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AUGUST a, May 9.
War-Department, March zoth, 1795*
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directed by the President of the United
A States, to inform your excellency, that on
the 2d inst. he received from James Gunn, Esq.
one of the Senators, and from Thomas P. Carnes,
Esq. one of the Rcprefentatives in congress from
the Hate of Georgia, a letter (of which the enclosed
is,a copy) requeuing that a treaty might be held
with the Indians claiming the right of foil to cer
tain lands lying beyond the present temporary
boundary of Georgia, for the •purpose. of extin
guilhing their claim to them.
° This rcqncft demanded, and has received much
consideration. The crisis at which it has been
made has occafioncd nofmallcmbarraflment to the
executive of the United States. The Cretks have
been with difficulty retrained from open war. Any
movement which may hazard that event mult be
cautioufiy made: And it is well known that no
measures excite so much jealousy among them as
those which effeft their lands ; unlcfs they arc pre
viously disposed to grant them. How lar this may
be the case is unknown; and as congress, although
duly informed of the situation of the southern and
southwestern frontiers, have provided in the ait of
appropriation merely for their defenfive protection,
it behoves the executive to observe great delicacy ,
jn the management of Indian affairs. Many enqui
ries and arrangements muff precede the treaty re
quired ; and as time is requisite for these, no de
finitive anfvver can at present be given.
The ads of the legifhtuie of Georgia, one [ af
fed on the 28th of Dec. and the other on the 7th
•of Jan. last, for appropriating and felling Indian
lands, were laid before congress. 'I he deliberations
of the two houses, issued in a concurrent resolution
for directing the Attorney-General to investigate
the title of the state of Georgia to the lands fold
' to the several companies by the ad of the 7th of
January; a copy ol this resolution I have now the
' honor to inclofe.
The request before mentioned embraces an im
portant objed. The fads here detailed shew some
of the difficulties in which it is involved ; among
these the conncdion between the two ads is not the
least. The President therefore, while he is solicit
ous to gratify the wilhes of the people of Georgia,
•so far as may consist with his public duty, thinks
it neceflary to avoid a hasty decificn on the fubjed
with which so many weighty circumftanccs are
combined. A j oflponcment isthe more neceflary,
because it is deemed proper that the commiffioncrs
for holding such a treaty as that which is requested,
(hould be appointed with the advice and consent
of the Senate; and under the preflure of the le
giflature—rbufinefs accumulated at the close ot a
session, it was not pradicable to attend to this mat
ter before the adjournment of congress. Ihe
Senate will aflemble on the Bth of next June, on
executive business. In the interim-the President
will be able further to examine the quefiion of the
treaty in all its relations.
I have the honor to be,
With great ref; cd,
Your Excellency’s
Obedient servant,
TIMOTHY PICKERING, Sec’ry of War.
A true copy taken jrom the original on file in the
Executive.
Edward Watts, S. E. D.
State-House, Augujlct, i6thApril, 1795.
SIR,
I RECEIVED with pleasure your communication
of the 20th ot March, and am much obliged to
the President for the information refpeding the
Indian treaty. >r
I am at a loss todifeover the intimate connexion
between the two ads referred 10, the one contem
plates a treaty for extinguilhing the Indian claims
to the lands between the Oconee and the Oak
mulgee, an objed wffich nineteen out oftwenty-ot
the citizens of this ffate have the molt anxious with
to fee accotnpliffied, and I feel persuaded, that the
present is as good a time as any that may offer to
obtain it, provided the general government would
aid the endeavors of this ffate. I need not remind
you that the Creek Indians have complied with no
part of the treaty entered into at New-York, and
their inability’ to comply with it is evident, as the
greater part of the property ilipulated to have been
returned, is fodifperfed that it is not in their power
to reftcre it. I cannot indulge the moil ch'lant
thought that the treaty on the part of the U cited
States ought to be fully complied with, and the
Indians released from, that part which iecurhs to
the citizens of Georgia the return of prisoners and
property. The Inuianslattetly shew moreditpolltirn
lor peace than they have for many years pad, an.
