The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-06-26 00:00:00, page 3

CHARLESTON, May 25.
Extract of a letter dated near Augusta, May 16.
“ On my arrival the day before yesterday at Au
gusta, I found the people in general, and the affairs
of government in so profound a Rate of indifference
about the business, that I was in hopes nothing seri
ous could have occurred—l had a great deal of conver
sation with the governor, who was disposed to treat
the affair very slightly, and, like most others there,
to hold the Indians very cheap—l then learnt that
two of the settlers on the Occonie, one in Washing
ton, and one in Green county, had been killed, and
one of the bodies had been found accompanied with
every mark of confirmed hostility, conformable to
the savage customs of the Indians; that several of
the old traders had come in; and colonel Clarke had
marched (though without orders) to cover the fron
tiers with about one hundred and fifty men—itill the
opinion was the Indians would not proceed to any
very daring outrages, nor cross the Occonies in any
great force.
“ One fool, an old trader who had come to co
lonel with a friendly Cteek from the nation
about three weeks ago, told me that he never knew
that hostilities were intended when he left them; but
he was convinced the Spaniards were urging them to
take up arms—had appointed M'Gillvray a lieutenant
colonel in the Spanish service—sent them a supply of
arms and ammunition, and given them the strongest
assurances cf support.
“ He set out yesterday on his return with a friend
ly talk, but from what 1 heard lad evening it will be
in vain—all hopes of reconciliation are at an end.
" It appears beyond a doubt that the Indians have
been long irritated by the encroachments of the
Georgians, and have long waited for a pretext to
take up the hatchet; a trifling event about three
weeks ago gratified their with; since the fettlenients
have been extended to, and even over the Occonie
river, many of the Indians remained among the whites,
and lived with them till lately upon very peaceable
and friendly terms ; one of them had taken a fancy
to a young woman, daughter of the man at whose
house he Rayed, and allied her for a wife; the man
consented on his agreeing to give one hundred deer
ficins, part of which the Creek paid him. Before
this lingular bargain was completed, a brother of the
young woman came home, and not being of the fame
way of thinking with the father, gave the Indian a
very severe flogging; on which they all directly left
the settlement, and shortly after a party of them re
turned and burned the man's house which was on their
land.—No blood was shed till about ten days ago,
when the murders I before mentioned were committed
on this fide of the river. 1 have since learnt the sole
reason why they did not cross the river sooner was,
the height of the river, which the present drought
has enabled them to do.
" I dined with governor Telfair yesterday, and in
the evening an express arrived from Clark with very
bad news:— [ hat he had marched towards the Oc
conie, fell in with the Indians, who were accompa-
This Summer, without any great forefight, may be
declared to be pregnant with events of the most
alarming consequences to the future fate of Great-
Britain.
Nothing can surely be more diftrefiing than to fee,
that all our schemes of reformation and ceconomy,
are likely to be fruftrated by the growing diiTentions
on the continent. The political death of the king of
Prussia, who has loft all his faculties, has again open
ed a wide field lor ambition to range in. What the
event will be, time must discover; the annihilation of
the United Provinces seems, however, to be a natu
:J consequence.
Commodore Gardner is to hoist his broad pendant
on board the Expedition, at Portfmputh, and will
shortly fail for Jamaica, on which station he is ap
pointed to command.
It is asserted on good authority, that yesterday
morning a discovery was made of a design, which
may be attended with the most dangerous conse
quences: several foreigners of diftindion had found
means to get into our dock-yards, arsenals, &c. &c.
with the view of making full difeoveries of our actu
al naval situation, through every department, in which
business they were no doubt assisted by some of our
own countrymen, whose situations enabled them to
afford the necefary informations. Upon this dan
gerous plot being difeovered, the whole was laid be
fore his majesty, who inrtantly summoned a council,
the result of whose deliberations was, that an express
should be immediately dispatched to the French am
baffadoi, now at Bath, complaining of this treacher
ous proceeding as the persons detected in it are
strongly fufpeded of being in the pay of his master.
