Maryland Gazette Transcription for January 29, 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 29, 1795 [No. 2507] 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEYDEN, October 20. Maelstricht being blockaded on all sides and probably besieged by the French, no intelligence can be received from it. We know only that, besides the Dutch garrison, lieutenant-general Klobeck, and general Kempf have thrown themselves into it, with eight battalions of Imperialists, and 200 Austrian cavalry. In general, we are under the utmost uncertainty with respect to events in places the nearest to us, all communications being cut off, and all correspondence intercepted. A letter from Gueldres of the 14th says, that according to several reports, general Jourdan had marched with a corps of several thousand men against Venlo, and summoned the place on the 14th; that no French troops had then appeared at Gueldrei, although one of their patriots had been at Stralen and several leagues beyond it. But letters from Wesel, of the 18th, say, that on the evening of the 15th, a corps of 500 French entered Gueldres; that they had thrown some bombs into Venlo, without attacking the place regularly; and that Grave was not then attacked. There is a corps of French troops near Crevelt and another corps is bombarding Dusseldorp, in which the houses are said to have suffered greatly, particularly the elector's palace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSTERDAM, October 20. The reports from our frontier bring nothing extraordinary. In Gueldres, the utmost ardour appears in the preparation for defence. It was reported at Utrecht, that the French were advancing against Thiel. This report was occasioned by a French officer and a trumpet having been sent to that place. It appears that the enemy, wishing to disencumber themselves of the sick and wounded of the garrison of Bois-le-Duc, had made an offer to send them to Thiel, and this offer has been accepted. The territory of Gueldres is to be disputed inch by inch, with the enemy. Batteries have been erected on the dyke of the Lek, on the side of Utrecht. All the persons of distinction, who have property in the barony of Bois-le-Duc, have received orders from the enemy, to return to their lands within a given time, with notice, that in case of failure, their property will be sold for the benefit of the French republic. The baron David's is gone with Mr. Windham to London. Some accounts say, that the former is to claim more effectual succours from that court, to second the energy of the operations which may be adopted for our defence, whether by a rising of the people in a mass, or by the inundations. Others state that the baron has a proposition to make, that Holland, looking to the difficulty of its situation, and the little probability of making head against the enemy, should be allowed to withdraw from the confederacy, and to make a separate peace with France. It is even reported here, that overtures for a general peace are actually 2on the tapis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIENNA, October 4. On the 1st instant, our court was assembled in council. Such a measure was never adopted before. The whole ministry and Aulic council of war were present. The deliberation lasted from half past nine in the morning till four in the afternoon, when several couriers, after having received their dispatches from baron Thugut, were sent to different courts and to the army. The report of peace is still prevailing, and a congress is talked of. Oct. 8. It appears by the late dispatches from Warsaw, that the Russians and Poles have been alternately the victors and the vanquished, in the recent engagements between them; the former beat and dispersed a corps of general Grabowski; while, on the other hand, on the 18th ult. the vanguard of general Suwarrow was defeated by general Siera Kowski on the Bug. The main body, however, rallied, and proved victorious the very next day, and it is supposed, that after forming a junction with the corps under general Denizow, consisting of 7 or 8000 men, an attempt will be made upon Warsaw, provided the bad weather does not speedily set in. While victory hovers in suspence between these two powers, she has declared herself decidedly against the Prussians; for the Poles have had uniformly the advantage over them during all the recent engagements in Great Poland. As to the Austrians, they have entirely evacuated the territories of the republic, and now occupy their former quarters in Gallicia. Here follows a copy of a proclamation, attributed to Kosciusko. "In the name of God, and our country! "The supreme regency of Poland hereby solemnly promise. "I. That every soldier who shall leave the Austrian colours shall receive a 1ducat in gold over and above the full value of his arms, and (if in the cavalry) his horse. He shall not be forced to enter the service of the republic, but on the contrary be allowed to go wherever he pleases. "II. Every soldier who chuses to serve in the army of the Poles until the end of the war, shall receive a small freehold from the republic, be exempt from statute labour, and entitled to all the privileges of a free man. "Neighbours, and old friends, you are now to decide whether it will not be better to unite with us, than to prosecute innocent men, who have never done you any harm, and who offer your lands, liberty, and, in one word, every thing that can contribute to the happiness of an honest man. "Wherefore would you shed the blood of the Poles? Have you not already spilt a sufficient quantity in that useless war which you have waged against the French? Chear up then, Hungarians, Gallicians, Bohemians and Austrians, and hasten to join us - it is peace that we are in search of, and neither death nor murder." The marquis de Lucchesint is just arrived here, and has already had a conference with the baron de Thought. The object of his mission is to obtain the execution of the guarantee treaty; if his majesty of Prussia is not gratified in this, he threatens to withdraw