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-bur neighborhood, to go |p Malden,
must for the present be a matter of
conjecture—*but a knowledge of their
conduct immediately after the Peace of
1783, and during the Indian war, termi
nated by the treaty of Greenville, fur
nishes a ground for strong suspicions
as to their motives at this time.
« Probably, the famous project of
Tecumseh, with respect to the purchase
.of Indian lands, is to be revived, and
possibly the frontiers of the Territories
are through'their machinations to be
harrassed by an Indian war for several
years. We may get along with the
small tribes of Wabash ; but if recent
advices from the Mississippi are correct,
a general peace will not be obtained
‘Until the savages are severely chastised.
INDIAN COMMISSIONERS.
Their excellencies Wm. Clark, and
Niman Ed wands, and Col. A. Chouteau,
a respectable inhabitant of longstanding
.have been commissioned by the Presi
dent of the United States to treat with
hostile Indians on the Mississippi
and its waters. They have been enga
ged, in this town for two or three days
past, in discharge of preliminary duties
required by their stations.
Thus the government are taking the
most active measures to fulfil with great
exactness the provisions of the treaty of
Ghent. Apprized of the, little faith to
be reposed in the functionaries of Great
Britain, the Executive of the United
States seems determined to leave no
room for the slightest censure- Futpre
events will be completely guarded a
gainst. • ?
It is understood that the instructions
received, are confined to a mere treaty
of peace. This is certainly judicious:
and should it be in the least violated by
the savages, it is hoped a public license
will issue to our citizens to avenge the
death of those who have sunk beneath
the tomahawk.
St. Louis papery May 13.
St. Louis, ( U. L .) May 22.
Maj.Nhthan Boon arrived in town
last evening, and brings the melancho*
* ly news, that on Saturday morning last
about 15 Indians approached the dwel
ling house oi Mr* Robert Ramsay, of
Saint Charles county—killed three of
the children* and dangerously wounded
him and his wife. Os the recovery of
Mrs. Ramsay there is no hope, ihe
children were script and and horribly butch
ered. Mr Ramsay lives about two
ir iiesfiom the old Qiarette village, in
the heartot an important settlement; &
not more than sixty miles hence. Ont
of the little children of the family made
his escape and sounded the alarm. ; The
Neighbors, as soon as they could, gave
pursuit, but as yet nothing has been
heard from them*
The lnd ; ans who have committed the
above atrocious murder, are no doubt a
patt hellish bands who rendez
vous at Rock River; to whom a pipe
has been sent, and to whom a messenger
is now bound ( Mr. Hays of CahokiaJ
to invite them to consummation of the
Ghent Treaty#
It cannot for a moment be believed
that a treaty will bind these inhumam
butchers ; nothing but examplary chas
tisement will teach them to respect our
borders* f'l ••'-’"•A. ‘
May ST.
Col. Russel has politely favored me
With the perusal of letters from Capt,’
Musick and Gray, of the Rangers,
which give information that on Wed
nesday last (the 24ih) a party of our
men was attacked near Fort Howard by
about 50 Indians—that the troops from
the foi X under Capt- Craig, immediately
repaired to the scene of action and en
gaged the Indians; that shortly after
Captain Musick joined in the affaiiw
and a warm battle ensued. The num
bers were about equal; but before the
affair closed a party of the Indians en
trenched themselves in a Sinkhole, and
perfectly secured themselves from the
powerful exertions of our troops* At
dark the rangers retired, and next mor
ning found five Indians killed on the
ground, and the appearance of many
more having been killed* ; ; The action
lasted a considerable time* ,We lost
Captain Craig, Lt. Spears, and five men
killed—tour wounded and one missing*
Fort Howard is within a few miles of
Cap au Ges, beyond the Mississippi*
Chxlicotxk, fOhioJ June 1*
The surveyors lately sent to lay out
the military bounty lands in the Michi
gan teritory, have returned without ac
complishing that object ; the Indians
having refused them permission to
survey the lands in question, under pre
tence that the chiefs whe signed the
treaty by Which those lands were ceded
so the U.S. had no right to make the
cession, inasmuch as the country did
not belong to them, A fresh Indian
\yar appears more than probable.
