Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 2

i 4 il 9 'S Ifi it Jr ft bi i 1 81 a I Bi ii IS ii rt I the feme roof where the court now fets I CouM not all the neceffaries and I might add every pro per convenience be had in one of thofe rooms without going to a tavern 1 Would it not be pro duftite of great good (hould our ries occupy one or more of thofe rooms in preference to a room in a tavern by a faving of time to them and money to the parties I fubmitthefe hafty obfervations to tfieconfide ration of thofe who may have it in their power to remedy the evil complained of and thefe remarks I have collefted from general obfervation with out any pointed aliufion I am gentlemen with refpeft your friend and reader A 3 fhefoIlpwiBg iSngyljf Advertiferiient his appeared hu been continued for feveral days in moft of th? Dublin print fwfiiliSTINd NbtleM Md for compel (ation A gentleman a Barriftdr on the fhotf eft notice engages to furnilh pamphlets for and againft admintftratiort peaches fo niembe' of parliament onall nationslqucftiodi (Tap on either fide of great public meafures fermdni of any length and for any rdwffitaa of 'p(rfuafiirfl fatir? and libels againft enemies or panegyrics or etUojIurtis updn friends all jlalitt firttf 'Comedies aperiir 'ballads theatricalritiquesfonncjs lot? elegies psftorals anagrams Wadrigal sMnogiums' chronograms epigfams re hufles arid acroflics my allb he had on the (horteft notice and io'Hne'mbft clegalit flyle Terms to be gfeytled ip and uitefted to t't A fi ft Esq At the inviolable fecrecy will be obfcrred 3t Mdft writers (thus the fcrihbling frugal ChsngcpiipcipleS as often as their Pore rlf Prbttus is thought to iff improperly he refers to the conduit feveral ornaments of his profelfinn who Jived On their mitt when at the temple and to Addifen) to Sterne to Otway and Johnfott i nraAwnOMswennifcA CHARLESTON (S C) Jari 4g Wednefday evening a inqueft was held on the body of Chriftian Wilkins who was found drownqd at wharf It appears that thedeceafed was the foil of a good family in Bre men' that he arrived in the brig Suratte capt Budelman from Bremen lately cad away on this coaft and that in attempting to' go on board capt Veffel and being on a (ingle plank be felloffand was unfortunately drowned notwith (landing every exertion was made for his recovery A verdift was given that became by his death by misfortune January ay Yefterday tbe honorable Charles Pinckney efq ejefted governor of this (late at tended in the houfe of reprefentatives and the fe nate being alfo there the oaths of qualification were adminiftered after which his excellency ad drefled the alfembly in a few words thanking the legiflature in very polite terms for the flattering honor which they had conferred upon him and declaring his intention to execute their laws in juf tice and mercy A inquell fat yefterday on the body of a failor found on olly and brought in their verdift that he came to his death by being drowned January aS Both branches of the legiflature have agreed on giving leave to the hon jEdanus Burke efq to take his feat in the houfe of repre fentatives of the United States asa repiefentative of the diftrifts of Orangeburgh and that his (ala ry and fees of office (hould ceafe during the term of In the debate in the fenate Mr Bee mentioned as his opinion that it would be neceflary to cal) a Convention of the people for the purpofe ofrevifing our (late conftitution and making fuch arrange ments and alterations as our prelent fituation ren dered neceflary Yefterday a inqueft was held on the body of Henry Bernhead found dead yefterday morning at his houfe in King ftrcet No marks of violence appearing on the body the jury return ed a verdift that he died a Natural Death January ay In confeqttence of a difference in Opinion between the judges who fat on the trial ref pefting the nature of his of a petition from the jury who convidled another from a num ber of refpeftable citizens in his behalf the go vernor has thought proper to pardon Richard Gra dam who was to have been executed on riday next for murder ebruary 19 The 9th inftant arrived at Bofton the fchooner capt Coleman in three days front Hali fax It is faid that capt Coleman brings intelli gence that two veffels belonging to Halifax hav ingcontraband goods on board have