The Kentucky gazette (Lexington [Ky.]), 1803-01-04 00:00:00

THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE.
[No. 851.]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1803.
LEXINGTON.—PRINTED BY DANIEL BRADFORD, (On Main Street)—PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAID IN ADVANCE.
[Vol. XVI.]
FOR SALE
For Cash, or on Credit, 2000 Acres of LAND,
Situate, lying and being in the county of Bourbon, in the forks of Brush creek and Hinkson, near Millersburg, entered on a military warrant early in 1780, surveyed and patented in the name of Joseph Chew, and by said Chew, conveyed in trust to Robert and John Watts, of the city of New-York. The good quality and convenient situation of this tract of land is so generally known, that a particular description would be unnecessary, as it is presumable those inclined to purchase will examine it. It will be divided if required.
The subscriber will sell it at private sale, and if not disposed of sooner, it will be offered publicly at the Paris District court in March next, where the title papers by application may be seen, and due attendance will be given by
H. TAYLOR, Attorney for Robt. & John Watts.
30th Oct. 1802.
ROBBERY OF THE MAIL.
200 DOLLARS REWARD.
WHEREAS a robbery has been committed on the mail, on its passage from Frankfort, in the state of Kentucky, towards Nashville, in the state of Tennessee, and a reward of 100 dollars offered by the Postmaster at Frankfort, in behalf of the Postmaster General, for the apprehension and conviction of the villain who perpetrated it. Now be it known that by virtue of the power vested in the Postmaster General by an act of the Congress of the United States, I do hereby confirm and ratify the act of the Postmaster at Frankfort, and do offer an additional reward of 100 dollars for the recovery of the mail at the same time that the apprehended and convicted of the crime, or 100 dollars for the recovery of the mail alone.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Washington City, November 16 1802.
STATE OF KENTUCKY.
Mason County ss.
October term 1802.
Samuel Smith, complainant,
Against
William Wood, Simon Kenton and } Defendants. Others,
IN CHANCERY.
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant Simon Kenton, is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth, and he having failed to appear and file his answer, agreeable to law and the rules of this court, on motion of the complainant by his attorney, it is ordered, that unless the said defendant shall appear here on the first day of the next April term, in person, or by some attorney of said court, and file his answer to the complainant's bill, the same shall be taken as confessed; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be advertised for two months successively in some public authorised paper, and that another be posted at the door of the court-house in the town of Washington, and a third posted at the door of the Baptist meeting-house in said town, for Sunday immediately after divine service.
A copy. Teste
Tho. Marshall Jun. C.M.C.
TWELVE MONTHS CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN.
TO BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder, at the house of Joseph TILFORD, dec. in Lexington, a lot of Horses, Cattle, Household and Kitchen Furniture.—Also, a Negro Woman to be hired for one year. Cash will be expected of those who do not purchase to the amount of thirty shillings.—The sale to begin at 11 o'clock on Wednesday the 5th of January, if the weather will permit, if not, on the next fair day. Bond with approved security will be required.
JESSE LAMME, Administrator.
December 20th, 1802. 3w
SADDLE FOUND.
FOUND on the Georgetown road, a few mornings since, a half worn
SADDLE.
The owner may have it by applying to the subscriber and paying charges.
WM. ALLEN.
Dec. 31st, 1802.
LEXINGTON DISTRICT COURT,
September Term, 1802.
William Gift, John Kay, executors, and Margaret Gatewood, executrix of Andrew Gatewood deceased,
Against
Richard Taylor, executor, & Sarah Beard, William Beard, Joseph Beard, Robert I. Beard, and Charles Megowan heirs & devisees of John Campbell deceased, & James Sullivan & Alexander Robinson,
Def'ts.
IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant Robert I. Beard, having failed to enter his appearance herein agreeably to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth, on the motion of the complainants by their counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the third day of the next March term, and answer the complainants' bill; that a copy of this order be inserted in the Kentucky Gazette or Herald according to law, another posted at the door of the court-house for Fayette county, and that this order be published at the door of the Presbyterian meeting-house in Lexington, on some Sunday immediately after divine service.
A copy. Teste, THOS. BODLEY, C.L.D.C.
STATE OF KENTUCKY.
Washington District Court ss.
September term, 1802.
John Wilkins, Complainant,
Against
John P. Duvall, & Alexander } Defendants. Scott,
IN CHANCERY.
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the order of publication heretofore made in this cause has not been duly published, and the defendant Alexander Scott, still appearing not to be an inhabitant of this commonwealth, and still failing to appear and answer the complainant's bill, on the motion of the complainant by his attorney, it is ordered, that he appear here on the third day of our next February term, and answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be published in the Kentucky Gazette, for two months successively, another posted at the door of the court-house in Mason county, and that this order be published at the door of the Baptist meeting-house in Washington, some Sunday immediately after divine service.
A copy. Teste
FRANCIS TAYLOR, CLK.
MILITARY LANDS.
FOR SALE,
1000 Acres of Military Land on Cumberland River, including the Big Eddie creek on both sides, and adjoining the tract on which the Seat of Justice for Livingston county is established, known by the name of Eddieville. Also, 1000 acres on Tradewater.
The above lands were entered, surveyed, and patented in the name of Whitehead Coleman, of the Virginia Continental Line, and are said to be of the first quality in that part of the country, both as to soil and situation—Reference may be had to the office of Col. Richard C. Anderson, who located and surveyed them.—For terms apply to the subscriber in Lexington.
JNO. M. BOGGS.
*** If the above lands are not sold before the 1st day of January 1803, they will be leased on certain terms—Apply as above.
PUBLIC NOTICE
IS hereby given, for no person or persons whatsoever, to bargain or contract with Henry Hampton, of Kanawha county, in Virginia, for a tract of Land in Fleming county, state of Kentucky—Nor for a Bond for a deed of conveyance for said land, which the said Hampton hath from John M'Coyle; for I do not intend ever to make a title to the said Land, unless the said Hampton, renders me satisfaction for the same. Given under my hand October the 8th, 1802.
JOHN M'COYLE.
3 BLANK DEEDS, For Sale at this Office.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOP THIEF.
SUPPOSED to have been stolen from the railing at doctor S. Brown's apothecary's shop, in Lexington, on the night of the 21st inst.
A SORREL HORSE,
Fourteen hands 2 1-2 inches high, 12 years old, trots and paces, shod before, has a small star in his forehead, his right hind foot white, no brand recollected, with a new saddle and a green saddle-cloth with yellow binding, plated stirrup-irons, also plated curb bridle-bit, one pair reins in it much worn. Also, at the same time and place, another
SORREL HORSE,
Fourteen hands 3 inches high, 4 years old, trots and paces, a star in his forehead, his legs lately trimmed, his tail has been nicked, half worn saddle, double reined bridle, plated bits, martingale with plated hooks; one buckle to the collar.
The above reward will be paid for the two horses and the saddles, or TEN DOLLARS for each of them and reasonable charges by
WM. ALLEN and THOS. CARR.
Lexington, Oct. 25th, 1802. tf
NOTICE.
