falcs.
Resolved, therefore, That previous to the signing any
deed, the exaft times of sale, and of payment, be inquired
into by a handing Committee o' this Board, who ate to
report thefreon. And as all the days of payment are long
expired, the Agents do no other ad w areuer, on any
pretence touching the part sales, unless to certify the
boundaries, and the times of sale, and payment as afore
laid.
And that there may be as little delay as possible to the
purchasers;
Resolved, That the Vice President, General Lacey, Mr:
thompfon and Mr. Wutehill, or any three of them, be a
Committee for this purpose, to meet on this business, at
the Council Chamber every morning, fraa ten co eleven
o'clock, and the purchasers when they apply for their deed,
are directed to bring the original receipts.
Maren zi, 1780...
WHERE A 3 this Council haveveceived information,
that divers persons have lately endofed and are now about
to enclose lands within the bounds of the city of Phila
delphia, which have heretofore retrained.open and com
mon : AND WHEREAS it it highly injurious totheci
titrnsin general, that individuals ihouid appropriate any
of those lands to their private ute, without good and suffi
cient title thereto, of which the authority of the State
ought to be duly informed; therefore ordered,
That public notice be given, that all indofehes which
have lately been set up, or which fhati be hereafter set up
on any of the said lands, without authority and permissi
on from the State for that purpose, firfthad and obtained
will be removed and the lands laid open as heretofore, a
ny pretended rights er surveys made, without the exprefa
order of the authority of the State notwithflanding.
Extract from the Minutes,
T. MATLAC k, Secretary.
By His EXCELLENCY
JOSEPH RE ED, E^ ;
hefident, and the Supreme Executive Council of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
APROCLAMATION,
WHEREAS the Congress ®f the United States
of America, by their Resolve of the Eleventh
day of this inftapt, March, did recommend thi
the following words :
" IT having pleased the righteous Governor of th 4
World, for the punishment of our manifold offences,
to permit theSword of War (till to harrafs our Country,
it becomes UWto endeavour, by humbling curfelves before
Him, and turning from every evil way, toaveft His an
ger and obtain his favour and blessing : It is therefore
hereby recommended to the feyerai States,
That WEDNESDAY the twenty-sixth day of
April next, be set apartand observed as a day of FAST-
I NG, HUMILIATION and PRAYER, that
v/e may with one heart and one voice implore the Sove
r< ign Lord of Heaven and earth to remember mercy in
his judgments; —to make us sincerely penitent fer our
transgressions ;—to prepare us for deliverance, and to
remove the evils with which he hath been pleased to visit
„, .—to banish vice and irreiigion from among us, and
eflabldh virt<e and piety by his divine grace,—to bless
all public Councils throughout the United States, giving
them wisdom, firmnefs and unanimity, and directing
them to the best measures for the public good ;—lO bity
the Mafflrates and people 0; every rank, and animate and
unite the hearts of all 10 promote the intereJi of their Coun
try ;—to bless the public defence, inspiring all Command
ers and Soldiers with magnanimity and perseverance, and
giving vigour and success to the military operations by
sea and land ; —to bless the illufirious Sovereign, and the
nation in alliance with these States, and all who interest
themselves in the support of our rights and liberties t —
to make that alliance of perpetual and executive uftfulnefs
to those immediately concerned, and mankind in general ;
to grant fruitful feafens, and to bless cur mduftry, trade
and manufactures ;— to bless all schools and feroinaries of
learning, and every means of inflru&ion and education ; te
cause wars to cease, and to establish peace among the
nations.
And it is further recommended, That fertile labour and
recreations be forbidden on the said day."
WHEREFOR E, as well in refpe& of the said re
commendation of Congress, as from a due sense ofthe ne
cessity of humbling ourselves before the great Governor
ofthe Universe, and imploring his protection and support.
W E do hereby earnestly recommend to the good people
of this Commonwealth, that the said Wednesday, thetwen
ty-fixth day of April next, be set apart and observed as
a day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, according to
the f, id Resolve.—And that they abftaiß from all servile
labour and recreation on the said day.
GIVEN by order of the COUNCIL, under
the Hand of His Excelleency JOSEPH REED,
Efqutre, President, and the Seal of the State, at
Philadelphia, this Eighteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Eighty.
JOSEPH REED,
Attest. President.
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
Ts the Printer of the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
S I R,
OBSERVING in your paper of the 4th infant, in a
note to a letter from Arthur Lee, Etq; to the Fre
fideot of Congress, an infiauation that I was let into a
share es the cutter Revenge, by Silas Deane, Esq; tho'
paid for by the public money; fearihg that my silence
might be copfirued into a want of proof to the contrary,
or an acquiescence to a charge equally falfe and scandal
ous; 1 beg you will insert tbe following, being an ex
tract of a letter from M<ff Delap's of Bourdeauz, to me
at Martinico; for at the time 1 left France, I did not
know the cutter was purchased, but have since been in
formed by a v^ffl who brought the account of Captain
Conyngham's release from Dunkirk goal ; —
" Tfe paid Silas Deane, Ejq; on your account,
" 10,000 Livres, fa which you are debited."
