The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-09-22 00:00:00, page 3

earn'*! away her niaft o-n the eth inlt. put in, in
diu refs. Left the city on the 2uth July, and brings
Ih.ris papers to ihe 17th.
C*pt. iVleale informs, that two engagements had
taken place on the Rhine about the ju ot July, in
both which the Auitrians were DJhFEAi RD.—
All tilt’ Junes of Italy had concluded a peace with i
tiuir conqueror Buonaparte. We are promiied
tome papers, and much pains will be taken to give
a general view of the politics on his departure.—
Thofe papers contain iffi.iii accounts of the iur
render of the citadel of iVM.ui, in which 2,800 pri
for_rs, and 250 cannon, with laige quantities of
warlike hurts, were taken
'ihe head quarters ( I Ger. Buonaparte were at
Leghorn, 1 lie 10th Miflioor, (June ad ) lie had or
dired the Conful of the French Rtpujiic to puifails
upon r. 11 1 hi: property belonging to the enemies ut
liie .Republi-.—and hud demanded fatislaciion tor
sin intuit to the French Bag, by the Britiih in that
An fF ir took place between Moreau’s army, and
the Aulirians eaitward of OiF.ni.Airg, ctlieuFrea
Cjemfte.di, w.'iicbpoit was token by the French, by
a general charge o. the bayonet, notwnhltandtng
the previous arrival ot an Aultrian reinforcement ot
J5,o.io men from the L wer Rniu</f-6oo pi ners
»;ui lev era 1 pieces of cannon anti chitons were . a ken ;
the killed and wounded Lumenfe. About too la
milies liad quit fvicniz and Frankfurt, in exp elati
on of thole places becoming the theatre ot w r. as
archduke Chari s was retreating from the Lower
Rhine, toward* M-niz, where lie expected to eua
blilh his headquarters.
In Ihort, victory continues ro be the order of i lie
dij in all '.he French departments.
A 1 contracts in future, by a new regulation,
made in to cit will be. paid in ipecie, and ail con
tracts m ill ndatei, paid ill manctales.
I he L ■i-don and Hull accounts may be laid ro
have <•!c r‘v dcmonluated, that ?*ie oohic- i)uk-'.
Charles uf .•vo'.ii, has been oui generat'd and be a
t n in uu — vhicli v.'iil .probably oc loine conloia
tiur, and pnl- p,« leroo.e the odium which the n<*
’ole 1/<ke t/< »ui'">ck and Y "k have been link
irjg under fince their rf.pecti e ftu.tlac mister tunes !
We cannot at prefer,? :*e how n;_ Grace of Aui
tria will g< t on! of me trap whicn tue tanlculotte>
in ve ltd him into.
Victory cokiinu.es to be the order of the day in
all tiie French armies—and the An't i*r.s begin to
change their polo ions as of; j as i: e K-ginh oid a
bout the time his G ace the Duke of York lwaui the
river in the Netherlands.
Jourdan’s army coufiks of 120,000 men, and his ,
van guard of 2 g; nadier**
C.-pr. Tilin'.-', t ;.:e “ ig commerce, arrived
tl.is morning ■ •••.' Cj:!:/, w:u b place he left 29 1>
July. Bv a nun, pa'-ct-ger in iheahot«- hug,
v:e are informed • i-.it niece t j•»11 at tenfl the French
army in Italy. Mantua, r’i •c'-.h arid !ome other
fortreises had fallen into the;.- hinds. He confii ms
the t.rr’wul ot the French a; L gbc-rn, but fays that
the Erglilh merchants there li id conv.-yed rnoft of j
their perfor.al property to Venice- and C ;r!i:a, and
their irunirwa! le property they hud :.ifig:> d ov- r -o
merchants in L ghorn, that it might appear 10 be
Tidi an pro pc y .
A Sp.-.nill- fi'Ct of 7^ fail of the line Its equipped !
for lea at Cadi/.. The French .fLct sv.-s al;u r> utiy. j
They Ind their fails bent, anil were getting fowls
and *)lher provifinng on bourn, ,.ut cur int >rmant !
remarks “ they wouid eat as vs ^ 11 in Cadiz ha; boor i
as our at fea.’*
AJ.EX AND R1 A, Sep . mlrr 17.
