The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-04-06 00:00:00, page 2

T:t PoTOMii Gcilt’lf.
•'* : : in year psper, who fign* himVlf
~1L “ . .V Pr.:it‘* it well known t« me to be a
p-r ',r y/ to n '< n- ^rintereUtd in «be »?pp!
Vttia or pr - p -ri<; or lie F ork, nor hi* he ever ren
-j<rca cr? (ir.’s tr.ice to the tomouDitv ; bat oo
th- c'jn'raij,.! s <:.one every thing in his power to
U/ ire tho'e very People who he nuw eff-ts h '
fervicr to 2s a representative—therefore can have
no apologv t,>f bftBielf “ 9o? Ftof ie ” in
deed hid he contented himitlf with lt*t<ng facts
which it: rented the People, he might be ex^uled,
but when r.e descends :o Cjiamny ar.d Hinder to
gratify his own nftfignant, envious di’Dontxcn, to
v.arcs perfons in whom the People have had cor.h
dence, and ■who he dare not attempt to injure it*
any ofhtr way than by healing from tbeu; that
which lie cannot e< j <v himfeif, without changing
h’s principle®, i>« is' without a Ihadow of excufe,and
juitly delervft to he tieated with contempt b) the
People, v. ;o he has thus infuited. This unhappy
inifanthrdpe m2y perhaps imagine, that if he could
level the characters of lonie* who he tuppofes
ftands i;r his way, Tc^iis ow.M^^might become a
favorite of the People *i ana gratify bis ambit»< n ar
the ess pence cf others ; bn? 1 trolr the People wiil
always have too much virtue to encourage loch at
tempts,
in his firfc efray he feta out with asserting, that j
©or Iste repref* ntative had emerged from ordcuri- t
ty, an i it could not be kitown th*t he had Talents, ;
or the People co-id have no proof of it in their ob- j
fcrvatVons. 1 think! und.-ritand the gentleman, if 1 ;
may fo cili him, having become once acquainted with (
his pri-aie fectimenis, 2nd will endeavour tq ex
plain his meaning. Mr. B. is t-he Ion of a plain,
h melt farmer, who lias noc been ambitious to dil (
pi.y a g?rnos beyond his neighbours, and perhaps
it has ^erc the cafe with molt of Mr. B.'s near con
nections There is another defcription of people
emong us (me ef which is the author i Ipeak of)
who have defended from great famtlies.they think
who have been fo much famed for genius, that it has 1
been known abroad from Haft even unto the Weft.
Whether their genius has been ufeful or injurious
to the community, thePeopie can judge ;—and thele
•ujtU birM gentry cannot believe that genius er me
rit can exits among the Tons of farmers or plough
men—and thus our author concludes, that cur late
representative cannot have talents ; and Wi'h theie
ideas he defpi/es and envies every one of a different
defeription from him fit If, who are promoted to an) '
lionorahie Itation whatever; and this frrange and
fiofurd opinion is cfcerilhed among the defeendants
©r thefe high-fiyers. tor generations,after the whole
of the family have become bankrupts, not only in j
fortune but in fame alio.
Being a ploughman mylelf, I confefs, Mr.'Willis,
that I led and relent the injuftice of fuch fenii
mer.ts, and think thetn r.npoliie, and luch as will
not meet the approbation of the People generally,
though it may of the people of which the author is
one, atjd cannot help thinking he meant the ittll
b'i People When he chole the ftgnature. As Mr.
J) ’s real motives for oppofing Mr. B. are unknown
to thr pinlic, and as pretended ones are imputed on
the public for rea! ones, I (hall endeavour to (hew
what really routed this pretended friend tothe Peo
pie to offer his fertices. He has laid a great deal
to the public about a petition which Mr. B pre
Jented to the it.it Afsembty and no wonder he has
Teen greatly agitated about it, for the effect which
Jt and others of a -fimifar natcre produced, has
greatly dilvppointt.) and'thsgrreed that gentleman.
