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Hr v *1»“ warriors killed, j
H; me warden a«*d chrttf.-rn. I
■nun'ing **> 80 cr go t. ken
■inner.** Thu intelligence i* j
■ught by a refpethblc cmr. n (
■ Motpan c<;i>nt\, who Ijw \
H,,e Cherokee nation, a pari
■the prifuners
l lIR Ro R.
U—sIUGUS TA
Night, Nov. 27.
ft late Indian News.
■ ({amp Tfn I LAND,, Nov. 4, 1811
I Governor Bount.
I I SIR—We have retaliated
Hr the deilrudtion of Fort
■Jims. On the 2d I de-
Bched General Coffee with
if part of his brigade of cav-
Hlry and mounted riflemen, !
■> ueftroy I'ailufhetchee;
Hvhcre a considerable force
Mt the hoflile Creeks had
Honcentratcd. The gene-
H : l executes his order in
Htyle, A hundred and eigh-
By fix of the enemy were
Bound dead on the held, and
■about 80 prifeners—forty of
■whom have been brought
■here. In the number left,
{■there is a fnfficiency but
■/lightly w? undid > to take care
I Hot thoi'e who are badly.
| I have to regret that five
II of my brave fellows have
I been killed and about forty
[ I wounded— some badly, but
[I none I hope, mortally.
Both officers and men be-
I haved with the utmost de
liberation.
Captains Smith, Bradley
and Winiton are wounded I
—all slightly. No officer
is killed.
Soon as Genen’l Coffee
makes his report 1 (hall en
close it. I
If we had a fufficient sup- |
ply of provisions, welhould
in a very fitort time, ac
compli fli the object of the
expedition.
I have the honor to be,
with great refpeft, yours foe |
. ANDREW JACKSON.
P. S. One ot the Creek
Prophets is k?l!ei. Seven
teen Cherokees under the
command of Col, Brown,
acted with great bravery in I
the action. Two of Che- !
mibJy \s f?n% and Jim Fife !
(or the Natchez tribe) aifo
ciiflinguiihed the»nlelves.
A. J.
CAMP AT IEM ISLANDS.
Nov. 4th, 181 2.
Major General jack lon.
SIR— I had the honor l
verterday of tranfmittirvg to
you a (non account or an
engi/'Jment tiiat took place
between a detachment of a
bout nine hundred men from
my brigade, with the ene~
my at Tilluihotohee towns ; I
the particulars whe r ejf I beg 1
-ave herein to re* ice to you. j
Pursuant te your order of
ne 2d, 1 detailed from my j
rigaCe cf cavalry so moji.* '■
<i riflemen, nine hundred 1
en and officers, and pro
*eded directly to the 1 al
ithuchee to.vus, croifed j
oofey river at the huh ;
hm Ford, th ec or four j
liies above ?h;x place I nr- :
1 tived within one and a half.
1 miles of the town (diflant
, from this place (uuth east 8
| miles) in the morning of
{ the 3d, at which place I
divided my detachment into
two columns* the right ;
compoied of the cavalry ;
commanded by col. Ail
corn ; to cross over a large j
creek that lay between us
and the towns* the left co- j
lurrm was ot th« mounted
riflemen under the command
of Col. Cannon, a ith whom
I marched myfclf Colonel
Allcorn was ordered to
j march upon the right and
encircle one half of the
town, and at the fame time
the left would form a half
circle on the left, and unite
the head of the columns in
' front ot the town *. all ot
which was performed as
wel)a>l could wish—when
/arrived in half a mile of
the town*-, the drums of the
enemy began to beat, min
gled with their fa rage yells, j
preparing tor adion.
It was aher fun rife an h-m-, *
when the action was bronchi on
hv caps Hammond and lieu».
