The Wilmington Centinel

              vol i t h e cz ™ and general advertiser wednesday july 2 1788 proximity proceed from hence ; anr in a ha'ppy marriage where both p-ruts behave well in thar r f ftue tatbfis the honey mocn incrcafcs to years of bli w i g poucition rmrts af fea c and nothing but parting can be a material afflfiion a co ug or infirmity can uaiiingt a m itrimtnia efteetr — — . 1 he many good qualitici ftrvices and obliging ufrge or eacfi otl.^r arcr.l c.gtd in tl.e men.ory as tc mak hfe a co"t nral tourahip ai.d the hufcand to c^rry the iovcr always about iiiiii on he contrary it is a matter of the ercateft fnrprife that a man v bo ai us at reputa ic andcl.jraft.r in t!it anuirs of life iuketplu*word opuf ve hi rret.it and t ric.t all hon ur awi tc s rity at hoc and have no rcga.d to the fofam ene ujc msnts iiuirie to a v.ife a fc it was a vrelljodged ac^iorcf a prince 1 have read cf who to^esn officer c - manfion irooi 1 i a quthl ning his coorwe upon tnfonnauun that he be-t bis wle forrers and carma arc cckbtat d for fuch dcmcok bocifin in fno.t do man can be a nncgentlernaa that ii not a nua of honour and ao maa oi i.on^ur m«kc a baa buiband frtm tit glasgow advertiser singular antipathy arxo ruoria tphs fc."rvinf ve-y e?rraertfna-y circu.-r.flarre exnibttc . j pch p the firil initmceoi thckir hitherto known a id isw i ancft dbyr^ufcieperibosin the ne^hl ou,hi,od : ji im pool a boy about fifteen year of ace fon 1 1 a farmer r^d.rgncar clare in suffolk fo k e y «« * him toa^cpt a y i h c bty being ot a-*rtf hafli « ! m i i l r«ue,u t^tmsc r r re.ui m j nibfryn f hi fatbtr attempted to indacs i un to uu fm jm i w * iio " wa - s ' v/ilhont - r > f««6 : tboosfa perfeflh f n he vsstord o ' hib reft'fuj ad fo ming 3 bi:orr-.r ctcf r crcy ccntinu d ihe qunc anexp r.ment j,ihen u arit tc try whtthtr this rctofid did n.t p r cted from baafc and an ldta toa be c.^ht hot to take money when cfitred his father pot c me halt-pen c into pecket he i,lc i m , drawmg bis h*d back with rauch ictm.ng homor l.t idi into firong convulilon fits in which hc c rf.nucd an hocr sonr.e tin.e alter this hi father ftiu wifti 5 to overcome tfceaniipaihy rdblv-d to try the fame ex ptr.mcr.twkh feme ffiver i he fame fyo^toms were a i cxi.iiiited only with an iccreafi degree of v>l nee indeed fuel valence that his father tl;ou,ht be would h.ve cied _ of t ; et x ft,ncecf hu ftr ? ant^at his father is nosv fo ccnvjn.ea th be w 3i net ibffi r any either rxperimcacs ; an-i as many ptrfons the 1 ft trial all kern to acres that the repetition would in all probability be daneeronsj nothiiiptbatbrecoiieaedef the boy can le,d to account for t.us ftrange averfioa in every ntfc r ref eft be is as ether boys are tx.pt being cf a crave ihounhctul turn in many thi r he u very a c e the uom natiralj eeis concerned on re ae^ingtfe-tintheprogrttof time his fon muft be er»a-ed in buftnef and ct cocrfe in n.or.cy tra-uclicns the abhorrence continues fo ftrcng that h : now turns aw whencrer any mo miscellany fnh tbcxtai s massachusetts spy mr ifflmas l'iu are itffi'.'j •* tc z tve a f ee '"' v '* r p a p fr i t0 ti>i fjuiulng br'.cf cccnrti ofk.en 1 ucky txtruoti fnmaldta of jfaac mo nifon eff to the rev jordan dodge at sturbridge } in this iik:.!y j it tii:cd nt.j'.r county s kentucky january n 17sc !|('^^ 1 h e fo11 of kentucky like all ether &>•& *<•&•& a countries is various ; but what we here xj_c tr diftingoifliby the turns firtt and fec-nd w i i 17 rate lands ' arc * rnm onc to leven teit ft '** j *^^ l ' ck p ct d cnr>co!at "» an * ' n foblt puces w r i"$"/f °' • atlee p mulatto colour exempted from 1a^.,js *"""!*.* ftooes g'avt:l or fund on the furtacs m "♦ 1 and where tlufj are the qualities it pretty 5st r jenerally y.et ; on a flat li.ntmone quarry from three to fix fee below ti ioi lands cf an interior qu r y of w'.lh nctwithftarr'ingtflr accour.ts givvn of this coontry there are j 1 g _- quantirits prttty g'-neral!y rcicmbie thoft ot penr.fviv ia and new-jerfcy but arc not fo ftor.y " it is chkfl 1 well but heavy timbered country ; the chii.f of whichare black wajnut iciuit wild eherry various kinds of all mulbetry < uttemut liick.