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GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
DEBATE
On the Address to the President.
Continued frro our lut.
Fridit, Nor. 26-
Mr. Branch said, the importance
rf the subject brfore the Senate, apd
ih duty which he owed to himself
und to ihoe whom-he represented,
rmt p'ead his apology for noticing a
;tv ot the reiterated statements which
hkd been made by gentlemen on
ibis question.
He had hoped that the luminous
argument of his friend irom Edge
comb (Mr. Clark) would hive ren
dered it unnecessary for him to have
troubled the h use with any remarks
rn this occasion; but" as the state
menu had been repeated, and as, in
the hnguajx of the gentleman from
Orange he lonceivcdjtduetothepeo
p rf Noh Carolina that this sub
it t should be locked into ; that they
fhnutd knsw what the General Go.
verntnent hasMone for our protection;
thar they should know the truth, not
m part,but the whole truth. But docs
iHU Kmcrt k'd Mr. U. contain the
h. thr wlWe truth and nothing but j
the truth ? He apprehended not.
The Report itathit we have had
ti rciv upon c ur own efforts lor dea
fen e, thu: the fGencral Government
his not afforded us the least aid. Is
thist ue I Were nit the detached
MiUtta ordered out bv the command
Ithe General Government & at their
tsprnc, for the purposed repcuing
the invasion I How then, can gentle
men r-itrraie the charge that no pro
ucti n hid been afforded to the State
T-c gentleman from Mijtin anr'
iht gentleman from Orange, if he un
jerstnod them; differed materially
cn thi- subject. .The gentleman
from Orange says the tcport aUuds
n h 'ate rfth'ngv since th !echra
tiouWar; but the gentleman from
Martrn County says it refers to the
time from the period of the invasion
h is presumed that the gentleman
from Orange, being a member of the
committee -who made the; 'Repo t,
xru t understand the import of his
owniinguige.
Again th- Report intimates, that
though we have had confident in the
Gem-'a- G ve nment,vet theirneglect
towards this State has been uch rs to
impair that confidence This is not ab
sobtclv expressed, but it is implied.
Ad4 can it be rh;ht, at the present
crivs, to manifest to the world a di
minution of confident e t iV rds the
Adminntration of our Government
when she hs nt onlv to contend
with a most implacable external for,
bat with internal enemies also ( He
hoped the Senate would duly const
dtr the importance of the vote they
ner. ibrut to give, and not suffer
themselves to sanction as truths state
ttrnts thit won'd be found, on cn
ciry, to say the least of them, greatly
fi-ir-ratc'.
Mr I.WRicirr said, the S-natr
were called upon to postpone indefi
sttely the Report under consideration.
Bebrc this disposition of the Repor!
is nude, we ought, said he, to enquire
J3M the object of it. This had been
cipliincd in detail in a more master
ly n .mcr than he coulcj do it, and. if
cur maritimcTronticr be in the de
fenceless state which it is represented
mthcieport, he could setnopropn
tty in idopting the motion proposed.
Mr. W. -aid he would not take up
the time of the houe in shewing what
is the tute of our maritime fron
tier, hy recurring to unofficial au
thority ; but he would for this pur
pose beg permission to read a letter
from the Governor's L-tter-Book,
Mr. W. tead a lrter frum General
Pinckney to the Governor on the sub-
ject t tortuying our coasr.j
No one could say that our mart-
Um: frontier is not exnosed : and it
,
his
c sucna ioa laic mcssatic nuw
fms.v hit
Excellency the Governor, we have
tcason to hlirv that ere loOE we
HaSl be invaded by poWerful and
tain arable fo. Ifw have anv re-.
