Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813, August 13, 1813, Image 2

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Ex trail of “foreign Newt taken from ihi papers ritceivsd by the lift Mail. Far is, May 25, The Emprefs his this cfav re reivtc! a report that on the 20th the Emperor had giihed a frejfr vic tory over the Ruffians and Pruffians at Bautzin* the details of which are txpe&ed immediately. London, May .31. As we fufpefted, the account of an arniift- ?e being concluded is not l *t cor,ft.Tied. Yet Bonaparte has offered to con lent to One, provided a Cncg-efs fhafl be formed fer a g fieri 1 p*ce. W.aether the nro prdal be Earn Bonaparte or the Em pen rof Auftria, it is fubmitted in ifajh a way chat it Cannot be a reed ed to by U3 or our allies. Bonapar te s however vtoocfarFully charged. Tho* he recurs to the trei’y of LT fietth t, to rf.l b 1 i’h ir..j rfa ffi'o 12 maritime piinfaplrS,vet ha fav-s not a word about the Confederation of the Rhine,. trfa. omits •tlfo all ‘ella ffori to the Continental fyflem. Tie feels the rrctffirv of peace, or a lengthened arm ftice. An Arnnfiice bus been tinted upon bet often tht great Continental Bellig erents m the following terms Art. Hcftdities (hall ceafe up on all points at the notification of the prclhnt arniifticr. 2. The arm ’ftice Hi all continue to the Bth July (20th July) inclu five, and fix days further to de nounce it at its expiration. 3. HoftilitreS, therefore, carnot b*gin anew, until fix days after the denunciation of the arnflftice at the refpcftiv* head quartets. The fallowing is the latefl tectum of the fituotion of the French armies (jubjequent it the etneiufttn tf the Armijlic: ) Paris, June 13. Her imjtfty the tinprefs queen, and regent received the fallowing account of the (uuation of the ai mus on the 7th June. His rnajdly the emperor’s head quarter* were at lunzhu. All the corps of the army were in march for the cantonment. The Oder was covered with boars defeendmg from Brt flau to Glogi, loaded with artil lery, tools, flour, and articles of rdl kinds taken from the enemy. The city of Hamburg has been retaken on the 30. h by ftorm.— Prince Echmuhl be flown great prr.ife on the conduft of -Gea. Vao damrwe. Hamburg has been loft during the preceding campaign thro* the pufillanimicy of Gen. St. Cyr. Denanark marches with us.- Prince Eckmuhi contemplated go ing to Lukeck. Thus the 33d mi litary divifion, ar.d the whole terri tory of the empire are entirely free from the enemy. The emperor has ordered the conftru&ion of another place on the Elbe at the mouth of the Havel. The Dukes of Cambridge and ©f Brunfwiek, princes of the houfe of England, have arrived at Hamburg in the time to give more eclat to the fuccefa of the French. Their journey amounts fimply to this j they arrived, and they faved them felves. The laft battalions of tht five <fi viflans of Prince E< kmuhl, which are complied of 72 battalions in tht full complement, have fetoff from Vfeflfel. Since the beginning of the cam paign, tk French army hs freed §?..:pny t tonqwed half Siietla; re- Cccupted the .32! miliary divjfi 10; and confo.j-.dwd the hopes of the enemy. Extract of a letter from Brig. Gen. Boyd to the Secretary of War, da ted Fort-George, Jul y so. * C£ l havje the honor to rf-porr, that on the 17th inft. the enemy attarnc ed our pokers, in a body of 200 Brk flt>, b- files Indians. Detach ments were feat out to fupjyrt them, but with in Or unions to aft Hcfer.fi vely. Alter sconteft of one hour, occsfi .nV.fa fevere, the ene my. was d.fperted. Our lof# was tr:flng—only 3 or 4 being killed, aid a few vounded, j the lois of the enemy has not been a certain? c. but ben g rxpoled to fame well direct ed fires of ofir if Artillery, under the command r;f iieut. Smith, it is probable thttr iofs muft bave been comparatively great. Col. Scott, who had the Inc ft ion of our troops, which ware c g -.gf H, fpeakt highly o|..th<f ardor and ftr adinefs of both officers and tncnf Beirg fought in detachments, m ny young officers had an ©|*portuMty o ; evincing their ad.ivity and b m/cnr, To ufe the language ot col. Scott, * thisaiTiir though fmalet ved to ctft the merits of th& officers and men en gsged.. More ardor has feldom beta difp’ayed. Cape, Ver.deuHea fought h s with good efFeft * and capt. Madifon, with his picket- guard, was fully engaged.