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,ing jui Swedifli relations, that
Lne king and crown prince of that
kingdom were extremely friendly
to the United Stares; that they af
forded every facility ro our com
merce with their dominions, and
with the northern ports generally ;
that they do not allow British crui
sers to difpole of t Heir American
prizes in their territory : dial Great
Britain had become difeontented
with Sw.den on ’ he fubjeuf; that
there was reason to fear that the
British intrigue, if not counts rail
ed would influence Sweden to an
unfriendly conduct towards us; that !
so anxious was the Swtdifh court
♦n cultivate our good will, that it •
had appointed a mir.iiter to this
coumrv, k.Y|#v<.V. l u (junlnr ap
pointment on the part of America.
The I’tince of Sweden had alio
made known to England his dtfire
to fee a good uruli rftanding reftor
cd between the United States and
the British cabinet. This limple
and cogent flatement of iafts {hows
the policy of the nomination made
bv the Prcfulcnt. The ability of
Mr. Russell is uv.queflit nable
His diplomatic cxoi.ru nee and fit.
nefs are equally unequivocal.
}*i at rsßi'RC, July SI.
J'he following v.s: handed us for
publication as a literal tranflatirn of
the Declaration of War againff the
British by the Six Nations of Indi
ans :
DECLARATION of WAR
By the Six Nations of Indians.
WE the Chiefs and Councilors
of the Si;; Nath ns ( f Ir li.ius, refi
lling in the State of New- York, do
iui’by proclaim to all the War
Chiefs and Warriors of tin S'x Na
i ;>ns, ‘.h..t War is declared on our
part, againff the Province ol Upper
and Lw< r Canada.
Therefore v. c do hereby com
mand and advill ail the War Chiefs
to call f tth immediately the War
ri rs under them and put them in
motion to protect their rights and
liberties, which cur brethren the
Americans are now defending
Signed, /tj the Giand Counsellors.
Chcnipcake and Shannon.
.tract r,f a Liter from an officer in
Ihe na~ y it an cilicer in the army.
“ I believe from what vou fay,
.hat you are diipofed to think that
Gupt. Lawrence iutenied to board
the Shannon; the fact was fluted
ro me ctherwife, and Capt. Law
rence has frequently told me that
our superiority in gunnery was so
nanifeft, that he would board
until his midis were disabled. The
fccond brradf.Je Capt Lawrence
fwith every ether officer on the up
per deck who was not killed) was
n'ounJcJ tmd fell exclaim
ing “ fire away, my lads/’ By the
time the Chefapeuke had hanged a
lirrle ahead of the Shannon, her
jib-sheet was cut ur.d the flings of
the fore-top-fril-yard, which bro’t
it on the cap, her fpanl.er brails be
•ng cut, and no doubt her bowlines
and braces, her spanker flew out
and luffed her into the wind, when
/ne took aback, got astern way and
fell with her quarter foul of the
Shannon’s Larboard anchor. Capt. ;
Lawrence all this lime lying on the i
deck calling the boarders, lieuten
ant Coxe being one came on deck
.nd aflifted in carrying Capt. Law
rence below !! l.i the mean time
Com. Brooke boarded at the head
{2° m r n ihe w-\- (hot in the iv
hy the Chaplain (Livermore) who
at the lame time he (Brooke) cut
down with his fabre.
1 ivenue.re has fires arrived at
Boflon, and fays if there had been
an officer with twenty men on Imr
quarter deck the fate of the a..ion
would have been dliicrent, fer it
was three or four tni::ut*.s before
other boarders joined the lit ft. Yet
at this time Mr. Budd tells us he
was..hoarding the fore tack to got
the flaps clear; d—n fur h hoard: ■;g
when the enemy was boarding the
quarter deck!!
After the enemy had undoubted
poflVfii"n ’f the ship they ft ill con
t tir.uec! i:i a troll ferocious and har
bnrous manner to f! • ot and cut our
brave tars, and heir ftrfi lieutenant
was f!:et by an American from the
main-top, while mangling the dying
and the wounded on the quarter
dec h :
()ur midfliipmen were plunder i
of tlu.it clothes, and when they
complained to the commanding of
ficer, he told thim ‘-by (J—d if 1
hf*.<r any more c 1 your c< mpl,tints
I wid put \t u ;!•,n in tile hoi ,
with tite men.” l*\n tin. tu.lli of
this dr, 1 wilt anlvwr with nty lit’ ,
and 1 hope you will not hitter the
contrary to he advanced in your
prefencc.
It was with difficulty the Shan,
non wits kept ufl at the night after
the adtir.n, the Chefapcake cm the
contrary received fcurccly any dam
age from the sh it of her opponent.
