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be'w.;v Cocxiput, a.ri ius not yet got o:T j the car go is laved.' io. In couiequcace of the orders of the Executives of the two dates a co-operation against the banditti of runaway Haves commenced the iff instant, and a junction of the troops under Col. Gunn and Major M'Pherfon, agreeable to a concerted plan, took place at the old camp in the fork of Abercorn.and Collins’s Creeks, leaving Capt. Lloyd’s Artillery at the commanding pass of each. On the evening of the sth Lieut Col. Howell, who was likewise or dered to proceed from Ebene/er down Bear Creek, and put himfeif under the command of Col Gunn, difeovered the negro camp in Patton’s swamp, of which he gave notice to that officer. The Colonel advanced, M'ajAM'Pherfon, with the Carolinians and 15 Catawba Indians* forming a fipcond line ,- —fortunately their centry was killed, when he ordeied the advance under Lieut. Lewden to ruth on, supported by the Town Light Infantry, who entered a breastwork the negroes had thrown up with charged bayonets. As soon as the negroes law their woik stormed, and the other troops, commanded by Major M‘Fherfon and Capt. Tat nall, filing off to their right and left, after a few • random (hot, they fled on every quarter, leaving fix of their head men .dead on the field. ' Only one white man of both detachments, a Serjeant of the l ight Infantry, being (lightly wounded. Many ethers of the Negroes are supposed wounded ; as federal blankets wete picked up, in different di rections, on scouring the swamp, clotted with blood. Twenty-one houses were dcitroygd, and seven boats taken. It is said the Carolinians and Indians have since killed two more ; and by a man who was pi dent we are informed, that Capt. Dather, with a small party of the Effingham militia, had fallen in with 13 on their way to the Indian nation, killed a man and a boy, taken nine women and children, Major Louis (who was thought to have been killed in Collins’s Creek) and fix more escaping. Sharper is said to be ftiil in the swamp with several others, and it is supposed was in the party the Carolinians and luriians fell in with. A conefpondent observes, that the late decisive effort made by Cftl. Gunn to break up the camp, and destroy the confidence and strength of the run aways, cannot fail of pioduciug the heft effefts, as th.ey had got seated and strongly fortified in the midltofan alinoft impenetrable swamp, and open ing a general asylum, which no doubt would have been embraced* by many on the approach of hot weather. Indeed running away had already be come more prevalent than usual. When it is re collected how long a bend of these people have re belled, and eppofed with fuccefs,' the government of Jamaica, and look at the fiill more recent ex ample to the southward of us, in the Dutch go vernment of Surinam, where, from being con temptible fugitives at fir ft, they at length fixed and fortified the recedes, and, (what will always take place where persons of any defeription are in the practice of independence and threatened with ex treme danger) with the incieafe of.numbers, they exercised the principle of union, and opposed and harraffed their mailers, until they were obliged to treat with them ; and they are now an actual in dependent colony, the example of w hich is felt as m the greatest inconvenience. But what such efiab l ihments will finally Blue in is not inhuman fore fight to determine. It is, perhaps, the with of interest, as well as of I rfilofophy, that they were at! in Africa. In this c ountry, it is said, that feme of the Negroes who formed the late camp, have been in a ft ate of rebellion ever since the peace ; and that some of them have been cmplojed in arms by the Britilh in the late war. To have despised nr neglected them, or permitted their robberies, might Lave Jet them on to equally ambitious and CX tenCt e views W th tliofe of Jamaica anti Suri nam, where the Left llationary regiments could not fuboee them. The dtfliuflio.'i of the camp, killing their leaders, and difperfmg the rest, w>ith their women and children, will, it is hoped, pic vent any attempt of the kind again soon. The Co lonel, it is laid, highly commends the conduft cf his o dicers and men. In the lloop Jenny, Capt. Schermerhorn, which failed from Tybee lince our last, for New-Yotk, went paf.engers, William Hmiftoun and Abraham Baldwin, Etqis. tw'o of the Deputies from this state to a Convention to he held, this month, in the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of reviling the Federal Couftitution. The brig Minerva, Capt. Morgan, which ran aground on a sand bank below Cockfpur, has been got off, and brought up to the harbour to be re paired. The fthooner Bee, M‘Kirdy, is arrived here from Bakimoie. a AUGUST A, May 19. We hear that the Commiftioners appointed by the Honourable the Legislature to fettle the Boun daries between this State and the State of Souih- Caroiina haveadjufted every Point relative theieto, by a Convention, which was concluded the 28th ult. at Beaufort in South-Carolina.