The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-09-22 00:00:00, page 1

& Berkeley Advertiser.
The Po tom a sc Guardian,
[Num. 304.]
<2 II U R S D A T, September 22, 1796.
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Frarhlitt.
WH£RI LIBERTY DWELLS, THERI 18 MY COUNTRY.
en and uninfluenced• J
IgiHtWPSgWgWIgfe J* ^I8^«BSKS»W«*BBH»raW
T O P, F. S O L D,
\ Ho life and Lot in Martinshurg,
. ;.r turned in John's Strew, nearly opjioitte
a u‘..noth, m av m puf' fflioii of Henry M.mg.
Houle is 4-i ay %■> on- tti-rj Ingli,^ g.i
i 1c, tin. lo: 'til [Hik'd in, Mid the H..uie in guild
I .;1,ir—I’.ilst'fUon ui-iv I.' had ml tin zmli O.ti.Wr.
i terms pply to lc N at toO l SiIras, in N.. r -
Of,' V-,T 15. '96.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
C '' lit A V vsO or ftokn min the fublcriber li'ing in
O tile town ut t'rul.Klort, Viruii.l.i. tile zz:i
ni AuguU, a darf* grey in.rle, a nil hi ecu hands
1, .,.1, ilm - years uhi .lit Mil II, !i 3 a ifw f.iddle
(u• >:s. W»i. . .: r LiKsS :.p ■ :.i ami returns
him to me iit .ii re*-sri■- ; ut mm of ! en Doll-ir-s; i!
1. • - i <. n. .. ci i m " • • h.ill receive
the yin" e reward, ami rev- • h'Tj*Jt*s.
,’4. tie was run. V» in the m.i^liuourhood oi
•M j. Waggoner.
Tj.-y.OM PEIRuE.
iV. fjfetn&fr 15. 9^
N U T I O
f~lT* HE ftrft in ft. I :1m m :<:■ .‘ur, in a very tnode
i'.mc uanmr, p n-y Wii J .nanmi.i i\>ti.',
•',[■,.13 view «>i ui'i;:u my piopcr:) una i»icij;lug
Mer ir." :n d i;'; ; uni m-t intimate t iis aban
Hv-.raei-r lh<-j-.jiii} inn its, but finding in Hit
\ . ■ _ new ip; r, ii>c umiI'tS i>;i (h \ ji h ;i net i.ji of : he
;• ’ C;o>-vd lullllOOuS, S ain vvil.Otlird, IlGi Oiil)
t • i ■ t •.. ne what 1 a tier!til unci fade w bat Ihc ;.i
i: .. , her reply, but to meutivn a tew of 'the :iu
iiv . ; • hi .»ittir " Hi.-.i trauo- -In the tall ot 93
c , j t, C.mm Jv'ns carried away jv^jr. my piun
r ••tv,, !ii lit.' account Ho bull ids t corn—In Mr.
Oie, /tore iiiti h.s 1 sin nr: in debt 15 pounds ,•
-,, | 1,; 11 Jut.t'Vs tore .jI li 1 i o I!;. p - i 11, *j po«-iR>
— (J : 1 2 , ut Milch la!., 1 i v lit t O ’>-> i |>L. ■
Milk's Isl ... 55 bufuels ot . .'in, lor family con lump
rio:* ’ out Ot winch the tola and <c:.trni to her
own u e 1 H v.iuir!1,, ihfjr :. 11; • : g •. tori crons other un
h<*C( .ni' •; a .■ Wlrnii it a- . :lcd, would liil a
r»-..wi|-a,»cr, prove idt'e what the uberts. tint the
P , , uui h r run me in dt-sr nor r!i;poicd of my pro
7 <r:v ; 11 z i kept Ih.orr her or my family is alto
proved l.-.i.e by the Miller's books who always re
b-j-.-ru vtain i*‘ mute ut'all forts for family ul'c\ and
they drew i at pic.dure. Id ib.e bar. experienced
l 'if w.vri, the necetsartrs 0! 1 tie in in me of lkkncbj,
? 1.•: bhme is not imputable to :..•*, :.s 11;a was Icarte
ever at bom •, but uroht.'g about the country, cre
ating mdchitf in other landties well as mine—
'I in-,., id •' 1 o' l:.*r barefaced lies; . 1 in common jut
twe, a Ihort detail of ;i~.e an-iab'e character the
boalts c.ft i am unwilling;;/ dr.,wn into to give-—
She carte into this country about Ivl.*y jyyr, a t'er
v-ant, having been int'uc rl to in her t icajte Iro.n
thence tor ‘ wearing 1 *...d that couth be proved l.dle
<.) an untortur.ate man's lite away, hv clmrg’ng
him with committing a r ip - upon het :—unit rp;
nateiv for me 1 purchaled her, and not li-ng alter
1 he took th° I’me fa lie. oath a p. baft me, for which
{ itoctl my trial in 1 his c-muty *nd was honorably
acauitted ,•- •however, as the fates would have it, i
•vas over pcrloadcd afterwards to iuarry her, and
by that imprudent act leai’d r'\ prel-nt troubks ;
—duritvT niv long co'nnection v/ttli her, have a I v\
ffsernd ii>-f 3 ready i-.» hvnr to a lie .3 the truth.
