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VCL IV.
augusta —printed ky Daniel starnes & Co.
Dreadful Hurricane.
The following letters 1
present an account of the
ravages of one of those ter
rific itorms to which the
Southern extreme of our
continent is so subject, a
iupplement to the Orleans
newspaper presents a parti- |
la account of the dam
age done in the town ; hut
we wait with painful anxie
ty for a mote detailed state
ment than any we have seen.
The letter of the 24th ult.
is the Lteft authentic ac- |
count which has reached ,
this city —and that is writ
ten in great haste, and ap
parently without precise
formation as to some of
the crcumftances. No in
information has been receiv
ed from New-Orleans at
the Navy Department since
the 17th, and of course no
official information has |
reached this city as to the 1
injury said to havr been
done to the public veftfds.
Extract of a letter from Gen.
Wilkinson , dated New Or
leans, Aug. 22.
“ On the 19th and 20th
inst. we were visited at this
place by a hurricane, which
has left behind it a feenc of
desolation, comprehending
trees and fences, crop?, hou
lcs, (hipping and water craft
of every species j millions
will not repair the damages; 1
pur barracks, hospital, itore
houses and magazines, have
been unroofed, the wall of
our barrack yard prostrated,
and our boats all destroyed.
But the loss in our navy is
more considerable j indeed
I fear, under.exifting cir-
Cumftances, it cannot be
seasonably repaired : the
Entcrprize is on fliore dri
ven from one side of the
liver to the other in spite of
all her anchors. Ihe Vi
per has 101 l her mam mail,
and is otherwise greatly
damaged. The lliecr hulk
with the Viper’s guns
and ammunition, and
ether property, has gone
down; and the only gun
boat we have heard of is on
ffiure in Lake Pontcha n
tratn. We have no news of
the Syren or ifie gun boats
to the eadwarcl, or those in
the river ; nor have 1 a
word iront Fort bt Philip
(Btacquemines) ; but I
tremble for the consequen
ces,”
Extract from a young gentle .
man, in New Orleans, to
his brother , dated Augujt
2 id.
“We have had a gale
wind here which has
! 1 jwn down all the shipping
tu t ot the water. The U.
hrig Enterprize rs high
■‘•id d.y 011 ihoie, and the
MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
“ hold the mirror up to nature Shakespeare .
Viper is almost to pieces.—
The market houlehas blown
down, also the barracks for
the soldiers. Fort St. Phil
ip was entirely fwampt, and
almost all the men drown
ed* In this condition, the
Britiih frigate S. Hampton
at rived on the bar; and
hearing of the destruction
of the Fort, dispatched her
boats up, and took pu Hel
lion, and now there are
240 men well armed in the
Fort. We a*e raising vol
unteers to 2 ) down and dil
o
polfess them. lam one of
tncm. Wc have had an
insurrection of the negroes;
but all the heads aretaicen."
LONDON, Aug. 4.
Great Victory over Marmont.
*
Wc communicate to tile
public ti c translation of a
Supplement to the Courier
*f Corunna, of the 28th of
lift month, announcing a
splendid victory gained by
the earl of Wellington over
Marmont, on the 23 J oflaft
month.
So complete does the
Corunna Gazette represent
the defeat to nave been,
that the enemy loft ltom
10 to 1 2,000 men in killed,
wounded and prisoners,
nearly all their altillery, se
veral eagles and a great
quantity of arms, ammuni
tion and baggage.
We hasten to lay before
our readers the Gazette.
Supplement .0 the Courier of
'Cueflay, July 28, 1812,
receive aat half pajl 7 P.
M. of the preceding day.
7'he general, chief of the
ftaff of the sth and 6th ar
mies, by letter of this day,
commuii.icates to me the
following agreeable intelli
gence :
“ The captain general in
chief has just received the a
greeable news, that on the
22J in it. the enemy’s army
* «
under Mail. Marmont was
completely defeated in the
neighborh >od of Salamanca
by the allied army under the
command of the marshal
general duke of Ciudad /Ro
drigo with which is united
third division of the sth
Spanilh.
“ The enemy has loft se
veral eagles, nearly all his
artillery, and a considerable
quantity of arm , baggage
and ammunition. His lots
in killed and wounded is
1 from 1 oto 12,000 men, of
whom about 4000 are taken
including general Bonnet,
who is wounded.”
Admital sir J* B. Warren
has been appointed com
mander in chief on the A
merican coast, and a fleet
placed under his command,
with which he will fail to
reinforce the lquauron in
i
WEST END OF BROAD-STREET.
those seas in a few days.
There has been no gener
al affair but foine severe
conflicts between the Rus
sian rearguard Sc the French
advanced guard. 111 one
otthefe several squadrons of
French cavalry were vigor
ou ly rcpulled.
American vessels with
licenses are all nved to clear
at the cutlom ho Re. Se
veral American veftels were ;
detained in the river on Fri
day. The General Eton,
[an American] Place, was
detained in the Downs
on Friday. The Mars, of
and for Wilmington, for
London, was detained on
Saturday by theChailes A S
and lent into Dover. The
Robinfooova, Adams, of
Virginia, is embargoed at
Dover. The Mary and
Jane, from London to Boston
arrived in the Downs yefler.
day, detained by H. M* S-
Carolina. Several Ameri
can ships are embargoed at
Portsmouth apd Bristol.
Lexington , K. Sept. 8.
