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Rh men, by no means, upcting his dark deign, were actually on the way to their perfidious hot and mut have met with an untimely fate at his inhopitable table, had not one of his ervants providentially dicloed the ecret before their arrival, and informed them that there was a plan concerted to urprie the main body, in their abence. The Colonel, Capt. Gravely, and the ret of the Officers, alarmed at this intelligence, intantly returned to the camp, and perceived at ome ditance; numbers of Maboub's men, advancing in regular order, to give them battle. Our oldiers, at a moment's notice, were prepared to oppoe their force, and made o vigorous a charge on them, at