The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1791-04-19 00:00:00

The PATOWMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
T U E S D A Y, APRIL 19, 1791.
[NUMBER 23 OF VOL. 1 st ]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
FOR SALE, A QUANTITY OF HEMP SEED, Of the best Quality.—ALSO, FLAX SEED, Which will be sold on the most reasonable Terms, at my Store in BERKELEY COUNTY, at the late General LEE's Plantation. JOSEPH MINGHINI APRIL 11, 1791.
The beautiful and well-bred Horse YOUNG SNAP, WILL cover this Season, at the stable of the Subscriber, on the road leading from SHEP- HERD'S TOWN to MARTINSBURG, at the low and moderate price of Twenty five Shillings, Pennsylv- ania Currency, the Season, if paid by the first of September next; if not, Four Dollars will be re- quired. Any kind of grain will be taken, at the cash price. Young Snap is a handsome brown, full sixteen hands high, rising six years old, well proportioned, and moves equal to any Horse in the State. He was got by the noted full-bred Horse OLD SNAP, the property of General Heard; his Dam was got by the noted well-bred Horse LOR- TY, and will recommend himself to good judges, without giving a long history of his pedigree. JACOB VAN DOREN. Berkely County, April 1, 1791.
ADVERTISEMENT. NOTICE IS hereby given, That I shall attend in this town on the two last days of the present month, and at CHARLESTOWN, on the 2d and 3d days of May next, for the purpose of completing the business of sealing the different measures for grain, and weights and measures. All concerned are requested to pay attention thereto, as those who presume to buy or sell, without proper seals, may expect to be in- formed against. ROBERT M c>KNIGHT. Shepherd's-Town, April 12, 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 ac- commodation 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 DILI- GENT ATTENTION, THE BEST SUPPLIES, AND A GRATEFUL HEART, may merit them. March 21, 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 late sale of the Tickets in Mr. T. WHITE's Lottery, the Trustees have determined on draw- ing the same on the 1st day of Oc- tober next.
BLANK DEEDS, COMMON BONDS, &c. are also for sale.
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 providing Compensations for the Officers of the Judicial Courts of the United States, and for Jurors and Witnesses, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to the several officers following in addition to the fees (except mileage to the marshals to which they are otherwise by law entitled, and also to jurors and witnesses, in the courts of the United States, the following compensations, that is to say: To the attorney of the United States for the district, for his expences and time in travelling from the place of his abode to any court of the United States, on which his attendance shall be requisite, at the rate of ten cents per mile going, and the same allowance for returning; to the clerk of the district court, for attending in the district or circuit court, five dollars per day, and the like compensation for tra- velling, as is above allowed to the attorney for the district; to the clerk of the supreme court for at- tending in court, eight dollars per day; to the mar- shal of the district, for attending the supreme, cir- cuit or district courts, five dollars per day; for summoning a grand jury, three dollars; and for summoning a petit jury, two dollars; and for serv- ing and returning a writ, five cents per mile for his necessary travel; to the grand and petit ju- rors, each fifty cents per day for attending in court, and for travelling, at the rate of fifty cents for every ten miles from their respective places of abode, to the place where the court is held, and the like allowance for returning: to witnesses summoned on the part of the United States, or in behalf of any prisoner to be tried for any capital offence in any of the courts thereof, the same compensation as is above allowed to grand and petit jurors. That the several officers above specified shall be deemed to have been entitled to the above respective com- pensations, from the time of their respective ap- pointments; and that the grand and petit jurors and witnesses, who have heretofore attended, shall also be deemed entitled to the above compensation, in like manner as those who shall hereafter attend. That there shall also be paid to the marshal, the a- mount of the expence for fuel, candles, and other reasonable contingencies for holding a court, as hath accrued or shall accrue; and the compensa- tions to the grand and petit jurors and witnesses, shall be included in the account of, and paid to the marshal, to the use of, and be by him accordingly paid over to the several persons entitled to the same: and the accounts of the several officers for the compensations aforesaid (except mileage to the marshal, for the service of writs in civil causes) having been previously examined and certified by the judge of the district, shall be paid in the usual manner at, and the amount thereof paid out of the treasury of the United States. And a sum arising from the fines and forfeitures to the United States, and equal to the amount thereof, is hereby appro- priated for the payment of the above accounts.