Extra ft '>f a it ter from Capt. 'jtjkua ilurn-~., dated at
Sea. cjf Hertnus'2, on heard the 1"ligate Harmony, yi
September', 1'96. H hi* J>'tcnd in Haiti more.
t.ve days ago i expected to have been with you •
s.t Baltimore. As l arrived in light oi the liglu
houie on Cape-Htrrv , about ia at night, 1 law Jix ^
ftil of (hips, which I immediately fulpetcd to be
Brit if h ; my diviiion, conlifting of two F. i gates and j
b:i arm.'d Tranfporr, not being I efficient i) It rung to :
s>ira<:k them, \ initantly hood 10 the eastward,* ill*:
enemy not obferving my movement, at day-light i
obferved a frigate altern of us, who made lever a 1
fignals. I gu r her chafe, and (he tun from me ; !
about an hour c*frt rwards, Ihe wa$ joined by live 1
others, among them two iiiip.s of tlie line. 1 then 1
thought ir prudent ro tnke care of my ft If and divi- !
fvon, accordingly hood to the raftw.»rd, the enemy |
gained on us very fair, having gor the breeze, i \v;:s
o bliged to abandon the armed traiifport, who did
rot (ai) well; (he was taken by the enemy, about
5 o'clock. They continued to chafe me and my
ether frigate all the evening and night. Next j
morning 1 found myl«lt near one of the enemy's fri
gates, and offered her battle, which Ihe politdy re.
tufed. 1 at the fame time obferved another of their
(hips on ouriee quarter, which l took, for a (nip of
rhe line, in conftquence l again made fail, and they
continued to chafe us :»1! - he iecond day, but without
effect, as we out failed them.”
MART/NSBURG. September 22.
Thu Aurora, fpeskingot the Prefident's intention
to decline l anding a Candidate for the next elect ion,
fays, “ We (now) hold the information through
*fc channels fo refpecrahland in terms fo pofnive,
timr we vermn» to afsert unqualifiedly, that the
“ Preftshnt nxill d,cliue ”
flu- Rrpublicaa armv in Italy, (notwithftanding
the afsertions of the B1 iti(h minitreria] prints of
tf'cir being fl 1 in by ihmffauds) amounted, on the
ioth of June 1 aft, no upwards zoo, ooo m#n.
TViday I.'ift a negro boy about 12 years oid, 'be
longing to Mr. R. Colfton, was executed at Win
chejter.ior wilfully letting tire to and burning his
mafter’s dwelling houle.
Extrafl of a letter from a rejpitiable mercantile character
at liorjolk, to Im friend in this countj, dated dept. 0.
“ I he bntilh mgate 'lhetis, is at priiieni in
Hampton Road, with her prize the American thip
Kii/.a—1 lay, there is at this time an American 1 hip
and crew in our port, enchained by the Briiilb,
without any affil’tance or protection oeing extended
by our country t o relieve either the crew or Ihip;
and the B.ililh pirates are daily publicly fupphed
with provifions and every necelsary tor their fup
port trom our marker, whit It the captain of the
Eliza (a native American) is crying and lamenting
in the ltreets ot -Norfolk, became he cannot fend
protection or aifiltance in the bolom of his own
country! Hence would it not appear, that all itie
energy ot the American ipirit was 1 alt in vice and
corrupi ion ?"
Lx trait of another Utter frsvt a gentleman in JSorfolk, to
his brother in this county.
“ The follow mg perluns were unprefsed, and are
now on hoard the Britilh frigate Proviante, viz._
Robert Harvey and Samuel Pugh, from one veisrl ,•
Charles W. Barely, John Cunningham anvi Pardon •
l abor, from another velael ; Hugh Gilelpy, Geo. !
Higgir.noUom and John Sands, from another, W.
Miharry and Stephen Weft, ii mu another ; i,i,dW.
Ham la) , tr om another. Their men arc ail Ameri
can citizens, and the rnolt of them natives. J hey
nil figned a letter tlm Higginboitom wrote to his
friend in Portlitiouih, Mr. Nath. Cooper, who
knows him wel ; they were apprentices together
in Baltimore; Pardon Tabor (from the fingulariiv
of the name) is known to Mr. Francis S i ;,)h>r—
he has a Dimly at Pori R..yal—they informed (in
the letter] that the comm..oder Wyuns, told if,cm
that the) lliouid be let tt liberty, if thev could ob
tain proof of their being citizens of the United
Maus ; upen thw Mr. Taylor, as Deputy Collec
r r (>-.i the abience of the Collector) thought ti his
du.y i obtain ;henecef=ary prcoi—and accordingly
wit it Mr. Cooper, went on board the ihip to fee
i.ion, i.d obtain particulars,- but v liar war, their
aftnniihment v/fn they were refuted the light of
*’v ■ • y ne of tin in. Cap;. Wy ons toid flu-m,” ilia'
“ the Bririih nation was tenacious of its honor, and
if the Prdident I imult was there, lie Run,id not
;-■£ them Mr. Taylor underlined that they
were all confined in irons.”
