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Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
Battalion Orders.

THE First Battalion of the 9th Regi-
l. ment Virginia Militia, are ordered
to attend Muster IN Saturday the 23d Of
Nav, at the house of Robert Snodgrass,
Jun. on ck-Creek, and the second Batta.
lion on the 3oth of the same month, at
Dalkesville.
ELISHA BOYD, Lieuf. Col.
Com'A. 67sh Rsg't. y. III.
April "a, 1912.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
So 8a3ete.
Martinsburgh, april "a.

We understand a letter has been received
by a gentleman in Washington from Mr.. Bar
low, dated only two or three days anterior to
the date Of the one said to have been received
BY NJ. Granger from that gentleman. in which
he states that the prospects of a satisfactory
arran cement with the government of France
are very discouraging, and by no means come
up to the sanguine expectations of his friends
in tins country, and adds, eff the Emperor
turns a deaf ear to the remonstrances and pc
titions of twenty of his principal commercial
cities, can it be expected he will lend a more
favorable one to the demands of a foreign 60.
vernment ?"
r /ynr IT.,
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
Mr..

DRESENTS his compliments to the
l. Ladies and Gentlemen of Martins.
burgh and its vicinity, and informs them
ehat his Dancing School will on
Wednesday next the 29th install those
sho arc disposed to become scholars will
please apply on that day, as he intends keep.
ING but half a quarter at present.
April "a, 1912,
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24

A GENERAL meeting ofthe Oversrers
n of the Poor Of the county of Berkeley,
will be held in Martinsburgh at the Court
House, on the FIRST Monday III June next.
A full meeting is requested as the poor
rates will be that daylaid fort b present year.
All persons having any business with the
Board are desired to attend.
BY order Of the President,
ROBERT COCKBURN, G. o. r.
April -, 1912.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
Light Infantry Attention.

THE Berkeley Light Infantry Compa-
L ny are requested to be p%nnctual in at-
tendnc MUshesa,R lie isfsettIssbarcb. or
principle of blockaue interpolatcd into the
laws of nations. He should suppose every
man of candor and sober reflection would ask
why we did not 60 to war twelve months ago 2
Or will it be said we ought to make up, by
our promptncss now, for our slowness them
Or will it be said, that if the wheat for
which I'VE have received two dollars per BUSH
Ell. had been rotting in our barns, we should
have been richer or happier.
What would the planter say, if you was to
ask him which he would prefer, the honora-
BILE, chivalrous course advocated by the Spea-
the consequences which will at
.-'h Il, tbs sher;af Mt h:~.~ok ard ~.
Lands, as | am determined 20 prosecute all
who may so offend in future, and for the
detection of such depredators, will give q
handsome reward to any person who will
give such information against them that
they may be convicted.
JACOB PAINTER, sen.
April "a, 1919.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
April %, 1919.

THE subscriber will dispose OF At Pri-
i vate Sale, the plantation he lives on
lying on Dry Run, in the county Of Herke-
ley, adjoining the lands of Peter Grove,
Peter Snowdeel and others. containing two
hundred acres of the best quality OF lime
stone LAND, about i4o acres are cleared
and the residue in timber, such as Oak,
H ckory, Locust md Chestnut, fl for build
ing and other purposes; there are about
seven or eight acres in meadow. The im-
pro,ements are a 1.-TWO story Dwelling House.
with several out houses. Barn, Stable and
Corn House. Any person wishing to pur-
chase this property will be the best judge
by taking a view of the premises. when he
will be informed Of the condition Of tbs
sale, by
EDWARD KENNEDY.
April "a, 1912. (4ws)
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
From the alexandria Gazette.
UNANIMITY,

