The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-01-12 00:00:00, page 4

S F. A T O F THE MUSES.
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ON THE DEATH OF GEN. WAYNE.
'TNI K birth of fome ure.it man, or death,
JL Gives a celebrity to fpots of earth ;
\V._- lav !‘)- t Montcalm I' ll on Abram's plain :
Tim huTLSK orrises ihe Mt■*mI hink ;
Ami mar tin-Pi omonrary of Sigeum
H :s Achilla's tomb. —
Preupje'iUe i.iw Wayne expire ; and there,
The traveller (hull Ire his monument ;
At lea it bn; grave. For this,
Cotrc-Hug j^aloufy will not detract;
litir will allow a mo«n«—
borne little iw.rliiug of the earrh,
To mark the inreiruent of his hones.
Brave, -lionelr -SoMier, deep——
And l*c the dews ween over thee,
Ami gales that figh -'rois the lake ;
*i ill men I ha 11 recognize thy worth,
And. coining to the place, lhall aik,
“ Is this where Wayne is buried ?”
fubfcriber is defirous of idling a (mall
|_ f act of Lind, containing one hundred and
fifey acres, lying between Ctaarlts-Town and Shep
herd's- l awn, and about an eipial diltance from
c .c 1 ; teceniy five acres of the above land is fir j-.ct
to til*? life oi Mrs. Bti/toe. an aged lady, now living
on the premiums. A Houle and half a Lot in
Chat I-a- Town : the houie is nearly finilhed, and
the lot in good repair. Alio, lour unimproved
Lots in laid town, two of which are (ituated on
the uiain-itreer, the other two joins them back, and
forms a lull 1 qua re. Alfo, one thouland acres of
Land in the Scale ofKentucky ; it is a part of the
liihh ribei *s military claim, and lyeth in the big bind
of Green River. The laud was furveyed by Major
Langhatn, living in Shepherd’s Town, of whom a
particular delcrintion in..y he had, Ly any perlon
w idling to porehafe. One other trace in the (aid
State, combining five hundred acres, lying in the
Count y of N< lion, and about fourteen mil's from
Beard’s Town. The whole of the above property
will be fold very low for cadi, and with a moderate
advance in proportion to the credit that may be re
quired i>v any perfon inclined to purchale.
GEQ. HITE.
CharleJU*wnt Dec. 26, '96. t>f>
A very valuable Plantation for fale.
fT*^0 be told, 1 hnr excellent Plantation belonging
£ to the lubioribers, containing 400 acres of
eve! lima-frone land, iiiuuted two miles from Shep
herd’s- town and one ami an half from the Poto
m \k river; there are 200 acres cleared, 10 of
which are now in meadow, and much more may
he made ; a young bearing orchard of 300 trees of
the belt tiuii of various kinds; a good mill feat,
with a militant if ream ut water; a ftand’mg Ipring,
and nor two acres of "watte, broken, or itony land
i.> the whole tract ; the uncleared land well cover
ed with excellent timber. There are on the pre
mi es, a good two tfory 'dwelling-houfe, a large
barn, two out bond s, and the clear’d land under
good fence. An iudilputable title will be given the
inuchaicr, by
GEORGE REYNOLDS,
j \COB WOE FORD,
JOHN WOLFORD.
December i6, *96.
ON the i2»lid*iy of January, next, there will
:ie told :«! 'J'jeyib IVtilling!ford's houie, a Wag
gin. H iri 's, Cows, bSleep bulls, Tubs, twoWatcli
u, ;<nd os her articles. Elev.11 months credit will
be giv« n by cut tublcriber, living near Dean's mill.
V,;.- ale will beg ri at q o'clock, ami attendance
giv . n b me. JGbEBH WALL1NGSFGRD.
Uiii ibrr 24. '96.
TO BE SOLD,
At Public Auction, on the premises, on Monday the
iccond day of January ntxr,
\ Leslie often years, 10 continence oil that day,
without any reh-rvatiuii of rent, of the Saw
?i I G'i" M II . i-n Optchon, known by John Da
mri's mills, and now in his occupation, together
with a bout thirty acres of iltared land, witli the
uie of timber for rails and fire wood. The mills
are in good order for buiincts, and in an excellent
iitns’.ion lor rurch uit and country cultom. One
half the punhie money mu It be paid in hand, the
other hull on or before the firfr day of April next.
JOHN DANIEL,
PHIL. PLND1.L I ON.
Nsv. 16. ’96.
MARTINSBCRG : VIRGINIA; minted end published, every Thursday, by N. WILLIS, BurkeStrlet.