, n his piecea he unilnrmly pronounces, that the pe.
titioners had no righc to land claimed und-r the
Commonwealth’s title. It muft here be ohferved
•.no made known, that Mr. D. has been well paid
for averting this; he has been employed and re
lived by the representatives of Lord Fairfax, who
d.im tail ihe ungranted land in the northern neck
oi Virginia, to eltabliib that claim ; and be has ex
erted himielf to do to againft the intereft of a num
ber of the Citizens of this county ; and no doubt ex
peered to have the plealure of lurning out a hur
-dred poor families, who are fettled upon ftnall
rncts ol land to which they claim under the Com
nonwealth; but how is be difappointed 1 the af
femhly have compromifed with Lord Fairfax's re
p.-elrntatnes, and ihefe poor men are out of Mr
X) 's power ; his expected feel are gone, and unlefs
he can deceive the people, and make them beliece
he IS their frteno when he is their encmv, and be
elrcrd and repeal,he law which was ma'de on the
subject la ft f. (lion of aTsembly, he will probablv lofe
toon dollars,or he prevented from making that' fum
?■ n"w employed in a r.iit depending in
Vtmche.ter, to fix the quit-rents on land in the nor
thern new, the effect of which will be, that we
fhall be tributary to a Bririlh Lord : I anfwer that
Be is. la it then poflible, that fuch a character will
?* 'h? crhoi„c' °f 'he People ? I hope not. Cud
iorbid, for I .onfider him a Britilh agent to all in
tents and porpoles.
How ate Mr D.’politics-or has he ary ? In
Winchefter he has declared in the moft public man
Iter, that he was a friend to General Morgan and
his polities. In Berkeley he has declared the re
yerle_ In one company he fans America ought to
jin trance; and tn another, thatlhe ought to join
Britain. Is this new coined patriot and friend to
sne people a rreeboiJer, or i, he not ? He declar
ed in February lafr that he had no more freehold
than was or the palm of his hard ; hut a friend and
.d-ocatenfhis.Mr.A-w, offered to m„ke him
• freeholder on the fpot, jf ,1C would pffer fnr ,he
Afsemhlv. W he,her he accepted Mr. A-wol
*" sr nBI' 1 Whbllay. 1 conceive the law re
quire* he ffosld be a freeholder-ux month* previers
t.o the election * \( to, it will require fome ingenuity
ro induce the people to eleft him, in violation of a
law of rfitrr couisuy .tvea if they Ihonld cor.ftder the
law a bad one. * A PLOUGHMAN.
v ENETIA n,
WILL fraud the pretent leak.n. 2t my plantation at
he foot of the Sw2n PiUids, and cower marc* at 6>x
Dollars the feafon, or T en D >llars to infure a col:,
it the mare has had a colt before. 'Venetian is 6
years old, a dark brown, i j hand* high, with biaik
'nine aod taH, feacdfdme, lofty carriage, and well
jilted. His fire was an fmporred horfe, and his
jam cim* irorn the Deft breed of running horfes.
fhe money for theTeafon to be £ a id by the fir Jr of
October next. Good pafturagr will be furnilhed
jratii, but I will not be anfwerable for accidents or
eicape*. <2HRISTOfH£R PARROTT.
April 6, '97.
STOLEM^B^Hfchy ftahie on the night of the
30th ult. valuable Bridles, of the follow
ing dclcription, viz. One with a plated bit a~d
bradoon, with plated tics and buckles, the bit with
* double guard, that is, two thin pieces on each £de,
the rains f^ftened to rings : alio a collar, the plate
on the’buckles of which was nearly worn off. One
other bridie wirb a bit and bradoon, both well pla
ted, and the cofh plated, the ratter is newer than
the other part* of the bridle, which im probably per
ceivable ; there have been plated tips or. the head
ftall and throat latch, but they are brok“. off the
former. The other bridle is a tingle r.* ned curb
the bit is plated, t»ut the edrb not; there are tips
on theh-ad frail and throat latch. A reward of
Eight Dollars will b£ given for apprehending the
thief and fecuring rhe bridles and collar ; and all
perfons are cautioned again ft purchafing the fame,
or any part thereof.
P.OBERT M KNIGHT.
'*t'~ 6 *57
TO BE SOLD, fir CASH,
" WEL'/E likely Virginia-horn Slavs? ; conuft
mg of men, women, hoys and children ; two hun
dr ed barrels of Corn, two hundred buihels of Oars
one hundred Gerle, and one new well lurnilhed Bed
nfceen or twenty young Cattle, two Saddle Horles
and two K^h-brcrf Fiiiies.
RICH WILLIS.
April z, *07.
