The Independent Gazetteer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 3

II I For the Independent Gazetteer, for, Frintbi, WHERE the liberty of the prefs exifls in its fullextent.itisnotto be wondered at, that pieces are Sometimes admitted into the public ptiatf, from uninformed and Sometimes tll dif pofed men; a correlpoiideut in your Wedncf d.j'i paper, on the i'ubjedt of Mr. 'j tonfinnvnc in the r.niifylv.iuia Hofpital, comes within one or oilier of tliefe descriptions indthe information he lias conveyed, isfo flagrant a mifreprefentation of lads notorious to the whole city, that if your ucwSpaper was uotfo extcofive in its circulation, it would be UBaecelTary to anfwer it. Mr. 12 gentleman of a good fa mily in England, and has rcliJed Some yean in Virginia; at an early period of his life, he was gfliiflcd with a diforder which dranjed his nnderftanding, and it is well known here, that upwards of twenty ycirsago, his family found it nccelTary to confine him for a long time; upon hie appearing to be reltored to his fenfes, he wa3 enlarged, andtranfafted bnfiuels many years with reputation, boh in England and America, notwithlt mdiiig his Jifcovering frequent inllanccs of a flighty im igination bordering on infanity In the courfu ol lalt fum merbe came to this city, which lince that time his been his principal refidcnce; his conduct has clearly evinced, that although he enjoys i lUClVl lUlwl Vrt, ftkS IIHI1U 13 111 VEI UMUIUblU I ftate, and that he has not Sufficient difcrction govern himfclt inch manner as not to injure others. It is no part of my intention to ex pofehis unhappy gentleman; but at the fame liine'lt becomes neeeffiry to point out fomc puts of bis conduit, in order to judifr the m.t aigers of the inftitutiou, who have been fo illiberally treated by your correspondent.

Mr. had formed fome very difrcputahle icquaiatance, and in the neighbourhood of the houfo where one of them refided, he attacked peaceable and inoffcnfive inhabitant, broke hit windows, and alarmed his family; for this he was apprehended, and carried before Juflicc Fleefon, to whom he ufed language too indecent to repeat, and fpit in his face while in the execution of his office for this he was ctm mittedto the common gaol, where he repeated hit mifconduct to the keeper and his deputies, who did not take it fo quietly; and in a iculflj whichtnfued he was confUerably hurt. The gaoler foon discovered that the man was infanc, and altered his behaviour to him: Information of his condition was given to fomc of his Meads, and application was made to Judice Fleefon, who contented to difcharge his commitment and remove him to the hofpital, as a place better fuited to his State of mind, and where he could be more reputably and decent ly accommodated, he continued there but a ftort time before he eloped, went to Virginia, ltd returned. While he behaved with any tolerable decency, no notice was taken of lh 'being at large; but he grew more disordered, and conducted himfelf with fo little propriety, as to induce the managers of the HoSpital to look after him as an eloped patient. Before they apprehended him however, they confulted fome of the moll eminent Phyficiansinthe city; Cx of whom certified that ht was infane, and a proper object for the Pennfylvania Hofpital the Chief Jutice.wai applied to, and recommended to the managers and others who interpol'ed, to confine him there, and he was accordingly talcs np and conveyed thither he efcaped a fe A cond time, and continued rambling about the coming occasionally to the city for about a week when on Sunday lalt he was taken by two nieffeugers belonging to the and re conveyed thither ic afterwards appeared that he had obtained a pafs from the Chief allowing him to be at large daring gooj behaviour, and directing that he fliould be brotlght before Jiirn upon any miS conduct; this paper never came to the knowledge of the managers till Monday, who paid a proper refpeft to the directions it contained, by discharging Mr.

from confinement. Here then is a true ftate of a cafe, of which your correfpondent, in the warmth of his imagination ha aliened, that the annals of the molt dcl'poiic nations, probably cannot afford a more Serious example of opprefCon and in juftice than this city at preSent does" than which aflcrtion, I may venture to pronounce; that the annals of all the newfpapers in the world, cannot produce a more groundUSs falsehood. The Pennsylvania Hofpital is an inflitution which does great honor to its founders, as well its patrons the legiflature of Pennfylvania; the managers are chofen annually by the contributors at large they undertake without the Icalt profpectof emolument an arduous tour of duty, and their fidelity in the execution of it, has from its fir ft eltablifhraenc rcceiveJ, an annual teltimony from a committee of the general aiTL mbly appointed to vifit and examine their accounts: and your correspondent mufl be ve ry ignorant indeed 01 tue important benefits derived from this charitable inflitution, or he would have Spared his illiberal reflections Confcious however of the rectitude of their intentions, it is hoped they will wholly disregard the unmerited reproaches of this anonymous correfpondent, and purfue their humane and laudable purpol'es with their uSual alacrity. The circumltancesof illiberality which the Quakers ufed towards Mr. your cor icipondent has not pointed out and tender nefs to the unfortunate man who has cauied his uneafinefs concerning the liberty of forbid us to publilh the particulars of his unbecoming behaviour, by infuliing them in their meetings of woi fhip, which common charity cannot excufc, but Uj attributing it to a disordered mind, and had thereSore bet.

