The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-09 00:00:00, page 3

ad.■ itionai duties he l.-,:J oa the ir.x ui. ..
t - me following articles Bter, ait- and porter in
_on fie, beer and porter in boi i les—on boots
_0n nun’s Ihoesan 1 flippers, on women'sfilk ihoes,
and ail other Ihoes ; alio upon children's Ihoes—on
toudumg attd blade tea—on hyfon, imperial and
gunpowder tea, and all other green teas—on inarm
t.,aureJ it eel—in bar iron—on nails—on glauber
laics—on manufactured tobacco—on fnuff—on cocoa
_on chocolate—on paper—on pimento.
That additional duties be Lid on chocolate ma
nufactured in the United States j and on Inuff of
home manufacture.
Mr. Henderfoti wilhed thefe refolutions referred
to a committee of the whole to v\ hum was referred
the rclolmion of Mr. Harper, and the report ofthe
committee of ways and means on the iul-ject of indi
rect taxes.
1 tie q jeTtion for a refcrrcr.ee was carried, there
being votes in favour of it.
•February 3.
Extract of a let ter from 3 relprctable character in
Hiilibro' North-Carolina, 10 his friend in Phila
delphia.
We have received a paper containing a ftatement
of votes which decides the cueltion ot a prelidency
in favor of Mr. Adams, and though we were op
poled to his elect: r>, the people here generally
fee in difpolVd io Ihew that fui.-million to the iri-jj
rtf'* which is always 0 ie from ilie minority in a re
publican government.
Philadelphia, February id.
In conlequence of repeated publications in the
feveral newspapers throughout the Rates. intimat
ing the illegality of the appointment of Electors in
tlie ftate ot Vermont, ariling from an idea that the
Legiflature proceeded to the choice of Electors, net
having an exifting law directing the mode—to
coumeract the ill imprePdons fucit publications »«ay
have made, I enciole for your publication, a true
copy of the law under which ttie Legifluure ol
that ftate chofe their Electors..
ISAAC TiCHENOR.
Mr. Fen.no.
An act directing the mode of appointing Electors
to elect the President and Vice Prefideni of the
United States,
It is hereby enacted by the General Afsembly of |
the ftate oi Vermont, Th o the Elect<»«s fur elating j
a Preft Jen' -iu. Vice-Fi elidenc of the United Staur, 1
f -appointed oy the ballot of the Governor, Coon- j
cfl, and Houle cf Representatives, met in sj 1 a« ci j
committee ,• and that thole per fun-, to the number j
w hich they have a right to appoint, v/ho lliall have I
a majority of all the votes of Hid grand committee. !
fhali be declared ro be duly appointed Electors ot
this ftate for the purpufes aforclaid.
Htale of Vermont, Secretary of State's ':ft>ce,
Vcr^ cane! Ja meaty 1 e, qn
I hereby certify, the preceding is a true cony of I
an act of the Leg flature ol this ftate, paised ’ No- ;
vember third, one thoufand feven hundred find nine
ty-three, and now remaining in force.
(Attefi) RGS. HOPKINS, Secretary.
—
^ ASHING TON CITY, January 28.
'We are informed, and from an authority which
we rely on, that Mr. JfffVrlon has written ro Mr.
Madifon on the lubject of the late election ,• and
given it as his opinion, that Mr. Adams was the on
ly perfon who ought to have -een elected Prelident ;
end further, that he is the only perfon under whom
he would accept the Vice-Prelidcncy. If our infor
mation is accurate, the acceptance of Mr. Jtfferfon
will be unqueltionable.—The event, we hope, will
“ Unite the roles, red and white, together,
That on one kind friendly ItaIk,
They both nu\ flourilh."
(Columbian Centinel.) •
ALEXANDRIA, February 4.
The following is copied from the Merchants*
I)n:K Advcrtifer cf January 31, printed at Phila
delphia :
Intelligence of an h.-ghiy mrerefring nature to
our government has been received w ithin a few days
from Europe ; we cannot pretend to be acquainted
with viie iftcret operations of foreign governments,
nor have we any ntb°r authority tor alsuming what
the matter in o ption really is, than what aril'es
front the analogy ot facts known, with the courle
and time ot the prifent circumfrances, and the pro*
bwbiiiry of the mcalures we lurmife.
Wc under ft anti that the information received
comes circuitoully from Paris, and we thence con
clude that as ti e French government have already
iu (pended their diplomatic connection near the Uni
ted States, that they have all'o refuted to accept
Mr. Pinckney ; upon thefe conjectures, and which
we offer only as iuch, our readers will form their
own opinion j it may be reafonably fuppofed that
if »uch an event lias really taken place, it will be
fpeedily communicated to the LegifUture.
A Philadelphia paper Itares, t!)at rMr. JefFerfon
has written to Dr. -, and afsures him of the
moti profound retpert and el-eein for Mr. Adams,
•as being as good a republican as any in th« Union—
of his intention offerving a? Vicc-Prefident if elec
ted—and of the pleafure he receives in the profpecr
of Mr. Adams being Prclioent of the.United States.
