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I heard them collecting together in the swamp, j
and one appeared ,qn the other fide the river
in order to recooooitr^} 1 oifi feeing no person
this fide he beckoned to thofc on this fide be
half 4)8 to. go up ; iu a few miimtes after three
of them appeared), and walked up Within 45
yndh ofjt he aiaLufc*d.e» and flopped? and
fin ding they would coinc no nearer, but turn
ed to run off, I with two others filed on them
and pursued them into the thicket, where we
fouud a rifle and two fiiot pouches, each well
furnirtied w*tfi ammunition. We then re
turned to, the Bluff, where we were fired on
from the other "fide the river. We withdrew
from the Bluff, and lay in ambufeade all
night, but heard nothing of them. Lieut.
Maxwell returned to me in the morning wit*
the troop ; we demounted, and leaving a
guard with the borfes, the remainder 1 di
vided into two parties, commanding one
rtryfelf and ordering Litut. Maxwell with the
other to go down the edge of the river, whillt
I kept farther out. Lieut. Maxwell proceed
ed about two mile down the river, and at a
/and beach found they had crossed. Two or
three of the men were at the river drinking,
when the enemy fired 12 or 14 guns at them,
and retreated into the swamp. I made all the
haste I could to get to Lieut. Maxwell, in
hopes he had fallen in with the enemy on this
fide, but found they had croiTed. I returned
to the Bluff, and would have crossed the river
immediately, but having reason to think the
enemy were much intimidated, and would
not quit the swamp in less than- two or three
days, and being badly armed and scarce of
provisions, I thought it was best to return t-o
the settlement. I remain, dear Sir, yours
sincerely.
J. WHITEHEAD, Capt.”
Articles taken from the Indians
1 rifle gun, 2 fiiot pouches, 19 balls in one
’ and 12 in the other, 2 fcalpmg knives, 2 camp
kettles, 6 blanket?,. 7 moeafoons, 4 breech
clouts, 1 otter lkin> 2 deer skins, 3000 nails,
I looking glass, 2 razors and (lone, 4 halters,
1 pint tin cup, 1 bag of parched corn flour,
2 broad hatchets, and some dried venison.
AVGUSTA Dec. 6.
On Tuefday last the General Eleftion was
held throughout this (late. The following
are the returns of the counties of Richmond
and Burke: «
Richmond County :
For the Convention: William Stith, jun..
William Stith, feni John Wereat.
For the Central Jjjlmbly:
Janies M‘Niel< 450 votes
Benjamin Few 391
William Few 358
Henry Allison # 351
Seaborn Jones 343
William Stephens 338
Jesse Sanders 337
Solomou Ellis 3 1 6
Wm. F. Booker 307
Charles Crawford 276
Sheriff: William Barnett. Clerk: Daniel
Elam.
Burke County.
For the Convention: John Powell, Thomas
Lewis, David Emanuel.
For the General /Jfemhly : David Emanuel,
Thomas Lewis, HughLawfon, Jacob Lewis,
John Morrofon, John Powell, William Lit
tle, John Shelnian, Thomas Chiffohn, John 4
M'Kenzie.
The Honorable George Read and Richard
Bassett, Efqrs. are eleCtcd to represent the
Delawaie slate in the Senate of the United
States.
The legifiature of the fiate of Connecticut
have appointed the Honorable William S.
Johnson, and Oliver . Elsworth, Efqrs. (for
their representatives in the Senate of the
United States.
Late London Newspapers advise, that the
plague was raging with violence in Turkey,
and moll of the ports of the Archipelago---
That the lickuets in the Aufirian army had ■
augmented to an alarming degree—That the
profound fecrccy with which the Grand Vizir
keeps Ins intentions, had given great uneali
nefs to the Emperor, who had ordered a con
siderable force to march to the protcClion of
the Bannat, which the Aullrians apprehend to
he in danger—That the vcucrable old Field-
Manliai Baton de Laudohn teceivcdau ordci
(nun the Emperor to go and take the com*
maud, oi the army iu Croatia, iu the place of
Prince Lichtenstein, who i a too ill to support
the fatigues the tmpe
ror’g bellowing this command on that lilu
ftrious general, of whose merit Frederic the
Great hi the higftelt terras, bad inipired
the soldiery with freft* courage, and railed
their spirits, drooping defpair, and
feeing thousands of their comrades perilh on
their right and left, in a painful state of iu
aftivity—-That a large body of troops had
actually made an irruption into the Austria«
territory in the Bannat of Teraei'wir, aud
took poffeftion of a number of villages, fume
J of which they had destroyed by lire—That
the Swedes had taken a Ruffian frigate,with 3.0
fail of merchantmen under her convoy, rich
ly laden*--That the King of Prussia was inde*
fatigable in pi sparing his army for action—
that the troops tm the confines of his king
dom were putting in the best condition ppffi
ble---and that there was talk that an army
of observation, confiding of 60,000 men,
would be speedily polled on the frontiers of
Polaud —That ail the magazines, containing
the provifious for Prince Potemkiu’s army,
were confirmed by fire at Chcrfon, on the 15th
of July---That the Ruffians had burnt two or
three villages on the borders of Finland, and
that the Swedes had, in return, carried into
Helfingfers three Ruffian frigates and five
tranfports—Thstf bread had beenfo scarce in
Normandy and in the neighbourhood of Ver
faifles, that riot's had commenced, Which the
military were called forth to difperfie ; that
government was obliged to order the price of
it to be lowered, to prevent-'a general infur
reclion—That there is a> French camp, of
20,000 men ar3t. OmerV, under the orders
of the Prince dc Coude, in which the Comte
d Artois serves as a volunteer, and another,
37 j000 men, at Metz, commanded by
Maniial Ilrog;io,a,nd in which Monlieur, (his
Moll Christian Majesty’s brother) is a volun
teer under him---That the latest dispatches
from Prance confirm the accounts of the
chauge in the French Ministry, and seem to
hint, that something more to all'
Europe was likely to take place—-That other
accounts from France state, that not only the
Parliaments will be re-eftablilhed, but that
the States General will be established on the
°f January—-That the Spaniards, not
withstanding an apparent cordiality with the
IJnglilh court, had ftriftly forbidden all sup
plies to be furniftied, in future, to the garri
lon in Gibraltar.
