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jror ttjc Columbian foufaim.
To JAMES SEAGROVE, Esq.
Superintendent of Indian ffairs y C. N.
Sir,
IN your publication of the fccond in
stant, in Powers and Seymour’s pa
per, in ar.fwer to the Protest of the
late State Commiflioners, you observe,
“ That von conceive yourfelf at liberty
10 place before the public, fucli authen
tic documents which you are in poiTef
lton of, refperting theje tnen y and their
einifl'aries, during the late Treaty, which
you (hall fend for publication in due
time.”
Being one of these men y fir, taking
your delicate allusion, for the late Corn
ua ifiioners of the State, and my late Col
leagues, being too remote, to reply to
your address, and feeling it a duty as
well to myfelf, as to the late million, we
were honored with, and consequently to
the State, lb to do, I waited wi th impa
tience to learn what those formidable
documents were, but was deceived in my
exportation of their coming forward, on
Tucfdny lad. Ido therefore, as one of
the late Commifiionersof Georgia, call
on you to produce them to the public in
fpertion, .and let it be seen, whether these
men and their emissaries, or you , fir , and
your emiflaries, have been mod inimical
to the object of Georgia, as well a3 the
cccafion of many of the mifthiefs on our
devoted frontier for years pad ; and
whether your elevation to the dignity of
Superintendent, be a bletfing or a curse,
to the State of Georgia- -a benefit, or an
expence to the United States. For, fir,
1 have also a few documents, which I
lhall take the liberty in replying to
yours, to lay before the public eye.
One or two comments only, shall at
tend your present publication.
The condad of the Commiflioners of
the United States, during the Treaty,
was as Jcfuitical, as it was arbitray.
.Repeatedly to us, did they fay more of
you, than wc have said ; hut whether
as much deserved or not, you mult de
termine. What you have hitherto said
yourfelf, is far from clearing you of our
charges.
With much parade your request to the
Commifiioners of the 26th of June, and
the confequcnt examination of th.e 28th,
of your Deputies is infer ted. Why had
r.ot the late Commiifionersof Georgia,
notice to attend this swearing, clearing
business ? which took place after we
failed, and the firft intimation of which
we received after our arrival in the town
of St. Mary’s. Perhaps however, it is
as w ell as it is. If we had procured the
Federal Commifiioners moft gracious
permit to walk on our own ground, in
ail probability, our questions to your
emiifaries, would have been interrupted
by thearbitrary interference of that high
diplomatic body, as they were when wc
endeavoured to dcvelope the mysteries
of the fccretanfwer Council. But why
in this examination, were Weatherford
and Lowe left out ; your talks might
not have been delivered by the others,
and yet given by them. It is a well
known fart, that you denied Lowe the
privilege of coming on board the State
veiled, or having any converfatlon with
the Georgia Commifiioners, about In
dian affairs, altlio’ Mr. Simms, ore of
them, had a letter to him from his fath
er, in Columbia County—and Weath
erford gave broad hints of improper in
terference at repeated times, the finger
of which pointed to Mufcoghe.
But why, fir, take such pains to clear
yourfelf of what you were not positively
■charged with. The late Commiflioners
of the State proteflcd against you, for
not counteracting certain reports spread
in the nation,and certain talks sent there,
persuading the Indians not to relinquish
iheir claims, not for talks sent by you
sbercy although it is yet far from clear,
that talks were not sent by you, to that
purport. That reports of various kinds
were ipread there,.l might refer to the
acknowledgement of the Federal Com
miflioners, in their letter of the firft of
June, where they fay, “ You are well
aware of the jealousy of the Creeks, in
all things relating to your State—alarms
have gone forth in the nation, that they
were to encounter your militia at the
intended Treaty, and here with feme
rtfert, in lcflenjng the othcrwilc very
numerous reprefen tat ion here might
have been expected.”
Did you counterart those reports ?
