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s.K’.e?against '.’-e »•. tiVi laslßsM and l'.ui at Wyoming, Cherry Valley, iaml along the Mohawk river, will belong remembered. “ Whilst these horrid barbarities Were practised against the husbandmen on the antier, a parcel os peltry was taken troiu the hostile Indians by the troops which were employed against them. Os this the sollowing account was given bv captain Gernsh, os the New-England militia, in a dispatch, dated, Albany, JVlarch 7, 1782.” Extract srom •rapt. G*s. Letter , “ The peltry taken in the t xpedition will, as you see, amount to a great deal os money. Ihe possession os this booty at sirst gave us pleasure s but we vvrri struck will) horror to sind among tin. 1 packages, eight laige ones, containing si alps os our unsortunate countrysolks, taken in the three last years by the S nr ca Indians, srom the inhabitants os the srontiers os Niw-Vork, New-Jersev, Penns)lvania and Virginia, and sent by them as a present io Coi. Ilaldimond, Governor os Canada, in order to be bv him transmitted to England. 1 hey were accompanied by the sollowing cutious letter to that ossicer “ Moj jk Crawsord’s letter to Gov. Hal dimond oj .sie bee. “ s’ioga, January J, 1778. “ May it please your Excellency , “ At the request os the Seneca Chiess, I send herewith to your Exci llency, un- j ci« r tlie care os J. Lloyd, eight packs os scalps, cured, dried, hooped and painted, with all the Indian triumphal marks os which the sollowing is an explanation : 44 No. 1. Containing 43 scalps os Con gress soldiers, killed at disserent skir mishes: these are stretched on black hoops, 4 inches in diameter; the inside c-s the skin painted red, with a small Hack spot to denote their being killed with bullets; also, 62 sarmers killed in their houses, the hoops red, the skin painted brown, and marked with a hoe ; n black circle all round, to denote then being surprised in the night, and a black hatchet in the middle, to denote their heii g killed with lint weapon, 44 No. 2. Containing 93 os sarmers, kill ed in their houses ; hoops red, sigure a hoe, to mark their prosession—great white circle and sun, to shew they wen surprised in the day time ; a little red soot, to shew they stood on their de sence, and died sighting sor their lives and samilies. 44 No. 3. Containing 97 os sarmers ; hoops green, to shew they were killed in the sields ; a large white circle, with a little round mark on it lor the sun, to s>lu w it was in the day time; black hul let mark on some, hatchets on others. 44 No. 4. Containing 102 sarmer’s, mixed os the several mirks above ; onlv i 8 marked with a yellow slame, to de note their being os prisoners burnt ali v • , aster being scalped, their nails pulled on' hy the roots, and other torments ; one <- the latter is supposed to be a rebel cler g’ man, bis hand being sixed to the hoop cd his scalp. Most os the sarmers ap pear by their hair to have been young oi middle apt d men; there being but 67 very grey heads amongst them all— which makes the service more essential. “ No. 5. Containing 81 scalps os wo mi n ; bail* long, and braided in the In <lian sashion, to shew they were mothers, h mps blue, skin yellow, ground with lit tle red tadpoles, to represent, by wav ol triumph, the tears ot gries occasioned by their relations ; a black scalping knist or hatchet at the bottom, that they were knocked down dead, or had their brains knocked out. 44 No. G. Containing 103 boy’s scalps <js various agt s; small green hoops, whitish ground on the skin, with red tears in the middle, and black bullet marks, knise, hatchet or club, as their deaths happened. No. 7. i his package is a mixture os ;dl the varieties above mentioned, to the number os 122; with a bow os birch bark, containing 20 little insant’s scalps <>l various sizes; small white ground, no tears, and only a little black knise in the middle, to shew they were ripped cut ol their mother’s bodit s. V* ith these packets, the chiess send to your excellency the sollowing speech, delivered b) the Coneiogatchie, in coun cil, interpreted by the elder Moore, the trader, and taken down by me in writ ing.” 44 SPEECH “ Cs the Senecas to Gov. Haldimond. 14 E athek—VVc send you herewith many scalps, that you may sec that wc are not idle sriends. [A blue belt.] 44 lather —Wc wish you to send these sculps over the waters to the great Kmq, that he may n gard them and be rts reshed , and that he may see our saithsulness in destt oying his enemies, and be convinced that his presents have not been made to ungratesul people. [A blue and white bell w ith reel tasse Is,] Father —Attend to what I am now g mg to s..\ —u is a matter os much Weight. Ihe great King’s enemies are many, and they grow many, and they grow sist in number. 