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A PROCLAMATION. ‘
STATE OF GEORGI A,
By His Excellency BbTbr Earut.
Governor mid Commander in
ll Chief of the Army and Navy of
this state, and of the militia
V v thereof.
Whereas an extraordinary occasion
has occurred for convening the Gtb*
eral Assembly of this .State at a pe
riod earlier tjhan that prescribed by
Law, I have therefore thought fit, £c
by virtue of the power in me vested
by the Constitution, I do hereby re
quire the members of each House of
the General Assembly of this State
to convene at the State Houst? In
M.Uledgbville on Monday the 17 th
day of October next, the'nrand there
to deliberate and deciitb on suGh mat
te®* ds the public welfare, may ren
der necessary.
Given under*my hand, andAe se?( of the
4 state, at the State House in Milledgeville ‘
ms, this twenty-first day ofSeptember in'the
v ty e ar of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fourteen, and of the, J»<Wn.i
” <he USited States of America
the thirty-ninth. \
n .. PETER &ARLY.
liy the Governor . > ;$& > v %’ .
ABNER HAMMOND#
Secretary of Stale
.EXECUTOR’* SALE:
On Monday the 1 2 th day of December
next, will be gold ■to the Highest-
Bidder on a credit of i twelve months
at the late r esidence of Sarah Stokes ,
of Madison county, deceased, ‘ f
/\
l A.LL the residue of the estates
of Wm. kSarah Stakes .consisting of
a number <of likely, born eountryype
groes, horses, oxen and ox Cart,
plantation tpols and farming utensils,
.oats, fodder and about three dr lour
hundred barrels of corn. V
■ ;./ : ; ; also, y,y r ., x 4 . i
One .7 ract of Land ih said county*
with tolerable improvem .nts, con
taining two hvfndrecj & thr-. acres.
Notes with approved security will
be required.
; M STOKES,
Surviving Execiit6¥bf Win. Stokes, deceased,
and Executor of Sarah Stokes.
r October Ist, 1814. 3t *
.k ‘ NOTICE.
Nine months after date applica-,
tion will be made to the honorable
the Inferibr Court of Clark County,
when sitting tor ordinary purposes*
for leave to sell sjtwo hundred acres
dt land f*the same being more or
lying and being in said county
on the waters of Porter’s cr*cek,
granted to John Barnett, joining
lands of Brown, Moore and others—
Also two hundred and sixty acres
and being in Jackson \county
on the waters of Curry’s creek, nea,r
Jefferson, granted tb Brantly.—
The aforesaid tracts of land to tit"l
sold for the benefit tis the heirs and
creditors of John Barnett, deceased,
late of Clark County.
JOHN r BARNETT*. >
, Adtninhtr tor
July 7, 1814.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
In pursuance to ait Ordtr of the Infe»
jp rior Coilrt of “Jasper County, > V
. WILL BE SOLD
In the town of Monti cello, on Tues
day the 25th of October next , with tty
the usual /tours — j
ONE Lot of Land containing two
hundred two and a half acres, No.
67, 15th District? joining Gilbert
Shaw and others, ?teing ail the pro
perty James Pinson, deceased—
tobs sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased. $
Terms, one half to be paid in hand
and the balance twelve months there
after. ‘ V -
A. C. ATKINSON, Adm'r*
‘Atffust 13, l a 14. .
4 , yy 1 v > v*
NOTICE. % .
% KINE from the date hereof ap
plication will be made to the honorable the In
ferior courTofClark cptinty, for leave to sell
ode hundred acres of land, more or less, lying
in said county, on the Robertson’s
creek, joining Joel Dickinson and others, be
ing part df the, estate of John Roberts, de
ceased—To be sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of, said deceased. - r , / A
i 7 iy , AVERY ROBERTS,: ,
K I ■ W: Administrator. p,'-
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ATHENS , THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1814.
} ■ .. . Washington, Sept. 27, yT
Copy of a letter from Captain Sinclair j
commanding, on Lake K Erie % to the
Secretary of the Navv, dated
1 1. S. Sloop of War Niagara, off
St. Josephs, 22d July, 1814.
