The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-23 00:00:00, page 1

The Potomak Guardian, & Berkeley Advertiser.
[No. 329]
THURSDAY, Fibrua.ky 23, 1797.
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/ rarklin.
[ Cj>en and uninfluenced. ]
fcT WHERE LIBERTY DWELL*, THESE IS MY COUNTRY.
Valuable Property jor Jal:.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE, commodious, and wcl!-fcn-!c
£\, Stone Houle, completely (inilhcd, (ltumed at
ti> - Eiit end of King Street.Mariinsburg, anti near
Jv opposite the new jail. Tne Houle contains fix
/corns, and (rands on an excellent, pleafant, and
1, oltby lor, with a large yard and good garden. --
'i iv.rt are or. the lot, a kitchen, (table, (lied, a well
cr (landing water, etc- It Vs v-.'iihin 3 lots cl-the
Court• Houle, and ha* been occupied us a cavern tor
("“eral years paft.
«A LSO,
A two-ftory Log-Houfe, on the next
Lot adjoining the above, writ a kitchen and nab;?,
lately put in complete repu’-r; this lot is it'-ei.rich,
and has a good garden. fJhe Home *s well c.Un
laced for a Vrore or tavern, and is within two io;s
cS che Cor.rt-Houfe.
t: iho above property is not fold by the fi t dry
of September next, if will Vented icr ?• term <»j
y-::rs. Pofftcision of the btone-Houfe will iv- gi
i the above time ; and that of the Lag Houle or.
the tic it day of January next.
For terms, apply to the fubfcnfcer, or- rb- prv
tnifes. THOMAS XTJNLAN,
Ftommy 16, *97
To be fMd by PUBLIC VENDUE, at the Plantati
on o< tbs fubfcribsr, on Wedncfday the 15th day
of March nexr.
Modes, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Wag
pons* firming Utenliis, Negroes, boiw men and w«
U'-n, ei»iirr for l«le or hire, a riding Carriage. &t.
The terms will bu made known on the day ol iale.
All thofe indebted are r- cjof-i.cd to m,.ke pay
ment by the day above-mentioned, as I mean to go
«o the Wtiitru country.
E. O. WILLIAMS.
February 16, '97.
^T^AKfNI op as ftr'ays, about Omifrmas laf«, 2
f, heifers, luppoled about two years old next
fpriug; one, a red with white fact*, the other, a
fci ck end white; they have no mark. The own-r
i>r owners are defiteid to com*?. j*rove property and
DAVID HARRIS.
trkf them aVTuy*
February 14 '97.
fT"* HE public are informed, that the navigation
Ji of the river Potomac, between the Great and
Liule Falls, has been fo improved, during the* un
common low water of the laic feai&n, that boats
may pals will*, great lafety—that the locks at the
L ’.'ie-Fr.il > are now, and have, for fame time pa ft,
fc con in ufc—thar, to facilitate the tranfpertation
through the river, the Potomac Company are mak*
7 :.p arrangements to convey articles for the prefeut
fclton with fafety, facility, and expedition, through
the courfe of the Lock Seats at t he Great Fal:**, and
pot them ou board boats in the river below, where
ikry will be conveyed 10 tide water—and, ih-t
1 hay have alio provided accovnmudsr ;ni',s for tlie
ttorage of fuch produce at the Great Falls as may
be fent fortranlpoitation down the river, and can
not, immediately on its arrival, be pot on board
boats below. Preparations will be made to receive
and tranfport flour as a foretold, by the izth of Fe
brnarv. The operarion of conveying articles
through this channel will nor, in any mealure, in
terrupt ' he work cat ry logon to complete the locks
»t the Great Falls,* and as no tolls can be received
it that place until the locks arc completed, a inode
r re compensation' for receiving and u anfponirg
flour as aforefaid will be demanded.
This inform >.tion is given, that per Pons who wiili
to fend their produce through this channel, may u
Vl-.il themfe)vr» of it ,* and that Inch’as may incline
to plv boats between the Great Falls and tide wa
ter, may fee that on opportunity offers of doing it
to advantage, and every afsi.rance will be given
them by the people in the lervice of the Potomac
Coaipanv, in getting \heir boats from the bafon in
to the river below.
Directors.
February
TO BE SOLD.
