The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-05-16 00:00:00, page 2

^ as To create-dijfifions among them a^d a defection
"hornthe commonemf )!irv.by the blefiing of Divine
Providence, drawing near to a favourable iffu?: that
toey are the legue!of that inhdious plan, which, from
tire drys of the (lamp act down to the present time,"
hath invoked this , country in contention and blpbd
h?l: and th t as in.other cases, foin this, although
A umiUnces may. force teem at times to recede from
t.weii un ufhtiable claims, there can be no doubt, but
they will, as heretofore, upon the firft favourable oc
< dion, again display that lufl of domination which,
hah rent in twain the mighty empire of Britain.
Upon t^ whole matter the committee beg leave to
report it at their opinion, that as the Americans, uni
ted in thi.arduous contest upon principles of common
intereh, for the defence of common rights and privi
leges ; which union hath been cemented by common
calamities and by mutual good offices and affection ;
so the great cause, for which they contend, and in
which all mankind are interested, must derive its fuc
ref from the continuance of that union; wherefore
any men or body of men, who should presume to make
any separate or partial convention or agreement with
commissioners, ureter.the crown of Great-Britain, or
any of .them, ought to be considered and treated as
open and avowed enemies of these United States.
Atid further the, committee beg leave to report it as
their opinion, that these United States cannot with
pi opfiety hold any conference or treaty with any com
missioners on the part of Great-Britain,/ uniefs they
fliad, as a preliminary thereto, either withdraw their
fleets and armies,' or else in positive and express terms
acknowledge t{e independenceof the said dates.
• And-, inafmuclr.as it appears to be the de gn of the
enemies of taefe Rates to lull them into a fatal securi
ty, to the end that'thz y may aft with a becoming
weight and importance, it is the opinion of your com
mittee that the several Rates be called upon to use the
'mod 'rmuoug exertions to have their refpeßive quo
tes of continental troops in the field as soon as poffi-
Ue, and that ail the militia of the said Rates may be
he'd in readinefeto aft as occasion may recnire. -
AS it is the request of the society, of which I am a
member, to be furnifhed with a history of the case of
"Rowland Oliver, a child of fix years of age, who late
ly was drowned near Queen-Greet wharfF, in the diftria
of Southwark, I (hall relate it for their fatisfaaion in
as few words as possible ; and if by the well attested
success in this instance, the incredulity of some cf our
fellow citizens can be removed, and the industry of
bthers excited to endeavour the restoration of those who
may be equally unfortunate with the fubjeft of the
following relation, I, amongfl others of the Humane So.
ciety, (hall bemoft amply gratified for oux exertions.
On the 21st day of March la fl,between the hours of two
and three in the afternoon, I was hastily called to visit a
child who had fallen in the water'and was drowned.
The weather was cold, as from the best of my infor
mation, rhe mercury in the thermometer was a few de
grees below the point of freezing. As I obeyed the
summons immediately, I found the child in a state of
apparent death, or in the language of physicians, in an
asphyxia, of which no better definition can be given
than that of the learned and elegant Sauvages ;
B ing delirous therefore, of promoting the welfare
and happiness of mankind, in as extehfive a manner as
possible, they have thought it proper to publish, for
your information, the report of one of their members,
containing the treatment of a child who was happily re
covered by his assistance, from a state of apparent
death from drowning, together with the circumstances
that happened before he came.
C A S E.
ON the 21st of March, 1782, about two o'clock,
P,M. Rowland Oliver, a child, fix years old, playing
with some th vings on knox's wharff, Southwark, ac
tidehtally fell into the Delaware, and there lay, agree
able tothe most accurate calculation, about ten minutes,
at which time one Nathaniel Hooton, who was at
work near the (pot, found him and carried him hastily
home, which was near at hand, being then, to appear
ance, deprived of life. The family, as it is reasonable to
suppose, was exceedingly alarmed, and sent as quick
as possible for do&or Benjamin Duffield; in the mean
time, concluding they ought not to'be idle in so des
perate a case, they Gripped off all his cioaths imme
diately, fl pped him with their hands, rubbed him
with woollen cloths dipped in spirits, &c.. After the
arrival of the doctor, those means were made use of by
him, which are prescribed by the society in such in
stances, and to their great fatisfaaion they were at
tended with perfea success.
