PENNSYLVANIA COURTS. 
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neral gaol delivery, for the trial of capital 
“ and other offenders therein/’ Any two 
judges compose the court of quarter sessions. 
Under certain regulations, established by law, 
the accused party has the power of removing 
the proceedings into the supreme court, which 
has jurisdiction over every part of the state. 
This short account of the courts relates only 
to Pennsylvania: every state in the union has 
a separate code of laws for itself, and a distinct 
judicature. 
LETTER X. 
Of the Country near York.—-Of the Soil of the 
Country on each Side of the Blue Mountains. 
— Frederic-town.—Change in the Inhabitants 
and in the Country as you proceed towards 
the Sea.—Number of Slaves—Tobacco 
chiefly cultivated.—Inquisitiveness of the 
People at the Taverns.—Observations thereon . 
Description of the Great Falls of the Pa - 
towmac River.—George Town.—Of the 
Country between that Place and Hoe’s Ferry . 
—Poisonous Vines. — Port Tobacco. - 
Wretched Appearance of the Country border¬ 
ing upon the Ferry.—Slaves neglected.— 
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