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been ordered oa as far as Tri nity, to polfafs themfelves of and occupy that place until the arrival of the main force.

Savannah Oct. 8. Ex! tact of a letter from St. Mary's, dated October 3. Poor captain Williams is

dead, col. Numan has had an From this place they will pro engagement with the Indians, j ceed wit" all poJlible diipatch and killed $ and loft only ; to st- Antonio. 'T he party one man himlelf he was on increafes every day and the !iis march to their town ; it I moft fanguine hopes are enter-

happened in a pine barren, in j tainea ot complete iuccels.

the day time, and their num.. bers were flated to be about equal, but at night ihe Indians returned to ihe attack with their numbers doubled, but

ol. Numan had dilpatched

Gen. Ryan's force in the

vicinity of Mexico amount! to between 15 6: 22,000 men & itisiuppofed at attempt, if not already, will very foon be made on tins lad remain-

reinforcement -we have not yet heard the rclult of the fc cond attack. 11 Col Smith has retreated

to the hlockhoulc at St. Jonhs.

expreHrs to col Smith for a ing ProP f decayed monar

chy in the Welt. Mexico taken, ana the republic triumphs ! A quantity cf the wool ta

ken from San Brano, pa lied

11 Yelterdav an exprefs ar- this Place a fevv tla 's iince or

rived here with information! Natchez. It is, we learn, to

that tooo men are on then

inarch from the upper coun-

be exchanged for arms and other military llores neceffary

tics to th: place God raut ro the mofe complete equip

they may foon arrive." lucnc ana accommodation or

- uie repuoiican pany.

jiurvsfa, (LjCoJ Uct, 9. On 1 ueld iy laii, a detachment of voltn teers and draft ed militia, under the command of captain Win, Cum roingof the republican volunteer Blues, marched From this place far Sariderfville, w here they are to join feveral other detachments and proceed to Point Petre, wit Inn four miles of the town of St. Mary's. Thefe companies are a part of ten companies that are to take the field immediately, in coniequence of an cxpreisre ceived by brig. sren. I loui nov from col. Smith commanding the regulars at St. AugulHnc. The purport of this exprels Hates, that the Indians are becomiro; very trouble in the neighborhood of his immedi ate itation ; that they arcgi thering in fuch numbers as to threaten ti e dcftruuion of his army. It is a further fatt that ordeis are received in this place for a draft to be made ot every third man in the country ; and the fame lias been done throughout the (late. Hitherto Georgia hasborne no material part of the bur then in ihe ill important con xt now carrying on for the fecurity of our common rights However let the occaiion but require the exertion of hei phyfical pro we is, the worlo will Ice that there is n teeling within her boforn ready to mount upon the whirlwind & (partake the ftoi m.

Ycfterday arrived at this port, the (hip Canton, Alien, 34 days from Lifbon. By this arrival, we learn verbally, that lord Wellington had left Madrid, with the tirf) and 2d di villous of his army, to oppofe the French gen. iVJarmout, whofe force amounted to about 30,000 men, 6c who had proceeded from Burgos Manual JSouIt, was on his to Valiadolid ; and wasrepor ted to have readied balamanca. w ay to join king Jofeph and gen. uchct, in Valencia whofe joint force amounted to 60 or 70,000 men. lien. 1:1 ill was marching to Madrid, to join the grand al lied army ; and ic was expected that a general battle would be fought in the neighbrhuod ot LvJadrid in the courie of 6 or 8 weeks Difpatches from adm. Cr J. 13. U arren to the Jccretary ot hate and mr. Baker, the laie ftriuih Secretary ot lega tion, arrived in New York a tew days age, in the frigate Juniou. Ariccable to the

they Ren.

Al sand-la , Lou.J Sept. 5, Two companies ot the troops lately at hacp--io;k:s have

arrangement reipefting car

tels and Hags oi truce, were handed to britr.

