The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1792-05-01 00:00:00

THE LANDS devised by the last Will of General Adam Stephen, (deceased) to be sold by his Executors, will be disposed of to the highest bidder, at Public Sale, upon the 21st and 22d days of May next, on the respective premises.
These lands are in two tracts; the one which will be exposed to sale on the 21st, as above, contains 130 acres, whereon is erected a valuable Merchant-Mill, with two water wheels and a pair of burr stones annexed to each, adjoining the town of Martinsburg, in Berkeley County;—the other consists of about 500 acres of farming Land, within five or six miles of the said Town, whereon stands a convenient stone Dwelling-House, and some out-buildings.
A credit will be given for this property—the purchase money being well secured, on an annual interest.
April 19th, 1792.
ROBERT STEPHEN, EPHRAIM GAITHER, MOSES HUNTER, DAVID HUNTER.
That high bred Horse
Young St. George,
Will stand to cover Mares, at the Plantation lately the property of Capt. Amos Nichols, 5 miles from Martinsburg, on the road leading from thence to Watkin's Ferry, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, in each week, and at Edward Beeson's Mill on Back Creek, on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, at the moderate price of seventeen shillings and six pence for each mare, or one dollar the single leap.
Young St. George is fully 15 1/2 hands high, and of a beautiful black, rising 5 years old. He was got by McDonald's imported horse St. George, his dam by Badger, his grandam by Dobler, out of a Janus mare.
Due attendance, by
JOHN DOHERTY.
April 23.
Wanted immediately,
TWO JOURNEYMEN
TAYLORS.
If they are good workmen, the highest wages will be given, by James Gribbin, in MARTINSBURG.
Notice !
PURSUANT to a decree of the High Court of Chancery, held at Richmond, will be exposed to sale, at Public Auction, for ready money, on Tuesday the 8th day of May next, 140 acres of Land, situate on Opiquan creek, in the county of Berkeley, whereon is a valuable Merchant-Mill and Saw-Mill, a good Dwelling-House, with sundry other improvements, late the property of Henry Stupe, deceased. The sale will begin at 12 o'clock, at the aforesaid Mill.
Andrew Waggoner, } Trustees. Abraham Shepherd, } John Milton. }
April 16.
Notice !
BERKELEY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, April 11, 1792. WHEREAS I passed an obligation to James Hoskinson, of this county, dated the 16th day of September, 1788, conditioned for the payment of Twenty Pounds, Pennsylvania currency, payable on the 16th day of September, 1789. Also, one other obligation, dated the 16th day of September, 1788, for Twenty Pounds, Pennsylvania currency, payable the 16th day of September, 1790; which obligations the said James Hoskinson assigned to Henry Shearard, of this county; and as I have paid and discharged the same to the said Shearard, this is therefore to forewarn all and every person from taking or accepting an assignment on said Obligations above recited, should such a fraud be attempted by him, as I am determined not to pay the money over again.
PATRICK M'KELVIE.
Robinson, Sanderson and Co.
Are now landing from on board the Nancy, Capt. Hamilton, from Whitehaven,
A very general assortment of
European Goods,
Suitable to this and the approaching season, which they mean to dispose of by the Piece or Package only, at their Warehouse in ALEXANDRIA.
April 4 1792.
T H E
Pennsylvania
F A R M E R,
Will stand at Mr. Winn Winship's Mills, on Mill Creek, Berkeley County, from the first day of April next, till the first day of August following.
This noted Horse will cover for the Season, at the low rate of Eighteen Shillings, each Mare, if the whole is paid by the first day of September next, if not Twenty-four Shillings will be demanded;—or nine Shillings, ready money, for a single leap.
The FARMER is a beautiful BAY, of the Ball and Dray breed, remarkably strong and well made for the draught, full seventeen hands and half high, rising eight years old, and is esteemed by good judges to be an excellent breed for the wagon or plantation business.
JAMES BRANDON.
Effingham Mills, March 26, 1792.
Young Munster,
WILL cover this season,
At the stable of Benjamin Foreman, three miles and an half from Shepherd's-Town, at Two Dollars and one bushel of oats or corn, each mare, the season, or one dollar the single leap, cash down at the time of covering, or four dollars and a bushel of oats to insure. The season to be paid in cash or merchantable wheat on the first day of September next.
MUNSTER is a dark chestnut sorrel, full fifteen hands high, and is allowed by the best of judges to be as good a horse for service, for either riding or drawing, and sure for getting good colts as any other Horse in Berkeley County. He is a full half hunter. The season to begin the 9th day of April, and end the 1st day of July. Merchantable wheat will be received at market price, if delivered in said Foreman's mill, now in the tenure of COHN and STEALY.
JOHN BUCHANAN, Miller.
March 31, 1792.
N. B. Any person not paying the oats or corn, will be charged 18/9 for the season.
Notice !
THE Commissioners of the Federal City have requested the subscriber to receive proposals from those who wish to furnish them with PLANK, SCANTLING and LIME. Great quantities of each article will be wanted, and ready cash paid on the delivery, at the mouth of WATT'S-BRANCH, provided the prices meet the approbation of the Commissioners.