all his troops from the banks of the Rhine. The last intelligence from Warsaw, dated Sept. 26. contains nothing extraordinary, unless it be, that the Poles, full of indignation at the stories trumped up by the defeated Prussians, relative to the poisoning of a well, etc. near their camp at Wols, are about to publish the most satisfactory contradiction. The success of the insurgents in Great Poland is truly astonishing; in order to render it more complete, general prince Ponlatowski, with a fresh body of troops, has marched hither. The defeat of the Poles near Brizefe in Lithuania, was not of that fatal nature that has been represented. The stoof firm for some time, fought with the courage of veterans, and at last retreated still facing the foe. In short, instead of a defeat it may be termed a victory; for Suwarrow is represented as having lost three or four thousand men, and has been prevented from forming a junction with general Denizow. Kofciusko, the Polish generalissimo, has set out in order to give Suwarrow battle; he is already at Sielce, or Sielsko, as it is termed in the map. The Poles flatter themselves with the assistance of the Turks, who are said to be making some extraordinary movements in the neighbourhood of Bender. Earl Spencer and Mr. Grenville left this capital at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, but notwithstanding a large remittance which they received a little before their departure, their mission is said to have proved inauspicious and unsatisfactory. Our politicians say, "that they have received every mark of politeness, many promises, and a variety of handsome presents, but that notwithstanding all this, they did not depart contented. No ending quotation marks are present We are assured, by letters from Piedmont, that the Austrians have abandoned Carcare on the Genoese territory, and that they are retreating, by Acqu, to their old camp, under the walls of Alexandria. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERLIN, October 23. The account of the defeat of Kosciusko is now confirmed. We have learnt the following particulars of it: Having received the news of a defeat which a corps of the Polish army had met with at Brizese in Lithuania, and that general Suwarrow was on his march to attack Warsaw, general Kosciusko resolved to march with 20,000 men, and give battle to the Prussian general before he should approach that city. He was, however, informed that general Fersen. This last general resolved to attack Kosciusko on the 12th, when a most dreadful engagement ensured. Twice the Russians attacked with vigour, and twice they were repulsed. The victory would have remained with the Poles, had they contented themselves with having beaten back the enemy, but resolving to pursue this advantage, they abandoned the favourable position which they had taken upon the heights, and advanced in their turn to attack the Russians. the Russian troops formed themselves anew, succeeded in throwing the Polish line into confusion, which was already a little in disorder from their movement in advancing to the attack. The rout was soon complete. The Polish infantry defended themselves with a valour approaching to fury. The cavalry suffered less and retreated in good order. General Kosciusko himself, who performed prodigies of valour, received a wound in the neck with a sabre, fell from his horse, and was taken prisoner. Prince Ponistorski hearing of this defeat, fell back with the main body of the Polish army to Warsaw. - The taking of that city will not be an enterprise so easy as was expected. Ponistowski's army is still 16,000 men strong, and he is supported by the whole inhabitants of Warsaw. Generals Madalinski, Dombrowski, etc. are at the head of strong detachments in Poland. The country is covered with armed citizens, who are enthusiasts in the cause. The reduction of Poland must therefore be a work of labour. So much is our court convinced of this, that orders have been given for the return of 20,000 men from the army of the Rhine. These troops will march immediately into Poland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONDON, November 8. The letters from the empire state, that the Germanic diet at Ratisbon has absolutely resolved to open negotiations of peace, and baron Dalilberg, the coadjutor of the electorate of Mentz, is said to be already on his way to Paris for that purpose. Letters from Vienna of the 25th inst. confirm this intelligence, and state, that two British 2plenipotentiaries were hourly expected there to be present at the conferences. The progress of the French army on the Upper Rhine is dreadful and alarming. Coblentz fell into their hands on the 23d ult. besides Binghen, St. Goar, and other places on the Rhine. Their out posts were only at the distance of two leagues from Mentz, against which they were advancing in three columns. This place has actually a garrison of nineteen thousand men, and a most formidable train of artillery. The whole of the Prussian army has crossed the Rhine, and 10,000 Prussians garrisoned the city of Francfort, where the greatest consternation prevails. These alrming movements have also induced the elector palatine to sue for peace, and the interference of Denmark and Sweden, as neutral powers, he has been proposed for this purpose. The head quarters of the Prussian general Mollandorff, were at Hockheim on the 21st ult. 20,000 men of the Prussian army of the Rhine were hourly expected to march to the frontiers of Poland and Silesia, and 15,000 to Wesel, to defend the Prussian possessions in Westphalia. Mentz and the palatinate are therefore defended entirely by the palatinate and the Austrian troops. Our letter from Haerlem of the 3d instant, gives the following account of the affairs of Holland. At Hedikhuizen, in the environs of Heusden, the French have erected batteries to molest the allied troops, but they being out of reach, are of no effect. The garrison of Venlo, reduced to only 900 able men, from 4000, which was their number at the surrender of that place, is