The Kentucke gazette (Lexington [Ky.]), 1788-08-16 00:00:00

K E N T U C K E G A Z E T T E,
S A T U R D A Y, AUGUST 16, 1788.
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.
THE subscriber proposes laying off a Town at some convenient place on slate creek with large streets, and will allow public ground, sufficient for Court-house, Meeting house and Schoolhouse; the lots to consist of half an acre in lot and five and a half acres out lot; each settler who shall settle in said Town on or before the first day of July 1789, shall be entitled to one in and out lot gratis, for which I will make him clear titled in fee simple I will also sell to the amount of 20,000 acres of land on the waters of said creek, on the following terms viz. £30 pr hundred and the payments to be, one fourth part in cash in the course of two years from the first day of September next, four hundred pounds thereof, to be paid the first day of July 1789, in the following manner, two hundred pounds in cash and the other two hundred pounds in two parts of good mil-stones, and the balance in callings and bar iron; the remainder of the fourth part of the whole amount to be paid on or before the first day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, in cash, and the other three fourth parts, to be paid on or before the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety two, in property to be valued by two indifferent persons the purchasers to choose one and the subscriber the other.
The advantages of a Town with a public road through it to the Eastern states, and Navigable waters from it to the Ohio, must be obvious to every person.
Those who wish to become settlers will please to meet me at Strodes Station on Monday the eighteenth inst. where I will attend with surveyor chain carriers &c. in order to proceed to the laying off said Town.
As soon as a crop of corn is raised on said land, I will erect a Grist mill, and farther intend, as soon as possible, to erect iron works and shitting mill on the waters of slate creek, contiguous said Town.
July 1, 1788.
JACOB MYERS.
I hereby forewarn all persons from taking an assignment on a bond passed from me to Joseph Brackford, in the year 1776, for the sum of £45, as he hath failed complying with his engagements to me, for which he obtained said bond. August 5, 1788. ROBERT M'KAY.
Notice is hereby given, that on the first Monday in September next, will be drawn the name of the lots, of the town of Boonesborough, and that deeds will be made at that time for the same; also for the lots already drawn. All those owning lots in said town are hereby requested to attend, as they may expect the time allowed for building thereon will commence from that date.
By order of the Board, WILLIAM OREAR C. It will be necessary for those who intend to take out deeds to come provided, as there will be a small expense on each deed for surveying &c. May 19 1788.
EDWARD WEST
Respectfully informs the public that he has opened a shop in the Town of Lexington, on high street and carries on the clock and watch making business in its different branches, all those who shall think proper to oblige him with their custom may depend on being faithfully served, and their business completed in the best manner and on the shortest notice; he has just received a quantity of excellent watch crystals.
NOTICE is hereby given to those whom it may concern, that there are several judgments in the county Court of Lincoln obtained for Benjamin Logan and James Harrod as commissioners for the sale of Indian plunder in the year one thousand seven and eighty, upon which no execution have yet issued, to wit,
   Names. Sum. £ C. S.     Ebenezer Miller, Exor Clough Overton dec £7-0-0 65 lb of tob.   Parmenas Briscoe, 1-14-3 80 7/6   Squire Boone, 5-0-0 65 7/6   Abraham Thomas and John Dougherty, 2-12-0 65 7/6   James Gilmore and John Dougherty, 5-8-6 80 7/6   Nehemiah Poor and John Bowles 2-2-10 80 7/6   Hugh Conchran, 1-17-0 65 7/6   John Deveniah and Michael Hamble, 2-2-10 65 7/6   John W Providence and James Harrod, 3-6-3 65 7/6  
The subscriber being appointed by col. Benjamin Logan Agent for settling this business, will attend at Danville the first week of the ensuing September supreme Court, when he hopes those who are interested, will come prepared to settle the demands of the said commissioners against them, those who fail here in may expect to have the Judgment against them, put in execution immediately. I. HITE.