WILLIAM SPALDING.
Shepherd's-Town, 6th April, 1792.
W A N T E D,
By the Printer hereof,
An active LAD,
From 15 to 18 years of age, to be employed in the business of Post Riding, &c. &c.
BLANKS of all Kinds, sold at the Printing-Office hereof.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, held for Berkeley County, the 16th day of August, 1791.
Executors of William Mumford, Compt.
vs } Chancery. Executors of Martin Kersner, Deft.
THE Defendants not having entered their appearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and according to the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this County: On the motion of the Complainants, by their Counsel, Ordered, That the said Defendants do appear here on the third Tuesday of June next, to answer the bill of the Complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in the Virginia Gazette for two months successively, and published at the Church in the Parish of Norborne, in the County aforesaid, on some Sunday after divine service, and also at the Court-House door of the said County.
A copy, MOSES HUNTER, C.B.C
Wanted immediately,
One or Two Apprentices to the Tanning Business. Also, a quantity of such Bark as is made use of in that employment, for which the highest price will be given.
PAUL VERDIER.
W A N T E D,
A good SADDLE HORSE.
Any person having one to dispose of on reasonable terms, may hear of a purchaser by applying to the Printer.
Drunkenness is a voluntary Madness.
IT is an ill thing for a man not to know the measure of his stomach; nor to consider that men do many things in their drink that they are ashamed of when sober.—Drunkenness being nothing but a voluntary madness, it emboldens men to do all sort of mischiefs; it both irritates wickedness and discovers it; it makes him who is insolent, prouder; him who is cruel, fiercer; it takes away all shame. He who is peevish, breaks out presently into ill words and blows; a man's tongue trips, his head turns round; he staggers in his pace: To say nothing of the cruelties and diseases which follow upon this distemper. Consider the public mischief it has done. How many warlike people* and strong cities, that have stood invincible to attacks, and sieges, has darkness overcome!—Is it not a great honour to drink the company dead? A magnificent virtue to swallow more wine than the rest; and yet at last to be undone by a hoghead? What shall we say of those men who invert the offices of day and night? As if our eyes were given us to use in the dark! Is it day? It is time to go to bed. Is it night? 'tis time to rise. Is it towards morning? Let us go to supper. When other people lie down, they rest; and lie 'till the next night to digest the debauch of the day before. It is an argument of clownery, to do as other people do. It is a great weakness, to suffer our thinking faculties to be impaired, to the detriment of our spiritual endowments, our acquired morals, and our temporal interest; and that, oftentimes through the insinuations of some pretended jovial companions.—You, whose nature is good, and has not as yet been debauched beyond a sense of duty, bridle that impetuosity which precipitates you into that gratification of your disordered senses, or overwhelms you with darkness; and you will of course discern amongst some of your jolly fellows, schemers of a black taint. Of a black taint? Yes, of a black taint. Because, under the cloak of fellowship, they seek to hasten that ruin, which they know must unavoidably take place, even though you were to have none but un-designing companions at your drinking frolics; and because, instead of listening to the dictates of humanity and benevolence, by drawing you from the borders of the precipice, they hurry you down, that their mercenary or malicious expectations may the sooner be accomplished.
*The writer was an eye witness, the war before this last, between Turkey and Russia, when 500 Russians landed upon the Island of Stancho, in the Archipelago, and took the town of that name, having 1500 Turks to defend it, the Turks having fled to an adjacent Fort before the warlike Russians, without having offered them the least opposition. But the delicious wines, the produce of that, and of some of the neighbouring islands, turned the scale rapidly; for, the next morning, a party of the Turks having ventured out to reconnoitre the enemy, and finding they were lying to digest their last night's debauch, went back to the Fort, when a general Sally took place, and but two of the Russians survived the massacre!

Foreign Advices.
EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE.
By the Ship Manchester , Capt. Clay , arrived at Philadelphia, from Liverpool, we have the following advices, viz.
From the MADRAS COURIER, August 18. GRAND ARMY.
By letters from camp, of the 12th inst. we learn, that Tippoo's Vakeel is arrived, and has halted between Bangalore and Oufore, where he will remain until it be determined, how and when he is to be received.
The arrival of the Vakeel from Tippoo, and Tippoo's situation and circumstances considered, opens the prospect to a speedy and glorious peace; in the interim, every preparation is making on our part, to carry on the war with the utmost vigour and effect on the breaking up of the Monsoon.—Provisions are collecting in great quantities, and abundance of stores has been sent off to the army, and a battering train is ready to be embarked at Calcutta, and expected at Madras in fifteen or twenty days.
After the glorious battle of the 15th, when a part of our army, led by Lord Cornwallis, drove Tippoo's whole force into his capital, his Lordship ordered the greatest care to be taken of the wounded, belonging to the enemy who had fallen into our hands, a tent was pitched for them, and our surgeons attended them with the same tenderness as if they had been our own people—humanity and benevolence are the prominent features in the character of the truly brave. In the heat of the battle our sepoys mixed with those of Tippoo, and were unavoidably made prisoners; they were immediately thrown into dungeons, and treated with every cruelty; some of them have made their escape, and come into Bangalore the most shocking spectacles, having had their noses and ears cut off, by order of Tippoo; such are the execrable effects of impotent fury; such the traits that mark the conduct of a ruffian; such the returns which a despotic barbarian makes for extended generosity.
