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ho ld this multiplication of permanent
offices in one man —one ot which. van be
- o other than a sinecure, as the duties of
both cannot be performed by one person.
A multiplication which leads to ar'Jio
iraty and that tyranny, which in your
double capacity we have experienced,
•md renders the name of citizen of the
United States, degrading in the eyes of
the world. , .
jyjy add relies to you, have been brought
ca by yourfclf, and however I may la
ment the occasion for the corrcfpon
dcnce,felf-defence will compel me, when
you have the goodness to communicate
the remainder of ycur documental ar
chive againtt thfc men and their em'if
iaries to exhibit feme more of your
tranfadions to the public eye—and
when you next come forward, 1 requr.il
you to clear up the mystery attending
;he fubjoinedextract ©f the i Stil June.
I remain, Sir,
Your & your Emiflaries.
very obedient servant,
JAMES JACKSON.
Lcte one of the Ccmmijfionen of the State
ofGeorgia.
Savannah, Sept. 14, 1796.
extract.
Tuesday 14 th June.
THE Commillioners rode with those of the
United States, Meflirs. Hawkins ar.d Pickens,
to tlic Indian encampment. At the Cowetas
camp, John Galphin being present, Mr. Jack
son called him-to Gen. Pickens’s lace, and de
manded cf him, if he was pofuive of the infor
mation he had given him in his letters, and at
the table of the Com mi Hi oners oi Georgia :
That Mr. Seagrove had given talks to tiie
Chiefs, and in the Nation, againlt felling the
lands, and that General Jackfori was come
then to jfpoil their talks, and take the land
from them ;to which, in Gen. Pickens’s pre
tence, Galphin declared it to be the truth, and
ottered to bring proof of it to him, which the
General (Pickens) avoided by riding off.
Saturday, June 18.
Th- hoard called on the Commiflionrrs ot
th? United Stales, and having been informed
through the Chisrman, that they were deter
mined toftop us in any part of our talk they
did not like ; we thought it prudent to read it
to them, as less injurious to receiv” their ob
"eftions in private, than to be lessened in the
eyes of the Indians, by being flopped in pub
lic.
MeffVs. Hawkins and Clymer made fevcral
dbje&ions about the State Treaties with the In
dians, at Augusta, Galphinton and Shoulder
bone ; infill'd on the Treaty of New-York
s’.on” being valid, and Mr. Hawkins read the
Treaty of New-York, r*la f ive to Negroes in
the Nation, which he Hid and the other Cos m
iaiflioners acccd“d to, did not extend to all
Negroes there ; hut only to such as w-*re ta
ken off prisoners of war, by force of arms.
“We combated these points and ultimately were
told we might deliver the talk, as it did not
binder them, from making their own excep
tions to it.
The hoard accordingly attended the Cotn-
Tr.iflioners of the United States to the Iqnare,
and delivered the talk entered and agreed on.
Duringthedeliverrrig,fome circumltances rather
lingular were observed. A number of females
were brought to the square where th? Com
missioners fat, which, the State Commilfioners
were afterwards informed, by foinc well ac
quainted with Indian affairs and customs, is
always held in contempt in Indian Councils,
and the Talks given not much regard’ and where
they are present. Mrs. Clymer, the United
States Commissioner’s lady and Mrs. Seagrove,
the lady >f the Superintendent were among
them. Whether they were broug’ntfor the pur
pof” of injuiring the talk or not, the State Com
missioners cannot aflert ; but it is certain, that
not one of them w-r” pref-ut, when the Pre
sident’s invitation was declared the day before,
and they were n*v?r seen in the fqu ne by ei
ther of us afterwards—lt was alio observed,
that the Indians at firft gave th* grunt of appro
bation, towhat was deliver ‘d by the Commif*
I’.oners of Georgia ; but a runner was soon f*nt
round to filencs theip. Hy whom this runner
was sent, and to answer what purpose it was
done, is also a mystery.