Farter lotds companies, l who had
geneon wirhin (he circle of a
Ireament for ihe putpofe of
drawing out the enemy from
rheir building*, which had the
moll desired tiled ;as Icon as
cap ain Hammond exhibited his
fr«m in view of ihe town,
(which l*ed in open wood,
iand) an d gave a ft w fcauer
ing flhor, the enemy formed &
made a violent charge on him—
he gave way a* ibev advanced,
until they met cur right column
which gave them a general fire
and then charged—this chan
! the direction of their charge
Completely, the ei temy retreat
ed firing until they got aroui d
and in their buddings, where
they made a!! the refinance that
I an overpowered soldier could
j do—they fought as long as one
I exited, but .keir dettruaion
was ve. v loob Completed j our
men rushed i** ihe doors of
the houfei, and in a few min
uies knied the last warrior cf
t-e ri-- hey foug*t with favagr
j fury, and met death with ait its
h *nors, without fhunking o; !
complaining, not one a ked to
be spared, b l 4. fought as long as
f'.ey could liana or (it. In
conference of their flying to
in'ir hou'e* and mixing will*
! the families, our men in killing
! the males, withou: intention kd-
I led and wounded a fe.v of the
Icjuaws and children, which
was reg'Cited by every offi ei
and soldier of the detachuicni,
but which could not be avoid.
rhe number cf <he enemy
‘ kil cd was one hunch <fd Sc |
’ ty-bx 'hat were couufed, and a
number of troops that were kil
led in the weeds not fourYd, I
think the calculation a reason*. 1
Die one, ta lay two hundred of j
(hem were kiiled, and eiuhtv.
■ 7 0 7*
tour priioncrs of women and
children, we.e taker, not one
| of the warnors escaped, to car. I
r,y ihe news, a circumUance '
unknown heretofore. ,
I o*t 5 «r n MUd and I 1 tvonn
drd n>u: m,rt*lv, h< & r t *re» !
part s igntlv. a nunibrr won nr. .
r< *», I*mofti e 41 ktiled wa 1w 1 hjf
t r r*.w.; rlits appear* 10 foruijp
v-rv p inc-Dal part of rhe rnt-n»‘f,
trim for wirf*r t ., , very man
tog u buw w<rb a buitoie ot ttrrqfei;
nhicb is used alter tn<j first By
wl h rfu g«*n until a Icuttrc ii»&
tor ibiduig * ffos. cF
It 1* w.clipleasure f tay that our 1
ill .1 :»j td v* •,t ue• b 1 atio'i a t d *
5 m-»es« no'«vtt?iillt><*ht;»
n umbers w.»x far superior to ihv
«hc enctm-, it wu h circotii
' N,: *»CC »o us unknown and froa
‘h* p»-ade oi the enemy we had
every rca»on t* s.ipp;t* e th=;n em
*tj*t*ls in number hut there *p.
j p~aretl tio visible traces of ultra
j m aov but on the contrary ah up
j peered cool and determined fc „
i ''oubt wh -n they face a so- of their
' ovro or aup *rt«r n-inther th;» wi|»
j -hew the h# nr courage a * on this
occasion. I have the ho »or t#
! be ve. y resp-ctf »i!v sir
JOHN COFFRK
R'iv Go* C»* A. UK ’n
M»J >r G«acral Andrew JicVlja
tv t- u h $
Wounded ‘-'ap; tins 4
ItU utrnn its 2
C.» nru a
Serjjrairs d
C irjuihh 5
Ar-ijicer I
PrtV.ilea 54
Total Killed & Wounded.
Georgia Lcgi/lature.
A bill is under consid
eration in Senate, so con- j
solidare the funds of this
state and ciUbiidi a JHnk
or Loan office thereon ac
| this place. A much doubt
j exiles whether the Hate can
i at s his time command a ca- j
pital adequate to the ohjed
contemplated, and as the
biii will undoubtedly under
go much alteration ’ m its
details, should it become a
law, we deter pubiifhing
for the prelent the out
lines of the plan, which
had been prepared for this
day’s paper. 'The bill to
lay off the date into con
g regional didrids has been
rejected in the Ilouf: of
Representatives— 45 tu'iS.
Georgia Journal.
Col. Scott of St. Ma
ry who has command of a
body of troops called out to re
pel an expefch d attack fiom
Kail F lorida, communicates to
the Executive his belief, that
no trnmediate (iant>er is to be
apprehended fiotnihu quarter,
ana that the report of a;i attack
bei- g contemplated,fwhich had
cxcicti alarui inoiq our citi
zens, was deli ltute ol tounda
Eton.
I
mtm
Gur *'U‘y under Gene.