Fellow Citizens,
^ SMALL number of gentlemen in this city, forae
little time ago, being flruck with the amazing fuc
cUs of de Societies trtabl filed in Europe, for recover
ing persons apparently dead from drowning, &c.
agreed to form themselves into a society for the fame
purposes, upon a plan nearly similar to those eGablifh
nients, by the name of the Humane Society. The ex
pences attending it, are defrayed by a voluntary fub
fcrip'ion from individuals. They have had much
trouble in getting their apparatus as compleat as it is
at present, but they can already, with sensible plea
sure, inform you, that they look upon their pari la
bours with particular fatisfa&ion, being convinced with
the eminent doftor Fothergill," that it may possibly
do great good, but cannot do harm ; " and they flatter
themselves, that they are now in a fixation, from the
arrangements which they have made, to afford imme
diate help to many of thoe who (hall be so unfor
tunate as to fland in need of their affi dance.
• The report being read and debated by paragraphs,
• Resolved unanimou^y, That'Congrefs approve and
confirm the said report.-
'Ordered, That the fame be published.
DOCTOR DUFFIELD's REPORT.
HUMANE SOCIET Y,
Philadelphia, May 6th, 1782.
Mr. Cla> poole,
CASTING my eye on a paragraph, in an extract of a
letter, dated Horse-shoe, South Carolina, March
12th,1782,in yourufeful paper, of the 27th inftant,l per
ceived the name of William Keifall, mentioned as com
manding the band of ruffians that murdered poor La
pena.—Which, on perusing the original letter, you
will find to be in the wor s following, to wit," Poor La
'' pena was lately murdered in Sunbury, by a detach
";ment of Hessians, in number 150, under the com
" mand of that infernal villain, Keifall.'' —You will
please rectify it in four next ; as well to exculpate the
said William from any such flagrant crimes, net know
ing him to be guilty thereof, as to acquaint the world
in general, that, that memorable, heroic and praise
worthy exploit, was devised and executed, as by said
letter evidently appears, by the famous, or rather in
famous, Roger Kelfall, sometime since a merchant in
the said town of Sunbur y.
I have also been informed by the writer of the above
mentioned letter, who is well known to be a young
gentleman of veracity, that sometime in the year last
past, the said Roger Kelfall procured a number of
savage Indians to go from Savannah in Georgia, to a
place called Ogeechee Neck, with directions and plena
ry powers to put, indifcrimmately, to immediate or
lingering deaths at their option, all such persons refidi^g
thereon or therea bouts, save where the insignia of their
order, or (if I may be permitted the expression,) cf Bri
tish clemency should be found ere&ed ; which was, a
PI%E BUSH.
His body was ttiif and cold; his feet and hands in that
state of palenef and chilliness always attending the
firft and irrevocable symptoms of speedy diffolution'; his
pulse was gone aud not to be difeovered in any part of
his body . his lower jaw was fallen; his throat and
bread livid and inflated; his respiration suspended, and
every function, negeffary and auxiliary to life was
flopped as if not once more to be performed; his face
was (jiflorted as if from agony, and his wide firetched
eye-lids seemed only to wait the friendly hand of pity to
elefe them as it were for ever.
