The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1795-11-16 00:00:00

JOHN JAMISON, Respectfully informs the Public, that he continues the business of Wheelwright, Chair-making & Painting, At his shop near the Bridge, Martinsburg. He is now furnished with a good stock of seasoned wood, and will execute any commands in his line with neatness and dispatch. As he is perfectly acquainted with mixing paints, he will undertake house or other painting. His prices will be reasonable, and will take country produce, at the market price, in payment.— All favors will be gratefully acknowledged. November 9, 1795.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of a stable adjoining the French toy shop, in this town, on Tuesday, the third of this instant, between the hours of 8 o'clock, in the morning, and 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a bay MARE, about five years old, between 14 and 15 hands high, well made in proportion, natural trotter, has a slit on the point of her left ear, a cut across the right ear which is perceivable by the tear, and a plain sign left on the near side of her neck, occasioned by the cut of some weapon. The Subscriber purchased her of Edward Mason, near this town. Any person that will bring both thief and mare, shall have FIFTY DOLLARS Reward on conviction of the thief, or TEN DOLLARS for the Mare only, and all reasonable charges, paid on the delivery of said Mare to the Subscriber. JOHN A. SHAEFFER. Martinsburg, November 4, 1795.
STRAYED away from near Jaques's forge, on the 3d. instant, a black 4 years old, about 14 hands 1 inch high, a white spot on the back of the left ear, shod on his sides by the traces, a short bridle, and a natural pacer. He was sold as far as N. Creek, E. qrs. and is supposed making towards Greenbrier. Any person who take up said Horse and return him to me, or deliver him to Capt. Frederick Snyder, shall have dollars reward, and reasonable charges. RICHARD DOWLER. November 9, 1795.
JOHN BLACKFORD, & Co.
Have received, and are now opening, at their Store in Shepherd's Town, A well chosen supply of
WINTER GOODS,
Which they are determined to sell at the most reduced prices, for cash or country produce. All those indebted to them, are requested to make immediate payment, as they are about to make some alteration in their business, which requires their books to be closed. They hope those who have accounts standing, will not fail attending to this notice. October 30, 1795.
15 Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, living one mile from the Stone Tavern, Mill-Creek, on Friday night, the 23d instant, a yellow dun Mare, branded D. on the near buttock, her mane hangs on the near side, a small star in her forehead, 3 years old last spring, near 15 hands high, was shod before, and is a natural trotter. Any person who will apprehend the thief and return the mare, shall have 15 Dollars, on conviction of the offender, or 10 Dollars for the mare only. JOHN JONES. October 26, 1795.
JOSIAH FLAGG,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he is now prepared to receive WHEAT and other Grain at his Mill, one mile from Martinsburg:— For every five bushels of merchantable Wheat, weighing 60 lb. per bushel, he will produce a barrel of Flour, or from wheat weighing 57, made up to that standard; he will make half superfine from wheat weighing 60, and will stand the inspection of all common Flour manufactured at his mill.
At a Court continued and held for Berkeley County, the 28th day of August, 1795. IN CHANCERY. William Wilson, administrator of John Wilson, deceased, Compt.—vs. Mary Barbara Waggoner, widow, Abraham Waggoner, Elizabeth Waggoner, Jacob Waggoner, John Waggoner, Joseph Waggoner, Catherine Waggoner, Mary Waggoner, and John Waggoner, children and heirs of Christopher Waggoner, deceased. Defs. THE defendants not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth. On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first Monday after the third Tuesday in November next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Gazette for two months successively, and published at the church door in the parish of Northside, on some Sunday immediately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-house of the said County. A copy. Test. MOSES HUNTER. C B C.
STRAYED away from the plantation of the subscriber, near Bull's Mill, on the Frederick line, a dark bay mare, about 12 years old, 15 hands high, branded in front of C D, has some saddle spots, is marked with the collar, shod before, and has been used to the waggon; she has a remarkable hollow between the back bone and hip bones. Whoever takes up said mare and returns her to the subscriber, or leaves her with the Printer in Martinsburg, or secures her so that she is recovered, shall have two Dollars reward, and necessary charges. MICHAEL FRAKER. October 9, '95.
NOTICE.
Stolen from Bull's Mill, Berkeley County, Virginia, on Wednesday night the 9th of a sorrel Mare, with white hairs intermixed, about 15 hands high, seven years old, shod before, natural trotter, mane falls on the withers to the near, and from the withers to the far side, has a small star in the face, long slim neck, mild look, and two places not recovered on her back, is rather low in flesh. Whoever shall apprehend Thief and Mare and deliver them at William Cherry's, Charles Town, or give such information as shall convict the thief, shall receive 30 dollars reward and expenses, and 10 dollars for delivering the mare, if found out of the County, with expenses.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS I have given my note of hand to Townsend Dade, for a sum of money which he obtained in a very unjust and fraudulent manner, and which I have since been very well assured of; I therefore take this method to inform the public, not to take any assignment on the aforesaid note, as it cannot be recovered by law, and I am determined not to pay it. JOHN DRINKER. October 24, '95.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN away on last Sunday night from the subscriber, a negro man named NED, about six feet high, straight built, and comely in the face;— had on when he went away an old brown coat with yellow buttons, black velvet breeches, a corduroy jacket half worn, an old fur hat, and plays the fiddle. Whoever takes up said negro man, so that his master may get him again, will have a reward of Ten Dollars, and reasonable charges paid, by WILLIAM BOYLE. near Bath.
WANTED on hire, a young woman, to do the house-work of a small family. Apply to the Printer.
