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Front the Knoxville t^aitle of Dec. I.
Two Cherokee Indians a fellow and
a Iqpaw, taken on the Tcnneffee, by
Capt. Harrison, in £ late fcoute, having
been brought to this place ; they inform
that the town on the fouth fide of High
tower River where 9 ^parf of Geneva!
Sevier’s army had the late combat, is
the principal place of rendezvousfor
the Creeks and Cherokees to assemble,
previous to their coming in upon the
frontiers ; this town if principally in
habited, by a Creek chief, called the
Buffaloe Hord.> SevkA
expedition, the Indiana Ravi dbne But i
very little mifchief on rhe frontiers of
thia diffrid f they hrifre ftoten a? number
of horses and cattle from the cut settle
ments, and feme small trids have beeri
seen in different places;-
On Monday left Nicholas BallfpaL
sing from Goiliber’s deck id Well’s fta*
tioa^inKnox coomy)Wasfiredon ’by'
Ave Indians, andMfeceived 3 bullets
through his cfothesL lW the aaion which
Cap?. Evans, had st Hightower, Mr.
Ball, had a bullets foot through bls hat. I
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Copy of a letter from Col. James Win- 1
cbetter, to Brigadier General James |
R obertfon, dated Sumner • country,
Croft’s Mill, Nov. oj 1/9 3.
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'• Some horfea having been stolen,
and Indians seen in this neighborhood,
“ We then proceeded *fo a town eight
miles in length, But found no inhabitants
therein ; a number of horses were got
there, and we killed upwards of 20* head
of cattle— being enabled to drive them
off, and having done them all the mis
chief we could, we returned home, hav
ing at that time three wounded men to
carry.and nearly half the.army so lick,
that they were incapable of duty.—The
land in that country is foperior to any I
have ever seen, well watered and timber,
ed, and lies well.—-I have been in
the service only three months, and have
the honour of bearing rank of Lieutenant,
and as it is the firft campaign I ever fer- (
ved ip as an officer, you will excuse the j
want of description (according to art
military) but yan will conGder the re
lations as they happened.—Had we
poffefficn of that country, we foduld be
not far distant from the river Mobille,
which has an immediate communication
with theifea. On; our march, I beheld
the rood beeauful country I have Hek
yet seen in America,.and when it comes
to be inhabited by white people, we I
fhail be the rkheff people in the world, I
for the (oil is equal to the idea, and in I
such vaff quantities, that lit would take I
the who e of the iphabitams of your 1
eastern flats to people k.
three hor its-killed: Being, fytigqediand
-provisions plenty,'we remained there
three days and were fired on every night,
“ From ’hence we £urfued our route
to within 8 miles. dr a large town, in
the Creek nation, where at a crofting
place of a river, alinoft- impaflable wifi
horses, the enethy had collected in a
large body, and entrenched themfdves
where we had to paftj but fortunately
for us,our pilot took a wrong path which
lead to a town, about half! mile lower
down the river, but oh the opposite fide
to us; we could not crOlshtheir with our
horses, and had to return ttr^he ford,
where the Indiana had thrown up en
trenchmen's; the enemy, however, fee*
ing us pals the firft ford, lift their pdfts
and ran down to oppoie us at the town ;
•nd before they could return to then
entrenchments* our 'people , had erdfled
the river, and then a very heavy: firing
commenced, which lasted about 15 min
utes, when-the enemy rfetreated, com
pletely defeated j leaving behind them
lever al killed, and the- appearance of a
great many wounded. The loft we fef
triced was very’trifling* o»ly, 8 men
killed- L; 7J ,h . ■
pnfition, until we had committed y of
t%eir towns. tQ ruin, a^, length we arrjved
at a very large town ne& the Cgeeluin^
tion, where WC killed ItW«|
five prisoners; r We were fired on, the
following morning, by a party of them,
and had three of. out men. w-ounded and
but received no other damage.
WIN CH-E $ TER, Jan. 6.
, Decreed that every both in^“
interior or on the frbnuer« 4 *tbat
vour the entrance of rebels or foreign
enemies, or ihall not rt fift to the
OiaH be demoHihed, and the prQf erly of
the inhabitants confiscated. ' ",' *
.Garnier/of Saia^ tiat he Wtto
en out of la Vendee..
Clauzel observed, that the prostitute
Du Barry enjoyed immense property
belonging to the nation, which the Sar
daaapolis Louis XV, had expended on
hcr « .!& P««
He demanded that
oh Cohfifcated to the , Republic. ‘; J \' ,
Moyie Sifle
would be brought beforctbeßevoloxicn
ary Tribunal. ' J ■' ■
FRANCE.
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National Convention, Nov 2. ;
A DECREE f rraerly passed on the
j requifi ion of Dumour er, by
| which coc r.'dors for the armies were to
be allowed the difference between affig-i
nats and specie,. was repealed with loudj
applause. t , „ j
On the report of the Committee of
Colonies & Marine itwas decreed,that in 4
corrigible beggars, and perlons sentenced
to transportation by the criminal tribu
nal, shall be sent to Fort Dupbin,in the
I(land of Madagafear, which is tu be
called, in future, the Fort of the Law,
Citizens of the department Qi fyievre
came to present the fruits of, their je.
fearchea in that department.. They de
livered 17 trunks filled with gold, fil re*,
money, and plate, amounting to Sever
al millions. Three of these citizenscar
ried crofles of fitver ; a fourth a sea of
gold, fermounted with a capofHberry .
and a fifth, a ducai crown of filvek gilt.
