The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1792-01-03 00:00:00

The POTOMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
T U E S D A Y, JANUARY 3, 1792.
[NUMBER 60—VOL. 2.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
V I R G I N I A.
In the HOUSE of DELEGATES,
FRIDAY, the 9th of December, 1791.
RESOLVED , That the Public Printer be directed to strike immediately five hundred copies of the bill "For making lands subject to the payment of debts contracted after a certain time;" that the same be delivered to the members of the present General Assembly, and that they be carried into their respective counties and corporations for the information of the people.
The order of the day, for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the bill "For making lands subject to the payment of debts, being read;
ORDERED , That the same be put off until the next session of the General Assembly.
Extract from the Journal,
CHARLES HAY, c. u. s.
A B I L L
For making LANDS subject to the payment of DEBTS contracted after a certain time.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That lands, tenements, and hereditaments, shall and may by virtue of writs of feri facias , be taken and sold in satisfaction of judgments which shall be obtained for debts contracted, or damages incurred, from and after the passing of this act.
The same actions which will lie against executors or administrators, may be brought jointly against them and the heirs or devisees of the dead person, or both, and shall not be delayed for the nonage of any of the parties.
The clerk from whose office a writ of feri facias shall issue upon a judgment against the party convicted, or against his executors or administrators, and his heirs or devisees, shall after the words "We command you that of the" leave out the words "goods and chattles" immediately following them, and instead of the latter insert the word "Estate;" and by virtue of such writ the officer, to whom it shall be directed, shall and may proceed in the manner herein after prescribed, to make the debt or damages and costs recovered, first of the goods and chattles, exclusive of slaves, and if there be no such goods and chattles, or not sufficient found in his bailiwick, then of the slaves, and if there be none, or not sufficient found in his bailiwick, lastly of the lands tenements, and hereditaments in possession, reversion, or remainder, or so much thereof in one entire parcel, as shall be sufficient, and such part as the owner shall direct if he think proper.
Every writ of feri facias shall bind the property of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, from the time it shall be delivered to the officer, who shall, without fee, endorse on every such writ the day and time of day, when he received the same.
When the goods and chattles taken in execution by virtue of a feri facias , shall not be sufficient to satisfy the debt, damages, and costs, the sheriff or other officer shall give public notice at the courthouse of his county on the next court day after the seizure, and moreover shall give notice to the owner, if he be in the county, or otherwise to his agent, if any such be known, that at some time appointed in the notice, not less than _____ or more than _____ days from the court day on which notice is first given, the said lands, tenements, and hereditaments, will be exposed to sale by auction on the premises, or at such other place, in the same county, as the owner shall, by writing under his hand delivered to the officer, direct.
If the party, against whom a judgment shall be entered, have several parcels of land which lie in one and the same county, he or his agent, may by writing under his hand, at any time before the day of sale, require the sheriff or officer, to whom a writ of feri facias upon the judgment shall be directed, to make the debt or damages and costs of such of the said parcels as the owner or his agent shall think proper; and if the parcels lie in different counties, the clerk shall and may, at the like request in writing, direct the feri facias to the sheriff or officer of any county, which the party or his agent (making oath or solemn affirmation that he hath land there) shall particularly mention at any time before the writ shall be delivered to the officer. And if the debt or damages and costs, be made of any other parcel of land, or of land lying in any other county, than that mentioned in such written requisition, the sale of such other parcel, or of the land in such other county, shall be void.
If the owner shall not pay the debt or damages and costs, before or at the day of sale, the sheriff or officer shall proceed to sell the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or such estate and interest as the party convict shall have therein, or so much thereof as
will be sufficient, laid off in one entire parcel, if it may be done, in such place and manner, as the owner, or his agent, if he think proper, shall direct, for ready money or tobacco, as the demand shall be, and the fees; but if the estate cannot be sold for three-fourths of the value thereof, in the opinion of the commissioners appointed to value property pursuant to an act, intitled, "An act directing the mode of proceeding under certain executions," it shall, and may be lawful for said debtor or debtors, or any of them, to enter into bond with sufficient securities, to be approved by the valuers aforesaid, to pay the money or tobacco for which execution was so served and all costs, with lawful interest for the same, to such creditor within _____ months.
And on such bond being given, the sheriff or other officer shall restore to such debtor the estate so taken.
And when no such bond and security shall be offered by the debtor, or any person for him, and the estate taken in execution, cannot in the opinion of the valuers aforesaid, be sold for three-fourths of its value at the least, the sheriff or other officer shall set up and sell the same for money or tobacco, as the case may be, to be paid at the end of _____ months, and shall take bond of the buyer or buyers, with one or more securities to pay the same accordingly, with interest, to such creditor.
No sheriff, under sheriff, or other officer, shall buy or bid for any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, which he or his principal, or deputy, shall expose to sale by virtue of any feri facias ; and the property of any such things so bought by him, or by any other to his use, shall not be thereby changed, but the same may be recovered by the former owner, or be made subject to the demands of any of his creditors, unless it shall, before suit brought for that purpose, have been sold with good faith and for valuable consideration to one who had not notice that it had been bought in manner aforesaid.
In all sales of land by virtue of an execution, the sheriff or other officer shall convey the same to the purchaser, in writing, indented, sealed, and recorded, as the laws direct for other conveyances of lands; which deeds shall recite the execution, purchase and consideration, and shall be effectual for passing to the purchaser all the estate and interest which the debtor had and might lawfully part with in the lands.
