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“ OCpt. 2Dtll, 3 o’ciuck, P. M.
ii Wc have not as yet heard from
Chauncey—the utmoll does not
exceed 50 miles to the end of the
bay—but the wind is (till adverse
I begin to fear his victory may cost
too much—l have lent out ievcral
final! erahs to look for him ; hut
the lea which is running has Kn eed
M.-m back. It was vilible the Pike
b ,re the brunt ul the engagement.”
from Harrison’s army.
Private Correfp* >ndt nee.
Warren . ( \ )hio) Oct. 2.
“ The mail carrier left Cleveland
this morning at which time the
nu.il had not arrived from Sandus
ky. A veflcl ariived a: Cleveland
with an officer if the army on
board, who Hates that Gen. Hurri
fon had landed at Malden, that the
15: th had destroyed all their
work? there and retreated to Sand
wich, where it was laid they would
make a flam!. They have 7<>o
r; i:l;es, hi Tides Indians. Col.
lb’! h u I driven the Indians from
Jb iw. flown and destroyed the*
pi:*.- c It !. laid the Indians are
hi ;idv diffarbfied with the Biit fti,
ai ! think they have been impoie'd
upon. This is rhe information
brought by the mail carrier ”
l.struct of a Utter from an Officer to
the Editor c,j the /. nquircr
CAMP AT ALBANY, CVT. I.
“ I‘he troops from Fort George
and th; Harbor have moved for
K.ugiti n Gen. Ilarrifon is by
tiii ti ne at Malden, and Hampton
wid join them below Ogdenfburgh
on the north fide of the Si Law
rence.”
Boflon, Sept. 27.
from the Burlington Conti ml reeuc
last evening.
We learn that the army under
the command of Major-General
Hampton moved from Cumberland
IF ad on the evening of the 19th,
cu’ertd the enemy’s country early
on th*. morning of the 20th, routed
and took his pickets, drove in
advanced corps, and immediately
coimr- ncvd hi march for the weft.
Chii.licgtke, Sept. 17.
“Large reinforcements hate
gone on to the North we ft era ar
my. Governor Suelby ot Kentuc
ky is perhaps at this time with the
army, at the head of 4 or S.(XK)
troops. Col. Johnston’s 1,500
mounted troops are there. Two
thnufand Ohio militia have march
ed ; and 6 or 700 United States’
rifLmen, under the command of
Col. Smith, from Tenncflee, will
be hen to morrow—all destined
for Harrison’s army. Profpe&s
begin to brighten at last, and I
think we may noiv look lor this
lengthened campaign to be brought
to a fpcedy a id fucctlsful close.”
Zanesville, Sept. 29.
By a gentleman direct from San-
Jufky we learn that Gen. Harrison
has landed on Baubla I Hand oppo
flte Malden, within half a mile,
with a large body of troops. The
Indians were in considerable force
ut Brownftown and Col. Johnson’s
mounted men and others had pro
ceeded round to take them in the
rear. Harrison could of course op
erate at the fame time on either
there, of the lake, the fleet &c. be
ing in waiting to co-operate.—
From the very favorable position
taken, we may expeft important
news in a few days The Indians
it is said will hot let Proftor eicape.
but compel ha;* to tight or surren
der. Capt. Llliot is confidently
faiJ to be among the Britilh prilon
ers.
Worthington,[().] Sept. 22.
Gut. Harrilon with Ids army cm
baikcd on ihuiTJay lass f*>r Mal
den. He would hand on lloglfl
! and, about 3 miles this fide, where
| about 1,000 men had gone a few
days previous as we are informed
to make preparations for the attack.
1 lie officers taken prisoners by
commodore Perry, puffed through
: this place ydttrday mi their way to
Chiilicothe. They war. furnilhed
with horses at Lower Samiulky, and
! patted this place in pomp. How
diifimilar this treatment to tfiat
which our countrymen receive
when in their power.
FROM COMMODORE DEC ATUR.
Our accounts (received iii Ic-fs
than 14 hours) are as late as luff
evening, pad 9 o’clock. The com
modore had made iuch preparations
for getting his v< flels down the riv
er to New London, that wc ffiould
not be dilappointed t > fear ol Lis
proceeding to lea during the con
tinuance of the prelert favorable
gale. {Columbian.
