The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1792-10-22 00:00:00

The POTOMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1792.
[NUMBER 101—VOL 2.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
Martinsburg Races.
THE RACES at Martinsburg will commence on Wednesday, the 24th of October next, on which day will be run for, over a fine course, near the town, the JOCKEY CLUB PURSE OF FORTY GUINEAS, free only for Members of the Club. Heats 4 miles each. Aged horses carrying 126. Six years old 119. Five years old 108. Four years old 98. And three years old a feather.
No horse will be permitted to start unless the rider be dressed in a silk jacket, half boots, and jockey-cap.
On Thursday, the day following, will be run for, over the same ground, a PURSE OF THIRTY POUNDS, Maryland currency, three mile heats, free for any horse, mare, or gelding, paying one shilling in the pound, entrance, and carrying weight agreeable to the rules of the JOCKEY CLUB.
And on Friday, following will be run for, over the same ground, a PURSE OF TWENTY POUNDS of the above currency, free for any horse, mare or gelding, except the horses winning the two preceding days—2 mile heats—paying entrance and carrying weight as above.
On Saturday, the day following, will be run for over the same ground, a handsome Sweepstakes, free for any horse, mare, or gelding, except such as have won some one of the purses—one mile heats—with a catch upon each. FLORENCE MAHONY.
August 27, 1792.
A MEETING of the Members of the Jockey Club is desired the day preceding the Races at the house of Mr. FLORENCE MAHONY, in MARTINSBURG
NOTICE is hereby given, that no person will be permitted to erect a Booth on or near the race ground during the races, unless they subscribe FOUR DOLLARS towards the Town Purse.
Sept. 2, 1792.
NOTICE.
EVERY Person who shall attempt to retail Liquors during the continuance of the ensuing races in this town, may rely on being prosecuted agreeable to law, without any respect to persons, unless they subscribe Four Dollars towards the town purse:—No two or more persons are to be concerned in keeping a single booth, on or near the race ground.
Martinsburg, October 13, 1792.
8 Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Subscribers, on Sunday the 30th of September last, a negro Man named SAUL; he is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, well made, a little bow-leg'd, has lost some teeth before, is of a very black complexion, can read and write, and has probably forged a pass; when he walks he steps uncommonly short. Whoever will apprehend said Negro and return him to us, or secure him in goal so that we get him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges.
ADRIAN DAVENPORT, JOHN BOWEN.
October 13, 1792.
BERKELEY COUNTY: to wit,
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass changing the quarterly term of the County Court of Berkeley, from the third Tuesday in June, till the third Tuesday in May, in each year, it being the time on which the said quarterly term was formerly held, the late change being found very inconvenient to the people of the County.
By order of the Court,
Teste, MOSES HUNTER, c. c.
THE Land I advertised on Sleepy Creek for Sale, the 22d instant, is already sold. PHILIP PENDLETON.
October 12, 1792.
Wanted, by the Printer hereof, a stout young Lad, as an Apprentice.
HARP AND CROWN TAVERN.
THE Subscriber, from the liberal encouragement he has met with since his commencement at this house, returns his unfeigned thanks to the Public; and informs them, that he has received an assortment of the purest Liquors, such as Wines of the first quality, old Jamaica Spirit, Coniac Brandy, Gin, Porter, &c. &c. He has also, stableage for 50 horses, in addition to his former; and has procured holders sufficient to attend the same.
FLORENCE MAHONY.
October 6, 1792.
FOR SALE, A PLANTATION,
Lying in the County of Berkeley, between Charles-town and the Stone Church, and within one mile of said town, containing 190 acres, the land equal to any in the neighbourhood for farming, &c. between 70 or 80 acres cleared, with improvements on the same, and a well of good standing water, within 15 yards of the house. Whoever purchases the same, may be assured of having a good title made to them.
Likewise for sale,
Two Houses and Two Lots of Ground, containing one quarter of an acre each, in the County of Berkeley, near Charles-town, fronting Capt. William Cherry's tavern—the sit. the store-house where Mr. Matthew Frame now keeps store in, the house 24 feet by 16, with a cellar under the whole house, and a shed the length of the house, 12 feet wide, one fire place and two rooms, likewise a kitchen with a stone chimney.—2d house is on a lot joining the above mentioned, the house a fram'd one, 26 feet by 18 feet, full story and half high, with a good cellar under the whole of the house, with a shed the length of the house, with a stone chimney in the same, and two rooms.
Likewise for sale,
Two Negro Women, the one about 30 years of age, who understands house-work, cooking, washing, &c. and can do light work about a plantation. The other about 20 years of age, who is well acquainted with cooking, washing, ironing, and can spin on both the flax and wooling wheel, and a good hand to tend in a house or tavern, which last she has served in for two years past. The terms of sale may be known by applying to the subscriber, living in BERKELEY County, near Charles-town.
EPHRAIM WORTHINGTON.
August 29, 1792.
1 f.
T O B E S O L D, A tract of very good unimproved Land, Containing 288 acres, known by the name of the Silver mines, lying on the river Potomac, Berkeley County, Virginia, situated one and half miles above the mouth of Back Creek. This land is as well timbered as any lying between it and the Alleghany, the situation of which, being so near the Potomac, the timber may be rafted down the river at a very small expence—it has two never failing springs, and good meadows may be made on it. For terms, apply to the subscriber, who will give an indisputable title. DAVID WOLGAMOTT.
August 6, 1792.
