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LATE FROM SPAIN.
Ros-iott, Sept.
\V« have been favored with'ho following ! 1,14 •''* drawn troin
’ ’ ’ 1 in, 1 ■ thi sa pipers. Wo hope it m.iy |>mv»
1 it was Hii|i{»o"ii-'l that it would land its
troops in Candia about the 20th.
his tile picture, of the idVans of Greece
' " 'nritdy of articles in
extract of u Icttei dated,
Gibraltar, September 3.
n Yuli will naturally look to this quarter
for news, hut you nta distance «ie apparent
ly more interested than we are o near tile
•(•Ht of action. Jluports of such contradic
tory complexion me daily it dug the rounds
null us, 1 hat we must cleti.il what we hear
with couiiou. The Duke d’Anguiilemc has
ills head-quarters at Port St. .Mary’s on I '11-
d /. hay. Tile hloehade ii kept up hy se*
anil land, hut the city is well supplied with
provisions for the next live months. Can.
R diastema, w ho coninianded the CunsliMl-
tlonal Army in Greneda, has turned traitor
to the cause, and made a capitulalion, to
which his army refused tlu-ir concurrence.
Urn. Hu go is ut Malaga, having quickly
raised 8000 troops. It ii iinpoasihle to fore
see the result. The French are certainly
disappointed, but there is no spirit in Spain.
The country is distracted hy civ il contenti
ons. It is said that England has again re
newed an offer to become the mediator.—
My own opinion is, that puace will soon fol
low.”
GREECE.
Boston, Sept. 30.—NVeareagain furnish
ed with Smyrna papers to the ‘25th of July,
filled with interesting intelligence of the
course of events in Greece. It would ap
pear from this intelligence that the Greeks
are on the very point of being crushed bv
the superior power of their enemy, and that
their ruin is the more certain, from the want
of concert anj harmony among themselves.
NYe hope there may be some fallacy in these
accounts, and that the condition of this un
happy people is not so hopeless as it is here
fepresenled—but we feel bound to say that
although the Spectateur Oriental, from which
we derive this intelligence, lias always shewn
very little respect for the Greeks, and as lit
tle interest in their cause, or faith in theii t)Pell imprisoned by Riegn, as well a’s sfcve-
euccess, yet w e have alvyays found, during r .,| 0 fl' 1C( . r <, ani | priests, who have hern se.nl
false picture. We have no doubt that I lie
accounts tde exaggerated in some of their
details. We shall give some translations,
containing fut thcr particulars hereafler.
[Daily Me.
PERTHEU PROM SPAIN.
The following is an extinct of a letter re
ceived at Providence, dated oil board the
U. R. frigate Constitution, at Gibraltar,
September 3.
“ Since we, have been here we have had
a view of an engagement between a Spanish
fort and two French ships, which lasted
two hours, when the ships hauled off-—the
fort has since capitulated, as the French
were erecting a battery on a height which
commanded the fort. Mr. Nelson, our
Minister to Spain, is now residing on board
our ship, as lie cannot get to Cadiz. Tin
French General Lallemand and Sir Hubert
intsoil, w ho arc now engaged in the Span
ish constitutional cause, are now here and
have visited our ship. We have this day
received letters which state that we shall be
relieved by (lie Cyane in November.”
The following is an extract from a letter
dated on board the Constitution, Aug. 31.
“ Yesterday, a detachment of 3000 of the
French army took quiet possession of St.
Roque, and to-day, at 1 o’clock, of Algcsi-
ras : both towns are. in sight of our present
anchorage.”—.V. P. Mer. .Mr.
joining in Madrid. From thn tfivtim I States, anti the cmwcquen: strength of their
stance of Cadiz lining in poasesliwi ol 1'» "ilime power. This is the mure to he
llio Coifs on lli.t ml of Septemlbr, ami appicl,ended, ort ntcount of the full ran,;.-
1 possessed by the Americans in the mivign
tnin of the Indian ocean, unfettered, like us,
by the interference of any privileged cutu-
pariy. So long as our vessels i",.limited to
VH>.MV,ST\r.
Savannah, (lelober 9.
ARRIVAL UK COM. PORTER.
The U. S. steam Galliot Sen Gull, with
nmmodorc Pon ri.ii on hoard, arrived at
From Gibraltar.—We received th's mor
ning our regular tiles of the Gibraltar Chron
icle to the 25th ult. inclusive. The intel
ligence received at Boston a few days ago.
that Kiego had arrived at Malaga, and ta
ken command of the troops, is confirmed.
His force however consists of 3000 infantry
and "00 cavalry, instead of 8000 as stated
in the Rostnn account. General Zayas has
tint period that we have been accustomed to
peruse this journal, through the kindness of
the friend to whom wo are indebted, that
the intelligence which it furnishes is entitled
to much more credit than that which we
have obtained relative to affairs in that quar
ter, from any other source.
