The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-14

pgtonis narrative 10 nus N''n"tu ul"'
'afRrs,tdaek's iamoas deteat BY the tn
tiel aiken from Sparks specimen OF the hrsi
,,r,e If Wsshingion's correspondence an
s'..inslls publication about 10 issue from
ne A'"' fort capl5erlanf, Jbg Is, l776.
,a,,,ht.nof Won have heard OF our lie.
Ind. perhaps had II represfnlfd IN worse
ga - Il, deserves, have taken the EARL
= onpodunlfy 10 give you som account OF
"a plI,,,emeat. as il happened, within seven
the 7of,be French fort, on "Wednesday the
~ .s.,aot We marched on 10 that place
". anv considerable lose having oniN now
"'l,hern st.aggifr picked up, by the French,
anu ,eontire Indians.-When we came there
sa' ~ attacked by a body ot french and
l;s,s whose Number | am persuaded did
a,caed 3eO men; while ours consisted of
-, thirteen hundred well armed troops.
IA reoular soldiers, who were struck
III INCH a panic, that they behaved with
w. eowardlee than tits possible to conceive.
n .p.a officers behaved galanlly III orderto en-
s.,rs.e their men, for which ihey suffered
ely, there being nearly sixty killed and
b,,,,nded large proportion out ut The mum
b.r we bad The Virginia troops showed
- deal Of bravery, aud were nearly all
I'D forI believe out of the three companies
,b.t we're there, scarcely thirty men are left
Live. Capt Peyrony and all his officers
15,yn 10 corporal were killed. Capt.
Yosson, had nearly as hard fate, for
a,ly one of his was left. In short, the
ast,rIly behaviour of those5 they5 SCALED
,s,nlsrs exposed all others that were inclined
=, Il, their duty, TO almost certain death J;
and at last, in despite ofaIl the efforts of the
,fi-ers 10 tue contrary they ran as sheep
a.r.ued BY dogs, and il was impossible TO raj.
tgtbem. The Generalwas W rounded, of which
no died three days after. Sir Peter Halket
.Yas KILLED in the field, where died many other
have oficers luckily eSCaptd WHh0m a
y.Dfnd. though Tbad four bullets through my
.gqf md tao horses SHOT under NE. Captains
Qrnes and Morris, Two OF the AIDS de Camp,
YER wounded eary in the engagement, which
rendered the dnty harder upon me, as | was
the only person thru left to distribute the
General orders which was scarcely able
n do, a. was moi halt recovered from vi
client illness, thai bad confined me to my bed
and wagon Tor about ten days. am still in
swesk aud feeble condition, which induces
me 10 halt here two or three day in hope of
recovering lite strength to enable me
10 proceed homewards, whence feel, shall
mi be able 10 stir till towards Septem-
bff. 20 hhi sum- NV HhFt 'tE I'fH0N'V
of seeng you til then, dness ii be in in Fair.
R1.--Please 10 give my love IN Mr.. Lewis
and my sister, and compliments 10 Mr. Jack.
son aud al other friends ihat inquire after me.
lam, honored Madam, Your most dutiful
san, GEO. WASHINGTON.
Curious Ht5re,0 Manuscript-A very extra
ordinary piece Of pennlanshp is nj present ex-
bib ed in the room of the Athenaeum II is a
sheet fyeum, yard square, containing the
hooks Of Ruth, Esther Job the Songs Of Solo
mon J. mentatons. and Psalms, written in the
Hebrew character and so disposed "a to form
series OF beautiful figures, representing all the
sacred Instruments aud furniture OF the Temple
Of Jerusalrm--the altar, the mere, seat, the
cheruhm the candlestick, the tables of the law,
,he columns and the flowers upon Their capi-
tals, &c. The work is beautifully written aud
drawn and was the exclusive Iabour of3 full
year. 1t is the most curious production of the
and that we have seen.
Stare Trd3e.-Ne have been permitted,
lays the New York Gazrtte) to make the
hilowing extract of a lettrr from Rhode Jan
ere. dated the Both Of January. from 5. hich
twill be observed that the traffic in human
flesh is carried on, on an extensive and most
mhnman scale
Small fast vessels have found, for some
nontb> past, a ready sale here. At least a dol.
IN nj them are now ttrng out for Mozambique.
pillars which short time since were worth
l4j0 rels are now selling at $500 Their slave
tado expires IA l530 so thst they are determi-
beato Improve the time. Nearly tea thousand
Lave arrived from the coast in the last six
alhth, bestd. svast numbers thrown overheard,
10 ata b.aIfitsgE ~ Of ,ltaira
i Nmctausen StOtg.--The last number ofthe
london Quarterly Review says" We renem-
6.r, man. years ago two EnglishInen fixing
f1aIunner, 10 the Russian sledge with which,
Her rigging II with mast and sal, they start
u upon the Neva, and dairrd at the rate Of
twenty-five miles an hour. Having IA their pro-
sress observed a vol crossing on the ice, they
aeeted directly towards it, and such was the We
iens Of the siedge that it cut the animal in
tgo %
SHE ofd Copg EiaH Of Ncto B9ok-It is
reported that Nj. Murray, Of London has Civ.
ra Washington Irvine near + GOO for his Litr
Sonmb s, 4yos. Til, mammoth publisher
pad Lord Byron upwards Of - 900 for ms po-
ttgal works
LEGtEDR
Az have this day received a case of supe.
w rior Bolivar Leghorus, warranted in