A good fecor.d-hand Waggon, with
bind 'gcers. Au^u'.re oi uie Printer.
TO BE SOLD.
A New, two-ftory, welLfinilb'd Brick Houfc,
X A. on a good Lot in Shepherd's- Town, lying on
ih.: itreec Lading from the main-ftreet ro the fer
| ry, in <n eligibk lb nation tor public bufinels, The
! luc is ? i feet i-: Loot b> if 3 b-«ck.
A L b O.
A Lag-Hon (e and a good I. r, ftruated in the jn3*n
next below Mr. Blackiord's Itore ; its being
fo neat’ the \iuare, r.« kes it alio an excellent ftand
(or any kind oi public em payment. Til is lot is
40 Let front by 2 6 back.
For terms, apply to »: » (•- 'briber, at the frrry.
wiiLiftiu
Ttl.-uary 14
Vc’uatle / and for tale.
TO K SOLD
A -valuable tiaft or Land, lying on the
i ivci t'l.'.oiiiak, two mi)-, ti v 1*1 bhrpheru VTuww.
1 he iand has many com. cntences-; there are 8 > a
cres of bottom on the i ivtr ; tv.-1 > good bearing or
:'a; w'bl. the bell i; ..it ; the ia.iJ ;s watered by a
nttinher nflpringv, and the foil as good *s any in
the county. 'M e terms will be nude known by
i he lubfcriber, iivioiJ on the prtwifes.
kAAC CHAPLINS.
February ,’6.
A BARGAIN 5N LAND.
FOR S A L E.
ONE hundred anti forty five acres c.f irsfed Had,
for feven y^ars, lying within four mi’es ol
Ch:irleitt>wii, ami two ol L c’s-Towii, in Berkeley
County, rh** land is as good as .my in the laid C-,on
ly. There art acres pain :o go with the place.
3 here i--; alto a good peach orchid, hone inuring
appie tiers, and a good l«*g dwell",ng-houle, which
Will be fold on the loweit terms for c-lh. ic U
prefr.tned rhit any potion wifhing to purckafe the
tiici lenfe/would view the premises firTt, it is there
fore unnecelsaty to lay any long more, either of its
quality or fituruion. '1 he terms of Tale maybe
known by apply nec* L-srVTi wn, to
LAdiALL JBLACLI.IOIIjl.
February I 6, ’97.
N O T 1 C E.
An EKftion will, be held at theCourt
H life, on the thwd ivl -liday in next month, for the
purpole of elecri. g a proper perfon to reprelent
this diftrict, confining of the counties of Frederick
and Berkeley, in the next Congrefs of the United
States. Aii perfons intitUd to vAte, are defired to
attend. JAMES \JTLbON, Sheriff.
February 16, ’07.
I Hereby caution all perfons front t.rnfcing eny
.one on my account, in any manner whatever, as
l will pay no dent in future bi ought a gain ft me, un
lei's contracted by my It
ABRAHAM MARLATT.
February 16.
A Teacher,
OF Englilb, Arithmetic, &c. will he employed
by the fubferiber, upon either of the follow
terms.
The Teacher, for the education nf three fcho
Jars, with the liberty of taking feven more, (hall re
ceive 45I. a year, and have the poisedsien of a houfe
and garden } or. he Iball have a houfe, a garden,
and four acres, with the advantage ol a populous
neighbourhood.
JOHN BRISCOE.
N. B. A perfon who can alio dil'charge the of
fice of a clerk in the adjoining church (for which
lie will receive a i'epcrate lalary) will be preterred.
NOTICE.
^'pHE freeholders on the eaftern fide of Opec
jjj_ quan Creek, are requeftert to meet at Capt.
Saunders’s, in Charles-Town, onSaturday the 25rH
inft. to nominate a proper perfon to reprcfem this
fide of the County, in the next very important ftffi
on of the General Afstmbly ofthis State.
Charles Fo'ivn, February it, *97
CASH given for RAGS,
At the Priarirg CiHce,
Feiloiv Citizens t)f Berkeley.