And be it further enacted, That instead of the provisions in that respect heretofore made, the first session of the circuit courts in the eastern circuit, after the passing of this act, shall commence at the times following, that is to say: In New-York dis- trict, on the fifth, and in Connecticut district, on the twenty-fifth days of April next; in Massachu- setts district, on the twelfth, and in New-Hamp- shire district, on the twenty-fourth days of May next; and in Rhode-Island district, on the seventh day of June next; and the subsequent sessions in the respective districts, on the like days of every sixth calendar month thereafter, except when any of those days shall happen on a Sunday, and then the sessions shall commence on the next day following. And the sessions of the said circuit court shall be held in New-Hampshire district, at Portsmouth and Exeter alternately, beginning at the first: In Mas- sachusetts district, at Boston; in Rhode-Island dis- trict, at New-Port and Providence, alternately, be- ginning at the first; in Connecticut district, at Hartford and New-Haven, alternately, beginning at the last; and in New-York district, at the city of New-York only.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, instead of the provisions in the act for that purpose, the sessions of the circuit court for the district of Virginia, shall be held in the city of Richmond only.
And be it further enacted, That this act shall
continue in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, March the third, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Se- cretary of State. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
[The following is that part of the Act laying a duty on Distilled Spirits, &c. mentioned in our last to be omitted through the miscarriage of the United States Gazette, of the 23d ult.]
AND be it further enacted, That the supervisor of the revenue for the district wherein any house, building or place, shall be situate, whereof entry shall be made as last aforesaid, shall, as soon as may be thereafter, visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected, by some proper officer or of- ficers of inspection, every such house, or other build- ing or place within his district, and shall take, or cause to be taken, an exact account of the spirits therein respectively contained, and shall mark, or cause to be marked, in durable characters the seve- ral casks, cases or vessels, containing the same, with progressive numbers, and also with the name of each distiller to whom the same may belong or in whose custody the same may be, and the quantities, kinds and proofs of spirits therein contained, and their words "Old Stock." And the inspector of each survey shall keep a book, wherein he shall enter the name of every distiller, and the particulars of such old stock in the possession of each, designating the several casks, cases and vessels, containing the same, and their respective quantities, kinds, proofs and marks, and shall also give a certificate to every such distiller the quantity and particulars of such old stock in his or her possession, and a separate certificate for each cask, case or vessel describing the same, which certi- ficate shall accompany the same wherever it shall be sent; and such distiller, his or her agent or man- ager, upon the sale and delivery of any of the said spirits, shall deliver to the purchasers thereof the certificate or certificates that ought to accompany the same, on pain of forfeiting fifty dollars for each cask, case or vessel, with which such certificate shall not be delivered.
And be it further enacted, That every importer of distilled spirits, who, on the first day of July next, shall have in his or her possession any distilled spirits shall, within three days thereafter, make due entry thereof with the officer of inspection within whose survey the same shall then be, who shall mark the casks, vessels or cases, containing such spirits, in like manner as is herein before directed, touching such spirits as shall be in the possession of distillers on the first day of July next, and shall grant the like certificates therefor as for such spirits, which certificates shall accompany the respective casks, cases and vessels, to which they shall relate, where- soever they shall be sent, and such importer, his or her agent, upon the sale and delivery of any of the said spirits, shall deliver to the purchaser or pur- chasers thereof the certificate or certificates which ought to accompany the same, on pain of forfeiting fifty dollars for each cask, case or vessel, with which such certificate shall not be delivered; and if any such importer or importers shall refuse or neglect to make such entry at the time and in the manner herein directed, all such spirits as shall not be so en- tered shall be forfeited, and the importer or impor- ters, in whose custody the same shall be found, shall moreover forfeit the sum equal to the full value thereof, according to the highest price of such spirits in the market.
And be it further enacted, That if any cask, case or vessel, containing distilled spirits, which, by the foregoing provisions of this act ought to be marked and accompanied with a certificate, shall be found in the possession of any person unaccompanied with such marks and certificate, it shall be presumptive evidence that the same are liable to forfeiture, and it shall be lawful for any officer of inspection to seize them as forfeited, and if, upon the trial in conse- quence of such seizure, the owner or claimant of the spirits seized, shall not prove that the same were imported in the United States according to law, or were distilled as mentioned in the thirteenth and fourteenth sections of this act, and the duties there- upon paid, or were distilled at one of the stills mentioned in the twentieth section of this act, they shall be adjudged to be forfeited.

