Kentucky gazette and general advertiser (Lexington [Ky.]), 1803-03-01 00:00:00

“and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.”
How, I ask, could such a person have taken such an oath, knowing at the same time that he had entered into the presidency on terms unknown in the constitution and private, and which would deprive him of the freedom and power of acting as president of the United States, agreeably to his constitutional oath?
Mr. BARR, by not agreeing to terms, has escaped the danger to which they exposed him, & the perjury that would have followed, & also the punishment annexed thereto. Had he accepted the presidency on terms unknown in the constitution and private, and had the transaction afterwards transpired (which it is most probably would, for roguery is a thing difficult to conceal) it would have produced a sensation in the country too violent to be quitted and too just to be resisted; and in any case the election must have been void.
But what are we to think of those members of congress, who, having taken an oath of the same constitutional import as the oath of the president, violate that oath by tampering to obtain a president on private conditions. If this is not sedition against the constitution and the country, it is difficult to define what sedition in a representative can be.
Say not that this statement of the case is the effect of personal or party resentment. No. It is the effect of sincere concern that such corruption, of which this is but a sample, should, in the short space of a few years, have crept into a country that had the fairest opportunity, that providence ever gave within the knowledge of history, of making itself an illustrious example to the world.
What the terms were, or were to be, it is probable we shall never know; or what is more probable, that feigned ones, if any, will be given. But from the conduct of the party since that time, we may conclude, that no taxes would have been taken off, that the clamour for war would have been kept up, new expenses incurred, and taxes and offices increased in consequence; and among the articles of a private nature were to stipulate with the mock president for a lucrative appointments for themselves.
But if those plotters against the constitution understood their business, and they had been plotting long enough to be master of it, a single article would have comprehended every thing, which is,
That the president (thus made) should be governed in all cases whatsoever by a private junto appointed by themselves.
They could then through the medium of a mock-president have negatived all bills which the party in congress could not have opposed with success, and reduced representation to a nullity.
The country has been imposed upon and the real culprits are but few; and as it is necessary for the peace, harmony, and honour, of the union, to separate the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed, that men who once were friends, and that in the worst of times, should be friends again, it is necessary, as a beginning, that this dark business be brought to a full investigation. Ogden's letter is direct evidence of the fact of tampering to obtain a conditional president. He knows the two or three members of congress that commissioned him, and they know who commissioned them.
THOMAS PAINE. Federal City, Level's } Hotel, Feb. 29. 1903. }
FOR THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE. A DISSERTATION On the Political Character and Writings of THOMAS PAINE, Author of Common Sense, Rights of Man &c. &c. &c.
(No. IV.) “AMERICAN CRISIS.”
1st. The development of the principles of the revolution.
IT is impossible to meditate on the ruins of British despotism, in America, and the various incidents that attended the catastrophe, without feeling grateful to Providence for the event as it turned out. It is like tranquil old age reverting its eye to the scene of its youthful days and contemplating with composed magnanimity, the perils through which it had passed, the triumphs of temper over passion, and making the recollection of a well spent life the earnest of future happiness.
The tranquility of the public mind, after the tempest had passed away, arose from a conscious rectitude of sentiment, that the struggle, on the part of America, had arisen from the purest motives, and been conducted throughout with the utmost liberality of temper. No painful recollections disturbed the repose of the patriot, who had borne his part in the conflict, when retiring to the shade of domestic peace and independence. He had seen the tempest raging around without shrinking from the blast, and felt all the sentiments of an exalted heroism, in having acted his part, to arrest the public calamity. The laurels he had acquired were not stained with the
blood of innocence, nor had he been the unprovoked instrument of extorting tears from the widow and the orphan. These emotions were felt from one end of the continent to the other. They glowed in every bosom, and arose from a full conviction in the public mind, that what had been done, it was a sacred duty to perform. A profound knowledge, also, of the principles upon which independence had been declared and the revolution conducted through all its stages of vexation, gave a degree of triumph to the mind, that soon erased from the memory every painful recollection.
A development of these principles upon data of the most irrefutable kind, had made a prominent feature in the American Crisis. It unfolded what had hitherto been obscurely hinted; and removed the cowardice of timid conjecture, by giving light, majesty and confirmation to the subject. Natural right, interest, necessity and moral advantage, were links, in the chain of investigation, that led to a complete knowledge of the oppressions we had escaped, and of the solid blessings, which independence had procured for our enjoyment.
Notwithstanding the limited extent of political knowledge in America, at the declaration of independence, the natural right of the continent to freedom was a point that had never been called in question. The mind had been sufficiently liberalized, to perceive at the first glance, that the author of nature could never have intended that so large a portion of the globe, should be tributary to a contemptible European island, which might be sunk in one of the northern lakes of the continent without raising a bubble. This impression, however, only existed to produce the pain of mortification, in the minds of those who suffered the hardships of colonial subordination. Things were not at all times ripe for a separation upon this ground. There are periods in the affairs of nations, as well as of individuals, when the impulse of duty must yield to necessity.
But with respect to interest, necessity and moral advantage, the public mind naturally required additional light, to what it already conjectured on these subjects. They were more involved in the mysteries of political science, and required a greater degree of that steady calculation, which might lead to a knowledge of the relative situations of the two countries, the views of the European cabinets with respect to America, the state of parties and of politics in the country, and which embraces by an extensive and enlightened view of the whole subject, all the various branches of political and moral economy.
The popular mass of a dependent nation, never go into the fatigue of political detail. They survey things in the general, feel their sufferings for a time with patient endurance, and require a more powerful stimulus to action, than the tranquil movements of mental calculation.