The Captain Pacha landed from his fleet
*n the island of Euboea 1000 men. By means
irf this force the siege of Caristo was raised,
and the Turks began to act on the offensive.
They burnt all the villages and endeavored
So destroy all the houses uf the Grei ks, and
of the inhabitants a few only saved them
selves by flying to the. mountains. To watch
these, a small force was only necessary, and
the rest nf the Turks, it was supposed, had
marched towards Athens. Accounts from
Athens arc to the 4th of July, where il is said
that every tiling was in horrible confusion,
from its being announced 011 the 1st that
14,000 Turks were advancing upon the city
and were already arrived at Eivadia, and on
the 4th were only three or four leagues from
Athens. It was not known certainly whe
ther this was only a detachment of the Ot
toman army murehing upon the Peloponne
sus, or the disposable force from the island
of Eubcea.
As soon aatlie approach nf the Turks was
known, the Ileparch g«'» ■ >
1 ,,r Athens that flip.; lU’JSt
retire to some other place for safety, for he
could not answer for what might happen.—
Almost every body fled upon this alarm,—
the Greeks to the island of Salamis, except
a little more than three hundred who shut
themselves up in the citadel. They are fur
nished with provisions for a year, and they
cannot want for water, having discovered the
ancient spring, of which an account has been
given, and united it with the citadel by n
bastion. This is of very diflii ult access, and
to become masters of it, it will be necessary
To scale a steep rock and to force successive
ly five gates. While the Greeks besieged it
formerly, although they fired a vast number
of bombs, they killed but two persons. Hut
at present the Spectateur adds, for military
purposes Ihc Turks have no need of taking
the citadel. It is only necessary to take the
plain, and to fortify the Pireus, which can
he easily done. In this place the Turkish
shipping would he in safety. Mr. Pauvel,
the French Consul at Athens, withdrew to
J'vn, and thence to Smyrna.
With 1I10 exception of the Acrnpolas, all
the fortified places on the continent hut
those in the Mores, are in possession of the
Turks, and of these they hold P liras, Co
run, Motion, and the Citadel of Corinth.—
The town of Corinth is in possession of the
Greeks. The Captain Pacha has establish
ed himself at Patras, and from this place he
sends his naval detachments vviihout being
observed hy the Grecian fleet. Ry means
of his fleet he transported to Patras from
Pretici i 18,000 Albanians, who were to ad
vance into the Peninsula fiom that directi
on, while a larger army entered by the way
efthe isthmus of Corinth. This latter ar
my, to the number it was said of-10,000 men,
under Ibrahim Pacha, had already taken
possession nf the first defiles of the Morea,
mid was wailing for the arrival of provisions.
It is slated that the plan of operations was
pot to advance a step without being assured
ofan abundant supply of provisions, for on
expedition where the army was sure to find
only a country entirely laid waste. In pur
suance of this plan, the Captain Pacha had
procured provisions ut Patras, until there
was no longer room to store them. In ad
diiion to these tivn armies, a third was as
sembling near Thermopykc, consisting of
several bodies of men from the provinces ol
European Turkey. We find little account
of the preparations making hy t lie Greeks to
resist this formidable invasion. It in raid
that there Is still a w ant of harmony and su
bordination among them, ami that Ulysses
has made an offer to join the Turks on con
dition of the arrears due to his corps of twen
ty-five thousand men being discharged. Il
dees not appear that the offer was accepted,
and It may be doubted whether it was made.
It is certain however that he has not per
formed those exploits which rumor has at
tributed to him, and that the plan of carry
ing the Beat of war out of the Peloponnesus
•Was never executed.
The Egyptian fleet, consisting of43 sail of
vessels, two of which were superb frigates,
Under the command of Qihruttar, had sailed
from Alexandria, having 00 hoard a body of
5008 troops, destined for Candia. It stop
ped at the island of Rhodes, where some ex-
cesses were committed hy the Egyptian
troops. It had sailed again on the 2d of July
It was said that the Viceroy of Egypt had
•undertaken the particular charge of reducing
the island of Candia. The plagus of Alex
andria had subsided. The Gin ks contimi
priosts,
on board a ship in the harbour of Malaga.
[A*. J\ Amer.
Beaeon Office News Room, )
NoRrotu, Oct. 2, 1 o'clock, P. M. S
By the arrival of the Brigantine Un
daunted, Capt. Hatton, in 3.1 days from
Demcrara, we have received the Royal
Gazette of Aug. 23d, hy which we learn
that the Island has been put under mar
tial law in consequence of a very serious
insurrection of the blacks.
A Methodist Preacher, has been put
in confinement, charged with being the
instigator of tha Revolt, and it was the
general opinion that lie would he hang
ed ! Many of the negroes had been kil
led by the troops sent against them, and
several executions had taken place.
FROM GIBRALTAR.
