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nelTagc received from Mr. Scagrove,
feat to the Creek Nation ?
Jb’hoer —-Yes.
S condQuejiion by Comrmjfsoners —Have
you, or any of you, any knowledge of
iny talks from Mr. Seagrove to the
Creek Indians, not to part with their
land ? ,
ylnftwn —No ; we h%ve not even
heard of any such.
BENJAMIN HAWKINS.
GEORGE CLYMER.
ANDREW PICKENS.
Number 111.
Copy of a Letter from the Commilfioners
Cy the United States, to the Governor
Coleraine, 1796.
SIR,
HAVING terminated our million
hen, by concluding a Treaty of peace
and friendihip with the Creek Nation,
we feel it a duty we owe your Excellen
cy, to make this communication to you,
to inform you of the pacific disposition
of the C reeks. They have among other
things stipulated with us, to carry the
Treaty of New-York compleatly into
rffeft : And to aid in running the line
horn the source of the main south fork of
the Oconee, called by the citizens of
Georgia, Apalachee, and by the Indians
Chularacha, to theCurrahee Mountain,
such time, and in such manner as the
P ref dent of the United States ihall di
red-
The expectations formed by this
State, relative to the purchase of certain
lands guaranteed to the Indians are fruf
trated. The representatives of the C reek
Nation, came inftrufted by the whole
nation not to part with the lands. We
were not apprized of this, ’till our ne
gociation had been extended, to all the
objeds, connected immediately with our
million. We immediately on being in
formed of this, thought it our duty to
examine, whether any improper interfe
rence had been used, to produce this de
termination of the nation. And we are
cf opinion after the neceflary enquiry,
that there was not any such interference,
on the part of any of the Citizens of the
United States.
From the long repeated and friendly
converlations with the Chiefs, we have
been able to draw from them, fome infor
mation which we owe to our lituation to
give freely to you. It is, that it will
require fome time, and a considerable
lhare of prudence to impress on the In
dians, a confidence in the uprightness of
the views of your government ; and in
friendly and peaceable intentions of its
citizens, who inhabit the frontiers. And
until such confidence is eftabiiihed, we
are of opinion that all attempts to acquire
land from them by fair and open pur
chase, will b inefiefiual. With our bed
wifti.es for the prol'perity of the Stateof
Georgia, we have the honor to be,
Sir, your Excellency’s
Molt obedient Servants.
(Signed)
Benjamin Hawkins, J Commiffianers
George Clytner, l of the
Andrew Pickens, J United States.
His Exc lleticy the Governor,
of the State of Georgia.
The preceding copied from the Ori
ginal, by
Js. SEAGROVE, Superintendent
’ of Indian Affairs , iV. C.
SAVANNAH, September 2.
CITY COUNCIL,
Savannah, Augufl 30, 1796.
RESOLVED,That iheKKALTH
-0 ff Icer , be ordered to stop and make
perform Quarantine, any andevery Vef
lel arriving in this River, from any port
or place, which is in his opinion inl’ebf
ed with contagious diseases, until the
sense of Council Ihall be had on the case.
And that any Captain, Seaman, or Pas
senger, disobeying the order of the said
Health-Officer, be liable to the fame
pain and penalties, ordered by the Qua-
Ua tine Law of this State, for perlons
o£|nding against the fame.
Ex trail from the Minutes.
THOMAS PITT, C. C.
Diaths.—ln Charleston, Miss Hannah
Gibbons, daughter of Thomas Gibbons, Esq.
Georgs Houston, son of Sir George
houfton, Bart, deceased—Mr. James Taylor,
“Hos this State.
j Jn this City, on the 30th ult. Captain
■* o ward Lightbourn, aged #3 years —Jar-
f’Aßoui, aged 19.
Kegtfter.
. ENTERED inward.
31 . Days
Neptune, Dickinson, Charleston.
barker. Nazra, New-Pro\ idence, 4.
Stevens, ditto, 4.
Shin , out. *
aaard, Hipkiijs, Liverpool.
Columbtatt itflufeum, &c.
