The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-23 00:00:00, page 2

FjT the PoTOMAV. GUAKDiAM.
Mr.
IS a A i El) nt * termer piper, a fev plah: prlnct
pirH and tacts reflecting o ;r rtprisnianoo in
t.ie'Alsem ly the Li: lt£.>n, and l ceil owed a tew
finiirudveriiitns upon the conduct Jt one ol oui
'members. An interv*[ of three •.,<reks has now
j>afsecl,»nd no perfon ha-, come forward in th-* fan"4
piblic wav to controvert rnole principles, or to de
ny the facts ;— hi* r«-;fi»o is O'uvWUS—■>dcCat:le ! lie
pemcipies air tnconheyvrrtib'e, ami uie tac'S undenia
ble ; and perhaps the worthy mcinicr has j lUgtti
v iifly, dur *>. was‘'better to offe* "«<? apology than
i lame one -out ii having oec-n whisper.-d about by
lome. of the friends of flip wurihy m -iiibrr, or ra
ther enem.si t-ith: g-jcd f ih< p*oy>-e at large, thet ** the
fa_.s 11 41r<1 oy in. wcic t'Jiv ,• aiiu u» others, that
l ie aiortf.Kl member played the tr.iant 44 when
\iiere w ;S not! mg ot-coDieqo^iR'e tran.acirng in the
fcls-m'd, *’ 1 (,hal! therefore offer n tew mere re !
'til i. Ka upon f lie t. TTi. l'uhj-Ct.
a: is h nisioruMi'; muui u uc icjticuc i, in n i
in all countries, even ifieuiofi free and enlightened, j
lucre will be 'jrrtiiri knots or Junto's of ttiungvni-. ]
'o.is, iiHtrelteci, unprincipled lien, who are always
ready to facr.hce the good ofiheir ccuiury to their
cwn private advantage, or tHe advantage of their
fiends contritions. crepe; dt nts, ami retainers;
tdele kr.oia *rs of different Sizes, tome Urge enough
to pefter ltates „• It me nor fo large that pefter coun*
t-es and cities; and other* Li’S lui.-dhr that even
} .Mur l’iule villages. It *s welt known that ibis
count) has been p-Jiered with a noi.<bU knot of iSie
Ult niri.i’ •*.;< fr/.e, for a considerable time,and that
r.any m'd'men h ive been g ;vefned, blinded, tiup
* . ■ t!. c- -..I, iold, .and (i.ium'h bv it. It has been
t>me ih- - ’r rr.Her rt'afty I ul this rtjpettnbU frater*
t uy. vs/... hive Said, tiut "whitl have Hated in my
funner piece war, Ulic.” i call upon the whole
county to prove the truth, in fubf'.ance, of what 1
S iid j I call upon the worthy member in tr.e nani*>
of the peope, :o deny it. I (aid that he left the
fiuSinefs or »*»*• fr-jp'e /tvkv 'during theto conic
l'uine to efa his own. Was lie i. ,t in'l^Uriinsburg
unending i q rirterly court one week the fir ft lime,
rod was he nor at the Succeeding c:urt the Second
\ inie. a/:d both times during iSie IcfTion of the aisem
f-'v ? Iv d if nor take Some d-vs fp travel from
Fvhrm-nd here and Slack again ? H ,w then do thole
*>.vr(tjy gentlemen prove my afsertions fallehood* ?
I t H pliable Way indeed 1 They lay, that “ ! was
miltaken as to ib.td^i.ncr from Richmond to Mar
t usburg by leveral m>Ut/ and as to the time of 001
worthy member's abfence, “ by attys ” What
v.tin and wretched q kibbling this ! too grofs to be
1 wall owed by the molt igmran ! cal-uUtcd only
lor dilhonelt pirty-nim. whofe trade is deceiving,
pnd who, ratner xfcan nrtdtcti'v: &t all, will ceceivc
tbemfelves.
1 let cut to prove, that our member had betrayed
the trull corumi-1«d io him by the people,'by for*
I 'king ir, had tint* I irult 1 have done, to the fa
tinaction of every honeft mind. 1 wii! add this
rctn.rk, that dilhonetc men—-men who have turned
Tilti»* Hacks upon truth “nd twnefty, wi’ll have no
* ruple to call ;he PUinefc truthsfalimti, and ho*
re;fy *v:itsu:y, whenever truth a:;d Unity interfere
v.fb them and their feltilli views.
