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twenty bannerets, twelve hundred
benights. fifteen hundred genUemen, four
thousand men at arms and three an#
twenty thousand common soldiers ; the
loss of the English, was one esquire,
three knights* and a few of intend?
rank. The number of men engaged,
was thirty thousand on the side of the
English, and one hundred and twenty
thousand on that of the French* Histo
ry alsp records another famous engage
ment, called the Tattle of Azincourt
where the armies engaged Were, on the
the part tfte English binder Henry Fifth,
nine theusund men, and On rite part of
France ninety,—the latter were totally
defeated, and lost in killed ten*thousand
r ipen and fourteen thousand prisoners, a
number exceeding the amount of the
English army. u All the English*,'(says
tiie historian ) who were slain did not
exceed forty ‘» There remains now to
be mentioned a battle, which history
will be proud to deliver over to posteri
ty, and though, like the battle's above
mentioned, at some future period it may
appear to err edible* vet It will be equally
# memorable, and will be ranked with
tli. *t. ,v ,cneYe \ an occas* >a presents
them to notice—-The one alluded to, is
tlie battle of Orleans, fought between
the raw undisciplined and hastily col
lected militia oT the wilds of America,
tinder General Andrew Jackson, and
the hardy, ft ell trained experienced vev
tefans of that nation, Hie wonder of.
whose deeds%ve have just related, in
which with equal armies, the lo*vs of the
latter has been three thousand , ‘ while
that of tiie former was but
The Black Prince, Henry the V* and
general Jackson $ will explore together,
in the fields of fame, the waste of ages
that are to come. ‘ V
Extractof a letter from Col. Hynes to his friend
near Mitledgeville, dated Camp 4 miles below
Hew Orleans, January Q. 1 ‘
tfritisti army still remains in
ours and there is no exchange
of civilities, except by cannon shot and
ipusquetry The two contending par
ties t been* i in sight of eaca other
<pr 15 days, and no flag hay passed be
tween them* Cannonading has been
as regular every day, as eating our
UieaU * I have discovered there is more
terror in the sounfd of cannon than ctah
ger> We have but few killed, consider
ing the nu mber of dntfie of
the present month, was diet* greatest
cannonading that has been knownlm
rJkmerica.
I hardly know what will be riie re
sult ,♦ but hope it will be a continuation
«f succesa in the south,
We have received a large auxiliary
force from Kentucky ; and the iVlissis
ippi 1 territory has promised »500 men
Som about Natchez, which will add
iuch to the safety of New Orleans.’*
L •’ r ‘ -±_ \
m ~ Savannah, January SB.
V ST. S EVACUAi ED
An official dispatch reached town
mo ruing to general Floyd, which
states that the enemy cvacauted St. Ma
v*?'* an< * P°* nt F ctl ' c 011 Tuesday last,
lifter burning the barracks and blowing
ii'p the fort at the fatter place , and that
fthere is no doubt. Sa^aknah is their
■next 09 f ect» r j ■’ ‘.
™ A private tetter to a gentle martian
this place From AmeUa, states that the
enemy evacuated St. Mary’s On Tues
day last after plundering every thing
they could lay their hands on*—that they
intend occupying Cumberland Island as
their head quarters-—that the incendia
fy Cockburn commands them—and that
they say Savannah is the only place
jmuh holding or taking care ofc-The
bSpter adds that he is assured the im-
that the enemy will pay our city
% visit is not confined to the ignorant &
unthinking. Be vigilant, be watchful.
Wewill only observe that for the |ast «
4 or 5 days hundreds of out Up-Country
brethren have arrived at this place to
aid in its defence— city is now gar
risoned with numerous troops—Our
»orhs are completing with spirit ;
our msans increasing daily, whioh wish
us to defend pur rights, and our
l&esities, our holy sanctuaries, and 4}t
Wfku is dear to N
postscrip r.
Wftm the Savannah Republicans Jan. 31.
, KEW-ORCEANS.
y * techard Richardson, esq. of thubptaee
armed here a few minutes sm£e from
Darien* at which place tie saw and con“
. versed wiCh capu T&tuallvof the U S,
’ army, who informed him, that a British
bomb sh-ip arrived* at Stw Mary’s on Fri
* day
Orleans* m a pasaaire of 6 or f dats. the
kßritMi irtnch tb4
filter y ijefeatcd ; Che destruc
tion of tkc tv “ iii olftver* was great iha.
scarcely a*./ were kft to conduct th*
bailanee of the army of the- field , UL
tjhc expedition against New Orleans had
been abandoned; and that the rema- ■
der of it would turn’ against Savaunah
Extract from General Carroll of tbv
6 tli January#
44 The enemy are still where the
“Were when 1 lust wrote* I am fine!
impressed with the* belief that th>y art
jpwrw retreating. If so, their presem
communication will be cut off, a.id tb
war ended i I strongly from the
information received this day, that we
shall have peace.
