The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1793-10-28 00:00:00

The POTOMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1793.
[NUMBER 154—VOL. 3.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
By virtue of a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol, in the City of Richmond, on the 5th day of March, 1791, will be exposed to sale, at Public Auction, by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, at the places and on the days hereafter mentioned, the following Tracts or Parcels of LAND, formerly the property of BRYAN BRUIN, but mortgaged by said BRYAN to GEORGE POTTIE, deceased.
In the County of Berkeley.
One Tract, containing 303 acres, more or less, formerly belonging to Robert Stuart. The sale of this Tract will be on the premises, on Saturday the 2d of November.
In the County of Frederick.
One Tract, lying on both sides the Lick Branch of Tillehauzy's Branch, containing 116 acres.
One other Tract, situate on the drains of Opiquan Creek, containing 293 acres.
One other Tract, situate on the west side of Sleepy Creek, containing 357 acres.
The sale of the first-mentioned of these Tracts will commence on the premises, on Monday the 4th of November, and the sale of the rest will be continued from day to day on the respective Tracts, in rotation, until the whole are disposed of.
October 7, 1793. ANDREW WAGGONER, CHARLES MAGILL, JOHN PEYTON, EDWARD SMITH, CHA. M. THRUSTON, } Commissioners.
N. B. The whole of the above-mentioned tracts will be sold for ready money.
N O T I C E.
THE Subscribers request those that are indebted to the estate of Thomas Thornberry, jun. deceased, late of this County, to come and settle immediately, as we are determined to have the estate settled as quick as possible. Those that have any demands against said estate, are requested to bring them forth immediately, properly stated, for settlement, and oblige us.
P. THORNBERRY, Administratrix.
J. PEIRCE, Administrator.
Berkeley County, Shepherd's Town , October 20, 1793.
ALL Persons indebted to, or have any demands on, the estate of William Morgan late of Berkeley deceased, are requested to exhibit the same to the subscribers, as they are determined on a speedy settlement of said estate.
ABRAHAM MORGAN, GEORGE MORGAN, } Executors.
October 21, 1793.
T O B E S O L D,
From 300 to 700 acres of LAND, lying in one body, on both sides Back-Creek, including said Creek two and half miles on one side, and two miles on the other. This land is divided into four plantations, well watered; there is a two story log house, barn, kitchen, &c. on the principal plantation, also a good apple orchard of near 100 bearing apple trees, a peach orchard and some cherry trees, about 16 acres of good meadow, and a mill seat near the dwelling house. The whole of the said tract of land is well timbered, and the bottom equal to any in the settlement. There is on one of the plantations a log house of one story and an half, and an excellent lime-stone spring, suitable for a distillery. The above tract will be divided, or sold altogether, as may suit the purchaser. For terms of sale, apply to the subscriber, on the premises, or at the Printing Office hereof.
WILLIAM BAILEY.
October 21, 1793.
N O T I C E.
HAVING obtained a commission to take the depositions of sundry witnesses, in a suit now depending in the honourable High Court of Chancery, wherein we are complainants, John Vanmetre and Isaac Vanmetre defendants; and whereas the said John and Isaac are no inhabitants of this county, and the complainants are ignorant of their place of abode; this is therefore to give them notice that we shall proceed to take the said depositions, on Tuesday, the twenty-second day of this instant, at the Court House of the county of Berkeley , between the hours of 10 in the morning, and 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
DANIEL VANMETRE.
WILLIAM GORREL.
Berkeley County, October 5, 1793.
WILLIAM RIDDLE,
Has just received, and is now opening,
A large and general assortment of
EUROPEAN GOODS,
Suitable to the present and approaching seasons, which he is determined to sell at a very reduced profit, for ready pay, in cash or country produce.
He returns his friends and the public his sincere thanks, for the encouragement he has met with since he commenced business in this place—shall ever make it his study to merit a continuance.
Martinsburg, October 21, 1793.
JOSEPH & JOSHUA RIDDLE,
Have just received a neat and general Assortment of
Well chosen FALL GOODS,
Imported in the last vessels from Europe. They hope to be able to give full satisfaction to all that may please to call on them; they are determined to sell for ready pay only, and have opened their goods at as low an advance as any others in the County.—The highest price given for country produce of every kind in cash or goods. They return their thanks to the public for the encouragement they have already received and hope to merit a continuance.
N. B. Saddles of all sorts at the shortest notice.
At a Court continued and held for Berkeley County, the 23d day of August 1793.
George Myles, eldest son and heir at law } Compt. of George Myles, deceased, } against
David Watkins, Jane Logan, widow, executrix and devisee of James Logan, deceased, Bryan Bruin and James Wilson. } Deft.
IN CHANCERY.
THE defendants Watkins and Bruin, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant, by his Counsel, it is ordered, that the said Defendants Watkins and Bruin, do appear here on the third Tuesday in November next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively, and published at the Church door in the Parish of Norborne, on some Sunday immediately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER, C.C.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, continued and held for Harrison County, on Thursday the 24th day of May, '93, and in the Seventeenth year of the Commonwealth.
James M c Henry, surviving partner of John M c Henry and Company, complainant,
against
Samuel Shaw and Abraham Johnson, junior, surviving partner of Abraham Johnson, jun. and company, defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Samuel Shaw, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this Court that he is no inhabitant of this Commonwealth, by motion of the plaintiff, by his attorney, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here, on the third Monday in November next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and 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 Harrison, on some Sunday immediately after divine service, and also at the front door of the Court-House of the said County.
A copy. Teste,
BENJAMIN WILSON, C. H. C.
