The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1792-10-29 00:00:00

The POTOMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1792.
[NUMBER 102—VOL 2.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
J. Riddle and Co.
ARE NOW OPENING,
At their Store in King Street, nearly opposite Mr. M c Knight's Tavern,
ALEXANDRIA,
A general Assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Received per the Powhatan, from London, and other vessels lately arrived at Baltimore;
Among which are
Broadcloths; coatings; kerseys; half-thicks; fearnoughts; Kendal cottons; flannels; rose and duffel blankets; yarn and milled stockings; worsted, silk and cotton ditto, kerseymires and vest patterns; Russia and Irish sheetings; 4-4 and 7-8 Irish linens; German and British osnaburghs; brown rolls and other coarse linens; scarlet and drab cardinals; a handsome assortment of lute-strings and mufllins; with a variety of Manchester Goods; which will be sold cheap, by wholesale or retail.
They have also on hand,
Rum in hogsheads; Coffee in barrels and bags; sugar in barrels; coarse and fine salt; hyson, hyson-skin and bohea teas; powder, shot and bar-lead, &c. &c.
Alexandria, Sept. 26, 1792.
Patrick Boyle,
Begs leave to inform the Public, that he has opened Store in MARTINSBURG, in the house of Mr. FREDERICK SNYDER, where he is furnished with
A neat assortment of
G O O D S,
Suitable for the Season,
Among which are the following, viz.
COARSE and fine Cloths, Coatings and Blankets, Chintzes, both wide and narrow. Calicoes, Moreens. Joan's Spining. Durants and Calimancoes, Silks. Sattins. Manteaus and Modes, Muslins. Lawns, and Cambricks, Velvets. Royal Ri's. Corduroys and Thicksets, A variety of Jacket Patterns of the newest fashion, Mens' and Women's Saddles and Bridles, A large assortment of fine Hats, Coarse and fine Hosiery. Irish Linens, Glass. Stone, Delph and Queens Ware, A good assortment of Hard Ware, Madeira, Lisbon, and Teneriff Wines, Jamaica Spirits and common Rum, Sugar, Coffee, and Chocolate, Hyson, Souchong, Hyson-skin, Green and Bohea Teas.
All which he will sell on the lowest terms, either for cash, or country produce.
October 22, 1792.
To the Freeholders and Electors of BERKELEY COUNTY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the first Monday in November next is the day appointed by act of Assembly, for them to meet at the Court-House of the said County, to vote for some person in the District of Frederick and Berkeley, to represent them in voting for a PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES. All persons having a right to vote for Assembly-Men, have a right to vote in the present case, and are required to attend under the same penalty; and no precept can be served on any person during the election.
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, Sheriff.
October 20, 1792.
STOLEN out of my pasture, on the night of the 21st instant, a bright sorrel Mare, between 3 and 4 years old, slender and handsomely made, natural trotter, was lately docked, branded on the near shoulder I. E.—she was never shod, has a thin mane, and shews English blood. Whoever will apprehend the thief, and secure the mare, so that I get her again, shall have FOUR DOLLARS reward. JOHN EVANS, Senior.
October 22, 1792.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, Martinsburg, which if not taken away before the first day of January next, will be returned to the General Post-Office as dead letters.
 A.) Robert Allison, care of Mr. Snyder.  B.) John Brown.  C.) James Crane.  D.) John Davenport.  F.) James Farlow, care of James Campbell.  G.) Patrick Gordon, care of Mathew and William Vanlear.  H.) James Harken.  K.) William Kyle, care of Michael M c Kewan.  M.) Lewis Moore, James Maxwell, Andrew Mc Donald.  P.) Thomas Peterkin.  R.) Monsieur Rontgen. A French Letter.  S.) John Sherrard.  W.) William Wilson. 
DAVID HUNTER, P. M.
October 20, 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 Bingerman'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.
12m.
BERKELEY COUNTY: to wit, NOTICE is hereby given, that a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass changing the quarterly term of the County Court of Berkeley, from the third Tuesday in June, till the third Tuesday in May, in each year, it being the time on which the said quarterly term was formerly held, the late change being found very inconvenient to the people of the County.
By order of the Court, Teste, MOSES HUNTER, c. c.
BERKELEY COUNTY: to wit, NOTICE is hereby given, that a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass changing the quarterly term of the County Court of Berkeley, from the third Tuesday in November, till the third Tuesday in October in each year, it being the time on which the said quarterly term was formerly held, the late change being found very inconvenient to the people of the County.
By order of the Court, Teste, MOSES HUNTER, c. c.
Foreign Advices.
Received by the latest arrivals from Europe.
PARIS, August 14.
NOTHING transpires concerning the conduct of the king and queen in their new habitation, the temple, and indeed there is very little enquiry concerning them. They are lodged in an upper suit of apartments, the height of which as a security against escapes, doubtless made a considerable part of the national policy.
The commissioners sent to the armies found the country unanimously and warmly in favor of the National Assembly, during as much of their journey as they have given an account of, but their relation does not extend to their arrival in the camps. In this city, the military spirit begins to increase, and five hundred men have just been in a body to the National Assembly, requesting that they may form the first battalion in the camp of Paris. The levies to be made by the departments also proceed very rapidly.
