The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-09 00:00:00, page 4

XT. Tn case of vacancy of the offices above direPed to be
filled by the P. fiden; and Gen.ra ffembly, the President
and Privy-C uncil may appoint others in their Bead until
there shall be a new election.
ax. Every perlon, who shall be chosen a member of either
II ,ute, or appointed to any office or place of trust, before
taking his feat, or entering hpon the execution of his office,
flial' itake the following oath, or affirmation, if confcieuti
oufly fcru^ou# of taking an oath, to uft,
" % .4 8. will bear true allegiance to the Delaware State,
“ I submit to its constitution and laws, and do no aft ^it
“ ingly whereby the freedom thereof may be prejudiced,"
And alio make and iubferibe the following declaration,
" T A B do profefs faith in God the Father, and in Jesus
" 1 Christ his only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God
“ blessed for evermore; and 1 do acknowledge the Holy
“ Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by
“ divide Infniration."
And all officers (ball also toke an oath of office.,
The Precedent when he is out of office and within
eighteen month, after, and all others, offending agamft the
State either by mal-adminifration, corruption, or other
means by which the Safety of the Common-wealth may be
endangered, within eighteen months after the offence commu
ted be impeachable by the house of Assembly before
the L^iflative Cuncil: Such impeachment to be pouted
bv *he° Attorney-G:nctal, or such other person or perfens as
th Hoof? of AfTembly may appoint; according to the laws
of rhe land. If found guilty, he or they shall be either for
ever disabled to hold any office under government, or remov
ed from office uro tempore, or subj did to such pains and
penalties as the laws foall dire&. And all officers shall be
removed on conviction of misbehaviour at common law, or
on impeachment, or upon the address of the General
Affcmbly. .
24. Ail a&s of AOembly in force in thn State on the fif
teenth day of May last (and not hereby altered, or contrary
to he resolutions of Congress, or of the late House of A
fanbiv of this State) shall so continue until altered or repeal
ed Mv,'the Legi^mre of this State, unless where they are
temporary, b which case they fltail expire at the times re
fpe&ivtly limited for their duration.
25 The common law of England, as well as so much of
the Itaute law as have been heretofore adopted in practice in
this Sta e shall remain in force, unless they shall be altered
by a future aw of the Legislature; such parts only excepted
2 , ar . ,ftfrant to th- rights and privileges contained in this
conftitu ice and the declaration of rights, &c. agreed to by
this Convention
%6 No person hereafter imported into this State from Afri
ca ought to be hid in slavery under any pretence whatever,
and no Negroe, Indian or Muia^o Prive ought to be brought
into this State for file from any part of the world.
„ The 6 dehaion tor the General Assembly of this State
fhbl be held on the wenty-fuft day of October next, at the
C^uri-Hoafes in the several counties, in the manner hereto
fore used in the election of the Assembly, exempt as to tire
choice of I* fpcCbrs and Affeffurs, where Affeffbrs have not
been rhofen on 'he fittrenth day September, instant, which
flrall be made on the morning of the day of ehßon by the
ele& rs, inhabitant of the re/pt dive hundreds in cache un
t, :—At v bich tree the Sheriff and Coroners for the said
rimndes -efpi&ively are to be ei a@d : And the present She
riff of t p counties of New Cast and Kent may be re-chosen
to that office until the firft day of October in the year of our
lord One Thonfand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine, aid
the preft t Sheriff for rhe county of Sussex may be re-chosen
to that <fli^ until the firft day of October in the year of our
Lord One Th^fand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Eight, pro
vided the Freemen thnk proper to reeled them at every ge
merai rle&ion; and the present Sheriffs and Coroners reflec
tively shall continue to exercise their offices as heretofore,
foil the Sheriffs and Coroners to be elected on the said twen
ty-firft day of October shall be commissioned and sworn into
office. The members of the Legiflabve Council and Affem
bb? mail meet for tranfa&ing the business of the State, bn
the twenty eighth day o f October next, and continue in of
sce until the fr I day of October, which will be in the year
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven ; on which
day, and on the Frft day of Odobu in each year forever
after, the Legislative Council, Assembly, Sheriffs and Coro
ners,' shall be ch Ten by.ballot in manner directed by the
Several laws of this State, for regulating elections of members
of Assembly and Sheriffs and Coroners; and the General
Assembly shall meet on the twentieth day of the fame month
for rhe tranfading the business of the Sate; and if any of
the said firft and twentieth days of OCtober should be Sun
day, then and in such case the elc&i 7ns shall be held and the
General Assembly meet the nex day following.