PURSUANT to a decree of the High Court of Chancery, made on the eighth day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, will be sold by the subscribers, the commissioners therein named, at Public Auction, for ready money, to the highest bidder, on the twenty-ninth day of October, instant, at the tavern kept by F. Mahony, in Martinsburg, in Berkeley County, a certain Tract of Land, lying in the parish of Norborne, in the County aforesaid, containing two hundred and thirty-two acres, more or less, which the said Benjamin Beeler had mortgaged to Thomas Williams.
ANDREW WAGGONER, ABRAHAM SHEPHERD, HENRY BEDINGER.
October 14, 1793.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
One or two Journeymen TAILORS, who understand their business, are of sober characters, and industrious. Such persons will meet with constant employ,—three shillings and four pence, Pennsylvania currency, per job, will be given them, by applying to
RICHARD MONTGAUL.
Charlestown, October 15, 1793.
BOULTING CLOTHS.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that he has just received a large and general assortment of Boulting Cloths of all kinds and of the best qualities, chosen particularly by Mr. Smith, the Inspector at Alexandria.—The Cloths consist both of the wide and narrow kind, and will be sold on lower terms than any of equal quality have ever been sold in this County.—
I have, as usual, on hand, a large assortment of other Goods, suitable for the present and approaching season, which will be sold very low for cash or produce, in consequence of a determination to decline the retail business.
I earnestly request all those who are indebted to me, either by bond, note, or otherwise, to make immediate payment; and those whose accounts have been standing open more than six months, are requested to come in and close them, either by payment, or give their obligations. Those who do not choose to comply with this reasonable request, before the middle of September next, may depend on having their accounts closed according to law.
WILLIAM WILSON.
Middletown, Berkeley County, 24th August, '93.
3m.
From a correspondent.
The following are the means to be used to avoid infection, when Pestilential or Putrid Disorders prevail; gleaned from the writings of the most celebrated authors. These directions may be adopted partially, according to the degree of danger from any epidemic disorder.
THOSE who are necessarily obliged to enter the chamber where the diseased are, ought to hold strong antiseptics to the nose and mouth, and have in their pockets and hands, some sprigs of rue, southernwood, and thyme. If these cannot be had, camphire alone, or mixed with strong vinegar sprinkled on a handkerchief, may be held to the face—a little lint or cotton dipped in vinegar, may be put in the ears—the floor, tables and bed posts, ought to be frequently sprinkled with strong vinegar—when in the chamber, respire as little as possible—nor swallow the spittle.
In the morning, at bed time, and when retired from the sick chamber, gargle the mouth with a decoction of rue, thyme, and peppermint; which may be bottled up for use, into which a few grains of camphire may be put.
To prevent the infection spreading into other parts of the house, or neighbourhood, if the disease be very malignant, or pestilential, let the attendants, after coming out of the sick chamber, be well smoked, and change their clothes, until they are to pay another visit.
The passages and rooms in the house, ought to be sprinkled frequently with vinegar—strewed with herbs, as rue, peppermint, southernwood and thyme. If these are not in season, a little frankincense may be burnt in different parts of the house—if that cannot be had, some few grains of gunpowder may be fired in such parts of the house as will not offend the sick, twice or thrice a-day.
The use of generous food—and wine, in preference to other fermented liquors (if it can be afforded) may be used with freedom, but, by no means to effect intoxication: Because, the body after being freed from a debauch, is in a fit state of relaxation to imbibe infection. For the same reason, other voluptuary indulgences are to be avoided as much as possible.
Every thing voided by the sick, by puking or otherwise, ought to be immediately covered with earth or sand, to prevent the virulent effluvia from injuring the attendants—let it be buried in the earth if convenient.
The common avenues by which the enemy may be imagined to enter, being thus guarded, the pattern must not be neglected; else, the house may be invaded although the front doors are well secured. For this reason, let quick lime be frequently thrown into the temple of Cloacina, let it be hung round with some of the above-mentioned herbs, and let all parts be frequently sprinkled with vinegar, &c.

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
STRASBOURG, August 18.
Extract of a letter to the Printer of the Gazette Nationale. ONE of our ancient correspondents, blockaded with his companions of misfortune, within the walls of Mentz, comes to offer you anew his services, and speak the language of truth. I shall not give you any detail of the memorable siege of Mentz, as before this you will have been informed of it; I shall only tell you that the defenders of that town are above any encomiums that I can frame; I shall begin my correspondence from the time of our surrendering.
Scarce had the last column of our troops filed off, than an immense multitude of people assembled; took all the inhabitants who had embraced the cause of liberty and dragged them to the dungeons, Jacobins, municipal officers, members of the convention of Mayence, none of these illustrious victims were spared. Women were seen escorting the unfortunate people, and spitting in their faces, upbraiding them with a thousand insults.
The courageous N***, braving all danger, had carried his love of liberty so far as not to throw off his tri-coloured badge of office, when he went to receive the orders of General Doyre at his departure; he was put in gaol along with the others, and if alive, he has only been preserved by giving the Prussians the gold and jewels in his possession.
The prisoners, the day after capitulation, underwent their first interrogatories—all communication is stopped between them and their nearest relations. The next day we left the garrison, such of the wounded as were walking about were greatly insulted by the Prussian soldiery.
CAMBRAY, August 17.
Our Magistrates have this day ordered all the ci-devant nobles, ecclesiastics, and other persons belonging to those privileged bodies to quit town, which is now blockaded by our enemies. All the villages round Cambray have been laid waste by the enemy; the crops, cattle, waggons, &c. all have fallen into their hands. They have extended their cruelty so far as to strip both the men and women of their shirts and clothes.
PARIS, August 19.
