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gSo. 6. Corps of Dutch, 30,006’ 7,J£ngli(h aripy in Spain and the iNefherlands, 60,000. 8. Spaniffi and Portuguese army in the field, 80,000. 9. Neapolitan army, 30, 660. to. Danilh auxiliary corps, 10,000.—-Total, 1,085,000 men eXdufive of the landwehr. Niks* Register . P E A C E.a£J) Columbia , S. Carolina , February 21, 1815. express passed through this place yesterday from the City of Washington, and obligingly fa vored us with copies of the fol lowing letters from the Poll Mafter-genetal, confirming the Intel ligece received from the Southward relative to peace with England : Fto Post masters , Contractors and others , on the route from Washington City to Savan nah, Ge ‘gia Post-Office , Feby. 14, 1815. Sir—'Mr. Stephen W. Gray, the hearer hereof, is charged with DESPATCHES relative to the ft ate of PEACE. wftich has taken place between the United States and Great Britain .— I need not mention to you the im portance of forwarding these Def patches with the greatest poilible expedition, and have only to re quest your aid in furniffiing or pro curing frefh horses, or in case Mr. ■S. W. Gray, Ihouid be unable to proceed to employ anew meffen • ger, so often as occasion may re quire, to forward these Defpatches to Savannah Georgia, any necessary expense which may be incurred in this refpeCt, {hall be duly remune rated from this office. R. J. MEIGS. General Post-Office , February 14, 1815. SIR—A treaty of peace between the United States and Great Bri tain having arrived, you will for ward the aecompanyiug letter to general Winchester, by express, without delay, (regardless of the expense) which may save the effu fion of blood. In hade. R. J. MEIGS. Post Master Augusta. Prom the Savannah Republican Extra February 15, 11 o’clock, A. M. An expVefs ‘reached town this morning with the following intelli gence zxtrdtl of a*letter from Captain * Edward F. Tattnall, to Brigadier General John Floyed, dated 0 Darien, Feb. 13,1815. 12 o’clock at night. Sir, An express from St. Simons has just reached us—by him we are informed, that the enemy eva cuated St. Simons, on their return to Cumberland. The Britilh offi cers stated, that a peace was pror claimed on Saturday last , at Cum berland, and that hostilities had ceased. They date further, that the old boundary line of the United States is still to be observed—that neither nation is to keep a naval force on the Lakes —that the fisheries * are to be perfe£tly open to us—that the trade of the East and Weft-In dies is to be free & unobftru&ed— sthat in other refpefls the Status quo ante bellum is to govern. The news reached Admiral £ockbum .via Termuckf j There can be very little doubt of the truth of this report of Peace. The gentleman who came express (Mr. Brown) fays, he had no doubt of its corre&nefs, and that Mr. Cooper, of St. Simon’s, placed im plicit credit in it.—The enemy left St. Simon’s about one o’clock* p. m. of this day, THE PEACE. The treaty of Peace, as conclu ded by our Ministers at Ghent with the Britilh Gommiffioners, and ratified by the Prince Regent in the name of the King of Great Britain, was yesterday, immediately on its meeting, laid before the Sen ate of the United States. It was not decided on yesterday, but pro bably will be to-day. The gene ral opinion is, that its terms are such as to ensure its ratification. The proceedings of rhe Senate being with closed doors on such occasions, the President’s Procla mation will firft apprize us of the features of the Treaty. Nat. Intelligencer. Philadelphia , Feb. 14. We are credibly informed that the lady of Albert Gallatin has re ceived a letter from him, dated Ghent, Dec. 24th, wherein he dates—“ we have this day signed a Treaty of Peace highly honorable to the United States .” From the London Times df Dec SI. Whether Mr. Madiion may or may not ratify the treaty of Ghent will perhaps, depend on the relult of the expedition to New-Orleans. The force from Falmouth and Cork, supposed to be destined on that expedition, appear, from let ters brought by the Amphion , not to have touched at Bermuda, but to have proceeded diretf to the mouth of the Mississippi, whither Admiral Cockburn followed them with such vefifels as he could col led. The permanent occupation of New Orleans would be a fatal blow to the American views of ag grandizement on the fide of Loui liana; but that blow Mr. Madifoa has it in his power to parry, by a mere stroke of the pen. On the other hand, if the expedition should encounter any serious obstacles, he would probably delay, if not wholely refufe so ratify the treaty. We therefore trust, that he is ftridly limited to its immediate ra tification or rejedioo, besides being required to retrad the insolent and menacing expressions contained in Monroe’s official letter. The more difgraceful the treaty is to us in its terms, the more careful must we ; be to repel any aggravations of our i diffionor. It is in vain that we are still told the great fatisfadion every where produced, “ not merely be cause peace has been made, but be cause it has been made on suds terms*’ Look at the funds. In stead of railing 10 or i2 per cent, as might well have been expeded from a secure and honorable peace, they keep a dead heavy level,- Indeed, in the early part of yester day, they drooped nearly one per cent, but recovered a little toward the close of the market. We learn frbm our correspondents, that the fatisfadion expreffetj ’ at the news was by no means To great or gene ral in the country as has been as serted. At Birmingham, Manches ter, and one or two manufacturing -places, the mails which.brought of t-iie peac© were're* ceived, it U true, witu tZVSJ de-* monftrations of joy j but it is net true that the terms excited any fa tisfadion at Liverpool. The mer chants of that place, mod of whom are pretty well acquainted with the true complexion of American poli tics, indulged the gloomiest presages of the relult; and the general o pinion there was, that if Madison could by any means find relources to carry on the war, he would re joice in adding to the indignities he has heaped on us that of refufing to ratify the treaty. From the London Courier , of Dec. 2?. We have the great fatisfadion to announce a peace with America. We announced it yesterday; but the Intelligence did not arrive time enough to be inserted in the whole of our impression. Mr. B\ker, the bearer of the Treaty, did not reach London till late in the day.