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Vol. 18. RALEIGH, (N. C.) PRINTED, WEEKLY, BT ALEX. hVCKB, r..-.r..;l.rtii);.' Threa dullaii Der yeai, one hall to be i tinu v !" "I . . Mid in advance. No papn to be continued linger t&an ttiroe moni a let it yeat'i subscription becpeg'due, and notice ihe-eut nall have been given, ijnf menu, not excee.'iir 1 linet, are inserted thrxe for A- ' ' i " " , V ..' '. i one d.ilV and for Jweniy-fjvv cents each stibscqueni iner tion j nd i' I'ke prupomoo where there is a greafer nuritber of I ne' tbanfftHiitee i. - ' ' iVrnci iean Intellisync. OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS. itEW-VORK, NOV 38. mmtrtniir nWiimmitfi we VP- The followin tyrday received by the Car of Neptune steam- Boat. 1 . Oen. Ilarrison was a passenger in theteajrn laaV bavyw-Jaft hi army in wiater quarter at Harbor. Wen. Armstrong was apa9- Jenffer in the steam-ooai as lar as ,? mu. Com. Liliauncey, wun uis iiecs, naving uro i ver Geur Harrison's army, " ill, it is said, lay p hi vessels for the winter at Sackctt's Har bor. - ALPAJft AHOVS EXTIl A. Satan ay morning, A"ov. 27. GEN. WILKINSON TO THE SECRETARV OF WAR Head-Quarters, French Jlli'ts, aujoining ttn. Province, oj Lower Canada, JS"o- vemoer 10. fl.ftn4 I .,,Mnn fii T beg leave to refer von to the journal I j s as9ii--,( 01 3&0M Verse lines alternately yieldingftttijidyanc ipgi It is impossible te say with accuracy what was ear nnmber on the field, because it consisted of indefinite detachments taken from the lioats to render safe the passage of the Saut Gens. Co vington and Swartwoutjveluntarily tookvpar in the action, at the head of detachments from tkeir espective brigades, and' exhibited Jhe same courage that was displayed by Brig Gen. Boyd, who happened to he the Xnipr stheer on the ground. Our force engaged might have reached sixteen or seventeen hundred men but actually did not exceed eighteen hundred; that of the enemy was estimated from twelve hun dred, to twVlhousnnd, but did not probably a mount to more than fifteen or sixteen hundred -rons is tineas I am informed, of lictasbmeuts from the 49th, 84-th and lotih regiments of the Willi perfect respect, &c- Iroe-wiUv three companies of the .VoUigeuri (Signed) ...... JAMES WILKINSON. general officers Which have been in accord with ray own. I remained on the Canada shore1 jinlil the next day, without seeing or hearing from the ' powerful force of the enemy in our .neigh borhood, and the same day reached tin po sition with tne'artillery aud infantry. The dragoons have been ordered to Utica and its vicinity, and 1 expect are 00 or 60 miles onthe march. -You have imder cover a summary abstract of the ki Lied 1 Wounded iu the atlair, of the llth inst which shall soon be followed by a Particular return, in whieh. a just regard will e, paid to individual merits. -The dead rest in honor, -And the w ounded bled for their coun try t s ... i urn: eserve us srraiiiuue. and Gteugary 'orps,and the militiaof the coun try, who are not iueludd in the estimate. - It w.onld bo pfesumotuOUB in me to attempt to give pua detailed account of this aflair,' liicli . ."i - n ....... . ; i. i i... l: Ctiriauisy reitecis tugii iwmuron inc vaturor inr Amencan soldier, as no '"examples can he' pro duced of undisciplined rffen, with inexperieticed oRicers, braving a lire of, t.vo hfturs und a half, without fjuitling the field or yielding to their antagonists. iir' 'r' information I now give yon, is derived from oincers oi my con lidenpe, whotouk active parts in this conflict; for tlnugh 1 was enabled to order the attack, it was my irird .fortune not to be able to lead the ded. The disease with which on the 2d of September, on my hic!i accompanies tins etier lor me pariieu- ( ot:rtl0V f0 port George, having with a fewshort lars oi ie niovemeiii oi uic curp uma -i my ! interval of convalesi lescenee, preyed on me ever Extract of Tetter of the 15th Novi from Gen. " mikinton. It is a fapt, for which I, am authorized, to pledge niyselffpn the most confidential aithori? ty, that on the fth of the present month,the Pritiih garrison uf Montreal consisTed solely of 400 marines and 200 sailors, which had been sent up from Quebee. We haves with the pro vision he refund lhat left at Chateaugay, auoit IQ day's subsistance,) to which I shall add 30 more. i Gen. John A nvtrong, Sccitiarv at ar. JFYorti Gen. JVUIcizson to Gen. Hampton. junction at .fit Re'gii. The wajp is ih'tuaoj6 :1 pfaierWocklyTeTIahd'IhCa a'nllihe 'roaSvT impracticable fivr, w)eel :earrlages during winM ( V. ter but by the employment r pack horses, if I am not overpowered) I hope to be atle i6 pre ' . vent your starving: I tavj ascertained and witnessed that the plan of the enemy is, t o con sume every ihi'nj in our advauce.