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rfon the peasants fell upon every livingFrench
mau they could find, and despatched him, so
that few have escaped. A Polish colonel has
just came in, St the few remaining are expect
ed in the morning—they don’t seem inclined
to incumber the prisons or hospitals.
Some say our troops are again in movement
towards Ubrique—should any thing offer
worth notice, I shall let you know.
ALEXANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, Mvember 27.
44 TO SHEW
fHR VERY AGE AND BODY Of THE TIME
HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
Extract of a Letter from a gentleman tn Lou
unllr, to the Hon, Mr, Ormsby, dated the
\ fjth Arov ember.
u \[\ action took place on the 7th Novem
ber between the troops under G*v. I Unison
and the Indians under the Prophet. Fhe fol
lowing are some of the particulars :—“I give
you a list of a kw Uiait were k’i.ed in thv. ..c
tion_Col. Daviess, C«»h Owen of Shelby, Col.
'White of tiie Saline, Capt. Spencer and both
his subalterns, and Capt. Berry from Corydon,
also Capt. Bain of the regulars. There were
170 whites killed and wouuded and as many
_ .. m i v 1* . -_a .U rhik , tf .ol/ ah t
lilUlAnS.— I (1C 1I1UIUU9 uiftuv HIV. -.
night of the 7th inst.—they surprised our ar
my—they killed all the guards with arrows
and were in the camp before the whites had
the least notice «*i them. 1 he buttle vas
fought in sight ot the Prophet’s l own.— 1 hree
Indians attacked Col. F. Geiger in his tent at
one time—.he killed one and vanquished the
other two—he was shot through the arm.—
Gov. Harrison was shot through the hat and
slightly wounded in the head. Thomas Ran
dolph was killed dead ; Judge lay lor s horse
was killed under him. It is said that Major
Floyd fought like Cjesar in his snirt-tail —
The Indians rushed up and came to the point
of the bayonet with their tomahawks.—There
has been dreadful slaughter.
Since writing the above I have seen a letter
from Hunter to Capt. Ciurke—he states that
he was slightly wounded* and among the num
ber killed are James Summerville and Ste
phen Mars—Hunter states that the Indian9
got all their beef and a great number of their
horses, they got about five thousand bushels
of corn and burned the Prophet’s Town the
day after the action.”
In addition to the above we le^rn, other let
ters received state, that Gov. Herrison had an
interview with the Prophet on the 7th Nov
and it Lad been agreed between them to hold
a Council on the next day—that a negro hud
deserted from the American anny and went
over to the Indians, and told therti the intend
ed Council w s oi ly meant as a decoy to the
wknni the intellt!On Of tilt*
whites to massacre when gathered together,
3*.id that the American troops only consisted
of about two hundred.
FRACAS AT SAVANNAH.
Letters received at Washington from Sa
vannah state that a party of French sailors
from the Privateers lying in that port had lall
enon a party of American sailors arid stabbed
three, two of whom died immediately. This
outrage so exasperated the citizens and sail
ors that thev took one of the Privateers over
to an island near Savannah and there burnt
her, and then seized on another and burnt and
destroyed her also, and that there* were up
wards of 100 French sailors then in Prison.”
We flare pleasure in stating that the ap
pointment of Mr. Mon rob to the office ol Se
cretary of State, made by the President dur
ing the recess of Congress, was yesteiduy
,confirined by an unanimous vote of the Sen
ate .—A a tional Intelligencer.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE of representatives.
Tuesday, 26r/i j\*ovrmker% 1811.
[Reported tor this Gazette.}
Mr. Nnrton from th$ committee of com
merce and manufactures, made a favorable
report on the memorial of Stephen Kings
ton, of Philadelphia Referred to a committee
of the whole on Friday.
Mr. Dawson presented a petition from Jo
seph Wheaton, complaining of the conduct
of the post master general, in refusing to
comply with a mail contract, and praying re
lief from Congress. Referred to the commit
tee of claims.
Mr. Little offered a resolution, requesting
the president to lay before the house a list of
persons impressed from American vessels ;
where, when, by whom, and under what au
thority it was done; how many of such per
sons are American citizens; with such other
information on the subject as he may think
proper to communicate. Ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. Sawyer obtained leave of absence for
six weeks from Monday next.
Mr. Morrow, from the committee of pub
lic lands, made a report recommending the
appointment of commissioners for fixing the
western boundary line of the \ irginia military
Tract, 2cc. Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Riiea called for the consideration of
his resolution for enquiring into the expedi
ency of extending the laws cf the U. States
to territories within the same to which the
Indian title is not extinguished ; but the
house jefused to take it up;
Mr.Talmadge presented a petition from sun
dry merchants of New haven (Conn.) praying 1
permission to import certain goods from St. !
C:oix. Referred to the committee of com- j
metre and manufactures.
Mr. Rhea called for the consideration of his !
resolution directing the committee of com*
mercc and manufactures to inquire into the I
expediency of laying additional duties on all
coarse manufactures of imported flax, hemp,
cotton, Sec. The house refused to take i» up,
ayes 44, noes 69.
Mr. Rhea called for the order cf the day on J
the bill providing for the temporary govern
ment of the Louisiana territory. Lost.