September 8.
It is said that Tippoo has once more imbrued his hands in the blood of our countrymen, and that fifteen of those ill-fated men, who were made prisoners during the last war, have fallen victims to his unexampled cruelty! In the day of battle he will remember that the contending enemy fights, not in the cause of honour or of right, but under the banners of an inhuman tyrant, who dragged his fellow-soldiers captives to his loathsome prisons; there loaded them with irons; treated them with every severity human nature was capable of supporting; and then closed the horrid scene with murder. A noble indignation will glow in his brave bosom, and give additional vigour to his lifted arm. And while he gives the blow, he will remember its double purpose, the cause of his country, and to revenge the murder of his countrymen.
September 28.
The appearances in favour of the probability of peace seem rather to have decreased lately; but still it remains a question, which no one, perhaps, can yet determine.
Tippoo has again displayed his savage barbarity over his devoted captives: An hundred and twenty of our countrymen and some sepoys, who had fallen into his hands, in the course of the last and during the present war, have, it is said, been butchered by his orders, and it is feared the others will meet the same fate. Indeed he seems to be totally devoid of every particle of humanity, and it may be said Tippoo and cruelty are synonymous terms.
L O N D O N, February 8.
Letters from Namur, dated the 3d of February, communicate the following important particulars;
The Emperor declares, that he takes the French emigrants under his immediate protection. A sum of twenty millions is transmitted by that Monarch to the Princes.
Orders are given at Fribourg to receive the Prince de Conde and his army.
Mirabeau's Legion, and the regiment de Berwick, are also at Brisgau.
The Imperial troops, Austrians and Russians, advance rapidly.
Namur, Mons, Gand, are to be fortified immediately. The works of Namur are already commenced.
The King of Spain allows 60 livres per month to each French emigrant. The Dutch furnish both men and money. They are forming a Cardon of Troops from the frontiers of Brabant to those of Leige. General Baron Bentick has the care of this operation. He is now at Arnheim.
A plot, similar to that of Bruxelles, has been discovered at Tournay.
Twenty thousand of the Emperor's troops are already arrived in the Milanais.
Feb. 24. The Dutch mail, which arrived yesterday, contains the following article of intelligence: We are assured that the French Princes have in the press a Declaration, written with great dignity and energy, in which they exhort the emigrants to take courage, notwithstanding they are now in a critical situation.
The troops whom the Emperor is to cause to march into the Low Countries, are stated to amount to between 25,000 and 30,000.
The purpose of the last Aristocratic Plot was, to excite a general alarm and riot, by means of the
Swiss Guards, when the King's Body-Guard, all picked men, and of tried fidelity, were, under the pretext of securing the King's person, to favour his escape!—The detection of this unripe scheme has of course saved the lives of thousands.
DUBLIN VOLUNTEERS.
February 2.
The society of friends of the constitution in Clermont, France, (after perusing the different publications addressed from various parts of Ireland, on the 14th July last, to the national assembly and people of France, through the medium of the Courier de l'Europe and other prints) agreed to, and forwarded an animated address "To the Volunteers of Ireland at Dublin," which appeared in the public prints last October.
The following answer to the above mentioned address was agreed to by the volunteers of Dublin, and forwarded to France: the answer was signed James Napper Tandy, Thomas Bacon, Edward Newenham, William Thomas Smith, Archibald Hamilton Rowan, J. T. Athenhurst, Michael Doyle, by order of the volunteers of Dublin; and is now published for the first time in this city.
To the members of the committee of correspondence, for the friends of the constitution in Clermont,
The answer of the Volunteers of Dublin.
Lost as this island has been to the world, and sequestered from the nations, your address comes to our ears, like the sound of a human voice to one long wandering through a wilderness, who hears, at last, an answer to his call, and says within himself, "the sound reverberates through my heart! that is surely the voice of man—my friend and my brother!"
Happy people of France!—what you began suspiciously has been consummated: what you largely promised, has been faithfully performed. Your revolution has not manifested merely an impatience of servitude, but a mature capacity of freedom. You have professed much—you have labored more; and you advanced close to perfection—you have laid down a known chart of constitution, by which the vessel of the state is to shape its future course, piloted by an ever-watchful assembly, guided by the polar principle of fair and adequate representation. We, alas! are yet at sea in doubt and darkness, obliged to take our observations from such wandering luminaries as our clouded fortune presents to our eyes. Your constitution animates your government—our government is the ghostly skeleton of our constitution—Your assembly represents the nation; ours does not represent, but actually personates, the people, who are NOTHING. The sovereignty of your will has been recognized at the altar of your religion: An ideal crown dances before the eyes of Ireland, and mocks the servile majesty of its people. You have a king, who is now as a father in the midst of his children—We, a minister—whose principle is to govern by division, and to propagate not merely through the court, but through the whole country the poison of influence and the creeping death of corruption. You are, at this instant, enjoying the plenitude of political power, exercising the elective franchise, in a manner commensurate to its end, its value and its universality. We in the same instant, are warring with each other, about objects comparatively insignificant, and gratifying the malignity of those mean and vulgar souls who never felt—who cannot feel—an Ireland!—but who triumph over the disunion, and the degradation of their country.