N. B. The above described land abounds with Iron ore of an excellent quality.
Foreign Advices.
L O N D O N. PREMEDITATED ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPEROR!
AT FRANKFORT, ON THE 14TH AUGUST. [We are favoured with the following article by a Correspondent of great political information, who informs us, that he received it in a letter from a family of the first rank in the Empire.—As however, neither our Brussels nor Paris Letters of so late a date as the 27th, take the least notice of any such event, we are inclined to hope that it is unfounded.]
THE Jacobins despairing of being able to resist the combined force ready to invade France, and seeing no possibility to escape the calamities they have
provoked by their plunders and their crimes, resolved upon the horrible expedient of terminating the existence of the new elected Chief of the Empire, under an idea that his death would put a stop to hostilities, and derange the well concerted plans for punishing their guilt and perfidy. For this purpose, eight of the Jacobin Club arrived at Frankfort, and to ensure success to their infernal project, they determined to execute it on the evening of the Election, during the mirth and festivity of the Coronation. A Colonel in the French service undertook to strike the blow that was to rid France of a powerful enemy and the German Empire of its Sovereign.
So secretly were the various machinations carried on, that the dreadful plot was upon the point of being put into execution, when one of the conspirators struck with remorse and horror at the bloody deed, suddenly repaired to a Magistrate, and revealed the treason, pleaded his contrition, and surrendered all that could be apprehended of his accomplices. The Magistrate immediately repaired to the Duke of Brunswick, who in conjunction with the Elector, issued orders for arresting Compte De Wittgenstein, Commander of a regiment in the service of the French Princes, and cousin of the Prussian General of that name; likewise Messrs. Lequin, La Coste, De Pimodan, and Mr. Vinezac, a Major of the National Guard at Paris, resident near Coblenz.
They were accordingly arrested, except the first, whose papers were seized upon and his guilt discovered. But the Count made his escape, though he had given his word of honour, as had likewise the Bavarian Ambassador, that he should not quit Frankfort, but he notwithstanding fled.
An alarm was instantly manifested for the life of a young Prince, beloved even to idolatry; and a masked ball, intended to have been given in honor of his imperial Majesty, was suddenly postponed, and cards of apology sent round, under the pretence that it was deferred on account of the mourning. Every precaution is taken to avert the intended mischief. The Emperor avoids all public places—never mixes in a crowd—and is always surrounded and accompanied by a faithful guard.
The suspected persons are narrowly watched, and but for the difficulty of discriminating the Patriots, as they call themselves, from the Emigrants, every Frenchman would be driven out of Frankfort.
Another plot has been discovered, which proves how industrious the Jacobins are to accomplish by treachery what they had not wisdom to avoid, nor courage to resist. They had negotiated with a Colonel of one of the new raised regiments to desert with his regiment to their service. The correspondence was discovered, and the Colonel made his escape.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
AUGUST 14.
A grenadier of the 22d regiment appeared at the bar. "The day of the 10th is past, and does there still exist a King in the Universe! and do you, Louis XVI, inconceivable monster! whose heart is the abominable receptacle of all crimes, yet breathe! behold the conduct of the French—you have deceived, sported with, and murdered them, and your crimes have not yet been atoned for by your death. You owe your life neither to mean pity, nor misapplied clemency, but to the horror which the most worthless of mankind would feel in seeing themselves stained with one drop of your impure blood. And you, Legislators, you see, that if the people punish tyrants, they know how to reward the guardians of their rights. The people place in you all their confidence." He concluded by requesting to be sent to the frontiers, instead of remaining at Compiegne to guard deer and pheasants.
Besides the manifesto published by the Duke of Brunswick, with its supplement, &c. a more extended manifesto is published in the names of the coalesced Kings, the summary of which is—The King of France shall choose the frontier town of his kingdom, to which he shall go; the Duke of Brunswick shall give him a guard besides his Maison Militaire, which shall be restored to him by the Princes his brothers. The Emperor and the King of Prussia do not will that the kingdom of France should be dismembered in any of its parts, nor will they intermeddle in the government.—They will restore the King his liberty and full authority, the ministers to their altars, proprietors to their property. The deputies to the first and second legislature shall be tried. The National Assembly and the city of Paris, are answerable, with their lives and effects, for the life of the King and those of his family, from the day of publication of this manifesto. Every man taken with arms in his hand shall be treated as a rebel, and tried by military law. Every man taken firing from his windows or throwing stones, shall be put to the sword, and his house destroyed and burnt. We enjoin the National Guards of the

Kingdom to preserve good order, and make them responsible with all administrators collectively, on their lives and effects for all events.
P A R I S, August 8.
The Minister at War yesterday announced to the assembly, that the Austrians, to the number of thirty thousand, had crossed the Rhine and entered France.
The passage was effected at several different places at one and the same time. Three thousand of them immediately took post at Germersheim.
If the French persevere in their present ardour, the enemy are like to meet with a warm reception.
The citizens are flying from every part of the kingdom to the frontiers, and all the departments are exerting themselves with unexampled and unabating zeal.
August 14. Great tranquility now prevails here; the horrid storm, which lately raged, having subsided into a sort of sullen calm.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
August 12.
Some citizens were admitted to the bar. Their spokesman said—
" Legislators! It is not the suspension but the de-thronement of the King that we have come to demand. Louis XVI. has betrayed the people. You can no longer hesitate to depose him, without endangering the national tranquility."
August 15.
