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8 VOL. L [ 4 PRINTED WEEKLY, «K’ MT HODGE W M'DONMELL. CONATIONS. * Ijt, The Annual Subscription will be k’ three dollars, half ,in advaitce. 4 O’ I £ >--- ‘% • * %’ v Subscribers out of the State will f nay the whole subscription upon the deli- J Very of 4he first number. | ‘ Sd. No Subscriptions -Will be received for . / less than one year; Rfttl no paper shall be A discontinued until arrearages are paid. \ * 4th. Adti^tisementi will be inserted at the customary rates. ‘ ■ < t a | |CT tetters addressed to the Edi * Vans miidt be post paid. The follow in:; gentlemen are re quested and authorized to,receive Sub ** script ions, and give receipts for this paper , *k’ :■— Watkintviile , Dr. Wm. Wright Sc HI' Mr. ‘ f i i * Jackson country Capt. Boyle. Post Master. Greene county , Mr, Wyley Gres* ham, P. M. Greenesboro\ Mr. Grant, * t. M. Grantsville , and the- Post Master, Fo%uelton» \ Wilkes countv —Mr* Jathqs Wing field, P.* M. 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Nothing Sectarian will be ad netted. ’ Not. only the man of m* letters, but t)ie plain practifcal philo- W~ eopher, 4 lhe ingenious farmer and V mechanic “may be useful here.— ft From them will be received m 9*d attentively noticed any iikefui discoveries and imprqvmentg a- or the mechanical i mx It is not intended that this paper ’ shall be'made the vehicle of private or personal scurrility; and abused % JCT* Gentlemen holding Subscrip tlo\ P a P er * ‘ for the Gazette , are res pectfully requested to transmit to the \ Editors immediately the names of sub scribers. ‘■’ ‘** V - \r V ■ 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,'- ##.B2, w-% I fill 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. &Q. xxxk an”. ’