The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1792-06-05 00:00:00

The POTOMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1792.
[NUMBER 81—VOL. 2.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
LOST!
IN Shepherd's Town , some time last fall, a Man's SADDLE, single skirt, a blue cloth with double binding, plated bosses, and common stirrups. Also, a single reign'd kirb BRIDLE, with square plated buckles. Whoever has found the same, and will give information to the Printer hereof, shall have TWO DOLLARS reward.
May 28, 1792.
TO BE SOLD, At PUBLIC VENDUE, On the 19th day of JUNE next, being the first day of Court, the
House and Lot,
Where the Subscriber now lives. The convenience of said House, so near several never failing springs on the creek, as also the elegant view, is sufficiently known to need any description. The terms will be easy, and made known on the day of sale. If any one would wish to purchase at private sale, and can advance on the first payment the most part, shall have it for 100l. less than the prime cost.
Martinsburg, May 28, 1792.
CHARLES WINTERSMITH.
P. S. Signs for Taverns, Store-Keepers, or Tradesmen, made elegant, and in the most reasonable way. As also Book-Binding in its several branches, done likewise, by
C. W.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
RETURNS his Friends and the Public thanks for the encouragement he met with last season at BATH. He informs them, that he has resumed the business of keeping a BOARDING-HOUSE this season at the same place; he has spared no trouble or expence to make it both commodious and agreeable for a large company, and has procured one of the first cooks in the State, together with every other necessary attendance, capital stableage, hay, oats, &c.
GEORGE GALE.
Bath, 22d May, 1792.
I DO hereby certify, that what I have reported about Isaac Vanclief , respecting his character, is false. Given under my hand, this 19th day of May, 1792.
HENRY VAN DIKE, (Carpenter.)
T. S. James Wallingford, Benjamin Pile.
THE Public are hereby informed, That the drawing of Mr. T. WHITE's Lottery, which it was intended should commence drawing on the first day of June next, is postponed until after the ensuing harvest, the better to enable a number of adventurers (and others who would wish to be so) to make payment for the tickets previous to the drawing, the positive time of which will shortly be published in this paper. Tickets may be had of the Printer hereof.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, held for Berkeley County, the 24th day of March, 1792.
William Hays, John Hays, and Jesse Hays } Complainants, against Henry Thornborough, heir at law of Wal- } Chancery. ter Thornborough — Defendant.
THE defendant not having entered his 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 he is no inhabitant of this County, on the motion of the complainants, by their counsel, Ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the third Tuesday in June next, to answer the bill of the complainants, 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. T. S. MOSES HUNTER, CLK. B. C.
FOR SALE,
By the Printer hereof, Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale.
From the American Daily Advertiser.
PLAN FOR A NOBILITY in the UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS a King and Nobility are ardently desired, by a few of the good people of the United States; and the said friends of aristocracy and ranks, are daily more and more disgusted with that Republican Equality, which to the noble-minded, is the worst slavery: And whereas the aimers at so happy a change in the government of our country, are and have been much at a loss touching the ways and means of providing a set of men of sufficient wealth, merit and splendor, to form a hereditary and titled order, the following plan, for that purpose, is humbly offered to public consideration, by a citizen who has employed his thoughts on that all-important subject, and dares flatter himself, that his plan, if adopted, will, in providing as many Noble Lords as may be wanted for this, at present, poor Plebeian country, be productive of many other and great benefits to the same.
THE PLAN.
LET a list be made of all the Speculators, as well in as out of the government, who have been prudent enough to enrich themselves in the sum of 150,000 dollars at the least—It is then proposed.
1. That to each speculator, having not less than 150 000 dollars, nor more than 200 000 there shall be added (either by free grant from the treasury, or by some governmental douceur equal thereto) as much as will make up 300 000.
2. To each speculator, having not less than 200,000, nor more than 300,000, to be added in like way, as much as will make up 450 000.
3. To each speculator, having not less than 300 000, nor more than 450,000, as much as will make up 600 000.
4. To each speculator, having not less than 450,000, nor more than 600 000, as much as will make up 800 000.
5. To each speculator having a million and upwards, nothing to be added.
The said estates to be entailed in the male line, pursuant to the right of primogeniture; and the interest accruing thereon to be made sure to the said speculators and their heirs forever, by perpetual taxes unalterably appropriated, and quarterly payable to their use.
The noble speculators of the lowest rank or grade, to be stiled, "the order of the Leech." Their title to be "Their Fulnesses." Their arms, "A Leech, clinging to the bowels of an old soldier." The motto, "The blood of the brave, the reward of the knave."
The noble speculators of the next rank, to be stiled, "The order of modern justice." The title, "Their Rapacities." The arms, "A pair of scales, balancing 2s 9d with 20s." The motto, "Cheating no Felony."
The noble speculators of the next rank, to be stiled, "The order of the Virtuous League." The title, "Their Hucksterhips." The arms, "A member of Con-g-ss, in the hand of fellowship with a Broker—in the mouth of the former, a label, 'I'll bellow for contracts and morality'—in the mouth of the latter, a label, 'And I'll be buying up the FINALS.'" The motto, "Public Faith, Private Fraud."
The noble speculators of the next rank, to be stiled, "The order of Assumption," or if thought more suitable, "The order of the Golden Fleece." The title, "Their Pirate-hips." The arms, "Three packet-boats, (their flag—a Sheep, and its keeper, assisted by a stranger, in the act of shearing it) under full-sail, for the modern Colchis*; and a number of expresses in full speed, in different directions." The motto, "The many made for the few."
The noble speculators of the highest rank, to be stiled, "The Order of Scrip." The title, "Their influences." The arms, "a Janus sitting on a pile of Certificates, Modesty under one foot, Fidelity under the other; one face towards the Bank, the other towards C—n—g—ss; in one hand the Federal Constitution, blotted and torn, in the other a copy of the Briith Statute incorporating the Bank of England." A double motto, "Public Debts, Private Blessings (and underneath) corruption, the true Oil for the Political Machine."
