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•irtnl>e r 40©, coabfwed f©
sir'f ii t'i<fli-r-c*. w:n gr a g.l
---!a..-r an ur.tq .-a) cob fit *gai ft
> ; ?nvi> arms a? and ar tiller v, unrl I *as
•* ■ ngn I as a pr-doser to tha part
*i .v field oc cup tel b, die fiic-my.
At ti is iau’ pia<‘C, l unde-ft od
i .* our tr -op* vtK't defendsng
■fbr tufeivf.fc it a ftatr of dffpt ratiw ,
? r <■’ !nhrmr.d by the to ram and
&< ft ■■ of the enemy, tha he
vn lid therr. an opportunity
<5? IUI *rdt ir | ihemic)vt s prdorers
© vo j ie vs hih la ceded. I wss
th* nv ?t ready tr make the furren
i ■rrsrt fe-hg flfurtd, that unless
* qiii klv, -he tuiiriiegs adja *nt
v be immediately let on ft e,
a- hat t o rcipe-fibility would be
tor the conduct of the favages
v vr u: the© afilmblcd ia great
markers.
in this critical firimion, being de
iv n* to preie vc the of a
number oi our brave (?) 1 ws, who
h ti hud cut, I lent a fi>g f© fhtm,
and ig red with the commandtr.g
eft- <*r rf the that they
ih vid be fur ren tie red pnloarrs ©f
Ttar, cn. condition of be ? g p o rd and
fr-.-m the lavages, allowed to recata
their private property, *i and having
the.r fl je arms fuurcv-d to them.—
3 s$ impoffible fsr mr to afecnam
vith erica r.tv the lo!$ we have Jul
ia ed in this section, from the im
prarftieabibrv * f kfv-wu gth r. um
ber who have made their eicape.
Thirty-five r ffl us and about
feu hundred and ghry feven non-
ned efii era and privates
are pri (oners of war. A kft of the
asatstes of the *ffs ers is h rewit.li
©rvdcsfld to ycu. Our lots ;r* killed
1* lorfidtrabie.
However unfortunate may ft*em
th affair ©f ytfterdr., 1 am fi ttiered
b & belief, th no g*Atrri*l error
k chargeable upon m-, felf, and that
ft ith cenfure it deferved hv the
t r 6ps I had the honor of corn
£!i*r .A-, g.
With the exception of that por
tion of ear forte whs h was thrown
tr odi i ® r o. er, r*o tr■*ops•• *ve* -/ e r
behaved With m re drtermoaed ia
trepidirv.
1 ‘rave, fhc hrv*r to be, with h gh
reh'tAK • ar obedir-- lervant,
jAME> v INCHE ! Mi,
& ig Gift U S. Army.
Hen. Secretary at tVar.
HAKRISON’s ARMY.
The following extra# of a letter
is from a member of the Fciers
kw; ;:•*• Volunteers, an “Ida ed
“ Fs*t of the Rapids of Miami,
tyiio February, i3tj.
Wc hire at teas place about
fnui thousand men—he tears are
piiched ami we fo?j a hodow iquare
he general and ell tae fieln ffi
cn, sod the |Putrfb g (V )
V duniecrs i , the centre. In a
delivered bv gvoeral Har
ri.-n yeftrrda-, he premsted that we
fhall be tn Malden in e ghteendavs.
The rncm\ 1i our vu i -ttv. We
have had te be three nights on our
arms. General Harnttjn h3 th’-s
moment ordered ur < ompaav and
three m >re to march immediately
a abaft about two hundred i.d ans,
v. fuch fom of >u’ Ip es dilcovcrt-d
Uft night, dift&Rt ab*ut twenty
stijik's.’’
Letters have been received at
rhe D'-frar ment of War from Gen.
Havrifon, ia*e as the twentieth ©f
vCcbruarv——rje had advanced with
. s army ro tnc river H* fi , w th
vior tß’re-.K.g the enrrn -. H “ i*
Jr-uo r*’ h ffi of Ma*dcn
oebie this .—Peterjbitrg Intel.