In every bond to be taken pursuant to this act, for the payment of the debt, damages, or costs, by the debtor, or by the purchasers on the sale upon credit, it shall be mentioned on what occasion the same was taken, and such bond shall have the force of a judgment and be also assignable. The sheriff or other officer taking such bond, shall deliver the same to the creditor or his attorney, or return it to the office of the clerk of the court whence the execution issued, there to be safely kept until demanded by the creditor or his attorney: and if the money or tobacco shall not be paid according to the condition of any such bond, it shall be lawful for the creditor, his attorney, or assignee, to lodge the same, with an affidavit that the money or tobacco for which such bond was given, or part thereof is still due, with the clerk of the court from whence the execution issued, and such clerk shall and may thereupon issue an execution for so much as shall appear from the said bond and affidavit to be still due; and on such new execution the clerk shall endorse that no security is to be taken, and the sheriff or officer shall proceed to levy the same immediately, first selling the estate of the principal obligor, if any can be found, but not taking security for payment at a future day, or selling on credit as aforesaid. Provided, That if on return of such execution the debtor can prove the payment of the money for which such execution was levied, either to the assignee, or the original obligee, or his attorney, before notice of such assignment, as the case may be, it shall and may be lawful for the court to quash such execution, or give such other judgment therein as to them shall seem right; and the person in whose name such execution issued shall moreover be liable to the action of such debtor for damages.
And be it further enacted, That where any bond directed or permitted to be given by this act, shall be assigned, and execution issued thereon against the original obligor or obligors, and on such execution there shall be a return by the sheriff or other officer that there was no estate, or not sufficient estate of the obligor or obligors to make the debt and costs, it shall be lawful for the clerk who issued such execution, to issue a second execution against the assignors of such bond, for the debt mentioned therein, or such part thereof as shall appear to be still due, on which execution there shall be similar proceedings to those in an execution against the original obligors.
If the sheriff or other officer shall fail to deliver or return, as aforesaid, any bond taken by virtue of this act within thirty days from the date thereof, he shall be liable to the same penalty for every month of such failure, to be recovered in the same manner, as is directed by law against a sheriff or other officer failing to return execution.
At a Meeting of sundry Merchants, and others, of the City of Richmond, at the Eagle Tavern, on Saturday evening the 3d of December, 1791, to consider a proposition of the Merchants of the town of Petersburg, concerning the expediency of an application to the Legislature, to obtain a STATE BANK.
P R E S E N T
JOHN HARVIE, James M c Clurg, Thomas Matthews, Robert Andrews, William Foushee, John Marshall, Benjamin Harrison, jun. James Heron, Abraham Lott, Joseph Higbee, Thomas M. Randolph, Thomas Pleasants, Andrew Ronald, J. Brown, John Graham, Alexander Buchanan, Robert Gamble, Augustine Davis, George Pickett, Anthony Singleton, Robert Pollard, James Harris, Peter Lyons, jun. Francis Corbin, Nathaniel Anderson, William Witcham, Andrew Dunscob, M. King, Richard Hartshorne, Solomon Wilson, John Beale, James Strange, and John Hopkins.
The meeting having taken into consideration the communications made by the Merchants of Petersburg, and viewing the subject of the first importance, as well to the agricultural as commercial interest of this commonwealth:
Resolved unanimously , That it be recommended to the citizens of this Commonwealth in general, and to the mercantile towns in particular, that they meet by their representatives in the City of Richmond, on the 1st day of May next, to consider the propriety of an application to the General Assembly for the establishment of a State Bank.
Resolved unanimously , That the proceedings of the meeting be published 6 weeks in all the newspapers of this commonwealth.
By order of the meeting, JOHN HARVIE, Chairman.
By order of the Chairman, JOHN HOPKINS.
The several Printers in this State are requested to publish this.
SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE, Richmond, Nov. 25, 1791.
FINDING from the communications of the revenue-officers, in this district, that, notwithstanding the pains which have been taken to give full information of the tax or duties collectible under the excise law of the United States, that the said law is much misrepresented, particularly in regard to the liability of stills under the capacity of fifty gallons, in common with others, to such tax or duties; and wishing that no proprietor of a still shall, at the period of collection, be unprepared with accounts of what he or she may have distilled therefrom, where it may be interesting to such proprietor to pay by the gallon of spirits distilled, rather than by the capacity: I hereby again inform all concerned, that every still, if used, be the capacity what it may, is liable to the tax, and that where the proprietors shall not be in readiness to produce their accounts of the quantities distilled, as required by law, they will certainly be distrained upon for the whole tax, according to capacity.—I trust that when it is recollected that I have been equally desirous of informing the people of the easements to which they are entitled under the law, as of effecting a faithful collection of the revenue legally arising to the public, and that I am responsible, as well to individuals, as government, for the propriety of my conduct, there will be a disposition to credit the explanations I have given of the law.
The first half yearly collection upon country stills, will commence on the first of January next, and is required to be completed by the 15th of the same month; and it is hoped that all such distillers will be ready to discharge what may then be due from them, and also that the several collectors will use all possible diligence in effecting the said collection, giving to such persons as may require it, assistance in stating their accounts.
EDWARD CARRINGTON, Supervisor of the District of Virginia.
The several Printers of Petersburg, Norfolk, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Winchester, Staunton and Shepherd's-Town, are requested to publish the above.
TAKE NOTICE!
THAT on FRIDAY, the Third of FEBRUARY next, the Managers of the Shepherd's-Town New-Church Lottery , are determined to commence drawing the same. And all those who have purchased Tickets on credit, are requested to pay for them before that day. There are still a few Tickets for sale in the hands of the Managers and others, that may be had by those who make speedy application. Shepherd's-Town, Dec. 19, 1791.

Foreign Advices.
M A D R I D, September 13.