Disposition of the Armies.
For the three last days, the most alarming apprehensions have been entertained concerning the armies. To such a degree are men's imaginations heated, that yesterday all Paris were in the persuasion for several hours, that La Fayette was within a few leagues of the capital.
August 20.
Yesterday, in consequence of suspicions and discoveries, all the queen's attendants were removed from the temple to the commons-house, for which, after undergoing an examination, they were conducted to the Hotel de la Force.
To prevent any sudden surprise, in or near the capital, a camp, which is to consist of 40,000 men, is about to be formed under the walls of Paris. Equipage for the camp, and all necessaries are providing, and 500,000 livres are ordered to be paid from the national treasury to the executive power to defray the expence.
Forty Savoyards have deserted from the army of the king of Sardinia, and presented themselves, with their arms and baggage, to one of the French generals.
A Prussian officer has left the army of the princes, and offered his services to the national assembly.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
August 15.
The expected siege of Thionville.
M. Merlin announced to the assembly, that perhaps at that very moment the trenches were obtained before Thionville, the Prussians and the Austrians are masters of the post of Rhodemark. The committee of inspection have more than 400 letters, which prove, that the place, and the time of the attack, were known at Paris; and that the centre of intelligence, the conspirators of Coblenz, was at Paris—He moved, that the wives and the children of those who have fled, as well as Louis XVI. should be detained as hostages, to answer for events.—This was decreed.
M. Duquesnoy added, that the council of the king consisted of 300, and that many of the national assembly were of that number.—It was decreed, that M. Duquesnoy should give in the names of those members to the committee; and that all the horses found in the stables of the fugitives, should be seized for the light horse.
The reporter of the extraordinary commission informed the assembly, that the king's civil list had been consumed in keeping up a vast number of writers, the names and objects of whose writings he gave a list. While this being read, the assembly interrupted him by pronouncing the following decree in a transport of rage!—The assembly decrees, that the fathers, the mothers, the wives, and children of emigrants, shall be put in a state of arrest, and be kept as hostages for the ills which the emigrants will produce in France.
Soon after a decree of accusation passed against Mess. Barnave and Alexander Lameth, and Mess. Duport, Dutterte, Bertrand, Duportail, and M. Montmorin.
August 16.
M. Merlin announced, that the Prussians had been driven from the town of Sierck by Marshal Luckner. That the enemy while in possession of the town, had committed many excesses who marked out certain victims, and the houses to be burnt and pillaged; and that a spy had been taken, and is now in the prison of Thionville.
Great part of this day was taken up in deputations.

UNITED STATES.
BOSTON, October 10.
Frederick, the Great, used to say, that if a man wished for a delightful dream, it should be, that he were King of France.—But Louis XVI. could tell him were he alive, "that uneasy lies the head that wears his crown."
CHARLESTON, (S. C.) October 2.
Yesterday several letters were received in town from the western frontier of Georgia, which inform that the Indians are perpetually committing petty depredations in that part of the country; and, that a formidable invasion is hourly expected.
Captain Roberts has advanced about eighty miles from the Rock Landing to a situation between the territories of the Creeks and Cherokees, where he is busily employed in erecting block-houses. Some Indians having lately stolen ten horses from the inhabitants on the Georgia side of the Oconee, Capt. Roberts ordered a detachment of his troops in pursuit of them; they came up with the Indians, and had a small engagement with them in which one of the soldiers was wounded.
HALIFAX, (N. C.) Sept. 12. Extract of a letter from the Territory of the United States south of Ohio, of a late date.
"The Cherokee and Creek Indians have been continually, through the whole summer, committing hostilities and depredations on the settlements of Cumberland—a white woman and three children were purchased in the month of July, by a trader in the Creek nation, for 1400 lb. of deer-skins, and brought to Knoxville. She had been taken from a station near Bledsoe's Lick, on Cumberland, where four white men were killed and several persons taken prisoners, who may not all be fortunate enough to be ransomed from torture and Indian barbarity. Several persons were killed and wounded in the months of June and July, and a great number of horses taken off from the very vicinity of Nashville."
PHILADELPHIA, October 20.
A gentleman at Fort-Franklin in a letter dated September 27, writes thus to his friend in this city: "We are in great expectations of a peace by spring. CORNPLANTER with 139 Warriors from the Seneca tribes, from the Miamies, the Massafagues, &c. set off about 20 days ago for the hostile tribes, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain a permanent peace. If he does not meet with success we may expect a bloody war."
Letters from Madrid announce the death of Count DE FLORIDA BLANCA. He expired on his way to a horrid dungeon that was yawning for him.
On Saturday the President of the United States, arrived in town from Mount Vernon, Virginia.
The following paragraph appears in the Boston Apollo of the 12th instant, "By Capt. Aigre who is arrived at Kennebec in thirty days from Liverpool, we are informed, that accounts had been received from France, just prior to his sailing, that the king of the French was beheaded."
"We feel for the situation of our country (says a letter from S. Carolina) in finding our frontiers insulted and our citizens murdered by a savage banditti, whose existence would at once be annihilated, were not our hands, in a manner tied from acting against them with the necessary vigour. Twelve hundred men, under the most experienced officers would instantly march into the midst of their territory, and lay all waste, were the proper authority once received for the purpose."
