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congress”' IN SFNATR. Monday, December 6 At the usual hour of mee ting, it appeared «har the Showing members were orient, viz. Frcm New- Hampjkire ~~ N choUs Gilman, John Ma lon. Frorn M&jjcchusetts— jo - f pi Lb Varnum. Frcm o onnt cl tent David Da gett. f oro m Vermonl -Dud 1e y Chaff, Jonathan Robinson. F cm New Jer/ey —John Lambert. From Pennfyhania—Ab ner Latcck, Michael Leib From Delaware—Outer bridge Ho; fey. From Alary land - Samuel 1 Smith. Fran? Virginia — Richard Brent, h’m. B: Giles. Norte. Carolina James Turner. South Carolina —Jas. Gail liaid, John Taylor. Georgia Charles Tab. f Kentucky —JtflTe Bfedfoe. 7 e>.?iejj —Jos. A rvdc r fon\ Ohio -Jeremiah Morrow, Tho mas Worthington. Low.jhina J ;mes Brown, Elejsus Ecmmtin. The Vtce-Prefidenl being absent the Senate proceeded to the choice of a President pro tempore ; and Mr. Var nutn ct Mallachufetts was ckoien, Mr.. Bibb, eleHed from Georgia appeared, was qual ified and took his lsat. The usual mefTage was sent to the house, and Mr. Robinson and Mr. Brent were appointed on the part o' the Senate m. the joint committee, to wait on the Pteiiuent of the U. States, and inform him that the two houses were ready to proceed to buiinefs, sc c. On motion of Mr. Leib, ihe Secretary vvas ordered to fupuifi the Senators with news-papers to the amount of tht daily papeis, > « * lhuje of Ref rcfenialives Tuifliay, Dec y Mr. Pickering and Mr. Wheaton of iVI alTachufettn Mr. Strong of Vermont, Mr. J rckton of Rhode Bland Mr* i aiimadge of Connec ticut, Mr. Oakley cf New- Tr *rk, Mr. Clapton and Mr. Caperton of Virginia, Lh. oraniord, Mr. Franklin wad Mr. Mutfree of North- C.iroliiv*, Mr. Calhoun of South-Caroliiia, Mr Telfair vjCoigia, and .vir, Lewi.’ of Tennessee, leverally ap. pea red and 'ode far.*, ' M : . King of Maffichu fetts Cali.'.! tor the confide • xioi. vt a ;efo!nti( n ft;h nn fvd by him at tlie lad f di u far the appoiiumem ot the committee of elciti- Lcti' by ballot. 1 **« fßule having agtcec 10 Col didti ‘he re uuoi ► it was op poled by Mr. • Findley and defended by Mt- King. After several obler- 1 vations from each es thofc gentlemen, the resolution was postponed until Thurl 7ay the 9th ind. The hour of 1 2 o’clock having arrived, Mr. Coles j ihe private Secretary of the * President ehteted the hall . 4nd deli to the Speaker ’ the rr.efface from the Preli o dent to the two houses of Congress. It was read by the fpeakcr asd committed to the fianuing committee of the u hole houfd on the state j of the Un ion. j On motion or Mr. F Die - of Vermont. Five thousand copies of the mefAge was ordered to be primed. On motion cf Mr. Daw son. j The several Handing com mittees, except the com- ■ mivtce of elections, were; ordered to be appointed. And the houle adjourned j till to-morrow. * LATEST NEWS From ihe Essex Frigate. By the (hip Criterion, capt. Clarke which arrived : at this port on 1 hurfday lalt, ; in 82 days from Tulchuma, (coatl of Chili) we have re ceived the' following late, news fioin the Essex frigate: j Capt. Clarke was inform- 1 ed in August Lit, by our conUd at Sauteago, (in Chi li) that the frigate Ellcx, capt. Porter, had captured during her ciuife on the Lee ward coalt and at the Gal la pagos Islands, eight Eng 11Hi whaling ships, viz:—l Policy, Montezuma, Hec tor, Atlantic, Catharine, j Georgians, Rose and Green- j vvich. Captain Porter had ! fitted our the Atlantic, mid j called her the Essex junior ; she was commanded by Mr. Downs fird lieutenant of the Eliex, and carried 20 guns j and 90 men ; she arrived at j VHpaiaifo on the 12f"n of A iw , with the Policy, rvlon- j lezuma, Hector and Cuh anne, and the ship Uarclay, c«vt. Randal’, of New Ben j ford, which the 'fc.fi3X had re- j captured with her boar* from ! a bpaniih privateer ?: the ! entrance of the port ot Cal lioa. The Etlex wsi ci ci ting on thecoaft to intercept the four remaining Engliih , whale rs. The Klfex Junior was to leave Valparaiso on ■ lie 2. yto of Augu.t, to con voy the American whaling [ ! ship ot the cuad, and then to ; join the Eifex, which was 1 a uitin-5 of Limacn the loth i Anpuit, having in company i with herns tenders and ifore tinpf, ihe Greenwich and jcorgiaiici, both aimed with 2ogilnS and 89 men each. ! I!oe R .e bad be On given • up to the pri loners. Ca t. Potter experienced | u> linneuby in obtaining • ; eiij oc iiavi fitted out three of his prizes; and had up-! wards of 300 men tn boaid j the Essex. The American confulatl Valparaifj had received in- j formation from the consul at j Buenos Ayres, that the Phoebe frigate, cf 36 guns and the Cherub and Racoon Hoops of war, of 20 guns .each, had left Rio Janeiro the sth of July,.bound round Cape Horn to inter cept the Essex. Late from South America . Capt. Clarke of the (hip Criterion from Talchuana. (Chili) which he left Sept. 10th, informs that that place was taken on the 27th of March ,last by the King’s party, confiding of 2500 men ; and re-taken on the 29. h of May, by the pat riots, con lifting of 550 men. Tiie Patriots continued to be very fucceUful. Capt, C. was informed bv the * American consul, that ale vere battle was fought in June lad, .at a town called St. Carlos, about 40 leagues lh the country, between the Patriots Mid the King’s par ty, in which the latter were/ defeated- with the loss of x 100 killed and wounded. The iituation of the in habitants on the coafl cf Chili was very diilreffing; the King’s party were very severe in the punishment of those who fcli into their power, and the patriots were much embittered a gainst the kind’s party, end the priests. * Boston, Dec. 3. Col Porter arrived in town on Wednesday even -1 ing'lali, direbt from St. Re* g.s, through Burlington. We learn that an officer : arrived in town from French ! Mills, who left theie on | Friday lad, reports, that the advance guard of Gen. WdkinfoTs army, under Brig. Gen. Brown, were completely liicccßful in their aiuck upon a body of 700 !of the enemy, 15 miles bfc j low Willi ana/burg.* The bridge or bridges having been dcilroyed over a small i i ivulet 411 tb.e lower fide of 1 ! which this force was fLti. j cried, Brigadier Gen. Brown j forded the river about two j miles above, came upen ! their rear, attacked with his | artillery and musketry, and 1 uim&ft literally cut them to pieces— except about 200 made prisoners. It is laid very fewoftheir whole force i made thc'ir cicaec. j * Williamsburg is the vil'• ; lage ivhere General Boyd was j engaged with the rear to Gen. // tikinfm s army. GENERAL HULL\ j J Adjut irt xn-1 Infy-eV'r G ncral’s < Vv afliijiglotj, 17th November, 18 ;S < General i. oum tMai i «■ 1 ~i ii! e oidl of lb ir idicr- Gent <a | WILLIAM HULL, wi;l ah j fou.blp at iouie (nibble piace in 1 die city o( riltu/i) (‘sale of N. : York) on lb.’ 3.; dr y c*f jano !a y next. The court vwii be j compofeda«! folk ws, viz. President. i Msj Gen. lienty Dearborn, Members. Brig- G< n. Joseph B’conifield, Thorn as Parker, I eonard Covington, Colonel John R. Fenwick, Peter Little, 38,h regi. ment inUntry, Henry Ca» berry 36 h do William Irvine, 53d do Lt, Col, Richard Dennis 16 do S.iti’l S. Conr.tr 13th do S. B. Davis, 3 ad do William Scott, 36th do V. ir. Stewart, 38th do Special Judge Advocate . Alexander j. Dul’a*, esq. Array Judge Advecatj AJJif [ tant, Philip S, Parker, F.fq. Supenumerics. » Lieut, Col. John W. Living, j f.ors, 4»a regime tit infantry. j Lieut. Col. jamts G, Forbes * 4 2d do. Major GO' gc BotnforL Corns of Evince- s. By order elebe Secrcury of War. A. V. MIOLL, InJ'peclor General . mirrorT — AUGUSTA — Saturday Night, Dec. 18. Millidoetiile, December 4j." A friend has favored us with the following extract of a letter from an officer in General Floyd’s army, d a_ ted .a—* Fort Mitchell, Dec. 12. “ I with plcafure give you the occurrences in camp j since you left here; Riley] and Moseley were dispatch ed as fpics to the Talapco_ lee—they returned three days and reported that the Indians of Tallaffee and Au toexec have moved down to Ho,ith,le,wau,!ee, fix miles below ■ our battle ground, where, according to their j ftai.cment all ihe hostile towns are concentrating. 1 The Bate me nt of the run ners or fpics relative to Oak. luskee are tome what con tradictory, but from what i can gather, a number of their Warriors were in our battle, and more of them 'have Imce gone down the* Tala poo lee. There came into Cowetau laii week a bout 3,000 Indians—the Chiefs etlimate them at a bout 3,5°° able bodied friendly vvariiors. The low er chiefs vouch for the friendly conduct of the Flo- i rida Indians Runners are! Itarled vviih dispatches to Generals Flournoy, Jackson j and Adams—thole to the j two former officers to re i turn iii about twenty days, ‘ Quarter M a Iter Tennille is! tuit recovering. ’* | A gentleman from Fort j II awkins informs u , that fume of the friendly xndi-! ans who went on an expedi-; cion to plunder holies from ; the holtile party, bring in a report of their having heard ; * a aeavy cannonading near I the jun&ion of the Coo fa I andTalapoofce rivers about 1 ten after the battle of 1 Autoflie. They f, y , th " I report of the Artillery Was 1 heard by them from twelve 1 o’clock till sunset. We 1 think their story not imnro. f bable, as General Flournoy I certainly contemplated an 1 expedition against the Creeks 1 ana if a has been I fought inthacdiredion, the I troops of the U. States en- f gageo it, mud have been I marched from Fort Stodderc ] or that neighborhood. I Brigadier Gen Floyd, I ; we are informed,, has writ- I 1 * en to Major Gen. Pinck- I j that he is sass lecov. 1 , ering from his late wound, 1 ! and expects to be able short- J ly to refu:nc the command j of the army. fCj 3 We expeft every hour I to hear from Gen. Adams’s I | expedition againd the Oak- I ' i fuskees. He entered the 1 | Indiau territory on the 12th 1 i indanr, with 560 mounted 1 j volunteers. Genera) Floyd 1 had sent Cajst. Hamilton’s I Cavalry and 24 indian war- I ] riois to joiii him before he I fliould teach the Point of at. I 1 tack. I ] I i Copy of a letter from 1 j Gen. Floyd to His Excel* I j lency Governor Early, da- 1 ted Camp Mitchell, 12th 1 December, 1813. SIR—I herewith forward 1 j to you the Pipe of the old I ! Tallifte or *Tame King, I taken at the battle of Au- I t, tooce. The friendly indi- I a ans observe, that it was the I c pipe of the greatest man in I 1, their nation, and who was I h for many years their king:* ti | but he had grown old and I t —had torfaken them* p 1 —that lie was now dead, fc ■ ri ;as none of his successors haiM d< acquired fufficient dignity® i to be entitled to it, requeli-B ed that I fliould lend it tol p my ktog, meaning your* Excellency, 5 It is valuable for its an-* tiquity ! 1 his once rdpeft* !ed aad venerable Chief used* j. j this pipe at the treaty ot* jv ■f'Shouiderbone, & hovv lonjfl (h before is unknown. I of I have the honor to he* r with much refpedt and el"* teem, your excellency’snioii* obedient servant. I JOHN FLOYD. 1 His Excellency Peter EanlM ! t; ■ ! * Killed m tie latth ‘J ■■ U W at tossee. . fi'd 4* The treaty of Shouda bone was held in’ls 6. ■ ]\ fcj* In 33 counties, C at fl r , bert lias 2178, Skrine i) 01 8 g,, Terrell ,263, and D*m ] 11242 votos tor the vaCa ?.,B be : in Congress. Bulloch, J • ■ fingham, Wayne & t|,< have not been heard fro ■ j c . Georgia Joum* |