The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-03-09 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, March 3.
Wiih ibis day, che iliotirious Walhington clofei
hjs Political Career.-livery Friend to his
conniry wii!, on the occalion, adopt the energetic
Jjnouai>e ol inlpiration, and lay,
.. WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITH
FUL SERVANT."
As up the Hill of Life, Time led him on,
Fmne blew herTromp, andHope illum'd the day ;
Fruin the bright Summit, half the Vici'ry won,
A Ipiendid courfe ol Glory dop’d the Way.
Now, all his labors paft—the beft reward,
A Country lav’d, united Ihouc his praife ;
li, Vernon's Groves i he bleft Ret real's prepar’d,
W here conlcious Virtue gilds Lite'letting Rays, j
Y''frerday arrived in this city, from his reCdertce !
in Virginia, I HOMAS JEFFfcRhON, Vice-Prrfi j
dent Elect of the United Mates. The Company ol j
ArtiiLry, under the immediate orders ot Captain j
Shaw, w*loomed that tried patriot with a dikharge I
ot 16 rounds from tvvo'12 pounders ; and a d ig j
was Jiiplayed fnnn tile Park of ArtiluTv, beating j
the device, “ n 'he Frievd of ihe People.
Wt-dnefday evening arrived in iowu, on a vifit to j
the Prelident of the United States, the famous Mo
■ hi v/k chief col. Jolt-ph Br ant, and the l....*.*a chid
Cornplanlcr.
■ ■ _
CONGRESS.
Three months the fathers of'the nrtiot?,
Havetngg’d the oars < \ Lag'll ititm ;
And in long ("peedies more h&\tJaidt
Than penal patience ever read,
JVX .mime, the bujinrf they hone doKit
Atr.ouais In three jonrt ads, Jave 0 ne.
[G. U. 3 ]
Congress of the. United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
March 1,
The houfe refolved itlelf into a committee of ■ he j
•whole on the amenrirner.rs ol the Senate to the bill ;
for making regulations with relpsct to the duty on i
Cpiriis ditiili cl within-.the United Stares. 'I he) '
prop-lied to do away the licences for two weeks,
and to pi ovjiie only for mtr.fhly licences, to bear ;
da'eon the tin* day of every, calender month,
j Mr. H u-rifok! hoped theie amendments would not \
he agreed to. It was well known, that in .the lou- ;
$ueru*paris of the union, there v?*$ a fmall diftille ,
-v in aim oft every farm : but if iiicle amendments
were adopted, it would have the tif'Ct to destroy j
them, and the bvv would become particularly odi
Gus ip.the,people j. itr^ouid alltf wholly defeat the
pmpoCe of railing revenue from the ta^. -1
MefhjS. Parker and dlaeon urged iimiiar objecti
ons to 1 his bill.
Mr D.ytonphe f?eaf;er) who originally intro
duced this amendment into the bill, repeated his ar
guments in favor of allowing licences to bo taken
uur for 1 wo weeks.
T he uciendments were difagreed to.
ALEXANDRIA. March 4.
By th? nail hits morning, r-ve received the Is tie:
from ike lion. Richard Until.
I have recently beard that an opinion has pre
vailed to z .cooflderable extent in Alexandria, and
its neighbourhood, that Congrels was about to im
pede an embargo either, on American yclsels or
American produce, or on both, . As this opinion is
entirely unfounded, and the exifunce of it calcula
ted’ to produce cnnlxlerable.mercantile derangement,
and a depredion of the prices ol ouf produce, 1 have
deemed it my . doty, to inform you, and, through
you, the public in general, that no proportion lias
ever been made in Ceugrefa, during the preient
feffion, to impofe an embargo of any d'-icription ;
nor have 1 heard t.ny member of that body txprels
a belief that lucli a rneaiure would be expedient.
There is uo other medium by which this intelli
gence can be lo Ipeedily and effectually diifuled
through our part of the country as by meant of your
|3iper ; ! ihalt therefore thank you if you will be
plea led to give this letter a place in your fir it pub
lication after the receipt of it ; for it is of much
importance to difpVl, as early as. poffible, that dil
rrcfflng Iblicitude which uncertainty with rcfpect to
Inch an important political event mult neceisarily
With lentiments of fp'pecr,
Your obedient lervatu,
' _ RICHARD BRENT.
