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'C Wl Tl. Cis: ”up A JUQIL aect sai ee e T 0 00, ; ur n nt Ha 'm of done undoubtedly; had it not been for created our' prefent happy for Hongrabl mfitéwr , is men «ad endured 7 days of the mot fevere duty which the human cqi‘xfib tution is capahle of bearing, that h* ~ forthe firXt tims received orders from Gen. Wuikinion to form a jungtion of \the two armies, leaving it difcretiona- sy - with'Gen. Hampton «s to time and »placeyand alfosenjoined-it upon Gen. Hamptoh:that he muft come prepar- ed 'to fiipply Gen. Wilkinfon's army with provifions. Here an embarrgfs. ment was préfented to Gen. Hamp ton, from,, which it was impgfli ble to ic elf. , The principle part fions were at Plattsburg, im where Gen. Hampton th his army, and for the then was.; wi moft pg‘r 2 9 't of the way exceffively bad 16ad.-Cen,. Hampton, then adopted the only courfe left, which was to change bis routffrom the Chateaugay river to Champlain, as the datter was the only one by which provifions could be tranfported to the army of Gen. Wilkinfon. He immediately came 'back to what is called the Champlain road, and not proceeded far before he was aftonithed with the unexpe@ed intelligence, that Gen. Wilkinfon had gone into winter:quarters on the Sal- mon-river, at or near the French-mills. But the flory did mot end tere. Gen. ~Wilkinfoa, when be made this com- munication, expreffed hisfurprize and regret that Gen. Hampton had mot formed a junction with him at S Imon. cor St. Regis rivers. 'This fuggeftion -of Gen. Wilkinfon beggars all com - 'ment. Mentreal was the placc-of at- tack ; it could not be approached but by water; Gen. Hampton had no boats ; how,I would afk, .was his ar- river to Montreal, a difance not fuppofe that Gen. have beep uncharitable to have ima- gined that-the enemy would have em- tied many of them on the way down, < although the facts have proved it oth- in this nl proceeding that excites my in.. ~dlign ion. 'Thistampaign was plan- 'or at leaf, it 'baght to have be en, P y ‘the Secretiry of War. \That of. ser was. on the grgund. Why did erations of th L.sue not determine. when and where lifthed from t thefe two armies were to meet, and «will alfo prefent not have the generals hunt in the dark Holt, editor of th ~ foreach other without either time or warm advocate fo place to aid their purfuits? I fhall mot on ths occafion go inte a particu- « lar examination of that officer's con. 1 dad ; but I could not pafs over this palpable negleQ. The firft queftion that prefats itfeif is, whether General Hampton has done his duty. If it was underftood that his army was to ac in concert 'with Gen. Wil. kinfon in the attack upon Montreal, it was his duty to have placed that ar. my at a point moft «contiguous ; the mouth of the Chateaugay-river was the point. After Gen. Hampton had obtained informition that Gen. Wil. kinfon's army was on Grenadier-ifl. and, he commenced his march down the Chateaugay-river. This was be- yond all queftion the proper courfe ; and if Gen. Wilkinfon had farted from Grenadier-ifland within four or five days after he arrived thers, he .._ would have been able to hare entered . - - Montreal. -while the Britith troops “fit-gem gone to fight'Gen..Hampton, or Rgave landed on the fouth-eaft fide eof th®eS5t. Lawrence, and attacked then in ¥heis rear. But this favora- ble oppoitanifity was loft by his extra- ordinary Ray lon that ifland. * Under efe what ought Gen, t tmo e igampton to hgve done? It could not - be expected Bast he was to attack ° Montreal -alond, befides he had no boats. HerejHid was left in this of fufpenfe, iintfl his army was em- \ pliatically word out with fatigue, : \ to / the corners. ¥en. cwlkinfon’s when- he returnd@ When -he received orders above montifned, it may be aked, why did notkBGen. Hampton He is unequivocally accused of diso. aimon - Wilkinsen, of at the plan concerted for the takin leaft 80 miles ? Gen.