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NIAIARA FALLS PIIRLIC LIBRARY

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BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1814.

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Has slim meminisse juvaInt.—Vinon.
Printed and published by H. Nitas, South-st. next door to the: lderchants' .Coffee House, at B5 per WO
About the time the en my commenced their
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slowly around the south side of tort George and charge, and at the momeni they broke, captain lIltjoined gmeral Ripley on the Niagara, and with his chic's company of artillery, and one piece (a twelvebrigade rettiened to camp at nine in the evening. pounder) of captain Bidcide's company of artillery
The enemy fired but a few shots from his hatte- under lieutenant Hall, participated in the action.
ries, and with the exception of two or three small The captains, officers, non-commissioned officers
parties that were sent out and immediately driven and men, conducted themselves as brave and f•ithback by our light troops, kept close within his ful soldiers, and the whole artillery then on the
wOrksi until we were retiring, when several pieces of field pursued, m,der the fire of the enemy's batteartillery were sent out of the fort, and a brisk fire ries, with rapidity, and saw them precipitate them.
commenced on Our rear. selves within their works. At this period of the
We lost not a man killed, and but two (both of action two eighteen-pounders under captain Wilcolonel Swift's regiment) wounded. Lieutenant Fon- hams, -and the remainder of captain Biddle's artiltaine of the artillery, and one of captain Boughton's lery were brought upon the field, but those officers
eflicers, had their horses killed under them by can- reluctantly quitted the ground without being permitnon shot, ted to open battery upon the enemy's works.
But I have to regret the loss of five men Of captain
To particularize, if all had been engaged from
Boughton's fine company of New-York cavalry, made first to last, would be invidious, but in this case,
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generous
captain
Towson and company deserve particular
prisoners. They are victims of
policy of sufiering the inhabitants who profess neu- mention. '1'lle captain, being so fortunate as to be
trality to remain undisturbed. The safety of my bri- ordered in advance with his company of artillery,
gale requited me to place videttes at the several only, had an opportunity of skewing his gallantry
roads leading from fort George and crossing my and distinguishing himself, officers and soldiers,
line of march at right angles. Five of them were above others. Willi d ue respect, yours, &c.
surprized- and taken by a party of fifteen or twenty
J. HINDMAN, .1Taj. coin. Bat. Art.
Militia who live on the road, but who had secreted C. K. Garilner, Mi. Gen.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
themSelves in the woods on our approach, and were
Chippawa, July 10, 1814.
advised of all our movements and positions by the
women who were thronging around us on our march. Brigadier-general Porter congratulates the corps
Some of these men 1 am informed have been in our under his command, on the successful operation
and brilliant achievements of the American army,
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tamp professing- friendship.
The conduct of every part of my command Was during the past week. The crossing of the Niagara
such as not only to meet my 'approbation, but, con- on the 3d, and the surprise and capture of the fort
sidering the description of force, to excite my high- and garrison of Erie, without the loo of a man, afeat admiration They performed a march of thir ty forded the fullest evidence of the- talents of the
miles, drove in the enemy's pickets, lay for some major-general, and was a certain presage of the suctimeuniler his batteries, retired in good order, and cess which was to fhllow.
in every movement of the day exhibited examples of The action of (.; h ippawa in which the volunteers
order, fortitude and gallantry, which would have took so conspicuous a part, will ever be remembered
to the honor of the American arms. It was coinbeen honorable to the oldest troops.
menced by about 800 Pennsylvania volunteers and
I have the honor to be, &e.,
indian warriors, who met about the same number of
P. B. PORTER,
British rn4itia and indians, overthrew and drove
Brig. Gen. Goan. VOlthlteerd*
them behind the main line of the British army, deMajor General JACOR BROWN,
stroying at least 150, and annihilating, it is believed,
Com. 2d division, U. S. army.
Agreeably to general orders, I transmit the fog - this description of the enemy's fotice.
The British regulus were met by general Scott's
lowing report:
At the commencement of the action of the 5th brigade, and defeated in the most gallant and masJuly, captain Towson's company of artillery, with terly stile, and the whole of the enemy driven vex °sit
the first brigade, was solely engaged with the enemy the Cbippawa, when they destroyed the bridges and
—he maintained his position on the right and kept retired to their strong works. Colonel Fenton's reup a spirited and destructive fire during the ad- ginirnt of volunteers again distinguished itself by
vance of the enemy. Amidst the fire and-charge of its steadiness and courage in advancing in column
the enemy, the captain and his subalterns, lieute- -and forming a line with the regular troops on the
nants Campbell and Schmuck and lieutenant Ran- plain, in face of the enemy's batteries, and under a
dolph of the infantry, commanding the reserve of tremendous cannonade. Otir loss, though severe, is
artillery, behaved with great gallantry—and I am very trifling compared with that of the enemy, which
proud to say, tended greatly to check the impetuo- was five Iindred. We have however, to regret the,.
sity of the enemy. loss of heittenant-colonel Bull, major Galloway and
At an early part of the battle, the cape fin's piece captain White, of the Pennsylvania vokmteers,
was thrown out of action by a twenty-four pound whose zeal and gallantry in pursuit led them with
shot from the enemy; yet his zeal and exertions others directly upon the British regular line: exwere given with his characteristic spirit to the re- hausted by fatigue, they were made prisoners. 'We.
maining pieces, and he reports handsomely, ea the lost also, two distinguished chiefs of the Onondaga
conduct of his officers, non-comMissioneebfficers and Oneida tribes,.wijo were killed. The New York,
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,le; but they have since given the fullest evidence BRITISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BAT
TLE OF CHIPPEWA.
of their determination to • emeliste the example set
them by the other part of the corps, by their con Adjutant General's Office, H. q. Montreal,13th July, I814..
GENERAL ounce.—His excellency the governor in.
duet in forcing a passage over the Chippawa,. on the
8th instant, and the readiness with which they vo- Chief and commander of the forces has received from
Ituiteered in bffilding a bridge under the fire of the lieut. gena-Datimmond the official report of major
gen. Riall a of the sortie which took place on the
enemy's batteries.
In short, the brigadier is satisfied that the whole fifth inst. from the lines of Chippewa.
His excellency derives a proud consolation in thecorps will continue to distingffish itself' by its courage and good conduct, and at the close of the cam- andaunted. gallantry and exemplary discipline disa
paign deserve and receive the thanks of their coon- played by the troops in the unequal contest. Maj.
gen. Wall represents bent. col. Pearson in command
try.
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13y order of hrigadier generad?. B. PORTER, of a detachment of light troops—lieut. col. Gordon
Coni'd,o; Vo/s. of the Royal—lieut. col the marquis of Tweeddale
100th regt. maj. Evans, 8th or king's regt.; major
D. FRASER, LL 15th U. S. Infantry,
Risle, 19th light dragoons, and capt. Mackonachie,
and Vol. .hid de Camp.
royal artillery, to have affarded the most able support
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GENERAL ORDERS, :
in the zealous and judicious command of their resQueenston, .1ti& 13, 1814.
pective corps;—and that the zeal and intelligence
a ll is with sorrow that the commandn t general
announce the death of that brave and v aluable evinced by his aid-de-camp, capt. Holland, captain
officer, brigadier general Swift, of the 'volunteers Elliott, deputy assistant .quarter master general—
riYom the state of Nei York. Ile was killed last lieut. Fox, royals, acting brigade major and staff
pvenin g , nobly' struggling in the cause of his coon- adjutant Geeig, merited his approbation; and that
'try; and it is to be regretted that the affair, though the conduct of lieut. col. Dickson Lincoln, was most
Successful, was not of that magnitude to compensate exemplary.
excellency laments the loss of so many valuafoe his loss. 'He will he .buried with the honors due
Me officers and men, but this sentiment is greatly
icilds rank, this afternoon At six o'clock. 'I'lre
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will be conducted by brigadier general Porter. agaeravated by the disappointment and mortification
that Fort Erie, enwill b interred of . t he opposite side of the he has experienced in leas
Ill's
rivee, and the artillery will fire the necessary salute. trusted to the charge of major Buck, 8th or king's
regiment, was surrendered on the evening of the
Order of the major-general.
3.1 inst. by capitulation, without having made an
C. K. GARDNER, gig. Get:.
adequate defence.
BRIGADE ORDERS. a
Rattail of the killed, woinded and 711i&Si7iIr.
Q7teenston, 111103, 1314.
Royal artillery-1 rank and file killed-4 rank and
It is with the most painful sensations that brig. file wounded.
gen. Porter announces the death of his friend and
Royal artillery drivers-1 subaltern wounded.
companion in arms, brigadier general Joax Swat-. -' 1st or royal Scots-- ,-1 captain, 4 serjeants, 48 rank
lie yesterday generously volunteered his services to andfile killed-1 field officer, 2 captains, 7 KIWI•
the commanding general to reconnoitre the enemy's terns, 4 serjeants, 121 rank and file Wounded-30 ,
position and works at Fort George, accompanied by ran k a n d fil e m i ss i ng .
a party of 120 volunteers, and having by the most ' 8th or king's regiment-3 rank and file killed-4
judicious arrangements succeeded t i capturing,. subaltern, 1 sergeant and 22 rank and file wounded.
without the discharge of a gun, an Outpost, a piquet 100th refit-2 subalterns, 3 sergeants 64 rank
with a corporal and 5 men, from whom lie expected and file killed-1 field officer, 2 captains, 6 subalobta.in important info,rmation, be w a s assassinated terns, 11 sergeants, - 114 rank and file wounded—I
• by one of the prisoners, who after begging foe and subaltern missing.
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receiving quarters, shot him through the breast.
Militia-2 capts. I subaltern,. 9 rank and file killed
The alarm OCCASI011ed by the discharge of the gun —1 field officer, 3 subalterns, 1 sergeant, 11 rank
immediately brought towards the ground a patroling and file wounded-1 sergeant, 14 rank and file Mising. party of the enemy, about 50 or 60 strong, when Royal X1X. light dragoons-1 sergeant, 5 rank
general Swift formed his men, advanced at their file wounded.
head upon the patrole and commenced a successful
OFFICERS KILDE.D4
engagement, when he fell, exhausted by his writings,
Royal Scots—rapt. Baily.
The other officers of -his command, of whom notice
I00th regt.—lieut. Gibbons, and ensign Rea.
will be hereafter taken, animated by the example of • Militia—captains Rowe cud 'Furney, and lieut.
heroism and fortitude which had been set them, aa'Donnell.
fought, heat and drove the enemy into Fort George,
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
f•oni which they were not more than half a mile tbs. General staff—capt. Holland, aid-de-camp to maj,
tant, and then returned, bearing their wounded and general RiAlseverely, not dangerously.
expiring general with them.
Royal artillery drivers—lieut. Jack, slightly.
It is impossible for brig. gets. Porter to express
1st or royal Scots—lieut. col. Gordon, slightly.
the'poignancy of his. own grief, or to appreciate the .'Capts. Bird and Wilson severely, and prisoners;
loss which the corps has sustained in the hill of this and lieut. W. Campbell, severely, beats. Fox, Jackexcellent officer. After serving his'country for seven son and Hendrick, severely and not dangerously;
years in the way of the revolution ; he again stepped Gent. M'Donald, slightly; lieut. A. Campbell and
forward as a volunteer, to give the aid of his exec- Connell, severel y.
rierice in support of the violated rights of his coon8th, or king's regt. lieut. Boyde.
try: and 'bever was that country called on to lament --100th regt,—lieut. col. the marquis of Tweeddale,
the loss of a firmer patriot or a braver man.
severely not dangerously; captain Sherrard, do do ;
He will he interred at 6 o'clock this afternoon captain Sleigh, severely; lieuts. Williams, Lyon and
with military honors. The brigade will parade at 5 Valentine; lieut. , Fortune, wounded and missing,
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supposed prisoner; ensigns Clarke and Johnson and