The interest of America in being independent, resulted from the embarrassments she sustained in being under subordination to another. A moral as well as physical difference between the two continents, both as to interest, character, local and political inclination and necessity, emphatically called for a separation. Despised in Europe, America could maintain none of those rights abroad, which the laws of hospitality grant to independent states. The equitable provisions of the law of nations, could never be extended to her claims, except as she stood connected with the British monarchy. Subordinate to that government, she was every moment liable to be linked into all the wars of the nation, and to undergo the mortification of sustaining, by her blood and treasure, a detestable policy, that was repugnant to her feelings as an honest people. Besides, the fertile resources which nature had lavished on the continent, to support the military operations of Europe, would have made her the continual object of contention among the nations of that continent. In the mean time the country would necessarily have been the seat of war. America would have been compelled to take up arms on the part of Britain; and while she fought to gratify the pride or resentment of the British despotism, she could gain nothing even by a triumph, but would invariably sustain the heaviest burthen of human calamity, by having her citizens mangled, her treasure wasted, her moral character debauched, her cities pillaged and defaced by licentious mobs, and the earnings of industry scattered to all the winds of Heaven. Divested of sovereignty and without an independent negative upon the cabinets of the conflicting parties, she was every moment liable to be ceded away by treaty, and like an object of traffic, transferred from one hand to another, for the purposes of speculation. Like the duchy of Courland on the Baltic, which for several ages has been an object of contention between the Northern powers & the houses of Brandenburg and Bourbon, America had no political existence. Her destiny was linked in the fate of Britain; but with this mortifying difference, that she was compelled to suffer all the calamities of the monarchy, without having a share in the prosperities of the state.
Independent of these considerations, the legislation of the colonies was the continual sport of faction and party animosity. It depended upon the will of a corrupted ministry three thousand
miles off, who felt no more regard for whatever was done in America, than for the sorrows of slavery in the West-India islands. Subjection and tribute was every thing they sought; and as long as the one was maintained and the other discharged, the great object of holding the colonies was effected. What, also, must have been the situation of the American commerce? Monopolies, so contrary to the spirit of a liberal commercial policy, placed in the hands of rapacious Scotch factors and unprincipled Tories, spoilation committed often under the most frivolous pretences, and restraints of a thousand different kinds, must have shackled her trade so effectually, as to render her efforts of industry abortive. In the mean time, the agricultural interest, which hangs upon the fate of commerce, must have felt a shock from one end of the continent to the other, according to the operation of circumstances. A separation, however, removed all these embarrassments; and America was permitted to pursue her own ideas of general utility, agreeably to the dictates of her own wisdom.
The necessity, likewise, for a separation, at the time it took place, grew out of the general situation of the colonies, prior to the declaration of independence. The future destiny of the country, under every aspect that could be derived from the temper of the European cabinets, had already commenced its operation. The custom of ceding away the islands of the ocean, as well as large portions of continental territory, at the close of a war, made a part of the diplomatic policy of European courts. France, leagued with the savages, was contending with Britain, for the American prize. Ever since the treaty of Utrecht, the views of the house of Bourbon had been of a hostile nature, towards the continent. From these circumstances, either an entire cession, or a dismemberment of the colonies, was within the reach of probability. The event of a European war might have decided the fate of America forever. Cut up into small parcels of territory, by diplomatic lines of demarcation, the whole continent might soon have been disposed of to different masters, and placed under different political regulations. Examples of this kind, had frequently occurred. France had been dismembered by the cession of Burgundy to Charles the fifth, after the battle of Pavia; Poland had lost its political existence by a division of its provinces among separate princes, and the Germanic body had frequently experienced the same fate, prior to the treaty of Munster.
The effect, of an incident of this kind, was easy to be seen. The continent could never have been brought to a union, sufficiently formidable to oppose, the combined powers of several European masters. The drowzy Spaniard, the enslaved Frenchman and the servile, unprincipled British tory, possessing interests and inclinations diametrically opposite, would have formed a heterogeneous mass upon the continent, that would have overthrown every honest effort of patriotism, to set it free.
Besides, another evil of considerable magnitude, was growing into existence, which was fortunately crushed in the bud, by a separation of the two countries. Factions would have sprung up, between the aristocratical and democratical orders of society, by the encreasing disproportion of estates, owing to monopolies of commercial wealth, and the operation of entails and the law of primogeniture. By this means, the force of the country could never have been so completely formed, as to act offensively, with success. The strength of society would have evaporated, in a consumption; and the period of independence removed beyond the reach of calculation.
With respect to the moral advantages that were to arise from a separation, the very character and situation of America claimed them, as a birth right of the most solemn dignity. Like an innocent female just stepping on the theatre of life, the utmost circumspection of demeanor was considered as her best guard. Her future felicity depended upon the reputation she maintained abroad for the qualities of honour, integrity, justice and innocence. But how could this character be supported when leagued with a monster of depravity, whose flag had visited every clime to lay waste unoffending nations and to cover the earth with sorrow? Whose national character is that of a haughty and imperious insolence, blackened with crimes of the most atrocious nature and abandoned to every species of blasphemy against God and the religion of humanity? By a separation, America has been enabled to support a very different reputation. Instead of being the enemy of all mankind, she is the friend of the human race. Peace, innocence and safety are the elements of her happiness and when she possesses these blessings, she asks no more from Providence.
2dly. The promotion of political knowledge in America.
Despotism is the parent of ignorance and misery. Like the slumbers of death, it binds up in chains all the faculties of the soul, and reduces the human character to that state of degradation which renders it equally an object of disgust
and compassion. It imposes a gloomy silence upon our thoughts, which only spring in the mind, to die unknown. Wherever the liberty of speech and the freedom of the press are interdicted by the ruthless hand of tyranny, these intellectual abortions compose by far the greater part of the calamities of a nation; because it is taking the weapons of defence from the hand of suffering humanity and retaining the power to oppress, without the fear of punishment. This was precisely the situation of America, under the colonial government, from the time she accepted the claims of Britain, to the period of the revolution. It is true, that she could boast of legislators and philosophers of considerable rank, prior to the declaration of independence. Franklin, Jefferson, Rittenhouse and Samuel Adams, as well as many others of distinguished philosophical and political reputations, formed a constellation of sages, that would have added lustre to any age or nation. But the great mass of the people were ignorant of the first principles of government, and knew nothing of those social relations, which embrace so large a portion of human happiness, when wisely applied.
The minions of despotism, who had been sent into the colonies with special commissions, from the King, were nothing more, in reality, than spies upon the conduct of the people. Every officer, in authority, from the constable of the hundred, to the governor of a province, were of this detestible call. Sycophants by profession, and constantly in the habit of bowing to the will of the crowned despot, who had purloined from them, the dignity of nature, the operations of free enquiry would willingly have been made the pretext for persecution. The very existence of every monarchical government depends upon this abominable policy; which shews, that institutions of that nature, are both unnatural and degrading to the human character. Hence the statutes of treason in England, the Bailie and letters de Cachet of France, the Auto de fe of Portugal and the inquisition of Spain. By the same principle of control, over the mind, the mass of the people in America, had slumbered away several ages of tranquil ignorance, without forming any correct ideas upon the great subjects of social happiness.
