The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-02-04 00:00:00, page 3

We are happy to have it in our
power to announce that Piomingo, or
the Mountain Lead, is fafe ; he was
;detached as formerly mentioned, with
{2l Warriours, and a few soldiers, to;
reconnoitre the Miami villages, and
, returned to Fort Jefferfon two days
after the adion between our army and
4 the savages. On his way to the fort
' he discovered that our army had been
defeated, but saw none of the enemy,
five one, who by mistaking Piomtn
go's party for some of his own com
rades, made up to them —he perceiv
ed his mifcke,bat too fate to retreat ;
he was accosted by Piomingo, with
66 Rascal, you have been killing white
' men " He endeavoured to exculpate
' himfelf, but Piomingo ordered two of
his Warriour's to, expand his arms,
and a third, (an old man, " for, lays
Piomingo,none^of my young men (ball
disgrace them.elves so much as to kill
a wretch like thee") to shoot him
thro' the hear:, which was according
ly executed —they afterwards took off
his scalp.
ON Thursday last arrived in inis
tovn from Fort Washington, Major
Gaither, who left that place Qa the
„:h of November :— This gentleman
informs—that Maj. Zeigler, with a
party of men had come in after ei
corting a quantity of provisions to
Fort-Jefferfon ; where he left Col.
Darke, Col. Gibson and Capt. Darke,
(three wounded officers) the two for
fter in a fairway of recovery # .-the
latter, Lorn the nature of his wound,
which could not be kept fiom bleed
ing, was thought to be in a danger
ous situation---That Major Hamtram
ack had been tried by a court-martial
—acquitted —and gone, with a party
of men, to Left St. Vincent's to take
command o'tbat place. Maj. Gai
ther further lays —that on the irh
tilt, he met in the wilderness, a fami
|y confiding of 20 perfen, from
Northcarplina, who "acquainted him
that they had just parted with 11 Che
rokee Indians, who treated them in a
friendly,receafemanner— exchang
ing venison for bread,--and declared
on leaving of them that their nation
was warmly attached to the United
States of America.
His Excellency Gen. St. Clair, (it
is supposed) is now on his way to the
feat of government---Orders have
been given to Gen. Scott, (a few days
previous to the departure of Major
Gaither) to procure a fufficient num
ber of men to efcoft him thro' the
Wilderness.
When men fight against men, it is
foroe consolation to the unfortunate
soldier who may fall into the hands
of his adversary, when he refleas,
that a degree of Christian treatment
will be extended towards him—arid
that the only punishment he can re
ceive will be nothing more (perhaps
for a season) than the loss of his li
berty.
The following incidents are related
to us by persons who were in the en
gagement.- Adjutant Bargefs receiv
ed two wounds, the second of which
proved mortal —after the receipt of
the firfl, he fought on with diflin
guifhed gallantry —The second unfor
tunately flopped his progress—saint
with the loss of blood, he fell—a wo
man, whom we underhand was par
ticularly attached to him, received a
ball from the enemy,,which termina
ted her exigence.—Some time after
that much to be lamented youth, En
sign Wilson, fell, one of the savages
attempted to take off his scalp, which
Col. Darke perceiving, he rar, up to
the spot, and itabbed the miscreant
through the body with a final! Iword,
before he had time to accomplilh his
diabolical purpose....
One of Pidmingo's Warriours,who
was in the battle, is said to have kill
ed and scalped ten of the enemy with
his own hands, and was himfelf kill
led in the ad of scalping the eleventh.
FREDERICK-TOWN, JAN. 7.
Yesterday arrived in this city, fix
Indian Chiefs from the Cherokee na
tion, one fqaaw and an interpreter.
The following are the names of the
fix Cherokee Chiefs :
ininnetua, or Bloody Fellow: a
General.
Chadlaw, or King Fisher: a Colo
nel-
Nattawego, or the North Nation : a
General.
Kutagufta, or the Prince: the Old
Warrior.
Teyeftifkey, or the Diflurber : a
Captain.
Shoewegee, or Captain George.
The Squaw, Jean Dougerty.
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N.B. Only one passenger from Al
bany, and he on board tor love.
A strong wind ahead. Several pas
sengers have little or no provision or
wood on board, considering the incle
mency of the season ; and unlels some
relief from alhore, they will soon be
in great distress. The Ship crazy and
leaky ; the raafter and some of the
hands continually at the pumps. Fears
are entertained that some of the uper
deck paffer.gers may jump overboard
and swim alhore before the new vessel
is ready to receive them. Boafwain.