This confidential arid prudent wife ol mine, has ma
ny times when l was afleep, taken my keys from
ury pocket, opened my delk and taken from me
■what money Ihe pleal’d, and to this day watches
an opportunity when i am ynitm !rum home, conies
•p'-the honie and plunders it of whatever lhe can lay
her hands on. • liefe churgis i c >11 prove to he true
by ?• <-l peer able pent U men in the neighbmi; hood, and
>*. v i-y i am to trouble the public w i 1 It it 1 flat ion of
rm in, but the i.butnlomrl conduct ot thisnnue abao
doned woman has obliged me to do it .
JOHN POTTS.
T *96.
Will !v' ft’]A by PUBLIC VENDUE,
OnMo:i.;-", i!; ■ ?>1 viav ol 0*'ober next, on the
Phm ti. n or the >■." •crb • • . in Berkeley County,
Vh ini . n*. i Mr R 1 11 .
Fo-ies, Cattle, ■ Kvp, Hogs, Geers,
; i" • •»1 L-‘l< ni'. InMiiltur, :!l,d many
..r!:r: r.*. tides too itM'ons m ruin inn. r ivc i, .» it hs
• ; i nft~v. li 1) c t> iv r*u, i-o b<n >1 wjilt ft ]»j>* ovc rl ltcu
- • • V. 'i he Oilo to !> ii:ii ;.t m i-Mt-ck. D ie ar
'f-mi a nee \v:l! be u i *. • t. .«r - n.i'.htr pan iculurs
•luile known at ilit time . 1 ■ ■ ot fale, bv n:<“,
V...LC'Jlw W1LLLTT.
Sc/:, j’cj6.
For the Potomak Gu ardian.
T O T H F. P ii U M O f t. i< A K u C 0 A-/ P Ah l ,
Alias, “ toUR OK I'lVE."
G F. VTt. V M 1; N ,
I.'liMj.NG ihac three of your refpectable corps
' have come forward with no !r;s than Jonr pu j
lie.itions in one paper, 1 cannot in common polite
i j)t|s I'flulc y reply to lo 1m miduble a inai osuvi e.*—
| Bur, hi loihg * his, i* ntav perhaps be proper to re
: i: .-'.v i b.»t, tin-ugh you n *e .Auetd ailed feveral
columns with nu>rdr, noc a ioiitary argument is to
he tound in al! this huge mats or vubbiih. Not a
i i • m 11 •* ray of truth can tie diicovend in all this valt
. h mik pile of polemic icrihming, to illuminate in
i he tinalleft degree, tile point in tpicitionj and
’in-re lore, in imitation of- your worthy example, I
ihall, for .the prclcur, wave ail confiderations on
that head, and attend to your manner both ol at
tack and defence.
it teems then, fy worthy Sirs, t!\3t when yon
write, it is perfectly in It ami proper to cull me
lioicei: A veers oi ihetoiic from ihe voc-.omaiy ol
hi! lingigate. it is ■drugeihcr coni'. 1 tent with pro
priety iorjon, Gentlemen, to turn lea venders, and
among the filth of human depravity, tor terms
■ t'ith are to he lound only anionu.it. the clr.-gs ot
it okind, But when nve, m the plain language ut j
ruth, prove that you are enemies to tin. rigu>;» oi a
ires people .• when we repel the charges oi ought
ny you •jii-iH.j't ycur country ,* 3t'«'l v. non we pull
line the m.uitSe oi hypocruy, and diicover to the
w.v.M your cl.vt-foot, then indeed, ocr eats are
■iur/d with charges ot tcurriluy and opprobrium.