Or was it in your power to counterart
them, fettingdown at St. Mary’s enjoy
ing the munificence of government, your
salary, when your duty required you
principally to be in the nation, and
where only, if y OU r office be not a sine
cure, you ought to reside, as the centre,
from whence only, your proceedings and
Uic temper of the nation, could be known
Columbian itflufettm,
in Tenaffre and Kentucky, as well as
Georgia, the three states moft asserted
by your appointment. Have not the
Indians themselves complained of your
indolence and absence ? And if so
How could you possess the ncceffary
influence, which ought to be attach
ed to your office. The Commissioners,
and particularly Mr. Hawkins and
General Pickens, denied you had it,
declared that something was not right,
and yet they certify, that no citizen of
the United States, was the cause of fail
ure. This certificate is an acquittal,
as well of the State Commissioners, as of
you and themselves, although (and I
will here retort on them) I believe they
did not intend it. Be this as it may,
and supposing the talks tohave proceed
ed from the Spanish agent for the In
dians, not to relinquilh their claims,
though by the bye your deputies are
very careful not to swear they did not
proceed from them by your order, to
whom may be attributed, the fatal de
termination in the nation, supposing it
to have been made there, and not by
your immediate means, but yourfelf.
To your absence from your post, fir, may
well be imputed, that afcendency which
Panton and the Spanish agent have hi
therto had over the Creek nation, and
therefore at your door lies all the cen
furc applicable to that determination.
It was not my intention to be as leng
thy as I have been at present. I shall leave
you here until I again hear from you, and
view the mighty authentic documental
archive in your pofieffion. I desire
you, fir, not to spare the late Commis
sioners of the State—they need not your
mercy : For being now on the public
fiage, and that public, the Judges, to
to whom you have referred, I lhall cer
tainly in my reply on their behalf, ad
dress James Seagrove, Superintendent
of Indian Affairs for the Creek Nation,
in that stile which this man and his emis
saries, deserve from the State of Geor
gia.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
JAMES JACKSON,
I.ate one of the Commissioners of the
State of C orgtu.
Savannah, Sept. 7th, 1796.
Continuation of the nicjl interfiling Euro
pean Intelligence , received by the Bel
from New-York.
PUBLIC ENTRY OF GENERAL BUONA
PARTE AT MILAN.
[ Details not before received ]
MILA N. May 18.
After the battle which happened at the bridge
of the Adda, Gcii. Buonaparte continued to
puriuc the Germans, and occupied Several pods
through which Beaulieu might have efferted
his retreat towards Mantua. However-, hr or
dered general Maifena to advance towards our
city with a strong corps of cavalry andinfantry.
This circumltance being known to the com
mandant of the citadel, two guns were fired
“t u o’clock lall Thursday, which iervccl as a
lignal that the French were approaching, and
that therefore all the Andrians who happened
to be in the city diould retire within the city,
which was immediately executed.
The whole militia of the city now took up
arms; detachments were polled at the gates,
to prevent the people from rufliing out in a
tnafs and deluging the roads,- which might
have given rife to iomediforder.— The detach
‘ ment of armed citizens polled at the gate of
Rome was particularly numerous : becaufethe
republican general was ex petted to make his
entry from that fide.—Every thing being put
in order, the municipality let oil in amass to
meet the French, and prelent them the keys of
the city : the senators and municipal officers
rode in superb carriages, and were followed
by numerous and magnificent attendants. Af
ter having proceeded about a mile from the
city, they deferied general Maffena in the uni
form of a general of division, fitting under the
portico of a country feat, with several officers
of the ftaff and a number of soldiers. The
municipality alighted from their carriages to
pay their refpett* to him, but liatdly had the
general observed them, when he rofc from his
icat, and advanced in a very polite manner to
meet them. *
I'he ceremony of presenting. the keys then
took place, and was accompanied by Ihort
fpceenrs from the president of the deputation
and the chiefs of the different adminillrative
bodies. I lie republican general having thank
ed every one of them for their polite addrelfes,
took afterwards the keys which were gilded
and decorated with gold fringes, and after
having lifted them up, he said : “ I accept of
these keys in the plealing.expcflction of con
signing them to men worthy to receive them
from our hands: may this deposit be the nrofl
sincere pledge of your attachment to the French
republic, and may at all times, in every cir
cumstance, virtue, equality and liberty be rff
pefted by you.” This anlwer was covered
with applause; the general handed the keys to
the adjutant-general, took leave from the fen
atc, mounted on horseback, and arrived at the
gate of Rome attended by the corps of officers
and fome troop, of horfc ; from thence he ad
vanced a little across the Corfo ( L be public
walk of Milan) as if he was about taking pos
session of the city.; but he returned soon after
thro’ the gate of Rome, put himfelf at the head
of the whole corps of cavalry, which was fol
lowed by the infantry and preceded by a band
of mufictam, lie nnuc his entry into the capi
tal. He advanced to tbr square es the cathe-
dial, leaving the corps of troops in the Corfo,
near the gate of Rome, who afterwards took
the.l quarters along the canal and in the su
burbs, at a short diitance from the citadel.