gard, therefore, for our own safety, it
is our indispensable dury to come for
ward and apply for relief to the Gene
ral Governmeni whose business it .is
to provide for the defence of the U
nion
The resources of tf . Carolina,' he
said, were not equal to our present
exigencies. Could bebelive that they
i:rre, no man would be more willing
to make the necessary appropriations,
and suffer the Genet al Government to
tpply all her resourcesWainst our E
nemy in Canada. Mr. W.comptain:
ed that the same attention had noV
I been paid to the protection of this
j State that had been paid to the protec-
tlon of cur sifter S ate : Were he
f not convinced of this, such was his
veneration for the General Go vern
! rnent, th?t he would not join in the
proposed Remonstrance at the pre-j
! r r v. t . i U
sent juncture 01. our vimrs i uui mc
magnitude of other States had so far
eclipcd North Carolina, that -she had
been almoit altogether neglected, not
only by the present but by former Ad
ministrations, though she was, from
her resource and population, the fifth
State in the Union.
We are engagfd in a War with a
powerful foe, said Mr. W. who, wc
have good reason to believe at this
time, meditates an invasion of the
Southern Country. We have there
lore juit ..-Ue oS larai. .
The report before the Senate in his
opinion, contains a correct exp sure j
- . All
of our defenceless situation. Ana
"n appears, though frequent app!i-a-tions
have beeu made to the Gen. Go
vernment for aid, they have all prov
ed abortive. His Excellency the
Governor is at onetime referred to
one character and at another to some
other. His first reference was to
Gen. Pimkney. He applied to the
General, and what was the reuU ?
Gc ncral Pinckney did not possess the
powrr U affording the relief sought
f u The refcieoce was therefore im
properly madt He could not sus
pect the motives of the General Go
vernment in their treatment of this
State, but their conduct could not a
rise from a want of knowledge of our
situation, in order to bring this mat
ter more immediately into view, Mr.
W. said he would read some extracts
rom letters in the Governor5- Letter
IS ok on ihis subject. Mr. W. read
the extracts.
h appears sai-.l Mr.W. that the
Governor is referred to a Commis
sary of supples at Norfolk, forma
nitfons of war. But cn application
to this man, he recciv ior answer
thathe is not able to supply htm. IU
was not preparer! to sf that the Pre
sident of the Unitnl States is culpa
ble for all the- ti-rg ; rert..in!v
these occurrences have operated a
cainst the people of North Carolina,
and we ought to erfress our semi,
ments on the occasion ; if not we can
not expect to oc 1 1 "-uu irom our pi c
tnt Troed situation.
Mr. W. did n;-t think that tl-e Ge-.
neral Govcrnm-nt intcnocu cuu.u,
to overlook this State ; but an opinion
had been entertained bv many, and it
might be the opinion of the General
-t fht mr shoallv coast:
Government b ' -,d ;
was our beSt protection. But, ja.U
he, it i. time to , ,nwlid.te h op.-,
i .,nnn f tnvernmcDt
moo, anu : . .
for that ponton of her regard which is
due to us, and which had been ei
ntW State". He admit-
icnucu " . -
. , .u-. rrraf-r annrehensicns oi.
tea b. r ,
daneerfrom the eriemy might be en-j mnC ten miles of the point of des
. rbarleston than at Wi!- 1 fination the preceding evening, we re-
lertaincu .
nn hut SUrelV 3S WC- CUll.; I- ,: SUmCU inc Hiaau a i-" ...kiuy"- -
.'."ourfull proportion toward, -hej onc on .hi morning ( ;he 29ih, tnd .
"n,t of "be General Government, i.,a.faf,er six vrre formed for acuon m
CD
bute
i innnrf of
our seaports, tbougn oi
quence than many others, ought not
to be entirely overlooked
Are we p-pared, ask d Mr. W.
tn give into the opinion rat -1
..ot bv Msittd by the en -
na win .oi
.!.. mt. have
thin -to
, f-fe aid not einert .inttus
. . 4 it .u--Urrir visit th- Sou-
i.rn. llllicvi.""
w -- .
