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J hrte DoiJs. per an un uj
VoLUMF X.]
DESULTORY.
L> tract fa hi hr from a %emtUfnan
t,J reps ■ft ’ 7;. /, to a tnt tuber of
L'-‘ jm. ti.tUd . Washington, ( j\ T .
7.) Jarman \f iM:c.
“ A i it. vc f • new !{ ”ics with
V% I rit th*y us i.tn.t. Ii is
believed that i.rtw ti iooo aid
i hav • died fine. ii. r encamp
r *r !Jene a:t Ik /.* .i-i th r •
v • •’ -in arc in anv (l v.ivSihcJ
T 1 ii’ 1 Ii ’uth i.;: Hi) ■ i t'v,
* • ar 1 v <j? the one ui:- : ;
c • ‘<■ ficktvfs, filth, tlvpr.ilioa
ar nath. | thcu.filve-s in
*o.. i qua: •< (he c.-.m n. With
v ho'm iis ‘!v has oi iin -ret! i
r v \ nv:> i... ic, i’t v.t* h to
y a* . j iti inw.ii. ‘ aof th
lu c: in the nari ral !■ ;*iii :nr. ”
*;r .ni. ht htr<? i • l.c i- mm! *
that Wiikmion is .fs -T; ii
llt m thi- buEvnels. II v... •-
tc.i by t ie rt ci -i.ity a; war :j n*.
tnove the main h .A of th army
to this placs •a ! y a. the fpi'ln.;;
but he, arcormi.g to ceih m, th.A
}• per to diir\ ~:ad lhe Sec. and , y*r.
or.! r ? ar*d tailed to remove them
t: 1! the mid( : l of the summer.
i c :• Id) lealon had fa u, ,
.j . !i .s originated the imnifitie
C-. ■ i-c.Uo.-i that have o.curre fi
EJ:I S'ft. ’76
£ v ‘r,v/ fa letter from a” officer in
the American arm , •<? gmtl n m
in ’his city , dated uup J'J ir
b ’•v, (Mississippi Territory Jit
C ‘I her 20, 1809
“ i'>r a relation of the move
r ;os “t the army I icter you to a
te on published in the Natchez
(’ ncle, of the 16th inst. which
1; • y.*u. The bulletin, though
wi iron in a ftvle of ievert* wit. un
f rt’j'/Uely contains the* truth.—
lie c i’ ati.i lave me the pain of en
n.! .; into particulars.
Ihe army when reviewed at
IS v. Orleans in piil, by general
Wdkir.fon, contained upwards oi
soco men—the number was more
than 19:0 when we pitched cur
t- nts at Terra attx Eoeuf. One half
tj this army is gone. Except be
tween one and two hundred who
have deferred, the re It are inhabi
tants of other retinas, The futlcr
ir.es of the army at Terra mix Ua’tf
cannot be uiderflood by any one
who did not bthcld then.. Such
difl rifles no troops fnould have been
fubje&ed to in time of peace— lhe
hifbiry of them would be a (atire
upon my country. Eight auvi ten
deaths occutred ahnoli every day
curing tle months of July and Au
fuft. The Entries, unprotcQed
in in tile burning fun, afr< r a night
* f prodigious rain, which would
ih'iwer through t!ie tcntN !< tlrencii
ew. thing, have frequently fallen
deau rn their pdts. Three men
w lien relieving ia::h other at a par
ticular poll, 1 well remember, fell
tlcad in lucctlHon. During t e
day cur eyes were continually a:-
failed l \ objects c.f n.ifcry, uTithin; r
gr > i i.ng and dying uri U i the dis
Ere:.l liter. During the night the
H. T fS >1
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j\l OIN A 1 x) TI.
WASiilNGl’Old, (GtQHujAj weekly for SARAH HILLHOUSE.
tries of buffering men founding in
cur cars and niching our hearts,
I . oted all attempts up m, and cha
fed fltep from the weary eye. ‘The
pv..r soldiers, driven tr. :d by def
р. , often ended their iufterings by
ftabhing thcinfelvcs to the heart.
The officers, touched to the foul
! b) tilt fuuation of the men, drew
u, a paper f.r the removal of the
tamp. Gtn. Wiikini’on w mid not
receive it. Hu deJarcd liimfelf to
b- the belt judge of win t was pro
per, and remark J that papers ci
thi-.- for t p- artO’ k i t insubordination.
Many valuable v.ibvrr, rclicned
th ir com r.ifiions ; all w re t*.ilpha-
Td. but they bere up fur tl, pref
•■ >. locking fi ivv.. l to an event
v. hi.;. 1... W r be certain.
( u times .'.re v. . , t>ui ill:
n olt pro;-ib!< i tkai Wdkii.foil’s
c ! i to W !l n ton can he nothing
Ed than hi tnr.re removal from ike
army.
