The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1791-04-05 00:00:00

The PATOWMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
T U E S D A Y, APRIL 5, 1791.
[NUMBER 21 OF VOL. I.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
THE NOTED HORSE
PAUL JONES,
WILL stand the ensuing Season, at MOUNT PLEASANT, about two miles from General LEE's place, and eight from Shepherd's-Town , and will cover Mares at FIVE DOLLARS the season, Two and a Half the single leap, and Eight for insurance. The Money to be paid on or before the first day of September ensuing.
PAUL JONES is a beautiful light grey, full fifteen hands and half high, rising ten years old. He was bred by William Fitzhugh, Esq. of Chatham , his dam was Kitty Fisher , she was got by Old Fearnought , out of Caster Braxton's old Kitty Fisher , which he brought from England with him. His Sire was True Whig ; True Whig was got by Regulus , out of an imported Mare that was dam to Apollo . Regulus was got by Old Fearnought , out of Col. Baylor's Old Jenny Dismal , which he imported.
All Persons putting Mares by the Season to PAUL JONES the last year, and not proving with foal, shall be obliged to put the same Mares the present Season for Two Dollars and an Half. Pasturage will be furnished gratis for all Mares brought from a distance.
RICHARD BAYLOR.
March 25, 1791.
Dreadnought,
A beautiful, large, full-blooded Horse, Will cover the ensuing Season, one half the time at Mr. WILLIAM SKINNER's stable in MARTINSBURG, (on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) and the other half at Capt. WILLIAM LEMEN's stable in SHEPHERD'S TOWN, (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays,) at Two Dollars the single leap, the money to be paid at the time of covering, or the mare will be considered as for the season, or, Four Dollars the season, and Six Dollars for insurance.
DREADNOUGHT is a blood-bay, 10 hands high, a most elegant figure and lofty carriage, a Horse of great activity and spirits, free from any natural blemish. From his size, figure and blood, he is deemed as likely a Horse to get colts, either for saddle or harness, as any Horse in the United States, and for the encouragement of his breed, he is fixed to cover at the moderate price above-mentioned; the money to be paid on or before the first day of October ensuing.
Rye or Wheat will be taken at cash price, delivered at Capt. Shepherd's , Beason's or Riddle's mills.
DREADNOUGHT was got by the famous Horse FEARNOUGHT, from a full blooded imported Mare, and is half brother to that valuable Horse DREADNOUGHT, late the property of Mr. WATERS, and also to that much-esteemed Horse UNION, both which Horses on account of their size, blood and character, have lately been purchased and carried back to the lower parts of Virginia , from whence they came.
WILLIAM KERNEY, JAMES AUTEN.
MARTINSBURG, March 15, 1791.
N. B. Any gentlemen having mares to be covered by this Horse, who cannot conveniently attend them, will have good pasturing provided, but no escape or other accidents will be answered for. The season will commence the 28th instant.
TO THE PUBLIC.
John Keith,
FORMERLY Inn-keeper near Sugar-Land-Run, on the main Alexandria road, purposed to open TAVERN here the first day of May next, in the House which Mr. William Bently last kept, is next door to Mr. Byers's, and near to Messrs. Kearney and Spaulding's Stores. The behaviour to Customers, as far as lays in my power, to be conducive to their approbation, shall not be wanting in the utmost exertion of my abilities, and every improvement made that the situation will admit of. I remain the devoted humble servant to the Public.
JOHN KEITH.
March 23, 1791.
Will be sold, by the subscriber, By virtue of a Deed in Trust, made to him by JOHN B. FILDEN, attorney in fact for WILLIAM and JOHN M'KEEN, On Tuesday, the 3d day of May next, At the Court-House, in the Town of Martinsburg, For ready Money,
An improved LOT
in said town, adjoining Tuckerora Creek . There are on said Lot, a Two-Story Log DWELLING-House, and other Buildings. It is allowed to be the best Lot in town for a Tan-Yard, water running through the middle of it, and the creek can be brought easily into the Lot; a few tan-fats are already sunk. Any person inclining to purchase, will be shown the premises, at or before the day of sale.
MICHAEL M'KEWAN.
Martinsburg, March 29, 1791.
NOTICE is hereby given, That I will attend in Shepherd's-Town on the second Friday and Saturday in April, to seal the different measures for GRAIN.—All concerned are requested to attend, as those who presume to buy or sell, without proper seals, may expect to be informed against.
ROBERT M'KNIGHT.
Shepherd's-Town, March 25, 1791.
BY virtue of a Decree of the high Court of Chancery, to us directed, will be sold at PUBLIC SALE, for ready money, at two o'clock in the afternoon, on the THIRD MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT, being the 18th day of the said Month, One Hundred Acres of LAND, within a mile and a half of the Town of MARTINSBURG, in the County of BERKELEY, a part whereof is under cultivation, and conveniently improved, and the rest well timbered:—the whole is remarkable for the fertility of its soil, with the advantage of that handsome stream of water TUSQUERORA running through it; on the verge of which are 6 or 8 acres of mowable meadow.—It is a part of the estate of WILLIAM PATTERSON, and sold to satisfy a decree in favour of ABRAHAM GUSEMAN.
ADAM STEPHENS, MOSES HUNTER, EPH. GAITHER. } Commissioners.
March 25, 1791.
TO BE RENTED, A small lower ROOM, with a Kitchen and Garden, situated in the centre of this town, and very convenient for a tradesman.
