The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-07-28 00:00:00, page 3

fpiracy, ti-il! withot r doubt be publilhed by the di
rtciory.—'i birty five ot the principal contpiraiors
;,re a'>prc)ienti;ti. Babocm'a interrogatory iu parti
tulai lv intereiting. VS'c are alsureti hiscordtfiions
a/e very important, and well calculated 10 throw
a light on his horrible plot. He was taken ill at
the mtnilur's houlc-, but was recovered by a giats
of water. Among tne'e apprehended, we have col
l‘ct<“d th'’ fi ll, wing hinits : Baboiue, hdiior ot the
tribune of the ttuple \ Lv.gueiet, Ex-Convent iona
litt, who Was app.encoded ialt )car as an accom
plice ot the ml ur reel ion ui the |h Frairiei j Charles,
hx Conventiu*»lilc, formerly impritontd in the
Chateau ot Hair» ; Darthes; £kueheue 3 Stcrctar) ;
the Secretary ot Jolepb Lc-bon : Gc.main, coinn -lli
oner ot the directory at Verlaiilcs ; Kcllignol, i x
General in La Vetiocc. ard Alhannclle a wilier in
the jou. nul des Hcrr.ms Libya.
four bundled mouf.nd iivres in fpecie had been
expand'd 111 maturing the contpLaiy. We ait- ul
fuird that the Ag-ms ot the pi clem iVlinitter ot Po
lice rec .-ivcd 200,000 iivres of this money, which
they have faithiuily a.p,.rtctd in thcoiliceol Police.
Several proofs are tfiaOlilbed that the als.-dins ot
tht Lyon's Com itr who are apprchemlto, were
lent 011 that bulinets by the con-piiator*. 'Ahey
kilitd him tor the purpute ot getting into their
bai ds 1 otilider^bir lutv.s oi lptcic he had about him,
with which they Wt-re to pay their paiiiia-:^.
Avery nutiit i Otis toi ce ho* Dctn on toot m rh;s
capital tincc jet'erday moron gj and guns arc pla
ce a at tht pr me; pa I £ui %.& mC 10.ua lie two c. a n
cils. 'J he utmott umiquiliiy prevails, in come
qiict.ee of the vigiluiice ot ihe aimed ioicc and po
lies. rj he coni pi raters ami parti/.ans are cm.tumni
fd and abalhcd. Several ot them have lieu. A
niong thcic are Vadier and Amur. Enquiries arc
nukingpin alt lidt". who were end who were not
concerned in the nim. Thole who three days ago
pronounced bclfily . I’ .ui't the Coulthuiion ot '1^5.
and is bckiJy in lav or ot ’j,v. have now a real pa
Lon for the fir it, end uii.w • r.c iccood bLteriy. ii
fflivavicus ,iepss however, are not taken to chains
from public employments v;ic- men who are a lean
dal lu io :i, I he Aoarchiits w.ll. in the courfe of a
fortnight. be as dat ing as ever, will deny the ex
jl'.cnce or the conlpirscy and wii) aicu!e the JJirtc
tory ol baving dcviicd u to cot efi the remains ol
the patriots.
[/L/‘he7ycr::cu}ars ifi our KfXt J
f—i m—-v •.if -y- f
UNITE D o' r A TEX.
By a recent better J*tT> tea, we learn and
wnii pair, re-pur-. ii- -.1 there are new on board the
d.ft.-.-ent ir.tps in • ii2~ r.-id ihe s»--j -c«.nt port*, »;p
wards ot a:j h'lndrtcJ A«i**nc»t: be&tncn, who me
imiawiuliy r..' :r, bondage, ace. who are treated
in a raoiotr (hit nu<; le rp.'i degrading 10 the
fouls othre*ncn- Several oi • !. •,:< have dud con
f.-qjencr the <*ingj they rectheeJ by cc.runai.-d
Ot she rff; or: r-, p-j i.'jvin ’ i ?! j * t.
OUeni h>ks i ney a r,-t in irons, and c.on? inn •
fo t-.r iTi-iJ-y c:-ysf in order “ to core tmci -r th ir
oblpnacy"—to ole the B.-irjh adopted phr-.e. W'e
Vrilh not ro acr.nfe our government iK.df-ctir.g
thifi worthy eltd’s of citizens— out their u.-ferirg*
hive been too long in* oT-raolee
YeCcrday arrived urig R< u), I’apf. Taylor, ^.S
days iron) JBt i.toi. B; . his ai riw 1 ,i me a L"iu'u..u
paper o< M*y t 7, which it, fa id to contain the im
portant Uf-ws of a battle on the Rhine, in which
the French were tictoiiuus—and, that a plot of a
mai'sacre in ?ari« had beer. happily discovered.