THOSE indebted to DR. SAMUEL BROWN, for medical services, will please to call on me, in Lexington, and either pay off their accounts, or give due bills—Dr. Brown being determined to have a final settlement of all his accounts, hopes that those who do not find it convenient at present to make payment, will not hesitate to give their obligations,
THOS. C. DAVIS.
Dec. 7th, 1802.
NEW & CHEAP GOODS.
WILLIAM WEST,
Has just received in addition to his former assortment, the following MERCHANDISE,
Viz.
Fine Cloths and Cassimers, Coarse do. and Coatings, Elastic do. and Flannels, Scarlet Cardinals, Fulled Stockings and Gloves, Worsted and Cotton Stockings, Silk Shawls and Handkerchiefs, Fancy Swansdown, Velvets, Thicksets and Corduroys, Irish Linens and Callicoes, Umbrellas, Blistered Steel, Pennsylvania made Axes and Castings, Madder and Indigo, Coperas and Allum, Mace and Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Green and Bohea Tea, Pewter and Tin ware, Ladies' Elegant Muffs and Tippets, White and Coloured furr Trimmings, Lace and Edgings, Spelling Books, Slates, Paper and Ink Powder.
Which he will sell at the most reduced prices for Cash, or approved Country Produce.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE away or was stolen from the railing at Mr. Peter January's in this place on the night of the 26th inst.
A SORREL HORSE,
About fourteen hands high, well made, blaze face and rather flat, about four or five years old, trots and canters well, shod all round, short tail which he carries well, is remarkable spirited, no brand recollected, with a new handsome double skirted saddle, blue cloth with two rows of red trimming, leather surcingle and plated stirrup irons, also a plated curb bridle tolerably new reined with black leather and morocco brow band.
I will give five dollars reward to any person who will deliver the said HORSE, SADDLE and BRIDLE, to Mr. Robt. Bradley, or cap. John Pofflethwait of this place, or to Hubbard Taylor of Clarke county and reasonable charges paid.
JAMES TAYLOR.
Lexington, 28th Dec. 1802. 3w
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From the National Intelligencer.
THOMAS PAINE,
To the Citizens of the United States.
LETTER THE FOURTH.
AS congress is on the point of meeting, the public papers will necessarily be occupied with the debates of the ensuing session, and as in consequence of my long absence from America, my private affairs require my attendance (for it is necessary I do this or I could not preserve as I do my independence,) I shall close my address to the public with this letter.
I congratulate them on the success of the late elections, and that with the additional confidence, that while honest men are chosen and wise measures pursued, neither the treason of apostasy, masked under the name of federalism, of which I have spoken in my second letter, nor the intrigues of foreign emissaries, acting in concert with that mask, can prevail.
As to the licentiousness of the papers calling themselves federal, a name that apostasy has taken, it can hurt nobody but the party or the persons who support such papers. There is naturally a wholesome pride in the public mind that revolts at the open vulgarity. It feels itself dishonored even by hearing obscenity that cannot avoid. It can smile at wit, or be diverted with strokes of satirical humour, but it detests the blackguard. The same sense of propriety that governs in private companies governs in public life. If a man in company runs his wit upon another, it may draw a smile from some persons present, out as soon as he turns a blackguard in his language the company gives him up, and it is the same in public life. The event of the late elections shews this to be true; for in proportion as those papers have become more and more vulgar & abusive, the elections have gone more & more against the party they support or that supports them. Their predecessor Porcupine, had wit—these scribblers have none. But as soon as his blackguardism (for it is the proper name of it) outrun his wit, he was abandoned by every body but the English minister that protected him.
The Spanish proverb says, "there never was a cover large enough to hide itself;" and this proverb applies to the case of those papers and the shattered remnant of the faction that supports them. The falsehoods they fabricate, & the abuse they circulate, is a cover to hide something from being seen, but is not large enough to hide itself. It is as a tub thrown out to the whale to prevent its attacking and sinking the vessel. They want to draw the attention of the public from thinking about, or enquiring into the measures of the late administration, and the reason why so much public money was raised and expended; and so far as a lie to-day, and a new one to-morrow, will answer this purpose, it answers theirs.—It is nothing to them whether they be believed or not; for if the negative purpose be answered, the main point is answered to them.
He that picks your pocket always tries to make you look another way. "Look," says he, "at yon man 'tother side the street,—what a note he has got!—Lord, yonder is a chimney on fire!—Do you see yon man going along in the salamander great coat? That is the very man that stole one of Jupiter's satellites, and fold it to a countryman for a gold watch and it set his breeches on fire!" Now the man that has his hand in your pocket, does not care a farthing whether you believe what he says or not. All his aim, is to prevent your looking at him; and this is the case with the remnant of the federal faction. The leaders of it have imposed upon the country, and they want to turn the attention of it from the subjects.
In taking up any public matter, I have never made it a consideration, and never will, whether it be popular or unpopular—but whether it be right or wrong. The right will always become the popular if it has courage to shew itself, and the shortest way is always a straight line. I despise expedients, they are the gutter hole of politics, and the sink where reputation dies. In the present case, as in every other, I cannot be accused of using any; and I have no doubt but thousands will hereafter be ready to testify, as Governor Morris said to me, after having abused me pretty handsomely in congress, for the opposition I gave the fraudulent demand of Silas Deane of two thousand pounds sterling— "Well!—we are all duped, and I am among the rest."
Were the late administration to be called upon to give reasons for the expense it put the country to, it can give none.—The danger of an invasion was a bubble that served as a cover to raise taxes and armies to be expended on some other purpose. But if the state of America believed it true, the chasm with which they supported those at

paid those taxes, is an evidence of their patriotism; and if they supposed me their enemy, though in that supposition they did me injustice, it was not injustice in them. He that acts as he believes, though he may be wrong, is not conscious of wrong.
But though there was no danger, no thanks are due to the late administration for it. They fought to blow up a flame between the two countries; and so intent were they upon this, that they went out of their way to accomplish it. In a letter which the secretary of state Timothy Pickering, wrote to Mr. Skipwith, the American consul at Paris, he broke off from the official subject of his letter to thank God, in very exulting language, that the Russians had cut the French army to pieces. Mr. Skipwith, after showing me the letter, very prudently concealed it.
It was the injudicious and wicked acrimony of this letter, and some other like conduct of the then secretary of state, that occasioned me, in a letter to a friend, in the government, to say, that if there was any official business to be done in France, till a regular minister should be appointed, it could not be trusted to a more proper person than Mr. Skipwith.
"He is," said I, "an honest man, and will do business, and that with good manners to the government he is commissioned to act with. A faculty which that bear, Timothy Pickering wanted, and which the bear of that bear, John Adams, never possessed."
In another letter to the same friend in 1797, and which was put unsealed under cover to Colonel Burr, I expressed a satisfaction that Mr. Jefferson, since he was not president, had accepted the vice-presidency, "for," said I, "John Adams has such a talent for blundering and offending, it will be necessary to keep an eye over him." He is now sufficiently proved, that though I have not the spirit of prophecy, I have the gift of judging right. And all the world knows, for it cannot help knowing, that to judge rightly and to write clearly, and that upon all sorts of subjects; to be able to command thought, and, as it were, to play with it at pleasure, and be always master of one's temper in writing, is the faculty only of a serene mind, and the attribute of a happy and philosophical temperament. The scribblers, who know me not, and who fill their papers with paragraphs about me, besides their want of talents, drink too many flings & drams in a morning to have any chance with me. But poor fellows they must do something for the little pittance they get from their employers. This is my apology for them.