Apply to the Printer.
FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS.
IT was a prudent caution of the Egyptians, to postpone the giving a character till after the death of the party. During a man's life his conduct might change, and falsify the praise or censure bestowed upon it. But death, which fixes an unalterable stamp, extinguishes the passions which have flattered, or abused, the living man. Tomorrow the first Congress will terminate its political life. Its whole conduct is before the public; subject to such a decision, as truth will pronounce upon it.
Other public men have found the path of their duty as beaten as the highway. Administration running in the same channel for ages, has worn it deep and wide: Congress has a new path to tread; the constitution, by fencing it up on either side, has made it a narrow one; and such was the state of the times, and of parties, that they found it covered with thorns.
During the two years, Congress has been engaged in business about 16 months. The book of its laws will show that it has been diligently engaged. Perhaps no body of men has ever attended more punctually at the daily hours of meeting, or continued more closely occupied during the sitting. The whole number has generally voted. This however, is an inferior kind of merit. The great point which affects the reputation of the body is, whether its measures have been wise and salutary.
The first care of Congress, was to organize the great departments of government. The merit of the measure may be tried by supposing a different organization. If instead of a Secretary of the Treasury, the business of finance had been intrusted to a Treasury Board, of three or five persons, let their
good sense and integrity be ever so unquestionable, it may be doubted whether an uniform self-consistent plan would have been recommended or adopted. It is proper to try the merit of the first Congress, either by the difference of the state of things, when it began, and when it finished its period, or by comparing what Congress has done, with the manner of doing the like things in the state legislatures. Leaving it to the mind of every reader to pursue these ideas so far as he may think proper, it may be remarked, that Congress has so organized the great departments, as to secure an orderly, efficient and uniform administration of the government. The President with his usual prudence and discernment has appointed able men to fill them; who are stimulated, by every motive, to a diligent and active employment of their eminent talents. The people will know where to bestow praise, and on whom the blame should fall. This is the advantage of establishing heads of departments.
Provision is also made for a friendly intercourse with foreign nations, by providing of ministers.
In the judicial department, as much has been done, as circumstances would admit. Judges of eminent virtue and learning preside in the federal courts. But the very narrow limits of the judicial power of the United States, renders this one of the most difficult branches of legislation. Courts must be established, and provision made to administer justice to men, almost at home, and yet the business is very inconsiderable. This is not the fault of Congress. If any thing is to be regretted, it is, that a different arrangement had not been made of the judicial power by the constitution.
The measures of Congress have given a great spring to trade. The difference of tonnage and of impost on goods, if imported in American vessels, and the favours to the trade to India and China, have greatly increased the shipping, as well as the foreign trade. The coasting trade, no longer subject to State regulations is evidently gaining strength. It has increased the tonnage and seamen—it is already a young lion, and will afford in a few years such naval strength, as to be a terror to our enemies.
The duties on foreign manufactures are a direct bounty upon our own. The increase of manufactures since Congress first imposed the duties, is not certainly known. But every one who has lived in the country the last two years, knows that it is very extraordinary. Our exports have increased to upwards of 20 million of dollars.—Many are of opinion, that our manufactures have risen to an equal amount.
Future controversies between the States are rendered improbable, by the provision for an equitable settlement of the accounts, which the war had swelled into a mass, formidable by its magnitude, and more so by its confusion. This very difficult and necessary task has been accomplished, though it had been despaired of by many.
The States have been eased of their debts, which would have crushed some of them by their weight. But the revenue of the whole country under one system of management, will enable the United States to provide for them, almost without feeling the burden. Moderate taxes on luxuries have made the revenue chest overflow with wealth.
The advantages of the funding system, are not to be enumerated. America, at this moment, is in a situation equally novel and respectable.—It is in a condition for self-defence, which cannot be too much admired. With an orderly government, an ample revenue, and almost unlimited credit and resources, it possesses a strength, which it stood in need of during the war. Popular governments suffer more by the unsteadiness of their measures, than by the corruption of their rulers. It is the first time that a permanent system has been adopted in our country for supporting credit. The people already enjoy the fruits of it. The new capital is everywhere flying to the aid of manufactures, trade and agriculture.
The Bank is an institution which our extensive and wealthy country ought not to be without. It will assist us to extend our intercourse from North to South, and we shall like one another better, as we know one another more.
After every pacific measure had failed of effect with the Indians, protection is afforded to the frontiers.—Our frontier follow-citizens, tho' distant, are not neglected.
It would be tedious to comment at large on the several very important acts of the first Congress.—A mere sketch is intended. A great deal has been done, and truth seems to authorise us to say, that no very dangerous mistakes have been committed in the two years. America, which was in the shade before, seems now to stand in the sun shine. Its prospects are the brightest that any nation on earth enjoys: All that is wanting to realize them is STEADINESS. If the next Congress should make no violent alteration of measures, our hopes can scarcely meet with disappointment.

The great questions have called forth strong passions in Congress, it is a most grateful thing to see the harmony and mutual good understanding, which subsist at the end of the two years of its being.—Opposition seems to have left no sting behind it.—The Members will separate with a high degree of personal regard and esteem.—State prejudices and prepossessions lose a great part of their influence on the mind, when those who at first felt them, find themselves obliged to acknowledge, on numberless occasions, the candor, patriotism, and high sense of rectitude and honour, which distinguish opponents. The ties of brotherhood and mutual affection, which are to bind America together, ought to grow stronger every day.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE THIRD SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
AN ACT repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits Distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.
