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VOL. L PRINTED WEEKLY, *l* HODGE iff M'DONfrELL. }!<&*« CONDITIONS. t. The Annual Subscription will be i three dollars, half in advance. I Subscribers living out of the State will pay the whole subscription upon the deli very of the Erst number. 1. No Subscriptions will be received for less than one year; and no paper shall be discontinued until arrearages are paid. <h. Advertisements will be inserted at the l customary rates. 7 jOT Letters addressed to the Edi tors must be post paid. The following gentlemen are re nested and authorized to receive Sub triptions and give receipts for this >aper y viz r—* ~ v Watkinsvillcy Dr. Wm. Wright U. Jlr* Joseph Moss/ ./ Jackson county y Capt. Boyle# Texington— The Post Master. Greehe county , Mr# Wyley Grcs iam, P. M. Greenesboro\ Mr. Grant) ?. M. Grantsvillcy and the Post Waster, Poiodton. Wilkes county— Mr. James Wing** fold, P# M. Washington, and Mr. Robert Grier. . ( Raysville— Mr* John Barnett. Columbia Court-House— P , Master. 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Abbeville, S, C.— Mr., Moses W# dobbins# • Without intending any disparage* Blent to the useful and valuable pa pers printed in Augusta, Milledge-i ville and elsetyhere in this State, we will take the liberty to mention the following considerations as in some degree (recommending this to public patronage, and especially in the up-> fyer counties. f It will be’ large, and will conse quently contain not only a variety, but a considerable quantity of mat ter-selected >Vith care. It will be published, at the Seat die University of tlvis (State, -and sWill derive from that circumstance some general interest and import ance. if v,. 1 It will be published on Thursday In every week soon after the arrival of the Northern and Southern Mails *t this place, and will contain a condensed summary of the latest snd most interesting news from the North and South. ) From a direct communication Qreenville, S. C. & Buncombe to Tennessee this paper will proba bly derive* the intelligence from Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio & tether Northern and Western States Bnd Territories. It will contain besides the com- Jifron subjects ol a newspaper, some moi'al, religious and scientific mat ter, which will be carefully selected and made as far as possible subser vient to the practice of Christianity and to the pursuits of commotf life. The more effectually to attain ting bbjoct, we hei'e beg leave respectful-. iy to invite and soHcit gentlemen of science, who are friends to man-:’ kind, and who would meliorate the Condition of*human life, to favor us with their aid. Pieces on the vari ous subjects alluded to, whether.ori ginal or well selected, will be thank- Itflly received—subject however to the correction and modification 6f ; ihc EditoVs. Nothing Sectarian will admitted. Not only the man of fetters, but the plain practical philo-’ fcopher, the ingenious farmer and mechanic may be useful : here.—• prom them will be gladly received attentively noticed any useful discoveries and improvments in a gficuliure or the mechanical arts, f It is not intended that this paper C, *. \ ‘ stk A * f * **. 46, - ‘Jjjn&ig. shall.be made the vehicle of private or personal scurrility and abuse. |C7* Gentlemen holding Subscrip* tion papers for the Gazette , are res pectfully requested to transmit to the Editors immediately the names of sub* seribers, . t * WisMntQfoH Cirr, July 21. Copy of a letter from Maj or General Drown to the Secretary of War , da ted If. Q. (Chrppewdy Plains] July 7, 1814* i Dear Sir-*-On the second mstant, I issued Riy orders for crossing the Niagara River, and made the ar rangements deemed necessary for securing the garrison of Fort Erie. On the 3d, surrendered at 5 P* M. f dur loss in this affair was 4 of the 25th regiment under Major Jessup, of Bi%. Geii. Scott's brig ade, wounded. I have enclosed a re turn of the prisoners, of the ord nance, and ordnance stores captured* To secure my rear, I had placed a garrison in this fort, and requested Capt. Kennedy to station his vessels near the post. On the morning of the 4th, Brigi Gen. Scott, with his brigade and a corpp of artillery, was ordered to ad vance towards Chippeway ? and be governed by circumstances ; ‘taking care to secure a good military posi tion for the night. After some skir mishing with the enemy he selected this plain with the eye of g soldier* his right resting on the river, and a ravine being infjfront. At 11 at night, I joined him with the.reserve under Gen. Ripley, our field and battering train, and corpajjf artillery under Maj* Hindman* Gen. Pqrter arrived the next morning with a part of the N. York and Pennsylva nia volunteers, and some of the war rior* of the Six Nations. , Early in the morning of the sth; the enemy commenced,a petty war upon our pickets, and, as he was in dulged, his increased : by noon lie shewed himself on the left of our exterior line, and attacked one of our pickets as. it was return* ingtocamp. Cypt. Treat who commanded it, retired disgracefully, leaving a woun ded man on the ground. C,apt Bid dle ot the artillery, who was near thb scene, impelled by.: feelings highly honorable to him as a soldier and,of ficer, promptly assumed the cooir of this picket, 1 ,led> it back to the wounded man, and brought him off the field. I ordered Captain Treat, on the 4pot, to retire from the army, and as I am anxious officer shall remain under my com* mand who can be suspecl|:d"of cow* ardice, i advise that Capu Treat and Lieut* - —who was also with the picket; be struck from the rolls of the Army.,d .’ c ’•> r V ■>. . .• v!; At four o’clock in the afternoon a greeable to a plan I had given Gene ral Porter, he advanced from the rear of our camp, With the teers and Indians, (taking the woods in order to keep out of view of the enemy} with the hope pi bringing his pickets and scouting parties be| tween his (Porter*s} line of march; « and our camp. As Porter moved, 1 ordered the. parties advanced in front of our camp to fall back under the enemy’s fire, , in order to J draw him, if possible, up* to our line. About half past four, the advance of Gen. Porter’s command met the ligblr parties of the enemy dinjthe t woods. Up on our extreme left,,- The enemy were driven,/ and Porter? ad* ■ vancing near /to Chippewa, met their whole column in Order of battle**-- L From the cloud of dusUristng,. and * the heavy firing, I was led to con clude that the entire force of the en emy were in march; and prepared for action. I immediately ordered Ge neral Scott to advance, with his brig adeand Tow son’s artillery, and meet them upon the plain in front of bur camp. The general did not expect to be gratified so soon'with a field engagement,. „He advanced in the most prompt and officer like style, and in a few minutes was in close action upon the plain, with a superi or force of British regujar troops.- By this time, Gen. Porter’s command haa> given \yay, and fled-in everv.di rection, nx> twiths tan and i ngh Is’ personal gallantry, add great exertion s, to, stay* the,flight. The retreat 6f the volun teers and Indians caused the left flank of Gen. Scott’s brigade to be greatly exposed. “Capt*. Harris, with his dragoons, were directed to stop the fugitives, behind the ravine front ing our camp ; and 1 sent Col. Gar d, . . X ■ r - . . -Ai... ‘/ - • V X * V — 3j3y Jll j I ATHENS,\ THURSDAY,\ AUGUST 11, 1814. ner to order Gen. Ripley to advance With the 21st regt. which formed part of the reserve* pass to the left of our camp, skirt the woods so as to keep out of vtew v fall upon the rear of the enemy's right flank. The order Was promptly obeyed, and the greatest exertions Were made by the 21st regiment to gain their position, and close With the enemy ; but in vain—.for s rich waS the zeal and gal*’ lantry ofthe line commanded by Ge» nenfl Scott, that its advance upon the enemy Was not to be checked. jor Jfcssiip commanding the left flank battalion, finding himseli pres sed in front, and in flank, and hii men falling fast around him—orderl; ed his battalion to ** support arms & , advance the order was promptly obeyed, amidst the most deadly anfi destructive fire. He gained a more secure position, and returning upon the enemy so galling a discharge, as caused them to retire* By this time their whole line was falling bbek, & our gallant soldiers pressings upon them as fast as possible. As soon ‘as the enemy had gained a sloping ground descending towards Chippe* Way, and distant a quarter of a mile, he broke and ran to gain his works. In this, effort he was tpo successful, and the. guns from his batteries <>l pening immediately upon our line*, checked in some degree the pursuit At this moment, I rysolved to bnng up all my ordnanie and force the . place by a direct attack, and gavfc~*>r ders accordingly. M*j. Wood of the corps of engineers, and my aid, captain Austin,;.rode to the bank of the creek towards the right of theib line of works, and examined them, r was induced by their, report, the liteness of the hour, and the advice of Gen. Scott and Major Wood, tb order the forces to retire to camp. My most difficult duties remain to be performed—l am depressed with the fear of hot being-able to do jus tice to my brave companions in arms* and apprehensive, that some who had an opportunity of distinguishing *. themselves, and promptly embraced it will escape my notice. ‘Brig. Gen. Scott is entitled to the highest praises our cquntry can bes tow—to him more than ‘any other • man am ! indebted for the victory qf the sth of July. ‘ His brigade has . covered itself with glory. Every of-, Mice rand every man of the . 