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their allies Had five pitched battles with the Ameri ans, and that the Britifh were alwa s fuccefsful, that General Hull was placed in a fi ua tion that he could not Move m a\y wav, that the town and fore of De troit was falling into the ha <ds of their Engi (h father, and that a vef frl would in a few days, be fent and )wn to Chicago, to furmfh the li d ans with arms, ammunition and clothing; to immediately take up the tomahawk and ftnke the Ame ricana. This fpeech from fuck a man as Main Poe* with the and (contents in not receiving the powder, brought on the atcack. Next day, the 15 h about 10 o’clock, the troops a mounting to 54 officers and foldiers, wiih 10 citizens, 9 women and it children, left the garrifon for fort Wayne; they had not proceeded more than a mile from the place when they were attacked by 400 I dons, who made a genera. (Lug.*- tcr! the horrid bfi I tfs was foon over; thirty /tidiers, including the E-figi anti D *6Tjr, the ten cuiz-ns (being the whole of that clai?) a w mfin and 12 children were torn to pieces. Capt. Wells had his bread opened, his heart uk'-n out and di vided among the dff.re. t baads. The remainder are pr 1 fontrs, and grserally wounded. In the midft of the carnage Mrs. Heald had funk on the ground and an Iranian had a war club raifed to drive it into her head, but was ref cued by a young Frenchman, who purchafed her by giving rhe Indian a mule in exchange. The Indian vh> captured capt. Head gave him his liberty contrary to the willi es .T the lavages;; he and hu lair gt protection in the houfe of an E lgi'fh trader, where they had rheir Wou: di un fifed and are likely to recover. Geneva (n y ) s?pf. 16. At a meeting (or convention) 9/ the chiefs and principal warriors of the Jive nations of Indians , lately held at Bffalo, it was agreed to take up arms in defence tf the United States agaixft Gieat B Ham. I hey would not cen- Jent to put them [elves under the com m ind of an officer appointed by the United States , but be led t>y their own chiefs , and carry on their own mode of warfare, and are to bejurmjhed by the United States with rations for their warriors , and a place tfjecurity for their women and children . From the 41 b any Regijfer of Sept. 12. State Trial. —On Thurfday laft, a 9 o’clock A. M. at the Circuit C urt, then fitilng at Norwich, in the county of Chenango, came on the trial of Gen. David Tv piuas, Treafurer of this Hate, for having, as alledged in the Indiftoicnt, attempt ed to bribe Cafper M. Roufe to vote for the Incorporation of the Bank of America, in the Senate of this Scare. The trial lafted with one hour’s interm ffion only, until Fri day morning, pad four o’clock/ when the Jury retired and returned in a few minutes with a verdict of not guilty. During the whole of this arduous and highly important trial, Judge Van Ncis prefixed with afpiritof candor, patience, dignity and firnf nefs, which called forth the unquali fied applaufe of all prefers t, and which indeed the occafioa molt em phatically demanded. To convift the accufed, the At- Mprnty-G*neral, Mr Emmett, tx Rirted, with the utm ft z-ai and en ergy, hu great and fplr did calems ; and an the part of Gen. Th mas, Mefiii. Price, Ruflcil, Foot and Williams, exhibired no ordinary de gree of Ik li, ingenuity and elo quence. . Nj verdidt In the annals of our jurilpitiderice ever ga >t m jrc gene ral or heartfelt fatistaclion. CHARLESTON, O&ober 15 The three Britifh brigs now tff our port, are fuppofed to be from tne New Providence ftaden—the two fuli rigged b r gs are probably the M >feile and Sappno ; the other an hermaphrodite, 1* fuppofed to be the Variable. They kept dole in yefterday with the bar, and laft e vening had eg u v* ff is in their tion has been had with any of them it is not kn <wn, tcruinly, who the captured vtffcls are Such patriotic citizens as are dif pofed to volunteer the?r fervices g?aga:nft the Britifh brigs of war now off our bar, capturing our caaftrra and dtftroying our com merce, are rrquefted to meet tnis *f ernoon, at 4 A lock, at the Uni ted Scates* C di e Houfr, for the purpofe of cnncercirg meafures for carrying into •ff & tne obj con templated. It is already afeertam cd that a fuffi lent force of fuitable vrflfcls can be obtained for the pur pofr,, and men only are wanting to bring thofc marauders into port. October 16. We have it from g >od authority, that A BO AT from one of the Brit ifh veffels of wdr < ff our bar wa* at our wharves the night before laft.