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bvhcr’i Keen confined to
Ahrmt bv a f ) ( -ce ve*y (u- i
pcr*or ifs own numb?* - .
It;, nF, 'lfi, that in i ch
sn ii'.u.err, kmg greet advan
f’tie niifcht c«c derived from
the archduke Francis, arm j
the dut< e of Orleans. Ii ’
Bonaparte y fortune
fxd, the prelence of n Fiench
f rincc of the blood, and of
m able mar, might nave
g reat ii on the French
armies. i the ar<chduke Fran
ks jcin.ira&ly calculated
tor a leader. He is fen fib ie
and manageable, and is iGr
rcwulrd by very able men.
Auftri.i would probably
I e biehdly—but if the gov
er- ment was no*, 1 fnould
4 hope, wi.h the tbipcdi!lonvf
her army, and of many of
tb* 1 pi"llcc s of her houf . that
h r /)«>itll:ty would be nrma -
torv.
*
in flWt, my opinion is,
that the (Mcccffui employ
•meat of this ioicc in Italy
v.ould make the. greatest
polubjc tiiverflon fir »he
rom.von caufc. July miyh.
n thr conquered. France
would pr< bably devote her
Vvlu/.e n ears to prevent the
ituiepuidef;cc and alienation
<■* lo great’ a nation of her '
territetics and of our relbur
cc<, to avea the fatal eiTedt.
rs her example upon tiir
countries wjth »». inch the is,
in nmncdift»e But
for this purpotr, as the Ruf
fi.n a my imiH he oonofed,
Spain, at lead, mutt be a
banboned ; and 1 thou Id be
£L- d to? 1] *, wh a t la Kt y
id- re would be for Bona- 1
p J !fr, if tlit* [adage of the
F/renures were open to a
great and vibloiious aimy
t n-er the enrnmand of an
officer to whom Spain h:Fj
?heady owed hci independ
ence.
I c'r.ciofc herewith the
memoir of a j merchant of
relpetfability a;.d property,
who has been in the. north
cf Taly, and has edabliih
iT'fnts in various towns. i lo
fi known to count Latctur.
He offers to convey any
person i nvpy choolc to fend
to verify the tru.h of his
a (Ter t ions, or to fend off
perlons from the different ■
lovvns t > cocnmunica'e with
m<* it lih >u!cl pietcr ir.
la-*, rr.y Lord, ynur molt ofcedicut huai- i
bli* fervaut,
IV Lcitir^k.
.f m.T.r
GLORIOUS NEWS.
Copy of a l:t(c r from Central
iiarrifhn to tie Depart
ment of liar.
ILad Quarter*, near Mora
vian I ovr;>, «;n the river
1 ban es, So miles tiom
p. trnt, sth October,
18 i 3.
i> i R,
• »
I have the honor to in-
form you, that, bv th<:
ing ot rrovidpnce, the armv
w I,u r my command has this
fvtning obtained * CuM-
P-KTE VICTORY cvr,
t ,c combined ii di'in and
lUttuli fortesuod"; the com.
nr.nd or Geo. Ptofltor. !
e,,c ‘ ** toil nearly tlw whore
BP * , l " c rn *‘.uy** 'regular* ur*
o c- lr lilt-; * \
.♦be fosn+r arc ALL the fu
’ nericr officers executing «e* !
I nerai Prohor.
My morn'fd men are an v ,
in pur fijir of him. C-lur lols '
is very trifling. The brave
Cci. R M. Johnlon is the
) only officer whi.h I have'
1 heard ot that a wounded
bully but i hope not cU.i
geroufiy.
I have the honor to be, *
with great reipeer, fir, your
obedient humble lervaut,
Win. H. HARUIhON.
The If on. j Aunllrong,
Sectct4.«y t f War.
i “ t
Extract of a Idle"'from rert.
tla r rif . n to lhe Depart,
merit cf IV-ezr. \
Herd Qnar’er's,
Lb p r C' »n.u.», Septem
ber 30, 1 3 1 3.