M. Merlin announced to the Assembly, that the Prussian and Austrian armies had entered the Departments of Moselle, and that they had made themselves masters of the advanced posts of Sierck and Rodemack.
This circumstance, he added, ought not to intimidate the French nation, but it ought to arouse them so as to adopt a very important measure: he, therefore, moved, "That the relations, the wives, and the children of the emigrants should, with Louis XVI. be reserved as guarantees for the events of the war."
It was accordingly resolved by the Assembly, that they should be detained as hostages within the limits of their respective Municipalities.
August 16.
W A R with R U S S I A.
M. Le Brunt Secretary for Foreign Affairs, notified the Assembly that the Empress of Russia had declared war against France; the Imperial Catherine, from the most remote corner of the North, ordered Frenchmen to reinstate Louis XVI. in all his prerogatives—M. Genest, the French Ambassador, had been expelled Russia.—Referred to the Diplomatic Committee.
Louis XVI. is now in the Temple; he was sent there last Tuesday.—M. Pétion was in the same carriage with the King and his family— Louis XVI. seemed afraid: The crowd on the Place Vendôme hindered his coach from proceeding; and it stopped exactly opposite to the demolished statue of Louis XIV. The fall of that magnificent idol must have awoke strange reflections in his swollen breast, all inimical to the vanity of terrestrial affairs. O Louis ! how easy might it have been for you to have avoided such humiliation.
August 18.
M. Cabot read a letter from Maubeuge, from which it appeared that the soldiers approved of the proceedings of the Assembly, and that they had resisted the attempts made by Dillon, Lameth, and La Noue, to excite them to oppose the Assembly. To the insinuations of those Generals, they replied, "that their true point of rallying was, and always would be, the National Assembly, and that they considered Louis XVI. as a perjured wretch and traitor!"—"M. Lameth in vain attempted (said the writer of the letter,) to gain over a few regiments. In vain did he tell them that 15 000 Austrians were ready to fall upon them. The troops flew to arms, and ordered their music to play Ca ira !"
August 19.
L A F A Y E T T E ACCUSED.
Some soldiers of the army of M. la Fayette being admitted to the bar, informed the Assembly, that they were obliged to make their escape through a wood, to avoid being seduced by their Chiefs, and that they had come to Paris to learn the truth respecting the events of the 10th. They said that M. Veuve had written to the battalions, in the name of M. la Fayette, to the following purport:
"Soldiers! your constitution has been annihilated! Seditious men have filled the measure of their crimes. They have caused the Swiss soldiers, and the commandant of the National Guards, to be assassinated. With swords in their hands they have compelled the Legislative Body to decree the suspension of the King. Soldiers! choose between the King and Pétion."
They added that M. la Fayette wished to make them sign a paper, written in the same strain, and requested that the Assembly would prevent the perfidious design of this General.
M. Merlin presented fifty different pieces, to support this accusation.
Two private letters, and in particular one from the Commissioners sent to the army, being adduced to corroborate these charges, the Assembly immediately passed the following
Decree of accusation against M. la Fayette:
I. It appears to this Assembly, that there is just ground for accusation against M. la Fayette, heretofore Commander of the army of the North.
II. The Executive Power shall, in the most expeditious manner possible, put the present decree into execution; and all constitutional authorities,
and all soldiers, are hereby enjoined, by every mean in their power, to secure his person.
III. The Assembly forbids the army of the North any longer to acknowledge him as General, or to obey his orders; and strictly enjoins that no person whatsoever shall furnish any thing for the troops, or pay any money for their use, but by the orders of M. Dumourier.
M. Bazire, in the name of the committee de Surveillance , presented several letters and memorials found in the King's library. The letters were written from Coblenz to M. Noailles de Poix, to obtain pay for the king's guards to Coblenz. It appeared, that the King had paid them, even after the month of January, 1792.
M. Bazire informed the Assembly, that the Prince de Poix had been taken in custody, by order of the committee de Surveillance .
August 23.
Copy of a letter circulating in the Camp of L A F A Y E T T E, the Ex. General, as he is termed in Paris, which though not signed by him, is universally understood to have his sanction.
Soldier Citizens.
"It is not to be dissembled that the Constitution, which you have sworn to maintain, is no more.—The Marseillois, and a troop of factious insurgents, have besieged the palace of the Tuileries. The National Guards and the Swiss Guards have made a vigorous resistance, but wanting ammunition, they were obliged to surrender."
"M. D'Affry, his Aides-de-Camp, and his whole family, have been massacred."
"The King, the Queen, and the Royal Family, took refuge in the National Assembly; the insurgents followed them, and forced them to decree the suspension of the King, which was done to save his life."
"Citizens, you have no longer Representatives; the National Assembly is in slavery; your armies are without commanders."
"Pétion reigns; the savage Danton and his satellites are masters: therefore, soldiers, chose whether you will re-establish the Heir to the Crown on the Throne, or you will have Pétion for King."
L O N D O N,
August 13. Should the Prussian and Austrian troops march beyond the frontiers into France, the desertions to the French armies will soon thin their ranks. The Austrians on all occasions have manifested their partiality for the cause of the French, and the Prussian soldiers are such slaves, they will be happy to join the banners of freedom, where they shall be suffered to act and think like men, and enjoy the blessings of free citizens.
The Prussian army are so encumbered, and the men are so averse to fight against the French, that if they meet with no impediment from the enemy, they will require several weeks before they can reach Paris. If the French are not too impetuous, it is probable that they will have the power of making their own terms, though the enemy should invade their country. If their Generals agree to fight on the defensive, they must harass the army of the Ex-princes and their allies, more than people in general are aware.