By order of brig. gen. P. D. Porter;
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Meld, severely; lieut. Bowan, slightly;. ensign Kirk- be in readiness to support. In a few minutes the
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British line was discovered formed and rapidly aupatriek. dangerously,
EDWARD II AY.NES„ vancing—their right (the Royal Scots) upon the
(Signed)
.14jutant general JV. A. woods, and the left (the prince regent's) on the river, with the king's own for their reserve. Their
From the Ontario .Vessenger.
We have received the following account and plan of objedt was to gain the bridge across the creek in
attack of the battle of Chippawa, from a valued front of our encampmeid, which if done, would
and obliging correspondent at the west, who was have compelled us to retire, Gen. Brm.vir feared a
an eve-witness to the engagement.
flank movement of the enemy through the woods on
On the 3d of July, general Scott, by orders from the left of our camp, with a view to seize our re ,
major gen: Brown, broke up his encampment and serve of artillery, directed general Ripley not to adadvanced upon Chippawa, and with Capt. Towson's vance until he gave him- orders. At the same time
division of artillery-, drove the enemy's pickets he rode to the first Ime with his staff and an escort
across the bridge: In the afternoon, general Ripley of 30 dragoons, in order to direct the whole moveWith the field and park artillery tinder maj. Hind- ments of the field, and animate the troops by his
man, took the sante route and encamped on the presence. Meanwhile general Scott, under a most
ground with general Scott's advance. The subjoin- tremendous fire of the enemy's artillery crossed the
ed sketch spews the order of encampment, and will bridge which the enemy endeavored to gain, and
formed his line. The enemy's orders were to give
illustrate the events which subsequently occurred.
one volley at a distance, and immediately charge.
NORTH.
Enemy's lines flanked by a block-house and batteries. But such was the warmth of our musketry that they
could not stand it. At this moment general Brown
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Gen. Smitt's Brigade.
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Too much praise cannot be given to gen. Scutt and
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that "the Royal Scots never owned their backs uporr
an enemy, until they met with the damn'd Yankees !
Balt. Pat.

E'Legitimate Princes!"

Enemy's batteries.
Enemy's block-houses.
Letter of the princess of Wales to the prince Regent; •
III Bridges.
"Srit—I am once more reluctantly compelled to
0 White House. address your royal highness ; and to encloae for your
On the morning of the 4th of Tidy, the British inspection copies of a note which I have had the hoIadians who had filled the woods contiguous to the nor to receive from the Queen, and of the answer
American encampment, commenced firing at our which I have thought it my duty to return to her
piquets. Reconnoitering parties from Chippawa were mjesty. It would be in vain for me to inquire into
frequently observed during the day, along the T•ver the reasons of the alarming declaration made by
road: and infbrmation was received that • -rvinforce- your royal highness, that you have taken the fixed
Meats had arrived. and unalterable determination never to meet me, upOn the 5th, the same course was pursued. The on any occasion, either in public or is private. Of
Indians were discovered almost in the rear of our these your royal highness is pleased to state your.
camp. At this moment general Porter arrived with self to be the only judge. You will perceive by my
his volunteers and Indians. General Brown imme- answer to her majesty, that I have only been res.
(Lately directed them to enter the woods and effec- trained by motives of personal consideration towards
Wally scour them. Geis. Brown, Scott, and Ripley her majesty, fi•om exercising my right of appearing
were at the white house marked 0, reconnoitering. before her majesty, at the public drawing rooms to
General Porter's corps seemed sweeping like a tor- be held the ensuing month.
rent every thing before them until they almost de- "But sir, lest it should be by possibility supposed
bouched from the woods opposite Chippawa. At a that the words of your royal highness can convey any
moment a volley of musquetry convinced general insinuation from which I shrink, I am bound to deBrown that the whole British force had crossed the nand of your royal highness—what circumstances
Chippawa bridge, and that the action must become can justify the proceeding you have thus thought at
general. He gave immediate orders to general Scott to adopt?
to advance and feel the enemy, and to gen. Ripley to "I owe it to myself, to my daughter, and to tilt

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Answer of the princess of Wales to the Queen:
nation, to which I am indebted for the vindication of
my honor, to remind your royal highness of what "MADAM-1 have received the letter which your
you know, that after open persecution and mysteri- majesty has done me the honor to address to me,
ous inquiries, upon undefined charges, the malice of prohibiting my appearance at the public drawing
my enemies fell entirely upon themselves; and that rooms which will be held by your majesty in the
- I was restored by the king, with the advice of his ensuing month, with great surprise and regret.
"I will not presume to discuss with your majesty
ministers, to the full enjoyment of my rank in the
court, upon my complete acquittal. Since his ma- topics which must be as painful to your majesty as
jesty's lamented illness, I. have demanded, in the to myself.
"Your majesty is well acquainted with the affecface of parliament and the country, to be proved
guilty or to be treated as innocent I have been de- tionate regard with which the king was so kind as to
Oared' innocent-1 will not submit to be treated as honor me, up to the period of his majesty's mdispoguilty.. sition, which no one of his majesty's subjects has so
"Six-, your royal highness may possibly refuse to much cause to lament as myself; and that his majesread this letter. But the world must know that I ty was graciously pleased to bestow upon me the
have written it; and they will see my real motives for most unequivocal and gratifying proof of his atforegoing, in this instance, the rights of my rank. tachment and approbation, by his public reception of
Occasions, however, may arise (one, I trust, is far me at his court, at a season of severe and unmerited.
ic, and your affliction, when his protection was most necessary
distant,) when I must appear in publ
rpyal highness moist be present also.. Can your roy- to me. There I have since uninterruptedly paid my
al highness have contemplated the hill extent of yotir respects to your majesty. 1 am now without appeal
declaration? Has your royal highness fiwgotten the or protector. But I cannot so far forget my duty to
approaching marriage of our daughter, and the pos- the king and myself; as to surrender my right to appear at any public drawing room to be held by your
sibility of our coronation?
.
"I wave my rights in a case where I am not abso- majesty.
"That I may not, however, add to the difficulty
Ddely bound to assert them, in order to relieve the
queen, as far as I can, from the painful situation in and uneasiness of your majesty's situation, I yield.
which she is plied by your royal highness; not in the present instance, to the will of his royal highfrom any consciousness of' blame; not from any ness the prince regent, announced to me by your
doubt of the- existence of those rights, or of my own majesty, and shall not present myself at the drawing
worthiness to enjoy them. • ' • -room of the next month.
"It would be presumptuous in me to attempt to.
"Sir,. the time you have selected for this proceeds
ing is calculated to make it peculiarly galling.— enquire of your majesty the reasons of his royal
Many illustrious strangers have 'already arrived in highness the prince regent for this harsh proceeding,.
England; amongst the rest, as I am informed, the of which his royal highness can shale be the judge.
illustrious heir-of the house of Orange, Who has an- I am unconscious of offence; and in that reflection, I
nounced himself to- me as my future son-in law. must endeavor to find consolation for all the mortiProm their society I am unjustly excluded. Others fications I experience; even for this, the lase, the
are expacted, of rank equal to your own, to rejoice most unexpected and the most severe; the prohibiwith your royal highness in the peace of Europe. tion given. to me alone, not to appear before your
My daughter will, for the first time, appear in the majesty, to offer any congratulatiOns upon the happy
splendor and publicity becoming the approaching termination of those calamities with which Europe
nuptials of the presumptive heiresS of this empire. has been so long afflicted, in the presence of the Hillis season your royal highness has chosen for treat- lustrious personages who will, is all probability, be
Mg me with fresh and unprovoked indignity; and of assembled at your majesty's court, with whom I am
all his majesty's sfibjects, I alone am preveated k y so closely connected by birth-and marriage.
"1 beseech your majesty to do me an act of justice,.
your royal highness from appearing in my place, to
partake of the general joy, and am deprived of the to which, in the present circumstances, your majesty
indulgence an those feelings of , pride and affection is the only person competent, by acquainting those
illustrious strangers with the motives of personal
partnitted to every mother but me.
consideration towards your majesty which alone in' "I sin, sir,
duces me to abstain from the exercise of my right
"Your royal highness's faithful wife,
"CAROLINE, P." to appear before your majesty: and that I do now, as.
Ihave done at all times,. defy the malice of my eneContinua ht House, May, 26, 1814.
mies to fix upon me the shadow of any one imputa.
tion which could render me unworthy of their society
The Queen to the Princess of Tales.
"WINDSOR CAS•IE, May 23, IBM. or regard.
"Your majesty will, I am sure, not be displeased
"The Qtteen. considers it to be her duty to lose no
time in acciy:tintin g the princess of Wales, that she that I should relieve myself from a suspicion of dis- a ioc i ae da,:a;• communica ti on from her son t h e respect towards your majesty, by making public the
1Iva:regent, in which he states, that her majesty's cause of my absence from court, at a tune when the•
station would otheiwvise particularly
. -- tention of holding two drawing rooms in the ensu- duties of myattendance.
— ing month having been notified to the public, he must demand. my
"I have the honor to be; your majesty's most obedeclare,. that he considers that his own presence at
her court cannot be dispensed with; that he :'esires client daughter-in law and servant,
'`CAROLINE, P."
it may be distinctly understood, for the reasons -of - .
-which he atone can be' the juged, to be his fixed and unConnaught house, May 24; 1814.
alterable determination not to meet the .princess of
Miles ups7/ any occasion, either inn public or private.
"The Queen is thus placed under the painful necessity of intimating to the princess of Wales the
I have paid at least $100 for letters like the followluipossibility of her majesty'S receiving her royal
ing ; which is published in ertenso (the name of the
li glitiess at her thawing rooms.
writer, &c. only omitted) as a moments for gentlemen
.
"CHARLOTTE, ILI?
asking favors. In general, the numbers of the Be,

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&lister that are missing or damaged in the mail, or, in motion and the water will immediately be thrown
after receipt, accidently lost or destroyed, are freely 'on the top of the house or by means of a hose or
supplied ; but it is not right that I should pay post- other pipes, may be conducted into any part of it.
age for my willingness t) oblige. It is the mere . I request that you will give this hint publicity,
want of reflection that has subjected us to this tax— that those who choose may avail themselves of it,
for, certainly, no one would make us pay 25 cents, and that no vain pretender may attempt to obtain a
(as in the present instance) for doing him a service, patent for it, and endeavor to impede its general use,
if he thought one moment on the su5ject, as has been the case with another plan on a former
occasion.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
I leave you to estimate the advantage to the naH. Niles, Esq.
SIR—It is with regret that I find myself obliged tion by the introduction of this machinery, and the
to embrace the liberal offer you make in your pros- consequent reduction of the risk and insurance of
pectus, of supplying missing papers. From the great our manufacturing establishments, and am, sir, rescare of packing up and extreme regularity of the pectfully yours.
delivery of the numbers generally, I had hoped I P. S. Since writing the foregoing, I have conshould not be obliged to call on you for extra num- versed with a gentleman who says that the idea of athers ; but as those missing are important, you will taching a forcing pump to a cotton mill is not new,
and that he has heard it mentioned befbre—notwithoblige me by transmitting them to
standing I forward this to you, and you are at libel':
No.— of vol. —.
ty to use it as you may think proper.
No. — of vol. —.
Sir, your obedient servant,
kink 22, 1814.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

