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this toth of September, 1812.
D AC RES.
N. B. It it faid that one of the
lieutenant* loft his head before h*
deferted, and many of the •ihers
theT leg* a and arm*, by wnift they
wdi be the more eafily rect>gn zed.
Onx w r d more, perhaps the left
word. about toe fur render of Detroit.
*Tn following ftacemeut was given
by a captain of ihr 4 h regiment to
a brother offi cr, oy whom we
hare bren favored with £ perT'a! of
it. It is find to hare been obtained
from the q larter-v.saftcr of that ar
my.—Nat, I'itel.
Memorandum of the arms, ammuni
tion, &c in Detroit, 1 (sib Ugufl,
18 \2, the day of the )urrendr of
tktt flue to the Hritifb forces by
btigadier general William Hull.
t6oo mujkets \*nd accoutrements
flacked on the efpDnt’e.
450 mufk is and accoutrements brs't
in alter the fur render, by col ‘s XV-
Arthur and Cajs, flacked on iheej
pianade.
7 no mufketi in the hands o f the mi
litia of the Michigan territory , broft
in and (lacked on the efplanade.
N B. *he number tn the Arfenal
not known.
9 24 pounders mounted.
27 iron and brafs pieces from 1 2 to
y pounders, 4 or 5 of whuto not
m mated.
2 bewitzers.
i moi tar
4’or. rends of fined ammunition for
the a 4 pounders.
600 rounds of fixed ammunition for
the 6 pounders.
for the other ordnance not
ajcertdined
ico cartridges of grape foot for
the 24 pounders.
100 cartridges of grape (hot for
the 6 plunders.
aoo tens of cannon ball of different
fixes
Ihe (hells prepared and fixed, not
afeertainsd, but the number was con
fixer obie
60 barrels of gun powder. .
75 000 mujiet cartridges made up.
24 rounds of cartridges ta pjjfcjjton
ef each man.
150 tons of lead.
25 days’ proyifions on hand, b Aides
120 p ick kotfe Duds off ur , and 400
h<ad of cattle, at river Ratfin, under
the efiort of captain B r ujh and 300
on 1 n from Cbilhcotbt The river
Raifin it 36 miles from Detroit
And under tbs fame efcoM 120 barrels
ef flour .
2600 men under arms in Detroit,
hefidts the detachment of 450 men un
der M irthur and C'a/s who had
been fent to meet capt. Brujh at river
Rat fin, but for want of poriflons id
returned on the 15.0, and encamp’d
that night within hx miUs of Detroit.
‘/'be f^red r niax (printed at Chillo
th e, ibio )cf the \otb ult fays, u it
is a del, that upwards of 100 wag
gons wetc detained at Detroit, by or
der of Gen Hull, (the a*my having
to ufs for them) from the sth of July
**.'{/ the 1 bit? ef Auguft, when they
fvert given up to the Brtiijk !**
Dinner to Mr Cobbett. —Ab~ut
400 gentlemen, tr.r.cU to the Li
berty of the Prtfs, alTmblrd at ih •
dinner, to celebrant M . Cobbca’s
re rafe from prifon—Sir F, Bordett
chairman.
O Mr Cobbett** health being
drank, he role aid made a fpeech,
in the et urfe of which he owned thac
he had very much charged his p -
litical opinions in the courfe of the
laft ten vears—- <r I hav-e lorg fince
f ( tit) acknowledg'd m 1 error,
and where, i aik, is ..he man, who,
at bee time or other of his life, has
not been in th* wrong ?” He then
gave a drferiptien of h?s irnprifon
ment and a comparifon of punilh
mtntr. A wretch, for a rile and
URnvursl rniRC, was confined for
only twelve months: while Mr. Ea
ton, for publ (Eng a pamphlet, is to
be imprifoned twenty-two months!
S.r Franci* alfo made a Ip-ech, in
which he complimented Mr. C. for
his able a id lumm us publications ;
and concluded, by recommending a
fubfeription for the relief ef Mr.
Eaton in his prefent forlorn fuaa
tiun.
Civil St Relig’out Lihery over
all trie World,” be ng given, the
Rev. Mr N gitiagale role, St faid,
in hi* opinion civ.l and rel g ius li
berty wt*nt had and hand; aad then
adverted to Mr. Eaco.t\ calc — an
humble fupportcr of chriftiinity, he
fa and, as far a* his went, as a
chriftia.i, he would enter hi* prottft
agaudt the u ichr ft a r * like paniih
nicflt to which that nun hid b en
condemned.