THE Emperor of Morocco has appeared at the head of his army before Ceuta, and demanded the surrender of that fortress; but Don Durbicza, the Governor, and who had lately received his Majesty's declaration of war against the Moorish Prince, answered only by a discharge of cannon, upon which the Moors opened their batteries, and have damaged many houses with their bombs.
Don Barcelo is on the point of sailing from Algeziras, in order to attack the different maritime cities belonging to the Moors, whose Sovereign, among other ridiculous pretensions, demands the surrender of the city of Grenada, a present of five millions of piastres, and one of our ports in the Mediterranean.
P A R I S, September 29.
" L O U I S,
"By the Grace of God, and by the Constitutional Law of the State, King of the French. To all citizens—Greeting:
"I have accepted the Constitution—I will use all my endeavours to maintain it, and cause it to be executed.
"The Revolution is completed. It is time that reëstablishment of order should give to the Constitution the support which is still most necessary; it is time to fix the opinion of Europe on the destiny of France, and to shew that the French are worthy to be free.
"But my vigilance and my cares ought still to be seconded by the concurrence of all the friends of their country, and of liberty; it is by submission to the laws; it is by adoring the spirit of party, and all the passions which accompany it; it is by a happy union of sentiments, of wishes, and of endeavours, that the Constitution will be confirmed, and that the nation will enjoy all the advantages which it secures.
"Let every idea of intolerance then be abandoned forever; let the rash desire of independence no longer be confounded with the love of liberty; let those pernicious qualifications, with which it has been attempted to inflame the people, be irrevocably banished; let religious opinions no longer be a source of persecution and animosity; let all who observe the laws be at liberty to adopt that form of worship to which they are attached; and let no party give offence to those who may follow opinions different from their own, from motives of conscience: But it is not sufficient to shun those excesses to which you might be carried by a spirit of violence; you must likewise fulfil the obligations which are imposed by the public interest: One of the first, one of the most essential, is the payment of the contributions established by your representatives. It is for the observance of engagements, which national honour has rendered sacred, for the internal tranquillity of the state, for its external security; it is for the stability of the Constitution itself that I remind you of this indispensable duty.
"Citizens, armed for the maintenance of the law, National Guards, never forget that it is to protect the safety of persons and of property, the collection of public contributions, the circulation of grain and of provisions, that the arms which you bear have been delivered into your hands; it belongs to you to feel what justice and mutual utility demand, that, between the inhabitants of the same empire, abundance should be applied to the aid of indigence; and that it is the duty of the public force to promote the advancement of commerce, as the means of remedying the intemperance of seasons; correcting the inequality of harvest, uniting together all the parts of the kingdom, and establishing a community of the various productions of their soil and industry.
"And you, whom the people have chosen to watch over their interests; you, also, on whom they have conferred the formidable power of determining on the property, the honour, and the life of citizens; you, whom they have instituted to adjust their differences, Members of the different Administrative Bodies, Judges of Tribunals, Judges of Peace, I recommend to you to be impressed with the importance and dignity of your functions; fulfil them with zeal, with courage, with impartiality; labour with me to restore peace, and the government of law; and by thus securing the happiness of the nation, prepare for the return of those whose absence has only proceeded from the fear of disorder and violence.
"And all you who from different motives have quitted your country, your King invites you to return to your fellow-citizens; he invites you to yield to the public wish and the national interest. Return with confidence under the security of the law; and this honourable return, at the moment when the Constitution is definitively settled, will render more easy, and more expeditious, the reëstablishment of order and of tranquillity.
"And you, French people, a nation illustrious for so many ages, show yourselves magnanimous and generous at the moment when your liberty is confirmed; resume your happy character; let your moderation and wisdom revive among you the security which the disturbances of the Revolution had banished; and let your King henceforth enjoy, without molestation, those testimonies of attachment and fidelity which can alone secure his happiness.
"Done at Paris, the 28th of September, 1791.
"(Signed)
"and underneath)
"LOUIS.
"DE LESSART."
L O N D O N, October 1.
It is now confirmed, that an engagement took place between the Turkish and the Russian fleets in the Black-Sea, between Verna and Caverna, before it was known that the preliminaries of peace were signed. The battle was maintained with great obstinacy for eight hours; both fleets were much damaged, but it does not appear that any ships were sunk or taken, or that either could claim the victory.
October 6. A general confederation of the most powerful States of Europe, against France, has been the common topic of conversation for these two months among the nations of the North. The Courts of Vienna, Berlin, and Petersburg, are said to have acceded to it; and it is added, that the Empress has been endeavouring to persuade the Court of Denmark to join this confederacy. But the truth is, that whatever plans may be in agitation, all the reports concerning them are nothing more than simple conjectures.
The Warrent-Hastings brings despatches from Earl Cornwallis, of the 21st of April, dated from the Camp at Vernecatchery, situated to the N. E. of Bangalore, giving an account of his Lordship's movements after the capture of that fort, in order to effect a junction with the Nizam's army, consisting of about 16,000 effective and well-mounted cavalry, which had taken place on the 13th of April, and his Lordship writes, that he should move with his army on the 22d, to the westward, call at Bangalore for his train of heavy artillery, and from thence proceed towards Seringapatam, which place he expected to reach by the 12th of May, and hoped to reduce before the rains. No action had taken place with the enemy since the capture of Bangalore, Tippoo studiously avoiding it. Copaul had at length surrendered to the Nizam. General Abercrombie remained to the southward of Seringapatam, ready to join Earl Cornwallis as soon as his Lordship should arrive before that capital, and a body of 6000 Mahratta horse had moved, after the capture of Darwar, to join the General.
