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I INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
If REEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Conflitution of Georgia*
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I SAVANNAH, March 27.
Burke county we have advice, that
on Tuefday the 11th inst. a man named
Kanicl Sykes, Mrs. Dabney, his fitter, and a
Joung man named Purlock, were killed and
tlped at Wjlliamfon's swamp, within seven
tiles of the Old Town on Great Ogechee ri-
Eer, it is supposed by a party of white men
End Indians. Sykes's daughter (a little girl)
Keld out a bottle of honey to them, faying it
Eras rum, and begged them to spare her life ;
■hey told her they did not want rum, but her
■air, knocked her down with alightwood stick,
nd scalped her, but we hear she is in a fair
vay of recovering. A number of the inha
lants, it" is said, soon after collerting toge,
her, tracked the murderers to the house of
me Allen, and took several white men pri
oners; one named Conway, who would not
urrender, was killed.
Two men were killed on Wednesday the * *
pth inst. in fight of Tomkins's fort, near
rederica, and a girl carried off, by the Ju
lians. A party of 25 men were feat in pur.
uit of them*
April $• We have it from authority that
nany of the late reports to the southward,
ire without foundation. The Indians have
committed murders, and carried off a wo
nan and two children ; the woman and one
child were however rcleafed, and the other
child adopted by one of the Indians and car
ried to the nation, which is supposed to be the
reason that the others were sent back unhurt.
The last miichief there is a certainty of is the
iilling a man by the name of Pelcher, and
wounding his brother who is come in with his
arm broke. Two or three more such checks
as they have met with from Lewis and the
tarty of five, will make them more cautious
in their depredations.
£xt-ali of a letter from Colonel Jantes Max
well, to General Jackson, elated V)tb ult .
“ On last evening a party of Indians at
tacked Captain Lewis, at Mr. Shepherd’s
plantation, the upper settlement on Midway.
He had been out on a scout to Beard’s Creek,
and across that to Canoochie, and had re
turned about the middle of the afternoon,
turned out his horses, and several of his men
lad left camp to procure forage. A little be
fore £y«fet the Indians were difeovered com
ing up behind forae out-houses. The men
lad just time to fly to their arms, and can
«eal themselves, when the enemy marched up
within 40 yards, difeovered the white party,
*nd fired. The fire was inftantiy returned,
*hicb killed one Indian on the spot, and
Wounded two more. The ravages immedi- .
Wdy run, and Captain Lewis ordered his
aorfestobe caught, and pursued them about
1 mile to where they had left their bundles,
*nd where they dispersed. One of the wound
bled very freely for fomediftance, the other
Jot so much. Captain Lewis fays his men
«Juvcd with the greatest bravery, and that
it was with difficulty he could restrain them
from charging the enemy previous to a know
ledge of their number.—The exart number of
the Indians could not be afcertaihed.”
10. We have it from good authority that
the Generals MatheW and Pickens, theCom
miflioners of this state and South-Caroliu,
arting uur'er Continental Eftablifliment, have
dispatched Mr. George Whitefield with a
talk to the Creek Indians, pointing out the
powers of their comraiffions, demanding to
know if they have a disposition to treat and to
suspend hostilities, and informing that in fu
ture it will be considered as a War of the
Union, should they rejert their pacific proposal
and persevere in their depredations.
Two men being out to a Mr. Harvey’s
house, on Friday, from Lieutenant Seckingd’s
station at Bryan’s Cowpen, difeovered two
Indians. The Lieutenant on their return
marched with fix men, and waylaid rhe house
for them. Soon after daylight on Saturday,
five Indians were seen advancing to the house.
One of the whites over anxious, fired at too
great a distance, which prevented the whole
from falling Into ihe white party's hands.—
Two of the Indians were seen to fall, and one
of them during their making off, and is sup
posed to have been dangerously wounded;
several of his bullets dropped from his ftiot
pouch in his falls and were picked up, and a
gteat sign of blood found on his trail. A
swamp was unfortunately too near, which af
firted their efcapt.