[CONTINUED.]
AND be it further enacted, That no spirits shall be removed from any such distillery, at other times than between sun-rising and sun-setting, except by consent and in presence of the officer having the charge and survey thereof, on pain of forfeiture of such spirits, or the value thereof at the highest price in the market, to be recovered with costs of suit, from the acting owner or manager of such distillery.
And be it further enacted, That upon all stills which after the last day of June next, shall be employed in distilling spirits from materials of the growth or production of the United States, in any other place than a city, town or village, there shall be paid for the use of the United States, the yearly duty of sixty cents for every gallon, English wine measure, of the capacity or content of each and every such still, including the head thereof.
And be it further enacted, That the evidence of the employment of the said stills, shall be, their being erected in stone, brick, or some other manner, whereby they shall be in a condition to be worked.
And be it further enacted, That the said duties on stills shall be collected under the management of the supervisor in each district, who shall appoint and assign proper officers for the surveys of the said stills, and the admeasurement thereof, and the collection of the duties thereupon; and the said duties shall be paid half-yearly, within the first fifteen days of January and July, upon demand of the proprietor or proprietors of each still, at his, her, or their dwelling, by the proper officer charged with the survey thereof: And in case of refusal or neglect to pay, the amount of the duties so refused or neglected to be paid, may either be recovered with costs of suit in an action of debt, in the name of the supervisor of the district, within which such refusal shall happen, for the use of the United States, or may be levied by distress and sale of goods of the person or persons, refusing or neglecting to pay, rendering the overplus (if any there be after payment of the said amount and the charges of distress and sale) to the said person or persons.
And be it further enacted, That if the proprietor of any such still, finding himself or herself aggrieved by the said rates, shall enter or cause to be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose, from day to day, when such still shall be employed, the quantity of spirits distilled therefrom, and the quantity from time to time sold, or otherwise disposed of, and to whom, and when, and shall produce the said book to the officer of inspection, within whose survey such still shall be, and shall make oath or affirmation that the same doth contain to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, true entries made at their respective dates, of all the spirits distilled within the time to which such entries shall relate, from such still, and of the disposition thereof: and shall also declare upon such oath or affirmation, the quantity of such spirits then remaining on hand, it shall be lawful in every such case, for the said officer to whom the said book shall be produced, and he is hereby required to estimate the duties upon such still, according to the quantity so stated to have been actually made therefrom, at the rate of nine cents per gallon, which, and no more, shall be paid for the same: Provided, That if the said entries shall be made by any person, other than the said proprietor, a like oath or affirmation shall be made by such person.
And the more effectually to prevent the evasion of the duties hereby imposed on spirits, distilled within the United States.
Be it further enacted, That every person who shall be a maker or distiller of spirits, from molasses, sugar, or other foreign materials, or from materials the growth and production of the United States; shall write or paint, or cause to be written or painted, upon some conspicuous part outside and in front of each house or building, or place made use of, or intended to be made use of by him or her for the distillation or keeping of spirituous liquors, and upon the door or usual entrance of each vault, cellar, or apartment, within the same, in which any of the said liquors shall be at any time by him or her distilled, deposited or kept, or intended so to be, the words "DISTILLER OF SPIRITS;" and every such distiller shall within three days before he or she shall begin to distill therein, make a particular entry in writing, at the nearest office of inspection, if within ten miles thereof, of
every such house, building or place, and of each vault, cellar and apartment within the same, in which he or she shall intend to carry on the business of distilling, or to keep any spirits by him or her distilled.
And if any such distiller shall omit to paint or write, or cause to be painted or written, the words aforesaid, in manner aforesaid, upon any such house or other building or place, or vault, or cellar or apartment thereof, or shall, in case the same be situated within the said distance of ten miles of any office of inspection, omit to make entry thereof as aforesaid, such distiller shall for every such omission or neglect, forfeit one hundred dollars, and all the spirits which he or she shall keep therein, or the value thereof, to be computed at the highest price of such spirits in the market, to be recovered by action, with costs of suit, in any court proper to try the same, in the name of the district, within which such omission or neglect shall be, for the use of the United States: Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said entry to be made by persons who shall be distillers of spirits, on the first day of July next, shall be made on that day, or within three days thereafter, accompanied (except where the duties hereby imposed are charged on the still) with a true and particular account or inventory of the spirits, on that day and at the time, in every or any house, building or place by him or her entered; and of the casks, cases and vessels containing the same, with their marks and numbers, and the quantities and qualities of the spirits therein contained, on pain of forfeiting for neglect to make such entry, or to deliver such account, the sum of one hundred dollars, and all the spirits by him or her had or kept in such house, building or place, to be recovered as aforesaid.
(To be continued.)
Foreign Advices.
V I E N N A, December 7.
A Courier passed through this city in his way to Berlin, and reported, that he was carrying intelligence to the King of Prussia, that the Grand Vizier had passed the Danube, at the head of eighty thousand men, for the purpose of engaging Prince Potemkin. We have a right to expect, shortly, interesting news on this subject.
Paris, Dec. 4. A letter has been sent to the Committee of Inquiry of the National Assembly, from Montelimart, containing the following particulars of a scheme to effect a Counter-Revolution:
"It is well known that there are 180,000 men engaged to effect a Counter-Revolution, and that several of the Clergy have been busily employed in collecting money, from the reduced Nobility, to defray the expenses of this undertaking.