A letter communicated by the Administrators of Liege, come to Paris, to the municipality of Paris, dated Saumur, August 13, says, "M. Cholot is taken by the army of Niort, and that 2000 rebels are made prisoners."
Copy of a letter from Lieut. Gen. Dubouquet, to the commander in Chief of the Army of Western Pyrenees, dated St. John, Pied de Port, August 7, 1793.
"I haste to inform you, that the dispositions of attack which I had made, and of which I had the honour to inform you yesterday, has been crowned with complete success. In every place that we could come up with the enemy, they were obliged to give way to the zeal and courage of the troops of the republic, and the activity and intelligence of the officers who commanded them. My real intention was to drive the Spaniards out of the Aldudes, and to disarm the inhabitants, whom refractory priests had inspired with their fanaticism, and caused them to commit cruelties on our fellow citizens in the neighbourhood. To this end, I gave orders to brigadier general Helin to march with the grenadiers and chasseurs of the detachments of the different battalions of volunteers. The representative Feraud wished to march himself, to contribute by his presence towards annihilating the courage and patience of the soldiers in an enterprise of such importance."
"I have just learnt that complete success attends us; that the posts and intrenchments of the enemy were forced, the camps either burnt or destroyed, and that our troops penetrated in the Aldudes, and took 20 prisoners, among whom is a priest who is not yet known. The Spaniards lost a number of soldiers, whilst we have not to regret the loss of any having only a drummer slightly wounded."
TURIN, August 8.
According to a true statement of our loss, on the 8th and 12th ult. we had 1500 killed, wounded, or taken prisoners; and that of the French, according to the best accounts, amounted to above 7000 killed, wounded, and taken. Among ours are 70 officers, one of whom is Count Revel, son of General St. Andre, who was slightly wounded. The French themselves acknowledge their loss to be 6000 men, and add that they had 60 officers killed in one column. The enemy meditated a third attack, and our troops expect them with the utmost impatience.
L O N D O N, August 2.
Letters have been received at Plymouth, from Capt. Coles, Commander of the Eurydice frigate, from Falmouth, giving an account of her having been chased, a few days since, by a fleet of seventeen sail of French men of war, and five frigates, in the Bay of Biscay. This intelligence has been communicated by Captain Coles to Lord Howe, whose fleet, at this time, can be at no great distance from them; consequently intelligence of the greatest importance may be hourly expected.
General Wimpfen's army is disbanded.
August 10. Intelligence is received in town of a sharp engagement that has recently taken place before Lyons, between the royalists and the troops of
the Republic, in which the former obtained a signal victory, and the soldiers of anarchy suffered severely. In the end the Royalists obtained possession of Lyons, which they are now vigorously employed in fortifying, being constantly occupied in making fusées and cannon. The Royalists in that quarter are triumphant, and Lyons seems likely to become the central point of real patriotism.
August 12. The army of the royalists, after the defeat of the republican troops, has again besieged Nantes, and taken several of the out-posts near that city.
Captain Cole, of the Eurydice frigate, arrived at the Admiralty with despatches from Earl Howe.—The noble Admiral fell in with the French fleet, consisting of fourteen ships of the line, and six frigates, off Belleisle, so advantageously situated, as to make it impossible for his Lordship to bring them to action. The two fleets continued in sight of each other for some time; but at length the French, through the favour of a brisk gale, made off, and were completely out of sight when the Eurydice was despatched. The English fleet consisted of nineteen sail of the line. The French fleet formed in a line, on the approach of the British fleet; but they were not by any dexterity of their manoeuvre to be drawn from their position.
Another account says, "By private letters from on board Lord Howe's fleet, we learn, that on the 31st ult. Lord Howe fell in with the French fleet, off the island of Belleisle, to which he gave chase, and continued in pursuit of them during the two following days; but the French found means to elude an action, by sheltering themselves behind the island of Grovais, and availing themselves of the difficult navigation between that island and the rocks of Saines."
August 20. Letters from Paris, dated the 11th instant, state, that the federation, on the 10th inst. was not marked with any disastrous event. This, however, has not appeased the solicitude of the inhabitants. The festival of the federation was celebrated last year also in profound tranquility, but on that very day were concerted the sanguinary measures for the 10th of August and 2d of September, and from among the federalists the fittest tools were chosen for their execution. These were kept at Paris, and the others sent back into their different departments.
These letters further state, that the Queen has undergone three different examinations, with an intrepidity, a presence of mind, and a precision in her answers, which struck amazement and completely discomfited her judges. Unable to find her guilty in any respect whatever, they have ordered her to be removed from the Conciergerie, to a more decent place of confinement, and her cause is taken from the revolutionary tribunal, and referred to the committee of public welfare. We hear that a considerable party is endeavouring to save her life, while another, of no less consequence, to use her only as an instrument to check the progress of the Austrians.
Two couriers are said to have been sent by the National Convention to the Prince of Cobourg, with a view of commencing a negotiation concerning the Queen.
By these couriers, it is asserted, that the National Convention have written word to the Prince of Cobourg, that if he should advance further on the territory of the republic, the Queen should suffer immediate death. The Prince is said to have returned, in answer, that he commands a victorious army, enraged at the excesses committed by the revolutionists, and determined to avenge them; and that if any attempt should be made against the life of the Queen, no stone should remain upon another in Paris.
Extract of a letter from Dublin, July 22.