Messrs. Powers zff Seymour,
IN your last: Museum, you publilhed
under the head of Charleston, Augult 24,
a paragraph, faying, that “ Twelve
hundred dollars, being the Jum eolleileu
in Savannah ,” for the fuffirrers by the
hre, was paid to the chairman of the
Sub-Committee. If common report
can be believed, there mud be a millake;
for it ought then, to read (t being part of
a fam collided,” because it is said, that
more than that sum was collected from
the inhabitants, and besides, a generous
fublcription made by the ladies; iffo,
the queltion is, What has become of the
surplus money ? (if any) And where are
the orginal Subscription papers ? , The
gentlemen that made the colled ions, are
belt able to answer these, to fatisfy
A number of Subscribers.
JUS T RECEIVED,
Per Mr SCHOONER JAMES, Gi lb ert Fur.
ler MaJlcr,from Cape Mount, on the Wind
ward (. oaft of Africa :
75 Prime SLAVES ,
The greatest part of which, are grown and very
healty.
The SALE of said SLAVES , will commence
on FRIDAY, the gth inlfant.
Conditions— One half Payment down,
and the other half in March, with approved
lecurity.
ROBERT WATTS.
Savannah, Sept. id. 53-31
N O T I C li.
ALLL persons having any demands against
the Estate of Jno. HEXT, deceased, will
pfeale exhibit the fame, properly attelled ; and
those who are indebted to said Estate, are called
upon for an immediate settlement with
JAMES SMITH, Adminiflrator,
with the Will annexed.
Sunbury, Augufl 26, 1796. 53-6111.
STATE OF GEORGIA, >
Chatham County, y
PERSON ALLY appeared before me, Hen
ry Putnam, who being duly sworn,
faith, That, on the 19th day of January, J 787,
in Savannah, he lent Samuei. Stirk, now
deceased, Three hundred pounds in Cash . for which
he took said Stirk’s Note, payable the lft of
January following (wkh intereit from the date.)
That fome time in 1788, on his passage from
St. Catharine’s to Sunbury, in a boat, he loft his
Pocket Book, with many Notes and Papers,
overboard, amongst which papers, was the
identical Note above Hated ; which Note has
never been lince found or heard of, nor is it
poflible it ever should, a3 it was, dropt in the
River or Sound.
HENRY PUTNAM.
Sworn to before me, this
lft September, 1796.
Thos. Gibbons, one of the Aldermen of Sa
vannah. 53-ts
Strayed or Stolen from
off the Common, Savannah, on the 19th of Augufl,
179 b, a bay'HOß>*E, 14 hands 2 or 3 inches nigh,
has the appearance of afurfet, both hind feet white,
a white flreak acro/s the back of both his ears, occa
ftoned by being lied with garlick, for the flag
gers, very flout square built, trots and canters
Any perjon who will deliver him to the fubferiber ,
in Savannah, /hall receive Four Dollars reward ,
and any reasonable charges paid by
HENRY PUTMAM
Savannah, September 2. 53.
To R SALE,
A FEW HEALTHY
Young S L A VE S,
BOYS and GIRLS, being part of the Cargo of
the ShipSHlP MARY, Capt, Sterry from
the Gold Coast of Africa. To be fold Cheap
for Casi. —For terms, apply to
WILLARD SEAR S, near the Market,
opposite to Mr. Hill’s Tavern
Savannah, S-ptember 2.
PARI S, June 7.
Official intelligence is arrived that
the Dutch squadron going to the East-
Indies, has fallen in with an Englilh
fleet, homeward bound from thence.
The Dutch captured 27 vessels richly
laden, eleven ot which belonged to the
East-India Company. The Dutch sent
this great prize to America, and then
pursued thtir courfe.— Perlet’s Journal.
June 8.
It is announced that the deputies from
the Prince of Rome are gone to Bouna
parte, and offered to throw themselves
at his feet, but he would not permit
them. He conversed with them in
Italian, and referred them to Paris to
make peace, but to agree to anarmiftice,
and to preserve tranquility, on condi
tion that they would submit to a con
tribution of fifteen millions, and a col
lection of pictures and statutes.
LONDON, June 17.