My anxiety to get back to America was great for many years. It is the country of my heart, and the place of my political and literary birth. It was the American revolution that made me an author, and forced into action the mind that had been dormant, and had no wish for public life, nor has it now. By the account I received, the appeared to me to be going wrong, and that some meditated treason against her liberties lurked at the bottom of her government. I heard that my friends were oppressed, & I longed to take my standing among them, and if other "times to try men's souls" were to arrive, that I might bear my share. But my efforts to return were ineffectual.
As soon as Mr. Monroe had made a good standing with the French government, for the conduct of his predecessor had made his reception as minister difficult, he wanted to send dispatches to his own government by a person to whom he could confide a verbal communication, and he fixed his choice on me. He then applied to the committee of Public Safety, for a passport; but as I had been voted again into the convention, it was only the convention that could give the passport; and as an application to them for that purpose would have made my going publicly known, I was obliged to sustain the disappointment, and Mr. Monroe to lose the opportunity.
When that gentleman left France to return to America, I was to have gone with him. It was fortunate I did not. The vessel he failed in was visited by a British frigate, that searched every part of it and down to the hold, for Thomas Paine. I then went, the same year, to embark at Havre. But several British frigates were cruising in sight of the port who knew I was there, and I had to return again to Paris. Seeing myself thus cut off from every opportunity that was in my power to command, I wrote to Mr. Jefferson, that, if the fate of the election should put him in the chair of the presidency, and he should have occasion to send a frigate to France he would give me an opportunity of returning by it, which he did; but I declined coming by the Maryland, the vessel that was offered me, and waited for the frigate that was to bring the new minister, Mr. Chancellor Livingston, to France; but that frigate was ordered round to the Mediterranean; and as at that time the war was over, and the British cruisers called in, I could come any way. I then agreed to come with commodore Barney in a vessel he had engaged. It was again fortunate I did not, for the vessel sunk at sea, and the people were preserved in the boat.
Had half the number of evils befallen me, that the number of dangers amount to thro' which I have been preferred, there are those who would ascribe it to the wrath of heaven; why then do they not ascribe my preservation to the protecting favor of heaven? Even in my worldly concerns I have been blessed. The property I left in America, and which I had about, not even to receive the interest, has been encreasing in the value of it more than eight hundred dollars every year for the fourteen years and more
that I have been absent from it. I am now, in my circumstances independent; and my economy makes me rich. As to my health it is perfectly good, and I leave the world to judge of the nature of my mind. I am in every instance, a living contradiction to the mortified federalists.
In my publications I follow the rule I began with in Common Sense , that is to consult nobody, nor let any body see what I write till it appears publicly. Were I to do otherwise, the case would be, that between the timidity of some, who are so afraid of doing wrong that they never do right, the puny judgment of others, and the despicable craft of preferring expedient to right , as if the world was a world of babies in leading strings, I should get forward with nothing. My path is a right line, as straight and clear to me as a ray of light. The boldness (if they will have it so) with which I speak on any subject is a compliment to the judgment of the reader. It is like saying to him, I treat you as a man and not as a child. With respect to any worldly object, as it is impossible to discover any in me, therefore what I do, and my manner of doing it, ought to be ascribed to a good motive.
In a great affair, where the happiness of man is at stake, I love to work for nothing; and so fully am I under the influence of this principle, that I should lose the spirit, the pleasure and the pride of it, were I conscious that I looked for reward; and with this declaration I take my leave for the present.
THOMAS PAINE.
Federal City, Lovell's Hotel,
December 3, 1802.
For the KENTUCKY GAZETTE.
The man who suffers, loudly may complain.
WE behold in Thomas Paine and those who abuse him, a struggle on the one side for the support of principles as extensive as the universe, and on the other for the destruction of an individual character.
Paine at the age of sixty-five, when his gray and venerable locks offer an honorable excuse to his country-men, for him to retire in peace, and quietly to enjoy his remaining days, is struggling to arouse in the minds of Americans, those principles which in the year 1776 animated their every nerve. But which since then, to the everlasting diminution of the American character, have in many worthy men, been either laid aside or forgotten; and in many bad men have been abused and trodden under foot.
Washington, the hero in the field, is gone! But Paine, the Nestor of the cabinet, still lives. He lives a witness to see these principles which he advocated through the medium of the press, and which Washington fought for, abused. He will after warning his countrymen of their danger, depart with the pleasing reflection of having done his duty.
But wherefore attack the man, rather than the principles he advances? If the principles are good why not adopt them? If they are bad why not shew their fallacy? It is no mean competition to enter the lists with Paine. Any man in the United States might plume himself in a victory obtained over him. Unable however to combat his principles of representative government, they content themselves with endeavoring to cast an impropriety on his character. But those principles will last. They will be the pride and boast of Americans when the name of Paine is registered among the dead! Children yet unborn will claim them as their birth right, as the most valuable legacy of their fallen fathers.
But are those men who seem to applaud Washington, and at the same time pour out a copious torrent of abuse on Paine, aware of what they are doing? If they love Washington, if they venerate his memory, I answer they are not. The praise of Washington is the praise of Paine; and the abuse of Paine is only a garb which covers a dagger that stabs the fair fame of Washington.
Paine was secretary for foreign affairs and he resigned. Congress in the year 1779 passed a vote of censure on part of his conduct. But Washington remained his friend. Paine has been abused in his private character; in his public, is charged with a breach of duty, & is called traitor! Did Washington then, countenance this traitor? Yes. He supported him against the calumny of the wicked, & was proud to style himself "the sincere friend of Paine." And in the year 1783 we are informed by Washington himself in what manner he regarded him. In a letter to Paine he says, "I have learned you are at Bordentown. If you will come to this place, and partake with me, I shall be exceedingly happy to see you at it." Here we find Paine the intimate friend and companion of Washington in private life. And in the same letter we are furnished with evidence of his opinion of Paine's public character. For he says to him, "your presence here may remind congress of your past services to this country. And if it is in my power to impress them, command my best exertions with freedom, as they will be rendered cheerfully, by one who entertains a lively sense of the importance of your works."
How he was received by congress at that time, those who composed the national council are best informed.
But the world are in possession of sufficient evidence on the subject, to inform them his reception was favorable. Congress then wiped off the stain which had in some measure, been thrown on his ministerial character, with a vote of applause accompanied with
three thousand dollars, merited by his past services.
The legislature of the state of Pennsylvania passed a similar vote with a donation of £500—and the states of New-York and New Jersey followed their example.
If Paine was this vile miscreant; this abuser of official confidence; this traitor to his country, as some modern calumniators have said he is; what sentence are Americans now ready to pronounce on those who squandered away the public's money, and lavished out applause on him who deserved banishment!—And what will they say of Washington who fostered this monster in private, and praised him in public? I ward off the sentence, and reply, Paine deserved their reward—He deserves their applause. Those public councils knew it.—Washington knew it!