Upon the whole, there is no reason to doubt but that Earl Cornwallis had succeeded in reducing Seringapatam before the rains, and that a happy termination of the war has taken place before this time.
Our troops were in high spirits and health; and their arms had everywhere proved victorious, which was not less owing to their bravery, than to the great judgment and conduct of the officers.
Tippoo has retaken Chinnaballadaram, a trifling fort, which would be scarcely worth mentioning, as affecting the state of the war, if it were not to give his good friends in this country a fresh specimen of his humanity. He allowed no quarter, but massacred every person he found in arms in the place!—It was garrisoned by country troops only.
This tyrant had made fresh overtures to Lord Cornwallis, and was very desirous of treating with him; but Lord Cornwallis had not acceded to his proposals, probably convinced that they were dictated by the distress of the moment.
October 11. Some negotiation is at present supposed to be depending between Lord Grenville and M. Montmorin, relative to the reception of the new French ambassador at our Court, who is to announce the present title of the King of the French, and the adoption of the national flag. Several Courts of Europe, it is supposed, will not acknowledge this title and flag.
Extract of a letter from the Hague, Oct. 4.
"We learn from Petersburg, that the Empress of Russia has desired the French Ambassador to quit that Court; and the last letters from Madrid mention, that the King of Spain has forbid the Parisian Minister from appearing at Court.
"It is generally imagined, that Russia, in conjunction with Sweden, will make a vigorous attempt in favour of the aristocratic party in France, in which they will, most likely, be joined by the Emperor, and probably by other powers, either in the field or cabinet; in short, the moment seems approaching for the Powers of Europe to unite in endeavouring to restore energy to the government of France, and consequent tranquillity and prosperity to its inhabitants."
The letters from Vienna mention, that, among matters discussed between the Emperor and the King of Prussia, in their interview at Pilnitz, arrangements were certainly made for maintaining the old treaties subsisting with France; to take the best measures to enforce proposals still to be made about reinstating the King; and to invite the whole empire to act with them, in case amicable negotiations are of no effect. To settle the affair of the succession to the Crown of Poland in the Electoral House of Saxony, the King of Prussia is to assist in the election of the eldest Archduke to be King of the Romans, in return for which, the Emperor is to use his interest, that the cession of Dantzic and Thorn shall be made from Poland to the King of Prussia.
By these advices it appears, that the affairs of France will not be settled without great difficulty, and perhaps, much bloodshed; unless the French King's late unqualified acquiescence in the new Constitution should dishearten the foreign Powers from interfering, and overturn the schemes of the fugitive French Princes.
A Mr. Wolter, at the Hague, has made a contract for 10,000 horses, to be employed in the army of the exiled French Princes.
In consequence of the late edicts, respecting foreigners, eighty-one Frenchmen left Malaga in the course of last month, and the numbers that failed from other ports may be supposed in proportion.
Extract of a letter from Paris, Oct. 9.
"We seem destined to live in an eternal ferment. There is a violence and irritation in the present As-
sembly, that incessantly lead them beyond the bounds of discretion; and if the rage does not speedily subside, the consequences will be fatal. The trifling affair of the national guard had like to have produced a serious quarrel between the formidable army of Paris and the Assembly. The ferment was at the height, and the enemies of the new constitution did not fail to excite the rising jealousy between them by the most insidious means. It was happily crushed, however, by the good sense of the moderate, who maintained their temper, and were not hurried away by the torrent of the enrages .
"This had hardly been quelled, before the same inflammatory spirit burst out again in an explosion of jealousy against the Ministers, and of indignation against the President, for interrupting what they called, an important discussion, by an abrupt adjournment.
"This morning we expected that the President would have received a severe castigation; but the Members, as usual, had met at the Abbey of St. Martin; they had conversed together in a less numerous Assembly, and they were generally convinced of the impropriety of pushing Ministers to a premature disclosure of the very delicate circumstances in which the nation is placed for the moment, by the intrigues, the terrors, and the coalitions of the neighbouring powers. This morning the violence suddenly evaporated, and they resolved that M. Duportail, the War-Minister, should solely give an account of the arrangements he had made for the distribution of the public force, the defence of the frontier, the state of the preparations, &c. &c.
"The answer from M. de Moustier is not arrived from Berlin, but it is generally believed that he will accept the appointment, and will succeed M. Montmorin.
"There is a general canvass, for the offices of Mayor of Paris, Procurator Syndic, &c. but it is believed, that the Democratic party will prevail, and that M. Peshion will be Mayor, and M. Robert-Pierre Syndic."
OCTOBER 18.
It is now said and believed, that the King of the French means immediately to go to St. Cloud, and from thence to Compeigne. Suspicion and distrust, as to the object of this talked of journey, already prevail.
The first diplomatic act of M. de Noailles, the French Ambassador at Vienna, after notifying the King's acceptance of the Constitution, was to demand that the National Flag should be acknowledged in future in all the Imperial ports, Prince Kaunitz immediately replied, that orders to that effect should be dispatched to all the ports, and they have already been received in Ostend.
An event of a very peculiar nature has demanded the attention of the people of Glasgow, and filled their minds with a degree of exultation which must not be withheld from the public.
It is well known, that in many parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the establishment of a plan of grazing has occupied many of the small farms, on which human creatures were fed by the hand of poverty. Necessity did what nothing but necessity could do; it obliged them to think of and resolve on, leaving their native country, which they did, with an opinion that it could neither provide them in food or employment. About 400 embarked on the Isle of Sky, in the ship Fortune, bound for North-Carolina; and information was no sooner brought to that public spirited citizen, and hon. magistrate, David Dale, Esq. than his benevolent heart suggested what his unbounded activity immediately executed.
