The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-23 00:00:00, page 3

j^j jjJ(j falfrn on the Auftrhn corps of Divinovich—
ru,n»-n liltm—totally diipctleo them, taking many
. iOieis, or.c gciier • ! mid leveral p.ects of cannun
,,a tti-it he expected Ills ntxt diipatches would be
t, Mmiua.
Tbc l> rectory has Agreed to adopt the principle
iua^<HjaUun ai the ground work of the
tuMiy. vvr i-icurii iiid this to yicruw ; tlut they
z tree. thu all the cot.ijitis they have made, even
tuole aunrxvd bv the coniuiuuon of the Republic,
fcuii be coniidered as obj c:s ot neguciation.
A private Utter in a L noon p:p*-r mentions,
Viat at ihedale ol liie Licit accounts ln>m the Rhine,
a oloody, dclp-r.uc oattlc was fiii-ig— the llsue uot
Riowu.
F -bruary i].
There is a report lnciieuLtion, fhat Mr. finck
jiy, our miiiiUer to France, has been received by
U“ Directory 1;..pitches arc laid 10 Lve bwu
iccttived by uur Ux.-uiive announcing the eveni.
It; •NQ.xi arrival they have come to rimu we have
l >i Heard. We U.icerdy impo the report well
founded( and that an accommodation of t.or differ*
cnees with France may tie Iptedily accontpl.thed.
Vv'e Us ins lira ft <ce Hated our douDts and fears
&>qut the reception ol Mr. f i .ck.iey and the ground
s,i them; but Hull be h..ppy to be able eaily to
give a confirmation of the report which dnpds
them. 1: our m miter has been in fact received, it
v«*s p-ooably done un this g. ountl-*, n>»t though
tc Could not bring ip.*cul imuuwtioos on the iuo
| ct qt the late breacn between me i ao nations,
cole i.iUruc-ions or powers couid not fail loon to
b-j recsiveu oy han.
Co.jgre.ss of the United States.
HOUSE Of RErnli-EN 1‘ATIVES.
Uji; 9.
The hill frQJH the Sr-uit j.,, tncre.afitig the com
peuiktion or certain ctruers w aa uk»o up iu a c^u.
UHi.tee ot the whole.
The fi 1* cl oie of the hill coiuunpl-md mikipj.1
iv’iiliioHS t jl OCO .0.* 2 (J „ Q O u j i o i S lo the 1 uiilcs
tf ifre Pi did ..it amlVu'- n u..! :.t re'pec.i. vly. i
v. as cu.m-mi-d by lyine, that d.- Prdi.ient p;.nicu
l.;ly coulvl not live as beca.m- thechu-tni tgtf' rare
t:;his cotmrry upon aj ooo dollars ; that lie mul.
have a private fortune to auiir i". kcpiag-up his ei
taoiilhmciH on a ie p cu-le foui-’g, and that it
vvas no: i lit. that pu.b.c officers I.iuuld be hi.dev Lite,
r.cfiffi.y ot expending th;tr pi ivatc eiiares i,. rh -
fr\i<-e ot'h< puhiic. O-b.-rs wiitnd the addition
i4» he cofliJeied .is iiecelsafv io lenrw the furniture
which the new tVdidetu m..ft require.
Agii.ik the addition the ulual arguments were
v'vk. Pljinneis, if was laid, is the h rdt orna
ment fora repaoikAi? ni igTtrate y and n was afser
t .C t ?. f.ocs d.iil..i ? w:-.s qlite enough, not only
tor the Pi uiijiill’s maintenance, but even would af
ford enough to purdi-ile luch new furniture as could
fee required. Others, however, were of opinion
lost iom th:ng ihtfuid hereafter be allowed extra
lor that obj. ~t
Ibis fiat cUufs was negatived, \6 riling againfr
i:.
Ths (eccr.ii cSavic provided an iucrcate of pet
*cqi, of the.{darks nr lundry officers was aiio nega
tived, £ 3 r.fiig a gat nit n .
1 he c >m:i!t::ee then rofe and reported ; and the
2ioule concurred in the report. Ayes jS, iSoes y6
i lie h.-n-i’-2 ir.lurnjed that they h^o appointed a
com mi nee to •‘■■niiire in conjunction with a com
»:iiree of iht Hn...e, what nicaunes would be tie
s* «s-1 j »o bv taken lor the accommodation of the
J.'t’w bhT.dent.
