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of Fort Jefferfon. The night pro
. feeding, the Indians fired upon the
Jentries at Fort-Hamilton five dif
ferent times. *
<c I have the honor to acknow
ledge the, receipt ofjour two fetters,
of che-ult. and 10th instant. A le
vcre attack of the influenza prevent
ed from anlwering tue firft in due
feafon —the last was handed /ne yest
erday by Major Conn, who honor’d
me with his company at dinner.'
“ The Legion took up its fine . of*
march, from Hobfon’s Choice, on
the yrh, and arrived at this place on
the 13th instant (the sixth day ) at 10
o’clock in the morning, without any
accident,, but found ourselves arrested.
on this spot for want of provisions,
and the means of transport on the
part of the contradors—f have there
fore been reduced to .necessity, of or
dering the Quarter Master-General
to supply the defed for the present.
- “ It would appear that the ravages
mean to bend their attention to our
convoys—they recently struck atone
ot them, by which we loft two gal
lant young officers. Lieutenant Low
ry and Ensign Boyd—-who, with 13
non commissioned officers and pri
vates,bravely fell on the morning of
the 17th instant, afer an obstinate
refinance against fuperiot number?.
u The savages killed-and carried off
70 horses, the waggons and stores
were brought into camp the day be
fore yesterday, without loss dr da
mage, except some trifling articles.,
“ It is not improbable but this af
fair may be exaggerated into fome
.thing serious, by the tongue of fame,
before this reaches you—but the
foregoing is the fad.
“ There are nearly one thousand
volunteers arrived in the vicinity of
this camp (officers included) of which
there is no deficiency.
I fear the season is too far advan
ced for them to aid with effed—-
they appear well diCpofed for adion.
The report is, that the Indians have
sent their women and children into
some fecrec recess, or recesses; and
that the warriors are pclltded, or
colleding, determined to dispute this
ground, from which we ffiall not re
trogade.
*' The fafery of the weftefn fron
tiers—the reputation of the Legion-*-
the dignity and interest of the Na
sion, forbid the giving tip one Tingle
inch of ground that we now pofiefs,
until the savages experience Our fu
penority in the field,or sue for peace j
two waggons, near Fort St. Clair, to
gether with such articles as they
vould carry away out of the waggons,
Such as they could not they endea
vored xo destroy : the guard, laid to
ronfift of ftvcoty men, are all killed
and mining: the main army at that
time were about fix miles in advance
v On the I9*h the Indians attacked
White’s Station, about ten miles from
Fort Walkington, killed a man and
two children.
INDIAN NEU'S IMPORT A NT,Sc INTELL*
J^Y letters from Fort-Hamilton,
dated the twenty-second instant; we
are informed, that on the 17 th, the
Indians cook the horses from twenty-
WINCHESTER, [Vir.] Nov. 25.
Copy of a It it sr from Major-Genet al
Anthony Wayne, to a gentleman of
refpeilability in Kentucky, dated.
Camp, Joutb branch of Miami. 6
miles advanced of Fort-Jefferf on,
Oblcber n,
“ Dear sir, ~
IGENCEBT THE LAST MAILS.
LEXINGTON, (Kentucky) Oft. 26
By this Day’s Mail.
NEW-YORK. •
Albany, NOV 2J- Thrice, lince Sunday
evening, has this city been alhrmed by fire—
and the one of yesterday, which broke out a
bont 12 o’clock, A. Kl; in the fiable of Gen.
Gansevoori, firu^te in a duller of wooden
buildings, and which was full of hay—-gave
the molt threatening afpvds of again laying
in ruins a considerable part of our city/ Thro*
great exertions, however, it was extioguilhed
without communicating to any other build
ing-
The magiftratesf are this day holding exam
inations on fever al female Haves; who have
beencommitced on suspicion of being the cause
of rhe late fires ; one or tho of whom haVe ac- ~
knowledgcd their having fist on fire the Hable !