>a f'io)d, wi'h the exception
ol iwo companies of infantry
ieh ai Fun LawiCfiC. to g
the hek, matched !alt vV’ed.
ndiiay for Coweiau, niuct\
imles in:« the lod.-au territory.
Intelligence has been teccived
<hat a number of h-.>t* i'« Indi
ans aie before Cowetau, and
.have recently had feVctal «kir
wdhes vvi'h ihofc who are
friendly. On the morning ot
l ife 20 h inflanr, Gen Floyd’s
l *«my was within 28 mile* ot
< Coweiau.
1—
letter horn tbr Agcn"
ol Indian Affairs i<> the Gov
ernor, revived UH nigh, da
ted the aand in«, fia-es that the ;
hofiiie patty alter having be.
sieged the fricndljr In ii/rs in
Cowetau four days, retreated
on the iStb—they were fuppo
1 led to be about 800 ffrong,
were n&ked and nor well armed.
1 It is thought they have ic urn
,ed lo the ir town, t,> dclenc
I*gaif»tl our troops.
. -r—ww ■***»!»»11 »
MAfiliic.LT, i 111 vi v* *h |
11‘hiHs .by HVllburu, Koj 1 *
(V r. fT ONE# M’p.Ll.BoHn, < |
Wi kes twuu*. i .Gi>* l. p ITT J
id Cuiuftib (, LitiOry, G<:«*r. |
<i' 4 -
CcftrtT, this 'cl
! to 12 12 unu, ]
Cy this Evening’s Ma^.
Wajhington City , Nov. 20. j
Ex trad of a letter from Ma-,
jor General VVilkinfon to
Lieut, Gen. Str Grorr*r-
Prevod, dated Head Qj ir (
ters, G«enad«tr liland. 1
Nov. id, iSt y ;
“ l yelterday evening had
the honor to receive vonr
letter of the 17th pail/ami
(hall
imtnedi <rely n I
copy of it to tlu* Executive j
of the United Mates
I forbear to animadvert
on the a<Rs of our foptrinfi,
wHuever may be the r te:i
dency 'j hut you mud par
don me, for taking excep
tion loan exprelfiou in your
Litter. The government of
the United .States cannot be
•* ■ERKED.** by a.iy
reofiderations of Life or
i Heath, ot Depiedatiorr, or
Conflagration, from the
iaithiul dilcbatge ol us duty
to ihc American nation. ’*
; H V THE NORTHERN MAIL.
hrom the Albany Argus Ev- I
tra—Snndty Evening No-\
vernier 1 4.
Lst«wt from ihc Frontirr— and rn
litely t« he proded *n.
F.*ir*ct «*f \ letter from the
“General Wilkinson paf M
fed the Hritilh Fort at Pref- 1
cott. ©n the night of the
6th inflanr, and without o
iher lols than 2 privates kil
led and three wounded.*’
“ wa» at Hambleton
on the Bth, where the ca
valry, &c. was eroded.
uiolcltation had been gi
ven by the Canadians They
retired from the water fide,
scarcely any venturing to
look at our passing arma.
ineot. Tijcy do not, as on
the Chateauga, lay waste
the country in our front.
M Ehis Hampton’s)
division of the army is a
gain in march for the St. |
Lawrence. A few days will
fettle the queftien whethtr
we pals our Chriflmas be
fore Quebecer not.
“ 1 he plan [of campaign
(n©W it is fully developed)
is the fubjedt of universal
praise in the aroiy. It is
de«p, exadt and comprehen
sive. Without feme a»st mi
God, v\c shall execute it
worthily
Executors Sale-
Oa Tueiday th« dereath day January
ant, will b« (bid. me Po 4 OSife,
Ltiwam u eU r»
A MULATTO a
go d iiouse e «rvatit, a Uolf
Waich, a M ao ’» Saddle, a Hifi
Gun, a Soataati'a (| airaut. * Spy
Glass and sev r<d Charts, Star,
j kurniiure, W earing apnttrd a»d
oibtr arricics, being tn c
personal propci ty «f Georgs Mat
thews, deceaai d.
