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knd Sampan Cane.
‘Pfcdtfiingt >n ccninij<—r( General Irwin.
•If jdVii- ili.e Post Mailer.
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&im*mik —Samuel BaineU, Est|.
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’ 4 4bL-vilie t S. C.—Mr. Moses \V.
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CEN. MWHT.iCkS EXPEDI
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jLcad. zL'orters, MHliitry District ,
xht’o : t> b.-e. AH', 8 14.
GKNKB \E O.HDEHS.
The general congra
tulate. tne gallafit vtlunteers un
der h<s* cominand niKjh their safe
return an l the forurnate C&i'e pfthe
expedition. He'acknowledges with
equvjl pride and pleasure the
to- iouv conduct of the troops, sop
conspicuously £ofsrplayed v in
p in the .irst i n stance, in
their mtiench of every diffi ntltpr
4n t"ie enthusMiui whicn [)< rvaded
all ranks, when they expected to
meet the hi r-
Circumstances . beyond .military
and, and rr. tiieir'tutnru fea)c£u*[-
t» ,:\ t» re‘dec lon the fidelity of rjc
citizens, on both sides of this river,
rend, red a lrovemeut aro»ihd. Like
St. CU»r ahs iluteiy netfussarv to the
success of the exo\vistio‘P Pni4 Usv- ,
cessi r s y exposed tnh troops \o many
ddßyt ti e H «md hardships, ill wading
frequency along tile shares of the
Laieep in the passage of several
dvep gend rap and ‘.rfvarsi sometune
without bmrtf, and on ail occasions’
on,! to ring sw.nnps. ‘They have
the fConsoiaUon, however, to know
♦hey have perforate 1 a rouie of more 4
ban tour hundred milesy
red ande gaty of Which is a,
derness, and a considerable part of
tiiat distance too vvitliout. a ro ‘d
vJl’ht detachment comiistmg of not
tttb> e than seven hundred and uven
eliectivesj peneiiMUd two hun
dred miles in.o the enemy’s terri
tory , destroyed upwards of two
hundred stand of arms, defeated and
dGperjen four or Uve hundred of
i«ilit:a, encamped in a strong
position wit.* a loss on fhtir part in
the ak jrmishes of die 6th instant, at
Grand j River and Malcolm’s Mills,
of one -aplain at\d seventeer. pr vates*
killed, and. nine wounded, and three
captaols, five sub items, and one
Inrudryd and three privates made
prisoners during the acusm and on
the retreat, whilst our loss es orUv,
W and six* wounded. 105
»* i 1 cre y “ 1 ••• _.; A
cy mi rapidity of the txpediuoL
v •-1.-v'4v .•’ ’■ •w, ■ W*WS*s
ATHENS, Tiwiismr, jAMAnr 5, rais.
the <tetaefii7»**it was enablerf* in des
pite of treason and stratagem, to en
ter the town of Oxford 110 miles
in ‘the emn.y’s country before the
j ’ iniir.'witants.J ifc it f»f prised that a
force was approaching. The rtsotir
» J't's Os the enemy have been essenti
r ally injured by: the fact, that theic|e
tachmcnt .subsisted entirely upon
»Irih ; this circumstance with the
’ desiriiGtiei* of five valuable mills in
the vicinity of Grand R veiy which
were em’pioyt;d%in the support of the
army In the peniitoiila, yrillpresent
Obstacles to a^y’attempts, during
the winter against this place. These
important objects have been effected,
ami the detachment Returned \ni
complete safety,,, w,th the exception
health of the troops was also
uhfxampjed ; and the unexpected
rise ;n Grand Htyer alone prevent
cr! a visit toßurlington Heights, the
hrao cfilarters of the province, dis
Unt only 25 miles. : u
f ! -'hv *WtN- and firmness
ed by x iie troops whenever they «xv
pee'ed fv? meet the enemy, was not’
more conspicuous t&an the cheer- -
y dm:KH *»■bp they-obeyed hr-’
w.'i.Ui uidiVc'uHies they
countered can only beknp.vn to those
participated in then).
