The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-11-18 00:00:00, page 4

To the PUBLI C.
Minus I^', inimica tyrrnnis,
Enfe petit ptacidam, sub libeitate, quietem.
Sidney.
This hand at enmity with tyrants, seeks for rtyofe
under tie banners cf hoetty.
1 CONGRATULATE you, my fellow ctzens, upon
the invaluable privilege of al^ pr^, woich I
confidcr ;s the pdl^cbum of hc>t<, th.; icourgt of
knaves, the terror of re^potHm, and the tenge i fthe
oppieffcd. By means of it, driven as I ha* oeco, by
an >& or tyranny, into exile with he t< ~, at Da
vid was by tie persecution of Svul, I hav, nevertne
hf, been enabled to cite m&or Shippen before your im
partial bar, and compelled him to attend, however re
luftintb, zlthoigh intrenched in power, and guarded
by the ausef bribery and vetiuEton, he has long aft.&-
ed to treat your opinion of him with file .ce and con
tempt.
False, f'phifiical, and consummately weak as doctor
Shipper,': p v ^Nation in the Baker, of Saturday lait,
appears, w , he yeas of nine Rates, againtt the nays
of two, sh i ^ him in the face, and consigning him
to merited disgrace, he doei, with the lame eHro;:tcry
as his man Cutting did before him, affrt that he is
honourably acquitted. In wl & follows! (hould agree
with him, if the court-martin and Congicfs have ac
quitted him with honour, which th-y have net done;
" that they would have been blind and corrupt beyond
" all example," ter the charges I have biou.ht rgrinft
him, and the tettimoav 1 have advanced are nue; but
the coniloGon is no affair of mine, blind do&or Snip
pen's court martial was not, however incontinently it
has a&td, to pionounce him guilty of Speculating in
public (tores, and to infli& no punishment: nor w?s
Congress either blind or corrupt in palling judgment on
the proceedings oi the court; for it rented to ra
tify his acquittal. If, however, tome individuals of
that, so latge a body, have (hewn themselves either
blind or corrupt, we are not to wonder. Amongst only
twelve apostles, we read that one denied his matter
through fear, and another tor the take of fptcuLting
in public money, betrayed him for thirty /heckles of
silver : this provesthat Judas, who was the purveyor
general to the apoftodc oird, and carried the bag,
was the father of ill speculators, down to the pur
veyor gerfetal of the American hospitals. Happy would
it be for America if a 1, who have comm tted the fin bf
this proto-speculator, were to experience hit rs
merfe and follow his example.
After being stigmatized by the court-martial as a (pe
culator in hospital storer, and after Congress refused to
acquit him, do&or Shippen's re-appointment, so far
from being hon®urable to him, will, till it is effaced by
an id of ample justice, be a lifting and dishonourable
blot in the hiftorieal proceedings of that body, which
dimiffed his predecessor, who, they declare, difebarged
his duty " ably and faithfully," on the incendiary cla
mours of doctor Shippen and his friends, to pare the
way to his ucctffion ; and yet, contrary to the strong
remonftraa.es of fix virtuous dates that voted for doc
tor Shippen's difmiffion, re-instated him in office:,
this hat given occasion to tome to declare aloud, that
« Congress has appointed a monster to be
“ he^d of the hospital department." For my own part,
I rest assured, that honourable body, paying a due de e
rence to your opinion, when it (hall deliberately reflect
on what it has done, will rectify former proceedings,
and thereby, as it can, in no other way, fully vindicate
its own honour.
I propose, in my next paper, to proceed in support of
my fifth charge against him, of scandalous praftics and
behaviour, unbecoming an officer and a gentlemen.
JOHN MORGAN.
November 13, 1780.
To the PRINTERS.
Please to give the following a place in your next.
