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Mr. BOMBA R DIN ION,
PERMIT to recommend, tint when the
Cacoethes Scrrbendi, fc £es you again, to
put On yotir confidcricg cap, (or any kind of
a cap,fo it fits you better than your lafl) tnink
and reflect on the propriety of 70ur fubjeft,
and do not set a trap to ensnare y ourfclf—
-1 fliould have expected, froip such an unhack
neyed scribble as you, at least, ftncciity and
candour, as the heft chance of success in your .
novel undertaking; but this infant offspring
*f yours, refle&s no credit upon your head,
nor your heart— Had you humble critic, made
a simple enquiry refpefting the derivation,
and etymology of the word moot, to supply a
Yacumn in your brain, quoted fairly, fr< m
Johnson, and not attempted a sarcasm upon an
institution as yet m embryo;—l ffcould have
approved of your curioiity, and probably upon
a second reading of this reply, have made
some alterations on yeur account ; —but for
footb, you must have recourse to the wild
conceits of Tnftram Shandy, for aid audaftift
ance, and hy way of winding up the farce,
have the effrontery to challenge the Mootmen
to dance a jig—The word Moot is of Saxon
original, as will appear by a recuirence to
Ruffhead’s late edition of'Jacob’sLaw Dictio
nary, he fays it is derived from the SaX' n
word motion, meaning to move a point, to
treat, or handle it, as the Latin verb placitare
will convey— Mr. Locke’s definition, which
is recognized by the famous Dr. Johnson, is
a case oi point difputabic.—lt is a term, well
fcnown and imderftood in the Inns of Court,
and every sensible man thioughout the Union,
or one who has the smallest pic tendon to a
fchoiar, undetflands the fignificatmu of the
word to be ** the cxercife or arguing cases,
which young banisters or ftudenis perform,
at certain times, the better to enable them,
for the pradtfe and defence of their cheats
tauTes.” I cannot conjecture who this feribb-
Jer cau be, but in oiricr to form a right judg
ment of lii« character, I shall proceed to ft ft
the molt prob ible motives which actuated
him to trace his fitppofed ruling passion,
and then fee, how far his other qualities, good
or bad, are brought to serve and support that
— -1 his Hero has either reud or heard of the
principles upon which the sot icty w as found
ed, he is either chigrined, at not being jcli
rjtta to become a member, or he is fired with
re-xftHgt and vdignat ten, in confcquence of a
cermn clause in the constitution of the Moot
Society, which tmy probably affeft his eligi
bility’— This observation will gather additional
force and weight, when it is evident, that
this grovelling production, after an attentive
perusal, does uot difeover one favorable Jtn -
Ument » on the contrary, he feeras only in
tent, on ridiculing an uiflitution, which will
Hand the test of the flrifleft enquiry, and bear
the envenomed lhafts of the most inveterate
malice—Natural phiiwbphcrs know very well
that the affetfions depend greatly upon the
imagination , that the motion of the Wood is
greatly promoted by love and desire, when
on .the contrary, in envy, fear, and batted ',
the circulation is rstardco,the heart contracts
itfelf, and expels the blood with difficulty ;
and therefore, io this state, the animal ceco
nomy, particularly th t junctions of >b* brain
become very much di/ord,red. —I am no Fhy
firian, and am sensible that these points pro
perly belong to the sons of Galen and Hippo
crates, but I now and then dip a little into
ph> fical writers, if ir be only to convince my
judgment, that we are fearfully and wonder
folly made. Sometimes the jugular veins
will be f welled and djftendcd as thick as your
thumb, your fate will be rough and florid,
voice hoarse, in faCt the size of\he heart, and
the cavities of the ventricles, will have a limjr
litude to those of a great Calf*- Thefe dread
fui fyinptnms ought to admoouh us, to pre
feive a kind and benevolent disposition towards
ei< men and societies---! leave however the
reader to nuke his own application, and form
what opinion he pica l>§ ( concerning the /re,-
amtnant ojifiicns of this dabbler ;-but J will
bet, two to one, that if you keep a Heady eye
to the prj/nr 4 lit elite,ta d atwn, you will
easily explore t he t/ajgtt fur the appearance
of Mr. Jloinbaidimou,
BOANERGES.