AT the laic tor Reprcfcnratives to the
General tAfsenthly ot ti':*> State, 1 was foli
cited by a number of my friends, to otfer niyielf a*
a candidate; incHfpenbble but!net's in the Wefteni
country, an 1 other reafons, caufed roe tuen to de
c'line, nr >m<' ng however, 1 would t--<ue forward
at the enluiug election. Repeated folicuatinos by
a refpectablc part of ny fellow citizens in diffcienc
parts of this county, has Strengthened ihia reioiuti
un—l nave therefore determined to ctfer :r} tell as
a candidate at the rr.h'hTj; eirrtion.
Being a native crikis county, and having rePded
ill tnv life av.opgfi ynj. the imerer aim huppiiuis
of the citizens oi tuiscourt-ty, and that or my own,
will and mult, on every cccafion, be the fame; and
being alio g. neraily known to all the citizens, I
think it improper to lay any thing further on the
fuhjecr, conv inced that the good i'enie of fnv fellow
citi ’-ns will direct their choice i:i :t j; op r manner,
a id to whole decidon I Ihall fnlvuiit tvit,h cheerful,
nel's ; and am, with due v^lpr-ct, the P- 'dic’s hum.
kie iervatit. ABRAHAM biiLi iil-KD.
February 16.
To the Freeholders of Berkeley County.
Gentlemen. ^
KING tolt cited by my friends and fc-llnvr-'-iti
j /cns very generally, to ctHr at the next electi
on for Reprekntati"'s to the Afse.nbly of tins
Star.-—'vi;** that diffidence and eberui incumbent
upon the candidate tor lb honorable an appoint
nienr by anti in behalf of !o diirinpiilhfd a portion
r;( the Common wealth, 1 beg leave accordingly to
tender my fervice ; and, if favoured with your iuf
frage, pledges the livelielt InfiMlity, together
with the M.;u ranee of the molt attentive and faithful
difclnrge * 5 ib< all■ important trijl, as the belt tells of
the around nfjtur confidence, and propriety of (he
claim upon it. i Gn.lcmen. ycur relpectltd ici
lovv citizen and real upulhm friend,
AuRAHdM DAVLNPQRT.
Ftbmay 16.
A valuable Met chant-Mitt jar Jalc.
THE Mill, utc, formerly advertifed by John Da
niel, not having yet been lold, will positively
be lold on tht premii'cs, on Monday, the iorh day
of April next, unit;., i,.;d at j»riv;• re 5-le b fore that
day, by P;TL. FENDLK TON/j. ruttee.
bebtuary rp. '57.
NOTIC E.
THE fubteriber has declined public bufinefs in
Martini burg, and r-etwf; *, all thole indebted
tc him, to male payment by March court next, and
•all th'.fe who lave any claims ggi.inft me, wifi corns
inofemirfe, SETH DUNCAN.
February ib. *^6.
Valuable Property for Sale.
^■pME Sublcriber will tell the property where
Jb he now lives, fr ’ate on Tultjuerora Cretk*
! on which is erected a large and well conftrur.ied
lan Yard, containing twenty-five vatts, including
handles, 1 -atts and limes. There is alio, a large and
well finiihed Brick-Houle, under which is a very
commodious kitchen and cellar, a large ftable, baric
| mill, and currying "ihop, with a fine garden well
pailed in. He will aha fell the property where
I Mr. John Dixon now lives, ‘nutated in Burke Street ;
there is on this property a two fr.ory Lug-Houie,
weather-boarded, painted and neat!) finiihed inficie,
a very good kitchen, with as go id a garden as any
m Mariiniburg. and a clover-parch —This lot is
ilarge and well firuated for any bufinefs—He w * 1
exchange the above property for good 1 »nds in the
County of Berkeley, or by payings fmall p.rt of
the purchale monej in hand, he will take the ba
lance in four equal annual payments. For further
particulars apply ti JOHN Oh'ERRATL
Either of the above propjtty will be rezu-d this
fpring, if not fob.
N. B. Shakjnpeap.. a handfonie Stud-Horfe#
fifreen hands higti, and leven years old, the figure
of the horfe is alnfficieni recommendation, wi )i n t
inferiing here his pedigree. Al'o, a draft Mare,
for which boms due, on good uitn, will b^ tr*kcn
in payment forboth. J. Q' fc.
Feb rua ry Q, q 7._
Wb havo 1 ORnS conveniently ntte.J
to receive HOUK, and will flare i: o»» ti,e cuico'M
ary terms.
Mandeville a,.'d JtimeJson.
Alexandra Fcltua>y 6f '97.