On the 8th of October arrived at New-York, in 22 days from Aux-Cayes, the sloop Friendship, Capt. Reeves, by whom we are informed, that affairs are at present in a state of tranquility. The whites were under the necessity of giving freedom to 2 chiefs and 800 negroes without the town, and to 200 negroes within, but would not give them the coffee and they demanded. A chief, with about 200 negroes would not accept freedom without land, and have retired to the mountains. The planters were to take possession of what settlements remained undestroyed the day the Friendship failed.
Many persons lately arrived from France, cannot help expressing their astonishment to find the accounts of French affairs, copied from British prints, so generally credited as they are; particularly those narratives of the horrid barbarities said to have been committed in France, and of the powerful opposition to the national proceedings. "They assert in the most positive terms, that the people are every where united—That notwithstanding the king has been proved to be a traitor, the tumults in Paris have never been of consequence enough to draw off the tradesmen and manufacturers of that city from their daily occupations—that the city was never in a more flourishing situation, and that the whole kingdom of France never experienced more prosperous days."
"Such was the situation of the frontiers of France, that the duke of Brunswick, with his army of 60,000 men, would not be able in a siege of six months to carry a single town; and if he should be so imprudent as to march but fifty miles into the country, his whole army must inevitably be sacrificed—or Burgoyne ."
The following is extracted from a letter received on Monday from Charleston:—"Capt. Robert Maxwell and a Spears, an Indian trader, are arrived here with despatches from Gen. Pickens and Col. Anderson, to the following purport: "That a ge-
neral Creek war may shortly be expected to take place; that the four lower Cherokee towns are hostily disposed, and will act in concert with the Creeks. A body of the Cherokees, Creeks, and Shawanese, in all about 500 men, are now out, and it is supposed will fall upon the settlements of Cumberland or Holstein. Col. Anderson has erected four block-houses on the frontiers. An old trader, by the name of Ramsay, with another trader, have been killed in the Creek nation, and a Mr. Shaw, an agent of Congress, narrowly escaped the same fate; and which was prevented by some Indian women, who gave Mr. Shaw timely notice thereof, so that he made his escape.—Gen. McGillivray is now at Pensacola—It is the opinion of the back country, that every Indian tribe from the Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico will, in the course of this winter, be in the state of warfare with the United States."
A gentleman at Fort-Franklin, in a letter to his friend in this city, relates the following occurrence, which must impress the mind of the reader with a conviction, that Cornplanter and his nation very firmly adhere to the interest of the United States, notwithstanding the unprovoked enormities committed by some of our frontier banditti, upon individuals of his tribe:
"Not long before Cornplanter left his nation to be the bearer of a pacific message to the hostile tribes, two Seneca men and a boy, on their return home from hunting, passed through one of the Genesee settlements.—Having occasion to light their pipes, and not being supplied with the materials which Indians generally carry for the purpose, they put down their bundles and went into a house where there were several men, and approached the fire. The foremost of them stooping to light his pipe, received a blow on the back of the neck, from one of the white ruffians armed with an ax, which killed him on the spot. The other Indian fled, but not before he received a wound in one of his shoulders from the same person, who shut the door at his heels, and did not pursue him."
The wounded Indian and boy continued their journey until the pain of the former called their attention. They dressed it with success and it was fast healing, when the unfortunate Indian was bit by a snake of which accident he died. Cornplanter, on hearing this act of unprovoked cruelty, requested his warriors to remain quiet, and not to seek revenge, adding, however, that it was hard, when they were endeavouring to make peace for us, that they should be rewarded by unjustifiable conduct, and further, that he could govern his warriors and young men better than the thirteen fires could theirs."
Extract of a letter from Knoxville, dated Sept. 27.
"By an express which reached Governor Blount, at three o'clock, A. M. the 11th inst. it appears, that notwithstanding all his exertions in behalf of the United States, the five lower towns of Cherokees have resolved for war."
"There is the best reason to believe, a party, consisting of from between three to five hundred men, of whom one hundred are said to be Creeks, under the immediate command of John Watts, one of the signers of the treaty of Holstein, left those towns on the 7th or 8th inst. with the avowed intention of committing depredations on the frontiers of this territory. On what particular part the stroke will fall, can by no means be foreseen, but the probability is on Cumberland, or this spot. Fortunately Cumberland has some troops on her frontiers for her defence, which may render the stroke, should it fall on that quarter, less dreadful, than it otherwise would be—and left it should be intended for Knox county, Governor Blount has ordered the whole of that regiment, consisting of upwards of eight hundred men into actual service, until the destination of Watts and his party shall be known."
"Watts has just returned from Pensacola, loaded with arms and ammunition; he was invited there through Panton, who visited the nation, it is said, for that purpose; he undoubtedly received the first impressions of war from Panton at Coyatee, by an Indian runner, during the time of the conference held at that place, in May last, with Governor Blount; at that conference he appeared to be the patron of peace and order, and the immediate friend of the Governor."