August 20. There are one hundred and thirty persons in prison, for the business of the 10th; there is a very great probability that they will all be put to death, as no doubt they will all be found guilty of fidelity to the King. The executions are to take place in the square of the Carrousel, over against the palace. Among the victims are several noblemen of this country and the flower of the Swiss nobility, many of the late Ministers, and M. la Porte, the keeper of the privy purse. The trials commence this day.
August 21. On Friday night the Cabinet Council of England resolved to recall Earl Gower, Mr. Lindsay, and all Members of the British Embassy at the Court of Paris.
The Duke of Brunswick, it is generally credited, marched on Thursday from Luxembourg (the word of command was given by the King of Prussia) on his way to Paris; the distance by land from thence, being about 210 miles; It was conjectured that the Duke would transport his army by the river Moselle, and reach Paris on the 5th of September.
The united armies now on their route to Paris, exceed 200,000 of the best disciplined troops in Europe.
The Temple, where the Royal Family of France are confined, was a sanctuary where debtors took refuge against arrest—"Never, (said a Parisian wit, on seeing the King enter it on Monday) never before did it contain so great a Bankrupt."
August 23. It is reported that letters are just arrived from France with an account of an engagement having taken place between the Austrians and M. de la Fayette, in which the former had gained the victory, and that M. de la Fayette had been taken prisoner.
It is positively asserted, by information received at a capital house in this city, that the combined army had entered the French territory in Luxembourg, and had commenced their operations by the investiture of Thionville, the capital of the French in that Duchy. The force by which it was attacked could not be resisted for many days. Thionville is 195 miles N. E. of Paris.
From Thionville, the combined army are to move to Par-Louis, a strong town in Lorraine, fortified after the manner of Vauban; it is 20 miles to the eastward of Thionville, and at this siege the King of Prussia, it is said, will be present.
The new Polish Constitution is at last overthrown. Notwithstanding the bravery, patriotism, and courage of the Poles, they have been obliged to yield to superior force.
UNITED STATES.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, October 13.
Captain Macpherson, of the Ship Patty Rutledge, arrived here on Sunday last, from Ostend, which place he left on the 26th of August, informs, that two days before he sailed, letters were received by the magistrates of that city, informing, that M. la Fayette, and a number of his officers, were taken by some peasants within the Austrian lines, and that he was conveyed and securely confined in the Castle of Antwerp, about 10 leagues from Ostend.
Reports in Ostend, relative to this affair, were various before he sailed.
Some said he was on a reconnoitring party, with a few of his officers, and was surprised and taken by about double the number of peasants.
Another report is, that he was in disguise and endeavouring to make his way, through the country, towards some seaport-town, to take shipping for America—that he was discovered by some of the inhabitants, seized, and delivered into the hands of government.
He requested, it is also said, to be removed from the scene of action on the frontiers, and chose Antwerp for the place of his confinement.
The account of his being taken, and actually confined, was communicated to Captain Macpherson by the merchant to whom he was consigned, who had seen the letters, received by the magistrates.
There can therefore be but little doubt of the reality of the fact. What led to his being taken is not so evident.
That a general officer should venture into an enemy's country with so little caution as to be captured by peasants, is not very probable; that M. la Fayette should desert the cause, at the moment it most needs his support, is more incredible.
The French officers, it is said, desert daily—but this is perhaps counterbalanced by a great number of desertions of Austrian soldiers to Luckner's army.—Ostend, it is to be remarked, is in the Austrian territories—these accounts are therefore to be credited with due limitation.
The Jacobin Club in Paris, in a petition to the National Assembly, which was to be presented in the name of the 48 sections, say—
"Without enumerating the long list of la Fayette's well-known crimes, that they do declare him infamous and a traitor of his country; that they do allow any soldier or citizen to fall upon him and bring him, dead or alive, to the bar of the National Assembly."
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, September 17.
"The fleet arrived this day at 12 o'clock; the new General (M. Desparbes) dined on board the Eole man of war. The troops were under arms, in order to receive him: At 4 o'clock, he sent word that he would not land until the morning."
The same letter relates, that the Negroes had been lately beaten at Gros-Morne ; that several of their encampments have been taken; that they had 150 killed, and 100 made prisoners.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Marietta, to the Princess, dated September 17.
"The Indians have not been so troublesome here this season, as the last. The only mischief they have done was the killing a Mulatto boy belonging to my son, the beginning of June last, and wounding a man, who with him was coming home from a corn field. Their guns were discharged, two Indians had got between him and Fort Harmar; one with a tomahawk, the other with a rifle; there was no alternative left, but to surrender, or to rush on them both, which he did, with his hand on the cock of his gun, as in the act to fire, though his gun, as before mentioned, was not loaded: one of them gave way as he pushed on, the other struck him with his gun—he returned the blow, and they both took place; however, after a severe conflict, he had the good luck to get safe into the Fort."
"If this was not a fine country, the people here could not live; confined as we are by the Indians from pursuing business in safety; notwithstanding, provisions are plenty, the people live very well, and enjoy a remarkable good state of health."
The President of the United States, his Lady and Family are expected to arrive in town this day.
JOHN PATTON, Esq. is elected a Representative in Congress for the State of Delaware.
We hear from Nantucket, that the shipping employed in the whaling business out of that place, have been very successful the past season. One ship brought in 1300 barrels of oil, and 7000 lb. of bone.