New-York, October C. — By the Cath
arine Rogers from Gibraltar, we have
received the Chronicle to the 3d Sep
tember.
Genera! Zayas, and several other
?aF r VriW > aVn? r9 ’ 8rr ' ve< l al Gibral-
Tho Chronicle of the 1st, states that
a person had arrived from the neigh
bourhood of Cadiz, and informed that
there was to be a meeting of general
officers and other persons of rank at the
head quarters of tho French array.—
A number nf oflicera had arrived from
different places.
Sir Robert Wilson left Gibraltar on
the 2d September for Malaga.
The French, it is stated in the pa
pers, experienced some loss in their
attack ori the Trocadero, (Cadiz,) ou the
25th August.—Nat. Adv.
It is thus confirmed, that down to
the 3d of September at least, the duke
d’Angouleme had failed in obtaining
possession of Cadiz, either by bribery,
by negociation, or by arms. The Lon
don Observer of the 25th August con-
taiu« nn nrticlo on this ol’jtiut, written
apparently by some person intimately
acquainted with the state of things in the
peninsula. It appears that two parties
exist in Cadiz, equal in numbers and
strength.—The one headed by Ar-
gueiles, is for continuing the defeno.e to
rite utmost ; the other is for offering
terms to the duke d’Angouleme through
the medium of England. The party
who contend for a continued resistance
maintain that Cadiz cannot be taken ei
llier by siege or famine ; thn fortress
being impregnable to any force which
France can bring against it, as was tln-
monstrated in the case of Nepoleon, and
the capture of the town being equally
impossible, ns it was provided with
bread stuffs for at least a rear.
1 ho party who ore in favor of nego-
eiating is understood to have, lately gain
ed so ranch strength as to have encour
aged its leaden to send a secret mission
to England and to (he duke d’Angou
leme, expressing their views how far
they were willing logo. These views
are stated to he the formation of a sen
ate or chamber of peers, and a suitable
provision for the parochial clergy, and
the bishops and chapters. On the urii-
val of tins mission, the British govern
ment immediately sent some frigates
into the Mediterranean for the purpose,
it is said, of conveying Argue lies and
bis adherents lo England, in the event
of any settlement being concluded on
tins basis. I his the English ministry
conceived themselves bound in honor
to do, “ to secure the personal safety
of the cortes in all events, and to be
present, moreover, with such a respect
able force ns shall conirou! any violence
on the part ot tho Spanish regency 01
'he French ultras.”
Such are represented to have been
the circumstances under which the Eng
lish frjgatea were vent on (he one part, A
'he duke do Angouletue departed from
Madrid for Cadiz on the other. Tltoy
sufficiently explain the origin of the
that no di pi iltuii had been ulttiwn to
give it up, it is evident that the piety of
Arguellos maintained the ascendancy.
and lh.it thei e was liltle chance at tlnti j i d> w under Ibis disadvantage, il might have | 'his p"i t yesterday Hlmnt In o’clock A. M
l,|. been advisahlo to subject imports of the. pro- j Thompson's Island, 1 ia. St. Marys, ii
ilni e of Asia and Africa, coming I'rotn A
mei ica, to the aaino limitation which is es
tablished on merchandise ol those three con
tinents, when coining from Europe ; that is,
to liar the goods so brought from internal
consumption.
Even at this moment, the continent of
Etiropu is lilmost uljoHji^oi'i'ulird through
1 American shipping with East India produc
time of the secret negotiations kinniti
ing conformably to tho views <*tiUe op
posite interest.—A'. F. Lv. Fast,
NEWS PROM SOUTH AMERICA.
Boston, Oct. 3.
By the ships Panther and O'Cain, arrived
at this pint, we are furnished vvilli informa
tion from Lima to J nic I I, Valparaiso, July
ed io poBsesfiion of the iutcrinr i-f the conn I intelligence that negotiations had been
. try, but the Turks were in poasefisioii of{opened at Cadiz, and tho premutarc re-
12, and Rio Janeiro, Aug. 13. The follow
ing iiilVirmaliuo is taken from the Mer
chants’ Hall Books.
The last accounts at Valparaiso, fiotn'I.i
mil, wvre, that an expedition of 5000 men
had Billed for the Intcrmedios. The Roy
alists Tail abandoned the attack on Lima, as
the Bitriots had been reinforced hy 3000 of
Bolivar’s troops. Bolivar was daily expect
ed t« arrive at Cttlloa with some more men,
wliitb would make the t'atiiut force at Li
ma and Callao strong enough to sustain any
attack. The Ruynlist forces in Upper Peru
ware said to amount in all to 12,000 men—
the most of them with Cantarae, at Xauxa,
60 m.tes in the interiorfrom Lima—tile re
inaiuder under the command of Balder., near
Arequipa. The Peruvian squadron had
commenced another blockade Iron; 12 S. to
22 20 S. on the 8th May, under lie com
mand of Admiral Guys. It was tut gener
ally supposed that the Patriot expedition
would succeed, as their measures were not
conducted hy any kind of system.
