The Kentucky gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1797-01-11 00:00:00, page 2

NATUtldt HidiORT
Defcription of the Salamander
The form of the falamander and
that of the crocodile are nearly
the fame It is chiefly among the rocks
and mountains of India that thefe
retired animals live 1 he colour of
their fkinis of a deep green fliglnly
fpotred with darker (hades their
length is three or four feet at the movt
There is alio a fpiecies that inhabits
the borders of lonely ponds of a
lighter green rather uncommon and
in no requeft
Thefe creatures are timid and al
tnolt without defence there bite only
occafions a gentle infiamatioii nei
ther is it very deep for though the
mouth is full of teeth they are final!
and planted in fockets that are not
olified Little pai tides of herbs are
found in- their (loinachs though in
feeds frogs and even final! qiradru
peds are their ufual food
Tlieflelhof thefe reptiles (I fpeak
only of the fvrft kind) is agreeable to
the rate they are fometunes ftewed
Yfithfpice and as they abound with
a penetrating alkaline fait if taken
for feveral days are faid to be a good
reHorative for a wailed conlliiution
They ar e aHb mixed in rhef food of
ahiable horfes when they have been
too much fatigued
1 know not it the fcwik ought to be
regarded as a fm a 11 fpeciesof the fala
mander This is a kind of lizard
very common in feveral cantons of
Arabia about nine or ten inches long :
and when -faked and dried are fenc to
Perfla and the Indies where the rich
Mahometans ufe them hi their refto
ratives W e may add that thereptiles
whether creeping or quadruped appa
rently contain more or let’s the aplno
difiacat particles
It was perhaps cbfervatiotis on
thefe heating properties of the fala
mander that tirft induced fome tra
vellers from a kind of far-fetched
analogy to fuppofet that in it they
beheld a being endowed with a virtue
capable at lead for a certain time of
rending the action’ of fire s but it is
k certain that fire will aid as effectively
and as lo nuprn this animal as up
on any other with a Ikin of an equal
flenfity
Defcrt-pTon of the Ca-meleon
Cameleons of about a foo?
long are common in Alia and Af
rica their changeable tinrs of
green blue and yellow fufceptible
too of various combinations often
prefent very lingular e fleets to the eye
of the beholder but in a Hate of li
berty and health the fird of thefe co
lours is ufually predominant It is
Veil known that without moving f rorn
their place they have a Angular man
ner of catching the infetfls on which
they feed they can extend their
tongue feveral inches out of- the
jiiouch which ami efpeciallj the fo
With refpeJl to the other three the
daughter J utliih being with child was
not tried and the tvo Ions David
and John Durartre about eighteen and
twenty yehrs of age having been alio
tried and condemned continued ful
fen and referved ill hopes of feeing
thofe that were executed rife from the
dead but being dilappointed they
fcecame or at leaf! teemed to become
fehfible of their error and were both
pardoned Yet not long afterwards
one of them relapfed into the fame
Iriare and murdered an innocent per
fun without either provocation or
previous quarrel and tor no other
reafon as he confellbd but that God
had commanded him fo to do being
a fecond time brought to trial he was
' found guilty of murder and condemn
ed Mr Garden attended him again
under the fecoud (entence and ack
nowledged witli great appeal ance of
fuccefs No man could appear more
deeply fsnlible of his error and delu
fton or could die a more linceie and
hearty penitent on account of his hor
rid crimes With great atention he
Jiftened to Mr Garden while lie ex
plained to him the terms of paidon
and falvation propofed in the Gofpel
and fee tied to die ill the humble hopes
of mercy through the all-luiiicient
merits of a Redeemer
Thus ended that tragical feene of
fanaticifni in which feven perlons lolt
their lives one was killed two were
murdered and four executed tor the
'murders A fignal and melancholy
inftance of the weaknels arid frailty
of human nature and to what giddy
heights of extravagance and madnefs
an inflamed imagination will tarry
unfortunate mortals !