9th and 22d, 11th and 25th regiments did his -duty, with a zeal and energy* worthy the American character. When e? very officer stands so pre-eminently | high in the path of duty and honor Ji is, impossble disiyimjjvate, but I cannot deprive myself of the pleasure of Saying that major Laven worth com manded the” 9|h arid 22d, major Jes r sup the 25th, and major M’Neil the 11th, Col. Campbell was wounded early in” the action, gallantly leading bn hU regiment. ; j The family of general Scott were .conspicuous in the field ; lieutenant , Smith of the sth infantry* major of brigade, & lieutenants Worth and Watts his aids. from Gen. Ripley &his brigade I received every assistance that I gave them, an opportunity of rendering^. I did not order any part of the re serve into action until general Por ter*s command gave way, and then .Gen. Scott’s movements were so ra pid and decisive, that gen. Ripley corild not get up in time with tbe 21 st to the position as directed. The c6rps%fkrtiller vender major Hind ,nian, were in action— ; Tftis was not their fault—captain Towson’s company was theonly one . that [lad a full opportunity of distiri guishfng itself, and it is believed that no company ever- embraced an Oji ,pOrtUnity with more zeal, or more ’ success. t Adetachraent from the 2d brigade under the command of Lieut. M’- Don aid. penetrated the woods with the Indians and volunteers, and for their support. The conduct of M- Donald arid his command reflects high hbnor upon the . Brigade to whicji they belong, fj-- The conduct of Gen* Porter has been : conspicuously gallant. Every assistance in his power to afford, with the description of force under •his command, has been rendered.— ? We fouldjiot expect him to contend ftyUh.the British column of Regulars Which appeared upon the plains of Chippewa. It was no cause of sur prise to me, to see his command re tire before this column. ’ Justice forbids that I should omit to name my own family. They yield to none fa honorable zeal, intelli* gence and attention to duty. Col. Gardner, Major Jones and my Aids Capts. Austin and Spencer, hive been as active and as much devoted to the cause as any officers of the ar my. Their conduct merits my war mest acknowledgements: of Gardner and Jones I shall have occasion again to speak to you. Major Camp, Deputy Quarter Master General, deserves my parti cular notice and approbation. By his great exertion I was enabled to find the means of crossing, N Capt. Daliba of the ordnance department has rendered every service in his power. The enclosed return will shew you our loss and furnish you with the names of the dead and wounded offi cers—These’ gallant men must not kbe forgotten. Our country will re member them and do them justice. Respectfully and truly yours, ; JACOB BROWN. Hon. John Armstromo, Secretary at War, Ktlledy 192—• Wounded) 92 —Prison* erS) 14. _ DECLa RATION Os Captain DAVID PORTER on hit taking possession of the island called by the na tiyes NOoaheevah, situated between the lat. of 9 and .10 S. and in the long, of 140 W\ * fjropi Greenwich j and named by him MA- Dison's island. * ( v • It is hereby made known to the world that I, DAVID PORTER, a Captain .in the Navy of the United /States pf America, and now in.com mand of the U. S. frigate the Essex, have, ori the part of the said U. S.ta* ken possession of the Island/Talled by A tfie natives Npoabeevah) generally known by of Sir {Jenry Martin’s now palled Ma dison’s Island. 1 hat by the request and assistance of the iriendly tribes residing in the valey of Tietirhoy as well as those tribes residing in the Mountains, whom we have conquered.and rendered tributary to our flag, I have caused the village pf Madison to be built, consisting of six convenient houses, 1 a fope walk, bakery and otlier appurtenances; and for the protection of the same, as well as for the protection of the friendly natives, I have Constructed ajort calculated for mounting 16 whereon I have mounted four, and called the same fort Madison. 7 * Our rights of this island being founded on priority of discovery, conquest possession, cannot be disputed ; but the natives to secure tb themselves the friendly proteC tiou which their defenceless situation so much required, have requested 4o bp admitted into the great Amerieafc family, whose pure republican policy > approaches so near their o.wn ; and in order to encourage those views to their, own interest and happiness as well as tp render secure our claim to an island so valuable on many con siderations, I Jiave taken bn myself to promise them they,shall be adopt ed, that our chief shall be their chief ; and they have given assuran ces that such of their brethren as may hereafter visit Them from the United States shall enjoy a welcome and hospitable deception among them, and be furnished with whate ver refreshments and supplies the island may afford : that they will pro tect them against all their enemies ; ands as far as lies in their power, they will prevent the subjects of G. Britain J&nowing them to be such] from coming among them until peace shall take’ plate between the two na tions; V. < ‘ ‘ . Presents, consisting, of the produce of the Island,to a great amount have been brought by every