The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-03-16 00:00:00, page 3

in conf'qoenee of which petitions, fe
vcial of the ableit men in the L-gdliture propofed
a comproinife on the part of tile Commonwealth,
which afterwards pulsed into a l.iw, hy which not
)cl$ than five thouiancl citizens within the N.rthiYn
JScck of Virginia are quieted in the peaceable pol
ItiUon of that property which they had acquired by
I tie Unction of the laws of this Hate. It may be
alked how the citizens of this county are a iff-'c ted b\
the compromise ? I would anfwer, that there is nor
lets than one fifth of the farmers in this county
that have (not with fpccnlaine views) had more
or lei’s land lurveyed by virtue ol Warrants from the
Commonwealth. V*. ere thole iurveys lecured to
them before the feflion of '96 ? No, and why, be
cruie it had been ouj *dged 1 tier Commonwealth had
110 right to any lanos witliitt the Northern Neck ol
Virginia—were then thole petition^ calculated to
take the gold and filver out ol the farmer's pockets,
and fupporc land jobbers and land Speculators ?
No; the event of them proves the contrary, that
tL -*v were calculated to fectire th in in the peaceable
and quiet enjoyment ot that pioperty which they
hvi paid their money inro the trealury tor, or to
receive hack that, which they had lo paid, if a right
could not be hatred to them by the lute. 1his be
lug the cafe, why then, Mr* Vv iliis, have 1 merited
the epithets of dupe and too! to a nefarious? let ol
land-jibbers and 1 a nd^l peculators.-—Of this a
candio public will judge.
If any of my fellow citizens Mioold ftep forward
In furore, as lion** ft men and It lends to the Beopie,
1 hope they will place me upon equal ground wish
themfelvcg, and i’gti their own names to thei» writ
it’gs, which no man ought 10 rtfufe to do, if he
k iows he is writing the tiuth. In future, no anony
mous publication will be taken notice of by me.
ELISHa BOYD.
[ff?" The Eif:1!?* would observe upon the cinfli
fRtmury inrroWut.:ions of the two preceding piece
It' f;-.i as he is imj-iica• r i, tb«tr, however he may o
elteemecl cjv itlt-d to cenlurc for tht adnriiiimi o
-yerjbnali'y, were it not that he only offirj-firs as ;
im oi'.on tor tlie circulation of what may offer, and
h t uS a C vn-op., he would add, live fptcirmi.s allud
ed to comes in with an afp. cr illv (Jculated to ob
tiiald tlie charge ol n>rfva/ir,n ]
Mill Crtck, March 9, i 7Q7.
Ma. W; 1,Lis,
$ I R.
r’E~"HKRE is t. report circninting in rvy neighbour
JL. ijjod, much to f..- prejudice of a number of
the citizens of ibis County, <tod though it comes
preirvtv.U aur.henricaieil. yet 1 am unwilling to
g' vcl !’! credit ro ir—knowing : he walevrtleT, fpi
r ■ b *( infef s the breaks oM’rmic men amongft us.
‘Tiv*~etore, Mr. Willis, before ‘ r -reive and give
Credit to a report fo replete wub (C- mi J. 1 G-p
1. ..ve to enquire whether it has tvr-r reached you»
Ca•• s j and wiitther, in reality, the* / Is any founda
tion for fool: a report—and it there is not, to re
^?efr you wiU contradict ir.
ft is (aid, Sir, tb::» a number to the amount of fe_
wcral huii ifi'ih of the inhabitants of MutIrs-Town,
and its vicinity, alsembied together on Saturday the
fourth i-.rftant, for the wicked purpofe of celebrat
ing that day by leaking and dancing, which was to
put an end forever, to tin political career of the de
iervedly celebrated 'ate Prcfident of the «United
States. H >rr»r to ibb k, Mr. Willis, that 1 lie
man. who he . led v-e armies of America triumphant
ly through the late war with Great-Britain—who
In fucreistuily oppofed the fertiiibiri fpirit which
Gcv't, a mere ■ mfjdry of the French Con vent ion, had en
deavoured u> introduce amongk us—wiiu did, by a
wife and judicious policy± app a<e the wrath of
Great Britain, by drawing cloier the bancs cf
friendihip between this and hrr <no;hrr country —
that the man, who bar. never appeared after exalted
ftarirmi, but whom the people have been alnioft on
all important occjuons, obliged by the nioit earn
eft felicitations and e-.treaties, to drag from his
beloved retirement, Humid be thus requited for his im
portant lervices, appears ft range indeed. That a
few envious, fecticious, factious, contentious, re fi
le fs, difeontenfed, fool mouthed partisans oi France,
will rejoice to fee the political fun of America thus
let, I have no doubt—but, that a number (1 had al
moi’t laid of Gentlemen) of perfons, and feme of
them nearly related too (the report fays) to the i!
