The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-08-04 00:00:00, page 3

wr. V, *»-*in will have It in her power to ofter fuch
ttrrins as i r- e will very prob-blv accede 10. The
jy.ench republic will then Inv? nothing mors to do,
but to lie down and enjoy '.he fruits ot’ner toils—
adi.'ft her internal concerns, and turn the attenti
on of her -..li/.ens to thole improvements in her a
prKulto"", commerce, and nunuitaciures, which un
ti .r a jnii. and equal government, may carry iu-r
v.' o11li, power, and luppinefs to the highelt pitch
©I mint in attainment.
Bit no. fay th‘ diiturhers of our peace—France,
after having conquered all jiurjjps, will have a
dreadful account tu lctile with the United duxes.
BAL I iMUKli, July 2j.
"Extras of a Letter from a Gentleman in New York, to hit
friend in Philadelphia, 'July 20.
“ Reports are (pending that we h.ve the Yellow
Fever among us, and I believe we have had a lew
jnftauces of it, bat do not find that it increales
y«-'* _
Jnly 29.
Arrived at Jerrmie, troui St. Maries the fh'p
Mercury of New - York, lay in port. Capt. Copia
< l.firwis the account of Capt. Truer, arrived at
I\e v Y ,rk, refpeciing the unprecedented treanmu
of C ipr. Jelsup, oF the ih ip Mercury. Capt. Copia
fsys that fhortly after Capt. Jelsup received :lie
fl >gging, his body turned quite black ; but previous
to *):s departure, be was in a fair w. y of recovery.
Ci •.»l mortality prevailed amongit the troops there,
stnei 1 he imprefsments ot American leamen were as
frequent r.s at any f. nntr period, and not tne leaft
regard paid to any protections.
Captain Copia irdurin-, that a number of Bri
gand boats, out of fire- Bne of Leogane, have lute
]v p;i,ved very rrou rlefmiie to the Americans, and
plundered fotne of th.m, pafr.ng w ith Jt convoy.
Captain Pierce, oi the iVhoui.er D. fight, iron)
Porto Rico, iniorms ib >.r the brig Fiiii'% Ci.pt. Jor
dan of lW; • \v!r:n w ,s cap: 11 red on the! 2£ h
M.y, bv the Favorire Bri'ilh jloop of war, and
lull for Grenada wii.re, after her arrival, the mate
and crew avoir, c\'i her c,\:\ o! the harbour at night,
and proceded ro fea Shortty after fell in with the
French privaTeer fbeoner Cying Filb, by whitn
i'u: again mi-,'n 1 prize o', in confeouence of hei
having no papers ->n 'no rd. She Was oaiiy expect
e.i to nr rive ai Porto Rico, Put had not before
Capt. Pierce I f) that port. C.pt. Iordan ariivetl
live on the 7th July, in the Ale.v *nr,er from Mon
C ptsin Dillingham, or t’;e Irhonner Tndof'rv, !
i-: iS <iays front bt. I• .<r• holomews, informs Iiu.i i
fi 'jr rated at 17 dollars per barn' there, and ni
Sc. Vincents oi,. i‘e learned that 7 1 ;i 11 of (be Ii 1,e
direct; from Fiance, had arrived at G.uhFj!'. ope.
Yefterd-ay arrived t lie kb tinner Rebecca, captain
Smith, 16 d -.yv from ? >r» uu-tVincc. It war; hated
under the Nm-folk head in our paper of yekcrd-a\ ,
that at!r>:.r • I Harvey h ,J arrind in the Weft In
dies. We now have a cnrh mat ion of it by a gtn
tlpm^n who arrive.! yeherd;*\ in the Rebecca. He
fays that Admit.;! Harvey’s fence arrived at the |
M-’le early this morning, and cor.lilted of 1; lhips ]
of war, altnoft aii of the line, and 30 iraniports, j
v. !t*n 2nno troops—more were daily expected in s i
fleet of much greater force. Immediately after ad- !
wind Hawev’s arrival at the Mole, a force v. as ce I
lach.d ru*:;-.!! Forr-Bompard, which they retook j
vi'i-h great lb-ughier. He further itates, that from j
’a number of at rivals at the diff rent Briilf!) ports
in t. D mi in 00, they bad cr.l leered r.t Port au
Prtneeand l/.^rcalmye, a very tonfldera*. ie bmly-cf
troops, among which were 3000 cavalry, Had
beard of the late arrival of a I quad r on from Brelt at
tin Cape, but not of Richery at Santo Domingo.
Fionr 16 to 161 dolls.
