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dividual with no other than savage connec
tions, has concluded a treaty of navigation,
which the exertion and wifdoin of Qingrefs
never yet could obtain.”
CHARLESTON, March 17.
A gentleman arrived in this city, a few
days ago, who had in his pofleffion a tooth
that weighed seven pounds and an half. It
was taken from the jawbone of a ikeleton
found in Kentucke in 1784, and was the
f'mallelt tootji of three. The socket of the
thigh appeared laige enough to contain a 3 2
pound ball.'
A great number of Froteftant fettlefs in
the Spanish province of New Orleans have
been recently obliged to quit that place. A
bout twelvemonths after the peace, Governdr
Mayo received a peremptory mandate from
his Court, ordering all Protestants to leave
the Spanifli government in America. The
Governor humbly remonstrated, that such an
edifr, carried into impartial execution, would
leave his Majeftv’s settlements on the Miffi
fippi naked and defencelefs; and after much
explanation, the rigour of the mandate was
a little foftened, by allowing all Froteftant
fcttlers to remain that were there in 1782.
A gentleman, who was unfortunately oue of
those that were proferibed by this, of an en
larged tram of thinking, being unwilling to
leave a harvest of ftiiniug dollars, waited upon
the Governor with an offer, that he was wil
ling to quality himfeif as a member of the
Homan Catholic church, and a fubjett of the
King of Spain. His Excellency politely com
plimented him on the feimencyof his allegi
ance, and observed, that it was an easy bufi
»efs, being nothing more than to make affi
daVit—that his parents were Catholicks, and
fubjerts of Spain—that he was educated in
the fame principles and allegiance, which he
bad uniformly fuppprted, aud meaut to con
tinue such during his life. This pill being
bitter to j wallow y and hard of digefticn y was
declined, and the applicant left New-Orleans,
not without calling many a longings lingering
look behind,
SAVANNAH, May 28. '
F.xtroSi of <2 Ist ter from Col. Maxwell to LiCtil.
Col, FiJhboum y dated Midway, (Liberty
County) May 24.'
u Dear Sir ,*
** Last Tuefday there was a" trail of In
dians difeovered, making for this settlement,
by a few me»f employed as spies. I imme
diately ilTued orders for embodying the mili
tia, and three small parties were collected
on the frontiers that night.. On Wednesday
liiorning, as soon as Dr. Le Conte’s negroes
turned out of the fort, the Indians attempted
to leize on them. Six fellows went out with
guns; as soon as the negroes difeovered the
Indians they made back for the fort, and tbe
Indians purlued them ; there were Tome ne
groes in the fort with arms, who, with the
Do&or, fired on them, whilst those who went
out armed attacked them in the rear, which
soon made them retreat with feme loss to a
fence, where they kept up a heavy Hie at the
fort for some time without effed. They car
ried off three negroes, Several parties of
men soon gut to the place, but pnrfuCd with
out waiting to collect a force fufficient ro at
tack them- Capt. Fralex, with a small party,
came up with them on the fide of a swamp,
which they immediately run into, and pre
vented his charging them. It appears from
the belt accounts that there are at least 50 in
that party. The next morning they killed' a
man at a plantation of Capt. Saunders’s, just
below the oue which he now plants; and on
Friday night they attacked a small guard with
in a mile and atrhalf of me ; the guard bedt
them off with the loss of, one man killed. —
They carried off a negro wench and a child a
small distance from the place, (tabbed the
wench ill several places with a knife, fealped
her, and killed the child ; the wench has
come in, but is not expected to live. —Yef-
\ifday evening, at Mr. Stephen Baker’s, three
of his negroes went over the fence, who were
fired on, and a wench killed and fealped.
An attempt to plunder was likewise made at
Mr, James Wood's 011 Friday, but the ne
gr* e« difeovered the lavages at a distance,
Aid made their escape. They seem to have
fCparatcd into small parties, and to be all
jound ui. A party i§ to go out to-morrow
morning, It is tlKOght, by the different
tri.i* that h»n teen difeovetttl fiucV| tfwt
there are other parties come ink) the settle
ments besides that which attacked Le Conte—
if 10, there is no telling what their numbers
are.”
The two men killed by the Indians in Li
berty county were, Mr. Grimes and Mr.
James Cole.
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
Savannah, May 26, 1789.
AN express having this moment arrived
from Col. Maxwell, of Liberty county, giv
ing a distressing and very alarming account of
the depredations and murders committed by
the Indians at Le Conte’s fort, and the fron
tiers of this county, It ts therefore Ordered,
That the militia of Chatham county do hold
themselves in readiness to march at a mo
ment’s warning. For the present the Great
and Little Ogechee companies, under proper
officers, will march immediately for Le
Conte’s fort; a Captain’s command of the
militia in town, atm its environs, will march
with dispatch to Fort Man, where they will
take possession of the fort, and govern them
selves in such a manner as will prevent any
impolition from the enemy j Capt Lloyd will
alfofurniih one piece of artillery, under pro
per officers and men, to attend this detach
ment;' and the Major will command the
whole. The Adjutant will order a Town
Guard for duty immediately,'to be kept at
the Court-house, commanded by a Subaltern,
who will mount guard every evening, feveu
o’clock, to patroie the town, and prevent a
surprise : The officer will call on the Com
mandant for private orders.
BEN. FIbHBQURN, Lieut . Col.
Commandant of the Chatham Militia.
AVGUST A> June 13/
On the 15th ult. agreeably to the Courtitu
tion, the Senate of the United States W4s
clafied. The daffes were determined by let,
and are as follow : ,
Firjl Clajs, for iwo years. Triftram Dal
ton, Oliver Elsworth, John Elmer, William
Maclay, George Read, Charles Carroll,
William Grayson.