"M. d'Autichamp, who was accomplice to M. Buisly, has secured 12,000 Swifs. He has family connections with the Prince de Conde. On the frontiers of Germany are 30,000 men ready to act, besides the Austrian troops which are now in the Netherlands.
"They speak much here of a letter from the King to the Pope, and the following are confidently said to be the extraordinary terms in which the epistle is couched:
"I give you, Holy Father, twenty-four hours for deliberation. If, with the expiration of that time, a positive reply be not made, attribute it not to either the National Assembly or me, but to yourself alone, if France from the Holy See be utterly disunited."
DECEMBER 23.
So general has the idea of an attack from the Germans become, that the battalion of Val de Grace has adopted the resolution of proceeding to the frontiers, to repel any attack that may be made. The battalion of Henry IV. has adopted the same resolution, and several officers, and at least ten men from each company, are to proceed at their own expense to the frontiers of Flanders, on the first gun being fired.
Sunday the following horrid note was found by the Queen of France under her cover: "At the first shot your brother shall fire against the French patriots, your head shall be sent to him!"
L O N D O N, January 3.
When Mr. Hastings paid his first visit to Mr. Boswell, at his small house in Queen-Ann-street west, that gentleman addressed him thus: "Give me leave, Sir, to express what I feel on having the very high honour to see the Governor-General of India, under this humble roof. I am not one of those who view great characters through the medium of occasional circumstances: I look with a steady eye: I view you, Sir, with the eye of Lord Thurlow, as an Alexander; and though I am not "surly and proud," yet holding myself to be in some degree a philosopher, your coming into my hut reminds me of Alexander's visit to Diogenes in his tub."
The officers of the garrison of Lisle have, at the playhouse, and other places of public resort, publicly avowed their contempt for the National Assembly, and have gone so far as to ridicule their operations; which seems to indicate that M. de Rochambeau will have much employment on his hands, as the danger to the revolutionists of such a formidable fortress being in the interest of the nobility, &c. is very obvious.
What the assembly may have to apprehend from the discordant and threatening commotions which
prevail to the south of France, may be collected from the following articles of intelligence:
A letter from Arles, in Provence, brings the dreadful news of the murder of twenty-two persons by the mob of that city; and what renders the crime still more heinous, the rabble were by no means provoked to it; whereas at Perpignan and Aix the aristocratic party went to extreme lengths, and in a manner, invited the enraged multitude to lay violent hands on them.
The magistrates of Lyons are busy in examining the circumstances that attended the conspiracy lately discovered in that city; every day confirms its existence, and unveils the most atrocious intentions.
On the 10th, at Geneva, the people were so certain of a counter-revolution being attempted, that fifty Louis d'ors were laid to four, that the King would not be in Paris on the 13th, and in Savoy it was looked upon as a physical certainty.
Jan. 2. The King of Spain has intimated his intention of presenting Mr. Fitzherbert with his portrait, ornamented with diamonds of considerable value.
Jan. 6. The French armament going forward at Brest, has certainly attracted the notice of our Ministry, who have remonstrated thereon through the means of the British Ambassador at that court. Government, it is said, are satisfied with the answer given.
It was last night circulated, that the French Ministry have at length made an unequivocal declaration, that the object of the ships of war, fitted out and just ready to sail from Brest, are for quelling the alarming insurrection in the West-India Colonies; and not to a distant quarter, as suggested.
The late rumours of a counter-revolution to be effected by the aid of Austria and Sardinia, have operated with so much power as to thin the French Capital very considerably. Within the last ten days, at least an hundred persons of some distinction have arrived at Dover from Calais.
Extract of a letter from Paris, Dec. 24.
"The guards on duty at the Louvre, have their muskets loaded since Saturday; every symptom announces a violent crisis.
"Query, is this the reign of chivalry? A decree has been issued, for the immediate distribution of 50,000 muskets among the volunteers whose circumstances do not permit them to arm cap-a-pee.
A Dutch paper mentions, that Messrs Van der Noot, and Van Eupen have disappeared, the one having retreated to Hall (in the French dominions) the latter to the Hague. It is said further, that both are contemplating an embarkation for America.
Jan. 20. Yesterday the Honourable Captain Berkly, Colonels Deiberg, Pringle, and Moncreiff, were presented to the King at the Levee at St. James's when they had an audience of leave of his Majesty, previous to their going on a survey of the different fortifications in British America, and the West Indies, to which places they will set out in a few days.
The people of Ireland are found, on a recent survey, to surpass in number any preceding calculation. The amount is now stated at 4,160,000 souls.
Jan. 22. It is reported on good authority, that there are despatches from Lord Eglin, Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, relative to the movements of the northern powers which have given his Majesty's Ministers a serious alarm.
The latest advices which have been received declare, that the Turks and Russians continue the war with unabated fury.
Jan. 27. Yesterday an eminent Banking-House in the Strand received letters from France, stating, that accounts had been received from Pondicherry, confirming the rumour from Madras, that Colonel Floyd's detachment had been cut off—The Banking-House thought it their duty to send the letter to the office of the Secretary of State, for the information of Government.
It is also said, that the British army have found, as they advanced, the streams and springs poisoned by the Milk-Tree, which is cut and fixed in the bed of the river, and which emits a juice for many days, that, mixed with water, produces a dysentery. In consequence of this impediment, and fearing also that the country might be cleared of all provisions, General Meadows has no less than 80 thousand bullocks in the train of his army.