tcrbe committed to oblivion as fait as the public notoriety of it will admit. It is a fact well known, that the lad grand jury of this city, returned a bill prefented a gainfl him ignoramus, merely becauSe they conSidered him as inSane and it would be a mo ft extraordinary thing, if the preventing a man from doing mifchief, who cannot be pu nifhed after it is done, Should be conSidered as fo dangerous a thing, as your correspondent has reprefented it. W. Pbiltdtlfbia, March 17SS. RY v'trlnt tf a Writ if VtndU'uni Exptnat It mt dirtHtd viill bt txPtftd It fait, public vtndnt, at ibi Cofftu biuft, in tbt city if Pbiltdtlfbia, tn Wtdntfday tbi yb day tf Atril luxt, at t'dttk in ibt tvtninr, a ttrtain ibrit Britkllmft, anJLtl tr Piict if Ground, final lying and itlng in Ibt vtft pit if Stctnd Jtrttt, ittwttn Kaa and drib.

Until, in ibt till if Pbitadtlpbk I ttntoininr in fnnl in S. and Rrttt abtut 11 fttt, and mundinr in Itneib ir depth 60 fetl Innndtd tn ihl mnb bf Mtfti Martram'i mrffnagt and hi. in Ibt (tnlbh Samntl Tajlor'i mrffiiart nd lit, and in tbt tafi bj Stetnd jtrtti aftriftid fnbjut II gnundrtnl if fmnal ftf lot jinatim an txwitni pana jtr pubitt bnpnijt iun txtcuinn at itt pnpirt tj jactt Rent, tndtthtjtldh A FatNtk'i RtntcTioMi mibt But tf THOU littli ftrngtr, f.om iicmal night Eaiering into life immortil liht Vhou heir of woildt unknown, thou ctniidatt Fur more than eiuwm in an trtrnal ftate Where Mi fmall tmbryo hall iti fow'rt expand, Enlarging ripininf ftill, and neter Rang. This glimmering (park of being, juft now ftruck From nothing by the all creating rack, To immortality (hall flime end burn, Whjn fun end ftan te native daikned turn I The ruini ef the world thou halt furivi, AnJ tkitfugh the round of emilefi ijti live. No thou ait barn Into an aruieul ftite Of dubloua tril for thy future fate.

Now thou art lifted in the war of life, The uiiie immenfr, and Oh I fevere th flrife I .1 1 Anotner birtn ewaiti thee when the hour Arrirei that landi thee on th' eternal (hore Then fhl I ih' immwtala Iknut, A fin it birn When thee at dead miflaken mortati mourn I From glory here to glory thou (halt rife, Or link from deep to deeper miferiei Afcend ptrfeflion'i everlafting fcale, Or dill delcend from gulph to gulph in he Ilk Thrrn einbryo ingel, or in Infant fitid, A bein now begun, but ne'er to end Whit boding frari a father'e heart tirment, Trembling and anxioui for the grand event Leil tUjr younn fuul, by him folate berlow'd, Forge id nher, and fmUkt iti Cud. For Norfolk, Peterburg, and Richmond, He sloop TRUE ENDEAVOUR, JOS1AH Maitii, Will fail (he ill of April. For freight or uifCge apply to ttt Matter on board, at the firll wkaif below Ciiefhut fheet. Mrch it, 178. TJLMtLK of APOLLO.

Refpeflfully informi the Ladiei ana Gtntlerr.en of thiidty," THIS EVENIN Ha will hve the henor to deliver hit moral LECTURE S. At the Large Room, in Church Alley, Pat ill. A Ledure on the Heidi of Hcn7, TrelTel, en Closer, Wbilfi Ibt pur Ftfanlfrimfomt difiam undinrtr. id and at taft vinvt all ibt Spirt, and fttl Cinttnl tnkt SbtU' ttr in bit Cuiagt." SHAKIlrtAIE. Part ad.

The much nlmired Air of M'jor Andre. Pat jd. Mr. Ganiek Country Boy, ei written ene innican nv himicrr. PA1T41I1.

(By DcGre) the farorite Soog Dtupbla of France. Part S'h. Mr. Samuel Foftei T)oAor Squlntum. Part 6 h.

Ai ITALIAN HORNPIPE. Part 7th. Air of Lark'a (hrill Notee. a itn. a Lecture on ike lieadi Young Philpot, I'bilpnt, anil Maria.

ClTlilM. Part mh. Celebrated Creciin Part ioih; The favorire Song of Tallio. o. it a rl Ul.

f. fl .1 I or ducki net at you all Ticken, One Quarter Dollar each, may be hid al the White Huife and Fountain Tavern, in Chefnot ind at the figu af the Dtrby Ram, In Chureh elley. at 7 o'cloek. N. R.

Peace otTiceri are appointed at each cn4 of tha alley ta prevent dilturbance. March 9. NOTICE ia hereby given to ell ptrfoni indebted 10 tha ettit ef John Moiand, Efqulrt, lata tf tha lawnflila af Warmlnfler, Bucka county, (late of Pennfylvania, de ceifed, by bond or atharwife, that payment li not to' made to any other perfon, than the fubferiber, at hit lawful aUoraey and all perfani era cautioned again ft taking any adignmtot any bond or other debt due ta the faid tdaiea JOSEPH MOLAND, fl Ai)rar.