The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-03-30 00:00:00, page 4

r the muses.
-ACROSTIC.
-.PfttMuI ftafefcnan of thefe modern States,
JFd ro Tyrants and their fubowlw'c**
him when glatioua George bis pardon
spread,
Salted high, with^Iincock then at head, ,
r gk enown’d ihro* ev’ry quarter of this hail,
N one but thefe two, rebelt, then ihould fall:
O theritnighr live, tlu Jlaves of Bull & Co.
R educ'd to order, peace, and civil woe i
A rch patriot, whom Amtrica reveres,
P ectining under the great weight of years ;
A true Reptrblican, the People’s friend,
ore can’t be (aid to dignity his end,
i> ince he did always liberty commend.
PHlLB.LEUrHb.ROS.
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REPUBLICAN,
WILL fraud the enfuing feafon, at the plantation of
James Hite, about two miles from Gen. Lee’s place,
and eight from -.Shepherd’s-Town, and will cover
M->res af fix dollars the feafon. The money to be
ptid on or before the firlt day of September next
coining.
The Republican is a chefnut forrel, rifing 7
years old. fifteen hands one inch high,in fine order,
was got by Celer, Geler was got by the noted im
ported horle Janus, out of a thorough-bred Fear
nought mare, his dam was got by Careiels, out of a
thorough-bred jolly Roger, his grand dam by Ari
el, his great-grand-dam by the imported horie
For the convenience of the farmers belowChdtlcs
Town, we have concluded to Itand the Republican
every ThurMay, Friday, and Saturday, at Mr. Je
fcu Lufhel's, on Bulllkin, until the loth June, the
remainder of the feafon at the place tirfr advertiied,
where mare9 that are not done before the loth of
; June, will be paftured gratis, from the neighbour
Food of Lailiel’s, but will not be anfwerable for ac
cidents or clcapci.
JAMES 'MITE,
THOMAS GLENN. |
March g.
.250 Acres of Landjor Jale.
To be fold at Public Sale, at the Court-Houfe in
Hagi'i's-Town,Maryland,on the 1.5th of April next,
r i^WO hundred and fifty acres of Land,'tying on
j Back-Creek, 10 miles above Williams' Port,
in Virginia ; there are about 10 acres of cleared
land, with a tolerable good houle and fome fta
' hieing ; a great part may be made into meadow
ground, with fome apple and cjv-rry trees, thereon ;
the land is well timbered with almoit all kind of
timber.
At the fame time there will be fold, Three Lots
in the Federal City of Walhington, George-Town,
viz. Lot No. 10, in Icpiare 79—No. 4, in Iquare
1:20-— and-No, ii. in Upiare 122.
The terms will be made kn< -jvn at the day of fale,
by J ACOB RENCH. 1
JOHNSCHNAVELY, [ executors
J ACOB ZELLER. }
March 9.
YOUNG PAUL JONES,
Will ftand the entiling fealbn, at my plantation at
the Sulpher Springs, two miles from GeneralLee’s
place, eight from Charles.Town, and eight from
'Middletown, and will co*er mares at the moderate
price of Four Dollars each, payable the t;th day ol
.October next enfuing.
Young Paul Jones is a«beautiful dark grey, rifing
five years old this Ipring, feeenteen hands high, in
fine order, excellent for the laddie and well formed
for the carriage ; he was got by Captain Richard
Baylor’s old Paul Jones, and came from a large and
beautiful blood mare, ieventeen 4 hand halt high.
To (peak much- of his pedigree would be needlels'.
as I am confident his figure will (efficiently recom
mend him to the heft judges. The teafon to com
mence the-firft dyj of April,, and end the twelfth
stay of June. JOoEPH MINUHINNi.
March 13,
TAKE NOTICE.
T Caution all perfom againft cutting or carrying
away timber or fire wood, from my land 1 pur
chaled from John Crane, lying on the main road,
leading from Charles-Town to Harper's ferry,
without my written perntiflion, as I pofnively will
t pvolecute thole who may hereafter take thole liber.
. JOoEPH CRANE.
March 13. ,
MARTINSBURG ;
VIRGINIA; I4IHTS9 AJiD PUBLISHED, EVERY ThUEBDA\N. WILLIS, BuRKE-StREET.
COMMITTED to the jail of this'County, the
igtli of December, !o6, a negro man, on fulpi>
r.ion of being a run away iiave. He is about five
feet eight inches high, appears to be about thirty
years of age, fpeaks plain Englilh, plays on the
fife, aud is a very fenfible fellow ; had on when he
came co jail a whitilh coloured coat and jacket faced
with red. Gn his examination, he denies oeing a
fi tve, fays his name is James, and is freeborn? His
m ifter. if he has any, is dtfired to come, pay char
ged aud take him away.
6 ROBERT COCKBURN,
(Keeper cf the Jail of Berkeley County.
YOUNG FIGURE,
WILL ftand this leafon, at the Subscriber's ftable,
in Martinsborg, where he {rood the two laft lea
Tons, and will cover mares at the moderate price
of Five Dollars the feafon,eucb mare,to be paid the
lit day of December next.