— They cc.uid not fait their ardor un der Major Gumming, Captain BirdfalFs rdfemra were nortft to the enemy in purfait. Maj. Arfa ftiong, who *r> officer of the day, was a&iye in cc --•centratirg and ar rang.ag the -troops- and the pickets. Capt. Tow fad, of the artillery, was wounded in the haad while voiunu rily besting col. Scbf ’s orders j and an cfficet of t|e rdle corps was flight!) wounded. 5 ’ Copy of a Utter from Major Chapin to Gen. Vearhm 3 Ftrt- Ggorge., June 13, if 13. Sir —l juft arrived frsai my confinement in Canada with my men without cur parole. Our re turn happened in the follow! g manner. I received orders at Bur lington Heights on Manday •orn *n£ tO S° to Kingdom jwe fee off accordingly under the care of a guard ©f 16 meej t had with me 2S men. We ii went on very quietly till four o’clock ia the after no©, zs which itrne I gave a flgual to attack the guard, which were lla lioned in the fallowing order—a fergtanc and one. maa in the boat with my men, a Lieutenant and 13 men in the boat with me and two officers. At the figrttl, my men run along fide of the boat l was in. Lieur. Showers ordered them to fall a ftern. I ordered them oa board ; at which time the ©fficer attemp f ed *odraw his fwo-d. I feszed him by the neck, threw him on his back two af his men drew their bayonets upon me. I immediately felzed both * bayonets at the fame infhnt and threw them o;i top of the of ficer and kept alt tegether j at the fame moment my men fdz ed the guard and wrefted from them their arms--we than, having p,v feifion of the arms, changed our courfe and arrived here this morn ing half after twa o’clock, all safe. We have brought two boats wiih us. I have the honor to very ref peftfully, your mat ebedicar i?r vant. % CYRENIUS CHATIN. Maj. Gen. Dearborn. Naval force on Lake Ontario. As th* public appear to lock forward with much fblicitude tc tf -e ifiue of che contefl which, %isbe ■ lieved, is about to take place, be tween the adverfa flret on Lake Or. * urfff, a ftatement of the force on each fide may not be unacceprabk, American. Frigate Gen. Pike 32 gu3 Ship Madifcn 26 BrgOnedsa 18 Ten fchptyiers qarry'fai? long 3 :*s and 24k ike. British. Frig ate G fen. Wo; i c 3'6 5 Ship Roy.-.i George 22 Prince Regent iS Br g Earl Llcira 1 2 Seven fchoontfrs of 6 cr i $ : ?\ each. The forrcH being fa nearly ba lanced w can luak ior victory only id the fuperior bravery cf our k& men, aad the ulenrts of their higidy ddtingui fh ed com r. Airsrd. Extra?* of a letter frhtm Maj. General Lewis to the Secretary of F/ar % dated Sackett's Harbor, July 20. <s Our fleet has gone out of the inner harbor, and appearances are in favor of ns going to ft a in 4S hours at farthefc. tf A little expedition of volun teers frflm the ciwjtrry, ta which by the advice of com mods re Chau 1 - feey, I lent 40 fafaiers, failed from hence 3 days fince on board ot two fmsil 10 n boats, with a & pou ;,r tack, to th* head of Sc. Lawrence, wheie they raypjpred'a gun boat mounting a24 pounder, 14 bat teauic leaded, 4 officers 61 men. Two of uu, fahrs. hv?* litvne out to convey them *cv. Tht prufaners have been landed, and coming on under charge of a detachment A dragoons.** From Fort George we have re ceived information u the f 6th in A. at which time *ll was tranquil, ;and the troops were in h : gh fpiriu. Brigadkr G- ntral Boyd is in cornrwii<L Gen, Dearborn hsd taken leave of the army, Sety'tcn whom and him much harmony pre vailed j a id the moment preceding his depasture is reprefented as hiv ing exhibited an affedting ftene,— The bickerings which have beet* reprefenced ea. exifting *mong the officers have almoft entirely fufofid ed j and (mutual efforts at concilia tion have refiored to the camp that good burner and harmrmy which private feuds had ia fame degree difturbed.'