Philadelphia, February 2 3, 1797.
Front Enrobe, via Philadelphia*
■■ ' • Ba*le, December (.
YeftcHay or ij o'clock* at night, the Auftrians
matte an attack on the bridge at Umiingue and I He
du Rhirt. Tile action laited till 3 o’clock in the
jft'orning with the greateTt bbfiin'aey. The Impe
rial troops attempted with the greaiefx bravery to
ftorm the imreochments three lieverifl tifne's, but
©bttades innumerable rendered all t h -ir efforts in
effctual. Col. Gefsler was killed at the com*
tnencetTtcnt of the action.' It is expected a new at
tack will be made this night. 'I h? French conti
mie h. h>»ld the HI , from which they keep up a
brdkfire on the Aufrrian batteries. 1 hey commu
nicate by a flying bridge with Huningue.
I xtraQ from the ft atonal Caxettt of Franre.
•* tin fie. A (member 30.
The Auftiiaus having dam-g d the bridge of
Haningue fo as to render it impailible, great hopes
were entertained by the Prince of Furlcemberg—
He fiiinmoned Gen. Abatucci to deliver up in the
tpace ot a quarter ofan hour,the head of the bridge,
all the entrenchments, all the batteries, and all the
cannon, which were on ihetlghc ot the Rhine.—
Here is the anfwer which was given.
44 Whatever may be the idea you have formed of
the critical pofnion in which you fuppole 1 find my
feff, 1 have the honor to alsure you, that 1 am ready
at any initanr to convince yon of your error.
“ This alio will inform you, that I am as little
difpofed to accept the IhamTul capitulation you
have propofed.
“ I he co'inrry of.Riden continues to be ill treat
ed by the Aultrians, the houfe of ihc Baron de-Rei
zenltein has been plundered and defiroyed by them;
this is the G:oe B-jron de Reizenftetn, who conclud
ed a peace tor his Prince, and is lull at Paris.”
December r.
Yefterday at a o'clock a fefcohd Aultrian flag cf
truce, propofed “ the lurrender. of the fort ot Hu
ningue, or at lealt its evacuation, on a proriiife that
it Ihould he reftored at the opening of the campaign,
in the fame ft ace in which it r/as lurrendertd.” Ge
neral Abatucci atifwered, “That to obtain tlietort,
it was necefsary to take i tV—- .••’hen the fug had re
turned with this anfwer, the artillery ot both ar
mies '-ommenced a moft terrible-fire, which is lull
At b;>lf pa/t r.ine in the evcjrng they afsaulted
the firl't fort which is feparated tror.: the other by
an arir o! the Rliine. • All the French girrifon im
mediately retired into the rear fore. Tiie aniilery
then crated to pi y on both (ides, ard in it? place
a tire of mufqu-try was tuitained which continued
an hour after midnight--never was there a more
murderous cor-fiet— hole of the Aduians who
were not driven from i « f.'rt, oerithed (here.
The Auirrians loft ten times more thin the
French. The dead exceed two ihoul'and. .Abatuc
i received four wounds; two with a fabre, one
ullet, and a I'truke witha cannon ball in his Ihoul
• kT,
At this infrent, the cannon are again beard. A
courier direct from Vieuna, pafsed this yeiierday,
he is bound to Paris.
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, iURTINSBURG,' March o.
Notwiihltanding the many charges .that' have
been brought a pain it the political creed ol Mr. J
Adams, there are lev/ who regard him aj deficient
in talents or r/.iming integrity. Has he not ren
dered many great and lingular (ervices to his coun
try ? Thr&ugh the itormv-jj^riod of our revolution,
he UeOKcJ acruzied by twr o;h-r view than the love
reignty and the liberty of America. Firm and in
dependent in mind, there is little d, -grr o* being
ef;ranged"from the public good, by rhe arts and de
vices of thole who ic-ek their own h: ppinels in the
general nailery.- ft is .fuftunt'e fur America, that
Mr. Adams ut:d Mr. J- PJbrfon [character:: of luch
diltinguilhfd nieri "! have been culled upon at this
hour of difficulty and danger, to guard her inrereits
and ro manage her Council :. Our irr.prudeMt Hep,
at t'hi.i perilous time, would inflict a levere and
painful wound on the United States.