"On Sunday last a large mob, to the number of 1000 men, assembled at Erris, Mayo County; 70 of whom were armed with muskets, the rest with bayonets, pikes, &c. They were met by Hugh O'Donnel, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel of the South-Mayo militia, and Capt. Bell, with a party of the 39th regiment, consisting of 40 men. Mr. O'Donnel quitted his party, and went among the delinquents, in order to exhort them to a sense of their duty; their answer was, that nothing would do, unless the soldiers would deliver up their arms. Mr. O'Donnel then returned to his party, when they were immediately attacked by a discharge of musketry, &c. on which an engagement took place; when, after a few minutes, the mob retreated, leaving 36 dead, and several dangerously wounded. Many prisoners were taken, among whom is one of the name of Noon, supposed to be a principal ringleader. Seven of the soldiers were wounded, three dangerously. Mr. O'Donnel received a slight wound in the ankle."
UNITED STATES.
AUGUSTA, September 28.
STATE-HOUSE. AUGUSTA, 21st September, 1793. A communication, dated the 5th inst. from the Secretary of War, with its enclosures, were received and read.
Ordered, That certain parts thereof, which relate to the inimical tribes of the Creek Nation, be published.
Augt. W. URQUHART, S. E. D. Extract of a Letter, dated War-Department, 5th September, 1793.
"Your Excellency's Letter of the 13th of the last month, covering the proceedings of a Council of War, composed of the General Officers of the Mili-
tia of Georgia, has been received and submitted to the President of the United States.
"As an offensive expedition against certain towns of the Creek Nation, of the nature and under circumstances you mention, is a subject of great and complicated importance to the United States, it has engaged the serious consideration of the President, and as the deliberate result thereof I am directed to inform you that he utterly disapproves the measures, at this time."
Taken from the Files of the Executive.
W. URQUHART, S. E. D.
Sept. 28. It is reported that letters from Mr. Seagrove, and Mr. T. Barnard, on the subject of PEACE with the CREEK INDIANS have been received on Thursday last, by the executive of this state: The following is said to be the purport of the conditions offered by the governor, in behalf of this state, towards a pacification with the aforesaid Indians.
The captured property to be restored, and individual contracts with the citizens of this state fulfilled.
The prisoners in captivity to be brought and delivered up, within the settled parts of Georgia.
The perpetrators of the murders committed in this state, to the number of thirteen, to be surrendered as objects of retaliation.
Ten head men from the upper and lower Creek towns to be surrendered as hostages to the United States; and to be placed in the safe keeping of the executive of the state of Georgia, for the due performance of the several stipulations that respect her.
That under the law of the United States, as well as for the security of this state, the government of Georgia cannot recognize the establishment of peace, without having commissioners at the treaty.
E L I Z A B E T H T O W N, (N. J.) October 9.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, October 5.
"The malignant epidemic is undoubtedly abating. The number of those buried per day is diminished from fifty to thirty, and is still decreasing. There are about two hundred in the hospital, including thirty carried thither yesterday. Seven only were buried from thence yesterday. The number has frequently exceeded twenty. Great numbers are yet sick, but the majority recover. We have a tolerable market, and those who have money will want for nothing. Business is entirely at a stand. The banks are still open, but all the other public offices are shut, and the officers and clerks out of town."
N E W - Y O R K, October 15.
By advices per last mail from Canada, as late as the 29th of September, we have confident intelligence, that General Galbaud had been kept at the fort of John's by Colonel Gordon, commander thereof, and imprisoned there until the Governor's pleasure was known.
Extract of a letter from Fort Washington, dated August 27, 1793.
"The army has not yet moved, but General Wayne is indefatigable in every necessary preparation.—Every thing may be expected from him which prudence, courage, and discipline can produce, as far as he is acquainted with his enemy. Our numbers are sufficient; and no one thing is wanting in the arrangements. Beside the regular troops, one thousand volunteers, under General Scott, from Kentucky, will march out with us, as a distinct army, and these being all mounted, are thought of themselves to be equal to all the Indians who will make head against us. It is said we shall march within twenty-four hours after an express arrives from the commissioners, unless they advise to the contrary. We shall proceed on General St. Clair's old road as far as Fort-Jefferson, because we have posts built thereon at every twenty odd miles, and a good road for artillery and waggons is already cut; but from thence we shall march northeastwardly, instead of northwest as General St. Clair did, not knowing the true course or distance, which are now well ascertained."
Extract of a Letter from Boston, to a friend in this city, September 29, 1793.
"I am happy to inform you that Doctor Robert, an eminent Physician of the Academy of Montville and Fellow of that of Paris, arrived a few days ago at this place from Macao; brought here by a succession of unfortunate circumstances attendant upon the War."
"On the first news of the dreadful Epidemic Fever which rages in Philadelphia, he determined to go immediately to that unhappy city. He devotes himself to the service of the Poor, gratis—They are Americans, they the brethren of the French Patriots."
"He has torn himself from the embrace of his dearest friend the Consul at Boston, whom he had not seen for 14 years, and whom he unexpectedly met here—to fly instantly where humanity calls him—and where Brotherly Regard makes it his duty to go. May his having thus devoted himself, be a confirmation of the sincere attachment of the French Patriots, to the truly Republican Americans!"
Since our last the snow Eliza, Capt. Caldwell, has arrived at this port, from Havre de Grace, from whence she sailed August 13: also, several other European vessels, but they bring no later accounts than had been before received. By the Eliza, however, we have received the journal of the debates of the Convention, and the Gazette Nationale, printed at Paris, to the 7th of August. It is discovered, by these accounts, that neither the late Queen, nor Custine, had been guillotined, as was laid under London head of August 12—we do not

and by them, that Paris is otherwise than tranquil, though, as might be expected, anxious, and diligently pursuing measures of resistance against their hosts of foes. They still hope for a firm confederation under the new Constitution—and believe, that had it not been for British gold , they should even now have enjoyed that much wished for coalition, which would prove a terror to the combined despot. No great movements had taken place—but a grand camp of defence, on the road to Valenciennes, was decreed, among several other important objects.