But when the American revolution broke out, and the principles of civil liberty became objects of serious enquiry, the case was very different. A new spring was given to the mind. The enlightened author of the Crisis, unravelling the subject upon grounds equally luminous and original, stamped a character upon our claims, that set them above the reach of prejudice. Among these claims, the right which every man enjoyed to pursue his own happiness, became a fixed and universal principle, in the public mind. The citizen, in changing from the dependence of the subject, exchanged also, his old habits of thinking and of acting. The crisis had opened the field of investigation and men entered it, without fear or restraint. Knowledge, like the rays of light at the approach of day, began to pervade every region of the moral and political hemisphere. It was not confined as formerly, to the walls of an academy, or to the fortunate few, whom education and leisure had contributed to enlighten. The political character and inclinations of the people, the commercial and financial policy of the state, as well as the civil rights and social duties of the citizen, were speedily developed; and with a degree of universal improvement, that has never been exceeded, the nation beheld an era of happiness bursting on the view, that equally excited her own and the admiration of foreign powers.
The idea of a monarchical government, and all the solemn appendages of that institution, like long customs, had made a powerful impression on the public mind. To be governed in any other manner than by a king, had been considered as impracticable. The notion of a representative democracy, had never been developed or clearly understood. But when the Crisis made its appearance, the royal government lost its influence. Like the enchantments of a vision, during the paroxysms of a debilitated mind, the impressions that had disordered it gradually wore away, upon the return of reason. The royal government of Great Britain, was discovered to be nothing more than a detestable usurpation, composed of a vile herd, from the king to the constable, that fattened upon the spoils of oppression, and like the dog of a slaughter house, grew insolent upon the filth and mire of corruption. It was, moreover found that the sovereign power actually resided in the people, and not the king; that they derived this right of sovereignty from nature and the very structure and intentions of the social compact.
The representative system, composed of the legislative, judiciary and executive departments, fundamentally separated from each other, and as nearly deriving its powers from the will and appointment of the people, as the organization thereof, might comport with the public safety, was found fully adequate to all the ends of civil society. It was found to be the only safe means of preserving the sovereign power, in the hands of the people, and at the same time, of collecting the public wisdom to a focus, in order to give it due weight and operation, in protecting the claims of liberty.
Experiment, upon these principles, in time, produced knowledge. The confederated government, which had conducted the nation through the war, when the general calamity made us united, and turned away the attention from contemplating frailty, yielded to the more sober investigations of peace. It was considered that a complete independence would produce all the factions and party animosities, that grow out of a calm, tranquil leisure, when the mind has time to make experiments, and to speculate on the passions. In a state like this, a greater degree of energy in government, than the confederate institution possessed, was deemed a matter of expediency. It fell, under the maturest consideration that the American sages, could give it, and upon its ruins, the federal constitution, with powers wisely apportioned, and with functions sufficiently adequate, to answer every purpose of society, was raised. The same process, regenerated with equal wisdom, the governments of each state. After they had undergone such changes, as experience pointed out as necessary, the principle of the representative system was established. It is now happily interwoven in the very texture and form of every government in the union.
When we ask for the great leading causes of these social improvements, that in their operation have so eminently contributed to the prosperity of America, let us turn over the pages of the Crisis, and we shall perceive the first link in the chain. In pursuing the subject, the mind is led through a regular investigation of first principles, that hang upon each other as consequences, and producing each its effect, by an orderly succession. A development produces knowledge; knowledge, opposition; opposition, independence, and independence, the blessings of peace, safety, prosperity and wisdom.
3dly. A union among the Americans, as to the principles of Civil Government.
It is well known, that after the war was over, and the cause for which the confederate institution had been established, no longer existed, the states were literally dissolved from their allegiance to each other. Each link of the federal chain fell asunder, and retained its own sovereignty, disconnected and independent of the rest. It was, however, wisely foreseen, by the author of the Crisis, that a disunion of this kind, would be productive of the most injurious effects. The great principles of national power, to be derived from a union of interest and of force, composed a subject that underwent a luminous and original investigation. The mind fraught with political light and historic knowledge, speedily embraced the truth, with a large portion of the different states. The cantons of Switzerland, by union, had survived the rudest shocks from the house of Austria, among the Alps; and the Germanic Body, by uniting the strength of the principalities, had rivalled for many ages, the most formidable powers of Europe.
As the question, however, related to the states of America, much was to be said pro and con, on the subject of a general union. The principle arguments against it, were anticipated; and without a minute specification of any one of them, the author of the Crisis proved, upon general principles of safety and prosperity, that the question could not admit of a negative upon any serious ground of political reasoning. From the necessity of a union of each state, with the rest, as a corporation of strength, wisdom and mutual advantage, arose the necessity for regulating it, upon some general political principles, that should be binding on the whole. By this means every thing of a heterogeneous nature, that might have arisen to prevent a general union, either from the commercial character of some of the states, the agricultural policy of others, difference of inclination, or the state of wealth, and of population in each, was completely removed. All inferior considerations, appeared to yield to the grand political necessity of blending each part of the body, to give it strength and determination. To preserve it in safety, to give it durability, and to have every advantage of which the institution was susceptible, suggested the expediency of animating it with a series of fundamental principles, that should bear the most powerful affinity to each other.
It was the fate of the Americans, to gather the flowers of wisdom, upon the frozen wild of misfortune. When the principles of civil government were about to be reduced to practice, under the Federal Constitution, the impressions that sad experience had made on the public mind, were carried into the convention, that formed the institution. To avert, in future, the calamities of former days, the union was firmly cemented upon the broad basis of national faith and independence. This act has stamped a character on the United States of America, that shall live on the page of history, as the most illustrious example of wisdom, magnanimity and fortitude, that ever occurred in the annals of any age or nation.
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LEXINGTON, MARCH 1.
The post rider from the Eastward brought no mail yesterday.
The Southern mail due last night, had not arrived when this paper went to press.
The rider from Winchester, Mount Sterling &c. has not been here for three weeks.
Letter from Thomas T. Davis Esq. to the Editor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10th 1803.
SIR, I avail myself by your paper, of informing my Constituents that I am not a Candidate for the next Congress.