From a lift of" Evidences if Freud: Frr.tcrni'yf in
the Diltimore Federal G /.eue, it appears that the
rrcnch privateers and gun boats have captured and
carried into Sr. Domingo 54 American vefsels, in
the courl?oi about one moti'h—of which 23 were
condemned, value not tftimated—13 condemned,
veistIs and cargoes, valued at tSu.ooo dollars—7
remained for trial—3 abandoned—and 2 cleared*
Speech of Ft hr Porcupine,
In convprfation a trw d-.vs ago, ihe British Cor
poral tied i red, “ theft he never would forgive the /}:::*•
recant for their rebellion cigain‘1 their kt»g) and te at he ne
'eter would 7 fl until they were reduced 10 their former obe
dience. “ it the fellow, whole buck (till exhibits the
aiai k of his former virtue, ihould dare to deny this,
it can oe fuufc .nciared by undoubted evidence. Af
ter thisfpeech, it may be wdl to repeat, that Peter
Porcupine is coufidercd the champion, of the frderal
il't§ 1 1 , . {Aurora.
The reply of ih: Y'.ee Prfident of the U:.'feJ States, to the
Addrcjs of the Senate, February 23. 1777.
An addrtls ioreip^cilul and ; ff ciionate m this
from gentlemen of liieli « fcpenenced and eftabliihed
character in public affaire, high ftationed in the go
vermnenr cf 1 heir country, and great contideraiion
in their feverat' ft at? s', as the Senators o! the Uni
ted States, will do rue great honor, and afford me
firm lupport, wherever it Uiali be known, both at
home and abroad. Their generous approbation
of my conduct in general, and liberal tettimony to
the undeviating impartiality of it, in my peculiar
relation to their body, a character, which in every
fceoe and employment of life, l Ihouid wilh above
all other's to.cultivate 3tid merit, ha$ a:tendency to
foften afiperities and conciliate an'tnolhies, vhere
ver fuch may unhappily exilr : an effect at sii limeato
be dttired, and in the prefent fnnation of our coun
try, arden ly to be promoted by all good citizens.
I pray the fenate to accept my (incere that Us.
JOHN ADAMS.
Died at Rath, the 24 h ult. of a painful and lin
gering conimnption, Mr. Joleph Sommerville—an
additional : fri'etive evidence that neit her youth nor
merit can reipite from the ravaging hand of death,
even till the contracted natural thread of life’s pun
out ,* nor will his early removal, tho’ to life which
cannot end, to joys as unfatiating as ine xhauftabl*,
fail to be as finecrely regretted as his memory will
be refpected by all who had ihcplealure ot hi* ac
quaint aoce, or knew Ids innate worth. 'I he liesrv
iclt furrow of his mourning frieudsproves the lenle
they juhly entertain o\ their loi*. 1 he trying; fro
videncc was borne with that fortitude ami lubmiliioti
winch the faith and piactice of the reel chriltian only
could inlptrc—bottomed on and crowned by the
due application of tree grace and complete lafvati
on, through an all fuffieieni, all-atoning redeemer.
Mr. E. B.
I HAVE feen in two former papers, addrefses
troni 1 he People, which it appears evident 10 me.
applied to yuu—and you have very much aimniiinii
me by the contemptuous tnanuei in wjiich you have
acted, in nor antwering fo reipectable a body. Can
| it be pdfliblr, Sir, that you are !o callous to every
fentiment of honor or of duty ?—or, do you plead
pvilfy to tbe charges a Hedged agaiulc you r—ll you
no, dir, 1 hope you will not heieafter have the pre
emption to offer yourlclf to lerve a People that you
liave‘lo icornfnlly treated and balely betrayed.— I,
as One of the People, have heretofore been your
friend, but- now find it mv duty to turn my back up
on you forever, unlels you can Hear up thole char get
exhibited again It yew, and prove clearly to my nl is
faciion, and to that of your conlritutnts generally,
that you have no' been the d--*>c and tjul of tbar “ t/c
furious" group ot land'jobbers which you are publicly
charged with being, but that you have conducted in
Inch a manner as to delerve wt!! f vo :< country.
