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a detachment of 2,500 men for the
purpose of lifting against the lioflilc
Creeks. My advance is now on
the frontier of Madison county,
[M. T.J on the North fide of the
Tenneflee river. My lpies are
pushed on into the Creek country
and to-morrow 1 (hall move on
with such troops as are now colltft
ed at this encampment, to form a
junction with my advance—leaving
a confidential officer to bring up
the troops in the rear. The force
which I have now organized and
.in the held, is 2,000; with which
if I ihould not be detained for the
want of fuppiiis I (hall crols the
Tenn dVee on the 15th, and itnme- j
diately puffi on to Turkey Town on
C ‘ofa river where I expeft to form
a junction with the advance of Gen.
Cocke's Division. This at least is
the route at present contemplated,
.and will not be departed from un
iwfs my spies should confirm the ru
mors which have reached me that
the hostile Creeks are about remov
ing with their families across the
Mifliffippi. Should this report
turn out to be correct f which how
ever I do not ac credit] l flial! en
o<. vour to intercept and cut them
off Other information to which I
p greater credit, represents the
h dtile Creeks as allemblcd to the
tmount of three or four thousand
neat the junction of the Coofaand
iullapooia—and that they intend
to meet me in the open plains, cal
led the Hickory Ground. Should
this report be found true, 1 (hall
soon afford them an opportunity of
trying their flrength. In the mean
time i should be happy to be in
formed as fpedily as practicable, oi
your position. your flrengtli, and
your intended movements, and
what point in the Creek Nation we
can form a junction and be able to
aft in concert.”
“ ‘'’ill you have the goodr.efs to
iuforu me what calculation might
be i.ode on fupplits from Georgia,
in the event of our penetrating far
into the Creek Nation and afting
in conjunction—and also of the
means that could be furniflied for
the tranfpnrtatii.il of those fupplie'.
“ I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
•Us Excellency Gov. Mitchell.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
New-York, October 8.
The cartel ffiip Robert Burns, ;
;apt. Parsons, arrived at the Hook
yesterday af ternoon, and captain P.
reached town last evening, but did
not bring up any of his newspapers
or letters.. He failed from Liver
pool on the 29th of August, and
brings London papers to the 27th,
and Liverpool to the 29th.
Capt. P. informs, that Aullria
had joined the allies with 150,000
men, and that hostilities had recom
menced—but that no account of
any battle had reached England.
He further dates, that lord Wal
pole had failed for Euffia, to meet
our cemmiflioners, Mefl'rs Bayard
and Adams; and that two other
persons of difiinftion had fubte
qucntly left England to join Wal
pole. Capt. P. adds, however, that
the people in England did not cal
culate that a peace was likely to
grow out of this meeting.
Capt. P. left no veifels at Liver
pool bound to America. The li- 1
cenee cf the {hip Good Friends, u •
bring cut paiiejigers, was taken a
way by order ol the transport board
in consequence of our de taining Bri
tilh fubjefts. No more Americans
would be permitted to leave Eng
land, until l’atisiadory reasons were
afiigned by our government for the
detention of British fubjefts. Many
palfengers were engaged to come
out in the Robert Burns, but they
were flopped by an order from the
transport-board. Permiflion was
afterwards obtained ior the Good
Friends to fail.
FURTHER FAR. TIC U LARS.
The following are all the articles
of information which v/e have gath
ered from the above arrival, in ad
dition to those copied from the pa
pers of the morning. We* know
not exactly the authority cn which
fome of them red, and have strong
doubts of their corrcftnuL.
Lord Wellington had retreated
to Pampuluna, and on the asrh of
August a severe battle between him
and the French was fought. The
Engliffi occupied the heights, and
were covered by entrenchments. —
In this position, they were attacked
bv the French, and three times re
pulsed the aflaiiants—At length the
50th regiment of the French forced
the liritifti works, and their general
defeat eiiiucd. ‘Hie British lol’s is
reported at o.soo, and the French
at ’.soc.
On the 1c rhos August notice
was given ar Gottenburg, of the
ceflation of the arniiftice, and on the
i6tii a battle was fought between
the belligerents.
Gen. Moreau failed from Yftaut,
on the 41 h August, and by accounts
received, had a favorable wind to
Stralfund, where he would be met
the Crown Prinre of Sweden,
who had purposely lelt Btrlin to te
ceive his old fliend. No doubt but
something grand will soon be done,
by tutfe two great military men.
