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HA 1 T T MOR K, Dec 30,
A gentleman of information,
who came pafTenger in the fhip
Almv, arrived ycflerdav, pod.
timely a Herts, that the report of
delivering np James Vapper
Tandy, by the ferate of Ham
burgh to the Britifh, is un
f nnded. Violent debates had
taken place on the fuhjeft, in
the legiflativc body, but the
motion was negatived by a con*
fidt table majority.
SAVANNAH. January 21.
Highly Important !
The jolUuing communication has
tern tran/miited fn us from a cor
rejpondcnlat St Marys.
January iff , 1800.
This day an rxprefs arrived
at Print Pelre, with difpatches
frr m col, Hawkins, the Indian
agent, to Mr * liter tr the I ? nitcd
S' tc< c< r< mifftoncr for tunning
th' boundary li> 0. Among he
difpatch s received, there is a
proclamation figned by Wivham
Augnftus Bow'cs, fliling htnifelf
chi f and direftor general of the
OrU Nation, which has been
fliiv k up and made public thro*
the i reek Towns. I his procla
mation exceeds in rnlolcrre,
impudence and bonh.ft, any i
thing that hath heretofore been;
exhibited by this well known!
adventurer. Howies in the it off
diuft tc ms d-tries the rig't of
euh rthc United St »us or Spain
to run the boundary line, 01 to
have interc* uife with the 1
1 di ms, but by his aufhuty .;
He foib ds this, on pain of death ,
to all who m y oppoO his royal
wi 1a» d pleafure. Bowles or
ders the I; duns to lend Mr,
}I wktrs and others out of lire
ra-ion—(ertain it is, one or
0 her of them ought not to be
there ; and the people of this
coun rv wi’l foon fee which o*
theie rren l ave moft in ucncc
among 1 1 c Indians, as V'r. Maw
kins mull quit the ground, 01
dnvi B whs, after fuch procla
mation and threats againll him
and his country.
It appears that mofl of the
Simaroiia Indians, and thole on
the lower pa-ts of the Chata
-1 oocber and Flint rivers, have
joined Bowles, Ihe d I patches
w hirh M l . Ellicott lent fix m St.
Ma-k’s to ?Tc govcrnois of Hen-
Ja< pTa and Mubi'e, weic taken
by* (he adventurer's Is dun
fcou's, and brought to him ;
wi h thefi dilpatr hes were dupli
cates of Mr I Ihcoti’s lexers to
the fecutary of the U. States.
Qae c, Mel Tis. Piintcis might
not a ftw of theie line handfoine
no m nt<, which you are fre
<]u< fitly teilirg us of in your
piper, ih t have been lately
fluking the r encampments, and
inmh'ng into winter quaucis,
} be tu las well employed in pay
ing their relptft" to tl'.eKnown*
cd gener 1 William A. Howies,
o- obliging the ( reeks to ;.tt
v.ith deaho*', and diive him
to hi< patron and good fiend
( eorge the third of Butaii, *s
; in doing nothing but exh ufling
I rations and pay. In my tbit -
inn Meffrs, Printers, noting
could be more agree ble to c ur
gallant young foldics, than an
opportun.ty of this kind, to
| chaffife infolence.
It is to be exptfted, that the ,
wifdom of om government will;
fee the necefhty of crufiling this
reptile Boults, 'ere it become a
ma ter of more fericus confe
qucrce. It is to be hoped, that
rhev will not think of Bowles,
as Mr Hawkins did (when a
handful of Indians b»oke up the
tunning of the boundary hue
at the Chatahocxbee) that there
was no more than “ a feeble
fhew of oppofitinn from a few
Simanolia's,” This feeble fhew
however, ha* flopped the pto
grclsof the line from the Ch -
tahoocher towards the Sr. Mo
ry's and f< t all thole emp oyed
on that bufmr fs lav one hundr d
perf ns, fcampering in diftetert
diuftiotis for and who
are now rn|L fted fi me from the
Tea, and f me from the 1 nd, at j
Point Pcrre, and vs very doubt- I
o! as matters aie fituated, when
they proceed to fi ilh this 1
important bufitie’s, from the
interference of ihis jahit adven
i lurer.
I M<firs. P» inter?, mu mull
not luppofe that our Ittilets in
Camden county are afiaid < f
Bowles, nr Buonaparte, 01 bu
wauow, Moreau, or even the
| duke of York the conqucor < f
1 Holland ; we ate Inug—w* have
nea: feventy continental troops
to d< ft nd our frontier on the lea
and land which is only two
bund ed nn es and ihuee gar i
fons theiein to be defended !
Pow can we be u eafy when we
h ive fut h an ample Oiare of the
l ede al forces provided lor our
prnt< ftion ?
P S, The runners who
brought the d[patches fa* th t
Bow es has a vtllel arrived with
1 1 ods fom rngUnd, for the
nduns, this however, -wants
confitmaiion
HEAP-GU RTEHS,
-V.
WickiwaW) Oftober 3 1 *99.
\V HF R b A S dive 1 s per lons
h -ve been employed by the
j United States, and his ' athoiic
1 Majefly, fantfioned bv rommil
fion to drllemina e d fcotd to
make patties, and by un- 1
lawful means to de eive our
peop’e, in order to eff ft the 1
commilfion of a treaty tnr.de
! between the United States and
Catholic Majefly at Phila
delphia, in the month of Sep
tember, 1795, with intentions
to fubveU and deffroy the right
of etgnry which this nat on
and its confederatt s ha’ e had
, from me beginning of time.