been feized and that feveral final! boats are upon the look out which arc coniiniffioned to fcarch every veffel that enters the harbour of Halifax AbjlraH of a llttir from Robert Montgomery to bit exct'lercy fobn faj efq dated jilicant Novem ber 4 I have this day received advice from Algiers that the dead fines At toiddlef 1UI 6 TO MISS LOOM ING as the blufii of rtlorainj Bright Sort meridian ray VTiIt thou flili my paffion fcorninjj Lore whh cruelty i I Though awhile the temped rages Though againft refounding (horcs Tlerceft 'war bld ocean' Wages And tremendous thunder roarig in Yet agath the thunder ceafes Tetnpefts by degrees fublide Anid as rage decreafer Smoother flows the briny tide IV Yioittwith ear andjHop contending My poor bread dan lyiow no calftij tfilt thou (Ijll my bofom rending Give the wound but not the balm I If thy heart to pity calloiil Ctbrrl humble lot Know that lightning blafts the palacd Whilft it (pares the lowly cot VL But (hould queens their feeptrei plorfer Crowds obfequious bend the knee would fcotn the offer Vritt are' crowns with theel PffltAOttf tl(A 13th eb tyigt er itejfri if Claypooi 't pfefume to fet up for i reformer yet UtudlS government as ours I do not fee any Jftmropnety in pointing Out with decency and cen furiiig with modefty (uch innovations as are alrea dy tonceivedburdcnfome illegal and especially when of fitch a nature as to become dai ly more fo unlefs feme competent power will tin aitop to the growing evil What Thave lioiSt particularly in view is the cuftom of Juries tftablifted as am told fmee the late re volution 'Jury men arc called to attend the courts of law pgrahlytqjaw and fhe conftitution they are uXntfotry iflue between A and fo foon the arguments at the bar arefiniftted and the judge has given the charge away the jury hurrytothe tavern moft likely to give them the bed dinner or fupper or in fome cafes both they know where the bed wine porter punch can be had and who keeps the beft cook: the thing ttocomes more a frblic than a folemrt meeting to decide between nian and inan After agreeing they bring in their verdifl and withit atavern bjjl of two threefour or five pounds and in fpme cafes I am fold more which they are fure to pre font rither to the plantiff or defendant as they Inay find fori and it is confidered dilhonqurable in the party (hould he hefitate to pay it though the bill may be for Ond tliird the fum he gets a ver his circumftahces moft likely fuch as will not enable him with propriety to (pare one far thing'' (n fome few inftances men of fortune are at laiv and but it is far more common for tpepjn harrow and contratied circumftances to be found in courts of and clear I am that juiy men cannot not might not' to undertake to judge who are and who are not proper fubjetls for them to prey upon Gentlemen who are furriirioned to attend the courts Of lawas jury men confider it burdenfome and that the parties whofe caufe they may try are tinder great obligations to them as it calls tome from their more profitable engagements others from trifling pleafures which would otherwlle fill up their hours but with humble deference to the opinion of better judges I think theie gentle inert determine very wrong The parties in my opinion sre under no kind of obligation nor (hould be inula with any other expence than directed by law It is a part of our conftitution and can no more be difpenfed with th in the payment of taxes for thefiipport of government It is a tax will readily be granted upon bur time and in fome in (lances upon our but is it a tax that any man (hould think hard of I Who would abolilh irials by jury 1 The inan who isi a jury man to daymay have a caufe at ilftie to ihorrbw and Vi'ant his but whether ornot is no way importian it is a debt and duty each and every i man not exempted by law owes to his country without any reference to the parties at fuit And jiereT would beg to aft a few queftiohs through I Arephere not fpacipps and commodious rooms irdlid fop the accommodation of juries under and our friend the Mix LH no and af terwards minified bf' ftate has the faireft profpedt to fjeceed to that dignity f' which I (bauadvife you immediately as I can get further informatioii of tlwrimportantchange which ifCongrefs thinks proper to improve there is the greateft probabili ty of