ALGERINE WAR.
Verbal accounts, by the cartel Royal
Sovereign, state that the Dutch govern
ment had purchased two English frigates
at Plymouth, which with two Dutch
frigates that put in there in distress,
some time since, were preparing for sea,
and it was expected would sail shortly
for the Mediterranean, to operate with
our squadron, against the Algerines.—
The Dutch officers at Plymouth were
particularly attentive to the Aiftericans;
and they often expressed the hope that
they might have the honor of acting in
concert with our squadron.— -Col.
Boston, June 18.
From a gentleman, a passenger in
the brig Pallas, arrived last night from
Cadiz, we learn that on the 14th May
admiral Fleming arrived off Cadiz from
Gibraltar. The day on which he left
there, spoke a vessel in a short passage
from Leghorn, the Captain of which in
formed,, that Murat had declared the
whole of Italy a republic ; and that there
had been a battle between the Austrian
and Murat’s army, in which the latter
had the advantage s—That ten sail of
the line left Gibraltar on the 29th April
under Siy Edward Pellew, for tbe Me
diterranean That Spain had declared
w*r against France, signed at Madrid,
the 2d May s—And that the French ar
my was reported at 480,000 men. >
It was reported at Cadiz but not gen
erally known, that the Algerine squad
ron, consisting of only ten sail, were out
of the Straits. June 2d, lat. 40, long.
19, passed a squadron of men of war
ships in a gale, at 12 o’clock at night ;
supposed to have been Commodore
Decatur’s squadron.
By the brig Grenada, which arrived
at this po»t yesterday, we have received
Gibraltar papers to the’ 9th May, but
they are > barren of intelligence. We
learn, verbally, that at that tune
Vie Algerine squadron had not passed
i-ito the Atlantic.
Four American seamen had been re
centlyimpressed into the British service
at Gibraltar, and would probably be de
tained, there being no consul at that
port to reclaim them— {Mark this /]
WASHINGTON, June 21.
Since the re-establishment of peace*
the frontier of the U S. bordering on
Mexico, will, we expect, attract the at
tention of many of the enterprising emi
grants from the Atlantic states. A letter
from a gentleman who has recently re
moved thither, to his friend in this city,
speaks in flattering terms of Natchito
ches, a place which many of us in this
part of the world have been in the habit
of regarding as almostbeyond the bounds
of civilization. The town, he says, is of
a respectable size ; and being the key
to Mexico, it may be expected to be
come a populous city.
Ihe country below that point, on the
Red River, is as well peopled generally
as the banks of the Mississippi. It is
scarcely a dozen years since not more
than one man in a thousand had ever
of that river, which is shortly to
become as important to the United
States as the Potomac or the Ohio—
Int .
_ u Jnne 24.
* ” e . Editors have received through
the politness of a higly respected friend,
a copy (in the Spanish language ) of
the Declaration of war by the King of
Spain against the Emperor of France.
Unfortunately they are not sufficently
acquainted with the Spanish language
to venture upon a translation. They
will however endeavor to procure a trans
lation oiit to be made without delay.
It is dated at the royal place at Madrid,
on the 2d of May, 1815, signed # Fer
nando,” 8c countersigned « Pedro Ceval
los.” The title of it runs thus: Mani
festo of the justice, importance and ne
cessity of the design of the King our
Lord to oppose the aggression of the
Usurper Bonaparte, to procure the re
pose and tranquility of Europe, and to
protect the interest of humanity 8c reli
gion, in: alliance with the Sovereigns
whd signed at Vienna, the declaration
of the 13th March in the present year.
Printed at the royal Press, by order of
the King— Nat. Int.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITERS.