I CERTIFY, that the two foregoing F.\--
trafls of the 14th, and ißch of June, are true
copies from th” original journals of the Com
missioners appointed by the State of Georgia,
to treat with the Creek Indians, now in my
Jolfeflion.
THOMAS ROBERTSON,
Late Secretary to the Georgia Million.
Savannah, Sept. 14th, 1796.
State of Georcia, )
Camden County. )
PERSONALLY appeared before m*, James
Woodland, one of the Justices appointed to
keep the peace iff said county, Thomas Clark,
a citizen of the United Stat-s, and being duly
fw .rn, depofeth and faith, that on or about the
>6th day of June, 179 b, as he was travelling
from the city of Savannah, to the house of Al
xandr Elliots, in Camden County —and be
ing unacquainted with the road, and being but
lew fullers on the way, he calledat Coleraine,
to make inquiry for said Elliots (he being a
brother-in-law to said Clark) and hearing laid
Elliot had a Son at Coleraine, and at the house
(or camp) of James Seagrove, F.fq. went there
to fee him, and was imm"diately ordered un
guard, by said S-agrove, till he would
B :vf> an account of nimfelf, and kept in that
difagrceable lituation fume time, till intercel
fcon was made tor his liberation.
THOMAS CLARK.
Sworn fi ]une, 1790.
JAMES WOODLAND, J. P
JUST ARRIVED,
*rom BORDEAUX via NEW-YORK, and
for Sale, Wholefaic or Retail,
20 Cajh Claret WINE,
First Quality —By
1.. HUGUENET,
At hisftore, corner of Drayton & Bryan llreets.
Columbian J&ufeum, £?c..
PHILADELPHIA, Augull 23.
Extract of a letter from Capt. sanes , of
the Brig Commerce, from Leghorn, da
ted on board in Baltimore roads , to his
friend tn New-York.
“ I have the pieafure to inform you
of my fate arrival at Baltimore, after a
paflageofio weeks. I left Leghorn
7th J une, aqdon the fame day was boar
ded by the Tartar frigate, an Englilh
(hip ; after receiving 4 or 5 idiots from
her, I was ordered on board, where the v
detained me for fix hours, and treated
me with fccond hand civility only ;
then was permitted to proceed on my
voyage. On the 12th of June, fell in
with Admiral Jarvis’s lleet, which was
cruifmg off Toulon.
On the 14th June, was chafed by an
Algerine, which came within hail ot’
me ; it coming up very foggy thick
weather ot a sudden, so that 1 could not
fee the length ot my lhip. I altered
my course a little, and by that means
before the log left me, I was clear of
her : but on the 18th of J une I was tired
at by an Algerine Xebec, which rowed
with 30 sweeps, manned with one hun
dred and odd men, mounting 3 fix poun
ders ; and being becalmed, they run
along tide of me, obliged me to hoist out
my boat and go on board them, where
they detained me for two hours, treated
me very complalfantly, but took from
me about one hogffiead of water, and let
me go. On the 25th June, off Malaga,
fell in with two large Englilh lhips,
bound to Gibraltar, that palled me with
out alking me whom I was, &c. And
on the 30th j une, off G ibraltar, an Eng
liffit frigate ran a long fide of me, exam
ined to know who I was, from whence
I came, and whither I was going, <Lvc.
After which, I saw no cruiiing \ elicit,
until I arrived off Cape Henry, where
I was boarded, after receiving a (hot,
by the La Prevoyante, where they ex
amined me, iny papers, men, See. pretty
closely, but treated me with politeneG,
and permitted me to proceed immediate
ly on my course.
“ Now, Sir, after giving you this
(hort hiltory of my paliage, I will teil
you the circulating news of Leghorn
when I left there—which is as follows :
u June 6.—The following agreeable
intelligence of the lucceffcs of the French
army in Italy, under the command of
general Buonaparte, has jud been receiv
ed from Florence. On 26th May, gen.
Buonaparte attacked the German army,
near Mantua, confining of about 14,000
men, commanded by gen. Beaulieu.