I am, Sir,
Your obt. Servt. THO. T. DAVIS.
On Sunday evening last a man was arrested in this town, under the authority of an act passed at the last session of assembly, entitled "An act to suppress riots, routs, and unlawful assemblies of the people," and committed to jail. On Monday he was tried by a jury, who fined him in 19 dollars 99 cents, and on neglecting to pay the same, to be imprisoned ten days. He is now confined in prison.
The mercury in the Thermometer, at eight o'clock this morning, stood at 14 degrees above 0.
In the course of this week the following petition will, we understand, be presented for signature. We now publish it, that the citizens may have an opportunity of judging whether the advantages contemplated by the petition, will be equal to the expence of an extra session of the legislature.
TO HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES GARRARD ESQ. GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
THE PETITION
Of the Subscribers, inhabitants of the county of Fayette, and other citizens of the said state.
YOUR Excellency has no doubt heard of the destruction, by fire, of the clerk's office of Fayette county, whereby the whole of the papers of both the court of quarter sessions and the county court have been consumed, without the exception of a single entire record: You will also be sensible of the loss which this melancholy accident will occasion to the public at large: To orphans, to the distributees of the estates of deceased persons, to the owners of lands whose deeds were there recorded, to suitors, in short to almost every class of citizens, the loss will in a great measure be irreparable. It must be the will of all, it is no doubt of your Excellency, to diminish as much as possible the public injury. This can effectually be done only by the collection and preservation of the testimony of those who have any recollection of the papers which have been destroyed: But this depending upon the frail memories of men, is every day weakening or destroying by forgetfulness, removal and death: No way to guard against their joint effects at present exists, but the indiscriminate institution of suits, which besides being attended with great expence delay and trouble, would perhaps be omitted in the case of those, who from their defenceless and unprotected situations, are most entitled to the fostering care of government: Your petitioners therefore pray that the general assembly may be called, in order that they may take into consideration the propriety of passing a law authorizing a board of commissioners to perpetuate testimony, or put any other law for preventing as much as possible the injurious effects of this public misfortune.
Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated "Frankfort, 25th Feb." "Yesterday was launched from Yatesman's yard, the Schooner Go-By, built by John Instone, burthen 80 tons."
PARIS November 28.
Much discontent prevails among the members of the Senate. They in general behold their president with an evil eye, and look upon him as a person placed over them to assure their servitude, and to impress that direction upon their measures which may meet the wishes of their master. The first symptom that has manifested itself of this discontent, is their relaxation in the assiduity of their attention to Cambacérès. They now regard him only as a passive or secondary agent, a mere impotent instrument of the Consulate, to whom they return a civil answer to the communication. The Senate pay at the same time the greatest respect to the wishes of the sovereign, while they attempt to evince a kind of constitutional independence, in cases where they imagine his will is not so expressly announced. About a month ago, a list was laid before them of 500 emigrants who were to be banished for ever from the territory of the Republic. This list, after a long debate was referred to a committee, who would come to
no decision upon it. Citizen Lanjuinais insisted particularly on the case of those emigrants who are accused of having betrayed the Republic, some of whom were transported by the Directory on the 19th Fructidor. To sanction such a proscription, said he, would be becoming accomplices with those who inflicted that measure. Even for the honor, he added, of the chief ruler of the state, it was incumbent on them to remonstrate against such a list as that now presented to them. Would they have it said that a base jealousy could animate a noble and generous heart, in discarding men who have excited our commiseration, and shall interest our feelings? The discussion continued to be carried on with great warmth for several days, when the counsellor of state, Fourcroy, declared in the name of the government, that for particular reasons, he wished to withdraw the list, and that he should, in the course of the next month, again lay it before the senate.
LONDON, November 26.
Advices from Berne, Basle, and Zurich, of the 10th, have brought as follows; on the 8th arrived at Zurich, guarded by an escort of Chasseurs, the celebrated Aloys Reding, and general Aus der Maur: M. Hirzel, a member of the Diet of Schwitz, has also been taken up; he was found at his own house, in the bosom of his family. They were all conveyed before general Serras, and afterwards carried to the Hotel de Ville. The brother of Reding, who exercised the office of Landammann of Baden, during the insurrection, has also been taken up. Some other of the leading persons have experienced the same fate. They are to be sent to the castle of Challon, on the banks of the lake of Geneva, as prisoners of state, until further orders. This measure of safety, ordered by general Ney, has produced a great sensation. The town of Zurich is, by direction of the national prefect, disarming, as well as the other towns and cantons—Tranquility is far from being restored in the canton of Zurich. The presence of the French troops alone keeps down the insurgents.
A private letter from Paris mentions, that Bonaparte, when he visited the port D'Ouillon, on observing the English color placed under the French, ordered them to be placed side by side, saying that England ranked with the first nations on the globe, that her people were brave, industrious, and naturally friends to France. The colors of the other nations were hung beneath, except the American which did not appear, and the absence of which is considered as a great offence.
The Emperor of Russia, it is said, has positively refused the guarantee of Malta; and has objected to receive any more offers from England on the subject.
The military conscription continues to give the greatest dissatisfaction in France. By the regulations, three out of four of all young men, from 21 to 23 years of age, are to serve by lot. A. those who have interest, or can pay 25/, to the government, are exempted; but no abatement is made on account of this exemption, from the whole number that are to serve; and those who are too poor to pay 25/, or have no interest, think it hard to be obliged to draw lots which shall serve for the others. On this account, many families in France are at this moment in great affliction. Their sons shall not be slain in battle, or fall victims to the yellow fever, they are sensible that the life of a soldier wholly unqualified them for other occupations.
Colonel Despard, we understand will be tried the ensuing sessions at the Old Bailey, which commence this day, December 1. He is charged with feloniously, maliciously and advisedly endeavoring to seduce Thomas Windfor, being a person serving in his majesty's forces by land, and divers other persons also serving in his majesty's forces by land, from their duty and allegiance to his majesty, and for his inciting and stirring up the said Thomas Windfor, and other persons also serving in his majesty's forces by land, to commit an act of mutiny, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said lord the king.
December 1.