Messengers are ordered to be in waiting to receive his
excellency's aniwer, and to proceed with the whole
diredly to the court of France.—They will be ac
companied with very serious remonstrances to that
court; and to which a categorical answer will be de
manded without delay.
nied by many white men, in such force, (about three
hundred) that he was compelled to retreat, and sent
to Wallington for a reinforcement, which marched
two days ago to him.—de further said they had
crossed in three bodies, one going towards Broad ri
ver, another was gone towards little Ogechee, and
the third was going to Williamson's swamp.—That
they had crossed the river high up at one MtiKs,
whom they had killed with all his family.— Another
express came in from Williamson's swamp about
fixty-five miles from Augusta, with accounts that the
other party of Indians were leen there lait ihurlday,
and it is generally imagined (by the thinking people)
that their objed is the plunderi' g of Augusta, as se
veral Georgia refugees are with them who know the
Country well."
May 30. The militia of Georgia, we hear, are
under arms, the Indians being within sixty miles of
Augusta.
ANNAPOLIS, June 15.
On Sunday evening last, a small boat, with four
persons on board, failing in the mouth of the Severn,
was overfet by a sudden gust of wind, by which un
fortunate accident a man and his wife were drowned.
RICHMOND, June 10.
Extras of a letter from Paris to a gentleman in
Edinburgh, dated February 4, 1786.
" An occurrence lately happened hear Versailles,
that has occasioned much converlation about court —
Our monarch took it into his head to be enraptured
with the beauty of a milkmaid in the neighbourhood.
His amiable consort, hearing of the intrigue, had a
curiufity to obtain a fight of her humble rival. Her
figure, manner and dress, were so acceptable to the
queen, that she could not help praising his majesty's
taste, made the girl a handsome present, and ordered
an exa& pattern of every part of her dress to be
made for herfelf. When this was completed, she one
day surprised the grand monarch in the gardens a la
laitiere.
" Thus, while her female fubjeds are all wearing
diadems, she who has the only right to a diadem is
content with the habit of a milkmaid, and is parti
cularly fond of la coiffure de la laitiere. Every la
dy at court is now dressed a la laitiere, or in the
milkmaid mode.—The cap is perfectly new It is
fixed on the back part of the head by a grass green
ribbon. Ihe upper part of the head is uncovered,
and the tout enjemble is delightfully attractive.”
BALTIMORE, June 13.
We hear the synod of New-York and Philadel
phia divided several Presbyteries at their annual meet
ing in May last, and eieded a new one by the name
of The Presbyter, of Baltimore, including the rev.
James Hunt, John Slemmons, Stephen Balch, Isaac
Keith, George Luckey and Patrick .-llifon, which is
appointed to meet in Baltimore, on the fifth 1 uelday
of October next.
At the fame time it was agreed to publish for con
sideration, the following plan for conitituting a gene
ral assembly, and arranging four synods under it:
" Each Presbytery, confining of not more than fix
ministers shall fend one minilter and one elder to
the assembly; each Presbytery, consisting of more
than fix, and not more than twelve ministers, shall
fend two ministers and two elders; and so on, in the
fame proportion for every fix ministers. 1 hefe com
missioners or any fourteen of them, shall be compe
tent to enter on business, provided seven are mini
lfers; and the judicatory, thus constituted, flrall bear
the file and title of The general assembly of the
Prefoyterian church in North-America.
" One synod shall consist of the Presbyteries of
Duchess county, Suffolk, New-York and New-Brun
swick, to be known by the name of The synod of
Neu-York and New- JerJey. —Another shall consist
of the Presbyteries of Philadelphia, Lewis-Town,
Newcastle, Baltimore and Carlille, to be known by
the name of The synod of Philadelphia. —Another
shall consist of the Presbyteries of Redstone, Hano
ver, Lexington and Transylvania, to be known by
the name of The synod of Virginia. — Another shall
consist of the Presbyteries of Abingdon, Orange and
South-Carolina, to be known by the name of The
synod of the Carolinas."
The several Presbyteries are requested to confider
the above plan, in order to its being adopted at the
next meeting of the synod.
TRENTONTfoLe 26.
