The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-20


gus sioop 81 war. in Lar. 81. long. 81, the
captain and Crew taken uat. '.hc Argus
had parted from the rest OF TIE squadron
the day previous. Tac Arialne was board
ed few days Since Dy brlsi.h fri,a,e, and
received on board the ew Of the Ship Fac
tor Of Salem. captured by her.
(k.) faASrroar, Oct. L oS
by the po,iteness Of his EAeeiieAcy Gov Sh -ib,
we have been favored viii, the following lie tiers,
which would havS bcen sooner Ibid before the pub.
lie. but for the absence III bis exee.iency. They
vii! however still he read with interest, and we trust
will entirely do AWAY the bass. aud unfounie,I r.-
ports which lave been in,usiriU,,sy circulated
by disappointed individuals, viii, view 10 in;ure
the shaiacter aud feelings I'll Gen. Hopkins
V1NcEHSgs,> 29th Sept. 1919.
Ny dear Sr.--Iou will wonder, no lou;,t at
my dating this place at ibis time A most severe
nt'isnstion paralised my efforts towards expedition
n few lays; during which tirae zee were most busi.
" employed valuing horses, mastering and inspect
ing men, and other preparations necessary for the
expedition. An OF the troops into bri.
guides, regiments and battalions-the choice of ,i-
feers Ono easy task) is nearly gotten over. Every
days arrival OF troops, to the present, incre, sed
the siiiiculty and delay cannot be accurate in the
enclosed return, on that account. / hope the last
troops will be in tomorrow
Enclosed send your exceilency n copy of our or.
ganzation, AS tar AS it is made. WAS compelled to
form two brgades. which will comnrise about 500
men each-the regiments 100, and battalions 600
In tour companies. i have also some spies and
gudes-perhaps so. The regiments OF Winlock's
brigade are sicklv-nesr 900 the sick list l in
tend TO order them n strong rear guard and
to bring up provisions Fort Harrison or some
point above il. Major Floyd brought ON n heavy
psund IRON gun, with two loaded Wagons with sho,
some powder, &c. As l hope to have no use for
her, the infantry may take her on.
find a correspondent scarcity Of arms ammun.
t'on and the other necessary equipments, hut the
article most wanteil is bread stuff. The average Of
| provision fur"s,ed by the men themselves, now
here, would not exceed five DAYS during their de-
lay here have had ssued them fresh provisions
| to save their own as mach possible.
Enclosed your exeelency will see the general or
ders OF tbs dsy, which contains abstract of our
organization, AS far as gees To morrow the first
| division OF nouated men viii file off for Bussarou
the next day hope to folio on with the serond *
pledge myself, sir, not moment shall be unneces-
sarily consumed.
The situation in which found this country. viz
the lndians retiring, Fort Harrison releveS, and
not much apprehension has put il in my power 10
employ more time In preparation than expected
, have however kept about so securing the frontier
between Wabash aud White river, above this. from
20 to SD mi.es-nO fresh Indian sign has been seen
by them yet.
My present intention is to attack every settle
ment on the Wabash, aud destroy their property,
then tall upon the Illinois and trust in all tho
next month to Ferforn, much of it, Serious opposi-
non hardly apprehend, although intend TO be
prepared for it.
Your favor ofthe s5th, by mail. is this moment
brought me. L sincerely thank YOU for the iut.li
gence gives, and you, my dear friend the
excellent preccps you nculcate shall not be lost or
msappiied-From every place you shall have infor.
nation.
notice Gov. Harrison's allusion-it affects ma
not have come here to serVc my eounrry, and
moi to settle points Of etiquette. shall be proud to
correspond with him, obtain his confidence and e.
ven receive ms advice Il direction-I respect him
as soldier * gentleman.
Let me repeat my anxiety to merit your appro.
patton, and to brave every difficulty, danger and
hardship, and my confidence that shall find SINH
.sr aesre and dsposten every corps o. our brave
anu patr,otic countrymen.
with sincere regard and esteem, have tie honor
TO be our friend and most obeiient servant.
SAML. iiOPKIN S.
CHS E*cellency Isaac .Shelky.)
ENCLOSED IN THE ABovE)
GENERAL ORDERS.
The commander in Chief congratulates
the army and himself. that the org anizati
Oh is SO far CO npleted as to leave nothing
very essential to perform in that line The
enterprize, the bravery, the patriotism of
this army will hardly need stimulants.-
Their morality and virtue will not admit of
doubt. Come then. fe low soldiers, the time
has approached for us to act. The foe Of
our country has dared to defy us. He has
sacrilegiously invaded our defenceless homes
--imbrued his hands in the blood of our
wives ard little ones, and despoiled the al
tars we mad raised and dedic ted to the God
OF Peace. These (for while) humble pa
gans, reused hy the syren subtitle satellites
of mad proiiigate tyrant, have dared once
more to throw the gauntlet of defiance at us.
and let slip the dogs of war" ''Tis our
duty to punish them-IVe shall perform our
duty ana fushi the just expectations of our
country. Let NJ murmur be heard. We
expect to suffer cold and wet, fatigue and
huhser; we are repubiicans-we are Ken
tuck ans-we can endure them. Duty and
toll produce the mobiles feelings and sweet
est solace to the soldier.
Fellow citizens in arms--A strict obedi
enee to orders is required-You will render
IT, 10 abstain from any destruction of the
property, or insult on the persons of our fell
low citizens where we MAY be, will be a
positive duty-We will perform it. To-
morrow we will commence our march.
ny the arrangements Con certed by the
commander in chief, Lieut.. Col. Com mand-
ant Samuel Caldwell. will command the
first regiment of Kentucky mounted volun-
teers--in which Majors Thomas Bell and
Joseph Winlock. will be commanders of
battalions. The battalion of the former 70
consist OF the companies OF Captains Shelby,
Gwodkins, Alsbury and Wolfe that of the
latter of the companies of Captains Gordon
Ewing, M'LeaR and J. Hamilton.
"a he glment-Lieut. Col. Commandant
William Thomas, Majors Thomas Speed
and John Galloway. The battalion Of the
former to be- composed of tie companies Of
Captains Hardisec. Berry from Wa<hing-
ton, Gather and tle Captain appointed in