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any port in the dominion of the United States of America,
<r if his cargo be lanced out of the said dominions then
from two creditable merchants resident in the place where
he has landed the fame, that the goods and merchandize
mentioned in his clearance or cocket, were actually land
-61 at the place where such certificates was given.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforesaid,
Th tduring toe continuance of the prefect war between
the United Stares of America and Great Britain, no g ods,
wares and merchant ze, of the growth, produce or ma
nufactory of Great- Britain, nor any of her dominions,
except Bermuda and the Bahama Islands, other than goods
tak-n as prize properly certified to be such, fhdl be im
ported by land or water into this State, nor shall any
goody, wares and merchandize of the growth, produce or
manufactory of East India, or any other country not be
longing to Great Britain, be imported from Great-Bri
tain or any of her dominions, except salt from Bermuda
and the Bahama Blands into this State, on pain of confif
cat;on of all such goods, wares and merchandize, one
half thereof to the use of the informer, and the other half
to the use of this Commonwealth, to be recovered either
by seizure of such goods, in the natu.e of an attachment
and a prosecution iw rem, or tlfe by ansdion of debt a
gainst the importer for the value of such goods, wares
and merch ndize, in an Court of Record in this State.
Provided always that such action or prosecution Ihall be
br^ug^t and commenced within fix months from the titre
the cause has arisen.
And he it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That in order to enable the o\ # ner of any ship er vtffel to
navigate the fame under the preteaion of the United
States of America and this State, and to claim the fame
as the property of a fubj.a of this State, either within
the fame or elfewherr, and to detea frauds and abuses
which may be attempted to cover the ships of an enemy,
all the flips and vessels of and belonging to any fubje& of
this S ate, shall be regift -red with the Mid Naval Officer,
when such ship or vessel (hill be built or firft brought into
any port of the fame, and before the ^ext departure of
such fllip or v<ffe|, for which purpose ore or mere of the
owners thereof, shall certify on oath or affirmation to the
said Naval-Officer, the name, burthen, shape and kind
of such ship or vefcl, together with the name of the Wai
ter, the plase ofconfiruftion, and age offuch Ihfo or ves
sel, and the name or names of the owner or owners there
of, their occupations and abodes, and the parts and
Blares they refptaivJy hold in the fame; and the fad
Naval Officer shall enter and regifler such ship or vessel
in a book to be provided for that putpofe, and furndh to
the said owners pr any other persons who shall require it,
an attefled copy of such register.
And be it further ena&ed by the authority aforefaid,
That ft e Matter of any ship or vessel arriving in any
port of th s State, or proceeding ona voyage irum any
port or place with n the fame, shall neglect to exhibitand
deliver to the Naval Officer of this Slate, such mauileft
as is herein before required to be made, the Marer so n?g
le&ing as afarefrid, Ihall forfeit and pay to the Naval-
Officer the ura of one hundred pounds for every such ne
glee? : Moreover he lhal ! recompence and pay the said
Naval Officer cr otner perform, any reasonable charge and
expence he may be at in Searching such ship or vessel, in
order to difeover any illicit prudice in the import or ex
po, tof any goods, wares or merchandizes during thr-e
days, in which space of time such fe rch may be made.
And if any goods, wares or merchandizes thill be landed
is this State, from any ship or vessel so arriving as afore
faid, or shall be found in such ship or vessel, and not re
ported in the manifeft thereof, all such goods, wanes and
merchandize shall be forfeited and seized by the said Na
vel Officer, one half to tie informer and rhe other half to
the use of this State.
Provided always, That all vessels employed in trans
porting fuel, hay, stone, or any produce or mauu^ftcry
of this State, or the other United States, plying within
the bay or rivet Delaware, shall not be included in the re
gulations aforefaid,
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enabled into a law at Philadelphia on
Tnerfday the ten h day of S piem
ber, in the year one thousand seven
hundred and ft vent,-eight.
JOHN MORRIS, Junio-,
Clerk of tie Ge era) Affernbly.
For the case of Mailers of vefftis I will furnrfli them
with b^n< Maui'eftsg^/j, which they nay fill up in
conformity to the law, and with little trouble to thern
felves.
FREDERICK PHIL E, Naval Officer.
To JOHN MORGAN, Esq ;.M D F. R S.
MB L P. &c. &c &c, late - D redor General of the
Ji.fpitib, and Puyfician in Chief to the armies of the
1 united States.
S I R>
AS I cen'efsa lefe in lefafigable pen, I acknowledge
. myfelf in comp^rifin with you, a" piti ul fcribler."
