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1, 0 The Britifii rrfTels retrained Hill ■^)jr<T oco, and the captains and crews ■ them, as no prefpedl of accom ■ I,lm w ith the Britiih court appeared tt he near at hand. This is the latest in ■L jgcnce from Spain. ■ \|r Iznardi* the Americanconfiii, had ■ his pyffage with capt. Cobb, for Ecountry, who waited two days for ■t> and was then obliged to leave him. Whi'raclofa later from Mffrs. T c:ry and I Co. dated* Malaga, Oct. ic, to their a Qrrefytndents m this city. • m (t Hostilities having a£fcia!ly cem ■ . nCP{ » cn cur part against England, wc ■ that this very day WAR will K/formaiiy DECLARED.” I The above is one day later than the in |r!:;„ence bv cant. Cobb, from Cadiz. I i/rook Wat lon, E<q. the B;i:ilh com l.jjfary general during the latt war in this ■ f untry, and lately on the continent of ■E.-ropc, has beet# defied lotd mayor of B Radon. R Talleyrand Perigord, late bifiiop of ■A'jtun, had arrived in France, and was Immediately appointed secretary or the ■Y a jk;i ; al Infiitute ot which he is a mem- Ifcrr. ■ The Amphion frigate, of 52 guns, Bjn»fjy blew up at P.trfmouth. The cap ■tain (J. Pcllcw, brother cl' fir Edward) Rind a few ethers, were the only pedons Ifavctf from the wh' lr crew. H On Saturday evening arrived, the Ifrcnch corvette Ranger, of 14 guns, in Ijlliort pafiage from Bred.---She is laid 1,0 bring dispatches—and the report aifo l; : , that fne brings a new comrr ifii'm (or ■ citizen Adet, as miniitei near this go- Irrinment. On her passage, (he had a Ijiush with an F.nglifh armed brig ■ from certain circumilanccs, fuppoied to ■ five been the Swallow (brig) packet, It’iich failed from Falmouth a few davs ■after the Princess of Wales packet, now |in this harbour. I PHILADELPHIA, November 17. I Yederday artived brig Harriet, capt. ■Atkinson, 18 days fom Cape Francois. Itaptaio Barney had got his frigates re- Ipaired, but had not failed for France, as I mentioned some time finer, as he was Itinder the neceffify of remaining at the ■ Cape to keep the place tranquil. Capr. ■ Atkinson mentions that the conduct ot brigands had become very alarming ■—they had burnt all the plantations and ■murdered all the inhabitants without ie- Ifpeft to age or sex, in the vicinity of ■Port-de-Paix—and at the Cape they ■ were under apprehensions of limilur ra ilages. Flour from 12 to 14, dollars per bar- Irel; sugar 8 dollars per cwt. coffee 2 3 I to 30 sous. I BALTIMORE, November 22. I Extrad of a letter f rom a gentleman in I Port-au- Pain, to another in this town, dated October 13, « 796. “ There are but very few dry goods'at present, in this place, and what few there err cannot be fold. The people are sfraid to buy on account of the brigands, who threaten to come in and destroy the town. They have made themielves mas ters of the mountains, and keep the pro duce from coming in. They have de coyed a number of plantations since they broke out, one of which was within half a mile of this town. There are not lei's than ten thousand within fix miles of us, who come daily and (liew themselves in two parties." NORFOLK, November 10. Algerines, and capture of Americarlveffcls. Captain Cooper brings the melancholy intelligence that the Algerine treaty has nnt been fully complied with—in con fluence of which the (hip Betsy of Bof ton, and two American schooners, had been captured by them, and carried in to Algiers. A letter was received at Malaga on the 2d of Oftober, from Mr. Farlow at Algiers, mentioning the a beve, and desiring that it might be made a * public as pofiible, that the Algerines Were again capturing the Americans. ' Mr. Barlow arrived at Algiers from Leghorn with 100,000 dollars, in part payment of the sum stipulated by our treaty, and it was reported that captain O’Brien had lailcd from Lisbon with 150,000 more, but neither him nor mo sey had arrived at the date of the last * advices from Algiers. The late American captives were still MarfeilJes.' PETERSBURG, November 25. On Monday arrived at Norfolk, the f-hooner Three Josephs, captain Bram ble, 1 g days from Guadaloupe; captain bramble informs, that all the French e •fiigxan:* Were ordered to leave St. Bar- tholomews, and it was nippofid t f :e , F.rnch intended to take poss. ffion. Tlie Engiith had made no ( reparations fi'T a.ra king Guadaloupe— -their naval force were coll, (Ring at Martinique, but .t was not known lor what expedition. 