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f y":1"!1. - .1', " . - -;;rMaofe sstliinfan j witir voluntceV Jftti . $10) acene of the Getotdfr. , epenttoto 'SB" these ,hiBI ' U"rT roS JU. tHSS' Voiuntoed;i service adjtttoiHp1 I , -A viT. 4J Becretan of H'ar. duledi ' ' ' . occasion, feave me yaluaMe assistances - GafcrBhrniTta 1 w J B'" ;'vT'iS f,rs ,9, l8lV the" .-enemy, .to-enquire "into!w:' atafcof tte;id'an4theittbttii Iniissiofftf .elljbc h ::t:!T!GioVcih? wounds we enouia arnvein a it?w uayrat fli alalia ' ilasb BiVs Attheeidf aeK however, ; th eotnmcore froui'lhe wdnt bf di!o14 acbaaia rked with I that jiftlreSaVflted,nart'of .4he fake. t1: despaired of peiabfe to End Jtpassa.wlthro! r .X"?,ne 8a"a into lueuaj auu-maue lornu 40 J Vi-'i'Vph'!, where he anchored-on the SQUhiUjof Vl - -w. JalVi' Aftfer-setUnsrtfre.tii-lhe Ptf St Jo. jii. .. .tl;.;':.;eph,.'iteh''HieeViied not t have, been recrtitly $l : v ofecupiedj a'detaeboieatof uvfautry.aud artllle- il " .'.?'MIy,wj purpoae'of briaMn! in th,e tieulara:reUtive to the execution of this order. I beif leave to refer VouVo inaibr IIolme.Tepori MichilimackiiiicoiiVho f'aft'h uU. that th rrival at e ene 11- 1 ' Vjihe old ;FoM5laekInaeI-atat ohee 'despair "v'ctl of beinsTOtf with'mv small force, to 'carry the", field away the a jour projeciea capture of Mn v a8s,it tic t'tor it is kl knLnX8 iJS proa withiine mie, of thZ HiB9 ;iThUt you.taisht find the flee? ?e,8fil. aconvenierioR in-f h Cl neJi. , 'and to request permission to hrhig-:ven cbramunicatG with the army,; biitljy a cir- sions and. storM for the N hw i bqdy of aftj. fioIm3, whic ruWfqjotsp milcjs; toittenJ6- ri"J'' nd inves ana counierimarcheg. l --r. niar.u but. sir. thft sWpf u r 1. 1 . 7 to' blinw so lelt.ovuie. W tne unpai'donabw neclect ol Admittine CieniUrown couia nave flip onKlrm-a-in irhnaa YiunA hft wVio TlorrH .' .T iJ IVnf lorti-n'f Vli? sprvlrfl rnilM hnTT".' am'happylnaBsurins you,:that-theliody. of revd fromthe fle a higher destinywe'are i? Maj Uolmes issecun, aiHl wiU to buri Detroit with becoming honor. - - - th? Niagara rVifor JF sreitpurpoae: of the goverumew;,, h,s " V-lshall discharge the militia tomorrow, andl low that tfie larMycsscls could not approach fleet tod I;tbliUnt-be -dirtaJ'H will send -them down, together with! two regu- j within two miles of their works. f - 9Za ffiW??:'Afty 8iitr aX larcompanksto Dctroit. tlrthcremain.F Gcni'Wn had tliereforttwo ahundant.H or ?H ing three companies I shall attempt to destroy y sufficient reasons foip not expecting the fco- tne enemy a estaDusnment m tneneaa of JYaio operation ol this ffcet ? it;was not promised to tavAoa-m-$a, river, -and It it be tnought pro-! lum and was chimerical m itself, per, erect a post at the mouth of that riixr -Very rrpectfully,. I have the honor to re main, sir, your ob'tscrv't.- O. CROGHAN, Lt. Col, 2d Riflenregi lion. J. Armstrong, ,aec'y oj trau m ; 'the plfce by stono -ai deteiTOiriedi '(ns the Copy tf a letter from LieuL Col, .Creghan to - Wishing'-inyself on some favorable position, tary District, dated rv f . f hencd could.bo enabled M annoy the enemy - T Dc.troIt "F0 2? 