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mence at the fhtion, they ran back to try to get into it, and unfortu nately rulhed in among a party of Indians lying concealed ; the lieute nant was taken, and dragged about iyards, and put to death in a moll cruel manner. Mr. A. Jackson made his escape, and got to a neighbouring station, from whence the whole fron tier was alarmed. A mr. Samuel Jackson also went out early in the morning, and fell fid!: into the hands of the lavages : he was put to death in like manner with the lieutenant. These two men were all whom the Indians killed ; they kept at too great a distance from the fort, for the peo ple in it to hurt them. The neio-hbouring; Rations One wed much alacrity in turning out to relieve the attacked Ration. Had the Indians waited a few hours longer, they would have received a severe chastisement ; but they withdrew over the Tennes see, beyond which our government reftrifls our operations again!! them. LEXINGTON, ORober 12. At a meeting of the Democratic So ciety in Lexington, on Monday the 7th inf!, the following resolution was read and ordered to lie on the table until the next meeting, and to be then taken up tor further difcufiiorl : The citizens of this commonwealth having for a series of years been anxi oufiy hoping, that the free use of an all important right, which they re ceived from nature, and-whith is now wanronly and cruelly controulcd and abused, vvou’d have been long fmee secured to them ; and finding, lb far as they have been able to gain iutelli • gence, that this event, lb inl'eparahly connected with their happiness as a civilized ?nd free people, inßead of approaching, is perhaps receding : Refoived, That the free and undis turbed use and navigation of the river Millilfipoi is the natural right'of the k-hizens of this commonwealth ; and is unalienable, except with the foil ; and that neither time, tyranny, nor profeription on the one fide, nor ac quiescence, vveaknefs, or notuufe on the other, can ever Unctify the abuse of this right. ; STAUNTON, November 16. * We are informed by a gentleman from Greenbriar, that a part of cap tain Hawkins’s company of rangers, have lately met with a defeat on the waters of Clinch ; the particulars which we are at present ableYo give . relating thereto, are—the lpies hav ing difeovered signs of Indiansa num ber of men were ordered to follow them ; one half of whom followed ihe Indian trail, and the others directed their cour'le to a gap on the mountain, through which they expected the In dians to pals. ‘The parry wiio fol lowed the trace, difeovered fome game, at which they fired ; from this difeovery, the Indians concerted mea sures to draw them into an arnbuf cade, killed three men and wounded two; the remainder made their el’-t cape. Captain Hawkins was not prejJ sent, beiii? confined With ficknels his quarters. CHARLESTON, December 12. Captain Newton, from the Havan nah, informs, that a French fleer, confiding of two feventy-four’s and fix frigates, were lately seen ernifing off Tobago, by the Britifla (loop of war Rattlesnake, which was chafed by them. This is supposed to be the fleet which failed from New York in Ochoker lall, under the command of -admiral Sercy. The American veffcls were not fuf. | sered to fell any part of their cargo [ at the Ha’vannah, not even so much I as would pay for the repairs of luch I a $ put i.i there in diilrel’s. The doors of the house of repre- I fenfatives of this Rate were Ihat on the sth anil 6th inst. the house being engaged in bufmefs of a secret nature. DECEMBER 13. Extract of a letter from a member of congress, in Philadelphia,, dated 2oth of November, to a gentleman high in office in this state. “ An Enolifh veflel that arrived o ycuerdav, brings intelligence of the total defeat of the Dutch and HaTio verian armies—They fled sixty-sour miles without halting. The hereditary prince cf Orange and his brother were both wounded. The Britilh, it is Paid, were equally drubbed ; but the papers won’t confefs it. The duke of York retreated to Courtray, and the liege of Dunkirk is fruftratefd. Mar leilles is also retaken, and the French rebels crushed. May the enemies of freedom ever meet the fame fate !” DECEMBER 14. Extraft of a letter from a member of congress in Philadelphia, dated aotii November, 1793,10 his excellency the governor of this state. “ • Dear fir, “ I feel it my duty to give you the earlies! information of the perfect re • Iteration of health to this city. Since my return la ft week, 1 have molt se dulously enquired of the mayor and the principal phylicians, and have; from them clear and strong affarance, that