L O N D O N, August 28. OUR advices from Dublin by this day's mail, contain an account of an alarming mutiny there, which however, we are happy to state, was in some measure quelled before our letters came away, but serious fears were entertained that it might again break out, as the men, though overpowered, were far from manifesting a submissive spirit. The particulars were detailed in the following letter.
Dublin, August 24.
This day has been one continued scene of alarm and terror in Dublin, from the desperate declarations and refractory spirit of some of the regiments in garrison here.
A rumour has for some days prevailed here, and has been repeated in several of the news-papers, that all the young regiments of infantry, above No. 100, were to be immediately reduced; all their non-commissioned officers and privates to be drafted into other regiments, many of which were under orders for foreign service, and that their officers were either to go upon full pay, with beating orders to recruit men, or be provided for in British regiments.
This rumour did not fail to excite murmuring amongst such of the junior regiments as were on duty here, especially the 104 and 111th, both British sensibles, one of them called the Manchester volunteers, and all of whom had enlisted in Great-Britain, on the specific condition held out to them, as they say, of not being drafted into any other regiment, of not being required to serve out of Great-Britain or Ireland, and of being brought home to their respective countries, and then positively discharged.
The reports of our successes made on the Continent, the confident rumours of an immediate expedition to the West-Indies, where death in such various and inevitable shapes presents itself, where the vicissitudes of climate, the horrors of pestilence, and a war of extermination with such antagonists as Caribs, revolted Negroes, and French Carmagnols, were not such inducements for adventure, as could reconcile those troops to a patient submission to the breach of what they say were the conditions under which they had enlisted.
Symptoms of a refractory spirit began to appear among them, on Saturday, which was not a little exasperated by marching the 104th regiment to the camp at Lahawston that day, a distance of ten miles from the barracks, where they were under arms the whole day, to keep the lines during the review, and marching them back to the barracks in the evening without a halt.
The whole of Sunday, the privates of both regiments were seen traversing the streets here and there in groups, menacing resistance even to death, in case of any attempt to draft them into any other regiment, more especially into the 99th, now in garrison, a regiment which has already been much thinned by drafts, and is commanded by a Colonel Bailly. This refractory spirit did not want cherishing on the part of the populace, who spirited the soldiers to be firm, promising to support them with their lives, and followed up their arguments with whiskey.
Towards the evening of Sunday, this spirit of opposition appeared to become so serious that it was deemed necessary on the part of the commanding officers to represent the matter to the War Office; and orders were immediately forwarded to the commander in chief at Lahawston camp to march a body of troops and artillery to town immediately.
At nine o'clock in the evening, a body of infantry, to the number of about 2000, consisting of detachments from the Londonderry, Longford, and Westmeath militia; and the Essex and Breadalbane sensibles; with two guns and a party of artillery to each detachment, arrived in town, and were marched directly to the barracks, before they were aware of the intention to march to Dublin.
The soldiery had dispersed themselves through the streets and alleys; many of them were brought into the barracks by force: many others hid themselves in entries and houses, many betook themselves to the back settlements of the Liberty, carrying with them their arms. Parties of cavalry scoured the streets; those who appeared disposed to be riotous were surrounded and secured. Both regiments had at first vowed fealty to each other, but on the one party being told by the troops who surrounded them, that the other had surrendered, they yielded without further resistance. Three of the ringleaders were forthwith tried by a court martial, convicted of mutiny, and sentenced to receive 500 lathes each, which sentences were inflicted this morning at six o'clock, in the barracks Riding House.
These proceedings, however, did not entirely put down the refractory and exasperated spirit of these men. Part of the regiments are quartered in different parts of the town. Some were in the barracks at Shelburne-house, Steven's Green; others

were quartered in the old Custom-house, and a party of the 104th mounted the Castle Guard.
The morning opened with the same appearances that prevailed yesterday evening, groups of drunken soldiers with their side arms, were seen everywhere, and heard swearing they would sooner die than not be commanded together till the war should end, and they would not go into other regiments.
It is more than probable these men had received strong hopes of support from the mob. It was rumored, and with much confidence, that above two thousand of the defenders entered the city in the course of yesterday evening and last night, which certainly they might have done with ease, as they are country fellows without any particular uniform. Scarce have any two of them coats of the same colour. As this is the week of Dornbrook fair, a sort of saturnalia for mobs of all descriptions in the metropolis and its vicinity, 10,000 defenders, if so many existed in the country, might easily have entered the city unsuspected, an attempt to which the news of a successful mutiny or revolt, would certainly have encouraged them.
The men who were on the castle guard were not a whit less refractory than their comrades, and did not hesitate to avow in the very portals of the castle, and from their sentry box, their determination to resist any attempt to draft them.
A plan had been concerted by a party of the most desperate, to seize on the regimental colours—throw themselves into the old custom-house, as a citadel, and there stand by each other, and resist all attempts to divide them.
Their desperation was by no means unknown to government: but orders for breaking up those regiments, and drafting the men into other corps, had, it is said, been issued; and how was government to recede, without setting a dangerous example for mutiny.
As soon as the party in the castle had been relieved, and were returning by the old custom-house to the barracks, one of the men rushed upon the ensign who bore the regimental standard, and with some difficulty wrested it from him. The ensign, a young gentleman of about eighteen, drew his sword, seized his assailant, and held him fast until a military officer came up, and rescued the colours, which he returned to the ensign.
