The Kentucke gazette (Lexington [Ky.]), 1789-01-24 00:00:00

KENTUCKE GAZETTE
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 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.
Station on the new road to the settlement by way of Big Sandy River.
MR. Vancouver acquaints those people who may wish to settle at the aforesaid place, that on the first day of February, he will set out with a party from Stroud's station, to erect a block house, and establish a Ferry where the new road crosses at the main forks of Big Sandy River. He will build temporary log-houses at the necessary Stations or resting places between Stroud's and Sandy which he presumes will prove a great convenience to travellers in future. In addition to the encouragement held out to settlers by his advertisements in this paper in October last--He will give an in and out town lot to the twenty families before limited. Will resign the benefit of the ferry for two years to the ten first families that may positively settle on his lands--will purchase on the spot at the market price with Goods & Cash, all the Furr Peltry and Ginsang which the settlers may be able to procure, and in fine will very liberally pay them for all the clearings and improvements which they may be able to make upon his lands.
Providence, January 1st. 1789.
N.B. A large company will start from Stroud's to the Settlement by the forks of Sandy at the same time.
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 tf)
SOME Years past I purchased of Caleb Culloway a Settlement and Pre-emption containing fourteen hundred acres of land which was granted him by the commissioners by virtue of improvements, lying three or four miles from Boonborough known by the name of the Kitock-Buckle Tract, for which he has as yet neglected making titles to, I hereby caution any person or persons whatsoever from purchasing the same or any part thereof, should he presume to sell, as he has received full satisfaction for the same.
WILLIAM HOY. Jan. 5, 1789. 2224
I propose attending the General Court in the District of Kentucky, as an Attorney, and shall be at the next March term if not prevented by some unforeseen event.
GEORGE NICHOLAS. Richmond Oct. 24th, 1788 2023
THE time being come when in the opinion of the subscriber, the surveys of the Miami purchase may be carried on with safety; The Indians for the present being avowedly pacific in that quarter; those gentlemen who have applied for business in that department are hereby notified that the surveying is begun, and such as are still desirous of employment, may repair to Mr. Ludlow who is on the ground to superintend the business and communicate the terms: None need apply who expect cash for their services, no surveying fees being as yet on hand; if land at a quarter of a dollar per acre and the fees of surveying and registering will answer, Land Warrants shall be issued on the work's being well done. Mr. Ludlow will immediately assign business to gentlemen found by him to be of ability in that branch of the mathematicks, and so many having undertaken the service, employ will soon be over.
The subscriber begs leave to remind those persons who have applied for Miami land, that the surveying and registering fees are much wanted: So is also one half of the purchase money of such as expect to have the land at a quarter of a dollar per acre: The subscriber must consider all former applications at the before mentioned price, as null, wherein the surveying and registering fees are not paid by the first of next month; and one half of the purchase money by the first day of March ensuing; the other moiety of the purchase money must be paid by the first of May next. Certificates are rising at New-York and Philadelphia, and such land, as are not paid for by the first of May, must be paid for in liquidated certificates at the then selling Price of the land before Warrants can be issued to applicants.
The subscriber is obliged to pay to the Treasury of the United States near one hundred thousand dollars in Certificates by the first of June next, therefore cannot without injury to himself be delayed the payment longer than May. If any purchaser wishes a longer credit, he must give a much higher price for the land.
JOHN CLEVES SYMME. Limestone. Jan. 5th 1789. (b 21 tf)
THE FOLLOWING BLANKS. MAY BE HAD AT THIS OFFICE. Viz. DEEDS SUBPOENAS, REPLEVY and Common BONDS, APPRENTICE'S INDENTURES &c. &c. &c.
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 Scots 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.
ALL those who have taken lots of the land belonging to the Transylvania Seminary and who have not got their Leases will please to send the names of those persons whose lives are to be the term of their Leases to Col. William Ward, in time for him to make out the said leases before March Court, when they will also attend to have them executed.