‘1 he English i fficers did not hefitatc
to fay they could not have witti
ltood the fire of the Chdapeake 10
minutes longer.”
MAGNANIMITY.
It is with great pleasure we learn
tint (.'apt. George Ciowiiiofhh IJ,
Jr. of Salem, has made the mag
nanimous offir to the l’rtfluent id
the United States, to proceed to
II ilifax in a brig at hi- individual
expetife, to procure and bring ro
his native land the’ remains of the
fallen Hero, Capt. JAMES LAW
RENCE, that he may be interred
with those funcrsl h mors t> which
his character is so eminently enti
tled. Capt. Crowf.inflii 1:1 Ins re
ceived the* thunks of the PieAdc-nt
of tlie United Statts, very hand
fjtnsly expreffi-d in letters from the
Secretaiies of State and of the Na
vy, forthe highly honorable motives
by w liich he is actuated ; and a lia%
if TANARUS) luc has been granted him w it h
the neceflary documents to procure
the corpse of the deceaft and nr 17 ili
ia>:. Boston Pa!net.
Nt vV-London, Augufl 1 i.
On Saturday lafl the Ramilies
and Orpheus re fumed their flat:*in
a few miles from our Light lioufe.
On Sunday evening a fmu.ll (loop
which had been out with a failing
party, was chafed int > pc:t by the
Orpheus, who fired a great num
ber of single guns at her, arid
wound up the chafe by firing two
broad fi k.u Noneof ti efh it came
within forty rods of the Hoop.—
Ihe guard fired a fix plunder at
tile frigate, which v.as cordially re
turned, without any injury.
A GOOD PRIZE.
I
• Jhe prize sent into St. Ala 1 A
by the privateer Saucy Jack, on the
Jdih iuit. is the lLiti'h hi!;; fhrrc
Brothers, from Cpe lianc ir,
hound to J/vcrpool with a cargo
ct nfifting of 26*16 lings and -10 tier
r,’c of ceflvo. Savannah I'ctub.
MONI T O R
Saturday, September 4.
- • O • —i
Maj >r Nicholas Fong of this
place, has been appointed Colonel
of rfce 43rd I J. S. regiment, to be
raili and in the dates of North 5c South
Carolina and Georgia.
A Rl.-POR 1 lias reached us
informing, that an cxprtls from !
Col. Hawkins to Fort if aw kin; da
t'd, that the noflile Indians, appro
henfive ol the force to be marched
again ft them, ! aJ difporfed or fled,
and begged protection. Reports
in part the fume with th.e above,
have been for several days in circu
lation, and obtain credence.
Occurrence !
ViT. are informed, by good au
thority, that the following remaik- j
able case occurred in the upper
part of South Caiolina, a few weeks ,
ago: A liutlund, who luppoftd 1
lit had caule to lufped the \irtue of
his wife, and the guilt of his neigh
bor, charged her with the ciiine,
and a quarrel cnftvd—l he husb
and in few hums afterwards went
from home. Soon after he had
g’ tie, the !ufpeeled intruder came*,
and the wife Wv.nt oti with him.—
On the icturn of the hulband he :
enquired where his wile was, and 1
was intormed by tfie children that
(he had gon. awry with Mr. !
Ile immediately alarmed the nei h- j
horhooJ, and fcarched for her. A
day or two aft i wards, the criminal
lovers were found, both dead, at
the root of a small tree —and in a
petition that fully t-Uablifhed their
guilt. They were killed bv light- !
niny ; and what is very lingular,
there* was only one flalh, and that j
so faint as n.i to fie perceived by ‘
manv in the neighborhood.
Mill ‘l,is v/U \ ~ uiftt v? -ji-.
The fate of the hoflile Indians ts
f.tfl drawing to aci ifis. The troops
to be employed pgainft them are
concentrating on the Frontier, and
will he in nad in-:!- to ad very toon.
Between f x and seven hundred
have pa fled through this plage with
in a few days—lndeed, nothing is
seen c.r heard but the hufy note cf
preparation.
Gen. Stewart having declined,
the command of the expedition is
now oflered to Gen. Floyd of Cam
den county, who is fa id to be an
excellent officer. There is lit'.ia
doubt but he will accept.
Affair* in the Nation have re
cer.'iy undergone but little change.
The tiiendly Indians (till continue
at C'.owetau, much in want of pro
visions. The waring- party, it is
said, are fortifying thetnlelves about
thirty miles dillanf, where they in
tend giving us battle.
