PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69rJUGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 75, of Vol. ll.] CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: At the third session, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. -An ACT to provide for the unlading of Ships or Veflels, in cases of Obftrudtion by Ice. WHEREAS it fomteffrries happens, that {hips or vcflfch are obilru&ed by ice in their paflage to the ports of their des tination, and it is neceflary that prOvision should be made tor un lading such ihips or vessels : Be it enaEled by the Senate and House of Reprefntatives of the United States of America, in Congrtfs affcmbled, That in all cases where a ship or vessel shall be prevented by ice from getting to the port £t -which her cargo is intended to be delivered, it shall be lawful for the collector of the diftritt, in which such (hip or vessel may be f> obftru&ed, to receive the report and entry of any fucli Pnip or ves sel, and with the consent of the naval-officer (where there is one) to grant a permit or permits for unlading or landing the goods, wares or merchandize imported in such (hip or vessel, at any place within his diftrift, which shall appear to him to be molt convenient and proper. And be it further £naßed % That the report and entry of such ship or vefTel, and of her cargo, or any part thereof, and all persons concerned therein, shall be under and fubjeft to the fame rules, re gulations, reftri&ions, penalties and provisions, as if the said ship or vefTel had arrived at the port of her deflination, and had there proceeded to the delivery of her cargo. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States % and President of the Senate. Approved, January the'seventh, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President oftheUnitcd States. •(True copy.J THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State. n tin tie ail Ast, intituled, " an Atfi v .ie aflent of Congress to certain Atfts of the states of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode liland and Providence Plantations," so far as the fame refpet r ts the (tates of Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. BE it enaded by the Senate and House of Rcprcjentativet of the United States of America in Congress ajfemhte J, That the ast passed the Jail session of Congress intituled, " an ast declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the dates of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode-I/land and Providence Plantations," shall be continued, and is hereby declared to be in full force, so far as the fame refpefts the states of Georgia, and Rhode-Island, and Providence Planta tions, for the farther term of one year, and from thence to the end • f the then next feflion of Congress, and no longer. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the 1.1 oaf e of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President ojtheUnited States, and President of the Senate. Approved, January tenth, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. (True Cory) THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State. Extradls from Brigadier-General Harmar's let- ter to the Secretary of War : " Head-Quarters, For t-Washi ncton, November 23, 1790. ON Thursday, the 30th Sept. I took the field, with such of the Federal Troops as were then aflembled at Fort-Wafli ington, confiftingol two battalions,commanded by Majors Wyllvs and Doughty, with three brass pieces of ordnance, viz. a fix pound er, a ihiee pounder, and a five and one half inch howitz ; together with Capt. Fergufon's company of artillery ; making in the whole ,3to men, including non-commiHioned officers. With this force I immediately proceeded to join the militia under the command of Col. Hardin, whom I had put in motion the 26th, and order ed to advance along what is called, " Clarke's Old Trace," for ab"iut 25 rrvles, there to halt till further orders. The militia had been draughted from Kentucky and Pennsylvania, and both to gether amounted to 1133 men. Many of the former were fubfti. tutes, and by no means equal, either in spirit or appcarance, to the generality of their countrymen. My whole force then was 1453 (including two troops of cavalry) but from this number we may lafelv deduct 200 of the militia as good for nothing. 