We the diteftor general of
■ Mufkogee, being duly authoi
, ilcd, do hereby ilTue our pio
cLunation, and direft that all
per lons now tchiing within th;
territories of Mudcogec holding!
anv unlawful rommiflion undei
the United States or his Catholic !
Majefly, or employed by then*!
are hereby ordered to dcpari ■
thefc onr territories on or before
the 8 h November next, as they
will anfv/er at their peril.
We do hereby alfo direft that
| after the fait: Bth day of Novern
-1 her next, if anv pcrlon or per
fons are found holding laid corn
mi fTi ;ns or aOing runoary to
good Older, he or they (hall be
auefted as ron f pirato s, and
proceeded agninfl according to
the law of nations cftabhfhed in
fuch cal s.
Given under our hand at
Wb kiwa, this 3ill day
of t 61ober, ’99
Ctd fave ihc flare of Muflcogce.
Wm A owl, k •,
Director general oj Mvfkogee. \
Ochookwhrclh'a , Nov. 3 % *99.
Friend,
I H now difpatched all
the talk to Fnglard, to Provi
dence and to amdea by my
i boat, Ih< mly cxpedl the arrival j
of a veffel, which I lhall, as foon \
las (he has difclarged her load j
i Itnd off with other copies or!
of them, in oidci i
that all may be lure.
I inrlofe you a copy of the
p oclamalion refp< 6bng the A
mei leans who have been em
ployed in this count y linre I
h<vc been away, in order to
deceive and drftroy tb s nation
1 hope they arc all gone, for it
is not my wifli to injure them ;
it is absolutely nectlTVy that
they fhould depart and that im
mediately, or they will forfeit
the protection doe to all men,
! and by the law of nations ought
I o I offer death by being hanged
as confpiiatots againft the pe ce. (
ar.d lovcrcignty of Muikogee.
There are fome good men
who have’been employed by
them ; they were ignorant and
did not know the ronfcqaence|
of tiit ir employ. James Dere
7cau at the Cowetahs dihough
he has had a commilfion from
The Spaniards he has not
much harm beeaufe I Hopped
if. Mr.. Hawkins is *he man
who if he is not gone mull go
immtdi itcly os be is a dangerous
man and will caul'* fotne mifehief.
to yon hv Having, I Ihdl feist
! him if I find him. for not obey
ing t c proclamation, and pro-
Icerdagainll him according to
law.
1 rcquefl you to make known |
this talk to all your towns. As 1
my papers arc not come down |
as yet you had better keep them j
until vou come vourflf, or un ■
til I fee you at your hou'e, for
as f on as I have ddpatchcd my j
bu fine Is here 1 will pay a vifir i
To the towns, which I expett
Swill not he bng The people
•whom I left behind me when I
• came to meet you at the VVickr
|wa, having a great deal of rum
bch -.ved very ill, they dettioyerl 1
aluioll every thing I left with
tru rr, or let the water fpcil it
which is the Ltne thing, which
I feel more for the fake of our
Mov<d nd people, than f or
uj\ (elf, but it will not be
bdore ail will beftiaight °
1 am your friend.
Wm. A. fowi es.
l et me hear from you and
(he news you have in your town,
Vo the Little Prince of the b>c~
km arrow , alias (owappe
Little Prince oj Coweta laU
lahajjee .
LOUISVILLE.
TUESDAY , 'January 28, 1800.
Thofe gentlemen who
have not yet made a return of
the (uhfeription papers for the
j National Magazine, will be fo
obliging as to forward them to
the Edi'.or of the Louifville
Cazerte. as early as pofliblc,
that he may be able to lend a
lid of the names to
tiie - uthor.
fcT “ A Country Correffondm ”
(hall have a place in our next
paper.
The rcfolve of r ongrefs re
lative to the erefling of a marble
monument in the i apitol, for
the reception of the mortal part
of our la e beloved chief, »ho
gieat Wafhirgron mud give
infinite fatisfaftion to rhe friends
of the revolution and to every
genuine republican.
That honor h the Ic ft which
the national legiflature could
pay to the memory of the man
who was To hiphlv inftiumentil
in obtaining and fecuring inde
pendence and liberty to his
country and to millions yet
unborn.
Ihe name of that hero his
been fo connected with the moft
glorious events; p udence, fa
garity and integrity were fo hap
pily blended in bis charatler,
and were all fo fortunately excr
cift d for the human race, that
whilft virtue is revered, or pa
trioufm eheemed, Wafhington
will be held up as a pattern for
good men to imitate, and to
rcufe that emulation which,
: tym-n exerted in a good caufe t
is productive of fo much utility,
A Baltimoic paper fays, that
j General Wafhington has be
queathed to his m phew judge
j Wafhington, a hiflory of the
| Ameiican Revolution, written
■bv h m/dj ; he has alfo given
j eeiom to thole wretched cea
tu es, whom the cuftom of his
| country impoled it upon h'.m#
| dur ng his life-time, to keep i»i
1 iLvcry, and land Cufhctent to
I'ippurr them.
From good authority we are
informed that Med, Pickering*
IVilcott and 6itgreaves> arc ap
pointed comunilioners oa too