W. WARD R. JOHNSON R. TODD } Agents
Jan. 25, 1789
JUST OPENED AND for Sale by John Rhea, at his Store at Scott's Ware House 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.
I Want to hire (for twelve months) a negro woman who is a good cook and understands Washing and Ironing.
GEO. GORDON. Buckeye near Lexington.
Jan. 14th, 1789 (b 21 tf)
A Mulatto lad named Sam Jackson, has for several days absented himself from my service under the false pretence of being free, and I am informed is lurking about Lexington. He is under middle size, and may be certainly known from having lost all the toes off of one of his feet by a burn. I will give 50 dollars reward for bringing him home.
CALEB WALLACE.
N.B. He is very artful, and if possible will escape from the raker up.
b 22 tf
Jan 20, 1789.
LONDON August 26. WHEN the King of Sweden received the manifesto of the Empress of Russia, he is said to have torn it, and to have expressed himself, in the presence of several general officers, as follows:-- "We shall see whether the descendant of the great Gustavus Adolphus is to be the vassal of Russia!"
Sept. 2. They write from Stockholm, that an engagement had taken place between a detachment commanded by General Hortsicar, and a corps of Russian troops, who had gone to the relief of Nyflou; and that the Russians were repulsed with great loss, and left their dead on the field of battle, and amongst them a General with the order Newlsky: It is supposed to be General Michaeloff.
Europe is now so involved in a war, that it is not easy to determine on which side to direct the attention. Between Russia, the Emperor, and the Porte, upwards of nine hundred thousand men are in the field, ready for all the horrors, devastation, and mischief of eagerly contested war.
Fatal Effects of Gaming.
Mr. Brodie, now under sentence of death, for breaking into the general excise office for Scotland, in the night of the 5th of March last, and stealing bank notes and money--at the death of his father, which happened about twelve years since, inherited a considerable estate in houses in the City of Edinburgh, together with 10,000 l. in specie; but by an unhappy connection, and a too great propensity to that destructive though too predominant passion, GAMING, he is reduced to his present deplorable situation.
A curious Law Case.
At the assizes for Yorkshire, a cause was tried which afforded much entertainment to the Court. It was an indictment against the landlady of an inn, for assaulting and greeving the beard of a Jew with pork.
It appeared in the course of the trial, that the Jew went into the defendant's house, and offered to sell some philosophical tinder boxes. That the defendant and two men being at dinner, they asked him to have some pork, which he refused; but being determined to give him some, the two men held him, while the defendant rubbed it over his mouth with great violence, in consequence of which (as the Jew positively swore) it became sore, that he could not eat any thing but spoon victuals for a fortnight afterwards.
The Jury, after retiring upwards of an hour, returned with a verdict guilty; after which, the Court addressed the defendant on the folly and wickeds of marking out any particular description of people, of whatever nation or religion, as objects of wanton insult, and unprovoked assault.--She was fined 10l.
THE Subscribers have now added to their general Assortment of dry Goods Groceries &c. &c. a compleat Assortment of medicines, which they will as usual dispose of on moderate terms.
PETER JANUARY & SON.
Likewise a quantity of military land Warrants for sale.

To VALERIUS.
