The Kentucky gazette (Lexington [Ky.]), 1789-03-14 00:00:00

K E N T U C K Y G A Z E T T E
S A T U R D A Y, MARCH 14, 1789.
LEXINGTON: Printed by JOHN BRADFORD at his OFFICE in Main Street, where Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c. for this paper, are thankfully received, and PRINTING in its different branches done with Care and Expedition.
TO BE SOLD
A tract of land, situate in the county of Jefferson, on the waters of Fox Run, a branch of Brashear's Creek, containing one thousand acres. This title is a Military one and indisputable. Cash, Goods, or produce will be taken in payment. Enquire of the subscriber, in Danville during the Session of the General Court and afterwards at Lexington.
WILLIAM MURRAY Jun. March 2, 1789.
Who has also some lands, within five miles of Lexington to let on improvement.
NEW STORE
Just opposite the new Court-House.
The subscriber has just received a large and general Assortment of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES with a quantity of Nails of different sizes, of his own manufacturing; all which he is determined to sell on as moderate terms as possible, for Cash, Indian Corn, Tobacco, Butter, Tallow, and Hogs lard. JOHN DUNCAN.
Of whom may be had
A collection of Books, in Divinity, Law and Physic; several entertaining Histories; -- some English and Latin School Books; -- a variety of Books for the instruction and entertainment of Children; -- American Magazines and Museums of the latest dates; -- also Parchment, Deed, and Letter Paper, Sealing Wax, Wafers, also Anderson's Soots pills.
** Any of the above described Country Produce will be received at General Scott's, where a Receipt will be given that will qualify the bearer to receive Goods in Lexington.
Lexington, Dec. 25, 1788.
Strayed away from the subscriber about the Twentieth of September last, an Iron Gray mare, about thirteen hands and a half high, three years old, a natural trotter, her mane hangs to the right side. Likewise strayed, some time in December a small red roan horse, nine years old, about thirteen hands and a half high, low carriages, and a natural pacer; Whoever takes up said creatures and deliver them to me shall receive for the mare three dollars, and for the horse two, paid by ROBERT GODD. Feb. 23 1789. 2730
THE FOLLOWING
BLANKS
MAY BE HAD AT THIS OFFICE VIZ.
DEEDS, SUBPOENAS, REPLEVY and common BONDS, APPRENTICES INDENTURES, &c. &c. &c.
DON CARELESS.
A Beautiful bay, full five feet three inches high, stands this season at the subscribers stable within two miles of Lexington, on the road leading from Lexington to Gen. Scott's, and will cover mares at five dollars the season payable in Cows and calves, or at cattle, sheep, pork, wheat, corn, rye or oats at their cash price when delivered at the subscribers house, provided that any of the above mentioned articles shall be delivered by the first day of December next, otherwise nothing but cash will be received in payment; or four dollars in cash paid by the first day of August next; any gentleman putting four mares of his own property, may have them covered the season for twenty shillings each, if paid in cash by the first day of August next; good pasturage gratis, but will not be answerable for escapes or accidents. Don Careless was got by old Don Careless, imported by col. Taylor from England, his dam by the noted Tom Jones, his pedigree is equal to any Horse's in the District, but there need not an enumeration of words, as the horse will shew for himself.
FRANCIS KEEN, 2931
** It is hoped no person will bring a distempered mare, by which the horse can receive any injury.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform the public, that he intends carrying on the hating business in Hopewell, Bourbon county, in its various branches. He flatters himself that from his long experience in that branch, will enable him to give general satisfaction to all who are kind enough to favour him with their custom. HORATIO HALL.
Who will give the highest prices for Otter-skins, and all other kind of furr.
THE Officers and Soldiers of the Second Fayette Regiment are hereby notified that their Regimental Muster is to hold at Mr. Lewis Craig's Mill on Tuesday the 31st of this month -- They are to take notice that they must appear accoutred as the law directs and also that the Court of Enquiry will meet the second day of April next in Lexington at Marshall's Tavern and sit from day to day until the business is finished. R. PATTERSON Col. March, 5, 1789.
DON CARLOS
WILL cover this season, at General Charles Scott's at forty shillings, to be paid in the following articles viz. corn, beef, bacon, cows and calves, sheep, hogs, butter, or lard. Don Carlos is a beautiful bay fifteen hands high, of as good parts as any horse in the Universe. He was got by Dr. Hamilton's imported horse Figure, (who won four Kings Plates) out of the famous mare Primrose. Primrose was got by the imported Dove, out of Sella, Stella was got by Othello, out of Selima, Selima was imported, and got by the G dolphin Arabia. Primrose, Don Carlos's dam, won five purses, against the best and most capital horses on the Continent, and was to have been taken to England to run for the King's Plate of one thousand guineas, only prevented by the non export Resolves in one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. Don Carlos's colts are incomparable, being allowed, by all judges that have seen them to excel any ever seen on this Continent. The above will be proved to the satisfaction of any person desiring it.