Capt. Smith informs, that the day before he left
Port an Pi inee, a captain Jet'sop, of thefhip Mercu
ry, belonging to New York, lying in that pot t. was
run foul of by an Engliih frigate, the l.iilors of
■which jumped o - board of captain Jel’son and be
gan cutting away ids fore ihret and other of his
rigging, whan captain J. ricjuefted them in a very
polite manner to cut away no more than was ne
cefsary ; at which the captain Of ihefiigate fl* w in
a violent paffion, and ordered his men to tiring him
on board bis frigate and flip his cable • which being
done, captain J. fsop was brought to the g.mg-way
and whipped *nd heat by a couple of rt ftian.s, ’till
his lire was delpaired of. Captain Smith never law
any ptrfoL beat. and brulfed in fuch a cruel man
ALEXANDR1A, July zS.
The fallout :r an extra?} 'fa letter from a}t 'Jflccr in fhr
L ni ted States Legion t to his jrund in h uruanei, dated
ijih Maj, 1796.
“ The reduction of the army and the arrange
ments at the war < ffice, will occrfwu many revolu
tions in our microcolm. We ore in daily expecta
tion of a move to the front, as every poflihle exer
tion has been made; the whole t.f the art ill: ry. and
HI the ordnance anti quarter malices firms from
forts Walhirigrcn ond Hamdtc- , are fent to De
troit ,• the whole were carried 11»i• her hv water, ex
Cl‘l:* thrlhorr portage from Lornvcs to the head of
too hr. Mary's, wi>bh is bur. ti miles, at which
two places and the Upp r Pique towns, we now
l ive garrifors. We wait only for orders firm
Philadelphia to proceed, which are expect*d by the
mxt loft, on Ti;« Idr.y evening. 1 he I- dians ap
pear ft til to he friendly inclined, and 1 tu. he no
d oubt of our taking peaceable pofsc fi,on oi the Bri
hih poftl."
MARTI NS BURG, Augult 4.
The late account s from Europe make no mention
of an action on the Rhine—the informal ion given
in oar lafe relative to that circumltsmce, mult ul
premature.
Monday,the 25"h inft. a Prize ofTen Thoufand
Dollars Was drawn in the W ellington Lottery, No.
z. The polseLor ol No. 12,515 is the ioriunate
■ dventurer.
Extract of a letter from an officer of the army, to
his frien-i in Cincinnati, dated Gieenville, June
J7, 1796
“ Cap 1 ;n Shamb irgh aid-de-camp to brigadier
Gen. j f.n^s W'llkinfon, reiurned ro this place Lit
evening from D-'iruit. and baa brought w.ch him a
letter from Co.. Eng* ind to the General, in which
i am al's'ivj the Col. informs the General, that he
hourly expected tin..! orders from lord Dorchefttr
lor the evacuation of the polls :t to his com
rr.ard : that he was prepared ro avail himfelf of the
fhortelt notice, and 1 hit fo Icon as thole orders
ihould arrive, lie would difpatch an exprefs to the
General, with inhumation thereof; to the end that
they might convert nuainres for i^e lafe delivery of
li.a public woiks and buildings to ihe 11 oops of the
United States.
“ Capr. Sham'v.irg war received with e’-ery mark
of diiiincticn — was lodged in the quarters of Capt.
O'Bnen, of the gam Ion, and was treated with the
utmofc polirenets and urbaniry by all ranks, except
the favage A7 Kec, who convinced of his manifold
murderous deeds durft not ice ban.
From French Pap'rt.
Pache, who w.'.s Mayor of Baris in *93, has been
arrefted as one of tiie late conspirators.
Amur, an ex-conHituent, who was the principal
cable of the death of the celebrated Rab -iK Sr. K. i
enne, is ftaUfi to have been lately arrefted, and
confined rn the houfe from whence in the da).' of
his power, he brought out the victims of his re
venge.
'Litre ha?- atfo been arr-Tted a number of perfens
who fli'e iliemfcives exclusive patriot/, arid aliitmbled
in the Rue Guerin Ejiiscau.
** Knaves of all Countries, are the fare f*
It appears by 'he Lit accounts Jr..m Baris, that
ih nefarious fit: which lately compiled a gain ft
.he Coiifntu. .0:1 of '.'.-.at Republic, al- imed to them
frlwsihe apt).- 11 • on of exclusive patriots. It
is remarkable, that the faction v nidi h: s ocen la
boring tor fv ; ai years p it, to lubverr the confti
tuiioii id the Uuiud Stairs, have long (ince, in the
effect, afsemed the lame till#.
[U. S. Gaz.J
s V MMARIL Y.