UNITED STATES.
S A L E M, (Massachusetts) March 8.
Mr. Samuel Odgen, of Pennsylvania, has contracted with the General Court for the purchase of the two-thirds of the Western Territory of this Commonwealth, not held by Messrs. Gorham and Phelps ; for which he is to pay One Hundred Thousand Pounds , specie; the payment is to be by instalments, and to be completed in five years; and, after the expiration of six months, the State is to draw interest till the payments are finished.
For the one-third of the said territory, sold to Messrs. Gorham and Phelps , the Commonwealth will realize only about 40,000l.—But we see, that our Legislature now "order these things much better."
B O S T O N, March 10.
The Legislature of this State has appointed the Honorable Samuel Phillips, and David Cobb, Esq'rs to prepare a letter to the Legislature of the State of Virginia, informing them, that their application can

the subject of opening the doors of the Senate of the United States, is referred to the next General Court of this Commonwealth;—and request his Excellency the Governor to transmit the same.
The alarming increase of Forgeries, both in the Southern and the New England States calls for a speedy and vigorous check.—The first instance we have heard of, in this State, occurred at Salem , where Mr. Morrill was, a few days since, arrested, and committed to the gaol in this town, to be tried before the Circuit Court of the United States, in May next, for passing a Continental Security, which had been altered from 14 dollars to 400 dollars. The penalty for knowingly passing a counterfeit note of the United States, is DEATH.
PROVIDENCE, March 12.
On Wednesday last Ichabod Darrow and Stephen Pettis, both said to be from the State of New-York, were apprehended here and committed to Gaol. One of them had offered for Sale a Loan-Office Certificate of the State of South-Carolina, which had been altered. Some Blanks for forging Final Settlements were found among their baggage, also a Bill of Exchange, and several Pieces of thin Paper curiously folded; on the latter, their Practice it seems was to write a pretended Bill of Sale, &c. which having procured to be witnessed , the Paper was unfolded, and the sham Instrument cut off; the Name then remained at the Bottom of a Blank, for the Purpose of manufacturing promissory Notes, &c. One or more of these Specimens of Ingenuity bore the Name of a respectable Gentleman in this State.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, (New-Jersey) March 9.
Sunday last was apprehended, and committed to the gaol of this county, Dr. Freeman, said to be a partisan of those certificate-forgers, who, for some time, have played off their villainy, on unsuspecting individuals, with too much success.
NEW-YORK, March 5.
Extract of a letter from General M c Gillivray, dated Little Tallahassee, 12th December, 1790, to a gentleman in this city.
“On my arrival here I found that the Cofitahs had conducted themselves in a very proper manner respecting the affair of satisfaction for one of their men murdered in our absence; and which we had heard of when with you. Instead of rushing to revenge, as is their usual custom, they demanded satisfaction in form—and agreed to wait four months for it. At the expiration of that time, the Cofitahs were informed, from good authority, that the murderers, in defiance of the laws, were protected by an armed banditti, and a fortnight after our return having the same confirmed, the Bird-Tail King despatched four young warriors to take satisfaction, which they did in killing a young lad on the frontier, and this has fully satisfied them, and the Georgians do not complain; so this storm is blown over, and God only knows how long the present calm will last. I will, perhaps, be not credited when I observe, that the upper Georgians never will suffer satisfaction to be given for killing an Indian; and, indeed, every month affords instances of felons among them being rescued from justice, when condemned for the most atrocious offences.
PHILADELPHIA, March 17.
In the English Papers received by the Packet, there is an account of a most tremendous thunder-storm, which passed over London, on the morning of the 23d of December last; The wind, rain and hail, were extremely violent; great damage was sustained by many buildings, and the shipping in the river.
In the above storm an incredible number of shipping were lost, the crews of many of which perished: The Charlemont-Packet , from Liverpool for Dublin, was wrecked, and of 120 passengers, 16 only escaped.—The storm extended almost all over England; The lightning and thunder were the severest almost ever known, and the wind blew a perfect hurricane.—The papers by the Packet give a long detail of the disastrous consequences.
During the last days of December, the National Assembly of France were principally engaged in considering the subjects of Juries.
By information to be depended on, we learn that in the middle of last December the French revolution was speedily drawing to a happy conclusion.
The National Assembly have decreed 2 000 000 of livres annually for the support of each of the King's brothers; besides making grants of palaces for their use. Apartments are actually fitting up for the reception of the Count d'Artois, who was, in the month of December, soon expected to leave Turin .
Ample provision has also been made for the support of every branch of the Royal Family.
Extract of a letter from Fort Washington, January 26.
“On the 10th January, the Indians attacked Dunlap's station, about 25 miles up the Big Miami. The Stockade-Fort was commanded by Lieutenant Kingbury, of the federal troops, who had under his command only 12 men. There were in the party of Indians 250—they remained before the place 24 hours—and then retreated, driving off all the cattle of the place. During the attack only one soldier was wounded. The Indians left three dead on the ground, and a number were afterwards found at a distance from the Stockade. The Indians on this occasion marched within a short distance of the Fort in column, like veteran troops, with an intention to form it; but the besieged poured in so well-directed a fire, as broke and dispersed them.”