Have von already torpor, my virtuous advocates of
lecoit that it vvsv you who hr!' relo. u-d to hartli
h.ngii.yg-—that without any juit provocation, you
made uie of the following elegant?’ terms (among,t
many others) vi/.. “ K-illhood nnd villany, ’—
• meaneft of ruffs ins/'--“ corrupt majority,”—
band.• ri of high v. .-.\ r.ieu/ ccc. And becauie lome
• f t he»c < ~ :u\ IT? ms li.v - been rei or ted—ne-caule your
■ it y p-mciples h.ive been expofed—bvcaule you have
>;•< i i i. .bed and ' might n at, you are luddtnly
miveri.-d in;o great Uicklers fur decency ! You
now willing to vociferau tr.-ou-h ! cr.ugk ! order ' ,
dret::j ! no par'y words! no jan nut. ! Although
\ mi im if. hi » li ill- I'lgard io inch lu’t.s, until you ;
n.i ivt-d a grin le check. Strang;; that a little cal- ,
. Mij t ion Huml.-l be atiendtd wnh conh cpi. nces lo
•v n icrtully I a I at ary ; that a tew flight n .s ihould
work a miracle, by changing a nAt i-i illiberal tones,
into a band ol chaue defenders of decorum ! Per
mit me, gentlemen, to give you joy ol themetamor
phoiis you have undergone, and to expreis a hope
liiat ir will be of real iervice to you, as it is wiiat
you have long frood in need of.
I hat your woiihipfnl club has indeed long ftood
in need oi this reformation, will be ludtcieuily evi
;!• Mc«d by recuring to the publications in the Pc to
r:c! Guardian, for lame time pair, when it will be
I.mild, that the flavilu ideas which ever predomina
ted within your pericranimns, and which have lo
Imillv pi limed your paper,through the vdinmr-taP -
!y .if your pens, l’ullv warrant my afseruons. '1 hut
the teiiil ftream oi ftndtr (which glides ilirough all
your iniblicaiions) igainl’t the popular branch ol the
g-.v eminent, ini..11,i !v marks the corruption of the
lotirce from whence it flows. And, that the abject
profiuuiion of your abilities (fuch as they art) to
c l.-.mion whiJi would lay liberty proftrare in the j
di.ft, is ;»n additional proof that you really ftood j
. ear iy m nt - ci or me canine. oat to cmei nuu a
minute trpotitioil o! the cri?i' "* 1 intent of all thole
jui1 lii atic.i.s, would require more time and paper,
th in f have at prelent culler leifure or inclination
to devote to the ful'icr. It is enough that we know
your object was to citf-eminnre lulpicions ot the inte
grity of the immediate- representative of the people,
’1 o efiabldh high and arbitrary potions of govern
ment. To vilify our allies the fit nth. 'lo excul
pate the nmfc unjuftihable conduct of your B itilh
friends—and to perplex a plain crmitii u.u>n..l ques
tion, which might have been readily uud-rltood by
the meaneit capacity had not Inch urcominon pains
been taken to render it complex and abitrule.
Thele are the objects, for the attainment of which,
you, gentlemen, have lb zealot.fly labouied t and
m order to accomplifh your laudable dtligns, you
have not been very Icrupulous about the means. All
'turns fjb that come to jour mi. Truth, fullbootl, can
dor or deception, were to you equally alike, pro
vided they would but lerve to promote your view*.
And if your fchernes have at lalt mifearried—if
your country has not been injured to the extent yon
intended, it >s owing more to lack ot talents than
want of indiH.itior,—to i lie weaV.nefs of your heads,
rather than the wllhesand prim iples of your hearts,
for you eminently polsefs the delire of doing mif
chief without the ability—ti.e venom of the fcorpi
on without the fting.
Thele remarks, Gemlemen,are intended 'for eve
]
ry member of your dob-—10 dilcriminaie would be
i
to he unjni'r, becaufe yon are nil equally cand'dates
for praiie. Bat (here is on< moi.uu you, who has
indeed become iomcwha! pre-t rniner.tiy r n; iculous,
by ft riving “ againft nature and ids own it*rs,”to
be witty. This creature, on account o» his mon
key phiz, burleique figure, nr.d ludicrous attitudes,
on fight, immediately difaims li e latirifr, and ex
cites in the beholder no other ftrdations but that of
rifibility. It mull indeed be allowed, that the
quaint attempts made at wir, tty mis tory dwarf,
are extremely diverting— f;uce r.<- wields the wea
pons of irony and finite wnh as much dtxtenty ?s a
cock-Jparrovv would a ni'p tuck. And 'lien too,
in attempting to tell us what is clone “ in New - En
gland and in 1'ome other urtfocrati. llaies.” he to tar
forgets himlelt a'S todetetioc an election i. Scotland.