Manyfold and great will be the advantages incidental to this, so generous a plan.
1st. As it will stimulate diligence and ingenuity, by so great a reward to citizens who have so exercised these virtues as to possess themselves of the wealth of the country at the least possible expence.
2. As it will encourage liberty of conscience, by conferring honors and revenues on the men, who have nobly dared to make off its yoke.
3. As it will improve morality, by recommending a latitude in dealings, which our narrow-minded forefathers never dreamed of.
4. As it will encrease the artificial energy of the government, by combining avarice with ambition in the administration thereof; so as to strengthen the motives and the means of a powerful set of men, to resist and keep down the insolent republican spirit of the people. For a standing order of nobility, thus twisted into the government, will be more to be relied on, than any standing army whatever, of mere Plebeians as is evinced in the case of the French revolution, that detestable subversion of the noble prerogatives of the few in favour of the vulgar rights of the many.
5. As it will fasten the better the blessings of an irredeemable debt. For as the taxes of the debt will keep the people obedient and sober, the nobility, mounted on the debt, will perpetuate the taxes on the people, and so perpetuate both these blessings.
This idea of founding a nobility on a funded debt, is perfectly an original invention, and being no less ingenious than important, the author hopes to be rewarded with a special act of grace, admitting him to rank in the "Order of Modern Justice," if no higher. If not so rewarded, he hereby gives notice, that he insists on his right to a patent.
If the invention takes with the Public, as it deserves, he intends to complete the idea by funding a King on the funded Nobility, and shall then expect an advancement to the "Order of Scrip."
ARCHIMEDES.
P.S. As it may have happened, that the laudable passion of getting other people's money, and spending their own, has lately pushed a number of worthy adventurers into extravagancies, degrading them from their rank on the scale of wealth, whereby they may lose the promotion designed them, and impede the whole plan; it is therefore to be understood, that the list to be made out as above, shall have reference to the day of last; and all losses subsequent thereto, to be made up directly or indirectly, out of the fund appropriated to purchasing in the public debt, which will also have the advantage of lessening the reduction thereof. And it is conceived, that this relief to the sufferers will be the more proper, inasmuch as a great part of the people to be taxed therefor, were heretofore relieved in their distresses by that class of their fellow-citizens, who generously allowed them 2s. and in some instances as high as 2s. 6d. in the pound, for their certificates; and gratitude equally as justice, now requires all such people in turn to save their benefactors from the enormous loss of 20 or 25 per cent. On capitals whereon they had gained the moderate profit only of eight hundred or nine hundred per cent. A.
* Ch—rls—n.
PHILADELPHIA, May 12.
A correspondent, who has always considered the persons to whom the certificates of our national debt were originally issued, as grossly defrauded and injured by our government, proposes that each certificate in the new dress given to it in the Secretary's office, should have the following devices inscribed upon it, according to its denomination. 1. The bloody arm of a soldier. 2. The wooden leg of a soldier. 3. A soldier's heart pierced with a bayonet. 4. The broken heart of a widow of a whig of 1776. 5. A Continental Colonel's widow with 6 children, dining on a salted herring and two potatoes. 6. A Continental Major begging his bread with his family on his way to Kentucky. 7. A Continental Captain confined in jail for a debt of 40 shillings. 8. A speculator driving his carriage over a soldier on a pair of crutches, in the streets of Philadelphia. 9. A sloop sailing towards Charleston, belonging to Duer and Do. to buy up the certificates of the southern states at 2/6 in the pound. 10. A speculator galloping through the remote counties of every state and cheating the farmers out of their certificates. 11. A ship sailing towards Great-Britain with four millions of specie, being the annual interest of the national debt paid to European brokers. 12. A Coffee-house crowded with speculators (instead of millers and merchants) attending the sale of stock. 13. A coronet—a star and garter. 14. A sceptre, a crown, and a throne. 15. A ring to denote the irredeemability of the public debt, or that the evils produced by the certificates will have no end.
From the present degraded state of Royalty in Europe, its secret patrons in this country cannot possibly deduce any arguments in favour of American Kings and Princes. Princes in general are at present found to be mere spendthrifts, debauchees, horse-jockies, drunkards and bullies. By a remarkable dispensation of Providence, the existing race of Kings are generally idiots, sap-heads, gluttons, or loakers: and for want of energy in their individual character to enforce despotism, must gradually suffer their respective nations to glide into republicanism, both in form and substance.

Foreign Advices.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Saturday, March 17.
A LETTER from Strasbourg announced the flight of 15 officers of the 23d regiment.
A letter from the Accusateur Public of the Criminal Tribunal of the Department of Garde was read, stating that the standard of the Counter-Revolution is hoisted at Avignon and Carpentras, and that 8000 of the people of Marseilles are preparing to attack the town of Aries with 24 pounders, and a number of mortars.
Paris, March 17. By the seizure of the persons at Paisy, who were in the very act of forging the assignats, the nation has averted a serious calamity. The number they had ready for issue was immense. They had procured all the engravings in England, and had paid 400,000 livres for the expense of executing the plates, the paper, with the water-marks, &c. &c. but they had not begun to issue. There were no fewer than two hundred persons engaged in the scheme, all of whom are discovered, and it is not probable any of them will escape.
Vienna, March 6. The Turkish Envoy, on receiving the news of the Emperor's death, was moved to tears! His mission is ended by this unexpected event.
The late Emperor had reigned over his hereditary estates for two years and nine days, and had enjoyed the Imperial dignity for one year, four months, and twenty days.
L O N D O N, March 24.
