The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-12-22 00:00:00, page 3

pnr'* nf th? ps'riorKm, virtue end npr’ghtnefs of
tnc P.-dideiit it might have obtained the unanimous
,oie„M|ie houle ; hut u was not to be expected,
,|?r mjny of the members thoulJ To far lofc fight of
• jell rclpect" as to condemn by one vore the whole
C( uric oi their own political lomitict. It a view
%vas laken, indeed, oi our ifiienjaS fttuaiion it
would be leen that circumiiances exi:t not usually
nCendant on a ttare of prolpcruy; public and p* »
va,e credit is (It ken, .idling in j gre.u degree from
tiic filcal opsiaii ms of the adminitt ration*.
Another feniinuni in the report he could not a
Vree in. He did not regret tl>. Prehciem's miring
jiom ofS-e. Hr hoped he would retire and ei j*»v
liif lupyuipfs tint awaited h. n in retirement. fie
btPcve.i it would m re conduce ro that happinds
ihrit he liioul I retire then it lie ltiould remain m ot
ft e. He believed the government t.f the United
biaies U.undid on the hro id '*aiis o', the people; that
thev w.-rc competent to t heir n vn government, and
the re naming of no man in offi.e was riecelsarv to
tbf luccels of ihat government. i he people would ]
mily be in a calamitous ii.nation it o .e man were •
risen ti a I to rhe ex'mence «.f their government • he
was convinced that the United States produces a
thoufand citizens capable ot filling the F nft.irmial
chair, and he would iroft to the discernment of the
people for a proper choice, • I hough the voice ot
all America t'muld declare th.j Pr. f: tent's retiring J
as a calamity, he could nor join in the declaration,
bt.caufe p.e did not conceive it a misfouune. He ho
ped the Frcfuient would he happy in bis retimnuu,
and he hoped he would retiie.
He reverted again to thit part of the report
winch derl «red the a-Jniiniji ration to have been wile
*r i linn in its meafures. He had'always difVppro
vid, lie rtpeaitd, of the n,.-a»ures oi that adunuii*
irvtion woh relpect to foreign relations, and many
.numbers of the hou'.c had he was therefore
ifurpriled that gcntkm.n would now come forward
»ud wilh'bim in one .Imat'h i o riilav c w :.!i his former
op.nions wiihout being previoi convinced ofh.iv
ing been in an error.
. For his own part he corcerved there was more
ce;:!i*ihan evt<r for acihi ring toll's old opin-ons, '
the irnuriv* of c Vems had pohoted out their, proprie
ty, and if he w, ‘-rm» mnth niuken a irifis w is ar
h Mid which wo.ul-i eon linn them. H? wit lied < hat
wlr.U genricn; n >re willing to comp’imc.'V. the Fie
fijiint, they would pay fotnt* relpect to ilie feeling
of others. *)
Several mrmbern fpnke afrer Mr.-Giles at confi
dercblr length. There was no decifmn.
Tiis committee reported progrds, and the houfe
adjourned.
BOS I ON, November 2$.
From Ljhon.
' - (Joptaln -O'4gget arrived litre ve'rerd-ay, nTter a
pm sage of at* ri iv- from Li 1 bon. B;. him --e did ex
p-cv a r : ion s t ihe capture. «»i pur <>f Jai vis's
iq ludron Pm although lie h-L L'lbon ij iavs later
r.iau Capr. Myrick (who broughc ih icporr) he
fyeard nothing of ihr kind till In.- arrived in Bolton.
H< confirms ihe account of a declaration of war hy
Spain agaVnft England, and of the failing <n a large
Spaitiiii fi-fli up the Mediterranean.
- That the French; do not mean to be confidered as
bofrile while treating us as the Bri» i'll) do, is in con
formity to the feniiments. ot Mr. Ames and others
-—who decl&icd that though the Britilh were captu
ring our vtlscL, impreiiing our teamen, «S:c. yet
they were “ amicably difpyied.”—The French gon
1 fuler (hot this treatment is not thought to be hoi
tile by us, and therefore declare thcmlelves very
friendly, \vl le acting in conformity to the British.