It is with pleasure we inform the publick, that the
revenue paper money of this state, since it has been
made a legal tender, has been more generally taken
for produce, by the farmers who resort to this mar
ket, than at any time heretofore. While this remains
to be the case, there is no danger of its lofiog cre
dit; on the other hand, it will loon find its way into
the pockets of the merchants and traders of Phila
delphia and New-York, and thereby become really a
medium of trade. Should there, however, be any
of,the tillers of the earth so loft to a sense of their
duty as to convey the Naples of our country into
other states for sale, for the fake of the precious men
tals, when they can get as high a price at home in
revenue bills of credit, no doubt their conduct
will be marked by their fellow-citizens, and they
held up to the world as enemies to the interest and
welfare of the government under which they live.
By accounts from Bermuda we learn, that there is
not one bulhtl of Indian corn for sale in that country.
That great sickness prevails at Turk's-lAand ; and they
are without medical alliftance.—Salt at is; to is. 4d.
per bushel.
A gentleman from Connecticut informs, that the ge
neral assembly of that state, now fitting at Hartford,
a few days since palled an aft granting to Congress
the supplementary aids, agreeably to the requisitions
of that body.
The Boston Gazette of the i%th inflant has the following
article :
" We feel ourselves happy in having it in our power
to inform the publick, that the motion made on Fri
day in the honourable the house of representatives,
whether this state would grant the necessary aid to Con
gress, passed in the affirmative.”
By recent accounts from the state of New York,
we have received the news of a most barbarous and
cruel murder of two Indians, lately committed by
some evil persons, near the Minilinks. It is to be
feared, unless a hop is put to such proceedings, we
may dread the consequences to the inoffenfive fettlerS
on our frontiers. We hope the state of New-York
will pursue the horrid perpetrators, and bring them to
condign punishment.
^ The Laws passed at the last fitting
of the general assembly of this itate are
printed, and ready for delivery.
The Journals of council will be
completed in a lew days.
Light Dollars Reward.
STOLEN or strayed out of the pasture of the
fubferiber, on the 22d instant, a foriel mare,
about fourteen hands and a half high, trots and can
ters, fix years old this grass, has a star, and a fear
on the inside of one of her fore knees. Whoever
takes up the mare and thief shall have the above re
ward. BRYAN CROSS.
Barnet township, June 23, 1786. 4w*
Nine Pounds Reward.
Stolen out of the pasture of the fubferiber,
near Flemington, township of Amwell, county
of Hunterdon, state of New-Jersey, on the night of
the 17th instant, a half blooded bay mare, about
fourteen hands and an half high, has the hair wore off
behind her near ear, something of the scratches in
her hind legs, trots natural, carries well, good spi
rits, and about eight years old. Whoever takes up
said mare and thief, and secures them, so that the
thief may be brought to justice, and the owner get
his mare, shall have the above reward.
D. CHAPESE.
Amwell, June 20, 1786. 4W*
Two Dollars Reward.
RAN away on the 18th ult. from the fubferiber,
living in Cheltenham township, Montgomery
county, an Irish servant lad, named William Finlay,
about sixteen years of age, heavy made, and stoops
much when he walks, is pitted with the small-pox,
and has a fear on one of his eyes; he took with him
a variety of wearing apparel. Whoever will secure
said runaway, so that his matter may have him again,
shall receive the above reward; and reasonable charges
paid by JAMES MARTIN.
N. 6. All masters of veftls are forbid to carry
him off at their peril.
June I, 1786. 4w*
Notice is hereby given,
TO the creditors pf Samuel Carman, an insolvent
debtor, now confined in the common gaol of
the county of Monmouth, to appear before two of
the judges of the inferior court of common-pleas
for laid county, on Saturday the eight day of July,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of mr.
John Longstreet, innkeeper, at Freehold, and shew
cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the
said Samuel ( arman s estate should not be made, and
he difeharged agreeably to an ad of the legislature
in such case made and provided.
Samuel carman.
Monmouth gaol, June 10, 1786. 4 w
TO BE SOLD or HIRED,
A LIKELY young negro wench, about eighteen
years old, she understands all kinds of house
hold work. Enquire of the printer. iw*