—- Sne was leen early in the morning going down the harbor, and was lupp jfed to b • an open fifhing boat until fhe hoift jd a lug fail, aad was feen to board one of th* brigs. This fa6t can be fubftantiated.— T en fellow cinzcns, it behoves yen to be on the alcr— ffateb—for the enemy cotnein like a th ef in the n'g v:—lf there is treafon in the camp, ferret it out, aad expofc the traitors to the arm of juftice. Lexington . K September 29. Kentucky Volunteers. —W - under- Hand iha: Gen. Hopkins has writ ten to givernar Sheloly that a greater number of volunteers had arrived at Vincennes than the fervice r q bred ! In confluence of which tne Gov. had dneharged a number of ihena at Louifville. M ire (nan 1200 are laid to be returning home, mortified be aufe it is net pur in their power to fight their country’s battles. But they continue to hold themfelves in readinefs to relieve Sc affift if occafion require it, their bre thren in arms.—Many other vol unteers are on their march to Louif ville who had not heard of this or der. A glut in the market. —An old Kentucky warrior, when informed on his march to Louifville of gov. Shelby’s order to difehargethe vel unirers from further lervice cx prtff'd himfelf in this manner “Wrll K-ntueky has often glutted the Maiket with Fiour, Hemp, Pork Tobacco—and now quite in character, (he has done it with Volunteers. The Wefern Army,— The follow ing extraft of a letter to a gentle man in this city contains the laced authentic information of the move meats of the Weftern A r my : Chilicotbe , Oft 6, 1812. * ( Cel. James Dunlap, whu return ed laft cveiling from St. Mary’s, re ports that an exprefs had arrived at that place to g*n. Harrifon from gen. W ichtftrr, urging him to re pair immediately to Fort Defiance; tnai ii. marched with ail txpeditioa af the head of 2500 or 3000 motio ted rfl men. Inc exprefs Hated that General W inchrfter was at or near Fort Defiance with about 3000 Ohio and Kentucky volunteers and t!at a body of Indians and Brinfix, amountirg to 1500 or 3000, with fix pieces of arniierv, lay encamp ed about 3 miles diftanre. Win chcfter vui hourly txpe&ing an at tack.” This information is corroborated by feverai other letters. 4 gentleman juft arrived in town from St. Mary's, informs , that col. Newnan, and his brave affociates, in the fecsxd attack from the Indians in Florida „ met them likeJoldiers. The Indians would not form to give battle , but cbofe to Jholter themfelves behind trees , and bad , from their fuperior number , completely fucceeded tn fur rstending col. Newnan who adopted their plan of warfare , and defeated them with the kfs of 60 or 70 in kil led and wounded. His lofs , and the time of the attack were not known when our informant left the place , who further fates that the Indians fled with the utmoft precipitancy , and in all directions. The reinforcement of 1000 men from the sip country , had loot arrived previous to the battle. Mujeum. Houfekeepers ana taverners in the city of *Vafhington are commanded to give information to the police of every perfon who may lodge , or come to lodge in their koufes , and of their trade , profeffen or buftnejs. It is fated that the gallant Captain Hull is appointed commander of the port aid harbour of New Fork —(A that it is in contemplation Jo to fortify the Narrows as ti render it impoffible far an enemy's fleet to pafs. With pleafure we haveJeen it fated that the Republican Ticket at the re cent Penhjylvdnia Election has pre vailed by increafed majorities , and that even the city of Philadelphia , which gave lafyear a large Federal majority is now Democratic Lieut. Col. Miller