The attack was made in three directions
—the republicans bearing every thing
before therq, and obliging the Germans
to retreat in the greatelt confufion : and
as gen. Kellcrman, who was coming
with a reinforcement of 30,000 men, to
the army of Italy, knew the intention
of his brother in arfns, Buonaparte, it
is generally supposed he will cut off the
retreat of the Germans ; at all events
the inveftmcrit of Mantua follows—
Mantua has a garrison off 7000 men,
with plenty of ammunition, but very
scarce of provisions. I have a number
of Itaiiau papers, the latelt of which
give die particular account of the c.i
nauement and other fuccefies of the Re-
G
publicans, &c.
“ The Pope of P.ome has made peace
with the French, agreeing to pay them
4,c00, c001, fieriing,”
From Columbian Centinel.
Os Captain Bigot and Captain Jfjffup.
Mr. Russell,
Having read with incxpreffible indig
nation, the (hameful treatment of an
American citizen, by a Captain Pigot,
of the Britiffi frigate Success, I (hould
wiih to be informed, through the chan
nel of your paper, who this Captain
Pigot is ; for it is sometimes doing so
ciety almofl: as much service to trace the
particulars of a scoundrel, as it is that
of a man of worth and honor. The
gradations to baseness, as well as to
honor, ought be known, and mankind
rnay be benefitted by a recital of the
deeds of a Nero, a Kobefpicre, and the
pirate Blackbeard, almofl as much as by
that of a Titus, a Howard, 01 a Russell.
The gibbet has its good effect as well as
the ltatue. Every man does not feel
alike—for my part, nothing since the
Jerfcy prifonffiip has my indig
nation like the infamous deed of Capt.
Pigot’s. Had he (hot Capt. Jeffup, or
even {lifted him in the hold of his lhip,
it would not to my feelings been equal
inattrocity.to seizing an American citi
zen, ordering him to be itripped and
whipped like a thief. Had I been the
lufferer, and could have survived the
indignity, no didance, court or danger,
ihouid deter me from in {lifting the fame
punishment of tl e cat o’nine tails on this
dastardly who is a scandal to the
Britiffi navy^and a disgrace to his com
mission. Ye clafiical iren can belt tell
in what fervid.,drains of indignation the
mod eloquent of orators roused the vin
dicative judjee of his countrymen a
gainst a Viceroy who cauied a Roman
citizen to be publicly whipped—and
ffiall a paltry captain of a frigate do a
limilar deed, and high spirited, indepen
dent American, submit to it with the
dastardly feelings ot a negro to his over
leer ?
There is no country where the mas
ters ot veflcls are from so refpeftablc a
class of people, as ours, and there are
few or us but what have brothers or
near connections who may tail in the
hands ot your Pigots, if this scandalous
aft (hould pass over in silence. I know
as little ot Mr. Pigot as I do of Mr.
Jeflup. I know not to what town, or
even to what Stare the latter belongs.
I view the matter perfectly unbiafled as
it regards the two men. I confider
William Jefiup as a deeply injured A
mericau citizens who ought to be re
dressed fome where, and I confider Capt.
Pigot as a guilty tyrant who ought t
be puniffied fome where. Were ail tl e
American lliip mailers of my mind, the.
would make the fufferings of Captain
Jefiup a joint of concern, and add refs
the supreme executive on the fubjeft, as
a matter (ar, very lar, beyond rhat of
.property, and with many men be> o and
that of life itfelf.
i have, Mr. Ruffe!l, a friendihip for
the Britdh nation, and a refpeft for
their navy, which to my certain know
ledge, contains gentlemen of the'drifted
honor and humanity. Nor am I o:.c
of tliofc who believe half what is print
ed in the Chronicle or Aurora, refpec
ting Britiffi insolence, and imp'elTment
of American citizens, for 1 know it is
one ot the diffionorable tools with which
the Jacobins labor in their glorious
work of vilification, dilorganization,
confufion j and final bloodffied.—We
fiiould separate these lies and exaggera
tions from the case before us, a cale well
authenticated and which inlpires but
one sentiment, and which were it a gen
eral praftice in the Briiiffi navy, as it
is a rare and solitary inflance, 1 would
once more hake life and fortune to re
pel a tyranny more degrading than that
of Tunis or Algiers.
