The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-16 00:00:00, page 3

rian in noe q nrter or the other, more particoiir
jy inthe fou n.
The Brelt armament which, on this fide the wa
ter, has ueen made to much an object' of alarm, is
fp men of id all the French papers as a very feeble
affair, and totally unequal to any purpofe of confe
u i- tK«. ;
Various accounts has beep received by the Sait j
L.ioon mail, reipecting a reported infuirection in
tpain holiile to the French inter, ft, and a war with
E.igLnd. Certain it is, Lord Bute, who had been
lor fome time expected at Li loon,. on his return to
this country, had oot arrived when the laft ac
counts came away ; and the rumor prevailed that
he had oot been luffried by the people to depart,
for thereafons which have been before given—their
determined objections to a war with England.
The elector of Hanover, has pofetively rehifed to
coutiibute any more money lor ihe.fupport of this
cal.- micous war. We auatiou&y hope that the king
otE-gland will be induced to imitate the wife ex
ample ot the pacific prince.
declaration
Of rhe elector of Handler to the Diet ofRatilbon,
on the iu ject of the Imperial leicript of the 17th
ol Oct. ’qo. The tiliiilfter of Hanover has decla
itfd to M. Hmg«*l, the Imperial. Commifiipner,
“ That bis Imperial m jeIty has directly required
liis in ijaiiy the king ot Great Britain and the elec
tor ol rianover fur nil h new proof of his marked
r.iicinion iu me vj'i iu4uii iuijm uutiuii, uy giving a
great ex on pie, *1 iid acting cfucacioully in concert
■with the D»ct «d Rutilbon, not onJy that he may be
rated tor a luificiem quantity of Roman niurtihs, but
by paying all that remains due of hi* quota. It was
cbcLred at the lame time that it was necefsary the
Dumber of Roman months ihould exceed a hundred,
“ His Britannic m jel'ty has replied to his Impe
rial m jt-liy, that he mould no;, nor was he aide u.
amici pate the reiolu cions ot Ins co-et tales ,• and that
lie was not at preient in circumftances which per
Din ted him to anfwer the demand which was made
“ That, finite the periods when the Hit Roman
Snonih* vv'ere granted, ihe fyherA of the war had
Completely changed— i hat differertt Rates holding
of the empire had made a lep^rate p-ace, to avoid
ll:t total ruin with which their countries were threatened -
Thai ;;tInns h .d embraced neutrality lor the prottdi
>.«?f theirjubyech -i- ii»d that the p; ofpi rily rheie. fiaits
enj -y ;0 pro cd that they had attained a jaltitary objeti—
That the aftbirs of the empire have alsum.-d quite
anoth er afptet i and that the relations ut his Bru
tn jc-lty, in his quality of elector and prince
cf the empire were well known to be intonfment
w;i.h the Imperial demands, that he cannot, of
Cou.fe, Coni.ot to the granting of new Roman
months for the continuation of thu unhappy war ; full
far lefs can he contribute directly, n. c.' the ntgoci
ations commenced at Pa ids, from which it is -spher
ed a happy ifsoe for the tranquility of turope. and
which are known to his impel lal ni.j dty, oblige
bis Kritannic m.j.*f;y to avoid every proceeding
that might give an unfavourable colour to hi5 per
ibnal character.
STnTE PAPERS.
The underfigned does not befttate a moment to
anlwr.r ibe ivv = > qjeftiotis which you have been in
itriicied by the Executive Directory ys put to him.
The rocinori.il presented this moVning by the un
derfigned, propoi'sd, in exprelo terms on the p3rt
of his majefty, the king of Great Britain, “ to com
penfate France by proportionable rei'tituciona, tor
the arangements to which the will be called upon
to confent, in order to fatisfy the jjft pretenlions
< t the king's allies, and to preferve the political ba
lance of Europe/’
Before the formal acceptation of this principle,
or the annunciation, on the p»rt of the Executive
]> rectory, of any principle whatever, which may
equally ferve.as the bafts of a tugociaiioii for a ge
neral peace, the underfigned could not he authori
zed to designate the objects ot reciprocal compenfa
tion.