Armdiong, commanding

. V. who torwarued tnem to this city by capt, J. Lewis v ho arrived here on AJonday. T he content! ot the ditpatchea have not tranlpired. Nat. Int.

this morning with a difpatch from brig. gen. Tupper, con taining his report to general Harrilon, ot his late expedi tion to the ftapids of the Mi ami, for the purpofe ot driving otf a body of Indians &l britiih, who had airembled there to take off a quantity of corn w hich remains in the helds at that place. Genl. Tupper arrived v irh his command at ihe Rapids, un ddloorrfd by ihe enemy, in the night ot the 13th inft. Me immediately made a dif pohtion tor palling the river, and fome tew ot our men got over, but the g eater part ot them mi (fed the ford c many of them were ingre:t dangei of drowning, they were, however, reicued by the tew hories w inch gen. Tupper had with him, but loft a part ot their arms. As foon as the y appeared and they were ijiicovered by the enemy, the un and other boats that were in the river, (lipped their cables and elcaped down the Lake I he Indians, however more brave than their allies, croiled over on hories, and made feveral violent attack upon our troops they were received with rirmnefs, driven back, and iorced to recrolu the river with cenuderable lots.

Gen, Tupper finding

rrarklinton, iVov. 19. An expreis arrived here

impoilible to crois the river, and being entirely out ot provifioiis, as the men took uoihing with them except w hat lhay carried on their backs, was obliged to return four were killed on onr tide 6c one wounded the enemy v ere feen to carry otf manv ot their dead and wounded in the action on the land, and many were knocked otr then hories in recrofiiuc; the rivej. 1 he Indians were commanded by the Wyandot chiet Splitlog, who was very con ipicuous, being mounted upon a fine white chai rrer. This chief was fuppoled to have been killed or wounded, as another Indian was upon hib horfc at the clofe ot the action. 1 he following is the order itfuedby gen. Harrifon on the lubject of this expedition. N. W. ArmyHead patters, Frmtklinton No. member 19. General Orders. The commanding genera! returns his thanks to brig, gen. Tupper, and tbe corps which lately advanced 10 the Miami Rapids, for the pcrfe verancc, zejl, activity and bravery wiLh which they con.

dueled themfelves on that enterprise. A cafual circumItance only, and one which neither the general or his meu could controul, prevented them from furpriling and cutting to pieces a detachment of the enemy, equal in numbers to their own. The meafures of general Tupper, appear to have been highly judicious, both in his advance to the enemy, and in refitting their attacks. The general is forry that any circum(iance in an affair which reflects honour on almoQ the whole or the troops eno-aed in it, fliould deferve liis cenfure fuch, however, is merited, by the fma!l detachment, which, in the face ot a poh ive order from their commander, left their ranks to gather corn, and purfue a drove ot hogs but for this diforderly conduct, gen. T. would have brought back in fafcty his whole command. 1 he commanding general teels, however, to much more to praife than blame, in the conduct of general Tupper's detachment, that lie derive no fmall fatisfaclion in exhibiting it as a worthy example of military fpirit and entcrprife to the reil cf I:is army. Copy, NATHl. F. ADAMS, Dep. Adj. General. rbxtraclofa letter from an officer at Plattfbur?-, dated October 7, 1 Qur militia at SbafTerftown 18 miles from hence, have eroded over the Bririfh lines, and taken two captains, two lieutenants, 37 privates, a quantity of blankets, clothing ammunition, guns, and prefents for the Indians. Gen. Chandler arrived this morning with 400 regulars we haxe been jult lupplied with flints, and bo rounds of a:u-munitiom'

TMC fubfertber ha fp-ncd a houf; o PUBLIC A TEH TAIN ME NT in the town of Vinccrnai, at the upi erend

1 .f V' itmr 1 f .t-- 1. . LI r

M-.,k"'. where he tcr.dcis l.i. fcrviccs . the uohc in quality of an

and he bop-s from l is beipgwtil providri with a!l ihofc things which generally iff -d rest to the wtwrj his boulc comcood ous his bidding neat his feryfjnts sttenttva bis Hqaori excellent, and jofl from Biltimore and bis fl4b!ing and forage gojj ; to receive a fLurepuolic patron?-. CY. ... . jj l

Auguft, 181.

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FROM THE P H ECS OF Jl. O I U L I . PRlNTtl T 0 THE TERRITORY AK OF TI1K LAWS C 9 THK UNITLD STATSS.