xB. To prevent any violence or force being used at the Aid
elections, no perf rns Shall come armed to any of them; and
no rafter of the militia (hall be made on that day, nor shall
any battalion or c mpany give in their votes immediately
fuccerding each oihe ,'if any other voter who offers to vote
obj as thereto; nor shall an, battalion or c mpaay hi the
pay of the continent, or of this or any other By be fuffered
to remain at the time and place of holding the said el Choos,
nor within one mile of the said places refp< &ively f rtwenty
four hours b : foie the opening said elections, nor within twen
ty-. or hours after the fame are elofed, so as in any manner
to in pede the freely and conveniently carlying on the said
eleCtinc: 'provided always, that every elector may in a
peaceable and oideily manner give in his vote on the said day
of ft Ction.
29 r, .re shall be no establishment of any one religious
feet , this Hoe in preference to another; and no clergyman
or oreae&r of the gofperi of any denomination shall bo capa
be of hiding any civil office io this state, or of bring a mem
ber of either <T the branches of the legislature while they con
tinue in the exercise of the paftotal function.
30. No article of the Declaration of Rights and Fundamen
tal Rules of this State, agreed to by this Convention, nor the
fi ft, second, fifth (except tbatp-rt thereof that relates to the
right of Suffrage) twenty sixth and twenty.ninth aricles of this
constitution, ought ever to be violated on any pretence what
ever. No o r her pat of this constitution Shall be altered,
changed or diminished, without the cot.fem of five pa>s in
fr-e^of the Assembly, and feveh members of the Legislative
Council.
GEORGE READ, President.
Extras frin ike Journals,
Attest. JAMES BOOTH, Clerk.
YrAS loft on Monday th< fecend instant about \ # oa, be-
IV treen thi^ eby and he four mile done on the Wiffa
hickon rad, a Short' Heavy KEY of an Iron Chest. Who
ever has round r h< -fame and will bring it to the Printers, Shall
have FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
PHIL ADELP HIA : Printed and Sold by William and Thomas Bradford, at the Corner of Front and Market-streets, wte:
Perfota ma, be fop,tied with this Pfyr at fem Shillings a Tear—rind where ridverti/^nts are iak^ iz.
Dr. It rA N's incomparable WORM deftrfy^
SUGAR PLUMBS,
Necefor, to be kept in all Families.
SO exceedingly valued by all people who have had of them
in Great-Britain and Ireland, for their tranfeendent ex
cellency in the destroying Worms of all kinds, both in the
bodies of men, women and children, by not only breaking
the knots of the duodenum, or guts next the stomach, but
they pass through the foalleft paffag#s of the body, and
pßtge away tbofe ropy and Slimy humours which are the
cause of thufe pernicious vermin, and the Source of many
other disorders; they are one of the belt purges in the whole
world for gross bodied children that arc apt to breed worms,
and have large bellies ;. their operatfoh is mild, fafe, and
pleasant, they wonderfully cleanse the bowels, of all Stiff'
and clammy humours, which stop up the parts, and prevent
the juice of food being conveyed to the liver and made blood,
which is often the case with children, and is attended with
a hard belly, (linking breath, frequent fevers, rickets, and
a decay of Length in the lower parts: Likewise, fettled
head-achs and pains in the head, fweyings, old fores, Scabs
tetters, or breakings out, will be perfe&y cured, and the
blood and Skin reflored to its original purity and smoothness;
they purge by urine, and bring away the gravel, and effec
tually cure all obfbu&ions of the urine, or ulcers in the kid
neys. They at once strike at the true cause of the feurvv and
entirely destroy it, and all scorbutic humours and effects,
root and branch, so as never to return again; and what
makes them more commendable is, they are full as agreeable
to both taftc and fight as loaf sugar.