The opening of the German Diet, for the election of an Emperor, is fixed for the 12th of July next. It is not yet known whether or not the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel will persist in his application to be appointed a ninth Elector. The extent of his territories, and the number of his troops seem to entitle him to this distinction; but he will probably be opposed by the Ecclesiastical Electors, who consider that the fewer the Electors, the greater is their own consequence.
Of those most interested in the lamented death of Leopold, his sister the Queen of France certainly will feel on every account with the greatest sensibility of sorrow. She has lost in him the sole preserver of her life and honour. The terror of his vengeance alone prevented her explosion, or perhaps assassination, in the furious struggles of the Revolution.
Letters were, a few days since, received from Lisbon. They state, that the Queen continues as much indisposed as ever, and that the people were not satisfied with the conduct of their Ministers before, but particularly since, her illness. Spain had obtained considerable influence in the Portuguese Councils, and some privileges of the English merchants had been abolished, nor was that countenance given to them which they formerly enjoyed, in consequence of which commerce was something hurt, and great murmuring prevailed.
On Saturday night, at 11 o'clock, Lord Grenville received a formal despatch from Sir Robert Murray Keith, his Majesty's Minister at Vienna, acquainting him with the sudden death of the Emperor of Germany.
Our letters from Paris, just received, make mention of a circumstance which is not altogether irrelevant to the subject in question. As soon as the news of the Emperor's answer to the French was known, the mad mob of Paris, encouraged by their mad leaders, insolently caricatured the Emperor, and loaded him with all the opprobrious emblems, and all the tokens of ridicule, which their heated imagination could suggest: They carried his head in triumph upon one of their newly fabricated pikes, under the very windows of the King, roaring out in chorus, like beasts in the wilderness, La Guere a l'Empereur! War with the Emperor! The women yelling like furies, joined in the infernal concert; and the Jacobins—
"Grinning horribly a ghastly smile, applaud'd with all their might the performance."
March 29. The Margrave of Hesse-Cassel sold his Malefactor to the French Emigrants at four Louis d'Ors a head. They were incorporated with a regiment, and three villages have been burnt and plundered in the neighbourhood of their quarters.
A letter from Dresden says, the death of the Emperor has determined the Elector of Saxony to accept of the succession of the Crown of Poland. The truth of this account is very much to be doubted.
United States.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON. May 9.
Mr. Paine's second part of the Rights of Man , combining principle and practice, is now in the press of this town. The copy was brought by Dr. Winship just arrived from London.
On the 5th instat, the County of York, consisting of sixteen Towns, met in Convention by their Delegates, on the important question of Separation; when after a full investigation of the subject, it was determined in the negative by yeas and nays: three Towns for, and thirteen against it.
May 9. A gentleman from New-York informs us, that a few days since a daring design was formed by the labourers who made the vaults, &c. of the branch bank of the United States, at New-York, to rob the chests of the same; but on the day preceding the night on which the plan was to be put in execution, one of the gang made a discovery of the plot, and the persons concerned in it, several of whom have been apprehended, and are secured in goal. The object was to force the doors, murder the persons who slept in the bank, and having plundered the vaults, the cash was to be conveyed to an armed boat, which was prepared for that purpose.
S A L E M, May 8.
WAR between FRANCE and SPAIN.
Captain William A. Perry, arrived at Marblehead, on Sunday night last, from St. Martin's, which place he left the 16th of April, and brings the following
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
That the day he failed, a brig arrived from St. Lucia, the master (James Greene) informed captain Perry, among many other gentlemen, in the public coffee-house in that place, that an English man of war arrived at St. Lucia the day before he left it, the commander of which informed the French commodore here that war was declared between France and Spain . This intelligence was communicated by captain Green in the most public manner, so that no doubt of its truth was entertained at St. Martin's.
[Our readers will observe, that it is not mentioned where the English vessel arrived from which brought the above intelligence to St. Lucia. Whether this is a deficiency in captain Perry's account, or whether it is owing to the hurry in which our correspondent communicated it to us, we are uncertain. If we could possibly say she was immediately from England, it would give a stronger air of authenticity to the account.]
Captain Perry further informs, that he was detained at St. Martin's seven days, together with a number of other vessels from this way, (among which were captains Eldridge and Peters, of Salem; Stilson, of Plymouth; Ellery, of Cape-Ann, and —, of Beverly) owing to an incessant rain during that time, which filled the salt-ponds there, and it was said would prevent the making of salt for four or five years: That immense damage was done by the rain at St. Eustatia, the houses below the hill were filled with mud and water, to within two or three feet from the eves, and about 30 lives were lost there, by the inundation: That Baiseterre, St. Kitts, had suffered greatly from the same cause.
By captain Orne, in sixteen days from St. Kitts, we learn, that a few days before he failed, a very heavy rain fell at that Island. The dirt which was washed from the hill, filled the streets from two to six feet in height; people were obliged in general to dig three or four feet to get into their doors. All the stores on the bay were filled with sand, and immense quantities of goods were destroyed; many persons were washed into the surf off the shore, but only four were lost. At St. Kitts the rain did great damage, destroyed many plantations, and washed away almost every mill that went by water. The water rushed through the streets six feet in depth, and several houses were carried off, and upwards of fifty persons were washed into the sea and perished.
N E W - Y O R K.
N E W - Y O R K, May 15.
To the PUBLIC.
IN the Daily Advertiser of the 12th instat, there is a Report of a Committee of Congress, on the causes of the failure of the late Western Expedition, in which I am held up in a conspicuous point of view as a principal author of that calamitous event. I pledge myself to prove, at a proper period and before a proper tribunal, that the charges against me, as a Contractor, are ill-founded.—In the mean while, I will exhibit to the Public, in the Daily Advertiser, of Thursday next, a few palpable errors in this Report, in order that a proper judgment may be formed of this legislative mode of investigation.
WILLIAM DUER, late Contractor for the Troops on the Western Frontiers.