SILAS.
WASHINGTON-CITY, Dec. 15.
THIS DAY
At 12 o'clock, the following MESSAGE was delivered to each House by Mr. LEWIS, Secretary to the President.
MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
WHEN we assemble together, fellow citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our just attentions are first drawn to those pleasing circumstances which mark the goodness of that Being from whose favor they flow, and the large measure of thankfulness we owe for his bounty. Another year has come around, and finds us still blessed with peace and friendship abroad, law, order and religion at home, good affection and harmony with our Indian neighbours, our burthens lightened; yet our income sufficient for the public wants, and the produce of the year great beyond example. These, fellow citizens, are the circumstances under which we meet; and we remark with special satisfaction those, which under the smiles of providence, result from the skill, industry and order of our citizens, managing their own affairs in their own way, and for their own use, unembarrassed by too much regulation, unoppressed by fiscal exactions.
On the restoration of peace in Europe, that portion of the carrying trade, which had fallen to our share during the war, was abridged by the returning competition of the belligerent powers. This was to be expected and was just. But, in addition, we find, in some parts of Europe, monopolizing discriminations, which, in the form of duties, tend effectually to prohibit the carrying thither our own produce in our own vessels. From existing amities and a spirit of justice, it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity. But should false calculations of interest defeat our hope, it rests with the legislature to decide whether they will meet inequalities abroad with countervailing inequalities at home, or provide for the evil in any other way.
It is with satisfaction I lay before you an act of the British parliament anticipating this subject, so far as to authorize a mutual abolition of the duties and countervailing duties, permitted under the treaty of 1794. It shews on their part a spirit of justice and friendly accommodation, which it is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. Whether this would produce a due equality in the navigation between the two countries, is a subject for your consideration.
Another circumstance which claims attention, as directly affecting the very source of our navigation, is the defect or the evasion of the law providing for the return of seamen, and particularly of those belonging to vessels sold abroad. Numbers of them, discharged in foreign ports, have been thrown on the hands of our consuls, who, to rescue them from the dangers into which their distresses might plunge them, and save them to their country, have found it necessary, in some cases to return them at the public charge.
The cession of the Spanish province of Louisiana to France, which took place in the course of the late war, will, if carried into effect, make a change in the aspect of our foreign relations, which will doubtless have just weight in any deliberations of the legislature connected with that subject.
There was reason, not long since, to apprehend that the warfare in which we were engaged with Tripoli, might be taken up by some other of the Barbary powers. A reinforcement, therefore, was immediately ordered to the vessels already there. Subsequent information however has removed these apprehensions for the present. To secure our commerce in that sea, with the smallest force competent, we have supposed it best to watch strictly the harbour of Tripoli. Still, however, the shallowness of their coast, and the want of smaller vessels on our part, has permitted some cruisers to escape unobserved;—and to one of these an American vessel unfortunately fell a prey. The captain, one American seaman, and two others of colour, remain prisoners with them; unless exchanged under an agreement formerly made with the Baflaw, to whom, on the faith of that, some of his captive subjects had been restored.
The convention with the state of Georgia has been ratified by their legislature, and a re-purchase from the Creeks has been consequently made, of a part of the Tallahatchee county. In this purchase has been also comprehended a part of the lands within the fork of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers. The par-
ticulars of the contract will be laid before congress so soon as they shall be in a state for communication.
In order to remove every ground of difference possible with our Indian neighbours, I have proceeded in the work of settling with them, and marking the boundaries between us. That with the Choctaw nation is fixed in one part, and will be through the whole within a short time. The country to which their title had been extinguished before the revolution is sufficient to receive a very respectable population, which congress will probably see the expediency of encouraging, so soon as the limits shall be declared. We are to view this position as an outpost of the United States, surrounded by foreign neighbours and distant from its support. And how far that monopoly, which prevents population, should here be guarded against, and actual habitation made a condition of the continuance of title, will be for your consideration. A prompt settlement too of all existing rights and claims within this territory, prevents itself as a preliminary operation.
In that part of the Indiana territory which includes Vincennes, the lines settled with the neighbouring tribes fix the extinction of their title at a breadth of 24 leagues from East to West, and about the same length parallel with and including the Wabash. They have also ceded a tract of four miles square, including the Salt Springs near the mouth of that river.
In the department of finance it is with pleasure I inform you, that the receipts of external duties, for the last twelve months, have exceeded those of any former year; and that the ratio of increase has been also greater than usual. This has enabled us to answer all the regular exigencies of government, to pay from the treasury, within one year, upwards of eight millions of dollars—principal and interest, of the public debt, exclusive of upwards of one million paid by the sale of bank stock, and making in the whole a reduction of nearly five millions and an half of principal, and to have now in the treasury four millions and an half of dollars, which are in a course of application to the further discharge of debt, and current demands. Experience too, so far, authorizes us to believe, if no extraordinary event supervenes, and the expenses, which will be actually incurred shall not be greater than were contemplated by congress at their last session, that we shall not be disappointed in the expectations then formed. But nevertheless, as the effect of peace on the amount of duties is not yet fully ascertained, it is the more necessary to practise every useful economy, and to incur no expense, which may be avoided without prejudice.
The collection of the internal taxes having been completed in some of the states, the officers employed in it are of course out of commission. In others they will be so shortly. But in a few, where the arrangements for the direct tax had been retarded, it will still be some time before the system is closed. It has not yet been thought necessary to employ the agent authorized by an act of the last session for transacting business in Europe relative to debts and loans. Nor have we used the power, confided by the same act, of prolonging the foreign debt by re-loans, and of redeeming instead thereof, an equal sum of the domestic debt. Should however, the difficulties of remittance on so large a scale, render it necessary at any time, the power shall be executed, and the money thus unemployed abroad shall, in conformity with that law, be faithfully applied here to an equivalent extinction of domestic debt. When effects so salutary result from the plans you have already sanctioned, when merely by avoiding false objects of expense, we are able, without a direct tax, without internal taxes, and without borrowing, to make large and effectual payments towards the discharge of our public debt, and the emancipation of our posterity from that mortal canker, it is an encouragement, fellow citizens, of the highest order, to proceed as we have begun in substituting economy for taxation, and in pursuing what is useful for a nation placed as we are, rather than what is practised by others under different circumstances. And whenever we are destined to meet events which shall call forth all the energies of our countrymen, we have the firmest reliance on those energies, and the comfort of leaving for calls like these, the extraordinary resources of loans and internal taxes. In the mean time, by payments of the principal of our debt, we are liberating annually, portions of the external taxes, and forming from them a growing fund, still further to lessen the necessity of recurring to extraordinary resources.
The usual account of receipts and expenditures for the last year, with an estimate of the expenses of the ensuing one, will be laid before you by the Secretary of the Treasury. No change being deemed necessary in our military establishment, an estimate of its expenses for the ensuing year, on its present footing, as also of the sums to be employed in fortifications, and other objects within that department, has been prepared by the Secretary at War, and will make a part of the general estimates which will be presented you.