of the U States army , who commanded the gallant \th regiment in the Wefl, has , fays the Aurora , keen exchanged for capt. Des ires of the Guerriere The Colonel is to join the htb infantry , commanded by Col. dimends, on the Canada fron tier. A letter has been received by S gendeman in Savannah from bis fri~nd in the Creek nation, giving affurance that eight Creek Indians have been executed, and feven cropped and whipped, under the fentence of the chiefs of that nation for the murders and thefts commit ted on the frontiers ef Tcnntffce. The United States’ frigates Prejo dent, United States , Congrtfs, and the brig Argus, failed from Bo fan the 9th October, on a cruife. They are to be joined at Jea by the frigate SJftx, and the Jbip Wafp from the Delaware.—* The frigates Conftitution andChefa pea ke and the floop of war Hornet re main in the port of Bofon —Nat. In. Letters from the Mijfiffiippi Ter ritory as late as the 29th Sept fate that the Chickafaw, Cherokee, and Choctaw Indians, are determined to remain friendly to the United States. Ibid . New-Yvrk, Oft. 16. Difpatcbes from Joel Barlow, for government, came out in the Meteor. Mcfftna paffed through Bordeaux, on the 10 th ef Augufl , on his way to Portugal , An ergsgement took place it Sacket’s Harbor, on the lift. 0 f j September, b tween our troops and j the Britifh, In which we tok 40 prifoners, 70 Hand of arms, and fuur barrels of powder. Charleston, 061. 22. Capt. Aoderfor, ofihe fchooner Nancy, 4 from New-Y k, has politely favored us wiih a fi.e 0 f papers of chat city, to the 16 n inciufivc, fram which we give tnis evening fhme inter?ff<ng extradts. A Biiuih fngare (Flag ©f Tru t) was lying ac the H ok when capt, A. came out. A Federal Salute ( had been fired from the Fort at the Narrows, on the cccafion other ar rival, from which it was inferred that propefitions of PEACE had arrived. Pittsburg, (Penn.)o6L 6. The following letter was politely handed us for publication by capt. Cooper, who was difpacched ex prefs with it from Meadville, ta general Tanned!. The general left this place for head quarters, on Fri day evening laft. Powers, EJq Sir, we j received information ytH?rday by | exprefs from Huron, the purport of which is, that our army is crippled at Sandilky bay. Out of too m a who volunteered to attack fom* In dians on the Peninfula, only 37 r.f- j caped. The Indians to be I very , numerous, and the fi uation of our frontier country is truly critical and alarmii g. You will lofe no j time in communicating the above informa ion to the commandant at M. advuie, and yfe all your influ ence in obtaining affiibmcc for the relief of our diftreffed frontier.” Extra!} of a lei ter from Ogdenfburg, on the St. Lawrence, dated 3d Ofiober. * 4 We had very hot work here on the afternoon of yefterday j This village was bombarded for near three hours from the batteries at Prefect, a fmall village opp< fir* to this—Between 20 and 30 ia anri 9 pound babe were picked up in ur gardens and ftrects. A number (tuck the ground within three o- 4 yards of Mr. Parifh’s houi'e, whicn has, however, aga n efcaped unhurt, nr has any lives been loft. The firing was brought on bv our at tempts to atrack a parcel of Cana dian boats, in which we did not fucceed. They are now lying at Prefect, from whence 8 or 10 balls have been thrown into the village about an hour ago. €t Our garrifon confifts of about 500 men, including cape. Forfyth’s rifle company from N. Carolina— ] the whole are commanded bv brig. 1 gen. Jaccb Brown, from Jtffsrloc county.”— Phil Regifer. NOTICE. Thf public arc cautioned from purchafl ig a draft given up hr J -fi-h Meigs, Efq. to the Sher ff of Clark county, and advertifed by: him to be fold the firft Tuefday in December next, to fatisfy an cxe*i cation ;n favor of Laird Harris, (a\d draft Hated to have been g ven by the Prudential Committee, of the B-ard ofTrufttes and accepted by mt —as the fame is lorg fincedif chargs’d, and as the Truftets have an r ff fet aga.nft: faid draft, to dou ble its amount. AUG: S. CLAYTON, Treafurer , B. T. QBober 31, 1812.