there is not, within the city or the environs, one person afteded with the late late malignant fever; that the contagion has ceaied, and that there is no cause for further apprthen fion.” The State of South-Carolina. By his excellency Willian Moultrie, governor and commander in chief in and over the state aforefaid : A PROCLAMATION. Whereas information has been given to me, that an armed force is now levying within this state by persons under a foreign, authority, without the permiifion, and contrary to vhe express prohibition of the government of the United States, and of this state : and whereas rneafuresof this fort, if permi ted by government, mull tend to dilturft the internal tranquility of the United States, and involve them iri hostilities with nations with whom they are now at peace, which found policy requ res should he preserved ; and as many of the citizens of this state may be induced, by the irifidious arts of the persons afting under the foreign authority as aforefaid, in vio lation of every law, as well of the United States, as that of nations, to enlii! themselves, and engage in a scheme so replete with injury to this country : I do therefo-e, in order to put an immediate flop to such unlaw ful and pernicious practices, ilfue this my proclamation, hereby firidly for bidding any person to enrol any of the citizens of this state, and prohibit ing the citizens thereof from cn'ifting under any officer, or other person, for any purpose previously fandioned the government of the United states, or of this Hate. And Ido yooticively forbid all alfemblages o! troops, unauthorized hy government, under pain of fuffering the penalties declared lay law forfeit offences. Given under my hand, and the seal of the Hate, in the town of Co y lumbia, thfs 9'h day of Decem- V. bar, in the year of our Lord one thoufaud seven hundred and ninety-three, and of the inde pendence of the United States of America the eighteenth. WILLIAM MOULTRIE. By the governor’s command, Peter Freneau, Secretary. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, December 10. The committee to whom was re ferred tiie melfage of his excellency the governor, enclofmg a letter from Alexander Hamilton, efq. secretary of the treasury of the United States. Report, that it appears from the] said letter, that a balance of one mil-* lion, two hundred and five thoufanJ,- nine hundred and l'eventy-eight dol lars, has been reported by the.com iniflioners lor fettling the accounts between the United States and the individual states, in favour of the state of South-Carolina. That it moreover appears, from the aft of the United States, palled on the sth day of Augull, 1790, that the fettle mem of the laid commissioners is final and conclulive ; and that the states m whole favour the balances are found, are entitled to have credit for the fame on the books of the treasury of the United States, and have the lame funded upon the like terms with the other part of the domestic debt ot the United States, but that the fame should not be transferable. Your committee beg leave to ob serve, that the laid balance will ena ble the public to difeharge not only that part of the debt which has nor as yet been funded, but also to make conliderable, and they hope adequate provilion for the payment of ail the ; debts which are jultly and fairly due from this state to the creditors thereof. Your committee therefore rccom ; mend, that the foregoing report be 1 printed in all the gazettes of this state, lo as the good citizens thereof, who are holders of indents and other pub lic lccurities of this state, should be i guarded againll the schemes of fpecu i lators, and prevented from parting with such indents and securities, for Conliderationsthat may be below their value. , Relolved, that this house do agree to the report. Ordered, that the several printers of this state do publilh the report in their gazettes. By order of the house, JOHN SANDFORD DART, clerk of the house of repretentauves. SAVANNAH, Dec. 21. We hear from Charleston, that o;i the night of the 7th ini!. Stephen Drayton, efq. w'as arrested there by virtue of a bench warrant, signed by two of the affodare judges, grounded on a representation of a committee of the house of representatives, Hating ‘ That divers persons, citizens of’ the state, have wickedly attempted, under a foreign authority, to levy an armed force within that state, without the permilfion and contrary to the express prohibition of the government of the United States ;’ and charging the said Stephen Drayton, as well as William Tate, Jacob Roberts Brown, Robert l ate, John Hambleton, and Richard Speake, with