1814 A hir mfl'unl MflklAw rmmsirbofi. mulK mv ear sir I communicated Ml my reiwrt ' of my artUlery; in which I should have thosu-i of th? h wst. ; my inte'rition of continuiHjH t periority in pobt of metal; ; I was nrged to a-i on lake- HY00 ,,th thrce companies, tor the idopt-tli&Vanpfcn, nofa little Pm'Pse of breaking up any depots which the CcogenttW4:aposriion: on?the eastrside of the i I We were fortunate in learning that the only line of communication from York to Macki- pi ft r i vpTild either induce the enemy to attack me in -nadians (hisinost efficient, and only disposea- was b .thc wat f take Simcoc and We foeVoffthcisland. as thev would be vorvIautauwasaga river, which empties mtolakc X -nriwffling to teinain-in mv neiffhhorhrJod after uron abo"t 10. mai?- of Cabot's Head My fixed determination has always been to seek a meeting vwith the enemy the moment the fleet was ready, and, to deprive him of an apology for not meeting me, I have sent.4 guiis on shore from the Superior, to reduce heir ar mancnt in number to an equality withnhe j Frinco Regent's, yielding the advantage of tlieir 68 pounders. 1 he" Mohawk mounts two guns less than the Princess Charlotte, tod the Montreal and Niagara are equal to the Gen-j era! ,1'ike and Madison. I have detached, on separate scivice, all the bngs ; and am block ading his four sliips, in the hope that this may iiiduCcium-to'coc''out.' ; . NaUInL Copy of a letter from Jllajor Gert. Brown to Commodore Chauncey. , ' .Head-Quarters, QueenstdwDT "t t July 13th, 1814. my sear sir I arrived : at this plaee on the 10th, as I assured yeu, (hat with the bles- v a'permanent footing had been taken. ' On cn-, 0 , a. 1 J ,quiiyI learned from individuals who had liv-1 Jcted ln , - 'edmariV years ori the Island, "that a position fy w tl 4 hi I that river, therefore, our course was di- in hpe of finding the enemy's s'chr. 1 "-I. 4l. I.i A- 1. I- Al.-A position L,UIUv wjucii wutf uiuugiu ui.uciu mui quiir- dejiirnhle ns'T mU rrMitrl ho f,, nn ?r JJie I3tn inst. llic eet aiKUored ott -thc-vestendaiMltheii5f(Mimnie " nrrannienta 'for d jfelrkin landing ?ulCkly dembarked on the jpcninsula formed Upper .waseffected pn tiieth!;mst;iindcr aiverofthe .ceVv nver and late "lor the purpose of of tlwt uhmnmn'I amf th linhrinr m.;rb- "xinS acamP . , , b i"" --i A i k.. We have one coromoo object in t ihalljalways cheerfnliy flnite -'h 1 5 itary cpmmander in ihe'pbmotioa' f iP. lam, sir, with great consideration and i pect, j oar most obedient servant, ; Maj. Gen Jacob Brewu.?1 sing of God I would. AM accounts agree that thc force of the enemy in Kingston is very light-meet me.on the Lake shore, north of Fort George with your fleet and we will be able, I have no doubt, to settle a plan of opera- ' .1.1 ll I. 1.1 M.a inac-wiu nreaK me power or me enemy m er Canada, and that in the coarse of a short ime. At all events let me hear from you ;. I have looked for your fleet A-ith the greatest anxiety since the 10th. 1 do not I CAPITULATION OF ALEX VNDRli . In sonte animadversious on : tlnrurU(.i ,J of the Presidents noticed Hie r ruE ing reference which wa made to i'Bi1,k7( of Alesandria.: .Whatever of dejrrST"1 taJie -to thelerin to whieh ih u?B tt tizens of that, place' was Compelled to .1" must be considered by the reflectiw Par .H community as more jwtly applicable.!,, Zv cuuiiye y.i.VMuioiM man toth;..i rm. vlln liarl ... UU'W of resistance whatever measures the eaemvi4,!! to pursue- i he fort, which constituted tL . i defence df the (own,an its military Vol - being absent, hd been basely destrtfyed, St is the extreme of Vruelty . to charge w t cowardly abmwion, who posesgeJ nomeani of annoying the foree which was tufoni to d Vance against tbeai. ' -We have just reeetvedthe following official papers, which; in justice, to the Alexandriam onut to receive general circulation. Wlies quiet shall -be restored to that unfortinrali town, we understand a full jastification of the ix. i il -.. 