Some Of the Administration.folks affect
great 10y az Hsnry's" disclosures" as
sorting that the Fedcralists are sorely gal.
ledby them. The publications in the De-
mocratic papers, however, prove that ma.
ny Of Mr.. M4dison's ostensible friends
have been s.ung TO the quick. In the Bal
timore American, which is said to be a
leading republican paper in that quarter,
We have noticed an Essay on the subject,
from which we have only time at present to
make a few extracts. The writer says
The custom of governments in buying
state secrets, has been pleaded in vindica.
ton of the purchase made by administra.
ton OF the disclosures cf Henry. In re.
ply to this plea, / assert, that if the custom
has prevailed in other governments, it is
SO d~lshonorable a practice that no govern.
ment has ever dared to adopt it, or TO JUS.
THY it, in any state document, in any di.
plomatic correspondence, to the best of my
recollection. 10 truth, all governments
are interested in pulling down the practice,
because it exposes them to the %unprincipled
impositions of foreign traitors, and reduces
them 10 The hVel ofthose traitors"
p"e 4 NONfaA titC SNSt odtu tIS ttidu
thIs-that our administration had reduced
themselves to a level so infamous ?-Read
what this Baltimore Democrat says in ano.
Their part of his Essay
:" beg it to be distinctly understood,
that to my mind the amount of the sum
paid to Henry is of NO importance. No
%pccuniary standard can be erected for the
value of sound and honorable political prin-
ciples. MILLIONS could not compen.
safe the American nation for the CONVEX.
sion of their government into a government
ct capricious political expediency, and OF
Vie political traffic. The constitution is
not worth a cent, fthe public money can
De used in aid OF executive patronage, to
buy political Adventures of talents, whose
proaigacy would induce them, for money,
to write down that constitution and the Ii.
oerty ofthe nation with it,"
Recollecs, gentle reader, the above is
not a federal efusion it has emsnated
from the pure source Of genuine republi-
canlsm. The Federalists have only said
that Henry fobbed fifty thousand dollars ;
out this writer asserts that " Millions" can.
not repair our loss. We should not be
surprised to hear that another mission had
oeen offered" in the shspe ofhush- money.
or In Henry's language, a consulate sine
cura.
We are not abou, to justify either Hen
y or the writer above qnoted There is
much truth, however, 10 his publication.
gu Dps we pronounce no positive opinion
'he world, we are sensible, is full of hy-
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
One nndredD Dollars Rescald.

ID AN away from my plantation metz
N Charles Town, Jefferson County, W.,
on the nigh, of the 18th of January last. d
negro boy named GEORGE, as~d abou'
10 or 20 ears, five feet7 or 8 inches hig
square built and somewhat bow legged, hAs
asd a part OF one OF his great toes and the
toe adj Joining il chopped of with an axe,
has lost two or three OF his upper front teeth.
which perceivably sffects his speech, and
has a scar on his chin. He had on a new
drab coloured home made cloth coat, tow
linen shirt, wool hat, yarn stockings and
coarse strong shoes his other clothing n,.s
particularly rccollecsed. will give the 5.
Dove reward to any person who will appre.
bend said negro and bring him TO me, or
secure him 10 any Jail so that I get him a.
gain, and all reasonable charges.
NJ RANSOM.
April %, 1919.
90 The Editor of the Frederick Town
Herald, and the Editor of the Seioto Ca
zette, arc requested to publish the above
advertisement for three weeks in their re-
spec,ive papers and forward their accoun,
to this Office for payment.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
" Further on the same Sc7ye."

The Philadelphia Democratic Press, adj.
verting to the rumor that MIR. Foster has
received instructions to demand from our
government the cause and objects of our
warlike measures, observes:
We wish it may be SO. Our cause is
just ; our objects fair and honorable, and
we care not who knows them. Let our
public men be but firm, aud the people will
be immovable. Let there be no wincirg,
no skulking, in congress-"
Surprising it to be true that Mr.. Foster
has made the demand spoken of, and tha,
Mr.. Madison, az above directed, should
avow that it is our intention 10 make War
can it be expected that the British govern.
ment would wait until we have completed
our preparations /!
Charles Fenton Mercer and Philip Ncland,
Esqrs. are re elected delegates from Loudon
County to the next General Assembly.
MASSACHUSETTS, ELECTION
Nett Federal Gain in 39l towns,
4S1f.
g There are now l2 towns to be heard
from in Massachusetts, proper and about 80
in the District of Maine.
1t afforded great satisfaction to see the &C.
neraUe JOHN GILLEY, aged lee years, appear
at the Poll on Monday and give his uote for
the patriot and statesman CALEB STRONG
augusta (Moine) Herald /.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-24
MASSACHUSETTS, ELECTION.
Nett Federal Gain in 39l towns,
Q

g. There are now l2 towns to be hear,
from in Massachusetts proper and about 81
in the District of Maine.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-11
"ELEGANT EXTRACTS"
From tie albany Register (Democratic) Of

