The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-12-28 00:00:00, page 3

ftirfjx, of his fhip Venerable, arrived at
the admiralty office with the official details of the
victory gained by admiral Duncan over the of
Holland.
The two fleets Were equal in numbers, each hav
ing fixtten two decked lhips. — Admiral Winter
tants V>trc expressly for the puipofe cl fighting the
Eu^lilh fee by order vf the convention. I'h.-y
lattceh grtfiVing him triad by a courb martial it he
d:d ndi^il.
1 hi Dutch vice-admiral did not Hand the fire of
the Vent r able above -ten rhino ics, but di upping her
fore Wtl that ah$ad. The ' Ve'm rabl;; then ranged
upi**dmircT Winter's Ihij., when a vciy w*i»»y
corwttlcfcd attVdn fork place which l*n/d above two ,
tour-*, When the Ditch were obliged to y» ;id to the
Superiority dtf'Brililh lkiil &nd court.£'.
At ihe cohesion of f'he acnv*n, '.lie Britifh fl-et
found theinUDefeHn vhe pof • ffi-m of pine lliip.*. of
.the: tin a and two frigates—A Dutch brigotid Khoo
eerwr.5 funk in th- net ion.
Tb© toil owing are the iiaiiifs and force of the Ditch
■ ■ 11 /ip t <&&•' ure-'l :
Vrjhrid, 7<f—s:r,'n:i, at fie Krenter,
‘Jupiter, ; 4— ^ice Aden!ml Kyntics,
JAaerltm, 6b—D<tft, ) 5^'
shin'. PeupicSf 63 — eilkner. 5 0.
Utl) bbeid, 63—toonnkhn$at*j 4 +
U a h> no a r, 64 — Am buj^etje „ 3 l
Jicecuin, 64 — Another line, of battle fosp. if rc
*>o> ted to be taken,' name uhkm*wrt
'i he Q’i-.rri'ci* d.vk of the Dutch #admiral*s ihlp
war cord p‘.e«cly cleared of every in an, the admiral
Y\ 101 • c If e x r. r p i e ji ■ 'lln* day after the aciicfa the
rt mtunt of (lie Ditch fleet, gained ir.? IVx 1, the
wind having favoured them by corning vwy..»i to
the wekwurd. Admiral Winter iviirdidl w «-a
Ict'V, as was the vice-adraircDs lu;p, on board ot
which were two vice ?.dni:r*)s.
Admiral Duncan yt-ftruday anchored with feme
of his lhips ami pr.iea iff. Orfordne<s, .and they
were tXjAcscd l® reach MulUfity. bay ia.lt night.
Several of the l!i:ps ^re nor yet arrives, from hav
ing the Dutch prizes tc u w home.
T'b-.* krttrej And wounded on board the Bririil
fleeta« f-r if hts beau ulcer mined, is—k l!*.a
l73 —vvouiiatJ:5 4.
-r -*• -+
U A IT ED *ST /J T E S.
NEW Ywj-.K. ]'.(.einbfr 19.
A report is in chci.i).mon; fa -i tu be frcm rh«
€8frw^n’!, lb'.! f'r. rur Jus equally dftlartd wai
ag.'ind \hi- United Suit's Wet anxi-v fly w-jit iur
^th*r p.-.rncul »rs-. 'I hsi fuel) an cyan is j>r«• bmbK-.
vill not be dilpnfcii by ary one v ini b,.d obiervid
the gradations ir.fn profited friendship 10 opto
««a*««y ‘-n tiieir part. Ar.ti it. is not, unlike !y thin
4n a very JinJe time, cither our t.jm oys wi}i lie a.
fnongit os pu• n, or t b01 inuli.of thrir‘be
ing. but i.-vnv Vvi 1 ii ignominy, will be received.
How conus ir to p is, that we he or of mote de
p-t dr.n■ins by the Kbitilh than bys.the fcreocii, on
C,:u' c'.trmerce, wi:h:n thoie ft tv wc< Up ?- 7 iuy rob.
