Newspaper Page Text
1 3:h. Commodore CL iun<\y —■ •'May
K moii t’ ome.i qnaintcd with lir
.T.tnus Yeo, atui have the pleafurc
>t in'roducmg him to his friends at
fiat keft’s Harbor.
I'tiii (h>r Embassy to Russ’a —I!
such talents and pjtrirtiitn be una
ble to negociate an honorable peace,
the United States will expect noth
ing from Great Britain but what
they obtain by force.
1 .Oil), i )ur minister France —An
inflexible Republican, able Statel
inan, and an h ‘licit man.
Kith ‘The State of Georgia —ls
(he has taken hut liitle part in the
pr lent war, sh has done all that
has G en required ol h*_r.
!7 1 h. General Fduca'ion —bit’s
alone can qualify us to ixercife pro
p. rlv in ail calcs thole rights we
p 111 l‘s as Freem n, and which it i.;
our gieateft iuterell to prtierve.
ISt h The American Fair —We
wear their chains and ltill are free.
Washington City, June 23.
We have bom various fourcts
indiftincl and unintelligible ruovrs
rl the operati ms ot the Army un
der the command of (Jen. Dear
born \Ve fhdl ftatc on this head
o ily what we know to be fad, de
rived fr tn letters from Fort Ge rge
clan and the 10th, taking it for gr.tnt
if that molt of the other paritcuLrs
v c have beared are embellifhtnents
f-. m the fancy of those through
v. ’ <>!e hands atid lips the news has
paffl and.
i be army, after the rcpuileof the
Bbtilh loices, remained at Foity
i!•. Creek, to which th y had re
flated. the next day. On the
r. -ruing of the second day of the
fin mdh tile Britilh fleet was di {co
vac ! off the shore. Our army was
ordered to retreat. Sii James Yeo
f.’t a flag on shore requesting the
futrender of rur army, to prtvent
the u die of iivrs. because our for
ces were furrouncted by Indians,
anti mult be c. ptured. Ihe
atilw: r lent by general Lewis was,
th.'t fnrh a r qu It uid tio: merit $n
anlwer. Our army then pulh don
f.v F rt Gc trg:, where they arri
v •.! on tl'.v. tv. nine of the ‘J:h, af.
tr a li.ir.l march. Ihe Indians
(■ 1 i t attempt t ‘ m.ikit them, ex
cept by Imrrtiling the itraglers on
r!) rat goad Major General
i t oborn lay very ill mi the 10th
j’ winch *i oe the Army was in
q arters a; Fort George
For further paiticulars we fliall
I k f-'rofliciai accounts, as but lit
t it! nr i can be placed on the ru
r -;rs which abound in the public
punts.
Richmond, June 20.
Re it ruction of Hampton. —-We
h-'.v just re'.aived the diflrcfling in*
t lig.nce that Inmpton is ia ashes,
at;..’ that the brave Corbin, with a
gte.it patt it not ttu whole of the
injull p :tri itic band under his com
mand have sealed then devotion to
t!i- ir country, by dying at their port.
Oar Hampton correfpondem, eur
Brother, was among them, laid to
b. killed or taken—we hope be
-‘.as done his duty— l'his is no tini*.
for private grid —Let him who has
feelings fee! for his country.
The enemy was yesterday a:
Hampton t > day nuy lie at Rich
mond. As happened when the
Briti'li surprised u here during the
rev. iutii nary war, the next exprcls
may lay to u, “ Ihe 15. itifh light
It or he a;e cLL behind me—they
•will soon be here”—an ! tli.y wore
l ’ i !.* vhe b*d means *::■ ■ 1
capo, uw from Shockoe, their par
filers on Church Hill. Let us pic
pare to meet them there, cr wher
ever they dare to met! ur, That
we fln'l soon have to meet them
fume where* is very evident.
To expert the wot it, and ififiant
!y to prepare for it, is uiftiom—.in
opposite rourle, folly—irdatuati :i
—madneitt.
ir/ express to the Executive ,
this morning at one o'cluk 1
Sir—Mr. Sc- tt has this moment
arrived from Yoik lie informs
me that an expr fs had arrived there
about one o'clock to day with the
dreaJlul and melancholy news e.f
tin capture of Hampton. I his tx
prels was lent by col. Howard 1 1
an r Jlicer of the Isih reginn tit, < r
deting him to repair to the ILll
wav-li >u(e, between Ilampt n and
York, ?s Hampton had been taken
pofllffion and by the enemy. ‘ Hull
order my regiment out immediately
the grater portion to rendezvous
at Williamsburg, t!:e balance at
York—ln haffe I am,
WILLIAM WAI KIR,
Com. bs.v!> r.g I ’ M.
