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Mr. Siurp,
1 LATELY obfcrved in your Paper a mothly
performance fubfenbed Edmond Byne, where
iii he accuses me of telling untruths relative to a
trart of land be purthafed from nay brother William
Walker; then proceeds to tell acock and bull Itory
about the purchase of said land as nauseous to a
delicate reader as a potion of Ipecacuanha. The
dispute which arofc refperting the land he pur
chased of my brother was not the origin of the
quarrel between Mr. Byne and myfelf.
The fart is this; Mis. Iveifon had a trart of
land for falc lying contiguous to my brother
George Walker, and also adjoining the trart which
. Mr. Byne had purchafcd of my brother William.
Mr. Byne Ihinking it would be very much to his
advantage to purchase said trad of land of Mrs.
Iverfon; my brother thought it would be of equal
benefit to him, therefore outbid Mr. Byne in the
purchase of it. This daring and presumptuous
behavior of my brother towards a gentleman of
Mr. Byne’s confequcnce in life, so exceedingly
*xafperated him, that he immediately overleap t
the bounds of truth and decency, and arted a part
very much unbecoming a man of. honor. r l his,
and this only was the ground work of all our
quarrel.
For my part I harboured no resentment in my
breast against Mr. Byne, nor did I in the lealt ex
pert he did, and flattered myfelf with the hope
that a short time would bring about a total recon
ciliation between us, and that whatever had hap
pened u'ould be for ever buried in silence and
oblivion. I was heartily sorry to find my experta
tion disappointed, and that his sentiments did not
coincide with mine—lt is somewhat ilrange that
those 'who pretend to have received from the
frince of Peace inspired authority to defend and
propagate his dortrine, and preach peace to ail
the wotld, should be entirely destitute of a pacific
disposition in themselves—l am afraid the ill
natured and censorious world will be apt to con-,
dude they*receive their infpitation from quite a
different quarter.
It is pity this gentleman’s ungovernable and
vindirtive temper should lead him to expose him
felf in print; for, it is welt known to all his ac
quaintance that he has no more pretensions to a
writer, whatever his other acquisitions may be,
than primitive darkness had to the light of the
moon. I shall not retort the appellations of ig
norance, dunce, &c. which characters he wa9 pleaf
cd to honor ine with, as there is no necessity for
it, his writing fufficiently evinces the brilliancy
of his ideas, without any such recrimination. His
low pitiful witticism at the conclusion of his piece,
far below the dignity of a common school boy,
Ihews the excellency of his wit and judgment. In
endeavouring to make me appear light to the eyes
of the world, it only serves to render him ridicu
lous beyond expression. I have often heard an old
adage repeated : “ It it an ill bird that befouls its
own nett." How applicable this may be to Mr.
Byne, the public mutt determine; but, should he
be again prompted by the gochjefs of dulnefs to
make a second attack upon my charafter, in print,
he may be a flu reel, I shall not handle him as ten
derly as I have done, nor should I have forborne
it here, but on account of family connertion, ihe
esteem I have for his children, and in pity to his
3ge and want of diferetion. M
THOMAS WALKER, jun.
Burke County .
—O<®.O-OO^O
-7he Commonwealth oj Wajhington , free and inde
pendent by thejales of Lund.
< To the Grand Jnquejl oj the body of the people oj
Buck-eye and Con wen wealth ajorejaid.