New York, May 13. 1792.
* In this Paper of the 17th instat, Mr. Duer's Strictures on the Report of the Committee of Congress on the Western Expedition have appeared. This performance is a further evidence of the masterly talents of the Author, and appears to be a satisfactory justification of his conduct as a Contractor.
G E O R G I A.
S A V A N N A H, March 29. THE SPECULATOR.
This moment the speculator passed the door. Clouds, when you rain, bleach him to the skin; when you hail, precipitate your heaviest globes of ices on his ill-omened pate. Thunder, when you break, break near him, shatter an oak, or rend a rock full in his view. Lightnings when you burst, shoot your electric streams close by his eyelids. Conscience, haunt him like a ghost, put by his curtains and give him a midnight look, stand a goblin before him when he is alone, copy in his hearing one of the yells of Tophet. If like Count Saxe, in the haunted castle, he should remain unappalled before such a foe in armor, draw a dagger to him, goad him, fire point with poison, direct it towards his heart, urge it home, reach his soul, and make him think. He may feel remorse and make amends for
his crimes. He met an orphan on the commons, strayed from the city. The poor little boy had not a rag to cover his body but a light thin coat. That unfeeling wretch tore it from the child's shoulders one evening in December, when winds and rains were pouring a deluge on the earth. This plunderer has a heart, but it has been hardened into steel. He may one day repent and give a whole suit to the orphan. Till then, ye snows, press him! Ye winds chill him! ye frosts, pinch him, freeze him! Robbers meet him, strip him, scourge him, rack him! He starved the fatherless and made naked the child without a mother. Many a speculator has done worse than this: Can any of us wonder there should be a hell, an eternal battle for the damned?
P E N N S Y L V A N I A.
P I T T S B U R G, May 19.
The Fort began last winter, at this place, stands on the Alleghany river, within about one hundred yards of the bank, on a beautiful rising ground, about one quarter of a mile higher up than the old garrison of Fort-Pitt.—It is completely stockaded in, and one range of barracks built, a block-house in one of the angles finished, and the remainder in forwardness. Captain Hughes, of the 2d United States' Regiment, commands the Fort, which, last Saturday, the 12th of May, was named Fort-Fayette. The ceremonial was as follows:—About two o'clock, the American flag of fifteen stripes was hoisted on the staff of 32 feet in height. The company assembled, consisting of the principal gentlemen of the town, were invited to a cold collation, and a glass of wine.—At the first toast, two pieces of ordnance were discharged, old double-fortified twelve-pounders, brought to this place originally by the French, then acquired by the British, and from them by us.—At these discharges the Fort received its name.—Then a treble discharge, in honour of the President of the United States, and fifteen rounds for the fifteen states.
Thursday last a detachment of troops arrived here, from the lower parts of this state, under the command of Captain Edward Butler.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, May 29.
We have the pleasure to communicate to the public, that letters have been received at the war-office, from Major Hamtramck, commanding at Port Vincennes, on the river Wabash, dated the 30th of March last, stating, that he had made a pacific agreement with the Wea and Bel river Indians, and expected that the Pyankeas would immediately become parties thereto. These tribes, with their subdivisions of villages, embrace a considerable part of the Wabash Indians, who have hitherto been hostile.
It would appear, from the information of the chiefs of the said tribes, that the Kickapoos of the Wea have removed to the Illinois river—but that if they should return to their former situation, the Wea and Bel river Indians have stipulated, that the said Kickapoos shall become parties to the agreement made with Major Hamtramck; or, that they themselves will drive them out of the country.
M A R Y L A N D.
B A L T I M O R E, May 29.
The Leyden Gazette , of the 2d of March, mentions, that the Emigrant French Princes were silently making every preparation for an Attack on Alsace , towards the End of April, or the Beginning of May.
On the 17th Instat, Doctor Smithe, a Deputy-Sheriff in West-Chester County, in the State of New-York, was barbarously assassinated, in the Execution of his Office, by a certain John Ryer, at De Lancey's Mills, who immediately fled from Justice; and for the apprehending of whom One Hundred Dollars Reward are offered, by the High-Sheriff of the County aforesaid.
V I R G I N I A.
N O R F O L K, May 26.
By two French ships arrived here in 45 days from France, we learn, that as soon as Count Florida Blanca was dismissed from the Court of Madrid, the Count d'Aranda, who accepted of the place of Minister, went to the public goal of that city, and, out of 52 state prisoners detained under the ill-grounded suspicions of Count Florida Blanca, or by the tribunal of policy, fifty were set at liberty without paying costs—that the same had been practised at other places where the State inquisition had been introduced—That the Junta Suprema of state is annihilated, and the Consejo Supremo of State is reintegrated.—That the King himself is to be President, and the Count d'Aranda Vice President.—That the tribunal of policy created by the ex-Minister, is also abolished, and another formed for the interior policy of Madrid and the Court. That there is no doubt but that Spain will return to those principles from which she ought never to have deviated, i. e. to look upon France as a natural ally, whose friendship cannot be departed from without exposing her to the same calamities she underwent before the treaty of Utrecht, and the introduction of a King of the Bourbon family.—That the Count de Cisneros, (who was President of Castille, and a friend to Florida Blanca) having died suddenly, the King appointed Don Juan d'Anzedorico, (an upright Magistrate) as Governor of that Council, to the general satisfaction of the people of Madrid.—That since the dismissal of Count Florida Blanca, (who is now retired near the town of Murica, in a convent of Franciscan Fryars) the Cnevalier de Burgoin, and

M d D'Artubey, the French Envoys, have settled at Court, and that Count d'Aranda has promised that every satisfaction shall be given to the grievances of the French nation, and of individuals.--- That such a sudden change in Spain, and the death of Leopold have cut off the head and arms of the aristocratic party in France. The captains of the above ships further inform, that the assignats had taken a rate, and for a discount of 16 or 18 per cent. hard money may be had--- That the King, the Queen and the Prince-Royal of France were the only persons allowed to wear mourning for the death of the Emperor, who had, by her artful and hostile measures, incurred the hatred of the French nation---the Priests, the Fanatics, and Nobles excepted.