The government nf Chili is in a very lies
titute state. Frey re had become implpu-
lar, and was about to resign ins Dirccor-
sliip. A new Reglamento had appered,
which changes the duties & mode of (Jung
business. Thu members for Congress had
bean elected, and were soon lo meet It
iva3 thought they would change the plea
sures entirely. The Council had given O’
Higgins leave to quit the country—his pirty
still very strong. A sloop of war and June
transports had sailed for Lima, to hrijg a-
way the Chili troops, who were said p he
much dissatisfied with the Peruvian service.
There was a report, that San Martin wa«
about to place himself at the head of some
followers at Monduza—hut little confidence
placid in it. Valparaiso has suffered Very
much this last year—first, hy the earthquake,
and lately hy the gale of lith and 9th June.
The Panther put into Rio Janeiro 6th Ju
ly, for wood, water, kc. ; and on her arrival
made a report to the Custom House of all
die had on board, and the object for which t,i' trust
site entered the port. On the 12th be'
ready for sea, she was hoarded hy m 0
from the Custom House, with a large
nue of subordinate officers with him; th
ship was unmoored and carried farther up
the harbor; all the specie on board was seiz
ed and ran ied on shore, and Captain Austin
was thrown into the common jail, and, after
remaining 1 prisoner a month, obtained his
release and the restoration of the money
through the persevering exertions of Mr.
Pagueti American Charge des Affaires.
A small squadron would sail immediately
toblockade Montevideo, which still held out.
The Brazilians had a force of five thousand
regul irs and militia bcfoiu it, under General
Lecore.
A difficulty of a serious nature was likely
to arise between Buenos Ayres and Braid,
mi 1 ,'TV V’ Oriental 1
i. He l.ortes were in session at Rio, and
were daily acquiring an ascendency, and on
ly wanted the acquisition of Deputes for the
northern provinces to establish the basis of
a constitution for the empire.
Lima, Jane 1.—Tha whole fotce of the
Spaniards is concentrated at Xauxa, and a-
mounts to seven thousand infantiy and one
thousand cavalry, under the command of
Baldez and Canterac. The accounts «f yes
terday state the former to have risumed his
march hack to the coast, w hich had been
left wholly unprotected. The liberating ex
pedition to the intermediate pirts, which
sailed ten days since, is composed of 5,400
men, under the command of Gen. San Cruz
—2500 more from Chili are tojoin them,
and both divisions will arrive abou the same
time at their place of destination.
Bolivar is to assume the commtnd of the
united army, immediately upon ais arrival,
which is expected hourly, and will march to
Xauxa with eight thousand troops accustom
ed to service.
The Governor is rrrv papular, end un
commonly active. Riva Agilera, the Pre
sident, is a man of abilities, and thn utmost
confidence is placed in him hy all classes of
people. An agent has arrived on account of
the loan effected in England, with authority
to draw for three millions of dollars. The
rest of the amount is ex pected in Spain.
sod very considerably with that of the We-t
Indies. From Sumatra, Java, Mocha, Chi
na, their vessels carry the several produc
tions direct to Europe : and from our own
possessions, first proceeding to the United
States, the ports uf w hich are made the de
positories, whence the consumption of Eu
rope is mainly furnished—An act was pas
sed in the session of 1821, to allow our ves
sels to proceed from the East Indies direct
to the neighboring continent ; hut so vexa
tious are the restrictions as to tonnage, form
aut id fuel. Kite left Thompson’s Island
the 16th of September, and after experienc
ing a series of heavy N. and N. E. gales,
being nearly out of provisions and reduced
to an allowance of a quart of water per
man, pot into Amelia Island for a supply
on the IJil inst. She wu piloted from Si.
Marys here, through the inland pa-sage, by
I alt'll 1 • 1 Al.’n »*’ il*» CM..rlowtnn utnhnn.in
37 hours, and is expected to leave tins
place to-morrow for Charleston.
During tho stay of Com. P. every possi
ble attention lias been paid to him by the
civil and military authorities. In two hours
after his arrival l ho different volunteer corps
of the city paraded under Col. Marshall,
and marched to the wlmrf opposite to where
the Sea Gull lav, when a salute was fired
from the whole line, in honor of the gallant
co modore. This was received with yards
manned, and answered hy three hearty
of license, and other shackles mnlet which i cheers. A salute was also fired from the
this liberty was conceded, that scarcely a j revenue cultcr Florida, Capt. Harrison.
cargo has been so despatched ; while every M n 'he afternoon a committee ol the City
day the shipping of the United States is av- j Gouncil waited on the commodore with an
rii mg at the ports of Europe, laden with the invitation to a public dinner, which he de
produce of our eastern and other foreign
possessions. We may impose upon their
vessels, so far as in us lies, that is, in the in
torcouso with our colonies, the necessity of
proceeding first to America, (probably com
modious to them for re shipment); hut such
are the advantages of small shipping, and
the absence of all other control, that they
are rapidly becoming the general carriers.