'1 lie Houfc of Reprrfenutives have refblved to re
' nee the military eftablif i.ment of the United States,
•y dilbanding the dragoons. A motion fur rednee
■ ~ the four repimems of ir.Umry to two, inrrodu
*-d by Mr. Williams, did nu: fucu-td*, it is ealeu
. vu .»iu tUe tuwngs, la the m:iit«r)r department,
with a fear other items, will amount the prelent
year to about 400,000 dollars.
Beaufort, in South Carolina, and the town of
Tatborough, North Carolina, are faid to have tha
red the tame fate with Savannah ; and we are afsu
red, that late attempts have been made to reduce
the remaining part of Charleston to allies.
MARTINSBURG, February 9.
■■ ■- -*0<jg»0<g^>0<S>0>"——. _
In fpeaking on the luhject ot the falary to be al
lowed to the judge of Tennefsee, in the Houle of
Reprtfentatives on Thursday lafr, Mr. Nicholas
laid that houfe fat at an expence of goo dollars an
hour ! Ought not this coniideratiorTfo lead Mem
bers to comprefs their ideas as nn ch as pofirble, fince
every nnneeefsarj word is a wafte of public money ?
The Norwich papers informs, that a ftvere thun
der ftorm at Nantucket, about i he fiiftinft. burnt
two barns, with 14 head of cattie, hay, grain, 6ic.
a lingular phenomenon, if true.
Married, Mr. Jofeph Cromwell, of this town,
| merchant, to M:ls Kitty Darringer, of Lancafter.
Monday laft, Jane Smith, from MiddletoWn, was
| committed to jail here, charged with the murder of
her iniant child.
fortune’: Favouritet.
No. 11,000, the fortuuate number which drew
:o.ooo dollais, in the Bofton Harvard CollegeLot
;ery, is owned by Mefsrs. Reed and Gteen, of
K-ene, N. H. rl hey had been confined in prifon
for Come time for debt; and one of them in cuftody
of an officer, arrived in town on Saturday, to claim
this boon of fortune. It is faid that 35,000 dollars
have been drawn in the lafr Harvard Lottery, by
three tickets ow ned within 8 miles of their reli
dence.
From a Ciiarlcfton paper of the 10th inft.
A gentleman of this city has received a letter from
hi; friend in the Havannalv, which mentions that
Mr. Thomas Muir, one of ehe gentlemen who were
Iran ('ported lo Botany Buy by the Britiih government,
about three years ago, had arrived in that city a
Ihorr time lince.
The account he gave of himfelf was, that he elu
ded the vigilance of his keepers at Botany Bay,
and got on board of a vefsel which carried him to
Nootka Sound; that he went among the Indians,
and, afiefr travelling nearly the whole length of the
w-ft craft of America, he got to Panama; and
there he made himlelf known to the governor, who
lent him acrols the ifihmus of Darien to La Vera
Cruz ; from thence, he was lent in a Spaniih frigate
to the Hi van nan, where he expected to get on
board an American velsel and reach the' United
States, but unfortunately for him, a letter W3S fent
by the governor of La Vera Cruz to the governor of
the Havannah, in which he mentions, that though
he ha i Ihewn M*. Muir every civility in his power,
yet that he tbougnt a man profefling his principles
would be dangerous in the Spaniih dominions j
therefore he recommended his being lent to Spain for
the king to determine what lliould be done with
him. After being a few days at the Havannah, he
was committed to a prifon on the north fide of Cu
ba, called La Principa, where he is to remain until
a proper conveyance offers to carry him to Spain.
His confinement is not rigorous, and every indul
gence is Ihewn to him tint is not incompatible with
his filuation. The gentleman who writes the let
ter containing this account, converged with Mr.
Muir, who wai much difappointed at not meeting
an American ageAt there, as he had hoped, through
his interctlfion, tube releafed, and be permitted to
fail tor this continent.
From German papers, received st Baltimore.
Rome, October 15.
The king of Naples has ratified the treaty with
his holinefs the Pope, in confluence, his Sicilian
m..jefty has fent couriers to Madrid, Vienna, and
Paris, with orders for prince Pignatilli to acquaint
the Directory of the fame; and to declare, that
the king does not refufe 10 conclude .’peace with
the French Republic, in conjunction with the Pope,
when the conditions lhould be reafonable, and con*
fo riant with the dignity of both fovereign*, and the
French ihould begin to reftore to the Pope, Bolog
na, and Ferra—That to the contrary both allies
would repel force by force, ami his Holineft would
declare a religious war. The prince Pignatelli
has orders to grant the Directory three days time
for reflection : after which, and in cafe of a refufal,
to quit Paris. Meanwhile 6 regiments of Neapoli
tan infantry, and 6 Squadrons of horfe, have alrea
dy entered the eccltfialtical ltates,to join the troops
of the Pope, and inarch togethor againft Bologna
and Ferrara.
LONDON. Nov. r.