Two persons calling themselves Nor-
XL Nelms, and Vachel Smith, were
apprehended in this place on Sunday
evening last, on a charge of having cir
culated counterfeit Bank bills. Their
conduct previous to their commitment
kad excited considerable suspicion.
They reached this place on Saturday
evening last> and stopped at one of pur
taverns.—Smith requested, his host to
take more than ordinary care of his sad
dle—and repeated the? request with ex
treme solicitation. This unusual Con
duct induced a search to be made) when
ten hundred and zO dollars , in counterfeit
bank bills was found carefully wrapped up
within the padding of the saddle . The
gentry were immediately com mi ted to
Jail) and their persons closely searched ;
and nineteen hundred and twent-five
dollars) of the same base stamp was like- *
wise found in the possession of Nelms •
The bills consisted of s’s and 20*son
the Bank of Pensylvania—2e*s on the
Bank of New- Ark—.2o’s, on the Elkton
Bank of Maryland—and s*B on the State
Bank of South-Carolina. Some of the
signatures are fictitious ; and those not
so, but .badly imitated. The engra
ving is generally pretty well executed,
and would deceive a superficial obser
ver.
Smith and Nelms appear to be the
active agents of an. txtensive fraternity
of counterfeiters. Various letters were
taken from Nelms, addressed to him by
persons evidently concerned in his villa
iny. To avoid detection, the dates and
signatures of all, except one, have been
carefully torn off. One of his correspon
dents strenously advises him to visit
Mobile with a large supply qff* Virgin
ia paper/’ at jvhich place, says he, they
trade well* Another, who appears to be
a principal confederate and the superin
tendant of a deposit and manufactory in
Washington county, Mississippi Terri
tory, writes to him, that they are going
on swimmingly— and modestly adds,
there is “ nothing wanting complete
the speculation but the appearance pf
a Mr. Roy.
Nelms is an old offender, and has for
along time trampled upon the laws of
his country with impunity We hope
he may no lpnger evade the grasp of
justice. |
Georgia Argus •
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THURSDAY, JULY i3.
Our last advices from Europe state
that Mr. Crawford had left France, and
was tp sail from Plymouth, Eng. in the
United States ship Neptune tor Ameri
ca Some time in May Dr. Jackson,
the Secretary of Legation, remains at
Paris as Charge d* Aftaires* . v
It is stated that Napoleon left Paris
to take the command pf his legions, and
was pretty generally supposed would
commence offensive operations against
Vienna papers state that
Murat had been defeated in Italy at the
head of 80,000 men, by the Austrians,
& that the latter were moving towards
the frontiers of France*—this account,
howeyer, comes in rather a question
able shape, therefore is not to be fully
fcredited. The Dutch are fitting out a
large squadron to act against the Alge
rines ; by this it appears we shall not
have to operate single handed against
the Mediterranean Pirates—By the
combined exertions of the American
and Dutch squadrons, we fear not the
result of the conflict, & that this horde
of barbarians will receive that - chastise-,
ment vHiich their insolence and crueLy
deseryg, ~ t . *
In the first page of this paper
we have given another statement, made
on oathy of the tragical scene acted at
Dartmoor Prison, conducted by the in
famous Shortland—it commands the
perusal of every American. We wait
anxiously to see what part the govern-*
ment of Great Britain takes in this af
fair, whether this miscreant will be pro
moted to a peer of the realm, or to a
gibbett, for this wanton destrtictioii of
American blood. *
THE FLO RIDAS
The National Advocate, speaking of
the Floridas says, u will the United
States suffer Great Britain to be before
hand with them, to take possession of
the Floridas ? When we have so many
depredations upon our citUens unatton
ed for, which the present disorganized
government of Spain have not'the pow
er to redress, if they even had the will.