He sent a friend to Greenock to invite the poor Highlanders to Glasgow and offer them employment for man, woman and child, and giving a supply for their present necessities. Though many of them had given their little all—some twenty pounds, some thirty pounds, for the passage of their families to America, they no sooner heard of employment than all who were not intended left the ship, and yesterday above a hundred of them arrived in Glasgow, where they poured the blessings of them who were ready to perish on the head of their modest benefactor.
It is something very remarkable that the American States now make very light of the Indians in the back settlements, and we hear little of those cruelties, barbarities and devastations which in all our wars cost this country every two or three years so many millions to guard our American brethren from the effects of them. On the contrary, by the last accounts, they had hopes every day of hearing all was quiet in the back country. It would be matter of great utility to know how this has happened and whether this tranquil state is owing to any alteration among the tribes of Indians, or whether our American brethren had learned the art of the German Princes on the continent of Europe, and kept up her alarms of war and devastation in order to reap the advantage of the English gold circulating among them.
There is no mention whatever made of the capture of the fort of Chinnaballabaram in any of the public advices lately received from India; the only account of that event is a paragraph in the Madras Courier of the 27th of April 1791, of which the following is a copy.
It may afford great consolation to the friends to the English prisoners with Tippoo, that notwithstanding a series of unparallelled hardships, most of them are alive; that the British army has received several letters from the captives to that effect; and that Lord Cornwallis has resolved to insist, in the most positive manner, on their immediate release. Tippoo, understanding very well that the detention of prisoners is a breach of a former treaty, affects to

deny that he has power; and insinuates that years have elapsed since they all paid their debt of nature.
Lieutenant Fonblanque and Cornet Hoare who were taken with the unfortunate General Mathews, have been restored to liberty and their countrymen, having been confined in the fortress of Nundycondath, which place was taken by assault on the 3d of April, by a strong detachment of the main army.
CAPE FRANCOIS, November 3.
Men actuated solely by the LOVE OF LIBERTY in any revolt will always manifest in their actions some tokens of the generous principle upon which the revolt is founded. This has not been the case with the negroes in this unfortunate island. They have acted on all occasions with the most relentless barbarity—no respect has been paid to sex, and even the tender age of innocence has suffered the lingering pangs of death and torture under the hands of these inhuman miscreants. The negro chiefs, the moment they were invested with commissions by the frantic multitude, assumed the fierce and despotic mode of military command that is customary on the Guinea coast in Africa. They have not contented themselves only with mutilating their white prisoners (in a manner too horrid to relate) before the mortal stroke was given, but even cut off the heads of their own black adherents, for the most trifling faults that can be imagined.—A most notorious villain of the negro party, named JEANNOT, who had escaped from prison three years ago, and fled into the mountains, acted a notable part in this revolt: He had constantly rid in his master's coach during these troubles, and the other day cut the throat of his negro coachman, for asking his leave to sleep a little, after a forenoon's ride. Whenever any of the negro chiefs under him returned with ill success in their engagements with the whites, it has been his constant practice to put them to death without mercy. Such plantation negroes as were detained amongst these wretches against their will, and have made their escape, have declared their present condition enviable in comparison to that under the negro government. May the terrible history of this revolt, when published, serve as a lesson to certain philanthropists in the neighbouring islands, who, in disseminating their visionary principles have turned loose upon us a host of barbarians, whose warfare is indiscriminate slaughter.
CONGRESS.
House of Representatives of the United States.
TUESDAY, December 13.
SEVERAL petitions were read and referred to the Secretary at War.
Also, the petition of John Francis Ameling, proprietor of a glass-manufactory, in the State of Maryland, praying the patronage of the government, to his manufacture; was read and laid on the table.
A memorial of the Illinois and Wabash land companies was presented by Mr. Hartley—read and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Livermore, Fitzsimons and Clark.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Secretary Lear—communicating a plan of the city, laid out as the permanent seat of the government of the United States.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed the House that they have passed a bill for the relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell, with amendments.
The amendments of the Senate to the representation-bill, were again taken into consideration—after some debate, respecting order, the House went into a committee of the whole, on those amendments.
A motion, by Mr. Sedgwick, to amend the first amendment, by striking out one after the word Delaware , for the purpose of inserting two , induced a lengthy debate.
The question being at length taken, was negatived, twenty-one members only rising in favour of it.
The question, for agreeing to the first amendment of the Senate, being then put, was negatived, 31 to 30.
The other amendment was merely literal, and was agreed to.
The committee then rose, and reported accordingly, and the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, December 14.
Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee to whom was referred sundry propositions as amendments to the constitution of the United States, made report to this effect—That it will be most expedient that the same be taken up in the House, or in committee of the whole, and that the select committee be discharged from further proceeding; ordered to lie on the table.
The House then proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole, on the amendments proposed by the Senate, to the bill apportioning representatives among the people of the several States, according to the first enumeration—It was then moved, that the amendments proposed by the Senate, with the report of the committee of the whole thereon, be recommitted to a committee of the whole House; and on the question to agree to this motion, it was carried in the affirmative.
The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, (Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair) Mr. Vining moved an amendment to this effect, to strike out thirty-three thousand, and to insert, that Representatives be apportioned among the several
States, as follows, that is to say, New-Hampshire shall choose 5, Massachusetts 16, Connecticut 8, Rhode-Island 2, Vermont 3, New-York 11, New-Jersey 6, Pennsylvania 14, Delaware 2, Maryland 9, Virginia 21, Kentucky 2, North-Carolina 12, Georgia 2. On the question to agree to this amendment, it was carried in the negative; the committee then rose, and the chairman reported, that the committee have had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.