Considering that our regular troops are employed for local purposes, and that the militia is our general reliance for great and sudden emergencies, you will doubtless think this institution worthy of a review, and give it those improvements of which you find it susceptible.
Estimates for the naval department, prepared by the Secretary of the Navy for another year, will in like manner be communicated.

THE Legislature having by act of Assembly, approved December 16th 1802, authorised the President and Directors of the KENTUCKY INSURANCE COMPANY, to encrease their Capital Stock to Fifty Thousand Dollars; by disposing of Shares at one hundred dollars each, in addition to those already subscribed, until the Shares amount to five hundred—
In pursuance of which, The President and Directors GIVE NOTICE,
That for the accomodation of the Citizens of this State in general, they have appointed the following persons to open Books, and to receive the first payment of such persons as will to become Subscribers, viz.
THOMAS TODD, at Frankfort. RICHARD STEELE, Louisville. JAMES BIRNEY, Danville. KELLY & BRENT, Bourbon. DANIEL VERTNER, Washington. DAVID ZEIGLER, Cincinnati. JOHN WILKINS, Pittsburgh.
Subscriptions will likewise be received in Lexington by the PRESIDENT & DIRECTORS—No one person can subscribe for more than 10 shares.
As it is presumed that the Institution will become advantageous not only to the subscribers and the commerce and trade of our state, but to the whole Western country; the books will be opened on the 24th instant, for fourteen days only, after which they are to be returned to the President and Directors in Lexington, who will then take measures to fill the subscription in other states; should there remain any shares undisposed of.
By order of the board. W. MORTON, President.
NEW PRINTING OFFICE, AND BOOK STORE.
JOSEPH CHARLESS,
INFORMS his Friends and the Public, that he has opened his PRINTING OFFICE AND BOOK STORE, between Mr. Bradford's Office and Mr. Marshall's Tavern.
IN A FEW DAYS
PROPOSALS
Will be issued for Printing by Subscription,
A NEWS-PAPER
TO BE CALLED
THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER;
Of a size nearly equal to the Philadelphia Papers at 12s. per annum. Lexington, January 11th, 1803.
LOST
Sometime in March 1802, supposed in Lexington, A BOND
ON Col. Charles Clay of Clarke county for £140. All persons are hereby forewarned from purchasing said Bond, and Col. Clay is also forewarned from paying said Bond to any person except myself.
ZEDEKIAH SOUTH.
Henry county, Jan. 11th, 1803. The above advertisement was handed for publication in August last, but accidentally omitted.
83w PRINTER. LIST OF LETTERS,
Remaining in the Danville Post Office, which, if not taken out within three months, will be returned to the General Post Office, as dead letters.
B—Major John Blanton, Danville. C—Hugh Caldwell, near Danville. D—John Denny, John Downey, 2; John Davis, 2; William Dougherty for Adam Millar Ky, six miles from Danville. F—Thomas Finley, near Danville, 2. H—Isaac Heylin, Danville. I—Samuel Johnston. M—Col. Robt. Middleton, near Danville, John McMullen or David Matthews, to the care Wm. M'Gummery. T—William Tume, Mercer county, 2. W—John Wilson, son to Jas. Wilson, near Danville, Maj. Andrew Wallace, William Wylie, Boon's creek.
Jos. HERTICK, P. M.
Danville, 1st January, 1803.
FRESH MEDICINE.
Just arrived from Philadelphia, at our shop, near the Stray-Pen, Lexington, and to be sold for Cash, Fine Linen, or Flax-Seed.
Also RED CLOVER SEED, FOR SALE.
ANDW. M'CALLA & Co.
FOR SALE,
One Hundred and Five Acres of LAND,
ON South Elkhorn, eight miles from Lexington, at the mouth of the Town Fork, with two convenient Dwelling Houses, Merchant, Saw and Hemp Mills lately repaired, a Barn, Stables, and other Useful Buildings—Apple and Peach Orchards, &c. The title indisputable. This valuable property will be sold at a low rate partly for cash, and partly for merchandise or lands in the lower counties of this state or the adjacent counties of Tennessee. If not sold before the 25th of March it will be rented.
JOHN CALHOON Sen. 8th January, 1803. 3*
I intend to rent the FARM,
ON which I live at this time, for this present year—it lies in 4 1-2 miles of Lexington, on the road leading from Lexington to Frankfort, there is supposed to be about 120 acres cleared land, a very large Peach Orchard, & Apple Orchard, 30 or 40 acres of good meadow—the plantation is situated so as to suit two tenants, with convenient houses for each tenant, or will suit one that has a midling large force or strong handed. The farming utensils, a waggon and gears, and household furniture, and an exceeding good clock—all will go together. Likewise, will be hired in a few weeks, five very likely Negro men, one boy, three women and a girl—For terms apply to the subscriber who lives on the premises.
NATHANIEL ASHBY.
January 10, 1803.
CLARE COUNTY,
October Term, 1802.
Micajah Clarke, complainant, against Josias Bullock, William Bullock, George Caldwell, Samuel Smith, Defendants & Patterson Bullock.
IN CHANCERY.
THE defendants Josias and Samuel, not having entered their appearance herein agreeable to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth—On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that unless the said defendants do appear here on the second day of the next March term, and answer the complainant's bill, the same will be taken for confessed that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Kentucky Gazette for two months successively, that another copy be posted at the front door of the court-house of this county, and that another copy be published at the door of the stone meeting house on Howard's creek, some Sunday immediately after divine.
A copy, Teste, D. BULLOCK, C.C.Q.S.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, on the night of the first of this instant a likely black Negro Girl, named HANNAH, about twenty-two years of age, five feet three or four inches high, thick heavy made, broad flat nose, thick lips, has a down look when spoken to—She took with her a variety of clothing, amongst which is recollected a new red linsey petticoat and short gown, a green durants petticoat, one white muslin short gown, and one calico do. light ground, one green halfticks petticoat and short gown, much worn, and a half worn wool hat, with blankets and other clothing not recollected. I will give the above reward for apprehending and securing her in any jail, so that I get her again, if taken out of the county, and if in the county Five Dollars, and all reasonable charges if brought home to me, one mile from Lexington.
JOHN STARKE.
January 10, 1803.
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS.
TROTTER & SCOTT,
Have just received, and are now opening A Large and Compleat assortment of FALL & WINTER GOODS, Of the latest importations from Europe.
Consisting of
Dry Goods, Hard Ware, Groceries, Queens', China & Glass Ware, & Window Glass;
Together with a number of articles too tedious to enumerate. All of which being purchased lower than any imported into this state, will be sold accordingly, for CASH IN HAND. Lexington, November 17, 1802.
LIST OF LETTERS,
REMAINING in the Post-Office at Lexington 31st December 1802, which, if not taken out in three months, will be sent to the General Post-Office as Dead Letters.
A Cap. Nathl. Asby, James Anderson, Nathaniel Adams, John Allen esq. Robert Adams, John Askin, Mrs. Ann Atkins, William Anderson.
