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V.
A Cafe in Point.
“ Whni you endeavor tu cor.vey
an idea of a r:carer numbsr A bar
ban His pra&ifi ‘g a g eater variety
©* cruelties upon an inralcuUbl*
number of fufjfirers, nothing and fi id
or iprc fie fi <ds its wav to the Ftfrfrf;
nor i- a y ftntira nt ex i'rd, ia;c
that of ge -.era!, erratic, umppropri
a rd com mi IT. ration —Selc-ft a fin
glc objr<?.t. ,>
Curran, in the cefi of Hcvey.
When Srerne wifh and to pourtray
th * bleffi gs of Liberty, ho cook a
li g’e individual and fhlit him uppn
h j dungeon. F r the lame rvafons,
in the reader judge of the fate of
nur 6.000 unhappy Amerfi an
Ci izma from the follow r.g
Jab?, turn find us by £ man or h;gu
ftj and:: g and unqu JLomhie vcraci
lv.
COMMUNICATION,
Mure than li t cars ago, Charl-s
V•- the (on of fr4 r . Ambrofi Vuis,
a fl ur merchant of Alexaiid in, fad
ed from that port for Europe or the
Well I •dii 3 i he was imp'r&d and
dragged on board of a B i ifn fh p
of war, denied pen, ink and paper,
rr the opportunity of communiea
ting with any one who could give.
Information to hi; friends ofhisiin
ptfTner.t and fhvery. He was
carried to the Eaft-Indies (is in the
coft.tn with thefc men ftralera)
when there was the remotefi p flioit
ity of a difeovery, and detained un
der the fevertft dtfeipline and priva
tions aboii fi c y>as During
the Lft fummer he arrived at feme
port ir. England, obtained a furl .ugh
from the c< mmander for twenty
dr s, mad* his wav to London, but
unw.liirg to truit hu* rate to uur
c 6 Sul and cfcargt des aflfihs, who
had i> often be* n failed by the Ad -
miralty in the ir tftNrs to refiafi im
f r iT and feamrn, a? ferre-ed hi:hfclf
cut bard *>f a American vn IT 1, and
air.red in thr U iited St3t< s in July
cr Augult laid— This or.ee fair A-
an, oow ofiv kened with the
fcor* King fun of the Indian Ocean,
on reaching his native town in a fiui
pr*s worn out drrfa, puffed alorg
the ftreers, knowirg many but un
known to any, until he arrived at the
corner of that which led to h ; fa
thers houfe, when behold, he fud
dcr.ly met his venerable fir, and
amdtrd him by th* name or Father
*— Hie man, who after three
yea r s fru'tiefs enquiry through the
world, had g ven his lon for fi fl ad
bu’ Udb'tm. and ben g prefen ed with
a fLare hi wtaich he could not trace
one unramencof h sbcl vedCharle?,
was about to pals >n, ‘g the
e cu re nee as the impertinence of a
fatbr—-but when he added, with
the “fag manl 1 . rear roliirg down
his c. erk,” “My father, don't
you know Charles ?” A nearer
giimpfe through the gloom that
obicured his face, brought him into
view.
Merciful
frribe the feelings of his father—-
€f Oh! my fon,” he exclaimed,
burlbng into a flood of tears, and
w h a convulfivr g apple, ptrff and
him to his wounded heart. As loon
as they had farvived this heart
rending iccnr, hand in hand, they
pals on to the hcuic ~no fooncr is he
. prel ( ,ffd at the door, than the fer
| v *" f s of the fam lv rufh out with
frreami of ‘Oh, mafter Charts,
fn.iftrr Chad s * This undiftui
g finable found to the ears of the
ini tner in ad ftant chamber, brirgs
he- to enquire the raulr, whe?, vl {-
figu’rd ai he was, n>r n v fi fi;
glaucc, like the * ‘g.iUsing vf i it* vtn,
* v %qs
rive her who - frame, and ftd
apparentlv a hfclefs corprr upon the
fio. r. d'o attempt a fuithcr de
fc. iption of th'3 mterc fl rgg-oup by
my per, wau’d be rf bb rgthc irna
gti'.atibn of the melancholy enjoy
ment of a fcen alr<?dy painted, and
extingu fh feelings of the h ’arr, kin
dled jy the warm* ft fymp2tb‘s.—
I 8‘ ve the fa<s> as rerated by the
m ‘ther to a friend who communi
cate s it to me as fai;llfully as he re
ceived i-, and 1 v/fll add that hs is
a a Americ an FeJernlifl
Cna. Jes fi rSi g h;s country at
Wat win tne tyrant that; t nfitved
him. date-mined up> oj g his
v/rongs, and is rife b.-ing rriaue
known ‘9 tne Prcfi lent, he was ir.-
fiantly appointed * L eutemnt in “he
Navy and is now ar lea. G idgra u
tna’ he mav come a: iwart of the
captaia tha. ftol h m l
Richmond Enquirer.
Extra?? ef an Adt'c/Jof Henry Broug
bam, tv the Liver pool ele&trs y in
1151 ? .