A V in F.ipedition of Capt. Kotzebue.—The
Russian government is going to send out,
in the course of the next summer, and pro
bably in the month of August, a scientific ex
pedition, composed of two ships of war,
and commanded hy M. Von Kotzebue.—
The object of the expedition, we are as
sured, is lo he at Behring’s Straits in the
summer of 1824, in order to penetrate as
far as will he possible to the north cast. E-
ven if the navigation of the large vessels
should he obstucted by the ice, a detach
ment is to penetrate in baidares, or Kams-
k.atdale boats, between the ice and the
shore, where there is generally a narrow
strip of unfrozen water. The learned and
justly celebrated Admiral Krusenstern i-.
employed in drawing up the instructions.—
The minister uf the Russian marine, M.
Muller, and M. Krusenstern, are both going
. to trust to the fortune of this expedition ,, „ ’ r ,,
'®' n P their eldest sons, who are voung seamen oil u 1 tir 0 e 1 s \. .'
ficer .. • c , ; ”, .lover hv others besides Ins kindred: Im
• . great promise, several learned men on..
ret - ., ' , 1 1 , ■ his agi-il parents, his near and dear relative
great merit are already engaged in the ox .1 -tv . • . 1 in • , m
i >.. ” .. , • . } M . . ■ 11 tins District—who sha naint heir afflic
lined accepting on account of the delicate
state of his health ; an offer to furnish a
supply of refreshments to Ids crew at lire
expense of the city, was accepted.
Ij \TF.ST AND I’AIN IT I. FROM KEY WEST.
Despatches were received at the. Navy
Department, at four o’clock yesterday, from
Capt. Sinclair, commanding at Norfolk, an
nouncing tin arrival there uf the U. Slates’
ship Fcacock, Capt. ( assin, in a passage ol
fifteen days from Key West, (Thompson’s!
Bland,) which place she left in company
with the Frigate. John Adams, Lieutenant
j Comm. Cassis, of which vessel she lost
sight in a gale of wind on the 22d nit.-—
The John Arams, however, was seen en
tering Hampton Roads, by the hearer nt
these despatches, as lie came up in the
Steam-Boat.
It grieves us to say that the Peacock
brings melancholy News. We have lost
the gallant, chivalrous WATSON, one of
the brighest ornaments of the Navy. Vic
torious over thn common enemy, alter per
forming one of the most gallant exploits to
be found in the naval annals, Lieut. Wil
liam II. Watson, on the departure of
Capt. Rensuaw for the United States, was
placed in command of the Frigate John
Adams. Me died the day before she left
I”
lull
pedition, from which the must important
results are expected.—llxlmct of a litter
fiom St. Fctersburg.
BRITISH NAVIGATION LAWS.
In an article in the last London Quarterly
Review, on the subject of the British navi
gation laws, and the scheme, w hich now ex
ists in Great Britain, of removing many of
'he restrictions in their furmei system, the
following observations are made by the re
viewers ;
“The operation ofthc new law, as it applies
to tile remoter continents, m.iy prove highly
prejudicial to our navigation, hy the exempt
ing of British vessels from the necessity of
recurring for productions to the original
sources. All goods, the growth or manu
facture of Asia, Africa and America, may
he imported in a Britibli ship, indifferently,
from any of those continents. Cross the A t
lantic, in any direction, and the commerce
in British shipping appears placed on the
freest footing. Nothing would seem mure
equal arid well balanced, than thus to give
to three great continents the same rights,
tho same privilege of exporting their pro
duce to this country. But a nearer consi
deration of the practical offect will
that, of these three quarters of the globe,
the only active traffieing people are those of
the United Sta’en. That country is (he on
ly one likely to become a place of deposit
for the productions of the other continents
and Crum which British ships can make the
indirect importations allowed. The inter
mediate voyage to he performed, fi om the
origin of the merchandise to North Ameri
ca, must take '
ail Httcwniw) survey
stances, (fur we du nut agree with those ol
MontrbaL, Sept. S.
