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PUBLIC INTELLIGENCER.
‘No- 25. Vcl. 11.
The IN lELLIGLNCKR,
, s r*|,ISHEB 0* TUESDAY* AJt 1T5.1 J*yi
St NORMAN M'LEAN,
ea ysi uir,
(IT Sis *OIVAT.S PSJ*. 4SHUK, ?ATA3I3 o_ *
HAL* SH ADVAUCE.
For Sa/e this Office ,
The Mowing BLAKKS, wUL-?i tre cs.dy prl
ted oa eXcsUitu Vuptr.*
yE°.CHANT’ ENTTIIBS. differsr.t kind*
•M*SHRESTS, *orelj;u sad Cosftmj
jj.Li-S of RXCH iNGfi
SKAM2NS’ ATTIC4/EA
U££DS of CONVEY ANC*
MAStFC-AGIS ‘
70V.-EH’.. of ATTOSJ-’r t
pROmcP-S INDENT V XV. 3
BiIXS of SAL*?.
STATS OF SOUT.t-C AT? OLIIf A.
$j FfV -Exetßtr.’v Csjntt.it Ptttcgeirr, C sws* •
tr and ijmnuvtdtr in chief if the feddfait.
A proclamation.
WHEREAS I have reecived offscbl infer.
jr,tfion>that JotttUA Ksmept, againS whom a
biilc-f imiidinei;t was found ia Aprs?., 1753, in
thether. diftrift of WMlungton, in (this stats, Lr
having’ murdered Robert Mazwsit,. Esq.
fnenff offeid diftrnft, and who then flrd front
juft'ce, having lately been apprehended and cons*
milled for tsiai to the gaol of Pendleton diilricb
(under a former proclamation of mine.) has®,
ruin escaped by breaking the gaol of the laid
Ciihift, on the 23d ultimo. To the end that
the said Joihua Kennedy, ray be taken and
brought to trial forgo atrocious an aft, I. have
thought fit to iifuc tin* ray Proclamation, hereby
cletiag reward of THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS to any person or nerfons who will
apprehend and commit the Lid Jofliua Kennedy
to any of the did rift gaols of th'.a ftatr.
Given under my hand a*d the ftr l of the Lte
us Columbia, the 28th June, i:s the year of
our Lord, cnethoufand eight hundred and
eight, and in the 32d year of American
Independence.
CHARLE3 riNCxKET.
By the Governor.
Stephen Lee Sesreisry rs J.Vr.V.
tjThe Printers of N-aw-Orlean*, sue in Gear-’
gia, 1 tnnefee and the MifaSuppi 1 erritory, are
requefreil to iniert th'S three time* in their paper,
atri the typir.ee will be paid.
Notification to
TAX COLLECTORS and SHER
, •; IF:.* 3.
‘HpHE Collectors for the'year I §O7,
JL and those for the year 1806,
v.To ere still in r sears, nrc Notified,
tint until the 10th cUy cf November
next will be sllctve-,1 them to make
final settlements of their Accounts.—
Such Collectors ro. hod it notin then*
power to f;;t their Insolvent Lists cer
tified by the Grand dories, at the Spring
Circuit of the Superior Courts, trill
do well to aval fb’ . elves of the ‘.op
portunity which v/i’i be afforded tot
doing so at the c :.-;,Lg Fall Circuit;
for executions will assuredly issue
immediately after the day above menti
oned, ngainst those whose accounts are
not then closed.
’ The Sheriffs, to whom executions
against collectors have been already
forwarded, are required to report to
CI U without delay, the proceeding*
which have been had thereon.
GLQ. Fi. CLAYTON,
Treasurer.
Treasury Gecr+ia, \
HidtfijcuiH:, l it!/ Juj, 1501. 5 2®
PASSPORTS
RANTED by the Department of
3T S4te to cili? ?n ge> • into foreign
parts, havinghcen in funU, ;rfiances cb
•''inrd from the psis.” ‘ receiving them,
a {Turning their rnaes; it fas
thought proper to j orsinft the
a ’u!eby requiring the foi met to write
♦nrir own turner in the bob y of the pa'i
p > f (9, ar and with (his altera:*-**, they will be
tiluej after the 21 !l r -7 or Juoc, 1808.
Bcpsument of State, *)
June ij, 18:8. /
t VT Pn liters m&o puoUjh the laws after
united Staits arc reqwjttd to ff:rt this
*' 3tue - J ul J *d 33
SA VANN AH, FRIDAY, Aucirsr £, 18C3.
Vv’ aski NCTOt* City, ]u!y 6.
Ai a meeting cf the citizen* of Wajking
ton , conventd by public notice at the
Council Chamber , on Tku"fday even
nip, the t Ai.h cf July, 1808, a Mtnie-
Tcus effemblaze attend in*-
Dr. CoK.NEt.IWV CONINCHAM
was called to the chair; and j. ii.