"On the 11th inst. a party of Indians fired on three of James Gillespie's sons, in his own yard, about 18 miles below Knoxville; one was killed and scalped, one made prisoner and a third, a small lad, escaped to a station. They also carried off several horses. The frontiers are under daily apprehensions of a general attack being made, from the number who are said to be disposed for war."
A merchant of this city, has received, from his correspondent in Charleston (by the Georgia Packet, arrived here on Monday last) a letter dated the 5th inst. which mentions that a vessel from France, arrived at Savannah, brings news to the first of September—that the Queen of France had been murdered; that the King and the Marquis de la Fayette were missing; that 5,000 of the people of Paris had been put to death (by what party the correspondent takes no notice;) and that the Duke of Brunswick and his army, were within 30 miles of Paris.
BALTIMORE, October 23.
M. DUMOURIER (called the Schemer) is appointed to command one of the French Armies, on the Frontiers of France, in the Room of M. LA FAYETTE.
Among the unfortunate Gentlemen, who lost their Lives at Paris, in the horrid Tumults of the 10th of August, were the eloquent M. CLERMONT DE TONNARE, (who was mistaken for the PRINCE DE POIX)
M. CARLE, a respectable Patriot, (who was shot through the Head) and a celebrated Navigator M. BOUGAINVILLE.—This great Naval-Officer was most inhumanly assassinated in the Champ Elysee, as he was walking with a Lady.
We are authorised to assure the public, says the Editor of the Federal Gazette, that the following is the purport of the information received from Governor Blount.
On the 11th of September last, he stated, that the Cherokees of the five lower towns on the Tennessee, headed by John Watts, had declared war against the United States, and that the warriors, according to various information, amounting to from three to five hundred, including about one hundred banditti Creeks, had set out upon some expedition against the Cumberland settlement.
That in consequence of this alarming intelligence, he had ordered one regiment of the militia of Washington district into actual service, and that he had also despatched an express to Miro district, on Cumberland river, with orders to Brigadier General Robertson to put his brigade in the best possible state of defence.
That the Cherokees had never complained to him of a single infraction of the treaty of Holstein, nor did he know of one committed by any citizen of the United States.
But on the 15th of September, he writes, that he had received letters from Esquaka, otherwise the Bloody Fellow, and the Glass, dated on the 10th of September, at the Look-out mountain town, informing, that they, with the assistance of John Watts and other head men, had prevailed with the party that had collected for war, to disperse and go peaceably to their hunting. That upon receiving this agreeable information, he had been induced to discharge the regiment of Knox, and to dispatch an express to General Robertson, of Miro district, with orders to discharge such of his brigade as might be in service under the orders of the 11th instant.
GEORGE-TOWN, October 13.
The corner stone of the President's house is to be laid this day at 12 o'clock, and the greater part of the materials being already on the spot, this edifice will be finished as expeditiously as the requisite attention to the security of the walls, in a building of such magnitude will permit.
RICHMOND, October 9.
By a letter from Kentucky, dated the 4th of August, we learn, that about a fortnight preceding, sixty Indians had crossed the Big River (Ohio) on a predatory expedition; on information of which, thirty men instantly turned out, and went in quest of their trail—and on the evening of the second day they came in sight of twelve of the enemy crossing the Rolling Fork;—it being then late, it was judged prudent to wait until morning to attack them. Before day-break the commanding officer sent forward six of his men to commence the action, while the remainder followed close in the rear—the van soon came up with the Indians, and a smart skirmish ensued, which continued until the main body of the Kentucky men came up; on which the Indians fled, with the loss of four killed and two badly wounded who remained on the field—the whites lost one man and had two slightly wounded.
MARTINSBURG, October 29.
In the National Assembly, August 15, M. Bazire read three letters found in the King's closet.—The first is a letter addressed to the King from Coblentz. It contains the state of the expense of the four companies of the King's Guard, whom he maintained at Coblentz. The second was a letter also addressed from Coblentz to M. de Poix to desire him to send to Messrs. Tourton and Ravel, the funds required for the expense of these Guards-de-Corps at Coblentz (M. de Poix, who is arrested, has acknowledged this letter.) The third is a detailed memoir on the same expense.—The Assembly ordered these letters to be printed.
The powers which are invading the kingdom of France, are under considerable embarrassments from the artifices practised by the French, who have by their emissaries, distributed among the Austrian and Prussian regiments, printed papers, in the German language, offering to all defectors a pension of 5l. per year, and two guineas in money. This had such an effect that the regiment of Württemberg, consisting of 800 men, went over in a body to the French early in August. They were ordered to march from Bruges to Mons, towns belonging to the emperor, in Flanders; but instead of taking the road to Mons, they set out for France. Among the Prussians, it is thought, desertion will be still more formidable. A regiment of cavalry, ordered by the Duke of Brunswick to march to Luxemburg, turned off for France, with their colonel and their officers at their head. A body of infantry attempted to oppose them, but they charged and rode over them. If this spirit continues, France will in a short time have a German army in her service. They say, in Flanders, that the Emperor has lost more than one third of his troops on that frontier by the sword and desertion.
The king of France was to receive a public trial on the 28th of August.
Extract of a letter from Charleston (S. C.) dated the 3d instant.