tribe in the island T not excepting the most re mote] and have been enumerated as follows* [Here follows the names oj thirty one; different tribes .] / / > Most of the above tribes requested to be taken under the protection of our flag * and have been willing to purchase, on any terms, a friendship ,which promises so many advantages. Influenced by considerations of hu manity, which promises a speedy ci vilization to a face of men who en joy every mental and bodily endow ment which nature can bestqw, and which requires art only to perfect, as well as by views of policy; which secures to my country-a fruitful and populous island, possessed of every advantage of security and supplies for vessels; and which, of all others, is the most happily situated as res pects climate and local position. I do declare, that I have, in the mbst solemn manner s under the American flag, displayed at fdrt Madisori, and ‘in the presence of numerous withes* ses, taken possession of said Island, , palled Madison's Island, for the use of the U, States, whereof I am a ci tizcn ; and that the act of taking pos session was announced by the salute of If guns irotp the artillery of fort Madison, and returned by the ship ping in the harbor, which is hereaf* ter to be called Massachusetts bay. And that bur claim to the island may ndt hereafter be disputed I have buried v in a bottle at the foot of the slag-stats, in fort Madison, a copy of this inst ru ment, together with several piece* of money of the coin of the United States. In witness whereof, I have hereun* >v< eo a fli*ed my signature, this 18th day of November f 813. ; D. SORTER. [Here follows the namet of the ijufir ncsSceftteent,] ‘ ‘• ‘ .... . ‘V ‘ < * . • \ s # ! Washington, July 19, Copy of a letter from Capt. Porter I# the Secretary of the Navy dated . , New-York, July 13, 1814. Sir—. There arc some facts relating to our enemy , and although not con nected with the action, set ve show* his perfidy,‘and should be krit)#h. On commodore Hilfyar’s arrival at Valparaiso he ran the Phoebe close dlortg Side of the Essex, and enquired politely after my health, observing that his ship was cleared for action, and his men prepared for boarding. 1 observed, Sir, if you by any accident, get on board of me, I assure you that great confusion will take place ; l am .prepared to receive ypu, but shall only act tin the defensive.” He observed; cooly and indifferently, “ Oh Sir, I have no such intention ;** at this instant his ship took aback on my starboard How, her yards ndarly locking with those of the Essex. I called all hands to board the enemy ; and in an instant my crew were to spring on her “decks. Corn Hillyar e..claimed, With great agitation, ‘‘ 1 had no in tention of getting on board of you ; -**t had no intention of coming so near you ; I am sorry I came so near you.” f Hisship fell off with heryib* boom over my decks ; her bows ex* posed to my broadside, her stern to the fire of the Essex Jun. her crevr’ in the greatest confusion, and in sis- . teen minutes, I could have taken oW destroyed her. After he had brought mis ship to,anchor, com. Hillyar i*nd Capt, Tucker, of the Cherub, visited me on shore, when I asked him if he intended to respect the neutrality of the port ; Sir,” said he, u you paid such rfespect to the neu trality of this port that I'feel my. self bound, in honot to do the same**” Fro fit the Boston Palladium , julj 12* THE N^fcOCXATION. A lettetvifrom a very respectable* gentleman, merchant4n Goltenburg; to his Correspondent in this town idys The negociations for peace «*betireeh the United States and Great Britain, will probably commence in. about three weeks. > sin that Messrs. i Bayard and ‘Gallatioi are expected fronv London, & Mr. Adams from St.: Pe£ersb’ts!g& who the . British have appointed still’ remains a secret, The-British will insist on the right of taking their seamen from your mer* chant vessels; and if your commis sioners are instructed not to yield oe wave that subject, the war will con* tinue*vi ands incline to think its continuance probable.** , f .*• /’ * ‘m. •» \ , Copy of a letter from Point Loolt Out to'the post'Master-GcneraL Point Look Out,* 14 July, 1814. Sir-—There are 7 sail of the end* my*s vessels, viz. 2 74’s, 2 frigates, mounting fl’oro 46 to 4S guns each, t sloop of war of 20, 1 brig of 18, and l sloop, now opposite this point, ascending the Bay with a S. E. wind, l They will m all probability reach the Patuxent to-night, which will aug ment the force in that vicinity ‘to 4 74*s, 4 frigates, 1 sloop of war, l ‘ brig, 3 schrs. and 1 sloop; making an of 13 sail* This morning several boats from the fleet landed at Smith’s Point when opposite that place, who set lice to such parts of the Light House as were composed of wood y they also fired: two framed houses situated contagious to the Light House, which were entirely consumed. In haste, 1 am, sir, with respect, ke. / TH. SYVTVNN. To the Post-Maat«r-(?€u«r»l. no. xx n.