We thank you for your compliments: but indeed, we should blush to say, that we have as yet deserved them. We shall endeavour to do so—we shall never despair of the common-weal; nor shall we ever deem ourselves totally stript and despoiled, while these arms are remaining; while we can grasp this solitary but found, distinction between a freeman and a slave.
We are much honoured by your correspondence, and we solicit its continuance.
United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
TUESDAY, April 17.
Mr. White, from the committee brought in a bill to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, which was received and read the first time.
On motion, the said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next.
The committee to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Ceracchi, a Roman sculptor, made a report, which was read as follows:
The Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Ceracchi, a Roman Sculptor, Report,
That on examining the journals of the late Congress, they find the following resolutions unanimously agreed to on the 7th of August, 1783, to wit:
"Resolved, that an Equestrian Statue of General WASHINGTON be erected, at the place where the residence of Congress shall be established."
"Resolved, that the statue be of bronze—The General to be represented in a Roman dress, holding a truncheon in his right hand, and his head encircled with a laurel wreath; the statue to be supported by a marble pedestal, on which are to be represented, in basso relievo, the following principal events of the war, in which General WASHINGTON commanded in person, viz. The evacuation of Boston—The capture of the Hessians at Trenton—The battle of Princeton—The action of Monmouth—and the surrender of Yorktown."—On the upper part of the front of the pedestal, to be engraved as follows: The United States, in Congress assembled, ordered this statue to be erected in the year of our Lord, 1783, in honour of GEORGE WASHINGTON, the illustrious Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America, during the war which vindicated and secured their Liberty, Sovereignty, and Independence."
The committee are of opinion, that the honour and dignity of government require a speedy and liberal execution of the said resolutions; and that the plan therein proposed for expressing the gratitude of our country, for the services of her most beloved and illustrious citizen, be extended to exhibit to posterity the triumph of Liberty and Virtue; the committee therefore submit the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary at War, for the time being, or any two of them, be appointed Commissioners, to cause the said Monument to be completed, agreeably to the said resolutions, with such additional ornaments emblematical of the virtue and heroism of the citizens of the United States, in effecting the late revolution, as may inspire reverence for republican government, and cherish that love of union and country, by which this great event has been achieved.
Resolved, That Congress will provide, at their next session, for the payment of dollars, per annum, for a term not exceeding ten years, to complete the said monument.
Ordered to lie on the table.
MASSACHUSETTS.
B O S T O N, April 7.
The Tranquility of Martinique and Guadaloupe, had not been disturbed, at the date of our last accounts from those Islands.
CONNECTICUT.
N E W L O N D O N, April 11.
An Antigua paper, of the 26th of December, says there were very promising appearances that the ensuing crop would be plentiful.
PENNSYLVANIA.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, April 18.
Farther accounts by the Ship Manchester , Captain Clay , arrived in this port, to the 27th of February.
A letter from the Minister of the interior department of Paris, February 14th, states, that reports are abroad which fill with anxiety and terror the minds of well disposed citizens; and that the enemies of the constitution are employed in spreading alarms among the people. Proper measures are pursuing to prevent the public tranquility from being disturbed.
Jealousies appear to be entertained of the new Minister of War by the National Assembly. The officers of the regiment de Soissonois, excepting five, have deserted, and quitted the kingdom. Rumours of a counter-revolution continue.
The National Assembly has decreed that all soldiers composing the King's body-guard, should take an oath—to be faithful to the Nation, the Law and the King—to maintain the constitution of the kingdom—to watch over the security of the King's person, and to obey no order or requisition foreign to the purpose for which they were embodied.
This guard is not to follow the King, if he establishes his residence more than twenty leagues from the place of the Assembly's meeting, and on no account whatever are they to attend him out of the kingdom.
An article under Paris head says, the King has several times rode through the different quarters of the city, accompanied only by one officer, the commandant of the guard—he has personally inspected all the markets and stores. In these excursions he every where met the most affectionate demonstrations of loyalty.
A dispute took place, some months since, off the Cape of Good Hope, between a French, and an English frigate, called the Thames. The Frenchman had several of his men killed and wounded by a broadside, received from the English vessel.—Further particulars are not come to hand.
Major Butler, who was badly wounded in the engagement on the 4th of November, has arrived at his farm near Carlisle, and we have the pleasure to hear, is in a fair way of recovery.
The speculating tribe in this city (says a N. Y. paper) are sunk in the abyss of inextricable confusion, yet seem to be insensible of the dreadful labyrinth in which they are entangled—instead, however, of exerting themselves to preserve some kind of manly character, they are endeavouring to lower themselves still more by descending to the mean level of fish-women and common street-boxers!
Some murders have been recently committed by the Indians at a small station between Belle Prairie and Bellville, on the west side of the Ohio. The wife and three children of one DELIVERANCE BROWN, were, it is said, the unfortunate victims on this occasion. The CORNPLANTER has given forth assurances of his own and people's attachment to the United States.