P I T T S B U R G, October 5.
By Mr. Acheson, who arrived at Fort-Washington on Friday the 27th ult. from head-quarters, in eighteen days, we are informed, that the army is said to be about 3000, in good health, good spirits, and in a high state of discipline. The horse about 300, in good plight, and capable of any service.—The road to Fort-Jefferson, well made, and improved since the last campaign. Sixty thousand bushels of corn were raised in the neighbourhood of Fort-Jefferson this summer, by the garrison. Waggons had been busily employed in drawing out the stores, until orders came to desist, lest umbrage should be given to the Indians, and the treaty should be disturbed. But on the express arriving from the President of the United States, announcing the result of the treaty, and giving orders to carry on the campaign, the Kentucky volunteers were called, and it was expected the army would be ready to move in four days. General Wayne had appointed the Colonels of the volunteers; the Colonels appointed the Majors; the Majors the Captains; the Captains the Subalterns; and, all of, chose and nominated the soldiers whom they wished to accompany them; in which case it was a point of honour not to refuse.
Piomingo, or the Mountain Leader, the Chickasaw Chief, was on his way with 200 warriors; 15 had arrived at the camp; 50 were at Lexington, &c.
B A L T I M O R E, October 22.
From a Gentleman arrived in this Town, from New-York which place he left on Tuesday last, we learn that on the 14th inst. an American Brig arrived there from Havre-de-Grace, which brings intelligence that the combined armies, having received information that the French were marching an army of 300 000 men, with an intention of retaking Valenciennes, demolished its fortifications and retreated fifteen miles—that their retreat was effected with such precipitation that they left many loaded waggons behind them at Valenciennes, which fell into the hands of the French, who again erected there the Tree of Liberty—that on the 27th of August General Beyler, at the head of an army of 15 thousand Republicans, completely defeated the Royal Catholic army, consisting of 13,000 men, who had 6,000 killed and wounded in the engagement—among the dead there was a Priest, holding a cross in one hand and a broad sword in the other.
By a Gentleman lately from Fayal we learn, that the inhabitants of that and the other western Islands or Azores, and of Madeira, were under great apprehensions of a famine the ensuing winter, as their crops of grain had fallen very short last season—that about the 8th of August last a meeting of the inhabitants of Fayal had been called, for the purpose of adopting measures to procure provisions from Portugal or the American States, but, through party-spirit, no determination was formed—that in the whole Island a barrel of flour or bushel of wheat or corn, was not to be purchased—that the greater part of the inhabitants were reduced to the necessity of subsisting on garden-roots, fruit and fish—and that it would require many cargoes of flour and corn to afford the inhabitants of all the Islands even a temporary relief, those of Fayal alone being in immediate want of 60,000 bushels, for present consumption.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated October 17.
“I may at length venture to assert that the malignant Fever does not rage so violently as it did; the weather has, for three or four days past, grown rather cold, with high winds and frosts at night; rain, however, we have not had (except in drizzels,) for eight weeks past, by which not only the city but the country also has suffered much.
“I can inform you, from good authority, that the number of funerals, during the last eight weeks, amount to, upwards of 3000; more than half the inhabitants have fled the city, so that this desolation has been confined to about 20 000 inhabitants; therefore the fatality has been full as great, in proportion, as that of the plague in London, in the time of Sydenham.”
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to his friend in this town, dated October 16.
“We have had a plentiful fall of rain, which, if it continues for a few days, will, we hope, tend to abate the fury of the dreadful disorder, which now rages and has made such cruel havoc in this city—In the last eight days it has carried off, daily, from one hundred to an hundred and forty of our citizens.”
A L E X A N D R I A, October 23.
A letter from Philadelphia, dated on Friday last, says “that the fever, which a few days ago threatened us with still greater destruction, is now visibly on the decline, in consequence of the cold weather and some rain which we have had since Wednesday. It is the opinion of the physicians, that the continuance of such weather, for one week, would entirely free us from this plague. Doctor Rush’s patients, in the fever, have diminished from 150 to 30, and very few have been attacked since Wednesday, which has given great spirits to the inhabitants; and it is
no small consolation to every body, to know that cold weather and rain produce such happy effects.”
Abstract of a letter, dated Baltimore, October 21.
“The privateer Citoyenne Francaise , brought into port, last Saturday, two prizes, one worth not less than 800,000 livres.”
MARTINSBURG, October 28.
A special Court was held here on Thursday last, for the examination of Henry Snider , committed on suspicion of feloniously setting fire to a barn belonging to Robert Snodgrass , in this County. The prisoner being very poor and unable to employ counsel, John Dixon , Esq. a young gentleman practising the law at the bar, generously entered himself counsel for the prisoner. The Court, after hearing a number of witnesses in behalf of the Commonwealth, acquitted him.
Friday last James McCabe was executed at Winchester, for the murder of John Johnston.
A feeble attempt has been made in Charleston, South-Carolina, by the negroes and mulattoes, to rise and destroy the whites, but by a timely discovery, it was crushed in the embryo.
DIED, in Boston, the 8th inst. his Excellency JOHN HANCOCK , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of the State of Massachusetts—after 55 years of a life actively devoted to the cause of liberty and humanity, and the happiness and improvement of his fellow men.
“To record, with precision, the virtues of his mind—the philanthropy of his heart—his patriotism, or his usefulness, were to insult the judgment of every American.”