We last night received Paris journals to the 28th. They bring very little news. The Swiss are electing deputies to proceed to Paris to the consulta, which is to be the organ through which the will of France is to be communicated. Some applications have been made to the commander of the French troops in Switzerland, to let Aloys Reding and his companions, confined in the castle of Arnburch, at liberty, but without success. The French minister has noticed to the Austrian government the annexation of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla to France; but the reply of the emperor is not known. However displeasing the intelligence may be, the emperor must return a civil answer to the communication.
December 2.
Col. Despard, we find is not only charged with the capital offence of seducing soldiers from their allegiance, but he is detained under a charge of high treason. A detainer on that charge was yesterday sent to Newgate.
December 4.
From a recent decision which took place at Brest, it appears, that the
French are determined if we persist in our Navigation Act, to have theirs. By the Navigation Act of England, foreign vessels are not allowed to enter the port of London with any other produce than that of the countries to which they respectively belong. France, it appears, has resolved to adopt the same principles. An English vessel bringing a cargo of Iron from Petersturg to Brest, has been declared contraband.
A Dutch mail arrived yesterday; and by an article from the frontiers of Switzerland, it seems that some fresh ferment has arisen in the lower Cantons, in consequence of the severity of the French.
NEW-YORK, February 4.
A London paper of the 28th November speaking of America, says, "Every British statesman must now be aware of the great importance of maintaining a good understanding with the United States of America. The two countries may be so mutually serviceable or so mutually mischievous to each other, that the utmost pains should be employed to cultivate not only peace but to improve every sentiment of kindness and affection. The French, it is well known, made every exertion to obtain a party in America hostile to England. In appointing a minister to the United States it therefore is of the utmost importance to send a man qualified to improve our interests with the government, and the people of that country; one who will conciliate their affections and esteem, as far as his personal character, and his personal communication with them, can extend. M. Otto is to be the French envoy."
PHILADELPHIA, February 8.
A letter from a gentleman of high authority in London, to his correspondent in New-York, dated the 3d of December, says, "The British Government is endeavouring to secure the continuance of Peace by keeping up a large naval and military force."
The following are extracts from the speech of the venerable George Clinton, governor of New-York, delivered before the legislature of that state on the 31st ultimo.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly,
I have the satisfaction to inform you, that nothing has occurred in the recess of the legislature to disturb the public tranquility, or to impede the growing prosperity of the state. For a continuation of these inestimable blessings our unfeigned gratitude is due to the supreme disposer of events. You must, however, have heard, with regret, of the late unwarrantable conduct of the Spanish intendant at New-Orleans, calculated to deprive the people of the United States, of the free navigation of the Mississippi; but notwithstanding the sensibility so generally and justly excited on this occasion, there is every reason to believe that the wise and temperate measures adopted by the president will remove all cause of complaint: Should this not be the case, and a more vigorous course become proper and necessary, I feel confident it will be pursued; and that this state, which so eminently exerted itself in the establishment of American independence, will display equal firmness and patriotism in vindicating our national rights, from whatever quarter they may be assailed.
Our fellow citizens, attached to our happy constitution from a conviction that it is wisely calculated, under Divine Providence, to ensure all the essential benefits of civil society, without any unnecessary abridgement of their natural rights, generally manifest a disposition to pay due obedience to the laws, which they justly consider as the expression of their own will, and to give to government that genuine energy and support which are only to be derived from their confidence and affection. It is also with pleasure I mention, that the duties assigned to the different departments, as far as my observation extends, continue to be performed with wisdom and fidelity.
The establishment of common schools has at different times engaged the attention of the legislature; but although its importance is generally acknowledged a diversity of sentiment respecting the best means has hitherto prevented the accomplishment of the object. The diffusion of knowledge is so essential to the promotion of virtue and the preservation of liberty, as to render argument unnecessary to excite you to perseverance in this laudable pursuit. Permit me only to observe that education, by correcting the morals and improving the manners, tends to prevent those evils in society which are beyond the sphere of legislation.
LAW OF KENTUCKY.
AN ACT allowing compensation to the Justices of the county courts within this commonwealth for their services. Approved Dec. 20, 1802.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the justices of the county courts within this commonwealth shall hereafter be allowed for their services, the following fees and no more, viz.
D. C. M. For copy of a judgment and certifying papers on an appeal, 50 For certificate on an oath
where it shall be required, 12 5 For posting a stray or strays (where one or more of the same species are included in the same post note) for the whole service, 17 For issuing an attachment and taking bond, 50 For issuing a summons for a garnishee or garnishees and taking schedule of effects, 25 For an order of sale, 12 5 For attending to take depositions in any case, per day, 1 For taking a recognizance or special bail, 25 For certifying a power of attorney or deed of conveyance, 12 5 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that any justice who shall sign any blank warrant, or permit his name to be put thereto, shall, for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered with costs, on motion in the court of quarter sessions in the county where the offence may be committed, by any person suing for the same, one half to the informer, and the other half to be applied towards lessening the county levy, provided the opposite party have ten days previous notice of such motion; or on the presentment of the grand jury, in which case the whole shall be applied to the benefit of the county.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that any justice who shall demand or receive any greater fee for any service than is hereby allowed to him, or any fee for any other service than is hereby expressly specified, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid.
Every act or parts of acts, coming within the purview of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.
This act shall be in force from its passage.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVING issued Proposal for publishing in Lexington, a Newspaper to be entitled the INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER, & WEEKLY ADVERTIZER, request those gentlemen who hold Subscription Papers, for the purpose of procuring subscribers, to return them by the 10th inst. in order that arrangements may be made for its publication.
JOSEPH CHARLESS, FRANCIS PENISTON. Lexington, March 1, 1803.
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at this Office, A LITTLE POEM
ON PEACE & WAR. Second edition corrected. To which is added, TWO LESSER POEMS. By J. R. TOULMIN. Price 12 1-2 cents single, or 1 dozen for 1 dollar.
Just Published, and For Sale at this Office—price 9d.
THE CIRCULAR EPISTLE OF THE HALCYON CHURCH.
Next week will be published, THE UNION AND DISCIPLINE OF THE SAME CHURCH.
A few copies of the URIM OR HALCYON CABALA, May likewise be had—Price 9d.
On the 14th inst. will be published, A LETTER TO A FRIEND, Defending the important doctrine of the TRINITY. By DAVID BARROW.