It is fortunate (says a Daily paper) for this country, that plentiful orders for English goods preceded the late fall of paper, which has so deeply affected private credit. If the crisis had occurred rather sooner, cash only would have obtained in Britain, what credit may now have procured.
M A R Y L A N D.
B A L T I M O R E, April 20.
Extracts of private letters received by a gentleman in Baltimore.
Fort Washington, Feb. 10, 1792.
"Nothing very material has occurred since my last. In consequence of despatches, received on Saturday last, from the War-Office, the major part of the small force at this place are ordered to be in readiness to march at the shortest notice—General Wilkinson has requested a reinforcement of 60 riflemen from the nearest settlement—Volunteers will appear on the first summons in his name; his popularity is great, as well with the military as with the militia—He is beloved by citizens and soldiers—Notwithstanding the object of the meditated expedition is perfectly secret, Wilkinson has only to put on his hunting-shirt, shew his tomahawk, and cry "War Hocks" and the Militia are ready to a man."
"Danville, March 17, 1792."
"Mr. T— S—, who had contracted to deliver a quantity of provisions at Post Vincennes, went from the Rapids the 9th ult. His boats contained 100 hogs, 40 bushels of salt, and some horses, which he landed at the mouth of Pigeon-Creek, above the mouth of the Wabash, and proceeded by land. The second night after he went on shore, the Indians fired on his party, a few drovers, and took all his hogs, horses, and salt."
"A boat belonging to Ellicott and Williams, with provisions for Post St. Vincennes, was obstructed in the Wabash by the ice; about 80 Indians appeared on the shore, some of whom went on board the boat, and demanded a barrel of whiskey, which the boat's crew dared not refuse them; when they had drank it out, they went for more, offering no violence to the whites, but said they would have as much whiskey as they wanted, that "Congress would pay," and upon that score, took off six barrels, without doing any other injury."
"Fort Pitt, April 1, 1792."
"The Indians have appeared lately on several parts of the Ohio; they have killed some people below Wheeling, and have stolen some horses on Buffalo Creek."
"All quiet yet, about Fort Pitt, and at Fort-Franklin (Venango): The garrison at the last post is augmented to 120 men. The Senecas have given another and a very striking proof of their fidelity and attachment to the whites—An Indian of the Delaware nation, who was acquainted among the Senecas, was at Fort-Franklin, where also were several Senecas, Munsees, and Mingoes: A suspicion arose about the intention of the Delaware: inquiry was made in their manner, and the behaviour and equivocal answers of the poor Delaware convincing the Senecas that his views were inimical, the principal Seneca present (not one of the chiefs of the nation) ordered him to be tomahawked; which was instantly done. This act, although barbarous in the manner, is just as effectual as our more civilized way of hanging—The policy is the same—Death is the punishment inflicted on spies, according to the laws of all nations; and I have noticed the above fact, not as an instance of the barbarity of savage customs, but to shew how little reason there is to apprehend a coalition between the friendly and hostile Indians. I wish that Congress may give proper encouragement to the warriors (I understand about 50) lately gone to Philadelphia to offer their services."
The South-Carolina Columbian Herald, of the 3d instant, mentions, that on the day preceding, "the Brig Charleston, Capt. Garman, arrived at Charleston, in 10 days from Philadelphia, with money for the bank."
MARTINSBURG, May 1.
At the District Court, held at Winchester on Thursday last, John Crane and William Johnson, were sentenced to be executed on the 8th day of June next:—the former for the murder of Mr. Abraham Vanborne, and the latter for horse-stealing.
Saturday evening last, a family passed through this town from the vicinity of Beesontown—they inform, that about three weeks ago, a party of Indians killed four families, consisting of upwards 20 persons, in that neighbourhood—that the inhabitants of Morgantown, Beesontown, and the settlements adjacent, were under the most serious apprehensions of danger—that many families who have hitherto resided secure, and free from any fear of the savages for upwards of 25 years past, were now seeking their safety by flight—and that from every appearance, the most distressing consequences would ensue in that quarter of the western country.
The inhabitants of and near Wheeling, and as far as Fort-Pitt, it is said, are under similar apprehensions, and unless speedy and effectual measures are taken to put a stop to the career of the savage banditti, that country, in the course of the ensuing summer, would be entirely depopulated.
Accounts from New York say, that the failures in that city may be fairly stated at three millions of dollars.—The city is in a languishing condition—vessels lying at the wharf without any one to receive their cargoes—the speculators either in goal, ruminating
over bundles of loose papers locked up in garrets, or fled off to remote and desolate parts of Jersey Verily, brethren ye ought to have foreseen these things, and avoided them.
A pilot boat has lately been dispatched to Great-Britain from New-York, it is said, with an immense quantity of six-per-cent Certificates, if she has luck, they will come to a good market: as Virgil says,
Quo non speculantia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!