By the President of the United States of America.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
A PROCLAMATION.
New-Jersey, July 29th 1814.
Whereas great and weighty matters claiming the
Sin—It is with great pleasure I observe your partitular attention to the manufactures of the United consideration of the congress of the United States,
States, and am happy to see that the "home inns- from an extraordinary occasion for convening them.
mace," or a disposition to foster and protect our I do by these presents, appoint Monday the ninemanufacturing .establishments is rapidly' gaining teenth day of September next, for their meeting at
ground. I am desirous to aid the same good work the city of Washington; hereby requiring the resof protection, from a conviction that agriculture is pective senators and mepresentatives then and there
our primary resource and dependence, and that to assemble in Congress, in order to receive such
manufactures are the best support of agriculture, communications as may then be made to them, and
and of course one of the main pillars of our wealth to consult and determine on such measures as in
their wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of
and national independence.
I lately saw pass my house, a large fire engine, the United States.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of •
built at the expence of several hundred dollars, on
its way to the cotton mill of a spirited proprietor. L. S._ the United States to be hereunto affixed, and
signed the same with my hand.
it immediately occurred to me that a forcing pump
Done at the city of Washington, the eighth
may be applied to the machinery of every cotton,
day of August, in the year of our Laid
paper, or other manufacturing mill, at an expence
one thousand eight htmdred and fourteen,
of not more than thirty or forty dollars, which would
and of the Independence of the United
convey water to the top of the building, or, by means
States the thirty-ninth.
of a hose, to any part of it—a fire may be thus mainJAMES MADISON.
guished by one person's putting the water wheel in
motion, the pump in gear, it' not previously done, By the President,JAMES MONROE,
and directing the hose where necessary, while to
Secretary (f State,
move and work a fire engine, to supply it with water,
From the National Intelligences, Aug. 9.
and direct the hose, will require an assemblage of
By our paper of this day, it will be seen that contwenty or thirty persons, and then its operation will
gress is called upon to convene at an earlier day
not be so immediate or effectual.
than,
that fixed on by the act of the last session. The
I beg leave to suggest that a pump be erected in
the manner usual at paper mills and distilleries, reasons for this last call will be disclosed by the Prewhere there is a command of water, instead of the sident at the proper time, and an attempt to anticiupper box or valve in the piston of the pump, let P ate them would be useless, if not unbecoming in
the piston be solid and well fitted to the pump— us. The momentous changes which have recently
above the lower box or valve in the pump and be- taken place in the political state of Europe, affecting,
low the stroke of the piston, enter horizontally or as they do, our interests and our prospects, will preobliquely a wooden pipe, the same as the pump, in sent to the mind of every reader, at least one of the
this pipe fix near the pump, a box or valve fi rm l y considerations which probably induced the measure
fitted—let the pipe lead from the pump into a
WAR DEPARTMENT,
hogshead made for the purpose, and strongly headed
Adjutant and Inspector-general's office.
and hooped, placed near the pomp, or if not sufficiWashington July 28, 1813.
ently strong, into one of Mr. Hare's patent beer
GENERAL ORDER. When controversies arise on the
barrels—pass a wooden pipe through the top of the interpretation and application of the rules and regtthogshead or barrel, of smaller dimensions than the 'talons far• the better government of the army, in
pipe leading into it, and extending in the hogshead relation to rank, the commanding officer of the disor barrel about three fourths of its depth—let the trict, army or post, where such controversy may oc-'
pipe extend the other way to the height of the house, cur, is authorised and directed to institute a court of
for the convenience of conducting hoses or other enquiry, whose duty it shall be to examine and report
pipes to every part of the building—let every part 'opinions on the cases respectively coming before
air tight as well as water tight—put the pump' them ; which opinions, if confirmed by the said
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commanding officer, will be final and conclusive in fearful that this act of the enemy may be made opt
the case or cases to which they apply.
an invasion of Massachusetts, labors to shew that
JOHN R. BELL, Ast. Insp. Gen.
the territory really bel o nged to Great _Britain, (the
WA R DEPART:10:NT,
people certainly did, in fact, if not in form) therefore
.8qintant and Inspector-general's office,
"it is to be considered by the British as only taking
Washington, ✓ ugust 1, 1814. possessiom of and establishing a post on their own
GENERAL ORDER. All reg,iinemal surgeons and frontier"e-this enemy-consideration should have
surgeon's mates, either on furlough or on the recruit- weight with us, particularly when we recollect that
Mg service, will immediately join their respective Britain never carried on a war for• conquest—no !—no !
regiments. Those who do not, will without delay -"neither in Ireland or India, or any where else !—
report the cause to this office. ' . When sir Thomas Hardy's proClamation, inviting the
inhabitants to take the oath of allegiance, was post.By order of the secretary of war.
JOHN It. BELL, Ay. Insp. Gee.
ed up, some person attached to the army, very st ii
Melville Prison, July 13, 1814. We, the under- ritedly posted up a counterpaper, cautioning the peosigned, in beMilf of the prisoners; confine:: in Mel- pie against swearing alliance to king George. The
ville Prison, beg leave to express their highest ap- following is a copy of the paper :
"Whereas, since the conquest of this island by
probation of the official conduct of Mr. Ninetieth
- agent for American •p•i.muers of war at this depot, his Britannic majesty's forces under the command of
and to return him our sincere thanks fir his exertions sir Thomas Hardy, and lieut. col. Andrew Pificingin our behalf, and of those who we re so unfortunate ton, it appears, by a proclamation published by vireo to be sent to England, as we are eOnfident that tue of their authority, that the citizens of this place
nothing. on the part of Mr. Mitchell was omitted to are to chose either an eternal allegiance to his majespresent their going. ty George the 3c1, (from whose yoke our fathers
Signed in behalf of all the officers confined at the treed us) or an abandonment of their property on
this island ; it becomes their duty seriously to condepot of Melville Island.
' • GEO. FL FELLOWS, seder whether they will renounce for ever the rights
THOS. CLOUTMAN, and privileges of American citizens, or accept the
JOSEPH STROUT, terms-of the oath of allegiance for themselves, their
heirs and successors, or like good men, and true to
- JOHN M'CLOUD,
their country and honor, refuse such oath of abject
'WM. S LON E,
EASTITRT.—We have some minor particulars. of submission, and appeal at once to the virtue and gethe capthre of Eastport by the British, c'onitimni- nerosity of the American people for reparation. If
Bated by Mir officers p••olled there, and arrived at the oath be taken, you cannot dare to stand by the
of yOur bleeding country in the hour of her
Boston. The fOrce• that came against the place con- side dis-.
,, tress i but you and your children fiirever must be
sisted of one ship of 74 guns, one of 60, tb,•,
sloops of war, and 3 transports, having on board considered the subjects of Britain. Never let it be
2,000 land troops. They r:ppear to have expected said by your children, Our fathers basely sold what
considerable resistance, and would hardly believe their jiithers bravely won. It you do not take the
major Patitain, when he returned but '59 men, 11 oath, you are still freemen and honorable Americans
of whom were sick. Tile second day after the cap- and ean meet your fellow-citizens with a pure heart.
tore the militia were mustered and deprived of their If you do take the oath, you will be considered, dc- arms, among which were 2 brass 6 pounders belong- graded in their eyes forever.
day, an hour, of virtuons liberty,
Pig to Massachusetts. The deputy collector; a feht - " A worth
whole eturnity ot bondage."
low named Cornet', had taken the oath of allegiance ' • "is
"A TRUE AMERICAN."
and was continued in the office. The enemy also
About 9 o'clock in the morning, after many had
obtained possession of the 'custom=house bonds
through a person named Rodgers.* The town pr e _ read the above paper, it was taken down by the 13rivious to its capture was thronged by srtluggiing Eng , tish officers, who were highly exasperated at the atEsti and Americans, and this character appears to tempt to prevent the Americans from perjuring
have belonged to the chief part of the inhabitants— themselVes:
when the American flag was struck "sOme'of theth Commotions: DECATUR, on receiving the news of
huzzaed, and others, . men of influence, ' observed general Brown's late victory, fired a salute from the
"nOw•we shall get rid of the tax-gat herers—now the President. According to the notions of the Pastan
d----d democrats will get it." But they Mund to senate, he must be a very "immoral and irreligious"
their sorrow that they all were treated alike. ' The man.
representative of this place in the legialature' of . . ONTA um. Our fleet, under the gallant Chauncey,
Massachusetts, named J. D. Weston, one of those is on the lake. It sailed from Sacketes harbor on
who talked about French influence, &c. first took Monday the first, inst. The commodore was not resthc oath, and is "one of his majesty's justiees of the Cored to health, but in a convalescent state. The
peace." The meeting-house had been converted in- enemy was also on the lake the day before he sailed
to a barracks, and filled .with soldiers, and their la- —If we have been fortunate enough to bring him to
dies. All the vessels were confiscated and the great- action, the"tide" of the campaign will be materially
er part of the private property of the people seized, changed. Many have been impatient at the delay
and appropriated to the• use of the conquerors. of the • fleet; that delay, appears, to have disconHouses were occupied sans ceremonie, and many certed Brown's plans; which, had they been accomabuses committed, the reports of the English prin- unshed, would have been the most splendid coup de
tees to the contrary notwithstanding ; and the vile main that any nation could have boasted of—not an
population of Eastport appears to suffer what they Englishman would have been left on this side of York
richly deserve, imputed. The Boston Palladium, —but, no doubt, the zeal of Chauncey to co-operate
* Another account says that the bonds were saved, with him was restrained by imperious circumstances.
INDIAN MURDERS. A Mrs. Regan and her two
but that this lain Rodgers, from Kennebeck, seized children, with four other children (her nephews or
the custom-house officer by the collar as he was re- nieces) were murdered by the B•itishullies on Wood
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far advanced in pregnancy. Fifty rangers went in tabled as it relates to the Loire, having been received
here foam an official source."
pursuit of the monsters... ; •
TRADE. Seventy waggon loads of fine British To close this matter, we shall pass over without
cloths, lately arrived from Canada. The duty on notice the malevolent inuendoes and dirty hints of
these articles was secured at Burlington, Vt. tile British prints in the United States, when Rodgers
A New-York paper has an .advertisement for the states that had offered battle to the Plantagenet
sale of nearly 800 packages of British goods, at that 74, and go immediately to the more hardy falsehood
of one acknowledged to be in the pay of 'Ida majesplace.
BLOCRADE. The London Gazette has announced ty," as our printers call the ideot king of England,
• the blockade of the whole American coast.
• by way of eminence.
Bata-Lama& At laast nine-tenths of the . foreign A late "Federal Republican" contains a long dia. trade of the United States, prosecuted honestly, logue between col. Plater (a distinguished "federalunder our own flag, is now c a rried on in the famous ist" of Maryland) and lieut. Dickinson, of the Loire
Baltimore schooners. We have accounts of the ar- frigate, then in the Patuxent, who had landed with a
rival of some of them out or home almost every d party on his farm. The col. appears from this stateA CARTEL ship, the Mary, has arrived at Salem meat to have conducted himself with great prowith 104 prisoners from Halifax—off Cape Sable was Bence, carefully avoiding every thing that might imboarded by the Dragon 74, from the Chesapeake,, plicate the character of his country; and, sometime
with a large number of stolen negroes. hence, when we shall Collect and publish neglected
Tits PRESIDENT AND PLANTA6EFET.—From the events of the aver, this article shall be inserted to
New-York Evening l'ost.—"A gentleman who has his honor. But the following part of the dialogue
lately arrived at Boston from Bermuda, where he is all that relates to the present occasion:
has been for some time past, states that when corn- - "Locum Dickinson.—What is the opinion of your
modore Rodgers' official account of his late cruise people as to corn. Rodgers' account of the force that
Arrived there, a considerable sensation was excited threatened him off New York?
Col. Plater. In what way-1 don't understand you.
on account Of his statement that a British 74 gun
Lieut. D. Why-this frigate [the Loire] of 38 gnus
ship had avoided him.—Captain Lloyd of the Plantagenet very honorably confirmed the whole state- and a tittle schooner captured the day before, were
ment, saying, it was strictly true; that he did avoid the line of battle ships described by the commodore
a meeting with commodore Rodgers, and he had de - in his letter to the secretary of the navy. We made
:mantled a court of enquiry to investigate his con- sail after him believing him to be — ; but Rodgdnct. He stated that his crew had been in a state ers-was too quick heeled.
of mutiny for three days previous to his seeing corn.. PEACE TUatons.—Captain Gorehsm, arrived at
Rodgers, and his ship was in such a state of confu- icew-York in the Spanish ship San Josef (to assist in
sion, that if the commodore had come up with him navigating which he was put on board by captain
he must have surrendered with very little resistance; Kerr of the Acasta, see page 415,) reports that capthe greatest part of his crew being then confined in tail Kerr expressed his belief that there would be a
irons. He was under the necessity of leaving the speedy peace between the United States and Great
American coast the next day after he saw COMM' Britain.
-lore Rodgers; a number of his men are now in irons, The like opinion, or belie; is ascribed to British
and it is thought that several of them will be execu- officers on the lines.
ted. It was supposed at Bermuda that the captain , The Boston Centinel, of the 6ah instant,"alluding,
-would be honorably acquitted." we presume, to the article inserted below, says—
Another parson has arrived at Boston who was The report of Thursday, said to have been brought
lately .on board the Endymion frigate—he informs by the cartel from Halifax, that the negociation at
that he conversed sonic time with her commander, Ghent had been broken off, was an impudent fabricaCapt. Hope, and among other questions asked him (ion. On the contrary, though the people in Halifax
what he- thought of coin. Rodgers, when he sought generally were growin7, rich by the war, it was the
an engagement with the 74, off Sandy Hook. He opinion of the governor, and the most intelligent
answered, that he had entertained doubts as to his people there, that peace would grow out of the necourage, &c. but his conduct on that occasiim had glaciation at Ghent, and be concluded before Christled him to entertain a different opinion, and stated mas.
that the commodore's letter to the secretary of the NEGOCIATION. London, May 30. We have aunavy, giving the particulars of the same, was sub- thority to state, that there is no foundation for the
stantially correct; that sloe 74 which he stood for report of the mission of Lord Gambier,. and others
at that time was the Plantagenet, capt. Lloyd; that to the Hague, to treat for peace with the American
he thought capt. Lloyd's conduct on that occasion commissioners.
was very correct, as his crew had been in a state of [The London article lately copied into the Amemutiny for one or two days previous, and on that cc- rican papers, which said Lord Gambier was going to
count was obliged to leave the station next day, and the Hague, &c. was dated 28th of Mayl
INTERESTING.—The following is entitled to consithat capt. Lloyd would no doubt be tried by a court
martial, but he had not the least doubt he would be deration. It is an extract of a letter to the editors
honorably acquitted. Such was capt. Hope's state- of the (Baltimore) American from their corresponment, and lie said it was known to be a fact by eve- dent at Washington, dated August 9—
In confirmation of what I wrote to you yesterday
ry British officer on the coa's't.
The New York Gazette of the 26th ult. says—"We respecting the favorable dispositions of Holland towere yesterday.satisfactorily informed, that not only wards us, and the prospect of peace between Amethe Plantagenet was off the Hook, but that the Loire rica and England, as held out by Mr. Changuion, the
frigate was at the same time wide in the offing when Dutch envoy, the following authentic e- tract is cm.
commodore Rogers entered this port in the Presi- pied for you from a letter received here from a highdent frigate. The Loire was in the south-east quar- ly respectable gentleman in Boston, who had a forter, with the wind at the southward and westward, mad conversation with the minister on his first arrstanding in under a press of canvas. These facts are
sollected from the statement furnished by Mr. Top-, "It would be pleasing if col. P. would supply this
X/1fl as it relates to the Plantagenet, and fully ascer; dash. It the fellow be unmasked. En.
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Val there. The letter is dated the .second inst. and United States' forces, artillery, infantry, sea-fenci e
says:—"Mr Changuion assured me, that his govern- bles, or seamen, are stationed in the forts, at the
ment was very anxious that the trade between the — and — A camp of 3000 militia is
two countries should he as extensive as formerly, immediately to be formed at Badensburg. The titsand as we had never been at war, the-people of trict of Columbia has about 2000 well organized miHolland were very friendly towards those of the U. litia, artillery, riflemen and info um and the regunited States. He informed me that he saw Messrs. tar force, marines, Sze. at that place amounts to
Gallatin and Bayard at Amsterdam in Atwell'. — teen. The 36th and 2nd battalion of the 38tiiaSked what was the general impression in Holland on U. S. infantry; with the force tinder commodore
the result of the negociations at Ghent; he replied Barney, — strong, is in the neighborhood. Arthat it 'was thought a peace between the United rangements have been made to call out 5000 Pennsy/vonions from the neighboring counties, who are
States and Great Britain would result therefrom."
The expected proclamation convening congress ready at a moment's notice; and, through the inclenext month, has at length appeared.—The consider- fatigable exertions of general Winder, who receives
ations inducing that very proper measure are not all possible assistance from the government, this
difficult to be comprehended. Government know not force can be directly collected at any required
at what moment they may receive the result of the point between the two places. We cannot be atnegociatiOns at Ghent. If that result should be a tacked soddenly. We must have several days notice
treaty, no delay ought to take place in its ratification of a force likely to make an impression; and, though
or rejection; and the presence of congress is on that "Mr. Madison's capital" may be threatened, or
account necessary:, If, on the contrary, the pro- tine destruction of "Baltimore" talked of, we gvers
gress the negotiation should disclose dispositions they will not be burnt at present. Besides these,
on the part of the enemy presenting an insuperable the militia of our own neighborhood, of Baltimore,
bar to an honorable peace at this time, speedy a ddi. Harford and Anne Arundle counties, &c: would
Coital provisions will become essential to strengthen swell the entire force to an amount needful for any
the security to the present and future creditors of emergency; and we have powder, and ball, muskets
government for the punctual payment of the inter- and prepared ammunition enough (if properly maests and final reimbursement of the Prineipal of their naffed) to kill all the Englishmen in, or coming to,
loans, and to place the public credit on a still more A merinvfiim and solid footing, by authorising the laying of D EFENCE OF WASHINGTON, &c.—From the National
encer.—We understand that the banks of this
additional taxes; and pledging. the resources of the
nation ln the most satisfactory manner for the re- district have it in contemplation to offer to the godemptiOn of the nation's engagements.—Other verninent the loan of a sum of money, to be applied
tary and 'natal preparations than those heretofore ekclusively, if accepted by the president, to the betauthorised, would also be necessary; arid it is high- ter defence of the districte--and that several of these
ly probable that the subject of a national bank w ill institutions have appointed committees to consider
again come betbre Congress." and report on the subject. If, in addition to what the
MICKILINACKINAC—k letter dated "-Fort Gratiot, government has done and yet contemplates, such a
rapids of river St. Clair, July 13," says—The land tender he necessary to our security, the measure will
forces arrived here yesterday, having marched by be one of self-interest as well as public spirit, on the
. land fifteen miles through a very ugly and wet part of the banks, and will not, we trust, be thwarted
country, and without even a path the quarter part of by any suggestions of political or personal prejudice.
the way. The vessels were detained by head-winds, New. YORK, August 2.—The following address to
o-day they have a fair wind and the Niagara and our fellow citizens was last evening reported to the
Lawrence have just passed over the rapids, and common council by the committee of defence, and
anchored in lake Huron; the Caledonia, Porcupine unanimously agreed to:
and Tygress, are now passing the rapids. The troops
Fellow Citizens.—The times are portentous. Our
are ordered to be ready to embark in one hour. If country is involved in war, with one of the most
the wind is good we will b e before Mackinaw in powerful nations in the world; a nation possessing at
three days. Our force will he 550 or 600 strong.— all times most efficient means of annoyance, and
Report says that of the enemy is 400 regulars anal. now, in consequence of late events in Europe, let';
1000 Canadians and indians. with but one object against which to direct the whole
• A letter from Clillicothe, dated August 2, says— attention of her enormous military and naval forces.
We have just heard that colonel Croghan is in pos- —This object is our beloved country! Powerful fleets
sessiortof _MaCkitiaw and St. Joseph's. He went first and armies have sailed from Europe. Doubts, whyto St. Joseph's and took possession of that post; from flier during the pending negociations, this force
which he went to Mackinaw, and found it evacuated, would be employed in hostility against us have para 7
iind took possession of it also. The British and in- lized the efforts of many; and under the expectations
rlians robbed the inhabitants of all the provisions, of a speedy peace, we have all rested in too much
&c. they had, and government has sent up a consider- security. We ought not to be kept back from neable supply to their relief.
cessary preparations by doubts, nor lulled asleep by
Derseicx.—The defence of Baltimore and Wash- expectations.—While we hope for a speedy and hoin:Von cities, and their neighborhood, is assuming notable peace, let us prepare ourselves for the worst.
, great power and respectability. Without saying any Let its place ourselves in a situation, should it be
thing that can be Useftil to the enemy, the followhig the policy of the enemy to attack IIS before the nerotatement may interestour friends:
gociations are terminated, to meet him with the most
The Baltimore city brigade consists of one fUll prompt and vigorous opposition.
regiment of artillery (besides the Marine artillery, Where the place of attack will be, it is impossi200 strong) with from 70 to 90 pieces of cannon, on he for any to divine. It therefore becomes us to be
travelling carriages—one company of horse artillery prepared at every exposed point. The immense im-one regiment of cavalry—one battalion of riflemen portance of New York to this country need not be
and five regiments Of infantry; found 'with all the mentioned. Its value to the enemy, if possessed by
.ateed.ftil munitions, and the greater part well disci- them, would be incalculable.
%limed. A .1jacent to the city a body of hardy fellows
Fellow Citizens—The city is in danger.—We are
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citizens to prepare for the crisis; we must arm our- rected, to repulse any power of the enemy which
selves to aid the regular forces of the government may presume to attack us.
in a vigorous defence. The questions are not now Let there then, be but one voice among us: Let
whether the war was just or unjust in its commence- every arm be raised to defend our country, with a
inent—whether the declaration of it was politic or humble reliance on the God of our fathers. Our
expedient—whether its causes have long ago ceased country demands our aid, she expects that every
or not—whether our ge:Yernment might or might not man will be found at his post in the hour of danger,
have brought it to a speedy and honorable termina- and that every free citizen of New York will do his
tion—or whether they done their duty tewards us duty. DEWITT CLINTON, mayor.
New-Ironic, August 8.—Brigadier-general Swift
since they involved us in this war. These are solemn
questions which will one day be agitated and which having furnished the committee of defence of the
must he answered hereafter; but now we must re- corporation with a plan for the construction of adpulse the enemy in case he attacks us; this is the ditional works of defence, near Brooklyn, the work
first objectof our attention: and the present enqui- will be commenced this morning by the artillery
ries ought to be, will we defend our country, .our ci- company under the command of captain Andrew
ty, our property, our families? Will we go forth to Bremner who have volunteered their services for the
meet and repel the enemy? Shall we at a time like day. The committee invite their other fellow
this, when our all is in jeopardy, refrain from zens to-follow their laudable example.
ing into requisition all the physical force of our city To facilitate the business, the committee of defor a manly resistance? Shall we refuse io sacrifice fence will meet daily at the mayor's office, in the city
our time, our labor, our exertions, our property or hall, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock,
even our lives, if necessary, to protect our city and to receive tenders of similar services, and to arrange
place it in a state of security. working parties.
As the immediate guardians of the city, we have Oen Totes.—While Washington was with the arnot been idle. We have repeatedly called upon I he my to the North,.a British frigate came up the Pots;
state and general government for assistance. We mac, to Mount Vernon, and threatened to lay the
- have, in behalf of our fellow citizens, made to go- place in ashes, if provisions were not sent on board...
vernment liberal offers 'of pecuniary aid. We have To save that venerable mansion, the manager sent on
received from them promises of succor; and we feel hoard the requisite supplies. On hearing the matter,
desirous, that in addition to what they may do, and Washington wrote his manager the following note:
what we as a corporation have done, our fellow citi- gives me extreme concern to hear that
zens may use all their efforts to co-operate with the you furnished the enemy with refreshments. It
government in the important object of our safety and would have been a less painful circumstance to me
defence. to have heard that, in consequence of your nonWe have observed with much satisfaction the compliance with their request they had laid my
efforts which have been already made by citizens, plantation in ruin. GEO. WASHINGTON.
exempt from militia duty, to organize themselves HALIFAX, July 23.—Some men employed in reinto effective corps. We cordially approve of all moving manure from under one of the stables in
such patriotic efforts. We recommend to all such Marchindton's lane, on Monday last, discovered a
citizens, capable of bearing arms, to enrol them- number of human bones. A small tin case was found
selves without delay, or to connect themselves with near the same place, which contained an American
the uniform companies already established, to the protection, belonging to "James Redfield, of Salem,
end, that by suitable preparation and discipline, they Massachusetts."
QUEBEC, July 26. The intention, we understand
may be able effectually to assist in repelling any hostile attack, to be, that the troops [6000 lately arrived in the St.
We reeammend to the whole militia of our city, Lawrence,] should land below and march up. Thls
to keep themselves in complete water for sepvice, is the only remedy to counteract the unpropitious
ready to march at a moment's warning; to turn out effect of the season. Would to heaven that these
as frequently as possible, for exercise and improve- troops were at Fort George instead of. below; but
ment; and to the officers of the militia, we would we trust that all will be well in good time; and that
earnestly recommend the most prompt and thorough general Brown will eventually be convinced that it
attention to the inspection of their men, that every was an evil hour he ventured to cross the Niagara
one may be properly equipped, with arms and ac- river, however numerous may be his force. His
coutrements as required by law. progress hitherto is far from rapid; and it was only
We recommend to all our citizens a cheerful prof- at the outset that he could expect success, as our
fer of their services to the officers of the United force in that quarter mast soon be formidable. We
States, to aid by voluntary labor in the completion confess, however, that we do not feel quite easy in
of the works of defence now erecting, and in the contemplating the prospective relative strength of
construction of such others as may be deemed im- the two fleets, which are to contend for the mastery
portant; by those to whom the safety of our city is of the lake. We should be happy to be assured that
i mmediately entrusted. all is as it should be en our side; and that there is
We recommend to such of our citizens as have not no kind of danger of an overmatch on the side of the
yet removed their vessels, to do it without delay.— enemy. We are not disposed to croak; but a view
This measure is considered one of great importance. of the pat does not hold out the most sanguine exit will take away one of the inducements to a hostile pectations for the future. Great Britain, however,
the city ought not be surpassed on any water, particularly
attack. It may prevent the destruction
by conflagration, should our shipping be fired by the now that she is disengaged from the great European
enemy, at our wharves; and, would preserve, for our contest, and we hope she will not be.
defence, multitudes of brave and vigorous men who MERINO SHEEP, —As the astonishing increase of
might be otherwise engaged in removing them in the this animal may be fairly considered one of the
"events of the war," we notice in this place the frehour of alarm.
Surely the city of New-York and the adjoining quent advertisements that appear in the newspapers
counties, possess men enough, who will be willing for their sale. They have become an article of great
to hazard their lives for their families and firesides; internal trade. I have this moment before me, in a
and strength enough, if properly organized and di- few country papers, several advertisements respect-