CHARLES ARCHER,
Taylor and Habit Maker, from L.na'm,
BEGS leave to inform the inhabitants of IVhrtinf
burg and its vicinity, that he has commenrep
bolinefs in his line, at the fhop below Mr. James
Starkey’s ftore, where he will execute the com
mands of thole who may plrnl'e to employ him, in
the neateft and molt falhionable manner, willidif
parch, and on very moderate terms.
Martinjburg, Hwembtr 2+, ’96.
TO BE SOLD,
THAT commodious Houle and H rlfLof, belong
ing to i he fubfcriber, liruated on ihe main
ftreet, between Capt. Boyd’s and Jones Strode’s
brick houfe. The halt lor zoo feet in front, and
i >3 rear ; the houte is 26 by 22.feet, two ftory
high, and a cellar. There is alto belonging to laid
houte and lor. 32 hewed Ions and rafters for a (ta
ble. A! m half 1 lot between'Paul Verdier and Alex.
Maxwell’s. For further particulars, apply to
william couper.
Martinsburg, December 24/96.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
F) AN away from the Subfcriber, living in Mar
XV. tinsburgh, Virginia, on the 20ih in:*, a ne
gi o man, named 'I OM, about 33 years of age, 5
teet 8 or 9 inches high, rather Hack made, and a
little knoik kneed, of a yellowiih complexion, has
a lower look when fpnken to. He had on when he
went away a whiti.h cloth coat, Itriprd waittcoat,
linen trowfers, yarn (lockings and coarie liiew —
its probable he had breeches of f’onie kind under his
trov/fers. Four Dollars w ill be given tor appre
hending laid fellow if taken in Berkely County, and
the above reward and reasonable chaiges, il t^ken
out of the County and brought home, or committed
ro any poal—He belonged formerly to the eftaie
of Mr. Matthew Whiting, dec'd.
DAVID HUNTER,
December 22, '96.
WILLIAM GROVERMAN,
His for fate, at his Ware Houle, K.ing-Srreet,
ALEXANDRIA, next door above Mr. Fbomas
Fatten,
An Afsorrment of
GERMAN LINENS,
CONSISTING of Oinaburgs of different quality,
brown Rolls andHen»pen, Tickle; burgs \ flax
en, 5 4 white Dowlas, 2 and 3 bulhel Bags. Alio,
Rui*id Sheeting, Bed Ticks, Oil Cloth, Men and
Women’s fulled Sto- kings and Gloves, a quantity
of Window Glals, 8 by 10 and 10 by 12, hollow
glafs afsorted, cafes with Bottles of all fi/.es, Look
ing Giafsrs, Snuff Boxes and Coffee-Mili*. He ex
pects daily fome of the belt Holland Gin.
Lkewife be offers for fale,
His Plantation in Frederick County, within it
miles of Winchefter, containing 250 acres, two of
which is in meadow, the whole well watered. Alio,
one houie and lot in Winchefter, fituate in Market
Itreet.
He will frore Flour for any length of time, at fix
pence per barrel, without charging commission for
felling.
December 18, *96.
CANAL LOTTERY.
A SHORT delay in drawing the Canal Lottery
in Walhington City, has been unavoidably
occalioned by the unlorefeen intervention of Mr.
Blodget's Lottery, but as the m.'.jor part of the
tiikets are flow difpofed of, this is to inform the
public, that the drawing of the Canal Lottery will
certainly commence without fail on the-fir ft Mon
day in J uuaiy, 1797, and th.o'e bolding tiikets
are hereby requefted 10 lend a ftatement of thole
fold, and ihofe on hand.
NO i LEY YOUNG,
DAN. CARROLL, of Dud.
GEORGE WALKER,
THOMAS LAW,
J MESB-RRY,
W. M DUNCANSON.
The Printers who gave our advertilements a
place in their news papers, are rtquefted to give
this notice admiflion, as the remaining tiikets are
expected to be loon above par, and we wilh all ad
venturers to be timely informed.
A General Meeting of the Overfeers of the
Poor of tins County, is appointed to be held
at Martinsburg, on the fcrft day of ntxt Court._
All persons concerned, are defired to attend.
Per order of the Pi cfidenr,
RUBLE i COCKBURN, Clk.
Dec. 28, ’96.
BLANKS
Tor fait at the Printing CJfice.
RED LION T A V E R N.