-Hampton could Montre: sen. Wilkinfon had derftand, had sent orders for a furpluffage of boats, and it would to conf and confined within' the limits of Plattsbarg-Gen. Hampton having information of 'this order, previous to bein erwile.-There is one circumftance 'his flight .to the fouth. * z.. ~~In the preceding -colim ders will find fome paign has te difgrace, and ; the war is procraftinated for at leat. MAU Be one year longer in its artain attributed to generel inefficie delay, particular ne tive mifcondug hardly has bee ments have interpoled to defeat our operations November mor mifealculated upon, after Break. ing down the health and effi- nearly half the troops, has en them into quarters for the -the title of = Z®T int=they; inculeate 'a fpirit the abfolute obligations he was un- government«they. inculcate 'a fp der to furnith Gen. Wilkinfog's ar- of obedience and fabordination to the ith proviG \hi fl 4 ' the people, and oy 'with provifions. 'Fhis above all laws, on the part Qt“? 3 +, '$§ersj twall: a paramount of duiy, and a faithful obfervance of Figgxflrfigfil was therefore from that circumftanrce -- y Gift itty. ure & e other courfe, Was fixed to an individual or a party, giftil/{figifozhin fault? That de- boftile to thefpirit ofleur 802331329; pefidé upon this, whgdtherfllynsdunre- ifs-flags 0128133? Z'ggagiaraacr to uired flay at Grenaadier-ifland was de aatu fingtter of-tyle‘cefiiry orchoice. If the every a of our rulers,hwc' 32:16 erg: latter, the error was Lo grofs that it a- dure all the evils ff an eie If 311g; «mounts to a crime ; if the former, then vernment, unde? a popular ‘0l t .b blame ought to refit folely upon thofe 'Arcful and ambl'tlg‘us- am? mig ldi'ce? who planned an provided for the cam- - neghgenqe or unfoum g , preéue the, paign. ftis not my intention to tor. be elevglged to office and eCo:t . the ture the feelings of any American by parents of a fyftem ruinous to comments upon this di{graceful pro- welfare of the people, be [ t cedure.-I would. barely remark, that Ef all enquiry 'were to'be 15pm? Li 'the fitting out of an expedition againft ed, and mere opinion be, con elf?“ Montreal upon the waters of Lake- as maral treafon, to whgm wou h our Ontario, 'in preference tao thofe of rulers be refponfible?-To them- & i alway n {elves stone-who by exerting-their Lake-Champlain, has always bee ~confidered by me the imoft quixotic official influence, would, bid defiance enterprize that has been prefen:ed in-to the remedy, which our elections modern times. 1 ' were intended to prodgce. -A MILITIA SOLDIER. But freedom of opinion and of the - prefs is not to be efiablgfile‘d bdy ar- i 7 a R umeat-they are the-chartered pri- Ebe Orford 4583“? -_ gilege of the citizen: In the exer- TUESDAY, DEGEMBAR 14, 181 3. cise of botb, we will always {eek to Unfortunate Hampton -It appears be governed by an obfinate regard to that Gen. Wilkinfon and a few of his truth 'and decorum—\our 'column- satelites have feletected Gen. Harup. fhall ever be proftituted to the puts ton for i nmolation.-He muft be facr;. pofes of calumny or faction. . ficed in order to expiate the fins af - In our fridtures on public agents we the adminiftration=-=He is defignated Will be more lufi than lenxentgpfor as the scape-gpoat-He the cause of fhould an ambitious few, under pre- the failure ef the fecond campaign, tence of redrefling the wrongs, tram- ple. on the tights of the people, this press dhall, without regard to profit, be devoted to their punifhment. g of - Aan fine, we will never relax our ex. 1.-Gen. Wilkinfor, we un. eftions in reftoring our government Gen. H. to that policy by which it was crea. der himfelf under an arreft, ted, and during its infancy faftain- ed ; to that policy which will not ~\ fake a fortune againft a feather, in \*a game, where every turn is fained g officially foformed 6€ -it, made '\ with human blood.