DIED.] Last Wediiefdsy morning, at the
Kiokies, Mrs. Appling, wife of John Appling,
Esq. very much regretted by all those who
had the pleasure of her acquaintance.
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I*l*l Vbf Printer’s indijpeiftion this'week
has p >■ evented him from pubhjhing a "wholeJheei •
GEOR GT A. *J By Lewis Gardner ,
S.) I Esq RegifterofPro-
LEWIS GARDNER, r bats for the County
- J of Richmond.
■\yHEREAS James Brown has applied
to me for letters of administration cn
theeftate and effects of James Kerr, Merchant,
1 late of Richmond county, deceased: These
are therefore to cite and admonifti all and lin
gular the kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear before me at my
Office, on the Cth day of January next, to
fliewcaufe, if any they have, why letters cf
, administration lltould not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, at my
Office, the 6th day of December,
in the year of our Lord 1788, and
in the 13th year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
Notice.
THE repairing of the road from Augusta
to Col. Mead’s mill is postponed, on
account of the weather, until Monday the Bth
day of December next, when alt persons ful •
jest to work 011 the fame are hereby requerted
and d:retted to attend with their llavcs, icc,
to work fix days- A fine of ten ihilliugs per
day is imposed by the Superior Coutt on such
a* (elute or nevleA to attend.
ROBERT FOR BYT H. ) ,
JOH N lIOW ELL, 5 Cewm n '
Jugu/la,Nw, 2 3, 17b8.
W r HERE AS my wife Elizabeth
Boyd has eloped from my
bed and board without having given
her the lead cccafion for so doing,
1 do therefore forwarn all perfons'h
Irom harbouring or concealing her,
or tru'Eing her on my account, as I
Will pay no debts of her con trading.
JOHN BOYD.
Richmond , AW. 14, 1788.
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Notice.
TH Commissioners of the town of Au
gusta will on the 10th day of Decem
ber next attend at the-Academy to receive
sealed propofais from any perfun or persons
for building a Wharf opposite the Augusta
Wbare-houfe, to be one hundred and fifty feet
front, and to extend as far as what may be
termed low water mark, to be framed with
good square pine ranging timber 12 by i 2>
piled' and filled up with stone and sand ; to be
eompleated on or before the fifft day of June
next.
By Order cf the Board ,
Win. GLASCOCK, President.
dugujla, Oa . 3, 1788.
• 1 , *
At a Meeting of the Board ofCom
mijjionen of the Town ofAugu-
Jia, the 13 th QSlober 1788.
Ordered,
THAT the Surveyor-General do
previous to the loth day of
December next proceed to lay out,
and fufficiently flake off,
lands in the lower end of the town
into lots of 80 feet front and 182
lee t deep ? that is so many of them
as art delcribed in the Plan by letter
B which will be shewn him by the v
Clerk of the Board.
And thattne fame be fold for cur
rent money, on the said 10th Decem
; ber next, at twelve o’clock, at the
Augusta Warehouse.-
By Order of the Board\
JAMES M. SIMMONS, Clerk.
To be let,
THE
New Store House
Next to the Printing-Office, just
finifhed in the completest man
ner for the reception of goods,
with a cellar 36 feet by 20. For
terms apply to the Printer.
Runaway jrom the fubfiriber >
the Jo How mg
Negroes, viz.
A NtbPvO Wench named Syl
x\ via, flout and well made, with
her child Amelia about 8 years old,
formerly the properry of Mr. Che
valier, and is well known in and
about Savannah.
Likewile, a Negro Fellow named
Jemmy, with his wife Comba, both
Him made, about 50 years of age,
of the Angola country, and have
their country marks.
Four Guineas Re-ward will be paid
on delivery cf the m to me in Savan
nah, with all realonable charges, cr
to Mr. Zimmerman in Augusta.
Thomas Mitchell\
Argurtj, Nov. 24, 1788.