“ 1 Hand up in ?h s ranttfi agairft
thr friends ■}. and followers of Mr.
Pitt— -r is :hey pardilly defigna c
hiT>, the iiTitnorral fiatefma.i now
no more—ft run ;rai in the rn.frties
of his devoied country--ftmmortal
ia the wounds of its 5 lee cur g iibtr
tv — in the cruel wars
whir h fprang from h : s celd rss ft al
culaocg aa.bi.ion—immortal in tne
inc< leradic taxes—*the ccuntldg
1* ads ©f drbt'B which rhofr wars hgvt
upon us, whi h tne you g ft
rr. *o amoegfi us wdl not live to Ice
the end of—immortal in tne tri
umphs of our enemies, and the ruin
of cu* allies the coftly purchaieof
fo much blo and and trealure—*im
moiral in the affl eti ns of England,
acid ike hum;i a ion of her mends
thro* the whole rt fubs of kis twenty
J and \ from ih? fi ft rays of
favor win which a dfLgrued court
g cj and Ms early apoftacy, to the
and ad-y glare which is at this inflant
call upon his name by the burns g
nmrop firs of our lift aiij !
may n© fu h imra >rral *y ever fail to
nv lor—l t me raiher live innocent
and i giuricqs—and when at laft I
Ceaie Zj irrvt v u, and ‘e#.l for vour
wrongs, rna l have an humble mon
ument in fume uamelrls ftose, t *
tell that benea.h it tiicre r?fL from
h s labors in your caufe <v an enemv
to the immortal ftatfsman—a friead
tf pcca.c a.jd ©f the; peop Is.
Norfolk, Feby l
l lir f. hr. Wi rr- W rch, i urley,
33 daw. from 13 rdeaux, bou tl to
Ph iadtlphia, but chafed into the
Cneftpeake by a B r fh frigate, ar
rived in Hampcion roads ®n Phurf
day n ght, ad wdj proceed tip to
Bai im'iic wirh Jv fi ft fur wind.—
Left 13 rdeaux the *2(l Dec. The
ay h bulk tin of the F er.ch annv
had been re eived there, which de
tailed hc advt
to the 31 of December B maparte
was coi fidered to t c out of th r ,
having proceeded fo near W na
as to receive from thence abundant
luppltes of prov’fi ns and ammuni
ton. He had loft 30,000 horfet bv
the feverity of the weather and want
©f forage, which left iYm barely
enough to mount fits own guard* ;
htr therefore have abandoned
h>s arulierv and baggage. Under
ail thefe dttadvaa ages, however,
he maintained h s march without
aay frrious lofs from the attacks of
the enrna , who made fevera! a:-
temps to f rce h’ m to a general en
g’-gf tne u but could not lucceed
b ry exertion wai makii g thrc**out
Gvtuuny to lu ppty the army with
► ft. ■ v
h r irft3, Jt*/i io 000 had a.ready bcJii
obtained. Remfqragnients of men
were immedia ely* to be fumifh and
bv the dependent K ngs and Prin
ces r i fupplv fheUfsesm Russia.—
Every preparation would be ma le
to renew the operations aga ; nft Ruf
fin as fron as the feaf*n wouiu ptr
nfi r
a??g*g!Bgg"—Jg_'_gLl ll '*'Mi
vjU.vji<vjiA EXPRESS.
ATHENS, March 5
- - j
tsE the laff *il we have received
advices of the additional melancholy
d'faffer which has befallen our
tn the entire defeat and capture of the
detachment under Gen bVinchcfler on
the rive*’ R. Pi fen. This detachment a
momted to abeut 1000 men, of which
it is faid from twenty five to thirty
only reached -e* llarrifsn's camp
The jlrenHh of the enemy or their lofis
ti not yet known —but the following
letters fr o>n Gen Harrifien end from a
member of Congrefs prfient tbs occur
rence in a m ich itfs gloomy light than
the rep'-.efentdiions which -ware firji
circulated
Melancholy ‘lnfos mation
£ t'tu: foiinwi g ttitirdii g intelli
gence is contained in a letter from
G . Ha riion, of the Nortli
Weftern Arm V, t j Gov, Maige,
of Ohio, dated
Head-Quarters, Carrying RLer,
•24 th January, ISI3.
“ Desr ?lr— The even: of which
I expo filed fo much apprehenfion in
mv fitter to you, from Lav/er San
dufkv, has happened. The detach
ment under col. Lewis was rem
hrred by gn. Wmchefrer vs It h
250 men. Hr st tended if aH to k
the command at the liver Rail >, on
the 20 h, and on thv 22 G hr was
attacked at reveille, bv a co- fi irra
bL BritiHi and Indian force, wit! fit
pieces of arftderv ; the troops oc
)eg lurprzed and the ground unfa
vorable, had but little opportu-'iry
of for mi;, g to advaarage. They
were furraumifd and brake in 20 or
25 minutes. A major and captain
ai fi xf-KitK 25 privates were ail that
made their !• ape-.
I had but 360 with mr,
about 3 miles above the Rapids,
where the news fi it reached rne.—~
I immediately ordered them to pre
pare ro march, and let out with my
fUfr to overcake a detachment of
men chat let cut that mornfi g
f ; the river Rafi i. I overtook
them at the ddUnce of 6 mile?, but
before other tro->pi ( ofunfl Ar
drevv*’ Ohio reg (ntii.) va me up, it
was afeer ained that the defeat wa*
complete, and it was the urun m us
opinion H generals Payne, Pe ki .5,
and the field offictrs, thar we fliouid
return. A detachment to the a
mourn of 170 ;f the moft active
men, was feat forwa and with direc
tions fb proceed as far a* pefti >ie to
afiiit thofe who were furtunate c
n mgs to efcape j tin*re were how
ever but few j the fnow vras fo de*p
rhs r the fugitives were endrly ex
haufted in runri’ pr a few miic*; thole
that old get eff ff AeJ it by turn
ing down to the lake and fee re nag
themteNes I believe there were
not m>>rc than 40 or 50 hat got a
mile from the feene 01 aftion, and
the greater part of them w are ©v*r
takrn. *
Never were chr affairs of any ar
tuv in a more profperous fi ua'ion
than ou r s before the unfortunate ftep
©f marching ih* detachment to the
river Rafinj it was made not ©nly
without any authoriv from me, but
in opp firien to my views. Every
thing in my power we. 5, hw'ever,
done £0 prevent any diialici, awd re-
’ i&fdtcem ?nts were puflv*d©n 1?
much rapidity as p fiidSf; (M*j * .
battalion, tne fit it ia G t
arm ) was within 14 miles of the
feene of a£t n, when he heard of**
the defeat, ar.d 300 regular rro >f4
wct alfo on the r way. I remain-’ ?i
at the rapids with one nrg mehta
only. I j tfiice to G atrl Win*
chefter, I mutt obferv*, mat I have
unde, ft iod that the meafurr ( narc h- p
log the rtg menc to the river Rafi )
was forced upon him by his offi tn;
but, what ever may have been ths
caufe, and however great the calam
ity, both as it regards the nation arid
individuals, it is certainly ntv; irut
parable. B, the u aann >u? advice*
of the genet a) and field officers, I
toek this pofidon yefterdny, the
purpoi* of forcing a Ipce ly junction 9
with the troops in the rca , and to
cover the very valuzole convoy of
artillery and ftores that are cornu g-r
from U *per Saadufky. Unlcfa the
wca he? L very unfavorable, I ill ail
be at the R ipsds. arjain in 4or 5 „
days, and (hall certainiy give the en
emy an opportunity of mcafiuring
their ftrength with us in another
coateft. F rm> fell I fid wo doubt ‘
as to the rdol, and it I can jndse
ci died.fpofi.ioa and the tro <ps, i utii
the manner in which they received
an addiefs from me yefterday, a de
fire of avenging their lull: compan
ions and retrieving their country’s *
difgrace, is the predominant
that occupies their minds.
I know not whar proportion the s
priloners of Gen. Wmdu-ftcr’s late
troops bear to the killed j fomc of
th< French who have come in, re
port the latter at 500 Si others 80®,
The detachment aiH Atticed to near
1000
lan, with much regard, dear fir,
Your humble fcr
W,vi. HARRISON.
His Excellency Gov Meigs,
Extract of a letter i com a Senator *n
Cong:els, to a aiiiitary cfS er m ‘
Auguftj.
<c Before this fib all come to hand,
you -mil probably have beard of our
lamentable lofs at the River Rai/th ,
en the 2id lajl month, in the entire
dejtrußion efi the body ofi troops under
(Sen. fVincheftsr, confiding of about
loco men. They we r e the regiments
of Allen and Lewis, and com pc fid of
KsKtHckians, and efi the befit talents
and blood of that ft ate. ‘The laiej* in
formation fates that 600 men were
filern, and 400 captured. General
A/inehe ut a among the latter, by ac
counts by way of Buffalo and New -
Tcrk The enemy probably were dou
ble our fierce /Rxnlb artillery and ca
valry—tbs fnow two feet deep tVe
bad mhksr artillery or cavalry, fit
■ve>y few tf caged Lis fuppf ed there
were i6 or 1800 Indians ihe poft
taken by Gen. FTinchtficr is about 30
miles fir one Detroit, and 18 from
Maiden, ‘-here is no doubt but the
whole Britifh and Indian fores were
colUSted ar.d marched from the letter
place over the lake on the ice after
dark Our tr&tp] were fiurprijed,
but it is jaid they formed, and their
hfis proves they fought bravely I
hope we have lofi nothing but a battle
—that tbs honor of the troops and
officers ts net tarnijhed My heart
bleeds for the Withers of Kentucky
The whole ft ate will be wrapped in
the madiie tf mourning—tke fiomer of
her you h has fallen , and the befit hopes
of th; ecu i try cutoff in their prim:.
Alfin's Regiment is formed of Volun
teers of tv* young men of the bsfl fami
lies in the itsse, and jfictred by men
tf the fir-l (landing In a national
point of view the lofis is not irrepara
ble — H&rr you a army u yet first.*,