DANIEL SCOTT.
March 1st. 1789. TWO DOLLARS REWARD.
Strayed from the plantation of Alexander M'Connell, near Lexington, the first of October last, a dark roan horse, about fourteen hands high, eleven years old, trots some, but paces naturally, branded with a stirrup-iron on each shoulder, had on a small bell: Any person that will deliver the said horse to Alexander M'Connell, or to Robert Edmiston near Bourbon court-house, shall receive the above reward.
ALLEN KILLOGH.
March, 9th 1789.
AN ACT prescribing the mode of Adverting ESTRAYS on the Western Waters.
[Passed the 6th of DECEMBER, 1788.]
SECTION I. BE it enacted, by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of February next, Estrays taken up in the District of Kentucky, shall be advertised in the Kentucky Gazette in the same manner as Estrays are directed to be advertised in the Virginia Gazette. SECT. II. PROVIDED ALWAYS, and be it further enacted, That if more than one Estray shall be described in an advertisement, the Clerks of the County Courts in the said District, and the printer thereof, shall not demand more than one shilling for every such additional Estray. SECT. III. ALL, persons shall have access to the Estray-book, without paying any fee therefor; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
An ACT concerning the IMPORTATION of SLAVES, into the District of Kentucky.
[Passed the 29th of DECEMBER 1788.]
SECT. I WHEREAS many persons who have removed from some other parts of the United States, into the district of Kentucky, and have become citizens of this Commonwealth, have failed within ten days after their removal into the same, to take the oath, or oaths, prescribed by two Acts of Assembly, the one, intitled "An act for preventing the further importation of slaves," the other, intitled "An act concerning slaves," to be taken on the importation of the same, although they might with great truth have taken such oaths; AND WHEREAS such failure hath been chiefly if not altogether, owing to the impracticability of complying with the said acts: BE it enacted by the General Assembly, that such persons as have already removed, or shall remove before the passing of this Act, from any part of the United States, into the District of Kentucky, may take the oaths aforesaid, on or before the first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, and the taking thereof shall be as effectual to award the pecuniary penalties of the said acts, as if it had been within ten days after the removal of such person.
SECT. II. ALL persons who shall remove to the said District, from any part of the United States, after the passing of this act, may take the oath aforesaid within sixty days after such removal; an law to the contrary notwithstanding. PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS, that this act shall not be construed to affect the right of any slave or slaves, or of any person or persons, intitled to freedom: But as to all Persons who may take the said oaths, on or before the said first day of May, the operation of the said acts, as far as they relate to the freedom of any slave removed, or which before the passing of this act many be removed into the District of Kentucky, shall be, and is hereby, suspended for three years; And no suit, or suits, shall be instituted or proceeded on in any Court of this Commonwealth for the recovery of the freedom of any such slave before the expiration of the said term of three years. PROVIDED HOWEVER, that the suspension aforesaid, shall not be construed to extend to, or affect, the case of any slave or slaves, or of any person or persons, intitled to freedom, who have before the passing of this act instituted a suit or suits for the same, in any Court of this Commonwealth, nor to any such case in which an adjudication, or adjudications, shall have been had thereupon.
A certain Mr. Samuel has lately appeared in the District, with a pretended bond from one Rodham Kennor of Caroline County against me for twenty Pounds, which bond I do deny, nor do I owe said Kennor one farthing, as I have receipt against said Kennor for all dealings ever was between us--this is to forewarn all persons from trading for, or taking an assignment on said bond, as I will not pay any part of the same.
HENRY CRUTCHER. Feb. 12, 1789.

An ACT for further amending an act, An Extract from Shenstone's Essays.
intituled "An act for establishing a DISTRICT COURT on the western waters."
[Passed the 3d of December 1788.]
