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KINGSTON VOL. II] CHRONICLE. FRIDAY, (jftersook) MAY 12, IS20. fNo. 19. Notice. np CIlll) rag "-TE Land Board, Midland District fix months, will meet on Wednes- for for the the THE STEAM-BOAT day in each week, at the Court Houfe :n ihe Town of Ki.'igiion, at the hour of i 2 o'clock at noon, for the purpofe of receiv¬ ing applications for lands, from the under¬ mentioned defcription of perfons, viz. Emigrants, and others coming to the Province and bringing d*ie Certificates of being Bruifhboru fubjeft*. All able fcttlerg that have refided in :he DiftrfA previous to the b:- war, and pro¬ duce Certificates of having done their duty ir its defence. The terms of the grants are the perform* ance of the fettHng duties within Eighteen Months from the date of the location, and the payment of tbe following fees; eftablifhed by s.n order in Council of 14th December, l8f-gu On Grants of 50 acres tu Indigent Emi¬ grants no fees. On Grants of too acre3, ,f?l2 Sterling. On Grants of 200 do. 30 Payable in three equal rnftalnuntss, viz. The firft on the receipt of the Location ticket ; the fecond en Certificate rilled of fettlement ; the third on the receipt of the Fiat for the patent. No petition can be entertained unlef? accompanied by a written character, or a fatisfaft rry reaibn (Hewn for fuch not being produced. By order nf the Board. JAMES NICKALLS, Junr. CkrL Kingfton, Feb. 14th, :82c 8 N. B. T« prevent difappointrnents to perfons applying for lands : it isneceffary to Mate that the Board ha9 no power to grant Lands to the Children of U. E. Loyalists ; Militia men who ferved in the or Military claimants, all fuch mull make application to York. NOTICE IS hereby given, that I, William Tay¬ lor, as heir at law and administrator to the estate of the late Allan Taylor, de- ceafed, have this day affigned all the real and perfonal estate of the late Allan Tay¬ lor, and all the interest in the concern of Taylor & Partter, and Thomas Parker, unto John Kirby, Alexander OKphant Pe- trie and Thomas Parker, as trustees, for the benefit of tbe creditors. William Taylor, Administrator of the estate of the late Allan Taylor, Kingston, August 28, 18:9. 36if Mon- Kingston Branch of th treal Bank. ANY fum required m?.y be obtained at the Office for good Bills, on Mon¬ treal, Quebec, Bills of Exchange on Lou¬ don, or for Specie.—Notes alfo will be discounted at thirty, fixty, and ninety days. THOMAS MARKLAND, Agent. Kingfton, 3d Nov* 1818. 23 Valuable Lands FOR SALE. IN the Midl:u:d District, County of Prince Edward, & Town flu'p of Amcliafburgh. Lot 23, in the front Conceflion, on Lake Ontario, lying to the eaftv/ard of Nicholfon's Ifiand. Lots 22, and 24., in the fecond Con- cefficn of (aid Towr.lhip ; the whole con¬ taining fix hundred acres. For particulars inquire at the Ollice of the Kingfton Chronicle, or of the Hon- JAMES BABY, York. N. B. All perfons are captioned a, gainft cutting or deftroying the timber on the above lands, as they will certainly fubjeel ihemfelves to a legal profecution if detected. Kingfion, March 7, 1820. IOtf rr. SOPHIA J"ff"AS re-commenced running asa Pack- _i et9 between Sacket's-Iiarbor and Kingston, as follows, viz. Leaves Sacket's. Harbor for Kingston, on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY, of each week, at six o'clock in the forenoon ; and departs from Kingston for SacketVHarbor, en TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, at six o'clock in the forenoon, RATES. Two Dollars each. Two do. do. Two do. do. Three do, do. Twenty five cents each. Freight, emigrants, and families, con¬ veyed on the most reasonable terms. Sackeds-Harbor, May I, 1820. 18 Passengers, Wagons, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Thomas Whitley, BOOT and SHOE-MAKER, MESPECTFULLYmformsthe Pub¬ lic, that he has removed from the (lore formerly occupied by the two Croffc's, whom he fucceded in bufinefs, to the pvemifcsof Mr, Fif]c,oppofitethe Market, where lie intends to keep an aiToitment of BOOTS and SHOES on hand. Cuftomcrs fupplied at the fhorteft notice, as he intends to be punc¬ tual to all orders. THOMAS WHITLEY. Kingfton, May lft, 1S20. l&Wjf Dr. Richmond HAS moved to Mr. Aykroyd's buildings. ' IS Notice. FOR S;:le, feveral Acre and two Acrelots on the Main Street, being an exttnfion of Store-Street, application for price and conditions of payment to be made to the Subfcriber, who will give information to period deuiifig to pur- chafe. JOSEPH MURDOCK. Kingfton, March 3, 1S20. 