1 hey were sor mtrly like young panthers; they could neither bite nor scratch; we could play with them sasely; we seared nothing the v could da unto us. But now their un dies are become bigas the tlk, and strong as the bussalo ; they have also got great and sharp claws. They have driven u» >ut os our country sor taking part in your quarrel. We expect the great King will give us snotsici country, that our chil dren may live aster us, and be his sriends and children as we are. Say this sor us to the great Kiig. To ensorce it wc give this belt. {si great white belt blue tassels.] «Zr Father —We have only to say sa ther, that your traders now exact more sor their goods than they ever did be sore ; and our hunting is lessened by 'slit war, so that we have sewer skins to give sor them. 1 his ruins us. Think ot some remedy. We are poor, and yon have plenty os every thing. We know you will send us powder and guns, knives and hatchets; but we also want shirts and blankets. [A little White belt.] 44 s do not doubt but your Excellent) will think it proper to give some surther encouragement to those honest people. I he high prices they complain os are tht necessary essects os the war. Whatever presents mav be sent sor them through im hands, shall be distributed with pru j deuce and sidelity. “ JAs. CRAWFORD.” - aggßgjjgMMMngaea tgg t tjw.yytS: l w LATEST FOREIGN CHARLESTON, December 1. By the sast sailing ship Baltic, Messroon, we have received our siles os London and Liverpool papers, •> the 19th os October* Interesting extracts srom them sollow. Mr. Munroe lest London sor Cowes on the 15th os October ; srom which lat ter port he sailed in a sew days aster. It was reported in London on the 19th os October, that anernbargohad been laid upon all British vessels in the ports os Russia. London Gazette, OFloher 17. BY THE KINO— A PROCLAMATION, For recalling and prohibiting seamen sr‘nm serving soreign Primes and States. George R. Whereas it hath been represented unto us, that great numbers os mariners Iksea-saring men, our natural born subjets, have been enticed to enter into the #rs vice os soreign states, and are now actu ally serving as well on board the ships os war belonging to the said soreign states, is on board the merchant vessels bclong mgto their subjects, notwithstanding our sormer proclamation, recalling them, con trary to the duty and allegiance which our said subjects owe unto us, and to the great dis-service os their native country ; we have, theresore, thought it necessary, it the present moment, when our king dom is menaced and endangered, and when the maritime rights, on which its power and greatness do mainly depend, are disputed and called in question, to. publish, by and with the advice os our privy council, this our royal proclama tion : We do hereby strictly charge St com mand all masters os ships, pilots, mari ners, ship-wrights, and other seasaring men, being our natural-born subject-,, who may have been enticed into the p; y or service os any soreign state, or tin serve in any soreign ship or vessel, that, sorthwith, they and every one os them do (according to their bounden duty and al ii giance, & in consideration that their na tive country hath need os all the it services) withdraw themselves, and depart srom, and quit such soreign services, and do return home to their nativecountry ; ordo enter on board such os our ships os war as they may chance to sall in with, eith roa the high seas, or in any rivers, waters, hasens, roads, ports or places whatsoe ver or wheresoever. And, sor the better execution os the purposes os this our royal proclamation, we do authorise and command-til captains, masters and others commanding our ships •and vessels os war, to stop St make stay os ill 81 every such person or persons (being "ur natural-born subjects) as shall endea vor to transport or enter themselves ini) the service os any soreign state, contrar? to the intent and command os this roy;l proclamation; and to seize upon, tak. and bring away all such persons as asore said, who shall be sound to be employe! or serving in any soreign merchant ship or vessel as asoresaid—hut we do strict!