luitrious Washington, Humid thus act, beggars all
description, and difeovers a want of gratitude,which
1 did not think exiited among men—or at any rate,
ir* enlightened America. Arid hir, the report alfo
fays, mat io ejtceff.vc and frantic was their fnirih,
they became quite blind, mi (took their friends lor
their enemies, and beat one another molt IhamefuL
]y. Nay, Mr. Willis, I hear that one of them is fo
■wounded that his life is defpaired of. Now, Sir,
} hwe to beg (hat -yon will contradict this ftanda
lous report, if ir is.not true.
i am air, Wnir kutr.blc frr»’?nr,
[timothy lovewell.
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NEW- LON DON, J).Tt rch 2.
Extract of a Letter, fi om a merchant in Grenada,
to a refpectable home in this city, dated Februa
ry 4. ’97.
“ By the patkut juft Arrived fmm England, tve
have received .’nfonuation ;hat peace has taken place
fee:ween France and England.
** 1 he mail is nos yt»t opened.”
Wilmington, Mnrch i.
Captain Slocum, who arrived on Saturday la ft,
in fix days from New Providence, informs, that an
attack on that place by the French or Spaniards,
was daily expected, \Vhich earned great preparati
ons of defence. The day alter Captain Slocum
fail’d, he fell in with four large ihips, which he
took to be French, and from iheir not Ipeiking
him, he fuppoled them to be deiiined againit that
111 and.
PHILADELPHIA, March 6.
On the 3 1 in the evening ilie two Homes of Con
grefs adjoin net) fine die.
On Saturday John* Adams took the oath as Prefi
dent of the United States in the Reprefentatives
Chamber. 'I he Prclideni adurelsed the audience on
the occafion,
Thomas J' ff-rfon pddrefsed the Senate. A com
mittee of two WiS appointed to wait on the Presi
dent and leatn whether he had any communications
to make. The committee reported iliac the Prdi
dent had no communication to make and wilhed the
Senators health and happinels. The Senate then
adjourned.
Ihe two houfe.s xvill therefore meet on the fir ft
Monday in D:cember next, the day let apart by the
coni titu lion mile Is they lhould be previoufly conve
ned by the P refid ent.
\Thf a'ddrrjfis of the Prfident and Vice-Prtfidcnti will
apiear in our next J
March o.
F’w perfons are aware of the extremities to
which we were to be driven by the Rritilh parry
here, it (heir power had kept pace with their willi
es. We are informed through a very direct and
refpecr tble channel, that a certain per lot?, nov> in
New York, who has played a considerable part in
ur political drama, had laid down a plan for the
Uuied Scats, in (uofiance a$ follows: That the
Uured Sistes lhould declare war againit Fram e j
’ .rm a treaty of alliance deletifive anu oftenfive wirn
Great Britain » f* ffr her to make nf- of their Tea
men, the >:ivi!ig therrt the protection of an equiva
cni in (hips ; and tiiat as a lure a footing «n the
vVeft indies lhould be promifed the United Slates.
'i he ch-itatter alluded i i> has lately held language
to the f.nvftding efF-.ct but the late election has
v-ffl :d his libertii'ide views. Adams has rfcewel
fai e of his count ry too much at heart to give into
ih*- mea lures ofth.it political, deiperado,
March io. By the accounts we this day com
municate, our read-rs wiil lee, that the failing of
.he B: ■ i; {• et, wli'ch we announced fome day* ago,
is confirmed. We ventured af. that time a coupe
Hire, that the Cape of Good Hope was its place of
deftination- We are Oil! inclined to rlfac opinion,
noi withffandiog the icport contained in this da)*s
account, that ine arm; ment v/.s cleftiticd a gain ft
Ireland. ihe circumliance of the firct’i having
been net fteeriug South, and by a '-efsel oul of
Bourdeaux, appe. rs id warrant our conjecture.