As to the proof of the pacific difpoluion given
to the French government by his maj-ity the cm.
P"ror and king, at the opening of the campaign,
■ the underfigned contents himielf with a repetition of
|*he following words contained ip the uote of Baron
nD’Egleman, on the 4 b of June lalt. “ The opera
tions of the war will in no wife prevent his Imperial
tnajelty from being ever ready to concur, agreeably
to any form ot negociation which lhall be adopted,
in concert with itie belligerent powers, in the di
c tfsion of proper means for putt ing a flop to tile
! - -iher efFifion of human blood.*’
^Tbis note was preleuted after the armiftice was
brokeo.
MALMaBURY.
Reply
Of s he minifter for foreign * flairs, to the preceding.
1 TMje underfigned, in reply to your fecond note ot
;lag"rday, is nrdefed by the executive directory to
<fcrjr'>re lrt y°tJ> that he has nothing to add to the
hfry1 which has been addrefsed to you. He i*
* , inltructed to alk you. whether, on every coin
Ji.-Uication which fhall take, place berween y ou and
bim. ir will b; ne(>jjtiry joryou tofund a courier to receive
Ap:dal ihjlrHCtKfiS ?
CHARLES DELACROIX.
Paris, cgd Brcninirr. 5’b year.
LElTER
iddrefsed ro the Wmifter for Foreign ^fr.irs, hy
Lord-Malniibory, Envoy Uom the Britiih Cabi
The milliter plenipotentiary of his Britannic
M .j-l'ty, reqjefts the minifcef for foreign affairs to
iutorm him, whether he is to confider the official
note, which he received from h. n yefterday even
ing, as the anl’wer to that whicu lord Malmesbury
delivered yekerday morning to the miniker for
foreign affairs, by order of his court. He applies
for this information, that the departure of his cou
rier may not oe unnecefsai ily delayed.
MALMESBURY.
Paris, Nov. ij.
ANSWER
Of the M'nifter of Foreign Affairs to the preceding
letter from Lord Malmesbury.
The underfilled nmnfter for foreign affairs, de
clares io lord M«lmesbury, miuifter. pK-nipotentia
ry frofll his Britannic majefty*?that he is to conffder
ihe official note fent to him yelttrda) , as the an
I'wet to that which lord Malmesbury had addrefsed
to him the fame day.
CHARLES DELACROIX.
jvgi Brumaire, 5:h year.
SECOND LETTER
From Lord Mdmcsuury to the Miuifter for foreign
Affairs.
Lord Mdineshiiry has) ik received the anfwer of
the tniniker tor foreign affairs, in which he declares
that the offt.'ul hoie which he fent to him yelter
Day, i.s to be confide red as the answer to shat whi< h
lord M-lmesbury addrefsed to him on the morning
of'he fame* day. /
Lord Malm sbury will iranljnlt ir »bis day'to his
court. MALME>bUry.
P.ris, Nov. rj*.
. ♦
UNITE!) STATES.
—.— ■<o>-<rg>>~" ——
BOS lO.'J, beoru.tr) 2.
Yefterdiy arrived here the lhi.p ivlagnet, Capt.
OliOtte, days from Liverpool ,• ihc touched at
Porilcnd, where Ihe landed her letters. A gentle
man who came paisenger, informs, that there had
been a terrible and bloody battle in Italy,, between
Buonaparte and a body ol Auftrians who were del
lined tor the relie; of Minrua—Ths action lafted 8
days, froba the 17th to the 23 h Novemoer, during
which time Buonaparte had not his clothes off.—
The conflict ended in a compile defeat of the Auf
tri-ins, who loit fenenter-n tboufand killed, wounded,
and laken prifontis—80 pieces of cannon, and le
venteen hands of colours. Fifteen General Officers
fell in battle—feven of them French Buonipa* te,
in his letters to the executive directory, informs
tbtm, that he expected to be in polscffbn of Man
tuu, in 8 days.
PHILADELPHIA. February 6.
