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1 TURD AY, aider 4, 1788.
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Georgia state gazette
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Independent register.
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InEW-YORK, August
J\N Saturday last Mr. Henry, a wor-
I J thy theatric charafter, manumitted
Bee Haves, before his Hs>uor the Mayor,
■dermen Gilbert and Wylley, agreeable
■ the aft of Aflembly of the iu\ of Fe
■oary, 1788. An example worthy imi-
Bion, and which we hope, for the fake
■ human nature, will be daily followed,
Btil this happy country fliall boast not par
mi, but univer/alfreedom .
Philadelphia, August <5.
■ The alterations (not amendments) of
Be Federal Conftitu-flon proposed by the
■invention of New-York, fays a corref
londent, arefo numerous, that, if it were
■offible to admit them, they would anni •
Kilate the Cowftitatioir, and throw not on
ly the United States back again into anar- .
|hy, but introduce poverty, rnifery, blood
■ed and slavery, into every state in the
■Jnion. The authors of these alterations
would do yvell to put on match coats and
■flbeiate with the lawlcfs Indians who in
habit the borders of the weftern lakes,
■hey have not sense enough to frame or
■nderftand a fyfteiaof government fit for
■ civilized nation.
I It is with fmgular ple«fure we inform
Bur readers, thaun many parts of New
lerfey the barveft has been gathered in
Bvithoue the afliftauee of the liquid fire.of
■he Weft-Indies. A d rink, composed of
Ivvo table fpoonfuls of molaftes, one of
vinegar, a tea fpoonful of ginger, with a
■uart of water, has been found by expe
dience to be more cooling and strengthen-
Bng than all the mixtures'with rum that
lever have been invented.
CARLISLE, August zo.
I By sundry accounts from the Falls of
IMuikingura, we hear that on the morning
[of Saturday the izth July, a party ofChip
pawa and Ottawa Indians attacked some
people near that plaee ; and after killiug
two soldiers, and a negro belonging to
Mr. David Duncan, they attempted to
plunder, but without efFeft. They were
on the point of fealping Mr. Duncan,
when one of them was knocked down and
killed, and some others wounded* and
weie beat off without further loss to our
people. Soon after their retreat they
were followed’ and overtaken, after a
march of upwards of fifty miles, and fix
of them brought in, two of whom were
particularly identified on oath, as perpe
trators of the above horrid barbarities*
Letters from the five nations of Indians,
oated Bth July, were received by the Sn
perintendant, at Mufkingum, informing
him that their Chicis were gone to the
place where the wliuleof the Indians
to rendezvous, in order to go collective
ly to the intended treaty.
It is hoped, if a gei al affemblag© of
the savages ihould take place, at the pro
posed treaty, that there will be no more
mifehief done by them.
If after this general treaty that is pro
posed, the .savages Should prove faithlefs
to a resolution of peace, we think govern
ment will be well taught to what purpsfe
they have so often held treaties, and load
ed them with presents, that might have
been better applied in protecting the scat
tered inhabitants of the frontiers, or in
totally routing those savages from the
neighbouring settlements.
PETERSBURG, August 14.
Ex trad of a letter dated Fort Chiftly
July 14, 1788.
“ A most violent war Iras broke out
between the people of Holstein and the
Cherokee and Chickamawga Indians. It
is said that the whites at different times
this fpriug and summer have loft <so per
sons, and the Indians have'loft 90, ainongft
which are the Fool Warrior, Old TatTcl,
and Old Abraham, the Hanging Maw's
brother, who is principal Chief of those
nations; and the following towns on the
TeueiVee arc evacuated, and several of
then! were in flames before the Indians left
them: Ilighwaflie, Chi!oowa,Citico, CHo
ta, Toca* Big Tallica, Big Island, Cay
ctcb. Hostilities appear to be carried on
by both parties with all the malice, hor
ror, and implacable hatred, imaginable ;<
so God only knows where it will flop.”
CHARLESTON, Sept. <)•
Yesterday came on the cleft ion of In
tendant for fhe'city of Charlcfton, when
the Hon. Faucheraud Grimke, Esq. was
almost uuanimoufly ie-elefted.
SAVANNAH, Sept. zsv
On Thursday the 18th infh a party ?f
Indians came to the plantation of Mr.
Quarterman, in Liberty county, and cac
ried off 13 negroes, 6of that gentleman's,
6 of Mr. Stacey’s, and 1 of Mr. Wil
son’s. Captain Sumner and Lieut. Biurnly
immediately pursued, and the latter, in
a thick branch on Taylor's Swamp, over
took and charged the Indiana, who fled.
The Lieutenant retook all the negroes, 3
of the Indian packs, and a couple .of their
tofnahawks, but could gei no farther fight
of the savages.
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A correfpor.dent cbferves, that, whilst
the hate of Georgia is leprobated for her
condufl with the Creek Nation, the ma
jority of her cenfuiers-are ignorant of her
situation, the territory in dispute, and the
cruel ravages of the Indians, ft is as
probable that, in the general opinion, the
Oconee lauds are luppofed to be in the
center of the Creek poffeflions, as that
they are immediately joining and forming
a neceflary part of- our (late, and have
been relinquished to us by and fettled
on thef faith of the mod folemu trea
ties. It has been likewise enoneouflf
thought that every mifehief committed
has been in confeqtience of our attacks*
So contrary is the fad, that the firfl blood'
drawn, from every rcafonablc preemp
tion, was by the Indians ; and, so far from
confining (admitting the reverse) their
predatory excursions to the quarter front
whence they were injured, the inhabitants
of the lower counties, from whom the
Creeks have never received an injury,
have experienced the utmod barbarity and
rapine, and those not only committed
during an appearance of hostility, but
continued under the formalities of a truce
agreed to under the authority and by the
Comriiiflioiiers of Congrefa. The treaty
is uow said to be poflponed till next spring
—a postponement which mull inevitably
break up the fined and richert fetelements
of Georgia. The hands of our citizens
ate tied up, whilst those of the Indians
are at liberty to carry on their depreda
tions. Surely Cougrefs will have the jus
tice to view our deplorable situation, as
it ought, and at lead give us the liberty
to adid ourfclves without offending that
augud body.
From the beff authority we are autho
rifed to contradift the report of some raif
chief having lately been done at Bird’s
Mills. But we hear of 3 negroes being
carried off on Monday night lad from Le
oonte’s plantation, in Bull town, in Liber
ty county.-
DIED.] Fox, wife of Mr. For*
tob&cconift; Miss Mary Vaughan > Mr.
George Rulfes.
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AVGUSTA, 08. 4.
His Honor the Governor arrived in
town lad Thuifday from a tour through
the Southern counties.
Congress, we hear, have finally de
termined that NEW-YORK fhail be the
place for commencing proceedings under,
the new government.
The Brig Felix, Wilson, from Liyer**
pool, is arrived at Cbaikdon.
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