"A brig arrived from London, in thirty-eight days, at Savannah, does not confirm the assassination of the Queen of France, nor of the King of France be-

ing missing, but mentions a late riot in Paris, in which 5000 lives were lost."
A letter from French-Broad, dated September 19, says, "there are six hundred Indians out against this part of the country. They have killed two men of the name of Galleipe, who lived on Holstein, below Knoxville, and that Knoxville is evacuated."
The number of persons lately inoculated in Boston, is stated, in one of their papers, at nine thousand three hundred and eighty-four, of whom one hundred and ninety-eight died, which is in the proportion of about one to forty.
It is fact, that the demand for printing-paper has become of late so extensive in Pennsylvania and from other states that depend upon the Pennsylvania mills for a supply, that it can no longer be answered. It is hoped that a regard to the interests of literature in the United States, will induce the legislature to take some steps towards remedying this evil. Perhaps it will be found, that the taking off the present duty on foreign paper will be the only means, for some time to come, of procuring a sufficiency of this very necessary, and indispensable article.
At the races in this town on Wednesday last, the Jockey Club purse of forty guineas was won by Mr. Throckmorton's bay stud High-Flyer —On Thursday a purse of thirty pounds, by Mr. Duval's forrel Spat —And on Friday a purse of twenty pounds, by Mr. Darland's horse Chatham .
On the 11th instant, in the House of Representatives of this State, it was unanimously resolved , to instruct the Delegates from this Commonwealth in the Senate of the United States, to use their interests and exertions to have the doors of that honorable Body open to the citizens of the Union.
As the controversy has become rather personal between the Correspondent and L, the Correspondent does consent to withdraw his answers to that gentleman, because he considers personal abuse entirely unconnected with the merits of the case in dispute.
The confession of John Young, who was executed near Winchester, on the 19th instant for horse stealing.
JOHN YOUNG was born in Baltimore county, Maryland; my father occupied a small farm. He died when I was about 20, and my mother when I was about 16 years of age. A short time before my mother's death, I enlisted for a soldier to go against the Indians, but deserted. Mr. John Dorsey cleared me of this transaction, and I served him faithfully two months, for so doing. After my mother's death, I thought myself too much of a man to obey my father's commands, and he breaking up house-keeping, I quitted Maryland and came to Virginia. I hired myself to Mr. Thomas Rutherford, of Berkeley county, and continued in his employ until I married. I afterwards lived 3 or 4 years on a part of Robert Shirley's lands—then on Jarvis Shirley's lands 9 or 10 years, during all which time I behaved myself like an honest industrious citizen. I then moved to a place adjoining the late General Lee's plantation, where I continued two years. From thence I went to Roan county, North-Carolina, where I unfortunately got acquainted with John M'Kee and George Brown. By this connexion I was led to forsake the paths of honesty—Brown stealing two horses from one Fry, living on the river Adkin, in said county, I was privy thereto, and received a part of the money Brown sold said horses for. I was suspected as Brown's accomplice, and fearful of being apprehended, I thought it most safe for me to quit the country. I accordingly went from thence, and took my abode near Hancock-town, Maryland, where I continued about twelve months, about the expiration of this period, I was apprehended and committed to Frederick-town gaol, on suspicion of stealing a mare—this I most solemnly declare I was innocent of—I, however, broke goal and made my escape. I afterwards moved with my family into Orange county, Virginia, worked hard, behaved honestly, and purchased a plantation. In the 4th year got into loose company, and to support my idleness and profligacy purchased a horse on credit from Capt. Wright, finding myself unable to pay for him at the appointed time, I stole a mare from the widow Scrogham, which I disposed of to raise the money. It is some consolation to me, in my present unhappy situation, to know that the woman got her mare again. I am sorry to say that I continued the shameful practice of stealing horses after this time; among the rest I took a mare from Mr. Davis of Orange, but he has recovered her again—Being closely pursued for the last mentioned offence, after crossing Shenandoah river I took to the woods, where I remained three days without tasting any food. I wished to make the best speed I could to my wife, which occasioned me to take Mr. Mercer's horse, for which I am now to suffer—but I solemnly declare that I intended to return him, as soon as I had adjusted matters at home.
I also stole a young forrel horse from Henry Miller, of Berkeley county, a little before last harvest, and one from a Mr. Kendrick, on Shenandoah river.
I sold both these horses in Peterburg, and Mr. Richards, cryer of that town, can tell to whom they were sold. Many other horses that have been stolen, and other things laid to my charge, I solemnly declare myself innocent of.
Alexander Burner, Richard Butcher, and Edward McCormick, who were mentioned in my petition to the honorable the Judges of the District Court, as being guilty of crimes therein set forth, I solemnly declare are totally innocent, as to any thing I know; and I think it but justice to them to make known, that I inserted those things at the instigation of Cornelius Conway.
JOHN YOUNG, X His Mark.
At the place of execution he acknowledged the justice of his sentence, joined in prayer with the worthy Clergymen who attended him on the melancholy occasion, and after exhorting youth to beware of idle and dishonest company, to which alone he attributed his ignominious end, met his fate with apparent fortitude and resignation.
He was in the 47th year of his age.
A Vindication of part of YOUNG's Confession.
Charlottesville, October 25th, 1792.
