The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-01-14 00:00:00, page 2

December ifr&# of aLetter from a (gen
tleman at Fort W@inotbn, fa biLFriend in
% fote^^ fy.f ^
o» On the Morningbfrthe 6th iaftant,4lre
Indians attacked fy Militia HMe .under the
Walls, of fortify %r, whereahy had halted,
on their Return from Fort jeffirjoh,\6 which
place they had escorted and fafely deDofited a
large Quantity of.Qfatermafterandtontric
tor, Stpr&rrTfyM^k was jn^fe a^tle after ^
Daylight, the Militia at firft §£ way, but
their gallant Commander, Major Apajr,
soon rallied them, and Wiffi forty five Men
food opposed to 150 Indians lot near over
Hours. Thf Indiana having the Advantage
of numbers took off 7'5 Mi^
Qiartermafter and Contradors Horfes.'
Captain &VEWarid fix Men were killed^
and as many: wQunded^fonly two ,fadped^
Two Indians were killed, anti feveraLywqond,j
.BO N, Odober 5,
THE Neceffrty under which the Generals
of the combined Armies in France, to
draw towards them fuccefliveiy all the Ger
man Troops which wer<Qfr-&e ^^#e, has
left all the Country open to the French, not
only on the Side of Thionuille, where they
have taken'a considerable Contoy, but also on
the Rhine 1 In Consequence of which, they
have attacked with fuperiour Force the Gar
risons of Spire, confining of 3000 Austrians
and Mayenciens, killed 600, and made Pris
oners of all the Rest, taken : the Town; and
transported the Magazine to. Landau. The
Alarm has fpread,o Monheim, Worms, andeven
to Mayence. The Inhabitants, fly, and a gen
eral Consternation prevails.* This happened
September 29. On the Moselle the French
made a second Irruption into the Electorate of
Treves. The fame Day 5000 of them, with
nine Pieces of Cannon, at 7 o'Clock in the
Morning, attacked Metzig, forced the Garri
son to retire, pillaged the Place, and destroy
ed the Provisions, &c.~
! ENGLAND.;
L OND ON, Odober 33.
The Publick are nowrih Possession of both
the French and German Account cf the Duke
of Brunswick's Retreat, and they amount to
this—That he has been deceived by the Em
igrants, outgeneralled by Dumourier, har
raffed by the Winds and Rains of Heaven,
compelled to abandon his vaunted March to
Paris, and return the Way he came, with an
Army reduced and dispirited by Hunger, fay
tigue, and Difeafe.______________
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The French Army under Gen. Costine,"
after having levied heavy Contributions from
the Prince Bishop, the Chapter, the Clergy,
and the Citizens of Spite, pursued, on the 3d
instant, their March to. Worms. As they seem
inclined to push forward to the Country of
Heft, by the Way of Mentz, Darmftadt, and
Francfort, the principal Inhabitants of those
Countries are taking to Flight, carrying with
them their Property.
JAMAICA. -^
Kt N &S , 6 N, Odober ii.
THE almost unparallaHed Gluf of Ameri
can FlQu r > Biscuit, and Corn is fuchißr
this Town, at the prefenf. Moment, that the
Importers are necessitated to dispose of these
Commodities at a'Rate under the firft Cuft.
Corn, in particular, was purchased Yesterday,
in quantity, at the very low rate of two Shil
lings and fix Pence per Buthef., s M r ,g
KENTUCKY. ^
- P ITTSBURGW December B.b'n
We, hear from htfo,ilb, the Encampment,
of our Troops, that the Indians with whom
General Put'n am lias made a Treaty, have
arrived thire oh their Way to Congress.
We also learn, tbit Major;M'M AkokfeWhof
luid, been ,#h^ %@6ffi on ffll&fy
foptottefodran Country hasret yrned with
two Indian Scalps—and he also took thrU
Horses which the Indians had stolen front fbme
of the frontierinhabitantt. /? & ^
By last Wednesday's MAIL.
CO L 0 GN E, oaober 6.
DOMESTICK,
GERMANY.
FOREIGN.
PENNSYLVANIA^
PHILADELPHIA, December 22,
E*tra@of&^ fra Brigadiergety
oral Willimson, to lbs Secretariat
War, dated at Fort Hamilton, 6tb
November, 1792, ^o'clock P. M
"Just as I was about to dispatch
tbjj, I received a Letter from Major
Adair, Commandant of the Kentucky
mounted Infantry^ of which the enclos
ed is a Copy : The Check which the
Enemy experienced in this little Affair,
will produce good Effects, and the
event refle&s Honour upon the Major
and the Yeomanry of Kentucky ; but
the immediate Consequence will be an
entire Stop to the Transportation of
Forage to the advanced Post, as our
pack Horses are either destroyed or
disabled, and the Riflemen dismount
ed.. In this Situation, lam perplexed
by difficulties, at from my Ignorance
of the Designs of Government, and
for the want of explicit Orders, i am
at a loss whether to direst the Pur
chase of more pack Horses, or to en^
courage the .Riflemen to remount
themselves. On these points 1 shall
duly Deliberate, and will, make such
Qecifion as my Judgment may dired,
relying confidently on the Liberality
of Government, for qn Excuse, should
I err ; and in the mean Time, I shall
urge forward the Transportation of
Forage from Fort Washington to this
Post, by every Means left in my
Power.
As this Affair happened near to and
in fight of Fort St. Clair it may be en
quired why the commanding Of
ficer did not Support Major Adair ?
The Aofwer i s short, and will, I hope,
prove latis factory^- The Garrison un
der his Command is posted for De
fence, and not Offence, and although
it appear, that in this Instance to have
hazarded would have been judicious, yet
as I have considered it fafefl for the na
tional Interests to confine m, Jubordinate
Officers, by, rigid Orders, to defenjive
Measures folel,, they are bound to hazard
in no Case whatever which does not im
mediately and eflentiall, inter est the Safe
ty of the Tru/t which may be confided to
lbe„~ ,and it mg be added that in the
InflaAce before us, sbe^tac, ff a m°ft
daring owe, and that neither the Number
or ultimate Objffl of the Enemy, raid
\be@pelop^^^it was discovered
that Major Adair was a,full Match for
them.
I flj>av, this Moment difMtcbedjwpt.
\CT™9 „W<d Infantry, who will
reach Si. Clair before Daylight, to aid in
bringing in the wounded and the weary.
Copy of a Letter from Major John &
dair, to Brigadiergeneral Wilkinfft
dated Fort SQCWiL November 6,
j % ^
Sir, ~
This Morning about tbe frft Appear
foof Dg, the Enemy attacked my
Camp+W.itbi'n SighGf this P,,.;^ At
@was fß&^re tbe;Enemy cane„,
@ ^Courage & ^ft
them %r^s indeed 4 J, of wQfa
were Hand in Hand with them »%
^ re'trw&' übbjfh however we did,
\ftytyifodXind ofSf^dft
teMe^fo^aNiO^f^.M,^
I sil^ftedi %,»tffacw& mtat
son to take a Party and gain their right
J^k. if possible ; I called for Lieute
nant Hail to fend to the left ; but found
be bad been slain ; I then led forward
the Men who flood near me, which, to
fetber with the Ensigns Buchanan and
? linn, amounted to about twenty jive,
and pressed the left of their Centre,think
ing it absolutely necessary to offift Madi
jon. We made 4 manly pufo, and the
Enemy retreated, taking all our Horses
except fine or fa. We drove them about
fix hundred Yards through our Camp,
where they again made a Stand, a^ we
fought them some time, two of my Men
were here Jbek dead. r^
^At that Moment 1 received Informa
tion that the Enemy was about to flank
us on the right, and on turning that Way,
I Jaw about 60 of them running to that
Point. I had yet beard Nothing of Ma
dison. Ithen ordered my Men to retreat,
which they did with Deliberation, hear
tily cursing the Indians who pursued us
close to our Camp, where we again fought
them until they gave Way ; and when
they retreated our Ammunition was near
ly expended, although we bad been fap-'
plied from the Garrison in the Course of
the AHion. I did not • think proper to
follow them again, but ordered my Men
into the Garrison to draw Ammunition.
I returned however in a few Minutes to
a Hill, to which we bad foft driven
them, where I found two of my Men
scalped, who were brought in. linte I
began to write ibis, a few of the Enemy
appeared in Sight, and I pursued them
with a Part, about a quarter of a Mile,
but could not overtake them, and did not
think proper to go, farther. Madison,
who I sent to fbe right, was on bts foft
Attack wounded, and obliged to retreat
to the Garrison, leaving a Man or two
dead.
To this Misfortune I think the En
emy are indebted for the Horses they
have got; had he gained their right 4
Flank, I onte had Peffeffion of their
left, and I think ,e Should have
routed them at that Stage of the Ac
tion, as we had them on the Retreat,
I have fix killed and five wounded ; 4
Men are miffing, Ithink they went off
early in the Adion on Horseback; and x
are, I foppofe, by this, at Fort Hamil
ton. My Officers and a Number of
Men, distinguished themselves greatly.
Poor Hail died calling to his Men to
advance. Madison's Bravery & Con,
dba need no Comment ; they are well
known. Flinw and Bochanin aactr
with a Coolness and Courage which
does them mych Honour. Buchanan, <
after firing his Gun, knocked dowp^an
Indian with the Barrel. They have
killed aqd taken, a great Number of
Ithe Packhorfes. J intend fofid&fog
them this Evening some Distance, to
afeertyb their Route and Strength; if
possible. J can with Propriety fay,
that about fifty of my Men fopght
wi& a Bravery equal to any_ Nterijo;
the World, and jig not the Garrity
been so nigh as a Race of Safayfo/
the bagful, Lthinl many more would
haye fought well, ~
IThe Enemy have go Doubt as many
killed at fnyfeif; they left two dead
on tbe„Ground, and I saw two earned
off. The only advantage theftitf