NEjV * in Jan. 9.
Faopt ihe ‘ii-jSL , i t J a. qUi im vs Friday.
A tie Cap aih of The p.*t ateer uoa
Fame of TnoransAown, it ; «aid, lately
sent Proclam aion iuto P decla
ring m theci/ast betweejn C ie and
,-Mo *se island, in a s.aic of ir pture
and ordering tne intrabtunts , c
cording} y i
KEi-'OR PEU-NAV \L v ;.C unn .
| ine W‘4 Mary, iit n . , .
N., Bedford, lor W i Thrg,
salt, (’'sailed oec 28) - r* ~\
after by hr Devi
to yhe squadron «■»s* „v ■>>. ‘oc r o v
batiwdaya iai ci
naosbna hu r fr.-r 4 ■
i cap*am was-iaif i • : ‘fi'&M*
Id • f C * oip...
•to commit .hijf ir* • xA* 'p 1u A
■ gentleman vVn 4 a;. . i.y M>it hapid
arrived in tow.; ‘ . evening
wa# inlormeb > *. * schooner
( Ai oiii rlaiii •x. ? /•.n^;*>t‘ > i dron on
Sunday last* u*?d’ * >w<
p * t tnat J c t o.- ‘ sunk the
Maidstone t- j| igjment.—
id-t* 6, 5 his s'r.p v , | ag off Cape
Saules, in t<s* : with omd v-Tver ovtMzerg.-
The CCHStl r U* ion sail-:;; : l 7) (
Capu’ Him; “i Elated- fcb t h-s overheard
some of the nihoyf og of the ac
tion oh San :.y right, a| 9 lay in his
• birth i a-.'l uia-. on itiahipg enquiry
next day, he yyas tQllTtJiat the Maidstone
hcMa brush with but
succeeded ip making hoi* escape, and
. got/inio iCrfiiax; in the ponveisation
.the lught hes <re, they said; the Maid
itone was sunk \vhie.h is mwt probaki•*
it there was/aq* action..
In for . atlon of the same sacs, founde !
on the ;iv exigence of captain Hitch, has
been reported by gentlemen fro u New-
London, Providence, New- Bedford, &c
Captain H* has arrived at the latter
1 place* *\
| V W a ??h 1 ngton, Jan. 21.
THE NATIONAL B INK, BILL
j Having at length decisively passed
! both Houses of Congress ants only the
of the President to become a
law. ihe features of the Bill are those
ts uicb.thedlouse of Representatives gayt
it tne Senate having receded from all
its amendments to the bill.— Nat, ln(.’
-sT v ’ (N Y.) January #v
y By a general oraev of the British gov
ernment in Canada, all smugglers and
every subject df the Hnitj£d
fNot prisoners of war ) are ordered
forth with out of the province; all com
munication :>y way of Lacadie* and Mis-
Sique Bay, &c, Great preparations by
the enemy* are making foe; a winter
campaign. force
presented at 16,0f0 men, and nn im*.
meose train of artillery $ mounted” cm
sleighs ; our fleet is undoubtedly their
. object.' ;: -,'i -- c }. .. <- V . i 's;£*vy
Militia of Vermont 1 on you much
depends; Let our rallying Word be
“ Pla.tsburg” every man to his dultf ;
if the enemy hay# tte, audacity Ao tram
ple upon freemen they are Bar
goyned. l ;v y/
AJanuary 17, “jj
: Events cf the War —On Friday, Satur
day and> Sunday last several
pent* pf troops from, the westward psuc>
Wd through this: city for the cantonment
, : *i GfVedbtJfOi ,* from appearance we
• should suppose they were in all, between
2 and -500 men, and appeared ingeu-.