The iveapMitan armv is {'rated, under Par*' elates
of the 25s Ij ,\liy, t" have been totally dcleared at
Codogno : and the queen's regiment almofi cut to
Tne Arch Duke Charles had put in execution, on
the 13th M-v a military order to call on the Ger
manic hodies for their contingent o i men vnd mo
ney wit hot delay, -
The Duke of Brunfwick had at length accepted
the command of a body of Pruilians, Hanoverians,
and lirnnfwickers, to the atnounr of 80,000 men.—
The defeination of this force is obhurely Uateci ;
but it is prefumable it is merely to preferve the
line of demarcation agreed to by thole powers with
the French
In Lorjji'a the inlorgents are faid to continue fn
force; that ihf.v h;,d cut off 11 communication wi h
Baitii and be. Florence, and had taken a conftdera
ble trealurefeni by the Fnglilh from the lalt men
tioned city,
“ Ore of the People ” came to handyeferday, and/kali
haue a place in our next.
berkcley County, July 23, 1796.
IvTa. WrLtis,
Sift.
J did not fee your paper of the T4rh inflan!, till this day %
'which prevent'd me ftom jooner an/'iuering the Citron ;—
you 'Willtherefor: pleajfe to fublifb try rej.!\.
R. Ac 1HERFQRD.
SIR,
I THANK you for yonr ** good will.'* The prin
ciple alluded to by me in a former publication,
■8 fully explained bv the proceedings of the Hculf
of Reprelcntatives, lubfequent to the call lor pa
pers, refpecting the Bririlh treaty, to which I beg
leave to refer you. Your fecond enquire of** who
are on the fide oppofed to that of the people,” 1 an
Iwer by laying, that all thole who endeavour to de
grade and lilcnce the immediate reprclentatives of
the people, and attempt to deprive them of the
powers allotted to them by the confritution—all
who endeavour to glois over everv error or mi flake
of the other branch of the legifiature—all who
Itrive to varnilhwith lophiftrv, the infraction of a
lolntin treaty, entered into in the month of March,
1783. and other acts of violence—all who advocate
fiical arrangements, calculated to perpetuate a ra
pidly increalingnational debt. All luch, I lav, are
in my opinion holtilc ro the rights of the people,
and which ought to be held next to faert-d, as the
minuteit infringement of rhefe is dangerous in the
extreme, for reafons obvious to all. i leave with
yourfelf, and a well inform; d public, the terms
“ breach of rvufr,” with this remark, that Ten Se
nators, well i(it0nned> ami as refpecuble as any iu
rhs ur.ion, together wish F .rty F:o!n Dl^ptes,
equally rt-able, v. cree.Ji oi ..f . , inoi. ; ai.Ji
alter observing riiai fallacious reaionings, art not
only uncmciid, but in their trrnhncy ctaugerous id
liberty, i ijici you, and tvciy amin : nu»u» wriirr, a
lioal adieu. H iwever, aisumug y our pioper r. nit ,
1 will nor ilti 1.lit Jr.nher ojdnn<tUOiis, becauie I
do not wlh ro odirude my opinions on a wile, vir
tuous, and grcat people, nor on a moderate, polite,
ami “ well-meaning,” “ Citizen.’*
R. RUT HER FORD.
To the ptrfon nvho fuhfcribet hint ft If *• A Ciiizcaf i*i
tbcPsjtimak Liuaru.au f julj ).}, I}y0.
Mr. WJLLIS,
LlklCthe Citizen, who appeared in your paper
of the 14/hoi July, (though troin *■er.y cliff, rc-nc
motives) *c 1 was noi a petitioner for carrying the
Britvlh treaty hiro effect —Like him too, J am nt
opinion, in, “that all ir^ititrate powers emanate
from t».. p ' pie."— 2d, “ 1 liai a 11 Julh powers fire
r rolls. "—3 J, *■ That Gofigrels cat.uoi rein lie to car
ry treaties conftitntionnlly marie, into 1 tf-cr."—and
4’ It, iliai rhe Home ot R. p. clemat ives have no
rijp.hr to controul a p< wer efcpreiily created t>y ti c
people.” Now, Mr. Wiihs, admitting ail tliis to
be true, {till i do nor, (1 ik^ your Citizen) U-c the
necefliry of hgoiiig pe-.... or.J in favour of iheBrinth
treaty, because he has not told us what the abov
axioms h ive to do with thv met its o: demerits if
that coni pact ,• and therefore, 1 am mterly 2' n lens
to know h< w they can pollinlv have the fm,:ll.f~
connection with each other ! But his object feents
to have be.n upon conltitutional principle•> (o cert
lure the Houfe o? Represent at i :?•>, (or their pro
ceedings relative to that trea’y—and here too, ic
may be eaiilv (hewn that he Lands upon falls
grounds. 11s firft and fecund pjvpoff tuns have
little to dfl w i h the prelent futj t c t — '>is third,
‘ that ConjTi-els cannot ref’ofe to carry trea! if - t;«
Jhtutionfrly made, into effect,” is more in pm:;. — m e
1 11. thv cu izen lias, in my opinion, carcfu.lv tVkd
ed the inmt eff titicfI cju.Ition, which C, ewh< her a
treaty ('U- h as that lately emu r-d irto with fii.ia f
could be unfittutithalh trade, ^wiiho/.t ihe ecujcnt o/C.rt
gr,'y * L h« Ihould am wer tl.i.s q.itu.im, m the rtt
hi m »:ive, he is certainly miftakm, becaufe thecon
Ittiu: ion gives to Cnngrels certain fptdftc pow ers,
which cannot poflibly be done away i y tin \>'V<tal
treaty making power, given t>y the fame in<::t mm.c
to'the President and Senate, And jhortM the Prc
ndenr and Senate, in the Cxercite of this ^::.e ai pow
er, cc creach upon \\wfptctpc p.»w . rs given m dun
greis, the Houle of Kc pi eici,tat ivcs, as the imni«
dime guardians of the confutation and cf the li.