A MAN'S SADDLE FOUND AT the Stray-pen in Lexington, was left at the store of Macaoun and Tilford, which the owner on application may receive by paying the expence of advertising. Feb. 28th, 1803.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
LOST Some time since, between Lexington and Versailles, a CALICO THREAD CASE, containing part of a SILVER EAR-RING, set with ELEVEN DIAMONDS. Whoever will deliver it to the Editor of the Kentucky Gazette, shall receive the above reward. March 1, 1803.
January 3d, 1803. TAKEN up by WM. BEAUCAMP, living on the North Fork of Raven Creek, in Harrison county, a BAY MARE,
three years old next spring, no brand perceivable, had on an old bell with a double buckle; appraised to thirty dollars. A true copy from the docket, given by me this 19th day of February 1803.
* ROBT. ELLISON Esquire.
THE STUD BOOK Will issue on Tuesday next.
ANN WALSH, BEGS leave to inform her friends and the public, that she intends opening a SCHOOL for the instruction of Young Ladies, in the art of Needle Work, on the first of April, near Mr. William Morton's, Lexington. As she has taught in this town some years, she thinks it needlessly to inform the public particularly what she teaches. March 1st, 1803.
Fayette county ft. TAKEN up by WILLIAM LONG, on Steel's run, one sorrel yearling, MARE COLT, blaze face, the near hind foot white, a whitish mane, not docked or branded, not very well grown; appraised to 50s. by Oaky Hogland and James McClain—Given under my hand this 24th of December 1802. HENRY PAYNE.
TAKEN up by SOLOMON KOON, on Raven creek, Harrison county, A DUN MARE, thirteen years old, fourteen hands high, branded on the near shoulder thus, 3, black mane and tail—appraised to 8/. ANDW. HAMPTON. Jan. 3, 1803.
TAKEN up by HENRY HURST, on the head waters of Cherry run, Scott county, A BLACK 2 year old FILLY, about 14 hands high, star in her forehead, no brand perceivable—appraised to 15/. 1802, September 28th. *2t GEO. G. BOSWELL.
TO BE LET, THE Building of a FRAME MEETING HOUSE, at the place known by the name of the Barracks, in the county of Fayette. The House to be sixty feet long by thirty two wide. Proposals will be received by the commissioners until Thursday the 3d March, and if not let before that day will be let to the lowest bidder on the ground. A plan of the House will be shewn by application to the commissioners.
Commissioners. RICH. ALLEN, P. CURD, EDM. BRYAN, WM. GIST, E. FOLLEY, R. HIGGINS. 10th Feb. 1802.
THE NOTED HORSE REPUBLICAN,
WILL stand the ensuing season, which will commence the first day of March, and end the first day of August, at the plantation of Leonard Fleming, in Woodford county, near Shannon's mill, and will be let to mares at Six Dollars the leap, paid at the stable door, Fifteen Dollars the season, to be discharged at any time before the first day of August next, by the payment of Twelve Dollars, or Ten Dollars when the mare is first put to the horse, and Twenty Dollars to ensure a mare with foal, to be returned if such should not be the case, if the mare remains the property of the person who put her to the horse. Notes for the season and insurance, to be sent with the mares agreeable to advertisement, where the money is not paid.
REPUBLICAN is a beautiful bay, handsomely marked, about fifteen hands and a half high, eight years old last spring, and his form, muscular strength and activity is inferior to few horses on the continent—and from a number of certificates well authenticated, which can be seen at his stand, his colts are tho' equal to any.
PEDIGREE.
REPUBLICAN was raised by Mr. John Towns, of Amelia, and was got by Pegasus, Pegasus by Wildair, his dam by Traveller, grand dam by Mark Anthony, great grand dam by Aristotle, great great grand dam by Bonny Lals, out of the imported Bonny Lals, by old Jolly Roger; the dam of Republican was got by Apollo, Apollo by the imported Fearnought, his dam by Janus, great grand dam by Crawford, great great grand dam by Silver Eye.
A plenty of good and well inclosed pasture will be found gratis, for those putting mares at a distance if required, and grain at a reasonable price, but will not be accountable for escapes or accidents. LEONARD FLEMING. Woodford, February 15th, 1803.
WANTED A QUANTITY OF TALLOW & SUGAR, Enquire of the Printer.

The Dutchman & the Skipple-Stone.
By Jonathan Pindar Esq.
Not far from Albany, among the Dutch, A skipple-stone is us'd to balance weight
On horseback borne; this balance is just such
As Daddy Vice requires in ev'ry state.
A Dutchman, who to mill went ev'ry week,
With sack half fill'd with wheat and half with stone,
Was once advis'd a diff'rent course to seek;
Double the wheat and let the stone alone.
The boor with wonder stares—takes off his load,
Throws out the stone, and fills the sack with grain,
Divides it equally, and takes the road.
"Dis meal two weeks mine household shall maintain,"
He cries, exulting—but a sudden tho't Soon turns him back.—Again he
takes the sack,
And emptying half the wheat, as he'd been taught,
Into its place the skipple-stone puts back;
Thus mutt'ring to himself as he was wont,
"If dis been right, mine fader would a don't."
DIVERSITY.
A WAG, observing a fellow steal a fish, at Billinggate, and put it under his jacket, which was too short to conceal the theft, whispered the purloiner, in fu- ture, either to wear a longer jacket, or steal a shorter fish.
Clarke County, October Term, 1802.
Robert Clark, sen. compl't.
AGAINST
David Bullock, Josias Bullock and Andrew McCalla & Co. defen's.
UPON AN INJUNCTION, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant Josias Bullock not having entered 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 common- wealth, on the motion of the complain- ant by his counsel, it is ordered that unless the said defendant do appear here on the second day of the next March term and answer the complain- ant's bill the same will be taken pro confesso—that a copy of this or- der 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 imme- diately after divine service.
A copy, Teste D. BULLOCK. c. c. o. s.
AT a meeting of the President and Directors of the Kentucky In- surance Company, at their office in Lexington, on Monday the 21st day of February, 1803.
"Resolved, that Thomas Hart, John Jordan and William Leavy be a committee to draw the plan of a house and vault for the use of the Kentucky Insurance company, and to make enquiry whether such building can be procured on rent, and at what rate, as well as what expense it will be to the company to purchase the ground and erect such house and vault; the situation of which house to be on Main street be- tween Cross and Limestone streets, and report to the next meeting of the Board."
Test, WILLIAM MACBEAN, clk.