-ry btacli white wood oaks anf fu^jr trtt in atundai ce land j of tie firfi n ftcond quality am r.t prtfent we do not i.rprwe any vtlier are very little tr ubltd with undcrbrurti ; vfh:«t tl .:. .., is cfcitfi fj ice wcod ana what the indiins caii pan aw . he produce is indian corn wheat rye fpelt rice bar ley tobacco l.emp flax cotion incigo ar,d vines of every kind j he rhr r rirrt articles of r?rr raifed in fuch abur.dancc '■ • " »— ty »-- v iic 1 ty j i mill if ju - ot hundred and rven huftidsjof ihcllcd corn have aftoauy been gathered in one feaforv from airacrc pla rtd in the ulu.il way and ploughed and hoed on.7 twice however tht more jo en c p is from fifty to eighty bu-hels the acre 1 ric nci r^colka to haw ht-^rd of any p r fon bciri fo curi ci:s ::. aic ruuning the produce of an acre of wheat hut a gen t!emab allured me that from two brflielsof rye which he fewei la year hereaped eighty el ? ht buihtls and an halt : and the foila«tera>eaiortw cultivation it equally favourable to wheat we are yet a part f the rowrament of virginia but have tiie meafurc on the firft oi jai.uarvj^db'/^^fi it is urc t.iin lutcorl'i'n.ri<4fw»j hhk are tempoftd ci p litici.in ircm tvery ft4fa4 lvnc rally jp u.^ictd in tavour of tltofe frojitt spk > t i is mott prv i c we p ail have a j wlfor an.i t : ti r.eisof their vhmfli ifj at j tc few the propoftc 1 a '"' rwt n«bhinii(in|i|^t littk tt ter.cisd to among us aod will ibftvltfvlliigt^tl^^jtgrmrititi m la if 6 * "' j ''^ flv <^* f "^ e perhaps no country fo young and d.ftanu was ever fo well fumiuieci wit picin and eminent skrgy f afaoft every deno initiation as kertucky we ha^^^ifoppa!i a n s , one roman cathohc prie.'t feyeral prrfbytbi^i jfcptirt minif ters 5 the latter are much the moft ■. r 0 ftd^tjjwjff 1 1 u 1 1 jj ■ r we are not lefs happy on the fohjecf^fipidan ; we have a charter for a college which will foo he^rejl efniowed : eieht thoufand acres ol thc ti if i quality already j»|n it the court boum's in latin fchoob one of t*hs»onfiftin £ of near thirty fcholars will we expert open in atwtfs in this place ; ior the accommodation oi which we wf ftone ti ticcttec forty feet by twenty-four as^his fnuation i ealthtu , and in a rich thickly fettled country the inhabitants • hnch art much devoted to thc inftitution we uave very cx aucd expeclattons 01 its future ufc ulnefs hiekcntucky country whichinthc indian lanfuagcimpr s f'»«/y,was eftabliihed into a feparate dirtncl in the year i 7 sz ; it now contains fewen counties the natr.es uf which are jcfftr en f^yctte urtcola n.lfon maddifon mercer kour!>on j out the great extent of our fetttements being upwards of two b ndred miles in jengtn and a much in breadth md the al nio daily arrivals by j;,nj ard water make it next to impofli f re to give you w ith any degree of certainty die number of our jnnabitanto ; the lowcft cnlculations make them n<ty thousand wute and others double that number moil of the favr.^ihes cnuguous are flsil hoilile to this country the exterior part of wmch arc fometinj viuted by them but the chief injury dons " iatc is , n ftealini horfes 5 iailances it is ti ur fametimes oc r©i makers committed by thefe vajrants j but as the coan try is fo populous and its fettlamsnts fa cx:enfiv the interior parts which for a long time hate enjoyed little or n fafety take hut little or no noike o t em though i referred you to mr f.ifuo for a defcriptlon of ths climate of kentucky 1 find it fo v.ry healthful and a che fane time fo very moderate co.»iparei wirt any thing experienced in the ncrtliern flutes thn i cannot do jurticc to my feelings with cnstttpudiing on the fubjrcl i he fall i ohio which a about thejnean climate of the diftrift arc ituaterl n 3 , 30 of tori tutefe hut the country is much mar fer ne and temperate than wr could foppofe from it fituation owing c kfly perhaps to its great remove frona the n-.rth.