/ enjoin all such our captains, masters and others, that they do permit no man to go I on board such ships and vessels belonging to states at amity with us, sor the purpose os so seizing upon, taking, and bringing away such persons as asoresaid, sor whose discreet and orderly demeanor the said captains cannot answer ; and that they d,o • take especial rare |hat no unnecessary violence be done or oss red to the vessv I or to the remainder os the crew, srom out os which such persons shall be taken. And in case os theiV receiving insorma tion os any such person or persons being mp’oyed, or Serving on board os anv hip os war belonging to such soreign state, being a state at amity with us, wc do authorise and command our captains, masters and others, commanding our ships os War, to re quire os the captain or ommander os such soreign ship os war, hat he doth sorthwith release and dis charge such person or persons, being our natural-bo! n subject or subjects ; ami d such release and discharge shall be resus ed, then to transmit insormation os such resusal to the commander in chies os the squadron, under whose orders such cap tain or ommander shall be the n serving; which insorma’ion the said commander in chies is hereby strictly directed and en joined to transmit, with the least possible lelay, to our minister residing at the scat os government id that Mate to which the oaid soreign ship os war shall belong, or to our lord high admiral, or lords com missioners os tne admiralty, sor the time being, in order that we, b< ing apprised is such proceeding, may sorthwith direct be necessary sips to be taken sor obtain .g redress srom the government to which .-.ach soreign ship os war shall belong, sor the injury done to us by the unwarranted detention os our natural-born subjects in the service os a soreign state. And whereas it has Further been repre sented unto ua, that divers mariners and seasa v lng men, our natural-born subjects, have been induced t<> accept letters os na turalization, trr ccrnsli*u» (J s citizenship, 1 srom soreign states, and have been umgtit ‘ to believe that, by such letters or certisi cates, they are discharge d srom that duty cl allegiance which, as our natural-born subjects they owe to us ; now, we do hereby warn all such mariners, seasaring men and others, our natural-bornsuhjects, that no such letters os naturalization, or certisicates os citizenship, do, or can, in any manner, divest our natural-born sub jects os the allegiance, or in any degree alter the dut) which they owe to us their lawsul sovereign. But, in consideration *’s the error into which such mariners and seasaring men as asoresaid may have been led, we hereby publish and declare our sree pardon to all suc h our subjects, who, repentingos the delusion under which the) have acted, shall immediately, upon knowledge os this mir royal proclama tion, withdraw themselves srom soreigt service, and return to their allegiance to us; and we do declare, that all such out .subjects who shall continue in the set vice os soreign states, in disregard and contempt os tins our royal proclaim tion, will not only incur our just dtsplea sure, but are liable to be proceededagauis' sor such contempt, and shall be proccedt d against accordingly ; and we do herebv declare, that is such masters os ships, pilots, mariners, seamen, shipwrights, or other seasaring men, (being our natui - al-born subjects) shall be taken in an) soreign service by the Algerines, or othci Barbary powers, and carried into slavery, they shall not be reclaimed by us as sub jects os Great Britain. And we do surther notisy, that all such our subjects as asoresaid, who have vo luntarily entered, or shall enter, or vo luntarily continue to serve on board os any ships os war belonging to any soreign state at enmity with us, are and will be guilt) os high treason ; and we do by this our royal proclamation declare, that the) shall be punished whh the utmost seven ty os the law. Given at our Court, at the Ssueen's Pa lace ', the sixteenth day os October, one thousand eight hundred and seven, and in the sorty-seventh year os cur reign sslg Tenth Congress os’ the U. btates. House or RepkesentatiVes, Wednesday , November 11. Mr. Dawson said, a number os gen tlemen in the house had expressed much seeling on the subject os the injuries which had been received srom a soreign power, and seemed desirous os a minute enquiry into the business. He rejoiced at these expressions os indignation.— Whether it would become proper nut on ly to speak, but to act, depended on cir cumstances not within ihtir control. He was Insormed by the Secretary os War. that there were in the magazines os the United States, a great number os stand' os arms, os our own manusacture, which were daily increasing. It appeared that some ot the states were in want os arms; the distribution os these would lie ser viceable both to the United States and t< the states individually. For this reason he moved the sollowing lesolution : Resolved . That a committee be appoint ed to enquire into the expediency ot selling to the individual states or territo ries, who may wish to purchase, anv arms or ordnance owned by the United \ s \ States, and which tv..., }.? ; < without i j-iry to the public; and tlnu, the)- report by bill or otherwise. Air. Nelson had no obj ction to the principle embraced by *.he resolution, Due thought it was impr< p- rly reserred. /Id moved that the resolution should be amended so as to reser it to the commit tee on ?o much os the President’s mes sage as relates to military establishments, ike. Mr. Dawson had no objection. 