- Mr troops and other means will be described lu you hv Col. Atkinsonr"Besides the rawness and iitlbr negs, they have endured fatigues equal to a-, winter campaign, In the late snows and had weather, and are sadly dispirited and .fallen ' off; hut upon this subject I must refer you to ' Col. Atkinson. ; ( ' With these means; whftt 6an hi aecompllsh ' ed by human exertion I will attempt with a mind devoted to the general objects of the cam paigm . I have the honor to he, very respectfully, lit " your most obedient servant. f - (8ignerf)-- , . : rWwtoW , . Jitsjjr. jnajiren. JuiH9 frilkinidn: v .. GEN. VILKIKS0X TO GEN. ABMSTROUd. ; . ' ' 'Head Quarters, French Mills. ' ' ,JV3i;.""18,t8l3.. w' '- J.. fitnIbethis mayhe considered as an apt peqdage to'iny oiHeial communication respect ing the actiort of the 11th instant. I last eve ning received (he enclosed informatior, the re- ' suit of the examination of sundry prisoners ta ; ken on the field of battle, which justifies the) , opinion of the surviving general officers who- ...... .i. . i , . m ' . were in me engagement. lius goes to prove Head-Qua. Ler8(,r Hie a. my ,,1 mik-s llint Rjfhn,iK &lm'nn'An. M;Wnf;rt. J' Ar.il above Odeunburgh, Nov. 6th. 1813, j u f 8 V ""v . . " 4 ' - fin the evening ) I "' no allow me sumcieut time to rout the eneJ Sir I address vou at the special instance of my, they were beaten -the accidental loss' oi eommarid cdwntbe'bt. Lawre'nee, audVill f-fijncs and at the moment of this action, I was 'the Secretary of War, who by bad roads, worse 'one field' piece notwithstanding, after it had deavor to' exert -my euteibled.nuud to detail (o; n 'anpi lo mv i,ftli n,l emaeiated almost in i weather and ill health, was diverted frr.m meet, been discharged fifteen Or twentV times.. I unable to sit on my horse or to move 'mg me near this place, and determined to tread ton, you the more striking arid . important lucuientslgjipj nav.c ensueamy apiirture iroin urena-j fen I;aPe9 without assistance. , (hack his steps to Washington from Antwerp on oi nuu, at me uiaii, ui I must, however, be pardoned for trespass-1 t,lR ;29"1 ltisti pi nr. mrvKZm K5'.n'.;l,'nS " )' "' remarks, in relation to1 1 am destined to aud determined on the at- T!--corps ofth.a enemy from Kingston, uh:-h o A rf . . f h n . . . . Ajtack 0f Montreal, if not prevented by some act folio .vet mc. huae to mv.rear, and in conceAlue aJI,l,r' 1 ,,e V19 01 lue l1 i . .tw iA 4Ul ... , ' .1 ,.f: iia ooojL Jniorican : commando rs were precisely opposed i"1 v'.s,TC atu,,l.T lu u,,ic,1',,''cj Vith a h.vygalk7 .andatew gun-boats, seeiM. . . - . in.J,tniLL r! the division under vnur command must eo-one- his government and the most solemn oll,!ga Jiou of duly, to precipitate his descent of the Jt. Lawrence-by every practicable means because, this bcins effected, one of the trreatest I i!i; .l . . .i. :. sdf to be diverted a single day from the prose-" ' V - i . . 1 . ttmtild ho iiir.iiuiinlPl find tha Hrr m- uli. equally imprioiis, to retard and if possible prevent suca descent. He is to be accounted victorious who effected his purpose. The Bri- ed determined to retard my progress. ,l was te-npted to halt, turn about, and put an end to lit (mazing; but ajas i 1 was confined to my bed :. Jlaj. ten. Lewis was too ill JVr any active exer tio;i; and above all, I did not dare snfferniy- ention f the views of trovernment. I had writ- tea M ij. Gen. Hampton on the 6th inst. by his Adjt. Gen: Col. King, and !id ordered him to. form a junction wiih me on the St. Lawence, whieh I expected 'vo'i Id take place on the 9th r 10th. It would have been unpardonable had I lost sight of this object a moment, as I deemed it of vital importance tT!ie issue Of he cam paign. ' 'the enemy deserve credit for their zeal and intelligence, which the active crcivERSALiosfaY