% O
I therefore hope that fome of your
corrcfpondents will give fome account
of this Captain Pigot, commander of
the Britiffi frigate Success. It is proba
ble he will be found fome daring fellow
who has been promoted merely for his
severity ; or clle fome drunken, cow
ardly sea-monster, who owes his llatior.
to pow erful connections, who were able
to purchase with money a commilfion
which he could not obtain by his merit.
A YANKEE.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 16.
Died, on Tnefday night, the 13th inst in
tin* 45 b year of his age, the Rev. ‘lh mas Har
ris M'Caule, Grand Chaplain to the Moll An
cient and Honorable Society of Free Masons in
Georgia, and formerly President of Mount
Sion College, South Carolina. His remains
were attended to the Meetinghouse (where a
fait able difeourfe was delivered by the Rev.
Mr. Nixon) by the Grand Lodge and the sev
eral Lodges in this City, the Union Society,
and a number of his relatives and friends, and
from thence to the burying ground, where the
body was interred with Malonic honors.
’ On the 14th, Capt. Robert Harris , form
erly of Philadelphia.
(ifT THE Wharf Holdeis of Savannah, are
requeflei to meet at ike Merchant and Planters
COFFEE HOUSE, this EVENING, at 7 o'clock
precifily.
Friday, lGth September.
*** ADVERTISEMENTS omitted,full have
plate tn Tuejday.
J>ffer.
ENTERED INWARD.
Sloop Bctfy, Peters, Africa.
CLEARED OUT.
Brig Beilona, Crooker, New-York
N O T I C E.
I SHALL attend at Louisville, on the aOth
of September next, for the purpose of pay
ing the SPIES and MILITIA INFANTRY,
to wit, Lieut John T. Randolph, Coleraine,
for service from the tit June to 31st Decem
ber, 1794 ; Lieut. John D Vaughan, Burin
Fort, for services from the Ift January to th”
30th September, 1795 ; Lieut. Win, E. Stuar
Fort D"fence, for service from the 10th Janti >
ry to 31st December, 1795 ; certain Spies in
Liberty County, for service from the ill Au
gull to the 31st Odlober, 1794.
Ail Officers, Soidicrsand Spies concerned
arerrquefted to attend at the above time ar c*
place. Pay will only be delivered to thof
Soldiers or Spies who performed the service,
and that in the presence of their Offic"r, nr to
their legal representatives, in conformity to
the Laws of the United States.
, WYLIE POPE, P. M. M
NOTE. —AII the Militia and Spies, that hav
not drawn Pay on the Rolls heretofore advcr
tifed, are also requested to attend at Louifvill
on the above day.
Auguil sad, 179 G 54-4 t
Just received) & for Sale ,
By Benedix 13 Cos.
No. 3, Commerce-Row >
WHITE, a
r I^' uns > °f the bed quality.
Blue, )
Striped Flannels,
London and Rr ftol Duffil Blankets,
3-4ths & 4-44$ Irilh Linens,
Brown Holland and Plattilles Royaffpj,
German Rol.s, and Do. Cotton Bagging t
Red Tickings in pieces and half pieces,
Flanders 11 and Bunts, 8-4, 9-4, 10-4,
Rice Hooks,
Fiddles, Looking Glades, Coffee-Mills,
Bed Dutch Writing and Pod Paper,
Madeira W,ine, in quarter Calks, of an excel
lent quality,
Loaf Sugar, and a few Hhds. Molaftes,
Salt-Petre, Briinflone. Bluck Pepper,
ON HAND,
German O/.naburgs, Ticklenburghs, fteflenl,
Printed Linens, Demijohns,
First and fourth proof Brandy in Pipes,
A few Demijohns of Brandy,
Sherry Wine in quarter Calks,
Malaga Do. in Pipes & Hhds.
Sugars in Biffs.
tod. and and. London Nails,
Kpives& Folks, and Penknives.