On Sunday, the 20th July last, as Miss So-
phroniu Williams was returning home from
Church in the afternoon, in the township of
Eaton, a Bear was discovered following tier,
of which she was not aware until alarmed hy
the eties of Mr. Arisell Mitchell, Mr. A. Wil
liams, Mr. B igi-lo and others. Miss Willi
ams ran and succeeded in getting to her
father’s house without any injury, except
being very much frightened. The above
mentioned persons pursued thn Bear with
with him, fired at him, and hy the blood
which followed their shot, imagined ihey
had inflicted a mortal wound, hut the Bear
making nfl, they continued their pursuit ■
their gun had lust its luck and was therefore
useless. Mr. Mitchell seized the axe out of
another person’s hand, and being swifter
than the rest pursued him alone. He was
advised not to attack (being a he Bear) until
the rest came up, hut Mr. M. not fearing a
ny danger, was soon out of their sight, and
coming up with him, in the act ofgoing over
a leg, struck him on the rump with the
head of tho axe. The Bear not receiving
any particular injury, threw himself over the
log ; Mr. M. followed and struck him again
on the head with the axe head, which hro’l
him down, hut w hen Mr. M. ivas about to re-
peat the blow, he rose up, seized him near
the left shoulder with one paw, seized his
hand w itli his mouth, began biting and tear
ing his arm, and throwing himself on his
hack attempted to poll M,-. M. down upon
him, who seeing his object, jumped with all
his firree past the Bear’s head, and as he
prepared for another gripe, twitched his arm
out of his mouth, which tore off part of the
flush—he then jumped over the log. in the
art of doing which, the Bear made a blow at
him with his paw, which only tore hi s trow-
sers. The Bear then retreated, and Mr. M
waited the arrival of the rest of the party,
when they concluded to pursue him no far
ther till next morning, as it was then nearly
dark. The next morning a parly went in
search of, and succeeded in killing him, after
having put seven shot into his body. He
measured near six feet in length, and full 9
inches across his head from ear to ear. \Yt
are happy to state that Mr. Mitchell is in a
lair w ay to recover.
A Irnc miracle performed by Dr. Con
nell, of Bunno, ip the county of Cavan,
in the year 1777. “ In the year 1773,
about the month of February, a girl of
the name of Ann Alulligan,' who lived
near Kockkerry, and who was about 14
years ol age, went over to a neighbour's
house on a vi-it, one evening, and re
turned about 10 o’clock at niglu, having
completely lo-t her speech, and remain°
ed in that state till the month of May
1777, being a space of four years and
about a quarter, when Iter friends
brought her to Dr. Connell, generally
culled the Mad Doctor, who, when he
examined the git I and heard the story,
brought her into his parlour and locked
the door. 1 hen, placing her on a chair
atone end of the table, and himself op
posite to the other, lie commenced by
in this District—who shall paint their
tion ?
Others have died, among whom are Lieu
tenant HAMERSLEY, and the Rev. D. P
ADAMS. We have not been able to gel
further particulars.
The officers uf tile Peacock, after leav
ing Key West, saw the Sea-Gull, bearing
the pennant of Comm. POUTER, clear ol
the harbor, steering fur the United States
The Commodore had been very ill, hut was
supposed on! of danger, and intended, when
the Peacock sailed, immediately to leave the
island.
It will be readily understood, from this a-
bandonmeut of the Station, that it had eon-
tinned so unhealthy as to render a return
itr me nijtimli Hu nr me Uui(x>tl Qiuiu) iuuio-
pensahle,—.Nut Jntell.
Prom the National Intelligencer F. s t r a of Oat. 4
DEFEAT OF THE RICA REE INDIANS
3 11 gratify the public curiosity, and parti
cularly that of the connections and friends
id the Officers and Soldiers engaged in the
Expedition against the Hicare.es, we antici
pate the regular order of publication of the
National Intelligencer, in placing before 001
readers the following interesting
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
Head-Quarters, ll'estern Department,
ljouisville, Ky. Sept. 21, 1823.
SfR : I have the honor to tran-mit, here
with, fur the information of the General-in-
Chief, a copy of a letter from CM H Leav-
ensworth, reporting the handsome k. honor
able result of his late expedition against the
Uiearas Indians, numbert d 1, with a copy of
a treaty of peace with that nation, No. 2.
I have directed General Atkinson to take
measures to ascertain the temper and dispo
sition of the Sioux, and their motives fora-
bandnniitg our troops at a time when their
presence and aid were must wanted. I have
also directed him to keep an eye upon the
Uiearas, as well ar, the Mandans—and to
make his arrangements with a view to the
chastisement of tin* Blackfuot Indians, early
in (he next spring or summer. As this men
sure appears to he indispensably necessary,
to secure our citizens in that quarter, I trust
that the 1st regiment will he permitted to
take post at Council Bluffs in November
next.
Respectfully. I have the honor to he,
E. P GAINES, Maj. Gen.
To the Adjutant General.
HF.An-QuARTRRS, Ctll R r.(5T. I
Fort Atkinson, Aug Jo, 1823. (
Pin : I have the honor to inform yon that
tho troops who lately visited the’ IGcara
Towns returned to this post on tlie 27th inst.