We hear the Indians have burnt some build*
ings on Blythe Island, and wounded Mr.
Burnet in a Tally he had made with a small
party from his fort at Turtle river.
Petitions are preparing in different parts of
England, to be presented to Parliament, for
the abolition of the Have trade.
The Nancy, Hall, from Charicfton, is ar
rived at London.
The Britannia, Ball, is arrived at Charicfton
from London.
AU GU STA, April 19.
The Hon. the Executive Council have been
pleased to appoint Isaac Perry, Esq. Surveyor .
for Burke county, in the room of Thomas
Lewis, fen. Esq. deceased.
Yesterday a company of the firft regiment
of state troops,commanded by Capt.Rofs, com*
pletely armed and accoutred, marched from
here to the frontiers of Waftiington county.
Kxti'aft of a letter from Greene county, dated
the 1 sth infant .
« Last Friday fourteen Indians fired at
Mr. James Finney and Mr. Joseph Milligan,
(spies belonging William Melton’s
company of horfti) at the Big Cow Ford, on
the Oconee, ftiot three balls through the bridge
of one gun, and cut the fliot bag strap of the
other; they being surprised at the firing rode
off a fciali distance, halted and rtitt one of the
f HI
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Indians down—Next morning earty Captain
Melton with 4 6 men was on the ground, and
trailed on the blood to the river* were vines
we e cut, supposed to be for the purpose of
tying weights to fink him. Those two bravo
men who afted so courageously, have juftty
recommended ih;mfelve&to gene al applause,
—The exertions made by Captain Melton has
hitherto prevented our frontier from break*
iug, and were several companies railed i*
might prevent many of our citizens becoming
a prey to the merciless ravages.”
Extrad of a Utter data Exeter, Ne<w*Hamp+
Jhire> February la.
u After the repeated afturanc es t have given
you of the favorable reception of the neOf
Conflitution, and the fairprofpeft of its adop*
tion, by a large majority of our convention*
you will be greatly Airprifed when I inform
you, that they have this day adjourned with*
out taking the final question* Unbounded
confidence of fucceft in any undertaking, as
it reject* the necefiTary precaution end fleck***
* exertion, always endangers the objeft. Sk
confident were we of the*prevailing voice m
favor of the Constitution, that no pains were
taken to counteract the intrigues of a few no*
torioufly vile characters, who were too fuc*
ccfsful in the dark and dirty bufinels of fe«
duciug a great number of the interior towns
by falfc representation, to fetter their dele*
gates with positive inftruftions, to vote in all
events against the Conftuution. After dlfcuff*
ing the fubjeft seven or eight days, and find*
ing many of the members, who were indraft*
ed to the contrary convinced of the expedi*
ency and neceflityof adopting the plan, and
defirou* to consult their conftituen'ts, the Con*
vention agreed to adjourn to June next, when
I have no doubt the ratification will take
place.”
Etrad ofa Utter from Naples t Dee . !•
u Two nights ago, a considerable part of
the top of our tremendous Mont Vesuvius
was fairly swallowed up in the mouth of the
Volcano j and to-day, to our aftonilhment,
a8 well as terror, we beheld immcnfe quan*
titics of smoke, blended with a pale-coloured
eleftrical flame, iflue with an incredible re* ~
verberating violence, to the summit of the
mouni again. During the whole of this flu*
pendous phenomenon, the flcy seemed to blaze
with myriads of meteors; and long will it be
before our apprebenfions Hull subside about
the effects in all probability to he expected
from this uncommon eruption.* 1
From a late London Paper•
BIRMINGHA U; Dec IQ.
On Friday last, by virtue of n Judge’s war*
rant, Lord George Gordon was apprehended
in this town, for contempt of the Court of
King’s Bench, in not appearing upon the pro*
fecution last Hilary Term,. for publishing a
libel, of which he was found guilty. Lh»rd
George was'conveyed before Jofcph Carles,
Esq. who directed him to be conducted te