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''BijrrjfD, wIsesxy, ijtx i,EXjiucAi.;r . paid in tfvabce pit Woimnuedaone?rthan tttrce ' month alter a jtar't i vbriptba becoroti due and not ice ibntiutiiai' (dintHrtoi, re inserted tbiice'for one dollar, arid for tweniy-fitents each iubiequenrinser thm ; andiu Jik; proportion 'where llvere'is a grea.tr numbti T tne than Itmh t ,.';.! ' ' . Domestic. FROM WASHINGTON ClTfci , V ; $' 'WASrtiNGTOjf, vd. 30. Aftef an intermission of several days, owiiie " tithe unfortunate "events herein-after ihificeo Jjiiti it in our ' power to issue, a paper in the 'Ore sent reduced , form, which we, htpe-in a day oi 6 to change to its usual shape jvnd cb?ij ' -on.jv;ie. "- , "ft THE PATE Of WAR, llaf hefal Icy the City of Washington. It was faWht tlieeuemv on Wednesday the 23th inr Thursday nteht. after destroTins the interior . . -V. '.. a 1 1 n ' I . 0.1 1 I and combustible-part onne i;apuoi, 01 me 1 re- siriont'tf. house, ana oi me nunuc oraees. jie flgh on ,4he hill, and maintained the contest fur some lime with treat effeet. : vlt is !netirhlQ-9'Cofeiiort' the conduct ofl iwOtn. uarney ana. ms commanq, nor can i upea. from observation, beirig too remote, but the concurrent testimony , of all who did observe lb em, does them the 'highest justice for their brave resistance and the destructive effect they produced on the enemy. Commodore Barney, after having lost his horse', took post neat one of his guns, and there unfortunately received a severe wound in the thigh', and he also fell ii to the hands of the enemy. .Capt. Miller of the marines was wounded in the arm fighting brave ly. From the best intelligence, there remains but liltle doubt that the enemy lost at least four hundred killed and wounded, arid of these a very Unusual portion killed. - Our loss cannot, I thinkjjbe estimated at more than from thirty to forty killed, and fifty to sixty wpunded. ' They tok altogether about one hundred and twenty prisoners. ' . .,r .. ;,. v o will readily understand lhat it is impoisi- I I A - "l .fit. 'i 1 .1 Die lor me to speait mmuieiy,i uie meru or uc the coTBrtunity generally. . .Jhe inconvenience though serious to us and those who have brave it neat o our succour, lojut people oi tne urn ted States will he momentary jthe loss -to the proprietors of the city (these excepted whose property was dfstroved) was vary trivial' ;Tke only seriotis' effect iff , the stigma wkieb this evont,will necessarily, we do not say juitiy, affix on the national character.; That stain eau only be effaced by future vigor and unity of action. In what manner these should be ex hibited, is a, point we shall leave for future elu cidation. . , V. . AUGUST 3ii J Mr. Secretary Mowroe; has, in pursuance of the united requests of the commanders of the various descriptions oftroSps assembled inthb district accepted the command of the military! fovce now in the vicinity. ' ' Geo. Armstrenc having yesterday retired iram ine execution oi ineauiies oi oecreuiry ei War in this district, in consequence probably of theviireiudice which lias been 'excited against h'.iTi among tiia troops, .the datjes of his cilice also t burgroAd. - The tropg itere imihedittely pitr V IV accomplished, wheii the battle commeneed; nd waa contested bjr the Baltimore; froop's anaT 4 I lid tave been temporarily consigned tootle Se- meril of oartieular troons so little known to me crelarvof State, wlu immediately entered on from theif recent and hasty assemblage. My the discharge oMhern. Many measures were subsequent movements for the purpose ef pre-, forthwith put in a train of execution, which it setviug as "much of my force as possible, gain- may not now be proper to announce, and the ef- .n;..fA.ininnl. - .ml nvAtanlniir ikia illll. flfii nFuKiiK it ill lti CPAfl in tll timo . lavy Yard, was burttt hy order of onr ofhcersj . alrcaJ know r Jhe enemy continued last night still at A- jn leaiiug that the nemy was in possessionol . jim wlUl very grea( rpect, Sir, your ofce lexandria, euiptying tlie warehouses as agreed me Ultv. . J.yoi-nayinK&rot;in wr- muc ibwm.,., hasty publication, ta4 detail particulars, we - ' content 0Bi3elves with publishing the fol.'owing l! John Armstroi. musi sunieo ,ior ,iui u(iy riirucunn mu uci 5'T V? '. ""'w 'n'j..- ' ; .