I he 90 m pub tiling Gent r#l returns
his most Unfeigned tbatiks to the Vo
kinteeis under hi’- (command, ami m
taking leave of troops, so much de
serving his continence, begs them to
be assured that he will never cease to
a lively-.reo.d” lection of their
services. With a hope that they may •
-return in safety tp their iiW’
homes, to enjoy thejso iety of their
iaiuilies,.aiid the jm>t gratitude of
their country.** ‘
By command, ; 4 *
it ■ C. S. TODft- .
Achiig Adj, {Jen.
MERMAID C A UGH {’ AND
ALIVE,, .
• * ‘ ‘’ }’ ‘” ‘ ajm; ■* isr “ > ’ •jd’*’ ■y-
From the Belfast Morning Chronicle
. Os Oct. A h |
-^bry. ■■ folio
ing letter through the Carrickfergus
Tost Office. Though we have made
some enquiry in town,, we have not
had tiuit to ascertain the authentici
ty of the letter, noy what degree of
truth there is> m this extra<n*dinavy
account- All we at present know
is that a very respectable man of
the name of M CI l md, livps as sta
ted in Island Magee ; and the per
sons who are mentioned *-as having
also seen the Me.rmaid, are not un
known m Belfast.’ s 'AVe therefore,
lay before our readers the letter as ,
it has leached us and having insti
tuted an enquiry into the tacts of the
caae,* shall the result
in our mlxt c*—
7 b (he Editors of ike.Belfast Chronicle.
SIR, _ .
% beg leave to inform you, for
benefit of the curious, that I dm
liappy I have it in my power to set
the, public- at. rest, respecting
existence oLtliis wotideiiul animal,
having been so fortunate as.*totakv
one yesterday morni%, which i>
npw 4-Hve and in *,niy possession —-
The mode in which * took it was as
fol! ovv s : —-Ye sle rday m o i*i iill g, a bop t
£o’clock, 1 went to set my lines on
the Turbot Bank, off this place ; 1
had not pr qeeded. a quartet of a
mile Irbm the shore, when, t caw
what 1 at first thought a seal*
appear above water. On coming
-near it, to nvy great surprise, it.
looked like a Christian, making m*'-
tious with Its hands and head, i im
mediaitly thought it to be a Mer
maid, having seen accounts in the
papers of two or three seen in Scot
land. 1 then told the boys in the
boat, if they would try and catch it,
it would make all their fortunes ; -
but Jam'es H it and the other two
boys were terribly frightened, and
said we should pull for shore, as it
might sink the noat. Timling they
w die cowardly, I galled to a large
dog I had in the: boat, and hun
ted him at it ; when the dog .was
swimming to it, I fired at it a mus
ket loaded with large pellets, which*
wounded it in the bbdy and tail, and
in a ht|le time the do£ caught it,
though it often pulled him under
the water. The boys seeing this
igu&iered courage, ar.d we rowed the
boat up to it, and with he assistance
fpt a herring; net, we surrounded it
and ihe dog and brought both into
tne boat—it haa Jo\t a great deal of
Uiop.d, and weak when we bro’t
•• £ : . V*•■- ‘ .JV-L ~ *£ .... v
it in ; h V.‘- l an ? kept •
noise like a young cMd We hti
to Tie'ijt ‘VU’i rones. . * xve ram
on sbore, i -drc ? t up » - T-foe-boc -’
arrfi fih~d tpA *vb.h kc V.i-r. in^
wPich ! put the animal ami in
jitfeep it.% |t eats ifi-,b,,but it Tike
heiTiii's better th m any ngfcr Hnd
/ abqyeCa yard ion x an t % ‘
a dark green, red nyes. a oit nose
and a! large mpoth> It b»u
tliree finders and a thumb oil eac.:.
hand and they are tapering to th
-point, is five feet lour inches from
the crown of the head to the tin o,
the tad, and hke a woman It* >m th<
haunches* up ,* the skin is- nearly
white, etcepf the tad, which i‘ th
shape h color of a codfish. It has oceT
seen and examined by Mr. Ftsl &
.Mr. A. fl. Goats, tivo of the <* oas v
who happened there ‘ this
Mr. Mu pfiy* opr mih ster
and several otliers. ..our neighbours'.