»»s «ven m m;r" cc.-frs. Four American Ihips" l.j\ve
h^-en re. n' 1 y lent into b\ ji-oh okaci
Of nvj 1 y\ irifceUB. ionic oi thrfncnaiy ;epie
<t iinns oi this nation me recorded in t' e Argas.
ru O^un, of 1 ha iclioouer 'Renwiik, r6days
from Sc. Croix, iiHorms, that the lit glifh p>-iva
f it < i i -rtolj, have I?u)y t^kto a nutnber oj
ytmnican‘V'JJ’is :ur.d to it.'1 humss's, curried tin* in
into iort.,1.1, where il.uy wre 1nod*-timed. '] lit
•F n h nr "Si. M-rtins, kavtt lately ukt-n a-number
4i i A meric ax vebjs-.
Pf l •"T, ADF/f-V > i I A. t> - c-niber 22.
CAjll XNVOYb AT PARIS.'
7 h? A-riVi s lb. it. op . s of the 1 11 h of October,
fr.ys, *' On tiu 71 h of October, the I-brcc /f;neticat:
■Neg-icra/'irs we re pr denied to the niimlitr for ro
r*. .01' nff.iirs. 7 hey are—]y]i*. P'mcktif'V, of Stnu h
Guroiina, who f -rved w ;-*ti diliioctifln during 'he'
whole of the v/ar fur American Jndcpendtance—Mr.'
JM-triivaH, of the fvate of X ugir.iaj who ally bore
prims during the fame period, but who ha6 applied
»i ice the jv-iice to tiie Kudy of the law, and now
©ecupirs the fuuation ct Adroraie-'Gc nerahef that
ltrtrc, anti Mr. (.jerry, of M-Xsachufetts, member
for th-ij It at e in Cohgrels, vthere he is equally dif
tMitudfht’d by his talents and his moderation.—
*3 hrte fr-'ec men, wlio rtftde more than 300 miles
from each other, ere fcartt !v acquainted! 1 he
f,r‘t time they .ver met was at maj e tlu n a fhou
*:i«A leagues*' fro til their countty t,o fulfil an impor.
tent Tmffjdn ! fhis confidence of the Americm go
vci nimnr, in citizens who never were employed jp
dipHirtlaiic affairs, lor renewing the puliiical arrl
c(‘rpm«rc.11I relations ol tire United States witlj
Xiar.ee, t-,rvc5 us realon to j.relume tltat the ,-o■
verr.tnem v.-ilhrs rather to rt!^ on the hdelity and
candor of tire French government, than tn fetk a
fnj.port front the intrigue or the fineltt of mm iki!
le.l :n the M.tchiavelitnt of r-abiners, -t his nomi
nation, therefore, augurs the for fin a re ilsue of the
nepncidtion ivlticli is about to conttnence.”
A leucr Irnm a gentleman ol Norfolk, to a num
U-.r oft ohg.eis, dated ,3th inlt. lay,, ■ -.Ve have
|
ni-.vs I rout C.pe Francois, Barmy hss lent his
if
I- .petes t o F; ar.ee, and he is no w judge of the trt
Imt-a in prize cafes, Cnee which leveral Amnican
S'cl-.rli. hotrod to. and cowjng from Brititli ports
limit as were lo lie lore t he war) are not to hr con
rltinned. Sesefal had hem releafed, and reoft ol
1 privatee-s Utd 1 p. This is in confequence rl
the late orders from France. Capt. iiultin, ol
i
bng Amelia, oftViladelphla, arrived here To-cUy,
wan this information."
i he following is another Attract of a letter from
a gentleman of Norfolk, to auo'.iier member ofCwn
'gfcl9,Uat4^1 the I2ih inlt. “The only news i»t im
portance wo have at prefent\ c«me to hand this
day, by an arrival from the Wrlt-Jodies ; ic-is, that
commodore Barney's appointrd Chiel judge oi the
court of admiralty of the C»pe, and that he llad al
ready i;sued a proclamation, forbidding the cap.
cure of Aoiencjn velsels boon! tfe any Hririlh port
whatever, except to loch as jre fryLd Relc/Poits."
Cypt. Atwood, arrived at Bolton from Guada*
loupe, Wii intwrnled rhjL V: ft.jgbt# had givrn or
ders ta take* all Aiurficott veisris, that the cruizers
liiould meet with, let thorn be bound where they
would, and bring them in lor trial, which was tan
tamount to a condemn*!ion either of. vrj>«l or ckr
go, the priyaieeriTyen tw.e»ri»g, in all cfclrs, they
were bound c<> Euglilh: porta,4fjtJ h« judges of the
• courts admitubg no o^tha turn the American lea
rn?!} 'o fuperceoa theirs. Ih^rr lay in fct. Mar
tins four privateer$:•—one shat was bought at Nor
wich, &«d failed l*fi fail, id izgutis, tor the pur
pole of cruir.iflg agairdi Arotiicutfs.
