Daily National Intelligencer

FROM DETROIT.

Pittsburg, July 1.

A gentleman from Detroit, who left that place on the 14th June, informs that considerable jealousy exists between the British and Americans in that neighborhood. The British troops are stationed at Sandwich, and have with them about 500 Indians. Desertions from the British are daily occurring; and have been so frequent as to induce the British commander, Col. James, to offer a reward of fifty five dollars to the Indians for every scalp taken out of his lines after dark. All communication from the American shore is forbid, on the pretext, that the Americans entice their men to desert; and several Americans, who had crossed over, had been arrested, put in close confinement, and after very severe usage sent home. All communication from either side is strictly forbidden. There are about 1200 British Indians at Hersh's Island, in the river St. Clair. They had plundered an American citizen of about 500 dollars worth of property. Col. Butler, at Detroit, had forwarded a remonstrance to Col. James, the British commander, complaining of the aggression. It was disavowed on the part of the British commander, who had forwarded an agent to the Indians to endeavor to get the property restored—the result was not known when our informant left Detroit. Several strange Indians had been prowling about Detroit, who would give no account of themselves, in consequence of which the American commander had ordered, that all Indians of this description should be immediately arrested, and in case of resistance or an attempt to escape, to be shot. Mackinaw had not been delivered up by the British, agreeably to treaty, nor had we surrendered Malden. An American vessel had been employed by the British to remove the public property at Mackinaw previous to the surrender of the place. After the property had been put on board the vessel, the Indians, at Mackinaw, who were very numerous, compelled the captain to re-land it; declaring that they would never suffer the place to be delivered up to the Americans.