jiy of the male inhabitants of the country ena .hlad'them to employ to the greatest advantage. Thus while ..menaced bv a respectable force in . fear, the coast was linei by miisfpietry in front, at ?very critical pass of the river, which ohli- f t nit to march a detachment,' and this iuipe ed my progress. -On the evening of the 9th inst. the army halt ed a few miles from the head of the Longue iautrIirthc:moriritg of the toth, the enclosed srder was issued. Gen. Brown marched agree aale to order , and about noonwe were appri sed, by the report of his artillery, that he was tish commander having failed to gain either of his objects, can lay no cluim to the honor of ih. day. Tire battle fluctuated and triumph seem ed, at different times, inclined to the contend- in rate witlf the cori's under ' ray immediate or ders". The point of rendezvous is a circum stance of the greatest interest to the issue of this operation, and the distance which sepa rates us, and -my ignorance of the practibility of the director devious roads r routs by which you must march, make it neeessary" that your nwn judgment should determine the point Tq assist vou in making the soundest determina tion, and lo take the most prompt ami effectual measures, 1 can only inform you of my inten tions ami situation in some respects'of the first importance. 1 shall pass 1 rescott to nightj be mi la . 1 ...j A A tk& et t f liM nAnOMM MM- I IAa a, a nnrnc I hn fi-iif At tf.n OTmn.v nnco -it HUflt Lflirj ui lilt BrUsUll UIU JIUL ailU lilt: first forced back more than a mile, and tho' theyi tl,ree da.vs ,0 lake ,f' "ha cr08S the cava,7 at never regained the ground they lost, (heir gianj' Hanjilton. which will not require a day. 1 shall was permanent and theircharges resolute. A- Uience press forward and break down every ob- midst these charges and near the elose of the .ruction or. tins river to Itrand river, there to j . . contest,, we lost a field piece by the fall of the officer who was serving it with the same cool ness as if he had baen at parade or review. This was Lieut' Smith of the Light Artillery, wh;i,iu point of merit, stood at the head of his gvade. The enemy having halted and our thoops being again formed, in battalion front to frojittandtheJin sides, we resumed our position on the bank of tiie river, and the infantry being .much fatigued the whole werere-emharked ami proceeded engaged some distance below usv At the same "J" vci vtiuio.u luriner t-nnoyance iron. time the enemy were observed in our rear, and t1" ""-".'J, V su"-""r' their galley and gmi-boats approached our .Uo-lS00" Wlju bvc pieces of light ar tillery, march- u-i.:..ii r.KH..ted down the Laiiiida shore without moleita- me to order a battery of Impounders to be plant. ltl0tl ' fd, and a shot fiom it compelled the vessels ofi due to his rank, to his worth and his tin! enemy to retire, together with their troopsices, that I should mtike particular men-alii-r some firing tetween the advanced parties, .j tion of Brigadier General Covington, who re But by this time, in coTisequcnw olliseinbark- ce!ved a mortal wound ilirectiy through the hp and re-embarking the heavy guns, the-day ; body, while animating his men ami leading was" so far spent, thaf oor '-pilots did not dare1 t&em to .the charge. fir Ml, where he fought, fn:r the Saut, (eight niiles a continued rapid), U the hta,d of his men, and suivived but two and therefore we fell down about two miles and jdays. ' iiart tn fiff tA Tifffht" ,Rvh next mominat'i'bn morning the flotilla passed thro' every thine was in readiness forTmoTmifrttrt at cxctdlgut-tjMouLBrlgJ having received ho iateliigenee from General iOehc Brown, at Bamhartrs near Cornwall, Bi;own, I was still delayed, as soundVcaut'n.i' where he Lad been instructed to take post and tor.