The Kentucky gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1792-03-31 00:00:00, page 2

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tive (lander 1 hive but juft to adore
the public ‘(aatollr Spnng he muft
be f htti tL corfv iijce4 ofit) that-1’
Niever fold one foot of land for Iboio
gCntlemen nor even Tor 'rnyfelf nor
‘for'iny concerhedra the puichafe
' iior had arty power Truda them to do
fo — -and Vi to (he ntheranecedeut
‘int imp trait eft! of iKriiij (for I
wifti td ftamji dvery aft of hn with
-he' fofxeft - epithet-) by ‘ Which " the
-tojnpany t&ay he (ignally damaged j—
: thefe aft are fuch and the hriire of
Jill double atrerneyfli'p fuch i vlihrt
JptB la iht ctmpany I aft far aa (in
Order to underftand ther wriiing and
‘demerit of (he bulinefc) will requite
Mr liridfard 1 ? $
-SIR - °-r
- F R O M the refpeft which with
out confcioui vaftiiv I oWo mj felf
it la with (teat reluftance indeed I
condescend at all to 'animadvert on a
fhort' notification jnferied iq your Ga
zette of jihe loth tnftani finned by a
fu--perceflion Simtti i Spring —pm pOr ting hit
ofmeris the fate attorney''
in Taft of-Mellrs Snipe and Huger
end intimating a revocation ot all the
SALaa or -land fuppoCsd to have been
nude by me witfitfl the Stuth Cart
Jin a TatiuCmpany't purchafe But
' a front Mr Simttn Spring t cohmon
-place mode of fhaping hi fen'encet
a pointed inference iday be deduced
ttvat l had Wd fame land for thofe
gentlemen or for other concerned
fn that' purchafe tor which I had
'not accounted— — and a the afore
iaidftfir Spring antecedent to this
fuffered hTmfetf iocoinmit other in
tern pet ace aft which may fignallv
(oylfed a dear conftrrmiooal i(ihtnf
extinguifliing within tbelr own char-'
tered jurifJicfton all Indian claim' '
of (bit ly ’irsaiy) a'legiflative aft
wi palled by ibe General Afltrobly
of the ft'e of Georgia' hv which
'certain -diftrift on thy Mfliflipp' d
jacent'to the Y-mou River andcom
prifing the Walnut-Hijl Land -had
X$fen' raried into- a county called the
Cdbnty'hf Btwttn- and- ih tkme aft
likevrife imported this Itgal prtri'cge :
hat ” any citizen gr cnieeni of ihe
United States uthq woufd luve fanf
lied the proprietary the'
Country ('he Chaftawi)4nwHnm the
light of foil had been - inverted hit
that righror faliiyoiitiined iheir
' full fanftion to feultf therein and 10
colonize‘(hefame--theji and In
fucK' cafC tie or they Oioitid he tnti
(ltd in mifUu' of fuhft (o oh'sin
g Sta e Patent fdr th$ faid land?' at
a-moderato price thecin jiipuistui
and mentioned - i -
M November Eighty fit and un-
- der coee'rtuie of (hi aft 1 cerrajn
Cfpt Jolvn Wood whuwa exceed
'V ii'glin favorjwiih (fiar hotd of Irda i
vf them obtained in full cttbncil of
1 'he sa'icn for himiUfhi heii nd
V lengthy detail for the prolixity of ' John Holder wa then in Cbarlefton suing ernent of tenu in Mr Sria'g'i
little AdveitifameVi jt woud appear
4hUi eXt1 tided mfc jh rih( of d f
poling even of my iwn part'of thO
pu'chtfe r' ConSdgrine rhi thiigen
tlcmin has been ike fit It who tiaft
hagirded his 'literary
gia he deemed ft advfahlc to confo-
damage thit company I yet iepifentjijae hi in'e-tiind in rhisviewj — opulence Influence br inidleftuaf
anf mifguide the public opinion ': In called forward to hi aid Major Wil- ' abilities— forhat the whole Board
anfwer to that paragraph of conltruc Ham Clay Snipes Gen Ifaac HuKer or Company of pihiipal p tipi Lion
and Col Alexander' Moiilrfie (thd then confirtedof twenty Mtmher
piefcni diieftor-of the company jnd norra Ik 10 eicCcd h - nutnbei s
-Attoiritfy-General rf the StYie of and thefe aftualiy form what is now
Sduih Carolina) a hi fi-‘l partner called under e Law'of he Georgia
01 affociaies in the bu(ineia Thu
wete foiriwJ the pituiaiy ludimcntf
of the company
‘ In Eighty nint (and an'eredent to
aby'folici'a'ion for the Siaie a Patent)
it wat lefolveJ on bv hefe four getw
Tleraen id take poOeiCon of the foil
a!5r forever a deed of GrM for
the territory or tuft afcriefiidf a
deed Ju'v etecu'ed and aferWaidg
recognized hy the State of Georgia
'Toward 'he c'ofe of Eighty-right
bribe commence mewof Eight Sint
the fa'd Cait liViioilicrne lo Charlcf