Captain Gardner, arrived here from Cadiz , in
forms, that the whole kingdom of Spain (except the court party and the clergy) are ripe for the same revolution as has lately taken place with their neighbours, the French. The people speak their sentiments more freely than ever was known in that kingdom before. It was reported in Cadiz , before this ship left that place, that hostilities had already commenced in the province of Biscay ; and that the people had cut off the heads of several Governors who were too much attached to the arbitrary power of the King.
BALTIMORE, March 29.
The produce of the Fisheries, exported from the United States, “from about August 20, 1789, to September 30, 1790,” amounts (according to the report of the Honorable Mr. Secretary Jefferson) to 1,194,287 dollars.
A Boston news-paper dated the 14th instant, says, —“We hear from Concord, that a resolve has passed the House of Representatives of New-Hampshire to this effect—That the assumption of the State Debts by Congress is illegal, and an infringement upon the liberties of the citizens of the State.” Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Port-au-Prince, to his friend in this town, dated March 5, 1791.
“On the 2d instant, two men of war and a frigate arrived from France, with two regiments for this place—The General ordered them, the same evening, to proceed to the Mole, which they refused, saying they were sent, by the National Assembly, to revenge the injury done the citizens of Port-au-Prince last July.—Colonel Mauduit * (who ordered the troops to fire on the people last July) endeavoured, two evenings past, to persuade his men to oppose those new troops; but without success.—Yesterday the citizens demanded the colours, which were taken from them on the night of the 29th of July, to be returned—This Mauduit complied with, and was compelled, by his own regiment, to accompany the colours to the Committee-Chamber, from whence they had been taken.—A shout was then raised to behead him, which was executed by one of his own grenadiers, notwithstanding the efforts to rescue him from the enraged soldiery.—His clothes were torn from his body, his head fixed on a bayonet, and his naked body dragged through the streets, until they arrived at his lodgings, which were soon levelled with the ground. The General and most of the citizens of his party, have made their escape, and every thing is in the greatest confusion.”
*This unfortunate officer was the Chevalier Mauduit Dupleffi , who served with reputation, in the late American war.
Thomas Walsingham, otherwise Thomas Welsh, otherwise Thomas Wells, otherwise Thomas Walsingham (the latter of which names he has past under for some years) was lately convicted in the Court of General Sessions (at Charleston, South-Carolina) of forging and uttering certain indents of that State.—Penalty—Death.
The following is extracted from the London Annual Register for the year 1786.
“At the Bank, £ 471,000, three per cent. stock, was transferred to Mr. Van Otten, on account of the Langrave of Hesse; so much being due on Hessian Soldiers, lost in the American war, at thirty pounds per man. The number of men lost was 15,700.”
SHEPHERD'S-TOWN, April 5.
On the 21st ult. the PRESIDENT of the United States set out from Philadelphia, on his tour to the southward. It is said he intends to visit the Carolinas and Georgia, before his return.
There were raised last year, on the celebrated heights of Bunker's-Hill, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 5000lb. of Hemp, the whole of which grew on six acres of land. The net proceeds of which amounted to Five Hundred Dollars, including the bounty of 15l. per ton.
Printers are frequently blamed for complaining of irregularities in the general post-office!—who but printers are suitable characters to alarm whenever this sacred key to freedom and independence receives abuses? Should not printers consider themselves as guardians of the public weal & and, while in hitherto despotic nations the post-office is an object of republican jealousy—shall Americans suffer abuses to pass unheeded? Though we know not of present evils which result from other than natural causes, yet we shall not sleep, should partial arrangements hereafter take place in that general system, which is so closely connected with the public advantages resulting from a free and impartial press.
The Act of Congress, making further provision for the protection of the Frontiers, is received, but being too lengthy for this day's paper, must be postponed until our next.
IN CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
RESOLVED, by the Senate of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, requested to cause an estimate to be laid before Congress, at their next session, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor granted to, nor claimed by, any of the citizens of the United States by the State of North Carolina, and within the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio.
Signed, &c.
Approved, &c. March 3, 1791.
RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a mint shall be established, under such regulations as shall be directed by law.
Resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, to cause to be engaged such principal artists as shall be necessary to carry the preceding resolution into effect, and to stipulate the terms and conditions of their service, and also to cause to be procured such apparatus as shall be requisite for the same purpose.
Signed, &c.
Approved, &c. March 3, 1791.
GEORGE and FANNY—Two Run-away Negroes.
40 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living on the late General LEE's Plantation, on the evening of the 2d instant, a NEGRO MAN named GEORGE, who made an attempt to murder his Mistress, by striking her three blows with an ax—he is 50 years of age, about 6 feet high, well made, yellow complexion, has a down look, carries his head a little on the right side, and is a sensible, cunning fellow—had on when he went away, a brown linen shirt, white kersey coat, jacket and breeches, yarn stockings, good shoes, and a leather jockey-cap.—Also ran away, his wife FANNY; she is about 46 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, yellow complexion, slim built, and is a pretty good cook—had on when she went away, a brown linen shift, blue linsey short gown and petticoat, and a wool hat.—They both formerly belonged to JAMES KEITH, Esq. Attorney at Law.—Whoever takes up said Negroes and secures them, so that I get them again, shall receive, for each, if taken 10 miles from home, Five Dollars—20 miles, Seven Dollars—40 miles, Ten Dollars—50 miles, and not more than 70, Fifteen Dollars—if a greater distance, Twenty Dollars, and reasonable charges, if brought home, paid by
JOSEPH MINGHINI.
