The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1794-09-22 00:00:00, page 2

SPbiWebbia, sys. 2.
linformation, fehi^h
my letterof the zoth May, 1794, was
founded, anv confidcrable doubt bad
remained, hf Governor Simcoe's inva
fi cm ; your long fileape without a refuta
tion of it, and oor more recent intelli
gence forbid us tp queftiem sos truth,
is fapportedby the refpe&ble opini
<Ha, which have finer Been transmitted
tothe executive, th^t in the late attack
on Fort Recovery, British officers and
f dd^s^ere; On Abe very ground, aid
inr our Indian enemies.
But, $tT, tofatofc^^
paW^Jw*#rtfohedao diftroy ctc
rv p^biltytif^ ho9Hb
vietyfyfe hWfertt to tfte grttat Sodus,—
a f&tVment begun otiurta, of the faofc?
narfttofi Ihfa Ohtariq^ri? eommandrto
CapthifrWihia mfon; whoderived a title
hofflmifyate of Nevr,ork,to desist
fioofflp stertyrim This mandate
was bbir.6@ Lietrt^^
&,tftfM,>&^H'%4^ *'fo+
corftffo", with theßr *df fe defee--
„, unequivocally ofd miift&rf hhd hofr
■^affrommsrided wd?etae,^t
peace bfceett Grearßriiato and the
United Stated, and I„&|^ the existing
differences refpeaingriCThattbe rautu.
01,%d finall, aifyfted,^ the WHng;
)V)ffeffion pfany part of the Indian tcri-:
tors, either for the- ptirpofe of war ; or
forf&igtfty, is held to he a direst viola
/ign dfcnW Britanic Mieth's right,
as they uhqueftionabl, existed before thel
treaty, and hasun immediate tendency'
tointerrtpf, and in its progref& to de
ftroy,,hat ^good aridemanding, which
has hitherto fobfift&l between his Bri
tanic mafefyand the United States of
America. I therefore require you to
desist from any such aggression, R H.
Shcaffe, Lteat. sth Regl and Qr.
Mr. Genl. Dept, of his Mritanic maj
e%y's service. G. Sodal, i6:h AdgMfo'
Ca^ Williamson being from home,
a letter was written to him by Lieut'en-:
ant Sheriff, in the following words/
" Sodus i6.h Augaft 1794. Sir, ha
ving a special commission a&tmftruc
rions for that paroofe from the Lieut.
Governor of his Briranic mafetty's Pro
vince of Upper Canada, I have come
hereto demand, by what authority an
cftablifhment has been ordered, at this
place, and to require thMfieh a deGgn
be immediately relinquished, for the
reafoni fated in the written declaration
accompanying this letter; for the re. t
ctiptbf ^hich protest Fhave' takeib the",
acknowledgment ot your agent, Mr.
Little. I regret exceedingly, in my
>priva % as wellas public character,ahat
Ihavt riot the fati&aion of feeing you
here, hutl hbpeoh m, return; which
will be about a week hence, to be more
fortunate. > lam Sir, your most obedt
ent Servt. R'r'H,'»afc, Lt. §th
Regt. Q: M: Gt@? n : ?>(
A fbe pofitiori Os Sd^^ represented
to be seventy miles within the terrhori.
al line of the United ^ States—about
twenty from Ofwego, arid about one
hundred from Niagara.; 1 ' ;,
For the prefent,all caufo of difeon
tent, not connected with our weftern
tertitwry, fliall be laid affide ; andeven
amongthefe, (hall not be revived the
foot of our complaints, the detention of
the polls. I But while peace ii fought
by uthrough, every channel, Which
h<mo»pe,mits, the Governor of Uppers
Canada is .accqrmPatihgr irritation up
od Irritation. He commenced bis 0%
iterations of enmity at the rapids of
Miami. He next associated British
witblndian force to assault our Fort.
He now threatens us, if we fell out own
Trees and build houfason evr ownlands.
To what length may not Governor
Simcoe go ? Where is the limit of the
fenriment, which gave birth to these
intrusions? Where is the limit of the
principle, which Governor ' Simcoe a
vowsl - • ,
The treaty and all its appendages we
, have febmirted to fairdiicuffion, more
, than two years ago. To the lerter of
my piedeceffor, on the 29th of May
4792, you hate not been pleased to
make a reply ^except that on the zoth
of June 1793, the aid of November
^1793, and the 21st of February ,1,9%
no inffruaion# had arrived frora,your
court. To fay the best of this futpen
fion,it certainly cannot warrant apy
new encroachmeiti, howfoever.it may
recommend to Us forbearance under
fee old).
It is not for the Goveraor of his Bri
tanic majefty,to interfere with themea
fures of the lUnited ffyes towyd^ &
Indians within their terfitoj You
cannot, fir,, be infehfihle, that it has
{frown into a maxim; that the affiin of
the Indians, within the boundaries of
any nation, exclufiv^y belong to
that nation. But Governor Simcoe dis
regarding this rightofthe United States,
extends the line of ufutyrtion, in which
he marches, by refering to the ancient
and extinguished rights of His Brifanic
majeft). For, if the etityg condition
f ofthe treaty keeps theip ijive on .the
fobmera fide Qf Lake Uhtario, the O
hio hfelf will ndr ftop.tbe career.