1 . V i 1 A 1 Jl A . t 1 .J?'5V!?'W2 . w ot the .f V::x?r rC::::::?.! doubt my abiiUftomeet the enemvin the fiPi(i! conduct ofitscjt zens will be men to the new spoKen ot. for a camp,, when inteli.gence - - ,M ! and to march in anv direction over'hi. eouatrv , ! He. In the mean time ir,s hoped that all eri. :w was conveyed to mcr that the enem v was a- .arawn op m the river a lew huniii-ed yards a- r lead, and a few sermids VnorS'Wt it. firft novo us, under cover of a block-house, erect v Twimt'i iidfAw Ar5t.rti. tu.-.A ed on . a comn commanding situation on tlic oppo- F.fr 6liell8U4 After; r reconnoitcrine : his hositinn. s,lore 5r . if ; VHiclr Was Veil selected i his Imo reaching a-1 Having landed with nothing larger than 4 I , 'i loner the eneeot the Avoods. at the further ftx, ""'"""cinnuwiuuiaiuinuictvtn-iBir james win not iicut, two of Lis I -. tremityofthe .field.and cavci-ed by a temporal I mn W' establish a battery of heaVy guns, I ; are now in Niagara River. Fil 'irlirtasUvoric't-Idetennliiedoncha on remaining silent until I could!- If you conclude to meet me tit ' position :Y wEcfiift' now'two lines, the mUi-1 abIe.to openwith. effect. lhe that immediately, h i ' " 'mHbrnjingjTthd -rant) 'y, advancing maj. .Un the loUowmg morning a fire for a few ' f to ay.nS use guns ana troops U wtt.Ti. J&r e Jl r ' minutes was kent un hv the shimnW nnn ordered from the Harbor j at all ir "-porous efloto gairt his W Throve-ictwn towards it only cfiuld be : givenTN !rltJ&? but 7,' toailnltdyyft to obscure view. veSee iTiLW 'f , Could be exerted, a-Qrewas opened by some t12,10.'0 wttzere (an 81.2andmeaB5-l0 conquer Upper Canada .'within two York, and proceed direct to Kircston aud car ry mat place, t or trod s sake let me see you ; vessels the head. of ave the good- that J have events have v thdjafed1n1i & inch) being placed within a tc ; :hicn plroTe4 fatal ;of the block-house, commc i I x ly JuiHlCwiuaptf yesiia,. the wxt Olncer in """iumnic uuimim, wunj im-. House , means ; now n our tinici oeiore the enemy cau ank.J This unlucky fire by depriving us of Wcw UP at the same time comimmirated the . be greatly reinforced. theica of ourosiTaluaW ! fre to -the-Nancy,vhich was quickly so en- Yours truly,- (Sibied,) tliaparf x) to render any attempts JACOil-BUOWN.-- - iw-:--r'u .x i.ix, which mient have hepn matlfttft flavr hrr im.i. 'om. Chavncey. " ' . A to;: recover It.- , Finding It impossihle. to gain the aaiB5yf ia,. lansC'Ct&B - Junxpchc&'ablc ! vaflin mndn aix lnfli iniiiuumun on . siting mo expliision was, that the enemy, after having . thicknesa of to;w Wcharcawaa ordered ;gl?ikeJ, h)s Juns had set 'fire to the'maga- to be made by the regulaw immediately against m nimswi j duv upon examination lt was thefront. r vThis, chargealth."madfl in some foond to- haw becn; occasioned by the. burst coiifusion, served to? drive theenemrMck in- i mG of on.e r our sheIIs which, firing some