The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1792-03-13 00:00:00

It being determined that the drawing of the following Lottery shall commence by the first day of JUNE next, the Scheme is republished for the information of those who may wish to become adventurers.
A LOTTERY:
   Pennsylvania Currency.     1 Prize, - - - £.516 0 0   1 ditto, - - - 275 0 0   1 ditto, - - - 150 0 0   1 ditto, a Horse, with new Saddle and Bridle, } - - - 25 0 0   1 ditto, ditto, - 14 0 0   1 ditto, ditto - 12 0 0   36 ditto, Lots, near 1 Acre, at 10l each, 360 0 0 0   6 ditto, near 1 Acre, at 8l. - 48 0 0   10 ditto, - 60s. 30 0 0   20 ditto, - 40s. 40 0 0   30 ditto, - 30s. 45 0 0   30 ditto, - 27/6 41 5 0   515 ditto, - 25s. 643 15 0   1 first Blank, a Saddle, - 2 10 0   1 last ditto, ditto, - 2 10 0   655 Prizes, £ 2205 0 0   1305 Blanks,   2960 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, £.2205 0 0  
TO THE PUBLIC.
EVERY person acquainted with LOTTERIES, cannot but perceive, that the above is framed and calculated, so as will, upon solid grounds, induce adventurers to purchase. NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE; the lowest class of which are of value superior to the price of one ticket. That, with the consideration of such large prizes that will be drawn in a Lottery of such small amount. These, and the other prizes of Lands, are near the centre of MECKLENBURG, commonly called SHEPHERD'S-TOWN. A sketch of the first or capital prizes, are as follows, viz.
The highest prize contains a genteel Brick-House, forty-six feet long, and eighteen feet wide, in which there are three rooms nearly finished, with a kitchen and garret; also, a cellar under the same, 30 by 18 feet. Said House fronts New-Street, and the stream of water that runs through said town, runs under said building. The area of this prize comprehends seventy-one feet square.
The second prize is a Stone Malt-House, fifty feet long, and twenty-four feet wide, well finished, and the situation calculated for the business. Also, a Brew-House, thirty-six by twenty-four feet;—they are both under one roof, but separated below by said stream; at the lower end is a vacancy of ten by twenty-four feet.
The third prize consists of a Frame House, eighteen by sixteen feet, has a cellar under it, fronts New-Street, 33 feet, and thence runs with King-Street, 71 feet, which renders it a valuable corner.
For a greater convenience to the fortunate drawers of said prizes, there is an alley laid off, five feet wide, which runs across the lot, dividing the second from the first and third above-mentioned prizes. These landed and other property, prices will be found on examination to be estimated on very moderate terms. Upon the whole, the Subscriber flatters himself, that every candid enquirer will find, that the property, &c. exposed, is fully adequate to the sums required.
For the execution of this Lottery, the following gentlemen, Major HENRY BEDINGER, Capt. ABRAHAM SHEPHERD, and Capt. JAMES KERNEY, have been pleased to accept of the appointment of Trustees, to whom full power is granted, and them alone to sell and receive payment for the Tickets, and to give deeds for the landed prizes; also to pay off the others. Tickets signed by either of said Trustees, are and will be good to the adventurers, and may be had of either of them, and from such Gentlemen as the Trustees may please to appoint. These Gentlemen will appoint Managers to superintend the drawing of the Lottery, which will be in the house of Mr. BENONI SWEARINGEN, at his Ferry, opposite SHEPHERD'S-TOWN. The time of drawing, and every other necessary information, relating to this Lottery, is wholly and exclusively left to the discretion of the said Trustees, by
THOMAS WHITE.
N. B. The Trustees will publish the time of drawing the Lottery, in the news-papers printed in the vicinity of this town.
Shepherd's-Town, March 12, 1792.
From the ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE.
RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
PSHAW! Says I, Mr. BALDWIN, rights of a fiddle-stick!—Rights of man , indeed!—I should not have thought of the be creatures talking so much about their rights, while the rights of women lie neglected. This indeed would be a subject, were not, as my friend Mr. BURKE says, the "age of chivalry gone!"
Have not we rights, Mr. BALDWIN, rights indisputable, natural, abstract, and social, and civil, and municipal? Are not "all women equal?" Have they not a natural right to the privilege of speech, and have they ever safely bartered that right? And what did they do when even Monsters were employed to deprive them of this right? Did they stay at home, mending stockings, darned gloves, making holes for sleeve buttons, and quilting counterpanes? No, fr , they visited ten times more!