"not difeouragefrb, „ur havinfe&H
'- Imerly disclaimed a control over, tffrt'
l^a rdponftbiHl, ^WHfcJGoveffiOT 06
'"'bis Bri%feMai&,tom rcforong to
r!you on this. uc&&a.'-'.You are add rQ
!^l^, hope, ta&taffrf
^^MW^ Wreithr^gh yo^
rirf° f %S^^^T'^^^ " v
,J%%^
~ „„ : , Nourmfl 9te& J^W\'
, M t#reW fy|fa^
,/rf fy^%fl^Mff ^^ %79fc^
Ithisday received your letterof the
, Ift ^r^f ; f c pi%of which J will
I tranfafoby j^ mJieft opportunities
) thatm^ occur, to Lieutenant Gover
nog simg?e m fed to kii, M^jefty's Min-.
„,. I have the honour,to be, /
Your ob^ient, ,<
j r ; r , ^^^fovant, ;
. Gcq.UAMMQND.
4 =±=!t=t=^^^
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POLAND.
Warsaw, fone^ ir.
'lX7£ y^c^Y received the news
VV of the a&ion, which took place
I,on the 7th inst. at some distance from
'Mahgofzee, between federal KofcivZ
kb, and the combiner Ruffian and
1 Prussian troops.—General Kofeiufko's
account runs thus • " That notwith
standing the enemy's foperiority in re
'gular troop^by the jundion of the
Prdffii& and their heavy artillery, the
:Polifh commander was on the point of
' obtaining a complete victory. The
enemy,j^d already began to give way,
aftef Saving loft five cannon, when a
ball took off .the' Pbliffi Gen. Groch
oufk'u This occasioned force diforder,'
which was increlf^d by a general re
port'prevailing throughout the army,
that ft was yeoeW Kofciafko, who'
was killed ; and dike General, to unde
ceive his troops, exposed himfelf tp tlfe
greatest damferi TH enemy, in the,
itrerim, failed not to profit by this ac
cident, and rallied. General Kohius
kd perceiving, that one of his battal
ions 'of infantry was unable to refill the
flitkk of & ene%% cavalry, arid that,
on the othef hand the corps of pikemen'
did not seem inclined to do dieit duty
Would not nfk a decisive a&iori. He
retir^dto Malagofzee, carrying with
; him hisde^d and wdtyda^bat left two
cannori in the hands of the enemy. The
loss, of the Poles, is about 600 men |
that of the enemy raft befar more con
r (iderable. Some accounts ftae the tofi
We are jn anxiohr expectation Jf fife
shes account. cri^^ri
SPAIN.
M A DRI d, June 16. '
, The h^ from the frontiers
tire most alarming; and our
\tears are aggravated by the gen
;^idifrruft ind want of codfr
eration, both in. our armies and
among die members of our ca^
binet. "?^ri
Our loffes,on thefirft of June,
;|^@,ibu@g^^
c'd^ deSolano, who com
manded one of the diyifians of
^^troo^a^ cofodice
of our militia, who were panic
- struck by the firft fight ofthe
French.
S> affirm, that Collioure
Ibeen Joft, jf our fa
thr eourage to come
forade tte operations
,and if MfoiraF Gravi
^X!^ 6CT
Notwithstanding these disasters, our
troops,,we are told, have not loft their
teonfidenye iriM. de la Union. We,are ~
even affiled, tharhe Jias taken two W
teries ereded bythe , French lfaofe
dk^arde, Q<h^
c°©n\Mno<tio&betweteßellegarde, and_
- Tb&Q W/ dread, tag*'
thf FrenCT^nih—
-wiUeiser Cata&rara',ffie passes to which
"^o'rit' ; *°^^ ^a—
-IT^9 ^l^V^ W^ have ff.
£#■4^^ sy rnwiffi 14,660 fa.
qgrod taken possession of a post which we
M^ht impregnable. The court
gd&ohto co^efithft; But we k^^
that the French hart triads a rbacl for
,their artillery oy<4fhe : ^onntains, ahd
fF e btiievente report of the invafion't'o ri
be true. The militia, the only troops
'to oppose them, are tefyTll officered,
,„,nd not much ^tod,: by tyl@tf
American Intclhgancevt.
PENNATLKANII
PHILADELPHIA, Sept.
^Extras ofatatefam Bedford,
_^ated Ait^^ r,
INHERE are no certain news
? from the westward yet.
The commissioners were to
meet the committee appoint&t
by the weftern people on
Thursday iaft, at Red ^tone
' For/, but w^ have not as yet
heard what ffiey have done. I
have seen a letter from a gentle
man dated 24th instant, where
in he mentions that there is not;
the least hope of the. /business
< being ftttlcd wtokhfo&p^ _
fioners, of whom he is Bfe.ri
The people seem allunanimous,,
and will, I believe stand out."'