The cyprels feat l y fbs T.xctl
: lcncy to the Governor of TenntfTee,
acquainting him wish the iioUile in- I
tenth r.s cf the Indians, icturned on
Monday. We undtrfland that gov- 1
en.or Blount will not call out the I
Mililip. till r Dead cr Jen to that cf- :
i
fi ct are received from the General j
Government — of Ceurie, we shall
have the “ tug of ua: ,J cxcluiivcly
to out fv! ves. [Ju ut nr.!.
Ihc Fxpi ifs font to the Oovern
nr of Ti-nncif.e, letnn.cd cn Mon
day iaft, and brought litters to the
Governor, dated the 1/ith it.if.—
1 Gov. Blount decs r.ct c ai.liMr the
letter cf the Secretary ;.t War..
requiftticn on him to furnifh men
to go agaitifl the Creeks; bu f a;
evincive of a determination on ilie
part of rlie povernnunt to punilh
the lioflile Indians—and tLink .
,‘iOCK') instead if 1500 would Ive ne
ceflary to cfliCt that nhjicf, and
that that number ct uKI be as es
flly < btained as 1500. but is dii
poled to wait for funlur Older?.
Governor Blount tlhi Its if a ju: c
tioti i? formed between tin Geor
gia and I emu flee tro,.pb, that the
Falls of Cot.la will be ihe pn pc r
place, and that a junction or grand
re:nies:vou should ! e f- rnuii :*t r r
near the ILtkmy G: und.
We are informed from ref;levia
ble nutliority that a detachment of
licitik Indians fome elay., hnce, hav
ing determined to con e h and kill
Mr. R jothc* of Jones cci nty, fe-t
out in puri’uana: of tln-ir ilefign ;
vhen th. y were ovtrtaken I v a
p;uty of t!i<: hicndly Imii.-.t v.h.o
kiiled lour and repul! J tliena. lb.
Col. Wellborn ve underflan
has received orders to tnnvh v.itk
his troops from .Sj'ibuiy, to Fort
llawkins, to be in it ..Ti cE to go
r.gainlt the Cnik Indians, in aid c:
the militia of Georgia.
RuL'i-dj litist.r
Col. John Williams of Knox
i ville, I en. is appoiutt cl to comma:.;!
the 39th U. b. rcgiuif iit, to l e *<d!-
i ed m ihe itatu id i cnnclke. .
I
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THE LOAN —We arc inform
ed, lays the Bcflon Patriot, from
a correct L.urce, that a geurieman
io empowered :.:id stands ica. v (e
talc U.: labels Lean.
j ——_
IVev.hinuton-Lit.h ud 1?
Very late f: cm Lake Ontario.
i
• trivaxi* roßßrponr \ nct.
Fo.’.t Cm,: /, August 8.
Ytflerday moining ct day iight
the Ji.'uifh fleet was diicovtued ctofe
in fhort*, about two mile; to tlie
weft of this. C cm. Chsunrey v.a c
at this time lying with Li> fleet < h
the l our Mile cretkonthe AmeA
can fide, ihe v.:nd at S. W. and
of ceurfe in favor of the Britiih.
As loon as they were difeovered,
Com. Chauncty got under wav,
and ffo.irf out into tne lake in f ne
ed battle, lying as rear as potlibL
to the wind, ihe Britiih a; the
fame time, and in the fame older,
flood cut with a fine v.ind in a di
rt dion to meet our lit)-.* neaily at
, light angle?—tin. two c;rnmocore’s
ships m front. On approaching
v.itliin a mile of each other, Sir
Jan.es icn btooght hio flup e.oic
upon the wind, as did all the rest
c;i his fleet, and flood off. At t!.k
time, Com.Chaunicy fired a b< i d
f:dc as a challenge-, which was r.c’
i accepted. I hey c; t.iir.ued man
o.uvrcir.g the whclc day in t!.e
, course of w hir b they gaiiuu 8 or I f j
, miles up the lake—it being itopof
■ f.ble to bring the Briti:;: (Ye t tv i.c
i ticn, on account of tbe wind being
’ to the v.tR.
At day light tiri.? v.cnc.rg b ‘ h
1 fleets v. (re t? ifcf/’ cTi.ii abc ut 1•*
■ miles up the bake and tv.o or three
miles apart ; lincc which CYmmo.
dote* Clhauncey has come down,
and nov/ lii*s tour miles above i<:
< rd:*r of battle. ‘) be* liiitiffi -„:r
tick.* in fiiore, m ar the 12 mil*,
uenk, fuppofeel to be oppofte a
j art of their land forces. (Em.
Chav.i'e* y fa ‘vo cr.*n ! A