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ptSc of fuede'fs be'cauae hopcierS,
ifhey fled in cofifufion from the
field—leaving it covered with their
dead and wounded. Their loss
was tmmenfe. I had at firft com
puted it at 15(40; but it isftnce
ascertained to have been much
greater. Upon information, which
is beiieved to be correct, Colonel
Ilhynes, the Infpeftor General, re
ports it to be in total 2600.— 3
- His report I encoloie you. My
loss was inconsiderable; being only
* seven killed and fix wounded.—
Such a disproportion in loss, when
we confider the number and the
kind, of troops engaged, ruuft, I
Jfcnow, ‘excite aftoniftimenr, and
ginay not, every where, be credit
ed ; yet I am perfe&iy fatisfied
lhat the account is not exaggerated
on the one part, nor underrated on
the ’other.
The enemy having baftily quit
ted a poll which they had gained
y:>fleUiou of, on the other tide of
’ the river, and we having immedi
ately returned to it j both armies
at prefeut occupy their former po
sitions. Whether, Rafter the severe
losses he has sustained, he is pre
paring to return to his {hipping, or
so make fill higher efforts to attain
his fu ff objeft, l do not pretend to
determine. It becomes me to aft
*>& though the latter were his in
tention- One thing however,
(perns certain., that u he ltill calcu
lates on effacing what he has hith
erto been usable to accompUfh, he
uiuft expeft coo fide cable reinforce
ments ; as the for . with which he
landed must undoubtedly be di
nuuhhe i by at lead 3000. Be
tides the lot's which he sustained on
the right of tile 23d ult. which is
Tii mated at 400, he [cannot have
jjuftered less between that period
and the morning of the Bth inftatt,
than 300 —having, within that
time, been repulsed in two general
attempts to drive us from our por
tion, and there having been con
tinual cannonading and fldrmifhing,
during the whole of it. Yet he
is (till able to shew a very formi
dable force.
There is little doubt that the
commanding general, Sir Edward
Fackingham was killed in the
action of the Bth, and that majors
4 general Sean and Gibbs were had
ly wounded.
Whenever a more leiftire mo*
menl (hall occur, I will take the
liberty to make out and forward
you a more circumstantial account
of the several aftions, and particu
larly that of the Bth, in doing which
my chief motive will be to render
j iftlce to those brave men I have
the honor to command, and who
have so remarkably distinguished
themselves.
I have the honor to be, mod
re r peftfully, your obedient servant.
f . . ANDREW JACKSON,
Major Gen. Com'dg.
P. S. A- correft lilt of my kil
ted and wounded will be forwarded
you by the Adjutant “General.
* This was in the aPion on the
£4 s—afteghards a skirmishing was
hpt up in which a few more cf our
ticn were lost.
Head Quarter s, left bank cf the
Mississippi , 5 miles below
New-Or leans, 13 t/j Jan.
1815-
SfiR —I have the boner to make
ffie following report of the killed,
,-wounded and prisoners, taken at
f.he battle at Macßardie’s planta
tion, on the left*Bank of the Missis
sippi, op fhg moaing of the Bt{*
Jamlary, ISIS, and 5 miles below
the city of New-Orleans.
Killed, 700
Wounded 1400
Prisoners taken, 1 Major, 4 Cap
tains, 11 Lieutenants, 1 E align,
483 Non-Com. Officers and pri
vates, making a Grand Total of
2600.
I have the honor to be, fir, very
reipeftfully, yonr obedient servant.
A. P. HaYNE,
Ins pcd or General.
Major General Andrew Jackson ,
Commanding the Army of the
M ississippi.
FR l END & M ONIT O U.
* 3*s % sje In %'M & )fc 7*5 4 i/t :js;j.
Fin day, February 24-th.
■ct ty*BgwvigrwMnßl
WITH feelings boiiyed to to the
highest pitch of pride and exulta
tion, we communicate to our read
ers the tidings of PEACE—Oar in
formation is from an Augusta pa
per received here thi*. uay, but too
late for publication. Yes fellow
citizens, that nation blacked in the
catalogue of infamy, the tyrant cf
the ocean, the monopolizer of pow
er, the boaster of unconditional sub-,
mission, we have brought to bow to
the shrine of right—brbught to the
mortified and humiliating refleftion
of knowing by woeful experience,
that his threats and pretentions
were ct impotent and vain”—that
a government like ours, formed up
on the basis of Justice arid Wifdoni
is in strength a r which bids
defiance to the purturbed billows of
intreague, treachery and opprefTiori.
Where is the patriot whole pjrfe 1
and whose sword united their in
fluence for the salvation of his coun
try, but feels within his bread: those
immortal ienfations preferibed to
just men made perfect: and where
is the wretch whose treacherous ef
forts have thwarted the interests of
his country, but (brinks from the
gazp of virtue, and feels the curse
of pefterity entailed on his head.
Then be this curse his reward, and
every passion of the foul, which
blisters and confounds its joy, o’er
whehn him until every injury has
had its equivalent.
We underfland fonie diflatisfac
tion exists with our Patrons, in con
sequence of the inferiority of the
paper on which we priut, and in
consequence of not receiving their
papersoit the established time. As
an apology we would observe, that
paper is extremely difficult to be ob
tained; and no exerton cr expence
Avail be wanting on our par? to
procure better when opportunities
offer. In future the Friend and
Monitor may be had on the ufuai
days of publication, those obstacles
which caused the delay, being now
removed.
£4 Farther — a few of our fub
feribers complain of not getting
Cpews enough ; this however is one
of those difficulties we feel happy in
belieying we are able to surmount;
$e therefore pledge ourselves,
whenever the mail furnishes none, to
manufacture at least one column of
nerves for their reading.
0 For fotne time past, the citi
zens of this place have been higlily
gratified, and improved in Psalmo
fdy, by the courteous and exemplary
exertions of Mr. Constantine Church
—hitherto this interesting part of
Divine service has been confined to
thQfe, who merrited n\ore our grat
itude from a wilh’to please , than a
biliiy to do so. That love.. that idem*,
ray, that reverential awe, which is I
excited by soft, full, and
ing tones, when associated with
words, which proclaim the justice,
power and munificence of Heaven, is
the gran deft and molt delicious
feeling of the foul. Perverted na
taro, awaVd by such inducing
means, fees through their medium
the horrors of vice, the delights of
: and while groaning under
the recoUeftion of past deeds, feels
flic obligations of repentance, and
protfcifes to sin no mere.
9 •
11-r.fd Off.cc, J'V/y. -|. :
i ’ r. a e k.
vVe are rejoiced at an opportuni
ty of reliveing public anxiety ; and
to inform our readers of the cer
'busty of peace. An exprefs’from
tile city of Wa filing ton has arrived
with certain intelligence of the
fsft.—Particulars will be given in
our paper, the objeft 6f this extra
being to congratulate them thereon.
Died, in Columbia, S. C. on
Friday the 10th hi fit. Mrs. Charlott
Hillhonse, the amiable corifort of
Capt. David P. Ilillhoufe, former
Editor of this paper.
GO AND DO SO TOO.
Married on the 9th inst. Mr.
George Hamilton Jun. to the ami
able Miss Betsey Dyfon, both of
this county.
Save me from the gayeiy of those,
VP hose head-ache nail them to a noon
days bed;
And save me too from those,where sul
len joys
* Are felt not, save at Mam mods gor
geous shrine ;
But 0 ! Be mine youth's purs entail:
love,
Temperance and i Irtue linked in
■■■ dlock,
-Tloly Wcdhck j
The Magistrates wiil convene in
Waflungton on the 2d Saturday
in March next, to confider the
co’Jtfe they fliall perfue with re
gard to the Alleviating Law.
British Atrocity. We have ne
ver experienced luch sensations
as were excited on learning-that a
few days after the battle of the Ca
taract, commonly and improperly
called Bridgwater, and Dundy,s
Lane, the Britiih Lr. Gen. Drum
mond denying the rites of li pulturc
to our fallen heroes caused them to
he collected at heaps and burnt!
This moll atrocious aft of the ene
my, togethet with several others of
a deeper die have long been well
known to this division—these brave
men disdained to. vent their rage in
words, but wield their (words in
token of vengeance in this monster
in human fliape, this imitator cf
Tamerlane and Khan,
He may have hoped that the
memory of his defeat and dilgrace
at the cateraft, would have perilhed
with the bodies of the brave who
fell in victory. Vain, delusive
hope! The thunders of the Cata
raft fliall cease, and records be
. extinft, before the memory of that
glorious battle (hall efface from
the mind of men. The recital of
it will tarnish a splendid page in
j American hlftorv, and add another
’ proof to the truths taught at Zama,
j Mavathan and Platra, that fivaes
1 and hirelings must always yield to
I the brave and free.
Did American troops ever omit
l {he. hoors <*t the grave to a fallen
foe i No, ; nensv: After the repul id*
df the assault of the enemy op Fort
Erie, the (lain were interred with all
the pomp and honors of war, anc*
the party of troops engaged on this
(acred day, werefired upon by thi>
enemy and many of them (lain
notwithftanditig he was repeatedly
iofo’-med they were burying hi*
dead. Buffalos Gazette k-
All Smoke and no Fire.
We learn that; the furn andfub
fiance of the secret proceedins of
the Hartford Convention amounts
to this. They propose for the con*
fide, rati on of the people the follow
ing . among other alterations in the;
Ccnftitution—viz.
That no man (hall be eligible to .
the Presidential chair for more than
four years in fucceflion :
That no embargo fliall be laid
for a longer period than 60 days.
That none but native bern citi*
r.ens fliall be allowed to vote, &c.
Balt. Pat.
Anecdote. —What is the reason,
said one lrifhman to another, that
you and your wife are always disa
greeing ? Because, answered Pai 7
by Jafus, the case is just so, we
are both of one rqpind exaftly ; {ha
wats to be master and so do L
‘Medley and the Sailor.
Mr. Westley in his passage
Engl; nil to America, very frequent
ly admonished a Sailor for his pro
fane swearing, afluiing him that
Hell would be his portion in the
next world, unless he repented ol
his ways and prayed oftner. A fe>
vioiis impreflion was at length
wrought in the mariner. One day
falling on his knees in the hearing
of Mr. Westley, (in consequence of
the. raging cf a violent tempest
which threatened instant destruc
tion) addressed the following fhor>
prayer.
O Lord have mercy upon me,
A poor damn'd sop of a bitch.
It was a prayer the deepe(%
humility, and Mr. Weftly solemnly
Adjoined * A MEM.
JOHN DICKEN requests hit
friends and those who afe indebted
to him to come forward and liqui
date or fettle their accounts, for Dr :
so doing they will save expense utfd.
trouble.
Tar v. t , 18 !e .
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Negroes t? hire.
Will be hired to the lilgfiefl: bid*
er on the firft Tuesday in March
next, at the Market House in Waffl
ing ton, one negro man said to be>
one cf the befit in the'County at any
kind cf work.; alio a woman said
to be one of the best of House
wenches, and a girl about 12 or 14
years of age. They will be hired
for ten months only.
______ JOHN SMITH.
NOTiCIT ‘
The Sublcriher has for (ale u
good horse Gigg, with plated har
ness, which he will fell low for
cash or<i produce—enquire at the
Subscriber’s, Anthony’s Mill, itx
Wilkes county.
William Robertson# ’
February 13, 1815.
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