WHEREAS it is rightfully meant and com
plained of upon Dragon Canoe, Esq. resi
dent of Plantpatehy formerly collector of the port
of Sand Bank, and late a burgess of the common
wealth aforefaid, being of malicious heart, and
evil and wicked mind, not having aught of the
grace of God in all his composition, and being
instigated {for many wicked purposes) by divers
evil minded, wicked and corrupt men, (to wit)
Young Pomposity, Black and Allblack, Sally
Montgomery, Din ye kin (or) Bandy Robbin, of
New Bottany bay, together with Old Syphax and
the Devil, with a number of others wltofe names
in due time and turn, will be made known, did,
with felonious and corrupt intentions, on the
night of the twelfth of December lull patt, or on
feme other night of the fame month, or of No
vember immediately preceding, or of January im
mediately following, in Yorkfnire Hall, Stcarn
ilreet, or eifeu'here to the ; üblic prosecutor un
known, enter into a difgraeeful, ccnu, t and fc
ionitusec mbiraticn, denominated the 6lctc Goojt
S u; , and called and known by the fame name;
width fecicty above defienatett was formed and
3 j
I entered into by the said Dragon Canoe ami others
as above described, for the wicked, difgraceful
and felonious purpose of defrauding, and taking
away the right and property of the commonwealth
and the good citizens thereof-—And whereas the
crimes of bribery and corruption are of a heinous
nature and fevcrally punilhablc by the laws of this
and every other well regulated commonwealth,
yet true it is and of verity, the fame Dragon Ca
noe, has presumed to commit, and is guilty, aftor
or art and part of the aforefaid crimes, inforauch
as he did by corrupt motives enter into the com
bination above delignated—further the laid Dra
gon Canoe, regardiefs of the honorable trust re
posed in him by the people of the commonwealth
aforefaid, did condescend and degrade himfelf so
far, as he the said Dragon Canoe, became and did
act as one of the goflips at the framing or naming
of the society above designated, and did come and
go, and walk and ride, anJ take and drink, and
bring and fend, and fetch and carry, and go and
peep, and fee all, and lillen and hear all, and go
and tell all, and every thing, and more then all,
and nothing at all, and blatherumfkite, —and was
at all times present andabfent, behind and before,
and every where and no where at all—whereby
he rendered himfelf infamous and altogether un
worthy of the trust reposed as aforefaid—and
which crime is also puniihable by law—and fur
ther the said Dragon Canoe did, on the night of
the firlt of December lull past, or on some other
night of the fame month, in Handly Hall, then j
and there, with force and arms, against the peace
of God, upon the body of the good Shep—d the
poet, commit an assault with an intention to kill, '
and did then and there utter those unlawful words
and threats (to wit) that if he Shep—d did not j
agree to join with and conform unto the corrupt
society above designated, that he would then and
there drench him with aglafs of poison—and fur
ther the said Dragon CaQoe did on one or the
other days of the said month of December, or Ja
nuary immediately following, afting theft in con
junction with the iniquitous society above deferib
ed, and aided by OLD TADDY the WAVER,
vote for and support a certain aft, entitled an aft
supplementary to Chickemitrantro , which said ini-’
quitous aft contains amongst other things, the sale
of a certain empire in the weft, to the said State
Goose Society , in exdufion to ail others, because
they would give leart to the said commonwealth,
and molt to him as a burgess; which said empire
was the foie right and property of the said com
monwealth and the good citizens thereof; and
lattly the said Dragon Canoe, did receive as a
bribe for so doing, feathers plucked from the state
goose to the amount of five thousand dollars—and
so the jurors fay upon their oaths that the said
Dragon Canoe is guilty, aftor or art and part of
all and each, or the one or other of the aforefaid
crimes, all of w hich or a part thereof being proven
by a jury of matrons in a court to be holden before
the honorable judge Guillotine—the said Dragon
Canoe ought to be punilhed with the pains of
Rope and Gallows, to deter others from the like
in future. * ,
VAN TANTEROBOGUS,
Attorney. General.
April r, 1795. -
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An ENGLISH SCHOOL.
I'HE fubferiber mojl refpedfully informs his
A employers in particular, and the public in
general, that he has removed his school from the
dwelling-house of Mr. fames Edwards , in M'lntojh
jlreet, to the back part of Mr. Edwards' lot, in
Greene-Jlreet, (oppefte to the hovfe occupied by the
i&crend parson Hoy a) to a new houft, accommodat
ed with the neceffarics for a f hool-hcufe, where ,
from the encouragement he has already met within
this town, as a teacher of children ; and the close
attention he defgns to pay to the bufnefs, he flat
ters himfelf to be able to render fatisfatlion to the
parents or employers , and cause learning to seem
easy to the children.
- Any person desirous of being hiflruElcd in book
keeping according to the Italian method of double
entry, surveying or navigation by the newefl and mojl
i approved methods, will be attended to and infract
ed on reasonable terms.—And on Icifure hours, con
veyances, bo-nds, teases with other infruments of
writing, or accoui.ls will be drawn of without any
. delay, on application being made at Mr. fumes Ed
-1 wards' or at ihe fhool-huufe to
EDMOND IVALSU.