Have they not the social right of preference in all societies? Do they not take precedence of every thing in breeches, every proud be creature that calls himself a lord of the creation? Have they not the highest right of all? The right of governing their husbands? Who dare deny this? A right, fr , for which they paid no small price; for, to obtain it, and to have leisure and time to exercise it, they gave up another right, the right of governing themselves!
Among their civil rights, are we not to reckon the right of scolding, crying, falling into fits, going to watering places, and running up bills? Shall the haughty aristocracy of men deny us these rights!
No—Mr. BALDWIN, no, perish the ignoble thought!—women, fr , have rights: And the time will come when the answerers of BURKE (I am told they are all bachelors or old maids ) shall be ashamed of themselves, and view us with the gallant eyes of a BURKE, "just rising above the horizon."
But I beg pardon, Mr. BALDWIN: I trouble you with this only because my brother Sam will not write on the subject; forsooth he says we have more rights than we know what to do with.—Well—we are but like others of the liberty men of this country, who don't know when they are well off.
Your's, Mr. BALDWIN,
JENNY SARCASM.
MONITOR.
When a Man jests upon Religion, 'tis a sign he has none.
REFLECTION.
THE design of jesting is chiefly to shew in a sharp and ingenious way the ridiculousness of some men, or to make them appear ridiculous when they are not so. If it be so, how can any one persuade himself that a man has any religion when he makes a jest of it? There is nothing that deserves so much our respect and veneration as religion: But can we be said to respect it, if we jest upon it, and by that means expose it to the contempt of other men? There are things enough in the world, that deserve to be laughed at; why should we therefore make so bold with religion? It's greatness ought to make us sensible of our meanness, its authority requires our obedience, and its holiness and purity should make us tremble, whenever we think of throwing the darts of our rash censures upon it. Certainly we would never jest upon religion, if we were fully persuaded of its truths, and if we were exact observers of its precepts. It is the rule of our duties: If we laugh at it, how shall we perform those duties? for it is almost impossible that we should live according to a rule, which we think deserves to be laughed at. Religion is too serious a thing to make a jest of it; and unrespectful jesting can never become religion. No man will ever attain to perfection, if he ridicules that which only can make him perfect.
BOSTON, February 18.
The superiority of workmanship of the carvers of Philadelphia, has been asserted in all the prints of that city:—But, we believe, the world, on examining the beautiful head of the ship Columbia , which lately sailed from this port for Europe, will at least, give Boston an equal share of applause with her sister. The figure is AMERICA in an erect posture; which for delineation and expression of feature, symmetry of parts, and elegance of ornament, has been pronounced by judges, a chef de oeuvre in the art of carving—and does much credit to Messrs SKELLINGS , the artists who designed and executed it.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.
Extract of a letter from New York, Jan. 24.
"From the large quantities of Ice that have been brought into this city for the fortnight last past,
one would be inclined to suspect it was meant for an article of commerce next summer, if not of speculation. Numerous and mighty are the advantages of consolidation; and it is to be hoped those who speculate in icy funds, may not be altogether disappointed in their views."
A considerable shock of an earthquake was felt at Quebec the 6th of last month.
A letter from Paul's Bay to a mercantile house in that city, mentions, that 29 different shocks were felt at that place.
Sixty real estates in the city of New-York, are advertised for sale in one paper of last week,
Thus by bank magic we behold The lands transmuted into gold; That gold will soon get paper wings— The rest—when time reveals—he flings.
Extract of a letter from Paris, Nov. 18.
"It was, formerly, an idea of Louis 14th, that the French empire might be made universal, by universally extending the French language. The effects of this policy are observable to the present day in Europe; the French being the prevailing language of every court, not even excepting the barbarous court of Russia. Intelligence has, of late, by some means or other, leaked out, that to prevent the project of Louis the 14th being accomplished, in a manner he never dreamt of, the several courts of Germany are beginning to discourage the knowledge of the French language among them, for fear their subjects should discover that they are not absolutely beasts (as was tacitly asserted some years ago by the King of Prussia, in respect to a body of Hessians, who upon passing one of his bridges, were obliged to pay beasts toll). This latent decree may, possibly, soon be carried into effect, to prevent men from imbibing the French ideas of liberty; but, like the King of Spain's armed mercenaries on his frontiers, will prove, in the end, ineffectual against the universal extension of rational and equal liberty."
BALTIMORE, February 29.