The attempt of the soldier found of course high favour with the mob, who rent the air with huzzas. This transaction was quickly reported at the castle, from which it was not above two hundred yards, where every thing was in readiness for any sudden movement of the refractory men, and from whence rushed the new guard of cavalry, who advanced at full gallop in a single file along one side of the infantry, while the old guard did the same on the other, and at the same minute a party of artillery, under the command of captains Stuart and Shittall, with two field-pieces, six pounders, loaded with grape, lighted matches, &c. followed close upon their rear, and they were instantly ordered to halt, unfix their bayonets, and retain them on pain of being instantly cut to pieces.
Seeing resistance vain, they obeyed, and marched in this order to the barracks, when two of the ringleaders were instantly tried by a court martial at the drum head, convicted, and sentenced to receive 500 lashes each, which were forthwith inflicted on the spot.
The troops of cavalry were then ordered to patrol the streets, scour the vicinity of the barracks, and disperse the mobs; and thus stood the business at five o'clock this evening, when all mutinous appearances were at last suspended, but the citizens are not without apprehensions of a mischievous night.
The shops in Parliament-street, part of Dame-street, Castle-hill, and in the route to the barracks, have been shut all day. The guards are doubled, and the most active magistrates in our city, who are Mr. Alderman James, and the high sheriff, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Mander, are in waiting to head the military, for the suppression of any commotion which may arise among the mob.
Should any thing interesting occur further in this business, you shall hear from me the next post.
A gentleman's servant, named Michael Ryan, was seized in the crowd by Lord Thurles, from some seditious expressions he made use of, and is now a prisoner.
The camp at Lahawniston, about seven miles from hence, has been in a great measure broken up, that a sufficient force may be at hand to prevent further mischief, and detachments of horse and foot are pouring into this city from every quarter.
CORK, September 2.
I write you some news. Yesterday evening the 105th regiment declared they would not be drafted, and absolutely dismissed themselves on parade, and this morning the 113th regiment, being the only other regiment here, except a few fencibles, joined the 105th, and the Serjeant, or Serjeant-Major is the Generalissimo of both regiments. No officer, civil or military, was listened to. The two regiments have been under arms the whole day, primed and loaded, marching through the city without an officer, doing no mischief, but resolved to resist.—We expect some troops from Cove and Spike Island to quell them. Some cavalry had come in—The mob appeared, and encouraged the revolting regiments. It is dreadful! Generals White, Stewart, and Maisey are here. They first barraged them, and offered each man half a guinea, besides arrears; but they would not listen to any thing but to be continued under the same officers, and the regiments to be continued; if this was not acceded to, they required to be discharged. The privates shewed
some printed certificates of the terms on which they were enlisted not to go abroad, nor to be drafted; and they were willing to serve as on the terms of enlistment. This is the consequence of drafting. Every shop is shut, and the most dreadful confusion exists.
September 3.
I wrote yesterday of the mutiny of the 105 and 113th regiments of foot here, in consequence of an attempt to draft them. This day, at three o'clock, the mutineers after having been under arms on the Grand Parade from early this morning under the command of a serjeant major, were fronted by two field pieces and the Louth and Meath Militia with several detachments of cavalry, having also come forward to attack them.
General Maisey rode in the front, and ordered the mutineers to ground their arms, or that they would be fired on; some of them did so; others were reluctant; at length they all obeyed. He then marched them away from their arms, and made them take off their accoutrements; then bringing the serjeants and corporals in front, he made them take off their shoulder-knots, &c. which they did, by dashing them and their accoutrements to the ground. The serjeants and corporals are imprisoned; the ringleaders will be punished.—Gen. Maisey then addressed them, and told them he would then talk to them, and examine their grievances, but never would whilst they had their arms. The poor fellows the mutineers, inhabited all the Dublin-Hill houses last night, seized, but paid for milk; and each man to-day, from the town's people I suppose, got a loaf. The citizens never moved. The lower order liked the probable riot, and encouraged the soldiery. Not a single shot was fired. The king's country militia just arrived.—
LONDON, Sep. 17. WAR between RUSSIA and PRUSSIA.
A Paris paper of the 3d inst. has the following article.
"The Empress of Russia has declared War against the King of Prussia. Amongst the motives assigned by the empress in her declaration of war, the following are the most remarkable:
"That his Prussian majesty has refused to evacuate the districts of Cracovia and Sendomir.
"That his Prussian majesty has made a peace with the French, to the prejudice of the engagements which he had contracted with a power lately become the ally of her Russian majesty.
"We are now, according to every appearance, on the eve of a war with Holland and Spain. We have captured a frigate of the Dutch Republic. Sober men, not infected with a political Mania, will ask, what hostility the Dutch have committed against us? They have dismissed the Stadtholder, or rather he abdicated his office by retiring from the United Provinces. Spain has ventured to recognize the French republic, and to prevent the return of all her dominions in Europe, enough to surrender a part of her territory. Neither of these are good or sufficient for a declaration of war. But it appears that so insatiable is our hatred to the French, we cannot be upon good terms with the French connected with them; and to be an ally of that nation, seems to be a sufficient cause for exciting the vengeance of Great Britain.
The treasury prints are now busily employed in preparing the public mind for a rupture with Spain. The Spanish part of Hispaniola, they say, certainly became French property in the moment when the treaty, by which it was given up, was ratified; and that in this light is the matter considered by government. But if we should attack their part of the island, whilst in possession of the Spaniards, this quibble will avail but little; and the first gun that is fired, will obviously add our ally to the number of our enemies.
Saturday the three per cent. Consols rose 17-8 per cent. from some intelligence circulating about Change; one of which stated an action between the British and French fleets in the Mediterranean, with great advantage to the former; but there is no regular communication of any such event, however probable.