THE committee above mentioned have made out a plan of the house and vault aforesaid, and are ready to receive proposals from such as think proper to make them.
THOMAS HART, JOHN JORDAN, WILLIAM LEAVY.
THE SHARE-HOLDERS IN the Kentucky Insurance Compa- ny, are hereby notified to meet at the Company's office, in Lexington, on the first day of April next, in order to elect a President and Directors, to continue in office for one year from that date, a- greably to the 6th section of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Kentucky Insurance Company."
By order of the board of Directors. W. MORTON, President. February 21, 1803.
JUST PUBLISHED And for sale at this Office, the second edi- tion of
WILSON'S GRAMMAR, Revised and Corrected.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY last spring, a negro man, named
BARTLET,
Supposed to be about twenty five years of age, five feet eight or ten inches high, uncommonly stout and broad across the shoulders, very dark complexion, his eyes sunk deep in his head, and when spoken to ge- nerally puts on a smile, but at other times he has a thoughtful ill look, and possessing a great share of cunning acquiescence.
He was formerly owned by col. William Montgomery of Lincoln county Kentucky, and brought from thence by Henry Hall of Shelby county, in the year 1801.
I have been informed he was taken up on the Tennessee river by a de- tachment of troops under the com- mand of capt. Purdy, and was put in irons; that officer for reasons but known to himself, thought proper to release him and keep him as a wa- iter a considerable time, until he arrived in the neighbourhood of Nashville. The fellow then left him on being threatened with chast- isement. It is not known where he aims to go, but it is believed to Kentucky to his former place of re- sidence, or the North Western side of the Ohio.
Any person who will apprehend and deliver the said Negro to the subscriber shall receive the above reward of One Hundred Dollars.
ABNER GREEN.
Natchez, 18th January, 1803. 6w
TAKEN up by George Speers, living in Green county, on Russell's creek, one chefnut sorrel Mare, about fourteen hands one inch high, about eleven years old, branded with T on the left shoulder and jaw, a natural pacer; appraised to £7. 10. Also, a bright sorrel horse colt, one year old last spring, about twelve and a half hands high, a small star in his forehead, branded on the left shoulder with J B, a natural trot- ter; appraised to £7. 10.
JAMES HARRIS, J. P.
October 19th, 1802. *
FOR SALE,
A LIKELY YOUNG
NEGRO MAN,
BETWEEN 25 and 30 years of age. He is a good house servant, and un- derstands farming—his only failing is, that he is too fond of strong drink. For terms &c. enquire of
THOMAS HART.
Lexington, February 14.
DALLAM'S PORT.
THE subscriber has possessed himself of the valuable land in the forks of Red river, and purposes to lay out near 1000 Acres in a Town. He has travelled through a great part of Kentucky and Tennessee. Observed with attention the soil, produce, situation & water courses, & he is confident there is not a spot in the whole that possesses advantages equal to this for a town. It is situ- ated on the only constant and pure streams for water works, in a fine healthy and fertile country.
The day is not far distant when a new state must arise and be added to the union out of Kentucky and Ten- nessee—and the seat of government must be at or adjacent to this spot, because it is not far from the centre; is free from musketoes (the pest of man and beast,) and from the disor- ders incident to a nearer approach to the Cumberland river.
From this spot is a navigation to the Ohio and Back, within a few miles of the eddy waters of Cum- berland and Ohio; the settlement around, and the improvements al- ready made are the best, and most extensive in the county. On and near to this spot, are three houses for public worship, a forge, two saw mills, two grit-mills, and a fulling mill, and the only merchant mill on a constant stream in the county and seats for 100 more. The public roads are in every direction near to and from this spot—And the legisla- ture of the state has established an inspection of Tobacco, Flour and Hemp at this place—And there is now a school kept.
The discerning inhabitants must see their interest in becoming proprie- tors of lots in this town; it will add immediately to their wealth, convenience and happiness; houses alone are wanted to populate it with industrious mechanics and mer- chants. A platt will soon be made out & the time of public sale of lots be made known.
RICH'D. DALLAM.
Logan county, Jan. 4th.
LIFE OF GEN. WASHINGTON.
THE SUBSCRIBER, Having purchased of the honorable Bulbrook Washington, the Copy- Right of the HISTORY OF THE LATE GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF NORTH AMERICA, During the War which effected THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR COUNTRY, AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Has it now in his power to offer the Public the following PROPOSALS
For publishing it by subscription. The work will be faithfully com- posed under the inspection of Judge Washington himself, principally from the original papers bequeathed to him by the deceased General. On its correctness the most entire con- fidence may be placed.
The life of this illustrious Citi- zen necessarily comprises so large and interesting a portion of the hi- story of this country, that the work, it was conceived, would be render- ed much more complete, as well as much more gratifying to the reader, by connecting with it some general account of the origin and progress of the People, who were conducted under his auspices, from dependent colonies to self-government.
A compendious view, therefore, will be taken, by way of introduc- tion to the Life of General Washing- ton, of the settlements of the Euro- peans in North America, and of the advance of the British colonies from their feeble and infantine condition, until they attained that state of man- hood, when, with arms in their hands, they asserted and established their Independence.
Various circumstances have delay- ed the execution of the work; but it is now in considerable forwardness, and will soon be ready for the press —Bond with security has been given that it shall be published.
CONDITIONS.
The work shall be handsomely print- ed, with a new type, on vellum paper, to be comprised in four or five octavo volumes, of from 450 to 500 pages each, and embellish- ed with a variety of plans and charts, of those parts of the coun- try which were the scenes of the most important events during the American revolution.
The first volume will contain an el- egant portrait of the deceased Ge- neral, engraved by one of the best artists in this country, from an original painting by the celebrat- ed Stuart.
The price to subscribers will be Three Dollars each volume, in boards; and the price of one vo- lume to be paid at the time of subscribing; this advance to be continued with each volume until the whole is completed. The price to non-subscribers will be three Dollars and fifty cents per volume, in boards.
A few copies will be hot-pressed, price three dollars and fifty cents per volume to subscribers, paya- ble in advance, and four dollars to non-subscribers.
An edition will be printed in three volumes quarto, hot-pressed, el- egantly bound, gilt and lettered, price ten dollars per volume to subscribers, payable in advance, and twelve dollars to non-subscri- bers.