Young Figure is a lull bred horfe, a beautiful
dapple grey, black mane and tail. 11kteen hands anil
one inch high, excellent for laddie or carriage, and
is of the Figure and janus breed. Fits pedigree
having been often given in full, may Ivffice—lor
the appearance and activity oi Young Figure, and
the molt excellent coirs got by him, will lufiicient
ly recommend him.-ihe leaf on is now begun,
and will end the a It day of July next.
If any perfon or perfons, owing for the faid fea
fon, lhould be about to remove out of this county,
before the faid ift day of December, they mult be
liable to pay at any time they purpofe ro remove.
ROBERT -'WILCOX.
Mar lint burg, February 22, ’97.
ji valuable Merchant-Millfor fale.
TF1E Mill, &c, formerly advertifed by John Da
niel, not having yet been fold, will po/iti'iely
be fold on the premifes. on Monday, the io>h day
of April next, unlefs fold at private fale before that
day. by PHIL. PENDLETON, Trultee.
February \q., *97.
Valuable Land for Sale.
PURSUANT to the laft will of William Baldwin,
dec'd, will be fold on the premiles, by PUBLIC
VENDUE, oti Monday the 17th day of April
next,
THE plantation on which lie lately dwelt, con
filting of Three Hundred and Sixty- odd acres
ofLimeftcme-land, fituated in Berkeley County, 8
miles from Martinlburg, and 15 from Winchefter,
in a healthy part of the country ; there are about
170 acres cleared, ar.d under tolerable good fence,
the remainder well covered V.h limber, f’uch as
Q k, Walnut, Hickory and Poplar there are on
laid tract, two double Barns, Dwelling-Houfe, and
iundry out houfes ; a large apple orchard, of the
choiceft fruit, v/hich feldom niHses bearing ; alfo,
10 or i 2 acres of good meadow, which may be eoli
ly watered from a large limeftoue Ipring —One
fifth of the purebafe money muft be paid down, the
remainder in four equal payments on the fir It day of
April annually : O11 giving bond with approved fe
edrity, immediate pofsefiion may be had. A plat of
the land will be ihewn, and other particulars re
Ipecting the premites, made known on the day of
file, by JAMES CAMPBELL, furviving executor.
March 2z, '97.
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YOUNG VALIANT,
Will Jt*nd this lea I on, at the fublcriber’s {fable,
within one mile of Martinsburg, on the road lead
ing to Opeckon bridge, where he will cowr mares
at the moderate price of Three Dollars the lealon.
each mare, to be paid the.^rft day ofNovember next,
Young Valiant is a beautiful dark lorrel, four years
old, 15 hands and hall high ; he is well made for
laddie or draft, but bis appearance and activity is
(uJHcient to recommend him. His dam is a well
turned tnare of the Sopilh breed, and of the fore
moft race of horfes ; their activity and ftrength
will recommend them, befides they are well known
to their neighbours. Young Valiant was got by
Old Valiant, which was .kept by Mr. John Evans j
Old Valiant was of Hite's breed. Young Valiant
may be ieen by applying to
GEORGE LEWIS.
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HEREAS, Mr. Gabriel Nonrfe has been
pleafed to infert a piece in the Fotomak Guardian, di
rected to the Candid Enquirer : to thole that I am
unknown, and in duty to mylelf, is the only mo
tive that prompts me to controvert his mifeonftrued
facts,* as this is his laft refource to injure me, I
* hall now ftate the truth of the cafe, unfetter’d by
Mr. Nourfe’s animadvc fions : But before I enter
into the merits thereof, the reader will pleafe ob
ferve, Mr. Nourfe's fituation is fimilar to that of a
drowning man catching at ftraws —He fays I was
introduced with the higbeft recommendations into
his fervice ; what my recommendations to Mr.
Nourfe were, 1 know nor, except rhofe I ever have
had at heart, houefty and my employer’s intereft;
ttoi* 4 endeavoured to nuke iV.? .KUr-W „„
til Mr. Nourle's ilcrargcmem ot mind, b,’ai, '
ledges hr n<Tver found nit in the contrary. * °W"
1 entered iino bis' employment upon irval of f
months, at £. 12 for laid mm, and what „ou0 ‘’|
warned for my own private ole ai jr(t [0i't ^1 1
the time he Wfcs furling for 'he Weitern country'
(but dop’d by the way) app-aiing perlectly ,0
hisformer recollection about him, be •>,,(
greed to allow me Iron: the ,6 !,’ o'jC'X,
the ilt ot September, '96, ^,to arm £ »fi to'r °
months longer, and at the hr.ie time, ts uiuoT tt
quelled me not to leave him - 1 informed him [
ibould do the bell i coul#, alt hough the alpecis w /
gloomy. Some time gfier he obierved t0 n?e
law 1 had charged myfelfwith£oods for ni) private
uie, at fir ft colt, fvyhuh was my pefuive agieemrn,)
and he could not recollects Of making luch a prc.ntiie
that he W03 doing hufinels for other people* (H eart
ing his creditors1 and (aid he was Hum ofuirnty"
would 1 make oath to it then all doubts wo,,ld be
removed ; at which icquelt i i,piM^ed, but j«:frice
and truth dictated the mealnre, wh’ch 1 purbjed • I
accordingly went before Edward J iffen. K q
made oath, that on my enuring into bufiuds «rith
hint, all the g> ods 1 ihould want’while in his (rr.