Why not, at once, take possession of the
Floridas, declaring it an act which is
justified by former acts of Spanish ag
gression—that ‘he will hold them as
mere pledges of indemnity—that we
will purchase them* and pa Jr to Spain
the difference, (i£ an Surely our
hot wait until Englan
takes the’m, and we Have to renew a w$
with her to possess them.
This is the important hour ; one m<
ment of it should not be lost, The o*
cupation of the FJoridas would but en
ploy our forces to march there. ]
would not be an act of aggression, as n
should hold them for Spain until con
pensation for her various plunder w\
made. And there is another point* i
which.the whole union is intereste*
kut particularly the southern secti >i
which is. that theyi are not integral!
sale while threatened by a neighbo
who is fas our late war has proven ) t *
be* bought at any moment , and at ar
price* Neither is the territory of tii
United States of North America itse
integral without the possession of thcs
Floridas, they are £ division betwee
the states ; they intersect and divid
our commerce and relation one wit
the other. In a word, this is a most fa
portent subject, interesting to all class
es and we hope will have due weight a
head quarters** ,
Office of the A r . T. Marram He Advertiser
Saturday , June 24— MqjL
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
By the Portuguese brig Pied Ade, cap
tam Morrissy, from Liverpool, whicl
port he left on the I lth of May, t h e eel
itors of the Mercantile Advertiser fiavi
received London dates to the 9th of tha>
month. They contain nothing of great
political importance. We hjtve con
ardchfs im ° a SUmmary UIC i uinci P a
Capt. Morrissy informs us, that wai
had not been declared against Franpt
by G. Britain ; and that the lastiadvices
from France represented the Emperoi
Napojeon as haying left Pav’is, bn
as being oh the eve of his depirfure tii
the frontiers. .
Marshal Mortier had set om; from
Paris on-an importrnt mission, Dnt its
“J ec^ls not hinted at.
The Property Fax Bill was read a
third time in the British House of Com
mons on the sth of May, and passed by
a great majority. .f- 1
On the 6th the funds experienced a
rise of orie per cent which could not be
accounted for, by the arrival of any par-*
ticular news.
Seventy-thousand men were expected
on the Pyrennean -frontiers ; and if a
sufficient fund is procured for the
prise would-decend from the mountains,
and make an important diversion in thet,
southern department of France.
Sir Thomas Hardy is to have the com*
mand of a squadron to be immediately
assembled in the Downs-
The allied Sovereigns remained ajt
Vienna on the 23d of April.
The English government has given
notice thst it is ready to receive propo
sals for the purchase of B,oo# ton of
hemp. v j
Philadelphia papers to the 28th March
were received in London on the 4th of
May.
It is said that great numbers of French
soldiers desert, and join Louis XVIII,
chiefly cavalry fully equipped. The gar- \
rison of Dunkirk had begun to desert
by wholesale.
Anew plot had been discovered at
V lenna, which had for its object to carry
off the King of Rome.
The continental con g res*, it was said,
would not separate until the result of the?
present state ot affairs shall have been
decided. ‘
Murat, ia said to have been repulsed,
and that the enemy were assailing him
in his rear, vessels with troops on boar«|
having sailed from Trieste for that pur
pose* j
Translated for the Commercial Advertiser*
Paris, May 4. J
All the places of the frontier of the?
north front Dunkirk to Charlemont are
armed and provisioned. The sluices!
are put in order, and the inundations]
will be extended at the first moment of
hostility. Field works have been order
ed in the forest of Mormale. Measures
are takeii to make entrenchments in the
different (hisses of the forest of Argoue.
4? very place in Lorraine is in a state of
readiness-’ Entrenchments are construc
ted at the five passes of the Vosges—
The fortresses of Alsace are armed—*
orders are given for the defence of the*
passes of the Jura and all the Alpine
trontieas. In the interior the places of
Guif, La Ferd, Vitry, Scissions. Chateau
Thierry. andEaegres, are arming and
defending.
They have even ordered that works
should be constructed upon the height!*'*
of Montmatre and Meuil-Mo&taht, an 0
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