An army of $0,000 men are to inarch immediate
ly ro the fea coalt of tbt counties of Cork and Der
ry, to protect the foulh coafr of Ireland.
|yjr 1 rib bduor or ilns paper Having completed
hia accounts to the 7th November laft, and being
determined on a fell lenient with all hie fobferibera
to that period, no'iflea, that he IbaH immediately
take the different routs which his papeis circulate,
in order to effect this arduous, but to him very ne
I Cifsary undertaking. Thole who cannot Htake it
convenient 10 pay, he will receive thtir gou* for
! whit may be due.
| Februaj 9/97.
«*■ FR M A CORR r INO/Hf.
It is with real concct a that * »t tt leads of liunianiiy
view the deplorable fituation of the People of Ue>
land. They fufer indeed, from the prelent War
againft Liberty ; and the coufolatioo they receive
from their automaton Viceroy is that of being told,
that his Briiannk Majefty intends fending over a.
fufficient number of Englilh foldiery to prevent
them from having the fin 1 lie ft chance of recovering
their long loft Independence. Bold, hardy, and in
love with Liberty, as are the natives of this enchain*
ed l(land, ic is to be regretted that their local fitua
tion Ihould render them the dupes of Fraud, Decep
tion, Prieltcraft and Tyranny.—Their goals are
now crowded with prifoners, taken up by Govern
ment for treafotiable practices. All thole who are
attached to the Crown, aod on whom the Crown
can depend, are formed into volunteer corps, and
Pup plied with arms at the expence of tbofe t« terrify
whom they are taken up.
(Columbian Centinel.)
Erratum in F. Fairfax's ad’verUjment—for leafesfor 8
lives,'itjbeuid be THREE, at m the jirjlpublication.
I—.
WE have STORES conveniently fitted
to receive FLOUR, and will (tore it on the cultom
ary terms.
Mandeville and Jamejson.
Alexandria, February 6, '97.
FOR SALE,
A LOT OF LAND,
SITUATED on the Bank of the Potomac, fix
miles aboveSbepberd’s-Town, containing 3 acres,
through which pa^ej a liream of water (ailing 6$
feet, within the lines, and fufficient for the purpute
of milling; the excellence ofluch a feat will at once
a-ppear, when the mind adverts to its fituation,
having the advantage ot water conveyance from
the (pot, fnrrounded by fertile land, and on •
Itream the fountain of which is not more than t$<>
yards from the river, confiquently always free from
ice, which is one great advantage in milling,- the
feat will be (hewn to any pet (on inclinable to pur
chafe, by Mr. Abijab S+tvearifigen, who lives at the
fpot, and the terms nude known by the fublcriber,
living near Mdrtimburg•
E. RUMSEY.
February 9, ’97.
Valuable Property for Sale.
THE Sublcriber will fell the property where
he now lives, fituate on Tulquerora Creek,
on which is erected a large and well conftructed
Tan Yard, containing twenty-five vatts, including
handles, batts and limes. There is alfo, a large anti
well finilhed Brick-Houfe, under which is a very
commodious kitchen and cellar, a large ftable, bark
mill, and currying'lhnp, with a fine ^garden will
palled in. He will alfo fell rhe property where
Mr. John Dixon now lives, firuated in Burke Street ;
there is on this property a two ftory Log-Houle,
weather-boarded, painted and neatly finilhed tnlidr,
a very good kitchen, with as good a garden as any
in Martinlburg, ar.d a clover-patch.—-This lot is
large and well fituated for any bufmels—He will
exchange the above property for good lands in the
County of Berkeley, or by paying a fmall part of
the purchafe money in hand, he will take the ba
lance in four equal annual payments. For further
particulars apply to JOHN OFERRALL.
Either of the above property will be rented this
fpriog, if not fold.
N. B. Sharespbar, a handfome Stud-Horfe,
fifteen hands high, and feven years old, the figura
of the horfe is a fufficient recommendation, without
inferting here his pedigree. Alio, a draft Mare,
for which bonds due, on good men, will be taken
in payment for both. J. OlF.
February Q, *07
TO BE SOLD,
VERY LOIV FOR CJSH,
The LEASE of a PLANTATION,
a fhort mile from Dr. Vanderveers place, on the
Warm Spring road, as good land as any in Berke
ley County. Three years of the Leafe to come from
March next, and clear from any rent charge. There
are lowed on faid Plantation thirty acres of rye,
which will be fold with it, clear of any deduction.
Alfo, twenty odd acres wheat, of which one third
will be delivered the purchafer in the fhock. At
alfo, the liberty to clear ten acres of wood land,
the wood of which will be very beneficial to the
buyer, it laying fo near Shepherd's-'l own and Mar
tinsburg.
Any perfon inclinable to purchafe the faid Leafe,
may know the terms, by applying to the lubfcri
ber, living on the late Gen. Lee’s farm.
ZEPHANIAH BEALL.
February 9, *97.
ALL perfons are cautioned againft cutting and
taking away timber or fire wood, or purcha
fing it after it is cut and taken away, from my
plantation near Shepherd’s Town, as I am de
termined in future to profrcute every perfon who
in future (hall be guilty of fucli unlawful practices,
ISA Aw CHAPLINS.
February 7, ’97.