1 he French capture all American vcf fels bound to an Englilh port, who have French fupercr.rgces on board, or are ad drefied to any ot the French emigrants. . FAYETTEVILLE, December 3. e arc informed that a nuinb'r of the principal chiefs ut the Creeks, Cherokee* and Chickasaws, are at this time on th ir way from Knoxville to Philadelphia; having lor their objeß a visit to the Preiident of the Unit d States, which afijrcs a llrong evidence of the with of rhofe nationr. tor the continuance of peace with their frontier neighbours. We do no f wonder, fays a late London paper, that his grace of Northumberland, S«r William Pulteney, Lori Uxtxidge, Lord Cotnwailis, &c. are fpecußirors in the American Bodes. In the present cri tical ltate ot Europe, we lhould not be surprised at all, to hear that even pTvs efiahlilhed a dernier resort in the traof atlantic funds. s**s*•?£ M**ft&***«** The Align (la jockey Club Races, "Y X FILL commence for the fwfl time on V * thc/irjt Tucfifiy in ftbruarv next] fr-.e for any k, rfe, wa-e ot gelding, jr-tn any part 0* the word. The fir(l day will be three mile heats, the purse nut less than too guineas. C J he fecund day will be two milehheat,t t, which will be a purse of at lead 60 guineas, day Iran pent pefon who farts a hoife ni.u.fl fir ft pay forty dollars [ceing five years jubfeription,) excltifive es his entrance. E ich Member of the Club is requeued to pay into the hand • of the T cafurer, two dollars within ten days of this date, in or der to enable him. to di[charge the tx ne.rues which may be necejjary for clearing the Turf, &c. By order of the President, ABRAHAM JONES, Scc’ry. Nov. 24, 1796. NOTICE. A LL persons that have any demands /againjt theeflate of John King , dec. are requejied.to bring them forward accord ing to law ; at the fame time those indebt ed to /aid estate are requeued to come for ward and make immediate payment. NANCY KING, 'Adm’x.-. GURUS KING, Adm’r. Dec. g, r 796. Sheriff’s. Sale. At Elbert ceurc-houfe, on the firfi Tuef ' day in January next, between the hfiurs often and three o’clock. WILL BE SOLD . 2 ro acres ofland lyiug in Elbert comi ty, on Deep creek, with gnod improve ments thereon, joining William Johnson and Robert Canady, it being the place where Henry Gatewood now lives; 400 acres said county, on said creek, joining Edward Ware and Robert Smith; one bond given by John Moore to Thomas Lovelatty, to mike titles to the above trad of 250 acres, Elbert county, m Deep creek, joining Wm. Johnston and Robert Canady; one note of hand given by Robert Moon to Thomas Lovelatty, for one likely cow and call, payable the firft day of April next; aifo one given by George Dofs to Edward Story for thirty dollars on demand. The above is taken as the property of Thomas Lovelatty, to fatisfy a judgement obtained by Robert MbAlpin ag inld Jacob Whit worth Armstrong, fieri and Tnomjs - Lovelatty. Aifo, 200 acres of land lying in El bert county, on Cedar creek', joining James Hannah and others, with a good grist mill and other improvements toe re on, well situated for a public honfe, known by the name of Arnold’s old ttore, but now in the poffefiion of Hugh M‘Do nald ; taken by execution*»s the pro erty of Jonathan Arnold at the suit of Oliver Pvock. Conditions Caih. R. COSBY, S. E. C. November 15, 1796. I - For Sale at this Office, LAN dVA W S OF THE STATE oi- GEORGIA. AUGUSTA, Dec. to. G E O R~g7 A. By his