9tR-^—The wind bee strife favorable J
on the evenirig/Srfyic 3d instant, the
troops were immediately embarked,
and I sailed from Dctroit that night ; \
but such were the difficulties I had to p
encounter on flats of Lake St. t
Clair, where instead often feet, as I
had been led to believe there was, I
only found eight, and the rapid cur
rent of that river, that I did not reach
Lake Huron until the 12th. From J
thencel shaped my course, as directed I.
for Matcha|iash Bay and used every 1
possible effort to gain it, but not be
ing able to procure a Pilot for that «
unfrequented part of the Lake, and *
finding it filled With Islands and sun- i
ken rocks, which must inevitably J
prove the destruction of the fleet, as ?
it was impossible to avoid them on §
account of the impenetrable fog, with i
which this Lake is almost continual- ‘
ty covered; and finding the army
were growing short of provisions
from the time already elapsed, it was \
agreed- between Col. Croghan and j
myself to push for this place, where
we should procure such inforrtiatidn
as would go vein our future operati
ons. VVe were favored in ivipds, &
arrived here on
my had abandoned his works, consis
ting of a Fort and S large Block
House. Sep* those we destroyed, but
left uritouched the-Town and S. W.
Company's Storehouses.
Very respectfully, J have the hon
or to remain, sir, your obedient ser
vant,
A, SINCLAIR.
Hon. W. Jones,
Secretary of phe Kavy.: . f
Copy of a letter fom Capt. Sinclair, \
commandiffg on L,ake .Erie, to the 1
Secretary of t(ie .Natoy* dated g
U States Sloop, of War Niagara\off .
Michilimackinac, July 29th. 1814, t
SIR-
Whilst wind bound at St. f
Josephs I captured the N. W. Com
pany’s schooner Mink, from Mtchil*
imackinac to St. Mary Vwittv a cargo
of flour / receiving intelligence thro* ;
this source, that the sehooneTPSrse
verance was lying above the Falls, |
at the lower end rif Lake Superior 1
in waiting Cos transport the Mink’s j
cargo to. Fort William ; 1 dispatched )
-the ship’s launches tinder Lieut.Tur- j
ncr of the Scorpion, an active a’Sd en- i
terprizlng officer, to capture her
and df possible to get her down the
Falls, Col. Grpgban attached Major
a party of regulars to
co-operate in the expedition, in
the capture ot St. Mary’s was inclu
ded The official report of the re- j
suit, made by lieut. Turner, I her*- «
with enclose you. The capture ot
the, Perseverance [gave us the Com
plete command .of Lake Superior;
and had it not been for the ktrong j
force at Michilimackinac forbidding J
a separation.of our means of attack
ing that place,, and feeling myself *
bound by my instructions to do so, -I
before I was at liberty to enter into
any extensive enterprise of my own
planning, t should h ive availed my
self ot this unlooked for advantage,
and have broken up ail their impor
tant establishments on Lake Superi- -
or. The capture of Fort Williams
• alone would have nearly destroyed
the enemy’s Fbr Trade, as is
his grand depot and general rendez
vous, from whiqhhis extensive trade
branches in all directions, and at
which place there is never fess than
a million in value of property, and
at this seas*on of the year, it is said
there is twice that amount ; I fear
such another Opportunity may never
occur. The capture of those ? two
vessels and the provisions, will, how
ever, prove of very serious inconve
nience to the enemy in that remote
quarter, where tfie loss cannot possi
bly be retrieved—Flour was, before
this loss, worth 60 dollars per barrel
with them, and sale provisions 58
cents per p6und, Sec.
fs(&ve > the honor to remain, sir,
with gfeat - respect, your obedient
SCrV&Qtj - ... “ ‘ r •- ‘ (• v’
7. \. A. SINCLAIR
Hon. Vi. Jonetf, \ W]j^
Secretary of the
Copy of fetter form Lieut. Turner to
hjCaptdin *A> Sinclair , commanding'on !
ffbkeWrie, dated „
UfS.'Spooner Scorpion,offMkhilimack
- male, July 28th, 1814. I, £&.
fc have the honor To inform
you, that agreeable to yourtrtf&a
the 22d inst. I proceeded on the ex
pedition to Lake Superior with the
launches. I rowed night and day,
but having a distance of sixty miles
against a strong information
had reached the enemy at St. Mary's
of our approach about two hours be
fore I arrived at that place, canied
by Indians in thefl light canoes ; se
veral of whom I chased,and by firing
on them and killing some prevented
their purpose; some I captured
kept prisoners until my arrival, oth
ers escaped. The force under Maj.