The whole naval force on the intended expedition to the West-Indies, will be in ten ships of the line; three of which are to be large three deckers, besides frigates and store ships.
The time fixed for the sailing of Gen. Abercromby's army for the West-Indies, is the beginning of October; it will consist of 25,000 men; 10,000 of whom are destined for St. Domingo, and the remainder for the Leeward Islands. Gen. White goes out second in command, and will probably have the direction of the force intended to act against the French settlements in St. Domingo.
September 10.
An address to the Republicans of Ireland, has been found upon one of the Defenders at Londonderry, signed Pichegru, General of the French Republican army, and addressed to James Fitzgerald, Esq. General of the French Republican Army.
The serjeant, in searching his great coat pocket, found his captain's commission, with a large seal to it, a parchment muster roll, lined out to hold 400 names, but only 15 were inscribed. This Captain was school-master in the village. Those are the first defenders that have appeared so far North.
Sept. 14. The mutiny of the 105 and 113th regiments at Cork, is another melancholly instance of the consequence resulting from the miserable policy of raising regiments under delusive promises, either expressed or implied.
A peremptory order has been issued from the admiralty, for the reinforcements for the West-Indies to be ready to sail the last week in this month.
UNITED STATES.
CHARLESTOWN, [S. C.] October 23.
We are informed by Captain Harder, who arrived here on Wednesday from Cadiz, that when he was in Algiers, in June last, he had frequent opportunities of conversing with the American seamen in captivity there; he says they are kept very close to hard labour, are very meanly fed, and have scarcely any clothes allowed them; they still entertain hopes that the American government mean to pay their ransoms, and put an end to their miseries, by restoring them to their friends; however, if a negotiation for this purpose does not soon take place, it will be in vain, as the Dey, who is very angry that nothing has yet been done, is determined to sell them individually to his subjects, who will carry them to the interior parts of the country, from whence it will be very difficult, if not impossible to bring them back.
The number of prisoners in Algiers, when capt. Harder left there, was 13 captains, for which 6000 dollars each were demanded; and about 100 sailors, who were rated at 4000 dollars each. Capt. Richard O'Brien, who was captured in 1784, is exempt from hard labour, through the friendship of the Swedish consul, who, much to his honor, pays the price demanded for his labour.
NEW-YORK, November 3.
By the Minerva, Capt. Clarkson, from London, we have received papers to the 10th September, which state, that the French, to the number of 100,000 men, have actually crossed the Rhine.—This though a rumour, the probability is sanctioned by every preceding account in the French and German papers. It was confidently believed in Amsterdam the 30th August.
This report is confirmed by letters from Hambro'. They say, but without mentioning any date, that the army of the republic had passed that river in full force.
We congratulate our fellow citizens on the disappearance of the fatal fever which has so long afflicted this city. It gives us peculiar pleasure to take our returning brethren by the hand, and to see business, activity and cheerfulness reviving. We felicitate ourselves that the disease did not generally assume that deadly aspect which has characterised it in some parts of the United States, and that it did not extend its desolating effects to every part of the city. Nearly one half the city has either wholly escaped, or experienced only here and there a scattered case. It has also been marked with a less degree of contagion than in Philadelphia. The persons (whose indefatigable attention to the sick or warmest praise) the clergy and other, having generally escaped.
In a few days, to see people from the visiting the city without apprehension, as now undoubtedly do it without danger.
PHILADELPHIA, November 7.
A report was yesterday in circulation, of an engagement in the Mediterranean, in which the French were worsted. We find it comes from Malaga, and was brought there by some English vessels. It certainly requires some confirmation.
Extract of a letter from a mercantile house of eminence in London, to their correspondents in New York, dated September 10.
"Gentlemen,
"Since writing you this morning, we have to say, that an order has been issued by our government, to prevent the detaining by sea, any neutral vessels bound with provisions, &c. to France."
By a gentleman from Presque-Isle, we are informed, that the United States have established a garrison there under the direction of Col. Rochefontaine. This position is very advantageous, both as it respects the effectual command of the channel and harbour, and its tendency to facilitate the execution of the treaty, with respect to the taking possession of the posts in the spring. The troops had been very sickly with the ague and fever, but were recovering fast. It is generally believed, notwithstanding this interruption to their operations, that the works will be completed this fall. Since the treaty with the western Indians, they have evinced a truly friendly disposition; which has greatly increased the confidence of the frontier settlers. It was reported that General Wayne had taken a position at the mouth of the Sandusky river, which empties into Lake Erie. The Six Nations have been very quiet, and treat the citizens of the United States, who pass through their country, with great kindness.
Letters received yesterday by the Catherine, while they give the intelligence of the recall of the British orders for the capture of Neutrals (which, however, is perhaps only a decoy to render depredations on our commerce more successful at a future day) contain the most melancholly accounts as to the fate of American property already carried into Great Britain.
Our ships while detained on the Ocean by their cruising squadrons, have been plundered of much property. When carried into port and the cargoes unladed, the difference between the goods actually found and those stated in the invoices, though those deficiencies were produced by their rapacity, have been deducted from their invoices; and when, by the addition of sea stores or officers' ventures, the cargoes were found to amount to more than the invoice, the surplus was taken without any allowance for it.
After the amount was thus unjustly rated, difficulties were not removed: but the Captains were

detained week after week, soliciting, and soliciting in vain for payment.
Many tired of the delay, had departed, leaving powers of attorney with their agents for the receipt of the sums due them.