R. Campbell,) ,
A. Siaughttic f xr g *
Augusta, rSwvembei 27. ts
NOT! C E.
ft SONS indbred to G<’org
jl: Man.(tews, l.i eot this p i.c da.
t art iln-rtd to lU tke pa>.
(Beni lo either of ili« Sub crib^r.
| a '* to «xii b i ilieut
. Wy atteMtu widiia the time pje.
• by !s*v.
f It Campbell \
l FX 1 r»l or
[ • 'V4 1 s ■»7 i»
| Sheriff's Salt.
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\ twee. tke UMi.l Ynmtt. *'
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r** *. »n ( > returned to an* by h ,b, -
cft kc/ir. cinviai). au ,i pouitC( i
Oilt b» I*« w.
• VV»n- P. Beale, shlT,
N iVetnUct S(t,
NON C R. ~~
On the fl«h dav of lft*usry n ,*., Will t*
►«m to the U JJer n n , n , mh ,
criJit, the purduicr nmr «m1 f*.
" e,< ) 4t ‘he pUhut.on of the
Ule Cl.sr.ee l>iw,o.*, dsce.icj, in y.o
iiimuit Cfum/,
T If t le, Oxen, Sheep
A J. Hogs, fit;. thrt cOri
l,,4‘ * <,ol “ «<> u-y until com
pleted. Pure Ufii« gt o com- •
. ply u iih the Hr tin of the »«!••, or
.tie »atm* d.*y ilu. (sroptriy will Ii»
i resold ilitft cond Jay ai theriiquc
i of Iho firal |,u rhi,f>r.
Jane Crawford.
Noe mber 26. St
kanaway
• ,on * ‘he Sub.
, I .ab J fcliber, on ihe
1 night of the 18 h
in It. a negi* fel.
low named Sam;
J# Virginia bom, of
ycilow complexion and a down
caM look, an a.ch teutonic fellow
of a middle toze, tome of hu
tore teeth out, be had on a good
wool hat, and had with him a
quantity of clothing, chiefly
hornelpun, among which is a
round coat, and a fine blue
broad cloth coat wi h yellow
buttons. — A generous reward,
will be giv.n to any p^r(on who
will Udge him in aay jail in this
State, and give me iioijce to
that 1 shall get bun, or bring
him to me in Jeffeifon county,
j near l.ouifville.
I S! EPHEN MORG \N.
Nov. 27.
Now in tcKhmond |au.
A negro m*n nimed TOM, who f iji he
hrloiigx lo Edwxr'l C"dy of Wxrren cnunly*
0-or ;ia fhs ownrr »« rrqu to cumpiy
with the law arid take him away
I*. Donaldson, d. s.
November 26
NOTICE.
mmuhs Iron* ihe date
XN tiervo-, application will U«
ma’fe 10 ihe honorable ihe interior
Court of Columb a cnuoiy, inr
leave to-eit ail the fr*l estate r f
•he Ute John Patrick, dec. cun
»i»r*ng of the foilowi-ij tracu « r
parcels of lan 1, viz—me iravc
containing l W acrei, m Colu nb. y
»n I K clniiund co<nt:es, known by
ihe h-initt of the Q iaher Spring
tract, bounded Clanton an 4
o.hei*—one via t coni.:.ding itO-5
J'2 acrey, in the 19 h distn* t of
‘•hl iwo covrmy, number 205
2j2 1-2acri» of laud in th<- 9 1
a strict ot Wi kiosuti co*'n : y, Nn.
150—202 1 2,ic esot l<tnd in «0/
6 h Uivuici of tiald win couuty, N ..
1 H —IOO acres ot land to Cot uni,
bid County, atijnining Cock e au.t
O brrs. On thu waters ol l» u’«
Creek, OS am* <>f land i«s »ani
county, a j lining *h« obove »» ct
iicudiibou <snd C-h k. , I 2 7 Ida.
c>es of isnd in *<a'd cotlii y,cuj.»oi
n r WHt tJ'» bn, Lufii! Wa >f ■
luan, 50 n 1 I enuuty, adjn'umj
tuck . ,>.ii *i •* niti-gs— o i„)
mid t -v<>* nt ,f die bins an t
sr* rh - .. -v... 4.". vd, auii al
me i rq . 0* n. *•>
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