The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-11-25 00:00:00, page 2

Pennsylvania, Mr. Armflrong, np _
Mr. M'Lene, not no.
Mr. Matlack, no 5
Delaware, Mr. M'Kean, no) no.
Maryland, Mr. Hanson, no )uUrepr.
Virginia, Mr. J. Jones, no\
Mr. Walker, no/
North-Carolina, Mr. Hill, ay)
Mr. W. Jones, ay,
South-Carolina, Mr. Kinloch, no)
Mr. Motte, no/
So it passed in the pegative.
Hence it plainly appears, that eight ftates,ahd Ma
ryland as far as it was represented, did approve the
acquittal of the court-martial ; but not their opinion,
that I was reprehensible, because I happened to pur
chase and fell, on my own account, article's firailar to
those used in hofpifak. This seeming censure tould
%ly be considered as an opinion of the court; on at
matter which was not properly before them; my trad
ing in any articles, not being prohibited, and confe
qwently not punifhnble. Although I ought to hand
acquitted in the eye of the sensible and candid, beciufe
the court martial have declared there was not evidence
to prove they were public iiores, or that the sick (of
fered for want of them; yet r left the finalleft fufpici^
on of fraud should remain, I have shewn to the court
that they were my own property, and that my con
dud was fair and honourable, by the following decla
rations on oath.
The public should firfl be informed, that exclusive
of the Bofl©.n adventure, I am only accufed' of felling,
four pipes and a half of wNe, and three tierces of su
gar: two pipes were fold so Mr>Dening at Lancaster,
one to Mr. Hartman at Reading, one to Mr.- Haifa
near Reading, and half a pipe so Mr. Bennet; one
tierce of sugar to Mr. Bennet, two to Mr. James Bid
dle; these are the mighty (peculations that you are
told have caused the depreciation of our money, and
endangered the independence of North-America.
The affidavit of Mr. Thomas Smith, commiffionerof
the loan-office. March % 1780. “ I well remember,
" that while I lived in the house with doctor Shippen,
". juiir: about April, 17)7, that the doctor told Colo
" rel Moylan and myfeff, he had an opportunity ' of
“ buying five or fix pipes of wine,.andmaking money
" by them, and afk'ed us whether there would be any
'' thing wrong'in it, as he had money of his own he did
" not know wuat to do with, and had laid in, what
" he thought a plentiful flock, for the hospitals. I
'' answered in this manner, as pearly as I can remem
" ber, There is nothing criminal or wrong in it, cer
" tainly, but I would rather, Were I'in your place,-
" purchase any other articles than those f purchased
'' for the use of the hospitals—The doctor answered, I
" know of the wine, and have not time to look out for
" other articles; 011 which, both colonel Moylan and
“ myfelf agreed, the doctor might purchase them
" with propriety, and I always believed he did pur
'' chafe five or fi* pipes of wine with his own money,
" and for his own use; and by his desire, I remember
'' to have fold either two or three of them to Mb.
" Dening, at Cono ftogo- creek, near Lancaster, as doc
" tor Shippen's wine." THOMAS SMITH.
Sworn before me, Ptunket Fleefoh.
I do declare, upon my sacred honour, that in the
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, I
went in company with, and by the desire, of doctor
Shippen, the diredor general of the hospitals, to a ft ore,
where I tasted of many pipes of wine; that I recom
mended five or fix pipes, and urged the doctor to pur
chase them forhis own use, as I thought them cheap
and good. Given under my' hand, this sixth day of
March, in Colchefler, 1780. STEPHEN MOYLAN.
Doctor Thomas Bond, ju n r. being aiked before the
court, whether I had' not often told him I had bought
feme pipes of wine in the spring of 1777, for my own
use; answered “ yes; some time before July, 1777,
" you ' told me you had bought some, and I have fre
-4c quently, since, heard you mention it."
Doctor Craik, my assistant director, dodor Brown;,
the late physician general, and many other witnesses
have deposed, that they heard me repeatedly fay I had
purchafed'five or fix pipes of wine for my own use, af
ter I had amply supplied the hospital with that article.
I purchased five pipes of wine'of Conyngham, Nefbit,
and Company, as you have seen by their bill, pabli&ed:
these wines were never charged to the public, as ap
pears by my books now before the treasury, and b,
the teftinrouy of do&or Bond and Mr. Eames. Doc
tor Bond being asked by me whether he had not, at
my desire, ftridly examined my hospital books; and
whether the five pipes of wine I had purchased of Mr..
