Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-01-13

Extract ef q letter from Washirr.ox, Yrsuayv
Z, 1912.
Dispatches reached here last evening from
our munster III France The accounts are spid
TO wear Q favorable appearance---In addition e,
this, ] am informed that letters have been ~.
ceNed from England Of very late dates by Sc.
nator OF the U. States; the letters place cur az
ia,fS, IN great state of uncertainty: those
| from Liverpool, which we understand have becn
received at Baltimore, declare positively that
their orders will be rcscinded in the course Of
10 or i5'days, &c.
! ZANEsvILLE, (Ohio, JAM I.
iHe ioHo7snS letter has 6cen reeeived bv CO.,
| .7LEXANDER NC BETH, member oftie Sc
7:'te, and 6y him communicated TO the Ed
fors:
"DEAR SIR,
| " In order to transmit to YOU
The news OF the day, would beg leave to
lntorm you that General Whiteman, on his
way to the frontier part of this county; pass
ell through this town last Monday. and
has left orders for the battalion TO he
| called, and for.V Volunteers to be raised. ore.
very fourth man to be drafted. He pursued
on his way with COL Ward and Cant. Nc
| Cord, to capt. Lewis town and their tried TO
ind out the minds of the Indians. On Tues.
DAY evening many OF the Chiefs of the tribes
met at Esquire Macklcvain's and thereheld
Council: Among these Chiefs were capt.
blackhuif, who spoke with clnouensc. ami
much to the satisfaction Of all tue white ne,-
/ pie wac heard him. Col. Mcpherson and
capt. Reed were the interpreters ON the part
OF the whites; and Col. Ward replied to his
speecnjn behalf of the whites & his talk was
heard. Blachhuf and the rest of the chiefs
expressed, their fidelity to the United States
and requested their aid and protection. aud
that II any of their young warriors were in
the battle, it was contrary 20 their wishes.
ne SAID he wasJust from Fort Nayne andha
true account of the battle that there were
about 1876 white men killed and wounded.
and about Indians killed. This account
they iearu from the Squaws that came in
And they further state that Battus & Round
head were in the battle and both were kill
led. The chiefs also say that council was
acid at Fort Wayne by the Agent Mr. John
SON and that the warriors in and near that
place were making up 500 Indians, were 60
ing to Kill the Prophet and his party, as the
most OF his foreign tribes had left him, an
but about thirty, finding out his decep,iop.
therefore the red tribes contiguous to us are
more alarmed than we are--SVhat the g.
vent may yet be-, God only knows Tie
parade OF this day is now over, and there
turned out almost $50 mel, which is more
than the fourth required by a draft
NJ. KAHN"
Urbana, Champaign Co. Ohio.
-~de 60 <>.--
CHARLESTON, January a.
AS mark OF respect for the memory os
the dead, and coincidence with the living. CT
tizens OF Richmond, sufferers by the late ca
iamity, our papert this day appears in MOURN
ing. 80. Ca
Extract ETA letter from M. Placiae, Mar
ager ofthe Theatre, dated .
"RIcaMoED, 9th Dec. 1911.
"Last night about 700 persons were n, fhe
Theatre, at my benefit. About the beginning
OF the I'd Act ofthe Pantemime Ctire BLeed-
ing Nan part of the scenery was disco
vered to be on fire, which communicated to
the rocf before the ropes could be cut to let
the scenes tall, and we had just time enough
to save ourselves, dressed as VIC were: All
the actors are safe, but alas! the audience suf-
tered beyond the power of language to ex,,
press. L his morning more tsa1, one hundred
opalcs were taken from under the ruins, be-
sldss many others who were severely wound-
ed.. Those who persisted are among the most
respectable families i'll the city. saved no.
tnirg-my music, scenery, wardrobe, every
thing, tell prey TO the flames. This has
been the work of some worse than vile incen-
diary, as two attempts had been mads be-
tore, during the night, which were frustrated
by the guards of the Theatre"
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.
Capt. Matthew Leach, jun. who arrived az
Salem on Thursday, and left Catliz the 18th
Nov. mentions, that the day previous 70 his
sailing there was heavy boTnbariing from