A gentleman of undoubt
ed veracity arrived in this
place yefteiday morning
who was at tha houfc of
colonel Calloway in Henry
county, about 12 miles
from Weftpoit, on Fridiy
night last he slates that be
tween one and two o’clock
in the morning, an cxprels
arrived to colonel C. in
forming him that considera
ble mischief had been done
i>y the Indians on Thurlday
night, on Pigeon Fork of
Silver creek, fifteen miles
from Weft port. The
nel immediately collected
100 men and proceeded
on to Weftpoit, when he
crofted the Ohio about 12
o’clock on Statu relay. From
Weft port he feut a meftage
home, llating that fifteen
families had been killed by
the Indians, two Individuals
only have been known to
have escaped. The greatest
activity was prevailing when
our informant leit colonel
Calloway’s, and he fuppi
fes by this diy 1000 men
will have croft id the river
to pursue the Indians.
Extract of a letter from Dan
iel Landon, to Charles
Peltier, contractor’s agent
dated Fort Way*.e, Aug.
24, 1812.
“ We are all cons ision,
and have been since you left
us. The Indians (hew eve
ry disposition for hoftdity.
We have made every prepa
ration for an attack; how
it would turn out 1 cannot
fay, but I think tweny-four
hours more will determine
the bu inefs. I have not j
been able to attend to one
hundredth part of what you
told me, neither lhall 1 un
lels a sudden change takes
place I (hall venture from
tiie garriion under present
circumftanccs. We have
now about three hundred
<
Indians here and they in
m
creale daily. They ap
pear no wile inclined for the
council ; they plunder eve-
Jry thing they can lay their
] hands on. Your garden
; as well as mine is de
stroyed. Your Itore houfc
broken open this day, but
I believe they were not a
ble to plunder much except
some lugar wh ch I I t tells
was left in it. It is impos
sible to keep up the cattle
tortile want ot food—they
; mult take their chance.—
I have not been able to get
them estimated, except my
own, which with difficulty,
1 1 got done this evening, but
i have not heard the report of
tiie est imaters.
“ Since writing the above
we have heard the unfortu
nate news from Detroit. I
j was almost determined to
1 deliver up the keys to tiie
commanding officer, and cn • j
deavour to make my escape
' with the express, but have
altered my mind, and am j
determined to ice the refuit.
I bclive there is more dan- j
j ger in endeavoring to make
j a retreat than to remain j
there, perhaps I may never
lee you again.”
1
| Boston, Sept. 16.
The squadron in this har
i bor is making all due prepa
! rations to fit for ica.
A signal for setting of a
Court Martial was made
yellerday on board the Pre
sident flag (hip.
Captain Hull, in confe
qucnce of the death of his
; brother, has requested of the
Secretary of the Navy a (hort
furlough to enable him to
fettle fomedomeftic affairs,
which has been granted.— !
commodore Bainbridge is
appointed to the Constitution ,
and he hoifttd his broad
pendant on board the ffiip
yefteiday afternoon.
The Constellation , 36 guns
is under repair in Wash
ington, and will he ready to
put lea in a few days.
Several quires of th's pa
j per having been worked off'
before the following letter ;
was received by yesterday’s 1
Southern mail ; we are in- j
| duced to republish it that \
I all our readers may fee it.
Captain Porter, of the U* j
' States Frigate ESSEX, pre- j
j ftnts his compliments to '
Sir Jjmts Yeo, commanding j
his Brittanmc Majefty** *
j Frigate SOU Hill AMP-,
; TON. accapts yvith plea- 1
sure hii polite in vital ion. I
If agreeable to Sir Jjiucs, I
MONDAY, October 12, 1812.
Captain Porter would pre
fer meeting near the Dela
ware, where, Captain Por
ter pledges his honor to Sir
lames, that no other Ame
[ ** A
rican vellel lhall interrupt
their tete a tele.
The EHex may be known
by a blag bearing the mot
to-
Free Trade and Sailors
Rights.
Aid when that is struck
to the Southampton, Capt.
Porter will drferve the treat
ment promised by Sir
James.
September rS, 131 2-
Democratic Treji.
Federalists , Squids and Tories. \
The following explanation
respecting the present use
of the terms Federalists,
Fluids and Tories , made
by the Editors of new
Republican paper, pub
lilhed in Charleston, en
titled “ The Investigator
is, in our opinion, wor
thy ol a republication:
“ We make use of terms
so me times which do not
seem to us to be understood
as intended. We beg leave
to undeceive once and for
ever, thofc who deceive
themfeives, or would de
ceive others. When we
lpeak of JederaliJls x we do
not mean to include every
federal iff. We know /edcr
alifts Americans 111 patrio
tism &in principle. Wclove
such men and would be the
lift to injure their feelings/
in any the slightest degree. \
We love them as we do the
whole A nericau political ;j
family. To Inch as these
let it be further known the
only exclusion we wish
them, is an exclusion from
the legislative functions of
the ftatc. We cannot vote
for afedcralift, even of this*
description, if a republican
be a candidate. The re i
lon is ohvivous. These
men, however well mean
ing however patriotic, would
wilh to Ice the affairs of our
government go into other
hands.
“The QUIDS are the
moll despicable men we
hive : They are few in
number and lead we may
have been misunderstood
in some of the strictures
upon them, to avoid mis
representation, let it be
known who are thole deno
minated Quids. —They are
fjcli as are lair politicians
to both parties. Their ob
ject power. The federalilh
believing them federal, do
not oppose their elevation
The Republicans, believing
rhem republican, trull them
amine deceived. Tofuch
men we (hall ever be severe ;
No. 20S.