10 tf NOTICE. AN assignment having been made to the subscriber o( all the Lands, Goods, and debts, belonging to the late firm of James Ranien & Co. of Ernest Town, Merchants, as well as those belong¬ ing to James Ranken individually, for the benefit of creditors. Notice is hereby given to all persona having claims against the said firm, or against the ftaid James Ranken, to present them forthwith, duly authenticated ; and such at stand indebted are desired to pay their respective accounts to Chr. A. Hagekman, Esq. of Kings¬ ton, on or before the fust day of Decem¬ ber next. JOHN KIRBY. Kingstony 1st September, 1819. 36 TO LET, AND immediate poffiflion given, the Uoufe and premises belonging to the subscriber. SAMUEL MERRILL. Kingston, 5th May, \ 820. iStf KINGSTON TANNER?! Tf UNDERHILL & Co. Refpeft- a fully beg leave to inform the Shoe-Makers, Saddlers and leather fellers in general, that they have now felc&ed from their extenfive afTortment of different defcriptions of Leather, and are preparing it ready for Sale, upwards of one Thou- fand fides of Upper Leather, from one to Twenty Thoufand lbs, of ligrV and ftrong fole Leather, and one hundred and iifty dozen or Calf Skins and a number of Horfe hides, Dog and Sheep Skim, too numerous to infert, and which can be delivered on the (horteft no1 ice and lowed terms for Calh. T. U. flatters himfelf that thofe who are inclined to favour them with their Orders, will find the above articles by far fuperior to any yet offered for Sale, having already been proved, and acknowledged by the but judges in this Province. Kingfton, November 5, 1819. 45 Isle of Tanti. THE following valuable lands, on the Ifle of Tanti, for fale—From Lot No- 35, inclufive, round the fouth Ihore, to lot letter C, except letter B. 82,83, **4' and 85, and all from Mr. Stuart's to the Town Flot. The fecond coneeffion, where not granted—the pre¬ ference to b** given to thofe who poiTefs, and have paid for their lots, if fettled for as r.bove mentioned. . Mr, Stuqrt'fl No's 23, 24, 25, 26 and rear half of No. 27. Lots No. 35, 36, 37, 38, and down to 8^, inclufive. Letter A, refcrved. Lots fold, No. :, 2, 3, to No. 22 in Front, The above lots will be fold on moderate terms. The foil ia remaikebly ferule and fitted for all the purpofes of agriculture* The fituation of the Iflutid will (how it is particularly adapted to p^f].:sgz. It abound'; with fifh & wood of almoft every kind, a COnfiderablfi proportion of which ib oak. For further information, application to he made to the underfignedj -»t Bath — ?.nd for undifpntcd cities to the Hon. Sir John Johnfon, in Lower Canada. JJ. FARLEY. December 28, 1^19. JJtf Government Contract for Fresh Beef. NOTICE \* hereby g?reu to all per¬ sons who may be williiJ^ lo supply FliESH BEEF far the use* of theGar- ri.son ;uid EioyaJ Naval Establishment at [vvngSton, tlrar proposals to contract for (hu^amowill be received at this Office on or before (he 31st of Maj ne\t, at noorij for the period of twelve rnontiis, eommeucttig on the 23th of June follow¬ ing. The conditions of contract, form of tender, aiid other particulars, may be (Known on application at this Office, orat the Gommissariat Office at Fort George ; and no tender will be noticed unless made iii the farm prescribed, ner unless the purljj and kis sureties, or an agent on their behalf attend at the time of open¬ ing the tenders, which must be sealed, and endorsed w Teuder for the supply of Fresh Beef." EDWd. pine coffin, DepV.Com. GenL Commissariat Office, Kingston, 1 Oth April, 1820. 1 4 Land to he cleared. ANY person willing to undertake to perform the settlement duties on a tract of excellent Laud in the Dishirt of Newcastle, and to take part of the Land in payment for his labour, will have an opportunity of Making a good bargain on applying at the office of this paper, Kingsttoi. 27th Jpriij L8S0. 17 For Sale, Superior constructed plea- ___sure Wagon, a stout brown horse, excellent for saddle or harness,Enquireat this Office. 