The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-22

banditti continued on their march until
clock IN the afternoon oi Wednesday,, when
they arrived at the plantation of ..lr. adit
tnrIier. there they halted. (havins marched
upwards OF i've lcagues) and commenced
killing poultry, cooking, ealing. drinking and
rioting
When the alarm reached the city, much
confusion was manifested The most active
CT izens armed themselves. and in about an
hou. after the alarm (al,hough the weather
WAS extremely bad) commence ed their m arch
tn IL force not exceeding tar men, mount
ed on toerable horses, but were continually
reintorc ng as they progres sed up he Coast.
he road tor. two or three leagues was crow
ded with carriages aud Cars toll of people
making their escape from the ravages OF the
6anditu negroes. halt naked, up to their
knees IN the mud, with large package on
their heads driving along tow ards The c.
t.. The accounts we received were vari.
ous
When we had arrived within league of
Mt For iee's. where the bantlit,i were feast
ing our numbers had increased to near one
huhdred, ou badly armed and accoutved.
Major burlington, OF the u. Stlte, Inf anlrv
WIS named our commardan tut indeed
/ was but name to, he f.as decidedly 1T
the opinion, that VIC ought noc t attack the
eneW with .nt small tree Q ID TN i
day light; in this opinion h, W IS Supported Nv
tue best, iuf,r nsd characters j.. t & ,sta, h
meut, bot without avail, f,r some o lose
wh W. e ter attecking had advanc, Il -
Ihs Major gave ordef> t. prepare tor acu
on, his was about egh o'clock at night
aDdsr,t ne mo1en, when every disposi i, IN
was making for The attack, Ge,er 4 H su,p
| ton arrived, and decided igAinsr attacking
them until the nAnir Could be brought up
| this ne was nos able t. effect, although eve.
ry exerto" was made. unit: 4 o'clock ~ the
morning---;he clouds had di>rtrsed, he
| nom sn ne clear, AID ), was excessively
| cold /; the arms ~ he u. State, LOOPS eli
tered in the NOM beam. and mus, nave Oeen
the c"uSe o. t. origands d scovering us :;
| For ,oon ate the to1t filed off 20 take them
in he reas, they rung he alarm bell, and
WI n degree OF exit ,iUrdiriry silence tr
such rahble, commenced and sffecied thei,
retreat up he river
WHen we took possession of the ground
| where the brigands had been committing
| their ravages all night. on troops and hor
| ses were SO exhaus, ed that they were M
| able to pursue the fugitives, however, by
the activity of The militia above and the
promptness OF Major Milton and tn reeu-
lar force under his command, tina, day and
| the neXt, the whole of the banditd we're rou
ted, killed, wounded and d,spt rsed, & every
| thing is now tranquil.
: In this melanchol, iffiir but two CHI
zens have fell by the hands of those bri-
gands, and three dwelling houses burned
not single sugar house nor sugar works
were molested. The poor wretches who
| were" concerned in the depr edations, have
| paid for their contemporaries Of one hun
dred. it is is generally supposed, have
been killed and hung, and more will be ex-
ecuted.
Jasua-rp %
An accurate enumeration was takei. on
Thursday last, of the negroes killed and mis-
sing. from Mr.. Fortiers to Mr.. Andr,'s, and
is as follows, z.
Killed aud executed Go
NJ s,'ng, II
Sent IT, n. Orleans for trial. 16
From this statement the oss Is n O
great as was al frs calculated. Those re
ported missing arc SUPPOSE geutr u, q, be
dead in the woods, as rianv jed..s oavr
been seen by the patrol.-L lnisianG G3z.
A public dinner given 70 CO.. Ga;
borne Yesterday by a number OF respectable
Citizens ct this city.
The dinner intended to be given to Gen
Wade H-mpton N Thursday mex is Dos,
poned Ill Saturday he Cd February, on &c.
CONT OF the unavoidable absence of he
General
ST. LOUIS, Dec. IS.
The hidden treasures o! this country arc
daily brought to light ; new M mes OF Lead,
& PIPER Silver and we believe AHimoD,.
have been lately discovered. A few DAYS
ago fine bank o. Coal was discovered in
our neighb rhood by a Nj. Beard, an inge
NOUS and indust i,us blacksmith, lately ar
rived here.
Mr.. L'Escalier. he Consul general TO the
> was TO sail from Bayon in the ship
Hawk, ofPhiladelphia.
From the Louisiana Gazette
MEssRs. MowRY & Co.
Since my handing
you the communication relative t. Brown,
Tho tofs rnII x.yhi rt, a