"In the present distracted state Of the nation
we view in De WHt Clinton the prudent and
energetic pilot, who could steer our Storm
beaten barque of state safely amid the periIs
which surround her. Too long have we
wandered ont of our course. 1t is time to
take new direction"
{" 1t is time, to have change A change
is necessary to our salvation--for, independ-
ent of various other important considerations,
the heads of departments, generally speaking,
are either incompetent to their stations, or if
competent, SO deeply engaged Especially
Gauatin) in petty intrigues, that the great
concerns of the people are wholly disregarded
and the nation is at this moment like ship
drifting, without cable or anchor, upon dam
gerous lee-shore."
From this state of things where shall we
look for relief! Where is the man who can
unite the conflicting elements of our body po-
lite, and save it from dissolution We answer
boldly, the man upon whom the mantle of
GEORGE Clinton has descended, is the only one
to whom we can lock up in the present crisis.
De Witt Clinton has embraced neither the
dreams Of visionary philosophy, nor the rank
preiudices Of toryism-And under his admit
nistration commerce would be regenerated,
its former activity revived, and our rights Sc
cured, not by vain and illusory expedients,
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-11

moi by restrictive measures, which i,
now confess are founded on erroneou NJ , must
OF urnataral and relative situation--bn,F i s
rational system, grounded on kno,.Is., y a
human nature, on sound practicaI.no;cr S :, o.
"'Ihe money sunk by the effects rs ~.
barge alone, in the different trading nlscd l.il,'
long the banks of the Hudson Rine 800. US a.
have completely built, armed and eouin Uu!a
two or three II gun ships, Or four 4 Or P
large frigates." " N'e
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14
IN SENATE

Thursday, January 9.
Tho bill aa.horising the purchase of ord :
nance and ordnance stores, camp equipage
and other quarter masters stores and small
arms was read the second time and refer
red to the committee to whom was referred
so much Of the Presidents Message as con-
Germs the relations between the u. States *
France & @. Britain to consider & report
thereon.
Mr.. Smith (of Md from the committee or
the subject, reported in part, bill to prohi-
bit the importation of rum, taffa or other
spirituous liquor distilled from sugar cane,
sugar or molasses, during the continuance OF
the act concerning commercial intercourse
bctwcen the U. States and G.. Britain and
France and their dependencies, and for O.
ther purposes which was read and passed
20 second reading.
The bill supplementary to the act concern
ing the commercial Dtercour. e between the
United States aud g. Britain AMI France Il
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14
their Dope ndencies, was made the ordcf Of
the day for Monday next. -,

tncu ocpc ncenCieS, was made the order Of
the day for Monday next. Sos
January 10.
The Senate proceeded to the consiteraticn
OF the amendment made by the House Of
Representatives, to the bill to raise all adtli-.
tional military force. and insisted on by that
body. as 80
Resolved. That the Senate reccde from
their disagreement to the amendment insis.
ted on BY the House Of Representatives,
viz. the I'd ct the new sections to the bill
raising an additional military force. -
The President CONN, anicatetl the reposr
OF the Secretary of the Navy on the subiec.
OF the Navy Pension fund which was read.
The bill to prohibit the importation az
rum, tatfia OF other sprtuous liz, ucr distilled
from sugar cane, sugar or molassGs, during
the continuance of the act concerning COM
mercial Intercourse between the u. States
* G. Britain s France & their dependencies
and Tor other purposes was read the Sc.
cond time.
&c iii directing the terms on which TIE
lands sold at pnblic sale and that revert for
failure Il payment, shall again be sold waS
read the third time and passed.
The bill appropIia ting a sum of mcncy 70
procure munitions of war, was ordered 70
be recommitted toithe committee who ,epor--
ted the same, further to consider and report
thereon.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14
S61,35e
Extract efa letter from Wdshington, Jan