ISi 01 being able to get even a fight of the papers,
at is not in our power to uaic any particular;
which we cer-amly liiouiu do, wtre it not for the
pcliunef of a Mr. Sargent (prtfsenger in -he above
•vtrisel, and p Osefsor (if the ft.id pap .) in vs 1:hiiold
Engine j-.nu. if the intelligence is authentic, it
cught to 02 communicated to the public, by the
fir!t opportunity, and not kepi back lor any pan'.iu
iar pur pole. Orrery.
We are credibly Informed, that orders were re
ceived at the Odium Houle, by the kit Mail, from
•the Secretary ot State, lor Stopping the Sale of she
prize goods, lately Drought into this port, and for
bidding the enny at thcGcftom Heine of any more
prize goods., that may hereafter arrive.
Our papers fron' Paris, are feveral days later than
before received. Several rranilations Ironi iht m \vc
give this dcy. The lateft, May 18, contains no
account of any battle on the Rhine.
The verbal information by the arrival from
France, mentions, that the campaign on the Rhine
had opened no k-is bloody and luccefsful to the
French, than in Italy.—That two engagements k.il
trken place, in which many thoniamis it 11 —We
have letr> no printed or written accounts of thei'e
battles,- but the laft papers hated that the armies
cn both Inks the Rhine, were in continual move
ment ; ami pfaciifini' v irious nifii oeuvres to cor.cc;.!
from each other 1 he real operations conteinplattci.
Such a body of holiile men could not long be neigh*
hour.*, without coming to blows.
There have been ieverai arrivals (inre our laft.
Fron France.
C:<pr. Tibbirs. His verbal information is, that
hcfrili* !<.s were t or.inu r.ced or, the Rhine, by a vic
tory dccilk c!v favorable 10 the French ; and in
which 10,000 were killed, 't hi:, victory was foon
after followed by r.nrther, cl v-koolc »cjr.ai briiii
sr.cy,and ending in the <i*.v.i. of Ro«>o nun.
b' hooner Catherine Ctv, , k ... Reports
'Vert .kcukud, -hit Spai:. yi.ci k._. -id bad vt;»i*
cienced war agsinff each ether, and the reports ap
peared to be credited by two bpaniih Irigaie* there,
which immediately failed lor bpain.
Juiy 20.
Extract of a letter from a very refpectable A nrieri
can gentleman in London, »o his father now in
this town, dated 14Lh Mvy, ’^6.
" An exprtls arrived this mo tiling, which brirgs
a confirmation ol the late dtieais 01 tht Auitriaus
in Italy, on the 1 jth and 14th ot April } and hke
wiie the particulars ol another e j g..gcrr.«mt, in
which the irendi have been equal); jucce<slcl, in
killing and taking fourteen tnouland and fiuy men
ot ihcir enemy."
*-^<s&>
t\LW-YLKk, July i~
The brig The mas, L• pi. x'tau, tu rn Martinique,
at rived h-re ytlleri;-y in '*4 days p..Ssage.
Eratt juterms, that previous to Ins chpam re, a» ri
ved at Liaudaloupt / iaii oi (lie line and 6 1> .gsLes,
will) troops on board, numbers not aUci a.i.^d.
1 b
Extraft of a let hr t: i‘ ■ Editor, via Bfion, dated Baris,
sspnt 15.
“ bince I wrote to you, the 23d it,ft. we have
further advices, that uni brave aj.ies the Eicuch,
ouriued their lucccls, tno, wiiidu t« .ct d?js aiur,
t,.: ruunced the Auitr'mn c. nip, k.’kd their chut
commander, and 2000 that were under, but now on
a Jevcl with him, and made. U . 0 pn'.ontrs. 1 he
lirong poll of Cairn, &c. with many ti-g3, and at
lmuitnie quantity oi amis, were taken, Gen. Buo
naparte, Commanded the french, it is probable 1
may Ihoriiy have luiihtr important intelligence to
communicate. 1 think it not improbable, ibat the
Erench Northern and boiiihern anv.ies which are
four hundred miles aluudtr, Wiilioim a junction in
the very hceri ot Germany.** [rRcus.]
i'he foiiowinp. niece ol important 1 jnation,
may not be coniidcred aliogechcr coi jcttur.il, but
we expect momentarily that it will be- announced,
viz. '1 hat the ifland or Great Britain is actually de
clared in a Kale of iif ge by Laiiu, bpaiii, Den
mail-:, Sweden, Holland, the hates or lial) . «ke. ixc,
leagued like the armed neutrality, in one immenlr
naval arinatnent, to reduce the mantime power oi
rltai haughty nation, and to talc - ail manner ol vel
l.:ls iliAi lliali trade with her, until iiic acknow
ledges the French Republic, and 1 tiuli treat me nit
ot the world lei's cavalierly /
PHJ.LADKL P H 1 A, J .!>• 16.