toe'6,tBwheilrt-n ann6y1nff fiwI WW0?6; natter near the magazine, gave your fleet carrying for me the necessary sup- I monious reproach will be avoided by those, n ho, plies. . We ean threaten Forts George and ' ! possessing better means of defence, hare pro- Niagara, ana carrv ournngton Heights. and l)er,y .ucicrmiucu m miniuar auacitoa In the Common. Council nf Alexandria. - The following order was unaiiiuionslyeoDCiir red in bv the Common Council of Aleiaii&it 28th August 181. , lhe torts erected for the defence of the aiitnel .having been blown up by our men, UniitJ States regu la? troops and abandoned witkl resistance, and the town of 'Alexandria hating been left without troops or any means of defeiut against the hostile forte now within sight, til common council of Alexandria have will luctance been, compelled, from regard ft tfii safety of the inhabitants to authorise an airagv ment with the enerny, by whieh it has been sti pulated that during their continuance before the town theytshall not be molested no rap rior power having on the emergency appeared to defend or direct theomraon-council to considered itself authorised from extreme necei sitv to make the above stipulationthey eonsi- nnpr llnni m i i m T w M' itwnujiureu months, if there is a prompt and zealous co- commence afire migration nnd n vifnroim nimlintinn nf ttioao l - II w w u v If- : it lroTf iir nri' TviAtniid'' . laeut. Morgan . was ordered tip with a light ther- enemy . hut barely time to encaiie before the,., explosion took place. The Commodore - i i - . . . . Copy of a letter from Commodore Chauncey to der jt binding on themselves and the nation,d Maj. Gen. Brownydated ? reouire a faithful observance of it from all tb S S. Superior off ' Kingitm . .ivtrutt 10. 18U. S . SirYour letter of the 13th ult. was receiv ed by me on a sickb read, and entirely un however,jrequestedGen. Games.to acquaint) witu in v situation, the inhabitants of the town. ' Resolved, That copies of the above resolutwi. winder, oi iw opganl commoi be used tt f the 18th ult. was receiv- a, inat copies oi tue auove re ed, hardly able to hear it be transm.tted 1 to bnng. en Winder, nfitted toeplv to it f, Pth .W district, anf to gens en. fSaineite atquaiat you Hu-gerfojd, witlr the request of the piece to assist the Jeftf now. particularly gall- scurl and brought off the ..guns which were I ' xl 7"theexcenent:p!r'acti piece bro't mounted within thc blockhouse (two -pound ; the enemy to fir carronades and one long- 6-pfiunder), together -Vine that "thw.sitionitf whence the eiw- withsome round shot, grape, and cannister. . .. .. J. oAimmL that nrftner mpnsurcs matUe nrouabie time ot the . ---r ; ; -.n-m- fleet's sailing, and my views of the extent of its 8ur.e a8l"cl 'ZS T 111V I lll VVUIUK'U VUUU 4 iff that thlS TKV tbyhad iustbepri drivcnVfatid which had heen !Llne cnenty will twl ecnsibly the Ions of the VlKpresented to me"aa sq pigh andcommaruHng) ;i was hy .no means-tenable, from, being inter spersed with thicke,ral intersected in eve y Way by Vavines ''ternMned not longer to expose ray force to t'.H"fire'of ; an enemy de rjpiying every advahtawhicntould bo Ab xtaihed from' numbers' nd a knowledge of the . positoni and; therefore ordei'cd an immediate ::ret(eatwartn0 shijiplng.'' J - ,lv'i ; xum auaui miiuu situ? v"Ob ua. iiiaii y? vtuuti THOS.. HERBERT, Pres't. J. HIRD, clerk pro tem. In Common Council of Alexandria. . nnlvd. 