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■* *■ w . % - **' • * J>-\ Thirteen fail of the line are ordered to be equipped as fa'ft as pofiible at Copenhagen, to join the Ruffian squadron early in the spring. April 4. A negociation, it is said, has for some time been on the tapis in London, for the exchange of Canada with France, for the i(lands ofGuadaloupe and Mariegalante in the Weft-Indies. Various opinions are formed lefpefting the expediency and advantages that may accrue to Great-Britain by this ex change. * The island, or more properly speaking, the islands of Guadaloupe, are, for their (ize, reckoned of the most productive in the Weft- Indies; they produce at present annually from 60 to 70,000 hogtheads of sugar, besides great quantities of ginger, &c. &c. aud if they were fully wrought, or cultivated, it is said, double the produce might be obtained ; the air in them is salubrious. The inhabitants are generally estimated at 4000 whites, and . 30,000 negroes. JJJGUST A, July 4. His Honor the Governor and the Hon. the Executive Council, are now celebrating this eventful day—Particulars in our next. In C O U N C I L, July 3, 1789. The Honorable Andrew Pickens, Esquire, one of the Commissioners of the Union for Indian Adairs, having attended, and explained the reafous why the Treaty could not be held at the time appointed, and the motives for postponing it until the fifteenth of September next; It is ordered,. That the fame be ap proved.. Ordered , That that part of the letter of the Connniflioners, dated at the Rock Landing, the 28th June last, which lefpetfs the treaty, to gether with its enclosure, and the above Or der, be publiflied for the general information. Extract from the Minutes , ' J. MERIWEI HER, S. JE. C. Rod Landing, z'&tbjune, 1789. S I R, IT is with pteafure we have it in our power to inform you of the pacific disposition of the Creek Indians. We have the ltrongeft aflpr ances from Mr. M'Gillivray, and ah the Chiefs and Headmen of the nation, that juo depredations, of any kind, will, in future, be committed ; and that they will, in a body, attend the treaty at the time we (hall appoint. The copy of Mr. MKjillivraj’s letter to Mr. Galphin, which we do ourfeives the honor of enclosing, will point out the reasons why they have not attended at this time. The Indians have appointed their Bulking earlier this year than formerly, to be leady for the tieaty, which, after mature delibera tion, and # the opinion and with of Mr. John Galphin, we have thought it belt to fix the time of treating, at this place, for the 1 sth of September, when a fufficicnt supply of new corn may be procured, in this neighbourhood, at a moderate price. The prisoners, now in the nation, are to be sent. as soon as possible to this place, in or der to be delivered up : Negroes come under this dekription. We have determined to let the (lores re main on this ground : therefore a fuflicient guard will be neceflary ; and which we request your Honor will be pleased to order. We have the Honor to be, Sir, With due refpeft, Your Honor’s obedient Servant^, . ANDw. PICKENS; H. (/SBORNE. tlis Honor GEO. WALTON, £,7. Governor of Georgia* s i R, UFON receipt of this letter, you are re queued by the Chiefs, to proceed to the place of meeting, at the Rock Landing, on Oconee River; where, if you meet with the C'om jniff.oners, jou aie to ir.fotm them, that the Chiefs have lelolved to put vff the meeting for the prelent, foi tne foil* wing realons * That when the talk of invitation arrived lieie, the whole body of warriors were in anm-, (owing to the f wnmiffone ra letter of last winter) ready to turn out t bit the Chiefs, being ever ready to liflen t* just tetms of peace, they agreed to meet the (onintiflionira to treat at they requested t—but hue pit ties having early g'ue our, could not be ftopt j Md* ihry having iftujned wiiliiu a lew day* of the appointed time for the Chiefs* setting llis . Landiug, and having done nuichief, in Killing several people, the body of the people ftopt the Chiefs from proceeding to the Oconee, apprehensive that they might fuftam injury and insult from the people of that country. The chiefs are willing to treat at a time, when a few months having passed over, each others minds will be more cool, and can talk over matters with coolness .and temper.— Mean time, they with to have an anfwerfrom the Commissioners, upon what grounds they intend to conduft the treaty.—They appre hend that some demands will be made* to which they cannot agree; and they don’t wifli to meet them to quarrel: but rather desire, when they do meet to treat of peace, to do it in a peaceable manner j and to conclude a * peace on terms that may make it a lading one. Withing you a good journey, remain with much esteem and'regard. Your most obedient servant, . ALEX. M'GILLIVRAY. Conuetas , 16th June, 1789. Allure the Commissioners that every exer tion will be made by the Chiefs, to keep things qbiet—which may be depended on. Mr. John Galphin, at the Cowetas. —<2>'<OoQo_^- Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman in Ne<w- Toirh, dated April 10, 1-89, to bis friend in this town. “ If 1 WCI e to give a particular answer to your enquiries ffefpefting supplies, it might perhaps involve some secrets of government, which it would be scarcely proper to disclose. The general state of the matter I believe to be about this. My colleague lef the state eight or nine months sooner than I did, but be has been at home more thin eleven months fine*; . that my time of service upon the whole ex ceeds his. For his services he has leccived of the state, as follows, 1500 Dollars which he brought with him at firft. 