1 root the information I have received, ate ditpofed
to make fatLfafttcn for the property they cannot
jcturn, and the only tiling wherein compensation
can be made is their lands; the fu:n they will re
ceive from the state for those lands contemplated
to be purchased, will procure them a handsome
supply of goods, which that nation is in math want
of.
The aft for felling the lands on the Miffifilppt,
&c. has not met with the approbation of the ma
jority of the citizens, but it is not so generally re
probated as has been represented to the gene ml go
vernment, and every attempt of that government
tending to dispute the right will add for port to the
law. The sale of the land was never pleaftng So
me, but the cause arose from a full con victim that
large monopolies are again'! the into red of the citi
zens in general, and not from any deulvs I enter
tained of the right' of the date to the lands in
quel! ion.
When I re Pi est on, and know the very great wish
the people of Georgia l ave to procure the lands
between the Oconee and the Oakmulgee, I Batter
mj felf the President will give permifien fora trea
ty to be held, as I am per‘uaded a refufal will give
great uneafmefs, and in fact disgust.
From an aft of CongreL I observe there is jo,oco
dollars appropriated for opening a trade with the
Creek Indians: 'This is an objeft I wi(h to fee
fairly tried, as I am well persuaded, if the fricr.d
fhip of the Indians can be secured by any means,
the opening a trade with them is the molt probable
one ; and if this expedient docs not have the wiihed
for efteft, the government will l>e able to chastise
them. From the knowledge I have of the frontier
of this state, I would advise trading houses and mi
lita'y pods to be eftabliihed.as high up the St.
Mary’s river as the navigation of the river will ad
mit of, and permiftion obtained from ibe Indians
to etlablifh another on theOakmulgee, and to open
a road from the one to the other, by which means
they maybe supplied ; the latter place will anfvver
for the trade for the upper part of the nation, and
theone on Sr. Mary’s for the lower; by this mode
an easy and fafe transportation of their Ikins and
furs may be had, and the trade will be conneftcd.
This in my opinion would be preferable to that
of eftablithing houses on the Oconee; the naviga
tion of the river will be dangerous and expensive,
and apprehension .may he entertained (if we may
judge from what has frequently happened,) that
quarrels will ensue between the white people and
j the Indians, ftiould trading houses be eftabliihed on
the Oconee.
Permit me to call your attention to my letter of.
the 30th January which refpefted capt. Fauchc's
troop of horse ; you may be aflured that in the molt
profound peace, such aneftablillimcnt will be found
neceflary.
I mult also call your attention, refpefting the
pay of the militia that have performed service in
this state ; the great length of time they have been
kept out of their pay occasions great murmcrings.
1 am, fir,
With great refpeft,
Your molt obedient humble servant,
GEORGE MATHEWS.
Secretory of War, Philadelphia.
Token from the Utter booh of the Executive ,
Edward Watts, S. E. D.
from a Philadelphia Paper of April 16.
For tliefe few days past it has been currently re
ported, that our executive has of late (hewn much
merited indignation at the repeated insults and in
juries inflifted on our commerce by the Britilh,
and that measures are about to be taken to require
an immediate indemnification and feme security
for its future fafety. If the report be founded,
our merchants have just cause to rejoice in the pro
fpeft of their | roperty’s being in future refpefted
under the fafeguard of a conduft in our govern
ment firm and dignified.
The following very important Utter has been fevt to
Mr. Johnjlon, the American Corfu I, by Mr.
Pi nek ney, the America n M ivifhz :
“ Great Cu mar. land-Place, Jan. 30, 1795*
« { My Dear Sir ,
« Mr. Munro, our Minifier Plenipotentiary in
France, informs me in a letter dated at Paris, Jan.
A, 1795, that the convention have agreed to carry
into full efFeft, the treaty ofcommerce between the
two republics.—As this is, I presume, the mod
authentic information which has been received of
this determination, I have thought ic proper to
communicate it to you official!}, for the itiiorrna
tion of our friends.
