The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-16 00:00:00, page 2

writing, hereafter born in the State, be abridged of feme
ope privilege of a freeman.
18. Let every perlon hereafter born in the State be free,
and intitled to all the privileges of freemen.
19. Let no teit of any kind be imposed upon a man who
accepts of an cffice. Let him- only declare that he will net
in any thing alter or attempt to pervert the meaning of the
charter. Oaths should not be multiplied unnecc fiarily. The
man who carries with him the fuftrages of a majority of the
freemen of a county into a legislative Assembly, carries with
him the belt security for his fidelity to the government.
20. Let all religious R&s have equal privileges, and let
every man who beneves in God to be eligible to any office in
government.
21. Let the fare privileges to be granted to criminals, and
the fame customs obtain with regard to the estates of perlons
who destroy themielves as have obtained in the last charter
granted by William Penn.
22. Let not a pardoning power be lodged in any branch
of the government except tor capital crimes, in which cases
only reparation cannot be made for an unjust or mistaken
decision. Let Magiibate> be appointed by the Governor,
after being foil recommended by the people.
23. Let trial by jury and the habeas corpus ad be immu
table parts of the confutation. .Let the itile of all a&s of
legislature be as follows ; " By the consent and with the au
thority of the Assembly and Council of Pennlylvania;" and
let the stile of indictments be, for offences “ committed
against the people of Pennsylvania, &c."
24. Let no alteration be made in the charter without the
consent of me )thirds of the people teflified by voting by
ballots
A QU ESTI O N.
Would it not be a proper step for the members of the pre
sent Convention, after they have formed aplan of a govern
ment/ to print it in all the newspapers for the examinati n of
their constituents ? After this to diffplve themselves, and fuf
fer the people to choose a new Convention to make inch al
terations as they might think proper in the charter, or in a.
Solemn manner to confirm it.
W ILLIA MSB UR G, July 5.
By a gentleman from Halifax, in North-Carolina, we are
informed that General Clinton, in attempting to c me into
Charleftown harbour, the 17th of last month, was overtaken
by a violent florin, which drove ashore a thirty-fix gun fri
gate, and eight transports with fold-iers, who it is said were
chiefly loft. He had this intelligence from an officer from
Cape Fear, who said that General Moore had received it by
express ; in consequence of which, four regiments under
marching orders for Charleftown, and Col. Muhlenberg's,
Virginia battalion,, had been countermanded.
Lord Dunmore sent a flag fume few daysago from Gwyn's
island, with a letter for General Lewis, wi erein he proposes
an exchange of prisoners, and tells the General, that it he
has not a Sufficient number of our people, that he shall give
him credit for the overplus, at d pay . im as soon as he can.
General Lewis, we hear, aniwered his Lordship's very witty
and ingenious proposal as it deserved.
N. E W-YO R K, July 15.
In pursuance of the Declaration for Independancy, a general
jail delivery, with refpe& to debtors, took place here on
Wednesday.»
Last Friday morning it was reported in town, that Lord
Howe was arrived at Sandy-Hook, with a large fleet from
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England. Between one and two o'clock P. M. two ffiipa
hove in fight, and joined the fleet at the Watering-Place ;
about an hour after a ship, supposed to be the Phoenix, of forty
four guns, a frigate of twenty-eight, and three tenders, got
under way at Staten-lfland, and hood up for this city. The
army soon took the alarm, and in a few minutes every man
was at his Ration, well provided with all necessaries for a vi
gorous defence ; but as soon as the ships came near Bedlow's
Iflahd, they inclined towards the Jersey shore, to avoid our
batteries that then began to play upon them from every quar
ter on both sides of the river ; and notwithttanding tuey mutt
have received considerable damage, they flood their course up
Hudson's river, firing several broadsides as they went along,
without either killing or wounding any of our people, who on
the occasion behaved with uncommon bravery.. A strong
southerly wind, and the tide of flood facilitated the ships get
ting above the batteries near the town, but we hear they w< e
roughly handled about twelve miles up the river, from
whence they have not yet attempted to return, but we hear
lay at Tarry Town, about thirty miles up, on Saturday
evening.
Several shot went through different houses in the town ; two
into the house of Mr. Verdine Elsworth, at Powlis-Hook;
three into Capt. Clarke's house at Greenwich; one of which,
went through the front and 1 dged in a brick wall at the head
of Miss Clarke's bed, in her chamber, a fcond went through
the house, and the third destroyed several trees before the
door, and tock its course into the woods.
A ball also struck the house of Mr. Daniel Phoenix,, and
from that took its course to the new dwelling of Mr. Christo
pher Smith,, in the opposite fide of the street
Capt. Jchnfton, in a small privateer from Boston, has taken
and carried into Cape Anne, two ships, one of them a large
three decker from Jamaica for. London, with four hundred
hogsheads of sugar, two hundred puncheons of rum, thirty
bags of cotton, and a large quantity of pimento, &c. with
several ladies passengers. The other a ship from Antigua,
bound to Boston,, with four hundred and ninety puncheons of
rum, &c.
It is said the fleet destined for the American Ration this sum
mer, is as follows, viz. One of seventy guns; three of sixty;
seven of fifty; two of forty-four; seven of thirty-two;
twelve of twenty-eight; five of twenty-sou. ; five of twenty ;
two of eighteen ; seven of sixteen ; th.ee of fourteen ; three
of ten ; and three of. eight ; besides armed vessels, and one.
bomb ketch.l
Last Wednesday noon a soldier belonging to one cf the re
giments on Staten-island; being in liquor, and having wan
dered from his companions, got upon the meadows near Eli
zabeth town point; which being observed by Col. Smith,
who had the command that, day, he sent ever a party of
men who took him prisoner.
PH IL AI)E L P 1-1 iA, July 16.
Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel Allen arrived in town, from
Crownpoint.
Last Wednesday morning Richard Peters, D.D. died, in
the seventy-second year of his age, and thVnpxt morning his
remains were in erred in Christ church. He'was Red r of
Christ's and St, Peter's churches in this city, a Member of
the Gov. Council, and formerly Provincial Secretary.
Letters fr. m New-York, by this day's post, mention tklfr
arrival of Lord Howe, and that he had sent a flag with a let
ter to Georye W afhington, Esq; which v as sent back unopened,
it not being directed to that gentleman as Gen. of he forces
of the FREE and INDEPENDANT STATES of AME
RICA.