6f Leonarp Ga NfEVOQrRTiE^ pn Sunday
evening, .
“ On the 16th inst. two fergcanU of Capt.
Lee’s troops of cavalry were killed by the
Indians, and on the 17th, one of oar efcoris,
of 90 men, under the command of Lieutenant
Lowry and Ensign Boyd, charged ^iih 28
waggons,loaded ^ith corn, contrador’s Hores,
and 2 with poods, the property or Mr. Hunt,
was attacked by a‘party of Indians, fappofcd
to be about 6b, a little after day light, at the
29 mile tree, a few miles advanced of Fort
St, Clair ; after the exchange of a few foot.
Lieutenant Lowry and E align ’ Bcyd fell ;
this damped the fpHtj of the men in such *
manner, as to ocdafiun a route ; the Indiana
seizing the opportunity or keeping it up, took
poffv-flion of the waggons, but were in so great 7
a hurry to get cff, that they only took time,
to cot out the hotter, (lave all the liquor, ex*
cept what they carried off, and plunder Mir.
Hunt’s waggons, leaving the other waggons
and corn in the road. The escort left 15
killed, including the two officer!, who -died
bfayeyr, and 9 men miffing. Lieutenant Col.*
Adair, of the mounted volunteers, wh" lay in
advance of theefcort, about 6 miles,, wi h.^Q
or $0 men, upon hearing of the disaster, im- .
mediately repaired to the ground of the, cr
fear, took the trail of the Indians,and follow
ed them between thirty and forty miles ; but,
not being able co come up with them and be
ing out of pjoviGon returned.
“ General Scotr, withone thousand mount
ed volunteer!, including officers, is row en
c-xmptd at a Prairie, two miles advanced of
Fort Jefferfon- One of the volunteers was
kilted upon their march.
“ The Commander in Chief waits the ar
rival of about 700, that were lent off yester
day to Fort-Ham ihqo, for flour and corn, un
der an escort commanded by Lietehant-Col
onel Hatntrawk ; at which arrival he will
march from this place to within a few miles
ofpeneral St. Clair a bartieground, and there
take a strong pofi ion for future operations;
unless the season, and a Sufficient supply of
provifioa, will jaftify his farther advance.
•* It is expeded the Indians will attack the
army before they feperate, being informed
through sundry channels that they have pled
ged themfelvcs to each other, to their refpefl
ive naiions, and to rhe British, that they will
defeat the army. It is apprehended, that as
th efee were British officers with the Indians st
the defeat of General St. Clair, some may
think proper to be with the Indians on the
present occasion. Our army are strong, fetl
themfclves in high spirits. and are ready for a
meeting with the enemy.’*
We learn, by a gentleman, who arrived
here Lorn Knoxville, on Monday evening
last, that General Sevier returned to that
place on the 25th of October after scouring
the Indian country for upwards of 140 miles,
and approaching within 20 miles of a Creek
village. Inthecourfe cf the expedition, he
destroyed seven of the principal Cheroktee
towns, about 300 head of cattle, near 500
hogs,and corn and vegetables in abundance—
two Indian meh, one woman and one child,
were known to have been killed in a fkirmilh
w ith the Indians, and it is generally supposed,
fevetal more of the tawny race fell, as nume
rous trails of blood were diftovered onthe
ground over which the dead bodies had been
dragged. General Sevier had 5 men. killed,
and 4 wounded.
'We also learn, thro* the fame channel, that
lincc.Geo. Sevier’s return, 1 Indian has been
killed, twb wounded, and two taken prisoners,
within the fcctlementa- -
About the Ibtier end of Oflober, a party
belonging to Captain Hawkins’s Virginia
company, following an Indian trail in Pow.
el’s Valley, were fired upon by a party ofthe
Savages, laying in ambulh, and four of them
killed.