1 he resolution thus amended was a grecu to. Monday, November IC. Mr. M. Clav moved the sollowing scsolution, which was adopted. Rcsolved , that a committee be ap pointed to empire whether any, and is any, w ha* alterations are neeessary to be made in the militia lavs, and that they report hy bill or othet wise. Inss day. November 17. THE FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE. Air. Blount srom the committee to whom was reserred so much os the mes sage os the President as relates to ag gressions, See. made a report. Phe report commences with an ex pression os sensibility at the outrage committed on the Chesapeake, states tho receipt os insormation relative thereto Irotn the state and navy departments, re presents a general view os the circum stances, observes that it might be said 1 to have been incontestihly proved that Wrn. Ware, John Strachart and Daniel Martin are citizens os the United States ; but the committee add that they consider it unnecessary sor them nr the house, to to go into any enquiry oh that part os die subject, as, hi ihcir opinion; whe ther the men taken srom the Chesapeake were or were not citizens os the United States, an el whether the Chesapeake was or was not within the acknowledged li* mils os the United States, at the tints they were taken, the character os the act os taking them remains the same. From the soregoing sacts it appears to vour committee that the outrage com mitted on tile srigate Chesapeake has been stamped with circumstances os indignity nd insult, os which there is scarcely tt# be sound a parallel in the history os ci vilized nations, and requires only the sun tion oi the governnu nt, undercolor os whose authority *t was perpetrated, to make it just cause os, is not an irresisti ble call sur, instant and severe retaliation- Whether it will receive that sanction, or )c disavowed, and declared an unautho* risecl act os a subordinate cssicer, re« mdns to be determined by the answer which shall be given to the demand os xplanatiun. 'I Mat answer, now daily xpectecl, will either sink the detestable u t into piracy, or expand it to the mag utude os premeditated hostility against he sovereignty and independence os th:s nation ; and Until its true character shall lie sixed and known, your committees deem it expedient td decline expressing itiy opinion as to the measures proper tt> lie adt pled in relation to it. But as other acts os aggression have been committed within our ports and waters by BrittiU ships os w ar, as well anterior as posterior to this, some ol them manisesting the same disrtgard os our national rights, and seeming to slow srom the same con tempt lor the authority os our laws ; and especially as the British squadron, os which the Leopard was one, aster being uotiticd or the President’s proclamation, ordering them to depart srom the waters os the United States, which they knew had been published in consormity to au j act os Congress, anchored within tho Capes os Chesapeake Bay, and in thac situation remained capturing American vessels, tun within cur acknowledged territorial limits, ard sending them to Halisax sor adjudication—impressing sea men on boat d American 1 essels—siring' n vessels and boats os all desciptionsr * vavlng occasion to pass near them in pur suit os their lawsul trade, and occasir nal ■> denouncing threats, calculated to alarm, aid irritate the good people os the Unit td States, particularly the inhabitants os Norsolk and Hampton—all which sacts are substantiated by the accompanying documents. No, Ito 6. Ihe committee are os opinion, that it is expedient tea provide more essectually sor the protec :ion cl our ports and harbors; but nor, being pupared to report specisically on u.at sui-ject, they ask surther indulgence os the house, am! beg leave to submit sor their consideration the sollowing rtsolu 'ion : . That the attack rs the Bri tish ship ot war Leopard on ihc United Mates srigate Chesapeake, was a slagrant violation os the Jurisdiction os the Unit el States, and that the continuance os the British squadron (os which the Leo pard was oik) in their waters, alter be ing notisied ot the proclamation os the.. President os the United States, ordering them then to depart the same, was a sar '.her violation thereos. I ne report was reserred to a committee os the whole cn Mondav, i