1 he corps arrived with Gen. Maffena, con
sists of 600 light horfemrn, 600 men of the
third diviiion of cavalry, and 10, COO infantry.
Gen. Maffena soon after his arrival went out
incognito to reconnoitre the .citadel, which is
already put in a fine of defence ; and the gar
rison fires at everyone who approaches within
mulled {hot.
I aft Sunday (May 15) all the French troops
appeared in motion, and it was soon known
that Buonaparte, the Gen. in Chief, was com
ing from Lodi. The posts at the gates were
instantly doubled, ana express orders were
given, that nobody fhotild Hep out of the city.
A diviiion of infantry with a number of how
itzers and pieces of light artillery, were after
wards polled on the road, and occupied a
ftrctch of a whole mile ; from time to time
there passed bands of muftcians, who played
republican tunes. Gen. Maffena and the offi- <
ccrs ot the ftaff, mounted on horseback, and
went three miles from the city to meet their
chief, who soon after arrived at the head of a
division of cavalry, fupcrbly dressed and
mounted. The General in Chief rode a moft
beautiful white horse, and advanced at the
head of the troop, the eommiffavy Saliicetli,
was on his right, and Gen. Maffena placed hirn
felf immediately on his left, and two other
Generals in the rear ; a band of mulic play
ing different inflruments, trumpets, &c. fol
lowed and preceded the division of cavalry
which were inarching in the rear. In this or
der they approached the city. Arrived within
a mile’s diitance, they met the municipality
and an tintnenfe number of people who Lad
followed their magistrates. The municipality
spoke oi the delivery of the key*, and compli
mented the General upon his arrival. The
General lilicned quite seriously, and then,turn
• ing towards the people, he pronounced the fol
lowing Speech :
“ Citizens or Milan,
“ At the moment I take poffeftion of the ci
ty of Milan and the whole province, in the
•nameof the French Republic, I come to assure
you in her name, of her immutable sent intents.
Ihcle are that all the members of society lhall
conllitute to the general weal ; that they all
fiiail exercise their rights under the shield of
virtue, that every one who acknowledges a
God, lhall worlhip him in a manner his con
, lcicucc diclates ; and that this, whatever its
form may be, fnallbe refpefled as the firft right
of man. The republic will make every effort
to rende r you happy, it belong* to you to con
tribute your {bare and remove all obstacles.
Let merit alone rrmkout the line of feperation
between man and man ; in all other cases, a
fraternal equality ought to form but one body
of you , and as such an equality conftitutcs an
essential part of liberty, it is your duty to de
fendit at the price of your blood.
. “ Let every one enjoy his property, and all
the advantages which a well organized Repub
lic offers. Citizens, confider that great under
takings do not pertcftly succeed at the firft on
set, and that moderation, virtue and good ex
ample are indifpenfible to corrett great errors.”
This ipeech was often interrupted by ap
plaufcs.
1 lie General in Chief, followed by the whole
fate, proceeded towards the gate of Rome, and
entered the city anaidit repeated acclamations,
w hich drowned from time to time the fwcet
founds of nautical inflruments.
After having crossed the square of the Gathe- •
dral, they marched to the State-House, where
Buonaparte, Maffena and Salicetti, alighted
from their horses.
.Several orders for the maintenance of peace
and tranquility, were then given to the troops ;
all the adminillrative bodies were invited to
afiemble at the Stste-Houfc, for thedifpatch of
public business, and fcaL were put on all the
public treasuries.