F->r this authentic document they can lay their fin
ger on Mr. Ames’s fpeech.
jSEW- YORK, D ccmber cj.
a fire w ims any,
Bmke out about one o'cloi k t his morning, which ;
raged treroe ndioufly, and confumed all that blink of
ftorcs, at the lo-.vcr end ot Wall frreet, comprised
between Stewart & June's and Cook's ftores/in Wall
frreet, and Stewart S'. Jones’s and Bruce's new ttores
in Front ftreet, conlitting of above eighteen ftores,
with an immenfe value in goods—continuing, its,im
petuous rag.*, fweeping all before it to the Fiih
M.irket, about forty buildings—where were hopes
of arrefting its progrefs. it (till raged when the
paper went ropreis — Particulars to morrow.
COM MU NIC A1 ION.
B any addition..! proof ot the hoitility of our go
vernment to the French nation "as wanting, it
wots Id be found in the President’s i '-e:b 'i hough
ftnee * lie laic meeting of Cuogr cs, ..nil the foleuin
ratification of the treaty, fifty vcfsiU have been ta
ken from us by the Sritilh, where one has been ta
ken oy the French ,• though.our feawien have been
enflaved, fettered, and exj oied to contagious dilbr
dei.s and the Iword though e-ven ihe m.ilrers r.f our !
Jhips have been ignominioi'fly whipped by Bt itilh !
officers, not one .word ot this is mentioned in the j
Prefidenr's addrcls. A!! mtmory “of what is due ;
to t he character of our government and Britain/' |
all “frlf refpeii” li-e-nib to be. loft where Britain is I
in q .cm ion • thus we are content :o re k foldj “ on I
the j*.j!«ice and magnanimity of the B.unh mo- j
parch ; ' from them even common jufrice is to he |
purchased by unwcithy humiliation, and the faerj
f?1 e of our de.irrU in’trelt. ft is friihtlnir eonque
rrrs «" >v, will) the french people,' tfat we d.*rc :o
taik of nor : gni'v. \T-hat alas J will our dignity ^
fV'il, wi.en p':; iu :lie ic-le. ag.inlt ihr.ir pw.ir ? \
Uia true d;go:;y o! ^o*.trrnuta would have uten to I
have given no firft enuf* of rff'P^e; fohave ennftrnrd
our treaties tai• ly ami impar i tally ; to have filled the
delicate office ut lecr»*.n) of tiate with fame man
who undo uood the law of nations, the forms of
pulitenefs, and who would not have fubltiruted ar
roganee for dignity, and unfounded pretentions lor
tcit-relpeci.
PHILADF.LpThaT D.cemher 16.
Extract ol a leucr h orn a o Ipect able .mercantile
haute in Liverpool, d|»«ed Ou . 2".
“ It does not appear to us pion.>ble that a nego
cUtion which is entered upon will terminate in
The foregoing cxrract is from a letter brought by
the brig Rebecca, Capt. Th unpfoT), yeftetday ar
rived irotn Liverpool.
Liverpool papers to rhe 2jrh Ocrober w’e learn,
are in town—they make no mention of any hopes
of peace.
Yefterday’s fnothern Mjil brought an account of 1
a dreadful cnnfl (gration in fhetowh of Savannah,
the capilol of Georgia. The fire broke out be
tween fix and feven o\lock in the evening, and
burnt till one o'clock in the morning, when it crat
ed raging for want of combultiblt materials in the
direct von of the wind: i20 boulesVere burnt down,
belidps put-houles ; 37c cnimuies were left fta'mling
bare: only 1,1 houh % wf the compact part of the ci
ty remain. The Value of the buildings deftroyed
amounts to about one million ol dollv.s. A cala
mity lo extendve and dikrtfljng lurely calls for the
relief of the lifter States.,1'
i-v —*11,1 ,
* ALfc.X. -\NLRiA, D■-ceinDcr 1*.
The rcluluiio.i brt.ughi forward in t,ie of !
De!: gates to cali a convention to form a new coli
Ititution for this ftare, ended by fuhf;itutir.g ano
ther which goes to rcqueit the people 'at Imge to
inltruct their rtprelen-tatives to the next bilion on
the oc. > fion, if ■ o them it fhouKVleem necefsiry.
