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Article MONTHLY CHRONICLE. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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Monthly Chronicle.
expect mercy . I , as your Commanding Officer , am entirely prevented making any application whatever in your favour ; there being , from various circumstances of the case , no one opening that could justify me in such a step : however , as the Son of your Sovereign , whose greatest prerogative is the disjier , ; ai > on of mercy , I feel mvself fortunately enabled to do that which , as your Coi . m" ! , the indispensable Laws of Military Discipline render it impossible for ma even to think ofIn this situationthereforeI have presumed to ly to the King ' s
. , , app Representatives here for your pardon ; and I am happy to be authorised to inform you , that my intercession has been successful . —Major General CLARKE , in consequence of my warm prayers and entreaties , has had the . goodness , by his acquiescence with my wishes , to enable me to prove both to you and the Public , that although your atrocious machinations were chiefly against my person , I am the first to forgive you myself , and to obtain for you his MAJESTY ' mercy . May you take warning bv this awful scerie , and so conduct yourself , that by the 5 crimesand that not
remainder of your life you may atone for 'pttr past , I may hereafter have occasion to repent having now been your advocate I " AUGUSTA , GEORGIA . Accounts from the Western Frontiers continue to be of the most distressingnature . In Washington , Green , and Franklin counties , many murders have been committed bv the Indians ; the following relation of a most shocking massacre , perpetrated by these savages on the Oconee river , has just transpired : 37 and killed
Indians surrounded the house of Mr . Thresher , and fired upon Mr . Thresher , two children , and a negro woman ; Mrs . Thresher , to avoid , if possible , the fate with which she was threatened , fled , with an infant about five pr six weeks old ill her arms , and leaped into the river ; the Indians pursued , shot her through each thigh , and right breast , stabbed her in the left breast with a knife , cut her arm nearly off , and then scalped her . In this situation she remained until the neighbours could assemble in sufficient numbers to the riverand the Indians . As the first canoe was
croscross pursue sing the river , she had strength enough to call for assistance ; they wer . t , found her hanging by a bush , in water nearly up to her chin , her infant at the bottom of the river , a few yards from her . She lived nearly twenty-four hours , and wlien informed by her Physician , that it was impossible for her to survive much longer , she , with a fortitv . de that is rarely to be met with , called her friends around her , and in a calm but pather tic ve her hand to onewishing them a better fate than had
manner , ga . every , befallen herself and family ; and when , after her speech had failed , as ihe neighbours were constantly coming in , she continued to give her hand , until about five minutes before she resigned her breath , which was without a groan . Mrs . Thresher was about twenvy-five years of age , of a respectable family , an elegant person , and possessed an uncommon education , We are happy in being able to add , a body of volunteers and regulars , amounting to Soo men , have marched in pursuit of the savages .
By accounts from Vienna we are given to understand that the Emperor has leagued with the Empress and King of Prussia against Poland , and thrown in liis ' claim for a share of that unfortunate and wretched country . ' A very serious Riot took place at Nottingham on Wednesday in consequence of some Recruits singing " God save the King" among some Jacobins . One of the Jacobins was killed on the spot , and another died of his wounds yesterday . Three more are in the Hospital . As they were proceeding to very great lengths , tlte Mayor was obliged to order the Military to fire , which soon dispersed them , but not till the above Rioters had met with their fate . All is quiet now .
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Monthly Chronicle.
expect mercy . I , as your Commanding Officer , am entirely prevented making any application whatever in your favour ; there being , from various circumstances of the case , no one opening that could justify me in such a step : however , as the Son of your Sovereign , whose greatest prerogative is the disjier , ; ai > on of mercy , I feel mvself fortunately enabled to do that which , as your Coi . m" ! , the indispensable Laws of Military Discipline render it impossible for ma even to think ofIn this situationthereforeI have presumed to ly to the King ' s
. , , app Representatives here for your pardon ; and I am happy to be authorised to inform you , that my intercession has been successful . —Major General CLARKE , in consequence of my warm prayers and entreaties , has had the . goodness , by his acquiescence with my wishes , to enable me to prove both to you and the Public , that although your atrocious machinations were chiefly against my person , I am the first to forgive you myself , and to obtain for you his MAJESTY ' mercy . May you take warning bv this awful scerie , and so conduct yourself , that by the 5 crimesand that not
remainder of your life you may atone for 'pttr past , I may hereafter have occasion to repent having now been your advocate I " AUGUSTA , GEORGIA . Accounts from the Western Frontiers continue to be of the most distressingnature . In Washington , Green , and Franklin counties , many murders have been committed bv the Indians ; the following relation of a most shocking massacre , perpetrated by these savages on the Oconee river , has just transpired : 37 and killed
Indians surrounded the house of Mr . Thresher , and fired upon Mr . Thresher , two children , and a negro woman ; Mrs . Thresher , to avoid , if possible , the fate with which she was threatened , fled , with an infant about five pr six weeks old ill her arms , and leaped into the river ; the Indians pursued , shot her through each thigh , and right breast , stabbed her in the left breast with a knife , cut her arm nearly off , and then scalped her . In this situation she remained until the neighbours could assemble in sufficient numbers to the riverand the Indians . As the first canoe was
croscross pursue sing the river , she had strength enough to call for assistance ; they wer . t , found her hanging by a bush , in water nearly up to her chin , her infant at the bottom of the river , a few yards from her . She lived nearly twenty-four hours , and wlien informed by her Physician , that it was impossible for her to survive much longer , she , with a fortitv . de that is rarely to be met with , called her friends around her , and in a calm but pather tic ve her hand to onewishing them a better fate than had
manner , ga . every , befallen herself and family ; and when , after her speech had failed , as ihe neighbours were constantly coming in , she continued to give her hand , until about five minutes before she resigned her breath , which was without a groan . Mrs . Thresher was about twenvy-five years of age , of a respectable family , an elegant person , and possessed an uncommon education , We are happy in being able to add , a body of volunteers and regulars , amounting to Soo men , have marched in pursuit of the savages .
By accounts from Vienna we are given to understand that the Emperor has leagued with the Empress and King of Prussia against Poland , and thrown in liis ' claim for a share of that unfortunate and wretched country . ' A very serious Riot took place at Nottingham on Wednesday in consequence of some Recruits singing " God save the King" among some Jacobins . One of the Jacobins was killed on the spot , and another died of his wounds yesterday . Three more are in the Hospital . As they were proceeding to very great lengths , tlte Mayor was obliged to order the Military to fire , which soon dispersed them , but not till the above Rioters had met with their fate . All is quiet now .