Accounts from Nova-Scotia say that the same business has been so unfavourable, that the adventurers there are almost entirely discouraged.
The English whale fishery has also been unfortunate this year.
A Richmond (Virginia) paper of October 5, informs that four horses belonging to the mail stage were drowned the preceding day, in attempting to ford Pamunkey river—The passengers crossed the river on a temporary bridge erected for foot passengers—the driver narrowly escaped drowning.
A Mr. Jenkinson, from England, is at Coblenz; said to be sent there by the British government on a pacific mission with respect to the affairs of France. The situation of Poland has also excited the attention of the British ministry. A messenger has been dispatched from England to the King of Prussia, with provisional instructions to proceed from thence to Warsaw.
In the late conflagration of the archives of the Nobility of France, the Machiavels La Ferriere brought the records of her own titles, and threw

them into the fire, amidst the shouts of other fellow citizens. Denmark and Sweden are determined to preserve a perfect neutrality in regard to France and Poland.
The following comparative statement of the forces of the controlling Kings , opposed to the numbers which France may bring into the field, is extracted from an Essay on that subject, lately published at Paris, by an ingenious geographic writer, M. Frafsenfat .
"France contains twenty-seven millions of inhabitants."
"The number of male citizens between 16 and 20 years of age, is ten millions; that of its active citizens, and sons of active citizens, 4,300,000, which leaves 5,700,000 inactive citizens."
"The number of persons capable of bearing arms is 6,700,000—2,880,000 of whom are active citizens—3,820,000 inactive."
"The regular army of France consists of 250,000 men."
"If the French, who will defend their liberties, were to decimate themselves, that is, if one in ten capable of bearing arms, marched against the common enemy, France would have an army of 670,000 men."
"The actual forces of the powers coalesced against France are,
 Austria 200,000  Prussia 183,000  The contingent of the empire 40,000  Naples 50,000  Sardinia 30,000  Tuscany 6,000  Total 509,000 
"Supposing these powers have occasion to guard their immense territory, of which the extent is 21,562 square German miles, 15 to the degree, and to keep in awe, from 38 to 40 millions of people, the inhabitants of this country, who are ready to revolt."
"Supposing that they are obliged to keep at home half only of their troops, it will follow, that all the force which these powers can bring against France, will be 257,000."
"The department of Paris also contains 100,000 active citizens, and 140,000 inactive; among whom are 180,000 men capable of bearing arms, 80,000 actives, and 100,000 inactives."
Gloomy as the Occident intelligence represents the situation of France, it ought to be considered, that that town is within the enemy's lines, and the inhabitants, it must be presumed, are rather inclined to backen the cause of liberty. They tell us of the numbers of French officers who are daily deserting, but they are obliged, at the same time to acknowledge, that for every French officer who deserts his country, twenty stout Austrian soldiers come over to Luckner's army. The prompt sum of fifty livres is paid to each, and in case of losing his life in the service of France, one hundred livres per annum is settled on his widow and family. Thus if the French army should be thinned of her present officers, it will be strengthened in more than a tenfold rate by hardy soldiers; and whilst the emigrants may say they have an army composed of officers, they can't say the French are all officers and no soldiers.
On the contrary, France is now in reality what she has been formerly styled figuratively, A Nation of Soldiers , who will persevere to obtain Independence for their country, through every obstacle which mad ambition may plant in their way.
BALTIMORE, October 16.
Captain Brockhouse, arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, from Havre-de-Grace, which he left the 4th of September, confirms the late melancholly accounts from France, and informs, that the truly noble, brave, and consistent Patriot, General La Fayette, and his family, had arrived safe in England.
A letter from Marietta, dated the 25th of July, mentions, that a few days preceding that date, a party of men, from Fort Jefferson, consisting of a sergeant, corporal, and 16 privates, were surprised while they were reaping, by a body of about 80 savages, 14 of them killed on the spot."
Extract from Lindsay's (Norfolk) Hotel Diary, October 2.
This day arrived here, in 8 weeks from Guernsey, the ship Belle, Captain Gavet, who informs us, that the allied armies of Austria and Prussia, amounting to 200,000 men, under the command of the Duke of Brunswick, were advancing rapidly towards Paris; that at Lyons, and the borders of Normandy, the people had openly declared for the counter revolution; and that assignats had fallen 40 per cent.—From the above and other circumstances we may fairly conclude, that the French affairs are, by this time, brought to a crisis.
A letter from Ostend, dated the 22d of August, to a gentleman in London, says—"We have this day the important news that M. La Fayette, and thirteen of his Officers, are carried prisoners of war into Namur—You may depend on the authenticity of this news."
A gentleman lately arrived at Philadelphia from Spain, informs, that the King of Spain goes on briskly, arming, and fortifying the posts of that kingdom.
Wednesday last the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES (with his LADY and SUITE) arrived here from Mount Vernon, on his Way to Philadelphia, and the same Evening favoured a Number of Merchants, and other Gentlemen, with his Company, at an elegant Supper at Mrs. GRANT's. A number of Toasts were drank on the Occasion, under a Discharge of Capt. STODDER's Artillery.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 11.
"Culpepper, October 7, 1792."