And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the officers of inspection of each survey, at all times in the day time, upon request, to enter into all and every the houses, store-houses, warehouses, buildings and places, which shall have been entered in manner aforesaid, and by tasting, guaging, or otherwise, to take an account of the quantity, kinds and proofs, of the said spirits therein contained, and also to take samples thereof, paying for the same the usual price.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall rub out or deface any of the marks set upon any cask, vessel or case, pursuant to the directions of this act, such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That no cask, barrel, keg, vessel or case, marked as old stock, shall be made use of by any distiller of spirits for putting or keeping therein any spirits other than those which were contained therein when so marked, on pain of forfeiting the sum of one hundred dollars for every cask, barrel, keg, vessel or case, wherein any such spirits shall be so put or kept; neither shall any such distiller have or keep any distilled spirits in any such cask, barrel, keg, vessel or case, longer than for the space of one year from the said last day of June next, on pain of forfeiting the said spirits; provided that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to extend to casks or vessels capable of containing two hundred gallons and upwards, and which are not intended to be removed.
And be it further enacted, That in case any of the said spirits shall be fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed, in any place whatsoever, with intent to evade the duties thereby imposed upon them, they shall be forfeited. And for the better discovery of any such spirits so fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed, it shall be lawful for any judge of any court of the United States, or either of them, or for any justice of the peace, upon reasonable cause of suspicion, to be made out to the satisfaction of such judge or justice, by the oath or affirmation of any person or persons, by special warrant or warrants under their respective hands and seals, to authorise any of the officers of inspection, by day, in the presence of a constable, or other officer of the peace, to enter into all and every such place or places in which any of the said spirits shall be suspected to be fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed, and to seize and carry away any of the said spirits which shall be there found so fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed, as forfeited.
And be it further enacted, That after the last day of June next, no spirituous liquors, except gin or cordials in cases, jugs or bottles, shall be brought from any foreign port or place, in casks of less capacity than fifty gallons at the least, on pain of forfeiting of the said spirits, and of the ship or vessel in which they shall be brought: Provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to forfeit any spirits for being imported or brought in to the United States in other casks or vessels than as aforesaid, or the ship or vessel in which they shall be brought, if such spirits shall be for the use of the seamen on board such ship or vessel, and shall not exceed the quantity of four gallons for each seaman.
And be it further enacted, That in every case in which any of the said spirits shall be forfeited by virtue of this act, the casks, vessels and cases, containing the same, shall also be forfeited.
And be it further enacted, That every distiller of spirits, on which the duty is hereby charged by the gallon, shall keep, or cause to be kept, an exact account of the said spirits which he or she shall sell, send out, or distill, distinguishing their several kinds and proofs; and shall every day make a just and true entry in a book, to be kept for that purpose, of the quantities and particulars of the said spirits by him or her sold, sent out, or distilled, on the preceding day, specifying the marks of the several casks in which they shall be sold or sent out, and the person to whom, and for whose use they shall be so sold or sent out; which said books shall be prepared for the making such entries, and shall be delivered upon demand to the said distillers, by the supervisors of the revenue of the several districts, or by such person or persons as they shall respectively for that purpose appoint, and shall be severally returned or delivered at the end of each year, or when the same shall be respectively filled up (which shall first happen) to the proper officers of inspection, and the truth of the entries made therein shall be verified upon the oath or affirmation of the person by whom those entries shall have been made, and as often as the said books shall be furnished upon like demand by the proper officers of inspection to the said distillers respectively; and the said books shall, from time to time, while in the possession of the said distillers, lie open for the inspection of, and upon request shall be shown to, the proper officers of inspection under whose survey the said distillers shall respectively be, who may take such minutes, memorandums or transcripts, thereof as they may think fit; and if any such distiller shall neglect or refuse to keep such book or books, or to make such entries therein, or to show the same upon request to the proper officer of inspection, or not return the same according to the directions of this act, he or she shall forfeit, for every such refusal or neglect, the sum of one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That the penalties by this act imposed on distillers for neglecting to make report to the inspectors of their intentions of distilling spirits, or for neglecting to mark the houses, apartments or vessels, to be employed, or for neglecting to enter in books the quantity of spirits distilled, shall not extend to any person who shall
employ one still only, and that of a capacity not exceeding fifty gallons, including the still head.
And be it further enacted, That the several kinds of proof herein before specified, shall, in marking the casks, vessels and cases, containing any distilled spirits, be distinguished corresponding with the order in which they are mentioned by the words First Proof, Second Proof, Third Proof, Fourth Proof, Fifth Proof, Sixth Proof; and that it be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide and furnish to the officers of inspection, and of the customs, and of the customs, proper instruments for ascertaining the said several proofs.
[To be continued.]
Foreign Advices.
P A R I S, February 5.
IT is inconceivable how sanguine even yet the partizans of royalty remain; the other day an officer in the King's regiment affirmed, that in two months, M. Mirabeau would not be in existence.
The projected journey of the King's aunts, and the rumoured project to bear away their Majesties from the Thuilleries, cause here the most anxious alarm.