A late London paper has the following paragraph: "There is such a general advance on all sorts of goods, that it is thought the less of them sent to America, the less blame will the merchants and factors experience; and if the Americans were to suspend their commissions for one season by unanimous consent, it would be the means of bringing our workmen into their proper stations; at present they are without control, every factor daily attending the manufactures, and ready to snatch the work, whether finished or not."
Died in this town, last evening, Mrs. Sarah Zubert, wife of Mr. Jacob Zubert, Potter.
The Subscribers to the GUARDIAN, who formerly received their papers at the Printing Office while at Shepherd's-Town, are informed, that they will be lodged in future, every Tuesday, at Messrs. J. & J. M. Murrain's store.
HARP and CROWN TAVERN.
THE Subscriber, with gratitude returns thanks to his friends and the public, for the favor and patronage they have been kind enough to confer on him, since his commencement at this house—he flatters himself, from the unwearied attention to please, together with the satisfaction of being provided with the choicest of Liquors, and every other necessary this part of the country can afford, will induce a continuance of the same.—He expects from the room, neatness of the house, the tolerable share of furniture, and good beds, which he is every day adding to, will render it satisfactory to receive more company.—He has also a flock of excellent hay and oats—and is further provided with an honest, careful man, as an hostler.
FLORENCE MAHONY.
Martinsburg, April 30, 1792.
Take Notice!
On Saturday, the 5th day of May next, Will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises,
A House and Lot,
IN SHEPHERD'S TOWN.
Also, a number of articles of House-Furniture, the property of the subscriber. A reasonable credit will be given, and due attendance paid by me.
MICHAEL FESLER.
April 23, 1792.
4 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the night of the 26th instant, an indentured Apprentice, named CALEB NORTHCOAT, near 20 years of age, of a dark complexion, has a down look, long dark-brown hair, is about 5 feet 7 inches high. He had on when he went away, a dark-brown sailor jacket, an under jacket of the same cloth, dark velvet breeches, much worn, a round deep-crown wool hat, has a blue coat with him; with white metal buttons, and a waistcoat figured in diamonds of various colours. Whoever will take up said run-away apprentice, confine him in any goal, and give me notice thereof, so that I get him again, shall have the above reward and necessary charges.
JACOB STEPHEN.
Martinsburg, April 27, 1792.
2 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from this town, on the 4th day of October last, a redish-brindle HEIFER, one year old this spring, marked with a swallow-fork in each ear, has a white tail, some white on the belly, and several white spots about her. Whoever will give information of the said Heifer, so that I get her again, shall have the above reward.
DAVID WOLGAMOTT.
Martinsburg, April 26, 1792.
STRAYED, or perhaps stolen, the 25th instant, from the Subscriber, living on Dry Run, two miles from Martinsburg, a black Mare, four years old this spring, about 15 hands high, no brand, and has been docked, but her tail continues long and bushy, thick mane lying on each side of her neck, she trots, and has never been rode nor drawed.—Whoever takes up said Mare as a stray, shall have Three Dollars reward, if delivered to me, or Six Dollars, if stolen, for her and thief if delivered to me.
JOHN MOORE.
Berkeley County, April 30, 1792.
Lands for Lands.
TO BE DISPOSED OF,
FOUR Hundred Acres of Land, (called MAHON'S) lying on Buffalo-creek, Monongalia County, upon which there are upwards of 40 acres of the best meadow, a good mill seat and spring, and the land equal to any on the Western waters.
Three Hundred and eighty-four acres adjoining, below, on same creek, a large proportion of meadow, and a good spring, the upland equal, which is held by settlement-right, and a general warrantee will be given.
One Thousand Acres on the Dankard-mill run, a branch of said creek, held by preemption-right, of equal quality to the above, and the same warrantee will be given, all lying from 14 to 25 miles from Morgan-Town, and from 3 to 11 miles from Monongalia river—the State road from Morgan-Town to the little Kenhawa passes near or through the said land.
One Thousand Acres on Bingerman's creek, held by preemption-right, a great proportion of meadow, and well watered, which lies in the same county, the upland of good quality, about 10 miles farther from Morgan-Town.
One thousand acres on the little Kenhawa, about 14 miles from the mouth of said river, held by an old location on treasury-warrant, the land also very rich.
Any property in the counties of Berkeley or Frederick, negroes, or good bonds, will be taken in payment.
DAVID GRAY.
Berkeley, April 25, 1792.
Daniel Buckius,
Clock and Watch Maker,
FROM FREDERICK-TOWN.
MOST respectfully informs the Public, that he has established himself in the above line of business in this town. He repairs Clocks and Watches in the best manner, on the most reasonable terms, and with the greatest expedition, at the house of Mr. PETER DEAL, senior.
Martinsburg, April 26, 1792.
Wanted immediately, An APPRENTICE to the SADDLING BUSINESS.
Good encouragement and constant employ will be given to a JOURNEYMAN SADLER. Inquire of the Printer.
S C H E M E OF A LOTTERY, Established by DAVID HORN, IN MARTINSBURG.
Pennsylvania Currency.
