The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-14


the comforts ut lite. * last,wetk the snow
was six inches deep at French Mills"
1--WE arc unprised taat ANY "gcntlcman.
attached to the army at Piattsburgh."
.hould lend his name to such Il gross mis-
representation. Our militia on the lint S.
are provided with their regular rations.
lTney are furnished with as good beef or
| pork, and bread, as the country affords
they are amply provided with camp eQui-
page, and some with barracks-And al
though they may not" fare samptuously
every day and even be de arived of many
of the "comforts of life" YET from the re-
] presentations of the soldiers themselves,
| (as well as from ether sources) we are au-
thorsed in stating that they are duly pro-
vGed with good. wholesome sodiv J.
fare-The (" soretched eondifion' of the
gentleman's story. p" svhose mind is shack-
led 6y hrcjuaicr," to the contrary notwth-
standing 1t might crafty tie public. to
i know III what Capacit, the gentle man who
made, this statement, is attached to the
[ army at Pittsburgh" If he is an officer,
man of experience" and sees that the
rain OF his country can only be avertsd bv
1 a change of its rulers" it would seem asto-
! nishing that his experience" and wonder
| ful perception should not have taught him,
/ that such frivolous misrepresent ations as
! are contained in the above quotation. and
i VIC tnahner- IN WHICH Tic nOtlCeS
the Vermont militia who have arrived here,
are i'll calculated to A." avert the ruin of his
country" and highly reprehensblc, in "a
gentlemen attached to the army at Platts
lburgh.' -
If the " snow fell six inches deep at
French Mills" it has been as easily dissi-
lpatcd by the mild rays Of the sun
since, as the writer's misst atements would
levaporate before the rays of truth. ID.
The inhabitants CT Champlain and its vi
entity have been much alarmed the last
week, in consequence of several Indians
/ appearing this side the lines. 1t appears
however, that aparty of only were seen,
who returned without committing any de-
predations.
A company of Militia Artillery marched
to the lines ON Sunday morning last. H.
N1YcdsepiHe, Nov.2
| The General Assembly of this state met
| on Monday last. The hon. William Rabun,
OF Hancock, was chosen President of the
Senate, and WIN. Robertson, ESQ. Secreta-
| ry. Benjamin. Whitaker Esq. was elected
| Speaker and Hines Holt, Esq. Clerk of the
| House of Representatives.
| The message of the Governor, which was
communicated to both branches of the Lee
gislature yesterday, feelingiy adverts to our
| }
plniono His EXcellency, and of every thin
king man in the community, that if the re-
duction OF the PROVINCE be much longer de-
layed 1T will greatly endanger the safety of
this state,
i The Governor has been censured by ma.
ny forrthe part which he has taken in the
business and motives. as he says, as ma
iicious as unfounded, have been attributed
1 TO him. This observation, we presume, was
/ moi int nArH fI,rt t,x,
CITIZEN, who may have imbibed prejudices
from the want of correct means of informa-
ton but for those, who from malicious or
other improper motives have circulated the
report, that instead of endeavoring to pro-
mote the public welfare, he was secretly
engaged in disposing of our dearest and
most valuable rights-the liberty we enjoy.
HIS agency, however, is now at an end.-
The General Government aware that the
active duties of his present station would
require the whole ofhis attention, is, we un
derstand, about to appoint successor. Gen.
Pinckney of the U. S. army, it is thought,
will succeed him.
The reasons that prompted the General
Government to offer this agency toihe Go
vernon, and which probably induced him to
4 accept of it, are sufficiently obvious. This
State, bordering OH Florida, was deeply in
terested in the transact ions of that province
the tranquility of our frontier was jeopardi-
sed by the struggle for power between the
Revolutionists and Royalists, many of the
former having emigrated from the United
States. a Certain species of property too,
constituting no small share of the wealth of
many, was in imminent danger. TO ward
off these threatened evils, by calling forth
instantly, in case of emergency, competent
1 military force. was only in the power of the
Chief Magistrate, and it was peculiarly his
duty to, do it. Journal
VINcENNES, Der. 90.
| On Friday morning the Indians killed a
son of Mr. Thos. Hollingsworth, within ten
miles OF this place-they tomahawked. seal
ped and stripped him naked. The night
before they stole a number Of horses from
the neighborhood.
On Tuesday or Wednesday last General
Hopkins crossed the Wabrsh at fort Har-
risoD with about 1000 mounted men with
item days pr DIVISIONS to proceed against the
Indian towns--but whether against those up
the Wabash or on the Illinois river. is still
a mystery, but which short time will un-
lTcil.