The Kentucky gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1792-03-24 00:00:00, page 3

LE'XtNG TON March x 7 v
PhilaJtlpbis January 29 1 92
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qHQ -'1 the letter of t!e 9th of No-
vember which 1 hail the ho:i
br' to adJrefs to you from' Fcfrt
Wilhington i poftfeiipt Was ad
d'd' relating to information com
tflunicated bv Captain Slough 1 6
General Butler and rtrt imparted
by him to me and that (fid not
com to my knowledge till after
the' army got back to that fort
As the nature of the iiifarimtioil
vat not mentioned the poftcript
inuft have appeareJ myftcri"us anJ
it ia proper that I ilWd eXpl tin it
Captain Slough S:r was intend
el to have been the bearer of the
letrer and To it was endorfed upon
the cover and therefore I thought
it -and needlefs to infer! the particulars
had he pfeferjted :r' you M
doubt would hhve inquired into it
fullv aiid all ambiguity would have
ceafcd but at foe moment hi
(hould have let off Toms account
— of the fituarion-of-Caloricl Gibfoit —
iwhola hie uncle) iaduesd him to
elay hit journey and the packet
war put into the hands of another
perfon then going to Irxington-
-lect You will be pleaded Sir to rccu!-
it was dated in the letter that
la the night ptecerding the 4'h of
November fhe militia were ia ad
vance of the reft of tits army For
greater feeurity and to intercept any
(mall parties of Indians that might
be approaching-with predatory
VieWs it was: thought fitting thJt a '
party of regislar troopsfhauld be ad
vanced from a quarter to half d
mile in front Of the mUnia- The
party was taken from the right wing
which formed die front ' line then
under the immediate command of
General Butler and Capt Slough r
was the j$ccr ordered out by him
for thofe purport lthe night it
feems he difeovered the Ind'uui ap
proaching In fuch number tbal he
Iho’t it necelEiry to draw in liis par
ty and immediately made report df
what he had difeovered to General
Butler from whom he had received
his orders— He propofol to the Ge
neral to make me fairs report to'
me 1 but the General replied to him
that as he muft be fatigued he had
better lay dowh to deep and he
himfelf would give the lAformati
tm: ‘ This Is as fteirly as I tah recot-'
lect the abcount Captain Slough
gae mo at Fcrt-Waihington
The orders given to OlHiam
mentioned alfp in the poftfeript as
bot executed werevThat be Ihould
fend out firmn his' -command aa
hour at leaft before -day and as
modi earlier as poifible four or fivfe'
parties of twenty men with an offi-
ceir to each in diftisrent t -directions
for the purpofis of making difcove
Ties 1 was ? very anxious oh ‘this
'‘point and h6t without fame doitbt
that it might be punctually attend
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rd to : The AdjutarVGeneraJ was
therefore about the dawn of the
day but rather before it fent to Col
Oldham thai I flight be certain of
that precaution ha v fig bee Taken
-Col Oidham ' was met by him at
feme diftmee from bis encaolptm-nr
and informed him the parries were
not then gone out but' Wpuld be
difpatched the moment he returned'
Unhappily he never returned
i have the honor to be
Sir - —
Yonr Aloft obt fervfc
A St CLAIR
'The honourable Alaj Gea Knox
Secretary at War ’ '
Extrafl fnm e Utterviritttn by a mm-
ber tConirtfi tLiltd kb XO 79
Since the date of my laft letter
a bi:i providing for the defence of
the frontiers has patted the hrmfe
of reprefentatlves and is now under
confidcraticn of rhe Senate— the bill
as it paScd tlx hour of reprefecu
tlves -fillingop-the mahes prdVificn for
two regiments already eftabhlh
cd as (bon as may 'e by augment
ing the bounty to eight dollar and
the monthly pay of privates to four
dollars— It affo authorizes the Pre