[ fhe above juft fies our opinion,
tlw it waidd h;ivr been kuii.li wurr
to have let Ea on’s publ cauun pafs
unheeded. Tne church part>, by
their prufeutH>o have for ed it in
to cct<-fen;>, ad made a maiTyr of
the publ fti r—L ke the miiguided
m /O in Balombre, who have railed
certain pobl fh ‘ S latotentoid nutree
and patronage. On the fubjeft of
undilturbcd dtcu(Ti ui, fee Mr. Jcf
fcrlon’s e leg an. inaugural Sp e t ]
W(flern Star.
L>uien, Augufl 4.
It is much rafter to prefer* p.-ace
af cr the pafii o* have 0i p cn isftamcd
and war begun. H-df the compla
cency which is now (hewn by inm
iftcrs towards the United Staies, a
few m uln ag'i would have ic< ured
to u* the *8 Cto * of a m ij )ruy of
the people, a id defeated a 1 me cf•
for.* ot the French to excue them
to war. it is not cafy to fay
whai will fauaty them; nor tofote
ire what they mai form. Is it a
m uig other things unlu kl- aat
tnty will now, by ih inft gauon of
Bonapat*, uice anadtive part wrh
the revoiuoonifta in M xico, and
other part* of bpa, (h America, and
endeavor to be btlo.t hand wt'h u*
tuere in feparaur g hem from the
mother country, and afififting rhem
to tft.ibhlli chest* independetKe ?
1 hry think lightly indeed of A
menca, who do ;>o<. fee the lament
able evil* that ate i ke to fpririg from
the war to unhappily began. The
demand for innrc er mp* for the r<*-
m'orci meat of our gamfons—he
firm<4 ,u of fbips and teamen to or
z-r bi ‘cxaiesa the dr um* of
th*n* numerous nvrr—the ft, pp ■*'g
again ot our ioasis a A manuiacto
nes, in the tr menc when trade was
about to revive—and nth theie the
it jnry to our revenue, and me pre
vention of ad of cjimin fh og
tur own exicnce, a t evds of a
magnitude which muft ftr.k* every
cotdiderarc man—and wmch v;ould
have influenced any prudent and
rational government.
Morn. Chronicle .
London, Aug. 10.
IVt receive this morning the follow
ing letter. his royal higbnefs the
crown phnceet Sweden is actively em
f ioyed tn fu per interning the march of
toe dwedijh troops to the different
points of embarkation. They are by
this time, we trufl , on the Germ an
Jbore of the Baltic .
“ W mgi Srun- 1 , July 28.
u The north of Europe wears a
mod favorable afpedl. fhe'Ruffians
have 400,000 men tn arms , Of 1 coo
pieces ef cannon ; Sweden is preparing
to iand 40 000 men in Germany, and
tbofe will be joined by 20.00 c wore
from Finland, thus Bonaparte will
have an army of 60 009 men in his
rear , and if Rufim can protraff the
war, it is fuppofed that the population
of Germany will raife up arainfl him.
The mod fpirited addrejfes have been
circulated, calling on the people of the
north to emulate tbs example of Spain.
Meantime the fetitb begins tojfir ; is
chief from the tyrole, went to the
emperor Alexander t and on finding him
determined ts oppofe France declared
that bis countrymen, aided by the
Swijs, were ready on the fir ft favora
ble event to rife. His royal higbnefs
the crown prince is g r eciiy liked, and
Alexander is guided by his advice ——
fen ‘ thaufand men embark here in a
few days for the German ctajt and it
fi'cms probable that Sweden will again
have the bonsr of recovering the Jtok
ing h*ei'ties of Europe *
NO I ILE.
WILL BE SOLD
On Tbtt'jday the 26th day of Novem
ber next at D NIELSVIhLM.,
the JLe of the Public Buddings m
the County *f Mad.fen, to tbt&gk
eft bidder
l he LO rS in fil'd town vrhi r h
remain* uniold, berg fix Front
Los and five fa! fher L -r* adja
cent thr re it —pmchafiir givwg
h.oid a’.d approved hcinry—ne
tuR of th’ purchafe money to be
pad by the 25 h December, 18*3,
and the oilier half twelve rtiviuh*
*f;erwars.
ALSO
At the feme time and place, will
H* let to the lttwtft bidder, the
bulkin g of the COURT-HOUSE
tor ia<u C untr.
Wi 1,1,1 am Feu cus,
JAMSS ‘ANDERS,
Edward Va?ie,
Charles cruels,
Isaac . tmckland,
Cemmijfi tiers.
Offeber 23, 1812
AHj&IRIFF\S SALE.
WILL RE SOI .D,
On the fir ft Tuefdeyin November next,
at the court bottfe in Clarz centi
ty, between the ujual hours, the jol-
Ic&trg property:
Or e ucg.o vr .man by the name
of Cehn; levied cm as the propeity
of the eft arc of Gabriel Hubber,
dec. to fa i*fy two executions in fa
vor ef Wm. Shaw and John Con
ner; lev ed or. by John Raimey, jun.
cccftabie, and returned to me.
ALSO,
150 acres cl n Clark coun
ty, on the Appalatchif, more or
lefs, joing Smith and others; levied
or as the property of Geo. Twitty,
fen. it being the place whereon the
defendant G. Twitty, fen. now lives;
levied on to fatisfy two executions
in fsver of John M. Dooly, vs. (aid
Tw tty, Deverpsrt TaylGr & John
M ( Dc-wcNj pointed out by George
D. Taylor.
also
One negro man bv the name of
Bofion—263 acres of land, more or
lefs, in faid county, w*]! improved,
on till waters of Cali's crt k; gran
ted to Esfi*y, joining Brown ar.a 0-
thers; levied on as the property of
Roderick EaHty and Wm.
to fatisfy an execution in (aver of
George Harper, againfl faid Eafley
and George, po nttd out by the
plaintiff.
ALtO,
79 acres in faid ccuntv, more or
lefs, on M‘Nutt's rrctk, granted to
Marbury, joins D, Meriwether—
335 acres in faid more cr
Iti*, on Shea! creek, gras red to
Stewarr, joins Ewing and mhrrs, L
being the tradk whereon D. Holmes,
Elq. cow Ives; levied on as the pro
perty of Cha:k3 Stewart, dec. to
fatisfy three executions, one in fa
vor of the adminiftratcr of 3fnj.
Knox, dec. one in favor cf Temple
Lea, indorfre cf Jas.W. Arroftrcng
and the other in favor of S. L. Rai
mey. Conditions Ca*h.
JOHN $ ELM AN, Shf.
September go, ISI2.
ADMINIST RATORS SALE.
On the tenth day of November next,
at the plantation of James Spul
leck, dec. in dark county,
WILL BE SOLD,
THE pcrfonal property of Dru
ry SpuiHck, dec. confiding &f cat
tie, hegs and hnrffs, and
k tchen furniture, a vagg .n & gear,
and farming utenfils, tt>gf(hcr wuk
a variety ot articles, not mentioned
a credit will be given, and notes,
wuh approved feenrity required.—
The to com in tie from day cw
day, ur.nl all ?s fold.
’ x PETER WILLIAMSON,
Admnijlrator .
September 16, 1812.
—’ ——
AD MINIS I RAT )RN SALE.
Oh I'burfday the uytb day sf Nwtm
be*- next, at the late refidtnee of
John Elder deotejei. in Clark
aunty, near J -bn Billups’ old i Se
van, is the high eft bidder, will be
fold, all the perfonal property of j Aid
dreed fed:
CONSISTING cf one read
waggon ar.d geer, a quantity of corn
and fodder, horfes, cattle, hogs,
ihrep, farming impiemth s, houfe
holii and kitchen ‘umicurr, and a
number of other articks too tecßt
cus to raendon.
Tlw? plantation to be rented lot
the term of one year
ALSO,
E’even negroes v 2. one iikrly
fellow, two likely pJ ugh boys, two
g r!s, two wei.che* and children
will be Eld on the Dme <Tay by an
order of the Huncfable the court of
oniinury, for the benefit of the heir*
and creditors <*f Aid dec. i'n terms
of the adl in fuch calcs made and
provided. The lak tn continue
from day to day until #ll 3 fold.
Terms of fide wtli be rr.aae
known cn the d*y.
STERLING ELDER,
Adw'r.
N. B, L qukhted demands a
gainft the laid tftafe, will be receiv
ed in payment for the purchafe of
property.
All perfons having demand* a
gainft the laid eftate, arc reqatfl-d
to render them ia to me, agreeable
to iaw, that I may nuke providon*
for pavmtnt. S. E.
October 6, 1812.
TAX COLLECTOR’S SALE.
WILL BE SOLD,
To the higkeft bidder on the 2%th of
November next, at the Court Heufe
of Clark county, the following pro
perty—
ONE grey horfe, levied on as
the property ol j imes Right to fa
tisfy hi* tax for 1S a I—tax due fix
dollars 47 cents.
W. C. DOBBINS,
T. C. C. C.
O&ober tj, 1812.
SUBSCRIBERS to the Ex
press, whoje Papers are left at Wat
kinjvtlle, will pleaje pay the amount
due Mr. Games, (Two Dollars) to
Mr. Xfofs, or to Dr, Wright, at th:
P oft -Office.