  1 Highest Prize, one House, 30 feet front, by 23 1/2 feet, on the main street with a kitchen and workshop, - - - - - £.175 0 0   1 Prize, a corner half lot, with a good stable and kitchen, - - - - - 110 0 0   1 ditto, of 50 dollars, - - - - - 18 15 0   1 ditto, of 30 dollars, - - - - - 11 5 0   1 ditto of two weaving looms, with tackling, &c. - - - - - 10 0 0   1 ditto of 20 dollars, - - - - - 7 10 0   1 ditto, of a stove with the pipe, &c. - - - - - 5 10 0   1 ditto, of a five plated stove, - - - - - 2 5 0   35 ditto, at 3 dollars each, - - - - - 39 7 6   209 ditto, at 17/6 each, - - - - - 182 17 9   252 - - - - - 562 10 0   750 Tickets, at 2 dollars each, - - - - - 562 10 0 
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE Subscriber being desirous to dispose of his landed property, &c. notwithstanding the number of Lotteries that have been drawn in this vicinity lately, and others not drawn, yet he hopes that the above plan will encourage purchasers, as at first view every judicious person cannot but observe that it is calculated for the mutual advantage of the adventurers, and the author, there not being two blanks to a prize.—And the situation as well as worth of the land prizes, upon the minutest enquiry, will be found fully adequate to the value put on them;—they both lie in the street leading to Tuscarora meeting-house, opposite Mr. George Tilly's. A proper title to the same will be given by Messrs. Robert McKnight and David Wolgamott, who are appointed Trustees for the regular and impartial drawing of this Lottery, the time of which will be made known in the public papers, before-hand.—Managers will be appointed to superintend the drawing by the Trustees, who will be responsible for the payment of all prizes which any adventurer may be entitled to, as the subscriber leaves the whole to their care.
DAVID HORN.
Martinsburg, April 26, 1792.
N. B. For trouble and expences, a deduction of 5 per cent will be made from all prizes.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
SCRAPS, from various AUTHORS.
The PRESIDENT.
THIS splendid Truth let every page adorn, "That WASHINGTON for all the world was born." ANON.
The VICE PRESIDENT.
—HAST thou not seen Mount-Atlas? Though Storms and Tempests thunder on it's brow, And oceans break their billows at it's feet, It resists secure! ADDISON.
The SECRETARY at WAR.
"ENVY will merit, as it's shade pursue, But, like a shadow, prove it's substance true; The Great ALCIDES, every danger past, Had still this MONSTER to subdue at last." POPE.
The SECRETARY of the TREASURY.
HEAR him debate on Commonwealth affairs, You'd say it hath been all in all his study! List his discourse of War, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music! Turn him to any point of the Finances, The Gordian knot of it he will untie, Familiar as his garter! SHAKESPEARE.
GENERAL ST. CLAIR.
"THE bravest actions are but born to die, While pure Misfortunes live immortal! SHAKE.
STATE-SOVEREIGNTY.
My soul doth ache, To think, when two authorities are up; Neither deem'd Supreme; how soon confusion, Must enter, 'twixt the gap, and both destroy. SHAKE.
The GRUMBLING SCRIBBLERS.
It cannot be. Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The number of the fear'd. SHAKE.
The PATRIOT ARMY.
Gentlemen, You have been Soldiers, therefore are not rich— And thanks are greatly due you. Your living Is 'mongst the dead; and all the lands you have Lie in the pitched field. SHAKE.
Paul Jones,
WILL stand the ensuing season at Mount-Pleasant, two miles from General LEE's place, and eight from Shepherd's-Town, and will cover Mares at Four Dollars the season, or, six bushels of merchantable wheat, seven bushels of rye, or two and half barrels of corn. Mares will be insured for Seven Dollars, and may be discharged in produce in the same proportion as the season. He will also cover by the single leap at Two Dollars, the money to be paid when the mares are covered. The money or produce for the season to be paid on or before the first day of December ensuing.
PAUL JONES is a beautiful light grey, full fifteen hands and half high, rising eleven years old. He was bred by William Fitzhugh, Esq. of Chatham; his dam was Kitty Fisher; she was got by old Fearnought, out of Carter 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 entitled to put the same mares the present season for two dollars. Pasturage will be furnished gratis for mares at a distance, but will not be answerable for accidents or escapes. Grain will be received in any of the neighbouring mills, or at my own house.
RICHARD BAYLOR.
MARCH 31, 1792.
COOPERS WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
GOOD WAGES will be given to one or two JOURNEMEN COOPERS, At HITE's, by JOSEPH DEAN.
April 5.
The elegant HORSE Golden Cub,
Bred in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on Brandywine, Will cover this season, at the low rate of Two Dollars the season, at the stable of the Subscriber, at Paterson's Mills.
The Golden Cub's sire, that beautiful full-blooded imported hunting Horse Golden Farmer, his dam was out of Waters's excellent strain of saddle horses, came from where the Chester County Ball took their race, and the beautiful strain of horses called CUB. He is full three quarters blooded, two white feet, and handsome star in his forehead, a beautiful bright bay, sixteen hands high, rising eight years old this grass. He moves handsome, is strong and well knitted together, and fit for saddle or carriage; as sure a colt getter as is on the Continent, and for large colts none can excel him—his dropping colts no doubt will satisfy the eye of the curious.