The Printer hereof, once more earnestly requests all those indebted to him to make payment before the 20th inst. as it will enable him to furnish the necessary supplies for the ensuing year &c. Those therefore that have paid no part of their subscriptions, and who do not comply with this request, he will deem any farther information of this kind useless. As the first year will expire on the 23d inst. He gives this farther notice, that every person shall be entitled to this paper the ensuing year, who shall pay down Nine Shillings. He hath therefore no doubt, that not only all those who have favoured him with their custom the present year, will continue their subscriptions, but that the number of subscribers will greatly encrease, at so moderate a price.
RAWLEIGH CHINN
Respectfully informs the public, that he has opened private entertainment for man and horse on the road leading from Lexington to Bourbon Court house, those Gentlemen who will favor him with their custom may depend on having every attention paid them.
Whereas the General Assembly have directed, that fifty acres of land lying on the Kenucke river, near Harrods landing, in the county of Mercer the Property of Mr Walter Beall, should be vested in trustees, and established a town by the name of Warwick. The trustees of the said town, will therefore meet on the land, on wednesday the first day of October next, in order to lay off the lots and streets according to law, and on the Saturday following, they purpse to sell the lots to the highest bidders, on six months credit, the purchasers giving bond with approved security. The public may be assured that the situation of this town is healthy, abounds with excellent springs, and convenient roads may be had on either side the river.
FOUR DOLLARS
REWARD
Broke out of Bairds town jail the 7th inst. a negroe fellow named Isaac, he is small and pale coloured, hook nosed has lost the toes off one of his feet, is very talkative plausible, and insinuating: he was lately the property of col. John Campbell of Jefferson county, and formerly belonged to capt. H. Pawling of Lincoln, who sold him to lawyer Brown of this place, he is well acquainted in the neighbourhood; Whoever apprehends and secures him to that the subscriber gets him, shall receive the above reward. THO. BARBEE.
Danville, July 30 1788.
4952
THE subscriber proposes to establish a settlement within three miles of the upper Blue ticks on the following terms, viz. one half acre lot in Town, and one five acre lot adjacent, given in fee simple gratis, to each settler, with the privilege of purchasing one hundred acres on the same tract, at £30 pr hundred, payable in cattle, sheep, and good horses or mares; one half to be paid at the time of settling, and two years credit for the balance, on the purchasers giving the land in security for the payment, the titles to be made to the lots, when the settlers obligate themselves to settle, on or before christmas next, and to maintain the settlement four years by themselves, or representatives. There will be more land adjacent, for sale provided terms can be agreed on. It is unnecessary to say any thing respecting the advantages which this place will derive from its local situation, and richness of soil, as those who wish to settle will no doubt, view it before they agree; there is a certainty of salt being made the ensuing fall at the ticks, as there are several companies determined to work them!
Those who wish to settle will make application to me soon, in Lexington and some time in October will be fixed on for meeting on the land to view it. Lexington, July 24. 1788. if DAVID LEITCH
I hereby forewarn all persons from taking an assignment of a Bond, given by me to John Hughes, of Lexington, for the sum of £60. dated the twelfth day of May 1788, as the said John Hughes has obtained the aforesaid Bond by unlawful means. JOHN SMITH. Lexington, August 1. 1788.

Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, continued from our last.
12th That the exclusive power of legislation given to congress over the Federal Town and its adjacent district, and other places, purchased or to be purchased by Congress or any of the states, shall extend only to such regulations as respect the police and good government thereof.
13th That no person shall be capable of being President of the United States for more than eight years in any term of sixteen years.
14th That the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such Courts of Admiralty as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish in any of the different states: The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under treaties made, or which shall be made under the authority of the United States; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other foreign ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States, and between parties claiming lands under the grants of different States. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other foreign ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party the supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction; in all other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, as to matters of law only: except in cases of equity, and of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, in which the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make: But the judicial power of the United States shall extend to no case where the cause of action shall have originated before the ratification of this Constitution: except in disputes between States about their territory; disputes between persons claiming lands under the grants of different States, and suits for debts due to the United States.