P E T E R S B U R G, May 17.
Several alarming accounts have been received in this town, of a very dangerous insurrection among the Negroes on the Eastern-Shore of Virginia; the particulars of which we have not been able to obtain.---Reports state, to the amount of about 900, assembled in different parties, armed with muskets, spears, clubs, &c. and committed several outrages upon the inhabitants. A favourite servant of Colonel Savage, who had joined them, took his horse and some money from him, and treated him in a very insolent manner.---Caleb, a Negro, the property of Mr. Simkins, was to command this banditti; he was also a favourite servant of his master, and had long lived in the capacity of an overseer.---A barrel of musket-balls, about 300 spears, some guns, powder, provisions, &c. have already been discovered and taken; the spears, it is said, were made by a Negro blacksmith on the Eastern-Shore. A considerable number of the Negroes have been taken, and it is expected will be hanged. The militia have turned out, and are obliged to keep constant guard.
It appears by a letter, which has been lately discovered, in Norfolk, from one of the Negroes on the Eastern-Shore, that they had concerted a plan with the Negroes about Norfolk and Portsmouth, to commit some violent outrages in and about those two towns. The letter states, that 600 of them were to cross over the bay, at a certain time in the night, and when they arrived in these towns, they were to be joined by the Negroes in that neighbourhood, they then meant to blow up the magazine in Norfolk, and massacre the inhabitants. Since the discovery of this letter, a guard of fifty men in each of the towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth, has been regularly kept up; several Negroes have been taken up on suspicion, and lodged in jail, and a number of guns have been discovered concealed under houses and other secret places, all loaded, most of which were English muskets with fixed bayonets. It is hoped that a timely check will be given to this alarming outrage.
The present unguarded situation of our country renders the above circumstances more particularly interesting---and it is hoped will be a means of urging our rulers to make some speedy and effectual provision for arming and organizing the militia, which for three years past has been most shamefully neglected, and has left us almost destitute of every means of defence.
M A R T I N S B U R G, JUNE 5.
On Thursday se'nnight The President of the United States set out from Mount-Vernon for Philadelphia.
A Richmond Paper, of the 26th instant, mentions the death of Col. Alexandria M'Gillivray , the celebrated Chief of the Creek Nation.
Late English papers say, that Lord Cornwallis is recalled from India to be succeeded by Lord Macartney: and the Lord knows who will be the conqueror of India, if he should not succeed.---Commodore Cornwallis is also to relinquish his command in the Indian seas.
The President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, has made the following appointments and promotions in the army of the United States.
I N F A N T R Y.
APPOINTED. William Powers, captain, Pennsylvania, vice Guthrie, declined. William Lowder, ditto, Virginia, vice Biggs, declined. William Rickard, lieutenant, North-Carolina, vice Sumner, declined. Hartman Leitheizer, ensign, Pennsylvania, vice Kelso, declined.
C A V A L R Y.
APPOINTED. Jediah Rodgers, captain, New-York, vice Craig, declined. Henry Bowyer, Virginia, vice Manning, declined.
PROMOTED. William Wiston, ditto, ditto, vice Watts, declined. Tarlton Fleming, lieutenant, ditto, vice Wiston, promoted.
APPOINTED. John Webb, jun. cornet, ditto, vice Fleming, promoted.
S U R G E O N S M A T E S.
APPOINTED. Joseph Strong, Connecticut, vice Elmer, declined. Joseph Andrews, Massachusetts, vice Mease, declined. John C. Wallace, Pennsylvania, declined.
THE EQUIVOQUE.---A jockey, lately selling a nag to a gentleman, at Glasgow, frequently observed, with much earnestness, "that he was an honest horse!---After the purchase, the gentleman asked him "what he meant by an honest horse? "Why I'll tell you "replied the jockey---" whenever I rode him, he always threatened to throw me, and d-n me if he deceived me."
STRAYED from the Subscriber about three weeks ago, a spotted black and white COW, of the Mule breed. When she went off, she was in very good order. Whoever gives me information of her, or brings her home, shall have One Dollar Reward.
FLORENCE MAHONY.
Martinsburg June 2, 1792.
THE UNEQUAL CONFLICT.
A P O E M:
Dedicated to the honorable Memory of the BRAVE OFFICERS and PRIVATES, who fell nobly, in Defence of their Country, in the late Engagement with the INDIANS, under the Command of his Excellency General ST. CLAIR, November 4th, 1791.
Oh my muse, what numbers will thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join d! Methinks I hear the Drum's tumultuous sound, The Victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise.
ADDISON.
