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V.OLs IV.
AUGUSTA —printid by DANIEL STARNES G Ce.
We are authorifed to
announce Wm. Barnett Es ? .
Elbert county, a candidate
, to fill the vacancy in the H.
of Representatives in the
Congress of the *U. States, oc
(<r«fioned by the resignation
of the Hon. Howell Cobb.
arc authorised to
announce Thomas TelfairEfq.
**jf Savannah a candidate to
fill the vacancy in Congress,
cccafioned by the resigna
icn of Hon .Howell Cobb.
& We are authorifed
to announce George Dent,
©f Columbia county a can
didate to be one of the Re
presentatives for the Rate of
Georgia in the 13th Con
grels of he United States.
£s* We are authorised to
announce Walter Leigh
Elq. a candidate to repre
sent the county of Rich
mond as Senator in the Rate
Legislature at the approach
ing election.
*** WE are authorized to
announce George Allen,
Esq. a candidate to repre
sent the Cou ity of Rich
mond in the House of Re
presentatives at the ap
proaching eledr *n.
WE are authorifed to
Wm. B. Tan
. lP Yileyesq. a candidate to rc
prefent the county of Colum
bia, in the House of Repre
sentatives, at the approach
ing Election.
*** We are authotised to
annouuce Jacob Ball,
) a candidate to represent
the county of Richmond, in
the Ho uie of Reprefenta
tves at the approaching E
lection.
*** WE areauthorized to
Unounce Thomas Glas
cock, Esq. a candidate to
represent thecounty of Rich
mond in the Home of Re
prdentatives, at the ensuing
election.
Sheriff’s Sales,
WILL DF. .SOLD, nn the first
/ ueedav in Nuy. next, at the
Court House in Columbia couij.
tv, between the usual boors,
ONF Hoo and Lot where on
M‘p'arlancl now liv-n, at the
| or k of th»* Fishdam and
Uurough ro ids, jnaing Scoit mul
1 ,rr s levied on a# the property of
duiitis Seay to ottisfy sund. y txe.
too*, pointed out Ejr said Seav,
d rctumed to me b) George W,
Robert*, constable
Al»r> 453 acres Isml, more or
*h rton Joseph Marshall jn f *
Oow live*, j ining lauds of Harris
4, 'd 01 h«is, levii dco as ihe j»ro_
f* f uv o| skid Marshall t« sa-isfy an
** i cution it. favor of Joshua Grin
agum-t J tff-rsi.n Pmirtsii
iMarsnail jnr.
Cundiu.-ns C.sh,
P. Beak, shjf
S'Pt.2« '
MIRROR OF THE TIMES,
“ HOLD THE MIRROR up to nature— Shakespeare.
GEN. HULL’S LETTER.
Fo-t George, Aug. 26.
'MI
Sir—Enclosed are the arti
cles ofcapitulation by which .
the Fort of Detroit has been
surrendered to Major Gen. |
Brock,commanding his Bri- ,
tannic majelly’s forces in
Upper Canada, sic by which
the troops have become pri
soners of war. My fixati
on at present forbids me from
detailing the particular cau
ses which have led to this
unfortunate event. I will,
however, generally observe,
that after the surrender of
Michilimakinac, almoß ev
ery tribe and nation of In- ;
dians, excepting a part of ,
the Miamies and Delawares,
north from beyond lake Su
perior, weR from beyond
ihe Mifliflippi, fouth from
the Ohio and Wabaih, and
east from every part of Up
per Canada, and from all
the intermediate country,
joining in open hoßility, un
der the Britilh Randard, a
gainß the army I comman
ded, contrary to the moR
solemn affarances of a large
portion of them to remain
neutral ; even the Ottawa 1
Chiefs from Arbecroteh,
who formed the delegation
to Waßfington thelaßfum- 1
mer, in whose friendffup I
know you had great confi
dence, are among the holtile
tribes, and several of them.