TijeHou e were a!fo informed , that the Prtfxdenl
elect would attend on ihe <51 h ct JVl*rch y all?,
o dock, to take the oath of office.
Senate of the Uiiitsd Stale:,
February 15. *97.
On rrqnef:, the Vjce Prtfideiu of iln- L’p.ited
States being rxculed from further attendance in Se
nate during the iWfbui, addrefsed them as follows :
t iehtlenen of the Senate,
It, in the geticr..! app:elienHon of an intention to
retire in that meft eminent citir.en, to whom all
eyes had been directed aid all hearts attracted, as
the centre of' our union for lb long a period ; the
jjuniic opinion had exhibited any clear indications
of another, in whom our felloe citizens could have
g:;.era’!y united ; as li'on as I read that excellent
»ddr»fs which announced the necefiity of :?•*! 1 bera?i
on iu he choice cfa Prelident, 1 ihoulJ nave imi
tated 1 he ex .tuple or a character, with which I had
co operated, thougn in l.-is con'picuoua and impor
t. nt ications, and maintained an uninterrupted
Kierinlhip fur two and twenty yeats. But as a num
ber o| characters appeared to t'tantl in the general
e'.'imaiion, fo nearly on a levil, as to -coder it dif
r uit to conjecture, or which the majority would
t-1! ; oonhucrirg the relation in which i hood to
7: e people of America, ] thought it molt rei’pect
h'; ;othc.r., and molt conducive to the tranquility
•;? 'he puolic mind to reiign tnylV ll with others, a
J l.-or .p rotator o) me general deliberation and a paf
tive inject of public di'cufljons.
l» reply penetrated with gratitude to niv coon
try men it) general, for their long continued kind
•.ie-.s to me, and tor thar h^ady and aff'etirg con
fluence, w:vh which thofetVho have molt imitnauly
known me, from early liL*, hive on Id many great
ucc-i.'Mjti, entr-rH'-d to me, rue care of their dear
<.t :n: ®re!'ts ; Since a majority of il-fir electors, rho’
viry lni«ll one, have declared in my favor, and
',r! a rep..-hlic-m government, the m.jority
■ duHgh ever ‘o final! muft of necefliry decide, I
it>vc determined a? every hazard of a high but juft
refponfibility, though whb much anxiety and dif
fi letice, once more to eugigc in their fervice.—
I’heir confidence which bus o«-en the chief cumula
tion of my life, is too precious and lacred a drpo
lit ever to be confi.iercd lightly. A* it has been
founded on the qualities of' cue heart, it never h-s
been, it never c-u be, deceived, betrayed, or for
feited by me.
It is wirh reluctance, and with all thole emoti
ons of gratitude and aftction* which a lot. g expe
rience of your goodne s ought to infpire that i now
retire from my real in tins Houle atiu take lily leave
ot the members ot the ^euatc.
I ought not to declare, for the lift time, your
adjournment, before* have pretenied to every bciia
tor prelcnt, ami to every citizen who lias ever been
a Oeudtor of the United o.«ies, my thanks, fur the
candor and favor invariably received from them
all. it is a recollection, of which nothing car. ever
deprive 'tie, and it will be a iource o! comfort to
ine, through the remainder ol my life, that, ns on
the cue hand, in a government conUituted like ours,
1 have fot eight years held the iecond fU nation uu
dcr the co.iiuur.ion oi the United bidtcs, in pcrtect
and uninterrupted lurir.uiiy with the title., without
envy in on<-, anti iealoufy in the .other -• .’o on the
ot hsr hand I have never had the luidllett mnender
ft a tiding with any tn.tnber of the Senate, in all
the aohruie ouciuons. dinunli cooj oictures, dan
gercus emergencies, and an.mated debates upon the
great i«iterot:s of our country, yvhkh have io often
d -d f<> ccepiy imprefstd all our minds, and iiit«reli
c-d the ftrut’ge;t feelings of the li?afir 1 have expe
rienced >* uniform poiitcn-.is and rtlpctt ttoin eve
ry q tar,ter of tne Houle,. -When o leftions of no
I.i- >rta«ioi; tl:»n diu-Ohy^ have produuu a.
Jiff.-icnee. of lentlmeu ( md dtF./enets <•! tpmioo
•v ill always be i i tc af ^cinnlirs ol men, and
probably tfoe I'.i i..iU-ii d;v*rh! irs upufi ibc* gveauit
•.j numj the Senators have oeen ttjualiy di
vided, and »*»y opinion her been dmimdeu accord
n'g to the cor.iiiu., i ni. i h.ive cor.stainiy found, in
but moiety of ihr Senators, from whole judgment
i have f>bf;p»d to dilseftt a difpolllion 10 allow
me the fame freedotp of deliberation and indepeud
eftce ot jidgntmi which they ulselted for thcnutlves.