If I appeared an "an ry map' 'in my lafl, lam ferry
for it ; for I rally was not so. I did mean to use a few
epithets defcriptive.of yur virtues, but I meant neither
to be 'angry,' nor to appear so And as we have aright
to enjoy our own opinions, I have no quarr 1 with you
for calling me " inJignificam
I cannot fay, Sir, whether " your fellow-citizens could
think it incum! ent on you to pay any regard to the abuse
of an angry man, who had chofeo to trea< them with a
regout of falfeho id, virulence, gafconade and inveflive
on you, highly seasoned with panegyrics 0.1 himfelf : "
But '' if fame fays true," they did think it highly in.
cumbent upon you to go farther than simply to tell the n
" that what you had publicly declared rTpefUng me,
was upon good grounds," You must suppose them credu
lous indeed, to imagine they can reconcile your cert fi
cate, and the subsequent marginal note in your vindicati
on merely upon your telling them, 'that wh„t you said
was upon good grounds." That you would be higi ly con
temptuous in jourtre tment of me, was what I expected,
and could not com? an of, but thatyou should suppose
thofe.very " fellow citizen." with whom you would vfh
to appear confident, so mean in intellect as to be deluded
by the worn out p licy ofaffeftiog tetreat with contempt
and neglect galling charges which you could not dis
prove, is truly an honorable fp cimen both of your own
ingenuity, and your ruffed for hem. Though the dig
nify of your character mail jollify ycur foptrilioufoefs,
and though that dignify principally consists in teaching
boys to spread planters during the most critical moment
of a most critical oattle ; (as on Long-Island in 1776,
while Director General) and in reFgioufly denying your
fef the society due to your learned honors, to associate
with servants and Negroes for their patriotic aid t® pull
down your adversary ; yet in this inHance it Items to be
a little mifplac-d. I fay, Sir, the loftimfs of your neg
led, in the opinion of your “ fellow-citizens," would fit
with much better grace upon you, if you could firft have
proved that your certificate of December 17, 1776, de
claring my having “ given entire fatirfadion both as As
sistant and as Apothecary," was perfectly consonant with
the marginal note of your vindication, (printed three
months after you had difeharged me, and given me the
certificate) where the fame Cutting is said to have " a
baudoned, on the enemy's approach, all the floies com
mitted to his charge." They are both your own child
ren, Dodor, and I trust, voluntarily begotten. One of
them to be sure, is rather of a dufly hue for the offspring
of a ft bite, and I think it would be better for you to dis
claim the bantling, or acknowledge it the conception of
something Back : For lam afraid you will never be able
to -whi:eo;cjb it, and an? sure neither contempt or neg
lid will ever annihilate it. I will not fay you was " ang
ry" when you got that Black CLid, though you was a
little " flung," nor am I certain you was angry when
you " dropped a few Ijnes with Mr. Dunlap ,'but I must
lay if you was, you cught not to have been, for I laid
you under some obligations to me. I gave you an easy
opportunity to din again your most favourite fuljid, the
“ clamours of mterefted and wicked men, inducing Cou
grefs, contrary to their better judgment, to remove you
from the place of Direct r General." Your " universal
invitation and challenge." “ The Shrinking impotence
of your a.cufers." " Your examination by a Commit
tee, and your acquittal by CongreH," particularly, a
sweet opportunity did I give you, to inform the public,
that the Court Martial " did think Dodor Shipped re
prehensible for Peculating in Hofphai stores." Here by
the bye I also must beg leave to inform the public, that
whether D^tlfcr Morgan would with the world to think
Dr. Snippen aid fell stores really belonging tothe Hospi
tal, or whether he is too much the man of honor and ,
uprightness to wish to insinuate such a thing, the truth is
by the <xp effion Hospital stores., the Court Martial po
frivtly declares, they only meant such articles as <wbe#
pur.hajedjor EoftPal use, would become Hospital ficres.
You h.ve told the world that my affirtion relative to
Dr. Shipp n's acquittal, is a " total departure from
truth," and with mahtrly ingenuity, fuppefing you could
make it tolerably specious, that there was fomt thing in
the sentence of the Court, carrying an air of censure,
have inferred not barely that Dr. Shippen lay under a
" sentence of guilt and condemnation," but that every
thing else I might assert was also falfe. Now, Sir, " with
Consummate ease, and an unembarrassed conduct," l a
gain declare, notwithstanding the late /audable display of
yo,ur sophistry, that he not only Hands honorably acquit
ted of four of the blackest of the five charges you brought
against him, but that the Court have net even convicted
him of the fifth, /peculating in Hospital Hores : Though
they did thick it reprehensible in any public officer, even
when tiepublic were fufficiently fuppded,to purchase on his
own account any article capable c.f use in his department.