15th That in criminal prosecutions, no man shall be restrained in the exercise of the usual and accustomed right of challenging or excepting to the jur.
16th That Congress shall not alter, modify, or interfere in the times, places, or manner of holding election for Senators and Representatives or either of them, except when the legislature of any state shall neglect, refuse, or be divided by invasion or rebellion to prescribe the same.
17th That those clauses which declare that Congress shall not exercise certain powers, be not interpreted in any manner whatsoever, to extend the powers of Congress, but that they be construed as embracing only such exceptions to the reserved powers where this shall be the case, or otherwise, as intended merely for greater caution.
18th That the laws ascertaining the compensation of Senators and representatives for their services, be postponed in their operation, until after the election of representatives immediately succeeding the passing thereof; that excepted which shall first be passed on the subject.
19th That some tribunal other than the Senate be provided for trying impeachments of Senators.
20th That the salary of a judge shall not be increased or diminished during his continuance in office otherwise than by general regulations of salary, which may take place on a revision of the subject at stated periods of not less than seven years, to commence from the time such salaries shall be first ascertained by Congress.
AND the Convention do, in the name and behalf of the people of the Commonwealth, enjoin it upon their representatives in Congress to exert all their influence and use all reasonable and legal methods to obtain a RATIFICATION of the foregoing alterations and provisions in the manner provided by the fifth article of the said Constitution; and in all Congressional laws to be passed in the mean time, to conform to the spirit of these amendments as far as the said Constitution will admit.
And so much of the said amendments as contained in the first twenty articles, constituting the Bill of Rights, being again read;
Resolved, That this Convention doth concur therein.
The other amendments to the said proposed Constitution, contained in twenty one articles, being then again read, a motion was made, and the question being put, to amend the same by striking out the third article, containing these words
"When Congress shall lay direct taxes or excises, they shall immediately inform the executive power of each state, of the quota of such state according to the census herein directed, which is proposed to be the ratio thereof; and if the legislature of any state shall pass a law which shall be effectual for raising such quota at the time required by Congress, the taxes and excises laid by Congress shall not be collected in such state."
It passed in the negative. Ayes 65. Noes 25.
And then, the main question being put that this Convention doth concur with the Committee in the said amendments?
It was resolved in the affirmative.
On motion, Ordered That the foregoing amendments be fairly engrossed upon parchment, signed by the president of this Convention, and by him transmitted together with the ratification of the Federal Constitution, to the United States in Congress assembled.
Extract from the Journal. JOHN BECKLEY SECRETARY to the CONVENTION
EXTRACTS from the Journals of a CONVENTION held at Danville the Twenty eighth day of July, 1788.
RESOLVED, WHEREAS it appears to the members of this Convention, that the United States in Congress Assembled, have for the present declined to ratify the compact entered into between the legislature of Virginia and the people of this District respecting the cession of the District into an independent body, in consequence of which the powers vested in his convention are dissolved, and what ever order or resolution they pass cannot be considered as having any legal force or obligation; but being anxious for the safety and prosperity of ourselves and our constituents, do earnestly recommend to the good people inhabiting the several counties within the District, each to elect five Representatives on the first Monday of October next, to meet at Danville on the first Monday in November following, to continue in Office until the first day of January 1790, and that they delegate to their said Representatives, full powers to take such measures for obtaining admission of the District as a separate and independent member of the United States of America, and the navigation of the River Mississippi, as may appear most conducive to those important purposes; and also to form a Constitution of Government for the District, and organize the same when they shall judge it necessary, or to do and accomplish whatever on a consideration of the State of the District may in their opinion promote its interests.
RESOLVED that the elections directed by the preceding resolution be held at the Courthouse of each County, and continued from day to day for five days including the first day.