-::'" . rett on in fte capitulation whieh w ill be found in our WM. II. WINDER. columns : a capitulation of such a nature as Bri. Gen. iQtli MH. Dist. the citizens of Georgetown indignantly repelled jby sia? thousand regulars, all fic&UJnm and mil supplied-?, 'retreat was '"ordei'ed, vrhetvlhe? Presideuti who bad been on horseback with th army the whole day, retired from. the fortify iug seene and left the city on horseback. v On Thursday morning, I proceeded on with) the. amy, to Montgomery CoUrf House Vvfeer Gen.Vinder's head quarters were established.1 I h'adsome conversation with him. Tie appelartf ed tor regret very mu eh, that he had not been' enabled to haVe-matfe greateriresistarcei al tho h 'waerfetry satisCed,' that a BiieB ftil reiisutcej eoul"d not h(tve been tnade with the fSree irf Ae eigMovhod of, Washington, tnee'iTiJliaa..ie brought toethe,heJ'oro the action, it would no( have been so' targe as that opposed to him, and our 'e"rjcwa princi pally militia, an4 lltat of the enemy all regulars' and picked men.- " v" ' r . . FURTHER PARTICULARS. The following is furnished the editors of the Patriot by an officer of distinction, , ipho mom in the-battte.1 r , The British left Bladenshurg Thursday nigM the ro&db.tQ:th.Patuxent;j.auyiBjt.will 7P 1 Sceretaiv of War. "rtari invitation to enter into. Two of the frigates , them as mant of iheir wounded as 4fl; horses5 B. We have to lament that Cnpt. Ster- or vessels of war are said to have gone down! could drag Itt ' v?ftgofa, carta and carriages nr ili Ri.lflmi.fA rrn.imiit. Iiitti nlar vi'ati'rilnv hut fliprr rr iliiiht.is nthPTK he-1 T.hey left S3 WABTtded f.hlnrT nd ihlri't- mpn t m. ,". .Cofy.jf 'tettiif.ftom Brigadier general Ft in- DeeB mounded, but is doing well. Other officers, low to. supply their place. j take care of them 1 among the former were two -M A M tL . . . . . " m jf n ,. r I 1 , I . W . a V Mr der to the Secretary oj for, dated no doubt, deserve notiee, but 1 am as yet unable ; '-' mmmor? ', lr'101Vl 'torparticularize. SIR When the enemy. arrived at the mouth ' of Potomac, of all the militia whiclflh.id been The Enemy having evacuated the city, those authorised to assemble there were but about 1700 inhabitants who had leparte.rgencrally return jn the field, from thirteenV to fourteen hundred cd onSaturday. No attempt has since been under General Stansbury near this place, and made by the enemy to re-occupy it. , about 250 at Bladensbur under Lieut. Col.j On Saturday, several of the enemy's vessels ramer the slow progress of draft and the 'appeared in sight do wii the river, and a flag imperfect organization, with the ineffectiveness as sent down by the citizens of Alexandria, of the laws' t6 compel them to turn out, render-, offering to surrender at discretion. We are not d it impossible to have procured more. I precisely informed of the terms or nature of the ' 'The militia ofth is state and ofthe contigu-' capitulation agreed on, which however shall be Anf ftftW r Virinia nd Ppnnavlvania were , hereafter stated. The fort at or near Warbur- Nlrht before last, we learn, nine transports Colonels and one. Major. The last dfed a fe ofthe largest class entered Patuxent river, hours after. It is supposed their loss in killed Their destination is for the present only mat and wounded, amounted to 500. The field and ter of conjecture. . road in front of Commodore Barmcy'i .batter Troops are every hour arriving in the city? was strew d with dead men and hotsel Nen in larger or smaller corps, which it would be ! but officers being on the latter, their loss must difficult, if we wished, to enumerate. Among have been severe. Before the Commodore of those arrived or expected are a number ol aeajdereu a retreat, his horse was shot under him j men, under their gal I apt commanders; THE BATTLROF BLADENSBURG. Of this interesting and important action, there was almost as many accounts as . there were men engaged. We have already publish Called on en masse, but the former militia law i ton was blown up by the commander about dusk led the official report ofthe commander in chief, of Pennsylvania had expired the first t" Junei on Saturday evening. The, following letters land we now give such additional particulars or July and the one1 adopted in its plrfee is not relate to that eircumstance : to take effect in oreauiing the militia before October. Noaid therefore has been received from that