ONE Oh l HE PEOPLE.
77 the Frcthdt}crs c f Bet hlty. - *
Y BEG ieaveto inform you, that 1 offer myfrlf as
jL aC'tndjdate at the entiling Election of Repre
lentatives for ihe General Aisctnbly of this Si ate,
and am. gentlemen, with due relp'-ct, your obedient
fervant, A LEX. WHITE.
March P- 'o?.
To be fold at PUBLIC VENDUE,
On Wednesday the 29’h of Mjrcu, at the honfe of
the lubicriber, on i’uskeroio, a considerable itock
of
Hig5, feme milch Cows. youngCattle,
Hories >nd v.olts, wi h a Svw articles oi houlehold
Furnitur?. Niue mouths credit will be given ,•—•
bond and fecurity will bevrequired. '1 lie lule to
begin at ten o’clock.
EDWARD RUMvEV.
hfftrrb Q.
RE P U BLICAN,
WILL fund the enluing (eafon, at the pEutatron of
J.*tnes Hite, about two miles from G«-n. Lee's place,
and eight from Shepherd’s Town, and will cover
Mares at 0:i dollars the leafon. The money to be
paid dn or before fhe firfc day of September next
enfuing.
The Republican is a chefnut forrel, riling fits
years old. fifteen hands one inch high,in line order,
was got by Celer, Celer was got hy the noted im
poritd borle Janus, out of a thorough-bird Pear
nought mare, his dam was got by Cat clefs, out < f a
thorough-bred Jolly Roger, his grand dam by Ai i
el, his great-grand-dam by the imported korle
D-ibfrer.'
For the convenience oftbe fanrers belowChnrles
Town, we have concluded to -ftand the Republican
evttfy T.h'urfday,'Friday, and Saturday, at N’ir.Jr
hu Ijilln Es, on Btilllkin, until the iotb.June, the
remainder of the lea ton at the place fiilr sdverriled,
where mr.rrs that are nut done before the loth of
June, will be paftured gratis, from the neighbour
hood of Lalhel's, but will not be anlwerablc for ac
cidents or eleap.a.
JAMES HITE,
ThOMAb GLENN.
March 9.
YOUNG CHESTER BALL,
WTLL ftancJ this fealon, Fridays r_nd baiurtiays, at
Andrew Haines’s, on Hite's rojffl, abour three imlee
from Chat les-Town, and the remainder of ilia
week at Alexander Burnett’s, one mile from Keys’s
ferry, and cover mares at the moderate price of
Four dollars each, payable the hit day of October.
Young Cbefrer Bail is rifing four years old this
fpring; he h a beautiful-blood bay, fifteen hands
three inch' s high, excellent for the landle, and well
formed for the geers. He was got by a full Chet
ter Eall, our of a Sweep-Stake mate. do (peek
much of his pedigree would !>e netdlefs, as 1 am
confident his figure will fuuieiently recommend him
to the b*fr judges. The feafon to commence the
24th of March, and end the imho? June.
WILLIAM BURNETT.
, March Q.
1 TfcD to 1 lie jiii 01 tins coLiiiy, the
J I^rh of December, ’96. a negro man. on (ul; i
cion 0; being a run away Have. He is ; boot ft e.
feet eight inches high,, appears to be about thirty
years of age, (‘peaks plain Engliib, p 1 • > s on the
fife, and is a very feniible telloyv ; had c.n hen he
came roj. il a whirilh coloured coat and -ke'r faced
with red. On his examination, he dcid-s being a
flave, fays his name is James, and i> free bom. His
mafter, if he has any, is dciired to come, pay char*
pes and take him a.w-iv.
ROBERT COCKBURN,
(Keeper ol thejuil ot ikikUey County