18 A BOOT & SHOE FACTORY A7k D LEATHER STORE, [Sign of the ttftlden Last, Store Street.] ^T WILLIAMS & Co. beg leave to If A » return then grateful thanks to the inhabitants of Kingston and its vicinity for the liberal encouragement they have experienced fince Commencing bufinefs, and refpeafully inform them they have on hand an elegant afTorirnent of LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS and SHOES, at their ol.l stand nearly oppo- fitc to Moore's Coiree Houfe, in Store Street, where they will ^ hafijsyta attend on thole who may fawur tlieOi with llieir orders, ?nd willconvie-C them that for fu- periority of materials a'J elegance of work- manflifp they cannot b- excelled. N. B. A good suppi-of SOLE and UP¬ PER LEATHER a^ys m hand. April I I. 15w5 AT the General iV'eting of (he Lau Soeiety ofUnp"*Canada 1 held 00 the fitbt Tuesday in Easter Term, 1st Georp 4th, DAXllL WASHBUKN, Esquire, a Barrister of this Province, was by a resolution 0 the Society, de¬ clared to be di>barrel and tobe thence¬ forth disqualified fror* practising at the Bar of any of ilis Majesty's Courts of this Pro": luce. II. J BOLLTON, Treasurer. York, lyih April, 1820. 17 Stolen or Strayed, A FEW nights a^o, from the premi¬ ses of the subscriber, near Brock- ville,a J?AY MARK, \'J{ hands high, about twelve years old, a little white on each hind foot, pot bi Hied, and has a pe¬ culiar gall before trotting. A liberal reward will be given to (he person who will restore said mare to (he owner. JOSEPH LAMBETIL Elizahcthloxn, 25 h A poll, WlQ. 16 NOTICE, THE fubferiben being duly nomina¬ ted Executors to the laft Will and Tt(lament of the late Edward Keating, Efquire, jPhyfitfiea to the Forces, requeft all perlons indebted to the Eftate, to make immediate payment, and thofe having de¬ mands againft the fcid Ellate to bring them forward without delay. WALTER McCUNIFFE, PETER McDONELL. Kingston, 6tb flpriL 1S20. 14 TO LET, fr\ j\ STONE liOUSE, upon the l^-.rA_ Hill above the Method!!! Cha¬ pel, a (lory and a half high, with Kitchen and Cellar under, with two fifths of an a- cre, well enclofed ; at prcfent occupied by Mr. Underbill.—PofTeffion will be giv¬ en on the 1 ft of May next. For terms apply to Major Corbett, or William Mitchell, Efq. Kingfton. Kingfton, 3d April, 182c. 14-tf. foil TtiH lirNQSTQN CIWOSICLE* LETTEB 11. To ROBERT IVALSU, Esq. Sir, A great portion of your sixth section is taken up in repeatingtltestroiig& offensive language used against the American cha¬ racter by members of both branches of the Parliament during the Colonial War, and which was opposed and chastised by the opposition of the day. What could induce a person of your ability to rake up trash which was fast passing into ob¬ livion ? It were easy to quote not only speeches but public instruments and reso¬ lutions of Congress, as well as of the State Legislatures, full of the roost dis¬ graceful epithets and the most bare faced falsehoodsybut who would think of search¬ ing them out and marshalling them in ar¬ ray at the present day. Whatever ex¬ cuse mi^ht be discovered for these things by a vindictive patriotism during the heats and irritations of a civil war, it will not be easy io find an apology for the man who, at the distance of forty years details the language of rage, of calumny, and disappointment, for the purpose of renewing those unhappy times. The heart ?ickens to think that a person of literary taste and eminence could have been found to volunteersuch a degrading service, and that this person should be tiie lirst writer in America, who might not only acquire renown himself by an original work costing less labour, but confer literary celebrity on his country. So much has been said in favour of the Colonies for resisting the Mother Coun¬ try, that many begin to think that they were entirely without blame, and that the basest motives intluenced the several administrations which at that period di¬ rected the affairs of the British Empire. To counteract this erroneous opinion 1 shall select a few particulars out of ma¬ ny to shew the disposition of the Colo¬ nies at the commencement of hostilities. 1st. Dr. ltamsay, the calumniator ol Washington and Hamilton, whose histo- rj you praise, tells us that no Colony was ever better governed than South Ca¬ rolina from 1719, the termination of the Proprietory Government,to the American Revolution in 1776. The first and se¬ cond Georges were nursing Fathers to the Province. They performed to it the full duty of Kings, and their Pater¬ nal care was leturned with the most ar¬ dent love and affection. AH ranks and city, on your politics, on frugality, but boast not of his integrity and honour.