A splendid dinner of 80 covers was prepar
ed the fame day. In the evening there were
illuminations at the theatre and thro’ the whole
city.
All the saddle horses of the city are put in
requisition. Several popular focietics arc al
ready cltabliihed, and the municipality being
completely organized, has already issued two
proclamations relative to the maintenance of
order, and the arrangement of the present affairs.
ROME, May 20.
His Holincfs wishing in the present circttm
ftance to preserve tranquility, to the States of
the Church, convoked the Cardinals and other
mimfters ot government, and agreeable to their
decision, requested Mr. Nichola d’Azara, min—
.. iller of his Catholic Majesty, to interpose Ids
good offices in negociating peace between our
government and the French republic. The
miniller of his Catholic Majesty, yielding to
the solicitations of the Holy Father/let out lafl
YVedneidayon his journey to the French army ;
he is accompanied by the Abbe Evangelifli,
chief affillant to the Secretary of Rate.
Meanwhile the Holy Father has resolved to
open the treaiures ol an abundant indulgence
to his dearcll fubjerts; during these holy exer
cises the theatres will be fbut, and all kind of
entertainment inderdifted.
I lie Cardinal de liertzan, miniller of the
Court ol Vienna, set out last Saturday for An
cona, where he will take his passage to Triefts.
It is said that the Britifli Prince, Augustus,
might very well make a journey to Naples in
order to take a passage for London in a vessel of
his own nation.
May 27.
We hear from Bologna, that all the coats of
arms of the courts at war with France, have
been taken down by order of the senate of that
city, and the armsot the. icnale have been lub
fln uted.
PARMA, May 24.
r I he time allowed tor paying the stipulated
contribution to the French army, bring this
day elapsed, the whole sum lias been remitted
to the general of brigade, Cervoni, who was
detained here these lcveral day* to fettle that
affair.
Among the twenty-four paintings that are
to be transported to Paris, is the moll superb
picture ol St. Jerome, by Correggio, tke maf
ic* piece of that famous painter-.
Air. D’Azara, the Spanish miniftrr at the
Coutt„pf Rome, is st rived here on his route
to the French Head-Quarters -
to ncgociate a peace for his IJolinefs ‘
r, rr j MODENA, May 25.
It affords us particular pleasure to hearth
the Count St. Romano, our ambaffador l
Frenc V h th lt m h oftgraU T S “S?** 0 ”
r renen. At his arrival at Piacenza K,.
complemented by the French commandant 8
who informed him that he had orders to ef’
to°Mih„ ambassador With a ofhS£
The caffi and uncoined silver and gold col.
, edln thls statc > amounts already to mor e
than three millions; yet-a whole million jj
yet wanting to pay the sum due to-morrow
morning. The necessary steps are already tak
en to procure the sum wanted before the time
expressed, and also to fecurc the punftual pay
ment of the remaining sums. Our Archb.fn.
backward 0 ®"” t 0 induCC thc , cler sy not to be
j j f , , m concu 'nng to lave the Rate, hv
• aadrcflcd the moll prefling solicitations to them
PIACENZA, May 19.
ahe firft column of the republican arm
compofed of 10.000 foot and 5 000 horse D /’
fed on the 7 th inst. through this city. From
that time to the i 6 th, there passed daily a corns
015,000 men. 7 •
We expect this day a corps of 7 000 men
for whom the ncceffary provisions are already
prepared.
MODENA, May 28.
Yeflcrdav ten waggons laden with monev
set ofi from here for Milan, and wc expert mo
mently 180.000 gold feqnins from Leghorn
where we havNi sent our Liver to be exchni
for gold ; as soon as the above sum nrriv ‘ / /
will be immediately sent to Milan. iu order to
make up the full sum which mull be made us
the 22d inftar.t.
•BOLOGNA, May 3,.
The Cardinal Aich-bilbop of this city, has
addressed a circular letter to all the inotuff/-
ries, convents, partfhes, &c. by which !■■>, be
ing authorifed thereto by the Pope, orda-ss.
and commands, that all the church plate, go. t
and silver vases, not indispensably necelkrv,
fliall be weighed and kept ready for the ufb i t
the state.