Nefbit were charged in them tothe public? Answered
thus: “ I examined two books about the 6th or Bth of
“ March last, at your desire, the one'a ledger; and
“ the other appeared to be a receipt book, and did
" not difeover any such charge made, or entry receiv
“ ed ; they appeared fair, and no erazure where fuch'
“ an entry could have been made without my obferv
" ing it.
These two books are all I have charged ary thing in
to the public.
That the sugar was also purchased with my own mo
ney, and for my own use, will appear from the follow
ing declaration, upon o.'th, of Mr. Cutting, late apo
thecary "general to the hospital; ; who, upon being ask
ed by me, whether in the fall, 1777, I did not desire
him to go to Boston, to look for and purchase medi
cines, internments, and such Acres ,as were cheap and
neceffary for the hofpitad ; and whether I did not also,
at that time, give him a sum of money, of my own,
which I desired he would lay out in sugar, or an, other
article that would be worth bringing to Pennsylvania,
and to pay for the tranfportat/oa of it? He answered,
“ you did :" I then asked him, whether he did net pur
chase fugr for me in New England, and transport it
to Bethlehem at my expence? He answered, “ I did;
" I cannot recoiled the quantity, but [believe it was
“ twenty hundred weight, contained in three tierces."
I pext asked him: Instead of laying out all my mc,ey
for my advantage, did you not use the greatest part of
i to pay for medicines for the public, which they
wanted exceedingly, and you could not get without
caih, and to pay for the transporting them into Fare
fylvuny.
Answer: "I did; the public ranted many medi
tioes' at th/J time, which could not be obtained with
out prompt payment."
Hence it appears, that the three tierces of sugar were
not only paid for and transported witifm, money, but
also that my money, was laid out for the public's use.
But a bill of them was made out in the. name of
Thomas Brown, and such a man was never heard of in
or about Bethlehem, nor did I ever hear of him till
near two years after the sale was made. Mr.-Hqgh
James, kite commissary of the hospital, declared,:on
“ oath, that he did receive five pipes of Madeira wine.
“ into his care for me,.which he never enterel in the
" hospital books;that my houfhold furniture,and other
" private goods,were florcdin Mr.Horfefield's cellar, t
" Bethlehem, as well as the hospital stores ; that I defir-'
“ ed him tofend my tierce of sugar and a quarter cask
" of my wine, from this cellar to Mr. Bennet's, with a
“ careful waggoner ; that I did not dired him to employ
" a public waggon,- or Remhelt's waggo ( to transport
" the sugar and wine ; " and deposes also, " That J
" did not desire him to make out a bill in the name of
''Thom'as BroWne, but that he did it of his own
" own accord, not to cover a fraud, Out his reason
“ for so doing, was a fear least the letter might falf
" into the hands of some person who might be effici
“ ous, and enquire info hospital affairs/ feeing the di-,
" rector's name to the bill, for the sale of sugar and
<c wine, as we had both those kinds of stores inthehofc
“ pital stores; that at the time he sent those articles
“ from Bethlehem, P had not been there for ten d : ys ;
" that the reason why he applied to Mr. Oakltyfor
" a waggon was, because he bad no opportunity of
" fending the articles by a return waggon, which Fex
“ peded he would have ; and that I only ordered him'
" to fend the sugar and wine, and a bill with' them."
The mode of tranfaaing this bufinc's wax altogether
of Mr. James's ; his prudence not to cover a fraud,But
to prevent the suspicion of impertinent enquirers;and I
was ignorant of its being done ih Thomas Browne's
name, and always imagined it had been in my own, tili;
this profecuti^n commenced. How groundless and
contemptible all this charge of fraud, in felling wine
and sugar! All the others I will prove in a future pa
per, to be as falfe and Contemptible as the authors of
them.'.
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B 0 S T O N, Ndvemher 9:
We have inferred in several of our late papers, ah'
account of the ca ptore of a number of British out ward
bound vessels, by the united fleets of Franceand Spain ;
we are now happy to announce to the public the authen
ticity of that great event, which is by far the severest
naval blow given toour haughty enemies since t^e com
mencementof the war. Our account not only furnish
es us with the vessels names, but also the number of
men, guns, cargoes,- where bound, &c. which is ta
ken from the Madrid Gazette.
