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FORI.ION NEWS.
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Nfw York, Way 29.
Capt. Fleming, of tlit. brig Fun
ch:il from Cadiz, Rates that the
French Foulon tl.-et ot IS tail u
the line and 14 frigates were oil
Alinant .n the Nth April. The
Fiantagent 74, with fix transports,
having troops on board lor the A
mcrican Ration, failed from Cadi;:
on the sth April. She has no poop
end l:as much the appearance of a
frigate.
London. Aprii 13.
A dr!'patch, dated Heligoland,
April 7, o! which the following is
an xtracl, was lull night received
at Fill Bathurfi’s oflice, add relied
io his I -rddiip by licutcnant-gover
r.ir Hamilton.
Extract cf a Liter from General the
Ji non lentter.bora to Maj:r Kent
zingcr. dated Hamburg, April 5.
** 1 haft n to aunt unce to y. n
the signal vict ry which our tr< ops
have gained upon the 2d o! April,
cwr the corps n! Gen. doiu.d
who hr.J pod: {fed himkll of the
town of Luncburg.
*• O n Moraiiil, with 3500 men
hid marched from I'ol'.ient to Lu
neburg. My C< fi\- ks followed his
nnvenients; and l gave inlurma
ti nos thtm to General Dornburg
who, in conjundliori with General
Tf< hen.icin ff’s corps had puled
the I’d be at Lentzen The two
generals advanced by forced march
es to Luuehurg, and artived there
just as my C-illacks were engag and
with the enemy. Ihe gates were
forced with the bayonet, and a furt
guinary conflict ensued in the (treets
of the town. ihe v: St try was soon
J ided in our favor ; all who were
n t krieu or already made ptiion
ers, laid down their arms. Not a
ftngle one cicapcd of the whole
corps— 3 pair of colors and 12 pie
ces of canncn fell it.toour funds.”
St. IVrtkssttßo, March 2.
Capt. Muller, a Hannoverian of
ficer, arrived yefLrday witit del
patches from Count Monfler, and
wh t also brought accounts to gov
ernment from Heligoland, which
iH nd he left on the 9:h inil. Toe
following ftatemcnr was fuen after
wards circulated :
u Government has received ac
c ut.ts from Heligoland, Rating on
the autiicn.y ot Hamburgh iicwf
pipers, that an Austrian army of
8k).000 men, in Volhynia, had join
ed the Ruffians against France, and
that Auflria had lent 109,000 men
towards Italy.
“ 1 he fame authority Rates, that
Gif.. Greni r had been defeated
with great loss n...r Magdeburgh.
The movement made by Davouft
vpcm Lunenburg, was a coi.fo
quer.ee of that defeat.”
The following private letter -was a/sc.
received :
II;:. idol and, April 9.
“A L f ‘er his Reached us from
H inburg, in which i; is Rated, that
the fimator Koch had (poke to the
prince of Mecklenburg, by whom
he had been allured that Austria
was marching 100,000 men into
Germany, and 80, (XX) into Italy.
Davouft had left Magdeburg!* vviih
5030 men, and had tvachuj Lune
burg, giving out tin! he waste Is
followed by 10,000 a.
Jiy other accounts h\ :.i Ham
burg b, it appears that Außii.t had
determined on an ; k mcr. fi” nfi\ ;
c! I t.five, v.Ki'Ria,.
which the half of her disposable
force was to be employed, to wrtft
out of the hands of the French her
former pofTefii >ns in Italy, and the
remainder to be engaged in imnte
diati ly co-operating with the arn ies
ol the emperor Alexander a:i 1 his
allies.
M O X I T 0 i?.
Saturday, Jine 19.
The Senate has unnritnouflv con
firmed the nomination < f Wtu
mam 11 Cit A wroK i>, of Georgia,
av Mr iR- rfr Fiance, a:.i! alio p at
of Ilr Henry J.i’.Mott us Secretary
of Legation.
Win. Joiu ;., life] the Secretary
of the Navy, has acted alio a Sec
retary ol the Tieufury i;--c< the ~b-fetice
fetice of the Head ot ;h.r Depart
ment on the miifinn t > RufTia.
VYvstUNtvroN City. May 29.
IV-th li >u!'.s of C-m pels yeiter
day a {jumped ny r to .\i..;;day, f.li
ving no bufinds rtciuiri;. • tlicit im
medv.te aticn;;. n. loc commit
tee: j.td appointed, ti.: i o ls whose
hands pfl s nearly ::)! iprep est
of bills pref to the If of.-, tor
confi let jf n. have m-r yhad time
to -.ffemble rn J. liberate on the fub
i cls c-.nfi ed t’ t!: yn ; and fotue
day ; will probably elapl'e b ! >re
ny rep ms are made t>> the Home.
l !ic f I'owing am the nioft itn
p ‘riant com met es that !;avc be..n
a; point el 1 y tl > II- jfr of iLpre
fentatives. for the j.r; f nt lefiion-
H a;.s cj. tMcara —Mcff’S F.ppes,
Bib , ih afan s, Robert-, Pitkin,
Geordin ar..! M nt ‘ounrv.