; Messrs. Webster, „ ,
I find the number of arrivals in
your marine lift, lor l^ft week very
fmall,from which I hope you will find
room in your next, for a Ratemept of
the ptfagerj on board the Stanfa^t,
three decker, called Diflrefs, lying at
the city-hall dock,which is as follows:
Puffeogerson the firft deck. Debtors.
from Rensselaer county 2)
from Saratoga 1 j '
do. On the second deck
from Renffeiaer 17 „
from Saratoga 1 J
do. On the third deck
from Rensselaer 2)
from Vermont o'
Criminals,
do. Walhington" 2)
from Saratoga - 2> 5
from Albany ij
The following letter was communi
cated to the Congress of the Uni
ted States.
United States, Jan. 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
of the Houje of Rkprejentatives,
I LAY before you, in confidence,
two reports, made tb me by the Se
cretary for the Department of War,
relatively to the present state of af
fairs on the Weftrn frontiers of the
United States.
In these reports the causes of the
present war with the Indians, the
measures taken by the executive to
terminate it amicably, and the mili
tary preparations ibr the late, cam
Late accounts from Port-au-Prince
Rate, that since the burning of the
town, the whites had sent a deputati
on to the reulattocs to know on what
terms they would fettle a peace. The
candirions were, " that the whites
ihodd be disarmed, and resign up „he
fortifications. That the King's re
giment should be sent to France, and
the regiment of militia be given up
to the blacks, to be by them massa
cred in one indiscriminate slaughter."
The whites readily spurned at terms
so diabolical ; on which the canals,
by which the inhabitants were fup
plted with water, froih the fountains
track of the town, were cut off---That
near 2000 buildings were destroyed
by the late fire, and the army of the
blacks in plain light of the tpwn.
The vessels were prohibited from tail
ing, detained principally as a Rielter
for the wretched inhabitants. The
place appeared one heap of rubbish ;
bufioefs was at a total Rand, and all
in the greatest consternation.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 29.
Norwich, jan. 19.
ALBANY, JAN. 9.
EXETEP, February 4.
paign are Rated and explained, also
a plan fuggelled of such further mea
fu,cs on the occasion, as appear just
and expedient.
I am persuaded, Gentlemen, that
you will take this important fubjeft
into your immediate and serious con
dderation, and that the result of your
deliberations, will be the adoption of
such wife and efficient measures as
will reflect honor on our national
councils, and promote the welfare of
our country.,
G. WASHINGTON.
Extraa of a letter from BoftonJan.zZ.
With refpea to politicks we have
none, except the town police, which
arose the last week to an extravagant
height, owing to the present attempt
for an incorporation, which the me
chanical iutereft are much opposed to.
—The debates in town meeting last
Thursday were very warm and high
on both sides—which was the fullcft
ever known in this town ; the mode
of incorporation was rejected. There
has been large mobs every succeeding
evening on 'Change in order to mob
Mr. Ruflell, the printer-- but have as
yet been prevented by the timely in
terposition of civil authority. Their
reasons for attempting it were these—
At the meeting on Thursday, Mr.
Benja. Austin, was chosen on the one
fide, and Mr. Benja. Russell, on the
other, to count the freeholders present
—in order to affertain fair votes,&c.
But Mr. Aufling tho't himfelf degra
ded. in being chosen with Mr.Ruffcll
and declined his office. Mr. Russell
could not swallow so open an affront,
and when the meeting was over, be
met Mr. Austin on the 'Change,where
blows, &c. enfu ed—but they were
soon separated., In the evening the
mechanics,whofeintereftMr. Austin es
poused assembled in order to demolish
Mr. Russell's office— they were how
ever preven.cd, and last evening they
assembled again to the number of se
veral hundreds, but to the fame effect
we are at a lofi Low it will ter
minate.
mont ) Dec. 5.
"A melancholy accident took place
here last Saturday morning, of which
the following is an account. Otfriday
the 2d inll. being the day after thanks
giving in this State, the young people
in this neighbourhood assembled to
spend the eveningin dancing. Among
others,two young gentlemen from this
town waited on two Mriics Hobarts,of
Berlin, on the ether fide of Onion
river. After having fpentthe greater
part of the night in merriment, they
parted about two o'clock in the morn
ing. The aboe mentioned couples
having to cross the river in a canoe,
they four, together with the ferriman,
imprudently go; in all at once,and had
not got far fiom the Chore before the
canoe overfet; but by the exertions
of the ferriman they right her and he
together with Mr. Putnam, and one of
the girls, gotin ; but in helping the
other girl in they unfortunately over
fc; the fecoud time. They then en
deato.red for the Chore ; Mr. Putnam,
at the danger of his life, swam ashore
with the younger Miss Hobart under
his arm— but were both of them so
far chilled as to be unable to stand,
having swam more than forty rods,
as the water was high and the current
fwif:, before they reached the Ihore.