The crown was ordered to be trodeh un
der foot by the Huiftieurs* a ceremony
whieft was performed am id ft IhoutV of
Vive la Republique, and the whole or.
dered to the mint.
, Banpre, in the name of the Committee
of Public Safety, proposed an amend
ment oF ; the law for 6* mg the bigheft
price of prqvifioqs, He . explained the
evasions praflifed by the farmers, who
leek only to ircreafe their fortunes ; and
by the merchants and monied men,
whose griftocracy co-operates with Pit|,
in endeavouring to famifh France. He
shewed the necefiky of fixing the high,
est price or labour^ and fidd, th^fhe
laWj. fpr fiixing thphigheft price of pro
vifidns, had hitherto benefited the rich
only, who availed them Selves of it to buy
up whatever came to market, and pre
vented, th^ poor from Applying their
daily Wants. He concluded with pant
ing out the advantages that- muZi ^anriic 1
from the new commiflion of protrflbns,
teftore a firOrCuUdma, . Jdls
MModm^nia w^ ‘O2
I ordered out Lient. Snoddy, with 3°
men* to fcoux the woods about the Can
ev Fprk, and if. partible, difeover their
wa&cncampenent.. * »'
•’ On the 41b inst. he met two, who
fl d,nnd he purfeed them to a large camp
near the Rock Ift and Ford of the Caney.
Forb, where be took 28 good bpanifh
blankets, two matchcoats,eight new brass
kettles, one fire-lock, three new swords,
Spanish blades, a bag of vermtllion,
powder and lead," several bayonets, fpcan,
war hatchets, bridles and halters.' Even-'
ing coming on, be withdrew from the
camp -about a mile, lo an eminence,
where fid'-halted-his men* and laid on
their arms all night. About the dawn
of day they appeared advancing, whh
failed arms, end about thirty yards dis
tant a firing commenced, end ^as kept
op, ft dm three to’four rounds, when the
Indians retreated, leaving onhjtelfov? on
the ground, and were seen to bear oftjeV*
tra wounded; '£feot SnQddyhadA'Wo
meh killed, and three woupded, it'Obp I
ed not moi tally.' Such conduct and
bravery would do honor to Veteran trodps.
*’•! have the honour to be, yous obe*
diem Servant, ; 'L
" JAMES WINCHESTER”
Brig. Geo. Robert fen, Mero DtlLi&v ‘
Foreign Intelligence.
Fjctr^li x of akiteri frot^et nerchant in■!
London, to Mr,.^ouis Osmont, »f\
1 >793* ■ J
1 £5 « lam much pleased to confirra to you
4he difpofitiooof ^js government to do
jufti^e to American citizens. The t jcoL.
yoq.lhipped in dollars, by the <dive> |
CapG Blai^, who was captured by a
Bricifh privateer and carried intO .Fal- l
PHILADELPHIA, fan. 27.
Extra# of a letter dated Havre t d^th
. ; QBoktr ,
“ We have now to adyife that a decree
having been rendered for taxing all the
goods of firft necessity; andmoftof the
American produce being reputed as fnch,
feyeral American Merchants and Cap
tains that werehere, went to Paris, to
the goods belong
were told by !
i^Min^ that rhe intention ofeur j
^jtynritfcp.' was not to injure property
^foreignerjwiih whom we are at peace.
That commil&ries would be appointed
to gurchafe the goods that are American
property, arid that even the goods that
may hereaftexarr:vc» will a Ifo be bought
at a price that wkl Leave a profit co The
proprietors.—jSo.that Americans may
alwaysfind an open market for the goods
they will import into this country?* I
** A contemplating mind will easily
conceive the great advantages that would
accrue to the world in general, and the
United States in particular Ihonld fech
an event take place. It would open for
millions of the human race, to emigrate
to this favoured spot, on which nature
has lavished its gifts : And which, from
its fiirft difeovery, until now, has been
loft to mankind, owing to the felfifh
views of .a nation whose ignorance and
superstition prevented its rife and prog,
rtfs. . The road once opened, would be
of civilizing not only the na
tives of the foil, but (if I may be allow
ed theexpeffion) the Spaniards rhemfe’vcs
over the Golf of Mexico, whom prieft
craft and ignorance has made ufelels to
, fociety* Such a Revolution would do
more,; it would put Americans in the full
possession of the navigation of the njioft
noble river within their territory, the
right of which (contray to nature’s laws) j
has been arbuarily withheld, and by
them fliamefnlly given up to a people
whom they neither, ought to Jove or feat.
“ May the spirit of liberty make its
way good to the delightful plains of Lou
ifina, where Gallia’s fens once flickered I
themselves from perfccutfen and oppref- I
fion; united rally round the fiandard of
liberty and “ will you be free I**
American Intelligence.