C im.rce/c Maaufictun r—Mef
fra. Ne’vton, S ybert, ‘..•Kim, \Y.
Reed. B -nf ti, P.n&Teliair.
Foreign Relations —Messrs Cal
houn, Cirundy. Demy, J G J.itk
ion, hgeri.-l, Fi'.k, ( ;1 New-York)
and Webßer.
A lilitary i.stab/iihmert- -Me ft s.
, Tr tup, S. vier, Wright, Talinadge,
Stuart, fayl-Ar & I'annthill.
larval /iJan's —dkills. Nelloti,
Waid, Altfo’i, Stockton, Sivi;.a,r,
Davis arid P R.
( hi the spirit and manner in vehich
Use war has beta tutted by ihe incur/
—mefTrs. Macon, Forlyiiie,VViight
Gaiton, Clark, Humphreys and
Cooper.
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CONGRESS.
Tuesday , June 1.
In the Senate no hufitiMs of im
jiortance was yeft-.-rday tranfacled.
Ihe Houle of Rcprcfentatives
were principally, not to fay w holly,
cmyloved in a desultory difculhon
the proper enurfe to be purluci
in ivly ;-cl to tlic petition of a p rfon
p t -• * - to be autnuted as a ilcu
oggaipii. r. on thv floor c-1 Congrt!.>,
in a ■ ;•!. a to ! v.r v ho are alrea%iy
admitted. As t.;e If ;;fj have as
yet come to no (hyon-u on it, v.e
w ill venture no other t tmar!; at pres
ent on the charad.r and ehvu.u
----11 anccs of the pr. ccd.n-n ih:.n
t.i .t, like the p!.i!< Ibpher of old,
I each member might well have e>:-
: claimed, on retiring from t!.lloule
| —” I hare lost a d.,y. n
]Yid;:sday , 2.
A lev; petitions of a private r:t
, Jure were presented and rtKried.
; And tne Mo de adj urr.cd a
j L*v r.iikiUtcs fik.mp, no rej its na
'*■ .tig pi 0| atLw, e.y t::e k'eiiiKiit
tvcs row engaged in dijoftir.g and
niat’a'ing bnlirt:.!. i / *h * H -db.
CREEK INDIANS.
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Savvnn.mi, June R.
The following is an extract cf a 11-
tcr from a Gentleman at the Creek
Agency to another i". this place da
ted June 1, Imi 3
“ 1 he chiefs of this agency are
i determined to use every !} rt in
I their power to preserve their treaty
J flipulat: rts “ifh the U: ited States,
i ‘H.ey are as well convinced as I atn
j their exWLn e as a nation hangs
; upon it. 1 hey have a national
g vernment which, on a recent ix
perinseiit was found efficient a
e rtain . nt. ILtween ti.c* Kith
an !i oi April, they turned out
t!u:r w. trims, and e:;e uted eleven
ot their people for murder. A
they hid afeertatned tliat their
t.e ; libois were incredulous on a
h ri.i- r o • afjon, th. y took the pre
< nuii ain th lalf initance to have
‘i’ ton •• (US of their condurt—
an ill rant, agent, and a bhckhniih
iii t.ie public let vice.”
F in tin - ? Nat: val Int‘lltgcnccr.
Copy of a letter from two >f the ; mat
t h<- f f the imt h nation ej Indians
t-f/dge Toidmin dated, April \3tl>
J s I 3.
Fir Agreeable to colom ! 11.-.w
----km-’s talk, the chiefs of the Creek
nation were calle ! toge’her on bu
fnufs of importance—to f.tile the
mutiitr commit: -d rn or n *:tr the
mouth of the Ohio river by the Li.-
t!c \Yarrior, a Creek I idian, as
part of I is aflViutes were kiiH J.
lh: and Ills nep!:ew made their cf
<ape. IBs place of rcfiJcucc is on
the Black ariior, at the Creek
village. It is the opinion of the
cnie! that he will endeavor to do all
the mil’- hi< f h pofiib'y can, as lie is
now our laweJ in our own coui.trv,
and men are < ur in all circdians to
t ike or kill hi m Ihe fettlcmciit
in :1m losrk of liighy an J Alabama,
are t! tired to take care, for fear he
may tn !. ivor t<>commit fume dep
ta •a'i.-n there, ;u ir is a weak part
o! tee Li-Lm- ur. I.ikt wife on the
f de ; ad road from I’ort Studdelt to
H. luii.e. Sii mid he commit any
depre -a'.ion.; at cither of tilole pla
os i; v. iii not be by any order of
tt* eh: f.. ShouU he commit any
depredations in any ];art of your
r.eig-diorhood yc u are defned by
t ie chiefs to have him taken and
tree.’ J as the law din&s. You
mull not think from any conduct
ol t!ie Little Warrior, that the chiefs
aie any lo.s to the vtliiits. Should
he commit any depredations there,
do not by any rash means fall upon
our villages that are above you, for
they are friendly, and will not do
any thing that is not agreeable to
the chiefs.