I will endeavor to keijp it alive for
s snort tone, fop the benefit c. the
curious who are Welcome to come
aiid see It. : ; ; ’ v y,
\ am ’ s * r * obedient servant.
‘ Wm; m cleland.
Pdffor»'uc*; ITuv,! M h Sept. 29. t
THANKSGIVING SJSItMON.
; On £ th£ 20tn ()rioHe j . ’ last, the Rev..
Mr.
Je r usa 1e m (.: b u rcb dt ... and 11i n o re. a
Sfcimtm, fribni.-the tyc.-?d» *• Qjf*T un ~
to C/od thanksgiving?*
. V 1 he following i b theli onclusion oi
it j 4 / 5 ;
e . * fc The first and rru stiindispen-a
!>!e duT of inn is to Jove bis C»o *
second is to 1 >\e his country»
and th;rdfy, tlfo clnr .ii of Go i.—
A>.ier this,, pur feld land friends
claim oilr affection an and i gayd ;on
‘felfovv-cttiz-:us •in get yt \1 neru lol
}*'\v in order, among a inch evi n oil
must not
Si Word, no nian can bi eigjod chrisi'an .
exet/t h<- bi a real ‘Utrioi ; and n
• man can be a real ‘patriot id'Refuse
to;contribute his r-_.i-on.foie part t /
the safely and support of the state
\i • ‘ •<*; k*j i * * £*:*M*.
try repure it, and particularly when
ti£ requisitions that are calfod ioi
aid t i secure our feilow-citiZv ns in
ideueidl in tiie quiet and perimneoj
t uj'yaient of’ their • liberties and
ives, arid a!l that is dear to man.-
l o i’ei'use aid to our country on -ucfo
occasions, both with our treasure
needs be,* with our blood,-
strickingly marks the coward or the
slave, or, what is equally to be re
gretted, tue existence of supersti
tion.- ;■ 1 r.
o War is certainly the curse pj|
.dations, and. I was going to add, the
vicious trade of kings /-^for from
the n it first originated, as you read,
ui'tlu’ 14th chapter of Genesis, Where
four kings made war againsffive*-*—
in this* War we learn that Lot (A
bi aham’s brother’s i»Oii j -was taken
prisoner, together with his family,
and all his goods ca riyd qtf
* “ «ut iiuvv Aid hi&jmcfo,
they oi the faithful, the; friend ipf*
God,’* ahd cn this oceesion l —Hear
it oiid reflect upon y e preachers
of passive obedience and non-resist-
for 1 an’ of the opinion none
of your ibsciples ever possessed more
real pifcty than Abrahum.
** And when Abraham heard that
his brother was taken . Aaptive, he
armed his trained servants, born in
his own House, three hundred and
fctghleerir, and puisued them unto
Dan. And’ he .divided himself a
gunst them, lie and his servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued
them unto Hobah, which is pn the
left hand of DUmascus. he
brought back goods, and alio
brought back his brother Lot, and
his goods, &nd the women also, apd
the people. 1 * ■ , :
v , 4 * It-appears,to me that this was as
valiant and as daring ‘an action as e
ver was recorded of the greatest ge
neral that ever figilrT onTu*Vgifeii,
either in aheient or modern days.
<k ? he fact wast Abraham’s cauie;
was just: and therclure Uod was on
his side. -AVell, if bifoilar causes
will .pyoiuce similar effects, we, as
American-citizens, are forbidden to
despair of ti e final irsue of our pre
sent contest witn Gi\:at-iit ‘tain*-
cause, and claims, aie
all founded 1 trust, upon justice,- &
the unalienable rights of man; and
I rejuice to leatn uat this opinion
is how likely to throughout
the land ; and Unit pari patriotism
has akeadjb nearly sWaUowed uj)
no. xl nr
tHt* font rs-monos part? and of
yrt./ politic* ; a*d rh i t rn real-tir
c;rkr>r> He proved that ‘* vve a»*e
-i f ? O’tbl*’ n's *
- ‘ Tn r*>mpar’**V-.*»*V<tH~ o^ton*
° -Europe. America m u ‘he si*d n*
* v * ve* voting .hnd yirtMotis » f ho ?s*h
) \ m,ls * b* 1 confessed, that our pro-.
