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The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01
sUBMIssIeN OF 7RE NORTHERN INDLdNs.
A PROCL NATION.

By UM. II. RdSRISoN, Major. General in
me army IF me United States end com
manding the eigAth Military Disf,ict.
An armistice having been concluded be
tween the u. States and the tribes O! Iu-
disrs called Miamics, Patawatinies Eel
River Miomies, Wcas, Ouoways. Chippc-
ways and Wyandots. to continue until The
pleasure of the government Of The former
shall he knowr-l hereby make known The
same to all whom it may concern. This
armlsuce is preparatory to a general cour-
CT: 10 lie held with these different tribes (;
and until Tvs termiration they have been
permitted to retire TO the hunting grounds,
and there To remain unmolestcd. if they be-
have themselves peaccab,y. Ttey have
surrendered into cur hands hostages from
each tribe, ard have agreed imme diately IL
restore all our prisoners in their posses
sion, and 10 UUitc with us in the chas,ise-
ment of any Indians who may commit az;
aggression upon our fion,iers. Under
these circumstances, rXhort all citizens
upon the frontiers to respect the term: OF
SAID armistice, and neither 10. engage in
nor conntenance any expedition agairsr
their person or property /: leaving to the GO
VeFnment, with whom the constitution ha
left il, 10 pursue such course with respect
10 the Indian as they may think most com
patlbls with sound policy and the best in
teresis Of the country.
Done al Detroit, this 10th Oct. 1915.
(Signed)
WIN. II. HARRISON.
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OHIO LAWRENCE.
From Lisbon hoherS received at Boston By
fhe .Iyuo.
LISBON, October IL.
@:Oz--
TRANsL.ATIoNs.

LISBON, Cctobey II.
His exceiloncy Don Nj P. Foriaz, pre-
sident of the regency, has received a deu-
patch from the duke of Vittoria, lord
Wellington daicd
IL, @. Lesata, Sctt. 26, 1878.
/" ! have the honor TO transmit for the in
formation of your exceiIency, he copy al
a report dated the 18th ard 18th instant,
which ! have received from lieut.. gen. lord
w. Beniick by which it will lie seen,
that his vanguard, commanded by Colonel
Adam, was attacked on the 18th instant, IN
Porte de Ordal, by a considerable force, and
that he was forced by necessity TO retire,
with the loss Of four pieces OF artillery. !
trust that the loss of men on his side has
not been great but no returns nave been
received from the corps which sustained
the action. 1t gives me great ~satisfac
tion to inform your excelleney that the
regiments of Badajoz, Of Cadiz sharp,
shooters, of the volunteers of <.aragor
forming a brigade eff the second army.
commanded by general Sarsfeld and tho
other Spanish troops which were engaged
conducted admirably we'll ; as did the Sc
conc battalion Of the 9th British reeiment
the CaIabrah light infantry, four companies
of the sharp-shooters Of the 4th regt. o
the German Legion, and the regiment oil
Roll. In consequence of this success
lord w. Bentick retired TO the vicini v oi
Tarragona; and the enemy it is under.
stood, repassed the Liobregat about the
same time.
Since ! addressed your excellency in my
last despatch, no event Of an extraordinary
nature has occurred in the part of the army
under my command.
(Sisned)
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 90.
THE MINIS FROM THE ARMY

Is of nature to perplex the most cav
nest enquirer alter the truth. We haye
published 1T rs received, but request our
leaders 10 receive it with some grains of
allowance. The reported return of the
army to wIntcr- quarters may be, as sug-
aeaica IT tie Aurora, only a ruse.de.guer-
re-. We confess, however, that the news
appears 10 It's to be too circumstantia to
DE entirely discr0dited. If true in all its
pats, there is an enigma in the result Of
he campaign which the official accounts
can soiSe. We wait inpatientiy for more,
aGjheniL information.
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WELLINGTON.