B Mrs. Brown, Nathaniel Barker, Will. T. Barry, James Barnett, Jos. Bowman, John Brown, 2; Will. Burke, John Bell, 2; Walter Braheres, John Brochie, George Barnett, J. Breckinridge, 3. Abijah Brooks, John Bowde, Ariah Bradey, Saml. Baxter, Saml. Bradley, 3; Solomon Burnley, Thomas Beard, 2; Arthur Bruer. Matt. Braningbury.
C John Cauheg, Dr. H.G. Callaway, Thos. Carneal, 2; Col. J. Callaway, 2; Saml. Childress, Patrick Carr, Cath. B. Cooke, 3; Page Cooper, Robert Crews, John Caldwell, J. B. Crawford, James Carson, 2; Abner Clarke, Alex. Caldwell, Thos. Cavens, John Gifer, John Caldwell, Chitr. Carothers, Doc. T. Champney, George Clarke, Joseph Crim,
D William Davis, Jonas Davenport, Thos. J. Dickson, John Davis, Dr. Thos. Davis, Septimus Davis, James Dinnon, James Dodds, James Dunn, Stephen Davis.
F Joshua Fry, 2; T. Fitzpatrick, J. T. G. Fauntleroy, Thos. Forman, Joseph Fuqua, Andrew Fulton. Hugh Forbes, 2;
G John Gardner, Thos. Graves, John Goodwin, Mathew Gibbons, John Guyen, Benjamin Grimes. James Grame,
H Will. Halsey, Catharine Lewis, A. Herspergen, 2; Andrew Holmes, James Hodge, James Hemphill, John Herspergen, Henry Hite, Leonard Hart, John Hall, Betsey Hill, Mary Huston, George Hunt, Will. Hanson, Daniel Hendricks, C. B. Harrison,
I Jas. C. Johnston, Will. Irvin, Jas. E. January, Rice Jones.
K James Kerns, Hawkins Kerby, Cap. Fras. Kirkley, Thos. Kidd, Benjamin Kivel, James Kerns, Henry King,
L John Lapley, 2; Benjamin Loyd, John Lowry, 2; Hugh Logan, John Lewis, Hannah Lemon, Elias Langham, James Logan, John Lowman, W. Leonard,
M Robt. Marshall, Mr. Milton, Charles M'Pheter, James Morrison, Col. S. M'Dowell, Henry Markwood, Jas. M'Dowell, Zach. Mangum, 2; John M'Farland, John Mills, Beal March, Miles M'Gowen, Robt. Mayes, James M'Crosky, John Michan, M'Natt.
O T. D. Owings, 2; Patrick O'Neal, Waller Overton, 2; Thos. Oliver.
P Hezekiah Proctor, John Power, 2; William Potts, Andrew Patton, Edward Payne, Timothy Parish, Hannah Parks, Edward Power.
Q Benjamin Quinn.
R Frederick Ridgley, Anthony Rollins, Saml. E. Rollins, Saml. Rollins, Jno. Reed, Jno. C. Richardson, Alexr. Rough, Stephen H. Reed.
S
Edw. Springer, 2; Jacob Smith, David Sheley, Jacob Stone, Safannah Schaah, George R. Smith, Wm. Scott, James H. Stewart, Wm. Shreve, Caleb Summers.
T
Buckner Thruston, John Tompkins, Ezekiel Thruston, Levi Todd esq. Michael Troy, Asa Thompson, Arthur T. Taul, John Thompson.
V
B. Vanpadelles, 2; Betsey Vincent, M. Villars, James Venable. John Vance, Charles Vigus.
W
Charles Wilkins, George Wharton, John Worland, Benj. Whaley, David West, Jacob Winters, Zaphanah Watson, H. M. Winflow, James Williams, Jno. P. Wagon, Jeremiah Webb, Thos. West.
Maj. Jas. Wood,
Y Philip Yeifer, Robert Yancey.
Z Fred. Zimmerman.
JOHN JORDAN Jun. P. M.
FOR SALE, A good COPPER STILL, Containing 116 gallons. Apply to THOMAS REID, Lexington, Jan. 3, 1803.
SADDLE FOUND.
FOUND on the Georgetown road, a few mornings since, a half worn
SADDLE.
The owner may have it by applying to the subscriber and paying charges.
WM. ALLEN.
Dec. 31st, 1802.
BYE LAWS.
Sec. 1. BE it ordained by the trustees, of the town of Lexington, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the market in said town, to attend the market each market morning with his scales and weights, and to try the weight of any roll, or print of butter, or other article made up and offered for sale by the pound, and if it shall appear that such roll, print or other article so made up, does not contain the weight which it is offered at, it shall and may be lawful, for the clerk of the market, and he is hereby directed to seize such butter, or other article and sell the same, one half of the money arising from such sale to be applied to the use of the town, and the other half to the clerk of the market.
Sec. 2. and be it further ordained, that it shall be the duty of the clerk of the market, to examine and adjust the scales and weights of all butchers who have taken stalls in the market house; and if any butcher shall presume to sell by any weight not so adjusted and declared good, shall for such offence forfeit and pay three dollars, to be applied to the benefit of the town. These ordinances to commence and be in force from and after the 20th day of January, 1803.
By order of the board.
John Bradford, C. P. T.
Attest
John Artbur, Ck.
January 3, 1803.
WAS LOST
ON or about the third of November, a RED POCKET BOOK, containing several notes and accounts, with summonses & executions; and found by Tho. Hatton, and gave to a man to leave at Henry Marshall's tavern. The papers are of no use to any person but myself, and a great loss to me; I hope whoever has got it, will leave it at this office as soon as possible.
THOMAS ECHELTRE.
N.B. There is a bond in said book, given by Gen. Bennett Pemberton, to myself, for about £17. All persons are forewarned from trading for said bond. T. E.
FULLING MILL.
I TAKE this method of informing my former customers, and the public in general that I am erecting a New Fulling Mill on North Elkhorn, about half a mile below Elijah Craig's old Fulling Mill, and I expect to be able to commence the above business in a few days, and from the superior advantage of situation, water and construction, it will enable me to accomodate my customers on better terms, and shorter notice, than it was possible for me to do when I attended F. Craig's mill, as I shall have but little reason to stop my mill for the want of water at any season in the year. Those who please to favor me with their custom, shall be accomodated with having their work well done, and on short notice.
JAMES BURNETT.
Nov 15th 1802.
N.B. I shall attend at Mr. Downing's tavern in Lexington, on the first day of every court; likewise, at Mr. Hugh Brent's store in Paris; likewise, at George Brown's in Georgetown, to receive cloth on one court day, and deliver it the next. J. B.
TAKEN up by John Scott, on the Hickman road, a dark bay horse, three years old, about fourteen hands high, his hind feet white, a star in the forehead, branded H; appraised to £12.
Given under my hand, this 15th day of November, 1802.
JOHN HAWKINS.
Jeffamine County,
RAN-AWAY.
FROM the subscriber in Bourbon county, on the 2d instant, an apprentice lad to the tanners trade, LEWIS BROWN by name, about eighteen years old. All persons are hereby cautioned against employing or harbouring him in any wise. And any person that will apprehend said apprentice and bring him back to the subscriber, shall receive FOUR PENCE reward.