Savannah, Sept. 15. 57“3L
N OTIC E. *
The Subfrribcrs having juf began the Business of
BRICK. L i N L,
At Yamacraw,
Wilh to Contr.ift for a Conitant Supply of
Burning W C) O D,
For which they puipofeto pay CASH.
They inform ih* rui lie that they have now
f >r Sale, a Few Thoufaud
Be ft ity ot BkICKS;
They purpose to make a B t h < f Bricks every
Week, and to be able to answer punctually,
to any demand which may bedirecled to them,
. 1 heir iirickliue oppoiitc Mr. Millm’s Tau-
House.
Tiot £5? Radiliicr.
Sept. lfi. 57
10 iTTT?n?r
2.C00 Bushels heft ALLUM TALT,
1 Mahogany DESK, and 1 do. BEAUREAU,
BEDS'! EADS with sackings and Laths,
Mad ira and Port WINE i.ll pipes,
1‘ ay all, in ditto.
An Elegant Riding CH A.IR,
with Plated Hapaefs, made in Philadelphia.
A Georgia Audited Certificate,
issued December 1794, for supplies to the
Continental Army, Ofclober 1777, for Two
Thousand Pounds.—
Also on hand,
About 4_ 9 NEGROES.
Which will be fold low, in order to c’ofe
Sales.—
The SLOOP
B E T S TANARUS,
SyfuZl* Rsgistilred
Ninety-Two 45-95 TONS
Burthen ; hut will carry One
Hundred and Tv/enty Torts ;
SHE has every necelTary
Implem*nt for an African Voyage, and maybe
lilted for that trad? 1 or th* Weft-indies, at a
finall expense. If application is not mad” be
fore the aoth inst. she will fail for Rhode-IQ
and.
Robert Watts.
Savannah, i6:h Si*pt. 57-ts
■-I _ _-rr 1 -II . . I 1—... "*’—* ■■*l* ■■■ ■ rnmlt
FOR S X L E,
That Valuable TraCt of
L A A D,
SITUATE on Argylr Island (about Nine
miles from Savannah, by water) originally
granted to John Race, Esq. der*afed, found to
contain on a Re-(urvey, 378 Acres ; four
acres of which is contained in two Knowls,
>ne of them being fufficienily large fora fiet'le
ment, and fafe from common Frefhei, the rest
Prime Swamp, on an excellent pitch ofTide.
The above tratt is bounded North by the P'an
ation ot Richard Wayne, Esq. South by the
Plantation of Mr. Wm, Williamlon, and East
and Weft by the branches of Savannah River-
For further particulars, apply to
CAIG, MACLEOD & Cos.
IV here a Plat of th* Re-survey may be seen
Savannah, July t sawtfv
Academy at the Filature,
THE fubferiber having engaged an AfTiftant
to teach English, Writing, Ari'h'reiic
and the moll ufelul of the branches of the M th
inatict, proposes to admit Scholars ofbmh f*x
s, at the following very moderate raies of tui
ion. The spelling and reading of English,
Tvjo Dollars at entrance, and a Guinea o* Quar
'■r ; with Writing and Arithmetic, Three Dol-
Uts at entrance and Six Dollars perQu.: rr {
‘Book-keeping, English Grammar. Navigation,
&c. Euclid, Latm and Greek, Two Guineas at
entrance and Ihrct Guineas p*r Quarter.
Wm. NIXON.
Sept. 13. s6*iw3t
qrt~N O T I C E
THE fnlfcribers (Captains appointed to con
dali the Eleßum fur Major of the second B it
inlwn oj the Chathuhi Regiment vice Major B ir
iard, resigned give not’ce, That an EURiorfior
that Purpose , mill be held on Saturday the sos
U’iooer next, at Mr. R. MiCedge’ > place n'ar town.
1 here the Uffcers are directed to meet, and at
hich time it n expelled they will be punctual :n
their attendance.
By Order of the Lieut. Col. C ■ mmandanf,
JAMES B YOUNG.
GEORGE NUNGESEK.
Savannah, Sept. £.
227