phagns being always fupplied with
a vifcous humour retains llreir prey
Neither is it liecell’ary to enlarge
on their foim or their ejes wliivii
latter by their mobility conic Rape
and projection are capable of receiv
ing the impi elfions of light in ev er di
rection Several travellers have alrea
! given details on thef different lube
jeCts : but the mechanilm by which the
cameieon appears to change liis c®iuur
in conleqiience of certain fen fat ions
fee ins to me to be capable of ruithei
invedigation and dilcovery
cbilfidei--td The ikin of the cameieon
as it were ifolated reflect only the
colour of the bodies by which ic is
fur-rounded- as do all other bodies
that -inentary area little polilhed 1 it e te ui o
variations however which
are become the emblems of a con
temptible adulation are not meie il
lulions Let us in a few wo ds en
deavour to defenbe liow this is per
formed The colour of the annual is natural
ly tti een but fulceptible ot many and
particularly ot three tvy diltinct
fliacles i that is to fay the Saxon gi eer
and deep green bordering on blue
and the follow green When tiee
in health and at cafe it is a beauti
ful green louie parts excepted where
the ikin thicker and tougher pro
duces gradations ot a brown led or
lioht gicy W hen the animal is pro
voked inopet air and well ted it be
comes blue gi ecn but when tee hie or
deprived ot tree air the prevailing
tine is t tie yellow green Under loxue
other circuinltances and eipccially at
the approach ot one ot its ow n lpec ies
7io matter ot which lex or when 1 un
rounded and teamed by a number of
inlectSy thrown upon him lie uicn al
molt in a moment takes alttraaeiy
the three diifercnt tints ot green it
he is ciying particular y ot hunger
the yellow is at firlt predominant
but in the fir ft it age o I puu etaCtiun it
changes to the colour ol dead leaves
It teems that the caufcsr of the la
different varieties are feveral : and
firlt the blood of the cameiion is ot
a violet blue which colour it will
prelerre for tome niinuics on linen or
paper efpecialiy tliat w Inch has been
tteeped in allum water in the leeond
place the diiFerent tunicles of the vef
fcls are yellow as well at their trunks
as in therr rainihcations i he epi
dei hits or exterior ikin when lepa
raied from the other is ti anipai cut
without any coloui and the fecond
ikii is yellow as well as all the little
vellels that toucti it Hence it is pro
bable that the change ot colour de
pends upon the mixture of blue and
yellow and from which reiult diffe
rent 1 hades of green i bus when the
animal healthy and well fed is pro
voked its blood is car? ied in great a
bundance from the heart towards the
extremities and foci ling the vellels
that are fpread over the ikin its blue
colour fubdues the yellow of the vel
fe Is and produces a blue green that
is feen through the epidermis : when
on the contrary the animal is impo
verished and deprived of tree air the
exterior vedeh being emptier their
colour prevails and the animal be
comes a yellow -green tiW k recovers'
its liberty in well nourished and with
out pain when it regains the colour
which is the cotifequence of an equi
librium in the liquids and of a due
proportion of them in the veliels
Knovy then this truth enough for man
-Virtue to know
alone is happinefs below -
Rose
Men often complain of thofe evils
which are wholly of their own procu
ring arid which it iain-rheirown pow
er 10 remove vvflienever they pleaf’e
There is nothing more evident from
reafon common-experience revelation and
than the tendency of virtue to
the happitiefsv and the tendency of
vice to the miflery of mankind both in
private and facial life but while this
is generally acknowledged in fpecula
tion it is much difregarded in prac
tice All expedients to relieve the
burdens and diftreiles of tne day
without a general reform of manners
wilt be but palliatives — this will ef
fect a radical cure
Let rulers influenced by the fear of
God and by love to mankind ufe all
their power aird authority to encou
rage righreoufinefs pvoteifl inno
cence redrefs wrongs and banilh ini
quity — let taw s be made with a An
gle delign to advance the genera! iii
tered and be executed with diligence
and fidelity— let people in all ranks
confcienciolifly difeharge the duties of
iJjejx fofjeiSive IUu-jw— let indite
the Meditei aiiean nearly as far a
Corfica when titey fell in with ad
miral Jarvis’s fquudroh with a fleet
of tranfpaits tin tier convoy (having e
vacuated Lerfica and it w as fuppofed
were bound for Gibraltar) and cap
tured fix fail of the line and a gieat
mimkrof tranfports w hich had ar
rived at Alicant This information
capt My rick received from the Ame
rican cottful at Lilhon who fully cre
dited the account
Not with Hand ing the late accounts
of peace being made between Portu
gal and France captain ick lays
ley are in daily expevflation of an in
vafton from the French
Capt Myrick a!fo informs that war
had aeflually been declaiedby Spain
again!! Engl-and
A veiTel arrived yed from Hali
fax nothing had been heard of the
French fleet lately ' off' Newfound
land it is very probable they have ta
ken their departure !