"In the upper end of Culpepper, in the neighbourhood of Ragged Mountain, on Sunday evening last, was committed a most shocking and inhuman murder, by David Yowell, on the body of Nancy Clarke, a young woman about sixteen years of age. This barbarous outrage was done by Yowell in the presence of the young woman's mother, and several other people, who could not prevent him from imbruing his hands in innocent blood. The young woman's mother, after seeing her daughter receive the first wound (by a knife) which was not mortal, attempted to rescue her daughter, if possible; though Yowell, on her coming within his reach, gave her a very severe gash with his knife, on her right cheek quite to the bone: he then, without hesitation, put an end to the young woman's existence, by cutting her throat in two places, and splitting her left breast through into the bottom of her body, cut a gash across her right side which let out her entrails, and gave her several other wounds which were mortal. The perpetrator of this heinous crime, immediately attempted to cut his own throat, in which he succeeded so far, as to cut his gullet and windpipe, in which situation he was, attended by a guard appointed by the sheriff, by order of the coroner, until he gets so far recovered, as to be removed from his own house to the county gaol."
MARTINSBURG, October 22.
THE MANAGERS of the Martinsburg Races inform the Subscribers to the Town Purse, that they have appointed Mr. JOHN SHOBER to collect that subscription, which collection he commences this day—as the Town Purse must be completed, by to-morrow evening, they expect each subscriber will discharge their several subscriptions by the time stipulated.
A letter from an officer of the Second U. S. Regiment, dated at Marietta, August 21, says, "General Putnam having despaired of a treaty with the Miama, has gone to the Wabash, with a view of detaching some of the tribes from the general combination, but I am sorry to add, with little prospect of success. A French gentleman, recently from the Wabash, informs that the Indians are employed in removing their families beyond the waters of the Mississippi, in order that the warriors, upon their return, may be less encumbered for battle. We have also a report in circulation, that a party lately pushed into the French settlement of Gallipolis, killed and scalped two or three persons and took several prisoners. Such is the aspect of Indian affairs at this period."
From the Pittsburgh Gazette of October 6.
"We are informed that the Cornplanter, New Arrow, and 60 of the chiefs and warriors of the Seneca nation, have set out for the Miami towns, to council with the hostile Indians, and to exert their influence to bring about a peace between them and the United States."
"Sunday last was hanged on the commons of this place, James Nugent, alias James McMullen, belonging to Capt. Rogers's troop of horse, for desertion and stealing a horse, &c. the property of the public."
"And on Wednesday, two men were shot, for having deserted sundry times."
Friday last the hapless Young was executed at Winchester, for horse stealing.
The face of our country is charming in our eyes, as well as in those of strangers who visit it.—We take pleasure in hearing them express their approbation of what they see. We are flattered still more by finding that they like the inhabitants, and we love our country and the cause of freedom the better for believing, that they will go home and diffuse through their several countries an high opinion of our nation. Our newspapers are sent into foreign countries, and those who read them, form their notions of us from the accounts they contain of our situation and expectations. What good end do those writers who fill them with slanders of men and measures expect to answer? Do they fancy that foreigners will respect a people whom they describe as destitute of rights, having lost them very lately; their property tyrannically torn from them by excise officers whom they are directly advised to tar and feather. Will they chuse to remove with their estates, their workmen, and curious arts, into a country which is so ignorantly and villainously governed as the newspapers represent? In France they consider our condition as a triumphant proof of the efficacy of the principles of liberty. Other nations are beginning to adopt their ideas. But we have men who are labouring to deceive them, and to induce great numbers to stay at home, instead of emigrating to this land of oppression. It is so much the interest of the rulers of nations to keep the industrious and wealthy people at home, that we may be sure every advantage will be taken of the scandalous paragraphs published here, in order to discourage the throngs of settlers who are disposed to cultivate our forests. It must be confessed, if these writers are paid by any foreign power to misrepresent and discredit the affairs of the country, they are well entitled to their reward.
ODDITIES.
A man and his wife, and a son, and a cat, and a cock, and a hen, and three pigeons, and four pigs, and a large bear, and a badger, all live snugly in a single room in Chelster, about three yards square.—They improve the salubrity of their enviable apartment by the fragrant trade of smoking of herrings.
Married in this town, on Wednesday last, Mr. William Finley, to Mrs. Mary Folland. p d.
J. Riddle and Co.
ARE NOW OPENING, At their Store in King Street, nearly opposite Mr.
M'Knight's Tavern,
ALEXANDRIA,
A general Assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Received per the Potomac , from London, and other vessels lately arrived at Baltimore;
Among which are
Broadcloths; coatings; kerseys; half-thicks; fearnoughts; Kendal cottons; flannels; rose and duffil blankets; yarn and milled stockings; worsted, silk and cotton ditto, kerseymires and vest patterns; Russia and Irish sheetings; 4-4 and 7-8 Irish linens; German and British oinaburghs; brown rolls and other coarse linens; scarlet and drab cardinals; a handsome assortment of lute-strings and muffs; with a variety of Manchester Goods; which will be sold cheap, by wholesale or retail.
They have also on hand,
Rum in hogsheads; Coffee in barrels and bags; sugar in barrels; coarse and fine salt; hyson, hyson-skin and bohea teas; powder, shot and bar-lead, &c. &c.
Alexandria, Sept. 26, 1792.
Patrick Boyl,
Begs leave to inform the Public, that he has opened Store in MARTINSBURG, in the house of Mr. FREDERICK SNYDER, where he is furnished with
A neat assortment of
GOODS,
Suitable for the Season,
Among which are the following, viz.