Thu rid aj the General Assembly of this Common
wraith elected by joint ballot of both H-mfis. John
Gr.t front, pin. ami Alexander M'Rae, K q. num
h-rs of the privy council or council of ftaie, in room
of two reim»ved, according to the cunltitution or
form ol giivumiunV.
1 he Hon. J .iin Daw I on is appointed Lieutenant
Governor and Prclidtnt of the Pi ivy Council or
Council, of State. > ,* » - • •- . . 1
MARTI ISIS BURG, December 22.
Front the Gazette of tht Unit’d Staffs.
PH1LADFLPHIA, December iT
01 Votes
! ? ^ £ .1
Pi(K WNT
! 1 *>4 ";
a.
VICE PKb.IDEM’:
N-'\v Ha mp (hi re,
M.iis.cchu-etts,
1613 21
Rhode-HUnd,
Connect icut,
9 4 £
Vermont,
New-York,
12 ir
New-Jerfe.y,
7 7
Prnnlyl van'ia,
I 2 14 !j
D-ia ware,
'33
Mtry land,
7 4 4 3 a
i 1 20 x j; 3 1
Kentucky,
Tennelse,
North- Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
. The Addrefs cfthe Senate, in artfwer to the Pre
sent ’s Speech * the opening of the lelsion, paised
that honorable body nnanimoi’{Jy, It principally
contains a concurrence in lentin tnt with the Prefi
dent.
A communication was received by the Houfe of
Representatives 01 the Unirrd States, on the i/t'h
inltant, from the Secretary of the Treafury, wtiii a
plan of direct taxes.
The papers by the laft mails, do not afford us a
(ingle paragraph of foreign information,
hxiract of a letter from Richmond, dated Dec. 3.
“ I received ycur favor of the 5th in ft. and am
happy to he able to inform you of a matter hot on
ly interfiling to the Irate at large, bur to the caule
of humanity : I mean an entire r. Iteration in our Pe
nal Code. Jnltead of the fangtiinary lyf'tem which
has heretofore exifted, will be lubftiiuted one which
obfcrves that of Pennsylvania as a model, in a great
degree. Nothing but what is < here ft a ted, as mur
der of l he fil lt.degree, will be jnm'ifhahle with death.
Subordinate off. nets will be expiated in a penitenti
ary houfe of ha^d labor and abitinence, which will
continue in proportion to the enormity of the crim«
committed —-P. Henry has declined accepting the
government-. James Wood has, in conUquence.
been elected, and accepted of that < ffice.”
Man it d, C apt. La-ward Chi ijliati, to Mifs Harriot
Riwfove. '
To be let, for one or three years, from the firft of
’ nerr tnom h,
rHAT noted ftand for; hofinefs known by th»
wrfne qt 'I rap-Hill, Vrt deruk County, Virj>i
n«a* I' r particulars, apply to Wj]Jii.:n Riddle,
R q. or to the fubl’criber, iivirj* on the pr'inif'S.
JAMKS RUSbKLL.
Dec. 19, '06.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN awiy from the S.iDllrilitr, Hvi-c in Mir
limbi .4*1. Virginia, on the 20 I) inti, a ne
g.„ mah, n.med IOM, abour 33 u.rs of age. 5
feet 8 or c inches high, r,.thrr lluk ni.uir, and «*
little knoiN kneed, 01 a yelLwiih complexion, his
a fower look vlien fp ;kcn 10. He hid on when he
•vent away a whililh cloth coat, ('rip <1 w*iHt;o«r,
linen trowfers, yarn ftockings and eo irfe l Lew s—
irs probable he h<d breeches id fomc kind under his
trowfers Four Dollars will be giver, for appre
hending laid fellow if taken in Beik iy County, and
the above reward an.I re dupable ciurg.- if taken
out of the County and bt ought bom-, o committed
to anv goal.—Hr helongrii jorm-ily 10 the cliate
of Mr. Milthew Whiling, <h‘M.
DAVID HUN TER.