— ilis intercepted letters set New Eng¬ land in a flame, and accelerated the war. 3d. Governor Shirley had promised to make Col. James Otis, a Lawyer of much influence in Boston, a Judge of the Su¬ preme Court on the first vacancy, but ne¬ vertheless he gave it to another person pleading a prior engagement, but re¬ newing his promise for the next. None happened during his administration, but soon after Governor Bernard's arrival a vacancy occurred which was given to Mr. Hutchinson. Governor Bernard cither knew nothing of his predecessor's pro¬ mise, or did not conceive it binding.— While the matter was pending Mr. Otis' son said, " If Governor Bernard does not appoint my Father Judge of the Su¬ preme Court 1 will kindle such a fire in the Province as shall singe the Governor, though I myself perishJa the flames/'— This young man, his Father and Brother in Law from this time forward opposed Government in the most vindictive man¬ ner, and with such influence and ability as greatly contributed to increase the difficulties, and produce the rebellion. 4th. Samuel Adams had been dismis¬ sed from his situation asa public default¬ er in mony matters, and seeing no pro¬ bability of being ever employed again by Government he determined to raise a commotion. Associating w ith the Otisrs and other malcontents, nod employing all his cunning and intrigue, of which he had a great share, he succeeded in form¬ ing a large party. Independence was always in his mouth, and 110 doubt in his heart, fur it was only in a total change that he could succeed, and he who had been dismissed for embezzling the public money as Collector under the King was made Governor of the Province by the revolution. Such are a few of the more immediate causes of the revolution, and the private history of the greater number oi'the active agents would give a uew co¬ louring to the whole matter, and present a baseness of motives and hypocrisy of conduct ill assorting with the eulogies pronounced so frequently upon them. Among other matters which a true histo- ' ryofthe first American war would set right is the employment of Indians. This unhappy people were not permitted to remain neuter. They were forced to choose, and though they naturally lean¬ ed towards the King, who had always orders of men gloried in their connexion I °een (,)!jir benefactor, yet SO cautious with the Mother Country, and in being subjects of the same King. Nor were any indigent but the idle an;Lunfortu- nate. Personal independence was fully within the reach of every man who was healthy and industrious. All were se¬ cure in their persons and property. They were also contented with their Colonial state, and wished not for the smallest change in their political constitution. Such is the happy picture of South Caro¬ lina, drawn by her Historian on the very eve of the revolution. Between South Carolina and GreatBritain there was no collision of interests, and there never had been any serious complaints of either against the other. Yet this Province was among the first to join Massachusetts— nominated its convention, sent delegates to Congress, and as.sumed the Govern¬ ment.— Recommendations for arm¬ ing and praviug were, carried into effect and a secret Uomratttee ol three persons appointed by the Convention robbed the Packet from London, w hich reached Charleston on the 19th April, 1778, o- pened and read the public dispatches to the Governors of Virginia, thetwoCaro- linas, Georgia and East Florida. This notable Committee likewise intercepted a letter from Governor Wright to Gene¬ ral Gage, which they destroyed, sub¬ stituting one which they forged in its stead., of a contrary import. Men capa¬ ble of such baseness could easily make the dispatches contain what they plea¬ ded, and they circulated accordingly that Great Britain was determined to coerce America with a military force. As there had as yet becu no difficulty between the Parent State and this Colony nothing can justify such an infamous transaction, and thealledgcd contents found in the dis¬ patches became the principal engine of exciting resistance in the Southern V t lS V F. B. SPlLSBUilY, SunoLox. R. iV. \Lute Sargson oj //. M.