arrived at Boxtel. The express condition upon which they capitulated, is not to serve in defence of Nimeguen. The garrison of Venlo made an unsuccessful sortie on the 21st, in which they had three officers wounded, and 59 non-commissioned officers and privates killed. The French, however, continued their works; and their fire having killed the best part of the brave garrison, a capitulation was easily concluded on the 2Sep ultimo. On the fifth article of the capitulation, respecting the emigrants, having been refused by the Dutch commandant, who said he would rather defend the place to the last extremity; the French general Laurent, who commanded the siege, agreed to his demand. Nimeguen has been greatly reinforced and stregthened; the duke of York has sent some additional troops into the town, and a few days ago six battalions of Dutch artillerists marched in with a large supply of provisions, ammunitions, etc. The garrison consisted of 15,000 men. The French opened their trenches before Nimeguen only on Saturday night last, but on Tuesday had not begun to fire upon the town. On Wednesday last a sortie was to be made from Nimeguen, for the purpose of destroying the enemy's works. In this case the garrison were to be assisted by twenty-five thousand Austrians who now co-operate with the duke of York. A bridge had been thrown across the Rhine at Wesel, by which the Austrians were to pass on Tuesday last, and on Wednesday the concerted attack was to be made. General Werneck, at the head of a thousand horse, was to make a diversion in that quarter, to draw off the attention of the enemy, while the real attack should be made. The duke of Brunswick has arrived at Nimeguen, and taken upon him the command of the allied army employed in the defence of Holland. In Holland every thing is quiet. Nov. 10. With sentiments of deep regret we communicate to the public the following intelligence which has been received by a merchant at Amsterdam, That the Russians have again been successful against the Polish patriots; that they have defeated prince Poniatowski, and taken Warsaw by storm. Happy shall we be to be able to contradict this most ____ring intelligence. [The above intelligence wants confirmation - especially when our readers consider that Hamburg and Rotterdam papers as late as the 8th of November, which we have received, make no mention of such a circumstance. They contain the latest advices from the frontiers of Poland, and give us cause to believe that the account is premature.] Letters from Hamburg mention, that the gallant Kosciusko survived his wounds but a short time; that after his death his head was severed from his body, placed on a pike, and carried through the ranks of the Russian army. A fresh plot has been discovered at Rome, against the life of his holiness the pope; 1500 persons are concerned in it, and 58 of them are in custody. In our paper of Saturday, we stated, that a sortie was to have been made by the garrison of Nimeguen in the night between the 4th and 5th. We are now enabled to inform the public, that the sortie (principally by the 12th regiment) was made in the night of the 4th, and that it was successful, the greatest part of the enemy's works before Nimeguen have been destroyed. [Sun.] We have several letters from different correspondents in the army, which confirm the advantages gained over the enemy by the garrison of Maestricht in a fortunate sortie which they made a few days ago. Some of our letters state the loss of the French at 2000 killed, others at 3000, and some even as high as 4000 men. Certain it is, it was very considerable; the works of the enemy were destroyed, and the cannon spiked.The Austrians lost from 900 to 1000 men in the glorious and fortunate enterprise, which may probably be the means of the siege of Maestricht being raised. [Sun.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON, January 14. There is a report in town - but its source we could not trace - that the English had made overtures to the French, for a cessation of arms; and that the ministry of Great-Britain had it in contemplation to join the Poles against Prussia. We do not give the article as received from any authority whatever. Jan. 15. The ship Three Friends, captain Cha____, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, in 63 days from Dunkirk. Yesterday a young gentleman belonging to this town, who came passenger, came to town from Plymouth. He has favoured us with the following article from a Paris paper of November 8, 1794. "The siege of Maestricht continues to be pursued with the same vigour and courage by the republican army. This place is attacked on three sides at once. Fort Vick by general Berndotte with 13 battalions; that of St. Michaels by general Ponsett with 14 battalions; and the body of the place by general Duhem, with 30 battalions. General Kleber takes the command of the whole; the Rhine is established as the line of 4circumvallation. The prince of Hesse who commands at Maestricht, has been summoned to surrender and refused; the soldiers are discouraged and desert continally from the place; a sortie, has been made in which they were vigorously repulsed." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ TRANSCRIBER NOTES: 1 A ducat was a gold coin used in various European countries. 2"On the tapis" is an old idiom for "under consideration". 3Plenipotentiaries are diplomatic agents, such as ambassadors, who are fully authorized to represent their government. 4The 1913 Webster dictionary describes "circumvallation" as being "(a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without." ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Annapolis, December 4, 1793. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I AM under the disagreeable necessity, 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 tresspassing on the said Point, or within any enclosers, as after this notice, the first offender will be prosecuted, by JAMES MOSS Hacket's Point January 7, 1795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.