-scribed Ishould learn the resuUof his affair, j .vat riiy arrival, and where 1 -couCdjntly ex befo're I committed the flotilla to the Saut. jpjeted: lo he"aV-of Major General Hampton's At half past tea o'clock; A. M. an officer of arrival, du the opposite shore.. . But immediate Jragoons arrived with a letter,' in' which thi! u'wr 1 halted, Colonel Atkinson, the in-". On.l-iformed mclw had forced the enemy, and sp-' 'r General of the division under Major would reach the foot of the Saut eariy in the General Hampton, waited o-i me with a letter day. -Orders were immediately given 'fur thef''''n th:it osiicer, in which, to my unspeakable flotilla fo sail, at i whielL instant the enemy's ;jnorfification and surprize, he -declined the; gun boats appeared, and begad tit throw shot a-' j"1'!01 ordered, and informed me -he' was inoiig us. information was brought ms at the j inareiiinfj; towards .Luke Chaiuplain'by way of same time, from Brig. Gen. Boyd, that the-'enln-operaring in the proposed attack on Mod toy's trojioswere advajciii inlealtjmn. I im-;tr;al. 1 This letter, together with a copy of uiaieiyeTiTwnersurimTToxTat v " siTrri ncfc-ijmireuiaTe- . 'Their crun- i,y smiinuicu m u cnuuni hi war, composed of cross the Terrot, and with my pcows to bridge the narrow inner f hanh'.l, and thus obtain foot hold on Monl real Island at about 20 miles from the city ; after whieh our artillery, bayonets and swords m;:st secure our triumph orprovide us honorable graves. . Inclosed you have a memorandum of field and hatterins; traifi, pretty well found in fixed am- have also learned, from what is considered good authority, but I will not vouch for the correctness of it, that the enemy's loss exceed ed five hundred killed aud wounded.' The en closed reportwill correct an error in my former , communication ias it appears it was the 89th, and not the 84th British regiment which wa engaged on the llth. I beg leave to mention, relatrt'ewthe action of the llth, what from my extreme ' indisposition, , I have omitted, j Having received information late in the dayr that tie contest had become somewhat dubious . I ordered up a reserve of six hundred meu9 whom I had directed to stand by their "ferns under Lt. Col. ITpham, wlo gallantly led thea into the action, which terminated a few snin I utes after their arrival on the ground. With much consideration, and respect, : 1 have the honor to be, sir, Vour obdt humble servant, -i - . .-i "iirtT TrT"visitu TfieHon.Johk Armstrong Se'cy at War,'" ' ' Statement of the strength of the enemy In the action of the llth Nov. 1813, on Kesler's Field in Williamsborough, in Upper Cana da founded on the separate examination of a number of British prisoners taken , ou thu& field of battle. . ' a ' Of the 89 t h t-egt. " this report was soon contradicted. boats however continue to scratch us, a-l a variety of reports oF their implements awleptin terijiiovsmeuts were brought tonina ia succes .si'in Mhich eWD;inced"mc of their determiiia- 'itiun to hazard an attack whehTTcouldlie done to .the greatest advantage, and therefore! 10 solved lo anticipate them'. . Directions were ae- -eoldingly se:!t, by that distinguished officer Col. Swift of the engineers, Co Brig. Gen. Boyii, ' to jhrow the detachments ofi his cojiiniand, as sigiied to him in the Order . of the preceding day, and composed of men of his'' own, Covington's aud Swartvvout's brigade,1 into three columns, to march upon the eueiiiv, outflar k them if pos- eo m ai:' iv ith occasional pAu J;rcai vivaOity, in upon spacs an-l t;ur eombat. Sr, upwards of two and a haJf hsHriH-he ad- my general officers and . Colonel commaudinsr tap rdite, the chief Engineer and the Adjutant General,, who unanimonsly gave it as their 6piniou, that i 'the. attack, on Moutreal should beahsndonel for the present season and the army near Cornwall should s immediately crossed to tha American shorel for taking up winter quarters, and llwttthis place afforded an eligible position for such quarters." '., I acquiesced in these opinions, not from the shortness of the stock of provisions " (which had been reduced by act of God) because that of our meat had Ycen increased 5 . day s, and our bread had been reduced enly 2 days, and because we could, in case 'ofextreniitv. . . 