Colvin angointed Secretary.—l;
was on motion--
Rejoined, That an injured Citizen
has claim upon the con fi deration of
every honest roan in society; and that
we have caule to believe General
James W iikinfon has fuiTercd perse
cution for l is patriotic elTorts in the
service of his country.
Resolved , That a committee be ap.
pointed to frame an add refs to Gene
ral VVjU;infon, to be figoed and pte
fchted by the chairman, uemonfirative
of the sense of this meeting entertain
of bis public fcrviccs, and their ron
fidence in his integrity and patrionlm.
A committee was accordingly ap
pointed, and an address reported to
the meeting; which being read find
agreed to, the Chairman with four
other perrons were ceiignatcd to wait
on the General, prefenc him with the
fame, receive his answer, and forth
with cause the address and reply, to
gether with an account of the proceed
ings of the meeting, to be published in
the r.civfpspers.
Signed by order of the meeting,
Cos t ME LIU 6 Cos I MO HAM,
Attefi, Chairman .
John B. Colvin, Seer fiery.
According to direction, the com
mittee yesterday waited upon Genera!
vVilkinfon wih the foi 10vI n g 2 d dre 1: .
to which lie returned the annexed
an fiver:—
Wajhinglon City, July 14, iBsS.
Si p.—lt is the pec'uiar duty of a
free and enlightened people, while
they examine with the Lvereft feruti
•nv the conduft of public men, ar..d re
gard with a jealous suspicion every
public chsrafier, to pay the tribute of
their eftectn to every confidential citi
zen who has fainfied the dishonorable
imputations call upon his fame, jufticc
and candor require, that while they
pufiifia with their ccnfure, ti:ey fhou.ld
tev;2rd with their aporobation; for on
loaiunate would be the fate cf that
country i.r which calumny only could
be heard, and the confidence of the
people could not be declared.
Under these imprrlfions the citizens
of WaSiington offer yo:- their sincere
congratulations on the ilfueof the en
quiry that was lately inllituted in your
ccnduft. Asa refpeFable portion of
the Union they were affeßed with the
iivelieft fenfibilitv whenthrv heard on
j •
the finer of the lioufe of Representa
tives the heinous charges that were ad
duced against so diltinguifhrd a soldier
and citizen; and living on the imme
diate theatre of abiion, they watdied
with peculiar interefl ar.d attention,
every nieafure thz. wa*? adopt:
and every circumftancc that svas dU
ciofee! on the fuhjebl of your chars.i ‘ ;.r
and conduct, fl he experience I be
ven months, however, during w l,
the enquiry was pending, and v.*
charges againfi you might have be-?-
fubfiantiated, had fully prepared them
for s decision so honorable to yourfelf,
anti so fatal to your enemies.
We beheld, fir, the accusation
brought forward under a concurrence
of ciicumftances which rendered the
motives for its infihution doubted and
!‘urpicious. On the firll whisper o;
detraction, we saw you court the en
quiry which had been foliated by your
accusers, while they, as if coniciousof
their precipitancy and weabnefs, ri-
desvoured to retrace the licps they
had taken.
An invitation was given to your
enemies to make a full dcvelopement
of their knowledge on the lubject —
You defied them to meet you before
a judical tribunal—but they denied
you the honest and imprefcriptible
privilege of being confronted with
your accusers—they attacked you on
a field which you were not permitted
to enter, ar.d while they objefcled to
the weakness and incompetency of the
court cf enquiry, they refufed to ex
tend ils privileges and powers. Such
was the primaiy afpedlof their inccn
fiderate accusation; and such were the
disadvantages under which you vrere
compelled to labor in conducing your
vindication. But with a spirit of libe
rality and innocence you waved all le
gal objcßions to the ituroduQiqn of
the unauthenticated documents which
were laid before Corgrefs as evidence
before the court; and though silence
might have endured your acquittal,
you proceeded to a minute developc
ment of the tranfaflions which foimed
the bails of the accusation. This de
velopemem \,?.s inconteftibly demon
fifated your innocence and the indefa
tigable zeal of your enemies.
ierroit us, fir, to embrace this op
portunity of dwelling on the recollec
tion of the fer vices you have'rendered
to your country. —I* w r as deftirted for
y our hand to leal the Convention of
Saratoga, which fccurcd the issue of
that contcfl which made us a nation ;
and for you it was referred to bade
the arts and enterprize of a confpira
torV end free yevt country from the
hoirors of a civil war. These fignai
firviccs will never be forgotten by a
free people.
Mad mn the honed energy of your
character actuated all your mcafores
at New-Orlcans; had you preferred
the inudious call cf private friendlhip
>o the paramount duties cf patnotifm,
•3 fair portion of America might have
been loft to your countrymen. But
the florro has pa ft; —the boll that was
intended for your has fallen
!-armlefs at vour feet, and we rejoice,
fir, that you have triumphed ever the
arts of year enemies, and proved your
felf deferring of the confidence of
your country.
