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1 ' ' r .I f relr.forrr ■ #*'’ i b s.: rdew, which I } ■ iS? entry i-;rht be rx^l- I Mfo receive; of the ‘tarv ■ i vat ionci:ior* c.r mv horses. I I »hey having Inil neitherc*rn I / nor Vane ior two days and I nrht*; of ibe /carcirv o' ■ Supplies tor my mew, the fn- B i laws who joined me at Tai ■ hdega having drawn done, W end being uhpiiy dellitute ; B a d because, it die enemy ■ pursued me, as it was Jikclv ■ they would, tiie diveriion in B favor of Gen. Fi >vd would ■ be the moreCQmoieat sndef- B Jedtual. Influenced by these B c onflde ration:', I commenced B my return march «t half as- B ter ten c n the 23d, and was I fortunate cnomjn to reach BK c. B Fnptachopco before night, W ayl/av’ing palled without inter ■ iupfi,.u) a dangerous defile, I occafinned by a hurricane, j B I nga-.n fortified my camp, ■ and having another defile to W paio in the morning, across ■ a deep creek, and between ■ two hills, which ( had view* I cd with attention, as I pafT -1 ■ fid on* and where I expected ‘ I 1 might De attacked, I de- j ■ termintd to pa(s it another! V point, and g-vc di region ato I I my guiue and fatigue men S I accordifrgly. My expeCta i tion of an attack,in the 1 morning was irscreafed by ■ the ligns of the night, and I with it my caution, before 1 moved the wounded from the interior of nay cam pi I ha;: nay front and rear guards firmed, as well as my right s nod Id 1 columns, and mo ved oh mv center in regular omfir, leading 1 1 • o *v 11 a hand lome ridge to Enutachopco creek, at a point where it was ciear of reed, except immediately on its margin, i r<: vionfly iflued age- J t]f ral t rdc r , pointing out t.he manner in which the men f old formed in the e vent or. attack on the front 01 rear, or on the flanks, and hid pv.tmnhrjy cautioned r ! ie oilkeis to halt and form vcc (no ■- •** <! y, the instant the 1 «< 'a i hop hi he given. c* if c- boot guard had crofT ed v.jth pa tci the flank column?, the w< under! were fi'* -• * and tin' artillery in the a ' : ’ ; i-i tmelhng tne creek, v ‘t>'n an alarm gun was heard in tiae rear, j heard ft with out h,r prize. and even with picaime, calculating wi ll toe o’nudt .onfLierueon the im !s of mv troi ;u, from t; : manner in' which 1 had tetri t :, r:n atfrjßn 'he 2 2d. ■ *h-1 • . Act: Col, Carrol at tl.cad m lie c»-i:t'e co b :nn of tile rear guard • its rii ht cc’.urn v\ as command l fid by O 1. Perking and its i/d! ; v C L Mump. \ ir K fi-r ten the ground, 1 vx .tvlrd d ere‘:o hW tm fi-fi t k ft tl>e enemy, F, vvi, --‘ l -‘'Z tli-- right and U f I v< - < n Ihur pwmt, ie ' /'* 'm ‘ -fi fi'*fivk above atio Cdimg n, upoi d.rir fl.-nks and r r cr. P.*jt: to n, v adoniflmient mor* j dfleation, when the word i w s given by Col. Carrol, to bait and form, ana a few ifum had been fired, I beheld the right and left columns of the rear guard precipitately give way. This fhameful j retreat was dilaftrous in the ; extreme: it drew along with j it the greater part of the center column, leaving not more than 25 men, who be ing formed by Col. Carrol, maintained their ground as long as it was f oflible to maintain it, and it brought coudernation and confufion into the cenrer of the army, a coihUmnation which Was not c;ifi)y removed, and a confudon which could not soon be restored to order. There was tlien left to re j pulse tne enemy, the few who remained es the rear guard, the artillery company a rid Ca.pt. R u fFe Si’s company of loies. 7 hey however j realized and exceeded my; highest expectation* Lieut. ! Armstrong, who command | ed the artillery company in j 1 the abfcnce of capt. Dead- ! I rick, [confined by deknefs] j ordered them to form ana j advance to the top of the bill, vvhillt he .tnd a few others dragged up the fix pounder. Never was more bravery displayed than on tilis occasion. An idil: the moll galling fire from the enemy, more than ten times | their number, they afeended the hill and maintained their pod tion until their piece was hauled up, when having le velled it, they nouied upon the enemy a fire of grape, reloaded and fired again, charged and repul fed them. ; The mod deliberate bra very was dt(played by Con -5 (tantiue Ferkins' and Cravin ) Jackion of the artillery, adt~ mg as gunners. In the hur ry of ihe moment, in fepa- 1 rating the gun from the Inn- 1 bers, the rammer and picker I of the cannon was lert tied to the iimbtr: No sooner was this discovered, than { cicfon, am id (l the galling j hie of the enemy, pulled out jthe ramrod ol his rnuiket J and uled it as a picker ; pri jmed with a cartridge and !b ed tne cannon. Perkins having pulicd oft' his ruyo net, hid mu fleet as a rammer, drove down the cartridge; and Jack/or. niing | l.is former plan, again dit charped her. The brave U. Armstrong, just after tl?" -dril hie ot the cannon, with ; Capt. HrmihoM, of £ Tei - ndiee, litad/ord ana M«Ga vetic all Itli, the lieutenant * * • ! vxciai filing as Pe lay, my I !' r: y jrtfou's, S'me of you t/uiy > j/ ‘> cut you must save the cah/im. vbout this time, i number crefled the creek ( ann entered into the chate. I brave tapt. Gordon of \ t: c w ho ban milled f ! from th* fiort, 'r.deavared I to taro .the left flank of ;he i enemy, in which he partial j 1/ succeeded, and col. Car ; rul, cal. Higgings, and cap tains Elliot and Pipkins pur j lued the enemy for wore j than two miles, who fled in | confirmation, throwing a j way tneir packs and leaving 1 26 of their warriors dead on the field. This Jaft defeat was decisive, and we were ; no more ciitturbed by their ! veils. I fllould do injaftice to my feelings if I omitted to mention, that the venera ble Judge Cocke, at the age of 65, entered jnio the en. gagemenr,and continued the purluit ot the enemy with youthful ardor, and laved the life of a fellow soldier, by killing his savage antagonist. Our loss in this affair was killed and wounded ; among the former was the brave Cap:. Hamilton from Edit fennclfee, who had with his aged rather and two others of his company, after the period of his engagement had expired, volunteered hi l } I fcrvices for this excuifi.n, j a nd attached himlelf to the ! artillery company. No man ever fought more bravelv or j fell more gloriously • and by his tide feil with equal bra very and glory, Bird Evans of the lame company. Cap- ' tain Quarles who command ed the center column of the rear guard, prefenng death to the abandonment of his j post, having taken a firm j Hand in which he was foi- I lowed by 25 of his men, re- ' ceived a wound in his head, j ot which he has since died. In these leveral engage- ! ments our loss was 20 killed I j and 75 wounded,4 of whom ! i have since died. The loss I | of the enemy cannot be ac- j ! ciirately ascertained ; 189 of their warriors were found oead ; but this mu ft fill con* ; fiderably thort of the num ber really killed. Their ! wounded can only be gueflV ed at. Had it not been for the j unfortunate retreat of the ' rear guar.i in the affair of ' the 24 th in ft. I think I could ! lately have laid that noarrnv ! of militia ever acted with . more cool & deliberate bra- i very ; undifeiplined and in- i experienced as they were, their conduit in the several | engagements of the 23d, could not iiave been furpall -led by rejjhiars. No men ever met the" approach of an enemy with more intrepidi ty, or re pul fed them with j more energy. On the 24th, after the 'ctreat of the rear guard, they leemed to have 101 l all their Col letted nefs, and were more diirkult to be l re(loicd to order than any • troops I had ever seen But , this was no ooubc owing in 1 a great mcalure or altogether i to that very retrear, 6c ought rather t© be afenbed to the 1 } of conduit ir. of their cfl;ccr9 than to any cowardice in the men, who on every occasion have ina mfelied a wiliingnefs to per form their duty as far as they knew it. All the efFe&s which were designed to be produced by this excursion, it is believed have been produced. If an attack was meditated against Fort Armstrong, that has been prevented. If Gen’i Floyd is operating on the east hde of the Tallapoofa, as I iuppofc him to be, a most fortunate diversion has been made in his favor. The number of the enemy has been dim-in [(lied, and the confidence they may have derived frem ‘the 'delays I nave been made to expe rience, has been destroyed. Difcontcnt has been kept out of my srniy, while the troops who would have been expo fed to it, have been beneficially employed. The enemy s country has been explored, and a road cut to t e point where their force I will probably be concentra- j ted when they {ball be dri-J ven from the country below. • But in a report of this kind, and to you who will imme diately perceive them, it is J not neeeflary to (late the' ! happy conlequences which may be expected to result from this excursion. Unless I am greatly fnistaken, it j will be found to have haft -1 the termination of the