MADRI D, August 29.
A lift of the vessels 'which nave been taken, on the
gth infl. by the combined fleets of France and Spain,
under the command of Don Tonis Cordova, beibg near
the whole of a fleet that failed from Portsmouth on the
29th of July, under convoy of the Romulus, of 74
guns, and the two frigates Thetis and Southampton,
of 36 guns each; these having rhe advantage of the
wind, and being in the rear of the fleet, made their
escape. The prizes have all anchored in Cadiz Gay,
on the loth of this month. This account is sent from
England sea to court.
It is to be observed,- that of this fleet, only 8 or 10
were of too tons burthen; the generality about 300
teas, several 06400, and the Indiamen, with two mote,
about 700 tons.
Five more of the convoy have been taken and carri
ed into Alexerias, by Don Antonio Barcelo's fleet.
They were bound to Gibraltar, and loaded with pro
visions. Ft is supposed that this fleet, though not so
numerous as some, is the richest that has 1 failed frora
for some years past.
Ship Godfrey, Eaitlhdiamart, her cargo ddathi^g
for the troops, ammunition, &c. with effects usually
sent to the East-Indies, 28 guns, 100 men,, 5 officers,
70 troops, 10 women, 35 passengers.
Ship Htffb eck, Eaft-Indiaman, her cargo ammuni- ?
tion and goods ; 30 guns, 130 men.
Ship Gratton, Eaft-Indiaman, her cargo ammuniti
on- and all kind of goods proper for St. Helena and Ben
coolen markets, whither die was bound ; 28 guns, 122
men, 17 troops, 5 women, 10 passengers.
Ship Royal George, Eaft-Indiaman, her cargo am
munition and goods, for Madrafs and other factories;
28 guns, 107 men r 3 officers, 69 troops, 5 women, 13-
passengers.
Ship Mount-Stewart, Eaft-Indiaman; her cargo am
munition end effeHs proper for the Indies, bound to
Bengal; 28, guns, ig) men, yc itroops, frwomen, 24-
passengers.
Ship Ellis, -her cargo previsions for the fleet in Ame
rica ; 18 guns, 33 men.
Ship Catherine, her cargo goods, and 50- barrels
powder, for Barbadoes, 14 men^ 1 officer, 4 women, ,
passengers.
Ship Riters, her cargo four, Bread, beef, pulse, and
made rigging, for the islands; 8 men.•
Ship Sandhi h, her cargo provisions of ail kinds, for
Barb dos ; 19 men.
Ship Mary, her cargo beef, pork, flour, cordage,
anchors, and other - effiea® for the King, for St Kitts ;'
16 men.
Ship Achillas, her cargo beef, pork, flour, liquors,
pulse, &c. for Madeira and Euftatia , 11 men.
Ship Houghton, her cargb 2700 barrels powder and'
various goods for the Weft-Indies ; 8o met, 150 troops.
Ship Susanna, her cargo provisions of all kinds, for
the Weft-Indies ; r 4 men.
Ship Jupiter, her cargo bread, and all kinds of pro
visions, for Barbados. There is a small box on board;
fealtd up, said to be worth 1200 guineas ; 16 men, 1
passenger.
Ship Sifter, her cargo beef, pork, flour, pulse, and
other provisions for the islands; 23 men.
Ship Rodney; her cargo provisions, cordage and powr
%, fee the W^l-hdies; 12 BQ.
Ship Eloisa, her ca ~o beef, pork, flour, and all
kinds of provisions, so: St. Lucia ; 21 men.
Ship Betsey, her cargo bee', flour, and all forts of
goods for Jamaica ; 22 men.
Ship Larvin Galus, h^r cargo duck, cables, cordage,
flour, and other provisions, for St. Kitts.
Ship Aurora, her cargo flour, bread, and all forts of
provisions, for the islands.
Ship William, lier cargo provisions of all forts, for
tie islands; 24 men.
Snip Joan, her cargo provisions, for the islands. 13
men, 1 woman and 1 pdfenger.
Ship French, her cargo provisions, for St. Lucia.
15 men.
Suip Charming, her cargo provisions of all forts, for
the islands. 16 men.