Portsmouth, Eng. A-":, t 23.
The Etidymion ft Ethalian frig
ates, will fail in the morning with a
convoy for Halifax and the St. Law
rence. ‘1 he Aotus, Lord James
TownfcnJ, is to be paid off here, ft
fitted tor the* conveyance of captain
Popham ft capt. Br eight on, to join
fir James Yeo, on Lake Ontario
MALDEN TAKEN.
Washington-City, Oct. li.
Copy of a letter from Major Gcn.ru!
Harrison, to toe Pi ar D- lartment.
Head- Quarters Ambcrstbur g,
September 2Jift 1 Si
SIR— l have the honor to unarm
you that I lauded the army under
my comrhand about three miles be
low this place at 3 o’clock this eve
ning, without oppofnion, and took
pofic tlion ol the town in an hour af
ter. Gen. Proclor has retreated
to Sandwich with his regular troops
and Indian., having previcufly bur
ned the Fort, Navy-Yard, Bai racks
and public store-houses—the two
latter were very cxtcnfiivc, covering
l'everal acres of ground. Iv. ill pur
iue the enemy to-morrow, although
there is no probability ol over tak
ing him, as he has upwards of one
thousand horses, and we have not
one in the army, i flial! think my
felf fortunate to he able to collect
a fufficiency to mount the General
Officers It is supposed here that
general Proftor intends to cft. blifti
himlelf upon the River French, 40
miles from Malden.
I have the honor to be ftc.
V.fi Tb I 1 AK Rib ON.
Extract of a letter from Cos. Sautlj of
the Rifle mgimrnt to Col /LI.
Nicoll , Insfitr/ar General , dated
Lower Sandusky. Oct 2,1813.
“I have already collected 520
of my regiment. The last accounts
from the General dates that he was
in pursuit of Proctor who had evac
uated Malden, a lew hours before
he landed. I fear he will inaV.e
his escape. I leave here immediate
ly for Portage, and probably i 1 e:d
fftuarters, to procurerfranfpurt for
my detachment.”
CHAT-NCRY’ SUCCESS.
Extract fa letter [ran an officer f
ti’camy , dated Neivlork. Octo
ber 14, 1813, to Get:. Bhcvifield,
7.01a in t!Ps c ‘
“It is with heart felt pleafurc
that I commur.L ate to you an ac
count not less nus; iaiouj to our fu
ture hopes than iicnorabk to the
unremitting exertions of a Irav.
anJ faithful oiliccr.
Commodore Ch.aur.cey, by out
manoeuvring Yeo, has captured
four of his schooners, and the Lady
of the Lake, a -: d the Sylph, fitho
bed fakers on the Lake) wae le’.t
in pursuit of another of the enemy’s
schooners. i’vo cf the a’jo\e are
schooners that had been taken by
Yeo during last futnmer. On the
Gill, the Commodore with ad his
fleet, arrived at Sackelt’t Harbor,
with the ;u>ove piiats. You may
j ‘ace confidence in the abovi. ftat_-
ment, for 1 few the fleet my ft If.
Two hundred and eighty five j ri
funers, pimcipally German troops,
were taken on b urd the enemy’s
veil,ls. You mny expeft Hev. s ev
ery day.
1 ‘rent the Con .sj ondent of the Nation
al Advocate.
Albany. Oct. 8 eleven at niybt.
Dean Sir—The paymaster of the
15m U. S. infantry arrived here i:i
this evening’s wemrn mail stage.
lie left Sackett’s Harbor on the
6th ir.ft. at one o’clock P. M. and
is the bearer of the important and
pleasing information that Commo
dore Ciiauncey’i fleet (with the ex
ception of the Sylph and the Lacy
of ti e Lake, which had been left
in pursuit of one or more of the en
) emy’s vefiels) entered the Harbor
> at day-break that day, bringing
• with them four of the enemvfi;
i schooners, lately belongin'.; to Yeu’s
fxeet. Two of the veflcis captured
are the Julia and Giowler. Tiny
had on board 285 troops, principal
ly Germans, and officers, one
of whom is major Grant. The
number of fcamon taken is not u.-
certained.
Extract of a leiltr from a gentleman
to the Editor cf tie Alban: A reus.