The work will be put to press as ear- ly as the requisite arrangements can be made.
Any gentleman who obtains and be- comes accountable for fifteen sub- scribers, shall be entitled to one copy for his trouble.
The names of subscribers will be published, but no subscrip- tion will be received after the publica- tion of the first volume.
Those who wish to be possessed of this invaluable history, will do well to transmit their names early. In the country, and in small villages, an union can take place among all who mean to subscribe, and in one letter several names may be forwar- ded, specifying the number of co- pies, and enclosing the requisite ad- vance money.
C. P. WAYNE.
Philadelphia, October, 1, 1802. Subscriptions received at this Office.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
IS hereby given, that the sales of the balance of lands in the counties of Fayette and Jessamine, are postponed until the second Mon- day in March, where due attend- ance will be given by
GEORGE MANSELL.
19 Feb. 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, Cassimers, Swansdowns, Striped and plain Coatings, Rose and striped Blankets, Fancy and Constitution Cords, Velvets and Thicklets, Camblets, Wildbores, Moreens, Jones's and Durafts, Callimancoes, Bombazens and Bombazetts, Checks and Cotton Stripes, Jeans and Fustians, Boglepozes, Plain, Clouded and Striped Nan- keens, Ginghams, Dimities, Merfailles Vestings, Mantuas, Lutestrings, Tassettes, Senchews, Sattins and Pelongs.
PERFANS,
Chintzes and Calicoes, Cambricks, Cambric, Jaconet, Lappet and Book Mullins, Do. do. do. Tambored do. Jaconet and Book Muslin Handker- chiefs.
Do. Bordered Shawls, Bandanna, India, Pullicat, Romall & Barcelona Handkerchiefs, Silk Shawls, Cotton do. Cotton Romall Handkerchiefs Linen & Cotton Pocket Handker- chiefs.
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, Calings.
ALL of which they are determin- ed to sell at the most reduced prices for CASH, COUNTRY LINEN or HEMP.
N. B. Those indebted to JOHN JORDAN JUN. & Co. or JOHN JORDAN JUN. either by bond, note or book account, are request- ed to come and pay off the same, as it is not reasonable further indul- gence should be given.
July 1st, 1802.
FOR SALE
For Cash, or on Credit, 1000 Acres of LAND,
Situate, lying and being in the county of Bourbon, in the forks of Brush creek and Hinkston near Mil- ler'sburg, entered on a military war- rant early in 1780, surveyed and pa- tented 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 qua- lity 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 ex- amine it. It will be divided if requi- red.
The subscriber will sell it at pri- vate sale, and if not disposed of soon- er, 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.
THE AUTHOR of the KENTUC- KY ENGLISH GRAMMAR, pre- sents his most grateful acknowledg- ements to his friends and the public in general, for the notice which they have been pleased to take of his humble at- tempt to facilitate the grammatical in- struction of youth, and hopes for a con- tinuance of their patronage to a second edition, which he has just published with considerable improvements, in conformi- ty to the original plan.
Those who wish to procure co- pies of the new edition, may be supplied at this Office, at Mr. Leavy's, and Mr. Jordan's stores in Lexington.
Wanted, AN APPRENTICE TO THE PRINTING BUSINESS. Apply to the Printer hereof.
BLANK DEEDS, For Sale at this Office.
BILLS OF LADING & MAN- IFESTS,
Printed with an elegant Script Type, may be had at this office.
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
BRUSHES
For sale, on more reasonable terms, and will warrant them as good, if not superior to any brought or im- ported 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 encour- age manufactures in their own country, particularly as they are an article so easily saved.
They will answer as well taken off after the hogs are scalded, as be- fore, 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 agreeable to the situation they are in.
JAScript"> JAS. C. RAMSAY,
Brush Maker,
At Mr. Wm. Edwards's opposite Mr. Bradford's Printing Office, on Main street.
Lexington, Oct. 4th 1802.
CLARKE COUNTY,
October Term, 1802.
Micajah Clarke, complainant, against
Josias Bullock, William Bullock, George Cald- well, Samuel Smith, & Dan- iel Patterton Bullock.
IN CHANCERY.
THE defendants Josias and Sa- muel, not having entered their ap- pearance herein agreeable to law and the rules of this court, and it ap- pearing to the satisfaction of the court, that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth—On the mo- tion of the complainant by his coun- sel, it is ordered that unless the said defendants do appear here on the second day of the next March term, & 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 an- other copy be posted at the front door of the court-house of this coun- ty, and that another copy be publish- ed at the door of the stone meeting house on Howard's creek, some Sunday immediately after divine service.
A copy, Teste, D. BULLOCK. c. c. o. s.
TAKEN up by Edmund Hock- aday, Clarke county, on the waters of Howard's creek,
A GRAY MARE,
Three or four years old next spring, a mealy face, a snip on her nose, about fifteen and a half hands high, no perceivable brand, docked and shod before; appraised to go dol- lars.
GEORGE C. TAYLOR.
7th Feb. 1803.
Bourbon county.
TAKEN up by John Robinson, living on the head waters of Town- send, a BAY MARE, three years old, about 14 1-2 hands high, a blaze face and four white feet; appraised to £4 10, before Tho. Jones.
Attest
* THO. ARNOLD, C. B. C.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the Market-house this morning, or perhaps left in some of the stores in this town, a pair of red leather SADDLE-BAGS, with a square iron lock, the strap has been cut and mended; containing about twenty-five dollars in cash, in two pocket handkerchiefs; a brace and set of bits, one pound of salt-peire, and a pair of iron chains, broken in several pieces. Whoever will deli- ver the said Saddle-Bags and their contents to Daniel Bradford, in Lexington, shall have Five Dollars, and if stolen, and the thief prosecu- ted to conviction, the above reward. DANIEL JACOBY. Lexington, Feb. 16, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE.
THAT whereas I did, on the 21st day of April 1798, purchase of Na- thaniel Foster of Fleming county, a certain tract or parcel of land, ly- ing on the waters of Fleming creek, for which land I passed my bond to the said Foster, for one hundred and four pounds, payable the first day of January 1803, and as the said Foster has not nor cannot make me a deed for the said land, this is therefore to forewarn every person or persons, from taking an assignment on the said bond, as I am determined not to pay any part thereof until legal- ly compelled.
WILLIAM WHEATLY, sen.