We arrived before the Ricara Towns mi
the 0th of the present month. The Sioux
Indians, who were with its, were met hy the
Uiearas a short distance from tlnur towns,
and a skirmish took place between them.—
The Uiearas maintained their ground, or ra
ther, diove the Sioux hack, until the. regular
troops and Gen. Ashley’s men ai rived, and
formed their line. The Uiearas were then
immediately driven into their towns. The
Sioux were so much scattered in front rd
th 1 * troops toal the latter were unable to de
liver their fife, without kdling some of tin
Sioux, and therefore did not fire.
Our boats arrived subsequently during ll,e
evening of the 9;h, and our artillery was dis
embarked.
O 1 the morning of the !0th, Capt. IMey,
>lh a company of K, lumen, and Lieutenant
Bradley, with a company of iolaritry,
At 8 o’clock Maj. Kelcbiiin was also r '
dered to the upper village with his coim,,,
ny.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock the six poumfi
and the troops opposed lo the npp. 1 1 ill:,,.,,
were withdrawn, and our whole tin or d'-.
milt rated below (he lower tillage., nod 1'.^
troops ordered to form, for the purpose ,3
collecting corn lor tin ir own us.e, as (i, 1
Ashley’s men had then been destitute of pi 0 .
visions for two days. At this tiro, a party
uf Hiotix, and a party of Uiearas, butli ni,
horseback, were discovered holding a parley
on the hill beyond the upper town. Ii n.,s
also discovered that the Sioux were g nn •
off, though they had given no intimation
their intention to do so. The Itii a as sent
1'"""W"I foe peare. They said that
the first shot from our caimuo 0 ,',1 i,,u, sl ,,
celebrated Chief, called "Grey Bye-, wfi,,
caused all tile mischief, and that we |p,i
led a great many of their people, a, ,) , f
their horses. They were evidently v,, y
much terrified, and completely humbled _
Being convinced of this, and supposing tin*
the government would he better pleased to
have those Indians corrected than etlur . ac[.
ed, and as the Sioux, amounting to about T
or 80U warriors, had left us in a very slranta
and unaccountable manner, it was ihun st
best, under all the circumstances of the cioe.
to listen to the solicitations of the Rieaias
for peace, especially as it was understood
that our round shot were nearly all expend
ed—consequently, a treaty was made wiifi
them, a copy of which is enclosed.
In restoring to Gen. Ashley the property
taken, it was thought that the Indiui.s del
not perform their engagements on that -a 1 .,
ject, as well as they were able lo do; aid
they were threatened with an attack. The.
principal chief, the Little Soldier, came '
us, and begged permission lo withdraw E,
family from the village before wo nltaiked
il ; and he gave us the most conclusive evi-
donee nfhis friendly disposition toward? .
It was now late in the afternoon of the 12ili,
the 10th and 11th having been spent in ani
on and negociation, and interchanging visits,
our men frequenting the towns fur the pur
pose nf trading for mocaains, Be. and the
lot! ring manifesting every symptom of hav
ing been thoroughly brought tn a sense of
'heir interest and duty. Il ivas concluded
Hi postpone the attack until morning, and
the troops were dismissed front parade.
It had been ascertained by me that the
Indians were so much alarmed hy nur
threatening again to attack them, that they
would probably runaway and leav e their
villages. This, it was thought, would ham
an unfavorable effect upon the Indians, and
make tlirin more inclined to commit d> pr<-~
(latinos upon the traders—and as the Li 9
Soldier soon after sent nut, for Gen. Aslib-v,
a few more buffalo robes, with a 111 1— ;• -
that he could not possibly du more, and E t/
ging that he would have pity on them, it
sent him word Unit I would not attai Ii lim-j,
—that it was not their property that iu
wanted—to make his people feel sale, and
conduct themselves well, and they slioeul
not he hurt.
Early nn the morning of tha loth, we
found the Bn aras find left their towns Ju,»
ing the night.
Major Ketchum, with his compsnv, an4
company E. commanded hy I.t. Br-.l • y.
and Lt. Morris, vsitli one six pounder, v,eie
ordered to take possession of the town- 7,
to suffer not the least article to be tali.. a-
vvay, nr the towns to be injured.
A messenger was sent to call hack the fr.
di.ins. if possible, and to induce them to lake,
possession of their villages, but tln-v could
not he found. It was now evident that nur
miill, i > |i„,t liei-n served with very gr. a 1
feet, i he towns had hern completely rl,T
died. We found 31 new graves, and in
found that several old ones had been opeiev,
and tile suifare set thick vvilli prickly pun
to conceal the new dirt. We know tii„! io
m* n, who were killed hy the Sioux 111 the
skirmish on the Otli, were buried in fur.
graves—and w e know, also, that more than
"'it was buried in si ver.il of the other gran s,
. From the best evidence which we com.I c.i-
• leet, it is supposed that more than fifty , |
j 'brii people ivi ie killed, and a great ipir.i-
he, wounded. Oir mrsBengeu ntm n, ,1
j the evening nf the Mth, without having b.cn
j able to find the Jticaras.