7 - - l inrticneidjwiiJi theadvanced body of theene- have live-Ion the enemy but because I he- loss m y, and became extremely sharp and gallingt of the division linder Major "Geu. Hampton fo ith occasional pAusvei smUinsd jth weakened my force too senrsibly to justify the to illctnpt,-1 .In all my measures and uiovement of moment, 1 have taken the opinion of my I munition, which may enable you to dismiss your own. But we are deficient in loose powder and musket cartridges, and therefore hope you may be abundantly found. . Ou the suhjtct of provisions. I wish I could givr. a favorable information. Our whole stock of bread may ba computed at about 15 days, and our meat at twenty, in speaking on tins sub jectto the Secretary of War, he informed me ample magazines were laid up oh lake. , Cham- plain, and therefore 1 niust request of you toor- der lorwaru two or three months- supply by the safest route, in a direction to the proposed scene of action. I ha,ve.,submitled the state of our provisions to my general officers, whouna- nimouslv asree that it should not prevent the progress of tli.? expedition. And they also a- gree in opinion that it you are not in iorce to raerthnOT at StTKeg is or its vicinity. I shall expect to hear from if not see yon at that place on the 19th." T I have the honor to he", respectfully, your o bedient humble servant .... (Signedj JA. WILKINSON. Major General 'Hampton. FROM GEN. HAMPTON TO GEN. WILKINS01.' ' .. I , , Head-Quarters, Four Corner, - " ,: . ' .Lcmber 8ih 1813.. Sir tI. had the honbr .to receive, at a late hour last evening, by Col. Kinar, vour comma nicationOf the 6thvjjid was deeply impressed with the sense of responsibility it imposed of deciding upon the means of co-operation. The 49th do VoIigeurs Ggri45aryIs Of h innih v Canadian feucibles Indians Incorporated militia 760 4,30 270 80 one company a !s 44 20 40 300 taeLmeutJtroifi Prescbt . 2iro dea suggested as the opinion of your, officers, of cuccniig me junction ai oani itegis, was most pleasing, as being most immediate, until I came to the disclosure of the amount of our supplies of provisions.. Col. Atkinson will ex plain the. reasons that would have rendered it impossible for. me to. have brought more than each man could have carried on his back, and when I reflected that iu throwing myself upon your scanty means, I should be weakening you in your most vulnerable point, I did not hesi tate to adopNhe opinion,.after consulting, the general and principal officers, that by thiowing myself backs on my main depot, when all the nivalis oi iransponaiion nan gone ana tailing trpotrthe enemy s fl auk, and straining every ef fort to open a communication from Plattsburtrh tO'Coehawa,';or any.other point vou may indi cate oHTtKe St. Lawrence, I should more effec tually sontri'uuto to , your iuesstbao by the Four pieces of mounted artillery; and sevBi gun-boatr, one mountjng a 24 pounder. I certify that the above statement is cerreet agreeably to the statement of the 'above men tioned prisoners. . . .' 1 Signed) iz:::J.-JOBS$0'S,. -rs'fiiiitpectfr Gem ad Divisit Head Quarter, Frereh MtV Nov. 16, 1813. WESTERN FRONTIER. tfS.s ST, LOUIS, OCT., 80-. ThijcapturefthBritislUleetimJake and the Consequent fall of, fort Amhcrstburg, Detroit,. &c. &c. are e vents w h i ch w i fl be mora . appreciated inKthrs territory and Illinois, thau ' at any other point from the Mississippi to tho Pennsylvania iice. , v 11 ; The trade with the Indians by the rivers and lakes was as undisturbed to the British as if peace existed in that quarter ; and such a de gree of security , had the north west company . lulled themselves into, that seven of their beats? loaded with merchandize had arrived lasUIuly at Prairif du Chein, for the St. Peters and otlier waters which empty into the Mississippi ; among these wa obly one small barge on gov ernment account which contained a few present for the Indians. Gen. Proctor's plan was to make his issue of presents at or near Detroit, so as to be able to command the services of the warriors in that vieinitvl he permitted a small portion to ba - distributed amoag the savages of llock river, with the injunction that they should harass) the settlements of this territory and Illinois : by this arrangement the Indians of the Illinois . wereotallyneglectedr'-Main Poque hattgofc all the recruits lie could possibly muster on this side laVe Michigan ? he had embarked his for tune with Proctorsand left Gomo and the lesser chiefs to contend with the 'settlements on the Mississippi, with what success th events of last year have already shewn. ; t Vtheiicgleetof theJVIissJseippiandjllinoig Indians by the British we fmay attribute the safety of these Territories; tho few raugT vvfio were spread oyer a widely extended fron tier eould not arrest the progress a fcrocisus h