MR. WILLIS,
THE Subscribers having perused the last dying confession of the unfortunate deceased criminal John Young, we perceive the said Young has announced in a public manner that we are entirely innocent of those charges he had alledged against us in his petition to the Judges of the last district.—It has long been our intentions of vindicating our innocence in a public manner, but we imagined it would be proper first to wait till we understood what the unfortunate deceased would say in his dying moments, being well assured he could never have attempted to have made his peace with God, and had any thoughts of launching into eternity, smothering such a charge in his breast.
As he has cleared us in so public a manner, as well as at the place of execution, we do not think it necessary to croud your paper with the different proofs and certificates we have obtained, and which incontestibly are our acquittal of those charges, and only mean to drop a hint at the hardship any person might labour under by being charged in like manner by such a portion, and at the instigation of so notorious and profligate a wretch as Young sets forth he was. Had Young been admitted as an evidence, he might have perished both Burner and McCormick very hard for their lives, and though he sets forth he can prove some of the charges alledged against Burner, by a woman of this vicinage (the absolute falsity and impossibility of which Burner has in full proof from the said woman) yet Young being so well acquainted from whom horses had been stole, the time, and many other circumstances that might even seem plausible to the prosecutor himself; these backed by his oath, aided by counsel, might have operated so far as to have made his charge appear reasonable to a jury.
Mr. McCormick in a worse situation charged in general as a horse stealer. Who can vindicate himself by commanding the best of characters?—Nay, we are confident it was Conway's intentions to have procured testimony that would have sworn us guilty of any crime he should have been pleased to have dictated Young to have brought against us. For my part* I have particularly cleared every charge alledged against me, in the clearest manner.
It is not the first time Conway has not only formed invidious schemes, but actually perpetrated horrid deeds in order to attack my life. At a time when Col. Rootes and myself were at a very great variance, Conway sets fire to the Colonel's stack-yard, and went down very early next morning, acquainting the Colonel that if he would prosecute he could find testimony to prove I did it. Notwithstanding our variance, the Colonel having a better opinion of my principles, could not believe it, and who, on enquiry, found from circumstances, that it was impossible I should have done it; and had I not been fortunate enough from such circumstances of proving my innocence, I might have been apprehended and tried for my life; and the following circumstance (the which Conway took advantages from) would have operated against me:—The grain that was burnt was (contrary to my endeavours to prevent it) taken from off my plantation, by which I was entirely prevented from getting my rent, and on which account I had both publicly and loudly censured Col. Rootes for such conduct. This, together with the testimony Conway after such a charge must have produced (for he boasts he always keeps such at his call) would, without a miracle, have borne down all the defence and efforts of honesty and innocence.
The truth of this circumstance was confessed to Col. Rootes, before Conway's face, by Charles Robinson, at the time when he was apprehended with the said Conway for stealing a Negro man. He further candidly confessed, that the said night Conway offered him a guinea and a creature, if he would set the Colonel's dwelling-house on fire, while he would stand ready with a loaded gun to murder him if he escaped the flames.
He received the guinea and kept it, but would not perpetrate the deed, which vexed Conway so much, he set fire to the grain himself.
It is pretty generally known in this vicinage, the perjured he suborned, and the witnesses signing his petition, in order to get the Governor to remit him the fine imposed on him for his attempt to murder Col. Rootes in the night time. Similar methods cleared him in 1775, imposed for harbouring a notorious nest of horse thieves, and their productions. Perjury, bribes, and petitions, are the grand bulwarks by which he opposes and extricates himself from all legal oppositions, and evades the effects of all the numerous called-courts and examinations had on him. By this method he cleared himself from the wheel-barrow, the chain, and the 56, and though it is very wonderful, yet he always clears himself of his just demerits by contrasted friendship, but his ingratitude surpasses all. This reprobate boasts, let him do what he will, he can always command men of respectability for his bail, in support of his character friends that will supply him with money enough, and justice to wink at his enormities.
It is generally known his house is an asylum for villains of every description. I myself once forced
a murderer from out his loft, the which he secreted and denied, and meant to bear him off.
What hardships we labour under from a man, the truth of whose character is to depict him thus, and we hope the world will think nothing the worse of us, as to our honesty by Young's impeachment, since he has cleared us at his death, and since he was over-persuaded, and instigated to do by so infamous and reprobated a character.
We are not afraid to challenge friend or foe to step forth and lay any imputations to our charge, that ever can, on a fair and impartial investigation, operate against us.
*RICHARD BOUCHER, ALEXANDER BURNETT, EDWARD MCCORMICK.
P. S. If any one pleases to enter the list in his favor, a full and perfect origination of his family and crimes, shall be truly represented. R. B.
JUST RECEIVED,
And now for SALE, by
McSHERRY AND STARKEY,
At their
New cheap Store,
IN MARTINSBURG,
A neat assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Suitable to the approaching Season.
A L S O,
A general Assortment of
Wines, Spirits, and Groceries,
Which they will sell on reasonable terms, for cash flour, wheat, rye, corn, oats, bees-wax, and most kinds of country produce.
October 29, 1792.