And here fur the fake of those few who may not have a
just fepfe of ycur extraordinary canJour and veracity,
I folemoly.declare, notwithflanding my " fubErviency,
fu) agency, fub-fa&crfhip, and fub-partcerihip to and
with Dr. Shippen," I nave never since thecomroencement
of the war, bought for him, myfelf cr any other person,
a single article to fell again, excepting the triffle of sugar
and wine, in 1777, which you and your newly converted
“ intemperatciy abused" friend have trumpeted through
out the States. If you, Doctor, can face Heaven, and fay
asmuch ^ upon the decision of this important affair,"
“ common fame" is a terribly Iyar indeed, and deserves
to be kicked. A delicious morfcl would it have been for
you, c<uld you have catched poor Shippen, or any of
his Subs, fell ng for their private emolument any thing
belonging to the public. Pardon me, Sir, I would never
have mentioned this Gentleman's name again to you, had
I not been the occasion of ycur fading afrtfh on him, by
throwing out an observation not “ to anfwer,"but to de
feat " very mean" attempts in you, and your friend
with hisextraa from Morri Hewn, in last Saturday's pa
per, '' to mifle&l the public."
As I have “ mutilated our letters," you will permit
me to insert a copy of the only private letter I ever ad
dressed to you since I quitted you in 1776.
"S I R,
YOU would undoubtedly have heard from me at an
earlier period since the publication of your firi lpam
phlet at Boflop, entitled a vindication of your public
charader, but f. r federal (efficient reasons.
However extraordinary it may appear to you, I ne
ver could obtain fight of that malignant marginal note,
which so blackens the 27th page of your performance,
until fabfequent to the evacuation of Philadelphia by the
British troops. T then saw it, and feeling the unjuff and
cruel indention, determined to call on you fcr a juftifica
tion of your illiberal abuse,
This design I was at tht time dissuaded from, by fe
ver! refpe&able perlons entirely uninterefied in any of
your modern disputes ; who alledged that few, or per
haps none, would receiveimpreffions injurious to me,
frum the passage in question; and that ycur character, as
well political asofficial, ought to render you unworthy the
attention cf every mm of honesty, honor and spirit.
Depend upon it Sir, that since Congress have been plea
sed to exculpate ycu from certain imputations, which
while they tainted your reputation, made it improper to
confider your aspersion of mine, worthy of ferions notice,
unavoidable avocations alone have prevented your recei
ving this requisition sooner.
In making it I would wish circumscribe my language
within the limits of that decency and politeness, from
which ,ou so widely deviated in tne malevclent affertious
reipi&ing me. For conscious that these are filfe in every
particular, and confident that I have abundant proof, not
only from the teflimony of others, but of your own, to
make this demonflrably apparent to the world, embellifli
ments cf inventive are unnecessary.
I would fain hope Sir, you are not altogether so obdu
rate as to be insensible that ycu have traduced my cha
racter to the world. From ycur own feelings wi ich
have so often been elaborately described to the public, as
" wounded by obloquy, and Rung by flander,"you may
easily learn, Sir, what mine are upon this fubjed : Be
assured they are at lead as delicate as Doctor Morgan's.
Rest fatisfied also, that thu' a y uth whocan plume him
felf on no occasion with a long lid of learned titles; I
shall net forever pals by the mahe and envy of disap
pointed ambition For the firfl time, I now therefore
insist, that ycu do immediately acknowledge to the pub
lic the injury you have done me in the marginal note
above referred to. If you do not, I shall inltantl, have
recourse to the alternatives in rny power.
I am Sir,
Ycur nod tumble fervent,
JOHN BROWN CUTTING.
P. S. I have no inclination for repeated private letters
on this fubjeft ; yet if it wi 1 afford you any fatisfaaior,
one may find me, if left with Do& r Bond, Jun."
How ar I have muti ated th s, will appear from com
paring it, with what was publ tiled on Saturday last. At
to your own, Jdo not chef -to insert it . I really think
it is too long and tco trifling. If any perlon should be
disposed to fee how far it so " mu'ilTed," I have it rea
dy for infpedion.
As I have " mifrepiehended Has" I will try to be
more just, and leave it to those who know them to fay
hew far I deviate frem truth. First, the affair of Mr.