I am with reipeft,
Dear fir,
Your inoft obedient,
And moil humble servant,
THOMAS PiNCryNEY.”
JofLua Jyhnfon, L.’q- &c. &c.
>
The firft of May being the annual meeting of
the Mechanical Society of the town of Augusta,
they accordingly mer, when the following gentle
men were duty elefted officers for the enluing year,
viz.
John Catlett, President; Wm. Dentnond, \ ice
President; Robert Crefwell, Treasurer; Baxter
Pool, Secretary.
At 4. o'clock bnfinefs being done, the Society
fat down to an elegant diuner, served up by Mr.
Wingate, and spent the remainder of the evening
with that hilarity and fori"! glee usual on the re
turn of the American Saint’s Day.
MARRIED.] On Tuefday last, by the Rev.
Mr. Palmer, Mr. Archibald Hatcher to Mrs. Ma
ry Arrenton.
13ANK of SOUTH-CAROLINA,
April 30, 1795.
WHEREAS fcveral counterfeits of the 3'. me
dium notes ijjucd by this Bank, have ap
peared in circulation :
Resolved, That the holders of notes of that deno
mination, be requeficd to bring them in to the Bank
to be exchanged, and that this reflation be pubhjhed
in the several Gazettes of this city.
ExtraEl from the Minutes ,
THOMAS W. BACOT, CnJl.ier.
Wants to employ on shares,
AW A G G ON E R to ho can futuijh two good
horses. Conflant icork will bcjiirnijhed for
the wage on. Apply to
JOHN HAMMOND.
Who also wants to employ,
A Company of HOUSE CARPENTERS to
build two houses, each 40 by 20 feet.
He also has for Sale,
One hundred head of prime STOCK-SHEEP,
for Cajh or Corn only, at cajh price, to be delivered
to his boat at a convenient landing^
Mount-Airy, May 4, 1795.
An ENGLISH SCHOOL.
pH E fubferiber mojl ref bell fully informs his
JL employers in particular, and the public in
general, that he has removed his school from the
dwelling-houje of Mr. James Edwards, in AFlntoJh
flrect, to the back part of Mr. Edwards’ lot, in
Greene-flreet, (oppofte to the houfc occupied by the
reverend par]on Boyd) to a nezo hotife, accommodat
ed with the necessaries for a school-house, where ,
those children font to school without fubjeribingfor
any certain term of time for their continuance, are
received, and attended to in like manner as those
fubfribed for, and their parents or guardians can
remove them from this school at any time they may
think proper (within or at the expiration of three
months) by paying three months J alaryfor each scho
lar, to be paid when taken away—they being conft
dered as fhulars, and in the school, from their frjb
entrance until the above be complied with.
EDMOND WALSH.
Augufla, May 9, 1795.
S H E RTFF's SALE.
On the firft Tuefday in July next, at the Court
lioufe in Wilkes county,
IVI L L B E SOL I),
ONE hundred and twenty-five acres of land in
Wilkes county, joining lands of Nathan Black
burn and others, unhiding the plantation whereon
John Combs now lives ; taken as the property ofJaid
Combs to fatisfy Aaron Lip ham’s execution.
NATHANIEL COATS, S. W. C.
April ii, 1795.
S~iT E R I F F’s SAL ES.
On the fir'd Tuefday in July next, at the Court
house in Wilkes county,
IV ILL BE sOL D,
HPHREE hundred acres of land in Wilkes county,
JL joining lands of Edmonds , Blaky and others,
including the plantation whereon William Stubble
field now lives, to fatisjy two executions; taken as
the property of fail Stubblefield.
ALSO, two hundred acres of land in Elbert coun
ty, on Pork creek, joining lands of Mining and
others; taken as the property of '] homas Murry ,
Efa. to fatisfy James Murry.
1 J. WEBSTER, D. S. W. C.
'WAN T E lTto H IRE,
QIX NEG ROE BOVS or GIRLS
from ten tt> twclvtf years of age,
to attend a Cotton Machine, tor
which good wages will be given and
the money paid monthly.
Win. KENNEDY & Co.