Copper and Tin WARE.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
In the most respectful manner, informs the Public in general, and the Inhabitants of Martinsburg, and its vicinity in particular, that he has commenced business in the Copper and Tin Line , in said Town, where they may be furnished, on the shortest notice, and most reasonable terms, with Copper and Tin Ware , of every description; and hopes, from the goodness of his work, and moderation of his Prices, to merit the patronage of a general public.
Having just received a large quantity of Copper, he is enabled to comply with the commands of those who may wish to employ him—and is their devoted humble servant,
CHRISTOPHER BRIDENHART.
N. B. The highest price will be allowed, in cash, or new work given in exchange, for old copper, brass, pewter or lead.
An active Boy would be taken as an apprentice to the above business.
Martinsburg, October 23, 1792.
N O T I C E.
A Meeting of the Overseers of the Poor of this County, is appointed at the house of Robert McKnight, in Martinsburg, on the third Tuesday in next month, in order to lay the parish levy. All persons having any claims, are desired to attend.
Per order. ROBERT COCKBURN, c.o.p. October 26, 1792.
2 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from Mr. George Morgan's plantation, near Shepherd's-Town, on the 30th September last, a black Mare, 8 years old, branded P. H. on the right shoulder and buttock, 13 hands 3 inches high, trots and canters, has some saddle spots, had one shoe on her near fore foot, has a bushy tail, and has some white hairs near the foot-lock joint. Whoever takes up said Mare, and returns her to me, shall have the above reward, and necessary charges.
PETER SINN.
Shepherd's-Town, October 27, 1792.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
[From a late London Paper.]
ON THE LATE
Accident to Two of the Judges
From endeavouring to avoid the Mail Coach.
Incidit in Syllam, qui vult evitare Charybdim.
TWO Judges in a dich good luck! 'Tis sure a novel case ; Judge H—th, 'tis said, fell on his back, The Baron on his face.
In this uncommon Battery cause ! The uppermost prevail'd; For in the fall the Baron's nose , The Judge's eye affair'd.
Half blinded with the nasal poke , H—th urg'd his common plea , That he'd receiv'd a woeful stroke, 'Gainst Law and Equity .
"Excuse me, Brother, P—t—n said, "And don't be so unruly, "Lie quiet in your mud-soft bed, "And plead the matter coolly.
"The Cause is clear—I mile the roof , "Which cuts your plea alunder ; "In Equity I'm uppermost , "Since Chance-Law puts you under!"
"But Zounds, in mine the Judge replied, "I'm sprawling underneath!" "And I've the luck, the Baron cried, "To've cleanly fall'n on Health ."
Then up they rose from this sad fall — The plot of some vile witch— "God bless our noble judges all!" And save them from a Ditch .
Aug. 1, 1792.
COKE, upon LITTLETON.
FOR SALE, A PLANTATION,
Lying in the County of Berkeley, between Charles- town and the Stone Church , and within one mile of said town, containing 190 acres, the land equal to any in the neighbourhood for farming, &c. between 70 or 80 acres cleared, with improvements on the same, and a well of good standing water, within 15 yards of the house. Whoever purchases the same, may be assured of having a good title made to them.
Likewise for sale,
Two Houses and Two Lots of Ground, containing one quarter of an acre each, in the Coun- ty of Berkeley, near Charlestown , fronting Capt. Wil- iam Cherry's tavern—the 1st, the store-house where Mr. Matthew Frame now keeps store in, the house 24 feet by 16, with a cellar under the whole house, and a shed the length of the house, 12 feet wide, one fire place and two rooms, likewise a kitchen with a stone chimney.—2d house is on a lot joining the above mentioned, the house a fram'd one, 26 feet by 18 feet, full story and half high, with a good cellar under the whole of the house, with a shed the length of the house, with a stone chimney in the same, and two rooms.
Likewise for sale,
Two Negro Women, the one about 30 years of age, who understands house-work, cook- ing, washing, &c. and can do light work about a plantation. The other about 20 years of age, who is well acquainted with cooking, washing, ironing, and can spin on both the flax and wooling wheel, and a good hand to tend in a house or tavern, which last she has served in for two years past. The terms of sale may be known by applying to the subscriber, living in BERKELEY County, near Charlestown .
EPHRAIM WORTHINGTON.
August 29, 1792.
r.f.
THE Land I advertised on Sleepy-Creek for Sale, the 2nd instant, is already sold. PHILIP PENDLETON.
October 12, 1792.
Wanted, by the Printer hereof, a stout young Lad, as an Apprentice.
HARP AND CROWN TAVERN.
THE Subscriber, from the liberal encouragement he has met with since his commencement at this house, returns his unfeigned thanks to the Public; and informs them, that he has received an as- sortment of the purest liquors, such as Wines of the first quality, old Jamaica Spirit, Coniac Brandy, Gin, Porter, &c. &c. He has also, stableage for 50 hor- ses, in addition to his former, and has procured boilers sufficient to attend the same.
FLORENCE MAHONY.
October 6, 1792.
TO BE SOLD, A tract of very good unimproved Land, Containing 288 acres, known by the name of the silver mines , lying on the river Potowmac, Berkeley County, Virginia, situated one and half miles above the mouth of Back-Creek. This land is as well timbered as any lying between it and the Alleghany, the situation of which, being so near the Potowmac, the timber may be rafted down the river at a very small expence—it has two never failing springs, and good meadows may be made on it. For terms, ap- ply to the subscriber, who will give an indisputable title.