AUSPICIOUS Muse! endure my feeble hand With art to prompt, and power to command, The throb of Sympathy expand the breast, And reach the soul what 'tis to be distress'd: What 'tis to share in anguish not its own, Anguish too keen to be endur'd alone, Such as displays itself in ev'ry tear Shed by the Mother---Widow---Friend sincere; For those dear ties by Savage Indians slain In Great St. Clair's unfortunate Campaign. And may these lines, which now my pen employ, Excite that pity which, to feel, is joy; And kindle, in each manly breast, a flame Of Martial fire; and a thirst for fame: Unfulfilled fame! the Hero's certain prize: A Soldier's honest fame, which never dies. To check the savage tribes, the brave St. Clair Led on his gallant troops, estrang'd to fear, Thro' wilds untrod by fell beasts of prey And the wild Indian, fiercer far than they. Inveterate hatred, inbred, guides his hands To blood and slaughters on our frontier lands: To pour destruction on the sons of peace (Unless extirpated) he ne'er will cease. Upon the margin of St. Mary's flood (Where the rude foe lay thirsting for their blood) St. Clair's brave troops encamp'd, in bright array: Form'd in two lines those gallant soldiers lay. Each line well officer'd from front to rear: Commanded well, by souls who knew not fear. The right by Butler, Patterson and Clark, The left by Gaither, Bedinger and Darke: And sev'ral more, too many, here, to name, All candidates for Military fame. Mean time the savages, in ambush, lay Around their camp, until the dawn of day. Long e'er day dawn'd (a custom with St. Clair) The troops were exercis'd with silent care. But, "e'er the Sun advanc'd his burning eye" "The day to cheer, or night's dank dew to dry" The troops dismiss'd---their arms upon the ground, Loud savage yells made all the woods resound: The Fed'ral troops, rous'd by those dire alarms, Like vet'rns, grasp the ready pointed arms, And stand resolv'd to conquer or to die, While o'er their heads the fed'ral banners fly: The gallant leaders of the fed'ral troops Inspire their men with animating hopes Of certain conquest, and with martial air To charge the savages they all prepare. The painted Chieftain's too, with horrid speech, Inflame the tribes conven'd beneath the beech; Who by fierce gestures the discourse approve And silent---to the bloody conflict move. A greater contrast never was beheld Than was exhibited in this dread field. Here White-men strive for mankind's gen'ral good; There---Indians thirst, and pant for human blood. The savage band, with fury, now unite, And on the rear commence the bloody fight: Where the Militia for some time refuse To yield---but now th' impetuous foe pursues And streams of warm hearts-blood the ground bedews. The fugitives, press'd hard, forsake the rear, Rush thro' the lines and spread confusion there; But Butler's troops, with Clark's, devoid of fear, Repulse the Savage in his full career, And in that instant, front, and flanks and rear, Are all attack'd at once, and now they fear They are enclos'd, for, from each point, the rear Of Musketry resounds, and bullets pour. Our brave Battalions, eager for the fray, Now press the legions which around them lay: Firmly resolv'd the victory to gain, Or die with honour on the sanguine plain. The ranks grow thin---the conteit now grows hot, And whole platoons are kill'd upon the spot: A bold charge now, is made by Col'nel Darke, Where piles of dying foes, his footsteps mark: Three hundred yards recede the savage band; Then, re-inforc'd, wheel round and make a stand, And, with shrill screams of wild terrific sound, Regain, once more, the long disputed ground: Each side, by turns, commands the hard fought field, The fed'ral troops, tho' few, disdain to yield. The left wing, now, reluctantly gives way, By num'rous hosts o'erpow'r'd, who spread dismay And devastation round---Now Great St. Clair Commands a charge, by Clark and Butler, there. Long time the fate of this important day Hung in suspense, in this unequal fray; But now a deluge of the savage crew Pour in their shot on the remaining few: Few tho' they are, their ground they still maintain Till their brave officers are mostly slain. Ah! there's a stroke the stoutest heart appalls, The brave, the noble, gen'rous Butler falls: He falls with honor, and his foes revere His dauntless courage; while his friend, sincere, Who sees him drop, lets fall a mental tear. The second Regiment now must fall or flee: Its officers are all cut off but three, And four brave men of the Artillery.
There Majors Ferguson, and Bradford die, Brave Spear and Ford; all near each other lie; Here Morgan, Bines, Debuts, and Captain True- man, Hart, Kirkwood, Phelon, Warren, Balth and New- man
Lie kill'd and wounded on the mbattled plan Among their troops, who now resist in vain--- Bravely resist the wild, infernal band: Not one disputes his General's command: Tho' Death---grim Monarch! reigns thro' all the field
In various forms, those Worthies scorn to yield. What do I see? Brave Kelso also slain! How cruel is Death's temporary reign! Behold M'Kickle, Ensign Purdy too, Brave Anderson and Lukins; hears as true As ever march'd, in arms, to meet the foe: Now bath'd in blood---Fate had decreed it so. There, lies brave Cribbs and Smith, among their men
Here, Purdy, Piatt and Van Swearingen: Tipton and Price, M'Math, Boyd, Reeves and Doyle, With Major Butler, Gibson too and Lyse. Promiscuous pile! some wounded; others dead Too brave, the base-born coward's path to tread. There great Malartie lies---he bleeds apace, And near him Doctor Greacon lies, an base--- Both dead. What! Col'nel Darke among the dead! Oh no! he breathes---he raises up his head: A braver officer was never known Ha! life, sure issu'd with that dreadful groan 'Twas Ensign Brooks---Brave Burgess too is dead: On a dead soldier reclines his head. Here Col'nel Sargent lies---but still alive, And to regain his feet does often strive: It grieves his noble soul, tho' wounded sore, To lie inactive 'till the conflict's o'er. Lieutenant Greacon and the brave M'Chrea 'Mongst heaps of dead, both sorely wounded lay. Brave Captain Darke, Buchanan, Crawford too Are deeply wounded by the savage crew. Two Ensigns, Cobb and Wilson, bravely die, Scorning to yield; or yet like cowards fly. Lieutenant Cummings, Thompson too, and Reid, And Ensign Moorhead's wounds profusely bleed. What youth is this who's dead, yet smiling, lies? His features seem familiar to my eyes: Ha! What! 'Tis he---it is the very same Drop pen!