j Creek War, more effectually i than any measure [ could have taken with the troopb under my command. i atn fir, with sentiments j of high refpeCt, your obe ! dient lervanr, I Andrew Jackson, Major-General* Silo any, Jan. 25. j T v‘/s are authorized to fav, ' that Maj. Gen. Wilkinson’s 'ate visit to Waterford, was . not only for exercise to favor | the restoration of his (hatter ; ed health, but also to take | prompt measures fur the 1 lafety of Socket’s Harbor, | wnicli he received advice ! was menaced by the enemy j j to fnis end, we underfland : that five hundred men will move from Greenbufh, in sleighs, to-morrow or next , day, which will increafeour 1 force at the Harbar to 3000, an i place our squadron in f ifety against all the Teas & Hams in Upper Canada.— lhe General has suddenly let out for ihe French Mills, in consequence, we under- I itand, ot advice received by , expreh, of a meditated at- I l ic k upon that place, by the enemy under Col.- Scott of tne 13th British regiment, 1 who lias been ftaiioncd at 1 C*teaude Lac with five com panies of his own regiment, < 00 artillerifls and 50 rocket! i t j r 1 - 0 ’ * for J of ' ■u> 650 men. Col. {>.„ 1 a » «J U. Col. Ooekbu, ' ■ brother <0 the admiral, 3 ,‘ , al Cornwall, with a batalio, °, marines, four companiti !of Glenga„e S , some I and about 40a Indians, I!u .’ I k,n S the whole a force of aboutone tho aland Argus, MAN-STEALING! , To ‘h* ~n imfr tmnem wi '?" “P?"' 11 ««‘h= execrable „,j «'»aroj»p„c,ice of e , u ,„ i» no. .uScumiir e,pres.„e cf abnorrc.ce we wi.l. . 0 >o4 inspire n „ too mod . phra,e,an,l 11 use, to create , .1 1». »w »l be wrong it. mi,,.,,. ul« subject, an *uw. {* ia V«ng before our readers th* SU 'J 0 ! 0 *! CO P? Os H l e . ter> wa wouiu aak each one of t h crn to a P p!y to himself the case it exhibit L=i nun imagine hioi.df iha b reared, poor, and h(j| £ parent of they doth w«o- 00 «r suffen in a loathsome at.cur.ed »n 4 s i f ua s!, P* and pining away •ih amencs, Si gaiug tor liberty sud home ! 7 Daniel JacklsonJus. the writer 0 ; hc *«"«*«<* letter, is a native of His part nlB rc , id{| J 10 Ytr oodbridge, iu this coun-y— --, tntir pecuniary circurmtances *i a I extremely limited—old age hi* | furrowed their pallid cheeks-— and j tufi mity and affl.ctioa are last hur -I yl ■*S 10 that 4 coua ry irotii Tviiosr bourne no traveller returns,* Co behold them mourning the nard fate of a son on whom they aiaialy * depended for a comfortable subsis'. , ence, Would wring the tear of aym* pathy from the coldest heart. The ‘ plain, unvarnished’ sty I* in which Mr. jfacksoa exhibits hi. ca*e, does not diminish tt» interest! or lessen its aggravation- His firm indignant, spirit is t'ul-j displayed, and his noble generou« heart pain* * for vengeance ca hta coun ry’s cruies. Hut v/e are not deposed to amplify or embtilliah ; die sub ject is one whith a.ldreises itieit to ih e Jet lings of tv«ry than, and needs nut uic aia v s exterior oma* incut *0 attract attention. — Fred 9“ man. (copy or THE LETTER.) Ship Hector, Plymouth, June 19, ljl*. Honored Fathei and Mother, I now write these lines clear es the tyranny of English u k mas ter*, but not clear of prison. In } ths moil h of June I got my clear • 1 anee from an English man of war, atcr being on board ol different oo«# for Jour years end a half.-~- Thanks be to God, i led myself more happy hers m prison, an A merican prisoner, than to be an Admiral in the English navv!— 'I her« are here r.uw seven hundred sou It waiting for exchange. VV’e are short provisions, b»t we live in hopes thit we shall soon see tha uav when wo can et.ioy our liberty —and thinks be to wo all so* joy oui health rc.y well conjider ing our discontented minds and hard usage, 1 will stioe a paitoi t Cat dunes*; we have four daysin the weok an bait a peuud of bt«- a id one kquucl ol bread pec da) ; ttie remainder ol tho week, pound of potaioee undone pound ot li-h per day. i , Tin auov« sevf* dred, ate confined in one ship fil ing in ihi «irc in, guaided by *y r4li ‘ n.eai Eagliulini. n, otr.erwue brute*. O that I may see the day wnea every American can have tion. I nopl! our country will L»k« P ,f# on on, anti u» horn* as »° f ' n i$ poas’.b.e. i have uo news at pY‘ * •cut, lor we hear uc.htag we believe,and they soil mean tO T‘ ’ u . tguoratit. 1 have nothing i> it nope in a ehort time tob<i vru • yj.i, 1 desire to be r<rtn«niljcrc» vo all rnv rtlaiiousrud h I'rofu your ab'cui ion, u \mi l i t