Sec. I. WHEREAS the Judges, and other officers of the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky, are subjected to many inconveniences, by being obliged to make personal applications to the Clerks of the several Courts of the District for the payment of the salaries accruing to them: For remedy thereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Governor, with the advice, of the Council, shall appoint and commission some person to be a receiver, who shall reside at or near the place of holding the said Court, and on entering into bond, payable to the Governor, or his successors, for the use of the Common wealth, and with sufficient security, to be approved of by the said Court, in the sum of five thousand pounds, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his trust, shall be vested with the joint power and authority which the public Auditor and Treasurer are now by law possessed of, for settling with the said Clerks and giving them receipts for all public monies for which they are accountable by law, and also the power of the Solicitor, to move the said Supreme Court for judgment and Execution against such of them as shall be delinquent.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said receiver shall, at every session of the said Court, render an account to the then sitting Judges, of all the monies he shall have received in consequence of his appointment; out of which he shall be intitled to a commission of four per centum for his trouble, and the balance he shall pay on demand to the Judges and other officers of the said Supreme Court, in discharge of the Salaries, or arrears of Salaries, and stipends, which may be due to them, or either of them, upon producing to him such Certificates thereof as are required by the act, intituled "An act for amending an act for establishing a District Court on the Western waters" taking receipts thereon as the Clerks in the said act are directed to take; which Certificates, with a copy of his accounts, after having been examined, and attested to be true, by the said Judges, he shall transmit at least, annually, to the Auditor of public accounts, and at the same time pay unto the public treasury the surplus of this fund, or be liable to prosecution therefor, in the same manner, and be subject to the same penalties, as delinquent Clerks of Courts are liable to. PROVIDED HOWEVER, if it shall at any time appear to the said Judges, that the fund in the hands of the said receiver, is inadequate to the purposes for which it is allotted, they shall direct the said receiver to make a dividend thereof to each claimant, proportionate to the amount of the Certificates they shall respectively produce to him; and the several balances that may then remain due to them, shall be certified by the said receiver, and countersigned by one of the said Judges, on which he holder shall be intitled to payment out of the funds provided for the discharge of the Salaries of the other civil Officers of the State.
Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said Judges are hereby authorized and impowered, to appoint a Jailor, and make him such allowance for his services as they shall think reasonable and also to make an allowance for the past services of the person who hath acted as Jailor to the said Court.
Sec. IV. So much of all and every act or acts of Assembly, as comes within the purview of this act, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
On POLITICS.
PERHAPS men of the most different sects and parties very frequently think the same; only vary in their phrase and language. At least, if one examines their first principles, which very often coincide, it were a point of prudence, as well as candour, to consider the rest as nothing more.
A courtier's dependent is a beggar's dog.
If national reflections are unjust, because there are good men in all nations are not national wars upon much the same footing?
A government is inexcusable for employing foolish ministers; because they may examine a man's head, though they cannot his heart.
I fancy, the proper means of encreasing the love to our native country, is to reside some time in a foreign one.
The love of popularity seems little else than the love of being beloved; and is only blameable when a person aims at the affections of a people by means in appearance honest, but in their end pernicious and destructive.
There ought, no doubt, to be heroes in society as well as butchers, and who knows but the necessity of butchers (inflammating and stimulating the passions with animal food) might at first occasion the necessity of heroes? Butchers I believe were prior.
The whole system of a courtly behaviour seems included in the power of making general favors appear particular ones.
A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happens to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately.
Indolence is a kind of centripetal force.
It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument in its favor? If one would be employed or amused through life, should we not make choice of a passion that will keep one long in play.
A sportsman of vivacity will make choice of that game which will prolong his diversion. A fox that will support the chase till night, is better game than a rabbit, that will not afford him half an hours entertainment.
The submission of Prince Hal to the civil magistrate that committed him, was more to his honor than all the conquests of Henry the Fifth in France.
The most animated social pleasure, that I can conceive, may be perhaps, felt by a general after a successful engagement, or in it; I mean by such commanders as have souls equal to their occupation. This however seems paradoxical and requires some explanation.
Resistance to the reigning powers is justifiable, upon a conviction that their government is inconsistent with the good of the subject; that our interposition tends to establish better measures; and this without a probability of occasioning evils that may over balance them. But these considerations must never be separated.
People are, perhaps, more vicious in towns, because they have fewer natural objects there to employ their attention...or admiration; likewise because one vicious character tends to encourage and keep another in countenance. However it be, excluding accidental circumstances, I believe the largest cities are the most vicious of all others.
Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle sized are alone entangled in it.
Though I have no sort of inclination to vindicate the late rebellion, yet I am led by candor to make some distinction between the immorality of its abettors, and the illegality of their offence. My lord Hardwick, in his condemnation speech, remarks, with great propriety, that the laws of all nations have adjudged rebellion to be the worst of crimes. And in regard to civil societies, I believe there are none but mad men will dispute it. But surely with regard to conscience, erroneous judgments and ill grounded
convictions may render it some peoples duty. Sin does not consist in a deviation from received opinion; it does not depend upon the understanding, but the will. Now, if it appears that a mans opinion has happened to misplace his duty; and his opinion has not been owing to any vicious desire of indulging his appetites. In short, if his own reason, liable to err, have biased his will; rather than his will any way contributed to bias and deprave his reason, he will, perhaps, appear guilty before none, beside an earthly tribunal.