To compleat this system of fraud and villany, the validity of those powers has been disputed, and government has informed the holders, that nothing could be paid without a power of attorney from the shippers in America.
Thus our government is amused and citizens ruined, under the cloak of friendship, by a nation, whose policy and principle is oppression and robbery.
Arrived the brig Neptune, Capt. Pritchard, 42 days from Malaga, who says, that he was informed by Mr. Simpson, the American consul at Gibraltar, that a peace had been concluded between the United States of America and the Emperor of Morocco—also, that Mr. Donaldson, the American consul for Algiers, was invited there, in order to settle preliminaries of peace between the United States and that nation.
From London papers it appears, that the Irish defenders are daily taking up and trying. They are called the Irish Chouans—They intended a jovial junction of all their force, for a thorough job! but, they were stopped a l'ordinaire .
The Spanish government intends to send a force to St. Domingo, to protect it, until the French shall be able to send a force to take possession.
The Pope's answer to Louis XVIII. breathes a spirit of liberality which the best Whigs at the time of the Revolution in this country would have been eager to commend. His Holiness, instead of insisting upon the divine right of Kings, tells the eldest Son of the Church, that the Almighty alone will decide between him and the French People, whether they ought to be Republicans, or whether they shall be subject to a King; and that the will of the Almighty will be made known by the voice of the People. To the Almighty will, so made known, he exhorts his most Christian Majesty to submit for the repose of human kind.
A British paper in the pay of the court, very shrewdly tells the public, that the French have no victory to claim from the recent defeat of the Emigrants on their coast, because it was downright murder. This reminds us of the grave-digger's logic in Hamlet. If a man throws himself into the water he drowns himself—but if the water comes to him, non constat !
MARTINSBURG, November 16.
A pardon has passed the Seal of the United States for Vigol and Mitchell, the two insurgents who were under sentence of death—pursuant thereto, they have been liberated from prison.
A gallery is erecting in the Federal Senate Hall in Philadelphia, for the accommodation of the people at their next session.
The Kentuckians, we learn, are in a great bustle about the Spaniards erecting a fort on the Chickasaw Bluff. They are in hopes that they will now be permitted to give the Dons a touch, as they term it, and drive them, not only from our territory, but from the banks of the Mississippi.
On the 12th inst. the paper mills in Loudoun County, belonging to Samuel Canby, by accident caught fire, and were reduced to ashes.
A London paper of September 9. contains a concise account of the proceedings of several primary assemblies in France, who had accepted the constitution with great eclat. News of the Parisian proceedings on this subject (who were to meet Sept. 7) were anxiously waited for.
A London morning paper says, that Lord Moira will immediately proceed to the coast of France, there to act according to circumstances. If he acts according to circumstances, he will no doubt, return (if he can) as soon as possible!
Extract of a letter from an officer in the Western army, dated Grenville, Sept. 10.
"It is generally reported, that part of the Legion will move towards Detroit in a few days. I shall, should that be the case, go, being annexed to the Light Infantry."
MARRIED , Mr. J. S. SEHON, of Hardy County, to the agreeable Miss Polly WAGGONER, daughter of Major ANDREW WAGGONER.
A Question to the Public.
If the late treaty with Great-Britain is so advantageous to America, why are the TORIES of '76 its most zealous advocates?
☞ This day two weeks, the Rev. Mr. WILSON will preach at Hedge's Chapel.
On Saturday, the 28th instant, Will be sold by Public Vendue, at the Dwelling-House of the Subscriber, near Buckles-Town,
A number of Horses, Milch Cows, Hogs, and Sheep, Farming Utensils, House Furniture, two Waggons, and wood work of another, with a number of other articles too tedious to mention. A reasonable credit and due attendance will be given by me,
GABRIEL HAYES.
N. B. The sale to begin at X o'clock. November 14, 95.
TWO DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or stolen from the pasture of William Parks, near Bucklestown, about four weeks ago, a flea-bitten grey mare, about 8 years old, near 14 hands high, no brand, crest fallen, natural pacer, middling thin mane, and long tail. Whoever will take up said Mare, and return her to me, living near Foreman's mill, or to William Parks, shall have two dollars reward and necessary charges.
CONROD CLINE.
November 14, 1795.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, An industrious, sober Man, As a CROPPER, who has a small family. He will be furnished with good land, about 30 acres new, 40 in follows, a good waggon and team, and two working hands. Application to be made to the Printer hereof.
November 16, 1795.
To be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, On Saturday, the 28th instant, At the plantation of the Subscriber, near Shepherd's-Town,
Between 30 and 40 head of Cattle, among which are cows forward with calf, steers, &c. Six months credit will be given, on bond with approved security. The sale to begin at X o'clock.
E. O. WILLIAMS.
November 16, 1795.
On Tuesday, the 24th instant, Will be sold by Public Auction, for ready money, At Mr. Leonard Davis's,
Nine Negroes, of different sizes, Belonging to the estate of JOSEPH WILSON, deceased. The sale to begin at Twelve o'clock.—Due attendance will be given by the Subscriber.
WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, Administrator. November 14, 1795.
SOME time in the spring of 1794, the Subscriber gave a promissary Note to Bryan Timmins, for One Hundred Dollars, payable in March, 1795, being the balance due for 63 acres of Land I purchased of him, but the said Bryan Timmins having since died, his wife refuses to make me a deed for the said Land, on payment of the Note mentioned, which I now am and have been ready to do; this therefore is to forewarn all persons from taking any assignment of said Note, as I am determined not to pay it, until I obtain a good and sufficient title for the Land aforesaid.
JOHN GROVE.