1 hele inger/.orts gentlenren have ano: htr fpecial ar
gument in favour of thdr friend, coinec in the Same
x'.ini that J he other was, and that is, that the ho
II r in,rr me:nber lrft the houi’e when there was no
thing of conicq lence. upon the tapis. L ,-t us exa
n m.‘ iiuc (his alscriiun ; hut before ve do, let me
a r. ir u is not the duty of a member to ft ay in tl:
«i rule do. mg the fefSon, and watch for bufinefs i
coMlcq.u lor he cannot foretel to-day, will
will come on to-morrow-; or thisVeek what w»
come on ih- n x: ; and we know *ery well, tii.
rirMg'iinu artful men. (and there are always fueh i
1-g liarjvc bodies) will delay bribing forward
favorite mealure, m. ij they ice tile houfe pretr
c t.a« oj thole member'; they know will opp-ife it
bit pray is not every matter which is a lubject t
Jegifprion, of conlVqucnce to the people.
1 now proc«d to mine into the troth or fol
/
^)oud ot the af*ertioii, that bur member was rot al
lent wh: n there \»as any bulinels of coulVquenc
tranlacting in the Houfe, 1 admit th .t when a mai
•■r l5‘ A,,nlrquence to a fcfc* individuals was brough
, .meII cr was IP-.;* I nOClcuDt
b - brought if forward, and gave i* r>l| his ihpport.
Hie matter * atl.ule to is, the* Ifi -tuion which
■went froir tl'.s county, for the laudable purpofe of'
raxing the people to rail** money for a few land job
bers, to carry on law fairs for lands they hid no
right to, or to rrifnluiric !ht-ni die nominal amount
in gold and lilver, tor Infr.e th.ufands of certificates
a tiicli they hid n i j d tor l;:;ul warrants, at the rate
<>t a no: it twe I hi! lings in rl»e pv.tinj, and fix per emt
imereit per annum, and all colVs and charges' in tzk
ing np land which belonged to nher people, and
tor doing which there was no !nw\ nor could there j
e fatly law. In other words, this petition was
<i.*figneu rn arm thefe fpeculators vith a power to
ihruti their hands into the pocke's olhoneft farmers,
and take out money to repair the ft ft of their on
faccefsiul !peculations ; an) perl'on that has curio
ftty enough to wi'.l to fee the wholrtof this extra
ordinary petition l will refer him to r\e Journals of
the Hoti'e, p’g* — the ?h:rd dry of rht leffion, No
vember 11 r h, '1,6 and if b<* wljhes tp fee the fate of
H, I will refer him ro the Journals,P**g\— Novem
her i^rh, and the tenth day of the fefflon, where hr
’•rij! fin < that it was rejected in the ct^mi*t^« of
«our»> ot juluce, ot wiiid. -jr akuiber wjp oac.^nd
rejected with d'fdatn ini uorror, no,doubt $ tnu*
w as this impi.deat and barefaced attempt upon the
people’s p' ckers nipped in the bud. Bat where was
our worthy mtnntr when the great and all impor
tant queltion came on r-lpecting a reform of our
• onftuution ? a q’eftion in which every number ot
iociety was interehed. I erfn ttll,- he was in Mar
tinsbtitg, attending to his own private bufinefs, hav*
inzdnne wbai he could in Richmond for his (tew)
jr:evdst he feemed to care hot little for the people or
their iniertjh ; I will refer the curious to the journals
tor pirticularSjt^f >ecting this fubject,p*ge-Mo
vem oer 28' b, the--day of the ufljuii, where thtey
will find that the ayes and r.oes were taken, among
neither of which is hiS name to be found. Where
w.is our worthy member when the-cue!cion was de
cided refpecting the alteration of the time of the
ft Hi on of the Assembly ? I antwer, at home doing his
own Vj’tne'ir. ; look at the Journals, where it will
be leeii that our worthy member’s name is not to he
found among the ayes and noes upon thii'queftion.
t mult now rfquelt ot cur'worthy member not to be
affronted at f<» many plain truths being told upon
h:m ; they are truths that it is important for the
people to know. T he people are often impoled
upun, hue rake the word ot an bouelt man, that t?iey
will not be impoled upon longer than they are ig
norant of the impufiticn and the inipoftor. The
people can lometimesftel an it^jiry, and will relent
it, of which we have a fignal tnftance in our neigh
bouring coc'-.ty, Frederick, wherethey turned out
rwo members who had before that time been the
molt popular men in the county, becaufe they voted
for unequal burthens upon the people ; though their
conduct was praife worthy compared to this, they'
might have‘erred in'judgvitnty but this to as a facri
6ce of principle and duiy, as well as a grofs con
tempt offered to the p' tple, bis political creators. I
exnect the people will give a fecund proof of *he
I ike k'l'd,'' <t poper exerci/e offpirit audjufitc:% in ma
king an example of the betrayers oi incir intertlt
j at the enluinj. election. One word more and then
i I have done ; an exception has been taken to the
! hgnature I have alsutr.ed, thcle uifi gentry have,
! laid, that “ l ought to have ligned one of the peo
ple,M but I fay, that 1 Ipeak the windsand/tnivnenti of
the people, therefore I may w;th propiit-'v my
itlf THE PEOPLE.
