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sfrtsiifw*, &til expected to descend
the Co* sa river to us junction. wit:,
the l alUpoosj. about this time. A s
simultaneous movement was to hav/
Dwen made by colonel Httsscl t
the head of the Alabama. Coub
the troops op this side have also a.
vanced* the Indians would have bee.
completely hemmed in, and pechap j
xm end put to the war. It is not un
Jikcly that the march of Col. Kua-e
may been protracted by a lau
incident, Being engaged in builu
iug boats at the Alabama Heights to
transport bw provisions, and navmg
sx number of men unemployed, he
mined to make an irruption in
to the enemy’s country and destroy
a-lo'vn which he unUemooa was mu
.fa;* distant, But it seems hi* guides,
decewed bun, and aiuci traversing tne
Wilderness ten days, during ail which
‘time no sign ©i an Inman was disco*
vs red, lus stock oi provisions iatiea.
tfiivthg talten the precaution to ioi
wiard a supply on the river, a small
fhiiy headed By Ueuu Wilctw oi
toe onitcu !*MUaarni>, wasdispatch
n: Starch 01 the boat and UieU coim
Wl “ •hlety they n«a uc*
ComVapprenensive. 4 uey procceu
-9/1 b.'-ii a snort uistance an wo « 4m U
fi% ulet, when they suddenly came u,«
a JUi g* Indians, woo pm
-sutd w ( h«m *n canoes* rinding mey
would. w' v ’ uvcrtaaeii, the niau*.
Sov trie shu re-*tne enemy approach
«d and the u oll dict com uviiccu—.
*> (o ng time m evt»J so-lc* Ana o*ut.«
kting*’—-but the savag*J; tuouji* ©re
tuies their nuiuoer, acre sly leug.h
srptuseicU aim our aavcmuious W u “*
try men proceeded on* seeing
pursued, their canoe ■Umoiiuiiat.a/
upset in. a second attempt 10 iaini*
ky which nearly ad tueu ammunition
w*is lost, the liuic mat . wuianiwd
%:iing expended, too Bmiaiio auer a
feluody Contest overcame t.iem—>uui
elite man escaping to ted uic mourn*
SO4 story to me rest* it is said mat
£reut. Wilcox* UioU * u Wounded m
xnwuy places, iUu yria ifc d Lo toe
awd had scarcely klien when Cue do
tslhment wmch he * u suaren or*
x;amc in view. Ike inuianguniae
duu-ly tied, leaving the scaips t»ie>
Bad taken* ‘ r
k rom me best information we can
•btam, tut etfeoiive stiength of the
Ittdi*n* wno are hostile does hot,e&
i.vtu two thousand • Against mis force
vc have at present no les> than eight
thousand men employed* it able to
ekme oui’ ai ms, they must ere long •
be conquered by iamihe, being alrea
dy reduced to great poverty arid
wrctin.euness, a .u having no means «1
of procuring suusisccncjii* u Ah any
evtui, government will no donutcon*
Ideate at least enough of tpeir lands
40 cietray the expellees’ of me War ;
ami it u quite possible.fjjity part of
the nation wmen has retaliat'd
ITiendly will be restricted m t.,err
territory ana made. tp conionu 10
rigulauons that wifi ensure meir n*
sklity m luiu.c. dufcii of tnem, now*
atyer* as have reikteicd u, important
md* and none will deny otit Aarnty t
lUiey is ot thuiuumber, ought not to
|feforgotten. Tne oi uic sKia
©iiould. nut detract n 011A valorous
deed*; and. w« cannot but indulge
tlie hope, that these brave mun wilt
fee noiiccd and duly rewaidcu oy iu C
proper authority*
Georgia*. Journal* ‘l
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‘ * ATHENS GAZETTE.
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’ ’IRSBSSDjr 9 Marcs a4, ISIV. r
v» ‘ i*:-v v ’ T■ w.’
