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LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, ' ’Julj I, lBco.
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Hobby's infamy only ran ex
ceed the folly and vanity of his
two young men, Randolph Sc
jounce, in arrogating to them
fclves a degree of importance
that was never intended to he
conferred on them by us—by
pretending that we fuppofed
them to be the authors of a pub
lication in the Augufta Herald
of the nth ult. than which no
thing could be more diftant from
our opinion. The fubordinate
f menia) part which they perform
in that prefs, as well as a know
ledge of their total incapacity,
exempted them from cur no
tice.
Me/frs . Day Sc Ilely,
NOTHING can afford a
jftrorger pioof of the abjeft de
pravity of the minds of a few
of our citizens, than the fecret
avidiry with which a little inftg-
Tiificant junto have fcafled and
regaled themfelvcs for a few days
pad, upon a fcandalous produc
tion of that noted little mifireant
Hobby—who, together with his
proftituted writings, have long
lince met thejullly merited con
tempt of every virtuous honefl
citizen, and well wifher to his
country* But while I (incerely
regret that we dill haVe any fuch
charafters among us, I feel
highly gratified in finding that
they rompofe a very contempti
ble minority-being chiefly Por
cupine's former fupporters
Creatures infatuated to that de
gree, that no hope can be enter
tained of their amendment, even
at this glorious time of political
reformation-—When every day
affords us the exulting plcafnrc
of feeing and hearing in the pub.
lie places new republican profo
lytes, uttering forth theirrccan
tations from toryifm.
lIONESTUS.
Me/frs> Day Sc HelV,
THEperfon whom Randolph
Sc Bunco fliles their writer of
advertifements, has trnde a
lengthy anpe iranre in the He
rald of Wednesday laft, wherein
he, with his ufual effrontery
reiterated his filly charge againfl
you, of abufing the government
of our own choice* One would
have thought his love for origi
nality would have taught him to
rejeft fuch common place duff
fud ufed by R, Q. Harper, in
defence of the fedition law ; then
by the author of the Obferver,
and now borrowed by the Editor
of the Herald.
Inflated with the idea of bis
own importance he (no doubt)
fhinks (and wifbes it to gain
belief) that he is at this time ar
duoufly engaged in a newfpaper
war, with the Chief Executive
Magiftrate of this (late, which
to judge from the ftyle, language
aod known vigilance of that
faithful officer, we mud at once
decide that fo far from his en
tering the lifts with fuch an in
figniticant antagunifl, he would
hardly cuft away fo much of his
ufeful time as would be fufficicnt
to read the ebullitions of tha
infamous and impotent detrac
tor.
However, in cafe the puny
reptile can earn a little by the
fingle vice of lying in public
ncwfpapers, I can only blame
him for not making choice of
feme more hone ft method ot
gaining a livelihood—as I am
hire his charaftcr, and that of
the gentleman he wifhes to tra
duce, Hand on fuch a different
bafts, that his writings will never
raife his own, nor leffen the
other in the opinion of any ra
tional being.
He may hobble on, and be
allured, that although be never
had the honor of being noticed,
nor ever will be thought a fufli
cicnt obje& for Executive afri
madverfion; yet he will find
fome lefs ufeful pen diffidently
pointed to make him crawl and
wieathe like a wounded fnake.
D.
Meffrs. Day Sc Hely,
Gentlemen,
I READ with indignation,
the fcurrilous publications that
have emanated of late from the
Augufta Herald ; the Editor of
which, (I am informed, is the
notorious William J. Hobby;)
who can have no other obje6l in
view, than that of detaching the
confidence of the good people
of this ftate from their Execu
tive,, It is not my intention to
pafs encomiums upon Governor
jackfon; his manly exertions
during the revolutionary war,
and his well direded policy fince
in the cabinet, are lading mo
numents of his worth, which
will live, when a thoufand bafe
detiadors, or difappointed (pe
culators, arc humbled in the
duft. The proprietors of the
Herald, Randolph Sc Bunce,
are young men I have an efteem
for, and thought them entitled
to public patronage. It Was
motives of this kind, that indu
ced me and many others, to Hep
forward to fupport them in con
ducing a prefs formed upon li
beral and republican principles;
but unfortunately for them, the
very rock on which the Southern
Ccminel fplit, threatens to them
a Cmilar deftruCion, The only
remedy, in my conception, that
prefents itfelf for fafety, is to
discharge from their fervice, this
affaffin of reputation j this reviler
of liberty in all its forms; and
this enemy to his native country,
under the cloak of fedcralifm.
His breath is fufficient to pollute
a free prefs ; and the contraCed
nefs and nanownefs of bis foul
ought to render him contempti
ble in focicty. To take a re
trofpcCive view of this charaCer
as here pointed out, I beg leave
to call the attention of the pub
lic to him, while he aCed as
Editor to the Ccntinel, in the
abfencc of Mr. M‘Millan. He
began his career, by pouring
forth torrents of abufe upon our
then Executive Magiftrate, Ge
neral livin ; and nothing but the
coolnefs and moderation of this
gentleman prevented his family
from taking exemplary fatisfac
tion. We now find him, not
content with having brought
into difgrace a paper, that pro
mifed to be not only a ufeful
vehicle of intelligence ro focicty,
but a fource of wraith (o the
parties concerned. 7 his refllcfs
ambitious mortal, we would na
turally fuppofe,afterhaving done
irreparable injury, and what is
worfe, betrayed the facred truft
repofed in him, ought to have
fought an afylum, 'where he
might fpend the remnant of his
life, in wretched remorfe; but
inflead of this, we fee him {ally
ing forth once more, with newly
lecreted poifon, for the exprefs
purpolc of wounding the vitals
of government, and bringing the
officers thereof into difgracc like
r>
himfelf. Cur bcfl chara&ers
does not efcape his cenfurc ; the
venerable Franklin, and the vir
tuous and learned lefferfon,
have been abufed publicly by
him in one of his orations; and
what is yet more diflre fling, when
he ought to have been kicked
out of the pulpit, he received
plaudits! But from whom were
thofe plaudits received ? A tory
yazoo faftion, made up of Bri
lijh and anglo American ariflcfcrats,
to which he is a hireling writer,
for the purpofe of fupporting
their nefarious mcafureS. It
pleafed our late convention to
annex certain titles to the office
of Governor, which ought to he
he'd facred by all good and well
difpofed citizens ; yet wc find
this man Hobby daring enough to
ridicule them by the vileft com
panions, and has even fuggefted
that the Governor forms a tiio
in a certain Gazette.