Ship Lion, her cargo provisions, rum and goods, for
Jamaica. 18 mn, 7 offi. 153 tr. 25 worn, and 19 pas.
Ship Fanny, her cargo powder, beer, and various
forts of provisions, for Jamaica and Antigua. 18 men.
Ship Martha, her cargo provisions, dry goods, and
tools for the plantations, for St. Kitts.
Ship Friend, her cargo bread, and all forts of tools
for the plantations, for St. Kitts.
Ship Colhoun, her cargo flour mules, bread, tools
for the' plantario-na, eloathing for the Haves, and?&
quantity of good's, for St. Kitts.
Ship Claradon, her cargo tools for the plantations,
and a quantity of goods, for St. Kitts. 150 troops
^hip lord North, her cargo, provisions, for Rodney's
fleet: 20- me .
Ship- Falony Tauter, her cargo provisions, for Ja
mdiCa.- 20'ruen..
Ship George Tanter, her cargo eloathing and pro
visions,- for St. Lucia.
Ship Ano Susanna, her cargo goods, for Jamaica.
Ship Cnarlotte, her cargo provisions and fea-coaf,
for St. Lucia..
Brig England, her cargo provisions and sea-coal, for
St. Lucia, Total in the fo^r, 58 men, 2 officers, 64
troops, and'4 paffenger<.
Brig: Fanny, her cargo provisions, beer,and iron
hoops, for New-York. 10 men.
Brig John, her cargo beef, porky flour, wheat, straw,
and other effects for the King, for St. Euftatia. Q
men.
Brig Mercury, her cargo beef/ porky bread, -flour/
and pulse, for the King, for Jamaica. 9 men.
Brig enterprize, her cargo pulse, ffeufy bread and
lime, for the Tffands. ro men.
Brig'Thfee Sifters, her cargo wheat, anchors, but-'
ter, aud oyl, for Madeira, where she was to take inf
wine, and proceed with the" rest of her cargo to Que-
Beck. rd men:
Brig Lark, h'rcargo talidw, beef, pork, flour and
dry goods, for the islands. 13 men.
Brig John Tan, her cargo provisions, for Jamaica.
9 men.
Brig Elizabeth, her cargo wine, for St. Euftatia. it
men.
Packet Dantzick, for the King, her cargo eloathing
for 10 or 12 regiments, besides cordage and duck, for
the fleet in America. 2d men, 4 officer's, 19 troops, 2
Women and 7 passengers.
Packet Vigilant, her cargo goods, for Jamaica. 1^
raen.
Packet Brillant,- her' cargo proviEons and cordage,
for the islands. i&men.
Packet Lady Anftail, her cargo provisions, for Bar
badoes. 10 men.
Hero, her cargo gunpowder, dy'd cloths, and other
effeds, for Bengal.
Larnbro; her cargo beef and other provisions, for
America.
S. Traxis, her cargo beef and pork, and other pr^
visions, for Barbadoes.
Morrant, her cargo effects for Jamaica; 6 officers
and 180 troops.
Ship Hercules, her cargo maffs, cordage, add other,
necessaries for men of war, bound to Jamaica- 36 meni
Ship Charlotte, her cargo goods, the family of the
Governor of Jamaica was on board. 14 men.
Total, i6o guns, 1256 men, 26 officers, 875 troops,
5% women, 116 passengers, and 54 vessels
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PUBLIC NO T I C|E is here
by given, to the gentlemen of
the troop of Light Horse
of the county, of thiladelphiag
that on Saturday the 2d of December next,
at eleven o'clock in the morning, at the
house of captain Gregs, late Wright's ta
vern, an election will be held for the choice!
cf a CAPTAI N to command the said
troop ; the late captain having refigned^
The gentlemen are requested to be punc
tual in their attendance; and are further
notified, (by the unanimous vote of the
troop at their last meeting) that no gentle
man will be allowed a vote unless he ap
pears properly uniformed and equipped.
Wm. COA TS, Lieut. V. C.
Philadelphia County,
November 23, 1780.
To be Sold by
PUBLIC VENDUE,
On Wednesday the 6thof December next, at the Conti
nental Yard in this city,
A number of public HORSES,
For CASH only. The sale to begin at X o'clock.
order cf the Qaartermafter General,
JACOB DILTZHEIMER.