Holmes prevented an/ thing like re
sistance at the'Fort, the enemy with
their Indians carrying with them all
the light valuable articles', peltry,
cloths, &q» I proceeded across the
strait of Lake Superior,, without a mo
ment’s delay ; and on fey appearance,
the enemy finding they could not get
off with the vessels I was in quest
of, set fire to her in several places,
scuttled and left her. I succeeded
in boarding her and by considerable
exertions extinguished the flames,
and aectired her from sinking. I
then stripped her and prepared for
getting her down the falls. Adverse
winds prevented my attempting the
falls until the 26th, when Cvery .pos
sible effort was used, but I am sorry
to say without success, to her over
in safety, ThePfall iii 3-4 of a mile
is 45 feet, and the channel vesy roc
ky ; the current rims from 2f40 30
knots, arftl in one there is a
perpendicular leap of id feet between
three rocks i here she bilged but was
brought down so rapidly that we suc
ceeded in running her on shore be
low the rapids before she filled, and
burned her.’ J She was a fine new
schooner, upwards of iOO tons, called
the Perseverance, and wil}. be a se
vere loss to the N. W. company, .
Had I succeeded in getting her safe,’
I could have loaded her to advantage
from the enemy’s storehouses.—,
I have, however, brought down four
captured boats loaded with Indian
goods to a considerable amount.j the
balance contained in four large-and
two .small storehouses were destroy
ed, amounting in value to from. 50
to 100 thousand dollars. All private ,
prQperty was according to your or- -
ders respected. The officers 1 and
mdri 1 under thy command behaved
with great activity and particu
larly Midshipman Swartwoiit.
I hsve the honor /ib be, sir; with
great respect, your obedient servant.
DANIEL JURNER.
Cspy of a letter from capt, Sinclair to
the Secretary of the Jtfavyidjfctef
U. S. sloop of war Niagara, off*.
Thunder Bay, Aug. 9th, 1814. ‘
Sir—l arrived off Michilimackmac
on the 26th July ; but owing to a>
tedious spell of bad weather,: which
prevented our reconnoitering, or
being able to procure a prisoner who
could us information of the en
emy’s Indiai)j|force, Which, from se
veral little .skirmishes
adjacent island, |ppeared to be very
great, we did not attempt a landing
until the 4th inst. and it; was then
made more with a view to ascertairt
positively the enemy's strength, than
with any possible hope of suepess ;
knowing; at the same time, that I
could effectually cover their landing,
and retreat to the ships, from thepo- ,
sition I had taken within 300 yards
of,the beach. Cpl. Croghan would
never have landed even with x this
protection, .being positive, as he was,
that the Indian force alone the
island, with the advantages they had,
were superior to him, could he have
justified to His government*
without having stronger proof than
appearances that he could not effect
the object in
V MEackinac is, by nature, a perfect
Gibraltar, being a high inaccessible
rock on every side except the west,
from which, to the heights, ydu have \
near two miles to pass through a
wood so that o y ttr men were shot in
every direction,* and within a few
yards of them, without being able to
seethe Indians who did it; and a
height was scarcely gained before
there was another w/thin 50 or 100
yards commanding it, .where the
breast-works were erected and can-,
non opened on them. Several of
those were charged and the enemy
driven from them t bm it was soon
found the further o.tfr troops advan
ced the stronger the enemy became
and the weaker and more bewildered
our force were; several of the com
manding officers were picked out
ahd killed or wounded b/ savage j
Witnoiu seeing any ot them. Tow
faun vvere geuing lost, and falling
into confusion, natural sucfi
circumstances, which demanded an
immediate retreat, or a total defeat
am * %gtne r al massagre most* have
ensued—thjs was conducted in a
masterly manner by Col. Crogfian,
had, lost the aid of that valuable
Hiiil ever to be lamented officer Maj.