COARSE and fine Cloths, Coatings and Blankets, Chintzes, both wide and narrow. Calicoes, Moreens. Joan's Spinning. Durants and Calimancoes, Silks. Sattins. Manteaus and Modes, Muslins. Lawns, and Cambricks, Velvets. Royal Ribs. Corduroys and Thicksets, A variety of Jacket Patterns of the newest fashion, Mens' and Women's Saddles and Bridles, A large assortment of fine Hats, Coarse and fine Hose. Irish Linens, Glass. Stone, Delph and Queens Ware, A good assortment of Hard Ware Madeira, Lisbon, and Teneriff Wines, Jamaica Spirits and common Rum, Sugar, Coffee, and Chocolate, Hyson, Souchong, Hyson-skin, Green and Bohea Teas.
All which he will sell on the lowest terms, either for cash, or country produce.
October 22, 1792.
To the Freeholders and Electors of BERKELEY COUNTY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the first Monday in November next is the day appointed by act of Assembly, for them to meet at the Court-House of the said County, to vote for some person in the District of Frederick and Berkeley, to represent them in voting for a PRESIDENT and VICE-PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES. All persons having a right to vote for Assembly-Men, have a right to vote in the present case, and are required to attend under the same penalty; and no precept can be served on any person during the election.
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, Sheriff.
October 20, 1792.
BERKELEY COUNTY: to wit,
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass changing the quarterly term of the County Court of Berkeley, from the third Tuesday in November, till the third Tuesday in October in each year, it being the time on which the said quarterly term was formerly held, the late change being found very inconvenient to the people of the County.
By order of the Court,
Teste, MOSES HUNTER, c. c.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, Martinsburg, which if not taken away before the first day of January next, will be returned to the General Post-Office as dead letters.
 A.) Robert Allison, care of Mr. Snyder.  B.) John Brown.  C.) James Crane.  D.) John Davenport.  F.) James Farlow, care of James Campbell. 
DAVID HUNTER, P. M.
October 20, 1792.
STOLEN out of my pasture, on the night of the 21st instant, a bright sorrel Mare, between 3 and 4 years old, slender and handsomely made, natural trotter, was lately docked, branded on the near shoulder I. E.—she was never shod, has a thin made, and shews English blood. Whoever will apprehend the thief, and secure the mare, so that I get her again, shall have FOUR DOLLARS reward.
JOHN EVANS, senior.
October 22, 1792.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
MATRIMONIAL DEAFNESS.
TWO Ears at a time, are too many for Use, When they're only the inlets of Strife; But few there are found who (tho' wise) would re- fuse
To possess these fair Organs of Life. Yet Deafness sometimes of advantage is found. Misfortunes may turn to a blessing; For when Nonsense distracts, or when tumults sur- round,
They then lose the pow'r of distressing. Hence I am wily taught to be deaf of one Ear, While the other for Use I employ, One gate I shut up against trouble and care, And the other keep open for joy. When my comfort begins her loud windpipe to clear,
When a peal wou'd the world rend a sunder, Serenely I sit, and cock my deaf ear, Unmov'd 'midst the roar of the thunder. T'other day comes a dun—with good Sir! You well know—
"What say you?—speak louder a little. You know, Sir, you borrow'd three twelve months ago— "Alas! Friend I can't hear a tittle. You owe me ten pounds: Then louder he cries, And repeats it as strong as he can; I point to my Ears, and lift up my eyes, Till he hardly can think me the Man. I as grave as a Don cry "My hearing quite lost. And my money (say he too) I fear: Pooh on him! 'Tis folly to talk to a Post, So he leaves me as mad a hare. Thus my life night and day in safe indolence flows, Scolding, dunning nor brawling I fear. Ye married men all, as ye with for repose, Be sure to be deaf of one Ear."
THE ECONOMIST.
GOOD Economy much depends on the good go- vernment of a family. I have often seen, and long been convinced that a mild and dispassionate, is much more effectious and salutary, than a severe and rigorous discipline. If you would prevent faults in your domesticks, take care that you see but few; never animadvert on trifles, nor appear dis- composed at accidents, nor reprove real faults in a passion. Mrs. Teasy, who has no daughters of her own, has brought up several girls, whom she took out of poor families; but she complains she never yet has had one but was a vexation to her. They do her more mischief than all their work is worth; and though she is always talking to them, she cannot make them mind her. She thinks poor people's girls are a kind of witches; her complaints are partly true; but the fault is her own, for she spoils all her girls by eternally fretting at them. If Bet- ty happens to turn over the swill-pail, or breaks a mug by stumbling across the broom, which Mrs. Teasy, in her hurry, has left in the way, the old la- dy is in a rage. "There, you careless drab, I knew you would do so. You are always breaking things. You waste and destroy more than you earn. I had rather do every thing myself. I never will set you to do any thing again, as long as I live: And so." Betty sits down—"What you baggage; have you no- thing to do?—Go fetch the cream-pot, and turn the cream into the churn—see if you can break the pot now—How you handle it—I know you will break it, as you do every thing else." The poor girl, in a trepidation of carefulness and anxiety, lets it fall sure enough. It is dished into fragments, and the cream spattered round the floor. "Ola, you nasty trollop. I never saw any thing like this. Just so you do every day. I cannot keep my hands off from you." Thus with tongue and claws, the frights Betty almost into fits. Nine-tenths of the mischief which the girl does, is through an excessive caution to avoid it. Her mind is never calm, nor her nerves steady, because her mistress is always blaming, scolding and threatening. By degrees, however, the girl becomes hardened. If she breaks an article when Mrs. Teasy is not present she secures it. If inquiry is made, she lies to prevent discove- ry.