MR, Timothy Matjsck, in the Packet of this day
ay^, I " insinuated" that he had affirmed, “ that
“ inn state made a point of it, er would relent it, if
" do&cr Shippen was not re-appointed diredor gene
s' ral." Ido hereby declare, it was not a mei, insinu
ation. What I published was founded in truth ; for on
the day of do&or Shippen's re-appointment I was met
by a member of Congress, comirg from the house, who
informed me thereof, either in those words or substanti
ally the fame ; he is not present to ask permidion,
therefore I do not name him ; other gentlemen heard
tantamount from different members of Congress, as ap
peris below. Why, Mr. Matlack, contrary to the fen
foments 0 fix different dates, that were urgent for the
difmiffion of doctor Shippen, as not being honourably ac
quitted, was so extravagant iuhis praise and defence of
him,leading the ftatc of Pennfylvania,and making a point
to (helt r doaor Shipper, ihculd boggle and drop him
at this critical junaure, on being represented as the pro
secutor of general Arnold and defender of doctor Ship
pen for the fame crime, is easily underfteod. Mr.
Matlack, I apprehend, will not deny that doctor Snip
pen's re-appointment was principally, if not lolely ow
ing to the manner in which he undertook to support and
carry him through : if he does it can be proved, and
his manner of denying it appears a mere quibble.
JOHN MORGAN.
November 14., 1780.
Mr. John Mease's CERTIFICATE.
DOCTOR MORGAN having rrquefted me to re
peat what I had heard, refpeaing the re appointment of
dodor Shippen, as director general of the holpitab, it
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JO HN DUNLAP and DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE.
is as follows.—Tn conversion with one of the dogates
in Congiels, icon after laid appointment, I remarked,
ho* (fringe it was to numbers out of doors ; and his an
swer was; tl>at it did not appear he was thought of till
Mr. Matlock, a mender in t.half o' Permfylv roia, no
minated and fupportd him so oarraiy as to Cory him
through ; which was allo confirmed by another member
efCougrefs. JOHN MEASE.
THE day after the re-appointment of do^or Fhrp
pen, to the cffir e of dir'&u> generalof the military hod
pita's, I met a member of Congress in th? street ; after
ex.h.-nfl 1 g a few words wi:h him, upon ind.fl rent tut -
j CT, I ;.lked him if it w.:s to e + hat dcaorSbippen was
rechmen director general; ha told me, it was: I Gd,
I ^as lorry for it, as I believed it Wot Id injure ihe cha
ra&er ol Congreft ; he anfwi red : that the appoint rotnt
was opposed by many gentlemen ; that it ,a> carried by
a majority of only one hate ; th t Penniyivan^ feezed
tom ke a date affair of lupportmg do&cr Shipper ; an I
that Mr. Mafbek, in particular, had Ipokrn much in
Lis favour.
BENJAMIN RUSH.
To the Printers cf the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
If the obowing ob'erations upon the iuiprove.nv.nt of
meadows by weter. &c. may defer ve a place in ycur
Pan^r, yen are at li e<h to m/ert them.
EVERY person who refl &s upon the means of pro
curing the (applies ne^ eliar; for the support of his
c on ry, and allo for exp itarion, will readily grant,
that th?s important matter depends principally upon
ttic farm-r; and as the improvement of meadows may
n?t only conduce much to the having plenty of beef,
but aifo to the railing of gra n, from the increased quan
tity of dung which will ba produced by having hay luf
ficient to keep flock ; for the larger the farmer's Ito^k is,
the greater quantity of dung h* has to manure his land ;,
ard cue acre of dunged land will produce him ^s much,
upon an average, as three without manure ; the gain is
here ve y obvious, for thereby Ite Eves the labour and
expence of plowing t*© th -res of his land, at le#lt three
times in the featon, beside the expence of feed and trou
ble of reaping. It may bt laid there will be labour in
hauling out the dung, which I grant; bin let it be re
membered, that the benefit of th^ paftwe only, arif
fing rom the two thirds of the land left unbowed, will
more than compensate hauling the dung. Another con
confidcrable profit will arise in selling the felled beef,
or butter, cbeefe, &c.