“If we ascend into the Senate of the United States, we there find his name first on that MAGNA CHARTA , which ascertained, vindicated, and declared the Independence of America—and the repeated suffrages of his fellow citizens to sustain the important office of first magistrate of that commonwealth, shew how highly he was esteemed as capable to guard their rights in the cabinet of Massachusetts.”
“If we search our municipal records, we shall often see him sustaining with honor the most important and arduous stations.”
“Look we into the temples dedicated to the Most High, we shall there view numerous marks of his charity and benevolence.”
“But if we explore the hearts of the indigent and distressed—the widow and the orphan—we shall there see those lively emotions, which emphatically say— our friend and supporter is gone! ”
“The pen of the ready writer will do honor to his memory. But the sorrow, visible in the countenances of every description of citizens, is a better testimony to his exalted character, than the sublimest effusions of the most polished writers.”
[From a Philadelphia paper.]
Matter of fact. —A citizen one day last week, being taken with some slight indisposition, his friends supposed him seized with the prevailing epidemic, immediately, and much against his inclination, fitted him out for the hospital at Bath-Bill, and ordered a cart for the purpose of conveying him thither. On the way, the patient finding himself not only still alive, but in a tolerable good state of health and spirits, quitting his blanket, leaped from the cart, and ran full speed over the common in a different direction. The driver, putting his horse first in a round trot, and then in a full gallop, gave chase for some time; but finding it impossible to overtake the sick man , he gave up the pursuit and returned to the city.
To Mr. T. WHITE.
SIR, WHEN I read a few of the first lines of your last performance, I could not forbear concluding that you stood a fair chance for an admittance into Bedlam. Such a knowledge of mankind too, could only be acquired by a shoe-black at the theatre, or, by an attendant to one of those strolling vagrants, who wander round the country with a puppet show. Perhaps it was in this stage of your existence you learnt so much legerdemain, as to enable you to pronounce so positively, “that it was a supercilious, pragmatical, self-important intruder” that fabricated the piece against which you wrote; or perhaps some person for you. But here the devil, who frequently deserts his disciples at a dead lift, played upon you—deserted you:—and, methinks I see you drop from the height of your imaginary confidence, like your friend Simon the Sorcerer—wounded—broken—shattered in pieces.
I tell you again, you had no right to have the lottery redrawn, without obtaining the consent of a majority of adventurers. You admit that it was in consequence of an agreement with them, you were authorised to conduct the drawing the first time: Now the error you complain of, arose either from your carelessness, or your wickedness; if from the first, you was incapable of the trust reposed in you—and if from the second, you were utterly unworthy of it: And the prizes being the joint property of the purchasers of tickets, they, and they only, were the sole judges how it ought to be conducted afterwards; and had they been consulted the lottery would not have been redrawn, or you would justly been precluded from further meddling with it. How the commissioners of the Federal buildings will proceed has nothing to do in the affair; there is a striking dissimilarity in their situation and yours; they have no personal or private interest, more than others, in the disposal of the prizes; they are men of CHARACTER; that lottery is
authorised by law; while the legislature, considering the fraud such lotteries as yours are liable to, hath wisely passed a law against them.
You say, to be an adventurer something must be risked, with a prospect of gain; then according to you, there was not an adventurer in the whole—some time ago you told us you were confident it was not gain , but a desire to contribute to your relief, that prompted people to buy tickets—you see Sir, a liar ought to have a good memory, lest he forget and contradict himself.
The properest apology for your conduct would have been a candid acknowledgment of your guilt, accompanied with a resolution to do justice in future. I should not have thus noticed you or your scribbler, had not justice to your reputation required it—“it is unpleasant to war with such people.”
ADVENTURER.
P. S. I shall not enquire what shape your head is—whether it is round or oval—flat or square—soft or hard:—whether it contains real brains, or only something like them . I would advise you, as Sir Roger de Coverly did your ancestor Moll White , “to avoid all communication with the devil, and hurt none of your neighbours cattle,” for you may rest assured your puny attempt is too despicable to hurt any man’s character.
N O T I C E.
BEING sworn in, at the last Worshipful Court of Berkeley County, to collect the arrears of taxes, clerks fees, &c. due JAMES CRANE , late of Berkeley, deceased, as a former Deputy Sheriff for said County. I therefore earnestly request all persons in arrearages in like manner, to make immediate provision for payment, or they will be compelled as the law directs, which will be very disagreeable to me, as no longer indulgence can or will be given. JOSEPH CRANE.
October 23d, 1793.
SOME time in the month of August last, I gave a promissary note to John Philips , for fifteen pounds, Pennsylvania currency, payable the first instant, in consideration for a horse sold me by said Phillips , but as said horse does not prove sound, agreeable to contract, I hereby caution all persons against taking an assignment on said note, as I am determined not to pay it, unless compelled thereto by law. CHRISTOPHER BRIDENHART.
Martinsburg, October 28, 1793.
N O T I C E.
ALL Persons who stand indebted to me in any manner, are desired and earnestly requested, to make an early provision for the payment of the several sums which are due; those who neglect the observance of and compliance with this request, will not I hope blame me for commencing suits against them, which I am determined to do.
MOSES HUNTER.
Martinsburg, 17th October, 1793.
THE Subscribers respectfully inform their Friends and the Public, that they will receive raw cloth at Mr. Seth Duncan’s , (formerly Mr. Thomas Duncan’s ) in Martinsburg , and return the same when dressed the first day of Court following. We return thanks to those who have favoured us with their custom, and those who wish to continue, may depend on due attention, and an immediate dispatch, by
THOMAS BUTTERFIELD, and Co.