Humphries' (r tr .) Jan.
Extras of a let/er from a gentleman of
rifp^Sability in the Welters Territory,
.^fffftij friend in ibis Country', dated
Ifecembfr^.. 1793. . L
. REVQLUTION is on foot in
L^iiljina^ the French inhabitants
ob the weft fide of the river Mifflfippi,
inSpired by the glorious caoSe ot their
‘b Europe, arc idirermined to
bF the defpq' ic yoke of Spain j they
declared fheir intentions,
<nd difmiflhd a number of Spanish offi
cers, to whom adminifiration of govern
ment had beep intruded By the best j
accounts the French and American fettle
mehts on the Miffifippi, can bring into
the field an army of 6boo men, all excel
lent marU-meo. Situated as they are*-
fighting for their liberty, and the most
^llghtfel country in the weftern world ; I
they cannot bu: be feccefsfel, if determ
ined and united.
The effete of <he late King^ which j
were burnt lately in the /quare pf the
towrf hall, were nccefiaries, which^
though thenaJtjteight excised faruAl'yay
to fee them consumed, you will read with
curiosity, and an interett Springing from
a better pafllon. —A- hat, a Snuff-box,
tOrtjle Ihell breken, fix Suits of cloths, a
cloth great coat, eight waistcoats, cloth,
velvet, silk anddiaen, ten pair of breech
es, nineteen white waiftpbats, and a satin
under waiftcoat^ feme white robes dej
chimbre, five pair of flip'prs.' Democra-j
tic Folly with a witness!
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I Lxtrad of a letter from Horfo'^Jan. 16,
I; ' to a rejpedtahle bouft in thii city. 5
I “ This moment arrived here an arm;
dd (hip from Brest, which foe left thd
21st November; beleive Iha is sent with
dispatches for the French merchant Ihips
lin our ports. The Capt. tells me things
look well in France ; that only war w^r
breathed;
gone'agamft TeuloUcj that for# of the
French Ihips taken there had been-fon^
to Brest, and two other.ports, with 6000
seamen, which they did not wifo to keep
prifonir^ but were* fem b«k tu iheit
I The Secretary of- the .T'eafury re-
I fpeftful’y reports to the House of Rep
resentatives, a lUtement of the sflad
tonnage employed between' the' United
I States and foreign countries for a year,
ending the 30th of September, 1792,
which is the flatement that remained to
be reported, of thofo required by tb?
I order of the 3d indant.
Treasury Department i
January iio, 1794.
Statement of the atfopl tonnage ot A
merican vessels, employed in the com
merce or the Unite J Sc with for
eign nations for one-year, ending 30. h
September, 7792. < .
I Nations Ton.i
I Russia ...
I Sweden 1036
। Swedifo Weft-Indies • .• 128
I Denmark 2210
I Danish Weft Indies 100jo
I United Netherlands 10977
I Dutch Weft-Indies : 50457
I Cape of Good Hope \495
I England 45986
Guernfejr and Jersey 258
Scotland '3BBO
r Ireland ; . 9908
Gibraltef ■.-■759
J Britifo East-Indies 17^
British Weft-Indies 496^
Newfoundland ‘ 97
Brjtilh American Colonies ■/ 469
Imperial Ports
Hamburg and Bremen ‘ 311.7
France *4777
St. Pierre ' * s
French Weft-Indies ' 67«3<y
Spain 21X4.$
- TrinefjJFe and other Canaries luiK
SpahHh Weft-Indies 1 1 ; 4927
Floridas'and Louisiana ' ’ ^ 411
Portugal _ ■ ; . 16410
Madeira 497*
Fayal and other Azores , 7^9
Cape de Verd ’ 7 2729
China . :r. 1442
East-Indies generally ! . j 3 l *
Weft-Indies generally • • • 460
Africa generally 1 ^460
South Sea®' J ’ G’ ' xig
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FEBRUAR Y 4.
From a cOrresponpent.
After ■unequivocal negative that
has been put on the queftiofrof war, by
the voice of the people in approving the
meaferes .of peace adopted by the gov
ernment, and the happiness experienced
by every class of citizens under the
present regulation of Our affairs; it is
prefemed that Congnefs should be ex
tremely cautious how tfiey agree to rcla
ludonj. founded op theory, and which
would Undoubtedly throw bur finances
into the urmoft diferder,-et the fame
time that they might probably be a
cause of involving us in a cooteft with
the powers of Europe.
mouth, has been denveredjpp tame co
demand. You4^-.hy tmr, that your
having beeh^ fub^ed^ol loanee does not
prevent yotrin ih#le£ft4¥am ahfoying all
the advantages of neutrality, in common
with other American citizens ; ard I
have no doubt, from-thir-timey ffevere
judgments will beobtaided agenft all
depredations commited upon the proper
ty of American fuhjefl?.”
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-The riyscwral is,aow..fo. Ur
compTeted as to admit roade~<T boats to
come with cafp apd XaSpty, withi-x about
one thousand yard's of the city of Rich
mond.
Total .289394
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
Secretary of tire z Treafury.’
AMERICAN TONSI'ACCE.