August 6, 1792.
N. B. The above described land abounds with iron ore of an excellent quality.
8 Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Subscribers, on Sunday the 30th of September last, a negro Man named SAUL; he is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, well made, a little bow-leg'd, has lost some teeth before, is of a very black complexion, can read and write, and has probably forged a pass; when he walks he steps uncommonly short. Whoever will apprehend said Negro and return him to us, or secure him in goal so that we get him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges.
ADRIAN DAVENPORT, JOHN BOWEN.
October 13, 1792.
At a Court continued and held for BERKELEY County, on Saturday the 25th day of August, 1792.
John Livesey, Peter Austic, Joseph Smith } Compt. William Hall and James Maxwell, } against } In Chancery.
THE Defendant not having entered his appear- ance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and ac- cording to the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this County. On the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel—It is ordered that that the said Defendant do appear here, on the third Tuesday in November next, and 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 door in the parish of Norborne, on some Sunday immedi- ately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER C.B.C.
At a Court continued and held for BERKELEY County, on Saturday the 25th day of August, 1792.
BENJAMIN CHAMBERS and JOSEPH } Compt. CHAMBERS, Administrators of WIL- } IAM CHAMBERS, } against } In Chancery.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS CHAPLINE } Defs. and WILLIAM PRICE, } THE Defendants not having entered their ap- pearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and according to the rules of this Court, and it appear- ing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this County. On the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel—It is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here, on the third Tuesday in November next, and 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 door in the parish of Norborne, on some Sunday immedi- ately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER C.B.C.
THE Defendants not having entered their ap- pearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and according to the rules of this Court, and it appear- ing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this County. On the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel—It is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here, on the third Tuesday in November next, and 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 door in the parish of Norborne, on some Sunday immedi- ately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER C.B.C.
FOR SALE, By the Printer hereof, Lawyers Declarations of every Kind, Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale. Common Bonds.
FALL GOODS.
Jos b & Jos a Riddle,
Have just received, and are now opening, at their Store,
A neat and general assortment of GOODS,
Suitable to the approaching season.
—CONSISTING OF—
SUPERFINE, fine and coarse Cloths, Plain and twilled Coat- ings, Kerseys, Half-Thicks, Fearnoughts, Rose and striped Blan- kets, Flannels, Cashmeres, Corduroys, Thickets, Velvets, Royal Ribs, Cotton Denims, Best mohair and hair Plouthes, Cashmere, Toilanner, Silk and silk and worsted Vest Patterns, Silk and worsted, silk and cotton, cotton and worsted Stockings, Stuff Shoes,
CRAPES, Moreens, Durants, Joans Spinning, Camblets, Wildboars, Mens' and Womens' fine and coarse Hats, Russia Sheeting, Ditto Duck, White and brown Irish Sheetings, 1 1/2, and yard wide Irish Linens, Ticklenburgs, Oznabrigs and Sacking, Muffs assorted, Chintzes, Calicoes, Furniture ditto, Cambricks and Lawns, Cotton and linen Hand- kerchiefs, Long and square Shawls, Saddles and Sadlery,
FILES, Rasps, H and HL Hinges, Mill, cut, and belt steel plate hand Saws, Bar Iron, Castings, Steel, Sad Irons, Conk Shells.
DOOR, cupboard and chest Locks, Wood Screws, Knives and Forks, Pewter, Coffee-Mills, Looking-Glasses, 8 by 10, and 7 by 9 win- dow Glass, Slates,
SPIRITS, Whisky, Sherry, Teneriffe & } WINES. Malaga } Molasses, Best Hysan } TEAS. Souchong & } Bohea Coffee, Chocolate, Loaf and brown Sugars, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon,
ALSPICE, Pepper, Raisins, Ginger, Madder, Allum, Copperas, Indigo, Red Wood, Log Wood, Brazell, Salts, Salt Petre, Salt, Brushes assorted.
They have
Two new Waggons, fit for the road, that they will barter for produce.
THEY will receive all kinds of Produce, and give generous prices, and are determined to sell on the most reasonable terms, for ready pay.
They return their thanks to their customers for the encouragement already received, and hope to be able to merit a continuance.
FOR SALE,
449 Acres of LAND, lying on New- Creek, in Hampshire County, within 2 1/2 miles of Potowmac River, 200 acres of which land are tilla- ble, 50 acres are cleared and under fence, 4 or 5 acres are in good meadow, and much more may be added. The land is thin, but valuable, being con- venient to navigation, which is daily improving— boats now load at the mouth of New-Creek. A ge- neral warrantee will be given the purchaser.
For terms, apply to THOMAS WHITTAKER, near Charlestown .
Sept. 14, 1792.
r.f.
ALEXANDRIA, 27th August, 1792.
WE will receive and store FLOUR, as long as it suits the owner, free of any charge or expence, whether we purchase or not.
THOMAS VOWELL and SONS.
Cash given for Flour, Wheat, and other articles of produce, as usual.
A variety of wet and dry GOODS for sale. 6w.