I have bv these plumbs cured a great many children of
whooping or chin coughs, and agues, which distempers are
very common and troublesome to families, and the want of
th fe plumbs arc the ruin of many childrens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole piafs of blood,
carry of all gross. corrupt, and putrid humours, and create
a frdh and healthy complexion in such as arc affe&ed by any
putrid matter.
The plumb is a great diuretic, cleansing the reins of slime;
it expels wind, and is a Sovereign medicine in the cholic and
griping of the guts. It allays and carries off four vapours
which occasion many disorders in the head. It opens all ob
ftruflions in the stomach, lungs, liver, reins, and bladder;
causes a good appetite and helps digestion It hath been
found wonderfully fuccefsful to such persons as are going
into chronicle didempers, as asthmas, phthifics, or Shortness
of breath, dropGes and yellow jaundice. Now I hope all
impartial perfens are Satisfied, that the medicii^ which works
upon such humours, will almost reach any distemper if no<
too far gone, Since corruption and putrefaction are the fore
runners of all difeifes; therefore no better phytic can be
taken for all ages, Sexes and constitutions, frora infancy to
old age. These plumbs are highly serviceable to the female
sex, from the age of fourteen to twenty years, and from 40
to §o. Each box' contains one dozen of th % f plumbs. Price
fever Shillings and fix pence with printed directions.—Sold
by Nicholas Brooks, at his dry goods, picture, and Jewelry
Shop in Second-Street, the fourth door above Black Horse-
Alley..
Diognoftic Signs of Worms.
PALENESS in the face, itching o f th. nose, hollowness of
the eyes, grating of the teeth when asleep, du'nefs,
pains, and heavinef, in the head, a dry cough, and itching
in the fundament, white and thick w ine unquiet Sleep, often
Starting, loft appetite, Swelled belly, knowing and biting
about the stomach, frightful dreams, extreme thefts, the bo
dy decayed and lean, fits, often vomiting, Linking breath, &c.
Dre^ons for taking them.
A child from Ito 2 years may eat one plumb; from 2to
4 one and a half; from 4to 6 two; from 6to 8 two and a
half; from 8 to rx three; from 12 to rg, and all above that
age, may eat four plumbs, one hour or two before up rising,
not to drink during that time, but afterwards drink warm
tea, whey, or water gruel ; in taking them, the patient mult
Ray two or three days betwixt each dose.
,n agues, the fame quantity must be taken, two, three, or
four hours before the tit comes on, and be repeated three
times. In whooping or chin-Coughs give the quantity above
mentioned.'
THOMAS LEIPER Tobacconist,
TAKES this opportunity of informing the public in general,
and his friends in particular, that the partnership of
Hamilton and Letter is dissolved, and that h (in the
house occupied by the company, the corner of Spruce and
Water-Streets, below the Drawbridge, Philadelphia) manu
factures in the heft manner Snuff and Tobacco ofabe firft qua
lity, equal, if not Superior, to any heretofore imported from
Europe, which he will be enabled to difppfe of on as reason
able terms as any Manufa&urcr in America, and execute all
order, on the Shorted notice; as the works he has lately form
ed are by far the mpft complete, not only for expediting the
business oCmanufaauring Snuff and Tobacco, but also doing
it in the greatest perfection, of any works ever yet erected on
the continent.
