The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, February 25, 1800, Image 1

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Vol. H.J GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE Fubhlhcd every Tud’day, fay AMBROSE DAV, at 3 dollars pc; anu. payable halt ylariv. from the Confitutional Telegraph • . Timothy Pickering, Efq. , Secrecy of State . i Sir. t ' I HAVE waited with the ' utmoft the receipt of 1 vour further opinion on the ' fubjea of my late abufe on J board of the Rritifh fbip Daphne, by capt. Maifon, but am difap pointed with aftoniffiment at not receiving any letter or even a fcarp from you on the fubjeft It is my incontrovertible opin- ‘ ion, fir, and I prefume that you mud admit that impartial juftice ; is due to all men, in all countries whatever, but more particularly under a liberal and inde pendent government as in thefc (lates. # Can you think the fubjrft of too trifling a nature to merit the I attention of this government ? I certainly think that you cap. j not— how then is it that you do !; not deign to adviTe me on the ? The reafon I cannot imagine, except it be this, that, the infotmatiori which you re-1 1 ceivedfrom capt. Truxton, led ; you into the error of fuppofing that my depofition and the pro of's corroborating oaths were faille. I now enclofe to you the de pofition of Jacob Groce, who was 1 Teaman on board of the fchooner Betfey, at the time alluded to, which will corrobo rate with the fa£h dated in my ! proteft, nor have I any other j evidence to fuimfh, unlefs I could procure the depofitions of Tome one or more of the officers of the fhip Daphne, who arc juft and impartial, who were eye witneffes to that dreadful fcenc (but I conceive it as not neceffary) will you but take the trouble to review the fubjeJl im pa.tially, and compare the evi dence of my people (which is delivered in the prefence of God More a public officer) with that orma tion which you received bom capt. Truxton, y OU will undoubtedly be convinced of u- L U . th . of our I think would be admit ted m law, when the word of honor of a Britifh officer or any other man would be excluded. tfemg faMsfied of the truth J y . ftatcme nt. as I think you win C ’ I hope you will be fI J« t 0 affo,d your necef- J 7^ ort t 0 obtain juftice for e a u fe that j have J receivcdj lr [ to r «">ove thofe unfavor from public Mr P Ch the cxer tions of I ted to m I UC aS ecn ca^cu^a - I tOgyourUn 38 Weli Publifh | er to me, by fjgning THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE. I U E S D A Y FEBR U A R V 2-,. |8 >O. XE.ISOX AW TRUTH TMPjRTI.iL GUIDE THK tV.it'. a note at the foot of my proteft, when publifhed in the Salem Gazette, when I w s reduced to the neceffitv of making my com plaint public, by handing for ward that public inftrumeht of proteft from the impeachment which Mr, Goodhue had aimed at my rhara&er. Sir, your humble fervant, Ebenf.zbr Giles. Beverly, December 4, 1799. |’The proteft is alrnoft word fnr word with thofe already puhl fhed % we therefore think it needlejs to in fertitf} To the PUBLIC, In the course of laft fall, a perfon fubferibing himfelf “ No Britifh Debio*-, announced, in the Virginia Gazerc, that Mr, JefFerfon was infolvent. He in termixed a quantity Of abomin able fluff, which the edi dr, Mri Davis, rejuled to print ! This calumniator was caVcd upon, in the Examiner, to p o ducc his proofs. He pleaded ficknejs as an exciife for his fi lence, but promifed upon his recovery to give an explanation.- Me has recovered, and is 'aid to be now in Richmond ; he has again been defined by the Ex aminer to exhibit his evidences, but he continues blent. When this Therfites of Alber marle (hall pubhfh a lecond poem, he is adviled to affume a 1 tit’e correfpondcnt wi;h the cha racter of its author—md, in ftead of The Ghojl of Fame t to chriften hu pe formancc Ihe Ghojl oj Injamv. Richmond , Dec. 16, 1799. P. S. The republican print ers th’oughout the union, are requefled when convenient, to re-publifh this advertifement —: becaufe the flander above refer red to, has obtained not only an extenfive ci culation, but an extenfive credit, and becaule every good citizen feeis himfi'lf interefted in fuppoiting the re putation of the vita piefident. ROYAL SPORT. An ANECDOTE. " One of the greatefl enjoy ments of Chares ill. king of Naples, was, of fkinning live rabb ts. His ingenuity vifed new modes of putting them to death. He was accuflorncd to lie in wail tor them, in the narrow paf/CS through which *h e ) were driven; and, armed with a club proportioned to his flrengtn. his paflime was, to lay about among them, exulting in L'ui peals of laughter at thrir deft me tton. To vary his dive* fion, he had rabbds, dogs, and cats trjfed in a blanket) and putfned this fport 'till they expired. The natural effieft of this amnfement was, to