dißinguilhcd leaders. A
mong the vaR number of
chiefs who led the hoßile
bands, Tecumseh, Marpot,
Logan, Walk-in-the-water,
Split-log, scc. arc conlider
cd the principals. This nu
merous affcmblaue of lava- '
ges, under the entire direc
tion and influence of the
British commander, enabled
him totally to obßrufit the
only communication which
1 had with my country. — j
This communication had
been opened from the settle- J
ments in the Rate of Ohio, ■
two hundred miles through
a wiUJernefs; by the fatigues »
of the at ;ny, which I march
ed to the frontier on the ri- i
ver Detroit. The body of
the lake being commanded
by the Britilh armed (hips, !
and the ihores and rivers by ■
gun boats, the army was to- !
tally deprived of all com
munication by water. On
this extensive road it depen
ded fortranlportation of pro- j
visions, military Rores, me- 1
dicine, clothing, and everv
other lupply, on pack hoif
es—all its operations were
fucctEful until its arrival at
Detroit, and in a few d<iys
it palled into the enemy’s
country, and all opposition
leaned to fall before it.—
One month it remained in
pollcflion of this country 5c
WEST END OF BROAD-STREET.
was fed from its resources.
In different directions, de
tachments penetrated lixty
miles in the fettled part o:
the province, and the inha--
bjtants Termed Satisfied with
t!ie change of firuation which
appeared to be taking place.
The militia fro m Amherfl
burg were daily deserting,
and the whole country, then
under the controul of the'
armv, was asking for pro-I
tectioo. The Indians pen- :
erally, in the firfl inßance, 1
appeared to he neutralized,
and terermined to take no
part in the conteß. The
fort of Amherßburg was 18
miles below my encamp
ment. Not a Angle cannon j
or mortar was on wheels fuL
table to carry before that
place. I consulted my offi- .
cur?, whether it was expedi
ent to make an attemot on
it with the bayonet alone,
without cannon, to make a
break in the firfl itiflan’e. 1
The council I called was of
the opinion it wls not. The
greatest iodußry was exer
ted in making preparation, 1
and it was not until the 6th
of Aug. that two 24 poun
ders, and three Howitzers
were prepared. It was then
my intention to hai’e procee
ded on the enterprise. j
While the operations of the
army were delayed by these '
prep arations, the clowds of!
adversity had been for f;>me i
time and seemed Rill thickly
to be gathering around me. 1
The surrender of Michili
makinac opened the north
ern hive of Indians, and they
were fwarrning down in ev- J
ry direction. Reinforce
ments from Niagara had a*r- j
rived at Amherdbu-g under
the command of col. Proc- j
tor. The deferti«n of the
militia cesfcd. Besides the
reinforcements that came
by water, I received infor
mation of a very conlidcra
ble force under the command ;
of major Chambers, on the ;
river Lc French, with four
field pieces, and collecting
the militia on his route, ev
idently deßined for Am
herßburg ; and in addition
to this com bination, and in
crease of force, contrary to
all my expe(Rations, the Wa
andofts, Chippewas, Otta
wa?, Puttawtamies Munfccs,
Delaware*, See. with whom
I hid the moR friendly in
tercourse, at once palled o
ver to Amherßburv and ac
cepted the tomahawk and
lealping knife. There he.
ing a vaR number of Indians
at tlie Britilh j'oß, they were
lent to the river Huron,
Brown flown, and Maguago,
to intercept my cornmuni- j
Ciition. To open this com
mtnication, I detiched n»a- ;
jqr Vanllornc of the Ohio'
voluiUv-erj wit!)two hundred
/
men to proceed as far as the
river Raisin, under an ex
pectation he would meet
eapiain Brulh with 150 men
volunteers from the Rate ol
Ohio, 6c a quantity of pro
vision tor the army. An
ambuscade was formed at
Browstown, and maj. Van
horn’s detachment defeated
and returned to camp with
out effecting the object of '
the expedition.