One of the last Paris papers, while
praising the gallantry ot the French,
mentions their enemies imthefe terms:—
“ It is impolfible to deferibe the dis
couragement which prevails among the
Austrian troops. When the three bat
tailions of Walloon Grenadiers received
orders to march from this place, on the
24th instant, to Mentz, Death and Des
pair were painted on the countenances
of fall the officers ; the soldiers could
with difficulty be afiemblcd ; the officers
were obliged to hunt after them in the
houses where they were quartered;
many ot them threw themfelvcs on the
ground, refufing to march, and declar
ing that they would rather be killed on
the spot, than go to be butchered. The
men’s minds were so much irritated,
that the officers durst not have recourle
to righteous measures ; and it was only
by dmt of felicitation and entreaty,
mat they at length prevailed on them to
march.”
Lord Macartney, it is confidently
.'aid, goes out governor general of In
dia in the room ot fir Joln .Shore.
from the LONDON GAZETTE, June 18.
Admiraltv-offee, June iB.
Difpatchrs, of which the following are cop
ies and exir.ifcts, have been received at this ol
ficc by Evan Neapean, l’.fquire.
Extrafl of a letter from fir Edward Pelltw , hart,
captain of his mapefly's Jhib Indefatigable, dated
cj Falmouth, J une 13, 1796, to Mr. Nepean.
You will be pleased to make known to the
lords commifTioncrs of the admiralty, my re
turn off this harbor, accompanied by the squa
dron and two national brig corvettes, which
we fell in with about eight leagues from Ulh
nt, on Sa'urday morning. The early bah t
they have of making off as soon as seen, led me
‘0 ••xpett that they were ciuizers—and, alter
1 chace of twenty-four hours, they were both
captured. One is called Les Trois Couleurs,
mounting 10 guns, and 70 men ; the other.
La Blonde, of 16 guns, and 95 men, command
’d by ensigns Du Veileaux, both coppered ;
had left Bieft two days, to cruize for fix weeks ;
had not taken any thing.
Copy of a letter from vice-admiral Kings mil!, com
mander in chief of his majefly's /hi hi and vessels
at Cork, to Mr Nepean, duud jmir 11, 179
Sir,
By my last of the 10th inst. you were ac
quainted, for the information ol my lords r.nm
miToners of the admiralty, that his majesty’s
Ship# Unicorn and Santa Margaritta, part o
the squadron under my orders, had sent in :
1 e.gc ship, und-r Swedish colours, laden with
Dutch propeny, from Surinam ; and that lieu
tenant Carpenter, of the Unicorn, who brobgh
her h"re, told me he had left our (hips in chace
of three fail, supposed to be enemies.
Their lordships will now have the fatisfac
tion of bring informed, that those three fail
were French frigates, viz, La Tribune of 40
guns, La Tamife (formerly the Thanvs) and
La Legere of 24 guns, under the command of
commodore Moulfon. Notwithllanding that
superiority, his majesty’s two frigates, imme
diately onafeertaining what they were, crowd
ed fail after them ; upon which the enemv
formed in line of battle, but shortly after de
clining to coinc to atlion, they separated, and
endeavored to escape. Captain Williams, in
the Unicorn, pursued the largest, La Tribune,
and I have no doubt will give a good account
of her, while captain Martin chaced and came
up with La Tamife, which struck to him alter
a finart afclion, wherein thirty-three of the
enemy were killed, and nineteen Wound and,
and only two men were killed and three
wounded on board the Santa Margaritta. Un
luckily, as the Legere could not be attended to
during this chace and engagement, (he got off.
Their lordlhips will find more particulars
on tin's fubjeft, in the cnclofed letter to me
from captain Marlin, who is fafely arrived
here with his prize; which capture is the more
interesting, as (be has been by far the moll ac
tive and fuccefslul of all the enemy’s cruizers,
against our trade.
Ihe credit of the British name has been
eminently well supported on this occafton, by
the zeal, spirit and judgment with which his
tnajefty’s (hips were conaudted, that it bc
comes wholly unnecessary for me further to
express my sense of the merits of their cap
tains, officers and crews.
I am, Sir, &c. tie. &c.