1 • 1
. the last Northern Mai! we re
.deive but |i|k news of much im
rtance. It appears prepara
tions are going forward, with some
apirii, on both sides of the .Canada
|me t and that, active operations, be*
tween tile contending parties* will
probably >*oon recommence* ‘cThe
fteftdlfr Erie is considered perfectly
•ah:—and that cr> Ontario is FeCeiv*
rojc cooisideiahlc additional ihcrease
W the construction 6f several more
‘©easels* •
The Honorable Samvel Drxte* t
jtiiittratjixt $f Mussa*
ftJmsetts, is now in no mi nation by the
Xkpubucans of that state, for Go*
%rnor at the ensuing election.
vTbis singular circumstance, it
seems, has iriratyn from Mr. Dexter
©public avo>val of his senumeius.—i
In a letter lately addressed to e>
lectors.’ he explit»j.iy and candidly
3* presses his decided opposition to
»c commercially restrictive system a*
dopted by this Government* a>
constitutional in
©us to the interest of mduviouais
%nd to the resources of the Govern
uient, in its consequences, aiui dc
lnoraliaing m its tendency. At me
same time he deckles im cqiivicuoh
<£ the justice., on our part, ui tnc
present war and of the propriety and
necessity of combining in its prose
cution the united energiej and rer
sources of the nation—,ahd his auboi
reuce oi those raeasores anti-those
lenuuieutdf which wouia gu t^rtsist
, fl»e laws of the General Government,
or sever xhe Uniooi* .
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the first page o r
T ur t .if n i nber 2 1 column hear the
t *D-—id the text Judges, 5. 25. for
ilmightjy read rmghly.
* RaUigh % Ma r th 11, 1 814,
Colonel Pearson’a Hegiitthit of
1 200 mentook up thedine of mtrclv
from Sal&burv. jfor.Fort Hawkins on
ihe Ist in*t« tit.»; Those who have
seen the raiment speak of its ap
pearance , in terms of high com-,,
mendation. The Field Officers not
heretofore mentioned are “Maior
Turrentine of HilUborpugh and Ma- •
jor Kerr, of Mecklenburg... The Ca~”
valry consisting of upwards of 100
men, in obe&cnce to General Pink
n£v’s late order, were discharged—
A finer corps has seldom been seen,
and its progress in discipline reflect
ed much honor on captain Wm. P.
Waugh* of VVilksboroi who had the
command of it.’ Conformably to an !
after o dcr of General Pinkney a com
pany of Riflemen at a Very short no
tice has been ordered out to join the
regiment on its march.’ VVe much
regret that a species of troops which
might easily have been raistd in
the western p rt jbl this State,
qual to any in the world ? sjipuid not,
nave bee ) sooner thoughVof by Gen.
Pinkney. It it feared that the “time
and manner of the requisition will
not enable our riflemen to claiga that
Character thy merit. .
ffayton. (Ohio) Feb. 8.
Last t riday 50 or 50 Indians, of
number are'about 20 .Chiefs
arrived at this place to join in coun
cil ‘wjtb Gem Harrison. IndiapOHi.
tion has p canted the general from
attending a s wa*? expected. „ Mi;.
Johnston, Indian Agent* proceeded
with the Chiefs to tne tfUiraaU ob
ject of the council on Sunday* The
following tribes were represented in
the council at Dayton : Snawaneese,
Wyandots* Senecas, Miamigs, Pot
taWatimies, Ottawas and i^ickapoos
From the. Btston Chronicle .
*LiStEst rsotf BasuFsroir.
We understand by a gentleman
Who i'TT.d m this town la*t even
ing from Burlington, that a party of
British .troops, consisting, of about
SOQd. under the coni nand of Col.
Scott, lately Crossed over to French
MjIU, and from thende proceeded td
Malone, and C*iatey.ugay Four
tiers; bifct uattacK.
from the’ American army at PtaMm
burg, they, precipitately re treated-m .
the midst Os a vnoieht stbi m of show
and hail, on Sunday evening the ’
sotly instant* towards Qoicau de Lap |
’'They inquired wan much earnest- ‘
ness about Pursy in's regiment, aft'dV
seemed-to owt; them a particular ep* ‘
nitty. •* *•> - 1
About 50 regulars had deserted
from t lena. and were with the Ame
rican aniny at Plattsburg vt They
were principally iri&n.pen*and stated
that one half tne tfegunent to vymen
they belonged would desert, should
an opportunity odeiv ihe gentle-
man ~.we procured the above in
telligence uMin, wds made prisoner by
this partizan corps,* but lmvmg a
previous parole* in his pocket, was
released. He had sent an express to
Gen. VVilkinson ipprising him of
the moyemvateef the enemy, -a
, > The British officers, prisoners of
War,. orde e<T fro a. . JBdrhngtoii to
Cheshire, Mass, have all, except two
violated their,parole of honor, -and
deserted to Canada. < .Thejr were
boweyfer .arrested and, confined in
Montreal prison.by the enemy.