FROM I R \N(’F..
Bus t ()N <)c roll i R 2.
Yederday arrived at this port, the
letter or Marque brig Argus, capt.
Parsons, 37 days from N.mtz \Ve
have received a file of French p:.-
pers up to the 21 ft of Augnlt, but
they are not I • late from Pari-, by
three days a- tholi- received at Ncw-
York by the Gi mpes.
Capt. Parlom ftan-s, that it was
reported at N intz on the authority
of letters from Paris, that the Ar
millice would expiie on the 1 th of
August, and that a great battle be
tween the oppofmg armies vv mid
immediately take place—that Aui
tria would take part with Kuffia,
and had 2iX).(XX) infantry and st),-
(K)o cavalry ready to take die fielJ.
—Capt. P gives this merely as re
port, wi'hout vouching in the lead
for its correclnefs.
[Paris letters to the 19th of Au
gust were received by the arrivals
at New York, which give it as the
“prevalent opinion in thar capital,
that the diffi titles which had oc
curred in the negotiations at Pr ague
were removed, and that the arinif
ike would be (fill further prolong
ed ” Ihe next sh irt arrival from
France will doubtlels bring us fotne
tliing of a decisive nature ]
Mrs. Barlow (widow of theiate
minister) and family, w*ere to fail
from Rochelle about the 10th Sipt.
for Plymouth, Eng. from thence
to the United States.
j mm
Comtnunicalioi.
1
FOR the fatisfadion of the pub
lic mind, which has been consider
ably agitated by the decision of the
Inferior Court of Wilkes county, in
the case of Nicholas Flint, I have
been induced to report it—and am
weft convinced thar the more it is
refl* cled upon,the more the citizens
will approve its legality ic propriety.
I w'il! alio observe, that it fell inci
dentally from the Court, that tire
citizen drafted has a right to flay
at home and fuhniit to the penalties
preferibed by the ad of Coup; refs of
1795, during the administration of
Gen. Walhington.—Sec. 5, enacts,
That die private refufiug to go into
service.. (hull forfeit a sum r.c: ez
cceJing ot.c )iu<'s and not let's j
than one month’.-, piy, to be deter
mined by a court mait u! | she fails
to pay the money, he may be ini- .
priioned one calendar month for
every five dollars of the fine. The i
provisions of this fectioa are adop
ted in the aeft ol 181 2, approved
lOth of April, by James Madilon. i
Thu;; it clearly eppears, that the
J drafted man may pay the fine and
ft ay at home—and that the orders
iftuc:! from Camp Hope are illegal.
1 or until a mm is in the llrviceof
j tiie U. States, he can only be con
lidered a delinquent; he may be
fined, hut the officers have no right
to lend after him.—This is worthy
of their confi.leration. This doc
trine, though cerred, was not in
filled up iii in Flint’s case—the de
cision turned on other points.
ALEXANDER POPE.
Ihe case J Nicholas Flint.
habeas corpus.
I ii;: Inferior Court at the request
of Mr. Flint, iflued a writ of habeas
corpus, directed to Er.fign Muse
Runnels, direding him to bring
before them the body of Nicholas
Flint, with thecaufe of his i.etain
er, &c. C n the return of the w rit
it w'.is stated, i hat the Lid Nicholas
!r..J v< ’lunteered his services under
Cap* Harris; 1 hat not going to
Camp Hope, rheprefent ensign had
been lent afn r the laid Nicholas k
either. From tlu evidence produ
ced to the court, it appeared, that
„t the time the troops w about
marching Korn this c> u t to the
frontiers, the faiJ Nicholas (who
had previously flood a draft.) had
in a moment of hilarity, lequefled
Capt. Harris to put down his name.
It appeared also, that the Lid Nich
olas was bet wetn the age of J 8 he
21 years; that he had been brought
up bv hi: father to the trade of a
gun smith; that he had volunteered
without the knowledge ol his fath
er, who ha uniformly refilled his
a(Lnt,b, th ty hisexpr, con
duct, to this act of his fun, whole
services and lahoi uer< nect flary to
him. 1 he C utt were sensible,
that in ail republican governments,
the military mult be dependent on
the civil authority— vide, Declaru
lion of lndtpi.nden.ee —and diat a con
trary doctiine can only be iupported
by tyrants. No doubt was there
fore entertained as to the power of
granting a habeas corpus, which is
guaranteed to every citizen by the
conftirution and Jaws of his country
— vide , Con. of Geo ssc. 9. page 30.
