The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-08-04

| delphla the twelfth day OLE March, IN the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hun
dred and seventy -one. JOHN PENN
A few pages further appears the oath
Of allegiance to King George III and still
further on, after the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, the oath renouncing allegiance
to George III and swearing fealty to the
United States of America The oaths are
as follows
do sincerely promise and swear that |
will be faithful and bear true allegiance to
his majesty, George III, so help me God.
do swear that | do from my heart
abhor, detest and abjure as impious and
heretical that lamnable doctrine and posi-
ton that princes excommunicated and de-
prived by the Pope or any authority of the
See of Rome may be deposed or murdered
by their subjects or any other whomsoever,
and | do declare that no foreign prince,
person, prelate, state or potentate hath or
'oeght TO have any jurisdiction, power,
superiority, pre-eminence or authority,
ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realm,
so help me God.
do declare that believe that there is
not any transubstantiation in the Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper or in the ele-
ments Of bread and wine at or after the
conservation thereof by any person or per-
sons whatever.
l do truly and sincerely acknowledge,
profess, testify and declare in my conscience
before God and the world that our Soyer-
eign Lord King George the Third is lawful
and rightful king of this realm and other
his Majesty's dominions thereunto belong
ing, and | do solemnly and sincerely declare
that | do believe in my conscience that
not any of the descendants of the person
pretended to be the Prince Of Wales dur
ing the life of the late King James the
Second and since his decease pretending
to be and took upon himself the style and
title of King of England by the name of
James the Third and Of Scotland by the
name of James the Eighth, or the style
and title of King of Great Britain, hath
any right or title whatsoever to the crown
Of this realm or any other the dominions
hereunto belonging, and | do renounce,
refuse and abjure allegiance or obedience
to them and do swear that | will give
faithful and true allegiance to his Majesty
King George the Third and him will de-
fend to the utmost Of my power against
all traitorous conspiracies and attempts
whatsoever which shall be made against
his person, crown and dignity and l will
do my endeavor to disclose and make known
to his Majesty and his successors all treason
and traitorous conspiracies which | shall
know to be against him or any of them;
and do faithfully promise to the utmost
of my power to support, maintain and de-
fend the succession of the crown against
the descendants of the said James and
against all other persons whatsoever which
succession (by an act entitled an act for
the further limitation of the crown and
better securing the rights and liberties Of
the subjects) is and stands limited to the
Princess Sophia, late electress and Duchess
Dowager of Hanover and her body being
Protestants, and all these things | do
plainly and sincerely acknowledge and
swear according to the express words by
me spoken and according to the plain and
common sense and understanding of the
same words without any equivocation, rlen-
tai reservation or secret evasion whatsoever,
and do make this recognition, acknowl-
edgment, abjuration, renunciation and
promise heartily, willingly and truly, upon
the true faith of Christian, so help me
God.
Oath to United States, 1777. l, A. B.,
do swear that renounce and refuse all
allegiance to George III, King of Great
Britain, his heirs and successors, and that
viii be faithful and bear true allegiance to
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a
free and Independent State; and that l will
not at any time do, or cause to be done, any
matter or thing that will be prejudicial or
injurious to the freedom and independence
thereof as declared by Congress; and also
that | will discover and make known to
some one Justice of the Peace of the said
state, all treasons or traitorous conspiracies
which now know or hereafter shall know
to be formed against this or any Of the
United States of America, so help me God.
In the same volume may be found a
sentence imposed by the Court in October
Session, 1882, in the case of Pennsylvania
State VS.. Daniel Palmer, in which Palmer
was found guilty of stealing horse. The
decision will no doubt be Of special inter-
est to those disposed to give particular
attention to horses not theirs own, and no
doubt such viii rejoice that the law has
changed somewhat. It is as follows:
at is therefore considered by the Court
that the said Daniel Palmer shall be
taken tomorrow morning to the public
whipping post, and between the hours
of eight and ten Of the clock shall re-
ceive thirty-nine lashes at the public
whipping post, to be well laid on his bare
back, and that Immediately afterward
the said Daniel Palmer shall be placed
in the pillory where he shall stand for
one hour and have his ears cut off aud
nailed to the pillory and shall forfeit to the
commonwealth the sum Of fifteen pounds,
being the value of the goods of Ludwig
Fredhive, of which the said Daniel Palmer
is convicted of stealing, and shall pay the
costs of attending the prosecution and be
committed until the whole of this sentence
is complied with.
In another volume of one of the land
records may be found a very interesting
deed from three Indians of the Six
Nations, Of a tract Of land to Garret
Pendergrass. 1t is given here in full with
the exception Of the Chiefs mark or
signature which looks ike cross between
land terrapin aud centiped, and cannot
be represented in print;
THE INDIANS TO GARREr PENDERGkAss.
Know all men by these presents that
whereas certain Garret Pendergrass,
Senior, of Bedford Settlement, in the
Province of Pennsylvania and County of