Having pointed out feme of the advantages arising to
the farmer by keeping of fteck; I will now endeavour
to put him in the way of procuring means to support it.
Taking :t for granted, that every farmer has mea
dows. more or les, fme wet, others dry; but in the
coun(ry,in general, there are streams of water running
through them, larger or Smaller, feme of which are
conducted over the ground, but very few to the best ad
vantage. Many people are very attentive in watering
their meadows in the Ipring and summer seasons, when
it does no other Service then that of moistening the
ground; this, if carefully attended to, in not luffering
it to continue too long in one place, but frequently
changing it to different parts, and some times turning it
wholly off, has its good effects, without which particu
lar attention it sometimes does injury inttead of real
fe. vice.
The greatest advantage is to be obtained from water
on meadows, when there is no graft growing, viz. in
the fall and winter featons, Strange as this may appear,
to thole wuo nave not had the experiero •, the assertion is
nevr^theitU, ftriltly true : therefore, in order to have the
benefit of water on meadows, the ditches ought to be
cleared out and opened larger than they commonly are,
and done in the months of October or November, in
order, if poffiole, to receive all the water of the fall
floods or frefhesj I fay all, because one gallon of water,
in small (teams and time of floods, in that (eafon, con
tains more manure than five gallons does in April or
May ; the region of the richness of the water, at that
season, is occafi med by the fall-grabs, weeds, and vari
ous herbage, leaves of the woods, &c. and the fi ft heavy
rains aft r the graft dies and the leaves fall, extraAs the
principl part of the rich manure out, and carries it into
those fmah streams which generally pafi through mea
dows ; when, if the ditches are in proper ordtr, (as afore
faid) for its reception, conveys it over the meadows,
leaving a large person of the best manure upon the
ground : and as to toe reason why the water ought to be
kept conttanil) over the meadows in the winter, is to
preferv© the roots of the grab's, from being expoled
to the severity of the froft, which frequently kills some
and injures others, so as to prevent us early growth;
and many times occasions a light crop ; but it the water
is thrown plentifully over in trolly weather, ir becomes
congealed, and the more ice it occasions the better for
the roots of the grass, and of cou fe for a good crop:
whereas, if your ditches are not in a proper date to re
ceive the fall and winter floods, the manure from the
herbage is carried of the natural channel to the large
rivers, and is iofri
But the foregoing observations, which, if attended to,
are very eafy,will enrich the meadow without thedung,
which may be app ied to the railing of wheat, &
A PRACTICAL FARMER.
N. B. It is to be observed, that in low or m 3 (hy
places drains ought to be cut to carry off the spare waur.
^^^^^W?^-^^^^^^^
TO BE LE T,
'T'HE HOUSE and STORE, adjoining, now in the
tenure of Mr. John Maxfield Nesbitt. En
qiure of the Printers.
The Public are hereby infornred,
**~HAT the Cunrinertai Fe r,^ rofs Delaware,- At
0 Trenton is removed from the Upper to she Low^
er Feiry, of which all perforsin public employ, having
occasion to pals the frib F^r:, ^re so take notice :
Where good Boats and orcro; Attendanceis continued
for the convenience of private Travellers ado. 0& ,
T () B F. S O LD;
, Lot of GRGU...D vbh two Brick TENEMENTS
th r-on :re&?6 ; 'he one having an excellent
Oven, and well 6 urod freaking 01 the baking bu-,
fi.^6, comamirg 4 % fet.4mt on Pff ? unk road, ard;
80 feet on Soipren and Ok Greets, clear of ground
rent. For lerms*pplytc FETER MILLER, in Third
ftreet, Philadelphia. Camber 30.
BR OKE into the plantation of the fubfi riber, in
PrffT nk town^ip, on the xJ inftxnt, October, an
iron v,e HORSE, about 15 lands high, no b and nor
ear mark, middling low in flefh, no thoes on. The
o^ner of Lid Mrs: is d-fired to pfove property, pay
Charge; a^d t^kc him away, otherwise he wit be fold
agreeable to law for damages he has done add expence#
Cam y^crue. HENRY MAAG.
