Aiaking after a great number who had ablcond •d ; and that an eminent counficl, the treafury folicitor, and Juttice Bond, had arrived from Lon don, to affilt in the enquiries into the origin and cause of the late disturbances. The total amount of the several branches of public revenue, under the heads of Customs, Ex cise, Stamps and Incidents, for the last week, is 399,7571. js. 11 i-2d. The Excise duty alone,for the lad week, produced the amazing sum of 302,7681. BALTIMORE, Sept. 20, On Saturday last the President of the United States, and his Lady, arrived in town, from Phi ladelphia, on their way to Mount Vernon, and the next morning proceeded on their journey. NEW-YOR K, Sept. 21 Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, a mod alarmingfire broke out in Mill-street—the flames raged with the utmolt violence for fix hours, and notwithitanding the usual and very spirited ex ertions of the fire men and citizens in general, a very great deftrudtion of property, efti mated at more than twenty thousand pounds, took place. The fire firft broke out 111 a bake-house. The following is a lift of lioufes burned down by the fire yesterday morning. A house ofthe widow l evy, in Duke-street, and a back store in Mill-street. A house of John Miller in Duke-street, and a back store in Mill-street. A house of Capt. Hugh Stocker in Duke-street, and a back store in Mill-street. A house of Mr. Tinney in Duke-street, and back dwelling-house in Mill-ftreec. A house of Mr. Rogers in Duke-street, and a back store in Mill-street. A house of R. and J. Suydam 111 Duke-street, and a back store in Mill-street. A house of John Henry in Duke-street, and a back store in Mill-street. A house of R. Pinto in Duke-street, and aback store in Mill street. The house of the Rev. Mr. Seixas ; the honfe of the widow Miller ; and the coach-house and stables of Mr. Goelet in Mill-ftreet;—Mr. Goe let's horses perished in the stables. The custom-house, which was on fire several times, was saved only by the greatest exertions of a number of very active citizens. The wind being very high, great quantities of coal and burning shingles, were carried over the city to a great diltance,occafioning much diftreft and anxiety, from an apprehenfiou that the town would take fire in another quarter. Several houses and (lores adjoining the burnt buildings are much injured ; and very consider able lofles have been by this disaster. Two children were rescued from the flames of a li.jufe in Duke-street, by means of the pole and balket :—They were aileep in the third story of the honfe—and were not awakened till the Hair cafe was all on fire. • |C 7* The citizens of New-York will be pleated to accept dur most grateful acknowledgements, in behalf of the United States, and ourselves, for their generous and particular attention and very great exertions, at the late fire, in preserving the Custom-House, and the public papers lodged therein. JO.HN LAMB, Colle«flor. BENJ. WALKER, Naval-Officer, JOHN LASHER, Surveyor. R I C H M O N D, Sept. 14. Extra<St of a letter from Edward Carrington, Efq, the supervisor of the diftricft of Virginia, dat ed Southampton court-house, Sept. 9, 1791. " In my tour through the Isle of Wight and Southampton, being at the courts ofboth, where there were conliderable collections of the people, I have the pleasure to find a prevailing spirit of conformity to the excise —In Isle of Wight where at the preceding court there was fouie riotous conduct againil the collector of the revenue, it appears upon ascertaining theperfons concerned in the riot that they were but few, who are de cidedly despised and discountenanced by the great body of the county ; the misrepresentati ons which had been indnftrioully circulated thro the county, created a very general disapprobati on of the law ; many are however now con vinced, and do now approve, whilst those who retain the former opinion determine, as good ci tizens, to yield to the decisions of a majority of their country in the general legislature, where every individual has a right to add hisaffiftance, by way of memorial, when he is confident of be ing enabled to give new lights to that bodv which represents the feelings as well as intererts of the people. As an evidence that this is the temper of the county, 78 stills have already been enter ed with the collector. In Southampton, where much discontent has prevailed, there appears now to be a pretty general approbation of the law, and a very uniform determination to comply ■with it. ' PHILADELPHIA, September 24. Gen. Wilkinfon's Expedition. Authentic Report of ListiVenant-Golonel-Commandant Wilkinson, to his Excellency Gov. St. Clair, containing the Particulars of the late Expedition againji L,'Anguills, and the Indians on the H abash. Frankfort, on Kentucky, SIR, August ?