By an arrival yed from Martinico
we hear that Ifland continues very
fiekly Five fix men of war had
left the Ifland to fave their men
r
’ “RTEHMOMD Dec 9
The Eitffors of Rrefident and Vice
Boston Nov i$r
CAPTURE of admiral jlrviVs squ ad
In our lad we row mentioned the fail
ing of a Spanilh fleet offixteeti fail of
the line up the Mediteraneai
Capt Myrick- arrivedyeflru 32
Notice
LEFT at Mr Heddledon’s (in
Wafhingron lad winter) a Linen
Bag in which was a pair of Kboc-
Boots : — A few days after my arrival
days from Liibon informs that the af Bourbon I fe ji t att order by a cer
day before he failed new-s arrived tain waggoner to Mr Hedelledon for
that a Spanidi fleet had proceeded up the delivery of laid pvopeifv which
was to be left at Mr Thomas Eeades’s
PrelidtSuti tlic Ulittcd Snes oiQt at early as
efults from his prefent condition as
man and from his i elation tofocie y
abdraefled fiom the coiifideration of
thofe moregrand and lolemii moiiv es
which religion propofes
Y e have feen the time’ when the
people of this country alarmed at the tion as it isprefutned any perfon de
dangers which flu eartened them from lirous of pur chafing would with to lee
an ufurpingand invading power could it f or partic ulai s apply 10 Mr Roe
unite in arms for the common defence bei t Barr niyicbant in Lexington or
They thought no expehfe too great fo to the fchfci iber on Marble creek
twelve miles fiom Lexington on the
Tate’screekioad-
(jjt JAMES SIMPSON
LAND FOR SALE
ALBANY Nov 18
We announce with pleafure that
ouriity is vifited by tiie celebrated
tra'cHer and Philolopher Yolney —
on his return from exploring the in
terior of the United States V e
learn that he is lad from Kentucky
via the North-Wedern Terri o ies
Detroit and down the Mohawk to
th s place
theis This obligation iininediai efy ingylijth hndotlrer iiecefiaiy articles
be incurred no facratice coo dear to
be made that they might refene their
trembling devour-'-i liberties from the
fig jaw s of oppi efiion Our fcrcial
happinels is now in danger from an
oilier quarter — from the prevalence
of vice and impiety from out increaf
ing luxury extravagance felhfhnefs
and irjut' e : let ns exert ouifelves
with the fame united ai clour to extir
pate this internal enemy as we have
done to repel an exte nal enemy and
We may Tope f or equal fuccefs and
fuccefs in this atttempt will give our
liberties a firmer ettablifbinint and a
more permanent fecurity than all the
fusee lies of war
mhnnei s of his domeillcs than to the
indulgence of pleafure or tie actu
m ulation of wealth — let this be the
general fpii it and coriduefl ot mankind
— and what will be wanting to make
them as happy as the condition ot
mortals will permit or as beings in a
date of probation cn 1 ealbnably de
fn e ?