October 28, 1793.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the Subscriber, an apprentice boy named ZACHARIAH LOULAND , bound to the blacksmith trade, about nineteen years of age, six feet high, and fair complexion. Whoever apprehends said apprentice and brings him to me, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
SAMUEL MCCLELLAND.
Mill-Creek, Berkeley County, October 20, 1793.
ALL persons having any demands against the Subscriber, are requested to bring them in for settlement; and those who are indebted to him, are desired to make provision for payment, as he is determined immediately to settle all his accounts both in favor or against him.
The tailoring business is still carried on by him, in its fullest extent;—any demand for a suit of clothes can be completed in three days, and other work in the usual proportion of time, executed with neatness, and in the newest taste.
GEORGE TILLEY.
Martinsburg, October 28, 1793.
FOR SALE, AT THE PRINTING OFFICE, Magistrates’ Summons, Common Bonds and Notes, Sheriffs’ Blanks, Lawyer’s Declarations, &c. &c.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
A GRAND NATIONAL QUERY.
WHAT sort of a man should be Printer ? Seems a question which still retts in fate; Should he print things, rap at a venture? Should he tow deadly malice or hate?
Should he carefully mind his own game, Tho' he prostrates the good name of others, Regardless of stabbing mens' fame, T' please self or his scribbling brothers?
Should he dream that the Freedom of Press Extends to illib'ral abuse; Or when verging to LICENTIOUSNESS, The word Freedom's a charm in excuse?
Should he join with a pest scrawling tribe, Base invective to scatter abroad, Should he bind himself firm to one side, Should he trudge partiality's road?
Should he spatter that Heaven's boon Type , Which on Nature Dame Art now bestows; Should he daub it with mischief, or wipe Off the teint of each foul wind that blows?
Should he please each anonymous spark, With inserting his nonsense in grain; Should he puff off their squibs in the dark, Should he father each child of their brain?
Should the contest of persons or things, Meet his presence in Liberty's page; Should he care who the man is that brings Him that gives which may better the age?
Should the nation's welfare be his drift, Or dealing in slander's retail, Thus give to the D—— I a lift Thro' the makers who vend it wholesale ?
Should he dabble in libels, and soon With impunity knock down the law; Abuse, or defame, or lampoon, And suppose his print free;—without flaw?
Ah no! if I may be allow'd In this case but to give my vote free, I shall say what I think we all vow'd When we swore "to support Liberty."
In society's bonds we combin'd The rights of each man to maintain, Re-examine these rights and you'll find That each man makes one link in the chain.
Who then thus alone can claim right, In society's justly priz'd Art, And with the same hand in day light , Plunge a dirk in society's heart.
The Freedom of all must depend On our walking by level and square, And supporting each right to this end, That all mankind partake of our fare.
Then believe me a PRINTER should be All as one like a piece of his Press, His mind a machine firm and free, But determind d all vice to suppress.
He should never presume to depart From the line which secures to each neighbor, Locomotion in person and heart, His GOOD NAME and fruits of his labor.
When personal things incommode, Which sometimes may happen in trade, Refer them to th' person's abode, But never his own Trust degrade—
For a PRINTER's a dignified trust, For society's good —not their curse; Intended to make man more just, But never degenerate and worse.
N O T I C E.
ALL Persons indebted to the estate of Captain Isaac Evans , deceased, are hereby notified, that unless they come in and settle the same by March Court next, their accounts will be put in suit. Any persons having any demands against the said estate, are requested to bring them in immediately, for settlement.
MARTHA EVANS, Executrix, JOHN EVANS, jun. } Executors. JOHN FRAYATT, }
October 14, 1793.
MY duty, as Inspector of Flour at this place, obliges me strictly to enforce the act of Assembly passed at the last session, for regulating the inspection of flour and bread. If the Farmers and Millers would duly consider the subject, they would find themselves deeply interested in the faithful execution of this act. If their staple, by any neglect or inattention, loses its credit at any foreign markets, the price will most certainly fall at home as well as abroad. This must be obvious to every person, and requires no chain of reasoning to prove. That the loss, whatever it may be, will ultimately fall upon the Farmer, is as evident. That those who may be affected by the enforcing that act, may not plead ignorance, I have judged it proper to transcribe and publish those clauses of the act by which they may be affected.
"All bread and flour casks which shall be bro't to any of the places before mentioned for exportation, shall be well made of good seasoned materials, tightened with ten hoops, sufficiently nailed with four nails in each chine hoop, and three nails in each bilge-hoop."
"Every miller of flour, and baker of bread for exportation, shall provide and keep a distinguishable brand mark, with which he shall brand every cask of flour and bread, and mark thereon the Tare and Nett weight, before the same shall be removed from the place where it was bolted or baked, under the penalty of forty-two cents for every cask of flour not hooped and nailed as aforesaid."
The points in which the manufacturers of flour are too generally deficient, are the quality of the timber of which the barrels are made, being often, very often, too green, which will destroy the quality of the best flour; and neglect in nailing agreeably to the directions of the act. My duty demands from me a rigorous execution of the law, which I will most assuredly perform. The interest of the Manufacturer loudly calls for it, though he may, and frequently does, turn a deaf ear to it.
I have just opened, and have for sale, at my house in this town, a choice assortment of BOULTING-CLOTHS.
ALEXANDER SMITH.
Alexandria, Sept. 23, 1793. 3m.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, living in Berkeley County, Virginia, 2 miles from Martinsburg , on the 30th of September last, a black horse, about 15 hands high, 9 years old, no brand, a middling large blaze in his face, a piece of skin under his fore top loose from his skull or pate, cress fallen, marked with the collar near the weathers, slim tail and short, natural trotter, his hind hoofs turn out, thod behind and near fore foot. Whoever takes up the thief and horse, shall have the above reward, provided the thief be brought to conviction and the horse returned to the owner, and for the horse only two dollars, paid by
JOHN DAVIS.