ne---ceffary)' fident to rife (if in his opinion
three additional fegements
on the fame terms for three years
Snd to employ any number of mi
litia friendly Indians and mounted
Volunteers not exceeding Ejglt
Thou find and fora term not ex
ceeding Nine months— the coun
ted Volunteers to receive fix (kil
im per day- —the Militia feven
dollars per month
" It is with' pleafure thatl in-
Mr Short is appointed by the'Pre
ftdint to lid Mr Carmicnael in this
bufiflefs and from ptefcnt profpects
IW grtst difficulties ai apprehended
itne boweVer Will be neceflary to
complete this object- difpatch not
belftg the characteriftic of a Spa
id (b negotiation ’ "
“ Ah act eftabUftung Poft O Bices
‘ 2nd Poft roads 'throughout the
United States palled two days ago j
this act provides for the edablilh
mentof a Poft to Danville to com
mchce in June next
form you that Mr JeiTerfcn hat
or Merchandife delivered on or be-
been notified by the- Spanilh refi- fore the 25th day of December C
dent in this place of the good difpo- next either at Johit Gatewoods n
fxi ion of his Court to enter into orBAYAM FaaeusoNs on Hick-
negoctations witli the United States - man thofe who fail to pay by that
relative to the afeertainment of our ' time inuft expecc to pay Cafh only
Southern boundary and the naviga- The Celebrated fwift Hokse
lion of the river Miflifiippt
“ The Kefident has alio intima
ted that if ia not coofidered by his
Court as inadmifiible to grant to
iis p free port at the Town or fome
other pUce on the I (land of Ncw-
F ERGUSON's GRAY was got
by Col j)n’i Wild Am of Han
over County his dam by Col SUf
vuitFi Co ML’S his grand dam by
Jolly Roger &eoce
thomas s Gatewood
Oricahs— Negotiations are to be Manh 7 1792
held at Madrid foPthis purpofe— - r i he foafon will end foe
‘ Nrticcti the JiIiUert tf foifitt hr thi
ii Aria ej Kentucky'
Col Jobs finnieiscol'etT of reve
nue for th& coud'f of Wo'odfbid and
the Towns' and Villages wlthln'the
fame: Mr Thorns Carneal for the
counties -of' Fayette Bourbon snd
Malon and the town and Tilligesin
‘the fame Capt: Rhodes Thompfon
and Mr William Vawffci for the
countle of Mercer Lincoln- and Ma
difob and the towns and villages w hin
the fame Mr William Sullivan for
— the counties of lefferfon and Nelfoo —
and the towns ana villages in the fame
The above Gentlemen are pofleffed of
the set 6f Congrefa for laying the excifia
-’ on Sciila and duliiled fpiiits andifap
plied 10 will give the diftillers any in-
formation maiive thereto which they
day with to renew Some of the di
tillers I am imoiincd pretend to fay
- they ne taught 10 believe that the ex
cite is not to be collected in this diftrift
Kiom whence they deiive (heir infoi
marionl cannot conceive but do here
by inform them that the collector will ‘
Ihonly be with them In order tocoN
left it and (hat thofe who arc nbt pro-
vided adifpofiti--on wphmaheyor fliew
to oppof the execution of ihe law
will be proceeded aeainft as that law
directs
T MARSHALL Infraflor
VIFT
-HORSE
FERGUS O APs
G K A Y
ST ANDS at John Gatewood’s
near Lewis Craig's Mill and
will cover Mares the enfuing fealbd
at the low price of four Dollars the
‘feafon Eight Dollars infurance and
Nine Shillings the Angle leaps which
may be difehatged in Merchantable
Whilkcy Salt Pork Homed Cattle
I HAVE a larte §uetity milt Bp
- ry LAND Herrmntt— wbi(b'T
iviltiijpejeef eptn rtefonebh ttrmfif
eajb or Uttly berjes at tqjb price ‘
EDWARD S THOMAS
)fiairds-Town March 7
I TTAKEN op by the fvbfcriltr en
X the Twt Mile Creek Fayette
Ctntyt dark rid Strer abnt thrre er c
Jew ytart eft marked with a fiuaUetv
Jerk ia the left car end a bile in the
right djmaU white a tie belly Af
fraifrd te - 'j
- () Daniel Dean
20th of July
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