Here follows the reports of Lord w.
BeGtick. The first is dated 18th Septem-
Der, from T~arragona, and states, that or
the 5th he advanced to Villa Franco; that
he had been deceived by reports that Sou
Chef bad sent large ~detachments to France
after provisions; and that the scattered
situation Of tho troops favored the decep
tion-That on the lftb Suehet suddenly
collected 10000 men at Morlans del Rey,
and on the night Of the 18th attacked his
advanced guard, posted at the pass of Or
dal, ant commanded by Col Adam, with
whom was some battalions Of general Sars
fields division-That the advance guard
was compelled 10 retreat before this supe.
rior force, and lost two six Founders, and
four pieces of mounted artillery. That he
could not bring a force equal to that of the
French attack, as he bad been forced TO
leave behind, at Reus and Walls, the divi-
sion of Gen. Withingam, for qvant Of hro-
visions and means Of ranSfortation-That
general SsrsfoId's division was without
subsistapes, Which circumstances render
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01
Sr.1T'E or

At the late session of the legislature o.
Tennessee, a committee was appointed 10
enquire into the conduct Of Joseph Andcr.
son, Esq. a senator from that state, in re-
sPect to the discharge of his representa-.
tive duty, who reported the following rcso.
buttons
LIST. ReSolved, That this general assem-.
bly, do highly disapproye the conduct of
the said senator, in relation to the aforesaid
subject.
I'd. Resoiued, That in this solemn ex-
preston Of the opinion of this general as
seu,bIy, it is the bounden duty of the re-
personalities, of the people TO conform to
the opinions of their constituents, when
fully comprehended and when such re-
preventative, at the time, and prior 10
his election, induced a belief he would so
act and more especially, when tho con
formity with the opinion OF the constituents
required neither a violation of the constj-
tuition, nor the commission Ct an act of mo
raj turpitudc.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01

catfoD 10 the captain CT the above ship, and
the said captain gave us abuse and threat
ened 10 send us on board of a guard ship
when we, your petitioners, could get
no redress, we laid our case before the
board of admiralty, and have every reason
10 believe, that we were ordered to be dis
charged or considered as prisoners of war.
We your petitioners, are not allowed to
lspeak or hold conversation with any Anne.
ricans, who arc Of times on board, from
coasters and small craft that the above ship
at times detsins.
Your petitioner, JAMES KILLIoAN, a CT
;izen oil Pbiladelphia, served the term of
seven years TO the hating business. ] was
bound apprentice in tho year one thousand
seven hundred ard eishty-seycn, to Adam
ChamE fer, in Elfri,h's alley, in the above
city, and he declining business, when [
had served better than three years, l was
turned over to Frederick Kridcr, in Sc
oopd- street, and with him / served the re-
n,ainder of my apprenticeship. worked
near one year al,er.I was out Of nv time,
when l married the daughter Of Robert
Jordan, Of the above city Of Philadelphia,
when my mother, Rebecca Riding, widow
of Thomas Riding, (my step ia,hcr) sa, me
up in business for myself, III ailo hill
street, Philadelphis, where 1 carried on
business For some time, but getting slack
| declined and followed the sea ! shipped
in the ship America. belonging to Messrs.
Nickln aud Griffith, commanded by Capt.
Simms, for Canton, in the year 1875, in
The month OF March, when sGidayit was
made before Clement Biedle- and accord
ipgly entered in the custom house. / hear
that my mother died in the year 1905, and
the properly left me is III the bandN Of MIR.
Thomas Runner, shoemaker, in Second
street. two doors above Chesnu,-street,
Philadelphia, and the other is MIR. Edward
Rowley. in trcDt-stroet, Two III, three doors
above Markct-street, PhiIadsl pbia. My
wifs's brothers, when l left Philadelphia,
earned on ti'c pIasterirg business. The
name OF ono Is Samuel Jordan, at the COR
ner Of Eleventh and Race, or Sassafrss-
strects-tie other brother is .Aieaander
Jordon, IL Rece or Sassafras-street, be-
tween Twelfth and Broad. Philadelphia
!! hope tina, yen Will please 10 investigate
into this affair, and not let me be consider
ed as an enemy 10 my country, which I am
bound 10 protect, ty all laws, human and
divinc-End | am certain that ii must be
against nature to be against ones own ncsh
md blood-but 1 am determined they shall
nave my life before they shall force me. I
hope you will take my case under your
sage consideration, * your petitioner shall
ever pray.
JAMES KILLIGAN.
Your petitioner, JosErH Parker, a ma
tive al the stale Of Virginia, seaman, has
served his time out at Norfolk, in the "a
hose state. humbiy bcgs that you will
please TO enquire of Capt. Barron, who for
merry commanded the Chesapeake friaate
when | sailed with him at that time, o.
to Stephen Decatur, who personally knows
me, as l was a servant under his COM
mand. | hope that you will please to take
my case under your consideration, & your
petitioner shall ever pray.
JOSEPH PARKER.
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Sd. Resolved, That no mar ought, hence.
forth, to accept the appointment Of sena-
tor Of the United States, from Tennessee.
nor continue to hold the same, who doth
rot hold himself bound to obey the will of
his constituents.
4th. Resofped, That in the opinion of
this general assembly, said senator will
not be DESTROYS further to represent a peo-
pic to whom his services arc unacceptable ;
and tia, said senator will not feel any plea
sure in representing the citizens of Ten
~nessee, contrary to their wish, and in cp-
position to the viii OF this general assembly,
who elected him, senator.
Lastly, Resotved, That the Executive
be requested ioruhwiih to transmit a copy
Of. the foregoing preamble and resolutions
10 each OF the senators in congress from
this state 90 the executive OF the United
States, aud each CT the executives OF the
several states.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01