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ing them. It looks well. IF the heading of our he applied for a parole but could not obtain one.
advertisements shall be "merino sheep" and "domes- Mr. Dennis Cook, surgeon of the Yankee Lass, made
tic goods," we need not regret the loss of the 'for application for his release, but was refused on the
London's," and ' for Liverpool's," that filled our city plea that he was recently discharged from the Rolla,
gazettes. Woo/ is also advertised in great quantities. American privateer; and told that "be must be a
Tar. MAGNANIMOUS I:Not Nal A relation of the friend to his country or he would not so soon enter
disgraceful incidents that have occurred on the Pa- in a vessel cruising against British rights." On this
tuxent and Potomac would fill a volume; and we ground they detained Mr. Cook. There were several
hope it may be written in perpetnam memoriam of other non-combatants on board the Ardent, who
British honor ! —I would make a schoa' book of it, so could not obtain their release. Captain Churchill
that, like young Hannibal, every child should be states that the allowance of provisions for the prisontaught to hate the deeds of Englishmen. The won- ers on board the Ardent was very scant : Each man
tonness of destruction walked abroad, and cruelty received per week two pounds six ounces beef or
had full sway. We have heard many particulars— pork, one pond flour and four pounds of bread
the following may serve to shew the spirit of the (which contained maggots)—three gills of cocoa wawhole: . ter per day with sugar sufficient to sweeten it; and
A party entered the house of a widow—after steal- one gill of pease every other day. A few onions and
ing whatever they pleased, they jeeringly proposed three cabbages a week were allowed to a mess,
to replenish her goods by making two articles out which consisted of eight persons. The prisoners on
of one—as, for instance, they broke a piano in two, board the prison-ship were very often threatened
a side-board in two, a table in two; and said to the of being put into the black hole on bread and water
lady she now had two pianos, two side-boards, two ta- if they did not wash and curry the decks, furl sails,
&c. &c.
bles!—unfeeling
_ • . At a small village, all the men ran away hut a, Lieut. col. Stone recently dismissed under the impoor tailor; they seized him, tied his hands behind potation of having burnt the village of St, Davids,
him, and, of mere fun, ducked the unfortunate man in Canada, says it was done without his orders, that
nearly to death, and beat and abused. him shamefully. he is ignorant of the person who did it, and that he
Brave and honorable warriors!
received his dismissal without an opportunity to jusA gentleman had near his house a lane shaded tifv himself. Though the col. may be an aggrieved.
with "English -walnut" trees—the savages cut them individual, we must admire the principle for which
down, or so hacked them, that the whole are de- he at present suffers.
stroyed. Religions Englishmen!
MILITARY.
Pnomorrisms. From the ✓National Intelligencer. We
The Washington City Gazette says that at Chaptico
they actually opened.a vault, and stripped the dead understand the president of the United States has
bodies. Blasting as this is to Englishmen, we see no conferred. brevet rank on the following gallant solreason to disbelieve it. diers for their distinguished merit in the present
TnaNssona•s. Four transports from England to campaign in Upper Canada.
quebec, with about 1400 troops, under convoy of Brigadier-general IV. Scott, major-general.
the Leopard, -.were lastly cast away on an Wand. in
Major H. Leavenworth, 9th infantry, lieutenantthe St. Lawren :e, and about 400 lost:
colonel.
Ianraar Tnsa-rv.--eOur latest accounts from Green.
Major T. S. Jessup, 25th inf. lieutenant-colonel.
njor .4P,1V'eal, I lth inf. lieutenant-colonel.
-Mlle confirm the reports in our last number. The
treaty was concluded on the 10th ult. None of the
Captain 'I'. Croaker, 9th inf. major.
Winnebagoes or Chippeways were twesent; but the Captain X Towson, artillery, major.
whole of the Shawanoese, Delawares, Miamies and Captain T. Harrison, 42d inf. major.
Weeas and about three-fourths of the Wyandots and Captain L. Austin, 46th inf. aid to major-general:"
fragments of the Potowatamies, Kickapoos, Otto- Brown, major.
ways , Nanticokes, Munceea, Mingoes and Senecas, First lieutenant
.L Worth, 23d inf. aid to gen.
making in the whole, as estimated by the agents, Scott, captain.
foCir thousand. souls. All accepted the tomahawk but
Second lieutenant G. Watts, dragoons, do. do. first
two Miami chiefs, and joined the war dance. It is heotenalat.
said they will be formed into a corps of SOO or 1000 Lieutenant-colonel G. E. Mitchell, of artillery, has
men.
received the brevet rank of colonel for his defence
N. W. INTTANS.—Cincinnati, July 30. We learn of Oswego, and
that the indian warriors who were at the late treaty Major D. ..Ippling, 1st rifle regiment, lieutenant.
at Greenville, have accompanied governor Cass to colonel, for his gallant enterprise in capturing the
Detroit, leaving their women and old men behind; whole of the enemy's force at Sandy Creek.
that the present boundaries of the indian lands are
Rhode-Island (says the Boston Palladium) has arto he secured to them while they continue faithful ranged with the president to raise a state corps of
to the cause of the United States. This we think 500 men, to he received into the service of the U.
another instance, if another instance were wanting, States in lieu of the militia requisition. They are
of the forbearance of our government towards those to be enlisted for one year, not to serve out of the
poor deluded savages; they have crimsoned the state, to be officered by governor Jones, and under
snows of Raisin and suffused the plains of Chicago the control of gen. Cushing. Bounty S20—B2 extra
with the blood. of our citizens; have spread terror and monthly pay.
dismay amongst our helpless and defenceless
General Martin, with 1,500 of the N. Y. militia,
bitants, not sparing our women and children, and arrived at Sackett's Harbor about the 29th ult. It
yet our government has not only given them the was probably for these that Chauncey waited. Gen.
hand of friendship but has guaranteed; the integrity Gaines had proceeded to the westward on the news
of
Brown's late battle.
of their lands.
Prisoners at Bermuda.—Captain Churchill, late
The drafted militia are marching into Boston from
come: .i nder of the privateer Yankee Lass, captured the interior every day, and are a very fine, stout and
by two British frigates, and sent to Bermuda, made healthy body of men, with all the characteristic
his escape from the Ardent prison-ship on the 20th marks of New-England militia. Some of them had
June, and has workecrhis way to Savannah. He says their pocket-handkerchiefs tied over the locks of
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their muskets to keep out the damp ; others had some of the transports. By an officer arrived, we
their boots slung behind them, while they marched learn the following brigades were in the fleet.
1
3d regt.
barefooted, to save them. But every thing betoken. 'I, Brigade R. A. general
5th do.
ed hardihood. Such a body of men, when they
Power.
come to be properly drilled, and taught how to "ham 27th, do.
58th do.
dle their feet," would equal their heroic brothers
4th do. 1st battalion
tinder generals Brown and Scott. We. hail these
our country brethren with a hearty welcomv, and 44th do.
Gen. Ross.
85th do.
congratulate our sea-board on the occasion. [ Roo. Pa
81st do. 1st baltalion
Some "blue lights" at Boston jeering at the ap6thh do
pearance of the above militia, were silenced by beGem Kemp.
ing reminded that it was exactly such as they who
9tn do.
37th do. 1st. battalion
raptured Burgoyne at Saratoga!
A part have arrived, and taken their departure, by
The governor of Connecticut has ordered into
mediate service, that state's quota of militia, ac- land upwards. Ten more vessels are telegraphed
cording to the late requisition of the president : and, besides a 74; but as it is, at present, the season of
in general orders, the whole body of the militia is wes'erly winds and calms, their appearance shall be
exhorted to be in constant readiness—for instant a work of time.
service.
. General Portersfield, a veteran of the revolution, Copies „of letters from major-general Brown to the secretary of war, dated
has the command of the Virginia militia stationed
Head-quarters, queenston, July 22, 1811.
for the more immediate defence of Richmond.
DEAR sin—On the 20th the army moved, and enCopy of a letter tp the adjutant-general, dated
camped in the rear of fort George. General Scott,
Surry Court House, July 24, 1814.
with the van, had some skirmishing before the main
Sin—Agreeable to your general orders, bearing body came up ; but as the enemy kept close to their
date 21st inst. (July) directing use to detail a corn- works, nothing important occurred. No force was
plete company of men from the 71st Va. regt.
left in our rear ; the heights were abandoned to the
proceed to fort Powhatan, i have the honor to en- enemy, and we did hope that the movement would
close a muster roll of captain George Judkins' corn- have induced him to re-occupy them, or close in
piny, consisting of 118 men, including officers, who nearer to us, so as to bring on an engagement out of
came forward on the above date, and tendered his his works. In this we were disappointed. The army
services and company, to serve for the detachment returned to-day, and found a body of militia and a
'required by your general orders of the 21st inst.
few regulars in and about the heights. Gen. Porter
I have the honor to he, sir, your mostobedient pursued them with his command and a few regulars,
WM.
ALLEN,
Lieut.
col.
servant,
and was so fortunate as to come up with and capture
commdt. 71st regd. Va. M.
seven officers and ten privates. They, will be sent
Adjutant-general's office„ Richmond, 30th July, 1819.
GENERAL ORDERS.—The voluntary tender of the to Greenbush.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
services of rapt. Judkins' company, at a part of the
JACOB BROWN,
defence of fort Powhatan, is accepted. The cornowledges the merit of Hon. John Armstrong, secretary of war.
minder-in-chief freely ackn
Head-quarters, Chippewa, July 25, 1814.
this patriotic corps, and tenders them his thanks.—
Damn sin—On the 23.1 inst. I received a letter by
While their conduct reflects honor upon themselves, express from general Gaines, advising me
t hat on
their regiment, and their country, it affords an ex- the 20th the heavy guns that I had ordered
from the
ample worthy of emulation.
harbor, to enable me to operate against forts George
By order,
and Niagara, were blockaded in that port, together
C. W. GOOCH, Depstg. Adj. Gen.
with the rifle regiment that I had ordered up with
Plattsburg„Tnly 30.—On Saturday last, two of them. I had ordered these guns and troops in boats,
our gun-boats captured, about a mile from the line, provided the commodore should not deem it prua raft, consisting of plank and spars, valued at 5 or dent or proper to convey them in h.is fleet, not doubt6000 dollars, on board of which was twenty-seven ing but that he would have been upon the lake for
barrels of tar. The raft was owned by citizens of their protection, and that the enemy would have
the United States, who were taking it over to the been driven into port or captured. As gen. Gaines
enemy-6 or 8 of them were taken on board of it,
informed me that the commodore was confined to his
and we understand have been delivered over to the bed with a fever, and as he did not know when the
civil authority for trial. A Mr. Holgate, of Milton, fleet would sail, or when the guns and forces that I
Vermont, is said to be the principal in this traitorhad been expecting would even leave Sackett's liarous and diabolical traffic.
bor, I have thought it proper to change my position,
The enemy's vessel, according to the latest infor- with a view to other objects. • You know how greatmation, progresses very slow, and is not in so great ly I am disappointed, and therefore I will not dwell forwardness now, as it was reported to be 8 or 10 upon that painful subject. And you can best perdays ago.
ceive, how much has been lost by the delay,—and
On Thursday morning last, captain Nelson, of the the command of lake Ontario being with the enemy
lath infantry, with a small detachment supprised —reliances being placed upon a different state of
the British picquet at Smith's, in Odeltown, killed a
things. The indians all left me some time,since.—
lieut. made nine prisoners, and put the rest to flight. It is said that they will return, but this you will perThe prisoners, (a sergt. maj. qr. mas. sergt. two
ceive depends upon circumstances. The reinforcesergts. and 5 privates,) ware brought to this place menu ordered on from the west have not arrived.
yesterday morning.
Yours, respectfully and truly,
The enemy's indians are constantly hovering about
JACOB BROWN,
the lines.
Hon. Secretary of War, Washington.
QUEBEC, July 22.—Arrived here this morning, the
Adjutant-general's office, head-quarters,
transport Hydra with 15 officers and 433 privates of
Montreal, July 18, 1814
GENERAL oantrt.—His excellency the commander
the 58th regt. Sailed tinder convoy or H. M. ships
Ajax awl Warspite, 74's, with 18 sail of transports of the forces announces to the troops under his conafor Quebec. The kieg's ships are in the river, and nand, that having, at the invitation of the Ameri-