ton Sojch Carolina andthiie fold t
full nuiery of hji igjiLi ft-Ai ajor — frigibly
TBortia ' Waflirngtoir then of that
Woodt'srd-r-tn City— -and on the faid
to Kentucky-difpofed nf ihe te
nd di--drift ue to Capt John Cape of that
Soon at Or (hit Walhingioo
ez'inauiAtfd CareVieht by pimMi'e
and thm becanle - foie ptupripor of
the Indian claim f
Thine tiavirigrprngefrdrto this
advanced condition and Maior IVafti
ingMtS puiponing as fpeedily a nay
bd to avail h-nifelr of the right ad
pi-nidcrcd roh’m hv that fiourbinciwU
ly ofr-b'ain-in AS and hi Indian deed
a Patent from the Sae of Gcdr-
under fanftion of the Indian Gnt Grant) the DiteftotV Watnrr ao-
apd 10 have a qu'aniiiv of good! con- tually in mv poflrfDon had beenceo-
veyed there by (he Sift opportunity ' ded to me for the fame by which
foe tha purpoie-of ‘ cuncil'ating the it U declared i That my prcfoitun
indiim dill more and'to lacilirate of ihe Company1 teritorjr' it frtt of
the progrCfsof the reitlemrht Col intumhranet1 Prom -th'e diftoied
On hii roiffion s
Thd fTouftt of-M'Ciend and CO
mercftain of ibe rity cf Charlef
non : hd -fuppiied ihofe good on
Kondtjnintjy 0rd4hv the afnrefaid
four slVociaie— r hvM a jot 1 Wafliing-
too and Shn-e ai tfltnfbit prjncipal'—
and by col - Mouitneand gen JIu
ges a fureiler f’ut the whole foln
' we principals in (aft— - all being
'equally concerned — a nd all beirg d
quillv rcrp&nfl t’e'or the ohliga'oij
lrftiuin4nt I-yvaf1 on the fror wheh
‘ihii iii-to--and a(fcia'itn hd hcen entered
al hough col floldfer had
-been enrrufted-wi'h (He good hy
Mtff WaOiington and Sniper a he
: tStnfiblt proprfe'O's yer MrT
'Moui'rie' and Hueer wee equally
’ inrertfted in h m : And on my ap
ivoloimeiit o the General Agency'
(after' the Sis'e of Georgia had fo'4
ihtnnihejardsaf'er the company
aJ ‘lteen du’v oigsnized and n
acct-lH-in "of -futeii 'trefphfet fuper
aidcu :o Lc ucgibal ’ fobr out
add a 4uaniy of fi!ith good tr
thole (hen to Jbe given him Of
ihefe four gentlemen he obtained
good amounting to lmhft two thou-
find potindrfleiTufc— ‘-f ‘ dcpaiud ry tjjiani t tfiftlon his purpofe wa'
Soon after thetrinfmiflion of ihr-6
good hy col Holder and p h
rtcemW of the fanw( year (1789 J
the legifla ure of Georgia Was con-
- vened before which body the (ta
inted ahd dipiudianc clima of MclT
Waihington SnlpCs Moultrie and
Huger for a State Patent' vu in
'have been agifa'cd and deter mined
bn To retider the ' purcha a moire
left oneroi'l to ihefe four' and the
better to feeiite their iniercft frr
Obtaining that Parent-- they ' then
took in and afterwards fatally ad-
- fnitted fiateen other gentlemen- ie
fnkab1e aa W thought for their
I
- V
ihefe four gentlemen had ftinten
quhed iheir ’ le viral t rfghfa iii fbg
good to the company in comnWn'
anJ the 'coraiianv Irf'gnmfhoa'airum
ed and equally divided thefu nghr
me coOimiiBon and the di
reftor’a'inilruftiona to' aiid cunef
pondence with ay will prove e-
State the Stalk Cattlina 7t fna
auy - Intoihir body ' X 'have had
the honor of being kd mined a Mem
ber and had accordingly enrolled my
nme- fuch on thehduki of that
Adociation WhetCuponT' (having
gift paid for my dividend of tbw
fame and hi
reputation too' With the' public at
writtr -‘ againft - me confiJcrin
like Wfe that by hlk or hit ntetjjn
— - AIm xd A I Jka Lia
or at leaft Teemed to he- to hvrf
aimed at Lactaie concifenefa and Du
4a&ic elegance- -r confidence more
ovet that as hi had txptritntrd 1
could gift he might well know 1
could fill my own land: he furelf
ought 10 at'tmper h' ftyle- - and
to commit his iancuag to the Pitfi
with more guaidedncfk and piccifioftt
The fact is that never io my life
have 1 ter faid a Rood of lard lor
inyTelfrSt Tor any other pferfon
Towards the ciofd' tf this fefliora
the l-egifia'iive ac of Talc tn Mcll
Moultrie Huger Snq Wjftinnon
and Comranyw'v Y pffd almnifi
unan mou(lv by both lloufet whed
the gen'lemen tpfiitly mentioned
si ahovb—-trgC'her with Mr tarn
panyinitfe gioft we'C recognized by
IjsW and their Indian G'bnt folcino
iy acknowledged auihenu'cS'ed and
ratified under auihqii'y of the ati'e-t
cedent Bourbon Couwy 'Ac which
had'ftaiu edlyHiUiCUcd and OitgiDA
ted it c
t