V/riting Paper
l‘W Bale at the
Mr* Printer,
please 10 insert the following advertisement.
I HAVE for nearly a year loft one of my
young curs, end on Saturday last found
him a feccnd time in your Paper. Although,
he will aiifwer to the names of Bombardittion,
and Zulus, his true name is Snarler , a full
blooded defendant of the old Manger Breed.
It was never my intention to trouble the pub
lic with the feretching or yelping of nay fiom
my kennel. But this fellow by nature is an
itinerant, and frequently cfcapesme. I hope
the next time he attempts to pa<w upon any
part of your paper, you will secure him aud
fend him home. There is Tomething extra
• ordinary in this young tatterdemallion; he
was never known to have a tooth ; he can
growl and hiss like a serpent ; and fonietimes
slobbers on his prey but never bites '* and yet
I have fecn some little folks as much pleai'ed
with his Jrorb , as <f he could actually seize.
The fa*hcr cf Snarler, old Maiiger , ran
himfelf to Heath that he might keep the alie
nators in a neighbouring pond from eating
light-'wood-knots ; and Zcila, his mother, was
found theninth day driving the buzzards from
the bones of a polecat, and at lift expired by
the mouth of a megopher’s hole, where she had
lain twenty days keeping the owner from en
joying his habitation.
GELASINU3.
Poujl Hall , <)tb July , 1789.
GEORGIA. "J By Le'asis Gardner ,
(L. S ) I Esq RegifterofPro-
LEWIS GARDNER. j bats for the County'
J of Richmond.
HERE AS Thomas Glafcock, has applied
-to me 'or letters of adniiniftration on
the estate of William Hazlewood, deccafed :
These are therefore to cite and adraonith all
, and singular the kindred and creditors of ;he
said deceased, to be and appear before me at
my Office, on the 27th day of July next to
ftiew caule, if any they have, why letters of
administration fliould not be granted.
Given under mv hand and fcal, at my
Office, the 27th day of June,
in the year of our Lord 1789, and
in the 13th year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
Burke County , April 6, 1789.
THE lubfcnbrr gives notice
that l e has fitedin the
Cleik’s office of this county, a copy
of a d ed, as near as could be at
certair.eo, from J hn Smith, late of
Burk-r county, d< Ccafed, to him for
, two hundred acres of land, on Dry
Branch, Watetsof* Ogechee, in < r
der to have it eltabhfhed and record
ed* in lieu of the origninal, Which
was loft during th * late war.
oira WILLIAM JONES.
*"" 1 I —fc— —
"I wo Strav Ma^es,
TAKEN up by Drury Glover, 4M deli
vcied me to be dealt with as the law
direds: One a yellow bay, about 13 1-2
hands high, 9 or 10 years old, a star in his
forehead, both hind feet white, f>me faddlc
spots. The other a dark bay* alls about 13
1-2 hands h.gh 5 years old, a small star in
the foiehead, ft me saddle spots; neither of
them have any brands perceivable, the* ap
pear to be of the Englift, bleed. The owner
or owners will obtain heir property hy ap
plying to me and lawfully proving the fame.
JAMES STALLINGS, J. P.
»5* 1789.
r.nr«. XXT . Term, 1788.'
George Wyche Ex 9 r of Bah T
T u V f!' ~ > Attachment.
John Todd, \
Or net td, J
. ,h f Cendant do appear and
pleid within a year and a day, other*
H‘fe judgment by defiulr, 79
By Gtder ts the Court,
JOHN DA VIM/. CM.
Oftober si, j;«f, *
W A K OFFICE if tht U NIT ED
ST A TE S, Ftbruarv 15, 1789.