& Prince Me-§ 2 gew/, on Laka Ontario., $ I Intends practising in the various^ J branches of his Profusion, at his res-;> ^ideure, nest door tu John McLean,£ J,Esq. Sheriff. 8 I Kingston, Oct. 6thy 1819. 41 <> ' *:<-jC* <'- *> <«t ^-aCt-^-A.:«.oCi--*r*5C->*"«C*--OtWO* ^^fU\Vi^ or more y^-ars, a Stone Houfe with 17 acres of Land, 6 of which is in¬ tended for a meadow, an(j t}ie remainder for pafture and garden, on t]ie fronr, near Mr, Dalion's Brewery, ancj oppofite Mr. Elleibeck's Brick li4.jfc. For particu¬ lars apply to Smith & Butterwortli. Kingftcn, March 2^ ,gaQi jalf Mates. id. The letters stolen by Dr. Frank¬ lin and sent to Massachusetts had a simi¬ lar efl'ect in that quarter. The friends of England found their exertions palsi¬ ed, their communications had been be¬ trayed, and they kuew not whom to trust. The cool baseness of Dr. Franklin in the whole of this business, aud particularly in allowing two persons toendanger their lives on account of these letters, is not surpassed in the annals of crime, while it exhibits a melaucholy proof how much the basest qualities may be excused or concealed by the possession of great ta¬ lents. Any common person, guilty of such conduct, would have been hurled from society, but Dr. Franklin was ca¬ ressed. Of his great abilities there can be but one opinion, but of his moral qua¬ lities permit me to doubt ; and it was no wonder, though he was upbraided before the Privy Council fur a transaction so disgraceful, and deprived of his situation of Post Master General, as a promoter of sedition. Quote the Doctor onE!e;tri- were the six nations in particular that they did not join the British standard till they had been driven from their settle¬ ments for refusing to favour the insur¬ gents. The Americaus burnt their vil¬ lages, destroyed their com, tut down their apple trees, and left them entirely destitute. Hunger, and resentment at this cruel treatment, more than inclina¬ tion, obliged them to pass within the Bri¬ tish lines. It lias likewise been said by many British writers that there never was a re¬ volution effected with so little civil blood as that of America, and this supposed hu¬ manity has had no small effect io recom¬ mending it to the respect of the world, but you know, or ought to know, that the Committee at Albany, and many ap¬ pointed in the New England States, act¬ ed with the most horrible cruelty, and were not exceeded by the Committee of pui)i4i dUiety at fans uunng Ihe reign of Robespierre, except that the population was thinner. A little more research will induce you to be very sparing of your praises of American humanity during this contest, for the massacre of the Chris¬ tian Indians at Muskingum has not a parallel for deliberate savageness in all history. The heart recoils with horror from the contemplation of such a scene, and it is ouly hinted nt to shew how easy it is to repel your insinuations against Great Britain for making use of the In¬ dians. You are angry because it was hardly believed that your countrymen would fake arms. This was silly I admit, and more so to suppose Americans destitute of courage ; but it was very natural to suppose that being Militiamen they were not so good as regular troops, and had General Howe done his duty the Minis¬ try would have been amply justified by the event. Indeed Talleyrand has tru- ly said that, bad as our Generals were, America would have been conquered had it not been too large to garrison. Having borrowed so liberally from the Speeches of the Opposition all your ar¬ guments, and by far the greater part of your book, I was much amused with your cavalier treatment of them. For after a little qualification, by way of sweetner, you tell us that nothing rs more certain than that the opposition to the plans of the Miuistry had not an immediate or even principal reference to therightsand interests of America, that it arose out of pre-existing domestic divisions, &c. In this you are in some degree correct, tho' not, I trust, to the extent that you argue. But in making such an assertion ycu de¬ stroy the credit of your defenders, and from the conversion of Goveruo«- Johu- stone, who found you so refractory, as well as the dislike shewn to the plan ot" conciliation of Lord Chatham, it is evi¬ dent that it was not so much the right to taxation a< the expediency of putting it