Sir, ■ \ |
General Pr (‘lor has with
him 475 regulars of the 41 it
and Newfoundland t rgim’s j
h< of the 1 oth re • ini'nt of
veteran'-; 45 dragoom, and
from 600 to 1 coo 'tim ms :
louie oeiervrs who Icrt him !
the night before 1 ft, pvc \
the latter a* the number— f
the citizens of Derroir (up- ;
oofe ?hc former tu be cor
rect
The O‘to was and Chi ope
vas hive withdrawn from |
the Biitilh, and have feat in •
duee of their wan F-is t 0
bfg tor peace, promiiiog to
igree to any terms that /
ihcll prelcnbe. I hive a- ;
greed to receive them upon ’
condition of their giving
hoilages for their fi‘einv,
and immediately j insng us
with all their wairiors \he
Wyandotsj Miamies,and the
bind of . Delawares winch
j hid j ioed the enemy, a>c
ailo deli rows to he received i
on tile lime ter cue.
fhc celebrated chief Main
ILcic \» at Ibe heaii of the
■ hoilile band on the Detroit
ii ie of thfi Streight. .e
--camfch leads that which rc- t |
•naitvs with ne 3 htiih. 1 he '
inh'ibitanfs of Detroit who
were m ciady corrnnunica- !
timi w.th them, make the
fo r n:er fro m 1000 to 1200. ;
Their objedt in div dug |
1 their force * was to make a.-
night attack upon the part
ot the army which eroded
'over to Detroit, or that
which mn lined on ti 1i- fide,
by a j.uKhori of tlic.r force 1
lo r«e miles above.
A detachment of the ar: !
my, and ! me of the vnf U 1
ot wu. wiii let out f,r the 1
reduction <- f Mackinac and 1
St. Jofepii’ in a lew days. I
I E.tve the honor to 11,-,
Wi»b £ c*t <ef;)r(S, ir.
Voui uhfiiitiu ftrviiat,
// m. ti. liarrison. \
Hon. John Armu: onj, Sec'ry of War,
«
■:xtrael cj a letter fr r rn yen.
M' Arthur to the Secretary ;
l S I
of H ur.
Dr roii, October 6 h, tilj.
You have no doubt been
advised by the com :nnding
general, that Maiden and
*h* s place were abandoned
&y the enemy preaous to
tne arrival ot our army, aid
sbat ail the public buildings
were dadroyed. On
1 ur arrival at band .v.ch, my
►
hugaue vra? ordered acr l* 1
die liver, to cifperfe some
/ndians who were pillaging
the town, and to take pol
io (Hun *of this place, ln-
I formation wa received that
several thousand Indians had
j retired a final! diiUncc into
| !i ’~ vvoods, with in;!ructions i
. to attack geneial Harnfon's
I a ftny cn its p*fl'age, for the
purpo 1»* of retarding its pro
grt l , conlequently m y bri
gaUe vv 4 s left to garriLn
this place.
hi nee general
departure, live nations of
! /.id; i ns, vi z Otto w ay:-, Pot- j
te wattemics, Cliippeways,
I jvli.ui.nes an 1 Kickapoos,
, w iio were bur 3 it vv miles
hick, have come in for
.peace, snd 1 hive agreed
t' jt ii3itilif.es ihouivt cealc
j for tprt lenr o i the fol
i lowing conditions : “ Tiiey !
have segued to ;.xe hold of
the H*nc to."r’.a!,a w k unh
u , M.d to in\e all wiio arc
***** *•' y oc enemies of the
United Sure*, whether Bn- '
tiih or nduns.” They ace
to bring in a number oi their
’ wou en and clubmen, and
ien ve mem «.•> hmtrgrs vviiiut
j they accompany us to ‘,v,r j
hoirm c t thun have already
brought in tiicrir women,
anu mit drawing rations.