state. . After all the force that, could be pat at my Com of a letter from the Secretary of War to tain-Dyson, dated 29tk August, iSH. Silt I send Capt. Manigault. with orders to receive your written or verbal report ofthe caus " disposal in that short time, and making such es undef which you Jeft the post committed to dispositions ar I deemed best calculated to pre your clnie. In this vou Mill state the orders fentr the , mostrespectauie force at wnatever.onder which you acteUf & trom whom received. lu,t;itih iM&iuy mlsht KHte, I trcf WfHjiiitjfli6ti(iinttMttiii. the most - active , and harrassins movements of . v , "J.' AIIMSTRONG. as appear interesting and authentic. In doing so, we find none njore deserving notice than the following, selected from the Baltimore papers, and furnished by ' those, no doubt, who witness ed and took a share in the most arduous part of) the conflict. " the troops of this city, chiefly composed the reserve, and not being full srought into action, could not, 01 course spea the troops' to interpose before the enemy at Bladensbure about five thousand men, fnciudiutf three hundred and fifty regulars and Cota-Bar- aer command. Much the largest portion or 'nMn mrrivoA nil iho crnnnit urlmn tlio ("lip. Capt. Dyson, Corps of Artillery., 4i i Ar i t.v. 1 .1 vujii .iicivuii s isi::ng. August 29: h, 1814. SIR I had the fionorto receive your comt this force arrived Ott the ground when the eue-; munication of the 29th inst. The ofders re v were iti sialit. aod were disposed of to sup-;ceived from Brig. Gen. Winder throujrh Ma. port in the best manner the position which Gen. ,Ute, verbally ou the 24th inst. were, in case Stansbury had taken. Ihev had barely reach- was oppressed ny,' or nearn of, an enemy in ul' (he H.i.st if.ierct4e bconest .oin uelii&I ob servation ; and therefore it is, that we resort to other sources . for additional details, omitting from them such remarks as are unimportant, or, from a personal view of the battle -and from o- ther intelligence, ve deem not well founded i To the Editors of the Baltimore Tafriot. FRIDA'Y evening, atjg. 20. Gentlemen Having "witnessed (he late un happy occurrences at Washington, I will, a greeably to your request, put them on paper j he tvas himself wounded with several of his of' fieers and men, and the enemy had Surrounded his brave band, having driven his right flanlt (composed of regulars) from their post,, and) thereby got in his rear , Gen. Ross acknow ledged his fire to have beeu tremendous, and that his first gun laid ten of hia men in the dust One advantage their men had over ours, wal their carrying eaeh from 80 eartridgea upward!.' . Tbey however werie so -loadedt with their, am munition, knapsacks, &e.' and trere Jo oterpowJ ' ered by their rapid march, that : man V fell deauT :; in the road. As they passed through BladensT bnr their nioutha wera'onen faT)ini forhreath v :y O . ----- -f r) f o and their offieer were drivitig them, forwardr t; ' wtf s " 4 li A citt aij9 ttnal anntAiai 1 t 1 rABft-1 with their, swordt aod Je8poWocn.Tyel'rt' td the ground before 'the action commenced,'my rear, to spike ourguns and make my escape Wllieiias aoout l O'ciecK r. ,U. or tne3ui over uie river, -iiieenemy approacnea oy wa- that, if nccesarv, they mav be. used to correct wr on u.e x. in, ana we nau iearm on uml day iome of the manv erroneous reports which are flirniiTi sfv'ral rh:inpls that fiif fnnmv mil. r o;-- - r. - "'circulating. been reintorced at Benedict, 2000 strongs and j J arrived at that they were on their march to co-operate with the Meet,, in addition to piie loree which left inst. and continued about an hour. The eon test war not as obtinatfefy maintained as could have; beW desired, buHtvas by parts of the troops Sustained with great spirit and with pro dieious effect, and had the whole of oar force been equally firm, 1 am inquced w believe that me cuy. u nucr. an iuee circumsiaiieesrtnc t the enemy would have ; been repulsed uot with- officers under my command wre ciinsulted, and standing all the disadvantages under whieh we agreed-it-was best to abandon the fort and ef. fought. The ; artillery from Baltimore sup- feet a ret rcat. The force under my command ported by major Piukney's rifle ! battaliou, ania-waiiLiiight not equal to a defence ofthe place, part of Capt. Doughtey's from the Navy .Yard, I