Their Royal Highnesses Mesdames Victoire and Adelaide, had applied for Pasports, but finding the extent of the implication, they with much prudence changed their determination.
All these movements, reported to the vigilant club of Jacobins, caused the liveliest apprehensions. They sent the commissioners to inspect the royal stables; and to confirm, rather than subdue their suspicions, they found, instead of the reported number of 150 horses, no fewer than 648. Roused and irritated past all temperate exertion, to prevent such a calamity as the Royal Flight, they have sworn never to leave the stables night or day, lest that should happen, which they firmly believe is meditated, and will be attempted.
Authority that may be relied upon affirms, that no courier of late has passed through Strasburg to Germany, without bearing to the amount of 300,000 livres. These remittances are presumed to be the effects of the two august ladies above-mentioned.
The manifesto of the empire is expected in a fortnight; and this, it is said, will be followed by an army. Should this be the case, the old partisan General Lukner, will command the forces upon the frontiers, destined to repel invasion, and secure the establishment of French Freedom.
L O N D O N, February 3.
If a battle should take place between the British forces in India, and those of Tippoo Saib, it may be expected to be fought on our side, at least, with the utmost ferocity. The officers are all inflamed by the remembrance of the cruelties inflicted upon their brethren, and will sooner die than suffer themselves to be taken and exposed to the same fate.
Colonel Smith, who was one of the Aids-de-Camp to General Washington, is now in London, and, though he has not appeared in any public capacity, is supposed, in some measure, to supply the place of an Envoy from the United States.
February 5. According to the plan that has been adjusted for the new constitution of Canada, that province is to be separated into two governments; the established religion of the one, it is said, is to be the Catholic, as at present, and of the other the church of England. Col. Simcoe is to be the new Governor, subordinate to Lord Dorchester, the Governor General. The plan is said to have been drawn up under the inspection of Lord Grenville, and will soon be submitted to Parliament.
Feb. 17. The present juncture is perhaps one of the most critical that has for a long time existed in regard to the affairs of Europe; for it is a mere toss up, whether it shall be peace, or a general war. If Denmark and Sweden enter with spirit into the designs of the Empress, war, a wide-wasting war, will take place, and England and Prussia actors in the calamitous business. What part Spain may take is uncertain; but Poland, from her situation, can hardly escape; and all the pacific manœuvres of Leopold will prove insufficient to keep his territories out of the broil. The prevention of all these disasters depends in a good measure on the steps now taking by our ministry, and as their wisdom and moderation have hitherto been effectual in restoring peace, whenever they have been employed, so, we hope, they will be successful in this instance.
The American expedition to the back settlements has ended in a total defeat. The New-York letters describe it to have originated in an ambuscade; for it seems, after burning two or three Indian towns, and defeating several detached bodies of the enemy, the American general carried his pursuit too far, and was way-laid upon his return by large bodies of the natives, who broke the American line, and followed up their blow, with a general carnage of officers and men.
By letters from New-York, dated January 5th, it appears that the defeat of the American detachment sent against the Ohio Indians has been considerably exaggerated in the accounts published of it in town. The expedition was at first very successful. The Indian army fled from pass to pass: 10 or 12 of their towns were burnt, and the inhabitants were driven into the country belonging to other tribes.
On their return they were surrounded in a very disadvantageous situation, by several large bodies of Indians from whom they suffered a defeat, but their whole loss did not exceed 190 men, and that of the Indians was not less than 120.
In consequence of the treaty between lord Cornwallis, and the Paithwaw, and Nizam, these two powers are to send 12000 horse into the field to act with the British army.
EAST-INDIA INTELLIGENCE.
On the 23d of May last, the Mahrattas, assisted by the East-India company's troops, gained a signal victory over Ithmael Beg, a country power, with whom the Mahrattas are at war.
The army of Ithmael Beg consisted of 25,000 foot, and 20,000 horse, besides a great number of elephants, camels, &c. The conquerors took 100 pieces of cannon, 15 elephants, and an innumerable number of camels, 100 pair of colours, and the enemy's whole baggage—and the morning following the victory, 7 battalions, and 10,000 irregulars laid down their arms: This great victory was gained with the loss of only 700 men killed and wounded.
The British military establishment in the East-Indies, according to a return made the first of January, 1790, amounted to 1039 men—Tippoo Saib's to 155,230.
UNITED STATES.
N E W-L O N D O N, March 24.
Extract of a letter from Newport, (R. I.) March 24.