berries or the people, are bound to r* fut: Jm.h efur
or.rii ns. \ mean, Sir, that if t he i'lt-iidrr.i and --
nate Ihould, by trenry.m-ke ftipul.ations wbCh g<>
fo 44 regulate commo ce'*— ‘ it» admit aliens to 1: s
tics —or 16 any other panunKr power given 10
Congrefs, it follow.' of iK-Cffiiiy th.it the c wj'ent if
the Motile of R. p. t ier,thrives mnf, lirlc he b-u and
Ob- Mined, before the laid treaty can be “ conJiuiMi
on:.!ly uv.bt-"—beenufe that hr r.cii of the leg !li.
ture enjoys a pan icipai ion of iIn- powers ntet..- -rv
to in ike i he laid regulations. Any doctrine com
trar\ to this principle, goes at cnee to deltrov ire
checks and balances provided hy r ,. tnoU excel
lent copfc notion, and can only b< chtrill .d by anti
fed e tali Its, dih.-i ganizers, and enemies of a ri publi
can form of government.
That “the Houle of Reprefe nrati ve~ have no
right to controul a j>o**ver ex pref> ly created hy t e
people," is readily granted —but lurily the Cnizm
w ill not fay that ine Prctident and Senate tit}-, y
this right. If that lliould be his opinion, he will
imd tliat the Houle ot Rcprefentat iv o. h. v*, wi'h
a degree of hr nine Is which docs them infinite honor,
reltnved that they will not (offer thtnneKea to he
(’tripped of the powers veiled in them by the love
reign w;M of'he people—and this. I preiume, :c
tine principle fpoken of by Mr. Rutherford, in a ia-c
publicitio 1. As to the queftinn,— • Vvno are on the
fide oppoOd to that of the people ?” My own op -
tiion is, that none are more fo, rhau th.. e who w.;‘i
to de'.troy the conltitntion by V'cakenirg 'he au
thority oi the nu n numerous and popular branch
of the government, and giving all povrr and influ
ence to t hoie futheit removed firm ihe people_
aiming, by thefe means, ar the rind i u Ir.eni of *
v. v, ri> l.c-nt of IC' no, Loros and Commons, npoa
':,ilns ll‘c i7ue il'ghly p;}.fcd aim ucer bournt
liberties of our country.
CIVIS.
Berkeley, Ju'ie 28, I 796.
W'E the Subfcribers. having taken Colonel Mo
ses Hunter’s Mills, near Martimwg, in
tend carrying on the manufactory ot bit>i.:,'in aa
txter.five way, and from our knowledge of the boli
nefs, having been bred to it, and f'erved an appre-n*
ticeihipat the Brandinuine^tWWs, we flat ter ourfeiv es
t’nat we can make as much, if not more flour troni
wheat, than an) other mill in Berkeley. The mill is
in good order, and we will, b) dole attention, en
deavour to : fford fatisfaction, and wili he thankful
to thole who will pleafe to favor 1 s with their cuU
lorn- Wfl.MAM BOYD,
d-3 V1 • H I N b Y v* : )<
AS a meeting of the Tro~p hv sheen ordered • r»
Saturday the 13th of this month ly the Can
tain, in Martinsbuig, :t iscxpvcied that thoe
longing to the feme will he pairnihr in rhCrr
terdance on that day. Thole who are <Mi. 4m ut,
will certainly be fined atireeHile to 1 y.
HliNRY SMALL illSt-gt.
4‘^j ’96,