POSTSCRIPT.
Vr I phi* M 6.
Am th ’ Nav a l Vier py
The t-si<vzv ig endo'femint was
*de at Lcijter on the way Pill ej ike
Scutotrn ‘tage r settee a out at 0
o’ doth veierdoy evenwt:
** Her. O-v Pas captured the Bri
tifb frigate Carter, and kuitd one
bundled and fifty of the Cajlor's mu ”
Biot sr ; , M. .ch S.
GLORIOUS NEWS.
Pftr pi t *1 ,and td Phila
de p a, Mar * 5 at night.
“ 1 open ny Itne te communicate
to you the pieajing intelligence e tke
capture of tke B> itifh frigate C after,
of 32 b kjjex. Ibis ir-
Jstmaften uas endorjed on the may
mil cf Baltimore Jtafe, oy Vir .f
-derjon of Cktjler who received a let
ter fr&in ois Jen in Uw, Captain
Porter A large fbtp bas arrived ojf
Reedy IJland , Juppc/ed to be the hs
sex Is H/ds ameunc'd tea crowd
ed audience by Mr & d x when every
cDuxur-o-hcc demonfirated the meft
lively joy ar.d txui/aiti H.”
.jutiter niter ft ales that there
Were \SO killed and wounded on
Ok O’ 4 -he Cufi -r
Ii is rep ried that the Cuff or, not
the rfftx ka a rived off Reedy IJl
'Ui /i. Rj* kj.
A k ? v, F*W. t%.
Albany is au m a>* uju. An
expi ejs has armed hem ( . tl. Pike
hut I cannot auntain it > con e-;*j
this -morning Genes a, Idea born ftm t~
ed or aackett s Mar hr tx a catch
ana fettr and the t* eefs ftasiwe* at
G ernhit/b. amounting to ab*ift s*o
commence their march f&r that Iftace
tc-msrrow mortrng. Gcv . Prevcfk
has aerjeurned ton- /ef jl^-the of *a
trad*, and has march'd amth all bis
force to Kingften omet-'ing si mo
ment is cer fatnly about t an.firing
‘lbis moment 40 jailors ‘a t ar
rived in /tapes frsvr Aie-wprt *>- their
way to Sachet:*s Harbor
K* raft .• * * t,t. ir t: fame da .
?we exprgjfes arrived here ik.s
morning from PUttJbu~g and Sack?!As
Hat per , and *tt twelve 0* cloth Gtu
Dunbar* fit off for she let it. place
He gave ot*eis for ab*ut pro me* at
Gf eentujh tc fellow him immidtatciy.
It is fa id Sir George P eve ft is at
Kni t jit n and it is exp’Red that he
Will mak’ an attempt to bu r n eur ves
seh. The enem> hove earned off or
dc'ircyed all the public fines at Og
aehjhh'gb.
Waflh ngt-n C JVH-rh 9.
It is unde'flood that she b.mperor
of Riff 4 kai offered to the united
Sta.es and G Baitain his mediation,
•with a view to promote ptaie between
them, and that a com mu- tcauon to
this effcß has jufl been made to our
government by Mr Dafcitk ff f his
frofofition is believ'd to hate origina
ted in motives no lef heno'aO/e to his
Imperial Majefty, than friendly to
beth parties. It is to be prefumed,
that our government, fiecdily adher
ing to its principles, will not befit ate
te accede to%a me a fur e which, having
peace folely and fimply for Us cbirtt,
way be ben'pria , and cannot be inju
rious, to the Uni’-td States.