\ escape-which ~'occifioned his \We are aware that the man. whoo . . _ agément-of alpolitical journal is a twain exy>~ task @t the moft arduous and perplex- veiy jaft abferva- ing. Hmtare-to please all is irapoffi- fabjec of the late op... ble 53. - such attempt, therefore, ¢ northern arnty, pub. \Would .be prepofterous, and we might he Albany Regiftter-we by fuch means pleafe no ones but if the opinion of Mr. by our feeble efforts we can aid in the e Columbian, and a __advaneement of the permanent good r the war :- __ -_ Of the people, we fhall ot leaft pleafe * It is ever so,\ be exclaims, ang ‘QWJ'F’Z 45. O contrary to every honorable, nan.\ Tpggvcnts of the War, apd .the y and rational expectation, the cim, - pa‘amtfilfigwef our St?“ and Nation. laminate-d in difafter and flytfi‘egfflfitms? or 50 much] ithjrefzf p ind obje@.of as the dimits of our- paper will admit, 'he end and obje@of faithfally girefcnted to.our ment, ..: Feaders. Well feleQed religious and tthis deplorable flue is to be - \102! elsays, will alfo form a part of ‘ fhiciency and 99 weekly offepngs. I-mprol‘femem‘s gligence, or peg. ih busbandry Wilflrkgwxsq be in{ferted fome quarter,\ js far 'the - benefit if? the cencerned.-A. to be queftioned. 'The fesforn 2:48 these, fecious concerns the mu- a wafted away until the ere. fft. muft not be neglecked'; Apollo h thall occafionally conduct, his follow. , and the inclemency of CfH to eur patrons; flygnéu'crowned ) in a high northern lati. With ffowers, fliall te! his- matches as ould neither be uinforefeen beying the pofitive orders of General and thereby fruftrating Ka -g. tions on the\ 6 \Ph. A 11d be makes them ; while a wigp’qfit’ffhfi'iirin'kled' tare derides; g I+ And'laughter holding both his fides,\ Thall mow and then, with jefts the patience of our readers. - “Wpabmmge-‘Gf a gene rous community, is refpeQfully folicited by the public's humble fer. vant. w iency of ded their amd fent winter,\ re-of our Teandal. ous Campaign fhould be attached, is not our wilh or province to determine. It is fofficient for us, that it will de- grade us in-the eyes of the world, and every American muft bear fis portion of the ignominy ;\ . amufe worle than ufelefs efforts, ' C. MORGAN, N. B. The advertisements will be continued in the Gazette, and the expence thereof, Yertiements, prefent printe . 1 12 +8 1 NEW ARRANGEMENT, The editor of the riot\ having relinquifhed his mar- egement «f its concerns, the future condu&@ of the prefs will devolve og the fubfcriber, who will ifue the pi- per'on the fame terms as heretofore Oxrorp Ga- will be payable to the v. \ Chenango P at= ¢7 The terms of this papet,; are to Vij. lage Subfcribets,. and to thofe who receive their papers by Pok, Two Dollars per An. num. Thole who take their Papers-at the office, $ \ $ per annum. To perfons (not living on pof routes) who form themfelves into elaffes; and take not le{s than twelve papers weekly, One Dollar. as.” 2. Amzrican ci mo t eA by birth, his melt ., A - Bordeaux papers of O&A. excepting legal ad. mgammg-efim\ = (r N all arrearagy CS ‘are‘fi’a;u.- - , , na- @rem ' To hr ag. We fhall be able next give the Prefident's Mefsage | ree , f sul k Wfié‘kfig } 4 The want of sufficient affffiance, knit 'the haste with which our paper was; ifsued, muft be our apology for its un. ( 'couh appearance this week. We shall B endeavor to have it aftume a more ress A; pectable and becoming aspect in futures | $ Grow 'Boston, Noy. 15. LATEST FROM FRANCE., 'By an arrival at New-Bedford recounts are received to the a month later thin our form 'the papers furnith inte Hig French victory ; and the vi lies when achieved are mot in Paris papers. 