Maryland Gazette Transcription for January 15, 1795 Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by BJ Peters [bjriverspeters@yahoo.com] Copyright 2004. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ******************************************************************************** An html version of these transcriptions can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/statewide/mdgazette/mdgazette.htm ------------------------ T H E M A R Y L A N D G A Z E T T E. ================================ T H U R S D A Y January 15, 1795 [No. 2505] An ACT to appoint an agent for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety- five. E IT ENACTED, by the general assembly of Maryland, That Randolph Brandt Latimer be agent of this state, to execute the trust and power reposed in him by virtue of this act, from the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, until the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. II. And be it enaacted, That the said agent superintend the collection of all arrearages and balances due from the several collectors of the respective counties within this state, appointed since the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-three; and the said agent is hereby authorised and and required to call upon the treasurers of the respective shores for an accurate statement of all arrearages and balances due from such collectors, and such account shall be furnished by the said treasurers accordingly. III. And be it enacted, That the said agent be authorised to superintend the collection of all balances due to the state on the auditor's books, or on open account; and the said agent shall have power to require payment of, and if necessary to sue for and recover the same; and the said agent, with the approbation of the governor and council, may make composition with any such debtors, and take bonds to the state, with sufficient security, and give time for payment, not exceeding three years from the first day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, always requiring annual payment of the interest, and equal annual payments of the principal. IV. And be it enacted, That the said agent be authorised to superintend the collection of all monies due to the state for duties, fines, penalties, forfeitures and amerciaments, and forteited recognizances, and for ordinary retailers and marriage licences, and to require payment and (if necessary) sue for and recover the same; and the said agent may allow for insolvencies, and credit any money that the party is not chargeable with by law; and for his information of the law he may take advice of the attorney general in writing. V. And be it enacted, That whenever there shall be occasion to expose to public sale the property of any collector, or his securities, by virtue of any execution already issued, or to be directed for this purpose, the agent shall cause public notice to be given of such sale, and shall attend the same, and if it shall appear that there is danger of losing any part of the debt due to the state, and not otherwise, shall purchase any property so exposed to sale for the use of the state, in payment, or part payment, as the case may be, of the arrearages due by the collectors whose property may be so purchased; and any property so purchased for the use of the state, the said agent may again expose to public auction on the most advantageous terms for the use of the state, and if the same be sold on credit, the said agent shall take bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved of the treasurer of the western shore, from the purchasers of such property; and all bonds by him so taken shall be deposited, with an accurate list thereof subscribed by him, into the treasury of the western shore, and shall be a lien upon the real property of such purchasers and their securities from the respective dates, or so much thereof as if mentioned in the schedule thereto annexed: VI. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall have power to dispose of all confiscated British property that remains unsold, except the property of Edmond- Jennings, of the city of London, and of Thomas Digges, formerly of Maryland, but now residing in Europe, and take bonds to the state, with sufficient security, and give time for payment, not exceeding three years from the first day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, always requiring annual payment of the interest, and equal annual payments of the principal. VII. And be it enacted, That the governor and council be authorised to require new bond and security from every purchaser of confiscated or other property sold by this state, who has not heretofore installed for the same; and provided the said purchaser or his securities, or either of them, do not, on or before the first day of May next, of which two months notice at least shall be given in the Annapolis, Easton, Frederick, and one of the Baltimore news-papers, come in and instal the same with the agent of this state, that then in all such cases it shall and may be lawful for the agent, and he is hereby authorised and required, to enter upon and take back the said property to and for the use of the state and as early as practicable thereafter to dispose of the same, on a credit of three years from the first day of December next, always requiring annual payments of the whole interest and equal annual payments of the principal; which bonds, when taken, shall be a lien on the real estate of the purchaser and his securities; and the said agent shall lay before the legislature, at their next session, a list of all persons from whom property shall be taken back in virtue of this act, the amount of the former sales, and also the amount of sales in pursuance of this act; and the said agent, with the approbation of the governor and council, may make composition with the purchasers of said property so taken back, for the value of the annual use of the said land while in the possession of such purchases or purchasers; and in cases where the said purchaser is of sufficient ability to pay for the use of the land so purchased, and shall neglect to come in and compromise the same, the agent is hereby required to institute suits for the recovery thereof. VIII. And be it enacted, that the agent shall immediately call on and request the attorney-general to commence, and prosecute to final determination as speedily as possible, the state's right to all confiscated property which hath been or may be made known and discovered to the said agent; and the said agent shall report to the next session of assembly such suits as are or may be depending to recover the same, and also such as may then not be commenced, with the reasons assigned by the attorney-general why the same have not been commenced. IX. And be it enacted, That if any body debtor to the state, for confiscated property purchased, or otherwise, shall neglect to make payment, agreeably to the condition of his bond, and sundry resolves of the general assembly, the said agent shall cause process to issue for the whole principal and interest then due, or shall proceed on any execution already issued and served and suspended, as occasion may require, or under the direction, and with the approbation of, the governor and council, he is hereby authorised to delay any execution as long as they may think expedient and necessary. X. And be it enacted, That the said agent be authorised to superintend the collection of all balances due on bonds taken for taxes due before the first of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-three; and the said agent shall also superintend the collection of all balances due on bonds installed, or otherwise, for the _missions of paper money of seventeen hundred and sixty-nine and seventeen hundred and seventy-three. XI. And be it enacted, That no process shall issue against any of the public debtors, unless by the discretion of the said agent. XII. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall have power to fix such days for the sale of property, taken by fieri (or sieri) facias (or sacias). at the suit of the state, as he may think proper, always taking care to give at least twenty days public notice thereof; and the said agent shall also have power to suspend the sales, from time to time, as he may think most to the advantage of the state. XIII. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall pay into the treasury, in specie, the amount of all specia by him received in the discharge of the duties of this act. XIV. And be it enacted, That in all cases where bonds shall be taken in virtue of this act, the bonds shall be a lien on all the real property of the obligors from the date thereof, or on so much of the said real property as the governor and the council shall think sufficient, to be particularly mentioned in a schedule to be annexed to the said bony, in which case it shall be a lien on the property contained in such schedule, and no more, such bond and schedule to be lodged with the treasurer of the western shore. XIV. And be it enacted, That in all cases where bonds shall be taken in virtue of this act, the bonds shall be a lien on all the real property of the obligors from the date thereof, or on so much of the said real property as the governor and the council shall think sufficient, to be particularly mentioned in a schedule to be annexed to the said bond, in which case it shall be a lien on the property contained in such schedule, and no more, such bond and schedule to be lodged with the treasurer of the western shore. XV. And be it enacted, That all bonds taken in virtue of this act shall express the county in which the obligors respectively reside, and the treasurer of the western shore shall, within one month after he receives respectively, cause them, with the schedule annexed to them, to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the general court of the western shore at the expence of the obligors; and a copy of the said record certified under the hand and official seal of the said clerk, shall be as good evidence in any court of law or equity in this state as the original bond would be if it was produced; and if any of the obligors in any such bonds reside on the eastern shore, the said treasurer shall, within six months from the time he receives the same respectively, transmit to the clerk of the general court of the eastern shore, in the same manner as papers on public service are transmitted, a copy of such bonds and schedules, certified as aforesaid by the clerk of the general court of the western shore, to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the general court of the eastern shore, at the expence of the obligors, and in such case a copy of the said record, certified as aforesaid by the said clerk of the general court of the eastern shore, shall be good evidence as aforesaid. XVI. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall render a fair and full account of his several proceedings under the authority of this act, to the general asembly at their next session, and shall be allowed for his services the following commissions, to wit: For all payments made to either of the treasurers on bonds for confiscated property, one per cent, for all bonds with security, taken by the said agent on resales of confiscated property in virtue of this act, two and one half per cent, for all monies collected on open accounts, not including monies arising from fines, forfeitures and americaments, ordinary, retailers, marriage, hawkers and pedlars licences, which have become due since the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, six per cent, and for all other monies by him actually received and paid into the treasury, three per cent, and for all other bonds taken in virtue of this act, one per cent. XVII. And be it enacted, That the said agent, before he enters upon the execution of the duties of this act, shall give bond to the state, before the governor and the council, in the penalty of twenty thousand pounds current money, with such security as the governor and council shall approve, for the faithful performance of the said duties, which bond shall be lodged with the treasurer of the western shore, and shall also take an oath before the chancellor, that he will well and faithfully discharge the duties of agent, under the act, entitled, "An act to appoint an agent for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five." to the best of his skill and judgment; the certificate of which oath shall be annexed to, or endorsed on, the said bond. XVIII. And be it enacted, That is the said agent shall not accept his appointment, or if after acceptance he shall not give bond and take the oath aforesaid before the first day of February next, or shall die, the governor and the council are hereby authorised and requested to appoint a fit and proper person in his place, who shall have and execute all the authorities and powers vested in the said Randolph Brandt Latimer by this act, such person first giving security and taking the oath aforesaid. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In C O U N C I L, January 5, 1795. ORDERED, That the act of the last session of assembly "to appoint an agent for the year 1795," be published eight weeks successively in the Annapolis, Easton, and Frederick news-papers, and Maryland Journal, and Baltimore Universal Daily Advertiser, and that all purchasers of confiscated or other property sold by this state, who have not heretofore installed their debts, be and they are hereby required to instal the same with the agent of this state, on or before the first day of May next, in the manner proscribed by the seventh section of the said act. Extract from the minutes. JOHN KILTY, Clk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the House of Delegates, December 26, 1795 1. RESOLVED, That the agent of the state immediately demand a return of the amount of the tax for the year seventeen hundred and ninety-one from the commisioners of the tax in those counties where the same hath not been returned, and report to the next session of assembly such as refuse to make return. 2. RESOLVED, That the agent be instructed to put in suit the bonds of the clerks of the respective counties who have heretofore neglected, or who may hereafter neglect, to pay the taxes by them received for ordinary, retailers and marriage licences, on the day appointed for payment of the same, and in no case to remit the penalty of fifteen per cent, imposed by law, and accruing on such their neglect of payment. 3. RESOLVED, That the agent reduce to bond, as speedily as possible, all balances on oen account due to the state in cases where the same is practicable. 4. RESOLVED, That the agent immediately call on the supervisors of the roads of the several counties of this state, who have before the first day of January, 1785, received advances of public money, and omitted to account therefore, to render an immediate account of their receipts and disbursements, with the balance remaining due, and the said agent is hereby directed to report thereon to the general assembly, at their next session. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE several county clerks who have not made their annual returns and payments on the first day of November, agreeably to law; are requested to attend to the second resolution published above. Suits will certainly be commenced against every delinquent on the 10th day of Frebruary next. The late sheriffs of the several counties are also requested to attend to their payments, or suits will be instituted against them on the aforesaid day; The debtors to the state of Maryland for confiscated property purchased, and others who have installed their debts, are also informed that process will issue against every delinquent on the aforesaid 10th day of February next, without respect to persons. The agent sincerely hopes that more attention will be paid to this than to his former notices, and that it will be received by the parties interested as it is intended, that is, to save them a considerable expence, and himself the disagreeable necessity of enforcing payment. RANDOLPH B. LATIMER, Agent of the State of Maryland Annapolis, January 6, 1795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGHORN, September 20. The approacing departure of admiral Hood for the gulph of Spezzia, under pretext of watering on the Genoese coast, gives rise to many confectures and attracts the attention of every body. It was besides remarked, that the admiral had cleared his ship of whatever could be spared, in order to render the maneuvering more easy. We are in general, persuaded, that some great perfidy is preparing. Our letters from Sardinia mention, that the insurrection excited at Oristano because of the want of victuals, has been momently quelled. Troops and artillery were dispatched to the focus of rebellion; and those whom the agents of the court pointed on, were hung as the leaders of the rebellion. The same letters announce, that the new viceroy of Sardinia arrived there on the 8th of September in a Spanish ship. An anecdote transpired here, which throws new light on the policy of the British, and on their avowed designs to render themselves absolute masters of the Meditteranean. When the viceroy of Sardinia arrived at Leghorn, he addressed himself to the English in order to obtain a vessel which might transport him to Cagliary. The English refused to comply, And the viceroy applied then, and no before to the Spanish. It must be observed, that the English ships cruised at the same time, continually on the coast of Sardinia, and spied the result of the commotion which without doubt, the British cabinet had fomented in that ___nd, in hopes of finding an opportunity to take advantage of the insurrection. T___ single stroke of English policy, is more than sufficient to open the eyes of the diminutive courts of Italy, to apprise at last the despute themselves, of the true meaning of that friendship, which the English have so generously promised them, and to acquaint those princely clients with the means the court of St. James's emloys, in order to domineer as the universal tyrant of their dominions. The same machiavelic plot is extended to Sicily, and already executing in that island. The people of Sicily are little enlightened with respect to their rights and want above all the necessary energy. However, the king of Naples having lately demanded their superfluous plate, and an addition of taxes, received in answer, in the name of the people, that the war of the king of Naples against the French was illegal. It seems that the English, animated by a well calculated hope of a revolt, have a hand in the commotions which seem to break out in Sicily, and it is confirmed, that the departure of admiral Hood is not foreign to those events. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONDON, October 14. Extract of a letter from Turkey, dated October 9. "Yesterday sailed admiral McBride's squadron, with several armed cutters, for the coast of France." A report prevailed at the stock exchange this forenoon, that advice had been received in some private letters of the Prussians having entirely defeated the French near Treves. The Amsterdam Gazette, however, takes no notice of any such engagement having taken place. A letter from Cologne, of October 3, confirms the defeat of general Clairfayt on the 2d instant, and describes that city, in consequence, to be in the greatest consternation, but gives no account or detail of the action. The letters brought by the Holland mail which arrived on Sunday, likewise contain no detail of the late unfortunate conflicts on the Roer and the Meuse, on the 1st and 2d instant, which made it necessary for general Clairfayt's army to pass the Rhine. We have heart it said, that the Austrians lost 10,000 men those two days, but we think this statement must be much exaggerated, as we know that general Clairfayt had previously determined to pass the Rhine in order to establish his winter quarters out of the reach of the enemy's attack. Although we know that the Austrian posts were defended with much bravery, and that the conflict was extremely bloody, still we do not think that the general would persevere in a contest so ruinous for a country which he meant to abandon. From general Clairfayt having crossed the Rhine, the whole country westward of that rivers becomes a conquest to France. By the latest accounts, the French were advancing to Bonn; which was previously evacuated by most of the principal inhabitants. The last letters from Amsterdam state, that the heavy rains which have lately fallen, swell the rivers very much, and that in case of necessity, they can overflow the surrounding country so as to prevent the French from a nearer approach. We are happy to learn that such measures are pursying in Holland to secure the Dutch navy and stores, as they leave no cause of aprehension that either would fall into the hands of the enemy under any circumstances of invasion By letter from Warsaw of the 16th ult. there is intelligence of an engagement on the 13th of the same month, between the Polish troops under general Dombrowski, and the Prussian corps posted at Kamion, to guard a considerable magazine of flour, oats, salt, and provisions of all kinds. General Dombrowski having divided his troops into three columns, attacked the Prussians with equal skill and bravery. The first column forced the enemy and got possession of Kamion; the second carried a battery; and the third was equally successful in the object of its attack. The Prussians in this action had 100 men killed and 75 taken prisoners, among the latter of whom were two officers. The whole of the magazines fell into the hands of the Poles. By letter from Warsaw of the 16th ult. there is intelligence of an engagement on the 13th of the same month, between the Polish troops under general Dombrowski, and the Prussian corps posted at Kamion, to guard a considerable magazine of flour, oats, salt, and provisions of all kinds. General Dombrowski having divided his troops into three columns, attacked the Prussians with equal skill and bravery. The first column forced the enemy and got possession of Kamion; the second carried a battery; and the third was equally successful in the object of its attack. The Prussians in this action had 100 men killed and 75 taken prisoners, among the latter of whom were two officers. The whole of the magazines fell into the hands of the Poles. Oct. 17. Mr. Dressing yesterday arrived from the duke of York with dispatches to government. He left his royal highness at Nimeg_en on Sunday morning, where the utmost pains were exerting to fortify their situation. No attack had been made on them; but ministers have received the most important news, that the people of Bois-le-Duc had risen and demanded of the governor of the fortress that it should be surrendered to the French, as they would not submit to the horrors of a siege. Accordingly the place was delivered up on Thursday the 9th inst. without firing a shot. The province of Fritzerland has certainly presented a memorial to the states general calling on them to take into their most serious consideration, the alarming state of the republic, and to occupy themselves forthwith in restoring peace to the country. It concludes with a declaration, that if the states general shall not think it adviseable to make peace for the whole of the United States, they will certainly think it adviseable to treat separately with Prussia. We can assure our readers that a negotiation has for some time been opened between the French and the king of Prussia at Bade. It is conducted on the part of the French by M. Peregaux, the banker, who is invested with powers to treat for a separate peace with Prussia. The king, by his agent, offered not merely to conclude a peace, but to acknowledge the republic, on the sole condition that they should abandon the attack upon Holland. This they refused, not from hostility to the Dutch, but because they looked on the reduction of the states general as the ______ and most effectual means of waging war with their only remaining and most implacable enemy, the English. We have this day given the proceedings of the French c_nv__tion up to the 8th instant. By the papers from which they are taken, it appears that the contest between the moderate and the violent party has been carried on with great vehemence in the Jacobin club, and that every day adds strength to the former and weakens the latter. Oct. 25. The mail is not arrived but we have received the following letter from a correspondent, the the authenticity of whose commun_______s we have frequently experienced. "I have to day spoken with a person who left Amsterdam on Friday last, who says that every thing there is in confusion. Thirty _hei__ _______ were seized when about to be distributed among the inhabitants. It was reported that the duke of ____ was on his march to that city; and in that _____ a general inundation would take place, which, ___ the present, would prevent the advance of the enemy, as the late winds and rains were very favourable to such a measure. "The Dutch peole are so ill disposed to the British army that they will not furnish them with any of the necessaries of life, and this exa_____ed the officers and soldiers so much, that they have ventured to take them by force, which occasioned the late proclamation from the commander in chief. "The Dutch patriots ______ that they have gained over secrety many of their own ________ but that their infantry would not be seduced. ____ ____ews and ship- carpenters are willing in case __ _____mities to emigrate, and it is said that the _r_____ __ the bank, and other valuables, are to be rem_____ _board the fleet/street. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HALLOWELL (_____) December 9. A gentleman from Wi_______ ______, that a vessel had arrived there, after a short voyage, from Liverpool (England), which brings the agreeable intelligence, that the French had actually got possession of Amsterdam, the capital of Holland. That nine tenths of the inhabitants were glad to receive them - and that at their approach the gates were opened, and the place given up without resistance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERGEN -OP-ZOOM The French commandant, in the barony of Breda, demanded at Hoeven, Etten, and other villages, a list of every thing to be furnished to the French army, by way of requisition; these requisitions are to be paid for by fills of exchange upon the house of the widow Nettine and sons at Brussels; which bills will be signed by two generals, and paid to the respective municipalities. Some of the commissioners of the convention informed the assembly at Paris, of some acts of violence committed by the French advanced guard upon some villages, and we learn that the commanding officers are made responsible for those acts. Both Flanders and Brabant have already their representatives in the convention, but the French constitution has not yet been introduced in those provinces. It is now certain, that our troops will evacuate the whole of Dutch Flanders. The regiments of Orange, Nassau, Stadt, and Land, will be quartered here, and the rest of the troops and the cavalry are already shipped for Amsterdam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UTRECHT, October 16. A gentleman who left Bois-le-Duc the same day as the Dutch garriso, gives the following account of the circumstances that preceded, and followed its surrender: On Thursday, October 9, the town was summoned for the last time, and at night a capitulation was agreed upon, but not signed before Friday night, the fate of the French emigrants having cuased that delay. The article of the covered vessels and waggons was rejected. Saturday at noon the French commissioners came within the town, and dined with the governor; they received the inventories of the magazines and arsenals, on which they put their seals, and specifications of all the provisions to be found in the houses of the burghers were drawn up Sunday morning the French relieved the Dutch guard, and about three thousand of them entered the town. It has been agreed upon, that they should not be quartered in the burgher's houses, but in the barracks, these however, not being quite ready for their reception, they remained with the inhabitants. - At eleven o'clock the same morning, the garrison marched out with all the honours of war, colours flying. On their march to Grave, they passed by about 10,000 French, whose advanced posts were but half a league distant from that place. - The next following day they continued their march through Nimeguen to Arnheim, where they still remained. - Several French emigrants, who, in various disguises had left Bois- le-Duc with the Dutch garrison were apprehended by the republicans, and sent back into the town. During the siege five houses are said to be burnt down, and fifty men killed in the place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSEN, October 23. Of the battle between Kosciasko and the Russians, on the 10th instant, we have yet only the following particulars: The battle lasted from 7 o'clock in the morning till 12 at noon. Koserusko shewed much greatness of mind. He was constantly in the midst of the fire. Three horses were killed under him. With the first he fell into a morass. The loss of the Russians is estimated at 1000 men. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the FISTULA, October 25. The Russian lieutenant-general, baron Van Fersen, has written the following letter to the king of Poland: SIRE; The total defeat of a Polish corps, stationed at Kamock, the making prisoners of a great many soldiers and officers of all ranks, of the commanding general, and finally, of him who had the general command of all, (the chief of the revolution of 1794, Kociuszko were the happy successes of the 10th of October. Thaddeus Kosciusko[kos´´Eus´kO] Convinced that your majesty and the republic of Poland have now re-entered their original right, I hasten to address myself to this lawful authority, to reclaim the liberty of all Russian generals, officers, soldiers, and domestics, as likewise the liberty of the members of the diplomatic corps and of the ladies, who, against all the laws of nations, are kept prisoners - I wish that they may be sent back to the corps that I command. Their speedy return must augment the inclination which I have to do, on my part, as much as is permitted me and is depending on me, in hopes that attempts to restore a firm and wholesome peace in Poland will now succeed, and that I may be able to assure your majesty of my respect before the end of the current year. I request that you will please to accept the expresions thereof, as well as the sentiments wherewith I have the honour to be, etc. The king hereupon answered, That the captivity of the commander in chief did not decide the matter, nor could induce him to reliquish a revolution which he had sworn to maintain, and to the principles whereof he would remain faithful; neither could he agree to release the prisoners, according to the request of the general, unless he would enter into an exchange of the same. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONDON, October 19. According to letters from Brussels of the 4th inst. Clairfayt's army, before repassing the Rhine, lost as many men by desertion as by death. The old __anoverian grenadiers were daily arriving at Brussels, as deserters, a circumstance, it is added, before without example. The failure of commerce is severely felt in Germany; the fair at Leipsic was very thinly attended; from some places whence many merchants were expected, few or none are arrived. The empress of Russia has intimated to the Jesuits in her dominions, that henceforward they are to write only on subjects of natural history and mathematics. Oct. 25. We were yesterday favoured with the Paris papers of the 9th, 10th and 11th instant. The moderate party, and the authority of the Convention, are every where gaining ground. The markets of Paris are now abundatly supplied with butter, eggs, meat and other articles that were lately scarce. In the sale of these articles, the price fixed by law is very little attended to, at which the police or the government thinks proper to connive. Oct. 28. The duke of Brunswick has accepted the command of the allied troops in Holland, and is shortly expected at Nimeguen. The duke of York will serve under him for the present, but is expected in England during the winter. By a letter received from Genos, dated September 24, we learn, that the Austrians and Piedmontese had gained a complete victory over the French, in which they killed 5000 men, besides taking the French general and a great number of prisoners. The action took place near the confines of Genos. This news arrived at Genoa the following day, by an express to the government and the English consul; and our ships in the harbour fired a feu dejoie on the occasion. Yesterday M. Fagel, the grand pensionary of Holland, arrived in London, charged by the states general with the important commission of enforcing to the British the necessity of an immediate peace with France; and to intimate to our ministers, that if they will not concur in a negotiation for a general peace, they shall treat exclusively for themselves. Such is reported, without reserve, to be the object of M. Fagel's mission. In the attack on the duke of York's posts of the 19th, the 37th regiment suffered so severely, that only major Hope, and about fifty men, escaped. There is, however, reason to believe, that as eight of the officers were taken prisoners, the greater part of the privates were so too, and that the number of killed is not so great as was at first imagined. The prince of Rohan's battalion (French emigrants), is said to have lost 400 men; and the 55th regiment suffered very considerably. From the point in which the French made their attack, viz. at Drutin, about half way between Nimeguen and the conflux of the Meuse and the Waal, their intention seems to have been to cut off the communication between general Abercrombie in the Bommelwaert, and the rest of the duke of York's army; as intention, which, if his royal highness's information of their force be correct, nothing but a very material change in the position of the British troops, perhaps even abandoning the Bommelwaert, can prevent them from effecting. At the same time that they pshed forward so unexpectedly in this quarter, they marched a body of troops, whether of Pichegru's or Joudan's army is not known, to Guildres and Cleves, both which places they entered without resistance. From the latter place they threatened the British posts at Emmerick as well as Nimeguen, neither of which it is feared can be defended. By accounts received yesterday at Lloyd's coffeehouse, it appears, that a squadrom of French frigates in the North Seas has lately taken 100 of our merchant ships. The peace-mongers of the present moment seem to reason somewhat like the Irishman, who concluded himself to be half married to a rich heiress, because he had obtained his own consent. They appear to have no idea that concurrence on the part of the French is necessary to effect so important an event. The London Gazette Extraordinary, October 27. WHITEHALL, October 26. A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, was this day received from his royal highness the duke of York, by the right honourable Henry Dunda_, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state. Head Quarters, Nimeguen, October 20, 1794. Sir, Yesterday morning the enemy attacked the whole of the advanced posts of my right wing, in very great force, particularly that of Drutin, which was defended by