"On Thursday last Colonel George Smith was apprehended and committed to our gaol, on a warrant charging him with counterfeiting Public Securities, and other high crimes and misdemeanors; an event long expected." 'Tis generally thought he would have left the place by this time, had he not been taken the day he was. The gaol is full of this sort of gentry—among whom Justice George Peckham. There has been a most astonishing scene of villany, carried on from one end of the continent to the other."
N E W-Y O R K, March 31.
Extract of a letter from Port-au-Prince, March 10.
"There have lately arrived at this place four ships of war, from France, with a number of troops on board. On their landing, they met with some opposition on the part of the militia and former garrison of this place, in consequence of which the Colonel of the latter, and second in command on the island, lost his life; and the town and the houses of the inhabitants have been pillaged by the former. Where it may end, I know not; but government seem at present to have lost its influence, and party rage and mobs seem wholly to prevail."
Extract of a letter from Charleston, March 16.
"A greater reverse of fortune has not in a long time taken place than in the case of Thomas Walthington, Esq. (alias Walsingham, alias Wells, alias Johnston, &c. &c.) now under the sentence of death in the goal of this city, for forgery. Notwithstanding his having been rather a suspicious character for some years past, few men have had more polite attention shown them, and, in the days of his prosperity, few people had more friends and humble servants at command. Possessed of a most insinuating address, and master of all the arts of persuasion, he was a favourite with people of all ranks, and had he known when to have stopped in his career of secret villany, he might have sat down, perhaps, a man of the first fortune in this country."
P H I L A D E L P H I A, April 3.
The House of Representatives of this State have appointed a committee to bring in a bill to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of building a house for the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, a Federal Hall for both Houses of Congress, and offices for the different departments under the general government.
A correspondent observes that the design of the Legislature, if carried into execution, will not interfere with the general arrangements already made respecting the permanent seat of government of the United States—nor will the expence be ill-applied, as it respects this commonwealth; for it may reasonably be supposed, that the increasing importance and dignity of THIS STATE, will, at the expiration of a period of Ten Years, require public buildings as elegant and commodious as those which may now be erected for the accommodation of Congress—Meantime, every dictate of sound policy is in favor of making such provision as may impress the minds of foreigners with proper sentiments of respect towards us, and evidence the veneration of the people for their own government.
By the last accounts from Cape Francois, we are informed that 80 of the Mulattoes, who were active in the late disturbances at St. Domingo, have been executed.
APRIL 9. Accounts from Pittsburg mention various depredations and murders committed by the Indians; 13 persons on the Alleghany, a few miles from that place, have recently been butchered, and a number carried into captivity; this last attack has struck a dread and caused a general alarm—and the people are abandoning their farms and retreating to a place of safety. Similar accounts are received from Muskingum—where the inhabitants are now all garrisoned waiting with anxiety succours.

from government—this we are happy to learn, they will speedily receive; the recruiting service is procuring with vigor and success, in this and the Eastern States—and every possible exertion is making in the war department to expedite the requisite preparations.
We are frequently presented with an article from foreign papers, under the title of “The state of politics during the last week,” when the articles refer frequently to countries 500 miles distant from the place of publication!
Extract of a letter from Charleston, dated March 24.
“Yesterday, between the hours of 12 and 1, was executed, pursuant to his sentence, for counterfeiting the indents of this state, Thomas Walsh, who had been long known, in this and the state of Georgia, by the appellation of Major Walhington.”
“He was assisted in his devotions by the Rev. Doctor Keating, missionary of the church of Rome; to whom, as we are informed, he previously confessed that his name was Walsh, and of a respectable family in Ireland; that although he had not professed any religious persuasion for many years, yet as he had been baptized agreeably to the rites of the Romish Church, he wished to die a Catholic.”
“His behaviour was manly and determined, although his countenance was pale and hickly; and his whole demeanour would have become a mind unconscious of criminality.”
“Having finished his devotions, he was asked whether he had any thing to say: He answered, nothing more than he had already said; that in this business he died innocent. He then addressed the attending multitude, and besought them not to attribute his hickly countenance to fear of death, but to an indisposition which had preyed on him since the day before; and added, that as he died an innocent man, he trusted he should die like a brave one. “As Christ,” said he, “died on the cross, forgiving his enemies, to forgive mine.” He politely waved his hand to the crowd, and said, — “Good day, gentlemen.” Then stepping forward, from the platform upon the trap, or falling beam, he covered his face with his cap and told the sheriff he was ready. Some difficulty occurring in knocking away the stanchions, one of the officers appeared uneasy; the unfortunate man said, “never mind it; I don’t,” and he was quickly launched into eternity.”
B A L T I M O R E, April 12.