FROM &ACK.L i ’$ HARBOR
>; The following’ is an extract of a
letter from-a gentleman there to hia
inend in IXaltimore dated the 2 is leb-
This place is. very strongs and
defies attack. We. have six block
houses calculatedto raxe every point
Os approach, and the squadron is ad
vantageously arranged fop defensive
.apd"<ksm*euve ; purposes. Captain
Chauncey is building three vessels of
war sTcon verting the Sylph £ schoo
ner] iiiid a brig. _..v
u Some afe of opinion, that Gen.
Wilkinson will undertake aiu,expe
dition from Plattsburgh this winter.
’lift troops are healthy- Accommo
dations arc better hei e than formerly
as the town is wuenirnproved.
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The Recruifi/tg Serves is said to
progress with uncommon rapidity at
Noriolk. unuler tne new bounty ; and
> the Hirald ot that piace slates that
ti>e greater part of the dich aqi dsth
RegnueuAs» s t2 mom ns men, whose
time oi service had lately expired,
have re-enni,ted4br five years or du
. hug Cid wai. ‘-_ B , ‘/. *
i *t, Ruleigh Star .
I YAZOO CLAIMS.’
The proposition Agreed to by the
Senate oi the .U. States, ior a com
pi.pmibc of the cidiinsj generally
hue an by the name of tne Vazoo
I in Uie blouse of Repfesenuaivcs ao
: to be referred to a select Committee.
VFe-incline to the opinion, from the
sent!merits avowed on the ftoor of
‘he Houser that the hill will .not piss
that %ody-. and of course vrii! not be
come a law, unless there shall be an
entire and unequivocal relinquish
ment of title, on the part of those
who now bold a claim to the land,
nor perhaps unless the amount of
r he composition proposed to be al
lowed them be reduced. . Without
the first of these conditions, no map
m* his senses.would vote for the bill,;
and we do not undertake to say that
it ought to pm in any shape. Eve
ry principle of justice and equity
would .certainly be satisfied, by re
funding to the third purchasers the
monies they actually p*Ld for cl aims
of so suspicious a character, together
with legal interest since.the date of
their purchase. Five millions. *of
acres of land, wo.uld probably .more
than treble in value the aggregate
amount which > under such a rule 1
would have to be paid. $
National I niellig; net r.
ii
‘• . THE LOAM BILL
Has at lehgtn passed the House ©f*
Representatives by a. very grea| an- •
jority. Notwithstanding the very
l >ng f though able and interestingJ ,
debate on, tuis _bill. we believe t.ve :
question would not have been taken r
last night, as we know several gen
tlemen intended to speak, but for the
great House
by the temper of Mr. Grosvenor>
speech i after which the house, bv a
jttajority of roar*, determined ‘to
close a scene, m Which tinlimited :
indulgence and liberality, on the part
Os the majority, had S'tftnrd from
‘heir opponent*, nothing but invec*
tive and personality. \Ve wonder, f
indeed, that the minority h ad not, for *
their own takes, required the previa
ous quest ion .long ago ; for never was
a party, majority or minority, so com
pletely beaten, at all points, and rout*
e t from the field of content, as the
fe)ppositMn have been dkring the late
debate in. the House of Represents
tives
< * a
A bill is at us third reading in the
House of Representatives, having
passed the Senate, and will proba
bly become a law, appropriating half
a million of dollars, for the purpose
of erecting one or more batteries to
be moved by steam on the plan of
Fulton's war ships, which has here*
k ofoie been hotited in the public
p-m r. , , -■ .>■, ~M v
The bill allowing i bounty tor jiris- ;J
oner* brot into port by privateers,
■will pass, havingtwen wdered to a
(uird reading in the houbc.-»/ff. ; d.