Excellency JARED I R WIN, Governor and Comm mJtr in Chief in in and over the J aid State. A Proclamation. HA VIN G arranged and funjmed up the votes from such counties a-, hive made returns of elections held for per funs to re pref-nt this Str te, inthehsufe ofßepre f. ntatives of the United States ■, it ap pears that Ballwin and John Milledge, Elqrs. have the highelt num ber of votes:--1 HAVE THERE FORE thought fit to iliac this my Pro clamation noiitying the fam", in order that the iaid Abraham Baldwin and John ’vli'l'.dge m3v fignify his, or their accept ave or refufa!; and also that he or they adduce the requifues and qualifications required by Law. GIFEN under my Lind, and the Great S'ctl of the fuid State , at the State-H'ufe,in Louisville, this Jecond diy of Det eiuoer, in the year vs our LORD one thousand /even handled and ninety-fix; uu.l in ike twenty fir ft year of A ncrican Independence. . JARED IRWIN. By the Governor, John Milton, Secy. GOD SAVE THE STATE. We underhand that general Jackson, .Edward Telfair, Charles Abercrombie and William Barnctr, Kfqrs. were the electors in this hate for a Prelident and Vice-Prcfident of the United States, and that they voted tor Mr. JcfFerfun and Mr. Clinton. (£3“ AN the Aitgujia is requeu ed oil Monday evening next, at 7 o’clock, at Mr. M'Laws’s.- The members *are requeued to 11 be punctual’ in their attendance. From an Albany paper-—OBober ro. A gentleman in a hte tour through the counties of OlTcgo and Tioga, takes notice of the remains ot ah ancient regular forti fication, on il.e eafl banket the Sufque han iah and nearly opposite the mouth of the Unadilla river, its figure is triangu lar and contains about an acre of land— Huge pines (tor it is fuuatcd on a pine pi..in) of three feet diameter, which have gtewn onus walls aoo in its trenHiescrum ble into duff with age. Allowing foi* the decay ot the fert and the growth and de cay c f the trees, he confiders the fort of 1000 years antiquity. The writer of this article has met with many fortifications in the counties Onon dago, Ontario, and Tioga in a similar {late. There h one which he saw last year on the north ban!: of the Chenango, in Ti :ga- county, near the house of Ben jamin Hovey, Esq. The trench, the wa!R and the pallages were diftin&ly marked. It contains againfl the meafuie. The court of up wards of an acre. Its torm is between an it regular circle and a quad rangle. The trees of an i.nmenfc ftze had been cut down, but by counting the cir cles ofan annual vegetation, fxne of them were about two h indred years of age. There is another on the north fide ot the tiate road from O.mndago catie to Kay uga ferry, near to Burk’s tavern, o.i a com manding fp 't of nearly the fame form* but of iarger dimensions. The trees on its feite, walls, and trenches, were very large. He vifated on dill larger within two or three miles ot Conanda'qa on the ea'l fide ofrhe Jake. He has been informed that there are considerable numbers ot them in a dixeft course from Lake Ontario to the river Ohio. Would it be worth | while to examine ihefe before the plough j rcnoeis their foundation i.ivifiMt* ? Are they forts raised oy ihe Spaniih or French in their travels on the diicovciy of the new world in tyieft of gold and silver ? Are they the remains ot tome nation or tribe, whose civdi7.>/ion f« exceeded tne Indian trib-s wh m Europeans found in the forefts of North-America, and whom misfortune has long ago destroyed or changed into barbnnans r Are they the works of the predecdlbrs of the pre feat fix nations from whole aiteia.neut their funs have fallen i State of Columbia county, WILLIAM Walker, of the state and county afo refaid, being duly fw urn faith, that he wars employed by James ooagrove the fuperintendant of the United States, at the late treaty held atColerain, a» an arti(an on the part of the United States for the benefit of the Creek Indi ans—That previous to the commissioners of this state giving any talk to the Indi ans at the treaty aforefaid, Chuccle, the Cuffitas king’s brother told him the# deponent, that Seagrove the fuperinten dant and the commissioners of the States had advised them the Creek Indi ans not to ffll of dispose of any of theif lands to the state oi Georgia* -That they would defend them against the State of Georgia, and the people thereof—.