the 37th regiment, and that of Appelthern, where the prince of Rohan's light battalion was posted. Nothing could exceed the gallantry with which the whole of the troops on the advanced posts (particularly those two corps) behaved; but at last the post on the left of the 37th regiment, which was occupied by a detachment of Rohan hussars, having been forced, major Hope, who commanded the 37th, and who distinguished himself exceedingly, was obliged to retreat upon the dyke along the Waal, which he continued for some time, without being much annoyed by the enemy. Unfortunately, however, a strong body of the enemy's hussars, being mistaken for the corps of Rohan, the regiment allowed them to come upon them unmolested, when the hussars immediately attacked, and the narrowness of the dyke, which, on every occasion, must have afforded a security to the infantry, in this instance acted against them, as they were driven off it by the enemy's charge, and I am sorry to say, have suffered very considerably. As they were upon the advanced posts, I have not as yet received an exact return of their loss; but I understand that captains Baird, Hendley and Duff, lieutenants Mitchell, Thompson, Colquhoun and Murray, with the quarter-master, Mr. Luxall, were made prisoners, of which number captain Duff, lieutenants Mitchell and Colquhoun, are wounded. All the prisoners who were taken agreed in the intelligence that the enemy had brought over thirty thousand men; and at the same time I received the report that a very considerable body of them, having passed the Mease between Ruremonde and Venlo, were advancing upon my left flank, and had already taken possession of Cleves. Under these circumstances, (never having intended to risk an action in my present position) which I only kept in order to preserve a communication with Graves, and to cover the reparations which were intended to have been made to the fortifications of this place. I determined to pass the Waal, and to take up the different cantonments, which were already marked out for the defence of the river, leaving general Walmoden, with a corps to cover the town. Part of the troops began their march yesterday evening, and the remainder this morning, without any molestation from the enemy. I am, etc. FREDERICK P.S. I am sorry to add, that lieutenant WADMAN of the light infantry of the 37th regiment, who was upon picquet, and had distinguished himself by his intrepidity and prudence, is also dangerously wounded, and was brought in the evening to this town. Right hon. Henry Dunda_, etc. etc. etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUBLIN, October 25. Extract of a letter from Cork, October 22. "The Penelope, captain Thomas, is just arrived from Gibraltar, which place he left the 30th of September. At the time of his coming away, two frigates passed close by him having the national colours flying with the English flag over them; he saw also, eight or ten much larger vessels with the same colours at a distance in the bay, going in." Letters have been lately received in Scotland, stating the death of Muir on his passage to Botany bay. Palmer and Margarot at the time were in good health. It was yesterday reported on the authority of some letters from London, received by the last mail, that it had been decided at a meeting of their high mightinesses, the states general of the united provinces, on the 13th of this month, to make overtures for peace to the French convention, on any conditions that can be obtained short of a dereliction of the Dutch constitution, and of the great act of union of 1579. These accounts add, that this determination of the states general had been officially transmitted to the British ministers. The French have very little impediment to contend with except the inundations which may be made between Bois-le-Duc and Amsterdam. These, it seems, the inhabitants of the country will not submit to, prefering rather such terms as the generosity of the French may dispose them to afford. Of course, it is fair to suppose, that before many weeks elapse they will be in possession of Holland, from one end to the other. Oct. 27. A letter from Rotterdam to a merchant of this city, by the mails which arrived here yesterday, contains the important intelligence that the French had embarked a large body of troops on the Scheld at Phillipine, and made good a landing on the great island of South Reveland, of which they have made themselves masters, which movements cut off all communication at Bergen-op-Zoom with Middleburg and Flushing. The landing on South Beveland took place on the 14th of this month. There are also advices from Amsterdam of the 19th October, that represent the state of public credit having fallen to so low an ebb, that bank money on that day would bring nothing more than 73 per cent. It is, however, no small consolation to find, that the British funds, so far from being affected by the disastrous condition of affairs in Holland, that they appear from the last quotation to be looking up; the consols, which had fallen under 64, having on Tuesday last been done on the stock exchange at 64 5-8. In no former wars, says a mercantile correspondent, even when the whole naval force of Europe was combined against us, did the commerce of these kingdoms suffer so much as by the present. With a fleet of line of battle ships and frigates, more than double the number of the enemy, manned by the ablest seamen in the world, and appointed as well in every respect as ships can be, how comes it that we are not better protected? A squadron of five frigates and two corvettes sailed from Brest the 15th July; on the 21st they were in the station appointed them to cruise, from lat. 40; 30, to 50, and long. 11, 30, to 12, 30, that is a little to the westward and southward of Cape Clear, where they remained unmolested until they captured more prizes than they were able to man, and that circumstance, and that only, obliged them to quit their station on the 26th August. Another squadron of four frigates, two corvettes, and a brig, cruised for nearly the same time, off Cape Finisterre, and with equal success. Two frigates and two sloops, dispatched from L'Orient, went to the North Seas, where, and on their passage to that station, they captured upwards of sixty sail of ships, part of which they sunk and burned for want of hands to man them. While this havock was making among the ships and seamen of Great-Britain and Ireland, admiral McBride, an officer of distinguished activity, in a line of battle ship (the Mino___r) and five of the finest frigates in the British navy, were uselessly employed in maneuvering at Weymouth. Another squadron of five frigates was lying at Falmouth, besides a powerful fleet at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Will it not appear astonishing that in a period of about eleven months above 960 sail of ships, belonging to different nations, have been captured by the exertions of only sixteen frigates and eight corvettes and sloops! The evil, however, is not confined to the loss of property; for would the war continue, as things go, there would shortly be a very great want of seamen, for the number now in prison in France is perhaps beyond what is generally imagined. The blame rests some where, for the naval force of the nation, if properly directed, is amply sufficient to protect us. It is therefore in the ignorance or neglect of the lords of admiralty, or in the total want of system in their orders, that the commerce of this great empire is thus injured! If either or both of those causes operate, may it not be asked, "Why those things are so!" and wherefore should the strength of the nation remain inactive, at the expence of millions of property, and the confinment of thousands of the most valuable class of men belonging to the nation in loathsome prisons? We will not say that the way could be avoided, but there are some who think it has been conducted in the most infamous manner. Our losses by sea might have been prevented. A strong squadron of frigates, stationed at the westward and southward of Capt. Clear, would have yielded more protection than all the navy of England, conducted as it is at present. This is a fact which every seafaring man will acknowledge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHILADELPHIA, January 7. An article under the Paris head of the 21st October, as published in the Courier Francois of yesterday says - "It is rumoured that Spain wishes to enter on negotiations for peace, it is added that an envoy has arrived here (Paris) from the court of Madrid, we are not officially informed of this, but it is very certain that since the Jacobins have lost their influence, the number of our enemies is diminished on the interior of the republic, and that the French government acquires abroad a preponderance so great as to alarm and disoncert the coal____ powers." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annapolis, January 15. Timothy Pickering, Esq; is appointed secretary at war in the room of Henry Knox, Esq; resigned. STATE OF MARYLAND In COUNCIL, January 6, 1795. ORDERED, that the resolution of the general assembly containing their thanks to the militia of this state who were engaged in the suppression of the late insurrection, be published in the Anna polis, Easton, Frederick and Georg town papers, ad in the (Baltimore) Maryland Journal, etc. By order, JOHN KILTY, Clk. The the HOUSE OF DELEGATES, December 24, 1794. RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That the thanks of this legislature be given to the officers and privates of the militia of this state, who, on the late call of the president, rallied round the standard of the laws, and in the prompt and severe services which they encountered, bore the most illustrious testimony to the value of the constitution, and the blessings of internal peace and order; and that the governor be requested to communicate the above vote of thanks, in such manner as he may judge most acceptable, to the patriotic citizens who are its objects. By oders, W. HARWOOD, Clk. By the SENATE, December 24, 1794. Read and unanimously assented to. By order, N. PINKNEY, Clk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By virtue of an order from the honourable chancellor, the subscriber will offer, at PUBLIC SALE, on the premises, on the third day of Frebruary next, if fair, if not the first fair day, at twelve o'clock, THE following valuable tracts of parcels of land, viz. part of LOX HEAD, LOX LOME, and NEWINGTON, supposed to contain about three hundred acres, lying on Patuxent river, near Lower Marlborough, now under mortgage from WILLIAM ALLEIN, Esquire, to CHARLES WALLACE, JOSHUA JOHNSON, and JOHN MUIR, Esquires; The purchaser to bond with approved security, for payment of the purchase money and interest thereon, within one year from the time of sale; the land not to be conveyed until the sale shall be confirmed by the chancellor, and the purchase money, and interest shall be fully discharged. The improvements are, a large dwelling, kitchen, stove, tobacco, and several other necessary out houses. This place has great advantage from a water carriage, and for raising stock it cannot be excelled; as it has great abundance of valuable marsh, a part of which may be easily reclaimed Any person desireous of viewing the lands, previous to the sale, will be pleased to make application to, CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Trustee to WILLIAM ALLEIN, Esquire. Calvert county, January 6, 1795. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I AM under the disagreeable ncessity, from the many depredations and robberies that have been committed on Hacket's Point, to forbid all persons whatsoever from hunting with dog or gun, or otherwise tesspassing on the said Point, or within my enlosers, as after this notice, the first offender will be prosecuted, by JAMES MOSS. Hacket's Point January 7, 1795. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN LANCASTER, senior, late of Charles county, deceased, are requested to settle their accounts, and those who have claims against the said estate, are requested to bring them forward, legally authenticated, that they may be discharged. BENJAMIN LANCASTER, Administrator, December 30, 1794. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To be SOLD, on Monday the 9th day of February next, if fair, if not the first fair day, at Bryantown, in Charles county. SEVERAL valuable SLAVES among whom are a man and woman, and five or six promising boys and girls. The one half of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale, and twelve months credit to be given for the other half, with bond and security, if required. JAMES BOARMAN, Bryan-town, January 9, 1795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patowmack Shares, FOR SALE, WHEREAS many of the subscribers to the PATOWMACK COMPANY have failed to pay the calls made by the President and Directors thereof, this is therefore to give notice, that unless the said deliquent subscribers pay the several calls that are now due, with interest thereon, to WILLIAM HARTSHORNE, treasurer, at Alexandria, before the 16th day of February next, then the several shares of these delinquents, on the south side of Patowmack river, will be sold at the house of John Wise, in the town of Alexandria at 12 o'clock, on the said 16th day of February, to the highest bidder, for ready money, agreeable to the acts of assembly of the states of Virginia and Maryland, passed in the year 1784. And the shares of such as do not pay up as aforesaid, residing on the north side of Patowmack river, will be sold on the 18th day of February next, at the house of the widow Suter, in George-town, at 12 o'clock on said day, to the highest bidder, for ready money. By order of the Directors, WM. HARTSHORNE, Treasurer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WANTED, to take the command of an elegant finished PLEASURE BOAT, about the last of March next, (or sooner if application is made before that date) a sober, civil, industrious, and honest single man, perfectly acquainted with the management of a bay vessel, the waters of the Chesapeake and the several rivers and harbours thereof, and if he understands navigation it will be a further recommendation. To such a person, (provided he comes well recommended as to the above qualifications,) will be given the first encouragement as to wages, and to engage either by the year or half year, as the parties may agree on, EDWARD LLOYD. Wye river, January 10, 1795. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL persons who have any claims against JAMES CROSBY, schoolmaster, deceased, are requested to bring in their accounts, legally attested, on or before the first day of February next, that the same may be discharged, and all persons who are indebted to the said Crosby, are requested to make immediate payment to GEORGE THUMLERT, Administrator. Annapolis, January 6, 1795. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE creditors of Mr. WILLIAM LYLES, late of Calvert county, deceased, are requested to appear, with their claims legally authenticated, at Mr. ZACHARIAH WARD'S tavern, in Lower Marlborough on Tuesday the 3d of February next, if fair, if not the first fair day, in order to receive their respective proportions of the assets in my hands. THOMAS H. LYLES, Administrator debonis non of WILLIAM LYLES, deceased. Calvert county, December 29, 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAN AWAY on the second instant, a negro man named DANIEL, thirty years of age, fife feet eight or nine inches high, stoops in his walking, and is very pert in his manner of speaking; his legs are remarkably small, and feet very long and narrow for one of his size; his wool is short; had on when he made his escape a round hat, painted or tarred, a short searnough grey waistcoat, a pair of brown breeches, new yellow shoes, and a pair of white yarn stockings. He is artful and an old offender, having been two years ago on a trip of the kind, and then taken at Mr. Johnson's, near Elk-Ridge Landing, and committed to the gaol of Baltimore-torn. It is expected that he will assume the Butler name, or some other family of negroes, who, within a few years, recovered their freedom, and will endeavour to pass as such. A reward of TWENTY DOLLARS will be paid for taking him, so that he be had again, if thirty miles from home, or FIVE POUNDS, if taken a less distance, or in the neighborhood. WILLIAM BROGDEN January 5, 1795. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN up adrift, by the subscriber, at the mouth of Rock creek, on Patapsco river, a ships BOAT, about twelve feet keel, and five feet wide, she is painted with white, red, yellow and black, had a small bucket in her, and has a ringbolt in the head and stern, with a chain about six feet in length. The owener may have her again on proving property and paying charges, by applying to JOHN HANCOCK. January 13, 1795. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR SALE, A TRACT of LAND, containing 900 acres, in the county of Harrison, and state of Virginia, within a few miles of the town of Clarksburgh. For terms apply to JESSE DEWERS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office, Annapolis, which will be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters, if not taken up before the first day of April next. JOB ASKINS, at Mr. Hindman's Brigadier-general Bailey Walter Bowie Hanson Briscoe Philip Baker Finey Brice Nicholas Brewer, Annapolis Joseph Byus, Lower Marlborough Charles Brown, care of Aquila Brown, kent Island The Clerk of the General Court Samuel Chase Jeremiah T. Chase Mr. Chase John Callahan James Carroll Benjamin Chalmers, care of William Cooke Mrs. Clewes, at Mrs. Stiff's Charles Clevice, care of Thomas Jenings William Coe (2) John or Elizabeth Conly John Changeur (2), Annapolis John Cragg, London-town major Richard Chew (2), Herring Bay Gabriel Duvall (5) M. Burges Duvall, at Richard Frazier's William Deakins, jun., Annapolis James Duke, care of J. Wilkinson, Hunting-town Mr. Edgerly, care of Mr. Mann, Annapolis Peter Emmerson, Huntin-town James Fraizer, Annapolis Peregrine Fitzhugh, Maryland John Gwinn (3) John Gibson (2), care of Mrs. Ogle, Annapolis Mrs. Gil____, at Mrs. Ceelers, near Annapolis Dr. James Gray, Calvert county Samuel H. Howard (4) John Howard capt. Benjamin Harrison, care of George Mann, Annapolis Hall and Dorsey, near Annapolis Edward Hall, West river Thomas Hamilton, Mount Calvert Edward Hall, Queen Anne's county Rinaldo Johnson Thom. Genea Mr. Jenings, jun. Mary James, at Mr. Wallace's, Annapolis Thomas Luns. Lomax Robert Lang, Annapolis Thomas Lansdale, Queen-Anne John T. Mason Walter Monte Dr. James McHenry George Mann (7) Richard Mackubin (2) Mr. Mod__ Gilbert Murdoch (3) John F. Mercer, care of Richard Sprigg Villy Mears Monf. Miniere, Annapolis Robert M_ss, Anne-Arundel county Edward Norwood, at Mr. Mann's Wilfred Neale, Annapolis George Plater, care of Philip B. Key Thomas Pownall, Annapolis Allen Quinn, Annapolis John Ridour Madam Rowlins, at Mr. Mann's Greenbury Rawlings, care of William Cooke Christopher Richmond Thomas Ringgold (2) Ridgely and Evans John Ridgeway, at Samuel Mills's Benjamin Ramsey Lusea Rumels, Annapolis Edward Reynolds, Calvert county Sheriff of Anne-Arundel county John Swan Dr. Thomas N. Stockett, care of Dr. John Sh____ David Shriver Vachel Stevens Daniel Sharp James Steele, care of Dr. James Murray William Sewell William Sandison (3), Annapolis William Stewart, near Annapolis Robert Tuite, Queen Anne's county John L. Wilmer Burton Wheatcraft William Woodward W. Walter Williams A__bell Welles, case of George Mann William Wells John Tolley Worthington James Winchester Thomas Whett, at Dr. Scott's Ashbell Welles, care of George Mann William Wells Sarry Wil_mson, at Mr. Harwood's, Annapolis William Wren, near Annapolis Anne Williams, otherwise Hayes, West river John Weems, Calvert county. S. GREEN, D.P.M. January 1, 1795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In CHANCERY, December 30, 1794 On application to the Chancellor, by a petition, in writing, of WILLIAM FOXCROFT, an insolvent debtor, praying the benefit of an act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors, and offering, agreeably to the said act, to deliver up, to the use of his creditors, all his property, real, personal, or mixed, to which he is any way entitled, and a list of his creditors, and a scedule of his property, so far as he can ascertain, on oath, being annexed to the said petition; it is thereupon by the chancellor adjudged and ordered, that the said William Foxcroft appear before the chancellor, in the chancery office, in the city of Annapolis, on the second day of February next, for the purpose of taking, in the presence of such of his creditors as shall attend in person, or by their agents or attornies, the oath by the said act prescribed for delivering up his property as aforesaid, and that in the mean time he give notice to his creditors of his application aforesaid, by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the Maryland Gazette, on or before the eighth of January next, and continued therein the three following weeks. Tst. SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD, Reg. C_r. Can. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WE, the subscribers, do hereby give notice, that we intend to apply, by petition in writing, to Frederick county court, at March term, 1795, for a commision to mark and bound the out lines of all such part of the tract of land called CARROLLSBURG, as lies in the state of Maryland, and county aforesaid, according to the act of assembly, entitled, An act for marking and bounding lands, and the act, entitled, A further supplement to an act, entitled, An act for marking and bounding lands. JAMES YOUNG CHARLES ROBERTSON Frederick county, December 31, 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS is to give notice to all persons who have claims against the estate of SOLOMON GROVES, late of Anne-Arundel county, deceased, to bring them in, legally authenticated, and all those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make payment to JOHN GROVES, Administrator January 5, 1795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office, Upper Marlborough, and if not taken up before the first day of April next, will be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters. JOHN ADDISON, Esq:; John Armitage, Miss Sarah Allen, Mount Airy Mess. Jordon and Alston, St. Mary's county Nicholas Brooke Levin Belt, two letters Thomas Boyd, jun. John Betts, Maryland Doctr. John Debuts Wm. D. Beals, Esq. Samuel Ryan, Petersburg Capt. James Belt, Queen Anne Robt. Brown, Queen Anne's county The Commissioners of the tax for Prince-George's county Mess. O. Carr, Hanson, and Addison Thomas J. Clagett, bishop, two letters James Clark, Esq, Park Hall, two letters Thomas Clark, Esq Ov. Carr, Esq Margret Cherb Charles Clagett, P.G. county Capt. Fielder Dorsett Thomas Duckett, Esq Peter Emmerson, Esq., two letters, Calvert county Mr. Peregrine Fitzhugh, Queen-Anne's county James Gray, Hunting-town Col. Thomas Harwood William Gover Francis Hamilton, P. Geo. county Capt. Hilliary, near Queen-Anne Thomas Harrison, Calvert county Thomas Lyles Abraham Law, blacksmith Joel Monson, singing master John R. Magruder, Esq John Mancommitte Ben Oden, Esq Doct. Robt. Pallenger Saml Perry, Esq Volentine Reintzel, Chaptico Andrew Scolfield William H. Smith, Pig-point Ralph Tanney John Thompson, mill-wright, St. Mary's county Peter Thompson Francis H. Rozer, Esq Edwd. Welsh, Fell's-point Mess. Joseph and Bennet Walkers, Clement's Bay John Weems, Esq, Calvert county John Weems, Esq, Weems forest Daniel Wolstenholme, Esq, St. Mary's county Edwd. Wall, Esq, Queen-Anne's county Mrs. Violette Weems, Billingly Maj. Stephen West, Wood-yard. S. HAMILTON, P.M. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In virtue of an act of assembly, passed at the present session, empowering the subscriber, as administrator of John Rogers and Margaret Lee Rogers, deceased, to sell the personal estate of the said John and M.K. Rogers, on credit, for the benefit of their children, and to invest the money arising thereon, according to the provisions in the said act. NOTICE is hereby given, that on Friday the 23d day of January, 1795, the following property will be offered at public sale, on the late plantation of the said John Rogers, about two miles from Upper Marlborough, in Prince-George's county, to wit: twenty-three likely young country born SLAVES, consisting of men, women and children, among which are some valuable house servants, and others accustomed to plantation business, horses and cattle, among the latter some valuable steers, an ox-cart, with yokes and chain, and sundry plantation utensils, a quantity of corn, fodder and hay, and tobacco unstripped. The sale will continue (if it should be necessary) during the next day, but will commence on that day if the weather should, on the former, be uncommonly severe. And, on Monday the 26th day of January, 1795, the following property will be offered at public sale, at the late dwelling of Mrs. M.L. Rogers, in Upper Marlborough, to wit: a considerable stock of valuable household furniture, among which are several handsome bedsteads, curtains, beds, mattrasses, and bedding, a quantity of table linen, tables, chairs, and a variety of other articles, together with the kitchen furniture; also a handsome chariot and a phaeton, with harness to each. A credit of three years will be given on the following conditions: each purchaser to give bond, with two securities, to the subscriber, as guardian to the aforesaid children. The interest to be annually paid, or the credit to be forfeited, and the bonds liable to be put in suit. The securities to be approved by the orphans court of Prince George's county, and these terms must be complied with before the property is delivered. The latter sale will likewise be continued during the next day, if it should be necessary, with the same provision as the former, in case of extreme bad weather. The sales will commence at each place in the forenoon, at eleven o'clock. The subscriber offers to rent the above-mentioned plantation and dwelling house separately, to be entered on when the sales are completed. WILLIAM KILTY December 20, 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *.* ALMANAC for the year 1795, for SALE at this OFFICE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eight Dollars Reward Ran away, about the ______day of November, 1794, negro Ben, a black well set fellow, aged about 25 years, five and an half feet high, has large small [ sounds strange, but that's what it reads] to his legs, has lost his lower foreteeth, and has a scar on the right side of his upper lip, had on and took with him when he went away, the following old cloaths, to wit: a round searnought waistcoat and overalls, an old blue coat, with the skirts cut off, one pair of buff casimer small cloaths, one pair of black ____ but may have changed them, and may have a pass, as one of my people had done a few years past, from ill minded men. Whoever brings the said negro home to the subscriber, shall have the above reward. THOMAS BOYD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Came to the plantation of the subscriber, living on the Head of South river, in Anne Arundel county, about the last of August, a red and white STEER, supposed to be about three years old next spring, has a crop and slit in the right ear, _____ crop and two slits in the left. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges, and take him away. ROBERT JOHN SMITH December 29, 1794. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The subscriber, intending to decline business the ensuing spring, once more earnestly solicits all those who are indebted to him to make immediate payment, as he is determined, without respect to persons, to bring suits to the next county court against all those who shall neglect to discharge their accounts, previous to that period. WILLIAM CATON. Annapolis, December 24, 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The subscriber has for private sale the following SLAVES, one negro boy, about nineteen years of age, a complete gentleman and ladies hair dresser, one negro woman about twenty-five years old, and child about three years old, one negro girl, about fifteen years old, one complete house wench, aged about twenty-six years, and her four children, the eldest a girl about eight years of age, the youngest a boy of three years old, and a mulatto boy, who can comb and dress hair pretty well, about fifteen years old. The subscriber will sell the above slaves cheap for cash. WILLIAM CATON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In CHANCERY, December 20, 1794. Philip Ford vs. Valentine Murray The complainant applies for a decree to record a deed on the 8th day of December, 1789, by VALENTINE MURRAY, for conveying to him, the said PHILIP FORD, and his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, all his title, etc. of, in, or into, fifty acres of land due to him, the said Murray, for services as a soldier, that is to say, lot No. 404, beginning and laid off as in the said deed described. The bill states, that the said Murray hath, since the execution of the said deed, removed from the state; it is thereupon adjudged and ordered, that the complainant cause a copy of this order to be inserted in the Maryland Gazette, at least four times before the 13th day of February next, to the intent that the said Valentine Murray, or his heirs, devisees, or representatives, or any other person that may conceive himself interested, may have notice of the complainant's application, and may be warned to appear here on the first Tuesday in May next, to shew cause, if any there be, wherefore a decree should not pass agreeably to the prayer of the complainant. Test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. Cor. Can. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew and John Beard, HAVE JUST RECEIVED And now OPENING for SALE, at their STORE at Beard's Point warehouse, on South river, A variety of GOODS suitable for the present season, amongst which are, SUPERFINE, second and coarse clothes; valencias; royal ribs; satinets; lasting; a variety of fashionable coloured casimers; stuffs of all kinds; mens worsted hose, womens cotton ditto; Irish linens; chintzes and calicoes of the most approved figures; cloth coloured sewing silk and threads; osnabrig and other threads; muslins and muslinets; black mode; black, white, and blue Persians; cambrick; humhums; Marseilles quilting; Russia sheering; ditto duck; ticklenburg; osnabrigs; rolles; German dowlass; Haerlem stripes; matchcoat and rose blankets; mens coarse and fine hats; ladies black and white ditto; checks; drillings; bed-ticking; elegant vests patterns; muslin cravats; pocket handkerchiefs; tapes; worsted binding; broad and narrow ribands; fashionable shoe and knee buckles; coat and vest buttons, etc. etc. Also spirit; West India rum; old peach brandy; sherry wine; red port ditto; molasses; loaf and brown sugars; hyson and congo teas; coffee; chocolate; pepper; allspice; salt-petre; pounded ginger; raisins; cheese; rice; St. Ubes salt; window glass; 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d nails; iron pots; Dutch ovens; spades; narrow axes; cart-wheel boxes; hand and sash-____; screw augers; hinges and screws; stock locks; drawing knives; joiner's glue; West-India cotton; scrubbing brushes; tea china; glass ware; queen's ware; tea trays; hand-boards; spoons; cafe knives and forks, etc. etc. all of which they will sell on the most reasonable terms, as usual. November 9, 1794. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUST PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD at this PRINTING OFFICE, S T U E B E N 's MILITARY EXERCISE. To which is added, THE ACT TO REGULATE AND DISCIPLINE THE MILITIA OF THIS STATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Prince-George's county, near Upper- Marlborough, on Tuesday the 22d of July, a negro man named NED, of a very black complexion, twenty eight years of age, about five feet ten or eleven inches high, he has lost two of his upper fore teeth; had on and took with him a mixed coloured broad cloth coat, a pair of green cotton trousers, a pair of green breeches, a white cotton jacket, a white linen shirt, and man other cloaths not sufficiently known to be described. Whoever apprehends the said fellow and secures him, so that I get him again, shall receive a reward of TEN DOLLARS, and if the distance exceeds twenty miles TWENTY DOLLARS, and all reasonable expences, if brought home. EDWARD HENRY CALVERT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDWARDS's BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER has been considerably enlarged within these few weeks past, and is now little inferior to any daily publication on the continent. The earliest and most authentic information, both foreign and domestic, shall be given in this paper, and from its very extensive circulation throughout the union, it is presumed to be an important vehicle for advertisements, etc. etc. Subscriptions for the above at SIX DOLLARS per annum (one half to be paid on subscribing,) are taken in at the Printing office of F. and S. Green, in Annapolis, and by the editor, Philip Edwards, in Market-street, Baltimore. *.* Advertisements not exceeding a square, inserted four times for one dollar, and for every continuance thereafter, eighteen cents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAN away from the subscriber, living at the lower ferry of Patapsco, some time in June past, a bright mulatto man named GEORGE, about twenty years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, with long bushy wool, he is very fond of strong drink, and when in liquor is very talkative; his cloathing is unknown; he has rowed in the ferry boat at the lower ferry of Patapsco these five or six years, and is known by a great number of people that have crossed that ferry. Whoever takes up said runaway, and secures him in any gaol (jail), so that I get him again, shall receive SIX DOLLARS REWARD, and if brought home all seasonable charges, by ANNE MERCER, Administratrix of Peregrine Mercer, late of Anne-Arundel county, deceased. July 15, 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P R O P O S A L S FOR PRINTING, by SUBSCRIPTION, A NOVEL, In ONE VOLUME; Duodecim_, ENTITLED M A R I A: _n, The TRIUMPH of PERSEVERANCE. By a CITIZEN of MARYLAND. THE work is to printed on good paper, in a neat type, price to subscriber in boards, or handsomely bound, to be paid on the delivery of the book. Subscriptions taken in by the Printers hereof. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has received, and added to his former assortment of MEDICINES, as follows, Sago, tamarinds, sugar candy, Spanish liquorice, Hungary water, pungent smelling bottles, British oil, Anderson's pills, eau de luce, eau de luce in cut bottles, ground stoppers, cephalic snuff, essential salt of lemon, Windsor soap, arnetto, patent blacking, white wax, court plaister, essence of burgamor, lavender, lemon, marechal, ambragris, oriental, imperial, royal violet, and Asiatic tooth powders, tooth brushes, etc. with a variety of other medicines too tedious to enumerate, all of which he will dispose of, on the most reasonable terms, at his medicinal shop; in Church-street, near the market. THOMAS EDGAR November 4, 1794. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASH given for Clean Linen and Cotton RAGS at the Printing Office -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A N N A P O L I S: Printed by FREDERICK and SAMUEL GREEN.