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can government, deputed col. Baynes, adjutant-ge- connoitre, had arrived at Detroit with a number of
neral, and lieut. col. Brenton, provincial aid-de-camp, prisoners, the baggage of sixty men, and nearly sixty
to meet, on Thursday last at Champlain, col. Lear, horses. The circumstances as stated are, that the
late consul-general of the United States at Algiers— detachment went to the river Thames, agreed to
for the purpose of re-considering the convention for flank out to the right and left of the road, and meet
the exchange of prisoners, which had been entered again at a certain time and place, which they did.
into on the 1612: of April last, between col. Baynes, On their arrival at the place appointed, they discoand brigadier-general Winder ; and of removing vered that a number of horses had passed towards
whatever objections might be made to the due exe- Detroit: they pursued them and came up with them
cution of it :—And the said meeting having taken in the evening when they were encamping. It being
place accordingly, all objections to the said conven- late in the evening, and the enemy superior in numtion were then, and there, completely removed ; and bars, they retired and encamped until morning, when
the same was, on the 16th instant, fully and defitii- our troops advanced, attacked the enemy in their
tively ratified by colonel Lear, on the ?art of the camp, and took or destroyed the whole of their
United States (he having full powers for that pur- detachment, said to consist of sixty .dragoons well
pose,) with a supplementary clause, by which the mounted and equipt.
twenty-three Brit ish soldiers, and the fluty-six AnteBATTLE OF BRIDGEWATER.
rican officers and non-commissioned officers, the host,
ages mentioned in the first article of the said con- The official account of Brown's second battle
not having arrived, we are induced to in
vention, are declared to be included in that conven
tion, and are to be released and exchanged, in the
sert the following statements to relieve the
same manner as other prisoners of war, mentioned
public anxiety as far as we can to which •
in the said articles, notwithstanding the exception
we have added every thing of importance
to them therein contained ; And his excellency is
respecting the more recent events that has
pleased hereby to direct, that this general order be
reached us.
considered in explanation and confirmation of the
general orders issued cm the 16th April and 2d July,
From the Buffalo Gazette Extra, July 28.
1814.
On the 25th instant, the army under the
EDWARD
BAYNES.
(Signed)
command of major general Brown, encamped
Atljutant general, .1%1':
aboVe Chippewa, near the battle ground of
Camp, Champlain, July 20, 1814.
Sin—On the 18th inst. at 2 o'clock at night, one the 5th. At 4 P. M. information was received
of our picquet guards, under the command of the that the enemy had thrown a body of troops
gallant lieut. Charles P. Shelburne, of the 4th regt. across the Niagara, at the 5 mile meadows ;
infantry, was attacked by about 70 voltigeursj and but our commanding general was not diverted
indians ; ours consisted of 20 men. The indians by this movement ; the 1st brigade under bricommenced the attack by surprising and shooting a
ga.dier general Scott, moved past Chippewa,
sentinel; upon which lieut. Shelburne paraded his
guard and received the fire of the whole British and halted at Bridgewater, a mile below Chip .
force with great bravery, and returned it; on the pewa, in plain view of Niagara Falls. Gen.
first fire, we had two killed and lieut. S. received a S. learnt that the enemy under gen. It jail , was
wound in the hip ; nevertheless, he kept up.a well approaching him. Battle was immediately
directed fire, and stood his ground until he received given the enemy, near Mrs. Wilson's, at half
two other wounds, one in the neck the other in the
right breast ; he then made a retrograde movement, past 4 P. M. ; their cannon were planted about
in good order, but kept a well directed fire on the 200 rods from this position, on an eminence.
enemy, until a reinforcement arrived to his assistance The enemy's numerical force was much supefrom camp, upon which they made a charge upon rior to general Scott's ; his line was far extendthe enemy, lieut. S. accompanying them, although ed, and he showed a disposition to flank; in
against the express command and wish of the offi- order to counteract these views of gen. R
iall,
cers present ; but in the pursuit he fell on account
of the great loss of blood. We drove the enemy, he was fought in detachments he was charg
and took two prisoners, from whom we learn that ed in column ; gen. Scott being at the head of
Lent. S. with his spartan band, killed twenty, and his troops in almost every charge.
wounded six, including one lieut. We found 15
Captain Towson with his company of artilkilled on the field and 3 wounded. We only had 3 lery, attached to Scott's brigade, kept up his
k illed and 4 wounded, including our hero, who is fi re with great vigor and effect. The action
now doing well, and will be out in a day or two. It
is only necessary to add, that lieut. Shelburne, after was continued, and the ground maintained by
having received his three wounds, and while in pur- gen. Scott, for more than an hour, before the
suit of the enemy, was attacked by an Indian, who reserve under gen. Ripley, and the volunteers
sprung upon him from the bushes, and gave him a lender gen. Porter, were successfully brought
slight cut upon the head with his tomahawk. After into action.
a slight skirmish, lieut. Sesucceeded in dispatching
The ground was obstinately contested until
him with his sword, by a thurst through the body.—
He then felltbr wantof blood, and was carried from Past 9 o'clock, in the evening, when general
Brown perceiving that the enemy's artillery
the field
Last night, two of the enemy's patroling parties was most destructive, decided to storm the
met and attacked each other, and did not discover battery. Col. Miller, the hero of Magagua,
their mistake, until they had killed 7 of their own was ordered on this enterprize ; he approach[Boo. Pat.
men.
Dayton, ( Ohio) .1nly 25.—We learn from fort ed the enemy's cannon with a quick step, and
Greenville, that an express arrived there on Thurs. delivered his fire within a few paces of the
day last from Detroit, which statics that a detach- enemy's line; who after receiving two or three
• ment of militia was sent to the river Thames to re- rounds, and a vigorous charge, retired to the
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bottom of the hill, and abandoned his cannon. mortally wounded; major Stanton of N. Y. V..
Only one piece was brought off the field for Adj. Pew, Pa. V. killed.—Major Camp, of the
want of horses. The enemy now gave way staff, lost two horses on the field, but escaped
and retreated ; they were followed some dia.. a wound. The 9th, 11th and 25th, suffered
tanee Our army was now employed in se- very severely.
From the Pittsfield (Mass)) Sun.
curing prisoners, and bringing off the wounded.
The cessation, however, was short. Lieut. THE LATE BLOODY BATTLE.—The followgen. Drummond is supposed to have arrived ing extract of a letter from a gentleman of
at this interval with a reinforcement. The this town, gives the most minute account of
enemy renewed the action, while our troops the late battle fought near Niagara which we
were busily employed in clearing the ground have yet seen.
of wounded; but the gallant Americans form - Extract of a letter from Dr. E. L. Allen, of
ed with alacrity, and after a close engagement the 21st regiment, to his brother in this
of 20 minutes the enemy were repulsed. The town, dated Buffalo, 26th July, 1814.
army now effected the removal of nearly if "Last night was fought the most sanguinanot all the wounded, and retired from the ry action the annals of this country record.
ground, it being nearly 12 o'clock at night ; General Ripley, by the blessing of heaven, is
they returned to their encampment in good safe: a musket shot perforated his hat just by
order. On the morning the 26th, our forces the crown of his head, without injury. The
under generals Ripleyand Porter, reconoitered 20th we invested fort George, their shells and
the enemy near the battle ground, returned shot did little execution. 22d, fell back to
and burnt the Bridgewater mills, and all the Queenston heights, probably on account of
enemy'sbarracks and the bridge at Chippewa, the powerful reinforcements arriving from
and passed the river to fort Erie where they Kingston. 24th, fell back to Chippewa, which
is two miles above the falls. 25th, at noon, the
made a stand.
The enemy's force engaged must have been enemy sent 500 across the river to Lewiston,
nearly 5000; ours short of that number. Ma- and destroyed some baggage our sick had just
jor-general Riall was wounded, and taken in left.
the rear of his army by captain Ketchum, to- "In the afternoon the enemy advanced together with one of his aids, the other being wards Chippewa with a powerful force. At
killed. six o'clock general Scott was ordered to adIt would be impossible to put the action of vance with his brigade and attack them.
the 25th on paper. Considering the number was soon reinforced by general Ripley's briengaged, the history of modern wars will gade; they met the enemy in great force bescarcely produce a parallel. The admiration low the Fall s—They had selected their
of this nation will follow those who fought, ground for the night, intending to attack our
those who fell—to their graves;—their names camp before day-light. The action began just
will justly be added to that brilliant catalogue before seven, and an uninterrupted stream of
of worthies, the heroes of the revolution; and musketry continued till half past eight, when
the battle of Bridgewater, will be remember- there was some cessation, the British falling
ed, by posterity, with the same sensations as back. Itsoon began again with some artillery,
which with slight interruption continued till
those of Bunker Hill and Saratoga.
Maj. gen. Brown, was severely wounded in half past ten, when there was a charge, and a
the thigh, (besides a eontusien on his body,) tremendous stream of fire closed the conflict.
in the hottest of the action, but continued to Both armies fought with a desperation border•.
to command until the enemy retreated. Brig. ing on madness; neither would yield the palm,
gen. Scott, was also severely wounded by a but each retired a short distance wearied out:
grape in the shoulder besides a severe bruise with fatigue. Such a constant and destructive
occasioned by a shell or cannon shot, having fire was never before sustained by American
lost 2 horses killed. Col. Brady, 22d infantry, troops without falling back.
Majors Jessup 25, Levenworth 9th, M'Neil "The enemy had collected their whole force
llth, brig. major Smith, Lieuts. Campbell, in the peninsula, and were reinforced by the
Smack, artil. lieut. Worth, aid to general troops from lord Wellington's army, justScott, lieut. Camp, I nth, together with many landed from Kingston. For two hours, the
others, whose names we have not learnt, were two hostile lines were within twenty yards of
wounded, some badly. each other, and so frequently intermingled,
The loss of the enemy in killed and wound- that often an officer would order -an enemy's
ed, was rising 800, exclusive of 200 regulars platoon. The moon shone bright, but part cf
and 20 officers, prisoners. Our loss in killed, our men being dressed like their Glengarian
wounded and missing, is from 6 to 700. Ma- regiment, caused the deception. They frejor 11tFarland, 23d, capt. Ritchie, art. capts. quently charged, and as often were driven
_Kinney and Goodrich, lieut. Bigelow, inf. and back. Our regiment, under colonel Miller.
several other officers killed; captain Spencer, was ordered to storm the British battery. We
aid to major general Brown supposed to be charged and took every piece of the eriemy.s,
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cannon. We kept possession of the ground and men. His force engaged was by their owl}
cannon until twelve o'clock at night, when we account about 4500 regulars. besides his Infell back to camp distant more than two miles. dians, &c. commanded by lieut. gen. DrumThis was done to secure our camp, which mend and mai gen. Riall. We had not an
might otherwise have been attacked in the Indian engaged and our force did not exceed'
rear. Our horses being most of them killed, twenty-eight hundred men; our loss is severe.
and there being no ropes to the pieces, we got Generals Brown and Scott, and an aid of each
off but two or three. The men were so ex- with several fitrid officers are wounded—seve
tremely fatigued they could not drag them. ral other officers killed, among whom was my
We lost one howitzer, the horses being on full captain [Ritchie]—he was wounded in the bogallop toward the enemy to attack them, the dy, but refused to quit his piece, when a canriders were shot off, and the horses ran non shot took most of his head off All the
through the enemy's line. We lost one piece men at his piece were killed or wounded. lie
of cannon, which was too much advanced, was brother to the editor of the Richmond
every man being shot, that bad charge of it Enquirer, and formerly lived in Alexandria.
but two. Several of our caissons were blown The letter adds—that the Beitish prisoners
up by their rockets which did some injury, have expressed their surprize at the obstinate
and deprived our cannon of ammunition. The valor of our troops in the late actions.
lines were so near that cannon could not be Extract of a lever from on officer to the editot• of the
Buffalo Gazette, July 31, 1814.
used with advantage. This morning general
Ripley marched out our whole force to the "I have this moment seen your extra of July 28,
an account of the battle at Bridgewater; its
battle ground, to bury }our dead, and secure giving
winch captain Towson's company of artillery is the
what wounded were left. The enemy had got only one mentioned:
ten many who were badly wounded and left "it is due to m.jor Hindman's battalion, to state
on the ground. He marched near their army, that he advanced with the first brigade. When the
action commenced he returm d to ca mp arai brought
but neither were disposed to engage.
We took about 200 non commissioned offi up captains Biddle and Ritchie's companies to ifs.
support. It. is to be regretted that the enemy's posicers and privates prisoners, and 21 officers, in- tion
did not permit our artillery to be as destructive
general
Riall,
who
was
wound.
eluding major
as his; but any credit it may deserve should be
ed in the shoulder. They acknowledge col. shared by the companies mentioned.
Gordon of the 100th, and many other British "Captain Ritchie was killed, and captain Biddle
officers killed, their rank yet unknown. The was twice wounded.
EXTRACT OF BRIGADE ORDERS, dated
enemy must have suffered very severely. Our
Cump at Erie, July 28, 1814.
loss is immense, but was not known when I
"To the field officers of the 1st and 23d regileft the army this morning.
ments, lieutenant-col. Nicholas and major Brooke,
Copy of a. letter from an Vicar in the army the brigadier returns his thanks for their gallant
to his friend in Alexandria, dated fort Erie conduct, particularly to the latter, for his alacrity
in rallying his troops. To colonel Miller, of the 21st
U. C. July 28.
On the 23d I found myself so far recovered regiment, he returns more than his thanks: he deas to join the army at Queenston Heigh ts, al serves the gratitude and approbation of the nation;
n enterprise more heroically executed
was an
though that part of my foot which was frac never
never was the valor of a veteran more proudly distured will never be of much service. On the played. The brigadier-general was satisfied with the
2lth we retired to Chippewa, and on the 25th conduct ot his staff; lieutenant M‘Donald of the 19th,
at half past 4 P. M. our first brigade com- and lieutenant Clark of the 11th.
manded by general Scott, engaged the ene- "The officers of the brigade have to mourn the
my's advance, about•2 1-2 miles from Chip- loss of major M'Farland, of the 23d, and lieutenant
Bigelow, of the 21st regiment; they died on that
pewa; the main body of both armies soon sup field where a soldier should pant to perish, gallantly
ported the advances, and a tremendous battle leading and animating their men."
was fought lasting 5 hours and 23 minutes,
(Signed)
E. W. RIPLEY,
Brig-. Gen. Cones" 2d Brigade."
mostly within half musket, and sometimes
within pistol shot, which ended in theenemy's
The battle of NIAGARA, says the Albany
total defeat, leaving 2 brass 24 pounders and 1 Argus, commands, like the achievements of
brass 6 pounder in our possession. We kept our naval heroes, the admiration of all classes
the battle ground until midnight, when having of the American people, a few excepted ; and
removed our wounded and part of our dead, the most bitter revilers of the army are imwe retired to Chippewa, taking with us his polled, by the strong current of applatuie, to
brass 6 pounder. We were unable to bring admit that the heroes of Niagara merit the
off his two 21 pounders from a want of horses; warmest thanks and gratitude of their counalmost all ours being killed, and our pieces try. The captured officers of the enemy, with
were generally taken off with bricoles. The an ingenuous candor that reflects upon them
enemy's loss in killed, wounded and prisoners honor, declare, that there was exhibited on
must be about 12 or 1300. Of prisoners we our part not only the most undaunted bravery,
have taken major general Riall, gen. Drum- but a proficiency in tactics and military skill,
mond's aid de camp, 19 officers and 350 or 40Q §eldow surpassed by the most veteran armies.,
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The charge of col. Miller upon the enemy's Fort Erie, ready to co-operate as occasion may require
artillery, is represented by one of these gen - —eighteen British officers and 230 privates taken at
Bridgewater, have before this arrived at Greenbush,
Heinen, who has served in the campaigns of fAlbany.]
e have nothing front the feet except
Spain, to have surpassed any thing of the that it was seen on the evening of the 2d inst. standkind he ever saw, except the storming of St peg up the lake. It is stared that immediately on its
Sebastians. Thrice, said he, we repulsed sailing alarm guns were fired at Kingston. Colonel
them with a carnage which we thought would Mitchell commands the regulars left for the defence of
deter them from another attempt; yet to ou r Kckett's harbor- 1500 militia had arrived there and
more were daily coming in. It does not appear certain
unutterable astonishment, they rallied a fourth that the British fleet is out.
time, charged and drove us from the heights. IZARD'S Aular has had some little skirmishes with
The moment we were vanquished, and prison - the enemy; a battle is daily expected. Oar troops are
ers in their camp, we were treated with the in the best state—glowing with health and spirits.
humanity and friendship of brothers, by the is feared, however, they may be compelled to retire by
superior numbers.
American officers
NAVAL.
Such, we are credibly informed, have been
It is stated that captain Pseter is to have cornthe spontaneous declarations of some of the mond of the new 44 gun frigate building at WashBritish officers now in town — declarations ington city. This frigate was to have been called
which indicate a magnanimity on their part the Columbia— her name is changed to the Essex.
Lieutenant Downs is to command the Epervier taken
worthy of imitation.
by the Peacock.