Particular Advertisement.
CT' 'HE reason of net having had it pu'!:(h?d before,
$ was in hupes of prevaiing with the persons fuf
p^aed to return the things, they had fraud
ulently taken, and tl ereby prevent a publication, which
might prose detrimental; but as methods to this pur
pose have been tried and faded ; I am in hopes, hereby,
a difeovery may be made, in case some sober, w&l
---mirded person fbould happen to hear any thr % g ofthem;
which will be meft gratefully acknowldged, and be
sides A GUINEA as their Reward if file loft Articles
(huu'd be found, which are-One Guinea in a small
pocket book, the covering is ofhrocaded silt, the lining
white Perfin, with three leaves of red cloth overcast
at the edg^ with blue silk, on the fmdieit top leaf are
the letters I'. L. a mxll pair of f^fTar; n a red leather
case, and ftetl cork icrew. The above were taken cut
of a small bureau. The things so lowing were in a large°
p r marteau tunk, viz, A large fine diaper tablecloth
figured with small di mondsa^d roses between; a very
fije damrfk napkin a yard in lengtn, each are marked
with an H. but mi,bt have been picked o" perhaps ;
two remnants of bag h^lLnd, e^ch cm tuning half
yard and half qnrer; a thick muffin half handker
chief, and two pair of fine cotton stockings with large
flowered clocks, taken in at the seams and feet, marked
B L No. 5 and 3.
N. B. The above things were taken some time in the
month of August last, while the owner boarded at the
house near Wiliam Cooper's ferry ; and as the is ex
tremely loitb to hurt tie family, who appear zs honest
people, yet can be upon oath that they were taken when
(he was there: (he would therefore be very glad if this
miftery of iniquity could be unfolded by some candid
informer, in order to remove all suspicion from any who
are innocent. Intelligence will be received by th#
Printer of this advertisement, who is appointed to give
tits Reward as promised.
A very remarkable FAN was stolen from the owner
between two or three months ago ; the sticks are a fort
of wood most curiously cut in birds and flowers, and
neatly painted; the ground colour is a Prussian blue,
the small sticks are stained of a dull yellow; the mount
is paper painted with small flowers, in pale colours,
stamped in various figures, so as one may fee through.
If any honest person has bought it, it is hoped they
will bring it to the Printers, who will direct them to
Claimant, and upon delivery they (hall be paid I*e fir^
cost of the Fan, and any reasonable claim besides for
their honesty: moreover, if required, no questions frail
be alked.
FLAX-SEED received in exchange for OIL,
By RICHARD WELLS,
In Arch-street, near Sixth street, who hath far fate,
^PRMACETI Candles in boxes, Flax-feed Oil by
' the barrel, Cotton in bags, Flax feed Meal in c-& m ,
Tfirce Iron Screws, 8, 4 and 3. inches di.me er. >ot
WAS flopped by a Watchman, in Mark t street.
Two MEN with two boxes, supposed to be
Glass; the men got away, which makes it fufpsaed they
are stolen. A TANYARD to be Let, and a quantity
of good BARK : to supply it, to be So'd. Also, a
HORSE, and neat CHAIR with a top to i. Enquire
of ALEXANDER CARLYLE.
Philadelphia, November 8, 1780.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, 00 the ,th inft a
a Nvgroe MAN named JO E, about 17 years
°f ^ge, about 5 feet 6 inches high, of a thin ftatur<
and pale complexion; had cn a brown fuftian co t,
waistcoat and overalls of the fame, and took fundi,
other cloaths with him. It is supposed he will endea
vour to pass as a free man, ard make his way to New-
York. Whoever takes up Lid Negroe, and chliveia
him to the fubferiber, living in Front-street, three
coors above Arbuckle's row, or secures him in any
gaol on the continent, (halt have the above reward and
all reasonable charges paid, by HAYM SOLOMON-
N. B. All matters of veff.ds and others are forbid <0
harbour or carry him off at their peril.