Army and onfitht ttfo
letters from the department of war .
ytsterda}’ laid befpre the house of re
presemafives bv, the chairman of the
committee of ways and mehrikf it ap
pears that the number of militia ac
tually in service during the year 1313,
is estimated to have averaged thirteen
thousand men ; and tnat the aggre
gate strength efttte >rny for regu*
lar forced was on the I/txi January ‘]
last, 33 324 i- an aggregate liahta xo
daily decrease from the 1 expiration
ot mf enlistmehtsy and to
increase by recruits, * It appears also
that the’ aggregate military force pi
0813 as
follows; in February, 18 in June,
27*609; in liecenihe.r, 3 T 325 ; and
that the average number of volun
teers in the service in 1343, wassooo.
itlti
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- , Baltimore, Feb, 7. ‘
Extract. of a letter to a respectable
merchant in Balt injure, dated, Nantes
Dec . 7i
•v . V *M • • vi
f* “ Thp fate military events inGer
many have- hij such, an influence
on business ttiat all transactions are
suspended; ahd there is ho possibility
of effecting any sale or quoting pri-
is very :scarce. We
cannot ascertain vrhat tftay be. the du
ration and issue of the present crisis*
——Political events may in future bring
a material alteration in cur commer
cial system ; and in % this expectation
no purchases whatever are made, ex
cept for the most urgent wants of
‘ $
\ The report of the day is that thfc
Emperor is going to reduce the du
f tics'on American produce ; this looxs
as if Mr. Crawfdrd Were likely to do
■'omething,'*
Extract, of cc letter, dated Eeb. %%d, in
side the Light, Sandy Hook, from Oft
officer of the frigate President y to
fas friend in Providence. .
Wfc{‘ Situations , in which we haye
been placed this cruise* ydil, I Chink*
add lustre to the wijjt estaohsned
r character of commodore Rodgers..
*V After passing the Irghi, saw sev
! eral sail, one large sail to windward
—backed maintopsail and . cleared
’ ship,, for action. The strange sail
came down Within gun shot ; hauled
—pe.wtnd on the laruoard tack. We
. continued with our maintopsail to the
! s mast dm* three hour*, and seeing no
l prdhabi lily of. 74 gdn ship's bearing
[ uowo W engage the Prcnuent, gate
h shot to #lndtmd and hoisted our
Colors—When slvc bore, up/ fir u r
T. Piotknt.lv—.Wned within b iff gun
•ho . backe t his maiutopsai* At
t this moment all hands w;.-r. cal
led to muster aft; and the Commo
* doresaid a few but impressive words: •
though it was un accessary—fo
what-other stimulant could a trnwA
raerican wmt th tn fighting g f o is-,
iv in sight of their native snore,
where hundreds were, assembled to
witness the engagement? Ware ship *
engage her- but at this
the cutter being discovered back
ed again to. takfc in the pilot; ami
the British *4; (strange as it vmu if
appear,) making: sail to tbe south
ward and eastward, orders wore given
to bml. aiipard the fore , and mam ;
taqks. to runrin. there lacing then .mj
sight from our deck a frigate an f
gun brig. *
V? 1 ccrnntander of the 64 had
it in his power, for. 5 hours, to brin
us at any moment to an engagement ;
our m&iotopsail to the mast during *
that time,
private correspondence
Clive lard, Ohio , Feb , 27 th.
r. A man has arrived here:from De-’
troit, who states that on Thursday .
r ten * duys ago,) the place was in
much confusion in consequence of
apprehending an from the
Britishthat it Was ascertained at
Detroit that there were two or thffc*
hundred British and Indians on th- -
Riyer.rFrench, and reins rceuienfs *
coining omamattfUing in the whol
.to 1500, that Sandwich and Malden
or Amherstsburg were ordered to
be burned, but that tie order fun«
been coontermanded ; that Malden
.which place he came .through* was
lr» a. state of confusion and, alarm/
It is also stated,, by. a gentleman”
from Huron, that a cannonading •
was heard there, in the direction oi
Detroit, .-Ton v last. ,
which, commenced early » in t
morning, continued very ,cnn%Unti> |
for a considerable t.me,, and at in- •
teryals all day. Such are the re
ports* Ido not know wnat credit to
attach to th#m. 1 wilf.write.t.y<m .