The Niagara frontier. The army under gen. Ripley remained
T h e Constellation has recruited her crew at Noron the Canada side, able to retire if necessary, which however
does not seem expected. An Albany paper of the 6th lint. says, folk which was considerably reduced by the expira“a letter was received in this eitV(AlkihYY yesterday,frum 'n"J"r tiolli of the term for Which many had shipped. Its
general Brown, dated Butfalue, Aug. 1st, 18! i, which states, "that
our army at Erie were under nu fear of being attacked by the three day s 200 able seamen entered for that ship.
British: that reinforcements were joining them, and that he (gen.
'['he British ship LISOPaltD, of 50 guns, (of ChemDrown) expected soon to be in a situation Lii resume his tom- peake memory,) has been
wrecked in the St. Lawnisial."
Gm. Brown has made a demand on maj. gen. Hall for 10o0 nil- rence. She was armed en flute and had just arrived
litia. Gen. Hall has issued his order fur au immediate draft of that from England with troops.
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The Ne■vburyport Herald states that the prize
Another from Fort Eric, dated August 1, informs, "our army
still remains at this place, and ate busily employed in eotreilehing• brig Fortitude, (which has arrived at the Eastward;)
The enemy's advanced parties are daily skirmishing with our was boarded by two English cruizers„ and permitted
pickets and foraging parties; nothing of material consequence has
as yet occurred. We have just received a reiliforeement of about to proceed, in consequence of exhibiting papers stattw., hundred riflemen from Sackett's harbor. I am happy to find ing her to be bound to Halifax!
th a our lois on the 25th ult. was nut so great as was at first ap•
The enemy Ltwly landed a party at Holmes Hole in
pr-headed; the battle being fought at night, many of our men
scattered and secreted themselves in the
woods, and have nut,.untit the night and carried off' two pilots. In this manner