have the honor to be, with great considera. were in advance to command the pass of the tion your obedient servant, - piiIim o t'TX Itt 1 nn.Kn urm "n m.l nlaujl n r n f 1 t ut). iiugtC iiujniiciiiiiuigj uiiii jju.jvu. uiuii.. frvv . ..... emy, as 1 have smee learnedj''witlv very qestnif tive effect. Butthe rifle troons were obliged The lion. John Armstrong after some time to retire and of course arlitery. I . Secretary vf War,' Washington. Superior. numbers however rushed upon them 1 Capt. Dyson .is, we learn, under arrest, And! Washington on Sunday, the 21sl inst: At that time the officers of government and the citizens were very apprehensive of an attack from the British, who had landed a force on the Patuxent.1 Their numbers had not been ascertained, but reports were various, stating thcmjrrom 4000 ro 16,000. lien. Winder was stationed near the, Wood-Yard, with about 2000 inieu, Hourly expecliug large reinlorcements Irom every quarter, particularly irom Balti- 8AML. F. DYSON, public officers were all ena-aeed in paekinrr. and sending off their boats and the citizens their furniture. On Monday, this business was con and made their retreat-necessary, not however; the command of his company giyen to Lieut, turned with great industry, and many families trithbut great loss ori the part ofthe enemy. Spencer. - left the city. The specie was removed from Major Pinkney received a severe wound m nis, The.President'of the United States was not all the Banks in the district. Reports were ve- ngnt arm alter ne oad retired to the len nanx. only active during the engagement winch took ry current that Winder had received large re of Stansbury V brigade. .The right and Ceittre place with the enemy, but had been exerting 'inforcements ; so that it was believed by manv ,i uiouauuij a m igouc, vuuaisimg ui jji. ui. i miiigeii iwr i wu or inree uuvs previous, arid Has Ragan's and Shuler's regiments, generally gave been personally active eveVsiuce. Every one way very soon airerwarus, wun ine excepiion-joins in attrioutiHg to mm tlie greatest merit. iony rained oy Loj. nagan, alter nav-i A lie . Enemy 's vesselt of about 1 ing lost his horse, and the whole or a part of ' about ix miles be Capt. Shower's company, ' both ef whom Gn.' are supposed 'to nil now lie off Alexandria elow this city, and by some menace it. e are nrenamrl C..!.l ' . i 1 ,1' . . - TM i' .j. .. . iauuury represenis to uave uiaue,evcn mas io meei, anu we nope tOcrepei tnem. - ' ' deserted, a gallant staud. The fall why:h Lt. j Private property, w its pi general scnipulously col.; Ragan received " witaTiis great efforts to sustain his ppsitiuji, city, with the exception of two houses burnt be reudei ed ' hinr unable to follow t he retreat '.we ' cause guns were fired from them on the enemy, have therefore to lament that this gallant and The Office ofthe National Intelligencer, besides excellent oflieer has been taken prisoner j hejtheBe, was the sole exception, t'oekburn, ihe fcas how ever been paroled, and 1 met him here! incendiary hero of Hampton, presided at the recovering from, the bruises occasioned by his. demolition of its material parts, and amused the fall,, Theoaaof Jiis aerv ices aUthis moment is serious. ' ;". - , . The Sth Baltimore Regt. under Lt. Col. Ster rett baing jhe left of Brig. GentBtansbury's bri gade," stUlVoweverLStood their ground, and except for a moment when par,! of them recoil ed few steps, remained firm, and stood until ordered to retreat, with a view. to prevent them om being ont-flanked," , ' ; a' , The reserve, 'under Brig. Gen. Smith of the District of Columbia,, with the militia, of the Ci ty and Georgetown, with the regulars and some detachments of laryland militia, flanked oh their right by Commodore Barney aad his brave fellows, and LieufTCol. Beai, still Mere to the speetatorswith-muchflheireculiar slang of the Common Sever in relation to the Editors of this' paper. The destruction of our office will account forthe present appearance of our paper The officers of government are now all at this place, and about Tesuming in their ordinary course all the functions of government, to which a momentary interruption has been given by the sudden incursion of a strong force ofthe enemy. This event, however it may hare produced con siderable loss; to the Public, mucli loss ta n few individuals, among . w-hoth