His attachment indeed to every thing app/riuming
to the land of (government and all) ts lo appa
rent, that I wonder he fl.ould not let out immedi
ately tor thole regions of bills and freedom, 'litre
he might, without interrupt ion, i’ei/' upon the pel
tie—confine his talents to grinding of crabs.ty*s—
and thew his loyalty hy loading the Au>?—tirinfb
liberty, and Botany Bay forever.
Hot as i cotiluler a uewlpaper to he a kind of pub
lic property, which no man lias a right to meddle
with but fur the common good ; and, as ! delpair
of ever extract ing any thing uletul out ot luljects
lo extremely iteriie, asy::> Gentlemen, my retpece
for the public leads me to nn ke you a tair propoii
on—which is, that you will here, iter come for
ward fairly, and with the weapon of tm:h and
reafon attempt to refute ihe arguments '*1 Jc
vou will do this, you Bull certainty have Jasr phy.
But lhould the deanion of dilcord—the tv it genius
who pr elides in your councils, again pron.pt ;.i y (,f
your clan to belch forth jour imoherent iu.ffupon
the public, you may rely on it gems, that . ii 1 have
hitherto laid is lenity and mode* ation — cakes and gin
gerbread io what you may expect. bur, tnhead of
oringing your toes in contact with lure and there .1
pebble ; you lliall dance hornpipes upon glowing
embers, lnlte id of giving to your crack urain’d
noddles an enolient drifting ; every craxy gourd be
longing to jour whole uaicrnity lhall unocigo the
operation of trepanning. And inltc-ad of admit if
tering the law oj Mofrs, i ll Hay you from ' ht napes
of your necks to the waitibatuis of your breeches.
But if all this is not conlidered as hifiicieutly ton
ing your hides, I’ll convert them into drumheads and
lv at the rogues match until I pound lomething like
flexibility into your leemingly incorrigible tempers.
So the Lord have mercy on your poor, miferable
tory cavcafes—whiiit 1 continue to be,
Gentlemen, yourf3 as y>o odi.ive your Pelves,
PHILO I’AiR PLAY.
I Do utterly deny any partnerfh.ip e» er being com
menced between William J3o\ d anti Henry Low
er, as there was never t > agreement entered into by
Lower and myfVJf, and I do net allow myl'Hf in ti
ny wile anlwi-r.tble fur ary ol his contracts, and we
are determined ro carry on the milCting under the
name of WiUn m Boyd and Co. and render full Hi.
tiCVJon to all perlons who apply at our mill ;
and I do cution all perlons trolling faid Henry
Lower, on r.iv r.ccoum, as he has no concern with
.me, in any wile, nor will I bt anfwerablc for ins
contracts.
WILLIAM BOYD.
Sept re. ’cA
RAN away from the l’ubfcriber, on Sarnrduv the
3 1 inlt. a bound boy named j itw s T it.r.—•
He had on a wool hat, p.le bine cloth ..o:,t, and
frriped overalls and jacket ; he is about 5 feet 8 in
ches high, and 20 years old. ^ lioivu* returns laid
runaway tome, lliull have KOI !<. FENCE reward*
without thanks. JOHN BERKELEY.
8'pt- >v ’s3
NOTICE!
NOTICE is hereby given to the owners of Rid
ing-carriages wit bin the County of Berk, i y*
that the iiiburi'oer will attend at the home of Mr.
Robert M knight, irt blarsinslnrg on K* iday the 23d*
and at the hoole of Cap:. Cyrus Sam,hers, ill Charles*
Town, on Saturday the zj.’h d;:> of Neptetnber n«-xt,
for the pur pole of receiving entries, and d: ties or*
Riding carriages. All thole concerned will pleafe
to attend.
NICHOLAS OR RICK,
Code. (or of R^eenii'-.
£3" IO prevent ciifpuie» and t\alien m j.,i u r;,'•>,
nil perfons in future fending advertilemems i 1 ii is
paper, are rttjuefted to f ..-va,d the rnorw v. t!i
them, or they will not be infer ted — the terns ••
One Dollar for thr-L- not t> _ g 1 i t tare,
larger, i:t that p. i poi .ion.