WILL be {oli by PUBLIC VENDUE, bn Saturday,
rhe zzd of April, at rhe dwelling-houfe of Jofipb
Lamm, dec’d. in Fuckle'i Yervn,
Horfes, Cows, Hogs, Beds, Bedfteads
ard Brdaing ; with Delks, Tables, Chelts and Cheft
of Drawers, Chairs, Pots, Kettles, Looking dais
es, and a variety of other articles too tedious to
mention.-—The la 1 e to begin at trp rt'cloek, where
attendance, and reafonahle credit t ill he given by
GEORGE LATvlON, ) r °
. RACH AELLAMON. I hxcculors*
NOTICE.
ALL Jjerfons indebted to the eltare of JcfefkLamo*t,
dec’d. are retjuefted to make paj tnent, on or before
the fi'-ft day of June enluing, other wife they may
expect to be dealt with as the law directs ;—and aii
thofe having any claim or claims againft the laid
eftate, are defirad to exhibit them, properlv au
1 h^-nticated, that they may be fettled as loon as oof
fible.
GEORGE LAMON, 1
RACHAEL LaMON./ lt*ec,,lorSi
April ifr/97.
YOUNG MEDLEY,
WILL frand this feafon, at me Subfcriber's ftable
in Middle-Tow n, and rover rrar« at the moderate
price of Four Dollars the fealon.
Young Medlty is a lull bred horfe, a beautiful
bay, fixmen hands high, fuitable for either feddle
or carriage, and is of the Old Medley and J .nu§
breed ; he is exceedingly active, and his colts in
Augufta County, where he ftood for three Vears is
preferable toany in that part of the country._The
feafon will begin the fit It of April, and end the firlt
day of July.
L S O,
A very handfome JACK ASS, will
ftand at the above-mentioned ftable, and cover at
Three Dollars the fealon—Given under my hand,
this 1 ft day of April, 1797
GEORGE LAMON.
rO We let, either for a certain rent, or on lhares,
if timely application is made, my farm onBack
Creek,whereon I now live, on which there is a good
houle, barn, Itahles, &c. &c.— apple, peach, and
cherry trees, a good meadow, and munure hauled
and ploughed in j alio, leme ploughed for oats, and
every thing nearly ready for a crop. It is unne
celsary to lay further, as it is presumed any perlon
defirous of taking laid place, would with to fee ir
RICHARD M--SHERRY
lack-Cmk, April 4, '97.
Mr WILLIS,
A Hi* ill.ot-r.! p«tfoM tr anfwpr tv.P;r
putpoles, bi.r in<iultrir,i.fiv ciru ) i.j T*
l .» net q.taHSMl tor .he At«nt:.'ljr for the
3 freehold in time; ] n ull tnlortr. tite punre »
the rnedtom ol jour paper, that they t, t0 f.‘
ntore, mijtak.x; »hi b, to their great lu’t n, jr.y "?
confirm.tion, 1 1ho.ll prove in doe tim,. B ‘j4
the by,1 would intoim them, that iris bef - ^
want 3/retkoU in a tew ditty acres, than a''..’1-*
in Tir/ae and M'gritj ; -he former qualifier,,cj'j
'he purthaieti !ur a u .fir, the in., lat'ter
not purchafe. Let me advife ferae ot /W "
rbetnfelv* * up m the hope that I have no {u.
hold, to It II their little ill-gotten fret hold5; and n*
tbeir juft deb-s. I hope 1 thall he exited h,'
pttMic_fnr treating this matter fo iigh'iv, for I d!
not think it uelervL t a more feriens treatment
__JOHN CIXON'.
Mr. WILLIS,
I HAVE ooierved in a hand, bill ptthlilhed by yno
and without date, addreiied to Eidra S si O
‘ l llc Fenple’, wherein he is charged with cartful!*
lonaealiugfrom the public view, one In r.fjourr.-I*
of the Houle ol Reprelrmatives s in jultifitatinn 0f
that gem.eman's conduct on that-ground. 1 drelie*
th?t ihori\y after Mr. Boyd returned from Rich,
moud, 1 applied to him for a p-ru- •) of his journal'
which V/as complied with by Mr. Soyd and 1 *ur*
ther declare, that I lofr them between Martinshufw
ar.d the Great Lick, the evening I borrowed them"
James maxwell.
Lick id At'il
07
MK r* iLLiH.