. 'dif they fiad S. Carol
, aouin ,
p pre i a to btJer ,,,, r FCnl.b,eC .. . k.at .hemou-bcf which
ihp Will 3" " v' . - . . . . i .
prepared to repel them, they will no
doubt take a middle ground, aftd go
against Wilmington and other places
on our coast i and if we are not in a
situation to cive then a proper recep
tlon, much mischief will be the con- j
sequence. What, said he, yypuld be j
the situation ot trie coanues in i
quarter, whose population is well
known to consist of a description of
persons that would be exposed to the
machinations of the Enemy ? He
would not undertake to describe the
dreadful effects of such a visitation.
To prevent these difficulties, let us,
said he, call upon the" General Gov
ernment, to 3id us on our- maritime
frontier , with this aid, and the assis
tance of the Militia 'f some of the ad
joining cunt't: ; wc may make.u-h
a resistance as at least will not invite
attack.
Mr. W. acknowledged 'hat on firs!
reading ihc Report,he w s not altoge
ther satisfied with it; but upon ob
taining further information upon the
subject, and after examining the cor
respondence which htd'taken pla-e
between his Excellency the Governor
nd the Dpaitments of the General
Government and revolving all these
circumttanwCs in his tnind, he coulu
not forbear giving his vote for th"? a
dopticn of the reporu He hoped the
House would harmonize on this suK
jc:, that the proposed Address o
the President might have all the
weight which it was the intent ol the
State it fihould have.
.Mr. Holmes's k Mr. Murpheys Speeches,
whicli conclude the I)e Utt:, in our next
THE IVJlll.
GLORIOUS VICTORY t
The. msa re a' Th-nsaW is avenged !
and hundr ds of savages a' ore for
tho niurder'of ou- citizens in Mo?ga
county. C ip.. Barton arrived h-re ex
nres ves:er! ev. t ine from our Ar
( ny witb d spafche lor' G. n. Pi-i-kney
J giving tte ptficiil CcriHs of brillian (
wctory ov .t ih- Ir'h
(OFFICIAL.!
MEAD q,IfARTZR
Sixth and Sevenili DistriCis,
MiUedgtxilU7th Dec 1813.
Sir I have iht hon;r of n losing
10 you h copy of the fiv ial j.'cou')'
wh'uh I bav. jns-rceiv-'d from B ig.
Gen- loyd, of ap aiuck msde by Iuti
on the hosxile Indians, and sincere!;'-'
congratulate your Excellency on Ihe
good conduc? und bra vt redisplayed on
this occasion hy the ofTrcers and troops
of the stale in which yu preside.
I have the honor to bj t cry respect
fully, your Excellency's most obedient
servant
THOMAS PINCKNEY.
His Bicellency. 1'eier Early.
Camp west of CbaUhouche,
Decembers 1813.
MAJ CSX PIKCKSET-
S I have he hnor to communi-
r.v. ! r -i:r Exov: cl Vipon CC-JU:U of
; n t ii .ii Du ht thV 29th ult. on the
TdUpJosie r ver, betw-cu part of the
force under my command, and a large
body of the Cret k Indians.
Having received information that 8
number of the hostile Indians were as-
: sembled at Autossee a town on the
sr,u.hcrn bank 0f ,he Tabponsie,- aboui
HK-kory Ground,
. .? jon,(i .. qfftat r
with the Cosa, I proceeded to its at
tack, with nlnf hundred and fifty of
the GenrgiamiHtia, accompanied by be
tween fhree and four hundred friendly
Indians. Having encamped within
,i , . lf.c,.f
front of the town
B ath's Ba talion composed the right
rolumn, and mar:ied from its ceo're
W- s-n's'BatMlion composed the lef.
a d ma ched from its righAdjm's
Rifl O'Jtpaoy'ind MeiiwctKai's ,nder
L ut. Hcndon, wef(? on the fl?nks
C Thomas's Arti'lcry m ?rched in
f ont o the ig 'U-.umn in the read.