i ue chiefs are desirous that you
ihouiil get the information as. quick
as poilible, and that you may give
inform.!!- :i to the Chickafiws and
C.hoctaws, as both nations are well
acquainted \*i:h him, and to put
him to death whenever they find
liu r, or take him a piifor.cr at.J de
iiv r him up to the Lv.s cf the Ih.i
lt 1 Oii.ti s.
■ u vail have it in your power
1 ■ information in that quarter
before tne ehitls or colonel Haw
k'ns can. I-e chiefs have not ici
i!<_d ah theu bunr.efs agreeable to
tk.ir wifij.
Wilt ti they fettle their aii'aiis
th:y will write colonel Hawkins a
true ft .tenant of the whole af.air,
and then you will receive it from
him.
r l!u chiefs jiive ycu this, that
you tsv he cn your purro a gain ft
the r; leal. We aie your lrietids
and v.-cll wishers.
his
Big 15 W Warrior,
mark
his
Alex. A (’. Cornels,
maik
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NEWS FROM ! HF. LAKE.
Ai.rany. Ji;nj-. 1.
Attack upon SacUtt's IJai bar, cud
11 feat cf the linemy.
\Ye <t( p the pi cis to niftrt the
foil ‘wing which has come to hand
by the- Western mail It is frt'ta
the Utica Gazette tx ra <4 Sunday.
Extruet of a letter, dated Sachet /’j
I Labor, May 29.
“ Ihe licit:tli fl-.et, of five or fix
fail, were difeovered ofl our harbor
early yefh rday morning. 15\ 9 o*-
el> ti. u was reduced to a ceitaii tj
that it was their intention n* land.
Alarm guns were immediately fired
atu! every preperation made to give
them a warm reception. A light
witu! and lome ori-cr eauf< sprevtr.'-
ed their landing until 4 o’clock this
morning, when they clUcked ir,
with to; fielerable I--is. 1 he action
continued warm and general ur.ril
(i o’ei\>ik. when it terminated in
the retreat of the 1 enemy to their
fleet.
1 ain not able to giv? you the
number of killed or wounded on
c.’tiiei fide, but it is confideralde on
both, l.t C,t>l. Arid;, i ji-- of
volunteers, is among the fiain.—
Cel. Backus, lit regt. light dia
goutis, is (aid so Ire trorial’y woii.'id
cd iu o general otTi irsVfthi er, -
emy were fund dead on the fu Id.
It is underflood that Gov. Frevoft
commanded the enemy General
Brown commanded >ur forces and
fought bravely. The enemy are
now making out of the harbor
You mull wait for particulars. Iti
l.Jlc, kc.”
By to-days Rage from the weft,
we km that cn tli?2sih it ft. Fort
G.orgc opened a fire upon fotne cf
eur boais, when a genera! c.annon
aviiug took place all along the fron
tier. In a fhoit time not a blork
h‘.u!e or wooden building of ar y
kind was ft Hiding in or ta.ar the
li.iiilh fort, whi: our fide ha iuf
fered no 1- !s-:t injury. An imme
diate tin veunm WO.S t xpetted.
Fom Chauncey artiwd ell Ni
agara on Friday the 2iff.
Fort N agar a. May 25, ‘
7 o'clock A M.
In attempting to bring fome of
our boats down the river, tney wore
fne .1 up.n from the < pp; site Caere ;
this brought on a cannonading all
down the lines. Not a house or
barrack is left (landing in Fort
George. All have been burnt.—
Not a man injured on our fide. A
movement v.ili be made immedi
ately.
Montreal, May 8.
Vv T e heartily congraiulate the peo
ple of the ie loyal provinces, upon
the arrival of fir James I ucas Yeo,
at Montreal, and 459 able and ex
perienced stamen, under the oteeft
of that liiitiiiguifhed hcio, dc-Rined
to take the command on the lakes.
May 15.
Gov. IVevoft and f.r James I.u
cus to, with five companies 6{
grenadiers, kit Montreal for Up.
per Canada on the 1 lilt inst.
Captain Barclay of the navy ha:,
ordered 8 ir 10 gunboats to b
iiunituuttly Luiit at Kingflon.