It appears from the French papert
that id’g*eateft exertions are making
by the continental powers tn alliance
wt.b France to reinforce the grand
army .■ktrmtfloes frequently occur
bet wee* the taffacks and French de
tachments A detachment under mar
fioal liegnier Was ordered to fiom the
Ruffisn lown of W-.ikvcicka, occupied
by 2000 t ufian tronp’ ; it was car
rud, and ?br Ruff: *s entirely routed
Ihe Lojfecks and ttoer Ruffanjoldi-
ers cox wit the vnfl dr e*tful nerefies
on the peaceable i.-. bat it ants of tvei>
o.vnh’inrtry He pi faced \Ufcc v,
af c Bonaparte evacuated it, and
V nttd tbei> pe T fonal hatted in ails of
, atriejs vi A nee Ruff a piejents at
this i<Hf 4 mtlanchrly p'Afu'e of ruin
and delation. Il'inzingcrtde, aid to
the Bmptror tuff.*, arrive 4at
tranktori Germany api ijoner te the
Preruh on the ytb of Dec Napou *
e>*s appoint ed Mur at, king o’ Map is,
h:s lieutenant gene* al to unman* tte
grand army until he thati rf-ume its
dtreifien in firfon. in .he fp r i*g
On his reizrnto Paris from the army,
B snap one travelled in afieigh, in
ceguilo Accompanied only oy the nuke
of Kinren.ee wbtfe * imt he ajjumeet
He % filed the fortifications / Prague-,
Puffed through HKar/aw, where he
remained jevei al b urs unkn wn
Before his depasture thence , hefeni
for the count Peurjki a*d the mintfler
ef finance of tke G* and Darky r&ttb
wvtm he converjed a confldrrable
tux ■-•. He arrived at D>ejtten on -ns
1 o'clock at vgbt where he
estigftfd at the go aft of count err a,
his tn ntfler ifie r confe* ring feme
time with the King of iax ny, he fit
out again, faking the ro&a te Le.pjick
and Xenix.
Ihc >June of Cadore aRs as minis
ter oj ft ate is Paris in the abjence of
ceu4i Dare, Who remasns with the
insert, ant general. ds fieri at ihe ce
rrmony ff his ar rival x.as oner, Bo
napttiie examined 1* fir fin into the
ft ate ff lie: different dtpartm.ns ff
his government. the a*diver.an cf
his coronation a as as u/uat bri Hart tty
celebrate* breugheut the empire
B . Am* an.
u:. mb. \ t.Xr fl
AT H R.N March 6
evzzr.:vz'itsujui rgr:~,;r.7,~r...- ■ -tsnnil
ME< ANCHOLY CCU h RENCS.
ft leas je;drm ‘alien to the lot of the
Edu r of ih:s paper to announce a
more melancholy event than occurred in
ost village on tsanday l.*ft Ihi only
J***t *r. Stevens - hi.m is . a you h
0* about fix years of age
h two little beys both yew gcr .hart
btmfeif, walked down tn te after
noon to the banks cf the river—-anet
tnauc and prb*biy Oy the war m.*> of the
day, entered toe wafer to belhe a
few fieps cabled him bey end b depth
and before the aurm tva given a.id
ejfettukl affiit n.r, pre.urex ice pun
01 pal ff Life had been too long juffcd
ed. tL'-'ery exertion wks trade and
continued for fevera! hours te refufei
tRe him but all ineffectually, and be
was at la it borne to :hr hoffc ff his
d]fli ‘ltd parents ay the ajftmbled popu
lation of turns Aigtfly dijtreffing
ana maurnful as the even was it w s
gratityierg to the pkiUnthroffft to fie
the general [ympaKtoy offating exhibit
ed on this occafi n — The whole vtl
Uge was col.(Red near the fatal (pot ;
each individual anxioufly iff ring and
cheerfully contributing all toe cjjft ‘-
ance s* his power—lke great dffi. ul
ty lay m refir anting th.ir ext tions
Happy b*ppy Athens ! cmid bu - the
fellow feeling Jo confpiiuouff ctijp ayeet
on this occajion beceme pe> maneni and
make us all feel in our foetal inter couffe
with one another, that tve are mem
bets of one and the tame family
Jam** 1 ho ta a was a lively
animated youth He was an cmy jon
and already afforded te his pa ents
and relatives the cheering prejage ff
future wo* th No DifpenJ* i> r. ff
Heaven \s ff a nature mere caUulaitd
than this to affeii the fa* mat t>H m
All felt thefhock — 1. c a t a:.cur
ed the chrifiian reftp nation with
which it b*j been fupper.ed.
Ike body was atm.itd te the place
of i'itermeat the defying day by the in
k.ibi.ants of the vu. ag after a e y
pat--'ttc a dir ejs from **ffn H. fl,
cr train ng tome of the m-fi ufje.nng
ft ’ ties oj natural e’ queues
DXATH OF JOEL BARLOW.
I r is with regret fha f w~ ann unce
to ©u r readers the dcv.rale of on< to
w om his country has d’ ne hcrum,
and who wa an honor to h s r un
ty —wr fifsk of J el Barlow,
our nr- iti f p entp tent- j ya. and
vcy rx;a- id-nary Fra r. fhc
account f his lamentable dc.i h
reached this civ ft* ids, m let
ters from an authtnuc lource in
F ancr. He breathed his >ail a a
i uall town within a few mi! of
Crate via, on his rrurn f em W il
ea r< Paris, IPs dilut'd r vvas an
i fl mmuwn of the lu< g , which
artackrd hin. fo fuddrnl , and 1r -
yr fl* 1 fo rapicftv a- o deprive i:a
of me eppu’ tu-sir- -f ara g g %
p i arr üblic aiijus. —National
Intelligencer
the Mm. fd m II Crawford is
appointed Mintfier to trance.
The bill reg iu mg; th** tmplov
m'nr of hr -• ra in fhe armed
vff L and m rcr.an ft - v eot t
U t S‘a s, wants sly fig
n ur** o f ih pr fl .cat to become a
la /<. — Nat. Intel
Army Apprntinents f!-
1 w g ir,-.. n ive brrn ap
pointed, by the prtfident and e
natr, tn j- genrraii ot tnr army of
the Un iirtu Sa • , v 2: —U es
Wi k nfoo, W. H Hai 1 ~ W.
K Davie, Wki Ha .p* n, A.
Og lei., aid M Lv v lb.
We unde (l . - letter re -*i-'*d
y-firH.Lv ( m W-fh gt i>, t’ -*r
due uf the 4 n ft. Gy-, ina c
b is t-p:1 u e f 1 e..es,
a 1 ih export of -pro bo h
o wnl. h had paffrd ihc oulr vy
l Jjrr major lies, DU w ! NEGA
TIVED iu tne lenaie. — Char. City
Gazette
B a gcntl* rtsan juft from fit.
M.’ we leatn, chat u >r - x .*ti
h 1 ft Fiouda rentaiu 0 flaiu qu:~~
i.:c> will not br ro o •!!
a ter the extra- kflion of C g. s
i M’ , wnea it >1 expidt a a <n
tti-M ff rt wil be rn .de to u*.t
pff fli mof th* Provin ns* t
Indii nagarft wnom e ate rx,)-*-
an o* wan lent, aie lite aU Itsr/-
i g—hai tot g a fl diftrHs hke
wile pievals 1 Anguftme for the
want of pi v fi.ua — * J, hat ow* g
to tnc Gant ah mart* e f the nna
b rants, numh rs we e dad? and {err
ing, ten of whom arnv and ar St.
M-ry’atheda) bef re h - lei h rc.
Gecrgia Journal
The Bridfli tquadron in Lynhs
ven b *j, we le4'n, were joine ion
F-uiav iaft b five line of battle
fh pn. — Pet. Intel.
A letter from N folk of the 9i\
ir It las, tha an exp tfs had that
m rm: <t arrived, aar.ouncing t>E
16 o> ata w/.h u f 50 men rz h
were withtr, a few rmies of O’d
Po.nt L ni Houle, (ta duvg tnw
.< ds tha fh >rr. F-vo b ats and a
tea -r er emplo e-j hr Jay bt
i e lou 1 & the Chars .?i to Oid
P . j int Clic.r fl c w rid proua
bry tre is* ia opt t Roads rhe ft ft
Gi wfl.p -iia au.i..fc ws.i expect
ed IOO.i alter.