J } v> >
dated
“ Lewistovcn, Oct. 2, 1812.
| ‘ e ihe situation ol this frontier is
as follows: There arc about tit J
militia at this placfe—they marched
down to Fort Niagara to day and
to-morrow, probably ; there are at
I Fort George TOO regulars and 500
1 militia, at Fort Niagara 100 regu-
J !ars and 400 militia, and cn :Le
1 frontier 400 Indians, and more fol
lowing, the wlt ile under the com
mand of Gen. RPClure. Ytftcr
day the troops failed on an expic;-
tion, together with rh, fleet. A
bout 4500 men cml .nked u:i board
the (hips and E ars.
“Oa Tutfday last Clhauncey
came across Yeo—!. had the wLJ
of him, but could not iJrii.g on a
general a ftit n. Pike loft f •■-
cu the lire oi the where Britiih flee’
for half an hour.
“ Channel y chafed the tnctny up
the It! *\C to Burlington height-,
where the Wolf, grounded under
protection of the batteries. Tlu
i’ike was considerably it.'ured it.
hull and fails, 28 men killed and
wounded, no officers nurt. Seve
ral were killed by tboburfling of a
long 24. I was informed that ;•
one time the Wolf so niuci.’
cut and injured, that the whole
British lieet had to fnrrouud her t
lave her from the Like.
One fi-honjicr pa (Ted near t.V
Pike, and hr.-.rh \•n b rcoh • 1..,
bur tin* crmmodf.re wa.r lb c _r I,
tiie pursuit, tliai he patlbd i. ;• f r
fome of the rdf of tfA ltjuachon ? •
take; but flic eTcaped.
“Sir James maycr.l! this rianv!-
vrb.g, but I cal! it rur.r.iny \vi:h a
vengeance. Ila tv fome delertcrs
i.xatnined yeflt r::ay, who flutes tha*
Proftur i. within 40 ndks oi 1h i
British encnnrj :nent here, on hi
way tr<. ::i r.L.iden, and ilrrrifon
in close rttrft.it. Tire last. part o:
t.i.o 1 do ‘ i t
“The ii.iiilli squadron, it is be
lieved, v. 11l eir.bark the Britifli ;.r
----iny at tin head ol the lake, tu c ‘in
teract the movements of Wiikinfbn.
Gtner.d Htunpton has arrived
at Ogdtulmrg with 4(4)0 ch -ic;
troops, and we have km him n dr
tachment of Light Dragoon; with
number of pieces cf artillery, and a
quantity of aminunivioTi.
“ A f rmidabie expedition i: fit
ting out at Sackett’s Harbor, b :t
its deftinutiun is iniknov.n.
hi 0 X I T (s EL
Saturday, October SO.
WE understand that the follow
ing gentlemen will be Candidates
for the appointment, named—Th .*
chctionc to bo made by theLcgiflc
tuie, which fits next Monday.
Peter Early, Lsq.
Cod. Niciioj.as Long,
Rofli rt Waller, Es-p
For Senator to Congn.fi.
Gen. I). B Mitchi Li,
Gen. JotjN M‘lntosh.
For Judge— Juaftern d’ft.
John Berrien.
John Kell,
Tho’s Cll AP.TOt".
For Judge—Oemu!gee out.
Oliver Skinner, F.fli.
Stephen W. Harris,Efq.
WE are grieved to ft ate that tlu*
L S. brig Argus, was captured in
tlie Britiih Channel alter an action
of 45 minutes, l>y the brig Pelican.
She had previoufiy, however, taken
and destroyed 21 fail or merchant
vdills. The Pelican carried .8 32
pound carronades, her burthen was
4.35 tons, and the Argus l(j 24’s,
burthen 3uO tons. The Argus had
•Diner, killed & wounded. Capt.
Allen of the Arms was wounded
mortally—He died at Plymouth, ft
Was bu-ied with military honors.
Vv E have learnt by a letter from
Gen. Claiborne to Gen. Flournoy,
cirftcl Si.pt. .id, that the muflacre at
Fort Mimms; was not io great a
v c have hitherto believed/ Major
L -dev, t. e cotomai. o.*, was k 11 1 c
at the commencement o* the aftior
The letter lays : “ Gur lois i
rust — (•**•” .v'-lv Ik * rfijeer:: ft