'It appears by. the printed accounts, that Mapoleen's head-quarters 'were fill at Drefden. The army under the Pruffian General Blucher are in -advanced pefitens. If Bonaparte had gained any very importatit advantages recenlly, they would not only hive been ftated in the Gazettes, but announced by falutes of artillery in the feaports of France. The verbal news is that the French 'had been de to abandon 'Drefden, towards the Rhine. Le The-French papers fay, that the Coffacks have'nterrupted the cemmunicatien between Leipfic and Frankfort. If Frakfert on the Maine is intended, this is an important fact, | as it is farin the rear of the Frenck head. quarters. , - A large body of Frerich troops have been marched into WeflphaHa. From this cir- cumfance it may be inferred, either that there are infurrections in 'that kingdom a- ga nft Jeronte Bonaparte, or that Bernadotte has turaed one wing of the Freach army, and ariived on the Weffphal.an frontiers, or in ite territories. Our previous accounts relate the revait of feveral regiments of Weftphalian huffars, oe Gen. Thielman, the Saxon general, who bas deferted Bonaparte's caufe, and probably carried with him a confiderable body of troops, was a perfon of much fpirit and dif- tinction. In May laft he commanded at. Torgau ; wgmrp the French general arrived there with -a) corps of foldiers, to occupy: the place, and Mhéwed an order frem Bonaparte. hiclman anfwered he could obey no orders but thofe of his out Ring-and tillthofe were received by him, he fhould refill by force the entry of the troops of any other power. from France, \ 29d of OCtober, er.advices ; but enee of no great Cories of the al, 'to be looked for and «were. Tetreating ge _ vs an , , , ' PURTHER FROM FRANCE. chntlemanéwho was pafl-nger in the Engineer, at N w- Bedford from France, in- forms that the Emperor had loft much 6f his popolarity.-lAnd that the recent milita- ry events were tonfidered unfavorable to France. A new confcription é6f 180,000 men had beenordered. An additional army of £0,800 troops was marching for Spain. The above gentleman favored us with 8,13 and 16. ._ ~ Paris, Oct. ¥. day attended in perfon before the Senate, and delivered a fpeech of ten minutes lf.-ngt_h,_vii—hicL'anmLm,r in preffion profound and affecting. She was followed in her difcourfe by the Duke of Feltree, minifierof war, ard Count Reg. naud de St. Jean d'Angely, erator ef the council of ftate. The firft prefented an im- pofiog pictare of the refources of the French empreor. The fecond (puke of the great importance of the prefent conteft to France. _ CGassel, Oct. 6° The order and tranquility we have enjoy» ed in our city and neighonrRood, sice the departure of the Russians. is owing to the ac- tivity of our national guard.* [Ii appears by this that the Ruffians have been at C itfe'.] D:esden, Sept. 19. The Prince of Moskwa has forced the pofis of the Swedifh army Wartemburg. and has obliged the enemy -to repals the river, and withdraw his bridge... The divifion of \Guillemot has entered D-fau. The Swe- diff guards attacked yefterday tuice this laft city; and were repmifed with lefs. * Nu'rcméurg, Sept. 99 ars inevitable between the French army concefitrated upan the right bank af the Elbe, and the enemies' ar» mies under Gen. Blucher; and that of Swe- . den. The Frepch army is poticd between Bautzen and 'Orgau; and is 'under the Prince of Moskwa, the Duke of Tarentums; the Duke of Ragufa, Prince Poniatowskis and the, King of Naples, Belluno St. Cyr and Loban, i ' -Her Majefty this A great battle appe are in Bohemia. --‘é-.-}le®”.'—'-.._. From our Correfbondehkt at P St. Lawrence, Now. 2% \* Our army winter at the Fre of their firft deba arada. It is ot dam, 23, 1813. have concluded to nch Mills, the place rkation after leaving almoft impoflible to efeated, and forced - I