Extract ofa letter from Wdshington, Jan
z, 1912.
Dispatches reached here last evening froti,
our minister in France.--The accounts arc
said to wear a favourable appearances.
IN addition to this, I am informed that let
tiers have been received from England Of
very Lite date bysa Senator of the Unite q
States the letters place our affairs In 9.
great state OF uncertainty those from Lon
don scarce indulge ho1ie of the repeal os
the orders IN conncil--.Those from Liver
pool, which we understand have been recei-
we'd at Baltimore, declare positively THAI
their ordens will be rescinded in the course
OF 10 or IS days, &c.--.Alerandria Herald.
For the American Daity -AdDerfiser.
PHILADELPHIA,J Jan. 6, 1872
Mr.. EDITOR,
SINCE the late most aff,ict-
ing occurrence in Richmnd, the public at.
tention has been naturally called towards
the state Of the New Theatre, and tina
neans of safety, in moment Of alarm. In
reply to the numerous enquiries on this SUBJ
ject, please TO insert the following statement.
In the original construction, and success.
sivc improvements Of the ediice Of the New
Theatre the greatest care and attention has
ever been paid both by the Proprietors and
Managers to the protection Of de audience
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14
DOMESTIC.
WAsHINGroN Jan. 9,

mcnts OF the House OF Representatives to the
Army Bill which so to limit the appoint
ment OF officers, &c. by very large naiori-
ties. 1t remains for the House to reccde-
from, or insist on their amendments.
The House OF Representatives have pro-.
crossed IN the digestion and considet aton Of
other preparatory measures suited 70 the
crisis, as will be seen by reference to the,
proceedings OF the two last days. The bill
for organizing volunteer corps was yes-.
terday debated in committee of the whole
he number authorised. is Fifty thousand :
and an appropriation of three millions Il
dollars is contained in the bill, applicable,
TO the objects 1t contemplates. The com-
mittee made considerable progress in the
Dill. but adjourned without reporting it,
to the House. There is not much doubt If
its passage through the Housa Of Repre-
scntatives.-Ndt. INF
Richard Rush, Esq. Comptroller of the
Treasury Of the United States. has reach
ed this city & entered on the duties Of his
office.
WAsHINGroE CRY, Jan. y.
Inc Senate having yesterday receded
from their disagreement to til. remaining a..
menaments Of the House OK Representa-
tives to the Army Bill, that bIi only wants
the signature Of the President to become a,
law.
The House of Representatives progress
but slowly in the discussion of the Vohrn-
teer bill Considerable difference Of opini-
ON exists as to.its details; ara the coniinit-
tee OF the whole yesterday rose without ha-.
wing decided any question touching the prin-
ciple of the bill.
.saf. {nr.
ErfeEsfUc lorSerfeS deteCtcd.--On Men
day last some counterfeit Dotes were passed
in George Town, and on being discovered
they were traced to a person by the name oe
Sfewarf, lodging at Semmes's Hotel. On
searching his bedroom, notes to "a conside.
rable amount were found, and others were
FOUND under window which he was heard
20 hoist before the door was forced lie ,y;-s
immediately arrested. and confessed that he
had an accomplice in Georgetown and a..
mother in Washington, who were immcdi.
atey sent tor and taken into custody-theit
trunks being searched, notes were found On
almost all the banks in the Union to the a.
mount (as our informantthinks) of at least
10000 dollars He further confessed
that two OF their accompIices were in Rich
rmond and two in baltimore, with much. lar
ger sums than they hadlmessengers were.
Jim nediately dispatched to these places ana
we hope the whole gang will be brought to
Justice. He says the notes were all execu-
ted in Can0da--some of them are SO well ex
ecuted as almost to deceive the incest oh.
server.---.fic:r Herald.
GT Two persons, corresponding to the IcseriptY
on gwen, we're arrested last Friday in this city ana
are now in Jail. They had some notes with them.
'u' none sa'o 10 DC counterieits. En9uiycy.
The following is a list of the Bank Notes
taken on the Counteffeitcrs seized fcv
days ago in our neighborhood.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14

Richard Rush, Esq. Comptroller of the
Treasury Of the United States, has reach
ed this city & entered on the duties of his
office.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-14

The following is a list of the Bank Notes
taken on the CounteHeitcrs seized a few
days ago in our neighborhood.
Bank Of Pennsylvania 100, 10, s 1890
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08

LAUNCH! !--THE new and beautiful schoone
EgIlanf, intended for Revenue Cutter, will b.
launched this evening, at o'clock, from the ship
yard on Washington-street
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08
From the Montgomery .Noater, June 23, 1912.