within a day or two, all been collected. they have frequently supplied themselves.
The (Phila.) Democratic Press has the following letter from
A sloop with a deck load of cattle, supposed to he
Buffalo, dated July 29.—"Our killed were interred in one grave,
and a sermon preoebAl over them by the rev. David Jones,formerly from Sionnitscton, Con. went. i mmediately alongside
chaplain to geaeral Wavm's army. The artillery whit li was taken the Superb 74, a few days since.
from the enemy, was loll behind in consequence of dm horses be,
As the President, at New York, gets ready for sea,
ing mostly killed. Lieut. gen. Drummond, as well as :Iiiki. general
Riau, hat surrendered, but it being near 9 o'clock, and the enemy the blockading squadron increases. A reinforcement
having possession of our watch word, the lieut. gen. escaped."
The National Intelligencer of the liLth inst. says—"Leiters from of three frigates has lately joined the seventy-four off
Banks, rec ived at the war department by the mail of yesterday, that port.
are of the 3d 1/19t. They state, that elmwhole of the enemy's force
A 20 gun brig is expected to be launched by the
moved up. towards Fort Erie and took a position about a mile from
that of our army; that on the morning of the 3d, before day light, 15th of this mouth, at Vergennes, the timber of
they passed over the Niagara is body of 5o0 mem who landed below which was, 15 days ago, [the 15th of July] standing
Black Rock, evid-ntly with a design of attacking Buffalo and de•. in the fbrest.
troyiag our stores at that place;. that they were met, engaged fur
The Spanish ship San Josef, with a great cargo
90 1e hours and compelled to reeross, by a corps of two hundred
riflemen and some voluntevs, c oder the command of major Morgan of sugar, hides, ke. from Havana for Malaga, having
of the 1st rifle regiment,.that we had three men killed and several
wounded, aiming whom was rapt. Hamilton,Ist rifle regiment; that not o nly been disrnasted, but also lost her rudder,
we have taken in the afliiir several prisoners; that the enemy's loss was overhauled, by the Acasta frigate, captain Kerr,
in kiMel and wounded is considerable, and that there is froquebt who endorsed a permission on her register to pnut into
skirmishing. between the armies oil the Canada side.
the Delaware or New York, and she has arrived at
Extract of a letter, dated Buffalo, August, 3, 11 A. M.
"The whole of the enemy's forces have moved up within about the latter.
one mile. of our army—this morning at day light he, crossed over
In
, the cartel arrived at Providence came ninetiy
about 500 men just below Black Rock—his object no doubt was to
attack Buffalo and destroy our stores, &e. He was gallantly met saiiors„ late of the crew of the Chesapeake:- They
by AO riflemen and a party of volunteers under maj. Morgan; after went thence in carriages to Charlestown.
contending nearly five hours, he recrossed the Niagara. The loss
.A''cii, Tork, Aug. 10.—Reinforcemeets have arrived
or gain by-either party was not great. We last two or three men
killed ands e veral wounded. Capt. Hamilton is supposed to be in the mouth of Long Island Sound. Our informortally wounded.
mant counted, onS undity, in Gardiner's Bay , 2 nine- '
'Wee took several prisoners—the enemy's loss was much greater
ty-gnu ships, 4 seventy-fours, 4. frigates and 1 brig.Li e _..
than ours. The armies are still skirmishiag."
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6.3.Brown's army was hourly receiving reinforce- total 11 sail. Other accounts increase the number, incites. Brig. gen. (A Aloes, .from Sackett's harbor, an by smaller vessels, to 15 sail in that neighborlioa
officer highly spoken of, arrived at Buffalo about the and off New London. There was no transports, or
4th inst. and is supposed to have taken the command at troops on board the shipping, the crews of which
Fort Erie; which by great exertion has been made a were sickly, and were to be lauded on Montauk
stroa? place. The corps of volunteers under colonel Point, it was said to the number of 500 or 600, to
Swift, lute at ',twist° wn,had crossed and joined the ar• recover and recruit.
Whether the ships were direct from Europe, or
my, as well as considerable bodies of regulars and milititt- twenty -waggons laden with bomb shells, passed gathered from other parts of our coast, was not
throughGcneva for the .frontier from the.lst to the 3d known. [Montauk is common pasture for about