At a meeting of the Frontier inhabitants, living on the Ohio river, in and near Holliday's cove, held on Saturday, the 4th day of February, 1792, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
WE, a number of inhabitants living on the Ohio river, in and near Holliday's cove, justly alarmed at our situation, in consequence of the late defeat of the American army under the command of Major-General St. Clair; and contemplating the dreadful prospect before us, if no timely and effectual relief is afforded us:—ourselves, our families and property, exposed to the cruelties and ravages of a barbarous enemy—relying, however, on the energy of the General Government, and fully satisfied that nothing will be wanting for our safety, which a wife and an active administration can effect; yet to shew that we are not unworthy of protection but are willing and ready, by our own exertions to promote and facilitate the execution of any plan, which the wisdom of the government may see best for our defence: have entered into the following resolutions, viz.
Resolved, That the river Ohio is the safest and easiest maintained frontier line on this side the mountains, and we bind ourselves by the most sacred ties of honour and good faith, to keep up, support and defend the same to the last extremity.
Resolved, That the better to put in execution the foregoing resolution, and the better to secure our own safety, and particularly that of our women and children, places of strength must be erected within our bounds, in such convenient places as may hereafter be fixed upon.
Resolved, That drafting the frontier inhabitants, to serve on militia duty in any other part of the country but where they themselves reside, is equally unjust, oppressive and impolitic; and that an address on this subject be drawn up and presented to the Lieutenant of this county; and Ordered, That David Bruce and William Sutherland, Esquires, be a committee to draw up and present the same, together with a copy of these resolutions.
Resolved, That every member of this meeting shall bind himself, and we do hereby bind ourselves in the sacred bands of honor and good faith, each of us to keep in good order, at least one gun, and have always in readiness a sufficient quantity of ammunition, to be prepared at a minute's warning, to repel any attack which may be made upon this part of the frontiers, where we inhabit.
Resolved, That an address be drawn up, and presented to the lieutenant of Washington county, stating to him the peculiarity of our local situation, being a frontier to both States, representing the neglect which we have experienced from this circumstance; the one state trusting our defence to the other, till we have been totally forgot by both, and praying him, (if drafts from the militia of his county are ordered down to cover the river) not to overlook this part of the frontier;—and resolved, that James Campbell, David Bruce, Esq; Col. Richard Brown,

and present the said address, with a copy of these resolutions.
Resolved, that the foregoing resolutions be published in the Pittsburg Gazette.
Signed, by order of the Meeting, RICHARD BROWN, Chairman.
SHEPHERD'S-TOWN, March 13.
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant John Jeffers, to the Printer of the Pittsburgh Gazette, dated Fort Franklin, Feb. 9.
"As you wish to know what news in this quarter, I have only to observe that the Cornplanter has been here, and in my opinion, he is as friendly as one of our own people—He has advised me to take care, for, said he, you will soon have a chance to let the world know whether you are a soldier or not. When he went off he ordered two chiefs and ten warriors to remain here, and scout about the garrison, and let me know if the bad Indians should either advance against me or any of the frontiers of the United States.—He thinks the people at Pittsburgh should keep out spies towards the Salt Licks, for he says, by and by he thinks the bad Indians will come from that way."
"In a conversation with the Cornplanter, I observed, that I should soon have goods to pay him and his people, when my boat was ascending the Alleghany, next spring. I likewise told him that I had a large quantity of powder and lead for the Chippawas. He replied, that he hoped the Chippawas would come to receive their powder & lead, when he and his warriors came to receive their goods, for, I have a great plenty of powder and lead, and I am willing to make them a present of a shot."
"Broken Twig, a Seneca Chief, told the Cornplanter in my presence, that he must rise to war and revenge the blood of his friend General Butler."
"Big Tree and John Deckard, Seneca Chiefs, declare they will each of them have two scalps for General Butler's."
"From these observations you may see there are Seneca's who, I think, may be relied on as real friends to the United States."
A late London News-Paper furnishes the following account of the celebrated M. LA FAYETTE.