---What! can I then record that name? So well known once---yet now---alas! no more, His soul, e'er this, has reach'd a happier shore: There, with great Butler's, 'twill explore the sky In quest of Wolfe and brave Montgomery. For souls congenial to rds each other move Anxious to meet in harmony and love Lamented Beatty! on thy youthful brow Sat smiling mirth---Alas! how alter'd now: A death-wing'd bullet pierc'd thy virtuous breast, And sent thy soul to everlasting rest. Adieu! Blest shade! to me, thy mem'ry's dear, And to thy *****. Ha! why dropt that tear? He fell with honor in his country's cause, And when he fell, the savage yell'd applause: Then peace my heart---his honor lives in death, His courage never fail'd but with his breath. Honor! immortal honor crowns the head Of each who on the blood stain'd field lie dead, Nor shall the brow of him who has surviv'd, Of the immortal laurel be depriv'd; Each bore a part in this unequal fight, A share of glory, then, is but his right. Nor must the brave Militia be forgot, Who wounded fell, or dead upon the spot. Their worthy names shall first of all be told, Who, glorious fate! are with the dead enrol'd Brave Oldham fell---with Lemon by his side, Briggs and Montgomery---all nobly died Those are the slain---the wounded now come on, Two Captains---Thomas first, and Maddison: Stagner and Owens both Lieutenants were, Throughout this conflict they partook a share: Walters and Gano each receiv'd a wound Which left them prostrate on the fatal ground; Where, besides those whom my weak pen describes, Were slain six hundred by the savage tribes, Whose num'rous hosts, not courage, bore away The palm of vict'ry 'till another day. Now when St. Clair found all attempts were vain His troops to rally to the charge again; And that resistance did but urge their fate, Prudently order'd (e'er it was too late) To make a feint, then strive the road to gain And to retreat, e'er any more were slain This was perform'd, and by the setting Sun They reach'd the fort, by him, call'd Jefferson Fatigu'd with marching, there they rest a while After a day in slaughter spent, and toil Not long they rested, for renown'd St. Clair Commanded them for marching to prepare, To lose no time, for 'twas resolv'd upon To march directly to fort Washington. At ten o'clock that night they march'd away; Nor halted once until the dawn of day: Perhaps in garrison they will remain Till, re-inforc'd, they take the field again. Ye valiant youth, with indignation fir'd, Step forward now, with virtuous zeal inspir'd; Defy all danger, and abandon fear, And each brave soul turn out a volunteer Nor fear to face the savage-hearted crew Because a multitude have slain a few; For face to face those few they fear'd to fight, But, coward-like, crept round them in the night. May those brave men who, for their country's good, And in our cause, have freely spent their blood, Be your examples, like them never fly; But nobly conquer or more nobly die.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
THE PARTING GLASS.
[Written at an Inn]
THE man that joins in life's career, And hopes to find some comfort here; To rise above this earthly mass, 'The only way's to drink his glass.
But still on this uncertain stage Where hopes and fears the soul engage; And while amid the joyous band Unheeded flows the measur'd sand. Forget not, as the moments pass, That Time shall bring the parting glass.
In spite of all the mirth I heard, This was the glass I always fear'd— The glass that would the rest destroy, The farewell cup—the close of joy.
With you, whom reason taught to think, I could for ages, sit and drink: But with the fool, the sot, the ass, I haste to take the farewell glass.
The luckless wight, that still delays His drink of joy to future days— Delays too long—for then, alas! Old Age steps in, and breaks the glass.
The nymph, who boasts no borrow'd charms, Whose sprightly wit my bosom warms, What tho' she keeps this country inn, And mixes grog, or deals out gin;— With such a kind, obliging lass I sigh to take the parting glass.
With him who always plods on scrip, Nor throws off care to take a sip. The wretch who thrives by others woes And scatters grief where'er he goes With people of this knavish class The first is still my parting glass.
With those that drink before they dine— With him that acts the grunting swine, Who sits his page with low abuse, And strives to act the gabbling goose, Turn'd out by fate to feed on grass— Boy, give me quick the parting glass.
The man, whose friendship is sincere, Who feels no guilt, and knows no fear: It would require a heart of braise With him, to take the parting glass!
With him, who loves a pot of ale; Who holds to all an even scale, Who hates a knave in each disguise, And fears him not—what'er his size— With him, well pleas'd my days to pass, May Heaven forbid the PARTING GLASS.
PROGRESS OF AN ENGLISH SPECULATOR— Not to say an American
WE give you, SPECS, a little note For you to look upon— That you may see your brethren's fate, Who're now in GOAL—or GONE— To Pot.
Monday—bought in. Tuesday—was possessed of thousands. Wednesday—made a new arrangement in my house-hold. Thursday—set up my equipage. Friday—went to the Ball. Saturday—to Prison—and Sunday—left ALONE to meditate on the vicissitudes of life.
OF COURTS.
A cautious, prudent man, requested his friend, an old lawyer, to inform what were the requisites to ensure success, in case he should ever go to law.—First, replied the sage, you should have plenty of money. Secondly, a good clear cause. Thirdly, a skilful and eloquent lawyer. Fourthly, an honest and intelligent jury. Fifthly, a learned and upright judge. Sixthly, and lastly, you should have—GOOD LUCK.
AN ANECDOTE OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA. OLD Frederick had a great opinion of the utility of experience.—A very young graduate presented a petition requesting his majesty would appoint him a supreme general. The king wrote under his petition—"Turn to your Bible, and in the tenth chapter and fifth verse of the second book of Samuel, you will find it thus written: "Tarry at Jericho until your beard is grown, and then come again."
AN Election will be held at the Court-House on the Twelfth day of next Month, for the purpose of electing three proper persons to act as Overseers of the Poor in the district on the Western side of Opecken. And on the same day an Election will be held in Mecklenburg for the purpose of electing three proper persons to act as Overseers of the Poor in the district on the Eastern side of Opecken. All persons intitled to vote, are desired to attend.
G. CUNNINGHAM, Sheriff.
May 22.
WANTED TO HIRE, An active, smart
Negro MAN,
(For one year) to act in the capacity of an Hoffer &c. Inquire of the Printer hereof.