N. 8. Two Tobacco Spinners will meet with encourage
ment by applying ar above.
TH E copartnership of WILLING and TAYLOR being
dissolved, all persons indebted to them by bonds, Fetes,
or book accounts, are requeued to pay the fame immediately,
and all these who have any demands agaiaft them, are de
sired to bring in their accounts, that they may be fettled and
paid. There are a few hogsheads of sugar, dry goods, &c.
belonging to said partnership, which will be fold on very
reafonabie terras, for cash, by the fubferiber, (who has re
moved from Front to Second-ftr&et, between Market and
Arch Streets, 0 the house lately occupied by Mr. Alexander
Houston,) to whom application may be made for the settle
ment of accounts, and in whose bands the books are.
July r 7. JOHN TAYLOR.
RAN-AWAY from the fubferiber, living in Evefham, in
the county of Burlington, on Monday the <»h instant,
(September) a Neg^o man named MOSES, about five feet
four inches high, a thick well set fellow. Had on when he
went away, a short light coloured coat, with binding of the
fame colour, a pair of Strong new tiroes, with large plated
buckles, a pair of homespun linen truwf.rs, a black Stock
with a ft@el buckle. He also dole and took with him, a blue
great coat with white metal buttons; the other part of bis
clothes not known. As he has been endeavouring to prevail
upon the Negroes in this neighbourhood to go with him and
join the miuifterial army, it is hoped every lover of his
country will endeavour to apprehend so daring a villain.
Whoever will secure him in any gaol in this State, Shall
be entitled to the above reward, with reasonable charges if
brought home, paid by § CHARLES READ.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
TO BE LETT,
3n a very plcafantly situated Country Seat, five miles from
the city of Philadelphia, in the Northern Liberties, m a
lane leading from Nice Town on Germantown read tow
ards Schuylkill.
A Very Convenient and well finished House, Kitchen and
Wash House, with or without Stables and Chair House,
it will suit for the residence of a gentleman's family retiring
from town. Inquire of E. LEWIS TREICHEL, at the
above place.
N. B The said house is occupied by Joseph Shippen,juh.
Esq; and may be entered the fiift of October next.
London-Grove town Ship, Chester county, the 7th day -?'
the 9th month, 1776.
WAS STOLEN,
Out of the pasture of John Moore, in Sadfbury towtyhip, the
Fird night of this inftaut,
A BLACK HORSE, eight yeaws old, well made, naturae
to pace, can trot feme; about fourteen hands high,
Short tail, his mane hangs on the off fide, lately , had fame
trimedroff the points, branded on the near Shoulder I, anc
on the near buttock L, had Shoes on before. Whoever takes
up said horse and thief/ shall have a reward of FIVE
POUNDS, or THREE POUNDS for the Horse
alohe, paid by, f JONATHAN LINDLEY
September 1 1.
DESERTED from Captain Thomas Smyth's company, of
Col. Richardson's battalion, the two following Soldiers
viz. JAMES WELLS, about 30 years old, 5 feet 7or 8
inches high, and wears his own brown hair; had on a country
linen hunting Shirt and trowfers, and took with him an d^d
blue cloth coat, with Sundry other cioaths; also a knapsack
and blanket.
JOHN QUICK, about the fame height, but rather Vetter
made than Wells, he has black hair and eyes, and was dres
sed in the fame manner as Wells, but what other cioaths he
took with him arc unknown. He also took his knapsack and
blanket.—Whoever takes up, and will bring the said de
serters to the fubferitoer at Amboy, shall receive FIVE
POUNDS reward, or fifty millings for either of them; er
three pounds for Securing them in any gaol, of thirty Shil
lings for cither. THGMAS SMYTH, Capt.