Second Clays , for four years. Paine Win
gate, Caleb Strong, William Patterson, Rich
ard BaiTctt, Richard Henry Lee , rieiec But
ler, William Few.
fhirdsClajs , for fix years. John Langdon,
William S. Johnson, Robert Morris, John
Henry, Ralph Izard, James Gunn.
The mode adopted on this occasion was
as follows : A Committee of the Senate
was cholen to divide the whole number into
three dalles. Three lots, marked No. i,
No. 2, and No. 3, were put into a box, a
Member from each class was appointed to
draw one of the lots, and the lot drawn de
termined the rotation of the class to which
such number belonged.
DIED.] On Thursday morning last, Peter
Fontaine, of this town, carpenter.
NEW FASHIONS from PARIS.
• For the Ladies . „
The only variety since our last appears in
the three following drelies :
First—A plain celestial new fattin gown,
with a white fattin petticoat.—On the neck a
very large Italian gauze handkerchief, with
fattin border ftripesi
The head-dress is a : yow/*of gSbze, in the
form es a globe, the crenaux or head-piece
of which is made of white fattin, having a
double wing in large plaits, and trimmed
with a large wreath of artificial roles, which
fall from the left at top to ihe right at bottom,
in front, and behind contrary.
The hair is drefl’ed all over in detached
curls, four of which in two ranks, fall on,
each fide the neck, and behind it is relieved
in a floating chignon.
The second dress is a Pierrot, made of
grey Indian taffiety, with dark'ftripes of the
fame colour, having two collars, one yellow,
and the other white, both trimmed with a
blue silk fringe, aud a revcife trimmed in
the fame manner* Under this Pieriot they
wear a yellow ctrj\t or fliapes, white large
blue cross ftripei.
With this dress they have a hat a I'Efpa*-
noli , made of white fattin, having a large
white fattin baud, put on in the manner the
wreath of roles is on the hat of thehrlt dress,
but this hat if relieved on the lefr tide, and
, has two veiy large baudfome cockades, one
it the top, the oilier at the bottopi, when it
, is relieved,
On the neck they wear a very large plait*
gauze handkerchief, ,be of which are
hid under the lhapc. Round the bosom of
Ivrv ClT °V S P, f nned a fo:t of frill > «Hen-*
. ma e of gauze, cut iu points round
the edge.
The third and newest dref. ia a Pierrot and
petticoat, both made of the fame fort of ,rcy
dripped silk, and trimmed all round with
gaiize, cut in points at the edges, in the nun-*
her of Herrifons,
The Herrifons are now nearly the foie
trimmings used for the Pierrots, Caracos, and
petticoats of the Parisian ladies, either marfd
ot ribbons or Italian gauze, but chiefly the
latter.
With this dress, the ladie, wear a largtf
gaure neck handkerchief, with four fattiu
itripcs round its border; two of which are
very broad, and the other lefa. These hand
kerchiefs arc an ell and an half square.
Ihe head-dress is a plain gauze cap, made
m the form of those woru by the ciders, oc
ancients, in the nunneries.
Shoes are chiefly celestial blue fattin, with
rose colour rofeues.
Muffs are not yet left off; those moll worn,
are biberiau wolf-iktu, with a large knot of
scarlet ribbon.
The Gentlemen ,
In undress, wear a very long blue riding
coat, with plaiu flecl buttons, made full liko
a bomb or globe.
A scarlet waistcoat and y-llow’ keffymere
breeches, quite plain, without embroidery at
the knees or button holes
With this drel's they wear guetres made of .
black polilhed leather, which reach up half
the thigh, and the /hoes are tied with firings.' • *
jockyhats of a middling height in their
ctowu, and the round very narrow. The
hair is drelled on the Tides in two long curls
and behind tied in a queue. 9
Round the neck, a very full muslin cravat,
the ends of which arc tied in large knot be
fore.
The muff is black bear Ikin, with a largo
kno l °f scarlet ribbon attached to it,
IN order to remedy grievances, a Court
martial will be held at the House of Capt.
W’illiam T hompfon, in Bedford, on Satur
day, the 20th inst. at ia o’clock, for the
purpose of attending to, and determining on,
the excuses of those of the of thefirft
battalion, Richmond county, who have been
fined by former Courts-martial as defaulters
for neglect of duty, &c. and complain they
have lawful excuses, but never were warned,
or had any notice of such Courts given them,
which prevented their attendance to make
their defence : All such, will avail them
selves ot this opportunity, as no farther in
dulgence will be given
JAs. STALLINGS, Col . ijl BaU
June 12, 1789.
G£OR GI A. By Lewis Gardner p f
(L. S.) / Efq.RegifterofPro-
LEWIS GARDNER. r|bats for the County
J of Richmond.
WHEREAS Amey Savidge has applied
to me for letters of administration on
the estate of Robert Savidge, dcceafed : These
arc therefore to cite and admoni/h all and
lingular the "kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be arid appear before me at my
Office, on the 13th day of July next, to
/hew cause, if any they have, why le ters of
administration Ihould not be granted.
Given under my hand aud seal, at niy
Office, the thirteenth day of June, j a
the year of our Lord one thouf an ,j
seven hundred and eighty-niue, an( j
in the 1 *th year of the I«depend eucc
of the Laitcd States of America.
In COUNCIL, June 1789. * ‘
A letter from T. Barnard to the Governor,
was read, fettine forth that the Chiefs of the
Creek Nation had agreed to attend the pro
posed Treaty, to call in rheir warriota, and
to desist from farther hbftilitie* i whereupon
it it That the fevcial arrangements
which had been made lor holding the said
Titity be (allied into erteCt j and that this
Order he publilhed in the State Gazette for
the public informal ion*
txtruii from ifa Miritttif
J. MfcfUWETHfcH, s.£. 0»