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Latcfl: Foreign Advices,
Received bj the Jbip Prefi.dtnt, Copt. Lo*i‘igt arrived at
* /tew lt,t k front Liverpool.
BRUSSELS. November 25.
j |T appears that a gjfnnd op- ration \s now on the
X. eve of being executed. The divilion of general
j L.efeb're, amounting to 1B.000 men, has effected the
pafsage of rhe Rhine, and is directing its courfe to
Andernach, to reinforce the centre of the army.—
! In the mean time, a large divilion is to pals the
Rhine at the bridge of Ntuwied, and the army of
the north,which is alreedv on the right bank, is to
attack the Auftrians on the Sicg. All the prepara
tions wh^ch are making indicate this double pro
ject. Thirty thouiand rdtions'Sf bread, and as ma
ny of hay and oats, are preparing at Cologne, to
be lent to Mulheim. General Bournonviile has ar
rived by pole at Cologne,
LONDON, November 22.
The Emperor, as chit f of the empire, bars add refs-•
ed feme v -fv peremptory and levere letters to the
circle cf Swabia, relpecring the armiftice and the
feparate treaty of peace ; fimilar memorials have al
fo Iven presented to thy Duke of Werteciberg and
the IVNrgrave of Baden.
1 tie works wbijdi the Auftrians have erected near
Huningen, expole thif city to be converted into a
heap ol ruins. TheFrench frill occupy the redoubt
ot the bridge and the batteries on the Iflet. Letters
from Strasbourg of the 71I1 announce Pichegru’s de
parture to P-»ris, where he is expected to obtain
the chief command of the Sambre and Meule army.
A<w. 22. On Saturday an exprets was received
at the Admiralty Office from Sir JohnBorlafe VVar
• ren, brought to Falmouth by the Sylph brig. The
dispatches from Sir John Itate, that he h?.d looked
into Brelt, where were feventeen fail bf the line,
wth a prodigious number of iraoiports and flatbot
tomed boats, ready for lea ; and he had learnt that
80.000 troops were in. reaoinels to embark. This
account, of rhe authenticity and accuracy of which
no d6u:>» whatever can be entertained, differs m'oft
materially trorn other intelligence recently receiv
ed.
ten days ago an armament confifting of
fome gun boats, fmall armed velsels, and tranf
porrs, tailed Irom the Road of Havre, having 6000
iroops on board. They had fcarcely got out ot the
Road when a gale of wind ca^ne on, in which (eve
ral of the boats were wrecked, and all the men on
board of them dro-.Vned. The reft of this armament
returned into the harbor of Havre, where it has
lince remained,
November 24.
Frecaution againfi an In vaditi.
Copy of a Circular Letter to the Lieutenants of
Counties on the ,cea coalt.
If'kiie hail, i\ov. I c, 1706.
“ My Lord,
'* As it would' materially add to the difficulties
which already oppofe themlelves to any attempts
which it is poflible the enemy may be induced to
mr-ke upon our coaffs, if the live andetead ftotk of
individuals, rending near the fra co&fr, was capa
ble of being inltantly removed and fecured for the
benefit of the proprietors. I am commanded to re
oraincnd It tc your lorcijhip to exert your kflucuce
in cauTrng to be made out si fpeedUy as p. ff.ble sn
accoum of tht live and Head Itock, in lu. li of\h«
pirilhet in the c.irnty o! Si.fstx os are vi;;h:n ten
or twelve miles of the fea.
“ Wnh refpret to the mode in making out the ac.
count required, I take this opportunity of tranf
mitting to your iordihip the form in which it has
been executed by the voluntary exertions of gentle,
men of the county of Dorlet ; and Itiall beg to fub
mit it for your lordlhp’s confi ieration and adoption,
unjefe'wher. it truy be found necels^ry to deviate
from it, in cottltquence of beat circuinftances and
(ltuation.
“ With refpect to the mode in which it is pTopo
Od to move luch live and dead ftock, in cafe it
Ihouid be necefsary, your Iordihip will communj.
cate with the commander in rhicl of iht dilirict in
which the county of Sufstx lies, and will concert
with him fuel) previous mealures for this j-urpoleas
may be judged requifite.