— Nat. Intel. The following is an ext raid of a letter from &n off er of the northern &r* my , dated fort George , fmh 9. “ Yeftcrday our pickets were attacked by a body cf Brium ar and Indians. There were a pretty hard cemeft for a few minutes. The Britilh were driven off. They fuc ceedtd in taking Lieut. Eidridge, adjutant of the 13 h regime*r, no wm wounded <?.nd k-.i-d- ij or our men. bonne (t the w > Je i were b;: barm fly by the enemy in this ffiockirg. Di- j.itr,” viz. 1 hey were rnofi bur .-orly munlaced, their ribs cut out with a tomahawk,- their Ivans uuo tjy tbfir fcaips takei iff, then threats cut, and their bodies otherwi c ia huraardy nung td.** bt-.ue of the Briufti were painted Indians.** ZL*i±,: - • C-Dt. O. H.-. Petr,, ti ,# cormoshder 21 this ftat: .* 4 1 : --e received in form at ion fa-amen ing an their way dcA-r-od far his Btiii fleet. As -©on as they ar rive, it is fuppefed, that captaifi Ferry will co-operate wfa C k and Hirrifon, whole force are ra;. idly coucent-ating at the hra-J Q-iiaßei's of the,North vY-uTr-n Arm/. No doubt can be enter*ai .eu oi * civ and happr * : omscmi •( the N- rth’ W-- ftern A oj T -i eHibfa faioc .; i- ‘ (1, 1 \ ococj are cu 1 iViilden. luforma ion hat far : lately received that the JBrit-Hi .v;ll have ‘their new (hip ready ?■ : he ude tv, about ten days. W H yn - derftard ■he will carry 74 icavy guns; Norfolk, July %/. Alfa E, VBx of the navy, a gen t!eiu -or tg<i sjicy and ate f "r>r;z.*, bee 2 fa- :■: O- ai .fa preparing Tfarptdoc. l 0 #tv -,r *k the exsdofiua f fame of Strut riiy’s ffiipt fa JLyftnftwea fa..—. T it Brit?lh 74 gun ftJ; ne*:> tisrt has- to A l>jfmpri.>nu‘!3 ft fct&ii faying jsfcrcaft. A Csr c T 1 r.. t y itgijt hcule, Jrod iius. rs:c?v hta the company of aoy <nhc*r v (Li, ap peared to Mr. M}x ai die n- -ft proper objtft ior “tr-'ing th;. <am .ri meat on. Mfi” Mia,’ mail f f; uiikds at tern pry, fact eecj and i auk - Jig a pcflflon -tv. ifm .1 co’-yn: fa cu- Uhc'e, m a ... Aju with %'r far board brt-w f dropped. tU fa-a* y • ‘the viuerpj?i.ft t the CCKO-fa Ain cr- S ; gfaflifa Wdl. It Vvois i*.*cp-. -■fa>'4 r:fa vhe ‘ ir and, vvouhi cave Gy . t f .js fcfiaoo! kui for 2 .s-ir - .<■: tc? be named here, but fah;eh sniv be guarded again ft la future Ukuu, ktxplodad a few ftr©-fat to© loon. l ht'fcee was awfab . lime ! h was like the co2ckfi-iis of ap-earthquake, with £ *ynJ**f u dcr and terr?fi..t than tk* hea vieft peal *>f thunder. A 1 - * eid of Ava.tr 50 .feet in euc.uw* err are was thruwa u to site ih t-- fat ;d to or 4© feet, its appealance v.%% % vivid red tirgedatthe flies wi-h a beauttfi’l puyplfe. Oa afl crG? 4, .© its height, it hu:ft 3. fat cop with a uerneiidous eapfauuia and (t ‘i> ifarorients ©a-the deck A the -%'tw • ; -Heh railed inu L?* yawiihg chx.an bfaow and nea. : .y up efe. i-iEC i? < * i A 4 £ X. G R ,HS S. AVH EN S, A uguSt i 3 Having fully completed the Fifth Volume of the Georgia Exp mss, and ba.'tfivg enter id into 0 new 6V* P trtnerfhip in the P> in ting Bif nefs , as wellyppedr in the propofaU pMblijh ed in this Jay's papor, it has become com:.,hnt and nestjary to cloft the kxprefs, of which this will be the Ujt regular number. It is however the intention of the Editor to- continue to publish on afmallfheet, or half jbeet , for the accommodation of h r Skb/cribers, befides the uxfuijhsd ad verttfemenis of the Rxprcfs, entrusts of the mef -tort nt and intending nes.vsy uni - rfa t,;** contemplatedhts takijbwftiS b brought into complete operation. I'hoft indebted if the hxfrejs ore requeued ie feint or,, liquidate -beF accounts wish as little delay as pos sible. The Britlfh fcv.cc* or hr* * Eft re * Fvlemoc—: if have Ufggn'ife q>*: i