IT was not my intention, by tnj application to you to emit
m y name in any publication rfy'ding ike petitions which
ha-ue been referred to by the au hors of federal pieces w jour
iate Inters to caf any r ji .Hons on the jgentlens'n who made
uj- of my jig vat: r e, or to difa*p*pve of whet :hj hud done,
; fir on the contrary it was d.ne with my approbationJ list
that in future my name JhouU tint be neoLiozed .n ary pub
ti.-ermn that nua* ptfinat MOhES HUti'l t A\
w u T I C " ~
THERE will he an exhibition at Charlefrown,
by the Students of tb.t place, oh April the
rtth, to commence preclfety at i: o*clo:k. It It
expected to be heklat the new Stick building, lute*
ly erected :n this place, for the purpo’fe cf e-fucait
on Gentlemen are rectified copay up tub. ao
money by that day,
W. H IL L.
C'htirUfl'.'wn Mcrtb
Eight Dollar! ’Reward.
OTRAYED iron the isuf>lcriber, near Mirtinf
O buig, a bright forrel mare, 5 or 6 yea-s oii
this fprjng, about/a hands 5 inebei h'gh, a natural
trotter, blaze face, two hind feet white, a wb'nA
fpot or> the near eVe-Ulh, the under lip white, thin
rr.aneand Iwitcrh ’ ii!.-Strayed with her a grty
mare-colt, 2 years old this 'pring, a 11ar >n the
forehead, abo'-t t*. hands high, ftrong made, in
good order, paces nod trots, the mane ha 1 gs ca
both Tides, low carriage, fome white foois on the
hind feet between the pafttire and hoof—Whoever
brings laid mare and celt to Jamef Stewart in M <r.
tinsbtirg, lhall have the above reward, or f-ur dol
lars for either of them, and fifty dollars, if frolen,
oh conviction of the thief; — if taken rut of the coun
ty, rea foil able charges will be. paid bv me.
James stewart.
April 6. fQ7
THE public art refpeflfully informed that thr fujfcribtr
intends to open School in the town of Martimbjurg, on
Monday the *cth of April iff} in the h -ufe fonntrlly occupi
ed by Mr. fern \T Niel,Burke Street,and will re five pu
tt! s. to be taught Reading, Writing. AuthmUic end
Boob keeping, with the following branches of .'na’ccma
ttes T'-d Geometry. Trigonometry, Menfurction Gauging*
Surveying Navigation Dialing ifc. There fire Johan
th9 patronage and encouragement of a generous public, as far
as his abilities, in the l:ne of his prof Jfion may merit
From his long experience and knowledge of the bvjtnefi,
hr flatters himjtlf, he wilt be able to giase general fait facti
on to thofe who are pleajed to favour him with the cere of
thtir tender ojffprmg. M, KtLLY.
Martmsburg, April '97. /
A/. B. h!e teaches Surveying in its prefent improved
fate, and Arithmetic upon a plan entirely new.
The Fd r TOR it informed by his apprentice boy,
that a bribe of three DOLLAR', was offered lr> him by
the gentleman whefe conduft has been arraigned by pieces
heretof ore publjhed under the Jigna ‘ure of" f he Peopie,”
to difeever /^author of thefe pnc'i : — He think: it a duty
weich he ewes to himfelf as Well as to the gentleman t*
make this public mention of it, that if. on the one hand it
be true, he / the Editor) may exprefs his refentment and
dlfjatisfaction at an attempt to corrupt the tender mind of a
thud and to djhpy teat confidence which ought ever to •*
ijt between a matter and his apprentice, tfpeciolly in the cafe
of a Printer, by tempting hint with a bribe, to betray
thefe Jeerets. which ty the therms of his indenture anJ the
nature of his Jt nation he is/ bound to keep ;—fo on tn<: otl’f
hand, that the gentleman may have an opportunity of vinA
eating kimfelf , if the charge be falfe, and that he may csf
rtii the boy, if he has told a lie.
Archibald Magi 11 anc| WilliamM'Goire, Elquir'*.
were on Monday lalt elected to reprelent the county
of Frederick. inthefu*xfr General Alsenibly.
£3" To make room fythe plenjing foreign information
contained in this day 's ppper. we have been obliged to ornt.
until our next, a verify of dme/lic information Mr \ourr f
avfu'i r to Mr, Meridub} a number of advert js ment*) Gc.