November 16, 1795.
TO THE PUBLIC.
FINDING aspersions long passed as unnoticed, from a conscious rectitude and a contempt due to such as I understood had been too officious in their propagation, from that so far very justifiable silence now gaining ground, with many of whom better things might have been looked for, and as it might, if always submitted to, be by all taken for granted, and of course issue to my disadvantage, viz. that I had some years ago, in consequence of Mr. Syling's intoxicated state rendered so of design by me, obtained a deed of conveyance of all his property, which I assert to be as false as it is wicked. True it is, that a bequest was made by Mr. and Mrs. Syling, to his daughter (my wife) and her children, but how? not at my solicitation—far less in the base and villainous manner asserted by those malevolent calumniators. 'Tis well known my influence could never have equalled this, and moreover I was and had for some weeks been both before and after the execution of the above deed at Alexandria. Whether it was voluntarily done, or whether Mr. Syling was compus mentis or not, let the following indifferent testimony prove. As it stands in need of no comment, I shall leave it to its own just and natural effect—confident it must operate conviction on every impartial mind—and as for scoundrels or fools, they neither merit trouble, consideration, nor attention; nor shall they have any from me.
JOHN OFERRALL.
N. B. Should overtures be made for the disposal of the property to which my claim extends, it might be well for the adventurers first to satisfy themselves of its authenticity, by reference to the records of this office.
BERKELEY COUNTY, to wit.
THIS day Robert Cockburn, of full age, personally appeared before me John Kerney, gentleman, justice of the peace for the said County, and being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that some time in or about the month of September, A. D. 1790, Andrew Syling and wife sent for him to their house; on his attendance they informed him that they desired to execute a deed of gift in favour of John Oferrall and wife, and desired him to write such an instrument, and they would pay him for his trouble. He accordingly took minutes of the business according to their directions, and promised to have the writings done as soon as possible. After some days, he completed the said instrument of writing, and on
or about the 14th day of September, 1790, he carried the said instrument of writing to the house of the said Andrew Syling, and presented to the said Syling and wife; they desired him the deponent to read it, which he did more than once, as distinct as he could. The old lady at intervals during the reading, spoke to her husband in the German language, which he the deponent did not understand; the was answered by her husband in the same language, with significant nods of his head, which the deponent understood to be signs of approbation. After reading, the deponent asked the said Syling and wife if they understood what he had read; they answered they did, and that it was to their mind, and that they would sign it immediately. The deponent informed them that they must get proper persons to attend as witnesses. They said they would send for proper persons, but desired the deponent not to read the said instrument in their presence. As it was a matter between themselves and their child, they wished it to be kept secret. The persons were sent for, the deed was signed, sealed, and acknowledged in their presence, and the deponent further saith, that he never saw any man more sober and better satisfied than Andrew Syling appeared to be, when he signed the said instrument, and that John Oferrall was not present. And further says no. Sworn to and subscribed, this thirteenth day of November, 1795.
ROBERT COCKBURN.
In presence of JOHN KERNEY.
BERKELEY, ff.
THIS day personally appeared before me, John Kerney one of the justices of the peace for said County, John Shober, and made oath on the holy evangelist of almighty God, that on the 14th day of September, 1790, early in the day, a certain Andrew Syling sent for him, and that when he came to the house of the said Andrew Syling, he found there assembled the following persons, to wit, Andrew Syling and wife, Polly Oferrall, daughter to the said Andrew Syling, and wife to John Oferrall, and Mr. Robert Cockburn. That he was requested by the said Andrew Syling and wife to evidence a certain instrument of writing that lay on the table before Mr. Robert Cockburn. The deponent sayeth, that he refused, alledging that he never signed any instrument of writing without knowing the contents thereof, and that he desired to know the contents of the writings offered to him to sign. Andrew Syling's answer to the deponent was, that it was none of his business, that it was between him and his child.
The deponent sayeth, that he took umbrage at Andrew Syling's expressions, and that he then declared he would have it read before he would witness it, and that Mr. Robert Cockburn then told him, it was a deed of gift, and that he thinks to the best of his knowledge, that Mr. Cockburn told him that he had read it twice over to Mr. Syling, and that it was right. The deponent sayeth, that not being satisfied with Mr. Cockburn's discourse, he demanded of Andrew Syling and his wife the meaning of said instrument of writing, and that Andrew Syling then told him in the German language, that he had given his daughter a "gaxb," which signifies in the English, a gift of the one half he possessed, and the remainder at his death, adding, it is my child, and he must help his child and John. The deponent further sayeth, that he agreed to evidence the said instrument of writing, and that he did as soon as Andrew Syling and wife signed and acknowledged the same, and that the said Andrew Syling at that period appeared to be sober and well pleased, and that he is likewise positive upon the oath he has taken, that John Oferrall was not present, nor seen by the deponent, and further he sayeth not. Sworn to and subscribed this thirteenth day of November, 1795.
JOHN SHOBER.
In presence of JOHN KERNEY.
BERKELEY, ff.
THIS day personally appeared before me, John Kerney, one of the justices of the peace for said County, James Bostick, and made oath on the holy evangelist of almighty God, that on the 14th day of September, 1790, early in the day, he was sent for by Andrew Syling, and that when he came to the said Syling's house, he saw there the said Andrew Syling and wife, the wife of John Oferrall, and Robert Cockburn, and that he was desired to witness a certain instrument of writing, which said writing was not read to him, but he well remembers that Andrew Syling and John Shober discoursed in the German language, but he did not understand them, and that he thinks to the best of his knowledge, that he heard Robert Cockburn say that he had read said writings to the said Syling and wife, and that said Syling and wife were satisfied with the writings, and that then and there he witnessed the said instrument of writing, after Andrew Syling and wife had subscribed and acknowledged the same, and that the said Andrew Syling at that time appeared duly sober, and that John Oferrall was not present, and that from information he had, he understood that Mr. JOHN OFERRALL was at Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania, and further saith not. Sworn and subscribed the 14th day of November, 1795.