The Kentucky Gazette, of Nov. 2,
received by Saturday’s mail, contains
the following extract of a letter, da
ted Head-Quarter/, & W. branch of
the Miami, Qd. 24, *793-
an event that I pledge myfelf to pro-'
duce, if properly supported by a
completion of*the Legion.,
“Believe me to be, with sincere re
fpeft and efteem,your most ob'edienc,
“ And Very humble fervanr,
Anthony Way^e.”
On Tuefday evening laft,a fire broke
out in Norwich Landings which con
fumed fifteen buildings. ‘the fiire
made its fir Ji appearance, in a ft ore.
J^e are happy, however,. to learn,
that amidd the confufion naturally at
tending so tremendous 'a conflagration,
no lives were loft, and but tzvo person s
wounded, those fiightly.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, D PC. 7.
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
, ; Of the date of the 27 th ultimo, We ‘
learn that the Fever bad wholly dif
apffared from that city : that the Se
cretary at IF ar, and other officers of
the General Government, had re famed*
their former rest dene es therein', and
that federal Members of Congref had
arrived. That no intelligence bad been
received from General IVay ne —nor
was the account of the brujh between
the rear-guard and a party of Indians,
any thing more than a report; which
if true, can have no effect on the gene
ral operations -
Accounts from Philadelphia mention,
that the Preßdent of the United States
had received the result of the Court-
Martial, lately held for the trial ofEn
/gn Morgan, and that from the lenity
cf General St. Clair, in the prosecu
tion, there is no doubt of the Ensign s
acquittal.
^.A fcboolmafter, in Leicefterfhire,
^England) was lately apprehended on
charge of uttering treafenable expres
sions of and concerning his Majesty.—
The words w^re, I do not think that
his present Majesty will cut anv fig
ure in hiftory. The' fuftice did not
venture to commit him, but applied to
the Attorney-General for advice, wbofe
opinion is said to be as follows: I
do not think that an action will lie for
fifefe expressions fen looking into the
most eminent hiftarians^viz. Plutarch,
Livy, and Suetonius, among the an
cients, and Hume, Sully, and cardinal
de, Retz, among the moderns, lam of
opinion, that the persons who cut the
great est figure in hiftory, were great
rascals, and of course, that by the
exprefions alluded to, the defendant
will, by a well-informed jury, be sup
posed to have conveyed a compliment
t», and not a sarcasm on our present
most gracious sovereign. ”
A letter from Cape. Whtt, on
board whose veflel a lace daring out
t&e, was committed, in Philadelphia^
^his owners In Newbury Port, gives
ihg fpllpwing particulars * The
day J arrived, a mob, of Frenchmen,
Carht f rom the (bore, and made a de
*hiand of one of my pafTengers, in Or
derYo murder him on board —They
tried, by force, to pals the cerHry
* (my firft mate) ac the cabin-door, and
'MsToon aS they were refitted, they
drew their swords on my mate, and
&bt off one of my people’s arms with
a pitlol-ball —Myfelf and mate were
fli^htly wounded in our hands—but
.^eci^ without any fur
ther damage, at that time. The next
day they began the fame way again,
and while I went to the Mayor of the
cicy> for aflittance, they broke the
lock of my companion-door and took
the man out, whom they almost mur
“ detedf before the Americans could
tefeue him. I have three of them in
. prifan and fufficient evidence against
them.
On Monday morning last by the falling of
a Chimney, from the ruins in Market'ftreet,
a Son of Mr. ‘George Collier, about 14
years of age, was instantly killed ; two other
boys were much bruited-*one of which is since
dead—the ether is. on the recovery.
EXETER,
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10.
CONNETJCUT.
NEW LONDON, NOV. 28.*
• Cease then our hearts in hopeless woe to grieve*
■Or grudge to angels what they deign’d to lend ;
She came to drop a pattern how to live,
And urge our tra n script by her glorious
.Died at Kcnfington, fines bur M, &&
MBHIT.ABU PreScqtt, aged iß s in afpd
den and very extraordinary manner, and with
untomihon refohnion.. The Circumftancps of
her death perhaps time may tifefold—but at
prefeor they are in t hc womb of futurity.
b* r hrtaft conctarj,
W.Mfarhiu^t it
?»■■■■
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Died on the 6'th infl. Mrs. HAN-..