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Capt. liztmedy, with three of our vends, is fa 1500 cttle, 1400 sheep, and 2 00 hoz4s, hciongira:

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to the citizens of East HamptOn, and would furnish thereby perforin an act of common justice to die
refreshment for the well, as well as the sick; if not brave men from Rowan county, who although theydid every thing in their power to avert the declara.
[Columbian extra.
removed by the owner ] .
The enemy in the Chesapeake.
tion of war, yet whets called upon by the constituFrom the(Balt.) Merchants Coco House Books. "The flag of' tional authorities of their country to bear their por,
truce which sailed on Sunday last for the British fleet returned
yesterday morning. Mr. Skinner, the flag officer, is bearer of des- tion of its dangers and its sufferings, have obeyed'
patches from rear admiral Cockburn to hit excellency the Russian the call without a murmur; and ask nothing of their
minister, and the honorable secretary of state; also to gen. MaStin
and col. Barclay, commissioners of prisoners. Mr. siaoo,•,• was political opponents, but to speak of them truly, or
politely favored by admiral Cockburn with a file of the last English to speak not at all.
papers received in the fleet—they are however understood to he no
• J. A. PEARSON.
lacer than 26th May. The farce of the enemy beldw is Said td be
the admiral's ship, • two•deckers, 3 frigates, one troop ship, 2 heigi;
and 15 or as craft in the Potomac; 2 frigates, 1 brig, and several
CERTIFICATES.
small craft in the Patuxent. The atenalans and another frigate
Fort Decatur, June 10, 1813:
arrived on Monday last from Hord. aux. The Loire frigate sailed
I
certify
that
not
a single man in my company
on Tuesday on a cruise. A brig was lying MILittle Choptank."
Blame:id, Aug. 8. "We learn that despatches were sesterdai
Wilborn, Jeremiah Howard and Micajab
received from gen. Hungerford, dated near Kinsale, Aug. 5th; Howard excepted; who deserted) refused to cross
stating that the enemy on the 3.1 inst. landed from several tenders,
and about twenty barges at Munday's Point, where they were gal the Ositmulg, c or nerform any other duty required
lastly met by cant. Henderson o f th e Nortlintoberland mama, who of them by their officers. JOHN FROST, Capt.
disputed the ground until he had expended all his ammunition,
Commanding a company of detached
mid then retired with his field piece. The enemy pursued to attn..
militia ffom Rowan county.
H's house whirls they burnt, with every other on their way, eonsmitting every kind of depredation.
Camp near Fort Jackson, June 10, 1814,
In an attack on Kinsale, Westmoreland county, a barge's crew
I certify that not a single man in my company
of the enemy sustained considerable Ines in' an affair with brut (
Crabh's detachment of artillery; we had an officer and one man se- k except Joseph Fry, and he a substitute) refused td
verely wounded by a discharge of grape front the barge."
crows the Oakmulgee, or perform any other duty re-

quired of them by their officers.

JA. RRIDER, capi:

Bounty Land.

Commanding a company of detached
militia from Rowan county.

information for the government of those who have claims for
Bounty Land, under the acts if Congress relative to the existing
Military Establishment of the United States.

(Digested for The National Intelligencer.)
A warrant issued at present for the boo my land above specified,
would be useless, because no survey, as provided by the law of the
8111 of May, 1812, has yet taken place.
,
'ur the purpose of eventually satisfying these claims, congress
Washington city, Aug. 12. 'There was no mail rehas appropriated six millions of acres, via: Two millions in the
miciagoa terrnor ); t w o minions in the Illinois territory; and ceivetl from Buffalo yesterday by the express. It is
shall
two millions in the Louisiana territory. When these lands
have been surveyed nod off into hits, conformably to law, and stated that the rider on the extreme stage of the
the other necessary arraegements for issuing the warrants shall line has disappeared, in what manner not known,
have been made, public notice thereof will be given in different and no traces have been discovered of him or the
ia,wspapon throughout the United States.
Ill substantiating a claim of this kind, the regular discharge al' mail. It is owing to this circumstance probably, that
the original claimant from the public service, will be considered we have received no further report of gen. Brown's
the best voucher that can be produced. A claimant ought, also, late battle.
carefully to preserve any certificate received from the pay office—
Letters 9S late as the 5th inst. have however, been
because, although such documents will not he considered in themselves conclusive evidence to substantiate a claim the houoty land, received from Presqu' Isle, through which we derive
yet they may serve as an index to authentic records of the original the following intelligence:
right: such, for example, as the muster roll, or other record of mi•
Erie, (Pen.) .Ring. 5. This moment the captain
litary service, by which means satisfactory proof may be adduced
relative to the period when such a claimant entered the public, of a small trading vessel, which sailed from Buffalo
service, whether he fulfilled his engagements, and the reason why
at 2 o'clock A. M. yesterday came on shore. He con.
he was discharged.
If the original claimant does not personally apply for his land firms the information of an attack on fort Erie by the
warrant, lie must prove his identity before a magistrate, by his British; and adds, that after heavy cannonading for
own a fidavit and the qffidavits of two witnesses, whose cre dibility
the said magistrate will certify—;rod must execu• a power or actor- two hours, the enemy were repulsed at all points,
ney to whoever applies for the warrant in his b•half; the quality and left the ground before night; no damage sagand signature of the magistrate before whom said affidavits are tamed on our part—that of the enemy not known..
made, or the power of attorney is acknowledged, must be attested
by the signature and seal of the county clerk, or other equivalent Two soldiers who crossed to Buffalo after the action,
authority. of the district wherein he resides.
stated that "the enemy were cut to pieces—driven
N. B.—The power of attorney, to authorise the delivery of a land
warrant, may be dispensed With in case a member Of congress, At all points, and our tromps in the highest spirits.
while the body is in actual session, will call at the war department It was generally believed the attack was supported by
and sign a receipt for it upon the record: in this case, a letter of or- nearly the whole force of enemy on the peninsula."
der in his favor from the person who has the right to receive the
warrant, addressed to the secretary of war, will he deemed a sufficient authorization for its delivery.
If the original claimant be dead, and ass heir applies in his ri ght,
he must produce legal certificates from competent authority, to
A SUPPLEMENT
prove that he is a legitimate heir at taw—in which case, alt hough
there may be other heirs existing, a warrant will he issued in that
name,adding thereto, "and the other heirs at law of --."
For the last . o. accompanies the present.—
A land warrant will not be issued to an administrator or to an
The editor was induced in these hard times
executor.

Postscript.

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The following is so honorable to the patriotism, and
constitutional principles or the men to whom it relates, that it would be an act of injustice to tie.
giect its insertion. It is a letter from col. Pear.
tion, commanding the Xorik Caroliu militia, to
the editor of the Raleigh Register.
Camp near Fort Jackson, June 10, IBM

.Mr. Gales—Sir, You will do me the favour to pub-

lista in your paper the enclosed certificates, and

to incur the expence, not only to get in a great
deal of matter that was lying over, but also
(as the year is about expiring) to put his subscribers in a good humor to forward their arrears or advance, by spewing a willingness to
deserve those needful attentions. The pre.
sent volume, or third year, of the WEEKLY
REGISTER

Will be completed with two num-

bers more,

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