Virginia Argus

DOMESTIC

Charleston, Dec 5.
IMPORTANT.

Copy of a letter to T. W. Bacot, Esq.
Savannah Republican Office, Sunday Evening, 9 o'clock, Dec.4

I have just received from my Correspondent in Milledgeville, Geo. the following very-important News, which I hasten to give you:

"MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 1. 1814

"Governor Early was this moment been put in possession of a letter from Col. Hawkins, by which we are informed that Gen. Jackson has taken possession of Pensacola with very little opposition-"

Fort Hawkins, 30th Nov 1814.

"I have just received the following-General Jackson has taken Pensacola, There were a few of the inhabitants only who gathered in a part of the town, fired a few rounds, and surrendered. The British fired a slow match to the magazine, of which the General was apprised, and kept back until it blew up. He then marched in stayed a few days only, and returned to Fort Montgomery. report says, on his way to New Orleans. The hostile Indians are quite silent since this blasting of their hopes.

Your friend and servant,
F. S. FELL."

Rogersville, (Tenn.) December 8.

Extract of a letter from Thomas A. Rogers, Esq, to his brother Captain John A. Rogers, dated
St. Stephens. Nov 13th, 1814.

Dear Brother,

I doubt not you are anxious to hear the result of the late expedition against Pensacola. On Sunday the 6th inst our army approached it and a flag was sent in summoning a surrender--but from the reception it met with, the fire of six or eight round of cannon, it could not make the demand, but was forced to retreat-as it was very late in the evening when the flag was sent, the matter was deferred for adjustment until morning after Reveillee, "to arms." was beat; in a few minutes the army entered the town in triumph under a brisk fire of grape and canister from the town, and bomb and ball from the fort and some British vessels that lay at anchor in the Bay. We, however, sustained but little injury. The town immediately surrendered-the fort continued to give us an occasional shot until dark, when the officer commanding gave up his sword, The British discovering we had gained possession of the town and fort, moved down to the Barrancas, a strong Spanish battery that commanded the entrance of the bay, and with the permission of the Spaniards as we suppose, dismounted the guns and blew up the works, which entirely disabled us from maintaining possession of the place, The Gen. deemed it advisable to evacuate the place and commence the return march on the 9th. Thus sir, ended the work that has for a long time excited much interest among the people of this section of the United States.