Mirror of the times. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1808-1814, October 30, 1813, Image 2

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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*