The ferriman got ashore by the help
of the car.oe — the o<her couple perill
ed in the water.——The young gen
tleman drowned is Mr, Theophilus
Wilson Brooks, son of Deacon Brocks
of a 111 ford, Connecticut, a valuable
young man, aged 2;. The young
woman, is a daughter of Capt. Ho
bart of Berlin,an amiable young wo
man,about twenty years of age.--The
bad, of L# young woman was found
about a mile below, yeftetday morn
ing Mr.Brccks is not yet found."
Extras of a letter from Montpelier ( Ver-
MEMBERS
Ofthe Second Congress of the United
VSENATORS,
Nfwbampjbire; Delaware.
John Langdon, Richard Ballet,
Paine Wingate. George Reid.
Magacbufetts. Maryland.
Caleb Strong, John Henry,
George Cabot. Charles Carroll.
RbodeiJland. Virginia.
Theodore Foster, Richard H. Lee,
Joseph Stanton. James Munroe.
Conneaicut. Northcarolina.
Roger Sherman, Samuel Johnson,
Oliver Ellsworth. Benja. Hawkins.
Ncwyork. Soutbcarolind,
Rufus King, Pierce Butler,
Aaron Burr. • Ralph Izard.
Nrojerfy, Georgia.,
Phile. Dickinson, William Few,
John Rutherford, James Gunn.
Pennsylvania. Vermont.
Robert Morris, Moses Robiofonf
** S. R. Bradley,^
** Pennfykvania basing not cbo/en a
Senator in the room of William M'Clay.
whole time expired in March last —the
senate and boule of Pennsylvania not be
ing able to agree on the mode of cboefag
—the boufe contending for a joint ballot,
and the, senate that they fcould have a
negative on the vote of the boufe dp.
pointing a senator, as in the caje of pag
ing a bill, or any other kg ifalive aR,
{ Six years from March, last.
j Four years from March last. Ac
cording to lot.
• REPRESENTATIVES.
NeqcbampJhire. Tomas Hartley,
Samuel Livermore William Findley,
Nicholas Gilman, Andrew Gregg.
Jeremiah Smith. Delaware.
Moffachufetts. John Vining,
Wither Ames, Maryland.
Elbridge Gerry, J o (hua Sency,
Benja. Goodhue, Samuel Sterrett,
T. Sedgwick, Upton Sheredine,
Geo. Thatcher, Philip Key,
Artemus Ward, Wm. V. Murray,
Shearjaih Bourne. John F. Mercer.
Bristol diflriajn He has not taken
Massachusetts, have , his feat.
not jet been able to Virginia.
make a choice. John Broun,
RbodeiJland.
„ - ■ D Samuel Griffin,
Benjamm Bourne. Ricb „ d B
Conneaicut. James Madifoo,
Jona. Trumbull, Andrew Moore,
Speaker. John Page,
Jere. Wadsworth, Alexander White,
Jam. A.Hillhoufe, Josiah Parker,
Jonathan Sturges, Abraham Venable.
Amefa Learned. N^b^rotaa.
Nmjork. John Baptiff Afhe,
John Lawrance, John Steele,
Egbert Benson, Hugh Williamson,
Peter Sylvefler, Wm. B. Groves,
James Gordon, Nathaniel Macon.
Thomas Tredwell, Soutbearolina.
C.C.Schoonmaker Daniel Huger,
Newyerfey. .William Smith,
Abraham Clark, Thomas Sumpter,
Jonathan Dayton, ThomasT.Tucker
Elias Boudinot, Robert Bannewcll.
Aaron Kitchell. Georgia.
Pennflioania. Abraham Baldwin
F.A.Mohlenber, Francis Willis,
Tho Fitzfimons, Anthony Wayne.
Daniel Heister, Vermont.
Israel Jacobs, Nathaniel Niles,
John W. Kittera, Israel Smirh.
{^Kentucky comes into the Union next
fune.,
❖^Q'^'^^^X^^^^^s<<@
STOLEN,
FROM the shop of the
fubferiber, about the middle of
January Jaft, Six black unfiniffid
Wool HATS——Whoever will return
said Hats to the fubferiber, or give
information so that they may be reco
vered (hall be handlomely rewarded
by—
WILLIAM KELLEY.
Exeter. F.b. 3, 1792.,
Congressional Register.
States of America.