The mournful cataltrophe which has lately over
whelmed i hi-fam;ly ot Mr. Brown, the printer of
tile Philadelphia G /tue, in this city, detained its
full height on Saturday morning, by the death of
Mr. Brown himlelf, of an inflitnation of the lungs,
occafioiied by ti»e large quantities of (rooak and me
phitic air which he had imbibed, before he was ex
tricated from the fire.
This (nocking extinction of a whole family, fur
nihies matter tor Jerious reflection, which the Mo
ral in. ih.ty purfiie for the benefit of his fpecies, and
Which tlie giddy and diffipated ought to improve to
their reformation. We truft it will alfo operate
on 2II ranks of people as a cautionary lefsou 10 be
careful in refpect to rhat reft ft lets element which has
cccafioned this direful calamity.
The remains of Mr. Brown, were interred yelter
day morning near thofe of his family in St: Paul’s
grave yard. His funeral was very numeroufly and
reipectfully attended.
Dr. Magaw (agreeable to the notice he gave, on
performing the funeral rites upon the 6rft melan
choly occifion) yel’terday afernoon, in St. Paul's
Church, pieaci.ed a moil affecting dilcourfe, to a
very crowded audience, in reference to this Angu
larly dlttrrfiiig event, from Job. ch 3. v. 7.
“ Lo let thdt night be folitarj ; lei no joyful •voice come
Ex trail of d letter from New York, dated Feb. 3, *q7.
** The packet is arrived which failed the 7.I1 of
December ,• as yet no other news has tranfpired,
but that negotiations for peace had cealed."
February 9.
N itwithftanding the late arrival of the eaftern
rhail, laft night (it being paft n o’clock when we
received our papers) we are happy in being able to
lay before our readers, late intelligence, which can
not fail to intereft them
Di!patches from Gen. Buonaparte to the Directo
ry. dated Nov. if relating to recent op' rations in
Italy, and the Aultriin accounts of the lame events,
are before us. It appears the latter have retaken
Trent, and gained 01 her advantages.
Mr. Pin has propofed a mode of railingrefources
by tobfcripiion.—
We have no Lte advices frorn the armies on the
Rbine. A leccer from -Mantua, dated Oct. 19,
ftates the place to be reduced to the hit extremi
ty
A treaty of peace, under the mediation of Spain,
is concluded betwten the duke of Parma and the
French Republic.
Sir R. Curtis left his ftation otf Rochfort on the
evening of the 3d and Richery filtered it 011 the 4th
November.
General Buonaparte, it is laid, has received or
ders to rnach to Rome.
France has demanded of G:asa five millions of
‘ivies.
i Active preparations againfc an invafion are frill
i made by the Britilh.
TheSpjnilti fl-et, under admiral Lingara, con
fifcing of' 19 fs.il of the line, arid 11 trigates, entered
Toulon, November 8th.
An arrival at Charefroa from Jamaica, Icates that
5c Spanilh prizes have been carried into the ditfe
rent ports of that ifland. ■
Letters have beea received from Mr. Pinckney,
dated at Biurdeauft. . H:s reception by the inhabi
tants ot that populous city, was cordial ano flit
tering to the highel't degree. .
Yelierday at it o'clock, the two Houfes afsem*
bled in the chamoer of the H »ufe of Repreienta
tives, in pur to a nee of previous agreement, to alcer
t-iin the refute of the elation of Prefideoc and Vice
Prefident of the United States { and it appearing
by the report -nude by Mr. Sedgwick, from die
tellers, thit 'John Ada>ni.ytiS elected Pielident, and
Tho+aiJ'ff'rf**, Vice PreflJent, of the UidtedStates,
and iVl<• /idurtu h.iviag made the official declaration
thereof, as Prefldeot of the Senate,. added,
** And rn«y the Sovereign at the Uoiverfe, the or
dainer of civil government on earth tor the preier
vation of liberty, j ilcice and peace among .men, ena
ble both to difebarge the duties of thoie otoces, con
formably to the coniritution of the United States,
with conlcientious diligence, punctuality and per
severance."