Extract from a “STATE OF POLITICS,” published in a London news paper of the 12th of February.
“The Emperor of Germany has written a most civil and courteous letter to his dear brother, cousin, and brother in law, the King of France, reclaiming the infringed rights of Princes and Subjects of the German Empire in Alsace and Lorraine. To this letter, communicated by the King, the National Assembly of France reply by an order for the most formidable military preparation. This seems to wear the aspect for war; and accordingly in France, it is said, an apprehension of war has become very general. The Royal Ladies of France, it is said, intend, and certain appearances seem to indicate that the King and Queen would be very glad, to retreat to some other kingdom. It is very hard when crowned heads are deprived even of the comforts of voluntary exile.”
A Liverpool news-paper, of the 5th of February, mentions, that the general average price of WHEAT throughout England and Wales, by the last returns, was six shillings and two pence half penny.
London papers, of a late date, brought by the ship Manchester, arrived at Philadelphia, in a short passage from Liverpool, inform, that the British were fitting out fleets, with the utmost expedition, for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.
G E O R G E - T O W N, April 2.
On Monday last the PRESIDENT of the United States, escorted by his Excellency Governor HOWARD, and the Honourable Mr. KILTY, arrived in this town, and was met here by the Commissioners appointed under the act respecting the permanent residence of Congress. He accepted an invitation to a very elegant public dinner, given by the citizens; and had the pleasure, before his departure, on Wednesday on his southern tour, to reconcile the various views and interests of the proprietors of lands in the different offers heretofore made him for the Federal City, so far as to leave the fairest prospect of being able, fully, to realize his wishes, in obtaining a tract of country equal to that grand object, extending from Rock Creek, adjoining George-Town, to the Eastern-Branch; and proposed to be bounded by the river Patowmac, from the mouth of Rock-Creek to the mouth of the Eastern-Branch; by the Eastern-Branch to Evans’s Point, some distance above the ferry; by a line drawn from Evans’s Point, to the road leading from George-Town to Biadenburg, and to intersect the road about half a mile from the fording-place on Rock-Creek, by a line from thence to Rock-Creek, somewhere above the fording-place—and thence, by Rock-Creek, to the river; the whole including upwards of four thousand acres, in the very centre of the Federal Territory, surpassed by no spot on earth, of equal extent, for commercial advantages and elegance of situation.
The Patowmac Navigation is like soon to acquire powerful assistance.—We hear there is to be a special meeting of the President and Directors of the Company, next month, in expectation that the monied interest will connect itself with the old company, for the vacant shares, and purchase those which may be offered for sale.
Previous to the departure of the President from this town, we hear that he instructed Lieutenant-
Colonel L’Infant, a native of France, who served with distinguished reputation in the American troops of engineers in the late war, and whose taste and talents are universally admired, to plan and lay out the Federal City.
We hear that the proprietors of land between Rock-Creek and the Tyber, have, with much credit to themselves, made a donation of some lots in the proposed Federal City, to Mr. GEORGE WALKER, which they rather consider as a small tribute to genius and merit, than an adequate reward for being the projector of the magnificent plan now in contemplation, and attended with very favourable prospects of being fully accomplished.
SHEPHERD’S-TOWN, April 19.
Last week a rendezvous was opened in this town, as also one at Martinsburg, for the purpose of enlisting the levies required by the late act of Congress, to serve in the intended expedition against the Western Indians—and we are happy to find from the number daily enrolled, that the quota for this county will, in a very short time, be fully completed.
On the 22d Dec. the Russians carried the Fortress of Ismail by storm—The garrison which it is said consisted of more than 12000 men, were all put to the sword, except about 400. The Russian army was commanded by Gen. Suwarrows.
A vote has passed both houses of the Legislature of the State of New-York, by which the Treasurer of that State is authorised to subscribe seventy five thousand dollars to the Bank of the United States:—The Certificates of National debt held by that State, it has been directed should be subscribed to the Loan proposed by Congress in their Act of 4th August, 1790.
His Excellency the Governor of PENNSYLVANIA has issued a PROCLAMATION, offering a reward of one thousand dollars to any person or persons, who shall apprehend or secure, so that they may be brought to justice, the men, or any of them, who were guilty of murdering three men and one woman, belonging to a party of friendly Indians, at a Block-House on the West side of Beaver-Creek, in the County of Alleghany, the 9th inst.