It as Intention .a have , torn-
a I was iaforn ea ine town stooo, anu rctt-
ing the left on the river bank below the
nwn : bnt to our surprize as th..' dy
dawned, we perceived a second c wn
2bout tlve hundred yards below that
which we had first viewed and were pre
paring to attack. The plan was imme
diately changed three companies of
Iifantry on the left were wheeled, to
the left into echelUni and advanced to
the low town, accompanied by Mene
wether' Rifie Company and two troops
of Light Dragoons under! th? o-rarawd,
ofCprnstrwin and Strcltr, :
The reMdue of the f rce apfiia? hb
the upoer 'own, and the battle soon be
came general. The Indians prtt oted
themselves al every point, aw fought
wi'.h tVe desper: te bravery, or real Fa
nalicsTf.e WrL dirfccied fire, however, ;
of the AKilicy, sdded to the charge 4
of the b y viu i, soon forced them 46
,fc- pfnerr in the out houses, thickets
ind copses in rear cf tne town ; manyM
it is believed concealed tb-mselves in
cave?, previously formed for the put
pose of secure retreat, in the high Bluff
of the liVcr, which tvs thickly covered
wi'.h reed and brushwood. The 1 .dian
of the friendiy pny who accompanied
u$ on tht: cxpedV-ion, were- divided 1ti-
fiu- companies, and placed under the
commind of haters of iheir selection,
i hey were, by engagement eniered in
o the day ; r vions, to have crossed ih
riviT above the to tvn and been posttd
on'the opposite slirrejduring the action,
f .r :.hc ptirp ;se of firing on snch fif the
epenv as tui';ht atffnpt to escape, or
h. :hv cbtiik'any reiriMrcemen's which
rii;;ht probably be thrown in from the
;.eH;bb ing towns ; but owiiv io the
difficulty of the ford and coldness cf tnr:
I weather, and the lateness of ihc hour,
;his arrangement. liiiea, u mtir lean
crs were" directed to cross t) .n!eebet
crevk and occupy that fl ?nk, to pr ven:
escapes (rom ihe Tallhee town. Some
time afier the ac ion cornmnced, our
Rf?d Friends thronged in disorder in
the resr of our lines. Th; lv?ettws
under Mint sh ancTihe T -okaubatch-ians
under the Mad D gs Son, fell in
our ft-uikSf and Fought vviih anintreptdi
ty worthy of any troops.
A? 9 o'clock the enemy Was com
pletely driven from the plain, and the
hou- of both4 towns were wrapped in
fl -nits. A we were then. 60 miles from
aoy drpot of provisions, and our fiv
days rations pietiy much reduced. in the
heart of an enemy's" country, which in
a few moments could h?ve poured from
its nu.nerous towns hots, of thfrrcest
Warriors, as soon as the dead and
wounded were 'properly disposed of, I
ordered the place O be abandoned, and
the troops to con.ence Uieir march to
Chatahouchie.
Itisdifficulttodetermiethestrcnrh , railv cut them to pieces excent a
of the . enemy, but from rh- inf w ,,n . ; hnu't aoO made prisoners. It is said
ofs.ae of ihc Chiefs, whi.-n.it ivsdii!;,,, . r . - r ' u
cao oe reiie o, u.c.c c.c :
-vf A nin. Warnnrstrom eiir d mwtis i
fr itJ defence, it being thtri. 1 luv d
gr- t'.UvJ, on W:ii-ii in-y jji uuiintu
whi'.e man could approach w hoit in
vi -Viil-. dcStriuuon. It U ditlicuh to
give a precise account of the loss of the
enemy ; but from ihe number which
were lymg scattered ovr '.he fi id, to
gether with those denroyd in ihe
towns, and the many sl.i oa tne bank
of the river, which respectable officers
hfiirm they saw hying, in heaps at the
water's edge, where ibey had been pre
cipitated by their tuiyiving fijends,
their loss in kMeo independent of their
wounded, must have been, at least 200
among whom were the!,Autossee and
'i'allassee K ng and fiom the circunv
stance of their making no efforts to mo
Jest our return, pobubly greater. ' The
number of buildjgs burntj some of a
superior Order for the dwellings cf sa
vages, and filled with valuable articles,
L is supposed to be 400.