are ' ourselves, and great anxiety "to allelaaMes, can produee no serious efllct, either oh the government, or od well informed persons, that he would have 10, 000 men embodied in the course of the week. In the expectation that th.ere was a Very consi derable force collected, the President, accompa nied by the Secretary at War, and of the Navy, left the city for the camp. They arrived there late that night ; and tKe next morniuj? finding but 3000 meii, ihd learning that the Baltimore troops were encamped'at Blidnsbufg'rt turned to the city on 1 uesday to make further arraugements. All the books and papers were sent ott, and the citizens generally lett the place. in me course oi mat day a sKoutingparty from General WinderVarmy had a skirriish with the British advance guard, and returned to camp with such tidings as induced Gen. Win der to retire fC the city' with his army, which he accomplished by u o'clock in the evening, burnt the old bridge uhicji crossed the Eastern Branch, and encamped onhrkilldirectlrff; bove the other bridge, ;aboiit one mile and an half from the Navy Yard, and prepared tojle feiid that passage. In the event of the British being too strong, the bridge was to be blown un. fot which, he had every thing prepareda-; At utispuac ue remainra me wnoie nigm, expect-ing-the enemy's forces. On Wednesday morn ing I walked through the army, and remained at the bridge until 10 o'clock, when ad viee was received, that the euemy had taken the Bladens. were buried in one field, that bail not1 wound. Commodore Barney V wound will ;ediosy but is not dangerous. He has been removed to his residence on Elkridge. . Captain Miller of" the marines, was Lbadly wounded in the arm whilst ably supporting tlie Commodore's left.' Many of his men as well as the brava flotilht boys w ere killed and wounded. ; ; . A deserter, who was in the battle states that Col. Thornton of the 85th, regiment,' wa shot from his horse (a grey) early in the battle that. Major Wood, of the S9th fell shortly after, aftd that he bel ieved front 9 0400 have deserted' from Jthe enemy. ;''Jy- ,;;V ' f "-'-; ' iWhen we remarked, in eur paper of yeftter day, that private property had in general been scrupulously respected by the enemy during his late incursion, we spoke what we believed, fromt a hasty survey, and perhaps without sufficient inquiry Greater respect was eertainly paid to private properly than has usually been, exhibi ted by the enemy in his marauding parties. No houses were half aa much plundered by the ene my as by the knavish wretcTies about the town who profitejjrtkjgene were, however, several private buildings wan tonly destroyed, and seme of those persons who remained in the eity were scandalously mal treated. Among the private buildings destroy- ed, was the dwelling house owned ' and oceu-' pied by Mr. Robert Sewall (formerly rented br Mr. Gallatin) from behind which a gun was fir ed at Gen. Ross, which killed the horse he rode t the houses bdilt for Gen. Washington on , the brow of Capitol hill, the large hotel belong ing to Daniel Carroll of Dudn. and others, audi recently occupied ; Mr. Tomlinson, 'the -ropfe walka of Tench Ringgold, Heath and Co. and . John Chalmers, were destroyed bv fire, without any pretence being assigned therefor that we know of. " . - . ' The enemt was conducted through the eity by a former resident, who, with other detected traitors, is now in confinement. ' ' Cockburn was quite a mountebank in the ci ty, exhibiting in the streets a gross levity of manner, displaying sundry articles of trifling . value of which he had robbed the President's house, and repeating many of the coarse jests -and vulgar lang of the Federal Republican respecting the chief magistrate and others, in a strain of eloqtience which could only. have been acquired by a constant perusal of that disgrace to the coiiutry.; . .... ; : ; The magazine at, Greenleaf's Poiut wasdet : troyed (partially only) and the guns spiked on Thursday. In a dry well belonging to the bar-. racks pur soldiers had thrown many barrels ox powder for, concealment. After exploding thft- magazine, the mitisli oldiers threw casually j inta this well one or two of their matches, w hich, i communicated to the powder deposited there, Tte effect Was terrific. Every one of his Soi " 1 t
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