being feveraliy con„ cerned and employed in enrolling the citizens of South Carolina, and excit ing them to arm theinlelves in the lervice of the French republic ; and to march out of the state, under offi cers commissioned and appointed by the minilter plenipotentiary of the French republic. The house of representatives issued a warrant tofearen alt papers, records, writings, and memorandums, which might be found in custody of the per sons before named: in confequenceof which mr. Drayton’s papers were ail minutely examined, and not a paper found that could in any wife criminate him. In the course of this bufmefs, which took up several hours, the locks of mr. D.’s delk were forced, as he had re fufed to give (ip the keys. The charge against mr. Drayton, we underftaud, declares that the ar mament to be railed in South Caro lina, under him, was intended againll foiiie of the Spanilh islands. M.r- D. has publiffied a lengthy state of his case, in which he accules the lsgiflature of illegal and unconlli tucional rneafures in their proceedings againll him.—This (hall appear in our next. The inhabitants of this city, parti cularly Itore-keepers, are cautioned to be careful in securing their doors and windows ; as it appears the town is at present infelted by a gang of robbers and home breakers.—On the night of fuefday lall, a Itore on the Bay was broke open, and plundered ot several articles : Same night ano ther Itore on the Bay was attempted to be forced, but being flrongly for tified, it baffled the attempts of the midnight marauders. tk ; were yejlerday favoured with a Netv-Yorl paper °j the 2i)th ult containing London newt to the 2]tb of l-.ptemher, from which we have made the fol lowing abftralh. On the 2id September the duke of York was encamped at Werwick, close to the French, and in continual expeHution of an attack : the duke’s head quarters were near Menin,*which had luflered as much hy the pillage of the Aus trians as by the French.—A winter campaign was talked of; and the Britilh troops hoped to defend their ports better titan the Dutch had done, though they no longer entertained that contemptible opinion of their enemy, witich they did befoie the late engagement. —Artil- lery loft hy the Britilh in their ritreat from Dnnkiik, 114: viz. thrown into the river 64; left on the tield 43; lunk in the Moor 7. ns* -i* sas- PORT NEW S. entered inward. Sloop Eagle, R<f,, Lburlejiun Lively, Peace, New Tori CLEARED OUTWARD. Sloop Nancy, Stevens, Sanbury Lfie, Raft, Cf arlefhm N eptune, Greene, French Weji Indies CATONNEI’ 6• GOUPV, NE.tR TIIE COFFEE-HOUSE , Have for file, on reafonble terms, for C fk or produce, , AN ASSORTMENT OF WET 6- DRT GOODS, viz. Jamaica,W.lndia,and j nortlnvard rum /. Fr. Cogniac brandy j Hollands and north-1 ward gin—Molaffcs Cider in barrels Cherry bounce Lemon & orange juice Annifeed water Afiortment of French liqueurs Sallad and lamp oil I.avendar water I Bert Bourdeaui, Port, Malaga, Lift><>n,Te neriffe, vin-de-grave and Madeira wines Prelerved ginger, ta marinds and citron Si ;ar candy Barley sugar Sugar plumbs I Be ft bloom raisins J Muscatel ditto , Ditto in barrels Currants BeftJordanf jft-flielled. almonds , Hard ditto Spaniili filberts I Savjiiii.il>, Dec, ZT. NOTIFICATION. IN pursuance of an ORDINANCE, entitled, 4i An ordinance for railing the sum of two “ hundred pounds, to defray the cxpence in* “ curred in preventing the introduction of rna “ lignant diseases,” See. See. ( Publijbtd in mrjf. Jobnftm'sGaxritc nf Tburj~l.iv I hereby acquaint the inhabitants of t L and the hamlets thereof, that I intend meuce ihe circuit on Monday, the order to collect the returns of r property liable to pay tax under —ln hopes the butinefs will be their having the returns preiv JOHN PETE 1 ClTif TR r Savannah, D::. 20, IT) 1 Ti-IE PUBLIC EX Scholars of the be held on Friday r’ And on the follow! will deliver Oral It is hoped that Sunbury and its ■vho wifli to for institution, wil’ ance. ‘Flic btifine precisely at ui |) AN-AW IV three i wench, nan of age, low on the left in Savanna Whoever i livers her f ‘ qC be handfoi ’ w -vE. ‘ Dc:. 21, Knglifh walnuts Prunes and dried fig* Brandy fruits, of all kinds Pickles of all forts Spanilh and French 0- lives, capers, &c. Durham mustard Allfpice.ldack pepper, nutmegs,cinnamon, mace, cloves Sc llour of ginger Oranges, limes, apples, See. I,oaf and brown sugar Bert: hyion, fouchong, gtreu Sc bohea teas Coff re and chocolate C.tftile foa’p Turpentine ditto Good Poland flarch hair powder Stick Sc pot pomatum Candles of ill forts Gunpowder and lhot Gun (lints Brfi.’ea variety of other article, too tedious to enumerate.