getting peace with that regency ofi moderate Captain Edmund Howes ofBojlbn lately received the fillo wing intelligence wbicb be wt requefi rd to communicate to lie publii St i YOU are defired to publifh in ihe papers that the fchooher Nancy faid to be taken from Mr So lomon Alhley in a piratical manner on the coaft of Virginia as mentioned ih the papers the begih ning laft month is Hopped and the veffel and cargo (at leaft that part which has not been difppf ed of) is taken cate bf arid the men committed to gaol The veffel and cargo arifwers the de enp tions which have beeri given except fome matters relating to the cargo which the men have The perfons taken ift the vellel call their names James Brown and William Davis The veffel now in the old harbour of Chatham in the county We the fubferibers have examined the above mentioned them as iforefaid Josefh Doans Joseph Snow The vefrei arid cargo are in the care of the faid Jofeph Doane at Chatham Yefterday arrived from StJohn New Brun fick the (loop Ranger captain Rajlbeck The papers by this veffel afford no news of confcquence The weatherforthe week pafthas been exceed ing changeable Alternate extreriie heat (for win ter) and extreme cold has proved vety unfavour able to thofe who have been heedlefsand neglefl ed to regulate their drefs by the variations Of the' weather cock The enlightened fpirif of philofophy that is dif fufed throughout the countries of Europe has been productive of the mod falutary corifeqnences and not only religious toleration has been the neceflary refult but the traces of arbitrary difpotifin are in CO'nfequencej gradually wearing away Trie rench monarch is now conceding to fubj efls and mfteaa ct eftablifhing a lyitem ot anionite oet potifm in his doniinions as adyifed lata' irii iiifters is atting upon the broad principles of reno vating the ancient Gal'ic conftitution The (fates of Brabant have afferted their proper rights arid have lately prevented a' glaring encroachmentiipon the native privileges The Swedes are jealous of the ftep lately taken by their fovereigh as being di ametrically oppofite to the principles of their con dilution and the ardent flame or rational liberty arid equitable government is fpreading through Europe and America The Litchfield paper of the 9th fays 1 The ex treme cold of aft week rendered the inn a place bf much more refort' than the fanfluary reriiind ing many of the good old advice of a gene rous though partially hot literally as inftead of pure wirie (imply to cheer the heart copious draughts of liquid fire waslubftituted to fortify the Sir Richard the mdre expofed his votaries ti the rude blaft and not a few whe ther inwardly prepared not were feverely bit Extraft of a letter from Trinidada (a Spanilh Bland in about 4 at 6 lately made a free port under many advantages) Dated Dec 16 1788 On the nth inftant the Vice Rov of St ee arrived herefrom Spain on his way to hisVkeRoy (hip charged with fe me particular inftniClionsref pefling this colony the people in general flatter themfelves with many eminentadvantages from this important Exiratl of a letter from Edenton in North Carolina January 12 vAg Our date on all occalions has (liewn the utmoft attention to the fettlers in the wefterh coumry They have lately caufed a road tobecutatthepub lie expence from the borders of the old fetUement to Naflivilie cn Cumberland fiver and have Order ed a guard for the proteftion of emigrants The good effetls of thofe meafures will appear from the official notification of col Robertfon which is an nexed in his own words viz THE public are informed that the New Road from at the lower end ofClinch Mountain toNafhville was opened on the 35th oSeptember (asadvertifed) and the guard attend ed at that time to efcort fuch perfons as were there ready to proceed to That about 60 fa milies appeared aud went on among whom was the widow arid family of the late brigadier general Davidfon and the judge of the fuperior court for the counties of Davidfon and Sumner and that on the firft day of Oflober next the guard will attend at the feme place for the fame purpofe This road is much better and nearer by 150 miles than that by the way of Kentuckey the diftance being only 183 miles from Station to Naflivilie James Robertson Lt Col Comm Davidfon county ayetteville November 