—The Outlines of this important Eulinefs, it is said, aie, That the most Northern Bianch or Stream of the River Savannah, from the Sea to the Fork or Confluence of the Rivers Tugoloo and Kcowee, from thence the most Northern Stream of the main Branch of Savannah River, now called Tugoloo, till it in terlecis the Northern Boundary Line of South-Ca rolina, is declared to be heieafter the Boundary Line betweeh Georgia and South-Carolina, leav ing all that is South and Weft of it, as far as East and Weft Florida abd the Miftifippi, to the State of Georgia t And that the uninterrupted Naviga tion of the main Stream of that River, from its Source to the Weft End of Hutchinson’s Island and front thence along the North Side of said It,and, and Cocklpur Illand, to the Sea, is to be the com moi Pvight of the Citizens of both States, leaving the Streams South of that Description to be the exclusive Right of Georgia. A duel was fought near Eellville, South-Caro lina, on the 1 ith ult. between Dr. Bell and Major Lewis, in which the Doftor unfortunately fell. On the 1 ith of March failed from New-York, the brig Mary, Capt. Helm, bound for Batavia, in the Eaft-Indies#- The Sally, Crichton, from Malaga ; Rebecca, Williams, from Bayonne; Fanny, Hinfon, from London ; and Argo, Hunter, from Liverpool; are arrived at Charleston. The schooner Hope, M‘lntire, from Jamaica j lliip Active, Newell, Port-au-Prince; brig Suc cess, Hathaway, Aux Cayes; fcliooner Two Bro thers, Campanache, St. Augustine ; brig Joseph and Mary, Vefey, London; are arrived at Sa vannah. The following laughable article is extrafted from a London Paper of the 13th of January, 1787! The superstitious inhabitants of a parifti far down the country, imagining themselves lately befer with an animal of an uncouth and extraordinary flze, which they said crawled in the hedges in the night tune, and which they were afraid migh hurt the produce of the earth, befeeched the Reftor to put t.p a prayei in the Litany to ftee them frem so gieat an evil. After, theiefoie, praying against ludden death, and other ca amities, asufual, this Reverend Divine and-his Clerk, it is said, humour ed them eve;y Sunday, by proceedings the cle rical drawl, — Andfretn things ti at aeip m h 1 get *i with gnat hug tails, — Ccod Lad dtii-ct, us !" MARRIED J On Wedcefday last, Mr. Wil lie m Wallace, Merchant, to Mils Martha Beding held, daughter of Mr. Jehu Bcdingficid, oecculcd, both of this town. Smart REPARTEE oj a Lady rs Quality. ALADY of diiV.n<Mlon in Scotland, and one of the greatefl beauties in that pan of the king dom, incurred the difpleafuic of the Karl her hur ban d, for no other cause than that of having brought him ieven daughters, and no feu. H s Loirithip even alibied her that he was determined to sue for a divorce. The Lady replied that he fttould not be under the necefllty to do that, for ft e would readily agree to a reparation, provided he would g ve her back what he had wiih her. He, fuppoling the meant ouly pecuniary affairs, afti.tcdhct Iheihould have her fortune to the last penny. “ NaW, naw, my lord, “ that wennaw do; return me my youth, my beauty, and my viigiqi ty, and difn.ils me as soon as you j lcafe.” His Loidftrp, being unable to comply wgh this demand, spoke no mote of parting with Ins La y; and before the year expired lie was delivered of a ion, who eftabliilicd the content of his patents, and tAeir affection for each other. NOT ! L E A SERMON will be preached in Augusta, at the Academy, on Sunday the 27th inst. at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, ly die Rev. Mr. Be verly Allen, from South-Catohna. May 17, 1787. N OTIC E. IDO hereby give Notite to the Public, that a Note of Hand, lately in the policffiou of Capt. Joftiua Inman, diawn by a Mr. John Pearson, pay able to Robert Staik, jun for one hundred pounds or ten hogsheads cf Tobacco, has been counter feited. ROBERT STARK, jun. Ft.tr Hilly South-Caroltnu , April 15, 1787. The fubferiber will dispose of by wholcfale, the GOODS now remaining in the Public Store, On a Credit till January next, for Produce , Paper 1 j Mediutny ana Pierce's Final Settlements. THEY consist cf a neat and general aftbi intent of European Goods, with a quantity of Salt, Iron, Steel, and Callings. On 7 uejc.ay next will be opened at fr.it! Store, a Trunk of elegant Si.ks and '/attins, with a variety offeathers, lace, Ribbons, and Gloves, and fold very low for Specie. ROBERT FORSYTH, State Agent. . Augusta, May 10, 17K7. APERSOt capable of inftrutfing youth in the rudiments of the Fuglifti language, will 1. it- with generous entoiiragemcnt byapplyiug to the Rector 01 Richmond Academy. Jugnjiuy May 10, 1787. A STRAT HORSE. A R* HUMPHREY GRAVES informs me of J.Vj a Roan Hf RSF, having strayed into his paflure, about two miles from Augusta, branded on the mounting 11.0 Ider thus O, 14 hands high, and about 10 years old. The owner must prove his property before me within the time preferred by law. DALZIFL HUNTER, J. P. Avgvjla, April 22, 1 787.