Mr. Vining renewed his motion in the House; and on the question to agree to the same, the yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, it was carried in the negative, ayes 23, noes, 37; and on the question to agree to the first amendment of the Senate, the ayes and noes being demanded, it was carried in the negative, ayes 29, noes 31—On the question to agree to the second amendment, after the word South-Carolina , strike out State , and insert District , it was carried in the affirmative.
THURSDAY, December 15.
The committee of enrolment presented to Mr. Speaker an enrolled "bill for the relief of D. Cooke and T. Campbell;" Mr. Speaker signed it; and the committee waited on the President, and presented it to him for his approbation.
A message from the Senate, was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, giving information, that the Senate insisted on their amendment to the representation bill.
The house then, pursuant to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and resumed the consideration of the post office bill.
The question under consideration, to strike out the second section, as follows:
"Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the post master general, to establish such other roads as post roads; as to him may seem necessary: provided, that no such establishment shall be made or continued, whereby the revenue, arising from the general post office, may be exceeded;" and to insert, in lieu thereof, a clause, making it the duty of the post master general, from time to time, to report to Congress such other roads as post roads, as to him may seem necessary to be established; together with such profit and expence, as will, in his opinion, attend the establishment of the same.
The question being taken on striking out the section, was carried; and, after sundry modifications a clause inserted in its stead, empowering the post master general, under certain restrictions, to cause mails to be carried on roads not particularly designated in the bill.
The committee rose and reported progress.—Adjourned.
NEW-YORK, December 19.
Extract of a letter from Marietta, of September 14, 1791, received by a gentleman in Boston.
"Our present situation is distressing, as we have no troops left here to guard us. Twenty-six of the inhabitants have enlisted for two months, commanded by Capt. Joseph Prince.
"Capt. Newman and Ensign Balch have gone down the river with a considerable number of troops, and more expected soon.
"There have been two persons killed by the Indians here lately; a Capt. Rogers, and old Mr. Kerr, at the mouth of Duck Creek; and a son of Mr. Conyers, taken prisoner at Wolf-Creek. Also one Reily killed at Belyville, and his son taken—Fort Harmer is demolished, and nothing left but one block-house.
"Being cooped up so thick, has made it somewhat sickly here; at Bell Prie and Wolf-Creek they are huddled together much as we are, but have been more unfortunate in the loss of their cattle. The Indians have killed and drove off about 20 head from these places, and have killed some with arrows which were found in them—the arrows were pointed with tin, and very curiously made. A scout followed and overtook them, killed one, and we suppose wounded another, cut off the dead man's head, and brought it in triumphantly on a pole."
PHILADELPHIA, December 21.
The public may be assured there are grounds whereon to estimate the enemy who encountered Gen. St. Clair's army, at about three thousand warriors. It is said, that upwards of eleven hundred warriors of the Ottawas and Chippawas, who inhabit the waters of lake Superior, Michagan and Huron, came to the assistance of the Miami Indians. This number, combined with the Miami Indians, the Powtewattimas, Wyandots, Delaware, and upper Wabash Indians, would fully amount to the number above mentioned.
It is said that the Miami Indians, at the head of whom are the remnants of their towns burnt by General Harmer, in October 1790, sent messages to the most distant nations of Indians, as well to the southward as to the westward, for assistance. Although it does not appear they received any assistance from the southward, as all those powerful tribes, amounting to about fifteen thousand warriors, are at peace, and have treaties with the United States; yet the hostile Indians were but too successful in their negotiations westward.
It is further said, that some of the nation of the Sues would have been in the action, had not their distance prevented. This nation are very numerous, and inhabit the country upon the upper parts of the Mississippi, and mostly to the westward thereof.
It is also said, that neither the famous Mohawk chief, Capt. Joseph Brant, or any of the six nations, joined the Miami Indians. Captain Brant was at
Niagara the beginning of November, several hundred miles from the place of action.
We are informed that a deputation from the Creek nation of Indians, embarked on board the brig Philadelphia, Capt. Waters, at Charleston, on the 1st of December, and are daily expected here.
A detachment of recruits, arrived on Thursday in this city, from New-Hampshire, and Rhode-Island. Extract of a letter from Cape-Francois, of the 16th of November, 1791, received by the brig Keziah, Capt. Robert Brown.
"We have just got a letter from Port-au-Prince, of the 13th instant, where they received the news that 14 ships of the line, and troops, were arming in France, for Hispaniola, so that we may expect them now every day, and we are in hopes that their assistance will not come too late. The Mulattoes are very much displeased, that the decree of the 15th of May is entirely repealed.
"The Negroes go on destroying this country, and although we are successful in our attacks, we foresee it impossible to stop the rioters without assistance from France. We are tired to death of this sort of life, and many of us cannot bear the soldier's duty."
BALTIMORE, December 23.
A French Gentleman, who came Passenger in the Schooner Bee, Captain Snyder, arrived here from Port-au-Prince, furnishes the following melancholy intelligence:—That "on the 22d of November, a Negro Soldier, belonging to the Corps of armed Mulatto Citizens, who were quartered in the Old Government-House, having quarrelled with a white soldier, of the Company of Artillery, the Mob instantly seized the Negro, and hung him on the Municipality Lamart .—The Day following, one of the Mulattoes, belonging to the Barracks, fired on one of the Artillery, which occasioned great Disturbances in the Town.—The Municipality assembled, and ordered the regular national Troops to march against the Mulattoes.—When these Troops approached the Barracks, the Mulattoes put themselves into a Posture of Defence, and immediately despatched several Deputies to know the Reason of the menaced Hostility. They received for Answer, that it was to demand Satisfaction for the Insult above-mentioned. The Deputies offering to deliver up the Offenders; the principal Officers of the white expressed their entire Satisfaction, and Tranquility appeared likely to be restored; but, as the Deputies were returning to their Quarters, some of the white People rashly fired on them. The Mulattoes returned the Fire, and a sharp Engagement immediately commenced between the white and Mulatto Troops.—The former prevailed, and took Possession of the Posts of the latter.