SIR,
I Perused your late performance with much attention, and was amazingly pleased. You wrote it (as you informed us) on the 29th day of October, and that you was then about 45 years of age: Now Sir, the present time in which I employ my pen, is between the hours of 7 and 8 in the Evening of the 5th day of January and on the 11th of March next (for I would wish to be particular) I shall attain to no more than 31 years of Age. As therefore, Sir, you have seen many more days; so no doubt you have acquired, more knowledge and experience than myself. Permit me to assure you, I wait with the utmost anxiety for your second production; consider Sir, the disagreeable state of suspense every Inhabitant of Kentucky is in during your silence. For my part, I am convinced from your depth of reasoning, your style and manner, that you can handle any subject; your arguments every body must own, are grand and astonishing tho' to weak minds, - to your Stubblefield's your Criticus's and to your Philopatria's, I grant, they are unsathomable. But is this your fault? No Sir: If Nature has blessed you with superior understanding, and enabled your comprehensive Mind, to grasp at knowledge beyond the reach of such grovelling, shallow capacities; surely Sir, it is not only justifiable, but it is a duty in you, to watch over our rights - warn us of every impending danger - point out the happier way, - and by your penetrating eye, superintend all our wants and avert every evil as they arise. Happy is it for the present Age, and happy will it be for future generations that you have undertaken the task; let nothing my dear Sir, prevail on you to "desist." For when I consider your abilities, I am lost in astonishment! Are not the utmost bounds of Metaphysics laid open to your view? - Divinity is no Divinity at all: - You can take it up, - or - You can lay it down! Politics! that inferior Science, in your sight, is nothing! Long since have you weighed the Nations in a balance even as the dust! Can any one then suppose that you know not, or regard not, the interest of this district? Absurd! What do they mean, Sir? What means Mr. Stubblefield? that wretched Satirist. Can you, Sir, comprehend him? For if you cannot I know not who can! All that I am able to make out, is, that he is an Enemy to Aristocracy and a great Friend to Grog; knows neither Greek nor Latin, - cares not for future generations or if the Devil will but let Hezekiah Stubblefield alone he is welcome to all the rest. What an able, amiable Politician! Did he create laughter or contempt, or did you Sir, condescend to read him? But, Sir, when I consider your production, and find that in the most clear and unadulterated, the most plain and incomprehensible you must have convinced every one, and above all, when you tell us that we do and shall always receive every benefit of Government, without contributing one penny to its support; O how I admire you! How I love you! Go on, my dear, Sir, and at last teach us to live without any Government at all. Go on; fear no body for no body will oppose you; Philopatria is silenced: The Farmer is bagged: The Cornplanter is Cropping: Brutus is busy and Criticus is a mere School Boy: Then write on, for they nor no one else can possibly answer you. As you are acquainted with the Greek and Gibb. with languages I need not explain my self when I assure you I am yours &c. &c.
RANTAMPAM AMANFOLDEROLTOOMINY
MR. BRADFORD, I HEREBY present you with my thanks for the attention you paid to my remonstrance, published No. 14 Vol 2 of the Kentucky Gazette, and congratulate myself on the success of it. Four not having published any essays of our adversaries since, will convince the world of your attachment to our interest: and I hope the separating gentlemen, are by this time convinced that they were mistaken; and some of them will, no doubt, be honest enough to give us their public retraction; or at least be here-
after silent. But I confess I was a little alarmed at the long silence of a certain gentleman, 45 years old, who took up his pen, "October 9th 1788," and promised not to "lay it down, till the prize was gained or lost." I have sometimes, I confess, received some consolation from conjecturing that, probably, he is employed in writing a tract on the subject, calculated to carry complete conviction; and which may be published by subscription, in an elegant folio volume neatly gilt and lettered, (which ornaments on the back, carry more conviction to some minds, than all that is contained within,) but even in those consolatory moments, the melancholy thought will sometimes intrude, that perhaps he may have received an invitation from the commonwealth of the shades, and being tired, and disgusted with the tumuluary scenes in the realms of the sun, may have retired thither to revise the Constitutions of those gloomy subterranean republics: in which case, I have, (out of respect to his memory,) prepared an epitaph, which I beg leave to present to his friends: and though it may not have all that elegance which it would have received from the hand of a POPE, or a GAT; yet may serve (if no better can be obtained,) as an humble monument of his great merit and my esteem.
Here lies, in this obscure condition, Valerius that great Politician: Who having just took up his pen, Death bid him lay it down again.