Holmes, who, jivith Capt Vanhorn,
was killed by.’the
emy were driven fro norm any of thei*’
strong holds ; but sxicfi was the im
penetrable thickness of* the woodsi
that no advantage gained could V
profited Our attack would havc
been made immediately under th,<?
lower fort, ttyat the enemy might not
have*, been able to use his Indian
foike to such. advantage as in the
woods, having discovered by drawing
a fire from him in several instances;
that I had greatly the superiority of
metal of him ; hut its scite lining a
bout 120 feet above water, J ccmjl
not, when near enough to do hint, an
jnjury, elevate sufficiently to batO
it. Above /his, nearly as high again
he has another strong fort, cotnman
ding eve by point of the ‘UltfnjLiui
almost pti pcnclicujgr on p.lt *ides.
C°l* Croghan not deeming it prudent'*
to make h second attempt upon tho
place, and having ascertained to a
certainty that thff dHy. naval forc<S
the enemy have upon the lakes con
sists of one schooner of 4 guns, I
nave determined, to dispatch tho
Lawrence ahd Caledonia to lake Erie
immediately, believing their sen ices
in transporting our armies there
Avill be wanting / audit being impor
tant that the kick and wounded, a
mounting to about lock and that
part 6f the detachment not necessary
to further our herd’
should leach Detroit without delay*
By an intelligent jniso/ier captured
in the Mink, I ascertained this, and
that the mechanics and others sent
across from York, during the winter
were for tl>e purpose of building a
flotilla to transport reinforce me ntd
||lkl supplies into Machinac. An at
tempt was made to pass them by
ti-e way of Matchadash, but it wai
lountlg impracticable from all the
portages b(phg a morass f that they
liiep resorted to % small river called
NaUtawasaga, situated to ‘the south
of Matchadash, fronpwhich there is
a portage of 3 leagues over a load to
lake Siihcoe. -
1 this place was never knoWn till
pointed out to them last summer by
an Indian. This river is very nar
row and has 6 or 8 fe.et water in it
about three* miles up, anci is then
a muddy rapid ; |hallow;,4s f hiilc §up
to the portage whet* their armada
was built and their store houses are
now situated. The navigation i i
dangerous and diffiCdlt, and so ob
scured by rocks and bushes that no
stager could eyj?r find it; J| have;
hcCvvever, availed myselfpf the means
of discovering it. / f shall bltikadh
the mouth of French until fall f
and those being the only two chan
nels of cbmifiunicatibn which
Mackinac can pdssibly be supply >
and their provisions At. this time be
ing. extremely short* I think they
will be starved ints a surrender.
This will also cut off all supplies to
the N. W. Company, who are now
nearly andtheir - furs ori
hand can only find transportation byte!
the way of Hudson Bay. At thijl
place 1 calculate falling in with tlieii*
schooner, which, it is go*hd
there for a load of provision, and ti
hnessage sent to her not io venturi
up While We are on ihe lake.
# Jety respectfully, I have the horiw
Or to remain, sir, your obd’t servant*
p’ ARTHUR SINCLAIR. .
tton. W. Jones, Secretary of the Navy;
Extract of a letter from Capt. A. Sin*
clqir to the Bon . Wm.**jones % Sccrti
tarj of the ifiavyi dated
On board U . S sloop Niagara,
Erie, Sept. sd, i&l4.
Sir SlP—lmmediately .after the at
tack on Michilimackinac; l clispatch
ecf the Lawrence and bated
with orders to Lieut. Comitiatiaht
Dexter to make all possible dte atch
to Lake Erie, and there to J-cpe
rate with our army, fcec. while I sha
ped my coarse in pursuit of tne.eu
etny’s forte, supposed to be about
Nautauwasauga; and I cannot but
express fny surprise at hiving mis
sed those vessels and arrived at Eitej.
Delhi e them.- JB) that oppoitumlf f
apprised you 6f%>y mote menu up to
the Wli nil. Wince which time i paye
been fortunate enough to *fifid his
Brittahnic Majesty’s schooner Nuh
, ty, loaded With ch hl»g fcc. sot the
l Hoops at MaokiUitw. v : ,
I .64 i.’ . N Mr ‘• * A.
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