*• i ne meeting which i nave ac-i;red your iurd
lbio to cdll on the f object of my circular letter of
this day’s date will afford you an opportunity of
fubmitting this fetter to the conflc'.eratiwo of the dr
-puiy lieutenants and niagiftracy of the cc-nmy of
SoIstrx, and will confVqnently lead to the immediate
adoption of Inch meaJures as'Ihall be heceisary to
enable the remrn to be made which I am Verfuaded
your lotdihip will be oi opinion is i'o much :o o«
wilhed for.
4* l am further to irtTorm“ydir lordihip, that the
: lords cotfimiflioners of the trealury have received
his majeity*s p'.eafure, that they iboold rake fuefi
previous mealures as may be necefsary for defraying
any expences which ivN'y a rife, in conJcqoc-nce of
| foch poffible removal of 1 i•• sr and deed (took ns 1
I have luppo’fed, as 'v-li as ot any par.n ut n loises
' which may t-vrniu.-lly ire occaiioueci ther.-.hy.
“ Although, this circnmUancc is inch -.y- mu ft rb
| viate every p.flible obj ction to the m.'afore, I ?m,
| neverthelcfs. confident, '.hat all thrr_* v Vm it may
! concern would, exclu lively of every ptrhinal cor.li
| deration or motive, j tin with the urmol’c alacrity
[ in the execution of a meafure v* hich has fo; its on.
j jeer the general f.ft-ty of the country,
I have the honor to be, 6cc.
% “ PORTLAND.”
iDecember to. Accounts rave been received in
town from the Medi'erranean, by the Audacious of
74 guns, cant. Gould, which ft ate that the Spanilh
fleet Slaving put to >Va, had met with a violent gile
of wind, in which L« I'rinidade had run down a
1 *rge frigat?, and that the fleet 'had been difperfed;
five fail had ;nu into M-norca, r.r.d three into Car*
thagena, diltnafted, and the reft of the fleet remain
ed unaccounted lor.
December jz. Mr. Lllis, Vve unflerftaod, fi*r« ..ff
this morning, on his return to Paris; he carries
with him, it is (aid, the infrfoctions to IbrdMiulrhcf
bury respecting the terms of compeuiation to be
propofed to the executive directory ; tbefs in (ruc
tions were finally fettled at a cabinet council, held
on Saturday.
Vee/nber 13 The Gijve Branch, »n American
vefsel, which was raker* and carried into Porif
month, a few days ago, by the Audacious nun of
war, on examination appears to have 37 thousand
Itand of arms, inttead ot to rhoufand ss firft ftaied,
and above 7.5 pieces of artillery, mculy brafs.a
rn«*ng which latter are fome of the park artillery
loft bv the duke of York before Dunkirk.
Drcertber 1 £. This day we received the French
Journals to the izili inftant : 'i he following are
the leading particulars :
Lotive*, in his paper of the 1 ith, fays, A letter
from Milan announces, that the fltg of diftrefs is
flying on the ramparts of Mantua. He adoa, that
n-ws which appears to be more certain is, that
Kieber, with 30,000 men, his Raised the Rhine at
Oppenheim, to annoy the operations of the arch
duke again ft Kehl.
Letters from Stralh'.irg announce, that the bridge
of Kehl has been deftreyed, which m ikes it more
likely that the place will fall into the hands of the
Aulirians.
A letter from Neuwied frates, that the Arch
duke has refilled an armiftice requefted by Moreau.
The Breft fleet ftill remains in the road; it h«s
22 thoufand troops 011 board.
Nothing further has tranfpired refpcctfng the
negotiations for peace. In the interim, the D’ir.-c
tory fend couriers to Vienna, the Emperor to Pe
terlburg, and Lord Malmesbury to London.
united states.
NE '<V_YuRiC, February 14.
The circumftances relpecting the captor? of the
iev<*5 Eiglilh ihips, by the trench, and being car
ried into Guadeloupe, was confirmed by a letter re
I ceived at Kingfton, Jamaica, the 18th ult. from
Curraeoa. Two of them are from Ireland, two
from Scotland, one from London, one Irom Liver
: p°°l, and one from Briftol. The fame letter men
j rinns that the force at Curraeoa confjlts of two
Dutch frigates, who have theOrange colours flying;
tiie Penlee. and another French frigate, all which
are in a miferable irate.
PHILADELPHIA, Februnrv 13.
LATE AND IMPORTANT.
London papers to the 16th December have b-en
received at New-York. La ft evening's ftage bro’t
4«f Ntw York paper containing the lateft and moft
important articles. It has nor been in our power
to procure it ; but we are obliged to frate the id*
lowing prominenr features of the intelligence.
Buonaparte writes, on the :8th November; thet