"The personal services of Monsieur LA FAYETTE have been accompanied with pecuniary sacrifices of an enormous kind.—Through the whole of the Revolution he not only filled the important station of Commandant-General of the Parisian army without pay, but he kept open house. For many days during the national federation in 1790, he entertained 500 persons per day in his Hotel; and in general he has had a table of forty covers for the Etat-Major, and for distinguished foreigners. His bounty to the distressed veterans has also been conspicuous, and it is known that he has thus reduced an ample fortune to a mere trifle. He has not 20,000 Livres a year of property left out of an annual revenue of 200,000 Livres, with which he came into life. His sacrifices have been all made on the altar of liberty; for in promoting the freedom of America, he expended many thousand pounds, besides devoting his own person to the cause. He stands completely acquitted from all suspicion, that during the disorders incident to the French Revolution, he has stained his military and patriotic character, by mixing in the corruptions which have been practised.—He has never diverted a Louis d'Or from its public destination. Sensible of these facts, and grateful for his eminent services, the best men in France are now eager to find the means of conferring on him some fair recompense. He has rejected every proposition that has been made, and it is feared that his proud and honorable delicacy will keep him steadfast in the refusal of every national return. It has been proposed to give him the Ecole Militaire, which parts the field of Federation, for a town residence, and, as he refuses all consideration for himself, to adopt his two daughters, and to give them dowries worthy the magnificence of the nation — This also he has peremptorily rejected; and, taking the Cincinnatus of America for his model, he is determined to sell every estate, but the ancient family residence in Auvergne, where he means, by his own example, to promote a higher cultivation of the soil, and to teach to the people a more complete scheme of rural life than that which is now found in the Campaign of France. For this purpose he has already moved his family to Auvergne, where he has introduced two English families, a Farmer and a Gardener, with their wives and children; and here he proposes to sit under his own vine, in the freedom which he has so largely contributed to establish, and from which he will not depart, unless to defend them from the violence of hostile attack. Content in honest poverty."
"He looks upon Things precious, as they were,"
"The common Muck o'er the world: He covets less"
"Than Misery itself would give; rewards"
"His deeds with doing them."
"Every attempt to reason him out of this independent spirit has been vain. They have told him that it has ever been not only the first duty, but the most forward inclination, of every free state to give noble testimonies of its gratitude to its patriots and heroes. Without referring to the old world, they stated, that the great and opulent MARLBOROUGH did not disdain to receive from England a palace, nor the illustrious CHATHAM a peerage and a pension. Ireland has forced on the great author of its
freedom a becoming reward; and if his own model the Deliverer of America, has refused all pecuniary return from his fellow citizens, it should be remembered that GENERAL WASHINGTON has made no sacrifices of his *patrimony in the cause, and, what in M. LA FAYETTE's instance ought to be urged, had no children dependent on his fortune. These arguments, however reasonable, have drawn from him no other than a very warm expression of thanks to his fellow soldiers, for their solicitude and kindness, with a decisive declaration, that the small remainder of his fortune was more than equal to his wants, and that in truth he was richer than ever; for he possessed the luxury he coveted most, civil and religious liberty."
[*Quere—Whether this assertion be warranted by the fact? It is rather apprehended that GENERAL WASHINGTON has, eventually, devoted more than his time, talents, and virtues to the salvation of his country. Certain it is that, if he did not lessen his private fortune in the public service, he lost the opportunity of increasing it: Though, every one acquainted with his temper, must know that He would be the last person in the world to make the remark.]
Every heart seemed elated in an uncommon degree (says a late Philadelphia paper) on the auspicious anniversary of our President's birth day.—The free Africans of Philadelphia (adds the same paper) have not been wanting in respect to the Great Washington—they assembled to celebrate the Day; and conducted themselves in a manner that would do honour to the most polished community.
Extract of a letter from Capt. John F. Brooks, to a Gentleman in Alexandria, dated Aux Cayes, January 17, 1792.
"A few days after the dispatch of my last, a Tender belonging to the frigate took a small vessel from the mulattoes with 25 men on board, and put every man to death; many of whom were killed in the water by the boats crews, while swimming for the shore. This irritation produced on the part of the mulattoes a general massacre of all the whites in their power, or those they could get hold of since, attended with every barbarous circumstance."
"On Thursday last they surprized Port Piémont on the Tiberoon shore, and put eighty (white) men, women, and children to death.—Nearly at the same time, they attacked Cavillon an inland place, seven leagues from hence, but were repulsed, and lost 13 of their number.—After their departure, the inhabitants, fearing their return in full force, abandoned their situation, and with such things as they could bring with them, arrived here on Saturday morning, to the number of 4 or 5 hundred men, women, and children."
"The strength and situation of Iacquemel enable the whites to keep possession of it: Though it is on the land side blockaded by the enemy."