F'.xtrod of a letter, dated Bourdiattx. Jv!y
“ 1 iu tu:,,s o! 6. uo Neapolitan horJe. who had
efoptr w.h t lie Auiiriuns after the battle of Borg
lierto, !;ave lunendrifd to the Rt publicans, and
were 'tnt to Bit i,. Ltdi and Cremona. Their
horfes, fancies, &c. were delivered up 10 the Re
publicans agreeably to treaty. It is alio generally
believed that an article of our treaty w ith N uih-s
i 1; pula res, that the king 0*11 lend'us five Ihips of
the line and eight frigates.”
IMPORTANT . from the Wijl Indite.
CHRISTIANS I EAD, Auguft 17.
A gentleman at ftt. Thomas's writ's to hi 1 cor
rrfpondent here, thus, “a velsel in 29 daysfiom
England, >o Sr. Kites, brings an accou.it of A DP',
CLARATiON OF WAR AGAINST yPA.IN BY
ORE l I’-BRl I A■ N. Thirty J'aii of valuable (hips,
part of a H et of lixry, bound from Surinam to Eu
roi><‘, at e taken and carried into Martinique."
By an arrival yefterday from Guadeloupe, we
learn, that 24 valuable Englilh ihips have been,
wirhir. thefe ti ree weeks, carried into that port.
By a velsel from Aniig.ua this morning, we are
informed of the arri*-.-.l of a reinforcement of feven
thouiand troops, at Barbados.
NOTICE.
nr''HE fubferibe: intends removing to the town of
A. Alexandria, on iht firft of October next, there
fore requtits all perfons indebted to him, to make
payment before that time, and all thole who have
claims againlt him to apply for payment.
THOMAS BE 1 ERKIN.
BulIJkin, Berkeley, Sept. 22, '96.
To the candid PUBLIC.
FROM your hearing the various fentiments and
reports refpreting the matter bet ween myielf
and the other miller, and his conduct, has hurt my
feelings very much, to think of his acting in fuch a
line in order to hurt my character, when he faw
that 1 would not join him. I am very angry with
myielf for trulting fo much to a ftranger as 1 did to
him, but I trult the public will not ceufare me, who
is innocent of his proceedings, and am a very great
lofer by him. livery well thinking perfon mutt feel
fur my unfortunate lituation. 1 ,.m ready and can
bring as good a character from my native place as
necelsary, and have a number of acquaintances in
Berkeley county that knew me when a child. I am
carrying on the millering bull nets at Col. Hunter's
new mill, where I will render good faiisfaciion to
t hole who will pleafe to favour in; \vi*h their etif
tom, and can manufacture flour as well as any mil
ler in Berkeley county. 1 am the Public’s friend
and humble lervant,
WILLIAM BOYD.
Sept. Z2, *96.
TAKE N OTIC E,
HAT the Subicriber ji going u Ie;ive th<9
btate, and has put all the Omuls, notes, anti
open accounts belonging to the con.>m ot j.G.
Kontik: Co. iuto the hands oi jakn Dixon, fciq.
wnole receipts only will oc valid ui lutu.e. As
Iutficieut indulgence Ins been given, it is expt: teil
that the payments will not lu delayed any iongn,
as John Dixon, E'.q. is inltructed to ortng luit a
gainit rn.xt uiontnly ^nci quarterly Cuu; ts, on a.l
debts whi h are not paid beture that tune, without
reipect imperious.
JAMES I. ABES,
[Agent lor Katun <3 i*.<,/.uke.
Sc$t. 22, '96.
I WISH ro contract with lome pcrlon tor;-- tiaine
Building, tor the purpole ut cunt-oning Bj‘k, to
oe hiiiiiieii jy ibe lli I March nt x. , k Hu. wilh to
purchale Hints and Skins, tor winch A will give tlie
nigbctc price.