The arch-bishop exhorts the fuperion, Ui.
of the monaflerits, convents, parilhes, &c. to
be faithful and punclual in finding within five
days, the demanded l'pecification of ait the
plate, gold and silver vases, existing in thei:
refpc&ive houlcs.
I'he prelate obfervrs here : We ought to re
member that we are citizens, all and everyone
of us. We ought therefore all to partake of
the burden which Divine Jufticc choofcs to
itiflirt upon us. He concludes by affurinr
them, that no more of the plate than is indil
penfably necessary, shall be taken, and that the
Hate obliges itfelfto pay to the refpertivr chur
ches the annual interefl, proportionate to the
intrinfical value of the plate. This circular letter
is dated May 28, and signed bv D. A. Cat
Gionetti, archbifiiop and apofloUcallegate. ,
N A P I. E S, May si.
The prmcc of Belmonte, who had been sent
to Genoa, to confer with the French envov
Faypoult, to learn the disposition ot the French
government, relative to a peace with Napier
is returned; after which a grand council t>-
state was held, in the presence of the the
queen, and the prime minister, Aftion ; a:;
which the proposition of a negociation with
France was rejected, and it was resolved tv
continue the war with the utmost rigour.
Every preparation is therefore making for
the defence of the country, and 40.000 moi
are immediately to be railed in Napl-s and
Sicily, to be added to the 10, COO we already
have. 7' he nobility and clergy have been re
quired to contribute to the utmost of their,
power to the defence of the kingdom.
WETZLAER, June 17.
The following is a more particular account
of the attion which took place on the 14th,.
igth, and lfith, near this city and Altenberg.
1 iiofe of the 14th consisted chiefly of flight
fkirmifbes without any formal attack, th~
French, however, were driven from Werdnufi
Berghaufen, Fhringhaufcn, Dalheim, and Kof
fenlort. All thefie places fulfered much when
they retreated.
On the 15th, the afiliofi firfl began to be warm.
The French, informed that Aultrian reinforce
ments Lad arrived on the Lahn, and the Dill,
endeavored to force the centre of the Austrians,
and Gen, Lcfcbvre undertook to do this with
25,000 men ; for as he had commanded in the
expedition of last September, he was well ac
quainted with the country. He, therefore, on
the 15th in the morning, attacked the Austrians
at B rhaufen and Wchdrof, and endeavored to
penetrate with all his force thro the wood of
Berhaufen and Altenberg. ‘Fhe Auflrian grena
diers, the regiment of hussars of Verzay, and
the Saxon chaileurs, who had come up, oppokd
them. 7'he Ftench had crctled mask cl bat
teries from the heights near Leun to Alter*
kirchen, and made a terrible fire of cartricige
shot and ftnall arms on theft-troops by which
the Saxon cha-ffencr* especially fuffered exceed*
ingly.
F ield-marffial-iicut. Werneck, advanced to
their support with the troops posted behind,
the town. The firing wr.s terrible, and the
Austrians began to give way in levcral place’
The ground ar.d the weather were both un
favorable to them ; every thing was advent',
and a retreat appeared unavoidable. Such was.
the state of the affair at fevea in the
when the Archduke Charles came entirety un*
expetledly, on the full gallop to the field of
battle. During the hottest fire of cartridge shot,
he rode thro all the ranks, conjuring the troop*
to hold out only a little longer, as reinforce
ments were on their march.
The Austrians now bravely sustained tU
enemy’s fire'; ahd immediately alter arrive.,
the Auflrian troops from Wtiimunfter, and
Nuenkeim, and drew towards Kouigfberg-
At the lame time the brave Saxon tioop* ad
vanced by Rechtenburg to tlie field of battle,
and alio a number of pieces of artilleiy, est
which the Auflrian* had before been greatly to
want. Batteries were immediately etert l -,
and a vigorous fire commenced. Ihc Auirnau
and Saxon cavalry furroun led the wood, t ”
infantry advanced against the batteries v ■ 1
bayonets fixed, seized them while the cav<-’ •
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