But let the cause of his silence be what it will, his loss is amply compensated, by the appearance of a gentleman of a very ancient family; his great progenitor being the second from Adam, and eight generations before the flood: Who has discovered a genius worthy his high descent, and who is capable of proving any proposition by any Argument. For instance, he makes it appear that Hezekiah Stubblefield is of the progeny of Cain, from his relation to the Cornplanter; because the said Hezekiah had proved that the Cornplanter is not of that race. This is a complete specimen of his inferences. However, as it would be too tedious to enter into all his paradoxical beauties, I shall once for all, give this plain and easy solution of the whole of them. He is (I suppose) one of the pillars of our party, and my particular friend; and takes this method of pointing me out to the public attention. As he thinks I ought to be Governor (in which opinion I heartily concur with him, and we are certainly the two first who ever thought of it,) he introduces me under a character, which will very naturally excite examination: and though he bitterly accuses, and inveighs against me; yet very artfully selects instances, in which he knows no man existing will believe him. For example, he violently accuses me of abusing "that August body the Congress." It is plain to every one, that, "that August body" have sense enough to consider it in a very different light. In the paper he alludes to, I only intended to celebrate the good policy of that House, but I might justly have added, that their attention to peace, moderation, and the equal rights of mankind; shone as conspicuously, in every instance of their administration, as their policy. Out of innumerable instances, permit me to select one, than which, perhaps none among them all shone with a more distinguishing lustre: I know the reader already thinks I am going to mention their care of the poor distressed Cherokees: having directed their Secretary at war, to have a sufficient number of troops in the service of the United States, in readiness to march from the Ohio, to the protection of the Cherokees." And whoever considers, that the people of Holstein, Wataga, &c. tho' they signified themselves in the defence of the liberties of this Continent, at Kings Mountain, and other places, not only at the hazard, but at the actual loss of the lives of numbers of them; and considers also, that this people have degenerated so far, as to have encroached on the Cherokees hunting grounds, harassed them with campaign after campaign, destroyed their corn, potatoes &c. and all this, for no better reason than I know of, than because the poor fellows had made free with some of their supernumerary horses, and murdered, and scalped a few scores of their women and children: Whoever I say, thinks of this
most astonishing instance of moderation, and unparallelled inclination to peace, in "That August body the Congress," Must believe them something more than human. And on the same humane principle, what may our Kentucky campaigners expect from this specimen? Can they reasonably believe that they will escape with impunity, after the many inroads they have made on the equally innocent Shawanese? whom they have driven from every town and settled habitation, to wander in the woods, like beasts of prey: may we not expect, that they also, will excite the pity, and taste the clemency of "that august body?" nay, may we not even hope to see these people duly represented in that honorable House? and John Hollis, or the famous half-breed M'Gilvery, as respectable characters as a Hancock, or an Adams.--- But I now return to my friend the son of Seth, and present him with my thanks for nominating me Governor. Should I succeed to his wish, he shall certainly be rewarded: but I am not so perfectly satisfied with the salary he has allowed me: for as it is the maxim of our party, that no office is honorable without profit; had he but annexed another cypher to the sum, (which he might easily have done,) it would have been a much prettier thing, than his "pretty thing" £3000 per annum, would have enabled me to live genteelly, make a moderate provision for him, as my secretary, and a few more mercenary Sculiters of his acquaintance, in lower classes of service, and now and then hire a Sycophant or two besides, on any particular emergency: let us see his Excellency Governor Stubblefield,--- and Secretary Mr. Seth: ha! it sounds well, and upon second thought, I consider this low salary as a master stroke of his policy; he undoubtedly intended to recommend me to the public, as a very moderate man; that I might carry my point the easier. However, as I would not impose upon the public too much, I must confess, he has carried his Zeal too far, or has quite mistaken his man. I have not the honor of possessing any office, either civil, ecclesiastical, or judiciary; nor ever panted after any: I never published a syllable under the signature of Poplicola, Brutus, nor the Farmer: have always despised the assistance of either a dictator, or prompter: and have ever had too humble an opinion of my own oratorical abilities, ever to address a publick audience, either in a Court yard, or any other place, on that subject in my life: and would humbly recommend it to my good friend, the Sethite; to be more circumspect in future, and direct what he may hereafter publish in my favor, in the straight line of truth, and reason: it here and there, with a little common sense: or if he thinks this too much, I shall leave him to take his own way. In either case I hereby assure him that no future observations of his shall ever again attract the notice of
AN ADDRESS TO VALERIUS.