FEDERAL LEGISLATURE.
HolS£ OF Rf rR ESF.NTATIY IS.
December.
Q*» motion of Mr. Tvlican, the committee of
ways and ^-*ns were iaftrn -id to extend th» al
terations relprcting the excife Lws, to licences lor
(tills, down.ro a fingL week.
The hmile want into e committee of rhe whole
on the bill for fofpsndrng rife itcond lection of the
act regulating foreign coin.
Mr. ii n gi eaves* mo veil the committee to. rife, in
order to driTroy the hill, and thin i'nltruu the le
ket curnmitire to bring in one conformal ly to the
principlr.s originally reported by that committee.
But after m Irr.gthy dtfiuffion, (his mtafure was
jecu-d, a*id then rhe committee rofe and reported
- - c hi 1! without a rn en d me n r.
in the hon ean amendment took place, by ftrlk
•»g out more format ive words, conceived by feme
ro be nrtelsarv, in order nj revive the It-gnl tender
of French crowns—out they werejudgedunnecelsa
t y by a majority.
December in,
The report of the committee on the luhjcct of
licencing lulls, was ."greed to wish an rnrto'mem,
by a committee of the whole'and by the hoofe ; a
bill is ordered to be prepared to amend the pre
lenc laws in this rcfpuct.
AN ACT
To poftpone for a limiud time, rhe commence
ment of ihe Duties impofed by an act, intituLd,
“ *n acr 1-y.ig duties on ttamped Vellum, Parcb
ineni and Paper."
B*ir enaefed, &c. that fq much of the act inti
t ilcd “an ad Lying duties on lianud Vellum,
Parchment and Paper," as direct*, that the duties
impofed by that acr, {'hall be levied, collected and
pa-id u from and after the thirty -firtt day of De
cember next,” liiall hr, and the lame hereby is re
pealed, and that the duties afpreiaid lhall he'levied,
voilrcted and p^id, from and after the thirteenth
day of jun? next, and not looner; to which lafi
mentioned day, all notices, certificates, and other
matters or things, directed by the laid act, and hav
ing relpect to rhe commencement or collection ol
vlic laid dun. s, or ary of the in lhall relate.
Approved DvC. 15,’
MARTINSBURG, December 21).
-<ot*i>o<feosi:o>-' —
A letter from St. Thom** s, dated Nov. 23. ro a
refpectabie houfe in Philadelphia, lays,—«* Since I
wrote to you on the 19 b jolt we have received ve
| ry ditegreeable oiv-s. We have It from good au
i *hority, that the French have got orders to capture
j all Amtrican vcfsels that they can find^. without drf
tinilim, '1 be trews Terms 10 be lo weil confirmed,
that 1 dare not venture out of port with proper
ly under American colours. 1 have now fold the
iefrooner, and given up the voy age/*
Another letter of a later date* givesfmiilar in
formation.
Paris papers of October 12, fay—“ There appear
to be no official advices ut hoinlities having re
coin rue need in Italy, but we modi fear that by thia
1 time the horrid leone of blood is renewed. T he
i army of Bo o/Ta p:\rte, from the fratement in the of
I ficiai journal, is in the molt perfect hate of'ptepa
' ration. The Auftrians on their fid* have t'pared
j no pains to reinforce their armies. Whenever the
campaign ihall open, therefore, the refult mu ft be
; diirreffing to every friend of humanity. A curious
paper has appeared in The Reriucteur of the 6th in
fant, purporting to be a letter written by lord
Malmesbury to « «oble lord in England, and left
behind him at L’flo, previous ro his departure from
that city, on the rupture of the negoc*atiun. T he
letter is evidently fuppolitions, merely calculated
to buiTefique ihe talents of his Jordlhtp. rs a regori
ator, and theprogrefs of tiie negotiation which he
conducted/*
Died in rhs town, after a vrrv Ihnrt illntfs, Mrs.
JlliaBeesok, wile of Mr Jtrsi Eeeiow.
1
THIS Is to give not'd, that l have fonrd in my
baru, and luppuLd r*> have bAm ItoLo, iuu
dry £<Jods. via. four.pieces of ch*ik together
'withEither good*, hacu as cotton*, it is expected
they were taken out ©florae waggon. 'ins owner
m .v have thea> again, by applying to the fovfc*iber,
living near Charicltown, iu Berkeley C ’omy.