But if on the contrary pride (elf
tlhnefs and the love of pkatuie rCign
atnotig'all ranks if injuliiee traud
vices generally prevail thetc is no
need of fpeeial judgments to make
them milei able and no need of a lpi
Trt of prophecy to forelee -their de
ttruCtioii Every matt therefore as
he regai ds his own and the general
happinels is bound to praccite virtue
himfelf and to promote it among c-
liis virtue and t hi regulation of the ot this common w eatli proceeded t
and integrity latte place in all their t tie Capital in (his city on WnlnefiJ
private intercoiu fe-let benevolence the feventh inlt — e undetitand th
opeiate in all exigencies to excite
mutual aid and fnccor lo that no man
lhall be nnferable while it is in Ins
neighbor’s power to relieve him— in
ail conti overlies between man and
man or in loificiy Itt condel’cencion
immediately dep in to adjult t lie dif
ference — let every man in his private
Capacity maintain fobiiety pmiiy
temperance indtrdry and telfgovei n
ment and attend more to the cul
ture of his mind the in- pi ovemeiit of
enty-five acres of fitlt rate land
-idlenefs lying on Mam Hickman creek tout
luxury oppt elrron and other teen or fifteen miles fiom Lexington
at r-oui bo-n : The property was deliv
ed to faid waggoner but fuppofiiijj
that he mifumlei flood me and left it
elfewbere I would thank any pei ton
to depolit them in this qflice or give
fuch information to the editor of the
Kentucky Gazette as 1 may get them
again
BENJAMIN ROBERTS
Junrnry 6 T7Q7 :it
1 0 be Sola
AT Hogan’s are-Hous!: at the
1110 11 tli of Hickman M e 1 ccr comi
ty on Wednefday the fir If clay of Fe
bruary next for ready rfipnev to the
highed bidder parts" of Several bro
ken hogtlveads of TOBACCO for ihe
benefit ol the proprietor Attendance
will be given by the f nfpeefors
Wm GAINES &
Win H e'GAN
December to 1 79 6- i W ! H
PK1VA TE N I’ ER TAlM MEN f '
FOR MAN A NTT ffORSF )
On Main ftreet nextdoor to Ouftor D iv-nln-’s
Ev WILLIAM ALLRN
' P!loe Gentlemen vhohold
Subfcription Papers for the Keiitucky
Guzeae are requeded to forward a
hd of the fohfcrihers t the oiiite s
there is a ve- y convenient feat for
diliijlery at ttie null and a goodlaud
ingcauhe had within two miles it
lies on a public road and is an excel
lent Hand for a tavern it is thought
unneceliary togive any other deferip-
AKEN tip by the fubferiber in
I Iariifon county on Giays run
a reran hot fe fourteen hands and
halt high three years old ne Maud
a natural pacer appraifed to 15I
NEWTON CANNON
November 1 fl 1706
and two from the Kentucky river ic
is well watered anti handsomely litua
ted there is a liuali plantation w'ilj
a dwelling houfe (notquite limihed)
thitty bytwtny feet- at hewed logs
with two done chimneys a valuable
mill known by the name of Bourn:' t
HiH! w ich tw o pair ol Hones a bouli-
q-HERE Will be offered for fale at!
I Y alhington in Kaloa county
on the 3 It day of January 1797
eleven hondie and thirty three acres
of LrtN D lying about two miles from
May’s lick joining jaeoli johiifon’s
fettlenie nt and preemption at his north
ead tamer— 1 he land is of the belt
qualily has fome valuable itnpru'e
Kei and many natmaf advantage
Ah indifputable title will be ma te
It any perfon has any claim to laid
land they are pielled to come for
ward and allei t their right before that
time
II 3 AMBROSE WALDEN
elect a governor or cjiict magiitrate
in the loom ot Hati ic Hemy hiq whd
declines the acceptance the reof when
the honorable James Wood Biq wai
elected
I HAVE for fale one hundred and!
tw
yotes were as follows !
f or l hoinas jefierfott
Saiii ucl Adams
George Clinton
Genge W athington
John Adams
Thomas Pinckney
Aaron Burr
BOUKNB’s MILL toil isALB
Tuefday lad the general adembly
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