JOHN HOPPER.
January 10th, 1803. *3
LEXINGTON DANCING ASSEMBLY.
The 2d Assembly is unavoidably postponed until Thursday evening the 20th instant. By THE MANAGERS.

FRANCE.
CANST thou, who burst with proud disdain, Each high-wrought link in slavery's chain, Canst thou, who cleans'd with noble rage The Augean filth of many an age, Canst thou, whose mighty vengeance hurl'd Destruction on thy foes—the world, Yet bade the infuriate slaughter cease, When vanquish'd despots whin'd for peace. Canst thou O France, from heights like these descend, And with each nerve unbrac'd, to Bonaparte bend!
Was it for this thy warriors rose; And paraliz'd vast hordes of foes; For this all prodigal of life; They rush'd amid the bellowing strife, And like the delier's burning breath, Where'er they rush'd they scatter'd death; For this, with many a gaping wound, Thy daring sons have strew'd the ground, And girt with smoking gore and hills of slain, Have glori'd in their cause; and spurn'd the oppressor's chain!
When Britain join'd the unjust array, And her proud navy plough'd the sea, Was it for this beneath the wave Thy seamen found a watery grave; For this, when all around was wreck, And mingled horrors stain'd the deck. When flowly settling towards their fate, While the broad banners wav'd elate, Was Was it for this they "Vive la Nation" cri'd, Scorn'd the submissive act, and felt the o'er- whelming tide!
Was it for this, the sorrowing fire, Had seen his bleeding boy expire, For this the matron sad and pale; Has told her foul's disastrous tale, For this the widow oft has prest, With tears the nursing to her breast, Was it, to lift the ambitious soul Of one, above the law's controul, That thus dire war left millions to deplore; And the broad earth and sea were ting'd with human gore!
No!—Fearless France shall ne'er be found, Like the huge brute on India's ground, That through the ranks impetuous sweeps, And loads the fields with mingled heaps, But yet each scene of carnage o'er, Obeys that goad he felt before; No!—Fearless France shall still maintain, Those epithets, which millions died to gain, And soon, though laurel wreaths her chains adornd, Shall show a grovelling world that chains are kill her scorn!
Oh France! thine energetic soul Will never brook unjust controul, Will never crouch to slavery's load, Nor bear the oppressor's iron goad, No!—France who bade her monarch fall, Will ne'er before this idol crawl! Will ne'er receive with abject awe, A martial despot's will as law; No!—Banish feary friends of human kind, France to a giant's arm unites a towering mind.
He who o'er-whelms his country's foe, Yet lays his country's freedom low, Must fear though girt with guards and state, From each bold arm the stroke of fate; And thou, usurping warrior, thou! To whom the weak, the timid bow! Thou SPLENDID CURSE, whose actions prove, That states may be undone by love. Thou foe to man, upheld by martial breath, Thy march is on a mine; thy every dream is death.
And when this meteor's baleful rays, Are lost in freedom's ardent blaze, Yes! when indignant France shall rise, Her form all nerve, all fire her eyes, And scornng e'en the bayonet's way, Shall sweep this impious scourge away, Then with degraded men no more, Shall man his fellow man adore, Then o'er his powers shall PRINCIPLE preside, And the bright star of TRUTH shall prove his polar guide!
EDWARD RUSHTON.
LIVERPOOL.
At a court of Quarter Sessions, held for Woodford county, the 1st day of No- vember 1802, Joseph Edwards, complainant, } IN against } CHAN- Philip Thurman, defendant, } CERY. THE defendant not having entered his appearance agreeable to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the com- plainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that he appear here on the first day of the next April court, and answer the com- plainant's bill—and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Ken- tucky Gazette for eight weeks successively; another posted at the front door of the court house in this county, and a third published at the door of Hillsbo- rough meeting house, on some Sunday immediately after Divine service. (A copy.)
G. BROOKE, C. C.
NOTICE.
That I shall attend with the commi- ssioners appointed by the county court of Bourbon, on the 20th day of January, next if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the beginning corner of a survey made for Christopher Clark, on Green creek, Bourbon county, to take the depositions of witnesses to establish the calls and boundaries of the following entry: "June 26, 1780, Christopher Clark, ali- gnee of James Parberry, enters a pre- emption warrant of 1000 acres, on Green creek, to join James Parberry, assignee of Bottom Esst settlement on the West, and to run up the said creek on both sides, two-thirds for length, and out for quan- tity," and to do such other things as I may think necessary, and according to law.
JULIUS CLARKSON.
Dec. 22d, 1802.
I FOREWARN all persons, from pur- chasing or taking any assignment by deed or any other way from Lewis Craig, for a tract of land, or any part thereof, on which I live in Jessamine county, on the South fork of Clear creek, which land I purchased from him, and he the said Craig is bound to me for the same, and I am ready at any time to comply with my part of the contract.
THOMAS WILSON.
December 25th, 1802.
WALKER BAYLOR & SON.
Have just received on consignment, a quantity of WINE, RUM, AND FISH OIL, Which they will sell on a moderate ad- vance for CASH only.
They have also on hand
SPANISH ACID, by the quart or cask. And expect by the first arrivals to receive SUPERFINE CLOTHS, BLAN- KETS & other woollens, SPA- NISH AND FRENCH INDIGO. Lexington, Dec. 17th, 1802.
THE Co-partnership of JOHN JOR- DAN JUN. & Co. having this day expi- red—All those indebted to said firm ei- ther by bond, note or book account, are requested to make immediate payment to John Jordan Jun. or Andrew F. Price, or steps will be taken to compel the same.
JOHN JORDAN JUN. & Co.
N. B. The business in future will be done by JOHN JORDAN JUN. who has A Large and General Assortment of MERCHANDIZE, which he is determined to dispose of on the most reasonable terms for Cash, Hemp, Country Linen, or approved pro- duce.—No Credit.
Lexington, K. Nov. 20th, 1802.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale at this office, the KENTUCKY ALMANAC for 1803; Containing—besides the usual calculations, a variety of entertaining and useful pieces in prose and verse—valuable recipes, &c. Also a List of Roads, very useful to the purchaser. They may be had at the following prices. By the gross, 8 dollars. By the dozen, 1 dollar. Single, 12 1-2 cents.
A LIST OF LETTERS,
Remaining in the Post office at Winches- ter, Kentucky, if not taken out within three months, will be sent to the Ge- neral Post office, as dead letters.
Elijah M'Creery, Clarke county.
James Sweeney.
Ann Slade Mockbee.
James Britton, Clarke county.
Sarah M'Cabe.
Robert Campbell.
William Sudduth.
Francis Cullin.
William Timiney.
James Bridges.
Benjamin Barnett.
Joseph Beatty.
John Lander.
William D. Baker.
Synth Young.
Thomas Johnhon.
Aaron Richardson.
John Kilbreth.
Thomas Berry sen.
EDMUND CALLOWAY, P. M.
CASH
Will be given for a likely NEGRO WOMAN, Between the age of 16 and 25 years— She must be well recommended. Enquire of the Printer or of
JACOB TODHUNTER,
in Jessamine county.