14 Oft. 14th, I detached Col. Hardin with 600 men, composed of 5° troops, and mi litis, 100 of whom were mounted. The object was, to reconnoitre the country, and feel, at their towns the enemy's pulse, while thcarmv advanced. " A dispatch auived on the 16th from Col. Hardin, informing me that the savages, and the traders, (who are, perhaps, the word savages ot the two) had evacuatrd their towns, with appearances of precipitation, and burnt the principal village, caHed the Omee town, togeth'ri with all the traders' houses. " On Sunday the 17th entered on the ruins of the Omee town, or French village, at part of it is called. Appearances confirmed accounts I have received of the conftemation into which the lava ges and their trading allies had been thrown by the approach of the army. Many valuables of the traders were dellroyed in the confulion, and vast quantities of corn and other grain jud vegeta bles, were fecrcted in holes dug in the earth, and other places. Col. Hardin rejoined the army. " BeGdcs the town of Omee, there were several other villages fttuate upoa the banks of three rivcrt. One ps them belonging Saturday, January 15, 1791. to the Omee Indians, railed was (landing, and con tained 30 houses, on the bank oppofit ; the principal village. Two others, confiding together of about houses, lay a few miles up the St. Mary, and were inhabited by Delaware*. Thirty-fix houses occupied by other savages of this tribe formed another, but Icattercd town, on the east bank of th- St. Jofcph, 2 or 3 miles N. from the French village. And about the fame distance c'owu the Omee river, lay the Shawance town of Chillakothe, confiding of 58 houses; oppohte which, on thr >'her fide bank of the river, were i6htbit t on inoff, 'do; ■ savages of the fame nation. All these I ordered to be burnt ftaythere, together with great quantities of corn and vegetable- » hidden (as at the principal village) in the earth and other" placc?, by the favagfes, who had abandoned them. It is computed th.re were not less than 20,b00 buiheis of corn in the ear, which the army destroyed, 44 On the 18th two Indians were fulled and scalped by the ca valry ; and another was killed at nignt. We loft a great number of horses at this time, occaftoued by the negligence of the militia guards, and their disobedience of orders. On the 19th, Col. Hardin was e'etached with 180 men, taken from the Pennsylvania and Kentuckey militia, and 3° federal troops commanded by Lieut. Arrn&rqng. Part of the detachment proceeded about 10 miles westerly of the main body of the army, now polled at Chillakothc, (the Peni;fylvanians, who formed the left column, having fallen foirie milei. in the rear) when a body of Indians appeared, and advanced to the attack ; and tho the enemy' did not, as it is believed, exceed a hundred and thirty, yet the militia made no refinance, but fled, leaving the handful of feder al troops to their fate ; seven only or whom escaped. The mili tia loft but few men ; among these, 1:11, lamented by his acquain tance, Capt. Scott of the militia, son to Gen. Scott of Kentucky. I am not informed of thelofs fudainwd by the favarges; but I con ceive it could not be great. *• Incensed at the difWaccful conduit of the militia, and deter-, mined to prevent,it poftiblc, a repetition of it upon any future oc casion, I reprehended it in my next orders with great fevdiity. This measure, tho harsh, will have been necefiary. It operated as a stimulus to wipe off the foul stain, which the repu tation ot the militia had incurred. " *he great obje& of the expedition being now completely ef fected, that is, the deftruflion of the v)mee towns, and the provi- Hons laid up for their fuMTftence ; cn the 21ft the army began to return towards Fort Walhington I y the route they came. " It was originally my intention, ,0 have returned by the way of the Ouiattanon (commonly callet the Weeah) towns on the Wabafli ; and break them up also. M jor Hamtramck, command ing at Fort-Kno;:, (Vincennes) had -oeei* previously ordered to make a movement towards them wit!: the troops under hiscom rnand ; 300 militia from Kentucky w te ordered to reinforce him. Ihe movement was intended as well or a diversion to prevent an union rf. tlv jL> J-. * £ v j*. j purnoff of *Kefb\ricT a junffcion with our whole force, in cafe I should have judged it ad vil'eableto enter the country of the Ouiattons. Circumftanccs however rendered it impracticable tor me to attempt it, at this time, with any tolerable profpe6t of success. The horses of the army were now, by various caufts, reduced to two thirds of their original number, and the remainder so worn down w?th hard fer yice, as to preclude