F.dr .oe-m vic -3 an 1 di i ip*.
Mows. has of late, hern SlanJiitygiy
r-ipid. still however., t trust that the
rtip of our nation a I de pr a v i\v is fa*
from Hit!, while thet of Europe
m general now seems to %c mo-.
over. O ! mv beloved, let uh
not fill m this dreadful cup an*?
more lest ir» our appointed time, vm
He made to drink of it *o the very
set about the work of humiliation
and repentance for our past sins
“ Let us seek judgement,
the oppressed, and break every
Yoke ;”so shall our prayers he heard,
our vows he accented,- and our prai
ses and thanksgiving,' on’ this & eve e
rv simib,**-occasion rVcend, as aelool
of meet: e. into the presence of G>d
and through his'divine, merry render
us ac. eptable in his sight To
wfcom he gh> ■ . \><v ho\\or f »od
worship. T he- nksgmng, now and for
evermore*—
*r>* “■*■'’ s.'. v -*
From CoWettW R ~f O
M j ar~i us. Rights. . %u:f%
The Courier wr.ter is in 4 dread
•f*»U-ra?*e, frcghah apprehension ‘that
°ur cbjM?’ to the sovereignty oft he
seas wjTl be called to question at the
Hut is tbtr * my
thine: tno’e bafural than that the
f'on'inental powers, having. a> they
believt, pur and *wp the tyrant, of‘the,
d|tnd. should >iso wish to put Slow-df 4 ''’
ihe tvram of the ocs *u ?'bur c^»r«*
ruptionist ate not Mirelv so’ vain
as to suppose the Allies', in combat
ing Napoleon, were. wi»Si>;-g when ue
“’as put down, that a mriV- des
potism, which li\d so J-»ng an no red
’ iedri, should all its vigor*
\V c seem to have seen fed* for a time
ah least, the neutrality if not the sup
:'nrf. of Ifolium! f Hot hst? riot
potss-Mi'i ?ria?eTe»tMrrfc.y .e>we<teu ‘'.'''bnif* -9
md even Austria, tosav nothing of
France, had a thousand times occa
casfon to’ compb nos the hapgh*
ty treatment they have rehei red
from us on the seas?—-The mo
ment too when our race of naval
glory is somewhat checked by the
Americans, seems favorable to the
apprehended,design, than the other
maritime powers hare tn contempla
tion to resttain our'arrogance* It is
true, they have ail. hitherto tried this
and failed in the attempt. But tbSt,-.
result of the struggle with Franc*;.,
shews them what may be effected by
perseverance, and the fatal blow
which has;Wen recently g.ven to our
naval -superiority, may encourage
the at empt. Formerly these Pqw*
ers resisted our pretensions almost
singh-huoded—Now, tjgcy appear v
convinced of. the-necessity of >
and if such a coalition as that.which
is poken of. is firmed, is it certain,-
considering the state o ’ bbr relation*
wit!i Arnerir. i, that we shall be abU» *
m oppose to it a surxessful
,tance ; Desirous, however, as the*
sovereigns of Europe may be to par
icipate in the freedom of the seas,
? and indignarit as.; they may teel on
account.'of our intolerabte s\fay, it is
possible thoiigh by no means probable
notwithstanding the alarms and; va-
the Courier, that they may
consider it p udent to postpone tliei
consideration of the question, until
fter the Congress, when they will
feel themselves at liberty to enter
fullv into our pretensions, without* *
those restraints which must necessa
rily arise from the presence of a Brit
ish Minister. I say it is tho ?
improbable $ and my reason for
thinkinepthe interference of the AU
lies probable, at present, is its likeli
hood, and the fipqu mt recurrence of
the French jmtwials to the subject#
‘.L From, the same - *
America — f have given below the
official documen's as to the recent
operations of the contending armies
in Canada, and in the United States j
Proclamations of President .Madison
respecting the destruction of Wash
ington, and another Proclamation of
Sir John Sheibrook, declaring the
r country lately i>ccupied by*, our
troops, now jo belong in rtghtfjl save•
vcignty to the Crown of England* Ufli
tliene important do
cuments. I intend offering some re
marks in my next Meanwhile, it
might have been expected that so