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Vol. 1. 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) 211