R. KINGSMILL.
Santa Margaritta, at Sea, June it, 1796.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, that on the
7th inst. being in company wi.h his maj-ity’s
(hip Unicorn, 18 leagues weft of Scilly, we
difeovered, at two o’clock in the morning,
three (ail ol (hips about a mile on our lee
beam; as the day opened we perceived them
to be frigates belonging to the French nation,
which I communicated to captain Williams by
signal, who immediately made fail to join me,
and on his near approach made our (ignal to
pass within hail, lor the purpose of giving him
information of the enemy’s force. The ilat.e.
ment ot their fuperioriiy en >uragrd him in
his eager pursuit, having said that he would
attack the largest ship, and desiring me to en
gage the next in ltiength. This noble exam
ple inspired every perftm with confidence of
luccefs, and each ship fleered for her op
ponent ; but the enemy determined to evade
an affion, fleered away large und'-r a pr*fs of
fail, the fmalUft (hip at the fame time making
off to windward ; at half pad elev -n o'clock’
by our fuprrior failing, we arrived within gun
shot of the enemy; out as they appeared to
close, for the mutual lupport of each other,
and the Unicorn being fome diftsmee aftern*
I judg'd it prudent to poftponc our attack till
(he was fufficientlv advanc and to occupy the at
tention of the French commodore. At this
time the enemy commenced a fire from their
fteru-chace guns. At one o’clock having ap
proached them within three quarters ot a mile,
we fired our bow guns, when've’r a favorable
opportunity prefent'd iticlf, the enemy at the
fame time yawing to difeharge their broad
iides. At two o’clock, the Unicorn being on
our weatß-r-beam, we made fail, keeping up
a running fight till a quarter pass four o’clock,
when the flernmoll (hip finding it imooifiblc
to escape, put his helm a- port, and endeavour
ed to rake us; but being fortunately baffl’d in
this effort, afforded us an opportunity of pla
cing ourselves abreall of him within pill'd (hot,
wh-na quick and wcll-dire£l'd fire compelled
him to lurrender to his majelty’s ships in less
tbau twenty minutes, sihe proved t sic the
Thames, commanded by citoyen Fraden*
mounting 3b guns, and 306 men. The fhtj>
which the Unicorn continued in chuce of, t
La Tribune, of 40 guns, and 3*o men, bearing
the broad pendant, citzen Moulfon, comman
der of a divition ; th- other which made off to
windward, is Le Legere, of 24 guns, and sß<7
men ; I am glad to observe that our loft is very
diiproponionate to the enemy, having only
two seamen killed, and the boatfwjiri and two
featnen wou.idcd, and hrr’s thirty-i wo killed,
and nineteen wounded, and mjny of the latter
have (ince died.
It is with extreme pleasure that I seek the
prelent opportunity of tcilifying my gratitude
to the officers and ship’s company for th"ir
aftive zeal and Ready unanimity at all time*
and in ail iituations, but more particularly i
the capture of the Thames, on which occasion
their courage and examplary condutf is wor
thy of the grcatrft praise. The readinrfs of
Mr. Harrison, tlie tirft lieutenant, and hi*
prompt execution of tny ord-rs, did eflentially
lacilitate our fuccef*. It is my fiiicere wish us
particularize eaclt ind vidual, but where gen
eral merit claims the greatest approbation, to
dilcriniinate becomes a difficult talk. In ad
dition t-o the oilieers and ship’s company, may
I alio b; permitted to beg you will infer to the
coniideratton of the admiralty the meritorious
condud of capt. Joleph Bulten, a malt r and
commander in the navy, f-rving in the .Sant*
Margaritta,as a volunteer, by permilTum tr-ni*
lord Spencer. His desire to have fome atlivo
employment, indued me to he would
alfiit in die manageni mt of the maind ■ k guns,
as I Well knew that Ins long f rvices and ap
provd courage in various lituations would be
a, proper example to rhe-youttjj'T part of th
lhip's company.
1 hive the honor to be, Sir,
Your molt ob di m humblef-rvaotj
T. B. MARTIN.
Vice-admiral Kingfm’ll,. (3c. die. dc.
L Cork Hirhur,
j uu ij, 179'', i P. M.
S t a,
I lend this e’xprefs to Cork, hoping it wilt
iveruke my letter of this date, by the poll
irom hence, for the purpose of gi.i...; to mv
mds commillioners of the admiralty as arly
a$ pofllble, she agreeable intelligence ,Im. hi#
naje-ty’s ship Unicorn is now in fight of wba
harbour, with her prize, La Tribune.