)*ah to be in good health * We under
stand that every nerve will be strained
i« take Command qJ-S Lake Ontario,
during the next campaign? * three Ships
mounting 90 odd gp and rating more
than 100, are spofcdp pf. .1- w>'% |
|t We are to announce Cap
tain Nathan Williford of IVladison,coun
ty, as a for Mwpr tpcom
this State, _ Capt. YWisa mpiutionary
riso!di£r«*~He had command in
’ »* last war, and'has since filled wy h
n nor to huftsclf and advantage to , -
fellow citizens, appointments both < »1
.»td military* 1 hough advanced in
conceives himself able to endure the
*tigues of a campaign and is not warn
ing in zeal to devote his latter as he did
his earlier years to the service of ius
umry, Hi* claim to the o»
citizens for the office in ques
uon willy it is hoped,, be duly regarded.
*—— “ ‘pir% T v ' : ,
rEORGIA.
% hfs excellency Peter EaKly, Gov
ernor. and Commander in Chief of
the Army and Navy of this state,
and of the nuiiti£ tnereof
A PttOCL V&UTION.
vV Here as 1 have received Information on oath,
l November last, m the county
,«f Clarke and state’ afonfcaid/ Baniel Trammel,
a citizen ot .he said county of Clarke, was mur
dered by one Benjamirx Thurmond, who after
ijeiog arrested on charge of having perpetrated
•hg murder broke custody on the 23d of the same
month arid hag probably left the,state.
I have tSerefore thougur projier to issue this
mr Proclamation; heVieby oft ring a reward of
i:il*c.E HUNDRED DOLLARS to any per*
, o/i or persons who may apprehend and secure
am s^id-Benjamin Thurmond, in some safe
.ivi secure jau in this state. And Ido moreover
p -reby charge and require all officers both civil
a id mihtaiy, to be vigilant and attentive in en
favoring to apprehend and secure the atVuesaid
eujamin Thurmond, if to be found withm this
btate, and jo giv.e all aid and assistance m their
power to any other person or persons who may
in jati, in order that
r ** 0‘ to trial for the crime of which
no is charged. .
<»»*«» «nder my liaml, and the
Great Seal of the tat the
State-House in Milhrlgeville.
this sixteenth day qC January.
■’ - lti the year of our fcord, %ric
thousand eight hundred’ & fif*
teen, and in the i. ifty-nditd
year of the Independence of the
JDnited States ot America.
»A r “ ‘i PEJER
Uy t fie hover nor, ;
t? “ ■ >” ABNER hammnd,
Secretary of the State,
■■— ■ “ v - , ■ . .
Nuncc. is<- -
Is hereby given that the land and
. plantation whereon James Garrott, de-
lived, will be p*ld to the high
tst bidder, on the first Saturday in A
or*.a credit of twelve
boLfit ar'd approved security will be r.:-
r|drred, and possession given on the first
day of January, TSi6, in conformity to
. the will of me testator. % and
. > tym. Hikhu, Guardian
\ February 6, 18 5.
#* ar - authorised'To state that
iVlajor Joseph J. Moore of Oflethorpe,
wiil.be a candidate for the appointment
of Colonel to command the second class
of militia dttached iibm Gen* Clarkes
division. * . r
-/■-ify.*** ‘! «■!■» ■s* - T - * j,’ j L a 1)1 -. *•'’ ■-■-• || ~:
We are authorised to announce Geo*
Y. Farrar a candidate for captain of the
r class of militia of Clarke county. ni ; ,
■ <, notice, n
r Attendance will be given by ‘the Coif
lectjor of the Fifth Collection District of
|jis (deputy William Mpnt*
pOfOCfT* on the following days, and at
the following named- t>‘tres, viz: in
oh Mon
day and Tuesday the ;.27th St 28th inst.
on * Wntsda)H and Friday following
in Madison, Morgan cpuntv, and on
the Saturday thereafter In WatKinsville*
Clarke county, for the purpose of re
ceiving entries of* with the
v harness used therefor, and granting li
-5 censeslo retailers, sVtlfers, &c.
J Those in arrears on bonds for still
* duty are * desired to make payment, ah
S ail -bonds due are pointedly directed to
be put in *uit by the commissioner of
panics s£• C. Montgomery,
>% pH *• C* Jf?* 5« C. D. G,
February 4, 1815. ,
r Whereas William Moore, Barbara Bohannan
“and James MPebrd apply for letters of adminis
ttauonon rtwrestate of William Bohannan,late of
singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased to be and appear at my office within the
time by shew cause ‘if any, why
n-hOVtE, C. C O,
Georgia, Clarke county. r ;
■”■■■ 1 —i ■—?
