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Tfnited "States, and alluring tne governor flat no 1(
further depredations will be committed by the
Creeks.
It is now reduced to a certainty that the late
injuries done in the counties of Camden and Glynn
were by a few outlawed vagabond Indians from
Florida, accompanied by some white men of the
fame character.
Abftraft of intelligence from the papers re
ceived by Tefterday's Northern Mail .
The (hip Ohio, capt. Kemp, is arrived at New-
York from London. London papers by this veflel
to the 27th Feb. mention, the return of the Briiifh
fleet to Portsmouth, confiding of 33 fail of the
line and 12 frigates, after having conveyed the
outward bound merchant fleet, confiding of 395
fail, to the wedward of Cape Finedenre —l hat Sir
• JB. Warren, on the coad of France, had fell in
with 150 fail of eight (hips, bound to Bourdeanx
for wine, a number of which he captured, and
funk others—That the British head-quarters are
at Ofna|>urgh—That it was reported an adion had
taken place between the Pruflians and French, in
which the latter were defeated with confidcrable
loss—-That about 150:000 Austrians are already .
. pouring down from all quarters on the banks of the j
Rhine, which will shortly be reinforced with 50,000 1
more—That the Adventure of 44. guns, ca; t.
Btrller, has arrived at Portsmouth from Cadiz,
having on board upwards of one million and an
half of money—That the Dutch commifiioners have j
arrived there to demand the detained (hipping of
that republic; that it is there said, that on further
examination, the bank of Amftcrdam was found
ten millions of florins deficient, which caused the
agio to fall from 9 5 to 84; that 80,000 Ruffians,
70,000 Prulfians, and 24,000 Saxons, with the
German quintuple contingent, being added to ;
the combined a'rmies, it will augment them to
400,000 fighting men ! That the Danes, fearing a
too near approach of noftile armies, have ordered
their frontier garrisons on Germany and Holstein
to be reinforced : That of the 21,000 British infan
try employed on the continent, the miniffer is
challenged to prove that more than 5000 remain—
That the king of Poland, disdaining to be a king
of a remnant of his country, has gone in exile to
Rome—The date of Poland is portrayed in melan
choly colours; that the provifionary council at the
Hague, have exempted the municipal officers from
their former oath ; that Lord Bridport commands
the grand fleet during the fickncfs of I.ord Howe ;
that the fleets are both in ; that French troops by
tens of thousands are making towards the coast
channel ways, which causes suspicions of an inten
tion of fomefecret expedition.
They write from Paris, that the Dey of Algiers
has agreed to receive an American Ambaflador to
treat on peace.
The Patty, Wentforth, is arrived at Norfolk,
in 44 days from Liverpool. By this veil'd we
learn, that the British government hath consented
to deliver up the Dutch veflels seized, as soon as
the Dutch shall deliver up thcE-ngHfh veflels taken
by the French in the ports of Holland—that the
embargo in England was taken off the 9th of March
—and that the king of Prussia has adually con
cluded a peace with the Fiench republic.
A London paper of the 9th of March, also con
tains the following paragraph—“ Mr. Pitt, in his
late agreement with Mr. Jay, has effected an
objed of great national benefit, namely, a contrad
by which America is to furnifh, at a reduced price,
an immetife quantity of corn during the ensuing
season.”
Captain Elkin3 arrived at Newbury port from
Ereft informs that Brcfl harbour contains 2000
prizes, taken by the French and 40,000 British
teamen: /
The Lieutenant Colonel Commandants of Nor
folk, in Virginia, have issued orders direding ail
the veflels of his Britannic Majesty to depart from !
the ports of that (late—which the commanding of
ficer having peremtorily refufed to obey—the Lr.
Co!. Commandants are direded to use the mod ef
fedual means to prevent the officers and crews of
said v effete from receiving any aid, aflifiance or
comfort, from any of the inhabitants of that com
monwealth. Thcfe orders were issued by the Go
vernor of Virginia in cor.fequence of a Circular
Letter to the Governors of the different dates.
(CIRCULAR,)
Department of State, April 16, 1705.