the poflibility of reaping much farther benefit Irom them. I have not yet received any communication from Major Hamtramck, notwithstanding the long lapse of time fmce he was ordered to march. "On the 2ill O&ober, the army decamped from Chillakothe, returning on the rout we had come about 8 miles. Here we re mained till the morning of the 23d. Finding, in the mean time, that the enemy studiously avoided coming to a general afition ; and conceiving it improper to leave them in the quiet enjoyment of their late success, I rcfolved to make an effort to bring on another partial engagement. For this purpose I detached, on the 21ft, late at night, Col. Hardin, and Major Wyllys, with 360 men, 60 ot whom were federal infantry—the reft being militia,from Penn sylvania and Kentucky. I had sometime before, mounted a com pany of militia, and annexed it to the two troops of Kentucky cavalry, giving the command ot the whole to Major Fontaine, a brayeanddefervingofficer,at that time fcrving as my Aid-de-Camp. 1 his corps made a part of the present command. I gave orders to find out and fight the enemy at all events, and to be fparingof no means that might tend to lessen the num ber of the savages.—Knowing of what importance the life of eve ry warrior is held among them. The detachment reached the confluence of the Omee and St. Mary, early next morning, and filed oft in three columns. The left, under Col. Hardin and Major Hall, eroded at Kegiiogue, and proceeded along the welt bank or the S-t. Joseph. The centre, confiding of the federal tioops, under Major Wyllys, having passed the Qmee at the French village, moved up the eail bank of the S:. Joseph, at some distance from the river, while Major M'Millan led the right co lumn over some heights on Wyllys's right. The enemy now ap peared in different quarters, and the columns were loon and i'e yera 11 v engaged with various success. A body of the lavage* hav ing appeared in Wyllys's front, and ch er idled the idea of an at tackthere, suddenly gained the un cupied heights on the right, and turned his flank. At this crisis fell Major Wyllys, an officer who.e long and meritorious ferv:ces claim the grateful rcmcm lance of his country. With the talents of a cultivated mind, he united the beftvirtuesof the heart. The little party, unfupportcd, and overpowered by numbers, now gave way, leaving c.) out of 60 dead upon the held. Free use was made of the bayonet, which tne lavages experienced to their colt. Lieut. Frothincham. °r rY l ff ,rncnt » Was k'Medin the a&ion. I have loft in him an utetul omcer, and a worthy man. While this part of the buliaefs was atting, the militia were not idle : they behaved with the pint of veterans, and flew numbers of the enemy ; who met their \z:: l VxT mo ? br o vcry - in iw > " ch f ' de <!">"- oustoeflabhlha tJuMfter over the other.—The militia every ere gave linking proofs ot determined courage. The lavages were in no instances behind them,and the (laughter was reciprocal Jiotn the heft information the enemy loft in the course of this affair, upwards ot ,oo of their prime warriors,—mcA who appeared to lear no danger. Not a squaw or a child was fee,, this day to swell the number ot the flam. The enemy's loss can. Cr i CP k iC Ours,too, was heavy. Maj. Fontaine who co.n- L thc ." va,r y> W" a young gentleman ot the mod amiable manners, with a foul formed for cnterDrize. Years only were wanting to moderate hisardour in the field, and unite, in the ac. compliihed gentleman, thecharaaer ot a good soldier. He fell covered with wounds, in singly charging with his sword about 40 of the enemy. Some other officer, of the militia were killed, and some few wounded Our whole loss in killed, wounded and miffing, amounted to ,80, including officers. Upwaids of ;o 01 the wounded were brought off. 705 [Whole No. 179.] , Among the officers who survived the (lighter, and difti guifned thenifelves mors particularly on this day, 1 memmnwii. , pleafuie the name, of Major M'Milkn, of Fayette, Major Hall Jou.bon, and Brigade M«jor Ormlby, of Netfon county, ,n K \, tuckey; together with Capt. Games, of the cavalry. The cor dutt and peifonal courage of the rtrft demand my warmed ack nowledgmcms. He flew with his own hand three of and the column he led, made impreflive exertions, wherever 1 ° F r°'? , T he recond wos 0,1 aU occasions obedient , nd br , v ." and displayed great personal courage. The third [ . a manner tnat does him honor, b r judrciotrfl r r a ]K-;,,» , broken body of militia, which, in