A person's right to resist, depends upon a conviction, that the government is ill managed; that others have more claim to manage it, or will administer it better; that he, by his resistance, can introduce a change to its advantage, and this without any consequential evils that will bear proportion to the said advantage.
Whether this were not in appearance the case of Balmerino, I will not presume to say; how conceived, or from what delusion sprung. But, as I think, he was reputed an honest man, in other respects, one may guess his behaviour was rather owing to the misrepresentations of his reason, than to any depravity, perverseness, or disingenuity of his will.
On Distinctions, Orders and Dignities.
The subject turned upon the nature of societies, ranks, orders, and distinctions amongst men.
A gentleman of spirit, and of the popular faction, had been long declaiming against any kind of honors that tended to elevate a body of people into a distinct species from the rest of the nation. Particularly titles and blue ribbands were the object of his indignation. They were as he pretended too invidious an ostentation of superiority to be allowed in any nation that stiled itself free. Much was said upon the subject of appearance, so far as they were countenanced by law or custom. The bishop's lawn; the marshal's truncheon; the baron's robe; and the judge's peruke, were considered only as necessary substitutes, where genuine purity, real courage, native dignity, and suitable penetration, were wanting to complement the characters of those to whom they were assigned.
It was urged that policy had often effectually made it a point to dazzle in order to enslave; and instances were brought of groundless distinction borne about in the glare of day by certain persons, who being stripped of them would be less esteemed than the meanest plebeian.
He acknowledged, that kings, the fountains of all political honor, had hitherto shown no complaisance to that sex whose softer dispositions rendered them the more excusably fond of such peculiarities.
That in favor of the Ladies, he should esteem himself sufficiently happy in the honor of inventing one order, which would be stiled the most powerful order of beauties.
A SONG
To the tune of "how happy's the soldier who lives on his pay," &c.
HOW happy's the Lawyer who lives on his fees, Who spends what he gets, for he gets it with ease, He fears neither pistols, nor horse whips, nor swords, But gains all his points with the force of his words.
He cares not a maravedy how the world taunts, His client find cash, which supplies all his wants, He laughs at all sorrow---no pain it affords, But thunders away at the bar with his words.
The bar's his delight, and his pleasure always, It leads him to honor, and glory, and praise, No lady that hears him, but willing accords, To yield up her hand to the force of his words.
AIR, Alas! my Friend, the fleeting years, Of time's swift current glide away; Nor sighs can add nor constant prayers To our short Live's a single Day.
AIR, Then let's with joy, Our hours employ, In pleasure's most delighting, Not vainly wise Love's joys despite Whilst Youth is still inviting.
As Time flows by, let you and I Drown all our Care and Sorrow We'll laugh to Day, while yet we may, And think of Death to-morrow.
My friend & I to Day have rid Full thirty miles, to banish sorrow; And now alas! we must to bed To try to sleep until to-morrow.
THE GODOLPHIN
IS a beautiful bright bay, full fifteen hands high, with a figure that needs no commendation; will cover mares this season in Lexington, at two hundred pounds of merchantable Tobacco, or thirty shillings cash the season, or two dollars the single leap; to be paid on or before the first day of November next: It is needless to say any thing of the performances of this fine horse, only that he can beat any horse in the District the four mile heats---His pedigree is short---he came out of Col. Braxton's Kitty Fisher, and was got by the old Godolphin Arabian.
NICHOLAS LAFON. Lexington March 10, 1789.
Taken up by the subscriber, living one mile from Lexington, a dun coloured Cow, with some white spots, no mark or brand perceivable, has lately calved, potted and appraised to fifty shillings; The owner is desired to come and prove his property, pay charges and take them away. March 13th, 1788.
JAMES WALKER.
I Hereby give notice, that the law, establishing a Town at the mouth of Limestone, will probably be altered: And I do hereby forbid the Trustees, from acting under the former law, and further forewarn all persons from purchasing John May's land, under the Description of John May's and Simon Kenton's, as John May, and Simon Kenton have no such land, and of course, whatever is done under the former law, will be considered as null and void. JOHN MAY. Jan. 7th, 1789 (b 21 1f)
JUST OPENED
AND for Sale by John Rhea at his Store at Scott's Warehouse on the Kentucky, a very general Assortment of Dry Goods Hard Ware and groceries, for which cash, Tobacco, ginsang, Furs, viz. Beaver, Racoons, Foxes, Wild cats and Otter skins will be taken in payment.