Several of both Parties lost their lives in this unhappy Conflict, among whom are M. TAILLEFER, a respectable elderly Gentleman (Merchant of the Town) and one Officer of the Regiment of Artois. The Mulattoes, in their Flight, set fire to every thing in their Power, and a dreadful Conflagration took place in every Quarter of the Town. The Damage, as yet, cannot be estimated, as the richest and most capital Quarter of that ill-fated (once flourishing) Town, is now a Heap of Ruins."
SHEPHERD'S-TOWN, January 3.
On the 15th ult. a message was received in the House of Representatives of the United States from the Senate informing the House, that they insisted on their amendment to the bill for apportioning Representatives amongst the people of the said States. [So that the census-bill, which has engrossed so much of the time of Congress, from the commencement of the present session, is lost; unless the House of Representatives, where the bill originated, should request a conference with the Senate, in which case a joint committee, from both Houses, may yet suggest some plan of accommodation.]
In the Post-Office bill now before Congress, the establishment of the cross-road for this County, stands as follows—from Alexandria by Leesburg, through Shepherd's-Town, Martinsburg, and on to Winchester.—There is also to be a cross-post from Baltimore to Chambersburg, by way of Frederick's town, Sharpsburg and Hager's-town.
In a letter, wrote on the subject of the late defeat at the Westward, the writer observes, that "Fortunately the savages were allured by plunder; and pursued but a short distance, or the destruction would have been complete. St. Clair says he was overpowered in every quarter, and yet from the manner in which the whole scene was conducted, he could form no judgment of the numbers of his enemy. It does not appear that they ever rushed on our army, but preserved a certain distance, from which they effected a sure execution."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Kentucky, to his friend in Philadelphia.
"The news of the defeat of the troops under Gov. St. Clair, by the Indians, so far from disheartening has filled every man in Kentucky with a thirst for revenge.—Gen. Scott has proceeded towards Fort-Jefferson, with fifteen hundred mounted militia and rifle men. As these people are perfectly acquainted with the Indian mode of warfare, and will not be encumbered with artillery, and other similar apparatus (generally useless in expeditions of this kind) we are still in hopes of being in possession of the Maumee towns before winter."

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
VERSES
Written by a young Lady to some others, with whom she had agreed to make up a Protestant Nunnery, but afterwards altered her mind.
ALL attendants apart, I examin'd my heart, Last night when I laid me to rest: And methinks, I'm inclin'd To a change of my mind: For you know second thoughts are the best.
To retire from the crowd And make ourselves good, By avoiding of ev'ry temptation— Is in truth to reveal What we'd better conceal, That our passions want some regulation.
It will much more redound To our praise, to be found In a world so abounding with evil, Unspotted and pure, Though not quite demure, And to wage open war with the devil.
So bidding farewell To the thoughts of a cell, I'll prepare for this militant life; And if brought to distress, Why then I'll confess, And do penance in form of a wife.
VERSES
Copied from the window of an obscure lodging house.
STRANGER, whoe'er thou art, whose restless mind, Like me, within these walls is curb'd, confin'd, Learn, how each want, that heaves our mutual sigh, A woman's soft solicititudes supply! From her white breast retreat all rude alarms, Or fly the circle of her magic arms; While souls, exchang'd alternate grace acquire; And passions catch, from passions, glorious fire.
What tho' to deck this roof no arts combine, Such forms as rival ev'ry fair but mine; No nodding plumes, our humble couch above, Proclaim each triumph of unbounded love; No silver lamp, with sculptur'd Cupids gay, O'er yielding beauty pours its midnight ray; Yet Fanny's charms could Time's slow flight beguile, Soothe ev'ry care, and make this dungeon smile; In her, what Kings, what Saints have with'd is given; Her heart is empire, and her love is heav'n!
THE NEIGHBOUR.
"A stitch in time will save nine."
SAID my grandmother, when she observed a small hole in my stocking, and took her needle and drew it up. I have always thanked the old lady for this lesson of prudence, for it taught me to do things in season, and pointed out the inconveniences which attend delays. Were a person of a squeamish stomach, who flickens at the mention of an old proverb, to inculcate the same lesson, he would, perhaps, tell us, that "procrastination is the thief of time." But I think my grandmother's adage equally as good—as well calculated to make an impression upon the mind.