\th, 1791. HAVING carried into complete effcft the enterpriz.c which you were pleased to direffc againfl L'Anguille, and having done the savages every other damage on the Wabafh, to which I conceived my force adbqu?te r I'embrace the firft; moment's rccels from a£live duty, to detail to voar Excellency the operations of the expedition intruded to my conduit. I left the neighbourhood of Fort-Walhmgton on the firft inft. at one o'clock, and agreeable to rhv original plan, feinted boldly at the Miami village?, by the mod dire& course the nature of the ground, over which I had to march, would permit; I persevered in this plan until the morning of the 4th inft. and thereby avoided tiie hunting ground of the enemy', and the paths which lead direct from White River to the Wabafh, leaving the head waters of the firft to my left; I then being about 'seventy miles advanced of Fort-Washington, turned north-weft. I made no discovery until the sth, about 9 o'clock, A. M. when I crofted three much fre quented paths within two miles of each other, and all bearing East of North ; my guides were urgent for me to follow these paths, which betrayed their ignorance ot the country, andconvinced me I had to depend on ray own judgment only. In the afternoon of that day, I was obliged to cross a deep bog, which injured fcyeral of my horses exceedingly, and a few miles beyond 1 struck a path hearing Norih by Weft, marked by the recent footfteps of five or fix savages. Mv guides renewed their application to me to fol low this path, but I pursued my course which had been N. 60 W. since 2 o'clock. I had not got clear of my encampment, next morning, before my advancc reported an impaflable bog in my front, extending several miles on cither hand, and the guides as serted that the whole country tothfeWabafti was cut by such bogs, and that it would be impoilible for me to proceed unless I fol lowed the Indian paths, which avoided these bogs, or led through them at places where they wtre least difficult. Although I paid little regard to this informatnn, as delav was dangerous, and eve ry thing depended on the preieivation of my horses, I determined to turn to the right, and fall into the path, I had pa fled the even ing before, which \ai ied in its course from N. by W. to N. E. The country had now becomcpondy, in every dire&ion, I there fore resolved to pursue this _path until noon, in the hope that it would conduit me to better ground, or to fomc devious trace which might lead to the object fought. At 7 o'clock I crofted au East branch of Calumet River, about 40 yards wide, and about noon my advance guard fire d on a fmaM parly of warriors and took a prisoner, the red run oft to the East ward. I halted about a mile beyond the spot where this affair happened, and on examining the prisoner found him to be a De laware, living near the site of the late M'.ami Village, which he informed me was about-thirty miles distant; I immediately rc trogaded four miles, and filed off by the right over some rifmo ground, which I hadobferved between the East branch of Calumet River and a Creek four or five miles advance of it, taking my course N. 60 W. This roeafure fortunately extricated me from the bogs and ponds, and soon placed me on firm ground ; late in the afternoon I crofted one path running from N. to S. and short ly atter fell into another varying from N. W. to N. by W. I pur sued this about two mile/i, when I encamped—but finding it still inclined Northward, I determined to abandon it in the morning. I resumed my march on the 6th at 4 o'clock, the Calumet beino to the Weftard of me, I was fearful I should strike the Wabafh too high up, and perhaps fall in with the small Town, which you men ioned to me, at the mouth of the former River. I therefore steered a due Weft course, and at 6 o'clock, A. M croflcd a road much used both by horse r,nd foot bearing due North. I now knew that I was near a Shawanefe Village, generally supposed to be on the Waters of White River, but actually on those of the Ca lumet, and was sensible that every thing depended on the celerity and silence of my movements, as my veal obje& had become man ifeft, I therefore my march vigorously, leaving an officer and 20 men in ambush, to watch the road, in order to intercept or beat off any party of the enemy which might casually be paf firig that way, and thereby prevent as long as poflible the disco very of my real intentions. At 8 o'clock. I crossed Calumet River, now 80 yards wide, and running down N. N. W. and" purluing my courfc, I crossed one path near the western bank of the river, taking the fame course, and at fix miles distance another bearing to the N. E. I was now fcnfible from my reckoning compared with my own observations during the late expedition under Gen. Scott, and the information received from your Excellency and others, that I could not be very distant from L'AngJille.—The party ieft at the road, soon tell ip with four Warriors encamped half a mile from the right of my line of march, killed one, and drove off the others to ihc northward.