I have . j j:r • received a
note horn gcneral iiarnfon,
adviii ig tl:at he had hit
evening overt ken general
Proctor's force, and had
gained a com, c;e viol ry;
t n-t ill tb.e prtnCip.il officers,
general Proctor excepreo,
weje in his palfelli m,which
no doubt trios ihc war in
tnis q uiter
I lutc the honor, kr.
Duncan J\T Arthur ,
bfg. Geu. U. S.* e« Army, j
• J
From the Nation,»l Intcl’igencer.
7 'he' Vi l7 ory cn Land.
We co',icls ours Wes quite
| at a j .do for words in which
to con vcy Uir feelings at pe.
5 ne! rt i 1 iarrilbn’s victcry. —c |
ii>e per.lcvenpg patriotism
j and valor or tins in.leiatiga
j hie commander, and the j
Uuie qualities in his un- |
jj, > *
J ciaonleu troops, alter ea. i
countering riifliculne*, of;
which the Country at large
Wetns never to been
fully aware, have at length
completely triumphed ; lr„- !
j umphed at the mod oppor- ’
tunc moment, as regards the \
auu at the vesy
moment alio, when a toi
; lorn laCtion among us was
i conh tend/ predicting, with
a joy as malicious as we do
“of d übi the wilh was iin
ce e, his total dilconihture. I
Ihe cfFed of this victory •
no .n tlie fuither operations |
of our aims; in Canada ean
, not tad, we think, to he
! immediately and finally
j auipicious towards the great 1
ohjeCts ot this mod just and
righteous war. But there
is another atpeCt alike io-
Icmn and ititerefting, under
which we cannot help pic
turing the luojeCt.
As far as the lcale of war-’
fa e his been concerned, we
a;c boia to lay, that the Ba
nda !uvc vvttgej ho:iiUiie«
t u$ hJU t g ooi* ’ .I)
| vv t.iitin fr-.*mier v\nh a bir
haiity that nothin*? m hid -
rv lurpafle . T.-.kmg th.e
red lavages as tiitur friends
\and alTociates in battle, {.la
cing them as the front war
, riors of their holt, they have
alternately encouragedbcper
mitted enorminas at which
j they ought foiever to blulB;
aid which, ages hence, it
wall freeze the blood of our
poderity to read of. Fac
tion, difatfeCfion, a spirit
worle than trealen, and as
lliocking under every moral
j VICVV as the savage flames
jand torments themletves are
to the flirinking nertes and
flnres of the fleih, may affeCtl
to Incer at thvie things, at
ftCl to deny them ; but their
lolemn truth has been drawn
out by official fc.rutiny, and |
will, mud, rnoit afTaredly,
make a part of the hifloiy
ot the times beyond the pof. ;
Ability ur contradiction when
the foul tongues and pens of
pa : iy an-* of fallebood are I
heard no mors. Have vve
not, among other deeds
honor, ieeji tne corpses of !
our countiymcn, their man j
gled amis, legs, heart?, a!
prey to the very hogs of the
highway, while the unfit!- ’
. ing Engiilh iu that quarter,
witn a deliberate depravity
vvhicfi the dain lie id biood
pamjered appetites of tlie
mod rerineu cannibals of re
volutionary France never
went beyond, have coolly !
turned aiiie, or coolly turn- ,
ed avviy. And now what
is liKeiy to be the change ?
fheie very tomahawks that
fine by fide with the equally
cruel Baton,have been made
Ito open the lends of our'
j P oyr fellows, while in unof- |
fending c'aptiviiy ; these ve- !
ry lav ge arms that always
—yes, always —with BritiUi
pcrnruilion, have been ihrult!