From Capt. Marciiapt, of the Ichoonef Sally, ar
rived yefierday from S:. Bartlzoiomews, we have
thii (o'lowing article.
“ I't-.di previous to his fAiing from that port, the
1 hip Hope. B inihridge, of Phil jJcjphia, had arrived
tiler? in 38 days from B.>nrde mix, the captain cf
which informed, that M». Pinckney had been ieful
rd by t’ue French Directory, as Minuter from the
U. S and that the conditions on which he was per
mitted to refioe -»t Paris were Inch only as were
granted toolbar foreigners; alfo, that the Brclt
:d^er had failed.'*
We o.'ivc the above literally as deceived from cajjt.
March-* m:.
C>p -ai:i Bimbridg*,- arrived a? Sr. Bartholo
mews in 3S da vs from Bourdeaux ir.Iorrned Capt.
Ma'chant, ti;rt a few days previous to his leaving
that place, accounts were received of the failing of
tb'; Be eft fleet, confifting of 20 fail of the line. 11;
frigites, and a number of tranfports, with 20000
tru; p's } fuppofed lor Ireland and that Mr. Pinck
ney was received no otherwife than as a It ranger.
NORFOLK. ManJi <S.
Ex*racl f a letter f+om a gentleman In Creertoch ('Scotland)
to his cjtrrfjjonde',t here, dated the zfh December, re
ceived hy the Pe\\gy, Copt. Royd, arrived in Hampton
Rood: from Liverpool^ which piaccjbc left the zdcf fc
“ Ai! profpeers of peace are blown over for the
prelenr ; our ambalsador (Lord MalmefburyJ hav
ing been ordered to leave Paris about three days
ago, and wasd*ily expected in London from thence.
“ The French Directory, it is generally fuppo
fed, do not want peace, knowing well, that as
foon as the armies return to France, its power will
be of iliort duration.
*’ They have dtfblifhed an arret fufpsndiog all in
tercourle with America.”
.The above is confirmed hy C?pt. Bamberrf, ar
rived here from St. Bartholomews in 17 days.
He fays that a Philadelphia built fiiip, Capt. Bain
bridge, had arrived there on the 14th of February
from Bourdeaux, in 3 ;; days, which brought an ac
count orLord Malim-ibury's being ordered to leave
France; and tftrfr Mr. Pinckney would not be re
ceded by the French Directory, as ambalsador from
th’$ country ; in ■ onieqnencc of which he had re
turned to Bburdeaux, where he was waiting to get
a paisage home.
Captain Bove pofitivcly aliens.that previous to his
filling, accounts were received at the cottom-hou'fe
of Liverpool, of 17 fail of French veistls, men of
v/nr and tranlports, having a number of troops on
board, dcVtined for a defeent on Ireland, being
through Brels 0} weather blown into Ban try $.iy,
molt of them ditmaited ; lome of the people went
on Ibore, were made priioners, anil lent to Du din ;
from the fituation of the place the whole muft ine
vitably he cap’urcd. They intended to have effect
ed a landing atLcndonderry in .ht Noah of Ireland.
MART /NS BURG, March 16.
--<o<3»>d‘*>o<S!'£>o*
Self defence being the hri. law cf nature—on
this principle, the following important query is iuo
mi.tcdto the impartial and pointed conliderarion of
the citizens at 1-1gc, ami trtctioltiei s in ]>*i ticular,
not ot the diltrict ot Berkeley and Frederick only*
though more particularly, but to coniederated Ame
rica !
Ib or CAN that candidate for a teat in the Fede
ral Legiflature, be qualified fur engaging the uoufi
’deuce or, or dilcha.ging the high irun reputed^
property, tor an unfufp:-cting and pt.ceablv dilpoted
people, who has publicly txprelsed a with to be
elected , “ THAT HE MIGHT HAVE A LRaCK
AT ?Hk FKERCH r
, is tins the M.flinnary of Peace ? Is all his arnica,
bit facrifices u> end here ? Even the molt illiberal
ti aductrs of Mr. Rutherford. that long and well
tried friend, the teal tri./nd of pj ice, as wcjl as of
the people, cannot adduce as <trongly a Disquali
fying charge againlt him i. he application isealy.
General Washington, hire Prefideht of the United
Stat-s, left Philadelphia on Monday fchmight, on
his v.*y to Mount.Vernon.