DfC'mktr »2. *96. • ’_ _
WILLIaM GROVERMaN,
Ha* fur (ale, at his Wjrt Houle, K.n.g b reef,
AI.KXANDR.1A, next door above Mr. 'Jhoma:
Patten,
An Afsorrmenr of
. GERMAN LINENS,
CONSIS flNG of O m a bn i gs of ditfci* it qna]irvD
hrown Rolls and Hempen. l ickl. nburg ’• fl IS
C' tf j 4.white D>wUs, 2 and 3 bolhil B.gv. a llo,
Ru'iio Sheeting. B:d Ticks, Oil Cloth, Men and
Women’s f illed Stockings and Glov->. quantity
of Window Glals, 8 by 10 *>nd 10 by 'z, hollow
glafs afsorted, c;f(Vs with Bottles of all Gzes. Lo.ik
ing Giai’-es, bnu(F Boxes aud Coffee M !is. lie ex
pects daily lone of the belt. Holland Gin.
L keWilir he eff-rs for laic,
His Plantation in Frederick County, within 1 \
miles of W’inibef er, containing 2-: > acres, two of
which is in meadow, the whole wr|| watered. Alio,
one houtje and I05 in Widcheftcr, lituaie in Matkct
He will ftore Flour for any length of rime, at lix
pence per barrel, without charging comimision for
Dr.-rmbir l8. ’qG.
K h, L) L i U N T A V 11 K im,
THE fnbfrribcr at Taints his friends and the
public in general, that he has opened Tavern
in thar laige and carom odious houfe, the corner of
King and Sr. Ai'aph ftrcet, in this town, at the Pign
ot tnc Red Rion, where he has laid in a 1'inck <»f
good L'tjnors, and is plentiful!v fupplied with every
nrceisaiy for fhe comfortable accommodation of
town or country culttmiers. Traveller* will rind
it their intereft to call on him, as he is provided
with a large liable, well (cocked, and has an atten
tive pnd careful bcltier.
0=3- He yvill take a few genteel boarders, on mo
derate terns, and will furnilh dianeas, oylurlup*
pers, &c. on the ihorteft notice.
AMOS D&RROUGH.
Alexandria. Dec io, *-q6 jb,
O'* the fligni tnc i + H mu ihe iubicriber'$
horfe, fad die and bridle, was ftnlen at Sh.-j
lie, d’s-Town •: the next morning the horle was
found in Mr. Jacob Seller’s wheat held, hot the lad
die ancTbridle mi fling, i he (addle was almoft new,
(ingle Jkirted, one ofthcbolses our, one of the
(lii rup leathers was peaced, the jkirt where lha
bo(s is miffing is rip'd an inch or two ; the bridU
is double reign'd, one of the tips ci iff.-rent flt,m the
others. Whoever will give information of the lad
die and bridle, fo that I get th^m again, iho»1 have
1'wo Dollars reward, or Six Poll .rs for the thief.
juHN CLAWSON.
December i-1, ’o6
WHEREAS fome time in the year 1794, the
lubfcriber gave two bonds to William Ro
binlon, of Ohio County, the lint due October, '97,
the other,October g6, forsjl. current money, ea.,.,
which bon is were given in part payment’for a
tract of I and in this county, and for which I have
his bond of conveyance, but the laid Robinfon not
having made me a good and luff.cietit deed confor
mable to agreement, although 1 am ready to folhl
it on ray part, 1 hereby forewarn all'perions from
taking ony assignment on faid bonds, as I am de
termined not tu pay them until compelled thereto
by law- , GEORGE HARRIS.
Dtc in, ’96.
CANAL LOTTinx.1.
A SHORT delay in drawing the Canal Lottery
in Wellington City, has been unavoidably
ciccalinned by tile unforefeen intervention of Mr.
Blodget’s Lottery, tint as the major part of ills
tickets are now difpnled of, this is to inform tlia
public, that the drawing of the Canal Lottery will
certainly commence without fallen the tirli Mon
day in January, 1797, and thole holding token
are hereby reqnefted to lend a Itatenteoc of thol*
fold, and thofe on hand.
NO! LEV YOUNG,
DAN CARROLL, of Dud.
georgr walker,
THOMaS LAW,
JAMES RARRV.I
W. M DUNCANSON.
the printers who gave our advertlfementl a
place In iheir news papers, are rrquefted to piva
th.is notice admiflion, :.s the retnaimng tiikets are
er peeled to he loon ahn. e par, and we with all ad
venturers to he timely informed.
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