elbo w deep into the gore j
ano bowels of our gallant l
| countrymen—religned, lab- ;
mittmg, with no ihrieks of ;
fear, no prayer* for mercy,
j where indeed mercy never;
'dwelt, no imprecations at;
the caiioas auihors of all
! their dreadful futf'eriogs,but
witn a composed and lab- 1
l‘ m - furtitude, meeting and
linking under their terrible
(doom—l heie fc If-fame la
va ® t in\plcments 'are now
| hkcly to be Jifted in awful
retribution ag.tind the heads
of ther heretofore base and |
marc iavage employers.—
lhe infam ui Proctor has
perhaps been flying, an ap
palled fugitive, betore thole ,
i poor deluded human be mgs
f lately his friends, his chief
| dependence, hi> compatriots
in arms; and hirnfclf and
others of these ci(graced !
Britons who firft drew out
! th«s infernal enemy to the
lie.d, may, even now, if A-'
I merican humanity be not:
j IfiM at hand, and (fill rea-ly'
j to save, be expiating their;
fell abominable crime under
tne agonies ©f that very*
' icalping knife Itiil warm'
i with American blood, keep- *
• and reeking at their in
, -at Britißi. indancc I
p \
• iic .io vv a f t a
| w«-ys, the Foiawaticiuj
the Kickapoos, thele aii K
of Britain, allies as re r, j
acknowledged.- and cv.cn'!,.
regularly thanked in eve.*
olficiai dispatch as my Cum
Wellington acknowledges cc
thanks the Portuguese a> i ..
allies of tiie Britiffi in $ ; -, a n
niay now be nifing ‘ih;i|
exasperated arms, their eye
balls glaring with perfidious
fur y> sgasnit the very hulls
tnat arew them from their
formed them
..ranks, inducted them how
belt to deal out dcdruChon,
| and whetted their palate* for
feafts of captive blood, but
I Wil0 » a.as, could not (tuem*
| is;lves alfq perfidious)
make I
good their rich pioimfes to
i them oi conllant carnage cc
; Hood leads sr.d plunder.-.
lit * re mode le 1* ling I ilh in
Canada have themicivcs a.
j blame in any diiai
ters, horn this source, that
may overtake them. This
tnud be the judgment cf
nations; and, we humbly
i hope, of heaven. Well may
! ou r commanders, whether
| upon the wattr* or the lakes
u pon the land, write that
it hr. s pita led the Almighty
to give victory to our arms.
Deo date. With reverence
wmild we bieatht it, but aa
bar as Short. lighted mortals
can lee, we think trie retri
butions of a jufl Providence
may be traced in tins turn of
things which seems like./
to roil back upon me gud y
heads of its authors fount or
the horrors of Indian war
fare.
New York, Oct. 12. ‘
Tile editors of the New
i York Gazette have received
! by the Ganges, arrived at
New port, a hie of L fb 1
papers to the 1 7th of Aug.
giving a detailed account of
I the late battles between the
1 allies and the French army
I under SouJr, 6cc.
e * The French Infs (tav
the Lisbon Gazettes ol tbs
17th and 1 Bth Aug.) in the
actions from 25 :h July to 2I
August, exceeded 20,0 ca
men.
The following is the
ofhci.il return of the killed,
wounded and miffing ut th ff
j adied army, in the* fcveul
actions from the 25th Ju*/
2d August:
ki'lcd wo’jnd.'i milfi'f
Britiffi, 540 3510 50b
Portugjefe, 322 1017 col
Spaniards, 26 167 it
** total loss of the allied
army in the different aCtious
,7100.
“Among the officers who
were wounded are generals j
Ste wart, Crawford, Gordon,
jadj. gen Waters, and myj*
gen. P«tck.
In a letter from an old
friend, dated Ldbon, Aug*
iStb, we find the following
j pofUcript :
•• The reports of,t°
•are, that Lord VVellingtnfl
has received advices of
aimi.ticc in the north bain£
j br< ken up and is advautinw
i 'ito France; and that h*-
ilos left St. Sebaffians * r
, y _
t fiip-luni in hi* rva ijpp*