U. S Con page 654 Digest —which
enact, ‘7 he privilege of the babe us
corpus shall r.ot be suspended, unless
token m cases oj r< hellion or invasion ,
(he public safety may require it ”
1 his lufpenlion can only be < ftiCted
by Congrdlioral interference,
ihe Court were equally sensible
! that by the law of the land, a parent
or mailer is entitled to the Krvice
; of his son or apprentice, till the age
of 21 — vide , /. Black, parent L child
1 —that in the case of the parent it is
( not only a legal but a moral right;
| for to one who has protected a; lup
j ported us in the tender ptriod of
! infancy, we owe allegiance till the
age of 21, and relpett and attention
j ever after. This is fandioned as
well by divine as human laws. With
refpecl to an apprentice— vide , /.
Black. Matter id Servant —it was
laid, that it had been found necefla
ry in all governments to encourage
the mechanical intere'ft, which next
to the agricultural, is the moll ule
lul part of cur ci’izerr* l - Tfnvftt
be done by binding cut youths foru
term of years (ulually till 21) by the
court, or by the parent. This is a
contract not only for the benefit of
the parties, but aho for the good of
the community. During the peri
od between 18 and 21, the appren
tice is the molt lerviceable to the
mailer; previous to that time he has
only incurred expencc—The ap
prentice is now ufeful- - Avail he in a
fit of paflion cr intemperance or
from any other cause, be permitted
to absent Imnfelf from his mailer’s
fervicc r Here then a rght in the
parent or mailer, fanTtioned by I .w.
The Court enquired, is there any
law depriving them of this right ?
i hi y found one instance, to wit. the
case ol a drafted man—and even he
may pay his fine and Itay at home.
In the law regulating the regular
army, no youth can be enlisted un
der the age of 21, without the w >it
fen confi nt of his parent guardian
or m. ft r. Here is an express
acknowledgment of the right < t the
parent, mailer, &ic. Mr. Flint uni
ted all these characters—and much
as the ( .ourt felt dilpoled to pi o
mote the just war in which we are
engaged, yet they conceived it
would be a violation of law and jus
tice, to detain the laid Niche’ .s ia
the service. Ihty supported the
claim of the parent to hi; perl. k
labor, and directed him to be en
larged—which was done
Present .their honors, \\ Sausom,
IV. C Gilbert h> II Sherrod
POPE & BUR< 11,
counsel for Mr. Flint.
ON ‘f uelday last, an el* dion
\/as held throughout tin. (late, for
Juliict s (<f the Inferior Court for
the several counties. Wit liam
Sansom. Benj Portfr, Wm (L
Gilbert, M \ttiu w Talbot be
William Evans, Klquirci, were
elected Jufticcs for Wilkes.
0‘ Original articles arc neceffk
rily omitted till our next.
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The TAX COLLECTORS
EOR 1812,
Are notified that executions will
be ill'ued on the firlt day of Deci m
ber next, againlt iuch as ihail then
be in arrears.
GEORGE R. CLAY ION.
Treasury Office, Georgia , >
Milledgtville , 12 th let. 18 iJ. y
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR .SALE.
lIIE LOTS ii HOUSES that
I now occupy a.- a boarding
hou.:E, in rhe town of Wafhmgtotx
Wilkes c< unry ()m house 50 by
30 feet, a palVage and three rooms
with a fi* e place in each, below
a passage, fix rooms and three fire
places above flairs, with a good gar
ret. One other two Itory house,
with a pafiage and tw > rooms be
low, and an entry and three rooms
above. A kitchen, with two fire
places—a good stable, and all
ntceflary buildings, with a well of
excellent water, and fix acre lots
attached to the lame. Anv perfoa
deli runs to embark in so profitable
a bufin. fs may expert to jiurchafe
the above property, whicii is deci
dedly the bed itand in the up
country, on good terms. One
fourth of the value will be requir
ed when pofleflion is given, the
balance in cne, two, and three
years.
DANIEL STONE
OcToF-r :f