The Kentucke gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1787-08-18 00:00:00, page 4

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rojs 4ir where SiibjCrit-tions (at-iijp-tt A Oi- fi-pvtrtl'ementsffc for this paper are thorn fuily received and bsiKTiMO
V1 iJreTe” Branchs done with Cart and ExpSSn-AddeihCUit of a moderate length tueiu traitor Vthe hrll
euhtinu oftevf cml loiter eMiu progertiflii v
I 1 M fm
c:i! Liberties That you nmft pay
i axe In either alternative feems now
pietty well- out of difpute: with this
fci Terence howe'e that if you icparare
you will pay Tax that will be aga-'n
circulated in the DidrJA If you iio
P° you mud pay it to V:rgin a Torn
jri-ence it will n-it retuin It is faid
vrginia draws annually from the Di
tria a firm fuffie:ent to defray the ex
pences of Government and for which
y-c rn no credit But if this rum ihould
not be fufficcnt a wife & ft ce yeo le will
never murmji at paying a mode arcTn
e:peciallv - hen they do it as a confide
tat on for their Laws and Liberties A
wife and virtuous people will nei'er
yrant rcf urccs epecialiy in a Country
To produftive as this Induftry mode
ration tempeiance and frugality aie
jncxhaudabic doie-houfes of wealth:
the e are in-the power of every mn
As to your other fears I think they
re pei-reitiy prondicrs Have notalK
Religious and Civil liberties equally
dear Aandwhocvc attempt to vo!a:e
thoe of others will he notendangei h is
own t Rcfidcs wheic is the man who
ras the mailed pietcntion to your con
fidence that would not blufli at the i
dca of being fuf cited much more
would he be aihsmcJ to engage in any
yiich defign
Moreover you will then have your
Repiefe natives' and officer- or Govern
ment under your infpeflion This will
Jtecp them in their duty and fub eft
them topaniffimcnt Ihould they exceed
Its bounds To puniffi wicked and wil
ful officers b an irapqitant right which
every free people policies but which
Is uicles to you bccaufe you cannot ex
ercic it
And no v to conclude with one ob
servation whatever your con i Jence iff
the benevolent difpofition or Viiginia
piay jugged ihould be an argument to
induce yu to wiihfor a epaiation on
peaceable and amicable tcims which is
now in your power but ihould you
Jet the preent opportunity flip it never
may again As a fide- date her prof-
periiy will be for ever ddSr : as an im
perious parent or dcp-dunc die may
be-omccxtrcamly difagrecabie Do not
tl'o c ore tiiiic with ler otfeis and
yo- uwi hanpine-s But tak:ng kind
Fortune by the ootftrefehed hand per
mit her to ccnduA to Liberty and Src
ce& Led ihe withdiaw it with indig
nation den'dc your after prayers and
baffle ail your future hopes
And may the fupreme ilifpofcr of all
events incline you to think and act
for your own good 'and the publirc
wcllfare is the mod Fcivcnt Wiii of
yours &c f
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LF-XING TON A-iguft i
A few days ago Col Benjamin Lip an
rtct'vd an'exprefs from Col James Re
bi'ifon commanding iff ter of the fettle
menu on Cunberand i N Carolina) con
taining the following inteligence
Tint he was informed by ex-refs from
the chief of the Clrckafaw nation andalfo
byjom-1 Mans who h d efcaped from that
country that the Cree' Chccamaga and
fame other Tribes of I Mans had in a
Grand Council held at Mobile declared
IVar ogiinfi the fettlements on Cumber
land River' and were to invade that coun
try inihe courfe of the prefent month w'th
all the force they could raife That in
crfequence of this determination M Gil
very fuperlntendant of the Creek nation
hadjent a party of Creeks to the Ch'cka
faw netion with orders to kil Mr Turn
bull Capt Davenport and every other
white mm they could fi-idinthat country
an-LM-an Turnbull' having information by
of their defign made his efcape but
Dwport and four non wen killed in
the Chickefaw town and the whofe fettle
ment at the Ch’ckefaw Bluff were cut off
excej t three " The Cb 'ckajaws (the' mor
tal enemies to the Creeks) were unable
to proteB theje people from their cruelty
being deflituti of ammunition but affurts
Col Robinfon- that as foon at they re
ceive afvpplyfm Cumberland or Kentnc
ke they will declare open War agairfi
that nation Cel Rjbinfen wrote in the
moji preffng mannei for off fiance from this
country urging that unlefs immediately
reinforced that whole country was in
imminent danger of falling a facrifice to
the flu Superior force of the E:iemy an
attack frem whom they daily expoStd at
She figiutf large parties bad beet dis
covered within a few miles of Najbviilef
Wo have re solved intetigerce which
A JOURNEYMAN Printer who a
1 aerjtaadsthe hufinejs initsdifftren
branches: Aipiytothe Printer hereof
there Is every renfon to believe a-tlhenticf
that two days after the sxtrejsleft that
Count rj they ex tied t e attack was
made tAai the J-idia'is had deJlroytJ 4s
famUes in one day a :d had defeated s
party of men that had given them battle
ef wh ch few ejeaptd that up ware's of
too I id a is were j ten cutting dow corn
in one pla taslen
The executive of this flats by' late in
firuSiont t the officers of this di
fir 8 have dire Hcd as general notice
at may be to be given to the MUUin
under their command-— That the Tiw
given iy lawf-jr providing fveh arms
ammunition and accoutrements as it
therein direBed will expire with the
prejtnt year
Every non Comm ff on officer and prU
vate is by law direded to fiurnifb him
Jtlf -ingen with a good clean uutjquet contain
ounce bali three feet elgth inches
long in the barrel with ageod Bayonet
and Iron ramrod welt fitted thereto
cartridge hex properly m-de to contain
and fecure twenty cartridges fitted to bit
mujquet a good natfick and canteen
and to have at every uuifter one pound
of good powder and four pounds of lead
including twenty btlid cartridges ard
taxhjerjeant to have a pait of moulds fit
to cajl balls in their refpehive 'compa
nies But the militia qfihisdlfiriS are
permirtsdjn lieu of mujquets to provide
good rifles with proper accoutrement The
arms ti be conjlantly kept aid ready
(a fumifb whenever called f r it isjupi
pojed the comm ff etui officers art well
equipped and-already fur fid with
what arms are ntctffary for their own
equipments
'n“ ?”' f the Ktntucke gazette
by publijbi ig the foregoing as early as
poffbit will oblige J
yours LEVI TODD
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