——My fiiuaiion had now become ex tremely critical, the wnole country to the North being in alarm which made me greatly anxious to continue my march during the night, but I had no path to diteft me, and it was impoflible to keep my course, or for horsemen to march thro' a thick fwanipy country, in utter darkness. : 1 quilted my camp on the 7th, as soon as I could fee my way, crossed one path at three miles distance, bearing N. E. and at seven miles I fell into another very much used, bearing N. W. by N. which I at once adopted, as the direfl route to my objett, and pushed forward with the utmoll dispatch. I halted at 12 o'clock to refrtfh the horses, and exa mmcthe men's armsand ammunition; marched again at half after one, and at 15 miuutes before five I struck the Wabalh, at one and a half leagues above the mouth of Eel River, being the very spot for which I had aimed from the commencement of my march. I crossed the river, and following the path a N. by E. courf- at the distance of two and a half miles my reconnoitring party'an nounced Eel River in front, and the town on the bdnk I demounted, ran forward, and examined the fituatton of the town as far as was practicable, without exposing myfelf, but the whole face of the country from the Wabalh, to the margin of Eel River, being a continued thicket of brambles, black jacks weeds and (lirubs of different kinds, it was imooffible for me to E et a Utisfaftory view without endangering a di'fcoverv. I immediately determined to post two companies near the bank of the river on polite to the town, and above the ground I then occupied to make a detour will, Major Caldwell, and the second battalion until I fell i.ito the Miami Trace, and by that route to cross the river above, and gain the rear of the town, and to leave di ctions with Major M'Dowell, who commanded the firft bat'a ion, to he perdue until I commenced the attack, then to daJh ffiult iV 1 r ' V ; Cr - W f " llh,S Cor P s and thc advanced guard, and that I \ and " POn the left ' Ir > the moment was h 8 about to put this arrangement into execution, W o"d ™! fT e 'i thjt , thei!nem >' h:,d taken th e alarm, and were with al " rdc 'ed a general charge, which was obeyed Dluntred rh It™" their Wa " °" r obft.e e plun..ed through the river vith vast intrepidity. h:- ™,' tT"CrV e andTo k nfur^ fl r^' a,nce - Si * warriors and (m -S&w ssr-i 170 fttfe #»ptiv* rcleaM—with the'lofi of t,.-i m n ki" wounded. 1 found this town scattered along I I Vu'* T" full three miles, on an uneven f rubby oak barren, tirr r 7>- alternately by bo S sa!moft irnpaflab uid iroprmoiuVk?"' - plumb, hazle and black jacks—Motwithlbndingthefcditli ' ! if I may credit the report of the prisoners, very few wnoV.' townefcaped ; evpe£ting a second expedition,their ur "' generally packed up or buried. Sixu warriors had croli'vTT Wabalh to watch the paths loading from the Ohm- t ;! chief, with ail the prisoners, and a number of families' wjr dig?intr a root which they substitute in the place of the and about one hour before my arrival, all lit;- warriors ' eight, had mounted their horses and.rode up the i V" r< n , y a l r -T-t lUi rrcii itore, to purcnaie ammunition. —1 lr.s ammunition had from the Miama Village that very clay, arid the fquawg ml,.,'> ' u \ me was stored about two miles from the town, i Majoi Caldwell in quest of it, but lie failed to make any very, altho' he fcouied the country for seven or ei lu i - i o „ 0 j river. I encamped in the town that night, and th_ n P1 ing I cut up the com scarcely in the milk, hur.it the mounted my young warriors, squaws and children in ;.ie b'<t manner in my power, and leaving two infirm squaws and ach i with a short talk (a copy of which I have the honor ;o enc c you) I commenced my march for the Kickapoo Town in • Prarie.—l felt my prisoners a vast incumbrance, but I was t in force to juftify a dctachment, having barely 523 rank and ft e and being then in the bosom of the Ountianon country, na dred and eighty miles removed from succour, and not morei 1 one and a half days forced march from the Pattawattamecs s lld wanefe and Delawares. Not being able to discover any path in the dire# course to :'ie Kickapoo Town, I marched by the road leading to Tidd- c. n » in the hope of finding some diverging trace which might ( nour my clefign. 1 encamped that eveningabout fix miles from Ken apacomaqua, the Indian name for the, town I had deftrovcd jnd marched next morning at four o'clock. Mycourle c iMtni.jed Weft till nine o'clock, when I turned to the North \V it on a small hunting path, and at a short distance I launched into the boundless Prarics of the Weft, with the intention 10 j>uriue that course, until I could strike a road which leads from ;(ie Pa : . watamees of Lake Michigan, immediately to the town I sou it. With this view I ptifhed forward, through bog after to ;he saddle skirts in mud and water, and aftrr persevering for eight hours. I found myfcjf environed on all fides with mora lies which forbad my advancing, and at the fame time rendered it difficult for me to extricate my little armv. The way by which we had entered was fomuch beat and foftcned by the horses, that it wjs almost impoflible to return by that route, and my guides pro nounced the morass in front impsffable.