The Kentucke gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1787-08-25 00:00:00, page 1

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Tut PRINTER or tub KFN'i UC
‘ -KB GAZETTE to tbi PUBLIC
' j FTFR having expended much In
i procuring the materials and convcy-
fjithomJrom Philadelphia have ven
tured to open a Printin' Office in the
Townof Lexington inthe Didrift of Ken-
tucke- Notwithftanding thefe expenses
'and th at of procuring farther Tupplica of
paper for my bufinqfs and of fupporting
necellary handaI Oidll content myfclf at
prefent with die profpoft of final! gains I
-confider this country as being yet in en
infant ftatcharraPed by the mod ravage
i encmiesh aving no profitable trade and
being drained of money by its prefent in
tercourfe with the Eadern parts of A me
ifc BbvsrertMi exertion made by a
great number of Gentlemen in favour of
the prefs convinces me that a Spirit pre
vails among my countrymen fuperior to
their prefent circum dances lam fatisiied
that every pollible encouragement will
be -It given to my prefent undertaking
it impoflibie to recount all the ad
vantages that the public will recicve
" from the publication of a GAZETTE in
this Didrift Firdit will give a quick and
general information concerning the inten
tions and bchavionr of our neighbouring
enemies and put us upon our guard a
gaind their future violence Secondlyit
prill communicate a timely information of
the proceedings of our Lcgiflaturcand
prevent us from undergoing various evils
by being unacquainted with the laws of
' eur country fome of which have been in
- force fometime before they reached the
didrift Thirdiyit will call our attention
i tothetranfactionsof Congrefsand fliew
ii the policy which predominates in our
1 great AtncricanConfederacylt will teach
us when we are to prepaie for foreign
warj when we are to admire the fuc
cefsful Hero the gqne out Patriot and
I the wife Statcfui an or to treat with ab
I horence the betray or of his Country
' Fourthly it will carry our attentionto
I ' the ancient world an J gratify our curio-
fny with refpeft to didant nations who
r Boon Hi in the aru of arms or peace'1 it
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K ENT U C K fe G A Z E T T E
S A T U R D A V AUGUST as 7 I
' will lay open all the Republic of letters
to our view and furnish us with allnecef
firy indructions to avoid the danger or
fecurethe blcffings which may wait on
:our riling community Fifthly It will
afford us an ea(y method of underdand
' Ing one another and coming to a better a-'
- grcementin the execution otercrv de
fign which maybe neceTary for the com '
mon good It will bring the latent fparka
of Geniusto lights and give tne world a
'refpeftable opinion of the people who
have come fo many leagues ro cultivate a
deferred land When others fee what we '
-' have done and what we arc dill able to
do they will come and ftrengthen our
hands and be pleated to par&ke of our
future blcffings
Indeed if was upon a prom i ft of pa
trbnage from the Convention in 1785
that Induce! me fird to atrempt what I
have now accomplided I therefore reft"
fatisiied that all my Countrymen will be
fcnfibie of my claim to their notice as the
firjl adventurer in ahufinefs whcih has
- been chiefly indrumentalin bringing man
kind from adareof blindrcfs and (lavery
to their prefent advancement in know
ledge and freedom
JOHN BRADFORD
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VlXGTHIl TO WIT 3
bit Excellency Edmund Raholfh '
Efquire Governor if the Cmmonwealth -
A PROCLAMATION
' H E R E A S the defence of
the commonweahh is hv
the laws placed in the militia
’ thereof and no exertion for the
maintenance of difeipline ought "
to be omitted I do therefore
" by and ' with the"- advice of the
council of ftate exhort all officers
of the militia of whatfoever rank
‘punctually and ‘ faithfully to dif
charge their refpeCUvUXdutici
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And 1 co moreover declare that
every perfion failing here n (hall
be profecuted in tire meft excm-
plary manner allowed by law :
But from my confidence in the
patriotism and clraradtcr of the
offeers I moft (anguinely hope
that a re fort to the penalties of
the law will be unneceflary
Given under my hand mid the fiat
if the ccmmenw talth at Ritk
mend thfs twenty-fourth day -if
March me tkovfcmd feven hun
dred and eighty feven
EDMUND RANDOLPH
pjeWWJTflJrUiLlrqf a WJrUrurUlkjewaa
w j - Sa '
NFWBURY PORT April 18
- Lnft Saturday evening emu to this
town sMr Stewart formerly male of a
brig belonging to Savannah cap Clark
commander w In hforms that they reek
in acergo of tobacco at Alexandria in Vir
ginia in 1784 bound therewith intttfie
Mediterranean Soon after they had faff
ed Gibraltar they were fumunded by
three Algerine cerfalrt wbi tookfoffejfton
-flee ef their veffel and cargo j ft ripped theme-
mate and ftamcn of every article if
cloothmg and ejfe&t and gave them in
l-'eii thereof a frock and fair of tnwfeft
They were fern landed at Algiers ardia 1-
mediately were conduBed re the cefile and '
put te hard labour without dijlinltiim
and put upon a fitful allowance if only
half a pint of rice per doy--ne bread ncr -
wear unleft when they ere allowed te taka
inwards of creatures which were killed
After having remained fevtral months at
hard labour in the cefile they were
brought firth to a fublick Jale whfn their
purchafers bctdes etherwife treating ”'
them in the mift brutal manner flit ejen-'-y r
an ear if each ftianct the fame time cm-'f:i- ' 'f
tinning the flnke acroft the cbffki:'l
Being thus marked they were f tit
: hard the gillies and chained to tic ‘
where they remained until relieved by- ' -
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