I I have the houor tube,
Sir,
Yours, Sec.
R. KINGSMILL.
Evan Nepean, Esq.
Extra if of a letter from 1 i e-admiral Kinqsmiff,
commander >r. chief of his ma/efly’s /hios and
vejje/s on the coa/i of Ireland, to Mr. Nepean t
dated Cork Harbour. June 14, 1796.
The expectations my lad letters to you must
have raised, are moft liappily r-aliz’ o I
with peculiar filisfaCtion, a- ire you will ac
quaint their lordships, that the French Irigattf
La Tribune, of 4$ guns and 337 men, bearing
commod'’re M-ultton’s broad p ndant, is cap
tured and brought in here by his majHfy’s (hip
Unicorn, commanded by r..puin Williams,
whole official letter to me, contain ng a deiail
ol the circuinftances, is herewith trans nitted.
It is remarkable, that though they w re cloli>
engaged for thiry-five minutes, and h- Uni
corn’s marts, fails and rigging are muck cut
and damaged, not a man on board was hurt,
while the euerny had 37 killed, and 15 wound
ed.
Intrepidity and judicious management wer#
n-ver more strongly manifetfed than in this
inftan.ee, which reflects the highest honor or#
captain Williams and Martin, and on
individual under their command, and they all
have my humble, but watmeft approbation
and thanks.
Copy of a letter from captain Williams, of his met*
jcjly's ship Unicorn , to vice-admiral Kingfmlf p
dated Unicorn, at sea, June so, 179 b.
Holy-Head , £. S. E. dijiant 8 leagues,
SIR,
I have the honor to lay before you a narra
tive of the proceedings of ihe (quadron und-r
my command since my departure from Cork,
on the 9th ult. On the following day, in
con'equence of my having received intelligence
otthe enemy’s privateers be.ing on the coast„
to the northward of Cap- Clear. I difpa.chei
h:s ma;efty’s sloop Hazard with orders :o lieuz
tenant Parker, h"r command"r, to crqife be
tween th- Cape and the m ‘uthof the fhannon,
while I, for ihe m ire aff-tfual protection of
our trade, cruized with the Santa Margariu*
in the vicinity of Cape Cl-ar. I had hr Ltis
faefion a few days afterwards to learn, t'ie
Hazard had retaken two prize*, and had chaf
ed the piivatcer off the coast that cap ured.
them, aft-r a narrow efeapr from being iak-n
On ti e sth inflant, having met wi h other fhipt
011 .he Irifb station, I conclud-d upon making
a circuit on the outer limi 1 of my station, ac
companied by th- Santa Margaritta, and at
dawn of day on the Bth inst. Scilly bearing E.
balfS. 17 leagues, we discovered three fhipsof
war on our lee-beam, diil.mt two fir ihree miles,
to which we immediately gave chace, and forint
afterwards p-rceived them to edge away, and
that th-y were enrmy’s ships, two frigates and
a large ship corvette. At nine a. w. they for
med themf-lves in a close bow and quarter
line, and continued to run from us in that po
sition, the largcft ship under easy fail, for the
fuppOrt of his fqu'adron. In this situation we
approached them very faft, and rnuft have
fpcedily brought them to action. I therefore
made the signal to form lor battle, th“ Mar
garitta being at this time a-head of the Uni
corn, and at the fame time dir-fted her by sig
nal to come within hail, to learn from capt.
Martin his opmon of the enemy’s force, who
informed me, that the larged (hip was a 38
gun frigate, the Thames and a corvette. I or
dered capt. Martin to attack the Thames, ac
quainting him with my intention to fight the
largefl ship with the Unicorn. On our near
approach, the corvattc, which detained the oth
er lhips, gradua.ly hauled out to the wind
ward, ana parted our wather beam in long
gun-shot, fleering afterwards the fame rourfe
-j the other ships, and with the intention i
tlien imagined, to be in rcadinefs 10 give fup
prirt io either of her friends eventually moft
ne-itcg it,
{for the rnuinderfee Supplement)
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