N B. It is fufpe&ed they have infilled on board the
Chance, or some other privateer; if so, 'tis hoped the offi
cers will secure them.§
RAN-AWAY last night from Batfto furnace, three Servant
mtn, one of them named FRANCIS LAWRANCE
PIDGINETT, a Portuguese, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
high, stoops in his walk, .yellow complexion, middling lerig
black hair., brown eyes, and chews tobacco : He had on &hd
took with him, one blue Short coat one brown duffle under
jacket, one pair of light coloured worfied p ufh breeches',
Oznabrug ffiirt and trowfers, new hat, and old Shoes. MAT
THEW SHERONE, a Frenchman, by trade a Shoemaker,
about 3c years ot age, $ feet , or 8 inches high, dark com
plexion, black hair tied behind, grey eyes, black heard,
arid has a feat on the lower part of his left jaw. EMANU
EL RODRIGUES, a Spaniard, about 30 years of age, ,
feet 6 or 7 inches high, short black hair, black eyes, arid
dark complexion. Both Sherone and Rodrigues took with
them the fine kind and fame coloured clothes as Pidginett.
And the 24th of June, the two following runaways FRAN
CIS BE RRARA, a Spaniard, about 30 years of age, 6 feci
% inches high, black hair, brown eyes, thin visage, takes a
great quantity of fnuff, his fore teeth remarkably wide, and
has a down look. The other named J@SEPH RODRIGO,
but generally goes by the name of JOSEPH, about 5 feet §
or 6 inches high, yellow complexion, black hair, and black
eyes. JOSEPH LOVETT, a Frenchman, who ran away
July 14th, is § feet 9 or to inches high, long brown hair,
fair complexion, grey eyes, and thin visage ; the three W?
took with them the fame kind and fame coloured clothes as
Pidginett. Whoever takes up the above runaways, and se
cures them in any jail, so that their master, JOHN COX.
of Philadelphia, gets them again, or delivers them at Batffy
Furnace, shall have the above reward, or EIGHT DOL
LARS for each of them, and all reasonable charges.
JOSEPH BALL.
HE Copartnership of HAMILTON and LEI?ER;Y
bacconifts, is dissolved: Those that have any demands
against that concern, are requeffed to bring in their accounts
as soon as possible to Hamilton and Son, in Second-Street, 6*
doors below Market-Street, in the house lately occupied by
Mr. John Wallace, or to Thomas Leiper, Tobacconist, in
the house lately occupied by the Company, at the corner of
Spruce and Water-Streets. --
Thirty-Two Dollars Reward.
Philadelphia Barracks, August 17th, 1776.
Deserted from Captain jAmes chamberlains
Company of the sth Battalion of York County Militia,
commanded by Col. MATTHEW DILL, the following
men viz.
DENIS BLEW, an Irishman, aged 25 years, $ feet a,or 3
inches high, black hair, a tayl®r by trade, had on, a white
hunting shirt.
JOHN ROBERRTSON, a Scotchman, aged 30 years, §
feet 7 or 8 inches high, of a sandy completion, a good fche
lai, tics his hair, had on a white hunting shirt and trowfers.
DARBY QUILILAND, an Irifhraan, aged 27 years,
fret 8 er 9 inches high, of ajdarkifh complexion, tics his hab :
had on a blue waistcoat and trowfers.
EDWARD SHEE, an Irishman, aged 25 years, 5 feet 1 Or
a inches high, a cooper by trade, short brown hair; had on
a white hunting shirt and trowfers.
Whoever secures them 8 days after this date in any goal
shall receive THREE POUNDS Reward for each man, or the
above reward fer the whole, paid by me,
1 JAMES CHAMBERLAIN, Capt.
"T~H E BEST PRICE
Will be given for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
WILLIAM & THOMAS BRADFORD
WANTEDon'RENJ./
TWO large Brick or Stone HOUSES with good Cellars nr
der them; or a Lot of Ground of about 40 feet in widi^
in the city. Enquire at the Bar of the London Coffee-Houri
Weft New-Jersey, Baffto. Avguft 27, 1776.
FORTY DOLLARS Reward,