Capi. ^arl- c.| the fcbuoncr M <r> . !6 days
from Port ue Paix, informs that Cap;. D^hk i in
a floup from this port.. hud arrived there-—■ tf IV] --
riguaue was boarded by two privateer hhc-onos
and Treated civilly. Previous io his failing reports
were in circulation, ' i tr the Rtpuldrvsns had la...
lirge io fort humpard—tiiai the ii: mib laliied o'u,
au action enlued in winth it was laid, the B.i'iib
Jo!i 150 hone and a number of foot ioldiers—that
a detachment ul Republicans iiao gone uguinli C :
N...oia Ivioie.
I : Bwiupard is about zo miles difr&nt from
Port be Paix. 'Ihe sc-ouar canit bv i-r.J.
Ji,1y 18
Authentic: ijiteiUgn.ceJ tom St. Domingo.
La re. j-. ut 24.
Villace and his accomplices are embatked on
! board the Hyasna, hoop ot war* and lent 10 Fiance,
whrte they ai t to funo their trial.
D .’patches tranimiited by Rnuine (a member of
the Colonial Commi.'sior) from Santo Domingo,
1 and ariivedar the Cape on the 23d June, announce
the arrival of Richery's fquadton, ccmpoltd ot nine
, lhips of the line, ten frigates, tour Hoops ot war,
and tour aruied traidports with troops on bouid,
: aucl five millions in fpecie.
1‘his (quadron ha». tn its pafsage, made twenty
two prizes, 3imjng which is an Englilh irigate and
a floop of war.
The corps w hich marched under the orders ot
Rorhambeau, Fageoi and Touisant, w as cumpoltd
of 400 troops of the line and 300 Africans, interJ
ed againft Cape Nithola Mole—they have already
made themfeives mafters of Bompaide, where they |
turreunded a corps of above 300 Englilh horle, and
made them ptifoners; they pulhed forward, and
attacked an advanced poll near the Mole, iurround
ed by two pieces ot artillery, which they took ah
! r*r 4invina put to the lword the troops that guard* ,
ed the poft.
it is generally believed that eTre lorg Cape Ni- ,
chola Mole and the whole portion oi bt Domingo,
polsef*ed by the Englilh, will fail into the hanos ot
the Republicans, for the enemy in thole quarteis
ate completely at variance amongit ihemielvts.
July iq.
Copy of a htter received by a merchant of this city, from
Captain Cochran op the CIkeiii frigate.
On board kit Britannic h'iaj/fy’s {hip Thetis, j'a^y 10.
SIR,
Som-e days pgo I met with the brig John rf R^l
fait, that had been taken by the Brums, ? French 1
privateer, and laid to be owned by yon. lor tin
ny reafons it it ruck me that fhe was French pro
perty ; therefore tV ni her into Halifax.
As 1 have no wiiii *0 interrupt the trade of re-1
American citizens, 1 • heretore rrquelt you will for
ward Rich pi onis m Halifax, Ihouid the property
be yours, as clearly to prove the fame, and to con
vince the American gentittrier, that no undue ad
vantage is wilh’d to be tv ken efthem. I lend this by
I the chief mace of the vclsel, that he n.ay enable
! ) ou to obtain every information.
j am Sir,
Your humble frrvart,
A. F. COCHRAN,
Cfipt. hi; h. M. J.bip Sheris*
B A L T I !v5 0 7. II, July -6
Capt. Atkimon, from C; pt hi. icura, informs,
that a Jew days i Hose lie tailed, a fleet ui live >»ii
arrived from lireJc, con manned by ciu/« t —
late ot the Medula, who was on homo Vn
ance, of 50 guns. 'Jhree of the Kjuadron *< ■ *
armed en fute, and capt ur<- d on if*eir paiaago tl..»e
Jjritiih ti jiiiports, ai.d a Bortuguele veisti, .iii ot
which they neliro)f!d. 1 hty aiio rooks Btunooj
an iioop, from 'fork’s 111 and ler Barbadot*. wufc
d i I patches, and finding inr a i»Jt fail cr, the) man
ned and lent lier lor tlie Cape ; but unfortunate!/
run on Aorohiu bark, and was iojt ; *be utw lav
ed ana carried into 1 urk's lilaod, ti. * governor of
v»hich prefsed the Jthooi.er vvijhnj *»l.id, apiain
Hr vi oi Button, and ler.t Ji-er to the o-ape, wiui tins
prdoners,to be exchanged.