Vv'it n in mefe walls, Vor ;i courfe of years, 1 have
been ao adioiri in v-Kiiefsr* ? Juruefsion of informa
tion elu'cj leitrt, pnerinvifm and indetiendeoce,
which, as they would hav** done honor to any Sv
n.-ue in any age, &??"»>rd a coii.jola.tory hope (if the
i L o fusures ot the S ate* are equally careful ii, their
taiure f l-ctlons, which there is no reafpn to dil
| tu.:) i hac no ciUiici! more .permanent than this as
a i-r .Ki\ of die L |>:H n re >\\',\ be necessary, to de
I fend the tights, lmeiius and properties id the p-o
! jde. and to protect the coiiltjtution of the United
•"•tare* as well as to the confutations and rights of
h* individual liatf.s. agtiult errors of j idgment, ir
| tvglUritics of the p.diinns, or other «mc;oachdaents
| id unman infi- nmy cr more reprehenfioie enterprise,
| in the executive on one hand or the nio^e iiumcdi
; ate reprefemafives of the people on the other.
T hele cotifiderationr. w ill ail cbnfpire.to animate
: r:»e in niy luture courfe, with a confident reliance,
| that es far as mv conduct lhall b- uniformly nieald
| red by the Cor.it'notion of the United States and
fuithtniiy directed to the public good, I lhall be lyp
ported by the Senate as w*]| »s by the Houle of P.e
prelentatives and the people at large,- and on other
conditions ought any iopport at all ic be expected
or del;red,
With cordial withe? for your honor, health and
Inppinris, and fervent prayers for a continuation of
the virtues, liberties, profperiiy and peace of our
beloved country, 1 avail myielf of your leave of ab
le it ce for the remainder of the lcflion.
4- H-1-I-I-f- H-f- 4—I— -t- -4— •+- H-ht-t- -1-t--t
AIARTINSBURGy February 23.
——-«o^(i<3§;o®.o>
The ictb init. the Vice Pirliuent, in a very af
fsetionate addrels, took leave of the Senue of the
United States, and religned the Chair. He was
very much affected on the nccafion • and the emoti
on of the Senate was not leis vifiole.
The 16 h, the Senate proceeded ro the choice pf
a Prefuient to fopply the place; when the Hon.
William Bingham was duly elected.
A let ret has been received in Philadelphia, dated
Paris, November yo. 1797, which mentions that a
courier had been diip.'t' lied tri m thence, in order
to negociate for a general lufpenfion of hoftilities .•
the letter alio mentions that ir was expected a pro
found peace would immediately tniue.
m.v Willis,
It is a ptn«ral !dra heir] sot -to the people of this
t.minty, that the bufinefs which nay be brought
forward to the next General Aisemhly of Virginia,
will be important to them. In this idea 1 concur,
and 3m glad to find that the people are in fonie de
ft*'® aw 'kened to n f»*pfe thereof—as frequent non
ets which have been given, to call meetings in dif
ferent parts of the County to confider that bufinefs,
lutiy evinces. It is a vital foniina in republican
governments8 to keep ihe people alive to a fenfe of
'heir rights, and happy for us, that through the
medium of a free prep, we may ciF. r our thoughts on
anv iubject. Much has been la»d about t lections
and electioneering in our County, and much room
has been given. That we have been miicrably re
presented, few will deny, anti while party Ipirit is
inftered to predominate in the breaft, and the pre
fent mode of electioneering countenanced, we are
likely to be miferablv represented frill.