'rtmt tlhi. f!oti.mon Council nf At I N i i . ble.'liVesi -leaves us i to, Iamcilt the fall of that gallant -.9fficrfaj.6lmeVhosc character isvso well knowrr to.the-War. Department.-- ftmMii infimtryf and Xi, Jackson.. of the th infahtry, both brave in- i trepid young men, fell? mortally 'wounded at the head of their rcspectiva commands, Tlie " conduct of all myffieers pij' tljioccasion mc . rits my approliatiolDaptbesha of the aUh infantry,. altho' severely ;twounded ' cbntiriued vith hisvcqgihiand until: forccd-'tiro' from laint'ness thro loss of blood. ' Capts. Satinders, , Hawkins and Sturgus,, ever subaltern of iikii oauiuinn, acu-'u 111119 vnpsi, excippiary iannerEnsigTiB Yifle regt, acting r adjutant to tho jbaftalian, activdyforwarded the wishes of the commanding ofliccr. Lieutsl Ickman, iSthinfantry, and ilyde of the U.S. jjnarines,- who commamled the reserve, claim : my jpar&ular-thanks, -for .tjieir activityjn .keeping tiiat command- in readiness to' meet . any exigency. ' .IfhaVe, before -mentioned Lt. Morgan's v activity j; iiis;: two "assistts, v Lt. Picett tnd ISlriFeteW, Conductor of arti also ei4t the name : :: , 'The militia were Ranting? in no; part of tlieir ''''4ttt;;:CbV'Ceirate.: Ids officers and sol: ew; dcjyHreth'ewa jtYctyig AsLstaiht Adjutant Gen. Capt. N. II. n.ATirrn fi nn iviffi tliA fmv From the tenor of vour letter, it would an-1 Ple(joc pear that you had calculated much upon the co operation of the fleet. You cannot surely have ancy, -her cargo consisting fat tlie time of llt !l(.tPttV ukrhar. j '...n:a : -'-nnditions slM her - being on fire) of several hundred barrels , parture for Niagara. 1 then professed to feel bvlhe commander of the British squadron no ui iiMivisiuna, lnienueu us a six raomiig supply jit my duty as well as inclination to attrd every off the town, has acted from the impins for the garrison at Mackinac. ,u ." : assistance .in my power to' the army, and to co- fesistable necessity, aid solely from a regard & Having, executed (so far as hiy forcecould .operate with it whenever it could .be done with-' the Welfare to the town -that it considers tin effect) the orders of thc 2d of June, given me mt losing sigh t of this, great -object, for the ! assent by it given only formal,' inasmuch 'J hy the SecretaW of War, I left Nautauwasaea ! attainment of which this fleet had been created, enemy already had it in their power to entoret ii . . ... .. . . ? i.- j.. ,i. i - m .I . j j k n cpiziireoi on the 15th, and .arrived on the 21 St at the 1 lo w,t the canttire nr dpstrimtinn at iht phh. in Mmnlinniiui tk thoir dprnand bv aseizurei aim ucii-B ot tvtnufl. rf H. cf fn:.. :i i.iiinvs-neci: nut linen distinctly stated to vrtiirrrfhi nmnr vTpnmriiil 'from us : liiiULM vi iuv uvu Dl. UlrtH. Willi lliy WJIU115, . , . ., ,. J . l" r l lLWnnfs :x a i.i:: : -...i i that this wa9 a nnmarv nmpct. und xmitlit h li cnlotv nf thft nprsnm f the antiaoiiuuis, try, who were leftas marines on board two fc"? !?1 r81 nf e,Kef t" dTe"in-r ffcel?