By the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a Proclamation bearing date the 24th day of January of this present year, and in pursuance of certain acts of the states of Maryland and Virginia, and of the Congress of the United States therein mentioned, certain lines of experiment were directed to be run in the neighbourhood of George-Town, in Maryland, for the purpose of determining the location of a part of the territory of ten miles square for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States, and a certain part was directed to be located within the said lines of experiment on both sides of the Patowmac, and above the limit of the Eastern-Branch prescribed by the said act of Congress.
And Congress by an amendatory act, passed on the 3d day of this present month of March, have given further authority to the President of United States, “to make any part of the territory below the said limit, and above the mouth of Hunting Creek, a part of the said district, so as to include a convenient part of the Eastern-Branch, and of the lands lying on the lower side thereof, and also the town of Alexandria.”
NOW THEREFORE, for the purpose of amending and completing the location of the whole of the said territory of ten miles square, in conformity with the said amendatory act of Congress, I do hereby declare and make known that the whole of the said territory shall be located and included within the four lines following, that is to say—
Beginning at Jones’s point, being the upper Cape of Hunting Creek in Virginia, and at an angle, in the outlet, of 25 degrees west of the north, and running in a direct line ten miles for the first line: then beginning again at the same Jones’s point, and running another direct line, at a right angle with the first, across the Patowmac, ten miles for the second line: then from the terminations of the said first and second lines, running to the other direct lines, of ten miles each, the one crossing the Eastern-Branch aforesaid, and the other the Patowmac, and meeting each other in a point.
And I do accordingly direct the Commissioners named under the authority of the said first mentioned act of Congress, to proceed forthwith to have the said four lines run, and by proper metes and bounds defined and limited, and thereof to make due report under their hands and seals; and the territory so to be located, defined and limited, shall be the whole territory accepted by the said acts of Congress as the district for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand. Done at George-Town aforesaid, the 30th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1791, and of the Independence of the United States the fifteenth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
BY THE PRESIDENT. THOMAS JEFFERSON.
POST-OFFICE, WINCHESTER, March 22, 1791.
THE POST, established by law, will start from the Post-Office, in Winchester, on the 2d of May next, properly equipped, with portmanteau for the Mail, and saddle-bags for parcels, &c.
The route will be through Battletown, over Key’s Ferry, through Leesburgh to Alexandria, once in each week, to arrive in Winchester every Friday.
The utmost punctuality being necessary, it is desired that letters may be left in due time, otherwise they must unavoidably be detained until the next post day.
As the conveyance of a Mail is attended with considerable expence, it is hoped the good people of Winchester and others, will encourage this useful undertaking, by subscribing to the carriage of newpapers, which shall be punctually delivered, and with such dispatch as to render the present Post by much the most eligible of any that has hitherto travelled from this quarter.
DANIEL NORTON, Post Master.
In consequence of the above regulation, a Post-Rider will be dispatched every Thursday Morning, from the Printing-Office in this town, to meet the Alexandria Post at Key’s Ferry, on his return to Winchester.—Letters, &c. to be forwarded by this conveyance, left with the subscriber, will be attended to with care and punctuality. . . . . The Post from this place to Winchester, via Martinsburg, which conveys the Mail to and from Baltimore, Frederick-Town, &c. will still be continued.
N. WILLIS.
Shepherd’s-Town, April 19, 1791.
INOCULATION on low Terms.
Thomas Robinson,
BEGS leave to inform the Public, that he will Inoculate for the Small-Pox, supply Medicine, and give punctual and efficient Attendance, for five shillings each person. He will attend any number of Patients in the vicinity of this town, on the same terms.
To relieve the distressed Poor (who are really such) he will inoculate 30 of them gratis . Application to be made at Capt. WILLIAM LEMEN’S, at the SPREAD EAGLE.
The tongue of slander and defamation being ever ready to cast its venom on the innocent and unguarded, T. ROBINSON finds that he has not escaped its lash—an illiberal and false report having been industriously propagated during his absence from this town, that he was bred a mechanic !—although he holds every branch of mechanism in high estimation, and conceives that such an epithet can by no means injure his reputation, yet, he wishes to assure the public, that he passed through a regular study of physic in Philadelphia, and with one of the first practitioners in that city.—As to his abilities in the line of inoculation, those who have employed him have been fully satisfied—he is happy in the reflection, that out of 632 persons which he has inoculated for the small-pox since the first of January last, not one have died, or even had the disorder with any degree of severity.
Shepherd’s-Town, April 14, 1791.
FROM a conviction that men of Science should be a blessing as well as an ornament to society, and that talents and skill were given to individuals, as well for public good as private emolument,
Doctor JACK
Is happy in offering his services to the good people in the vicinity of Shepherd’s-Town , and therefore proposes to
INOCULATE,
Not like the unfeeling and rapacious Quacks who have gone before him, for the enormous sum of TEN SHILLINGS! but for the moderate price of 2/6, or half a bushel of wheat, corn, peas, oats, or potaoes.