33 1788 ebruary 1 i The houfe of reprefentatives the 6th inftant took into confideratibn the propriety of paffingan att preventing the elded fon Ct an mteftate to in herit by defeent any more than any other child A bill for that purpofe had two readings and Tuef day was appointed for the third reading of the fame Philadelphia eb 23 General Assembly Tuesday ebruary 17 A THE Houle met pitrfuant to adjournment A memorial from the mimller truftees el dersanddeacons of th? German reformed congre gation in and near the city of Philadelphia was read felting forth that they have erefted a free fchool for the education of the poor of the faid fo ciety and praying this Houfe to grant them a part of the unappropriated lands of this (late in aid of the faid inllitution Petitions from John Ryan Thomas Weftcott Clement Gregory William Middleton Jofeph Crowdy and Andrew Richardfon infol vent debtors confined in the jail of the city and county of Phila delphia were read feverally praying to be releafed from their imprifonment and oh motion and by fpccial order the fame were read the fecond time Ordered That they be referred to Meff Clymer Lewis Robinfon Hoge and Saylor to report thereon The committee appointed eb 7 on the petition of Ebenezer rothinghatnand the letter of Jona than Heart inade report which Vas read as fol iywsjvin AUGUSTA (Georgia) Jan 10 ON the 4th mft the members of the (late con vention met in this town' and bn the next day they cliofe the hon Henry Ofbome efq for their prefident and Daniel Longftieet fecietary the Convention adjourned till Monday next when it is expeded they will proceed to take the propo fed conftitution into confideration Agreeably to the firft feftiohof thefecotid article of ths federal conftitution and the aft of Congref of the 13th of September laft the honorable the general affembly on Wednefday tall appointed col George Handley his honor George Walton efq John King efq col John Milton and the hon a Henry Olborne efq electors on the part of this (late1 to meet on the firft Wednbfday in ebruary next for the purpofe of chooling a pfefident and vice prefident of the United States oreign Intelligence 0 Nov 4 A Letter frbm Vienna dated Oft 4 fays The Turks have done us a fervicebyobligingus to Caife the line from Efclavonia to the defile of Vulkan By this operation the bodies of the army Commanded by generals Gemmingen and Brechain villeare confiderably augmented which will enable them not only to keep the enemy in awe but perhaps in time to make head againil them The (entiments in thecipiialconcCrningthe eftablilh nient of ttiisfafallinearembch divided Some at tribute it to the delire of preventirig his eftates along the frontiers of the Ottoman ethpire from being ravaged ethers maintain it to be the plan of one of our firft commanders in chief: bpt thofe who ate ftverfe to this plah not only exagge 'rate the' bad effefts caufed by the line butingCne ra! the other difpofi iofis of this can 1 aign 1 which they attribute without exception (but with ma hifefLinjuftice) to the immediate orders of his jelly The number who think after this manner is very great and is fupported in thefe (entiments by Certain perfonages of importance who ought to have the candor to own the great (hare they had in every unfortunate and humiliating event which has happened to a princewhom they had deceived The Veil which covers the caufes of thsfe unaccountable events will only perhaps be removed by pofte rity who' may probably know the true fource of occurrences of which they will at the lame time feel the bad Tie committee towlbiri was reerred'tLi va vL ivu luuauwu as iac UEiinflar Eberiezer rothinghajm behalfjtf ua ano tne omcers or tne gamton at tango fed by thd honorable Council report They are of opinion that eramine riehh eruption to any one is highly improper ajja an inulin nraicrence oier inner "Cihzmhj equaliy entitled to have lands on fuch feign itate uiuai Grants mem on zorx therefore offer the following refolutiori viz 'oived 1 nat the petition 01 Jonathan Efq and Ebenezer rothingham cannot be a piiea wun ana tnat they nave leave to wi the fame: A mntinri was ttiade bv hfr itzfimnk 1 fed by Mr Wynkoop in the words followitja AVlalViTCWy Houfe and every motion made ana 1 frHA dAlGavVI VII llw Al I Al Ivw a It was then moved by um to