January 1, 1803.
JOHN JORDAN JUN.
Has just received and is now opening, a large and well chosen assortment of
MERCHANDIZE,
Consisting of the following articles, viz.
Superfine, Fine & Common Cloths, Callimers, Swansdowns, Striped and plain Coatings, Role and striped Blankets, Fancy and Constitution Cords, Velvets and Thicklets, Camblets, Wildbores, Moreens, Jones's and Durants, Callimancoes, Bombazens and Bombazetts, Checks and Cotton Stripes, Jeans and Fultians, Boglepores, Plain, Clouded and Striped Nankeens, Ginghams, Dimities, Merlailles Vesting, Mantuas, Lurestrings, Taffeties, Sen- chews, Satins and Pelongs. Persians, Chintzes and Callicoes, Cambricks, Cambric, Jacconet, Lappet and Book Mullins, Do. do. do. Tambored do. Jacconet and Book Mullin Handkerchiefs. Do. Bordered Shawls, Bandanna, India, Pullicat, Romall & Bar- celona Handkerchiefs, Silk Shawls, Cotton do. Cotton Romall Handkerchiefs Linen & Cotton Pocket Handkerchiefs, Coarse Mullins, Silk and Cotton Hose, Ribbands. Gloves, Laces and Edgings, Sewing Silk, Thread and Tapes, Turkey Red, Groceries, Stationary, Hardware, Cutlery and Saddlery, Queens and Glass wares, 6d. 8d. 10d. and 20d. Nails and Brads, Casings.
All of which they are determined to sell at the most reduced prices for CASH, COUNTRY LINEN or HEMP.
N. B. Those indebted to JOHN JOR- DAN JUN. & Co. or JOHN JORDAN JUN. either by bond, note or book ac- count, are requested to come and pay off the same, as 'tis not reasonable further indulgence should be given.
July 1st, 1802.
KENTUCKY SOAP & CANDLE MANUFACTORY.
THE Subscriber, begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has es- tablished his manufactory in the above line in Lexington, where all orders for exportation or home consumption, will be thankfully received and executed with punctuality and dispatch.
EBENEZER TIPPING.
N.B. British Hard White Soap, do. do. Yellow do. Scented Windfor do. do. Wash Balls. Mould Candles, Dipped do. November 30th 1802. *4w N. B. Soap and Candles, exchanged for good wood Ashes, Tallow, Rosin, Lard or Grease For sale—Rec's edition of Chambers's Dictionary, 5 vols. folio. Also,—Buf- fon's Natural History. E. T.
Mercer County,
TAKEN up by Martin Adams, living on the head of Lyon's run, one
SORREL HORSE,
about thirteen hands and a half high, five years old, no brand, has a blaze and snip; appraised to nine pounds.—Also a
SORREL MARE,
about thirteen hands, and a half high, three years old, branded on the near shoulder thus X, has a star in her fore- head; appraised to ten pounds.
JAMES SLAUGHTER, J.P.M.C.
20th December, 1802.
ALL PERSONS
INDEBTED TO JAMES DUDLEY de- ceased, late of Bourbon county, either by bond, note or book account, are requested to make payment immediately; and those who have any demands against said deceased, are requested to bring them forward properly authenticated, in order that arrangements may be made for pay- ment, by
WILLIAM DUDLEY, Adm.
Fayette county,
Dec. 30th, 1802.
ENTERTAINMENT,
Sign of the Buffalo.
JOHN DOWNING,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he has taken that commodious framed house lately oc- cupied by Mrs. M'Nair, on Main-street, opposite the Court-house; where he is furnished with convenient rooms, good beds, and a large stable with separate stalls for the accomodation of travellers. As it will be his principal object to fur- nish both house and stable with every ne- cessary the country will afford, he hopes for the patronage of a generous public, and assures them no exertion shall be wanting on his part to make their situati- on agreeable.
Lexington, Nov. 2, 1802.
BRUSH MAKING.
Eighteen Pence per pound, will be given for
COMBED HOGS' BRISTLES
by the subscriber, who will in the course of a short time, have all kinds of
B R U S H E S
for sale, on more reasonable terms, and will warrant them as good, if not superi- or to any brought or imported here. He hopes the people of this state, will pay some attention to saving them, or have it done by their domestics, in order to en- courage manufactures in their own coun- try, particularly as they are an article so easily saved.
They will answer as well taken off af- ter the hogs are scalded, as before, and those of a hog one year old will do, that is, all that are bristles, short and long— I will take them uncombed, the price a- greeable to the situation they are in.
JAS. C. RAMSAY,
Brush Maker,
At Mr. Wm. Edwards's opposite Mr. Bradford's Printing Office, Main-street. Lexington, Oct. 4th 1802.
100 DOLLARS REWARD.
THE Mail from this place to Breck- enridge Court-House, containing all the letters and packages for the Green river country, Nashville, Natchez, New-Or- leans, &c. was this morning forcibly ta- ken from the rider; together with his great-coat and pot-horn, about six miles from Shelbyville, on the road to Middle- burgh. Any person or persons who will apprehend the villain who perpetrated the above robbery, and prosecute him to conviction, shall receive the above re- ward.
ISAAC E. GANO, P.M. Frankfort K.
In behalf of the Post-Master-General. Frankfort, 30th October, 1802.
Madison County etc.
June Court 1802.
John White, complainant,
Against
William Weathers, defendant.
IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant Wm. Weathers, ha- ving failed to enter his appearance a- greeable to law and the rules of this court, and not being an inhabitant of this state, on the motion of the complain- ant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first Monday in March next, and answer the bill of the complainant; and that a copy of this order be published for two months in the Kentucky Gazette, ano- ther set up at the court-house door, and a third published at the Stone Meeting- house some Sunday after divine service.
A copy,
* Teste Will. Irvine, C.M.C.
THE AUTHOR of the KENTUCKY ENGLISH GRAMMAR, presents his most grateful acknowledgements to his friends and the public in general, for the notice which they have been pleased to take of his humble attempt to facilitate the grammatical instruc- tion of youth, and hopes for a continuance of their patronage to a second edition, which he has just published with considerable improve- ments, in conformity to the original plan.
Those who wish to procure copies of the new edition, may be supplied at this Office, at Mr. Leavy's, and Mr. Jordan's stores in Lexington.
FOR SALE,
THE Property lately occupied in this town, by Mr. Arthur Thompson, and at present by Mr. Dellum, consisting of Two New Two Story
FRAME HOUSES,
Neatly finished, large and convenient Cellars, a large frame Stable and Kitchen, good Smoke House, and Three Lots belonging to the above premises. Also two hundred acres of GOOD QUALIFIED LAND, lying on the head of Salt River, about seven miles from this town; the title clear of every kind of dispute; the Land is well watered, but en- tirely unimproved. A liberal credit will be given for the payment, and the whole amount will be re- ceived in Produce. The terms will be made known by application to Messrs. Cochran & Thurby, mer- chants, of Philadelphia, or the subscriber, in Dan- ville.
J. BIRNEY.
Danville, 9th February, 1801