The 1 rh and indeed principal feene of their fell revenge,
was intended to be exhibited on a Mrs. Miller, wife of
the late captain Samuel Miller, of that state, an ami
able daughter of about fixteen,with two smaller children,
add to this an aged mother, of perhaps eig ty, under
her protection, together with some other relations, all
of whom looked up to her for daily support, and from
whole foftering kindness they derived their only fufte
nance. The fuperintendance of this laudable massacre,
was committed to the care and vigilance of a Mr. 1 ho
mas Goldsmith, once filled a captain in a corps railed
and commanded by James Wright, he was also bro
titer-in-law to the said honourable and humane Roger;
he encourages him to the undertaking, as knowing
him naturally averse to attempt the life or lives of the
mod defenceless being or beings, when he thinks there
is a probability of any the least resistance; by ac
quainting him, that their allies and auxiliaries thus
sent, “ WERE WELL VERSED IN THEIR DUTY." To
what kind influence, or what source of benignity, (hall
I attribute the timely difeovery of this diabolical plot ?—
Was it that Thomas relented? did his nature, trifling
as it is, once feel rhe foft impulse of tender pity ? Did
his foul, already abforb'd in iniquity, once shudder at
the thought of such unexampled cruelty ?— Was it in
confederation, that the blood of the innocent, at whole
hospitable board, he had, times without number, been
refafhed, was just ready to be caufelellly spilled ? Or
did he once ruminate, that he was Secondarily abou t
The cluaths were Gripped from him, and the by
standers had began to rub him with warm rum. I im
mediately ordered his body to be wiped perfectly dry,
and dry woohen cloths to be fubflituted in the room of
those dipped in the spirits. The frictions were per
formed steadily and with a gradual increase of force,
particularly on his breast, belly and back, for the
(pace of twenty minutes, during which time his feet
were itomerged in hot water, without the smallest sign
of life appearing. When endeavouring to force an eme
tic down his threat, I felt a final! vermicular motion
of the artery at the wrilt as I held his right hand:
this gave me an earned of success. I inspired the by
standers with 'a firm expectation of bis recovery, and
their efforts were redoubled. In a few seconds the
muscles of bis throat were relaxed, and the emetic of
some drops of the antimonial wine were' poured into his
fiomach ; a Simulating clyfier was admioiftered; the
emetic operated, and but a very small quantity of wa
ter was ejected ; bis extremities became relaxed, his
eyes rolled and convulsions came on, without giving us
time to obs rve the progressions of returning animation,
or mark the limit's of the druggie between death and
nature. When the circulation began to be renewed,
a few ounces of blood were drawn from his arm, yet his
convulsions laded near twenty-five minutes. He then
began to (peak, and took leveval draughts of warm
wine and water ; bis clyfter operated, and in the even
ing I had the pleasure of feeing him sensible and de
scriptive of his pad danger. The fever which ensued,
lasted until morning, and he was then as well and as
playful as before the accident.
B. D.
Published by order of the Society.
BENJAMIN SAY, Secretary.
N. B. The apparatus belonging to the society, are
put into fix different boxes, each containing a proper
set, with some necessary medicines, having plain
and full directions for their use placed on the inside of
the lid of each box. They are deposited at differ
ent places al-ng the river, viz. at colonel benjamin
Eyre's, Kensington, Joseph Vandyke's, Northern-
Liberty Ferry, William Milnor's, Old Ferry, Thomas
Pryor's, in Water-Greet, a few doors above Chefnut-
Greet, Samuel Read's, hatter, at the Draw-bridge,
and at Thomas Pennrofe's, in Penn-street, Southwark ;
at either of which places application is to be made
whenever occa fiori requires their use.
" Omnium, motuum and fenfuum apparent ceffa
" tio, mortem sere referens."