L On* Negro man, one feather bed
with its furniture, the property of Fran
oounty 1, due attention will be § given by
• Alexander m>ewjn, Ext.
eagle tavern
■‘ AND ’ V A ?■ V %
M'AOe JFFICE'?
tt-ydjrr the fir nos
•v. CrKIME.S &HI MS-? . ; -.-
Have taken fat a term of years tha- mm
I
the most attentive Vi •
a degree of privacy and rwi * e ‘U°>‘
jacem and convenient buffifWs J *
unconnected with the bustle
ftiey are atpresent, and intend t o use eve.
n exertion to be constantly sunnllrd * w
whatever wilt com,ihme
(or n ir convenience of Travellers in
or Regular Boarders. - \ general,
in ** w hen they
invite Strangers tn their : Mouse, since-hev
are determined to deVtre the most rinremmS
attention to the accommodation of *ntk C JZ -
tomers, and trust that bv , us “
will receive a liberal share of ~2 they
nage. * - 7 ot P U^IC patro.
G. GRIMES.
WRLHM SIMS.
Avgusta, C'ho.) 2st Qcoj,. !S ,J-
G BORGIA,
MadilVi County. ■.#
6U PL MI OR COVRT<
„ . Orfoßhx Term*, la 14.
1 Ht petition of John H. Marks she*.
•gS . he lately the purchaser at She
i.rs oale in satdeoamy, ofatracr of land s-.ld
P r yfty or\VbK«lom Headrick, Who
.hen resided upon the pfcwf.es, con fining
wo hundred ceres, more or less, till
south of Broad river, tanda
?i, aUt n and 1° *!° ah f hud * on ih < and on
thu seuth, bounded od f . Bioad , nv^and
mm;*}** mere original deed of
conveyance of said land from ohe Samuel
Nel so<v ro said Hendrick,-’and under which
deed the ia*d;HeivJnqk derived tkl&r*>t«ljich
6 *&'M rfe «* : *v lost or ‘mislead so mat ie
ivbvw* be tound~hnd »nar a c >pv of
said so near as c art be recollected, t'7ge
tner wnji an affidavit of v 6 loss ar. in
W: f er^s “f 3aidcourt*r-aiKl praying the
estabiisfcment ofsaid copy in lieu of the ongi-
On motion of counsel for thes peritiom r, it
is ordered that a of this petition and or
der be published once a month, for the term of
in one of the public gazettes of
thts stye—and .that cause ia v
then.shejpn£. the said copy will be *waJ*j*ise£ \
I hereby certify thatthe foregoing
tract froth the minutes/**
October f, tBl4. • <
JAMES LONG, Clerk.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
‘1
Will be told at the plantation 0/ Danis
y Tram met L deceased, in iQark coup*
ty on Wednesday the 22d dtfy 0/
February next, the following pro
perty, being part of the estate of
said deceased— y !, f ijg
i Consisting of horfces;cattje, ! hogs,
• sheet),‘cart fc‘ oxen, a carding and
spinning machine, with other arti
stes. * Terms,-a credit till the
of Jaiuiary, 1816, the purchaser giv«
’ ing bond and approved'secur%.
?-'J ... \ V ! ’ Fanny ‘Framniell, . y ;-,.,
> Administratrix.
T -7 7 , , Francis Ml “Trammell ,
> ‘ Administrator
” January 12, 181 - l- * v -t
‘* W * “t’ ■ ‘ ‘ 1 bmp ■
fcT? We are authorised to an
nounce Col. Charles Sorrells a candi
\i date for Lieut epant-Galenel tv com
- mand the Third Qafs o€ the Militia
o£ the 4th Division of thfs State f
and that ‘ James -Wart is a
candidate for Major to command the
Third Glass of the Militia of the 2d
Brigade of the 4th T>ivision.
’ : #**+r m ***i*'> 1 !l ■ 1,1 m
. CAUTION, . . ; ,
..4-; ’• /■ . p> ■ v
I dd hereby forwarn all persons
whatever front trading for any notea
given in my name to captain Joh.nP
Billups, as Ii have resolved not to
discharge them until a settlement
place between the Ex*
ecutors of said John
T y . ROBIVS.BIiiLUPS. I
.January 2s. , . v’- ’j; 3t 0Y
mii ,
JWIICE.
NINE months after date appiica*
tion wiH’ibe made to the Itpnorablo
Inferipf court of .Clarke county for
-leave to sell the real estate «f’ Col.
Samuel Jack, deceased, consisting
of two tracts of land in the county of
Wilkes, on the Upton’s
c«ek, bounded b, lands of Simons*
Brooks i«d others ; for the
benefit of the hfe jwud of
said deceased.^ HOD<S r
Dumber If, , ■