ed it impossible Tor him Nord b. to take
advantage of any circumstances that might
arise-That he put his. army in retreat !;
but that being olcsc pursued by the French
eursssiors ard dfegoons, he o ordered them
TO- be charged; which was executed with
go much Pallnntry by the British Cavalry.
that tborgh superior, more thnn half of
those who pursued were destroyed. Aud
that the army without further loss, reach
ed Jarragona on the l4th. The other re-
port is as iollow -:
"P. 5. Sept. III have this moment
received notice, that the enemy left Villa
France this morping /; and have returned}
by Molins del Rey, over The L.!obrcgnt."
SARRAoossh, Sept. 27.
The army or Soul, reduced TO 10000
men, changed lis position and fell back To
go into winter quarters. Iiis hcad-qnar
tiers are at Byaonno. with 8ooe men.
" II is calculated Pampeluna will SUR
render on OF before the 10th OF Get.
CApiz, Sept. IS.
The Tunisians ard Algerincs ere at war /;
according TO the lato sccoun,s from the
Barbary Coast, the former had beaten the
latter, Notwithstanding the assistance at
iorded BY tleir Acct in the orer,,ion.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01

Snpsghns.-This perniciousa practice
IS becoming every day more and more fire.
quent, especially on the sea-board of Ken.
nebec district. a certain species Of it is
openly carried on. We have known SIEVE.
raj vessels direct from escmy's ports, will
English manufactures, enter the port of
BATH in dCfancr Of ka1v, and instead Il II
gorous treatment, the owne s have liz some
instances had their goods appraised at not
4 third their value, bonded for this small
amount, and delivered up. These bonds,
when paid, scarce amounting to the exist
ing duties. IN this manner, desperate adj
ventures have uniustly been enabled 10 ac.
cumuiate fortunes, while the honest & regu
AR citizen is laboriug under the privations
incident 10 the state Of our commercial con
ems. II Is further remarked, that Certsin
ports are selected FOR vessels Of his des-
"ription TO arrive at, dcnoting, that from
particular construction of the laws, or
some other cause, facilities ere there TO
be obtained which in other ports arc
denied. Against these practices the pub
lie voice is decided and vehement and
IT cannot DC concealed that in his eye
crations, The c6iccra IF governmeMt, bob
executive aud judicial, receive a share
OF censure and ~arp'obrium, which &c,
the honor OF those concerned, and our
country, we sincerely hope 10 u~niustly
placed.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-12-01
From the Boston Patriot.
shUGGIERS! SnfUGGLEPSI

SI7UGGI r. rs MUG LERS!
BY The follow ing article from the Halo
1ve.l Hdpccafe, WE find The people Of the dis.
lrict OF Maine begin 10 onen their eyes TO
the elaring s. Infamous frauds that arc daily
prac,ised ON the seaboard Asthings now go
on, there does ofkear mind we only say of-
pear 10 be { most diseraccIui oonnivance
with smugglors, or "a plentiful lack OF du-
ty" on the part of certain officers of so.
If suspicion rests on them I'M
worthily, we should rejoice TO see ii tiars-
ierred to the shoulders Of others. 10
wards them We feel very charitably dispos-
ed : but we must confess we feel hunblet
and mortified to hear with what facility
The smugglcrs run in their goods into al
most every port, from this 10 PassamGquod-
.dy. We have heard of great abuses al
Nantucket. 1t would be well for govern
ment 10 cause all investigation OF the con-
duo OF certain, officers, and 1T they are
!qund wanting in duty, TO displace them
Immediately. There is sath a thing as men
being 100 long in Office! Seine, from their
long continuance consider III, in place rs an
inhericnt righ:, and will brand with every
Indecent epi!het, those as good as ;hcm-
selves, at least, who question their iniali-
bjiity- There are men we arc crcdibly
informed. who have made more monc,
since the war BY their Offices, than the sa-
AIRY Of the president of the United Ststes /!
VIII any enc shy their services cntitle then,
% such advantages? Certainly
uot.--T More hereafter
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-22

Hopkins RAZOR Str0ps
For saIc az This Office.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10
@isrr!laneous SELECTIONS.