His Exc. Gov. Barbour.
In addition to the above, it is Ha
ted by the express, who i>: apparent
ly a inan of worth and credit, that
the attack on Uampt- :i was made
by water yeffertlay (Friday 17) at
iouro’clo. k. A. \1 that by his rock
ets he fired the town, before he ef
fected a landing And that the ac
tion lalied f-.ur hours before the
militia retreated. Major Corbin
and adjutant Anderson arc laid to
be among the fliin—The enemy
had lotive cavalry.
FROM Tin; RICHMOND F.NQJ’ IRFP..
IMS IS RIF 1 !
Buff aloe Gazelle cjjice. June in
Ue learn, from fcvtral gentle
men who have arrived from For:
George, that on Monday evening
last, while the advanced guard of
our army, confiding t>! Winder’s
brigade, light artillery and light
dragoons, lay encamped near the
enemy’s advanced guard, the ene
my by fame means, deceived the
picket guard, ru filed into our camp,
and charged upon our troops in
tiie ir tents, and took about 18<) pri
foriers among whom re deeply re
gret to fay, were General K inder,
Gen. Chandler and Major Van de
Venter. Col. Milton, raili.J his
men as well as he could, charged
furioufly upon them, and took l'c
venty prisoners.
NnH'-lLirE.r, ‘frees: 22
An express palled through town
on Sunday, and informed that the
British ofl New-London were rein
forced by one 74, two frigates and
two brigs. It is conj. dured they
?re from Ila'Tax, and have troops
on board l'he express reached
Gov. Smith at Stamford on Sunday
evening—he immediately repaired
for New. London, and palled thro’
this city early yesterday morning.
We learn by a paifenger in the
Stage yesterday from New-Lon don
that they were cn Saturday anJ
Sunday in hourly expectation of an
! attack—2ooo militia were there—
• from 3 to 4'>:jO mere wax* expeft
i cJ, many of which were marching
i:: v. :th all poliiblc haffe.
General l)eaibosn has lxf.g’.uxl
tire command of the Nor:!...;a ar
my, the heft news we received by
ti:e mail c! fall cveniu >.
A-i‘i J-j.’y .7.
o alcm, j /'U 10.
Two r v -a*ej wem iii N. wrnn y
port ai.d i fa npton ytflerday after
noon, among a Luge 1! et of coupl
ers. 1h v ware kui to fire a °rcat
* *
number (t guns at them, and to
brin;; many of them too.
Yu> he, the iraitor taken in the
I.ivl! jj and Pack. t, informs that she
Liverpool Packet and Sir John
Sherbrooke are parti; iwnt J in Uos
ion, and tnat il he mud lutier, he
will r. t be alone in nundhineut.
k
D ‘.vid R. Williams, E q a
Repreicntutive in Congrds i 1 r 1 v
tiai years p.ilt, from South C! ir- oi
t:::, l-.. appointed, by the P.ciideTt
and Senate, a Br-gudier G ::.:aiin
tiie army of the United State:*.
ccv rr 9 • jf_r. j* xatmexrrmn tkw m■ ■■ mm
1 j-j DOLLARS RLITARI).
p
\ \,AN-AW AT from the fuhfcr*-
be 1 living on Duck river, I > miles
from the- moutn. ot Humphreys
county, feme il e itata negro
man turned LIMR \I *l, ab >ut 16
or ll years old, dark complex! .n,
heavy made*, le tsor (j inches
high, his upper lore- teeth out, the
mi.tdie huge r on the right hand
crooked at the full joint, tin hole,
his wool comes down fqu.ire acrols
his forehead, ho! 1 fp ikett \ a good
Bl.i klutith. I will give TWkNTV
dollars for apprehending and
confining laid, negro in any jail In
I get him again, or if bn.tight to
me,l v. ill pay all real inwbie charges.
I am apprehtsifive laid negro was
p rieaded away by lottie white per
ion to fell in tlie ft tte of Georgia
01 liigbce CoUutiy ; I v.ill give lot)
dollars for apprehending and con
victing any p< rfun who has fdd ne
gro. it he claims him or ollus him
for sale, lo the pet fun can be con
vict. J for the their.
ROBER 1 JAR MON.
July 10 h. 6n.
N 15 If laid negro should be ap
prehended ha in 1) deny his mailer's
mime and his own, but the above
delcription will tell who he belongs
to. II apprehended I wish him to
be fecurelv ironed, lor he will g.t
a-.v..y it poffiblc. Any communi
cation can be made to me by rna : l,
direcled to Rovnai DSBOROiJCI-I,
Humphreys co--.- c, iennelke.
i‘r ‘Thepr>nn> s f the Georgia pa
pers nil/ picjsc to insert the above
advertisement in their papers for six
months , and transmit their arcounts
to I hom tsG B -idford, prints of
the Clarion , Nashville, Tennessee,
for sale men*.