Adjutant General Newnan rendered
important services, during the action, by
his cool and de h be ra;c courage. My
Aid, Mnpr Crawford, dischargtd with
promptitude the du..-s of abrve and
meritorious officer. Major Pce, who
acted as field Aid also distinguished
himself ; bsth these gentleman had their
horpes shot under them, ai A the latter
lost his. Dr. Williamson Hospital Sur
geor't and Ur. Clopton were promt and
attentive in the discharge of their duty
tr. wards the wounded, durirg the action.
. M&ior Freeman at the head, of I
win's -Troop of Cavalry, and part f j
Steele's made a furious and successful
charge upon a body of Indians sabr d
several ard completely defeated them-
Capt,.. Thomas and his' Company iCap
tain Adams and l.ieutenant Hendpu's
Riaie Cprapaniea killed a, great manf
Indians, and Reserve particular praise,
Capt Barton's company ws in the hot
test part of thebattlej and fought, like
soldiers. Capt. My rick Cpt. Uttlei'
Capt King, Capt.2Brojidnax Captain
Cleveiandf CapU-Joseph T. Cuuning
ham and Capt. Lee, with their com pa-
mv;s distinguished themselves. . Brigade
Major Shacklefprd was of. great service
in bringing the troops into action ; and
adjutant Broadnax and' 'Majpr Mont ' -
fjpmer yt : who .acted as-assistant. Adju
tant, shewed great activity and courage
Major Boot h used his best endeavors in
bringing his; Battalion to action, and
Maj r Watson's BaUalion acted wih
and Sieele's "T-. mps ot Cavalry wh?rie' '
ver an opportunity presented, charged
with success. LveuStrong;: had his
horse shot and narrowly - escaped, and
Quarter Master Tennejr displayed the f
greatest Heroism, and miraculously, es
caped, though badly twouniedjafter- ha
ving his horse - shot from uhder hirm
The Topraphica Engineer wa?vigi- S
bnt in his endeavors to render service
The troops 'deserve the higrxest praise
f r their fortitude 5h enduring' hunger,
cold and fatigue without a murmur) hav
ing marched a hundred & twenty' miles
in seven days. ,
The friendly Indians lost several kil
lrdand wounded) the number not exactly 1
known. XapU Barton, an active and in
telligent officer (the bearer of these des -patches)
can more particularly explain
to yoor excellency the conduct, moye
ments and operations of the army.
t have the honor to be with high re-
gara, your most obedient servant,
JOHN FLOYD U. G.
(Here follows a list of k)lled and wounded,
consisting of 11 killed and 54 wOunded. A
mongst the latter weie Brig. Gen Floyd se
verely and Adjt. Gen. Newnan slfghtl
Boston, December s.
GoU Porter arrived in town . on
Wednesdy evening last direct from
St. Regis, through Burlington,
yVVe learn that an officer arrived in
town from French iVIiJls, who left
there mn Friday last, reports, that the
advanced guard of Gen. Wilkinson's
army, under Brig. Gen. Brown, were
completely successful in their attack
upon a body of 7QO of the enemy, 5
miles below Williamsburg. The
bridge or bridges', having been. des
troyed over a small rivulet on the
lower side of which; this force was
stationed, Brig. Gen; Brown forded
! the river about 2 mijes above, earner
i upon their rear, attacked with his ar
cillery and musketry, and almost lite
very lew of their whole force made
their escape.
A gentleman arrived in town last
evening, who left Burlington on the
29th ult. Gem Wilkinson was at th
French Millsou the 27th; Gen. Boyd
was at Plattsburg, Comm. M'Do.
nough was off that place wim the; 4.!
merican squadron. Geo. Izard ws
very sick at Plattsburg. i .
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