Produce will be taken for payment, such as Wheat, Rye, or Corn, at such Price as affords to be delivered by the first of November next. Any persons bringing their Mares, may depend upon due attendance given, by JESSE JORDAN.
April 2, 1792.
Pleasant,
A beautiful Dapple-Grey,
UPWARDS 15 hands high, 10 years old this spring, well made, and calculated for the gears or saddle, will stand the ensuing season at Mr. John Watson's Plantation, ¾ of a mile from the Stone-House and five miles from Shepherd's-Town, where he will cover Mares at Ten Shillings and a bushel of oats or corn the season, or Six Shillings the single leap. PLEASANT's appearance will fully satisfy good judges, without unnecessary particulars. JAMES HYATT. Berkeley, April 3, 1792.
SCIPEO,
Will cover Mares this Season,
At Mr. JOSEPH RIDDLE's Mills, 1 ½ miles from Martinsburg, from this date to the first day of July, ensuing, at twelve shillings and six pence, cash, and one bushel of oats, the single leap, or twenty five shillings and one bushel of oats the season, to be paid the first of October—fifty shillings and one bushel of oats will insure a colt.
SCIPEO is a beautiful dark bay, rising eight years old, full sixteen hands and half high, and well made for either saddle or draught, and will recommend himself to good judges, without giving a long preamble of his pedigree.
Good attendance will be given, by WILLIAM THOMSON.
March 26, 1792.
N. B. Wheat or Rye will be taken in payment for Mares brought for the season, and the highest price given, by W. T.
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 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 beautiful Chestnut-Sorrel, with a blaze face, 15 ½ 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 1st of April next.
WILL cover this season, at the Subscriber's Plantation, on Opekeon-Creek, 2 miles from Beason's Mill, a chestnut-sorrel Horse, strong and well made, 15 hands high, one quarter blooded, 7 years old, and well calculated either for draught or the saddle. The terms will be one Dollar and a bushel of Oats the season.
ZACHARIAH MILLER.
March 26, 1792.
The noted HORSE
BADGER,
Formerly owned by Mr. Porterfield, WILL stand the ensuing season, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, at Capt. Newkirk's Mill, and Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, at Light's Mill. The season to commence on Monday the 2d day of April next, at Capt. Newkirk's.
BADGER is a beautiful black, with a ball face, three white feet, upwards sixteen hands high, nine years old in October next, of the dray breed, and is as good a Horse for the Saddle or Draught, as any one in the County.
The terms will be 17/6, and a bushel of oats the season, or one Dollar the single leap, to be paid at the time of covering; the money for the season to be paid punctually by the first day of August next.
CHARLES WILLSON.
Berkeley County, March 2, 1792.
FEDERALIST, A beautiful BLACK,
FIFTEEN hands high, his blood not inferior to any in America, will stand at the subscriber's Farm, two miles from Charles-town, where he will cover Mares at Six Dollars the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Dollars, when the Mare is taken away, or ten bushels of merchantable Wheat, delivered at any merchant mill within ten miles of the subscriber's, by the first of October. Notes of hand, payable at the above time, will be required, if the money is not paid as above. Pasturage will be furnished those who live at a distance, at two shillings per week, but will not be answerable for accidents or escapes.
THOMAS RUTHERFORD.
Berkeley County, March 27, 1792.
Federalist's Pedigree
I do hereby certify, that the Black Stud Colt, sold Major John Prior, was got by Lath , his Dam by Fearnought , out of Col. Tacer's famous imported Mare Celima , who was got by the Godolphin Arabian , and judged to be the finest Mare that was ever imported into America. The above stud was bred on the estate of the Hon. John Taylor.
WM. BEAL, jun. 11th Dec. 1778.
Test.
W. Fitzhugh, Landon Carier, jun.
To the Friends of Virtue and Learning.
ON the first day of MAY next, the Subscriber intends to open a SCHOOL at SHEPHERD's-TOWN, for the purposes of teaching the Latin, Greek, and English Languages, and some of the most useful branches of Science. To the orthography, grammar, and pronunciation of the English language, a particular attention will be paid.
He hopes to have the School conducted in a manner calculated to improve the heart and form the virtuous citizen, at the same time that the mind is furnished with the elements of useful knowledge.
MOSES HOGE.
A Tutor, of good reputation, is already engaged.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, held for Berkeley County, the 24th day of March, 1792.
William Hays, John Hays, and Jesse Hays, Complainants, against
Henry Thornborough, heir at law of Walter Thornborough, Defendant.
THE defendant not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly, and according to the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is no inhabitant of this County, on the motion of the complainants, by their counsel, Ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the third Tuesday in June next, to answer the bill of the complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Gazette for two months successively, and published at the Church in the Parish of Norborne, in the county aforesaid, on some Sunday after divine service, and also at the Court-House door of the said County.
A copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER, Clk. B. C.
TO BE RENTED,
For one or more years, and possession given the 1st day of APRIL next,
A PLANTATION,
On which are 120 acres of clear land, some meadow, and other suitable improvements, lying four miles from this town. For Terms, apply to HENRY BEDINGER.
Shepherd's-Town, March 14th, 1792.