vice, 1 w • to have at firir cofi. He charges „ie
with neglect, alinoft impeaebt s me vt ith embezzling
two 10 dollar hank bills out of his frore drawer
the money was certainly taken out <Y,: rhe drawer*
but by whom, ro me unknown ; on my miffing it (
made every fearcli pcflibk-, hut to no pr.rp<>!<- . j
then went to his day-book and charged u>,lrll w^fi
that amount ; whin he came in from his farm J in.
formed him ot the circotriftt.oce, and that I hid
charged myfelf wish ir, he 1'aiJ ir was unreafonsble
and directed me to erafe the entry, which was ac
cordingly done. B-- fays 1 rfUfu-d goods to large
amounts^ againft his molt politive orders; tbjs {
deny, as the muff ot the debts in; do, were hy his
direction ; he fijhher lays, that 1 informed him the
fum of/\ 6 was loffged in nis It me: at Lee-Town
by one-of his-bf ft. culiomet s, which is ablolutfly
I a lie, a tid his had memory has again led him jr.t*
error : The tnrh of this is tlij/-,, from i*he then Si
tuation of his bufiiiefs, well known to me, I ex.
pccted (lie lime was noc tar cliff am, when »lie pro
per owners of the frore (his creditors; might dif
charge me from the bufiriefs ^contrary to my engage
ments with N-mrle, and feif defence m;*de it my
dory.to give Mr. J icob Weaver credit by John Me
ridith, tor that iuiu, being juftly due to me. He
charges me w.irh giving 16 oi i.8 dollars for a watch,
*nd. pawning ir upon his h^nd3 ,• the circumf'ipce
refpeoting the Watch is thus, a p.f rlon thar was in
debted to Mr. Nourfe, Was ab, ur !<•:•' inn ihe coun
ty, on my hearing of h«s intended flight, l went
and demanded the money, he declared ro me he
could not, nor had nor the lea ft prolpects p n \ i rg
the debt, uulefs I would take a watch of h.m (pull
ing it out of his fob) at about 18 dollars, which l
thought wasjiiftifiable, as ir was not above its va
. i in--' Ldiut-u ii hj u i y iow, ul i i.^qucrmy
informed Mr. Nouife, l carried it with no other
intent than to make a good tale *f it for him; and
not meetingwith that laic, 1 returned it to him —
At)d‘~v.vith refpect to his charges againtt nte tnr
threats and ill language, gave to him, at his own
houfie, he has had reouurfe to Berkeley Court,
which only ferved to dilploy his evil inient, and
make bimfelf appear little in the eyrs of men. ‘i b*
lafe charge lie has impeached me with, is refpectir-g
a bond, in which 1 entered his fectnity to Mr. C.
Co* I ins, and finding Mr. Nourie's {fruition daily
growing worie, in duty ttv niyfelf, 1 informed him
1 was dt lirous of paying off that bond, he directed
me to take tome good arc mi fit from off bis book*
and afflgn it to Mr. C. Ollins, ar.d iiti the bond,
which was accord’*- g)y done, hut be quotes that I
informed him Mr. Collinr had exprefsed tome unea
finel’8 to Capt. Strother, retpecting the bond; this
I never informed him, ’and mult fay, in Hus his
treacherous memory ha* carried him off the path of
re&itude, and this treacherous memory has ever fer
ved as a back-door for him to make his retreat thro*
from truth, whenever he found it ran counter with
his intereft ; yes, he has even denied at times that
he ever gave me the directions -.drove alluded to, re
fpecting Mr. Collins's bond. Was I now to ani
madvert on Mr, Nourfe’s character in bufinefs, it
would lake a volumn to contain them, I will there
fore leave them with this fimilitude, like unto the
di>g in the rnang'-r. rh** moral of which is, let ewvj
alone and it ill punijh itfelf, But before I conclude, l
mult oOltrve, that the Pad company he fets forth I
have kept, when I r* fleet upon it, I rnofi declare
to rhe world, he has been ifie worft company, the
worft companion I ever met with, and has endea
voured to injure me moft, (bur I tru't to no purpose)
by at one time propagating uiJ.iic.ious l*i If hoods, and
at other nnirs denying them, and when ca/lrd
furetodeny, and blaming kill hia hohby-horfe, bsd
recollection. — 1 fhall bid him here adwu, after ob
ferving, that thofie laurels which would crown an
honefi and well regulated life, (as he ftates it)
proves that his life has been to tb- contrary, fork
is well known to all who know him. his crown !»
no other than a crown of thorns oi thiltlfs ; there
fore, from his own words, his life has nor been well
regulated, but is now receiving the reward he juk
ly merits. It is to be oblerved, the charges Pledg
ed to me in his piece, directed to the Candid in
quirer, is only a fmall part of thofe he has verbally
declared, as will more fully appear ar a future day*
JOHN MEK1DITH.
KeeptrjJle, March 18, 'gj.