STRAYED from the Subscriber on the 13th inst. living near Talcrova Meeting-House, two Cows, both forward with calf—one about 6 years old, with a crop off the left ear, her colour black, with a star in her forehead, and some white on her hind quarters—the other about 3 years old, of a brindle colour on the sides, a white face, some white on her hind quarters, across her shoulders, and about half her tail, and has small horns. Whoever will give information to me of said Cows, so that I get them again, shall have Two Dollars reward.
DAVID BEATTY.
Woodstock-Town, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Foot of Laurel Hill.
THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his Christian Friends of every denomination, that in laying out the said Town he has reserved for them Lots for the purpose of erecting places of Public Worship, which he intends to convey to them gratis, together with a number of other Lots, provided they accept the same by a written order of their Church or Churches, to be furnished me before the Lottery for said Town Lots is drawn. He also informs the Purchasers of Lots in said Town, that on the flat lands on each side the same, he has laid out 50 out-lots of three acres each, which will be reserved for the 50 first improvers and settlers in said Town, and conveyed to them at a low price not exceeding three dollars per acre, who are to have choice by rotation, as they improve and settle; the situation of the above said Town Seat is beautiful, well watered, healthy and pleasant, and very near the centre of the county, and on the principal road or chief carrying place from old Fort Cumberland, on the river Potowmac, to Red-Stone old Fort, on the Monongahalia River. The advantageous situation for choice either of Eastern or Western trade, in the midst of a fertile country, renders it of consequence, a suitable seat for manufactory, of almost every kind; it has some peculiar advantages of lasting streams for water-works and building materials, &c. I expect the Lottery will be drawn some time in June or July next; the place where is not yet fixed on, but when it is, it will be published in the Gazette, some time before, by the public's most obedient and very humble servant,
JOHN HOPWOOD.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, held for Berkeley County, the 16th day of August, 1791. Executors of William Mumford, Compt. } In vs } Chancery. Executors of Martin Keyser, Deft.
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 not inhabitants of this County: On the motion of the Complainants, by their Counsel, Ordered That the said Defendants do appear here on the third Tuesday of June next, to answer the bill of the Complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published 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, MOSES HUNTER, C.B.C
4 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from off my plantation, about the 7th of October last, a dark brown Mare, 7 years old, near 14 hands high, branded W on the near shoulder, trots all, was shod before, and was with foal when she went away. Whoever takes up said Mare, and will return her to me, shall have the above reward, and necessary charges.
WILLIAM MAXWELL.
Dry Run, Berkeley County, May 6, 1792.
Lands for Lands.
TO BE DISPOSED OF,
FOUR Hundred Acres of Land, (called MAHON'S) lying on Buffalo-creek, Monongalia County, upon which there are upwards of 40 acres of the best meadow, a good mill seat and spring, and the land equal to any on the Western waters.
Three Hundred and eighty-four acres adjoining, below, on same creek, a large proportion of meadow, and a good spring, the upland equal, which is held by settlement-right, and a general warrantee will be given.
One Thousand Acres on the Dunkard-mill run, a branch of said creek, held by preemption-right, of equal quality to the above, and the same warrantee will be given, all lying from 14 to 25 miles from Morgan-Town, and from 3 to 11 miles from Monongalia river—the State road from Morgan-Town to the little Kenhawa passes near or through the said land.
One Thousand Acres on Bingerma's creek, held by preemption-right, a great proportion of meadow, and well watered, which lies in the same county, the upland of good quality, about 10 miles farther from Morgan-Town.
One thousand acres on the little Kenhawa, about 14 miles from the mouth of said river, held by an old location on treasury-warrant, the land also very rich.
Any property in the counties of Berkeley or Frederick, negroes, or good bonds, will be taken in payment.
DAVID GRAY.
Berkeley, April 25, 1792.
J. & J. Riddle,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED,
A neat and general Assortment (At the RED STORE, MARTINSBURG) of DRY and WET
G O O D S,
A part of which are the following articles, viz.
WHITE and brown Sheeting, 1/2, 2/4, and yard-wide Irish Linens, Plain and striped Ticking, Dowlas, striped Holland, Ticklinburgs, Oznaburgs, and Twilled Bagging, Plain, cross-hard, and needle-wrought Muslins, Muslin Handkerchiefs, Chintzes, Calicoes, Furniture ditto, Cambricks and Lawns, Mens' and Womens' Cotton and Thread Stockings, Apron Check, Shawls, Silk, Cotton, and Linen Handkerchiefs, Superfine, fine and coarse Cloths, Cassimeres, Corduroys, Thicksets, Striped Nankeens, Fustians, Jeans, figured Vest Patterns, Moreens, Durants, Camblets, Wild Boars, mixed Crape, Mens' and Womens' fine and coarse Hats,
BAR-IRON, Steel Castings, Smoothing-Irons, Wool, Cotton, and Tow Cards, Coffee-Mills, Knives and Forks, Looking Glasses, Fiddles and Fiddle Strings, Sadlery assorted, Files, Augers, HL and Chest Hinges, Brushes assorted.
SPIRITS, Rum, Whisky, Port and Teneriffe Wines, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Coffee, Best Hyson and Bohea Teas, Chocolate, Raisins, Ginger, Allspice, Pepper, Madder, Allum, Copperas, Indigo, Redwood, Powder, Shot, and Lead.
ALL which they are determined to sell on the most reasonable terms, for ready pay. They will receive all kinds of produce, and give generous prices.—They flatter themselves that they will be able to please those who may think proper to deal with them.
MAY 4. 1792.
Daniel Buckius, Clock and Watch Maker,
From FREDERICK-TOWN,
MOST respectfully informs the Public, that he has established himself in the above line of business in this town. He repairs Clocks and Watches in the best manner, on the most reasonable terms, and with the greatest expedition, at the house of Mr. PETER DEAL, senior.
Martinsburg April 26. 1792.