"The inhabitants there have neither money nor produce at present; so that the whole of the colony from Attavals to Cape Tiberoon is in the hands of the mulattoes, this place and Iacquemel excepted. There is a strong camp formed for the protection of this town, about two miles advanced, and the town is sufficiently fortified to resist an enemy superior to the present one, especially as they have no field pieces."
HUMANITY.
AN EXTRACT.
"HUMANITY! delightful tale, While we feel the winter gale, May the City, in ermin'd coat, Incline the ear to sorrow's note, And, where with misery's ills opprest, A fellow sits a shivering guest, Full ample may his bounty flow, To warm the bosom chill'd with woe."
In town or vale, where'er the tale, Of real grief unfolded is, O may he give the means to live, To those who know—How cold it is!
TO BE SOLD, On the premises, to the highest bidder, On the 2d day of April next, A House & Lot,
In Washington-Street, known by 155. The House is almost new, 16 by 26 feet front, two story high, and very convenient. The terms will be made known on the day of sale, by
WILLIAM LEMEN.
Shepherd's Town, March 13, 1792.
COOPERS WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
GOOD WAGES will be given to one or two JOURNEYMEN COOPERS,
At HITE'S, by JOSEPH DEAN.
TO BE SOLD, A HANDSOME Saddle MARE.
Apply to the Printer.
At a Court of Quarter Sessions, held for Berkeley County, the 16th day of August, 1791. Heirs of William Mumford, Compt. } In Chancery. vs. Heirs of Martin Keyser, 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.
BY virtue of a Decree of the Court of Berkeley, and State of Virginia, will be exposed to sale, by Public Vendue, for cash, upon the Fourteenth day of MARCH next, if fair, if not the next fair day, one third part of half an acre of Land in the town of Meclinburgh, known by number Twenty-five, lying on the main street, adjoining JOHN UNSELL and CATHARINE HAINS, with the Dwelling-House thereon.
SAMUEL DEVENPORT, Dep. Sheriff, (for GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, Sheriff.
February 13, 1792.
TO BE SOLD, At Public Sale, to the highest bidder, At the late dwelling-house of Mathew Whiting, dec. On the 17th of this Month,
One Negro Woman,
and GIRL, one Waggon and Team, some Household Furniture, and some Stock, of the property of Mathew Whiting, deceased, by virtue of an order of the Court of this County. The terms will be published the day of sale.
ABRAHAM DEVENPORT, D.S.B.C.
Berkeley, March 5, 1792.
WHEREAS on the fourth instant, I passed my Bonds to Mr. John Littlejohn, in three annual payments, for four hundred and three pounds, currency, for the payment of part of Henry Cookus, deceased's property, sold by a decree of Berkeley Court, and as I objected to execute said Bonds before I was peaceably possessed of said property, and as I have not since been put in possession of only part, and that Christian Orndorff claims the property I purchased by a contract in said Cookus's life time, and has since the said sale obtained a supersedeas from the Chancellor, to have another hearing, this is to forewarn all person or persons from taking an assignment on said Bonds, as I am determined not to pay any part thereof, until I am quietly possessed of the property for which I passed said Bonds.
ABRAHAM SHEPHERD.
Shepherd's-Town, Feb. 28, 1792.
SETTLE—IF YOU DON'T PAY.
THE Subscriber intending to close the business of TAVERN-KEEPING on the 15th day of March next, requests all persons who have accounts open with him (particularly Tavern accounts) to come in and settle the same, previous to the above date. Those who do not comply with this very reasonable request, may depend on PAYMENT being DEMANDED immediately after.
WILLIAM LEMEN.
Shepherd's-Town, Feb. 28, 1792.
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND,
LYING on Gnatty Creek, in Harrison County, Virginia, containing ONE THOUSAND ACRES. As it is presumed that no person will purchase without viewing the premises, it is needless to say more than that it was surveyed early in the settlement of that country, and that an indisputable title will be given and the terms of payment made easy. Any person inclining to purchase, may see the Land, by applying to Mr. JOHN STEWART, near Morgan-Town, or treat with the Proprietor, living at Hager's-Town.
WILLIAM BAIRD.
12th January, 1792.
TO BE SOLD, A SMALL PLANTATION,
Situated about two miles from Shepherd's-Town: It contains 96 acres, 27 of which are cleared, has a log dwelling house thereon, is well timbered, tolerably well inclosed, and has a never failing spring running through a part of it. For terms of sale, apply to the Subscriber.
JOSIAH THORNBOROUGH.
Feb. 28, 1792.
Printed by N. WILLIS.