“To relieve the distressed Poor (who are really such) he will inoculate 130 of them gratis .”
DOCTOR JACK is a native of Sanhaga. He studied the first principles of the healing art , under the famous Muhli Alka Bumbo, Physician in Ordinary to his most potent, sublime, and imperial Majesty of Morocco. In the early part of his life he travelled the amazing peninsula of Africa, from his own native city to the wilds of Zanguebar and Cafeteria, by way of Suez and Abissinia; and has for upwards of fifty years met with the most unparalleled and incredible success in the line of his profession.
The Doctor (who is the seventh son, of the seventh son, of the seventh son) may be spoke with at Mrs. BAKER’S.
Shepherd’s-Town, April 14, 1791.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
DISINTERESTEDNESS.
THE floods that deluge all the plain, Enrich the hills with loads of grain; While suns that parch the rising soil, But make the fertile valleys smile.
My farm, this blooming meadow fills, And drinks the rains from yonder hills— Still, O ye gods, in show'rs bestow Just reign enough to make it grow.
But neighbours balance such kind wishes; Your farm may be a pond for fishes— Provided the propitious skies, With copious show'rs, yon hill supplies.
Thus fares it with the Banking scheme (Perhaps 'tis but the author's whim) Protect the interest of a State, And leave the UNION to its fate.
Dreadnought,
A beautiful, large, full blooded Horse Will cover the ensuing Season, one half the time at Mr. WILLIAM SKINNER's stable in MAR- TINSBURG, (on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) and the other half at Capt. WILLIAM LEMEN's sta- ble 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 in- surance.
DREADNOUGHT is a blood-bay, 16 hands high, a most elegant figure and lofty car- riage, 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 be- fore the first day of October ensuing.
Rye or Wheat will be taken at cash price, deliver- ed at Capt. Shepherd's, Beaton's or Riddle's mills.
DREADNOUGHT was got by the famous Horse FEARNUGHT, from a full blooded imported Mare, and is half brother to that valuable Horse SPECU- LATOR, late the property of Mr. WATERS, and al- so to that much-esteemed Horse UNION, both which Horses, on account of their size, blood and charac- ter, 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 co- vered by this Horse, who cannot conveniently at- tend them, will have good pasturing provided, but no escapes or other accidents will be answered for. The season will commence the 28th inst.
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, SE- VEN DOLLARS for insurance, and EIGHT SHIL- LINGS, ready money, by the leap.
If the money for the season is paid by the 10th of August, Twenty-two Shillings will be received in- stead of the Four Dollars.
I will receive Wheat and Rye, at the cash price, either in Worthington's, Briscoe'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 beauti- ful 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 descri- ption 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.
** Cash given for clean Linen or Cotton Rags, at this Office.
THE NOTED HORSE PAUL JONES,
WILL stand the ensuing Season, at MOUNT PLEASANT, about two miles from Ge- neral LEE's place, and eight from Shephe d's Town, and will cover Mares at FIVE DOLLARS the sea- son, 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 Coffer 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 Disinall, which he imported.
All Persons putting Mares by the Season to PAUL JONES the last year, and not proving with foal, shall be intitled 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.
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 sin- gle leap; or, FOUR DOLLARS, and one bushel of oats the season, payable the first day of SEPTE- MBER; if not then paid, FIVE DOLLARS will be de- manded—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 Me-chantable 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.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
John Keith,
FORMERLY Inn-keeper near Sugar-Land-Run, on the main Alexandria road, purposes 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. Kearsey and Spaulding's Stores. The behaviour to Customers, as far as lays in my power, to be conducive to their approbation, shall not be want- ing 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.
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 accom- modate a small family. Any person wishing 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-Rest, March 18, 1791.
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.
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 MARTINS- BURG, in the County of BERKELEY, a part whereof is under cultivation, and conveniently improved, and the rest well timbered:—the whole is remark- able 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.
Will be sold, by the subscriber, By virtue of a Deed in Trust, made to him by JOHN B. TILDEN, 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 Tuskerora 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 al- ready 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.
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 even- ing 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, can- ning 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 shirt, 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.
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 CATO MOORE, Esq. he acknowledged that he belongs to Mr. THOMAS WHITING, near Ge- neral 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, than an ELECTION will be held at the Court House, on the Third Tuesday of next Month, for the pur- pose 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.
111 Tickets in Mr. T. WHITE's Lottery, are sold at the Printing-Of- fice hereof.