\our lair paper of the i6.h io*t. prefents us wit 1 *
the atldi cists of two more Candida its at »lir* nifuir.g
election ; as alfo a notice for a meeting of the free
holders offheE«U i»cie ofOpeckon creek, atCliarks
Town, on the *5«li inlt. which meeting we may
fuppofe, will produce more; and notwuhiumding
die assertions of one oI the candidates in the neigh
bourhood of the p. opoled meeting, that lie n loii
cited by his friends and fellow citizens very gene
rally, yet it is prelum-able, tluc his triends aie very
few, aa.d that he hardly knows who. his fellow citi
zens are who have loliciied him—tor he attended a
meeting at Shepherd’s lown, a day or-two before
the date or his add re fa, when no-boJy, 1 am lure,
dreamt of propoiing him—and a notice tor u meet
ing at his very mouth, to coulider the iu jrct and
nominate a proper perfon for a candidate, appeared
to the public at tiie lame lijue, which notice ap
pears to be two days older than his addrels. i aui
well acquainted with the gentlemen generally in
that neighbourhood, and am conlcious tney fed tor
the rdp-ctabdity of their reprelentalion, and con
hq ie.nl; , if fiends, to him, cannot be Id to their
country ^1 mean as. to abilities, not politics). Bu.c
as he has concluded his fl uvery addre(s,by alsuring
u> tint he is i reip-'Ctful citizen and a real republi
cs friend, it would he wtl! M',Willis, if he would,
through the medium of yopr paper, produce us ionic
eeltiuwnics or liis relpectability, and define what he
means by a republ?<;an friend, as that , good term
has lately been urangely perverted, and many under
the clo.'k of repu iticaniini, have concealed bad
principles.
if ills next I ffijn of Afsembly will by* an impor
tant on_-—it our 1 itt repreleniatives * who are l:iii
willing to ierve us," are inadeq-uue to me talk, and
if we are to change, might wv not as well do it lor
the better, if can, ami lend trieu whole motives
may be pure, a.id whole abilities may be equal to
• he truli reputed in them ; luch -nun we have, and
iuch men i hdpe the People will leiect to reprelenc
them E AJLVlUS.
Berb.dy County February n, ’qj.
FOR SALE,
A HOUiE and'LUT, •
In the down of iVhn infi'.im g, dikinguilbed in the
plat o« laid town by No 15, now m trie polsefliun
of Richard Ran tone, anti long eftablifhed as a pub
lic houi'e, being too feet from and 3 9 feet deep.—
On the premiles are, a good dweilmg-houl’e and
well-built liable. On the payment of one half the
purchafe money, a credit viil be given for the b.i
i tnce. Pofseffion may b«. had the i t day of April
11. y . For terms apply to J ones A derfon or E.»
tricK Boyle, in Murtinsburg, or to the fubicribcr,
in Baltimore.
JOHN S. PLEASANTS.
February 23, ’970
YOUNG FIGURE,
WILL ft and this D-*—L •»- tttr * ^eu-ierr-'
in lVi.ir.'.it»sburg, wher.t he,flood the two iau let
ions, and will cover marcs at the moderate price
of Fiv«, Dotlars the feat on, each nare,:c be paid the
I ft day of December next.
Young Figure is a loll bred ho-le, a beauti’ul
dapple grey, black thane and tail, lixreen hands and
one in-it high, excellent for fiddle or carriage, and
is of the F gure and J mus breed. Ilis .pedigree
having been .Ql'tep given in fulL may luffke—tot*
the appearance and activity of Young Figure, and
tne molt excellent colts got by hi if!, will lufficient
Jy recommend hint.
if any perfon or perfons, owing for the faid fea
fon, ihould be about to remove out of this couinv,
before the laid lit day of December, they mult be
liable to pa\ ac any time tfiev purt>ofe u> remove.
. , ROBERT WILCOX.
Martinsbu~g, February 22, *07.
TO THE PUBLIC.
W PIER FAS it has been infinua.tec? by fome ma-,
licious unfriendly perfons, tending to re: ai d
the growth and injure the fate of lots in the town
of S-nithfi-ld, by afsercing that the land wherein
my fun John Smith, jun. now 'ivr*k including - fad
town, is under a mortgage, *nd that nearly rxpu -
ed ; this is to all whom it may concern, that 1 do
hereby declare, that there is no fu.ch thing, and that
my fen John Smith has a good fufficient right and
tide to the eftaic abovenictitiont'l, and' free from
any incumbrance whatever. ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS will be given to any perfon who can
prove that there ?s h mortgage on faid land, and
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS* to difeover the p«r
fon who fir ft railed ilje report, if in good circum
ftancew. JOriN SMITH.
Smithfield, February 21, '07.
-I HERE are five (tray Hop* that have been with
the iuhfcriber fince the lit ol December • there art}
not two of one mark. The owners are dtfired to
come, prove property, pay cnarges ami take tortn
WILLIAM HANNAH.
February 23, ’97.
FOUND, not long ftnce, a Man's SADDLE —
'The owner, proving!;, ntav h-»ve it again on
j application to the Prime/.
| Feb. z2(