-: 515-1 email vm1c m ,x;i -rtMf;A .1,,- , the fleet at the head pf the lake,, unless that comprehended withm.the requisition .weF fw ' tul continue to crinse on of Uie cnemv 6hould,iuduce us, follow him entirely on the observance of the terms of thatlake.. . . ;: . there. ' ; the (common council recommends to the kh i I am, most respectfully, sir, vour most one- i w;n nnt nir mvBir t,n, i,:. :x... .4 k name time it doe anva djtent bumble, servant, .. ' -v - m v , U15UKU& UllUUHAjN, conversation was misunderstood or has since I exDresslv disclaim the power of doing been forgotten. How then shall . I account iu its part to enforce compliance, il ..au thorilj BrigV Gen.' D. McAutiicu, Commanding 8th jSiilitary District. UeuL Col. 2d Ryie RegtsTor lhe intimation thrown ont.to the poUic in jin this particular being limited to reeoiamei EJdracTof a' letter from Com. Channcen to the t0 fur"i,ll,i an opening for the public, but ! - setrttary of theMvoy, dated on boardihe K to asslst them, 1, mfer that I had pledged your despatch to the Secrtary of War, that you expected, the fleet to co-operate wilh vou $ j Was it friendly, or just, or houorableioot olily i.. .1. r it ii. i inus my . i . .. i i . v . shipanpmor, off Kingston, Jiftio, 181k :?X7"? 'V A P"""" W at ,he wi t v. , j r-"J .x, Vxx " of the Lake, l.r the purpose of co-operation ? , "tc wvv.i u.ij Himuim WH jum ivuuijojin case oi disaster to your army, thus to of the 19th and ith July. ;turn their resentment froin you, who are alone . I do assure' you , sir, that I have never responsible, uponfme, who could not by, any been under any pledge to meet Gen.. Brown possibilky .have prevented or retarded ven at. the head of the Lake $ but on the amtrary j jour diacoWure, ; YouVweir when we parted at Sackctt's Harbor, j told me neet could not nave rendered you the least him distinctly, that I should not visit thr head erviee during jour . late incursion opoa Up of the lake, unless the enemy -s fleet did. . ' I can ascribe the intimation ol gcif. Brown, that Ire expected the co-operation ofjjie fleet to no other motive, than a cautious attempt to provide an apology, for the public, against a ny contingent disaster tor which his army might he eiposedJ - . -f." ..:'-;;:.;:t.?',-,H.'-h-:-' . " 'But'sir, if any one m ill take - thc trouble to examine the topography of the peninsula per Cauda. ; You have not been aide tn an proach lake Ontario. on any point nearer than Queenstowu,aud the enemy were then in pos session nf all the country between that pi ace-& shore of Outario ; so that I could not eypn communicate with you without making a'cirenit of TO or 80 miles. 1 wonldask, of what possi hie U9e the fleeteoiijd have been to' V6u either in. threatening or investing Fort George, whejU me snanoyruess or tne water alone ypuld pre iion oniy. .. .u At a meeting of the common couiiMJ! town bt. Alexandria on the 2'Jth day oi .'o" 1814Prescnt, ' 1 ... i.i Johnston, Mhony Rhodes, John Ifunttr, , Veich, Ezra JCenzie, Robert I Taylor, John. Gird. , . ,l1flB. xncauuic icsuiuiivu ' - . j was nlsn rfnl vPd. that in the op'-f of the eouncinheToss Trbe gastained hr depredations of the eneniy by the' "l"1 olighnolTequalizedThnt ihe-cBoncil HeetJ eousider itself as possessiug the powers ne ry to pais anv "law to that.effect, nor does n sider the present as a proper tim to act Resolved, That if any plan can """gLj which the loss to be sustained by the ianaoi can be equalized, it will miviri&JP tiouofthe council, I r -nrr w.Jf. v ':- ::. W. VEITCHy Clerk pro teni
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