Wk-n the officers rnatiih fled
it-ch d.irontent, how could it be
с. , t!:a f t.u tildicrs v.culd
n- . fliew symptoms of . ilTatisf. c
?; n. lhe offiirs dm ad to move
■ i a change 0/ U nions; tfie fdd
i verinred to figt.ify a wish br
. ‘ >’ p:ov.fi >ns. A • .or t • to.i
tiLci t ! arr.cfg tl.utn for
I’ .natui s. ! fi-. v Till, ii.nvci ia*
ti. n txprdf. and c f r:.> :v ..iifltke to the
man who bn iudii tu< h v t-s ep-m
them. Ilia: md of intrip, ai.u
corruption, lid and t 11 y in p/< t> f
trial, n. found no difficulty in con
juring up a demon from the appear
ance rla th. dow. Mutit y was the
outcry Uuri (trained tali, wascal
1. and an aclud attempt at mutiny ;
;n innoc* iH paper w as branded v i'h
the name of .1 bond oi inia y.—
Eight loitiitts were arr. fted, hand
cuffed, and imprisoned. All iu:t
three ait: tried, One is acquitted
entirely —three are fenter.ee.l to run
f!:e pau.ntlope. and tut fVntjnce of
the tilth is ut'kno'.vn. The giricr
al. in the wonderful clemency of his
difpofaion, extends the arm oi mer
cy, and the drama is dosed by an
epilogicai order, worthy of the tra
gical farce of Chrononhotontlmlo
g.is. So much for the mutiny
fai i to be flarted by f<>me citizens
of Orleans, the objetl of which
was to burn the c : ty, plunder the
bank, threaten the country, and ,
kill the general!!!
On the 1 Krl inflant, the troops
were reviewed by brigadier general
Wade Hampton. Only three liun
j dred and fifty men v.< re ab to
prefunt themselves ! General Wil
j kins rT., farewell add refs was read
by Ids aid. Hampton succeeded to
the command. It no rellraint had
been imposed upon the feelings,
the one would have been hailed
wfith the loudefl acclamations of
joy and rtTpecl; the other would :
have received the hoots of indig- j
nant tm-n, contemning and delpi
linL’ hi:.:.”
MarfliaM’s Life r f
Ghn. washingiom,
I*’: R S I *•.
at this Oilice-
SATURDAY* MARCH 3, 1810.
We lefe no time in doing an ad
of julli r, |.y contradicting a repott
whh h we publifiied as the fuppxfed
caule of the rafit a- iand of the late
governor Lewis It appears that
from a child, whenever atunked
with fii knels, tliut the fi v\r gener
ally nth tiled ltis brain—and that
the fatigue and heat oi his water
pafliige from Si. Louis to the
Clhickafaw Bluffs thnvv his lyniji
tonis into a very high fever, and it
was inipofliole to procure the ne
ea tLri’ i<f life, much .fels medil|ki ’
a : d to con oar tlu difordcr. ’ i Iklc
i to v.e have from 1 wra! sources.
A ashvilL paper.
Tht fol/nvicp is an extract of a letter
Jr.ni a y n turn an t oncer nu! m the
cr'tuu if the v-m in Indiana hr
tilery, dated at i .v.’w in A-w
Switzerland Dew ban county In
dian.l Tirrdcn , Jan. 15 isit):
** 1: is llaitcnm’ t. 1 1 tuabled to
ft I’d e t hut lu.iu ! ur iniall vineyards
| ianted vvta re ievtn yi..rsago there
v as t.ot a (l;k of wood cut down,
we made last !..!! fix i’.uti irtd gal
-1 nos pretty good wine.”
/?. r-tatla'T, if., i n. —lt appears
! v . t; ;tn ai.tl letters pn ‘
!• ;he i. i’ia'uie that ti. re 1J: 1 s
a pnlct.t ir. A ! ms > ount . it te
t f -iii,, a r. j..iw i Md!. r, tl.)
rhk!i‘ ti :tft b ;i\ crij ;!< f
rud who h..s n.vr t ett able to
Ibo.d, v.aik or t. k. but have ie-
I. .if. and .s i.. > .1 • u.Lnja iiom
the er y - I th -ii birth t>> thi pi. hnt
time. F<>•. rof tiieio arc daughters
from leventicn to twenty five yiats
of agi ; the other two ait I 1 s. the
y< ui gell of whom i- cig!o v> trs
old. I */ £i.ua I‘ii. tt*.d.
“D’e following is f:.i ! t’ be a f<>-
vercign remedy f- 1 the rhi’.unati’u':
Put two outlets of fait Dt tie in a
(Tuc.it of gin or rye vvhfkoy, and
tak- a wine glass of it tlucr times
a day ; abstain fn.m ftrotig if ie t.
