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> Ex/raSvf a letter from Edinburgh, Dee, I.
« Yesterday being St. Andrew’s Day* the
tutelar Saint of Scotland, the Matter* and
Wardens of the different Lodges of Free and
Accepted Masons of the city and neighbour
hood, with proxies from others fitpated in
more distant parts, ract'this day at tVo o’clock
in the New Church aide, for the purpose of
cleft mg officers of the Grand Lodge for the
year cnfuing, when the following were cho
sen: v,
Right Hon. Lord Napier, Grand Matter.
Right Hon. Lord Binning, Deputy Grand
-- Matter.
Thomas Hay, Esq. Sub Grand Matter.
John Stuart, jun. of Allanbank, Esq. Senior
Grand Warden.
James Wolfe Murray, Esq. Junior Grand
Warden.
John Hay, Esq. Grand Treasurer.
Mr. William Mason, Grand Secretary.’
Rev. Mr. John Touch, Grand Chaplain.
Mr. Robert Meicle, Grandderfe.
« After the eleftion the Brethren dispersed,
there being no proceflion or entertainment as
vfua! on the occasion, on account of hi 9 Ma
jesty’s inciifpofuion.”
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PETERSBURG, Pel. 19.
A farmer who reficJefr near the river StfT
qnchanna, has lately made two barrels offweet
oil (equal to the present olive oil) out of
hickory nuts, by Ample expreflion. One half
of the smallest fpccies of thefc nuts, viz, flie
thell bark yielded by an experiment 30 drops
6f oil. The oil obtained from tbefe delicious
liuts has been used in diet, and, from the want
of oil of an inferior quality, has-been burnt m
bmps. Every day’s experience serves to
convince us of the resources of our country
for wealth and happiness. The hiflorians of
future ages, in recording the events of the
American revolution, willprobably write as
follows: : —“ The United States published a
' declaration of their independence upon Great-
Britain on the 4th July, 1776, but this was
only a nominal aft.—They returned in the
>ear 1783 to their aucient habits of affec
tion and dependence upou Great-Biitain :
iheir clothing, furniture, carnages, and many
o-thet articles of their provisions, were all of
Drill ft* tnanufaftory. In vain did the Bri
tilh miuifiry negleft and insult their returning
attachment —it was not till the year 1788“ that
the Americans awaked'from their deep on the
Jap of their ftep-motber, and proclaimed, by
their induflryaud economy, that they were a/*
independent people.-’
CHARLESTON, March T (*•
Yeflerday the Hottfe of Rep relent at ives
V agreed to a proportion for layiig a
\ dollar per head on negroes fo tj the term of
\ten )• irs, the firft payment be made in
Vvlarch 1791, to be appropriate solely to the
Vyment of the foreign creditp of this state,
\addition to several balancepue upou fun
\ fpecialtics cS individuals!
Vwas hated, iii a short deotc on the above
the credit of U congreffioual
fo* e YiVlefot was so good at jifent in Europe,
owiu\t\ the inter est beins/regularly paid,
that- tiil Vincia*l was gei>e/lly at about 95
per cc it. \ * /
An/Kon\rable Memb e *p reffe dan un-
tvagtee with t/ proportion, be
caufetbe House did not pJefs any power to
eftabiith permanent laws,? fucceediug Le
giflaturescould repeal anyvhicb were in ex
ittcuce ; but this doftri of was* contradiftetl
by a ftlhfequent Ipeaker, f ho* urged, thar, if
once the propolitioa pas into a law, it be
came a com pa ft, wbieh/ 1 ® new Conftitutioa
cxprcisly guarded fro/ alteration in that
.datJie where it was ttafl that uo ttate Ihou Id
pals any Jaw to iiipaionc obligation of con
trails. -•- -1 • 7
There i* not egpitcr nuisance than the
number of dogs *hir arc kept in this city;
'he eoiHcquenccs <f yiich are some times fa
tal, the following .$ Recent inttance s—About
three months linqr }r. Trefco*, a s usual, feht
l»is fun to school, )U tlcr the care of a negroc
boy about 15 yeagdd t the negfo on his re
turn home paflintffe house of a Mrs. Shut
ter ling, was at raid by two dogs, fee on
him as the boy jfitively affeited, by two
youug men who U>d door, he was
bn in the back nl lege, and when carried
home the woundre citanfed end dretVed,
end bm# Ample fngaiives given hinu he
IwiiweA well end bund*/ 1011, whin he
complaiued of being very sick; on Monday
lie was seized with the hydrophobia, and on
' Wednesday night expired.
According to the following relation from
a perfonjuft returned from the Labrador coast,
the imitative faculty in monkeys fcems to ex
ceed every thing rtiort of human.—A sailor
having a number of red woolen caps,
ice. todifpofeof among the natives, went on
' ftiore for that purpofc ; hi 9 way to a fettle
nient lying through a wood’verjicopibufly in
habited by the species above mentioned, and
it being mid-day, put a cap on his bead, and
laying the othef3 by his fide, he determined
upon a little repose under the ftiado of a plan
tane tree! To his utter artonirtiment, when
lie awoke, from the fpeciinen he had given
his imitative observers of the ufeof his caps,
he beheld a number of them upon the heads
of the monkeys in the trees, round abotit
him, while the wearerswete chattering in an
unusual manner. Finding every attempt to
regain them fruitlefs, he at length, iifa fit of
rage and disappointment, aud under the sup
position the one he retained was no: Worth
r takiug away, ice. pulled the fame froni his
head, and throwing it Upon the ground, ex
claimed, “ hero d—n you, take it .amongst
ye,” which he had uo fooncr done, than, to his
great fiirprife, the obfervaut monkeys did the
fame-,* by which means he regained the great
est part of his property.
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AVGUSTA. April 4.