220 Dollars remitted in ca(h by Capt. Scher '. ftierhorn. IOCO Dollars—Bill'in favor of Ludlow and Gobld, for which he has received the money. 70c Dollais—fjtecie amount of certificates, '• and received of Major Foifyth, at Augusta. 825 Dollars—received in part of two bills, for 1800 dollars in favour of Richard Platt. .-» ./ 4 2 45 Dollars.—Amounting in the whole to four thouland two hundred and forty-five dol lars. For my Cervices I have received nothing at all, either before or since I left the state, ex cept about twenty pounds, which had been lent here to purchase tea and and which I seized upon without leave or order; and I cairnot hear that there is any profpeft of my getting any thing. Did I confider this cruel partiality and injustice as coming from my fellow-cititens ift general, it would diftrels me beyond rr.eafure ; but I know it does not, and have good reaion to believe they do not wilh any one to be so much diftinguifticd above me, by marks of favor and good will. I feel it as coming from individuals who have abused their confidence.” For the Augusta Chronicle. / ■ • ** HAT this paper has been somewhat .| more than a mere repository of histo rical intelligence, is evinced by the Pubriiu tio-.s, Orations , and Difirt at ions of the late Academic Sociry (whose premarure annihila tion ought to be long lamented in the Georgian Republic of Letters) • and that it will.become so again, the foimation of the MO' T Society creates an anxious hope in the bresft of many of its readers: But before I anticipate the difeuffion of those important fuhjefls wfveh will naturally engrofa the attention of the fc ciety, I request, (for the fake of information) that the idea which thev annex to the word moot be announted, so that the way may be paved for a future roriefpondenre between the Moots and the rest of the world— DlPlio nariea are no authority in the present case i for I saw the word defined in one of them •• to plead a motk cause f* and the fociery doubt* left adopt a dJJTffffit d<lahiwn—T« |iv« * ‘ " '* I also the perfect etimology of the word, wouhj oblige .and infuuct main ;—fume allei ui a general and vague manner, that i„ i* originally Greek, engiafted upon Anglo-Saxon a »d then mutilated iuto Englilh/ others, that it is Ara bic; while the giea er pronounce it o *- minolian ; it is fupei fluous o add, that it will be necessary to explode one or o her or per haps all of these derivations, and theu eftablilh the proper one s—l mult beg pardon for hav ing already made use of the word as an epi thet and an appellative, 1 and mult faither re tfueft that the public may have a ffandard, which ilia 11 direel them in the use the.rof, upon a limilar plan to that, bv which Mi. Shandy taught the use of the aukiliaty veibs, e. g. What is a Mott F Who is moottd F Is any one mooting F Will theie be a moot.n . ? &c. and, iu fine, that it iftay be demonstrated, whether one can lead a Aloe' fur h a dance, as Yonck did his WHITE BEAR BOMBARDINION. ry~>HE fuoscriber h .s uftiec ived at his houte, Or»e mile above Augusta, on che man road leading rni thence to Walhington in Wilkes county, fu dry »<ods as he euhdt r mentioned, whi< h he will itll at toe molt rt-d'.ced {r ces for < alb, tobacco, or the pap r nudiuni at the current difi.ount. Molasses Weft-India Rum Northward ditto r oiliac Brandy Ftench ditto Holland Gitt Port Wine. * ■* • s' Malt Beer, bottled Bell New-Yotk Cyder Cot dials, white and red New-York dryed apples, by the pound Ratlins gating oil (new and very fine) Perch hooks (bell Kirby) Loaf sugar Mufcovado ditto Coffee White wine vinegar Grind ftoncs Stone jugs Common, milk, and pudding pahs A general assortment Queen’s ware Ditto ditto GUl's tumbleri Large Providence conks j Iron Potts A general assortment nails Oznaburgs A few doz. London made beaver hats And lonie fait in sacks. * GEORGE HAMMOND. July 2, 1789. r I Hh subscriber being appointed X Receiver or Hctufns of taxable property for < apt. dillnd, in the co nty of Richmond by the <( norablc the Executive Council of this (fate, gives notification tnat such returns wiii be received at tne ftate houie in Augusta until .he expira tion of this month (Sundays except ed.) William Urquahrt . Augvjfa, July 3. 1 f S. Blache, H\S th * iIJ re of informing the 1 üblic. and his custom rs in particular, he h:s rrrove*r<i 1 f a o g god painful f( ell of fick ntfg, (rhr< ufth wfn h means it was out of his power <f c Trying on t 'e hakinu bufine's)~*.he timers h in leif that all these wbt ilh to fjv r l im wuh 'heir cuftrir, (hall be rea dily and faithfully ferved#