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ly the I.ne of conduct intended t©
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Mlmient. ;hf editors p. ide them
feiye-< on betr*© Derater.atjc Repub
lican Feder&ftfis. They ar* De
mocrats—-beoaufe t.h*y th nk the
people ought to be; the ioveretgn
power in tiie ftat-e. Republican—
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came they defile the union of thcle
flares to be more dur? !e than brais
or rhe Py/amids of Egypt. They
wifh to be underftood, they ar-. no
friends to a mabaciacy——the r
maxim is
i( Hail [acred p dif by freedom reared,
Hail /acred tree Lai ivbcu by laws re -
Jirai>ed.‘ *
Th- editors approve the leading
meafures or uic J*ffcrfo and Mad
ifon admmiftrations; and conceive
the preieac war though they deplore
its neceffity, to be juft and neccfla*
rv, and are determined, as far as in
their power lies, to inculcate a fpi
rit of union among the people, that
the individual energies of the nation
may be called forth in fupportof
our violated rights and national in
dependence.
DENNIS L. RYAN.
PATRICK L. ROBINSON.
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Natchez, Mav. 16.
A letter from which the following in -
tsrcflmg txirafi is teksn, vdas fe
ed ved here on fVedrufday lafl'dt
ten o'clock at night, by ex profs from
dJatchideches .
Nai-Ch; laches, May 3.
I.sft even'eg arrived Mr Robets
dirtdi from St. Antonio, bearer of
the gkrous r.e r s uat St. Antonio
is ia pcftT fficn of the Americans
On tne l?ft day of March a general
battle r/a fought which decided the
fait of the province. The two ar
mies advanced within piftol ihoe,
arid formed a handfome order—be
ing about 1200 ftrong fit for duty
or each fide. The aftloa latled a
bout. an hour before the enemy gave
way. Their cannon was taken a
mounti>g to fix brafs pieces with
all their ammunition at the point
of the bayonet. Generals Salcedo
and Harrarg commanded in prfti#
asd foi gbe bravely, with many ci
ther Spaniftr cfficers ; but were for
ced to retreat rot being able t©
ftand the fuperior fk ll and rortitucie
of the Americans. The lofs in
killed and fuch as have died of thor
wounds Race the z&fo r, is upwards
of oas hundred men. fhe Engage
ment took place 8 miles from St.
Antonio tt which place rhey ft?d,
clofely purfued, and were obliged
to fufrender prifonefs of war on ac
ift cay of April. Too much prt:f
cannot be given to col, Kemper,
Major R fti Perry and all Che Ame
rican officers, who fought like he
roes. Dr. Forfyth diftingUilhed
himfeif in the battle and could hard
ly be prevailed upon to drefs a
woaod while the adtion lifted.—
Capt. Luckc.t was a Caefar in fight
—ail did their duty—Mijor Rof*
fought about 15 minutes with a
Spam lb Colonel, after they had dif
charged their piltols, they fought
with chcii fwords—Rofc killed him
and Scattered all before him, where
ver he i#de. T here were only five
Aouiicans and two Spaniards kill
ed, of the Patriots ; fern fevrral
wounded. They have taken a large
quantity of armc and ammur.ition,
clothing and military ftores, an ac
quifition much wanted.
Now, mv dear friends, could a
veil be drawn over what iw yet un
told, I fed happy but cruel
to relate, After Dun Salcedo, Har
rara and twelve ©fhm, prifontrs for
j davs, le'ir rhe n as was reported to
La Sahia, fur ink keeping, under a
guard 0/ 75 meo, and 8 miles from
St. Antonio, cut ail their throats by
an order from Bcrnando , unknown
to any of the Americans wno fent
the next day to have th?m buried.
I Ihudder at the horrid aifaftination f
yet glory in the v>(ftory. This af
fair opens a door for General Tale
do who feeds his refpedt to you
from Naeogdoche* j berg tn his
way to join ti e army.
Richmond, fure 26
DESTRUCTION of H/tMPIQN.
We have juft received the dif
tneffing intelligence that Hampton
is in aftes, aau that the brave Cor
bin, with a part if nut the
■Syhek of ihtr imall patriotic band
lincer als comnpund,’ have fealto
their devutioft to ihtir country, by
dying ar and ‘.ir pofts Our Hamp
tcu coirefpendcnr, cur brother, was
among them, laid to be killed or
tskin. We hope he has done his
duty. Thu is 00 time for puvate
grief. Let him who has ftciiigs
ietl fur his coumry.
The tneeny rag yefterday at
Hampton, ro-day may be *t Rich
mond. As happefted when the Bri
cifts furprtfed us here during the re
volutionary war, the next expreis
may fay to u The Briiifh I ght
horfe are dole behind me—they
will foon be here”—and they were
10. Thofe who had means to f
--cape, Vaw from Shockoe, their pur
fuera on Cliurch Hill. Let ut pre
pare to meet them there, or where
ver they dare to meet u*. That we
ffiall Icon have to meet them iome
where is evident.
To exptift the werft, and inftant
jy to prepare for it, is wifdom—an
•ppcfitc courle, folly—infatuation—•
mad nets.
The folicwing letter was brought
by ttorch to the Executive, this
morning at oat o’clock s
SIR,
Scott has this moiiDfnt ar
rived from York. He informs me
that an exprefsßad arrived there a
fer.ut one o’clock to-day with the
dreadful aad melancholy nev.s of
the capture of EJampton. T his re
press was fent by Col. Howard to
a i efficcr of the 15th regiment, or
dering him to repair 10 the Half
way-Hcule, between Hampton and
York, as Hamptox had been taken
peflVffi#n of by the enemy. 1 fbail
order my legiment out immtd’ate
ly the greater portion to rendezvous
at Wiliiartilb jrg, the balance at
FRIDAY, JULY it, 3*13.
York. Inhaft-?, fcc.
Wm. WALKER,
Com 6itb Regt. V. Af.
H s Exc. Gov. Barbour.
In addition to the above, it is da
ted by the exprtfs, wha is appa
rently a man of worth and credit,
that the attack on Hampton was
made by water yefterday (Friday)
at four o’clock, A. M. that by his
rockets the enemy fired the town
before he effected his landing, and
that the a£Lon lafted four hours be
fore the milids retreated. Major
Carbaia and Adjutant Anderfon ar
faid to be among the flxin. The
enemy ha 4 iome cavalry.
FI or folk, June 28.
About day break the enemy was
difeovered with their barges pulling
t j fliore about two and an half miles
above Crany Jfland—abouc 400 ef
faced their landing without any ap
portion or lois, there being no force
tc oppofe them, and being out of
reach of the artillery on Crany Ifl
and—but another detachment whic h
pulled dirc&iy for Crany IflanJ met
With a ci ; lTf!rent reception. The
batteries were manned with the
troops Rationed on the Jfland, and a
detachment of Fa men commanded
by the officers of the Confteliaeion,
who opened a heavy fire that com
pclFd the enemy to retreat with
great lefs. Three barges were funk
—one was taken with r 8 men on
beard, belonging to a foreign regi
ment. Our cfficers, foldiers, Fa
men and maritas exhibited the ut
moft coolhefs and entbufiafm.
The number of troops including
marines for landing, are faid to be
about 3000 —thole already landed
frema jooo to 1200. This we give
ts report. — Ledger,
Millcdgeville, June 7.
We have picafure in Fating that
Grn. Wiikinfon fofely arrived in
place, yefterday evening, on his way
to the Head-Quartets of the N.
Army. It will be recoJF&ed that
fears were entertained for his fafety,
owing to the hoftile difpofition
maniftiled by the warringTndians
in the Creek Nation, thro* which
he patted ; but we underftand hit
pattage was entirely uninterrupted.
Tumult and commotion rage in the
nation —;he difaftefted Indians ’nave
the afctodarcy, and the adherents
of the Big Warrior are clofoiy be-
Ft. The property of A. Ccrneis,
v/s underftand has been deftroyed
and his family taken prifonere.— *
Coi. Hawkins is exptOctd here to
aiorrow-~has culpable fupinenefs or
fordid intertft induced him to prr jm
craftinste * redo fit ion for aftjft
ance ? Had a timely rtquefr for
aid beeo folicired, trarroftity would
have been reftored to tke nattoa
Jong ere this—and thufe s/ha have
enforced our Jaw*,’ and ;he l/.jr* of
juftice, would not no xhave rj dread
the impendingdcf.'udtion which ap
pears to hove/ over the7,l. Some
fpeedy and efficient msufiores muft
now be adopted to ftop the dcftruc
tive career of t;.e warring party, or
the frontier Fttiements of Georgia
will add another lift to the catalogue
of lavage mattacre and dcfofocio^
(No. 258.