ABRAHAM PAVbMPORT.
■Dec. 26, *97.
N. B. 'I lie Printers in the <l;#*erent Counties
toward* Staunton, are refuelled zo publish this no
tice for information.
Negroes to be fold.
THE fhhfcnber has for tale, ten likely Virgi
nia born Slaves, con fitting of men, women,
andbovs, Wb.;h Hav^s he will lei) realbnahly lor
■caih. * JOHN E. CRAG HILL.
Dc. 25, '97.
RAN away from the fubferiber, living in Staf
ford county, about 8 years ego, a ntj>ro man
named J*f«e Allen, about years old, full fact,
has on his cheek bov.e wilder one of his eye* a re
markable fear, occafioned by 5-he f*M from a foorfe >
he is about 5 feet 6 inches high, hour made, and
has an impediment iu His- 4perch. This negro has
been fee a on the ridge, between Alley's ui.d Sni
gers'> »ap. It is fufpectrrf hi is no* »*r rh.s Coun
ty.or Frederick, and is lurking between Winchester
and Mar.tinsburg. Vv lioever will take rip ibe above
negro and commit him togmd, or give informal!,
undo that 1 get hrjn again, fliflll have r? dollars re
ward and xeafenaoie charges,
JOHN JAMES,
(Ad min? ft rator tc the oftatc oi John James, drc.
Pec. 2<j, '97.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED from the fubferiber, about four weeks
ago laii fpring, a mare cu lt of a d a He brnwrt co
lour, with a bright iiar in his forehead, mt-ne and
tail inclining to coH. Any jjverfon that wiii givj
information to that 1 can g-r her agViu, Iball re
ceive the above reward and reefnna de ch <' get,, if
brought hoitie. JONAS VVALRAVEN,
[living ndar Capt, B. iifc-Jer.
Dec 26.
Berkeley County, Jf. Virginia Dee. if, '97.
W'HERLAS niy wile Elizabeth Smith, i;a.n ah
Iconded my l»fd near a year pair, and calls
me old dei'il and tells in* Ihe bad father have a
copter ■] nuke ilxrt, than me ; and has silo aivconded
our dwelling houle and habitation, without‘any
juft caul*?. Tbefe are therefore to forewarn ail
perfons what ldover from harbouring cr entertain
ing, or dealir; with the laid Elizabeth, in auy
manner whatiocvetr. This from yours, Sir..
JOHN SMITH.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the lubjcriber’s fervice, Tho*
rr.es Violet, an apprentice to tb« fedlrr's buli
neffi, hound by grder of Berkeley Court. 1 will
pfive the above reward if lecur-d in any j«-il of thd
United States, and rcafonable charfir* >1 brought
home. WILLIAM SHUfL.
Ciiarlefio*wn, Dec. z’6, '97.
* XJ HEREAS my wife Sally Grove, has, wirh
W out any juli caufe, It ft toy bed and board,
and run me in debt to a conftderaMe amount ;*»
this therefore, is to forewarn all perlons Iron! liar
bouring, dealing with, or crediting the laid Sally,
as J will pay no debt of her contradict?, ot’f-r this
date. HENRY GROVE,
Martinsburg, December 26, ’97.
JANE WILSON,
INFORMS the public in general, that Ihe has
opened a PUBLIC HGUbli ip Stnifhfield, where
Ihe is well (applied with every thing icqoifite fot*
the agreeable entertainment of the travel!' r and
citizen, and hopes from her jilsidycus attm-tion to
bulinels, the coutfant lunply of good liquors, and
every other necefs&ry, vVhkh Ihe is determined to
keep, to. merit and attain the encouragement of a
generous public.
December 26, *97.
T TAKE this manner of informing my cuftomera
jf. in general, that I am in great want of money 5
would thank each cne to come in and fettle quickly,
and not do as they have done, when 1 have lent lor
my money enquire whether root but they owed
me, but let thtm all know for themfeUes, and not
another that they ovr» me, and it is their rcakvna*'
bie dut y.to come and pay, lor i cannot conveni
ently wait any longer on them, as l am r,;lpt ied r®
take any kind of produce at tnaiket price, to con
clude with remaining the publics humble Lrviut,
BAMiL J/.MES.
Cbarles-Towii, December 26, '97.