Lrnp,ess1icnf- the cry among those
who are for continuing this destructive war,
now is, smpressnrenf mp essflem : ask
why is rnpessment continued, why was
not the dispu,e settled years ago Graat
Britain was willing to settle it, and DESTROYS
to do so at least, if we can believe Mr..
Monroe himself, she was. To prove this.
beg leave to i.y before the reader fec
extracts from his own letter 10 Mr.. Madison,
dated February % h. 1903. giving an account
of his mission 10 Gres, Britsin:
"The impressmenl of sesmen from our
merchant vessels, IL a TOPIC which claims
primary Attention. have always believed,
and still 90 believe, that the glgund on
which the, interest was placed By The paper
Of the British comms sloners and the ex
plantations that accompanied it was DO h
hJnonaAie and advantageous 10 the dUHitea
S stes: tnat contained acv.cession IN the r
favor on the pat Of Crest Britain never be-
foe made, which was highly favorable 10
their interest"
- mean distinctly to state that IL was
understood lbetween as and the British
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10
MISERIEo OF WAR.
From The Gieonfr.

from me OtfdHf's
Would to heaven, that the rash
and wilful men IN our national councils,
who have involved our country Ia ats
present calamity, cou d read, with the
sensations have the following descrIp.
ton of fields of battle; and think II lhe
scene SO slightly sketched, can pro.
duLe such an effect what consummate
horrors it would display If exhibited in
all its details
awe could not proceed an hundred
yards without percelvins the dead bod
les of men, women, children and horses,
in every direction. One scene made
an impression on my memory which
time will never be able to efface Near
a cart we perceived stout looking man
and beautiful young woman, with an
infant about seven months old at the
breast; all three frozen and dead. The
mother had most certainly expired IN
the act of sucking her child, as with
one breast exposed, she lay upon the
driilcd snow he milk to all appearance
a stream drawn from the nipple b. the
bahe, and Instantly CONCEALED. / he
infant seemed as it's lips had bur just
then +, q dis ngaged, and it reposed
It's little head upon the mothers bosom,
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10
poenp.
From the Connecticut Gazette

FROM the Sonnectcat Sz1ete
Lines on hs late cutting d91vn Of a
Whipping Pot
We frendle. rogues that prowl about the
Tu.n now to mitchell revelfy aod mirth
Your bsrefaed foe, the Whipping Pot, Is
Fiat as aouoder on yenr mother earlI -.
Th-ow hsb Jous caps; you neSes more
fhall hug
The prollrate column with denuded back;
No more in vain for liberty ihail tug,
when on your hides You feel the cow-ikin
crack,
Now is your time your fck'es now unihea,h,
lIf uot corroded with inglorious ruit)
Rea, now your hsrveli--crop deathleis
wreath,
That ever,nore nlall blofom ia your dua,
While juaice Plumbers, hear friends advice |;
Patrons OF pil age mockery aud fun,
Abandon now your roek RES IN tTice,
Rife. aud unkenuei, every mothers Ion.
Your magifirates perceive that war bears hard,
end therefore hew the ,heealing pillar down )
Seze then the ileeuee, ere you are debarrd d,
Ere yet another poa protect the callou' town.
AraIskp TO rHE rEorIE
MDsB 90, 1878
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10
Expedition to Canada.

NEW yo2K, May 1--we learn by the
Steam Boat, that our flotills, under the
command of The gallant Commodore
Chaunoey, has sailed from oackel's
Harbor, for Kingston. He had on
board $500 troops, under the command
of Gen. Dearborn, who has actually
gone with them.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10

htw. YORK, May l.-Erfraet Of a
Letter from Ek 2tTVn, dated me 29fh
insi. IL a Gentlenian otthts CRY -" Yes
terday 10 barges from the British
squadron landed and tooa the fort at
French Town, and burnt a storehouse
aud several vessels. he smoke Of
freneh-towR is now in full view. |
expect the English viii make an at.
tempt to burn the vessels at Elk. Town
this afternoon or evening. They are
supposed 10 have or 600 men within
a mile and an halt of this place"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10