T4IE fubfcriber acquaints his friends and tj e
public in general, that lie has opened 'i avtf„
in chat la-ige and •commodious hnufe, ihe corner oi*
King and Mi. A(.,ph Ureet, in this town, at the ftp,,
of the Red Lion, where he has laid in a flock > f
good Liquors, and is plentifully luppliul with cv<u
necelsaiy for the comfortable accommodation of
town or country cuftoniers. Travellers will find
it their itutreir to call on him, as he is provided
with a large ('table, well flocked, and lias au atten
tive and careful holder.
£tT He will take a few genteel boarders, on nio.
derate terms, and will furnith dinners, i y Iter tap
pers, &c. on the lhorieit notice.
AMOS DERROUGH.
Alexandria, Dec. 10, ’g6. 3 «,
ON the night of the 14.1l! inft. the lubkriher't
ho. fe, kddle and hi idle, was Helen at fchtp.
herd's-Town : the mxr me rning ilie horle was
found in Mr. J -cob Bclltr’s wheat hut the lad
die and bridle miffing. 1 he laddie was almoli new,
fingl? Ikirted, one of the bolscs out, one of uie
ftirrup leathers was peaced, the ikirt where th«
hr.k is mi fling iv rip’d an inch cr two ; the bridle
is double reign’d, one of the tips c"fr rtm from the
others. Whoever will give info 1maiion of the lad
cle and hi idle, lo that 1 get th-m again, iball |i3ve
Two Dollars reward, or Six Doll..is lor the ihitf.
jUriN CLAWbOiN.
December 2 I, *96.
NOTICE.
V£ 7HFREA3 fome time in the year T794, tha
V luhicriber gave two bonds to 'William i<;^,
biuliin, of Ohio County, the firic due October, \jtt
the oiher,Oecobe r '96.101 25I. current money, eacn
which bonds were given »n part payment lor 1
tract of land in this county, and for wntch liiv
his bond of conveyance, but the laid Roninlcn not
having nude me a good and luflicient d«-f-d coiUm-.
mable to agreement, all bough 1 am ready to Unl
it on my parr, 1 hereby forewarn all prions |10-n
taking ary afsigntnent on faid bonds, as i am de
termined not to pay them until con polled t|„reia
by law. GEORGE HAKK.o.
Dec. 16, '96.
LEWIS MOORE,
Formerly of Berkeley County, Virginia, uow of
Milon County, Kentnckey,
Refpectluliy tr.lorms the Public, that he has opened
A TAVERN,
ATLimeltnne, and keeps httrfes to hire. He
is appointed bv rile Court of Maloti County,
to kerp the public Ware-houle—gentlemen ftorii’g
with him, may depend on the Itrictelt arteminn Ic
ing paid. Travellers going up rhe river maybe
fupp'ied witlt provident), dec.
UJec. 2, *96.
At a Court held for Berkeley County, the 24th dav
ui November, 1795.
In CHANCERY.
John OFerral comph. vi Patrick M'Afree, deft.
'-|~''HE defendant Patrick iW'Altee, not having
X entered Iris appearance agreeable to an art of
Afiembly and the rules of this Ccurr, and it cp.
pearing to the fatislaction oi ilie Court tliat he is
not an inhabitant ot this commonwealth, on the
motion of tire complainant, by his couple!, it i, t
tiered, that the defendant do appear here, on the
firft Monday after tlie third 'f'uelday in Match
next, and anl'wer the bill of the complainant, and
that a copy of this order be forthwith inferlcd in
the Virginia Gazette, for two months lucccffivclv,
and publdhed at the church door in the pjrilh iif
Norhourne, on fume Sunday immediately afurdi
vine fervice, and all'o at the door of the Conn
Houle of the faid Counrv.
A copy. Telt. MOSES HUNTER, C. B. C.
The Subfcribers have imported in the laic veistls
from London and Liverpool,
A large ajjurtment of
FALL GOODS,
W’HICH rhpy will dilpofe of, to punctual drtl
er», by the piece, or package only, on the
Baltimore terms.—The abovemem ioneti Goods have
bee n carefully (elected from the molt approved ma
nufactories in Great-Pritsin, by a partner of tie
concern, who was on thelpoc to chule them.
By thefirlt vefseTs in thefpring, ih-yexpecr an
ex'erfive and general afsortment, both ot Enolilli
ard German Goods. They will be pi; d to form
connexions with the merchants on each fide ot the
Potomak, and in the hack country, and natter thcm
felves, that no importing honfe in this country, will
have it in their power to furniib fupplies on better
W. B. MAGRUDER, & Co.
George-Timm. November ro. 1796