SIR,*
AS it is contrary to the law of nations that any
of the belligerent powers should commit hoflility
on the waters, which are fubjed to the exclusive
jurifdidion of the United Stages ; soc uglu not the
jhips of war, belonging to any belligcr n po-\er,
to take, a p.aiiqn in tkoje valets itp oret.r to „a xy out
. hc'flUi expeditions from thence . Ido mvfeff the'
honor, therefore, of rcqucflingof your excellency,
in the name of the Prelident of the United States,
that as often as a fleet, squadron, or ihip of any
belligerent nation, fhnll clearly and unequivocally
trfe the rivers or other waters of Pcnnfylvania, as
f a flation , in order to carry on hojlile expeditions
from thence ; you- will cause to bt notified to the
commander thereof, that the President deems such
conduct to be contrary to the rights of out neu
trality;—and that a demand of retribution will be
urged upon their government, for prizes which
maybe made* in consequence thereof; A (landing
order to this effc& may probably be advantageoufty
placed in the hands of some confidential officer of
the militia ; ami f nruft entreat you to inflruft him
to write by the mail to this department, immedi
ately upon the happening of any case of the kind, i
I have the honor to be, with great refpeA and
esteem, Sir,
Tour Excellency's mod obedient fervnnt,
EDMUND RANDOLPH.
His Excellency the Governor
of Pennfyluania.
A true copy, James Trimble, Dep. Su'ry.
- o.<S>o(C£-o<gF'o'
THE CONVENTION for rerifing the Con
(litution of this (late, have closed their deli
berations, and made such alteraiions as they deem
ed neceflary and expedient; the fubjeft ot the late
Tales of IVeJlirn Territory did not remain unagitit
ed, and although well disposed to try their power
1 to its utmoll extent in this particular, they found
themselves totally inadequate to ad on a matter al
ready perfected, anti wifely concluded that the
molt rational method of obtaining the proper re
fped and obedience to their proceedings would b;
to confine themselves to the line of their duty ;
this kind of condud, however, has not met with
i the entire' approbation of some visionaries, who
dreamed that the State Title mud give way to their
pretentions: the mediant exertions of them and
their parfrizans,. so far from injuring that tight
which they would make any facrifiee to deilroy,
has given it a liability which otherwise, it could
never have acquired; but for the effeds of this in
effectual opposition, the Convention would have
never taken up the queflion, ami in some future
period those ex pojt facto dodrines might have been
revived to the no (mall disquietude ot those con
cerned in, she punchafes: had those of the Conven
tion who vindicated the disposal of the territory
gone upon the principle of not proceeding to any
business, it wouki have had the appearance of dif
trutl on their part, and there would have been pre
texts of a better complexion than many that have
been embraced of late by the unfuccefsful territo
rial competitors, for throwing out abuse againfl
tlie present grantees and their affbeiates; but now
that the question has been submitted to the decision
of a majority in the Conbetuion, there is a degree
of advantage, not to fay triumph, accruing to per
sons interefled in the sales, piopoitioned to the
disappointment and mortification which rcfult to
the authors of this inveterate oj pofifrion: they will
now, doubtkfs, resort to this vast consolation,
that “ virtue is its own reward,” yet when carh
individual shall have his ex-ad fhaTe allotted him,
it is very probable they will tefpedively remain
unenvied and undiftorbed in ihe full and quiet pos
session of such their moral modicum.
BOTHERUM.
Mr. Smith,
Oil reading over Mr. McMillan’s sass paper, I ob
served a piece frgned, Oi.e of the injured People ;
as I am doubtful of the veracity of this fig na
ture, and being no friend to, diflimulatioir, i have
made free to requefl you ro publifii the follow
ing remarks on that publication; which will
oblige
A CUSTOMER.
AS I eonfidor the different characters genera’ly
concerned in the great Yazoo coptifl more
adtuared by fdf interest than patiiotifm; revenge
than a desire to coned what is w rong ; I fha i at
this time take no finther notice of them : bi.f (lul;
eonfine my remarks to the ambiguous obfert at ions
of the pseudo republican, whole fig nature 1 have •
before mentioned. He fays in his addrefis to his
fellow citizens that if the futerr.cnt made be true,
you would have just cause of complaint: V. hat
ttatement he means (unlcfs it be that of the sales of
the weftern lauds) lamat a loss ro know. Il that
isrhe fh.fement alluded .to, I belike that very few
whopbffels the natural fenks given to man, *r„*
now at a loss to declare that from indubitab e au
thority, a majority of our Tail legiihrture did fell
30 0/4.0 millions of our u d cr . land to themselves
and certain grantees, at tLc.x own price, andlhat
f tfiey and the (aid grantees, w : fh a few fav’erkfc salt
monied characters, did purchase almoil the w hits
of tire said land on the terms afotefaid. It rs aiio
iwtorious that many good citizens did tequell
bs permitted to participate in the said purcliafe,-
but were debarred the common privikdges ot ci
tizens, by these greedy monopolizers of the funds
of the ilate. If a part of the community being al
lowed to enrich themselves out of the general
• funds, and others who were equally intitled to?