—A chain of thm groves extending in thedire&ion to the Wabafh, at this time presented to my left, it was necefTnry I (hould gain these groves, and for this purpose I difmountcd, went forward, and leading myborfe through a bog to the arm-..its in mud and water, with greatdiffi. cultv and fatigue I accomplifned my object, and changing my course to S. by W. I regained the Tipecanoe road at five o'clock, and encamp'd on it at 7 o'clock, after a march of thirty" miles, which broke down several of my horses. I am the more minute irj detailing the occurrcnccs of this day, because thev produced the most unfavourable effe&t. 1 was in motion at four next morning, and at eight o'clock my advanced guard made some discoveries, which induced me to believe we were near an Indian village, I immediately puttied that body forward in a trot, and followed with Major Caldwell and the 2d Battallion, leaving Major M'Dowell to take charge ot theprifon ers. I reached Tipeeanoe at 12 o'clock, whic'i had been occupied by the enemy, who watched my motions and abandoned ;he place that morning. After the definition of this town in June, last, the enemv had returned and cultivated their com and pulse, which I found in high perfe&ion and in much greater quantity than at L'Anguill'*. To refrtih my horses and give time to cut down the corn, I determined to halt until the next morning and then to resume my march to the Kickapoo Town, in the Prarie* by the road which leads from Ouiattanon to that place. In the course of the day I had difr.overcd some murmuring* and discon tent among the men, which I found on enquiry to procccd from their reludanee to advance farther into the enemy's country; this induced me to call for a state of the horses and provisions, when to my great mortification 270 horses were returned lame and tired, with barely five days provisions for the men. Under these circumstances I was compelled to abandon my df figns upon the Kickapoos of the Prarie ; and with a degree of an guifti not to be comprehended but by those wi o have experienced similar difappointmcnts, I marched forward to a town ot the lame nation, lituate about three leagues weft of Ouiattanon ; —as I advanced to that town, the enemy made some fhewof fighting me, but vanifiied at my approach. I destroyed this town, confining of thirty houses, with a considerable quantity of corn in the milk, and the fame dav I moved on to Ouiattanon, where I forded the Wabafh, and proceeded to the site of the villages on the margin of the Prarie, where I emcamped at 7 o'clock.—At this town and the villages destroyed by Gen. Scott, in June, we found the corn had been replanted, and was now in high cultivation, several fields being well ploughed, all destroyed On the 12th, I resumed my march, and falling into Gen. Scott's return trace, I arrived without any material incident, at the Rapids of Ohio, on the 21 ft inft. after a march by accurate computation, of 451 miles from Fort Washington. The Volunteers ot Kentucky have on this occrifion arquitfed thcmfelves with their ufua' good condu£t, but as no opportunity offered for individual diftin&ion, it would beunjuft to give one the plaudits to which all have an equal title. I cannot, however, in propriety forbear to express my warm approbation of the good conduct of my Majors M Dowell and Caldwell, and of Col. Rus sell, who in the chara£ler of a volunteer, without commiflion, led my advance ; and I feel myielf under obligations to M-tjor Adair and Capt. Parker, who a£led immediately about my person, for tbe ferviccs they rendered me, by the moil prompt, a£live and energetic exertions. The services which I have been able to render, fall thortof my wishes, my intention and expectation—but fir, when you reflect on the canfes which checked my career, and blasted my defigus; I flatter mytelf you will believe every thing has been done, waich could be don.- in mv circumstances ; I have destroyed the chief town of the Omattanon Ration, and made piiloners the Tonsaud (ifters of the King ; I have burnt a respectable Kickapoo Village, and cut down at lealt 430 acres of corn, chiefly in the milk, Ih e Ouiattanons left without houlcs, home or provision, must ccafe to war, and will find adlive employ to subsist their squaws and chil dien during the impending winter. Should these services secure to the country which I immediately represented, and the corps which I had the honor to command, the favourable conlideration of government, I {ball infer the ap probation of my own conduct, which, added to a confcioufnels of having done my duty, will constitute the licheft reward I can enjoy. ' Mr. Charles Vancouvre will have the honor to deliver thi* letter to your Exccllency, who attended me as Quartermaster to the ex pedition and rendered me important fcrvices. He is able to g you a fatisfaflory idea of the filiation of the country over whtC' I pad d, and can ascertain with precision the coui fe and li e to any point of my route. I recommend him to you as a Gene man ot worth. With the wannest and moll pcrfcft rcfpcft, I have the honor to be your Excell nev's Obliged, obedient and mod faithP 1 f rvant, 5 JA. WILKINSON. His Excellency Major General St. Clai r, Fort Wathington,
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