-more particularly wnen I Icar.*
more, -
*4* ***BM/m*m ‘ j
Mi l ledge v HUm >
AFTER ORDERS.. • r * v ;
The Captains of companies of the
drafted and volunteer Militia who
have been engaged in tiie service oi
U. States during the..late campaign.
arc hereby authorised to grant indi*
Vidual. to xhjir.men, txs
pressing th# tim* witfen they have
Itrvfd, signed by the captain, under I
who tb* individual enrolled, and
countermined by ihe4 commanding
officers of < regiments land’ corps tu
whom the company belonged, it is,
however, to ne distinctly understood
that substitutes who have been ad*
nutted since the organisation of t lie
army are not considered entitled.. to
such having - performed
the duty of the man by whom they
were employed- anduotxheir own.
By Older of Brig. Ge,n. fokn Floyd.
4 MARK HARDIN,
; . Adjutant General.
PRltit CVk&LHt Os .
COTTON 13 to 13 I*3 cis.
iVIUSKEN 42 I*2
COHN MEAL 42 1-2. 2 i ‘ll, •
FLOUR 5 to 5 1-2 dolls.
BACON $ 1-2
SALT :c, 2 1-2-41^
Mirror of- March 19,
4 V ‘%V : - ~-\ -4 - ‘ ‘V; \
By the MMedgevilte Mail of Nils
day vie extract the following-—*
General, Graham, and suites j
possed thro’this place, yesterday on .
hi» way .to Forl-iiawkins—the |
vanced guard of me troops from .
C. will be here to-day* I
£7 ’• .v- . - , **■-*/.• 1
jC7*Froin the Indian -nation* wc
have nothing part of the
troops from South-Carolina are en
gaged in erecting an intermediate
post between. Mitcnell upd
Hull, to be named after the gallant
Commodore Rodgers.— Geo^our.
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. Nu i iIE.
|C7* THE Fresbytery of Tiope*
WeU will meet at Beinsaleni
Meeting. House,four miles % fropa
Lexington, .on the last Thursday of
this month* The Loro’s Supper
will be administered the following
Sabbath place.
Nondh.
NiN« r months after date applica
tion will be made to the iionorable
Court of Ordinary of M.adisou coun
ty, for leave to sell one tract of laud,
containing one nundred and forty a
erts, more orless, lying in ilie coun
ty of Oglethorpe, on . the waters of
Cloua’s creek,^adjoinmg Job Felton*
deceased, Lewis a.ester ana otners,
and lot No. 21 ly tiveitih district of
yfaluwnW now Jasper—sold lor the
[“benefit ol the creditors of
1 Hardy Sanders, dcccaled. ‘
% WILLIAM SANDERS,
I .* fabveraun.
March 17, 18,14.
UOTTCB.
: «wrwfr’ mortlhs l au the flat#
hereof application w»H l>c in ide to
the Ffonorible lu»erior Court of
CUrk Coun y, for leave to *sll the
Real £s‘ate of the late. Col. Peter
Randolph, .deceased. . or a, m ich
thereof a* is situate Id the tnJi c mi
ffkl for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors. < \
THOftf AS W. COBB,
r ’ Ain. cum . irjf. annex)*
March £.!. 1$ 1 4..<r« - _
; NO'i iuk.
■4 Thi Co-Partnership heretofore
subsisting between in
the town of WatkinSville, Clark* .
couity, uimer ihe firm bf Brown &
3 lit hr is thts dav dissolved bv mu
sual cbn*cnt—rAnd all Bonds, Notes>
Book Debts., or other claims due the
said firm are to be paid to and settled
with Bedford Brown,* to whom they
are assignedby s diOliver, and who
i* authorise i to receive and seta
ilc the same* ./>• 1 ’ •’ «•
*. . . BEDFORD BROWN,
/,'y - JOSEPH OLIVER.