participate weic entirely precluded, to gratify the
insatiable avarice of the legiflativc favorites, even
though they attended with their money ready to be
paid ; if by the moll fhnmeful partiality and injullice
of the legislature else interest of the Hate has been
fiucrificed to promote' their own avaricious views, *
and those of their inordinate aflfociates, arc rut
caufcs of complaint; Ido not know what are. Does
this lkiptick mean to impose on the fenfes' of hfs
fellow-citizens by alTuming the name of whig arul
republican, when it is obvious to every perfou who
poffefks as much knowledge as Balaam's Ass, tint
he is a wolf in sh cep’s cloathing ? Does he want to
involve the injured citizens of Georgia in that
darkness and fenfelcfs flupor, tl>at tyrants both of
civil and religious cftablimfnents, and the haughty
ariflocrats of all ages have ever attempted ? It to,
I hope he will be baffled in his exf e&ations : for 1
am perfdaded that the people at large not only con
fidcr their interest at hazard, but a great part act
ually. wrested from them ; not by the falfe fire of
fadion, but by the premeditated treachery and
avarice of their fellow citizens entrusted with the
diredion of public affairs. I confefs that many
jacks with their lar.thorns (inflead of a fire of fac
tion) have too long bewildered the people: bat
now they find tlut these delusive meteors had no
thing more in view than to flrip them to aggran
dize themselves; perhaps they may refufe to pqr
fue them farther, and endeavour to get into the
right road again: but it is hoped the mazes of in
extricable difficulty they have led them into, may
induce them to nuke efforts worthy of freemen, to?
bring to confufion and punifliment the authors of
their rnisfoitunes. It may be supposed that I am
a friend to anarchy :—this I deny, and am per
fu-aded that no man in the slate regards order or
moderation more than I do ; Eut I confefs myfelff
an advocate for the equal rights of my fellow citi
zens ; and when I fee this common right pci verted
by fraud, oppression, partiality, injullice, and al
most every othet ad that can tend to destroy the
happiness and harmony of society ; I confefs that
the ellablifhment of the jVuilottine would not be
more odious to me, than this kind of rapine on
every sacred principle.
GRACCHUS.
NOTICE.
copartnerjhip of M'Callum & GaRD-
A ner being dip clued by the death oj the former ;
those indebted to the concern are recjuefled to make
payment to the fubferiber as'foon as possible. Any
demands againjt the frill will be dife barged upon ap
plication to -
JAMES GARDNER,
Surviving Copartner.
May rg, 179^.
TaclHT DOLLARS REWARD.
- 15 AN AW AY jtavtthe fuhfri
l*rr on the izlh i»/l. '1 WO
NEGRO WENCHES, one of a.
yellow cafl % middlej:zed, about 28
years of age ; the other very Llueh,
tally and about 1 q years of aije.—
They were iloatJu’d with home made cotton. The
above Reward will be given upon ddiviry of said nt
' grsc.y or in proportion fortithir, to the fifiibtx, at
Col. B-nj. Fen/s t in- Columbia county ; and ij taken
cut oj. said county, xeufonably charges.
• ' WILLIAM WILY.
Columbia , May 19, 1795.
five dollars reward.
g* 13 UN AVII\Y from the fuifri
jFff I Y bir, on Saturday night h)t x
a Negro[tl’.*w named ALEXAN
DER, of the Congo country, a
fnt a5 years old, gfeet one inch
high, jpeaks French, but very lit
jf - ne incrns on his Irta.jt which axe
vo r . dl bled. The above r ward will be given on
delivering the fail JiUjw in Avgnjla to
M. VERDERY.
May 13, 1795.
(iff Ihe acis parted the lilt btlhon
cf the I egi hturt> printed on a large
type, may oe had at this olhg