Great preparations were making at the Cape for
foii.e expedition; valt uu ..Mints ot warjika
"ores had been iandtd from time to ’ ime by ■uc
b i'.r-Ci pe IXoboJu fVJoie w.t thought to oc
(he < j• ct ot .he tntetpiilc, at v-nich place it is
la?<! . i ere are now "ouu troops.
General 'foulard had invoiced fort Bcmpar4
which >-e expected to reduce. The Britilh had
made two attempts to relieve the Jon,hut had Jailed
in both, the luciours being intercepted were maoo
pritoners by the French hu m the appearance oc
things, n uch f loud would be iiitd, this Hammer iu
that ill Jatcd illr*nd.
An .-*• ;;.ei ; • brig,with about 70 horfes probabi/
trom N..rlolk bound to the Mule, by mil ake wen*;
into Fort de B/:x, and Was imr:. diately taken
poJscfiion ot • >y a lew citi/.f..s. 'lie he: ;«k were
expected at the Cape tilt day the Harriot failed.
MARL JASBUkC, July 28.
Letters frc m Puns n . • t, hro’;i.c inici e< fiion ci
Mi Monroe, there was res Ion to hope, the decide
of the convet. ion, ordering fert.-cutr-s 10 t;uit fb*
yis, would be au.dioraii d lb as 10 allow hmsr'i
caus re continue ;i. that city. '* ht v had, however,
beui Under the !:ettUii) 0! reino1. inn.
Ton d00 recounts o< the 141b IVi «y, ftate the ra
pons of a fitlli iulurrect icn if t n: Poles, on’he
eoi tin s r t Turkey, under •h -cc:r;n .t,d ot DlioTj
KO, !TOLlSKO. and UEPRADV\ Z K.V ,• .uaC
tii-.y had pubhlhed a m. ruled o, in w ..ui! t h. y de
clare their reinuce op the r£ii;~nce 01 Porte to
deliver their counu y from opprtflion.
.Should ‘his prove true, the meditated rupture
betwt n RuiTia : i d Turkey will ptwbuoly te Uo't
to an ionseoiate ilsue.
hi O N E Y FOUND.
T? CUND, cnorc?lrci under a force peft in Sp’. :r£
Aliy. on 'c.ineloay l.dt.c. corfpjerable lorn • f
phoney :;>.d f • pair ot hn>. '• be latter appa
1 1; never oho. Thu owner, by proving the
prop--it;, ti»s v itavt u again i n i j • pin i‘iioa to
TKOM AL CLAHKii,
CHAP.L* f. PLd. K.
N.TiHANiTI. FULLER.
AJartimburg, h\\y u8, \yi>.
THE death of 7himm Rutherford, jun. havirpr
dilsolved ihc panntnhip cl Y U-rnas ar.d
Rutherford, ati *»bjulitnent of the con»p. ry's accounts
becomes necefsarv ; ail per Ions having drnumds a
gair.lt the concern, are refuelled to cring them in
that they may be c. i tcharged ; atid all j>crfonc in
debted to »he concern are rtquilicd to come at .1
fettle their accounts without delay. 'ihc lu.fim is
in future vs ill be carried t n -i* the m ine ot :br wr
viving partner. ^ AN KL'lh ERhLKD.
Cbarhjlofwni July 22, 96.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
AN away from the tut icriber livirfr it, Loudoun
XV. County, Virginia, aboi.t a wteK before har
velt, a likely negro man nznu-d b..ii:ty, about h*<
fe el fix or ieven inches high, about 3$ years clage„
has a lull broad lace ar.d down h ; bad on and
took with him a white ke&nty jaikci and breeches,,
an old wool hat and lcgings, two coarfe ihimaud
two blankets ; lie alio took with him a balkec tt>
put his pros ilions in. Jt is luppoied he is gone to
wards Baltimore. Any perfon who will r-tura
fa id negt o, or ieenre h.m in any goal, '.o that 1 get
him again Ihall have the shove r« v. aid.
EDWARD ViCLETT.
July 28, *96.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of my held on Saturday right t ha
230 ot this initant, a tfceinot ton cl Hurt*, jnl’c
httceu hands high, vciy round made, can both pace
and trot , be lias a blaze down l.is face, both bind
feet white,^ round Twitch tail, r.o ihots on when
taken away ,* he is eleven years cld in y Jafr.
as I am certain he is ftolen, whoever apprehend*
the thief ar.d horfe, aid cob mils the thief 1 *» ary
goal :n tins State, lhall have the alien r reward . i*
Ten Dollars lor the horle only, given l v n •,
Wli I..Ut< Prti-K.
Middle Creek, Berkeley> Convey, Vrgitna, ’96.