Mr. Poindexter offered a resolution direct
ing the committee on Indian affairs to inquire
into the expediency of extending the jurisdic
tion of the courts of the United States to ter
ritories within the same to which the Indian
title is not extinguished. Ordered to lie on
the table.
A bill from the senate, authorising the lay
ing out of certain reads in the state cf Ohio^
as contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown,
was read twice and referred to a committee of
the whole tomorrow.
The bill for tiie relief of Jo>iah II. Webb
passed through a committee of the whole
without debats, and was ordered to be en
grossed for a third reading tomorrow.
Mr. Lewis moved that the petitions of Hugh
Smith and others, (presented at a former ses
sion) praying ti-e remission of certain fines,
he again referred to the committee of com
merce and manufactures. Agreed to.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the bill providing for the more con
\enient taking affidavits and bail in causes de
pending in the courts of the U. States.
A short but uninteresting debate ensued on
the bill, when the committee cf the whole
rose, and the bill was ordered to be rc-com
initied to a select committee.
The bill for the relief cf Anthony Crease
was agreed to in committee of the whole with
out debate. After the committee rose, Mes
sieurs Seybert and B. con opposed the passage
of the bill, and Messrs. Lewis and Key advo
cated it. The question was then taken on en
grossing the bill for a third reading, and it
was lost, yeas 48, nays 51. So the bill wa*
rejected.
Mr. Nelson presented the memorial of the
vestry of the Protestant Episcopal Church of
Alexandria, praying for an Act of Incorpora
tion. Referred to the committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Mr. Rhea offered a resolution directing the
committee on Indian affairs to enquire how
far the laws of the Uuited States or of the re
spective states apply to lands adjacent to or
within the same to w hich the Indian title has
been extinguished, Sec. Ordered to lie on the
table. Adjourned (3 o’clock.)
To every attentive observer of the corres
pondence which has, for th© last eighteen
months, passed between the government
the Umted States and that of France, It must
be perfectly clear and obviou9 that Bonaparte
has long since resolved to keep no terras with
any nation which shall refuse to enter hearti
ly into the spirit of his continental system, ei
ther by an open declaration of war against G.
Britain, or by refusing to trade in articles
the growth, produce, or manufacture of her
territories. For a year and a half the peopl#
of the United States have been amused by
their government, with accounts of the con
cessions which had been made, and were about
to be made by the ruler of France in favor of
their neutral rights, and with assurances that
these concessions were the result of overtures
impartially made by this government to both ■
the belligerents, of which France alone a
vailed herself in the true spirit of amity in
which they were offered. A very little at
tention to the documents which have been pub
lished is sufficient to show that the general
impression upon this subject is wholly erro
neous. Whatever partial and temporary re
laxations have taken place in the execution of
the F.enrh system against the commercial
rights of the U. States, have been expressly
in consequence of measures previously adopt
ed by us sgainst G. Britain; and the only
condition upon which we arc allowed to hope
for furttier and greater indulgence from France
is, that we should make further and more ef
fectual resistance against the commerce of
England.—We shall enlarge upon this sub
ject hereafter.-— United States Gazette.
Communication.—It is rather singular that
the president in touching upon the relations
with the various governments of Europe,UiOuld
have omitted all mention of the injuries and
insults W'j have received from that of Naples.
It ca.iiiot be surely that they are too insignifi
cant to have attracted the attention of the ex
ecutive, A, single office in the town of Sa
lem has suffered to the amount of two hun
dred thousand dollars by condemnations in
her ports alone—and th.it too not merely in
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rect violation of the public acts of her own
governments—-Does the president consider
Naples an independent power? And shall a
nation th-t feels itself competent to wage a
war with Great B itain timely submit to such
gicss and accumulated ouuages from a petty
sovereign ol luiy.
We stiuiiId be lost indeed to all that hono
rable pride, all that jealous sensibility that
should cnuracterise a free people, did we not
spurn at the idea. It must be then, that the
President views Naples not as a distinct and
independent state, but as a mere province of
the French empire. How then, let rne ask,
could he reconcile it with his duty when cal
led upon to speak of our relations with France
to pass over without mention or comment
the undisguised acts of hostility committed
within her jurisdiction? How will the con
duct of the Neapolitan government accord
with his own declarations that we have no c
vidence of the existence of the Berlin and
Milan decrees ?—Salem Gazette,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The brig Victory, Rich, form Naples, cap
I til red in August last and carried into Malta,
was tried and cleared, and the captors con
demned to pay costs.
Extract of a letter from Malta, dated Sept.
24—“ Ship Roxana, Blake, in 42 days from
Boston, and a brig, 58 days from Salem, arriv
ed here last evening—Ship Ann, Halcomb,
52 days from Boston, arrived here the 29th
August. Lnded part of her curgoand proceed
ed tor Smyrna the 17th inst. Markets here
very dull. Exchange is at par. Few to be
had, and an immense quantity of specie had
just arrived. Fish from 5 to 7 dollars. Brig
Dispatch, which sailed for this ten days bc
, fore the Roxana, has not yet arrived.”
It it can be proven, as we believe it can,
that in the numerous captures by Frensh
cruisers, since November 1810, neither the
papers nor cargoes have beew examined be
fore the vessels were declared good prize,
when found hound to England—it follows that
Bonaparte never can have ordered his cruisers
to omit to capture Americans under his de
crees.
The Liberty, at Havanna, form Liverpool, :
with salt and crates, was robbed T>y a French
privateer, but because they did not burn her, \
some of the democrats consider it a proof
that the French now respect our neutral >
rights ? ;
The French minister has communicated a
long list of articles that may be imported from
the United States into France. But what are
the duties ? The French open the door with
one hand, and shut it with the other.
NEWS.
Port of Alexandria.
ENTERED
! Schooner Regulator, Bowie, Baltimore ;
I winter goods; for merchants of the District^ :
Sloop Sally, Hofferman, North-Kingston; j
; sundries; to the master and others. !
CtEAAKB
Brig Trim, Cleveland, Boston; by L&Wll*
son k Fowle. _ ^ .
Schooner Washingten, Webster, St. Cffix f ^
William Smith. *
for Boston, or an f astern Portt
The Sceooeee
EUNICE,
George A1 LelleMy Msstcr f
Will take one thousand barrels freight oA
ra»ry reasonable t^rms. Apply to
Lawrason & Fowle.
November Z7. dtf
Twenty Dollars Rewaul.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, oft
the 23d instant, a Acgro Alan, by thA
name of ABRAM, r ther light complected,
5 feet A or 9 inches high, stout anil active*
about 37 years of age—he fus a sm li scar
on ri*c nose, and two other larger ones, one
of which is on the arm a litt’e above *he eU
how, and the o»h**r on the leg neur the atvciA
bone, occasioned by the chop ot an a*€f
which is of consderablc size. He hid oft
when he wer.t a wav a drab broad cloth teat,
blue surtoutcoat lined with red flannel, white
woollen pantaloons, striped swansdown vest,
and a few other species of cloathing not If*
collected, all of which probably he will
chan; c, alter his name, and endeavor to pass
for a free man. Abram is an artiul fcbowt
talks but little when sober, but when in A
state of intoxication (which is often the ensef
he is very talkative, f he above reward of
Twenty Dollars will be given to any person
who will apprehend and secure in jail said
fellow, so that I get him again, and lo 'go
information with Mr Israel Lacky, Go«
sheo, or bring him home to me living near
Centerville, Loudoun County. Virginia.
And:ew Healh, sen.
N B Owners and musters of vessels arA
forwurned from harboring or carrying avfuy
said fellow at th ir peril.
November 27. 1 «w3»*
■ or Boston, or any Eastern Fort,
l aTStSw Tk* «ood Schooobr
COLUMBIA,
PieWrf.Hl> v EAHB, Master }
tturthcn about 700 Ikti cU, and ready t*
-•eccive a cargo, .Applr to
Jolm G. Ladd.
November 26. d
The Subscriber,
RESPECTHJLL.^ itiomis ois friend*
and ihe public, that he has opened a
\}ROLT.RY STORE on T mg S.rcet op*
posile Meisis. I. & R Tyi.ru’s Store, win*:#
■jc hat ; iso established a J Rb.^K MAjW—
(•sK'TQRY, (which is ruined on hr Mr«
ITknhy Fox,) and wiliseil TEUAKS finish#
cd in the most con p’ete ma ncr, on low and
Accommodating terms—both of which
i der the super intendance of Mr. JAMES
A IGGINTON
IO" TRUNKS also repaired low, and oB
the shortest notice
James W. McLanit 1.
November 26 St
FOR SALE,
The three story RRICK tiOU^R h LOa*
now occupied by J? chai d Blamt Lee^ on Vt*
ry moderate teims—lor whi- h apply to
John J*nney*
loth mo loth iswtf
FOR RENT,
A two st *ry frame DIVEJLLIAG HOUSE
on Cameron street—Ai»o. a new BRICK
TEA 'RMENT with a haif acre Garden L<#
on the surne. Apply to
John G. Ladd.
November 33.
Heel Shoet and Fancy Soaps.
Junt receivedjrom NewYork,
A fresh supply of Ladies* Kid and Morea*
co Shoes, with heels—and from Boston a ,?re*
variety of Fancy So^p and Wash Balls, in
boxes of 6 dozen each, assorted, some of
which is superior to any ever brought to thi|
place.
IN STORE,
130 Bales Cotton—nice quality,
Shad in barrels—well cured and in pickl%
Carolina Indigo in boxes,
Ground Nuts in bags,
Chip Bonnets in boxes (very low priced)
Shoes and Trunks as usual, an assortment,
10 by 13, 8 by 10 and 7 by 9 English and Ajp
merican Window Glass, by the box.
Those who wish to have the Glass set,
or to have windows furnished complete, cai}
be accommodated at a short notice, and on Jk.
long credit,
E. Gilman.
Novemftr 1. *0311**
- — — ' —
I have just Received
A fresh supply of mens* coarse and fint
SHOES—
For talc at wholeeale or retail,
E. Gilman*
November 3 L Uwtf