Augufa, April ir, 179>»
Blank Deeds of Conveyance,
and blank Bonds for sale by the
Printer hereof.
; BOARD a* C O'M M l SSIONERS,
Augusta, April io, 1795.
ORDERED, That the Academy be opened,
der the dircElion of Mr. Tate, on Monday
! next) and that the fame be notified in the Gazette.
Resolved, That the prices of tuition be contitu.
ed as heretofore - ,
Firjl CLafs, Two Dollars,
Second do. Three Dollars, .
Third do. Four Dollars.
And that thefame be paid quarterly, without advance •
Taken from the Minutes,
J. MERIWETHER, Clerk.
GEORGIA,? In the Superior Court,
Richmond county. 5 March Term 1795,
Present his Honor Judge STITH.
John Hall, for the use of Meflrs. T
May and Hill, / Petition for
vs. . £ forcclofure.
John Lamar. }
UPON the petition.of John Hally praying the
forcclofure of the equity of redemption of sun
dry trails of land on Rae’s creeky in the county of
Richmond, adjoining and making together five thou
jand one hundred acres, and known by the name of
Somerville, and late the property of said John Hall ,
mortgaged by the said John Lamar for the better
fuming the payment of a quantity of lumber due
them, deferibed mid mentioned in the said mortgage
and by the time therein mentioned ; and on the mo
: tion of Mr. Seaborn Jones, attorney for the said
! John Hall, it is
Ordered, That the principal , interejl and cofs
j upon ike said mortgage be paid into court within
j twelve months from this day, and unless the fame
i Jhall be so paid, the equity of redemption will front
thenceforth be foreclojed and other proceedings take
place pursuant to an att of the general assembly in
such cases made and provided.
Extraft from the Minutes,
Wm. ROBERTSON, Clk.
_scl p 1 o
Will stand this season at my house, at Beach Island,
and will cover mares at forty shillings the feafon#
to be paid the firft of November next.
SCIPIO is a beautiful dark dapple bay, twelve
years old this spring, ffteen hands one inch
high, and from his uncommon proportion and supe
rior powers, is allowed by the bejl judges to be equal
to any horse in the Southern fates.
Wherever lie has yet flood, he has been remark•
ably fare, and his colts, from their fixe, a&ivity,
form and flrength, fufficiently prove the goodness of
his fleck. His fire was the noted old Scipio, who
was got by Bay Bolton, imported by Mr. Lightfoot,
on Col. Simms ’ elegant imported Britannia j young
Scipio’s dam was » Embleton*s Neley Andcrfon, her
fire Delanccy’s famous ITiUdair, who food but one
year in America, when from his extraordinary qua
lities and firain he was’ sent for by the Jocky Club
and returned to Europe j hit grandam by Bullerock,
brother to Galloway’s running Selam, and got by
Tajker s imported Othello, his great grandam by
Valiant, who was got by Waters’ Briton, on Shank’s
imported dumpfeeted Bar oary mare.
Corn, Indigo or Tobacco will be received in pay
ment if delivered at Galphin’s, Arrenton’s, or Wil
liams’ landings, atfuch lime as may be notified for its
I reception, but not other wife ; and particular atten
tion will be paid to such mares as may be font to
my charge« . .
WALTER TAYLOR.
April If, 179; 3
N O T I C E.'
ALL persons indebted either by bond, note, or
book account to the late concern of William
and Humphrey Graves are hereby forbid making any
payment to W1 Ilium Greaves of Lamar’s bridge, but
are requefed to call on John Griffin, Esquire, in
the town of Wafington, and fettle their accounts
as fpcediiy as possible, who has the books of said
concern and is properly authorifed to receipt for any
payment made him.
GEO. GRAVES, ) Ex’rs of Hum-
JAMES PEARRE, $ phrey Graves.
April 17, 1795.
ONE GUINEA REWARD.
LOST on Saturday 1 ith infant, or. the Wrigktf
borough road, between Wofivgton and An
gufa, A LADY's MINIATURE, on Ivory, fit
in Gold > with a toung and ring for Locket or
Breast-pin. Any person who will deliver said Mi*
mature at this Brintiug-Ojice full rcuive the
above reward.
April 13, _
(j^ 3 ALMANACS lor the Year
1795, niay be had at this Office—
-1 alto, WRITING TAPER.
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