H- W- H-1-I-h -f-H -f" ■+
At ARTf. NS BURG, February 16.
The captive Americans, lately redeemed by their
beloved country from a Iona and painful llavery in
Algiers, have arrived ^f Philadelphia.
1 he EririJh Prim- Miui-fter, Fitr, has fucceeded
in filling up his,Loan, to the amount of 15,000,000,
The French Directory have announced the Pro
portion tor an armiltice with the Aufcrians, but it
does nos appear to have taken place, except in re
gard to ionic out poles.
Nothing decifive on the fubject of peace has ta
ken place* hut it is certain chit negotiations are ou
toot bettoeen the Emperor and the Republic.
tram Salem. Jan. 29
By the fchooner Raven, Cape Anioroie Mi.iin,
which arr.ived.at Marblehead on Monday evening
late, in 3B days hom Sf. Uftatia, we have the to I -
lowing intelligence : On the 41b of December, 3
fhips of the line, and 1 frigate, under Britilh co
lours, came down 'Statia Road, and commenced m
attack upon rhe town, and the M-dia French fri
gate and a Coop of war, and stft$r firing two hours
fin Which time they were w.-ll anfwefed from the
fortand the two French litipsj they, returned, with
out doing the !e fc dam ige to the town or the
French Clips, excepting lodging about ro lhot in
IIIC iimicj u i mi nicii piu£>icia, nicy turn*
mitted an .action. which will /tand recorded an e
rernal difgrace in their naval biltory, CJapt. &■ u
jitnin Diamond, in a fl iop belonging to Salem,
that very morning carried in by a french privateer,
being bound to Aurigua from Chaxtalron, then ly
ing in ^he Road, was wantonly run down by one of
the BritHh ihipsctwar; and his m^te, one tailor,
and a black arid whice boy were drowned, and the
velsel and cergo entirely loft. Another Ihipendea
voured to run dowy C,pt. Martin’s fchooner. The
mate only was on board (the crew having all died)
and perceiving their intention, endeavoured to cue
the cable, but not being able to, tff'Ct this, he loof
ened it, and the fc hooner fell off, the (hip juft pafs
ed her. One of the erew as ihe palsed threw a bil
ler of wood at the mate, from the forecadie—and
an officer, looking over the quarter, ordered the
“ Dam'd Yankee rafealto haajjldown his colours,”' which
was immediately coirjplyed with. But not content
with this, veering his fhip, he fired a broad fi le in
to the fchooner—and there were 19 (hot hoii-s in her
main fail, 4 {hot in the main malt, 2 of which re
main there, and a 521b. Ihoc pafsed through the
fchooner's quarter, and lodged in the lower hole in
a barrel of fweet oil — which thor captain Martin
has preferved and brought home, as a tailing memo
rial of the auutt of Great Britain to this country*
N. B —Captain M u tin's fchooner is exactly “ ie
venty tons" burthen.
To the Freeholders of Berkeley County.
Gentlemen,
EiNG folicired hv my friends and fell *v-citi
J-J zens very generally, to cff.v at the next electi
on lor Reprefencariv's to the Assembly of this
State—-with that diffidence ard efteem incumbent
upon the candidate for fo honorable an appoint
ment by and in behalf of lo diflinguilht d a portion,
of the Commonwealth, l beg leave accordingly to
tender my tier vice ; and, if favoured with your (uf
frage, pledges the livelieir tanhSiliry, together
with the afsuranc'*. of the molt attentive and faithful
di {charge of the all'important truji, as the belt tefts of
the ground at your contiJerice, and propriety of the
claim upon it, by, Gentlemen, your refpectful fel
low citizen and real republican friend,,
Abraham DAVb^roRT.
February i
A valuable Merchant-Millfor fale.
THE Mill, &c, formerly adverrtfed by John Dt.
niel, not having yet be**n fold, will p'fdiely
be fold on the premifes, on Monday, the to.lt day
of April next, unlefs fold at private fata before thy?
Jay. by PHIL. PENDLETON, Truitecc
Fcbtuaty 14. ’97.