excite a curiofity how it would operate upon men, and he accordingly extended his pleafure to tolling men in blan kets. Lords , fea r ants , foldiers , and tverc hurled up in'o the air in the moll grotefque a titudes." This was kingly, piftime ! Though a rifibility is! excited, my bread nfes indignant 1 at the thought of all fuch rofcals ! and it behoves us to take dre that we arc neither finned nor tojjed • ORIGINAL ANECDOTE. From a Philadelphia Paper , An Inffj gentleman, in com pany the other evening, the| converfation turning to political affairs, among other fi nfihie and witty obfervalions, faid, that, ‘ by the time the prince of Wales comes to be king of Eng land, by my fou 1 , it will be no kingdom at all, at all! !!" Treasury Office, LOU IS V ILL E, February 3 1800. Nolifcation to Tax Colltftjrs. AN ACT, enbilrd 4< «n to ra fe a Tax for 1r fupport of orrpf'rrent forth" yr?r i Bco.*’ pifTcil the day of D I 799, has M en; <?ted 'hat the 'i renfurtr tor the tirre being, be ani he is hrieby ‘tn povkeicd and uquired fo grant E\fiu-. lions againd ah L-tmcr of Tares, who are, or mtty hr Dlfaahrrs, mnnrif d atdy after rhe p ffi ig of th 8 Adi " A 1 Lai Colleflors therefore, who I arc in arrears for Ti.xen, will avail them fe t'a of rmk ng fpeedy f tr’em-n 9, or j w; fha 1 proceed as the law directs. bdwin Moungcr, treofirer , Meriwether, comp g p n. Was publifhed , in Charlr/ion , On Thurfday, the id 1 800, Lumber L of a Country Ncwfpaper, ENTITLED, The Federal Carolina Gazette. THE Editor of it'f Sou<h Carolina <State Gaze'te end Daily t f fer % his adopted th a pan, 'n confe qneoce of the iolioitafions of a gna m.uiy rtlpeClable genUemcn w o an rtfiiitnfa id the country , and fri,m the acknowledged nertffry iher • : s for fuel. 1 a pnper, as wtil »§ the ufefalDef* and importance it w ll be of. I s title announces iiu r and p 1 a’n ’y j the pr ociples upon which u fha I be l condueted. He has t;ken In'o prrrre fh p In this Gazette, Mr I'homas Shfppahß, a gentleman whofe ab if es he "as f ad an opportunity of judg ng of, from the experience uf a feven years acquaintance, ib: Federal Caioliau CazAic will ’herefnre ♦'e pnMlfhed on Thti'Pay, in “*ch week, under |he direction and firm of Timothy & Sheppard, Whf ic un tH exertion* will be made ra merit the efteem and patronage of he public. The condition* are three dollar!, fpe c'e. per annum, in advance. It will be pr ; rted on foper royal paper, the fue of the Dally Advcr* lift r. ,;£r Letttr* (pod paid} add re fled f ® the Editor* will he duly on'leed ; and the preateft ohf rv-d 'Q forwaiding the paptri according to di rection. January 7. PROPOSALS For publifhing, hv fuhfciiption, | A NEW WORK, entitled, The PROSPECT BEFORE US ; O R. An *lmpartial Examination of the Principal Feature < of the Fede ral Government ; im lading an Explanation of the inflant ne cejjity for a Sew Cevjus . Put, fir, it has an /quints at Monarchy ! E. lima*. CONDI 1 lONS. I. The work will be printed in IQ o6a»o volume, cotifift-ng of ab ut ten fheeta ; on good paper, and w th a new and elegant type ; and will be dal vet d to Subfcribera in board*. 11. The price wl Ibe One copy, to be p.id at Ihc liriTe of fub (cnbng. 111. The v >lume will be put to prefa a* fooo «a a thouf ad copua have bcut fubfi-ribed for IV. A liberal allowance will be trade to bookfeden, aod olluri, who i.>kc quantities. Part .of the con'c f* of th s relume* iefer to fnl je6ls but li tic k own to the cit zens of thia c untry j and moll <f thim arc fnch as cannot fad to eaJtc (u rpr ze and md'gnui' n. tor irflancr, I will pr tif the i.ntne of a Senator, who, a' the dd uflion 1 1 Jay's 'rra'y. in Jn* c *795* lp°k c thus to one of 'is brtiliit n ; Damn the ** trea y I reteft it >• “ rnu h *s you do ; but y u know try “ Dilation wth Mr. Jay. 1 arr. obliged “ to wot c for it od account of my fuind ; Clip for him 1 Diail afo p ire the name of a Senator ara< gnrd tn the Senate of Con* grefa, lot frvrra day#, aga i ft lie ledi t'on a6t. He th n voted fc.r if, and dec'arcd to two of fis * rtihien. that he (li:! he d that an as unconfiiutionai. bnt t 1 at it wa« neteflary lo keep down the dam y d printers , Wh o taamuiing a nu! ipl city of complicated (uI• j■ tie, it •§ diffi ult to eftape the probability of be og fonr.c -1 mn in relating a fuccedion of fatta, where ev ry ftp excitra cot»- ttmp' ot dr ffta' OD, it ia d ffi u t to svo dan o caflonai feverity of ezprr fijon. Even this will be perdnned, if it cannot be defended* whin I ini l» r’erenbe f ene» of plunder, which might force a biufh into the he*k of the mo * hu'g y Cormorant, that ever look hi* flight from Connecticut lo rooft on fhe federal irtafury. James T. Callender. Richmond Sept 3, 1799. Subscriptions for (he zuor.% will he rec* 1 ved by Ambrose Day, at the Ojjict of th: Louijvulz Git* cite , [Mo. 56.