Craigie. When you commenced D.rc&cr of Hofeitals
at Cambridge, 1775, you found the several offices filled
by perfens diligent and capable. No vacancy appeared
for one new appointment to plame ycur vanity or grati
fy your avarice. Yer, determining a facrifice to intro
duce a " flnecure" the emoluments cf which you might
reap in security, the Principal Apothecary's place appear
ed most eligible. You immediately informed Mr. Crai
gie, who then held it, that Congress knew not his ap
pointment and with superlative hypocrisy, a/feded to
regret it; offering at the fame time to write to them in
his favour. He loan obtained recommendations from all
the Medical gentlemen cf the army and Hofpral. Aid
trailing to ycur promises he confided them to ycur care.
Instead, however, of aiding I is application, did you net
suppress these tefiimonlals, and in "a mod arbitrary man
ner remove him abruptly from office, without ac-
Cufation, trial or hearing," cr aligning any reafen
except—“ I have the power, Sir, and it is my wifli"
Having thus forced the door cf hi^ office, 'to fubferve
your own purpofei,"aod make " a friend of the man men
of unrighteousness," did you not attempt to blast his re
putation, for no other leafan, than that of ,opr ba
vng already injured hira ?'And wire you not dete,&d in
this nefarious design, and obliged to make him conctfii
ons in writing ? You may perhaps deny these fads also,
but pofrive proofs are at hand. After such practices Ho
wards one individual, can the public be ft rprized at fi^
roilar treatment of another and mother. Need they won
der that you was, while in this city, hand and heart with
the British; or that you could appropriate the property
of " ycur fellow citizens" to your own use, when they
were exil'd, or be furprized to hear it was your intention
to have gone off with the futjeds of your rightful foye
reign, but for a profpea of ''American lenity," and a
a new ally in ycur war against Sh ppen.
" I do hereby certify that Col. George Morgan made
application to the Supreme Executive Council of Penn,
fylvania, in the month of May 1778, r&quefhng a pfs
for bis w fe to go into Philadelphia, inerder to tri./
out her child, the person in woofe cuftedy it was 163
being about to leave the country. And be requeued n/
assistance in obtaining the said pass, informing me that
his child was in possession cf his brother Dodcr John
Morgan, who had written to him that he (Debtor Mor
gan) intended to go to the Wtfl-Irdi <s."
T. MATLACK.
Philadelphia, 1780,
Yet Hill wc,uld you be a good man in the main; you
would feel the fufFerings of your almost ruined country,
and prophecy its fate. But do ycu really think, Doflor
Morgan, '' your Fellow Citizens' 'did not laugh, when
they heard you so cunningly threateniogCongrefs with the
character they would deserve, if they acquitted that pefl
ilent eye sore Dr. h,jen ; when they beard you fa
magiilegally determining the degree of censure a difei
ptin'd army and a man 0/ honor must annex to the term
?e„ehenfbie; (the mildest word that cab describe the
smallest errors ,) when they beheld ycu with an air of
religion and omnifeience, leading them to him as the sole
cause cf all their fuffermgs, and pointing to bj facrifice
as what alone must determine the virtue cr infamy of
Congress, the salvation or deftruaion of this extensive
Continent!
The gentleman whom,,# aubifper as the informant,who
said •' I know enough to break you," and whom you in
fiauate ' k—eked J. B. C. out of company," never was
the person yet, that chose to offer him tie (Hghteft m,
dignity. And the fame J. B. C. hereby authorizes Mrs,
Common Fame to declare to the world, as an indibitable
truth, that among all bis high magnanimous atchieve
ments. Doctor John Morgan deserves thejo/e honor o f
inventing that liberal report.
JOHN BROWN CUTTING.
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China, Queen's and Gjafs WARE.
A large afrortm—it 01 China, Queen's 2nd Giafs Waie,
just opening and to at fjid by
H UGH HENR Y,
(Wholesale and retail) in Chefnut ftree,, the third
dcor from the funth-eatt corner of Second-fHeet,
Philadelphia ; confuting of
qpUREENS,
Large & imail bowlt,
Large and (mail tumblers
and decanters.
Caps and faucets,
Coffee-pots,
Tea puts,
Milk pots,
Oval difheg,
Likewiie fogar, te?, coffee, pepper, rice, &e. to
be fold as above.
Soup D (her,
Shiiow and soup plate,,
Beakfaft ditto,
Butter dirto,
Fruit hafcts and plates.
Cream-pots and Hands,
Butler pots with covert.
Pint mugs, &c. &c. &c.