Berkeley County, Virginia, April 4, 1791.
N. B. Whoever takes up said fellow, must be very particular in securing him, or he will make his escape.
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE Negro Woman,
Aged about 35 years. She has two healthy fine Children, a boy and a girl, and is pregnant with a third. She is strong and healthy, and has been for many years a cook in a genteel family, remarkable for keeping a good table. She has not been long my property, but I can safely recommend her as a good cook. She is sold for no other reason, but that of my being previously supplied with a cook. I will give six months credit for half her price.
PHILIP PENDLETON.
March 28, 1791.
COMMITTED to the jail of this County, on suspicion of being a run-away slave, a NEGRO MAN, about five feet four inches high, and about thirty years of age. He says his name is WILLIAM, and upon his examination before CAFO MOORE, Esq. he acknowledged that he belongs to Mr. THOMAS WHITING, near General SPOTSWOOD's, and that he has been run away near three years. His Master is desired to come, pay charges, and take him away.
ROBERT COCKBURN, Jailor, [BERKELEY COUNTY.]
March 11, 1791.
BERKELEY COUNTY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that an ELECTION will be held at the COURT-HOUSE, on the Third Tuesday of next Month, for the purpose of electing Two proper persons to represent this County in the next General Assembly. Also, for electing a Senator. All persons intitled to vote, are desired to attend. Such as fail, will be treated as the law directs.
ROBERT THROCKMORTON, Sheriff.
March 15, 1791.
+++ From the late sale of the Tickets in Mr. T. WHITE's Lottery, the Trustees have determined on drawing the same on the 1st day of October next.
Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale, Common Bonds, &c. may be had at this Office.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
THE TEA-DRINKER.
LET some in Grog place their delight, O'er bottled Porter waste the night, Or sip the rosy Wine; A dish of Tea More pleases me; Yields softer joys, Provokes less noise, And breeds no bad design.
If learned men the truth would speak, The prize it far beyond their Greek, More fond attention pay: No Hebrew root, So well can suit; More quickly taught, Less dearly bought, And studied twice a day.
When worn with toil or vex't with care, Let Susan but this draught prepare And I forget my pain: This magic bowl Revives the soul, With gentle sway, Bids care be gay, Nor mounts to clouds the brain.
From China's clime this present brought, Enlivens every power of thought, Rigs many a ship for sea; Old maids it warms, Young widows charms, And ladies men, Not one in ten, But courts them—for their Tea.
This shrub from distant regions sprung, Puts life into the female tongue, And aids the cause of LOVE.— Such power has TEA, O'er bond and free— Which Priests admire— Delights the Squire, And GALEN's sons approve!
Jolley Ranter,
WILL cover Mares this Season
AT the house of Mr. JAMES STRODE, 4 miles from MARTINSBURG, from the THIRD DAY OF APRIL, to the FIRST DAY of JULY ensuing, at TWO DOLLARS cash, and one bushel of oats the single leap; or, FOUR DOLLARS, and one bushel of oats the season, payable the first day of SEPTEMBER; if not then paid, FIVE DOLLARS will be demanded—EIGHT DOLLARS and one bushel of oats will insure a colt. The JOLLEY RANTER is a beautiful BRIGHT BAY, about 16 hands high, full blooded, imported from GREAT-BRITAIN, and will recommend himself to good judges, without giving a long preamble of his pedigree. Good Pasturing may be had convenient, and care taken, by JOSEPH M'DANALD.
N. B. Good Merchantable Wheat, delivered at Mr. EDWARD BEASON's Mill, at the Market price, will be received in payment for Mares brought for the season, if delivered by the first of September. March 4, 1791. 16w
Notice!
THIS is to forewarn any person or persons whatsoever, of purchasing, or taking an assignment of, any writing of any kind, from WILLIAM DUNCAN, against the estate of JACOB MORGAN, deceased. as the Executor is determined not to be answerable therefor.
RICHARD MORGAN.
March 7, 1791.
To be RENTED, for a term of years, A Blacksmith's Shop
With a set of TOOLS, advantageously situated for business, about five miles from WINCHESTER.—There is also a Log Dwelling-House, with a good Garden, nearly adjoining. For terms, apply to NATHANIEL CARTMELL, living opposite the premises, or the Printer hereof.
RANGER,
WILL STAND THIS SEASON,
AT MR. NATHANIEL CARTMELL, senior's, Five miles from WINCHESTER, and will cover Mares at TWO DOLLARS the season.
RANGER is 15 1/2 hands high, a beautiful DARK BAY, strong and well made, and of a figure that will recommend himself to good judges. This Horse was got by FEAR-NOUGHT, a full blooded horse, who is well known in the Counties of FREDERICK and BERKELEY, for getting fine colts.—His Dam by the noted BOLD RANGER.—Such persons who wish to have VALUABLE COLTS on MODERATE TERMS, will find it their interest to apply to their most obedient servant, SOLOMON CARTMELL.
TO BE RENTED, A House and Lot, IN NEW-STREET,
Next Door to the PRINTING-OFFICE, SHEPHERD'S TOWN. The House is well calculated to accommodate a small family. Any person willing to rent, will be made acquainted with the terms, on application to Capt. CHARLES MORROW, in said town, or to the Subscriber.
JOHN MARK.
Traveller's-Rf, March 18, 1791.