conference, did great exefu tion, under the tmmcaiate command of this gallant younn- officer" Capt. Gaines is defervii.g of great praise, for his foldleily conduct during the whole expedition, and particularly for the intrepidity hedifplaycd in a personal combat of some duration, with a mount ed lavage, whom he at lafl overcame, bringing oif the arms of his antagoiuit as trophies of the victory. " I am under many obligations to all the field-officers, both of the Kentuckey and Pennl'ylvania militia, who gave me uniform proofs of the befl: disposition to second my endeavors durin" the expedition. Col. Haidin, who commanded the Whole militTa i» in a particular manner entitled to my acknowledgments, as well for his cool and determined conduit in aaion, as for his attention and petfeveiance in the execution of orders. A« to the officers of the federal troops under my command, I mud, in ju'ftice to them, observe, that their whole conduct was marked bv a ftriff attention to discipline, a promptitude to obey orders, and alacrity in the execution of ihem. " Aftci the action of the 2<id, the detachment rejoined the ar my in its erfcampnienl; a'ucT at 11 next mortmgt'M troops refuni ed the route towards Fort which we Cached by eal'v marches on the 3d of November. No interruption w+iaiever ViJ offered by th* enemy on our return ; a convincing proof this of their having received a blow whi<;h they felt. I flatter my felt good corileque'nces will be the re tuft. We have riot, f ciilcelve, loft much more than man for man with the savages. Our fofscan be repaired : their's is irreparable. " On my arrival at this fort, the pack-horses of the line did not exceed one half of their original number. Many had been ihoc and liolen on the expedition ; others we're loft id (he woods ; anti others again, being worn out with fatigue, Were either killed or' left behind. The advanced state of the season having deprived us' in a great measure of forage, I ordered them, at times, to be tied, up at night, and flour to be served out at the rate of three pound* daily to every horfc; hence you will perceive an extraordinary consumption arof; of that article. I detained in confinement here the Shawanoe prifonerwe had taken, till the ißih inft. when I difmi.ffed him back to h i nation; but in a way, I tiuft, that lmprefled him with ideas of our fknertor power hi* own lof-jnificance, and •>. r COfl'StSpt or" his brethren. I ordered him a tew trinkets, and an'eiconeio led him fafely advanced on the road 25 miles, left any of our hizntcrs might fall in with hiiri, and ul'e him lefstmderly than I wifhed'. He appeared to be thankful, and departed from the gam foil with a mixture of foriow, gratitude and joy." N E W-Y O R K, ARRJVALS at this port from jan, Jan. i, 1701. Ships Brigs' Snows ii-j 26c i ■ 21' 39 ( Total 088 of which were Anierlcai 2 8 » *4 Spamfft 8 Portueueze 8 French ° Dutch 1 Dane Schooners Sloops ioi 3 Extrail oj a litter from Boston, Die. 29. " Farts have proved, that they were in the right who advised people to keep their public se curities. 1 hey have been constantly 011 the rife for foine time part, and are now riling as fait as ever to be upon a par with money. I have heard and it may be depended upon as ttue, that our fix per cent, fecurkies, now fell in Holland above par, and are riling still higher, and they certain ly ought to be as valuable in America as in Hol land and 1 have therefore adviledall my friends, podefied of itace or continental notes not to fell them for less than twenty shillings inthepound. - Certainly 110 estate is so good as the public (ecurities of this country, and every one who now Jells them below par, will repent when they are gone from him. lam allured by a commiflioner for fettling the accounts between this state and the union, there will be a balance due to Malla chufetts, which will take up and fund all the remainder of her debc, by which means it will all be funded by the United States." ALBANY, Jan. 3. 011 Thursday next, the convention of the state of Vermont meet in Bennington, for thepurpofe of taking into consideration the constitution of United States. His excellency Governor Chitrenden, chief justice Chipnian, Stephen R. Bradley, Esq. the Attorney-General, Thomas 1 oilman, Elq. Mr. Jacobs, the Speaker of the Ailembly, Major-General Ira Allen, and many other principal characters 111 that flare are re turned members to this convention/ Jan. 8. X, 179°> '« 1013
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