JAMES BOSTICK.
In presence of JOHN KERNEY.
☞ All persons indebted to the Printer, are solicited to make immediate PAYMENT.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
ON FLATTERY.
FLATTERY's a perfect mistress of her art, With pick-lock keys to open ev'ry heart. What mortal can withstand the fire of Flattery? No one! 'tis such a most successful battery. No HEAD, however thick, resists its shot; Yet each pretends to muck it!—what a sot! Dunce flatters dunce, and thus in Fame they rise On Fancy's wing self-mounted—to the skies.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber being determined to remove from the Great Lick next spring, will dispose of his LEASE for five years from the 17th day of January next. The Lease calls for 300 acres. Possession will be given the first of April next, or perhaps sooner if required. The land is almost cleared and under good fence. There are on said premises 20 acres of meadow, and the buildings in good repair.
ALSO, will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, On Thursday the 19th of November next, All my Stock and Farming Utensils, Household and Kitchen Furniture, consisting of mahogany dining, tea, and card tables, walnut dining and breakfast tables, mahogany and Windsor chairs, a walnut corner cupboard, feather beds and bedding, mahogany bedsteads, a pair of elegant pier looking glasses in gilt frames, 30 by 20 inches in the plates. Likewise, breeding mares, colts, cows, heifers & steers, sheep, hogs, goats, one waggon half worn, plows and harrows, an elegant London built charriot, double lined, almost new, with harness for four horses. Four months credit will be given on all sums over five dollars. Bonds and approved security will be required, which if not punctually paid, to bear interest from the date. Should I not sell the above lease between this and the day of the vendue, it will then be offered to the highest bidder.
P. S. I will dispose of one hundred Geese, &c. JAMES MAXWELL.
October 22, 1795.
NOTICE.
Messrs. David and Evan Watkins, Gentlemen, PLEASE to take notice, that on Tuesday the 17th day of November next, I shall proceed to take the depositions of James Jack, Archibald Shearer, Nicholas Harman, and others, at the house of Henry Glinger, between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the evening of the same day, in the suit I brought against you, in the High Court of Chancery, when you may attend if you please.
I am, &c. JAMES WILSON. Martinsburg, October 15, '95.
To be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, On Tuesday, the 10th day of November, At the Plantation of the Subscriber, Horses, Milk Cows, and other young Cattle, Hogs fit for fattening, Sheep, farming utensils, Waggon, Wind-Mill, wooling and spinning Wheels, about 50 acres of Wheat and Rye in the ground, Hay in the stack, Kettles, Iron Pots, a Saddle, Chests, Tables, Bedsteads, and a great variety of other articles too tedious to mention. Twelve months credit will be given, on bond with approved security. Due attendance will be given by the Subscriber, living on the head of Middle Creek.
The sale to begin at IX o'clock. WILLIAM HAYS.
October 24, 1795.
WANTED, AS AN OVERSEER, An honest, industrious, sober MAN, Either with or without a family, who can come well recommended. Such a man will meet with encouragement, by applying to the Subscriber, near Hager's Town, Maryland.
J. TAYLOR. Washington County, October 24 '95
For sale at the Printing-Office, Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale. Common Bonds, Notes, Sheriff's Blanks, &c. Cash given for Cotton and Linen Rags, by any quantity, at the Printing-Office.
TO BE SOLD, ON Monday the 6th November next, a valuable mortgage and suit MILL, with other convenient buildings, and fifty acres of LAND, 12 of which are good Meadow, situate in Frederick County, within eight miles of Winchester, on Opequan, a never-failing stream, and on the main road leading to Alexandria and Harper's Ferry, in a healthy and plentiful part of the country, where grain of all kinds abounds. The further particulars, and terms of sale, will be made known on the said day, when two waggons and five horse teams, will also be sold.
JOHN DONALDSON, JAMES M'DONALD. October 24, '95. N. B. Since the above advertisement was first published, we have determined to add to the sales two more waggons, one cart and eighteen or twenty horses. The reason of postponement, is on account of some other sales in the neighbourhood being advertised for 15th October.
Three Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber near Winchester, about 3 months ago, a negro woman named Betty, about 5 feet 3 inches high, a clear black, her skin not very smooth, has a pretty large nose and bushy head; she had on a red striped linsey petticoat, striped cotton jacket, and wool hat. She has lately lived with Mr. Seth Duncan in Martinsburg, and was seen in that town on Monday last. She calls herself a free woman, but has no pass. Whoever takes up said negro and commits her to the goal in Martinsburg, or returns her to me, shall have 3 dollars reward.
JOHN SMITH. October 24, 1795.
TO BE SOLD, FROM 300 to 700 acres of LAND, lying in one body, on both sides Back-Creek, including said Creek two and half miles on one side, and two miles on the other. This land is divided into four plantations, well watered; there is a two story log-house, barn, kitchen, &c. on the principal plantation, also a good apple orchard of near 100 bearing apple trees, a peach orchard, and some cherry trees, about 16 acres of good meadow, and 100 more may be made, and a mill seat near the house; there is also another dwelling-house lately erected on the land. The whole of the said tract of land is well timbered, and the bottom equal to any in the settlement. There is on one of the plantations a log house of one story and an half, and an excellent lime stone spring, suitable for a distillery. The above tract will be divided, or sold together, as may suit the purchaser. For terms of sale, apply at the Printing-Office, or to the subscriber on the premises. WILLIAM BAILEY. October 1, '95.