in my Liter of the 7th
infl. you have the particulars
ot chat transaction, with a
return of the killed 6c woun
ded, Under this sudden fie
unexpected change ofthings,* j
and naving received an ex
prels from Gen. Hall, com
manding oppolite :ne Britilh
lbore on tile Niagara river,
by which it appeared thaf
there was no prolpeCt of any
co-operation from that quar
ter, and tlie two senior ofli
cers ot the artillery having
Rated to me a 1 opinion that
it would be extremely dil
ficutt, if not mipvflible, to
pals the Turkey river and
river Aux Cannard, with the
24-pounders, and that they
could not be tra. sported by
water, as the Queen-Char
lotte, whicn earned iS 24
pounders, lay in the river
Detroit above the mouth of
the river Aux Cannard ; sic
as it appeared indifpcnfably
neccffiry to open the com
munication to tlie river Rai
6in and the Miami, I found
tnylelf compelled to fulpend
the operation against Am
herßburg, and concentrate
the maul force ot the army
at Detroit, bully intending
at tiiat time, after the com
munication was opened, to
re-cross the river, and pur
lue the ohjefib at Amherfl
barg, and Rrongly desirous
of continuing protection to
a very large number of the
inhabitants of Upper Cana
da, wliohad voluntarily ac
cepted it under my procla
mation, I eltablilhcd a for
trelß on the banks of the ri
ver, a little below Detroit,
calculated for a garrison of
300 men. On the evening
of the yih and morning ot
the Bth inR. the army, ex
cepting the garrilon of 250
mfantiy, and a corps of ar
tillerißs, all under the com
mand of major Dennv of the
Ohio volunteer , re-croflcd
the river, and encamped at'
Detroit. In pursuance of
the object of opening the
communication, on which I
conli lered the exiflence of
the army depending, a de
tachment of 6 do men, undei
the connnan 1 of lieut. col.
Mil It r, was immediately or
dered. Fora particular ac
count of the pr cecdmijs of
this detachment, sic the me.
inorahle battle which wj.
fought at Maguago, wliich
MONDAY, October 5, 1812.
reflects the highc.l honor on
the American arms, I rercr
you to my letter of the 13th
Aug, inti* a duplicate of
winch is enclolcvi, marked
G Nothing however htt
honor was acquired by this
victory ; and it is a painful
conlideration, that the blood
75 gallant men couid only
open the commun.cation, as
far as the points of their bay
onets extended. Tile nr
celliry care of the fi k anj
wounded, and a very levee
tlorin ®f rain, rendered their
return to camp indifpenhbly
nccclTary for their own com
fort. Capt. Brush with his
fnvall detachment, and the
provisions being it ill at the
river Raisin, and in a situa
tion to be destroyed by the
ftvages, on the 13th inlt. in
the evening, I permitted
Cols. M‘Arthur and Cah to
feleCt from their regiment
400 of their mod etfe&ive
men, and proceed an upper
route through the woods*
which I had lent an exprels
to Capt. Brush to take, and
had directed the militia of
the river Railin to acco n
pan v him as a reinforcement.
The force of the enemy con
tinually encrealing, and the
neceifity of opening the
communication, and acting
on the defenlive, becoming
more apparent, l had, previ
ous to detaching Cols. M‘-
Arthur and Cass on the 11 tli
inti, evacuated &. deltroyed
the forton the opp )fite bank.
On the 13th in the evening,
Gen. Brock arrived at Am
herllhurg about the hour
Cols, M'Arthur and Cass
marched, of which at that
time I had received no in
formation. On the 16th I
received a summons from
him to surrender fort De
troit, of which the paper
marked Ais a copy. My
anl'wer is marked B. At this
time I had received no infor.
mation from Cols M‘Ar
thur and Cats. An express
was immediately lent strong.
ly eicoited, with orders for
them to return. On the 15th
as soon as Gen. Brock recei
ved my letter, his batteries
opened on the town and fort,
and continued until evening.
In the evening all the Britilh
Ihips of war came nearly as
far up the river as Sandwich,
three miles below Detroit.
At day light on the 16th
(at which rime I had receiv
ed no information from cels.
M‘Arthur and Caf ! , my ex
prcllcs, lent the* vening be
fore, a id in the nihiht, hav
ing been prevented f.Olll paf
fi.ig by numerous bxiies of
Indian?) tiic cannonade re
commenced, and in a fhort•£.
rime I received information,
tint t!ie Britilh army, and
Indians, were landing below
the Spring wells, under.thr
No. 207.