December $3, 1813. •
I have empowered George
D. Payne to settle’the books and re*
ceive payment of.\ the- debts doe :,h#
late fij-m of Brown and Oliver— nd
all other, bookk <n<l papers placed in
his'hands-at different times in w ich
lam interested. BROW V .
GEORGIA . jac*v>o.. L’lunty,
.Whereas John C. bmith fc \\ il
liam Smith apply for* letters of abr
ministration on the ‘estate of Asa
Simmons, late of said county, do
cessed* ;... ‘«• - •*. * • *> • , ■ ■ “ .
• These are therefore to cite and ad
monish alt and singular tjo* i»t.-»urcdh
and creditors of sa*d deceased to he
and At- “IV office wiifoi the
:ime v prescribed by law, to sncW
:ause,ifany, why Sdidletters snou and
not be granted. ■ > v- •.,*
Given under my band this 18th
lay of March. 1814.’ \V. / \ v
EDVy..\RD, vD A MS, C-C.<>.
GLORQJ.t’ Counts :■-> > ;
. Whereas Isaac Newton, applies
or letters of .administration on tty©
estate of Walter J* Newton, late cf
.said county, deceased. ** < . ..h>
These are therefore -to cite *>ni
afp and singular the kto
’ red and creditors of said deceased
to file their objections in my office,
if any) they, have, rwithin the titiifc
pres< filled hy law or said letter, will
be g.anted. r%.
- Given under my hand and seal At
office ihts i\st day Mj ch y lßU.
*'f w.. i fJQHN idO&GEyo,r
6AOi\ <r l ji'f&U 'A KjjUnty, a
Whereas Edward Paine, Esq.. fcp*
plies-fai letters of hetmiffiatri Upd ion
the estate of Alexander D. Strachan,
late of tne State ol V irginia, deceas
ed. vV vi: .
These* are therefore to ditc and
admonish all ‘and singular the* kin
dred and creditors of the* said de
ceased, to file tlieir^objections,in my
office, if any.they have, -within tn#
time prescribed by law, or said let
ters wrlihe-granted.
Given mu le? my hand ind'seal at
office this 21 st of M i-ch I, 1814.
ym JOHN 0.
G EORGIAy Clark. Gou-jh rr.
Whereas .Caroi»ne Barpett, Ni*
/thatt B. Bantett and John F. BiitW
nett apply for letters of administra
tion bn the estate of jo fen Barnett,
of said-county, deceased, .t
, Theseiare therefore to che and
admonish ali and singular kin
dred-and- creditors of sard -deceased
to file their objections im my office, .
if :.any they hate,’ within the time
! prescribed by law or said letters will
be granted-. ? **• < *
I Given uhdtr l my hand and seal at
office this 2lsL*rfayj of March, 1814-.
! ** ■-y'KjO ffi fhtftE C. r. a.
AAimmmW** .• ■■ <*.* m i wimf’
c*Ev*KGi. ky fluUis til Uv Unty
WhereasGolv.Edward Ware hath *
applied to me for letters of adminis-’
tration on the estate of Briton han
ders, late of said county, deceased.
-.1 hese are therefore to cite and*
admonish alt and singular the'km*
dred and- creditors of said ‘deceased,
to fije tlieir objections iii ray office,,
qoany they have, within-, the time ’
u escribed by law or said letters will
pr granted.
Given unden my- hand and seat at
office this \7th day. of Mareh y 1314.
JMWIGLIAM SANDhRS, C. C. O.
I*tGHGiA, AUiditun county.
W HEREAb hphraun StickUni,
sen. Cade U. Stnckhmd 8c t'hom -
son C. oinckland apply to me t
letters of administration on Use .*«
tate of Anseli b. Strickland, late of
I said County, deceased.,
i These are therefore to cite* and
admonish all and smgumr the km*
dred and creditors of said deceased
to- be and appear at my office withii*
the tnde prescribed hy law, i« shew
cause, if ady, wny sard letters suouid
ndt be granted; ■;*? ‘
Given under my hand at offi cM
this 17th uay of March. />« i*.’ jM