j Ori the morning of tile 15th, wr plarrfl
j the mother of the late chief. Grey Eye-, t
j aged and infirm woman, whom they I. ft ,.1
'heir flight.) in one of the principal lodges iff
the lower village, gave her plenty .dp.m u
ons and water, and left her in the quiet no.--
Session of the towns, and the properly b'r.
bv the Indiana,
• Xl't*|»t SOIllD
ILtorting his countenance in a shocking j ordered to take nossessiunof a qViV
Amrth Ameri- manner, so as to strike terror into the upper village. Tln-v immediately took a
Itlvo survey of 'exisrinn''Greiim' 1 1 " ir1, an ' ! “flcr some, time he furiously ! pusilinn there within one hundred stepsfror
Ouiiuceil up, new to a d.ircer whirl.! ,,,l> lu "
ad In a situation which screened
our philosophers, who considering 1 com- * Tns hanging over tho chimney piece, I I' 0 ' 11 H'** ot the enemy from th
merco free as air, hold all 'intervening oluta- rau ut H»o girl swearing he wonl.i in-1 n, ‘ • t!,e Hminerit, Lt. Morris,
neutral!!y 1 'during^war" n^T'stondlv.’ . “u ?• - t0 T™. her l,fo ’ . a,,d . im ' ! r ’ lo report’to'Mr!'Vail-
, war, nnd, stjcomily, bv 1 mp.lit.frlv funtAi4'
nod Investment of capital; will cause - ^
no small portion of the productions nf the
Hast Indies, and of {lie shores of ‘he Pacific,
to take that route in coming to this country ;
and the relaxation of the old law veil! natu-
rally eactturiqju the aavigatisa ef Uu feinted j botirhood.”— Irifh Vaper.
Un recovtuing'fi ooi j dei hurg, of the Missouri Fur ( ...
the faint, slip had completely regained j , l| i 3 SIK pounder whs placed above tin’up-
her speech, nor ever after lost R. ' This I *" r ' ^ k'-'sk fi. e was continued up
can bn attested by above 20 persons.' l! "'. l,, ' vns u "" 1 ^o’ciuck intbr afn
md by the tradi'ion of tho whoU teixb I ewdin lh “ - n,W,n " m “*
in gathering and
corn of tho Uicacts,
been taken tor the subsistence id' ih*- . eu
At about ten o’clock, cm the evening nt
I8lh, the. troops were embarked lo ueo-e
till! river, and our guard withdrawn, a:,d
very soul removed from the villages, exr.
the woman before mentioned. Ail the I. .
were gnt under way nearly nt tho s.o
tune. Before we were out of sight of i
towns, we bad the mortification to di-o •
them tube on fire. There is no doubt l
they nave been consumed to ashes, nor
there any doubt hut that they wen- . i
fire hy one McDonald, a partner, am! i
Gordon, a clerk of the Missouri Fur Coni]
ny. Had not this been done, there is
room lo doubt, hut that the Ricara lu.lr
would, iu future, have behaved as well
wards our countrymen as any other Ir,,!.
nn the river I; is now mv delih.'lale ej
on, that lliosr Indians will he excited to t.
tiler hostilities.
It is understood that this Gompanv ''
Missouri,) have withdrawn their trade I,
above the Sioux country. Not so i
Messrs. Ashley and ll. nry ; they In.
small number of men and a large amount
properly at the mouth of the y, Hum
river, and they w ere deeply interested in 1
correction and pacification of the It,, aras
I’lieir zeal and efficiency in aiding to . ii
tlse those Indians were conspicuous a
highly honorable
W e Inniiil ihe Ricara Indians in two v''
ges, the lower one containing seventy-..
dirl lodges, and Ihe upper village
dirl lodges. Bach village was eni-h.-rd u
palisadoes, or pickets, and a Hits'!), and
greater part of the bulges had a ditch
the bottom Oil the inside. Tli.M! vvo.l
however, had been repri tented to he nn
stronger than wlial we found them to lie.
During our operations, we su-inincr!
| loss in men, uni had But two wo inn.
j Hugh John-on, of Get). Ashley's inonm u
and Smith, a priruta uf Major Kilctiu.
company.
' Our offieeri and turn have return..!
I fine health and spirits, and it is w • '
those here are ne n ly all su !;. Capt F w
arrived hero w ill) 65 men, (r. i ruit.q) on '!
231 h ir.Ft
j Our Spring wheat has done well, an !
our crops are vi ry good. No cat. i. i!
j i'F will be sustained hv our alts. rice. I ■
'vending the riur, we lo.-t one Ir.at, and - 1
■veil III, I) druv. mil, ar.d had anutlo I ' 1
j sunk hy a -l-.rm. VV. |, I on*- ..wtvnl
j some ammuiiihon, and Meier pmi 1 i< .- -
particular aiEOUui ofa'lof ivti.ch rii.dl h