infert after the word tiie wqii enterea on tne minutes me unit navine ed by the members of the committee who an the A further amendment was then moved Jiy LAJilCt nU vj AlClllCl til IICU VI Meff MLene and oulke to infect after Uzxtif wfi it dmll kua MsfAMial AiVUIVj Mivvvu mv (Al Qt nutss and figned by the members of tbe tee who agree to the fame if thereto requirln minority of faid '3 Oh the queftion Will the Houfe agpeeto laft amendment it was cameo tne negative The firft amendment then recurring queftion Will the Houfe agree to the Yeas Nays 36 So it was carried in the negative The original motion being then again 4 Houfe On the queftion Will the Houfe It was carried in the affirmative The committee appointed Nov port on the memorial of Dr William SinitS report which was read as follows viz The toniminee to whom was referred fljtM mortal of Dr William Smith with the 090 W'V I That they have duly confidered the (aid 1 rial and the fubieft matter thereof and iti nion that the aft which took away the chart cnc HcaGemyy snu tree icnooi ot thei rnnaoeipnia was not lonnoeo of forfeiture of the faid charter tibn of the conflituriOnofthisftateand com thofe principles of juftice which oagliteva vern leeiflative afts they therefore recoma That a committee be appointed to bringuM to reftorethe property and charter of tlieAH academy and free fchool of the city of Phihmiu the truftees thereof Ordered to lie on the table The committee for the ptran ported a bill entitled An aft toincorpoatljl city of which was read the and Ordered to lie on the table The committee appointed for the ported a bill entitled An aft for fuadajaj endowing a public fchool in the town and cony of which was read the fid ii ad Ordered to lie on the table Adjourned until ten o'clock to morrow '(jji Wednesday ebruary 18 A THE Houfe met purfuant to adjqurainil A petition from divers owners of marfegMb' dow ground bounded by the river DelwAjra Datby Creek in the townfhip county of Cheft was read fitting forthyK banks incloling the faid meadows have batM ana lupportea Dy tnote wpote laqas DousfjK laiq river aits LTecK wnereoy lome pensnst buted more han others who are eouallv bii therefore praying leave to bring in a biH nj purpofe of compelling every perfon inteMlH the faid meadow ground to pay a propoSM part of the expence in keeping the (aid MM repair Ordered to lie on the table A petition from the inhabitants of ifeflSl Ilarrifburg was read praying leave tbbriwK bill to ereft the faid town into a borough Ordered to lie on the table The petition of the fuperintendants eftSiHH market erefted on Cal owhill ftreet in th them Liberties of the city of Philadelphia nM 3 14 was read the fecond time On motion of Mr M'Pherfon fecondcdaHI Robinfon Ordered That the petitioners hnvelraKWMB in a bill conformably to the prayer of their a The petition of a number of the inhabits! Wafltington county read eb 13 was rUtBO whereupqn On motion of Mr Wright feconded byJABig VLUUIU) UM U1G JAlllC UG CiCl rro I Mjtchell Piper Wright Irwin and Toddjh port thereon The petitions from a number of theinh4M of the county of Wafhington praying to ed to the county of Allegheny read read the fecond time On motion of Mr Nevil feconded bjMfyB win 'Ai Ordered That they be referred to kcop Ludwig Nevil Marlhall and Philipbl port thereon ffix A memorial and petition from a number ff merchants traders and citizens of the citw the city of Philadelphia and the vicinity was read remonftrating againft the aft An aft to revive and continue in force the I Affembly regulating Tales by public auflMj for other purpofes therein mentioned" as grin and burthenfome inafmuch as the fame is prig impaled on the city of Philadelphia and the ty thereof and not extended to the citiaens dM date at large and praying the fame nwjMg pealed and the bufinefs laid open to al! who may ch life to engage therein on givia ty for their good conduft and being Courcil or that fo much of the (aid aft Wf? repealed which confines the bufmels to tons only Ordered to lie bn the table lu'd The motion made Mr Marlhall feconsw? Mr Beale eb 14 was read tiie fecond adopted as follows Refolved That a committee be appoJ I fe bring in a bill to fora right of pre emption to kftual fettlers 1 ng granted lands the property of this Hate ft rf 25 1 rm 1 5 'J'iH I 4 KM:.