-Thao he was informed of the fame by the White Bird King, Seaahigee, the Hiccory ground Warrior, the Big Warrior of the Tuc cabatches, StimeTcgia, chief warrior of the Oak Joy, the Wayoka, chief warrior called Morgan, Timothy Barnard’s fon in-law, and a number of others; and af terwards he heard Hawkins and Pickins, exclaiming the New-York treaty to the Creek Indians, and that their explanation did agree with the foregoing intelligence generally, but in particular, that the U<* nited States would protect the Indians ami their premises against the State of Geor gia, That the United States had enough : such men as captain Eaton, pointigMs him, one of the Federal officers soldiers, to protect them against the im portions of Georgia and the-people there.* of, and that he is generally acquainted with the Creek language. Wm. WALKER. Sworn to before us this 'jth day of November 1796. W. F. BOOKER, J. P, Jno. FOSIER, J. P. Thos. HAYNES, J. P. D. ELAM, 7. P. TANDY Wa.kcr being duly fwortti faith, that he was one of the artiians whq| assisted the aforefaid William Walker in* the duties of his appointment, at the late treaty held at Colcrain, that in addition to what the aforefaid William Walker hath as above, he heard a certain Indian chief called Chircele, speaking that Seagrove the fuperintendant of Indi an affairs, and the United States com missioners had heffl a conference with the* Indians, in which they told them the In dians, that the Georgia edmmiffibner# were about to call on them the Creek Indians for a cession of land, for and oil. account of damages done By them the Creek Indians to the frontier fcttlers of the State of Georgia; and directed them not to give op any of their land, and tat return for answer ro them, the Georgia comroiffipnen, + that they had demands for' monies which was withheld from them by the United States treaty of New- York/ which they would not aik for, and that they would not give ur> any of their pro perty to she State of Georgia; and told them that the forefathers of the Georgia commiflioners, were a fer of land thieves, that it was their chief card to learn their children the art of dealing of the Indians 1 land, that they were notfrieodly to thenr the Indians, and that they,- the Comtnif fioners of the United States, Woold do them justice against the impofitioos of Georgia- --that he heard the Big War rior of the Tuccabarchrs, Seaahiga, of the* Hiccory Ground, Stimclegia, of the Oak' Joy, Morgan of the Wayoka, the White Bird king, and a number of others ing to the fame effeft—that he heard Alexander Cornel* speaking that by the 2ffiftance of the fuperintendant and the’ federal commissioners, that they the Creek Indians, were able to defy and baffle the intentions of the commissioners of tha State of Georgia, and laftiy that he heard* said Cofnels and the aforefaid chief* Leaking, that the United States com missioners and the fuperintendant told them that their land was permanent, that alter rheir grass and herbage was raken ofi>, their timber cut down,- their tar, pitch: and turpentine consumed, that their land would ibiii be there, and would remain to the end of time for tillage; and any thing that they would, or could receive in exchange for it from the State of Geor gia, woold in a fro dl time vanish of wear away ; and that he is generally ac quainted with the Creek language. • his • TANDY X WALKER* mark. Sworn to before us this 'jtk da£ of November r m iq6. W. F. BOOKER, J. P. J Jno. FOSTER, 7. P . D. ELAM, J. P: Thcs. HAYNES, 7. f.