In behalf of the meeting, I have he
honor to be, fir, your obedtent servant,
CO:. N E 1.1 U l CoNXNGHA M,
Chairman.
ITafhingien, July 35, iSqS.
Gentlemen —Next to the con
feioufnefs of having done my duty,
and wore man my bare duty, I prize
the approbation of the immediate ipec
tators of that persecution, which hai
er.fucd my bast services to the Late;
and therefore this teflirnonia! from the
citizens of the national metropolis,
cannot but be acceptable to a bosom,
v.hofc fenfibilitie* have been rent by
the ranked afcription# of envy and dis
appointment,
Y/e have leer, in other times am! in
other cases, an uniform fcries of good
cbices and long continued fervicc*’, ex
piate the fou.eli offences, and recom
mend to the public confidence, these
who had deserved iilef their country;
but by fome strange (MPortion, niy ex
ertions for the public ves !, 3o(led cf
veiling anterior miiconduft, have pro
duced a refurrefißon of legendary tales,
and a jaundiced retrofpsdlion of my
wuole life and action?, to wound my
cbaraSer and b'ail t'.y lame.
I would accompar; my fincert ack
nowledgemmm, gentlemen, for vis
nmnifeliation of confidence end good
will, by foine fuitab’e dedaraticr.; but
promt lbs -tre too o’ten vain, sind pro*
’West a Na. 152.
teHions too frequently delusive; I will!
therefore intrett. of my fellow citixc
to j udge me by my works, and not Ifey
the machinations of those who fLk.
my deftrudion; and as they m *y fir ;d
me, lo let them efiimate me.
I beg you to accept my bed wiftv
for your prosperity Lnd happiness- U
and am with great refpea, gcntlcmc y,
your obedient servant,
James Wileinion.
To Cornelius Coningham , Efq t
and the Committee of Citizens .
11 1 I Ti rr ‘ii— lin
from the Virginia Argus .
V/e have been lately accufcd of in*
temperate and unnecelfary harshness in
regard to the federaliftj; but when it
is recollcCled of what particular de
feriptior. wc speak we are ccnfcious
that the fenfibilitv of the honest fcce
ralifl cannot be offended. There ere
very many guided by the purest mo
tives, but there sre more who under
this plaufibk pretext, exert thcrafelve*
to excite disorder and disunion, by
statements unfoumded in truth, by
stratagems and connection* repugnanf
to patriotism. There are fome whose
charafter differs but in a few (hades
from that of the republican ; and there
arc others content with enjoying their
opinion without wishing todifturb the
harmony cf government, but there are
ethers who would facrince public hap
piness to the vengeance of disappoin
ted ambition, who to enjoy the malig
nant triumph cT a moment, would
exult in the downfall cf the present or
j der of things. To such our errand iu
and but for fr.r¥*.;a h:..e no cccafiom
to fprak in l.arili difeordant lira ins.
1 he ertfis is awful and important and
renders it ncceffary to draw the wily
serpent from his fold. It has hitherto
worn the feales of federalifm, the affec
ted pretensions of political virtue; it
is time they (hould be taken off, anj
the reptile presented in its naked de
formity—He that would defend trea
son to slander !:is government, would
surrender national honor to gratify fo
reign injufticc, and would spread ca
lumnies of the deepest dve to dilfufo
difirufl and hatred againfl the liigheft
officers of government, furcly cannot
becorjfitlered the mild quaker-like fe
ll ere lift, who love the people, the cor
dilution and the union. When, then
we speak of federalifts, we mean th
opponents cf government —the enc
mies of their country. There ar
lome so very tenacious of the 1 fa
clad chaftity’ of the name cf federa'id
so dazzled with it* brightness, that rs
ther than be baptifed anew at the poli
ucal font, they will continue to be aL
fociated with tories and monarchiftL
So long as they will do this, fufpi. ‘
cions will be entertained, according to
the maxim, that a man is known by the
company he keeps. To iilulirate*
these remarks —what opinion fhouH
we form of the political character of *
man who would be intimate with a
traitor, who would giofs over bis trea
fan, who, because from fome wonder
ful c ire urn (lance, he has not been*
found guilty, contend* that lie hid,
been honorably acquitted. Let u*
confider treason as the (lock or frepo-.
jitut and its relation* and decree*. The:
per fan we have just deferibed may b*
considered next to the parent flock*
and therefore placed in the second de
gree, who, for the fake of example, •
wiil name Luther. He that is politi
cally intimate with him, and profelfe#
‘ike him to be t federalift, may be
placed in the third degree, who for
example we will r.eme Goodloe, and
; lie that is politically intimate wirfa
I htDT- end like him profeftes deteftatio
fer the prefect or is.” ts r’ r n|*, f|ilj