7ht lift\ confession and las! dying
wot ds of
Uapt. William Cttkningh \m,
Formerly British Prove,! Marshal
of the city 01 Slew Fork — wihr. was
executed m London, Jot thi < rime
ofJorgcry, Idih August, i7!11.
1, Wiiliatn ('unitingham, was
born in Dublin batracks, in the
year 1738. My fa’her was tium
peter to the Blue Dragoons, and at
llte age t>f eighi y tars i was plact and
with an officer as his lervant, which
flat ion I continued in until 1 was
sixteen. and being a gnat proficient
in hoHenianfliip, was taken as an
assistant to ii:e liding-mafter of the
troop, and in the year 17f>I was
made ferjear.t 01 dragoons; but the
i j race coming the year following. I
: was difoanded Being brtd 10 no
pioi.flh .1. I took up with a wom .n
vvlui !;ept a gin fii p in a blind alky,
near the Coal Quay ; but the house
bt irg fearehi and lor flolvn goods, £c
tny Oox\ taken to New rate. Ith *t
it in- ft prudent to p— aicoi
dir.gly fvt off :er the tie.'.h, wx-u ir-
[Payable half yearly.
rived nt Dr gheda, where, in a few
months attci, I r arried the oau. h
ter of an exalt man, by w ; .. I
had three fens.
Alum! the year 1772, we r. mo
ved to N wry, where 1 cuinm. ii.ed
the proieffi nos a cow hanker,
which is that of entimg the 1 -
chanics and country p • pie t sh p
themklves lor \merica, on pionii
fes of great advanr.igc, ancl then
aitfuTy getti g an indenture up a
th tn ; in ca-ifVquence of which,
on their arrival in America, tney
w ere T Id or obliged t.. fn ve a tt i m
of yeara fur tlieir pdfaje. I em
baike l at Wevvy in ‘he shin Need
ham for New- York in ar.ivr i ,;t
that oorf on th 4*h of Augu'f,
1 77+. with fottic u Jented terva: ts
1 k and app.J ir I larifi lut were
iiberaied in N .1 ‘i . vk, on account
of the kn 1 mage they received fi ‘rn
me dui itig the pafliige. Ilth it -i
----t> I uied the po fcfiiun oi i<ieakmg
hoiks, and teaching ladiev and . eii
t: nilt 1 ti Mile; but rendering my.
led obi), xi us t > the ri.iz • . t
the.l infant llrue ‘es for b and
l was < iiged to tly 0:1 1.. aid ‘he
ddia . f war, ano Ir. “.1 th. • 2
to !’ il.‘ti, where u.y own <. m.ifi
t:. n :) the rtii-ifures purfuci! hv
Aiu, licaito, in lupport <! i •ir
r Ills, v>a, theti.it thing :.*jT
c imn.aided nc to the notice of
j,.;...... G.. ,e, and when rj. war
c. lu u.iu 1. I was app. intgu pi -
v. it uia.lhal to the rov and arm’ - ,
W’lueii p aced me in a fittn-li u to
w. .k ii \ vetig. ance on th; \nic
ricans. J ffiuJder to think of he
rnu.Mers I liavf been irc fTuv o,
b.'ih with and without orders fi. nt
povcinr. ient, efpeciailv while in
In'tiv-1 ork, during which t?rn l > rc
Were more ih.lll two thousand tri*
so urs tl rv-. and u> the u: r-. nt Ir. ir
cl cs, (>y if .pping their rati ns,
VV i.k I; i iuld.
1 here were alf two hie: ’r. ./ /, /
seventy hvc finerkan prisoners r: I
ohn Xi.iUs p rionse xeeut J—but
of all winch number the were on
ly about one doz n public ext co
ti >ns, which ct iiilv confided r£
B i ilh and II ffi.m deferttrs. The
mo ic for private Ixe urions was
thus con ucled—a guar! vvic .• ifb
parched from the p ov. M. >b ut
laid a.ti i I*2 at night, ti> B•;rack
(tree!.* and lhe niighbnrhond of
the upper barracks, to order the
people to shut their wi dow-thutr. is
and put out their lights, forbid hug
than, at the fame time, not to pre
fur.n to look out ol their winflows
and doors, <>n pain of death ; after
which, the unfortunate pr i. n rs
were conducted, gagged, just be
hind the upp r barracks, and 1 r g
without ceremony,and thoii bn icj
bv the ! .lack pionet rs of ih pi vofl.
At the n.d of the war I m turn
ed o England with tn arm\ a’d
fettled in Waits, as h ing ath ti
er place cf living than any c
p >pu! us cities, bui being at • h
j eiiu ided to go to L >ndn- 1 n.
tered lo wisrinly itit t!>- .•fi
of that c :pi 1 t’ ’ ! r **• -.eg,
t.iv tiicu-’ !’■... .
fed. ioteueve v.i.tv..j, i i-.ori T- :.
[Number 472.