The following letter to the Editor, seens
TO convey an idea. that his majes,y's subjects
in Canada are not more anxious to defend that
Province from an invasion BY the Americans,
than many Of the loyal federal subjects in the
United States.
Erfraet ETA letter from an officer tn the Uni
ted States army to the editor, dated,
CHAMPLAIN, June l3, 1912.
"The Legislature Of Canada have lately passed
. law TO raise An army BY way Of draft or conscrip-
fion from the militia, composed of unmarried men
from the age of Is to 80 years. the drafted
allowed to procure substitutes, bu, TO be embodied
Immediately, for two years, without respect TO
person OF property which causes great uncxsiness
among his Majesty John Bulls most loyal subjects.
{" Nv a respectable gentleman direct from Mon
treal learn that about forty miles above Montreal
a body Of men have collected together composed Of
about four hundred, with determination not to
comply with the above mentioned law, but 10 resist
10 the se extremity that the arriva! Of this
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08

-Ertraet Of letter Jrom Savannah TO a gen
sleman in Nev. York, dated June 10Th -
+" The Packet has just arrived at St. Mary's,
which place she left yesterday, stating, that
force Of sir hundred Black Troohs, and a
s,cv Gouernor had arrived from the Havana,
70 reinforce the garrison at St. Augustine -
A flag Of Truce had been sent to Col. SMITH,
commandant of the United States forces be-
fore that place, directing him to withdraw ;
20 which the Colonel returned the following
laeonic reply IL SHALL CONTINUE TO HOLD
NY GROUND UNTIL REPULsED BY FORCE.
We have sent of, about week since, a
hundred troops from this city, to add to the
force Of the patriots in Florida"
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08

at Montreal the Kings Attorney 4 issued lis WAR
rayts and send Bailit to apprehend certain of the
Ringleadgs, he being more prudent than courageous
did venture within eight ten miles Of the main
body where he found of the unfortunate rebels,
and confined him in Montreal Caol--Since writing
the above, by gentleman from the same place. who
states that about twenty leagues below Montreal,
four Parishes had arose enmsssc with resolution
that they would take up to support tyranny,
that one of the principal ringleaders was put under
arrest, the Inhabitants BY way of Committee, made
known to the civil officers that If the prisoner was
confined they determined to level the walls of
the Goal to the ground. The Priests having inter
fcted to have the commonalty comply with the Law,
but of no avail they were Resolved not TO wear
red coats to please his Majesty.
There daily numbers Of young men coming
into the States FROM the Province to evade the law"
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08
NEWPORT.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
vEDNESD.3Y, JULr s, 1912.

A Republican Convention will be hold
Ell in this town, THIS EVENING, at the
room Under this office. Those towns
which are not represented in the General
Assembly by Republicans, are requested
to choose members to attend the same,
as business Of importance will come be-
fore them. July 8.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08
FLHG or TRUCE.

We understand, the Collector of this port
yesterday received commission for Flag
of Truce to carry augustus John FostOr, Esq.
late British minister to the United States,
from Boston to Halifax. Mr.. Foster is ex-
pected in town in few days.
Mr.. Foster, the British Minister, has arri-
we'd at Philadelphia from Washington. His
most valuable furniture ha. been packed and
stored, and he is reported to have SAID, that
~ he shall return in three months"
Commissions for the Frivaecer5 now fitting
oat I'm this and the neighboring ports, were
received OH Wednesday At the Custom house.
AS soon as the commissions reached Salem,
on Wedne sday, two privateers that had been
waiting for them Immediately put TO sea. A
ynong the crew Of one of the Priyatecrs, were
twenty Captains Ten other Privateers were
getting ready at the active port of Salem:
From Washington, June 2s.---" Mr.. Eos.
ter, am informed, is preparing to quit his
federal friends who visit him every day, as
they have done through the past winter. /
think there is no doubt Of their being consult
cd in ali his correspondence with MIR. Mon.
roe, for in many instances the same ideas and
language which Foster expresses in his let
ters are made use of by the federalists in pri-
vate conversation, before his letters are re-
eeived ! Congress will rise soon, as there is
not much business to be done, except few
bills which grow out of Declaration Of.
War"
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08
BOAT FOUND.

PICKED sp adrif, about the 18th inst. ships yavl-
Said Boat wss found about miles south Of neaves-
tail Lighthouse: The owner may have her sgains
proving property, and paying charges. Apply 20
Ephram Clifford, Psrfsmsuih, (R, ~
July ?, 1912.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-07-08
TO IET

THAT pleasantly situated House and Garden, Eoi
4, Prospect-hill. in good repair, and with every
necessary convenience. For terms apply 60
July 2, 1912. EDWARD TAYER.