Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-08-30
The Hon. VIM. JONES,
Secretary OF the Navy.
PRIVATE coRREspoNDENcE.

E.riracf Of a lsffe,. .fom coryesaSaaens
at For' Geo'Se, u c. dated 17M .44es
1918.
BY despatch last night at Tattoo. we
cam mat ne enemy had Come too Just off
tue creek, handed his SAILS and was. pre-.
p ring to land, when Commodore ChaunceU.
fleet appeared in sight, and was when III,
express iettth quarter ma ,ter in chase of
-the enem Uf,rtuna ely the weather ia
this, DAY veiy bnisterous, and therefore tbe.
sCom,nndore will not keep the Lake If he
A ian make laroor. From the time Sir,
4mes rcmaIned az York after the partial
aSlon With some of cur Acct, we think it NOT
I'm fNobabie he may have received Consider.
>42ie mary, particularly rs the fire of our
ssSileonefs was directed at the gen. Wolfe,
LAS evening a smaIlsforce of volnn GERS
upder major Chapin, 81 of our rrfll lsen. &c
a bodyOt Indians uider their own chiefs
we've sent out, covered by strong body of
regulars under maJ5r Cummings, for the
purpose OF bringing OF one of the enemy's
piquets altho' this oOjec; was no, accom-.
Prshed, the party was very -uccessfu in
ssirhlshnS with the enemy 5 advance.
l3 Indians were made prisoners. among
whom is a whi,e man aft citing to be a sao
wage, and four British regulars many more
were wounded The Indians behaved with
great gaiiantry and betrayed no disposition
to violate the restrictionsw nich general B,yd
has imposed on them. rhey lost two XII Ied
and one slightly wounded OF the regulars
one Killed and two slightly wounded
The British soldiers, officers aud priyates
betrayed the utmost CONSERVATION and fed
precipitation when they discovered the In
dams 1t tdNgovernms& will but encou.
FasS this species ofFce, a compromise
vlpthe British cQ0sE,ander will be easilv
Nectfd III relati $their employment
'keiy fpoh this, 80 will shrink from the
norlprS they 49, soSbarbarousiy Inflicted
Ernaet Of Afcr from, =, int,,so.n, ,..,
aeat among the Cherokee Indians, dated
4ngHSt o. 1913
" Ine Conduct of the Cherokees has hi-
thefto been decidedly friendly. Atthe com
nchCe"ehI oil the war several young chefs
ohered 70 RAISE men and oifer their ser. ices
90 INC give n@eht. asked young chief
whethe he IA ught in case the CheTokeee
should be employed, they c, uld be rsstrain-
ca from Committing acts If brutality he
replied. that they could be restrained. 1.-THE
British ntiuue heir savage .riars, whas-.
Can be done 10 prevent it ? Shall we III
Ter 1! IL is difficult for humanity aoan.
swe IL may be asked what interest the
Sherokees have ia this WARP j answer
tAey owe the United States morHth they
arc ap'e to repay Tie UniteNState, have
fSved iheir nation from perItion--tlev
nae r9Ised thea up from a s. Is Of hunters
~ herdsneH, cuitisators 3, Gannfictur rs.
winnie under Tie English they learntd no.
tlIing "seiui-they acquired nothing from
'he EmShsh but vices which placed the,r
own IN the light of comparative virtues-.
tnej then Left them, Confirmed in their So
'aS. customs and manners, and without a
LIE stipulation for their preseryatiop--
4 ne Onted states then took them by the
ndhu ana made them happy. compared with
heir former Condition There !, No d.
the insursent Greeks are actag In c,ncecs
with the Engiish, through the Eorsl,s,n. In
olaaS--every disaster on one side Is u.s,oi.
''F,' and stated to the Southern Indian tri6es.