A young iaJ of good morals, will be received as
an apprentice at my itorc.
JOHN OTLRRALL.
Sept. 22, ’96.
TWMSIY DOLLARS REWARD.
tUTCLEiN from the iuolcrtbcr in Bulilkin, on tha
> night of the 1411; inti. a ulack O'.l.r., 13 years
old in April nex , about Ju-! hands 1 ngN, a .tar lit
her forehead, two white ipoia 00 ht, nev.K j * * * 1 a
bove ibe collar annul Jr. n/.e ot a dollar, branded
on the near ihoindejr unli 1 tie buiuim ot a Itiriup*
iron having 3 barn, Ihod ruff before, iro;s and can
ters, and win pace l-.’iie ii rode /law,- her mum
hangs 00 theleit tide, and her tail was never dock’d.
VVhoiver returns laid Mare ro me, iiiall have 12
dollars reward, or 20 d«oi r« tor iVl - re and 1 ..let.
GEORGE DEBUS UN.
Sept. 27, \)6.
'HERE will be expo fed 10 public fale, at the
i houle where ViSiepncnion now lives,
011 one etrli - branch.-:; ot Bdtkctuk, one r Ic from
JohnfonL Mill. ot; iF road Lading firm Man ins
burg 10 Bath, on the y.\ ot Octn'otr next, on three
months credit, the purch.ier giving bond and ap
proved lYcority, the following property ,•_;lu .s
good Stills with’I ubs, &c. V\ aggun siulb, <-rs, Hor
;cs, a number of milch Cows and young Cattle a
large fi u.k oi Sheep, a trout 100 good Hog-, r » a(U.s
of Grain in the ground, &lfo 11 farming uu idils too
tedious to menu m. The fait to ci.iiipieiue at hi; e
o’clock, Where attendance will be given by ihe lub
feribers.
■SAMUEL REED.
VvlLLlAM S lEiTIENSON.
Sr pi ember 22, ’96.
TO BE SOLD,
THAT eligible Slid comm, diotis HOUSE and
LOT, belonging to th< '..ohriber, and now
occupied by Capt. Richard Rurf-t. The lunation
and convenient# of the houle i, i public bulinels. is
equal to any one in Martini*,g. J be lot is too
feel in front and 3S0 rear, ex,ending to the back
Itrert. There is a good Jr able, garden and vard
This Houie being for f-veral years pafi kpt'as a
tavern and well known, i-rntnrs unnecefsary any
further particulars. A bsrgi,;, will he given, and
payments on e*(y terms. For further inform
•PP'y„to ^ PATRICK BOYLE. ’
!> Tins Ho life isinfured againtt Fire.
Martini burg. Sept, 22, j.
TO BE SOLD,
The PLAN 1 A J ION belonging to the
Snbfcriber, fiiuatcd on Optckon. tv,0 units in in
Marlinsburg, conmining about 126 net es, «,t whi,. it
25 acres are good meadow, one third tutor mow
mg, about acres of the whole tratr cleared, the
remainder well wooded, with feveral good Iprings,
on which is a good log houle, 2 1 bv 30 feet, 1 i tin
ry h'Rh. well co.ered, a good quar. log kitchen, iS
by 16 tret, a good barn, two „ns and llirelhing
floor, all in good tenable repair, die whole under
good fence. There -is alio a young hearing or
chard of upwards too apple trees.
LIKEVl HE V\ ILL BE s'OL D.
That elegaiit and commodicus Tavern,
fituated in the centre of Martinsborg, directly op
piiflte the Court-Houle, and ai p'elent occupnd by
Mr. Rc.berl M'Kaigbt. The advantages ot this hand
are numerous, as it will antwer cither for a Lore or
tavern. There ate ten fire rooms, beiides a conve
nient kitchen ; a Luge pa is age :,rid ftair cafe, two
cellars, and a ltore »t the welt end, with icr.l
convenient atlditions latelv made to 1 bet houle • -
there is a large (table wiih pler-y room to hoi ’ 3 »
horfes, a large garden, and cxieufve back yar...
with every necelsaty on- houle. Any perl'on in
clined cci purchale either or bmh of the above-def
cribed property, hjayVhmv the terms he , pplvmg
t0 ALLXAtvDKR RODGl-RS.
Sept, a 2 ’96.
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