On Monday last the Honorable the Exe
cutive were pleased to appoint the Honorable
Edward Telfair, Esq. a Commiflioucr of In
dian Affairs, in the room of General Mathews,
eletted a Representative to Cong refs : but
who declined serving on account of his state
of health.—And on Wednesday last, the Ho
norable Henry Olborne, Ei’q. was appointed
in his fteadi who has accepted, and entered
on the duties of the appointment.
Several /mall parties of Indians have been
lately in the counties of Franklin and Greene,
stealing horses. The inhabitants in attempt
ing to recover their property have unavoid
ably had several ikirinilhes with them, aiid
some blood has been fpilt on both sides : but
our accounts are too vague to venture on par
ticulars. It imift, however, be oblerved,
that it is a Grange way of pieferving a truce,
to fend armed plunderers into- the adverse
country,; and when they are attii eked, a great
• cry is made again ft the back-pen fie /
111 the New-York Packet of the 23d' of ja
’ nuary a?e pobliftied copies of the account cur
rent, and' Other papersdaid before the Artem
bly of that Gate, at their present i'ftifioil-; by
Gerrard Bancker, Esq. Treasurer.
By an abflratt ftom the Tieaforer’s cafti
account of receipts front the ill of January
to the 31G December, i;S3, rt appears th'at
he had received in that year, from the Col
lector of the Customs, 70,298 b Bs. 4d v . (that
currency) as Muty paid oh imports. This
fruitful source of revenue will in future be
paid into the Treasury of the United States,
from all the states, and form a pillar to sup
port the general government in that refpettable
situation which the friends of America wifi)
for.
In CONGRESS, Sept. 13, 1783.
On the report of the Committee, ice. to
whom was referred the report of the Secre
tary for foreign affairs, on a motion of the
. Delegates cf Nortb-CaToliua, Rating the un
easiness produced by a report—TbatCougrefs
are disposed to treat with Spain for the sur
render of* their claim to the navigation of the
Mifiifippi, and proposing a resolution intended
to remove fuel) apprehensions :
Rt/olvod, That the said report not being
founded on fad, the" Delegates be at liberty
to communicate allfuchcircumftances as may
be neceflary to contradict the fame, and to
remove tnifconceptions.
Re/elved , That the free navigation of the
river Milfifippi, is a clear and efi'entsal right
of the United States, aud that the fame ought
to be considered and supported as such.
CHARLES THOMSON, &rVy.
A Copy*
T U G OL6 E, 8, Carolina, Nov, 14, 1788*
Mr* Printer, ,
«! mud rerjnert the favor to give the follow •
J iug iiMfiiitfcncc a plic* iu your paper, which
2 have just from }ohn Weatherford, who is
immediately from the Creek Nation.
He fays that an old gentlewoman, whose
name is Brown, with five of her daughters
and one son, are now prisoners in the Creek
Nation; that lhe was bought by Mr. John
Colfin, for four pieces of ftroud, and one
hone load of powder and lead, and by whom
flie is treated exceedingly kind.
He fays, that in course of conversation wih
Mrs. Brown, (he informed him that they were
going down the TcneiTee, but were decoyed
on Ihore, by a Cherokee half breed under a
flag; by means of which the greatert part
were murdered : her husband jumped over
board, and was drowned. The negroes, to
gether with some ftilis, were taken off- to
wards Detroit, by the French at the Muscle
Shoal. She also informed him, tflrat lhe left
three of her party prifouertat Chickamawgua,
but did not mention who they were; lam
told by a'Chrokee fellow that one of them is
a lad, and works in silver, his friends may
perhaps know him by that. lam now pre
paring to fend an eXprefs to Mr. M‘Gillivray,
in order to'-obtain Mrs. Brown; ibould I not
succeed, (hall request him to give her liberty
to write every particular circumstance, which
I rtiall take cate to fend where The duetts.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
JO. MARTIN, Ind. Agent, U. N. S.
BROUGHT to me some time in
March laft* a Negro man nam
ed Jt'eter, lays he is of the Congo
’ country, fpeate very* bad Englilh;
about 30 years of age, 5 feet 6or 7
inches high* and is very remarkable
by having his country marks on each
of his breast borres, and others down
along his belly below his navel, and
has his left thumb crooked, which*
as he jays, was done by a gun burst
ing in his hand when in his own
country.- Any person or persons
claiming the said Negro, by proving
. his or her property, and applying to
me in Burke county,, may have him
on paying charges.
* James Lewis', S. B. C.
May 15, 1788.
THE Copartnerfhip of Watts &
JL Cole being diflblved, it is re
quested that all those who have any
1 demands may make application, and
those indebted to said concern are
. defived to make payment to me.
EDWARD WATTS.
March 12, 1789.
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T*HE proprietor of the hills aud plane,
j from Bugg’s and Campbell’s lines, on
the old trading pa‘ ? \ to Rae’s old line ,on
the Indian Sprihg, for the fake of decency iu
others, and of justice to himfelf, requcjls y that
those persons who have so long been in the
prattice of cutting dowi>j and carrying off and
consuming, the lumber and fire-wood trees,
to desist from such illegal proceedings.—Fie
perfectly understands the value of the lands,
as an appendage to the growing town of Au
gusta, or he would not have taken the early
pain 3he did to acquire them. They are bia
right: but it is not his desire to perpetuate a
monopoly of them ; and will, therefore, dis
pose of parcels, upon liberal terms, to gen
tlemen for village or fummereftablilhraent.
# t* Enquire of the Primer,
To be Leafed ,
On very reafonabte terms , jor one
year or longer,
The House and Premises
Thereunto appertaining, including
two acres of land, wherein Mr, Ro*
bert Bonner redded. Applv to
Tbomat Co/e, ,