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GENERAL ELECTION.

TO THR ORNTLEMF.N, CI.FROY. YROMFN AND
FR EH lOLOhItS OF THE. COUNTY OF KENT.

11inince I
WHEN 1 had the honour 01 addrciling you at the
nomination 101 l Monday. I expreffed • with, upon Lord
Maribun being {retooled as a Candidate, to be put in nomination
to reprefeet you In Parliament. to withdraw my own pretenfions,
If I could by fuels faeriree, preferve the peace of the °dainty, and
&ding upon ibis principle, It bat pLeed me In a fituation the molt
unexpeeted• and one which is wholly withuat example.
After the nomination wit over. Lord Martha's.. not only per-
fonally pledged blmklf to Mr. Hon ywond and his Committee, but
eepreffed hinifilf in the fame decided manner, to me anal nay
friends, that be would Rand the Poll, ie the u.:at it
srijthiermined an I was, toga upon the declaration 1 made at the
nomination. that In cafe I.ord Marthant mould become a Candi.
date I would retire; I felt a very confiderable degree of (urptife at
rectivii g a Letter from him, late In the evening of that day, an-
nouncing his determination MA to engage in the cuotelt.
Upon receiving this very isnexpeeted I.etter, I contidered my
preterfions to mordent you reviewed ; and It I. a great confnlation
to find, that at • numerous meeting or nay Friends at Maiditnne,
and at Canterbury. held by puhlie Advertlfement. my conduct
has not only been I.ighly approved of, but the molt unbounded
promifes of rapport given me.
The talk I am engaged in is an arduous one, but fupported as I
am, by that great body of Indio rh:ant eretholdein, who. with me,
feel it to he ti. emir et for C 0..:), I how foleaudy prunaile that
nothing than induce me to 'Java the tante& 1,
1 have the honour to he,
Your aloft obedient obliged Fermi.
EDWARD KNATCH BULL.
Canterbury, Nov. 6, tik.6.
The Pod la lined for Tuefday, the t ith lottape, at Maliknee,
''Mere I requa the attendance M my Frliehdbuan early Mom

KENT ELECTION.
THE Cornstithe for condoning the Eleainn of
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL. with Wind to thole
Frehokiers who tell& In or near the Metropolis, meat every day,
and during the whole of the day, at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, In the Strand; where zegiachweerantuuleation, which may
in any wife tend to locum tin. anasmet his Median, will
be thankfully receivad.Ctowtt and Nov. 6, 'Son.

AMBRICZ

NEW TORE;, SEPTEMBER

The Tonifian Envoy, with his (trite, has at left
failed for his own coontry,in the Two Brothers, char.
tered by Government to wry them home. It is Paid,
this African million has con the United Stales two
hundred dollars pet week, ever face its arrival.
By Norfolk Papers received yefterday, we learn,
that the French Confnl at Norfolk bas ranted to me-.
knowledge the clew of l'lmpetceux, as partners of
war, or give a receipt for the fame, as the was cap-
tured within the jurifilidion of the Unitid States.
7be Vir.'iaia Arztu of the loth, Rates, that "it
appears to have been afcertained, beyond a doubt.
that the yellow fever has trade its appearancc among
the co:isles in our Penitentiary. Seven or eight have
been attacked .ilth the (Weak, one of whom died.—
It has hitherto been a qneflion, whether or not the
fever with which our cities hare been affiieed, was
imported? The circurntlance of its appearing in the
Penitentiary, where there was nq pnlfible chance of
its being communicated from any other place, proves
moo itsconteftibly, that it lint domeftic origin. No
nnufnal ficknefs prevails in the city at this time."
(Fors.2l Mtirappi Territory, Anna it.
" Governor Claiborne was here all lett week, and
being called by exprefs, left Natchez y erday morn-
ing. -The Spanifts party that had been fent to flop our
exploring party (under Freeman) had arrived at the
Cado towns on the Red River, twenty days after nor
party had palled the fame place, and finding the
American flag flying there, cut it down, and rebuk-
ed the Indiana for fuffering it to he let up, or us to
enter the Spanifh territory. The Cado thief replied,
that the Cadns were an independent people, and the
Americans their friends,and they would proted them.
" The Spaniards fit of in purfuit of our party up
the Red River, hut they had got Iso or zoo miles
in advance of them ; 600 Spann cavalry had Sr.
rived at the Sabine. crofTed, and pnffelfed themfelves
of the poll from which Captain Turner had driren
them IA Spring. This circumflance required the
pretence of the Governor to call out the Militia,
which he had been organizing for tome time previ•tus.
" An old foldier, from the Aplutia country, who
patted here so day, met Governor Claiborne yeller-
day, twenty miles beyond the Miffiffipi ; he had tired
Tie horte, and had got another, and proceeded ra•
pidly on his journey. Before he left the Aplufia, the
Militia there had been called nut to aid the regular
troops, and the fpirit of the people was very much
cdonel Cufhing had determined in fight
the Spaniards who had mated the Sabine.—The
trocps under hi, command, as Natchitnehez, may he
about coo regulars ; the hlilitia of ihi. tetritory are
ordered to be in readinets.

The foldier reports from Aplufia, that :ono
More aril► Were on their way to the Sabine, with
Soo laden with provifions, &e. This, if true,
will ma e a force fupetior in number to our regulars;
and fome entertain doubts. though do not, of the
attachment of the militia on the other fide. In this
territory, we can, without difficulty. have 700 rte
t -cc Whin cerc, at a few hours notice, and whole
rinivity will tender them fit for immediate fervice.—
At any rate, if the Spaniards do but come down,
we fh ill be able to give a good account of them.—
The Spaniard► report that they meat; to re•neupy all
the I.ouifiane country, and lay they have enemies in
th: United S,ates."
AV.,TI4HI. t.STTIR, DATID £VCVST 25.
Since my totems letter, another esprels arrived
at V.rt Adams, lt,itn Natchiroch•z, adviling that
the Spanifh forces had arrived within twenty miles
of that poll, and that all the (rant); at Fort Adams
were ordeted to march to the airolance of the garri.
fun at tslatchitnehea, which expefted to be Attacked
before they could arrive there. Advices from lA.
tu. heights. font a t au•hentic Puree, confirm dick
accounts, and Add, that all the troops were to march
from the heights tire day before yellerday ; that p•iit
will be left in charge of An r.'ficer and a Ifrung mi-
li•ia body, to guard 3:ou (hod of alms, And thirty
pieces r f cannon, Witch our G•vernment ytudently
placed hi:re lung ago, as a position against esigen
cies. _ .

Gerctal Wilkinfon has not yet come down the
River. C, bunch Cuthing, who i, (aid to be an Ale
crlicer, commaiids at NateLitochez, bid, on:red ai.h
the I,,ree at Fort Adam, will hardly e►ceed 7,D0 men;
the Spaniard, have sc.() fume and Joao infant, y near
the babice ; t r that our American metal wiil ti3w be
aid our cmcrpitle and irdrepidity v.; l lave
fait uppurtuhity fut ezeri;en, and fur giving

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