LIST of I. TATTERS
Rtmaming in the Post office, Hash
inr ton, June do/A.
M IbS Lucy W. Butler, John
Boswell, J >hn Bradford, Church
well Blakey, Kliiha Ii its, John C)
Bird, Ambrous Beasley, Nathaniel
Bradford, Iftac Calloway. Robert
Chivers, Uriel Crolby, Jeiie Cox,
Barham Calloway, lid ward Car
lifle, John \V. Cooper, Mils i'r
tience Crenfliaw, John Calloway,
Harris Coleman, John l Daniel,
I homas Diklon, Jofhtia Davis,
John Daniel, Theodore Dent, John
, I'Ve'man, John favor, Robot or
Aaron Grier, I homas V. Giil,
Mrs. Sarah Grinin, Mis. Ty! itha
Gtch.am, \\ tlltum Greene, \V i!K it
,• flooding, 2 ; George Good win, 2 ;
j Giorgt Hamilton, Mrs Polly llan-
I foil, |oil 1 Iluper, Catharine 11. ii-
Iv, Sjioim.-n Harper, Mils Eui-er
Hord, Hubbard Ila;, is. Rev. A.O
Iy I! vvi't. VTarv | ohitf.-m, J !;n
K ndti k S.tmue I Jv-rrif r) T.f5
Lucy Lipham, 2 ; Shared Li !e,
William M‘Gir,fy, Mrs Rcbo-cu
Montgomery, |< rdan Mabry. Am.
ary Moore, Win. Phillips, Capt. 1
G aland Pcarfon, William Reavi-s,
James Reader, Captain Archibald
Riddle, 3 ; Polly Rucker, lid -
mend Rainy, William silvy, Na
thaniel Smith, Rev. J ofhua Star,
Major Andrew Shepherd, Thomac
Talbott, 2 ; Thomas I’errdl, Maj.
I Im fern. 11, Me His Srotr &.
1 Itoinpfon, Maj. Sannjel Wellborn
or Capt. Jofhut Render, 1/, Col.
J’ ’ t-i<>ii Wellborn, vlaj >r Samuel
W< liborn, Mrs. Sarah Wellborn,
Mils Marsha White.
J \MLS WINGFIKI D,
July toth. Hett-Mister.
ADMINIS 1 R ATOR’s S U.E.
Pursuant to an order of the honorabL
l frier Court of Oglethorpe coun’y,
U’ll.L til SOU),
At the Court House in said counts',
on Ii Hints day the 1 Ith day of Au
gust /L .v/, the following negroes viz.
\ * NF. negro man by the name
ol John, about twenty-four years
o’.J, large anJ active, and one ne
gro woman named IL:k and her
two children, belonging to the ef
tate* of fames Wells, deceased
Terms of sale t.ir.c months credit,
the purchaler giving notes one
hundred dollars eaelt v.ith good
fecuiity.
PASCHAL MIJRPHKY,
July icth. adminLtrator.
EXECUTOR’S SALE
v. in • .s t>
On the firs. Tuesday in October next
at the Court House in ii Abes coun
ty. the foil: using property — viz.
VO hundred and sixty acres
t t land, more or less in Wilkes
county, in th Fork of I.itrle river,
adjoining Williamloit Bird a:iJ o
tilers; it being the real ellate of
Philemon Bird, deceased, and fold
for the benefit of the heirs and cre
ditors off tie! deceased. Twelve
months credit will be given tin pur
chaser giving bond and approved
fecuiity.
’ WILL! AMS ON BIRD,
July 10th. 2w. executor.
EXECUTOR'S SATE
WILL Lit SOLD.
On Saturday the twenty eighth day c f
A gust next, at t.ue plantation oj
George Reynold: , dec. in ff ilkes
county.
A
LI. the pcrifiiablj propet tv of
said dectafed, crmfiiling of cattle,
hogs, houfi hold and kirchen furni
ture, plantation tools, ic. and one
hotle. i waive months credit will
be given, the purcltafers giving
bond and approved fecuritv
JOSEPH HENDERSON
Ju’y toth. 2w. executor.
SIX CENIS REWARD,
r r
X \ ANA WAY from the fuhfcri
ber feme time in May lafL an ap
ptMiticc to the fanning Bufincls,
by tli*e name ol JAMhS PARKS,
abc'ut eighteen years of age, who
ever will deliver the- laid apprentice
to tr.e, fit,til receive the above re
v.atJ ar.ei no charges.
DAVID PLUMB
Ju!v : rth. jtv.