Fellow citizens, I congratulate
you mod healthy, that an epoch
favorable to liberty will fhortly
prefetit itfelf, when Inch tories
as thefe will be compelled to
fkulk in the dark. Should this
man even now fhew himfelf on
the other fide of little River,
the confequences might be feii
ous. He has the audacity to
attack every Executive decree,
and I firmly believe, if they
were from Heaven cloathed in
white attire he wculd arraign
them, provided they did not
favour flrongly of yazoo. I
(hall now take leave of this little
fellow for the prefent, but in a
future publication, I will fhew
to the world, that in the frrft in*
fiance he was violently oppofed
to the ufurped a&, and adly,
that he expreffed r defiro that the
annulling adt might pafs. This
then clearly proves till he was
bribed, he thought with nine
tenths of the Georgians,
An Up Countryman.
A RECEIPT TO MAKE A GEN
TLEMAN OF TASTE-
Takt any garmentJor a ccat that
is of equal Jize at both ends* and
that will hang cn a man like a cart
mans frock ; the hair which nature
by mi flake* made to cover the fpindle
that joins the head to the trunk,
mujl be turned up under the hat, Jo
as to difplay that charming part of
the body, the nape of the neck ; then
pafle a patch 0/ frizzly hair on a
fmooth face from each car to the
chin, daub it over with pomatum,
and cover it with powder . Set this
figure a walking with a Jlickee in
his hand* or feat him by the ladies
with a fegar in his mouth—and the
work is done!
BLANK DEEDS
For Sale at this Office .
Mdlrs. Printers,
HAVING been inform I! n 2
number cj myJiitvds that a
report has gene abroad that I
to blame Jor the intrcdufticn cj the
Jmallpox into this dty, aid the
fpreading the fame, 1 mujl , ihrovgk
the channel of your gazette , ileclart
the report to be a malicious and fcan
dalous / rlfehood . lor the tiutk
oj my cjfcnions I will appeal to the
gentlemen corrpcfing cur city Ccun
cil whether I was not very much
oppojed to its being fpread ; c.nd it
mil readily appear, by reference to
the papers of council, that it was my
intention to prevent its introduction *
for in a letter of mine to that homy,
rahle bedy , bearing date 24 th day
cj March, 1800, it util he found ,
that 1 informed them that that dif•
eafe was then prevailing in the city
oJ*X harkflon, and reqvejled their
ivjlruftwns how to aft, as it was m
of thofe difeajes named in the qua
rantine law, and recommended the
flopping of the packets from that
place down the river until I could
vifit and examine them. 7o thu
council did not think proper to agree.
The per Jen who introduced this df
eafe amongjl us was a [caman that
worked his Jaffage on board of capt .
Hughes from Baltimore, and who
to appearance was in health on land
ing m this city, he having never ne
glefteda jingle days duty during the
vefjels pajjage. The day after his
arrival I received injormationfrm
his honor the mayor, by the city
marjhall, that the Jmallpox was in
Yumacraw,with directions to go and
examine the perjen, and mcke report
to council by four o’clock that after
noon. Not having been cccvftcmed
to feeing the dijeafe in the natural
way, and knowing that dr. Jones
the elder was well acquainted with
it, I requejed him to accompany vie
to the place which he readily did,
and at the hour appointed I attended
vn council, and there gave it as my
opinion that the non might readily
be removed, and the difea/e prevent
ed Jrom (preading. The council
then called in drs . N. Ws Jones,
Young, and Parker, two of whom
feemed to be undetermined in their
opinions ; but dr. Young gave i\ as
his opinion that it was as well to
fpread it now as to rijk its later in
troduction as he thought it was m
p'JJiblc to keep it out, it being fpread
generally through South-Carolina.
Whereon a majority of council deter
mined to advifethe citizens to imme
diate innoculation. proclamation
by drum was accordingly made on
the following day to that effeft, and
it Joan became general .
The above flatement cf [able,
gent' (men, are brought forward for
no other purpofe than to remove ary
prejudices that my fellow- citizens it
town or country may have conceive
againji me , from the malicious on
infamous falfehood [0 generally P r0 *
pagated to my dijadvaniagt, by
evil dijpojed p erf on, in order, I,J
doubt, to injure me in their ejle cm *
as well as in the line of my prefer
Cion, Icm gentlemen, your s
MOSES SHEETALL,
Health Officer port oj Savannah.
JUST RECEIVED,
And may he had at this Office*
A few copies of
The Profpeft Before Vs,
A political publication,
By JAMES T, CALLENDER*
April 29,