SIR, IF any person differs from me in sentiments in things not essential to the happiness of mankind, I lay it down as a rule always to treat them mildly. Notwithstanding we differ in things essential, I shall as far as possible exercise charity; I therefore suppose the piece in the public paper No. 12, Vol. 2, is not your real sentiments, I hope you think as I do, and wrote that piece to see what reception it would meet with, or to give an opportunity of exposing such principles; if this is not the case, in charity I must next suppose you are delirious. One would scarcely think that any one who had the real exercise of his reason would venture to publish such a piece. If this is the case I hope on better information you will lay down your pen or publicly acknowledge your fault. If you do not lay down your pen, we may conclude the error is in the heart; if this be the case charity forbids mildness, common love to mankind demands severity. You would be for living without Law, for if we had held no Election, and the Convention had not met, the Law would expire in a short time, and this would be destructive to mankind. If any one
out to the world that they should not obey any Law, except they personally voted for it, this would be pernicious doctrine; this or very near this you did, you hold out to the world, that delinquency will justify the most unnatural Rebellion or barbarity; you hold out to the world that people may live without paying taxes; if you expect other people will pay our debts and we never repay them, this is a very roguish principle. If the expence is not paid we will have no Law; and this would prove ruinous; and this you call American principles. If you had held out in the public papers such principles at the time of our contest with Great Britain after we had Laws of our own, it would have led you immediately to the gallows. It is our great loss that we cannot exercise legal severity upon this occasion, as the transgression is not against the Laws of Virginia; but he that sinneth without Law shall be judged without Law. If you go one step further you may expect to be found out. Do you think Patriots will see the hearts blood of their Country struck at in the public papers and not resent it? Supposing any one in any of the United States (where they have Constitutions framed and Laws enacted) was to exclaim against an Election and to hold out in the public papers that delinquency would justify Rebellion, and say every thing in his power falsely and artfully in order to irritate, delude and exasperate the minds of people, and to excite them to rebel; would it not be the highest pitch of high treason? Notwithstanding we are now in the same situation that all America was in, before they formed their Constitutions, yet the nature of the crime is still the same. I cannot see how the district can let you pass with impunity. What you have already done, it is an unparallelled bad example. I leave it to the world to judge if you are not a greater enemy to our country than any Indian could be, and if an Indian was found skulking in this county would it not be an act of justice to stop a bullet through him? whether my design in writing is the good of mankind or not, let future experience proclaim. I shall not trouble the world with that thread bare worn out story that is always in the mouth of every one that is endeavouring to avail himself and injure the public.
A LAYMAN.
JUST OPENED And for sale by HUGH MILVAIN At his Store in Lexington, on Main Street in the house lately occupied by Mr. John Clarke, a general Assortment of MERCHANDIZE CONSISTING OF Cloths, Stuffs, Stationary, Saddlery & Ironmongery, Queens ware, Glass ware, & Tin ware, which he will sell on the most reasonable terms for Cash.
ROBERT BARR Has lately imported a large and general Assortment of WOOLLENS, camblets, durants, shalloons, callimancoes, Irish linens, cutlery, hard ware, nails, glass, Queens ware, pewter, dye stuffs, with a fresh assortment of Medicine, and a few casks of excellent Madeira wine; with a number of articles too tedious to mention here, which will be sold on the lowest terms for Cash, Pork, and Corn. Lexington, Dec. 26, 1788.
Whereas my wife Mary Boone, did some time ago, without any reasonable cause, elope from me and still refuses to return to her duty; I do hereby forewarn all persons from giving her credit on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts which she may contract. JOSEPH BOONE. 13, 1789. 272