Copper Stills with Patent Worms.
JOHN TAYLOR, Copper-Smith from Liverpool; At his Manufactory near the Court-House, Richmond: HAS now on hand a large and complete assortment of strong Copper Stills, with broad bottoms, combining all the new improvements practised in the sugar plantations; to these late improvements, and to obviate the poisonous effects so liable in using copper worms, he has newly invented and now adds to his stills, his well tinned sheet copper condensing PATENT WORMS, and for which worms he has obtained an exclusive right for fourteen years. The combination of all these new improvements nearly doubles the effects of distillation, thereby saving both time and fuel. Any person purchasing a still of one hundred gallons, will save ten pounds, being the difference of price between the patent and the pewter worm. For strength and workmanship, he warrants his stills equal to any on the continent. All kinds of BRASS-FOUNDING as usual—such as skillets, mortars, bells, mill-inks, &c. also copper stills or pewter worms repaired or taken, at one shilling per pound, in exchange for new. The above stills and patent worms may be had at the manufactory, or at Col. Robert Gamble's in this city—or at Mr. Robert Craig's in Manchester Richmond, August 3, '95.
NOTICE.
THERE will be sold, on Monday the 16th day of November next, at the late dwelling-house of Captain Josiah Swearingen, deceased, Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Household Furniture, a Waggon and Geers, Farming Utensils, and other property. The sale will begin at X o'clock, and continue from day to day, until the whole are sold. Nine months credit will be given for all sums above five dollars, by giving bond with approved security. HENRY BEDINGER } Administrators. JOSIAH SWARINGEN. } October 20, 1795.
THE Public are informed, that the partnership of John Donaldson & Co. dissolved the 1th inst. by mutual consent, all accounts and demands against said firm are required to be for settlement immediately, as all are indebted, and hereby notice is given that they discharge the several accounts against them by the 21st day of January next, and will otherwise be commenced against them. From the liberal credits heretofore given, it is hoped and expected the company will not be reduced to this disagreeable step. After the 12th instant, the business will be conducted under the firm of Raiten, Konecke and Co. who are determined to keep up, as formerly, an extensive assortment of GOODS for all seasons, and will dispose of them on the most reasonable terms.
J. G. KONECKE has for sale, A valuable Farm on Back-Creek, Containing 460 acres, 100 of which may be made good meadow. ALSO, 1700 acres of Land, lying on the same Creek; it is a great part bottom, flat land, and clear from mountain. LIKEWISE,
A good HOUSE and LOT, Situate on King-Street, within 7 lots of the Court-House: the house is two story, weather boarded and painted; there is a two story brick kitchen adjoining, a smith shop and good stable on the lot, with a valuable garden, and a number of young bearing fruit trees. ALSO,
Nine valuable Lots in this town, Three of which situated near the Dutch church; three at the West end of Burke-Street; and three near the new stone school-house. Some of the lots are pailed in and sown with clover.
Attendance will be given for settling the accounts of J. G. Konecke and Co. at their Office directly opposite the Printing Office. Martinsburg, November 1, 1795.
NOTICE.
PERSONS having claims against, or who are indebted to the estate of Andrew Caldwell , late of Berkeley County, deceased, the former to render their accounts, properly attested, on or before the first day of February next, and the latter to make payment by that time, as every matter respecting said estate is allotted to be settled by the period above-mentioned. Claims presented thereafter, will be excluded, and this notice pleaded in evidence. We will attend at my house in Frederick County, near the yellow house, until the above mentioned time, to settle all accounts that will be offered. CHARLES M'DONALD, Executor, SARAH M'DONALD, Executrix. October 30, 1795.
FULLING and DYING BUSINESS.
THE Subscriber takes this method of informing his customers and the public in general, that he continues the Fulling and Dying Business, at Edward Beeson's fulling-mill, in sight of Martinsburg, Berkeley County. He also returns his thanks to those who have favoured him with their custom for these two seasons past, and hopes to merit a continuance of their custom, by an unwearied diligence to please. The following colours will be executed at the said mill, such as London and Spanish browns, Spanish and pompadore clarets, porrobellon, snuff, orange, pink and crimson; also, the dark and light bottle green, bright greens and other colours, too tedious to mention. For the better accommodation of the public at large, and for those living at a distance, he has fixed a stage at Peter Light's, at the ferry crossing to Williams-Port, where raw cloth will be received, and carefully returned there when dressed; also, specimens of the work seen there. He desires those having work to do, to forward it as soon as possible, especially fine work, there being a plenty of water and the weather suitable for the business, which will enable him to give a quick return. With due respect, he remains the public's friend. WILLIAM BAILEY. August 22, '95.
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the Subscriber, an apprentice lad named John Marquart , about 18 years and 6 months old, bound by his father to learn the Hatter's trade. He is of a dull sober countenance, much marked with the small pox; he had on when he went away, a bottle green coatee, striped jacket and overalls, and wool hat; he took with him a nankeen jacket and overalls. Whoever apprehends said apprentice and brings him to the Subscriber, living in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges, or Eight Dollars if secured in any jail, and information given so that I get him again, paid by the Subscriber. JOHN HERMON. N. B. The said Lad is about five feet four inches high. Martinsburg, October 30, 1795.