RESOLVED that the sheriffs within the respective counties of this District be requested to hold the said elections and make return thereof to the Clerk of the Supreme Court immediately after the same are finished, and also deliver to each Representative elected a Certificate of his election, and in case there should be no sheriff in either of the said counties or he should refuse to act, that any two acting Magistrates then present may superintend and conduct the said elections and make returns and grant Certificates in the same manner the sheriffs are requested to do.
RESOLVED that every free male inhabitant of each county within the said District has a right to vote at the said elections within their respective counties.
RESOLVED that a majority of the members so elected be a QUORUM to proceed to business.
RESOLVED that if the said Convention should not make a house on the said first Monday in November, any three or more members then assembled may adjourn from day to day for five days next ensuing, and if a Convention should not then be formed at the end of the fifth day, that they may then adjourn to any day they think proper not exceeding one month.
RESOLVED, that the sheriffs of each county, or the said magistrates, as the case may be, read, or cause to be read the aforesaid resolutions on each day immediately preceding the opening the said elections.
ORDERED that the President do request the Printer of the Kentucky Gazette to publish the proceedings and resolves of Congress by him laid before this Convention, also such of the proceedings of this Convention as the President shall think proper, and in particular that the Printer continue to publish weekly until the first of October next the recommendation for electing another Convention and the several resolutions relative thereto.
A true copy. THOMAS TODD C. C. A GRIST AND SAW MILL, Three miles from Danville on Harrods run to be let on shares, to a person that understands that business, for terms apply to the subscriber on the place. JOHN CALDWELL. August 11, 1788. 3/33
LEXINGTON August 16
ABOUT the 7th Inst two Indians and a white man, who had been prisoner with them about 12 years came in on the waters of Licking to steal horses, the white man made his escape from them, and informed the inhabitants thereof, and on Sunday last Major Hinton with the prisoner and seven or eight others, set out in pursuit of them the prisoner conducted them to their hunting camp, and in a short time after their arrival at that place, the two Indians appeared, both of which were killed, and all their skins and other plunder taken.
A SONG
WHAT means that tender sigh my dear, Why ment drops that Chrysal tear, Why jealous tears disturb thy breath, Where love and peace delight to rest Where love, &c,
II What tho' thy jocky has been seen, With Nanny sporting on the green, I was but an annual trick to prove, The matchless force of jenny's love. The matchless force, &c.
III 'Tis true a nosy gay I address'd, To grace the witty Daphney's breast, but I was at her desire to try, If Damon can a jealous eye. If Damon can, &c.
IV These flow'rs will fade by morning dawn, Neglected scattered o'er the lawn, But in thy fragrant bosom lies, A sweet perfume that never dies. A sweet perfume, &c.
Nelson county, Long-lick creek, August 9, 1788.
The subscriber has for sale, his
SALT-WORKS,
With two hundred acres of second rate well timbered land; twelve acres cleared, and a good cabin. 51 1 BENJAMIN FRYE.
FOUR DOLLARS
REWARD
STRAYED away from the subscriber living on Hinstons fork of Licking, near Bourbon Court-house about the middle of April last. A bay mare about thirteen hands and an inch high, nine years old with foal, a small bit cut off her left ear, dockt but not branded, had on a small bell-tied with a bit of rope, also a chesnut forrel yearling mare colt with a blaze face neither dockt nor branded, whoever takes up said creatures and delivers them to the subscriber shall receive the following reward. THOMAS MECHEN. August 13. 51 52
STRAYED away from the subscriber living at Blacks station on the south fork of Clear creek, a chesnut sorrel mare, four years old, thirteen hands and a half high, neither dockt nor branded, both her hind feet white, some saddle spots and had on a small bell; Whoever takes up said mare, and delivers her to the subscriber, shall receive Ten shillings, and all reasonable charges paid by ALEXANDER RAMSY. 51