-rn la s our coldeft weather is generally *; the fetting in of the winter ancj l-ldom continues more than fevsir or cit^hc weeks the lards on the north-weft ui » wl ic ohio are excellent in fpcts but in general far inferior to kentucky though bctttr watered we arc happy to heartmt the ohio company hive fucctederi m their application to coneiefs ; and divout!y wiih lo fee the fcttlement f that country takf pl-«c net only as it will he a barrier tott>is but are perfumed that tttofc adventur ers who may not ohtain an ady^nt-gecu lot will leek their for tune en this tide of the river i take it for granted that you have heard much fa!d of the illinois and poft st vincent countries which though far fupc licrtothc northern aates are by r means to be compared with kentucky eitlitr on accoun c foil frfcty or policy 1 he inhabitants rc but lev anj perpetually expofed to the inf'jlrs and robberies ot the ravages 1 hs french to who the fndians an n-.och devoted a"d a ftw americans who from having eitablifhed s kind of donii r.inoverthe;n ether y c m-trct or inttrma ria-cj puiiufs b«.r 1y a tolerable fhare at f corit ; but it ii truly a ry prcca riou one the c nfe-quence .». t'iat fomeof th b ft aukritans are moving their families to thi c t v,try ft'hat favourable alteradom the - abiinimpnt cf a federal o vlrnmen may introduce ca that f cf the ohio is yet uncer tain ; at pirfcm thr people have r eftawuhcd fytfcm of laws or mode oi trial unlets ir b a kind of military cne lar iio*n be m agreeable to a free bo-n atntrioo ac hav;"many tnirjs in kentucky entitled to the epithet of cumofities among which the imr.y fa.t fpnngi may be iuftjv reckoned ■* * salt at prefent is made at ak>ut fve places her the country abounds in fprir;gs or licks where i can be procured with equal eale * it fells from f x to twelve tobbagt a buael but will in a fu ture day b inuc'i lower the fortifications fo frequently met with in this country a-e the admiration of every tr ivzlier 1 h.y are mortiy of a'cir cular figure on well chof.n ground and contiguous to water • nearea^hefthefe is found a mount of earth thrown up hi form of a cone and is gencratfy proportionate to iu adjacent fort.fication when or by whom thefe were made is equally uncertain . they appear to be very old i he timber growing on t lie walls w thin the forts and ditches has the appearance cf that tlfe where 1 hey muft have been the efforts cf a very numerous indof tnousano warlike people and could not have been conrtrutted without he ufe of iron on frarching the mounts are f und to cor tain a white fuhftance rtfcmbling lime which is fuppofcd to have been human bones another kind of trrobs are alfo found thon^h neither as la-ge or frequent as the ethers aid are ti.us conftru&cd : a le vel fpet of ground is firft chefen and covered over with fiat fax oth ftonet on which the corpfc of the decta.i-d are iyld which are feparuted from each other by flat fbnes fct vp edge wife and in rows at a diftance fuftc'sert to contain a daman bo dy in each partition after the firfl layer or ftory isfiil.d the fame material as the bottom and a fecend tier is depcfwd in the fame manre as t he firft and fo on to a third perhups a ftfrh ftery and the monumental pile is finally completed with com mon ftonc heaped up to a confjocrable heigh termiratine in a point ° one of the moft remarkable of thefe latter kind is found a few miles from a town in this county called lexington its bafe is fuflkient to contain a dozu of human bodies and is about five rtorie high thefe cannot be as ancient as th formcf kind the boces in them not being yet entirely difiblverl a n arm bone was not long fincc found in the one near lexinrton lull three inches longer thanth arm of a man fix feet high and cf a pro portionable thicknefs r to conclude the dirtingu'fhed bounrifs heaven cor/erred on this country in foil climate hcalthfulnefs and many other pe culiarities arc real curioutiu to the inhabitants of the northern itates . i a few quarter casks of madeira wine fo sale ev edward jones may 21 i2 in praife of marriage wanted a qjj a n t i t y op continental loan-office certificates for which the highefl price will be given apply to the printers june 1 8 1788 36—18 man is a fociabh creature not made for foiitude but ccn verfarion msrria&ls a noble iiiii tutior nd a li'tle uteful fociety ircm whtnee many advantages arifj i he forrowsof lite arc leffened by communic*tion mait;a*:e is cr fliould be the molt peiftrft tfate of friendrtn'p rv j utu inr reft presets mutual t&tunce it is owing to this ir.ftitutic thu fcaiuics have b^a ruiied and formed ah prentaje a numb i