From the Ga.-.f.tte of the United State*
RtdEIvrD LAST EVEN . tt.
Reports of the Daj !
ThatCapr. Bainortoge art ivto.' at Sr. Bartholo
mews Iron) Bourdeaux, (which place he Jeff the 8 ft
January)—brought intelligence of the failing of the
brelt^eet, coniiiting of twenty fail of the line, and
having with them twepiy thoufand troops, defrina
lion luppofed to be Ireland—and that Mr. Pinckney
was nbc received a.* Mi oilier of the United States ‘of
the French Directory.
• Triend; and FcIIquj Citizens of Ret he If County,
TT is thought adviieable by my frui.os at uie cn
A fuing election, on Monday the .nth inf taints that:
l take my poll in Winchelter, in perlon, and my
friend Co). Philip Pendleton, will peri'ouate ill? itl
Berkeley. With this opinion I have concurred, and
trul't And hope you will all come forward as free
men and give to your fufTrageS, whether for or a
gainil me. However, I will i fT r a tew Ihort rea
Ions, why I think Mr. Robert Rutherford Ihoul.J
not be elected. In the fir It fdace, he f'eems lobe
defirons of becoming an engrolser of public honors,
having now been a Repcefentarive urCungrefs four
years. When lie firlt oppofed Mr. White, be gave
as a reafon,that Mr. White had ferved four ye.irs f
t hat this was long enough In a republican govern
ment, Fr.d tha! it Was dangerous to the liberties of
tile pr"p)e to luft rorte liiar. to iotitiriuc longer as a
Reprefcnrative, Itlr he run into com linaiions —>
Siprin, when he attempted to f.vour the infurreui
on beyond th-* mountain which brought ‘me fjrii for
ward to oppole bjhlj and when t>e became fearful
tint hetbcru.fi he left but, he a footed the people- \<\
exp re Is terms, rhat if they would t.'ecr him tor tine
lime, be never afterwards would trouble them a
gsin, and pledged his wore’ and honor to this effect.
He Was then elected—and now comes forward a
gtin, bur gives az a realon, that rf 1 had hot offered*
he would not. v
I ani always averfe to tp?rk oFnufelf, but Cann--z
think the reason a good one, nr lu£i,:ient rr j.sici.y
Mr. Rutherford'a breach of promife. I Oo n "c
know that 1 have deferred ill of the people. I anj
not confcions, that throughout the many rrvir-g
occurrences of my life, that by one act I have jufrly
forfeited their good opinion—but I lubmii myieif ia
the judgment of my peers. I hope Mr. Ruther
ford's pointed and particular objection to me as *
candidate, will at leaCt be’ah excule for the Jiuls
l have laid of him.
With great ref pert, I am,
/our obedient hi-vant*
D.AMfeL MORGAN.
A- -—I- +• -t- H- H-f-I-H -k -f—f—4- -4- H->- -*-j-1-U>
_ YOUNG PAUL JONES,
Will ftand the enfuing ieaion, at iny plantation at
the Sulpher Springs, two miles fri.ni C-.-neral Lee's
place, eight from Cbarles.Town, and eight from
Middletown, and wii! cover marc*? at the modera'e
price of Four Dollars each, payable the 15th day of
October ne:ct eniuing.
Young Paul Jones is a beautiful dark grey, riling
five years old this Ipring, Seventeen hands high, ia
fine order, excellent for the laddie and well form i
for the carriage j he ^ns got by Captain Riclf-mf
Baylor's, old Paul Jones, and came.lroui a large and
beautiful blood tr.ire, feventeen { hand half high.
To I'peak much of hi* pedigree would be .needle.s,
as I am confident hi* figure will fufficientiy recom
mend him to the bef. judges. rl he leafon to com
mence the fir ft day of April, and end the twelltU’
day of June. JOoEFH IWlNG'HlNNl.
March 13,
TAKE NOTICE.
I Caution all pcrlons agairft cursing or rsrrju.ig
away TimWr or 6re-wood, lying on the m’ain
ftreet, leading from Chai les-Town to Harper’s
ferry, without my written.perm‘3ion, as I pririvelv
will profecute thofe who may b*'re*frer trke thole
liberties. JOSEPH CRANE.
March 13.
d-T /I vttrrbcr of .■.d-jtrtijtrrunts, rr.fi be omitted.