William Skinner,
Most respectfully acquaints the PUBLIC in general, And his FRIENDS in particular,
That he has returned to the RED-HOUSE TAVERN, at the SIGN of The SHIP, in
Martinsburg,
And which is this day opened by him, for the accommodation of the CITIZEN and TRAVELLER. Deeply impressed with a sensibility of the GREAT SHARE OF PUBLIC PATRONAGE which he formerly experienced at that place, he begs leave to return his most thankful acknowledgments therefor, and now solicits a renewal of the favours, while DILIGENT ATTENTION, THE BEST SUPPLIES, AND A GRATEFUL HEART, may merit them. March 21, 1791.
Young Sempronius,
Will stand at my Stable, at SEYDNOR'S Tavern, about 9 miles from SHEPHERD'S, and 3 from CHARLES-TOWN, the present spring, and will cover Mares at FOUR DOLLARS the Season, SEVEN DOLLARS for insurance, and EIGHT SHILLINGS, ready money, by the leap.
If the money for the season is paid by the 10th of August, Twenty-two Shillings will be received instead of the Four Dollars.
I will receive Wheat and Rye, at the cash price, either in Worthington's, Britton's, Rutherford's, or Bell's Mills, in payment for the season money, and wait till the last of September for its being brought in.
YOUNG SEMPRONIUS is a beautiful Chestnut-Sorrel, with a blaze face, 15 hands high, was got by Old Sempronius (imported by Col. Taylor) of a Barbary Mare, imported by Col. Hill, in Philadelphia. I think a further description will be needless, as he was so well known while William Ragan owned him
PHILIP SEYDNOR.
N. B. The season will begin on the 22d inst. March 14, 1791.
THE Subscriber will rent for a year, or term of years, THE HALF OF HALL'S MILL,
With about 150 acres of good farming LAND.— There are on the premises, Good and convenient HOUSES. Any person inclined to rent, may have immediate possession given them, by ROBERT MKNIGHT. Martinsburg, March 21, 1791.
Notice!
SOME years ago, I gave 3 Notes for Five Pounds each, to a certain CHRISTOPHER WOLFORD, Farmer, of York Township, York County, and State of Pennsylvania, and as I have never received any value for them, I am determined not to pay any part of them, except compelled by law. JOHN APLEY. Shepherd's-Town, Berkeley County, State of Virginia, March 10, 1791.
A LOTTERY,
   Pennsylvania Currency.     1 Prize, - £. 516 0 0   1 ditto, - - 275 0 0   1 ditto, - - 150 0 0   1 ditto, a Horse, with new Saddle and Bridle, } - 25 0 0   ditto, ditto, - 14 0 0   1 ditto, ditto, - - 12 0 0   36 ditto, Lots, near 1 Acre, at 10l. each, - - 360 0 0   6 ditto, near 1 Acre, at 8l. - - 48 0 0   10 ditto, - - 60s. - - 30 0 0   20 ditto, - - 40s. - - 40 0 0   30 ditto, - - 30s. - - 45 0 0   30 ditto, - - 25/6 - - 45 5 0   515 ditto, - - 25s. - - 643 15 0   1 first Blank, a Saddle, - - 2 10 0   1 last ditto, ditto, - - 2 10 0   655 Prizes £ 2205 0 0   1305 Blanks,   1960 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, £ 2205 0 0  
TO THE PUBLIC.
EVERY person acquainted with LOTTERIES, cannot but perceive, that the above is framed and calculated, so as will, upon solid grounds, induce adventurers to purchase. Not two BLANKS TO A PRIZE; the lowest class of which are of value superior to the price of one ticket. That, with the consideration of such large prizes that will be drawn in a Lottery of such small amount. These, and the other prizes of Lands, are near the centre in MECKLENBURG, commonly called SHEPHERD'S-TOWN, or adjoining other Lots belonging to said Town. A sketch of the first or capital prizes, are as follow, viz. The highest prize contains a genteel Brick-House, forty six feet long, and eighteen feet wide, in which there are three rooms neatly finished, with a kitchen and garret; also, a cellar under the same, 30 by 18 feet. Said House fronts New-Street, and the stream of water that runs through said town, runs under said building. The area of this prize comprehends seventy-one feet square.
The second prize is a Stone Malt-House, fifty feet long, and twenty-four feet wide, well finished, and the situation calculated for the business. Also, a Brew-House, thirty-six by twenty-four feet;—they are both under one roof, but separated below by said stream; at the lower end is a vacancy of ten by twenty-four feet.
The third prize consists of a Frame House, eighteen by sixteen feet, has a cellar under it, fronts New-Street, 33 feet, and thence runs with King-Street, 71 feet, which renders it a valuable corner.
For a greater convenience to the fortunate drawers of said prizes, there is an alley laid off, five feet wide, which runs across the lot, dividing the second from the first and third above-mentioned prizes. These landed and other property, prices will be found on examination to be estimated on very moderate terms. Upon the whole, the Subscriber flatters himself, that every candid enquirer will find, that the property, &c. exposed, is fully adequate to the sums required.
For the execution of this Lottery, the following gentlemen, Major HENRY BEDINGER, Capt. ABRAHAM SHEPHERD, and Capt. JAMES KERNEY, have been pleased to accept of the appointment of Trustees, to whom full power is granted, and them alone to sell and receive payment for the Tickets, and to give deeds for the landed prizes; also to pay off the others.
THOMAS WHITE.
SHEPHERD'S-TOWN, February 18, 1791.