drenching the pleasant dwellings of Parnaffus* with the
virgin blood of the agreeable Mil's Miller, her mother,
sister and brother ?— No, mirror of black villainy and
ingratitude! it was reserved for the more powerful as
well as, at that time, more friendly juice of the
cane, —the secret was known, the talisman, the pearl
of inestimable worth was found !—Mrs. Miller, in that
hour of desperation, with a presence of mind and fu~
,perior degree of fortitude, peculiar to herfelf, rarely
to be found inhabiting the breast of the fairer part of
the creation, flew with speed, accelerated by fear, to the
pine, a bough or branch of which, with her trembling
hand (he planted near her door, as her dernier resort,
her only hope on which her own life and the lives of
her family depended.—
Now view her, ye obdurate assassins! Ye thirflers
after innocent blood, with her helpless innocents fondly
clinging around her, ready to fink with fear and an
guith !—How severe the conflict !—Dreading, yet with
horrid impatience for the fatal moment.—Behold, they
come! with eager expectation to satiate their fell re
venge and glut their appetite with blood !—What lan
guage can describe their feelings at this awful, critical
period ?—What words shall I substitute to convey to
the idea of the reader, the pannic, dread and consterna
tion of the defined victims, on the approach of their
executioners entering her enclosure—with hafly strider,
and visages, portra ting, in lively colours, the furies—
eagerly (eekiog the firft objed of their prey.— Lo, of a
sudden they cast their eyes, malignant, on the appointed
signal to withhold ! Such was the ftriflnefs of their
orders, in compassion and tender regard to what they
deemed sacred, and the injunctions laid on them to pay
implicit obedience to tie pine, —that though they
were on the point of plunging their knives, or flriking
that merciful English weapon, the tomahawk, into the
breasts or heads of this almost expiring little family.—
Yet they were feign to desist—with gnashing teeth and
frightful menaces.—However, that they might not re
turn altogether as they came,they had recourse to their
common practice, of making free with what little booty
they could lay hands on, which was but the cullings
of their English lords and makers.—Tn this deplorable
situation, the unhappy ladies being in a swoon, were
overpowered and weighed down by excels of fear and
grief, a Mr. Mann is said to have found things cir
cumstanced on his arrival—by whose friendly interpo
sition and persuasions the savages were prevailed upon
to retire from that intended Golgotha.
* Parnassus, is the name given to the residence of
Mrs. Miller, near, and opposite the town of Sunbury
in Georgia , the river Medway separating them.—
>^^%^^^^%^
Thanks 10 an over ruling Providence thus interpo
sing, and at that time defeating 'he hellish machinations
and diabolical purposes of the obdurate murderer Rodg
er, and the infignificant Tommy.—
Philadelphia, Tuesday evening, April 30, 1782.
CA SSIMERS,
Jeans,
Fustians,
Rattinets,
Durants,
Cord uroys,
Plated and enameled But
tons,
Scarf Twist,
Threads,
Persons,
Taffities,
GOODS are received for SALE on COMMISSION.
FOR SA L E, BY
JOHN MARIE,
At his Houle in Chefnuf-ftreet, between Second and
Front Greets,
CLARET by the quarter-calk or dozen,
PORT WINE by ditto,
MADEIRA by ditto,
Best CONTAC BRANDY by the gallon.
N. B. The highest price is given for empty Battles#
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
In pursuance of the trGament and lift will, of JOHN
WRIGHT, late of the townfh p o f Hatfield, in the
county of Pci adriphia, yeoman, deceased, on the
25th inft^nt, M y, at Two o'clock in the afternoon,
on the Prem fes
A CERTAIN Trad of L A N D, con
{\ twining about 94 acres, situate in the township of
Hatfield, in the county of Philadelphia, bounded by
lands of Jes ph Daan, Josiah Harmer, Thomas Stalford
and Widow Clayion i-40 acres thereof cleared, of which
there ate about 3 acres meadow and more may be
made, the remainder woodland well timbered ; there
are created cn the premises, a log dwelling boule and
a log Gable, having a Im; II orchard of apple and other
fruit trees. The conditions and terms will be made
known on the day cf tale, when attendance will be
given by
THOMAS BLACKLEDGE, f^rviving Executor.
Any Gentleman wanting Assist
ance in a Compting-houf;, may hear cf a Person who
would be glad to engage in such employ, and can give
fatisfaaory proofs cf his integrity and abilriy. En
quire of the Printer, May 15.
Have opened, at their Store in Market. Greet, between
Front and Second-Greets, three doors above Laetitia
court, a frelh Awortment of
MERCHANDIS E,
%n Kleck & Barton,
To be Disposed of by WHOLESALE:
Consisting of
Bind anas,
Fine Brittanias,
Calicoes,
Brown Hollands,
Checks,
Mullis,
Cambricks,
L^wus,
, Prunellas,
India Luteftrings,
Brocaded Tabines,
&c. &c. &c.