Tbe following are among the Re
solves of Jome of the LRe/Nrn
Infurgents.^
Refolded, That the funding,,
aft ought to be repealed, or at
least so altered as to prevent
that unprincipled clafsof man
kind, called speculators, from
drawing out of the treasury
what they never were justly in
titled to.
Refolded, That all original
holders of certificates ought to
be paid the real nominal value.
} Revived, That the excise law
& unjust fa principle, oppressive,
in its operation, and impradi
cal in -its execution, in every
Re^blicangovernment.
iVfebved, That the people of
the United States ought not to
chdofe, at the cnfuing election,
?4K ^rabcraM Congrifs, any
speculator in the funds, any
stock holder in the Bankoftbe
United States, nor any la^d
.jobber ;as these are a class of
;men, who seem t^ have a sepa
rate interest from the^nafr of
the people, and. consequently
must be under its influences in
their deliberations.
Rejoined, That as long as di
red taxes ate neceflary for the
payment of the public debt and
,ltc fuppdrf of the government, 1
. Congress should lay a tax upon
all warranted and patent lands,
tend left we be thought by fanet
to be enemies to all taxation te
and good order, we unanimou&
ly resolve, that we will be ready
ft airtimes to fuppprt govern-,
mentby the payment ot taxes,
in common with bur fellow-ci^
tizens, in proportion to the va
lue of out plates, real or per^
fonaL™X& I
On TC^fday rafatefo
number of men with their facfs
blacked, eritered the.hbufe of
^rj Heelings, collector of the
^revenue, about ten&mlles ftdm
up all the paper%^si«,to his
office, in Cy^
Cop, of a letter from qx^^rtirf th^&^^
, "tf^ V^&feti ^^ffffo
= 'T, A^^ «fr*tf- <%%,,
: 1 h Th%^ ^ r ?@,o,.
that we jhall be able to give a good ac
count oftirffoaian'ty h4ityfr
bout one thou faqd seven hundred PtP#.
thoufan^ efelifty@ffl Kentucky vo
luntcers wjffifofr^good&„
^l.?/f^we^ff^u# ri
rfwlpch I have, ^qp&fflfbgaken)
we shall be abl^tQ b)ihg th© Indians to
'^T'- think their f nen ds # Wl@%,
.them, by wh„ We learp from a prisoner ;
l^ty ^fyff^ ft fr^
Recovery—hefay&jtey loft a grpat ffi
,ny :he k4<frffl& 9f% number—
he fays, they quarrelled ,nd fired .@n
each oilier. ,There ^rclarge bets made,
that the^ wi^ be in with a flag ,by the
time we have ctoffeL the St. Jrfeph,
which is about four days march from
this." '
Exlrafl of 4 letter frm a gentleman in
Cuctaxafy dated 31st 0f%!,, * 79+
'' By a pcifoner (Delaware |ndian)
we are told considerable uneafinefa has
risen amorigft fomeof the tawny tribes
in confiquence of the attack upon Fort
Recovery, or force of the events atten
ding the attack. The Delawgres and
adjacent Indians, irnderftanding well
the difficulties of such a business, were
appealed to, and only ,ve info the
measure to fatisfy there very weftera
brehreu. At a critical nrcment of t^e
when aft+r„%£e &»d AoQkp, %
few Choctaws 'Hole cut from ^ fall,
pott of Fort Refovery, and be?ag @^
takenby the enemy b for friends, got ir>
totfete rea r,and afled eompaiativclG'
as very powerful ties .c death, in bis
triumphs that day. ,;
" The enemy found themfebb an
noyed in their rear, as a Chief amongst
them, mortally woundcd,dechred
with his dying breath, that he got hi#
wound from a fed man ; and the wef
tern Indians fufpe& the Delawares and
others. •'!
'' The British were driving to ac
commodate grievance®—how they suc
ceeded, the Indian prisoner could not
tell. The army marched from Gren
ville, upon the morning ofthe 2&h, rife
high health and fyirits-
NEWTORK.
NEWYORK, Sept. 4.
'; If the intelligence from the
Weft ward is true, in its fall ex -
t '° t) i^^ a dignified appear
ance fees governor Simcoe
make, with a few soldiers and
Indians, annoying the settlers.
in the back countries ! How [
mazingly will his aggreflipns
advance the honor of the Bri±
tifti arms, and the interfo oQ
the. British empire ! Such piti
ful afts of hostility towards a
nation at peace, at firftinfpire
refebtrnro, but from the folly
and infigni ficaort of fchuti
nets, resentment foun fubfid«fr'
inro contempt! As it i&nowa^
most certain, t^^^ shall not
be involved in a war of any &,
ration or <xient # ft ^,p:^ps
be best for the Country that
'Simcoe fliquld proceed in. his
mad cata%@ chefßfpgnitty
€Americans rife and take venf
geance on .the daring aggro f