Mrs. Prudens treats her girls in a different man- ner, and they always please her. She never was so unfortunate as to have a girl who was mischievous, or would lie. If Peggy falls and breaks the pan, into which she has strained the milk, Mrs. Prudens, inquires "Have you hurt you, Peggy?" "No says Peggy but I have done worse; I have broken the pan and spilt all the milk. I am for- ry." "That is a trifle, says Mrs. Prudens, acci- dents will happen. If you have not hurt you, it is well." Peggy seldom does any mischief, because her mind is serene and she knows what she is about. If mischief happens, she always speaks of it because she is sure she shall not be unreasonably blamed.— Mrs. Prudens never frets; takes no notice of trifles;
she observes a fault she reproves it with mildness, and it is never repeated. Now Betty and Peggy are sisters, taken out of the same poor family. Their natural dispositions are much the same. Their dif- ferent manner of behaviour is entirely owing to the different kind of government which they are under. The true reason why Mrs. Teasy has all her utensils destroyed, and Mrs. Prudens preserves hers is be- cause the one distracts her girls by perpetually scolding at them; and the other keeps her maids calm and in good humour, by rational treatment of them.
FALL GOODS.
Jos b . & Jos a . Riddle, Have just received, and are now opening, at their Store,
A neat and general assortment of GOODS, Suitable to the approaching season.
CONSISTING OF
SUPERFINE, fine and coarse Cloths, Plain and twilled Coat-ings, Kerseys, Half-Thicks, Bearnaughts, Rose and striped Blankets, Flannels, Cassimeres, Corduroys, Thicksets, Velvets, Royal Ribs, Cotton Denims, Best mohair and hair Plushes, Cassimere, Toilalet, Silk and silk and worsted Vest Patterns, Silk and worsted, silk and cotton, cotton and worsted Stockings, Stuff Shoes,
FILES, Raps, H and HL Hinges, Mill, cut, and belt steel plate hand Saws, Bar Iron, Castings, Steel, Sad Irons, Conk Shells.
SPIRITS, Whisky, Sherry, Teneriffe & Malaga Molasses, Best Hysan, Souchong & Bohea Coffee, Chocolate, Loaf and brown Sugars, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon,
CRAPES, Morceus, Durants, Joans Spinning, Camblets, Wildboars, Mens' and Womens' fine and coarse Hats, Russia Sheeting, Ditto Duck, White and brown Irish Sheerings, 1/2, 3/4, and yard wide Irish Linens, Ticklenburgs, Oznabrigs and Sacking, Muslins assorted, Chintzes, Calicoes, Furniture ditto, Cambricks and Lawns, Cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Long and square Shawls, Saddles and Sadlery, Slates,
ALSPICE, Pepper, Raisins, Ginger, Madder, Allum, Copperas, Indigo, Red Wood, Log Wood, Brazell, Salts, Salt Petre, Salt, Brushes assorted.
They have
Two new Waggons, fit for the road, that they will barter for produce.
THEY will receive all kinds of Produce, and give generous prices, and are determined to sell on the most reasonable terms, for ready pay. They return their thanks to their customers for the encouragement already received, and hope to be able to merit a continuance.
ALEXANDRIA, 27th August, 1792.
WE will receive and store FLOUR, as long as it suits the owner, free of any charge or expence, whether we purchase or not.
THOMAS VOWELL and SONS.
Cash given for Flour, Wheat, and other articles of produce, as usual. A variety of wet and dry GOODS for sale. 6w.
FOR SALE,
449 Acres of LAND, lying on New- Creek, in Hampshire County, within 2 1/2 miles of Potowmac River, 200 acres of which land are tilla- ble, 50 acres are cleared and under fence, 4 or 5 acres are in good meadow, and much more may be added. The land is thin, but valuable, being con- venient to navigation, which is daily improving— boats now load at the mouth of New-Creek. A ge- neral warrantee will be given the purchaser.
For terms, apply to THOMAS WHITTAKER, near Charlestown.
Sept. 14, 1792.
1.f.
At a Court continued and held for BERKELEY County, on Saturday the 25th day of August, 1792.
John Livesey, Peter Austin, Joseph Smith } Compt. William Hall and James Maxwell, } In Chancery.
against THE Defendant not having entered his appear- ance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and ac- cording to the rules of this Court, and it appear- ing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this County. On the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel—It is ordered that that the said Defendant do appear here, on the third Tuesday in November next, and 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 door in the parish of Norborne, on some Sunday immedi- ately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER C.B.C.
At a Court continued and held for BERKELEY County, on Saturday the 25th day of August, 1792.
BENJAMIN CHAMBERS and JOSEPH } Compt. CHAMBERS, Administrators of WIL- LIAM CHAMBERS, } In Chancery.
against THE Defendants not having entered their ap- pearance agreeable to an Act of Assembly, and according to the rules of this Court, and it appear- ing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this County. On the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel—It is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here, on the third Tuesday in November next, and 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 door in the parish of Norborne, on some Sunday immedi- ately after divine service, and also at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, MOSES HUNTER C.B.C.
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 me- adow, 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 Dunkard 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 Mon- ongalia 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 mea- dow, and well watered, which lies in the same coun- ty, the upland of good quality, about 10 miles far- ther 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 ve- ry 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.
12m.
FOR SALE,
By the Printer hereof,
Lawyers Declarations of every Kind. Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale.