Star.
London, England, 1811-09-27 00:00:00

VINCENNES (INDIAN TERRITORY) JULY O.

On Tuesday evening last, a Militia Officer, with
ten men, arrived at this place from Kaskaskia, with
dispatches from Governor Edwards to Governor Har-
rison and others, for the Secretary at War, to be put
in the Post Office here. The information brought''
by this command is extremely unpleasant—and we
fear, there is little room to hope that a rupture pith
the Indians can be avoided.
After the murder of the men mentioned In our
paper of the 10th ultimo, one man had been killed,
another mortally wounded in Woodriver township,
above Cahahkia. It is aho certain, that an Indian
was mortally wounded on the Mississippi, above St.
Louis, in an attempt that was made by, live of them
to board a ferry-boat, in which a party WAS crossing
that river.
But the most distressing news is, the account of
the murder of three whole families, on the frontiers of
Randolph county, in the Illinois—This news had not
reached Kaskaskia, when the above party left that
place—however, we fear, it is but too true. No doubt
exists but that these hostilities proceed from the Slur-
wanee Prophet. It is believed that the banditti of
Putawatamies and other tribes of the Illinois river
are entirely devoted to him.

,he Lieutenant-. to .
CINCINNATI, JULY 20.
A Gentleman of veracity arrived in this town yes-
the diseases said to prevail in those cities:
,
terday, directly from Fort Maiden, Upper Canada, His Majesty's brig Richmond, at Sea,
se
via Sandusky, who informs that he saw a large num-
ptember 1, 1811.
bar of Indians from the Mississipi, collected at the In obedience to the orders of his Excellency Lieu-
former place, receiving presents from the British.— ; tenant-General Campbell, and the instructions I re-
And at Sandusky, a white man had been found in ceived from you, to proceed to the ports of Cartha-
the woods near the United States stores, murdered, gena and Alicant, for the purpose of ascertaining the
stripped, and scalped. Three strokes of a tomahawk nature of the diseases said to prevail in those places,
had penetrated his skull. I have now the honour to inform you, that, after
making the most minute investigation in the Leze-
EXTRACT OF A LITTER PRoM A eENTLEMAN ZAS- retto, City and Royal Hospitals in Carthagena, I have
KAMA, TO 1113 FRIZNII IN FRANKFORT, LENTuc
DATED JULY 4. e no hesitation in declaring, that the same disease ex-
ists there at present which prevailed in the years
44 Alarms are very considerable in this quarter, at ; 1804 and 1810, and which, with some variations, 1
this moment, and indeed danger appeals of an at- ! have witnessed so many Europeans fall victims to in
tack from the Indians. Several war parties have been the West Indies.
into the settlements of St. Clair county, in this terri- I The patient is generally attacked suddenly with
tory ; four men have been actually killed, one woun- cold shiverings, pains in the head, hack, loins,
ded, and a young woman taken prisoner, but fortu- and thighs—the skin becomes excessively hot—the
nately has been retaken, besides a considerable num- pain of the head increases, particularly over the or-
ber of horses, together with other property. The ac- bits of the eyes—the eyes themselves appear to the
counts from all quarters say the Indians are for war..! patient as if forcing from their sockets, have a par-
It is the opinion of Governor Edwards, Governor titularly red or fiery appearance, and the. whole
Harrison, General Clarke, and the Sub-agent at Chi- face appears considerably flushed—a continual rest-
caga, that a grand attack will be made on some part lessness prevails, the patient constantly throwing him-
ot our frontiers by the Prophet, who has, it is repor- self from one side of the bed to the other—at this pe-
ted, several hundred Indians, at this time, embodied riod the pulse is very frequent, seldom under 120,
for that purpose. i and generally much more. Considerable irritability
" The traders who have returned from the Lakes, of the stomach always prevails—the vomiting at first
are of opinion that we shall undoubtedly have a war of a bilious appearance, and sometimes only the drink
with the Putawatamies, Saukies, part of the Shawa- that has been swallowed ; but, as the disease advan-
nees, and about half the Kickapoos, and some other ces, assumes a darker colour, and lastly depositing a
small tribes residing on the Wabash and Illinois river, grainy sediment resembling the grounds of coffee.—
Oar Militia are put in motion ; but for want of From this stage of the disease no patient has been ob-
arms and proper equipments, could not be effective served to recover—and, in those cases that have ter-1
in case we have an attack. The frontier settlements minated fatally, or assumed the most serious appear.
are building blocle•houses for their safety, and many antes, suppression of urine has generally taken place.
families have crossed the Mississippi river, and some On the first attack, the tongue has generally a white
have removed to Kentucky. Seven al scouting parties appearance, which gradually becomes darker, with
are now out ; accounts say, the road from this place a brown streak in the center, and towards the close
to Vincennes, is waylayed ; that parties of Indians of the disease, becomes quite black, furred, and dry.
were seen on it is confirmed by the post-rider. When the disease has advanced rapidly, the patient
I have received the Brigadier General's orders to often becomes delirious on the second day, and dies
either furious or comatose on the tithe', and some-
have my company in readiness, 'and be prepared for
aeour of duty, which will probably be in a few days." times the sth ; but, when the crisis has taken place
on the 7th day, the black vomiting has been always
most frequent. In some who have died, comatose on
the ith day, considerable quantities of pure blood
have been vomited up. Sometimes the patient, after
walking about and declaring himself well, has died
perhaps in a few minutes.
About the third day, the eye loses its red appear.
ance, and becomes tinged with yellow, after which it
gradually extends to the face, neck, breast, &c. and,
before death, generally assumes a lead or putrid-like
appearance. The pulse, previous to this, has sunk
considerably, and seldom strikes oftener than SO to
60 times in a minute. Hemorrhages from die nose,
mouth, ears, and bowels, have frequently happened ;
and vibices have sometimes made their appearance,
as well as deafness, and glandular swellings.
On the first attack, the patient is generally costive;
but, previous to death, diarrhea often takes place,
and what is voided has always a black, putrid ap-
pearance, and excessively fetid smell. All these
symptoms have not made their appearance in the
same patients ; but I have observed the whole in the
numerous cases which presented themselves in the
Lazaretto and other hospitals in Carthagena. The
disease has not been confined to any particular part
of the town, nor is any person exempt from it, who
has not had it in the years 1804 and 1810.
I must beg leave to observe to you, that the num-
ber of deaths that has taken place (a diary of which
I inclose) has net been exclusively occasioned by the
yellew fever. The bilious remittent prevails here
also ; and in the Royal Hospital I observed many of
the soldiers labouring under what we call the Jail
fever, which they must have brought with them from
the army, where, I understand, they have undergone
much fatigue, and suffered great privations, both in
food and cloches.
The number of deaths may appear trifling for a
to n, the population of which is generally catculateu
at 36,000 souls, the estimate in 1806 ; but when you
codaides that the (ever last year reduced this number

GIBRALTAR PAPERS.

CADIZ, SgrTEMBER 9.

It is positively said that Lieutenant-Colonel Manso
has obtained advantages over the enemy, and re-oc-
cupied the position of Monserrat, which our people
had abandoned after the loss of Tarragona.
The third army, which, in consequence of the late
occurrences, had fallen back upon Murcia, occupied
the position of el Palmar, Alcantarilla, and la Anora,
coveting that city and its territory.
Letters of the 17th of last month state, that from
the state of things, and the dispos:tions which'were
making, it was inferred, that the army was going to
move again, and to march back to the kingdom of;
Grenada.
The occurrences alluded to in the above paragraph?'
are related in extracts from General Freyre's dis-
patches to General Blake, dated the 9th, 10th, 11th,'
12th, and 13th of August, of which the following is
the substance :

The dispatch of the 9th from the Venta del &Ill,'
General Freyre's head-quarters, states, that the enemy
having pushed between 7 and 80(X) men as far as the
environs of the Venta, sending a column of from
4000 to 4:5(X) to turn the right of the Spanish army,
they succeeded in it—General O'Donnell, Chief of,
the Staff, who had marched to the assistance of that
wing with the tomtit division of the fourth army,
having been defeated oh the Zajar with a pretty con-1
siderable loss.
he dispatch of the 10th from Cullar de Baza,
mentions that the army is pursuing its retreat—and
that the division which had tought on the Zajar was
falling back in the direction of Lorca. During the
retreat of the army, the cavalry who covered it under
Brigadier Loy, was attacked - near Lasvertientes by
a superior force of the enemy, and gave way ; in
oonsecoence of which,' the latter were enabio4 so pe-

considerably, and that tipsy prase who had ti.,
means of escape has left at this year. leaving ;;;t1„,
more than a population of 9000 in the city, most of
whom had the disease upon former occasions, you
will be able to form a more just idea of the m• eta.
lity. Tise physicians cannot account for the disea*
making its appearance this year at Carthagena ; but
I have good reason to suppose it might have remain.
ed clamant during the winter, till roused into scrims
again by the summer's heat : and I am more dispot.
ed to favour this opinion, from the circumstance of
their using so little precaution last year ; neither de.
sta oying the bedding, clothes, or other furniture liable
to preserve contagion, of any of the people who died
of the disease, as they had done in the year 1804 ; and
I am sorry to observe, that they have gained little by
experience, as they pursue the same, system to the
present moment. The winds for several months have
blown from the Levant, and the thermometer has
generally ranged from 82 to 84 and $6 degrees, on
Fahrenheit's scale.

In Alicant there is not the slightest degree of con.
tagion existing at present, nor does it appear to hays
been so tree ti um disease of any kind, at any period,
for a series of years hack.

In the town of Elche, about four leagues distant,
the yellow fever is said to have made its appearance,
in consequence of a soldier from Carthagena, with
five or six people who assisted him in his illaess,hay.
ing died after a few days' sickness. But the _comma-
nication with that part of the town they resided i•
having been cut off, sickness and mortality are said
to have ceased ; and, as a cordon was placed between
the two towns, and a most rigid quarantine establish.
ed, had I availed myself of ocular information, I
should not have been admitted into Alicant again.
In Murcia, the capital of the province, and distant.
about 13 leagues from Alicant, the disease has made,
its appearance with much more serious effects. It ie
also said to have been carried there by some refugees
from Carthagena ; and the Junta of Alicant Lava
placed it in a state of quarantine. in the same man-
ner as that of Elche. However, as the cordon is
placed so far from the city, and little attention p..id
to persons coming from the eastward, together with
the number of people rushing there from the various
places near Cartli:igena where the French have made
their appearance, 1 am strongly of opinion that that
place will not long be able to escape.

I feel myself much indebted to Majot-General
Roche and die British Consul at Alicant, for the as-
sistance they afforded me in every thing relating to
the object of my mission. The Junta were equally
disposed to render me every assistance. In Cart ha.
gen.' ralso experienced every attention from the Go.
vcrnor-Vveneral, Consul, and Physicians constituting
tie Board of Health, that the service I was emplovea
upon could possibly require —I have the honour, Ste.
(Signed) R. Y. V waca, Surgeon to the Forces.
Win. Yysts., Esq. Deputy Inspector ot Hospuels;
DIATHS PROM ATV JULY TO 29Tii ALot;sr, 11:GLUM'S.
1511.
July 49 12 August 1 4 August 14 54 August 22 17
su /1 7 11 IS 14 2.5 19
91 6 5 7 15 II fie Ili
August 1 7 9 7 17 5 2: 119
2 5 10 16 18 20 21 3%
3 2 11 7 19 22 117 20
4 4 12 90 24.1 2 211 20
5 5 10 90 al el S 20

463
PROCLAMATION.
Head-quarters, Gibraltar, September 4, 1911.
Whereas an alarming fever has broke out at Carthazena and
other places on the coast of Spatn within the Mediterranea
H. E. the Lieutenant-Governor has found it necessary to cut
off ull communication with Spain, by sea and land; hereby cart
on the ialsabitan,s to come forward,aseooservators of the public
health, as they did last year ; and such as choose to volunteer
eats duty, as weU as to keep improper persons out of the prri.
son, will take the trouble to send in their names to the Tows,
Major. Fourteen days quarantine from all ports of Spain artibia
the Mediterranean, and ten days from those to the westward, ao
far as Ayartionte, are to be performed by an vessels, to be roe-
honed from the day of their anchoring in this bay. Ferry-boats,
plying-boats, and bum-boats are to be fail up, except sack am
may be found necessary by the Pratique Minter and those are is
have a health guard. Night-fishing is to be discontinued Nord
further orders, and the fishermen and boars to be mitered by
the Pratique Master night and morning, and to be accompanied
with health guards.
The above regulations, which are adopted to preserve the health
of this garrison, are to be most strictly obey el—ny command.
(Signed) JOAN ROTlLliablll, gee.
PRIVATE LITTER.
" GIBRALTAR, SiPT• 8.01.1 r accounts from Cadiz
come down to the kth. The Papers bring a series of
official dispatches from General FREYRE to Gener:-.1
BLAKIL, respecting the defeat of the fourth Spanish
army at Baza ; they are five in number, s' :e last of
them dated the 13th of August. In substance the
all agree that the army was defeated ; that the French
at the time they attacked the m ,iu b.dy of t'le army
at Baza, sent a strong division of 7.'00 men to turn
the right wing, in which they succeeded ; and that
the Chief of the Staff, General J .szen O'Dozzt.L.

moving with 5000 men along the Znjar to support it,
wa:,. defeated with great loss, and compelled to re-
treat; in consequence of which the whole army was
torced to move towards Murcia • that the cavalry
.1: under the command of General 0Y took up a posi-
tion at LasVertientes, to enable the different divisions
of the army to form a junction, but being attacked
by superior numbers, were forced to give way ; and
the French were thus enabled to penetrate to the
plains, and prevent the divisions from taking the
passes of the Mountains of Maria. Notwithstanding
this, however, the different divisions continued their
route to Marcia without the slightest dispersion, but
diminished in number, owing to fatigue and want of
provisions. On the 12th, at seven o'clock in the
morning, the enemy made their appearance before
the city of Lorca, with 1000 infantry and 300 Ca-
valry, but the fire of the c istle compelled them SOOlB
to retire. The army was collected in the city of Mur.
cia, and wai about to advance again with some rein.
fircements received from Valencia. We remain wiih
the gates shut, as wtien I last wrote, nor is there any
likelihood of an alteration, as a Medical Gentleman
is just returned from inspecting the sick in the diffe-
rent hospitals at Carthagena, who reports, that the
existing malady at that place' is the same'as that of
1804-5 and 18W, without the smallest symptom
of variation."

THP, T'aVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, SgPTVvinEtt. lA'.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
S per Ct. Cans. for money Est; liitto for account aSi
per Ct. Reduced shut—Navy 5 per Cent.
1 per Cmt. abut-13unds 13e. 11s. vre.— dis.
iamb. Bills (al) as. to Is. dis.—Ditto (3;d•) 23. to 3s. pram.

" WEIDSOft.C.A STLE, SEPTENIIISTI 27.
" His MAJESTY'S state has not varied for the last
three days. (Signed)
" H. HALFOR/5. E. WILLIS."

The CEPITALUS sloop of war, the arrival of which
at Portsmouth we noticed yesterday, has brought let-
ters from Gibraltar to the 10th, and Gibraltar aro-
to the Bth instant. The latter contain the offi-
cial account of the action lately fought between the
corps of General BLAKE and Sot:vr. The Spanish
forces do not seem to have suffered to that extent
which we were led to suppose from the first account
published. So far from the action having terminated
in their dispersion, as was at first reported, the Spa-
niards were enabled to take up a formidable position
immediately after. General Furvitt (and not Ge-
neral BLAKE) commanded the corps which.was en-
'gaged on this occasion. It would appear that &Axe
bas left his command for the present.

By a Proclamation from the Governor of Gibral-
tar it appears that the gates had been closed, not only
by sea, but by land, in consequence of the yellow fe-
grer having extended itself from Carthagena into the
adjacent country. A long succession of dry weather
had rendered our garrison rather sickly, but no epi-
demic disorder had made its appearance : rain was
anxiously looked for, as there was a great deficiency
of wholesome water. The letters mention distressing
ravages committed by the yellow fever at Carthagena.
The greater part of the inhabitants had fled into the
country, and some of them had carried the fever with
them. The French Generals had tal:en care to with-
draw their forces from all places where it was sus-
pected the distemper prevailed. All shipping arriv-
ing in Gibraltar Bay from the Eastward, was placed
under the most rigid quarantine for 40 days.

Tuesday, the Princess Cuantorra of Wales pass-
•d through Arundel, on her way from Bognor to
London; and the Duke of Noarcit.it arrived at Arun-
del from town, where his Grace is expected to reside
some time, inspecting and superintending the repairs
of the Castle, which appear to be proceeding very
sloWly, it being more to in eighteen years since thP3
were first comm' aced. The produce of one of the
Duke's estates is, by the nature of his title to it, al-
lotted to that purpose.
The Committee of the Corporation of London for
into execution the Acts of ParliAment for
the improvement of the entrance at Temple-bar and
Snow.hill, have come to a resolution, that the new
street leading northward from Picket-street, shall,
as a memento of their respect to their chairman,
the Alderman, be called Domville.street. It is in
contemplation to connect this street with the im-
provements intended towards Highgate and Hamp-
stead, by carrying it up across Holborn, in a line to
the Foundling Hospital. This, when completed, will
if* a grand opening, leatiing direct from the.north to
the heart of the metropolis, equally beneficial to the
trade of the west•end of the town and the city.
The late Sir SITWELL SITWELL'S stud, which was
bold at Renishaw on Saturday last, consisted of thirty
lots. The whole sold for about 5450 guineas.
47-luile de Venus fetched 460 guineas ; her foal by
dorcerer '255 guineas; Buttercup SOS guineas. In ge-
neral, the mares and foals sold well.

Mr. SHAKESPEARE'S horse Chester is matched rainst
Mr. ANDREW'S Trophonius, for '2OO guineas, at the
Vewmarket Meeting on Friday next.
The Li)rd Bishop of DURHAM has recommended
to his Clergy to make surveys of their different pa-
rishes, in order to ascertain the number of poor inha-
bitants who may be destitute of the Bible !

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE..---Mr. SINCLATR, who
same outa few evenings ago in Carlos, in the Dnenna,
made his third appearance last night, in the Cabinet, as
Orlando. I-Fs recepti(:n was most flattering ; and his
singing amply repaid the kind approbation of the au-
dience. in the " Beautiful Maid," eg Fair Ellen, like a
lily grew," and BRALIAM'S famous Polacca Song, he
was loudly eocored ; indeed. in the last song, which is
by far the most difficult, his execution was so great, as
to call forth lung and reiterated plaudits from the
whole house ; and there can be now no doubt of his
complete success in the line of characters which are
allotted to him.— Mr. BLANCHARD looked, dressed,
and played the elfarguie with his usual address, and
that, in this character, is as yet inimitable.—Mr.
EMERY was the Peter, in lieu of Mr. MUNDEN, but we
never saw him so much out of his theatrical latitude
before : yet there are few comedians who understand
tkeir duty better than him.—Mrs. BlqIOP, in Floretta,
was animated and playful, and sung with much
sweetness.

Saturday last a Coroner's Inquest was held on the.
ly of a man unknown, taken up at the third lock
the Grand Canal, Dublin. After the examination
a. 1 evidence of Surgeon Quinlan, the Jury brought
in their verdict of Wilful Murder against a person or
persons unknown. There were several wounds on
the body, apparently as if given by a sword : the
right side of the abdomen was laid open, and the
whole of the intestines were exposed ; part of the left
thigh nearly severed from the body, and the fingers
of the left hand hanging off ; from which we must
Conclude that he made a great resistance to his mur-
derers. He appeared to be about 40 years of age,
five feet seven inches in height, had on a dark brown
coat with metal buttons, spotted waistcoat, cassimere
small-cloaths and worsted stockings. In his pocket
was found a key for winding up clocks and a pen-
knife. The body lies with the sentinel at' Bagga.
street bridges for the purpose of being recognized by.
his friends,

NAPAL INYTLLICENCI.

TORBAY. 82#11S-MBP.R i 3.

It has blown a continued gale the whole Of last
night and this day.—This afternoon came in his Ma-
jesty's ship DANMARK, and two men of war brigs,
names unknown.

FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 24.
Arrived his Majesty's ship ROTA, from a cruize.
Put back the Freeling packet, with the mail for
Cadiz on board; on Sunday night off Ushant she ex-
perienced -a
very heavy gale, in which she lost her
foremast, bowsprit, fore top-sail, and main top-sail :
the next day she was taken in tow by a frigate, and
brought into this port. The mail will be forwarded
by the Chichester packet.

PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER !S.
Last night it came on to blow a dreadful gale at
Vest, and has continued ever since with 'unabated
violence, varying to W.N.W. and W.S.W. accom-
panied by sudden gusts and heavy showers, oi rather
deluges of rain. We have had remarkable fine wea-
ther for some time, previous to the last few days, but
our autumn equinox has now set in with uncommon
severity. So high does the surge run, even in the
harbour, that all the watermen plying at the Cove,
refused half-a-guinea to take a passenger to the Prince
Frederick, which in ordinary weather is only a two-
penny fare. There seems no indication of any abate-
ment of the hurricane, and we may consequently
fear much damage to the shipping on this and the
adjacent rocky coast.

There are neither arrivals nor sailir.gs this day, with
the exception of the Endeavour hired armed brig
and her convoy—they sailed yesterday, but were
forced back this morning by the violence of the gale.
The Lanirail, Admiralty schooner, has arrived here
from a two•months cruize off the Coast of \Vales, on
the impress service ; she has picked up a number of
useful hands.