PUBLIC information is hereby given to all
Commissioned (Officers, Non-Commis
sioned Officers, and Piivates, ot the fate ar
ray of the United States, entitled to lauds in
purfuauce of the several Resolves of Congress,
or to their affignb or legal reprefeutatives,
that Warrants fo* their refpeftive propoitions
will be lffucd at this Office after the xlt day of
April next.
In order to prevent unneceflary applica
tions, it may be neceftary to date, that the
following defcnptions of Officers and Soldiers
only are entitled to lands from the United
States.
„ Firjl. * Commissioned Officers who served
until the end of the war.
Second. Commissioned Officers deranged
by virtue of the several resolves of Congrefs#
Third. The legal reprefentattves of all
Commissioned Officers killed in atfion.
Fourth • The Medical Scaffidifiguated by the
refolveofCongrefs'ofthea2dSeptember, 1780.
Fifth. All Noo-commiffionedOfficers and
Privates who etdifted for and continued in the
service until the end of the war.
Sixth. The legal representatives of all Non
commissioned Officers and Privates, entitled
for the war, and who were killed in aftion.
To prevent tht parties jujily entitled to the War*
rants being defraud d', the following regu
lations wilkbe obferved':
Ft. ft. In case of perfo.nal applications of
Non commissioned Officers and Privates, proof
will be required of their being the identical
persons whofc rights they claim, by a certi
ficate of an Officer of the regiment or line to
which they belonged. ‘
Second. In case of alignments, legal evi
dence of the transfer will be iequired.
Thira . Applications of executors and ad
ministrators nauft be accompanied with legal
evidences of their lefpeclive offices.
Four h. No warrants will be iflued to the
order of the party originally entitled, or to
the order of any assignee or legal repiefenta
tive, but in consequence of a power of at
torney duly acknowledged.
Fbe IVurrants for’Military bounties*of land
rituy be jat is fit d in any of the jolt owing Oi
ft rids, wit Join the Ideftem 1 tr’itoty, which
a,e appropriated by the Untied Stans m Cea
grejsjor that purpose , to wit :
Ftrfi. One million of acres, bounded on
the east by the ieventh range of townships,
fouth by the land contracted for by Cotier and
Sargent, and to extend north as far as the
ranges of townihips, and westward so far as
to include the above quantity.
Second. A trad beginning at the mouth of
the river Ohio—thence up the Miffifippi to
to the river Au Vaufe—thence up the fame
until it meets a weft line from the mouth of
the Little Wabalh—thence eafierly with the
said line to the Great Wabaffi---thence down
the fame to the Ohio, and thence with the
Ohio to the place ot beginning, which is sup
posed to contain two millions of acres.
Tuird. Several tracts drawn for by the
Secretary at War*- out of the four firft ranges
oa townffiips surveyed, amounting to about
ninety-feventhoufand acres.
Fourth. Within the limits of purebafes
made by several Companies, not exceeding
oue feveuth part ot said purchafcs.
h: KNOX.
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The Subscribers being appointed Surveys
ors 0/ Two Dft rids or Trads of Land set
apart by the Untied States in' Congress for fe
tisfying the Military Bounties oj Lands pro
mised to the late Army, give this public No
tice, to all Officers, Nou-ccmmiJJi ned ( ficers,
and ootditrsy of the late Army, entitled to fucb
Bounties, That they, or their legal Repre
fenta ives, make application to the Senetarjr
at War for warrants, agreeable to an ordi
nance of Congress of thepthdayof Jnlylaft,
and forward them to our office at Carlirte, in
the Hate of Penafylvania, before the 15th day
of August next, as a preference j n locating \
will be given to prior entries with us. Wo
* ,, l fet °V l fro »« Pinfburg, for the Dirtri* on
the Mnlkingum, on the 15111 of ‘September,
piovided a fufficiem number of wairanta a»o
entered hy that time. When the hufinef* «>«
the Mtifkingnm is fluidied, the time for fur
. veymg the Piflrirt between the Miffilipni
Wl‘l\ u*«i' , r rl"' h ‘ d " l >' "« iet <•
WILJJAM ALLXANOFII >
JAf fUdIRVINF; * f Surrey,r/.
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