NAH T. ABBOT, Confnrl of Mr.
Benj am i n Abbot , Preceptor of the
Academy in this town, aged 22 — a lady
whom nature and education had so ad
mirably calculated for the difeharge of
all the duties of affection, friend
ship, BENEVOLENCE, CHARITY and
religion, that few, we presume, have
ever lived more umv erf ally beloved, or
died more deeply regretted, by a numer
ous and refpe&able acquaintance.
Her funeral will proceed from Mr.
Abbot's house to-morrow, at 2 o’clock,
afternoon ; which her relations and/
Priends are desired to attend..
' E'en the stern tyrant, as he aim’d the blow,
Relented long to crush so fair a flow’r
Dropt his raised arm, yet could not still foregb
The noblest trophy that had grac’d his pow’r, -
—At Canterbury, Rev. FREDER
ICK PARKER> Miss SUKEY
FOSTER.
. MARRIEDy-Mr. WILLIAM
WOODB RIDGE, of Medford,(Maf
faebufetts) to Mis NANCY CHAN*
NING.
Her heart, blfeft ihahfion of the cherub band, .
Long to the Blulhihg Virtues all was given ;
There conscience taltn a life all Christian fcann’d,
Smil’d her heft joy, and look’d serene on heav’s;
And read the ample volume of her mind ;
Shall mourn their pattern 1 dft, thejr fexes* .prarfe.
Where all the virtues with the graces join’d..
An ELEGY on the Death of
Mrs. HANNAH T> ABBOL
F'oRBE AR thy wonted zeal, gay orb of light,
To pour the day, and climb the aZure steep J
Faint arc thy beams to pierce of woe the night,
Or wake the eyelids death has feal’d in sleep,
The nymphs, that joyous Ihar’d htr happier days,
Still ev’ry heart retains its cause to grieve,
And ev’ry tongue repeats Amanda dead.
Let hireling mourners force the backward tear,
When titled nobles yield unwejCto fate ;
Vain pomp and hangings grace thepoftly bier,.
And gold secure a monument of state.
The ChriftiaQ Sire Ihall loofc the ties of,earth.
Alike unjoyous are the dawn and eve—
Amanda’s virtues fliall record her fame,
Tq heaven attra&ed by a stronger chain ;
The heedless youth shall pause midst feenes of mirth,
Reflefl foi once, and think his joys profane.
Science, with all her vo’tries, Keav’n-born maid,
O’fcr-clad in weeds her exit shall aeplore ; »
Virtue with fighs'fhall greet her fauldefs shade.
And caive her eulogy on ev’ry heart ;
The friend of worth shall faulter out the name,
While the full foul bids floods of sorrows start.
The beggar’d orphan, pnee in secret fed,
Taught by her alms to hail with joy the moril,
Retir’d from view, shall bend his finking head,
Wet his Uft cruft with te^rs and sigh Ihe’s gone.
Could worth matur’d avert th’ untimely grave.
Her rising fun had shed a cloudless noon ;
Could earth-born (kill the parting blefling save,
We had not thus been whelm’d in grief so foohj*
With talents various aS hervirtues bleft,
She each exalted to its deftin’d end !
These all combin’d in charjns unrivall’d drefs’d
The gay Companion and the thinking Fiiend.
Soft’ning with grace her maj^y of form,
Etherial mildness /hone throughout her mien ;
The foul,of fympsthy, benign and warm,'
Mix’d in her eye with wffdom’s blue serene.
Full well the wretched knew io find her dome, *
And prov’d her joy the bleeding heart to heal ;
When want and sorrow bad the suppliant roam.
She never saw, and lack’d the nerve to feel «
Still on each face a changeless gloom is spread;
Andweeping fay, her fairest is no more.