The inconveniences which accompany deferring until to-morrow, what may as well be done to-day, are too numerous to be mentioned. It not only gives time for the hole in the stocking to grow larger, but likewise brings the business of two days into one, which necessarily introduces haste, disorder, and confusion. The business of each individual, if taken in season, may be accomplished with ease; but if put off until the last moment, until necessity obliges him to procrastinate no longer, it is passed over in a hurry; and consequently done at the halves. It is observed by a certain author, that "whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well; and to do a thing well we must, to use another saying of my grandmother's, "take time by the foretop." The same author says, that "the foundation or first principles of all scientific knowledge, must be imbibed previous to the age of eighteen." I think I may with as much truth affirm, that the person who would perform a large day's work, must begin before ten in the morning; or the farmer, who would defend his inclosures from the ravages of his neighbour's cattle, and see the year crowned with a plentiful harvest, must prepare his fencing stuff before it is time to be planting his corn.—My neighbour Dozy sleeps away the spring and never thinks of repairing his fences, until his neighbours are sowing their grain. He then tackles them up just so as will do for the present .—The season advances so fast upon him, that he is obliged to sow his grain before the earth is half prepared to receive it, and his corn is planted late. He is
called from his business almost every day to drive his own, or his neighbour's cattle out of his mowing ground, and half an hour at least is spent in mending the fence. His hoeing and haying crowd upon him at once, and one or the other must be neglected.—But before either can be accomplished his grain is ripe for the sickle. His business of every kind is done out of season—his corn is not hoed until it is over-run with weeds—his grain is shelled out and devoured by the birds—his grass is not cut until it is almost dried up in the field—his potatoes lie in the ground, until they are spoiled by the frost, and his corn is half covered with snow, before it is gathered. The consequence is, that his crops of every kind are very small—quite insufficient to support his family; and, notwithstanding he had a handsome patrimony left him by his father, poor Dozy must in a few years more become a town charge. Whereas if he would attend to the instruction of my grandmother, take time by the foretop, and draw up the hole in his stocking in season, he might become a wealthy man and a useful citizen.
This Day Published, And to be sold by the Printer hereof, [Price 11d.] AN ADDRESS TO THE CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN VIRGINIA. By the Right Rev. J. MADISON, D. D. Bishop of said Church.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, living near Shepherd's-Town , on the river, a few days ago, a small brown HORSE, about 12 1/2 hands high, five years old next spring, no brand nor mark; he has been posted according to law, and appraised at forty shillings . The owner may have him again by proving his property, and paying charges. JOHN BARNES. December 3, 1791.
To be sold by the Subscribers, At Public Vendue, On MONDAY, the ninth of JANUARY next, if fair, if not, on the next fair day, at the stack-yard near the Swan-Ponds in Berkeley County , and not far from Shepherd's-Town , A large quantity of WHEAT & RYE, In the straw. This Grain will be sold by the single stack, or altogether, as may best suit the purchaser. A small part of the purchase money will be expected on the day of sale, and time will be given, if required, for the payment of the residue, upon the purchaser's giving bonds with approved security.—Mr. Christopher Parrott , who lives near the Swan-Ponds, will shew the stack-yard to any gentlemen who are disposed to view it. STEPHEN WEST, BENJAMIN ODEN. Prince-George County, Maryland, December 10, 1791.
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE PLANTATION, Situated in Berkeley County , about three miles from Martinsburg :—It contains 230 acres of as good land as any in that part of country, and well improved; 53 acres of the land is now seeded in grain, 12 of which are in wheat, and fit for meadow. There are on the premises two good Dwelling-Houses, a barn, stable, and other out-houses, an excellent well of water, which never failed, and many other advantages which are here unnecessary to mention. For further particulars, apply to WILLIAM CRAG-HILL, or the Printer hereof. December 18, 1791.
WHEREAS the Subscriber some time since, gave a Bond to FRANCIS HARVEY, for one hundred pounds, bearing date in February, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine;—as the said Harvey is absent, and as I have a full receipt against said Bond, I hereby forewarn all persons from taking an assignment thereof, as I shall not be answerable therefor in any manner whatever. WILLIAM LEMEN. November 26, 1791.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, held for Berkeley County , on the third Tuesday in August, 1791. Leonard Davis , — — — Compt. } against } In Chancery, William Worthington and Nancy his wife, and Sarah Wilson , Defts. }
THE Defendants not having entered their appearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and according to the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are no inhabitants of this County, on the motion to the Complainant, by his Council, Ordered, That, the said Defendants do appear here on the third Tuesday in November next, to 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 in the Parish of Norborne , in the County aforesaid, on some Sunday after divine service, and also at the Court-House door of the said County. A copy. Tishe, MOSES HUNTER, C.B.C.
A Mill for sale.
BY Virtue of a Decree of the Court of BERKELEY County , and State of VIRGINIA , will be exposed to sale by PUBLIC VENDUE, upon the first day of February next, if fair, if not the next fair day, a MERCHANT-MILL, with the Lot, Premises, and Buildings thereunto belonging, late the property of HENRY COOKCUS, deceased, and now in the possession of CHRISTIAN ORENDORF. Also, the Stone Dwelling-House, and Ground-Rents of the said estate, late of the said COOKCUS, deceased, all situate in Shepherd's-Town , in the County and State aforesaid. The terms of sale will be, one third part of the purchase money to be paid in twelve months from the day of sale, one other third part within two years after the day of sale, and the remaining third part within three years after the day of sale. By order of the Court. JOHN KEARSLEY, HENRY BEDINGER. } Trustees. BERKELEY-COUNTY, July 25, 1791. 6m.
THE SUBSCRIBER Begs leave to inform his friends and the Public in general, That he carries on the Copper and Tin
BUSINESS, In Shepherd's-Town , where those who choose to favour him with their custom, may depend on being duly attended, and their commands gratefully acknowledged. Those that have favoured him with employment, he returns the most sincere thanks. All sorts of Kitchen Furniture are tin'd and repair'd in the neatest manner and on the most reasonable terms, by their humble servant, JOHN WATERS. N. B. Old Copper, Brass, Pewter and Lead, bought or exchanged. November 21, 1791.
Wanted immediately, A GOOD Journeyman Taylor To whom 3s. Pennsylvania currency, per job, will be given, and constant employ. GEORGE TILLEY. Martinsburg, Nov. 19, 1791.
Tickets in the New-Church Lottery which is shortly to be drawn, may be had at the Printing-Office. A few Tickets in Mr. T. White's Lottery, are for sale at the Printing-Office.
FOR SALE, By the Printer hereof, Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale, Lawyers Declarations of every Kind, Common Bonds.