Titis being in the customary flile of mercantile in
formation, arid having: given these gentlemen orders to
pay that sum to Silas Deane; Esq ; for that express pur
pose, I carried it into my books as payment for my pro
portion of said cutter, and was mire clear in so doing,
as I do Solemnly declare, I never had direful, or indireD
ly, any other commercial tranfaftion with Mr. D anr.—
As Nleff. Delap's are well known here, I lea ve their let
ter with the Printer, to prove what I now assert.
I am very sorry Mr Lee has drawn me before the pub
lic, without even previouffy acquainting me of £us af
fair ; as I declare, the firil [ ever heard of a bare fufoici
od, or even doubt of what he asserts, was from his pub
lication. I am; Sir, your very humble servant,
DAVID H. CONYNGHAM.
Errata. In the Bill for emitting Ooe hundred thou
sand pounds, &c. &c. &c. Instead of the words to
prevent the anger ofempez^dment, read the danger g em .
be^emenz; and instead of a reservation of one acre on
each grant, read one acorn on each grant.
^e^&^^^®^^^ £;s?
Philadelphia, March 11, 1780.
H p Committee appointed by the Philo-
Ji fophical Society, to make and colled observations
on the effeds of the &<re and long continued cold of
last winter, request th: curious in every part of the
Continent, to communicate to them such remarks as they
h3ve already made, or may hereafter make on this fub
fea, particularly such as may properly come under th*
following heads:
Firs, Meteorological obiervations, accurately made
with good iriftrhmenis.
Seconrif; Tne effc&s of th: cold on the earth and wa
ters ; such as the depth of earth frozen, the thickness of
ice, &c. together with such remarkable circumdancen, as
may attend either freezing or thawing. Ako its eff& s
on fpirhuous, vinous and other liquors.
Thirdly, The ett'eds of the cold, during and after the
winter on animals, birds; reptiles; infects and their ch-y
---falifm
fourthly, The fame on vegetables; diftingui fihing the
indigenous from foreign, the spontaneous from the cul
tivated.
Fifthly, What diseases prevailed most in the extreme
cold weather, apd after it.
Accurate observations made on former winters, re
markable for cold will be acceptable.
As the comparing together different dimatas and dif
ferent seasons is net a matter of mere fpecblative curiosi
ty, but real benefits may be derived to mankind, by
improving this branch oi natural knowledge, the Com
mittee promise themselves the assistance of the ingenious,
whether Members of the Society or otherwise; in their
endeavours to unite in one common stock many valuable
fragments of Philosophy, which must otherwise perish
with individuals.
The Committee do net propose to make their report
before the close of next furnmer. In the mean time Such
gentlemen 2s chute to favour the Societ, with their oh
fervati ms, will pleafa to dir<& their letters to Col. Lewis
Nicola, of Philadelphia.
[The Printers of News-papers on the Continent, are
requeued to give the foregoing a place in their refye&ive
Papers.)
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWAR D.
LOST yesterday, off a borfe at Mr. James Hun
ters, a pair bf SADDLE BAGS, containing
am,ngft oiler articles of wearing apparels three shirts,
aliuoft new; unmarked ; two pair of white silk flockings,
one pair of them marked W. S. and some handkerchiefs,
containing alfu a pocket-book, a book of accounts, a
bupdleof papers, of confluence to thecwner, but ofho
value to any other perlon, and a letter directed to Ro
bert Morris, Esq; of Philadelphia, enclosing eight
Loan-Office Certificates, granted in Philadelphia, as
follows : Four Certificates in the name of Thomas Lei
per, No. 918, No. 919, No. 920, and No. 921, for 600
doling each, dated January 24, 1778 ; four ditto in the
nime of Matthew Irvine, dated November 13, 1777, No.
553, for 1000 dollars, No. I:4g, No. ligo, abd 1158,
for 600 dollars each. Left also irom the h6iftm oh the
said horie, a pair of screw barrelled Pift&ls, inWd and
mounted with silver. The above reward will be paid on
recovery of the PiftoE, and of the Bags with their con
tents, and proportion, bly for any part of them. A large
piit effeciady will be paid for the books and papers by
Mr. Junes Hunter, or the fubferiber at Fiederckffiurg.
P. BLACRBOURN.
March 4, 1780-
CAME to the Plantation of the fubferibei
in Salzburg township, Northampton county, a
black MAR E, about 7or 8 years old. and h^s nei
ther brand nor ear mark. The owner is defined to come
prove his property, pay charges; end take he- awav.
Nicholas Ueberroth,