them by an Indian fun, iha, hey are hardly dis
linguifhable from The riindoos. They pos
iefs fynagogues, aud have Obtained from the
While Jews Tome complete copie, of the Old
Tenament. The great body of hem i've ia
the interior but they have one fynagogue a.
Jews Town near Cochin
The Whits 5eqps
little colony Of White Jews, who, according 10
their own account. are the reinalus Of a large
body that removed to lndia after he dearuc
ton of he fecona .empe They frt fe,ue5
A. Cranzaror, where lifeir aaeabers W. =
g.. .led rress. ttae 10 .itne ~ ~cteis fhs . ena
India. Spain, aad other parts. Here hey eon-
tioued about thoufand years. AT length dis
cord arilng among them, one Of their chefs
called in the aid of an Indian king. who came
upon them with great army, flew part,
carried part into captivity and drove the
ref from Crangsnor, which be reduced to a
ffale o, ruin reiembling the deioaion of Je'u
falem. Some of the e1ies fed TO Cochin, where
they have 6nce been j,ned by numbers of
Their brethren from diiant parts
The White Jews, bedies the Old Teaament
have ia almoft every houie. other Hebrew
books, either printed or in Manuscript. Moi.
of the printed Hebrew of Europe ha, found is'
way to Cochin through the medium of the
Portuguese and Dutch commerce of former
times. They have but one fynagogue, and
are confined to 6ng.e town, which 10 almofs
wholly inhabited by the two forts of Jews
(Io be e0afiarsi/
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10

The Saratoga Patriot (Iste Albany
Republican, admits that the TAXES
to support the present war will amounc
to S'r doLars per annum for every man.
woman and child iy me United States s
but consoles HE readers by inform.
ing them, that it is not equal TO the tax
paid by the subjects OF Gleal Britain
and he might safely have added, those
of France, Tursey and Algiers, Most
consoling indeed ! that in the h,st year
oil war. againsl pal,ry British p ,,ince
ofless than half "a million Of Souls, the
lakes Necessary for AS suppoll do not
equal those oi Great Bri,sin IN her
mighty corflic: win the Conquerer oc
Europe and one halt Of thy Asoisatls
weird in arms.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10
Communications.
ABSTRACT OF

"EvANcELlcAL ExER7IoNs IN AsIA."
40. lin hars.
Safaisisg a. |5ut ossosaf sffts Sy,inn osd SJ,o-
Rsmas Cb,ifian IN Moisbsy and T'aVIsesrs,
uib js~s .esis u tbs Bis1i and U'dds J'sV'
IN bsf sspies.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10

7ihe Sea Mam,nOfh. -Extrsct from the
Log Box office snip Niagara, Capt Mer
rs, arrived N. Yo'k lately from L,sbon. -
April 8 lat is. 80. leng IS. at mer.aiar,,
saw Ia sc lump on The houzon, bearing
N. w distance or mites abe I'D, which
We supposed t. be the hull Of large ship
bottom up--when WITHIN gun shot Of IL,
discoyeled tina, II had motion, and on q
erarer sonroach fuupd II 20 he f.h snosr.
enti, 200 fee, IN iengtt, sblut thirty btsad
aud ifom seven cen % eighteen feet high,
IN The Genre, was covered with shell
formed similar 20 the piAnk OF ehnker
IN 1t vessel-nearIh he head on the righ. side
WIS large hole o arehwsy covered nccs.
s0naliy wh tia which was al times
OF 10 feet out e W. er--iniended 10 have
sen he boat to make further discoveries
oul was deferred from the dreadful appe az
anLe OF lac monster.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10

N The 'n'e ior OF Nalabar and Travsncore
re nu'iIude.of b aek Jews. who removed TO
's'.sAai'er the de'iiustian Of the 6flt temple
% deep eompleniOu ha been burnt upon
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-10

A letter from MI. John Page, Jr. who
sale i some days since from Stem. in q
smsl, beat, with provisions, for Steuben,
(Me.) states his capture by The Dream -
TIA ,es-e { ON Portland, for Steuoen, rad
aiso neen oap,uredj hat the Litter was
bucn' bu lhs his D 4 and all their clorhlug
end trunks was restored bim, aud sent IL
S,euben, as cariel, with prisoners. Tia,
the Dream had glsc captured the armed
b a. Owl, Duncan, of Salem, and confined
her crew II. ons, usiIl they produce evi
dence of he' beng leg lily commissioned
He adds, (under ds,e 1854 April, off Owls
Head " The Bream burnt four CO sters
the Gay bef.re yeslesds, 1, day we saw
tue fire ottwo she had three sloops with
her, which tirey told me would De sci &c
to ,iiis night. Il is melancholy to wilsess
such destruction of property