— At four o’clok nothing had trans pired at the Public offices. Soon afterwards, however, a letter was sent to the Lord Mayor , and we procured a (ketch of the terms up on which Peace has been conclud ed, which was read to the audience at each of the Theatres. The fad (however it might be expeded) was known in the city before govern ment were in possession of it. It was about one o’clock that the rile in the funds began, and immenle purchases were made. From the London Courier , of Dec . 30 a We have been more anxious than usual to examine the different pro vincial papers in order that we might afeertain the effed produced by the peace with America.— Wherever it has been made known, it has produced great fatisfadron, not merely because peace has been made, but because it has been made upon such terms. The manner of its reception in Ireland and Scot land cannot of courfe,beyetknown. At Birmingham, an immense as semblage witnessed the arrival of the Mail, and immediately took the horses out and drew the Mail to the Poft-Office, with the loudest acclamations. On the news arriving at Man chester, the greatest joy was ex pressed throughout the town. The fame feeling was exhibited at Liverpool, Bristol, and all other places from whence accounts have been brought either by the provin ciai paper or by private letters. Washington, Feb. 13. FROM NEW-ORLEANS. Dates to the 20 th—the enemy has abandoned his views 0:1 Ntw-Orlcans in a disgraceful retreat , by which e ‘ vent his defeat on the Bth is consuma ted. Copy of a letter from Maj. Gen* Jackson to the Secretary of War dated Head Quarters, 7th Milita ry piftrid, Camp 4 miles below New-Orleans, Jan. 19th 1815, Last night at 12 o’clock the en emyprecipitately decamped and re turned to his boats, leaving behind him under medical attendance, eighty of his wounded including , two officers, 14 pieces of heavy ar tillery and a quantity of (hot, hav ing destroyed much of his powder. Such was the situation of the ground which he abandoned, and of that through which he retired, proteded by canal’s, redoubrs, en trenchments and swamps, on his right, and the river on his left, that \ conlft jict without encountering riik which true polfficy did ndt* teem to require, or to authorife, at tempt to annoy him much on hit retreat. We took only eight pris oners. Whether it is the purpose of tha enemy to abandon the expedition altogether, or renew his efforts at fome other point, I do not pretend to .determine with positiveness. In my own mind, however, there i$ but little doubt that his last exer tions have been made in this quar* ter, at any rate for the present sea-. lon, and by the next I hope we (hall be fully pepared for him In this belief I am (lengthened not only by the prodigious loss he has sustained at the pofuion he has just quited, but by the failure of hia fleet to pass Fort St. Philip. His loss on this ground, since the debarcation of his troops, as dated by all the last prisoners and desert ers, and ai confirmed by many ad ditional circumstances, must havdV exceded four thouland; and waa greater in the action of the Btljt than was estimated from the moft correct dates then in his by the Infpe&or General, whof report has been forwarded to you* We fucceded on the Bth, in getting from the enemy about 1000 (land of arms of various deferiptions. Since the adlion of the Bth, th£ enemy have been allowed very lit- f tie respite—my artillery from both*, sides of the river being constantly employed, till the night, and in deed until the hour of their retreat* in annoying them. No doubt they thought it quite time to quit a po* fition in which so little rest couli be found. I am advised by Major who commands at Fort St. Philipp in aleiter of the 18th, that the en emy having bombarded his fort so s 8 or 9 days from 13 inch mortara without effect, had, on the morn ing of that day, retired. I havt little doubt that he would havn been able to have ftmk thtir ves* (els had they attempted to run by* Giving the proper weight to alt these considerations, I believe yon wall not think me too sanguine i$ the belief that Louisiana is clear of its enemy. I hope howeid er, I need not assure you that ever I command, such a belief (hall never occasion any relaxation in the measures for resistance. * I ata but too sensible that the moment when the enemy is opposing us, not the moft proper to provide them. t I have the honor to be, &c. Andrew Jackson, Major General Commanding. P. S. On the 18th our prison ers on (hore were delivered to us, an exchange having been previous ly agreed to. Those who are on y board the fleet will be delivered at Petit Coquille—after which I (haii still have in my hands an excess of several hundred. A. J. Here follows a detailed account df the killed and wounded , cf which give a recapitulation. RECAPITULATION. Total killed 5^ Total wounded 185 Total miffiing 93 Grand Total 333 Truly reported from those on file in this office. Robert Butter Adjutant General. Adjutant General’s office. Nr c-Or leans, fan'. 1115. *