N. B. The horse does not see well with the right eye.
October 6, 1793.
At a Court held for Berkeley County, the 20th day of August, 1793.
Simeon Hiatt, Compt. } Upon an Injunction. against Isaac Hiatt and James Hiatt, Defts. }
THE defendants not having entered their appearance, agreeable to an Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth. On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendants do appear here on the third Tuesday in November next, and answer the bill of the Complainant; and that a Copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Gazette , for two months successively, and published at the church door, in the parish of Norborne , on some Sunday immediately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said county.
A Copy. Teste. MOSES HUNTER. C. C.
THE Subscriber informs the public, that he has established a
NAIL FACTORY
in Charlestown, where Nails, Brads, and Sprigs of all kinds in his way of business, may be had very reasonable for cash.
GEORGE WARK. 3m.
TO BE SOLD,
FOUR Lots in the town of Middletown , all under improvement, one has a good House, Shop, draw Well and some fruit Trees, two others with small log Houses, one of which has a Stable, and one other Lot under good fence. Indisputable titles will be given. For terms of payment and other particulars, apply to the subscriber on the premises.
EDWARD JENNINGS.
Middletown, Sept. 23, 1793.
Fayette County, Union Township, Pennsylvania. TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS we, the subscribers, are informed, that certain meddling and envious persons, have made it their business to slander & defame our neighbour John Hopwood, at Hager's-Town , and elsewhere; we think it our duty to declare, and do hereby certify, that from considerable acquaintance and dealings with said Hopwood, we have ever found him to be a man of truth, honesty and integrity. As witness our hands,
John White, Jonathan Gray, James M c Clean, David Stitt, Isaac Sutton, (of M.) Thomas Brownfield, James M c Coy, Isaac Sutton, Sen. Jacob Sutton, Samuel Sutton, Benjamin Brownfield.
Fayette County, Union Township, Pennsylvania.
Saturday, September 21st, 1793.
TO THE PUBLIC.
AT the request of John Hopwood, we, the subscribers, having viewed the seat of the town of Woodstock , do declare, that it is level, well-watered, healthy and pleasant; a firm sandy soil, somewhat stoney, but the stones in general are small, easily removed, and good for building; it is near the foot of Laurel Hill , but not more than half an hour's sun is intercepted thereby, in any one day in the year, in our opinion. The reader may be assured, that what we have here asserted, is, without partiality, the naked truth, and may be depended on. As witness our names, &c.
Warner Wynne, Benjamin Brownfield, Solomon Brown, Moses Carr, Ephraim Guard, Daniel Green, William Brownfield, Abraham White, Lawr. Heldebrand, Samuel Drake, Jeremiah Guard, Thomas Carr, Isaac Sutton, Samuel Sutton, Josiah Standberry, Michael Walters, David Sutton, James M c Daniel, John Sutton, James Hawkins, Job Littler, James Heaveirn, Thomas Brownfield.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I am not unappraised that an appeal to neighbours for character, is, in the opinion of many, a bad omen; but as circumstances alter cases, my friends and acquaintances will excuse me, when they are informed, that a number of respectable gentlemen interested in coming at the truth, especially those who are purchasers of lots in the town of Woodstock , who never saw the place, and with whom I have but a transient acquaintance; it is for their satisfaction alone that I have called on my neighbours, to lay before the public, the certainty and truth, both with respect to myself and the situation of the town; a variety of malicious and false reports having been industriously propagated, by some evil-disposed persons, with a view to prejudice me in the mind of strangers. It is to be hoped, after this, those whom it may concern, will be able to distinguish the creature of envy, and when any of them hear me abused, or my private character aspersed, refer them to the solemn testimony of my above named neighbours, who are all landed men, able farmers, and of unspotted character; by whom I have lived, and with whom I have dealt, near the last seven years, and the furthest of whom does not reside more than two miles and a half from my habitation—or, when they hear them set forth, that the new town lies under the mountains; that the sun does not shine on it until ten o'clock in the day; or that it is on the top of Laurel Hill ; or that, where it is not a thicket of rocks, it is a mud-hole; referring such to the testimony of twenty-three of my honest neighbours, will surely counter-balance it. In the Proverbs it is written, chap. xxv. verse 18—"A man that bears false witness against his neighbour, is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow."—Cruel and deadly instruments indeed! but although they may do mischief for a while, yet, like the armour of Goliath, will not stand proof, but fall, like that giant did, before the David of truth. It is but a short time since I put to silence the religious enemy who attacked me in the Virginia Gazette , and it is to be hoped this will put the civil liar to silence, at least concerning me; if so, it will be an act of charity, for it will cover a multitude of sins, and may tend to restore the battered lungs of some, and so prove a medicine at free cost. But if this should fail, I only know of one remedy more in which I have the least hope—now, as Physicians generally fail to blistering in the last stage of a disorder, when the symptoms are bad, in order to remove the obstructions, and restore the blood to its proper circulation; and as it is presumed that the blood is the seat of health or sickness of the body, so the conscience is that of the mind; and as some are said to have seared consciences, which beseak a total stagnation of conviction, to such I would recommend the often reading of the 2d, 3d, and 4th verses of the 120th Psalm, and apply it as a blister plaister, which is very suitable for such contagion; and if they should find relief, to thank God for it, for they are heartily welcome to the council of their
very humble servant, JOHN HOPWOOD.
For Sale, at this Office, Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale,