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About Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1813)
> , .. ‘ clubs and guns—their *; *: at;?, not afccrrained. Jo ‘.L.-fhal of Cowrtsu in cam n wound r in Che head. The day after, live butcher* of Tookaubiitchee were attacked juft ai they fliottown fame beef rattle j four of them were killed. The iurvivoi re i rated into camp, and the aflirilantf £ vr off rhe rattle and hones.** faff It addition .o the abo/e we have juft learnt that about 30 Gui le taus have matched to the aftift ance of the friendly Indians, intend ing ro approach as near the btfieg , ers as p f as.icabte, the prophets hav ing inverted Tookaubachee with all the.r force, when they will give a fignal to the tu fieged arid fight their way into rown. In the event of the frissdiy Indians being deftroyed, of which theie is at prelent ftror.g probability, we fhaii have to con tend againft the united (Length of the nation. Their whole number is fuppofed to be a little upward* of fix theufand warriors or gun*men. A timely movement on wur pa-; might perhaps fa/e many valuable lives be Tides iiuch ex pence. Gee. Jour. Copy tf a fatter from Lieut. Budd to the tbs Secretary of the Navy, da ted Halifax, June 15, s 813. Slß—’- fhc unfortunate dca:h of C-pt Jimes Lawrence and Lieut. eirtgttfius C. Ludlow, had rendered i my duty to inform you of the cap ture of the l&re U. S. fr:ga.e Chefa f eike-. OaTucfday, June ift, at 8 A. Rl. v e unmoored fhip aaci at meri dian got under way from PrefidenTs Roads, with a light wind from the Luthward and weft ward, and pro ceeded on a crutfv. A ftvp was obtain fight in the offing which had the appearance of a (flip of wr, and which, from information re ceived from pilot boats and craft, we believed to be the Bntifh Fri gate Shannon, We made fail in euaie and cleared £bp for alt ion- A\ half peft four P. M. (he hove tr% with her head to the fouthward raft ward. A: SP. M. took in the royals snd top gallant iails, and rr half raft fi*c hauled thecourfes xrp. About 1$ minutes before 6 P, M. the admn com me need v- ’vhia p ftol (hot. The firfl broar*- fi ie did great execution on botn fi ;e?, damaged our rigging, k'ikd among others Mr. White the faii- I,g matter, and . wounded Captain Lawrence. In about 12 minutes after the commencement of meac t on, we fell on board of the enemy, snd immediately after one of our arm chefts on the quarter deck was blown up by a fond grenade thrown from the enemy’s &’?. In a few minutes one of the Captain’s aids came on the gun deck to inform m? that the boarders were called. I immediately called the boarders sway a;,d proceeded to the Ipar deck where l found that the enemy had fucceeded in boarding us and had gained po&tflSoa of our quar ter deck. I immediately gave orders to haul eri board the fore tack, for the purpoic of Jhooting the (hip clear the other, and then made an at tempt to regain the quarter deck, but was wounded and thrown down #n the gun deck. I again made an ftC*rt to colleft the boarders, but in I*'* mean time the enemy had gain- Oci complete pofteflion of the (hip. On my being carried down to the cork pit, I there found Capt. Law reace and Lieut. Ludlow both mor tally wounded * the former had been -wr rltd below previoufly to the fh-f ‘t -eii.g boarded ; the latter was wu*d 4 in attempting to :?- pel the boarders. . Among thofe yhj H ea*iy m the action was Mr, EU va-d j. Ballard, the 4th Lieut, a.id L.eut. j aoaee Broom of Ma rin.- 1. ■{ he re ;n encicfe to you a return cf rh k lied and wounded, by which yoj wi.i perceive that every officer, upon whom the charge of the fli p wojld devolve, was tuber killed or wounded previous to her capture. The enemy reported the lefts of Mr. Watt, their firft licet. ; the pur Ter; the captain's clerk, and 23 teamen ftilled ; and Capt. Broke, a nftufhipman, fie 56 feamen wound ed. J he Shannon had, in addition to her full com pie men;, an officer and 36 men btior.ging to the Belle Ponte, and part of the crew belong ing to die Tenedo^ i have the ho *or robe, with ve ry great refpe<s, &c. GEORGE BUDD. The bon. 9Vm. Jones , Secretary of tbe Navy , * UVafkirigton. [Return of ike killed and wounded Jball be given in our nextS] NEW*YORK, July 1. . The Stesir. Boat from Albany/ has bro’t the following intelligence: General Dearborn having refign-. ed, the command of the Ncrthern army devolves on General Wade Hampton, who was at Aibaoy.on Tuefday laft, on his way to Bur liftgron, Yermontj where a couii ie ra.vle force is coiledt and. ,*• Gen. Lewis ha arrived at Cay®- ga, on his to Sackt tt’a Harb* s The Briciih force in the neigh borhood of Fort Gea g- , was efti mated at 10,coo ours at a boui . ak® • ( yf r e are indebted to the petitenefs of a gentleman juft returned from New - London 5 for the fnlfa wing com muni* cation, which may be relied on. . I left New-London on f Saturday, morning at g o’clock. There were then two 74’s s’: anchor within the Race. Fort Grifwold* was in a ftare of forwardaeis, and would be completed in a few days f About 1200 mill ia were undej arms in New London, commanded by Bri gadier General Ilham, , . On Friday afternoon the fefeoan er Eagle from New Y®rk, prepar ed with cmbuftlbles a came down the found, and (even m les from the Rsmftics, difcovered the barges of that fh.p making towards her, when the crew abandoned her hnd cleaped to fhore. From thence they law the badges take pofteffion of the fchooaer and endeavor to bring her up to the Ramilics, but owing to the force of the current they were compelled to anchor about a mile from her, when two other barges went to the fchooner. Immediate ly after me anticipated explefion took place on board the Eagle, and not a veftige remained of the vfLl, or either of the barges. I conven ed with the captain, pilot and of one the ownerkof the Eagle, all of whom were on board her until deferted, and the concur in opinion, chat there were from zoo to 130 men on b®ard the Eag-te when the expivfion took place : but in the grand object •f the expedition, the beftrudion cf the Ramifies, they were dirappoint c;d. interesting! iNdf A letter has been received by a gentleman in thTs'city from a diilinguithed officer it : Satkeu's ,repreic...j ..iC ftjrc of things at tha/ place on the k iih inft The raoft important particu lars are, that the number of Regu lars at that>place, was between two and three tboufand , and more were diilf arnvingi that our naval force on Lake Ontario was fo ftrong that a Council of War had been hid on the fubjedt of attacking the Britifh vtfleis even before the General P ke fliould be ready for a&ion bur cnfidering ; great import anrf. of the cur.fi <sl, on the refult of wh'ch the fucceTs of qur operations on Upper Canada would depend, it was determined to make the mac t*r furo by waiting until the Gene r*.l P;ke, which had been launched, could .be prepared to co-opeiace with the reft of our fL*t i that her prepararion wa* retarded by the loli of the naval ftores unfortunately biewn ; up, wkij the Harbor was attacked by the xsumy t but fhe would be ready in two or three weeks/ ,th*t Commodore Chaun cey was their, 4tr. Btc. The tet ter mentioned alio the reports, from ihefttead of the that Ge-. neral Winder and Chandler had been kidnapped by the Britlfli, and that cur troops had retregaded to wards Fort George, but not with much lofa.— Enquirer er June 29 fcj* The Studems of the Gram mar School will deliver O:aiions in the College Chapel the day after Coamunctment. MARRIED On The srh inft. by Judge Grcfls am Capt. Jofsph Mofs to the stuialfte Mfs Sophia Laftey , both of this county. yUiJiYJskcirv or Giokgia. nn . JL HE nrft Quarrerly Grariun of the Dialectic sldtlpbic Society will be delivered in the College Chapel by Mr. John IV. Campbell, oti Mood?/ the 19 h inft. at 5 o’clock, y. u, JOSEPH Y. BEVAN, Secretary. July slb, 1823. A Lift ef Letters remaining tn the ft oft-Office at Athens 3®/® of June 1*13! ... , . . A, David Allen, Stephen Al len. . 3. Jacob Bankfton, George B >xley. .C. Mrs. Eliza Cox, Mr. Clay ton, George Clifton, Randolph Cary, D. Ifaac Darneille, Mrs. Re becca Dvughcrty, Lieut. Otis Dy er. /H. Mrs. Lucy Hill, Mrs. Ber fey F, Herring, Mils Martha G. Harvey, Rev. Hope Hull, Samuel Hughes. J. Mrs. Nancy Jones, 2. L. Thomas Lowe, John R. Lowry. . , M. Thomas Mitchell, Gabriel Marihis, John Matthews, Jeremi ah Matthews, Jofeph Maddwx, J. G Mayne. N. ‘ Mrs. Caty Newton. P. Rev. John Pendergafs, Thom son Pittard. R. Lucy Randloph, Gaiuham Rakeft/aw. S. Rev. B. S-ott, War ring ten axd William Spelters. T. Giles Thomas, John Tnom liOft.. W. Thomas f White, 2, Kob r , Watkins, William Whitiemore, te Cary Wood. JAMES D. COLE, P. M. r~> *v i- . Capt. Azdecz Ctok 0 date for the Senate of the Leg Al lure of this Su*e for Clark county at the entering sleCkion. 65* We are authorifed tr an oauncc Capt. James Meriwether 2? a caadidate for the Senate of this State for this county at the entering cledion. {&- We are authori’ed to aa aounce M jor Thomas Mitchell as a candidate to reprelent this county io the State Legifhcure at the en fiiing ciedhon. iX3* We are authorifed to an nounce Capt. Reuben Hill as 4 can didate for a feat ia the Haufe of Representatives of rhis State for this county at the enfyteg cleftioa, We are* authorised to an nounce Nicholas Baker , Efq. as a candidate to rcprelent this county, in the State Legiflature at the enter ing ele&ioa. We are authorifed to an nounce Capt. White Rojfeter as a candidate to reprefent this county in the S:ate Legiflature at the entering eledlon. s3* We are authorifed to an nounce Capt. Laird IV. Harris as a candidate to rcprelent this county in the State Leg flature at the en tering c left ion. I XSj * We are authorifed to an nounce Capt. Clark .as a to reprefent thU county in the Srate Lrg'vfixture at the entering ele<ftion. GUARDIAN’S SALeT Agreeable to an Order of tbs Hon. Inferior Court of the ceuniy of Jackfon , ;• WILL BE SOLD, to the Higkeft Bidder , on the firft Tucfday in November next, at the Court Houfe of Burke county, be tween the ujual hours— -150 A res of land in faid county, on the Ogechee, adjoining Pierce anti others—34 acre* faid county, joining Scott—and two 50 acre one joining Pierce and the ocher M'Cuilers,. being the real ef cate of David daceafod. To be fold for ths benefit of the heirs. LEVI LOWRY, Guardian and Agent for Robsxt Cummins. July 8, 1813. emmmmmmmmmmmmsrna 1 ■ mhi twd 1 iiwon NOTICE. nr JL HAT after the expiration of nine mantris application wsll be made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary in and for Clark County, for leave to fei! one tradfc of l*ad belonging to the eftace of Drv's Spullonk, fuppoted to contain two hundred m:2 u lefs, I’ ing on the App\lachee nvi in faiu county, adjoiiri'hg lands c< L. Mapp and A. M'Alpin, 1$ oeiu... v part of a tra<ft of 1725 acra a{ ginallv gragited to Elijah deceafed, bf which all intcieft C a will take daf notice. „ PETER WILUAMSG> December 3, 1812. f * “GAvTin FOR SALE AT Xhl2
