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, y .I'WfeUt put exnaostea. m ji ne : oaniewas toner i racniea attempt to mvaae usuiaaa' --u rnuc i corauusipp.oy wartaaaito,' conacmnaiia . we.suner taerast poignant Tegrcjc jor wnat has "Jjapperxed i ' while "w.ijrieye for C the idsst-bf so : many brave rmett .whtlae palNTKD AND PUBLISHED BY AT TJPREE DOLLARS ?ER ANNUM, PjTA-I ff itF VERLY IN ADVANCE, f!, V kt i g e h en T S j v" I l l BE INSERTED 5r(rtia,Y-FlVE CENTS A SOJJARK, THE f T 1' r r tf AND- TH I RTYriV G F.NTS fB?r wr,..., , - rS. , - v gACH CONTiHU At V.. n9f'Arr disaster,- Aijo it falls' to pur - t ) ;,vt to record and lament a second ?tfrof the meican arms. The , fol f ,icg pipers contain-all -the leading pur j mlars oi this dreadful ever.t.v lhr Gazette Extra. GA2KTTE Ot;FICK A lbAnT October 1 8 1 2. , The following is the most accurate account have been anle to obtain of the late attack on the Heights at Quecnstown, andrsevere Col; Vanr; Rensselaer' has tnree snots tnnugn ana ' tnrougn, ; ana, one severe contusion. - -Many are killed may nv wounded on hoiK" Jci 1 Brollc r his fallen, his aidde camp mortiUyounded 1 am WffH out equated, v , Youra", verv t'rnlvv " r . ' ' - r JOHN LOVETtr5 -: Stephen Lush, tisfi 'AWHtiif 't ' wj! 1 , From the. Albany, Rrgteter. Extras ; fi-: , " : Tuesday; Oct. 20. i , We hve collected "(the following i addi-i tional particulars from a iourceVhichhiAyT be relied on K -S j Iri the first place Gen Van Rensselaer, did no go rWhly imcf battle as soiiirSiavej supposT-a. riis conauct was tne result, ot ihdder aVt the tqrrehts of" huinari.. blood nat have, been uselesslymay .we noUsay wantonly shed and tfhueWejbestow the Tneedofi uncjuulinedapplause; on th undaunted- coliragd pfour little armv how can we,avptd asking iPtheie is not ayrespon $ibilitv and a blame some vvhtre oT no ordi trary raagnijtadeT . .l . A.- . A; certain-portion of regular troops .is sfnt to invade -an1 enenivs" country, Jbut in brae r, tomake up the drccrequisie ioc? complish the object, another- portion: con? sistih of mHitia,- and amounting to ' on? h-lf is sent to ibibahWrjeHi the latter deliberation, "and periectlyjustifi ble, both; in and out of oattle. ; V ; - ; - v,. the American troops. I . At 4 o'ciock m tne morning ortne i Jtn, At 4 o'clock in the! morning orthe 13th 300 militia, under the command pi G 1. Vt Col. Solomon Van Rensselaer, at? Van RenssMacr, smacolum or300ivgu a', u .,a of 300 militia and Lieut. Col. 1 lars; under ' the .command of Lieuw Col iWje at the headof 300 regulars of the Xhristie, crossed tne river to dislodge the J !3h regiment, - embarked in -boats, to cjis- enemy. iruiu; iuc uciguw cciituu. 1,4 the Bnt'.sh' from the; heights-of They landed under cover r of a, butrv ol however-are. under ndtheriWal nor, mili . I.ll . ' ' ' 'Ti .- . r x - i tryuiingaiion jto co-perate witn aem, anq as lb wfuf' 'prize: ofi war :?areauestfdns,notvil t, material to the purporipf this letter-'r ;&V 5 " -alio witirp ibotVaffirm fiyeansvwtfiy- ejTect i'of Stich , aiKWf iisir ' ' controlled bv, the actual taic of the country under: i,u own stattcsV ;v ? ' vjEJvery, vessel fiowrriingtQVaporiQf ; ; tbeTnite JSttes,?in violation of thcsaotiwr,v- -V.- braced. wjtjbunjn provisidna;.Tlifs.'theTe , ' V fore, it ; is. . ap jSrehendedv t supervenes the ' geuci tityv o;war in its. application to eve ry vessel so graying and, mtercpts, bv;iur paramount. authority," ihVight'ofcapture t)tnerwse. vested in thVnatioad or armed : yessels, andprhich, butf or 'suchparamount f authoritVi- thCV mitrhf ha hrtn' vt liKiW n li thV-know it. Tiiey knov very well that i authority - they might .have been' at liberty v ' uv. grt nstown 1 hey Acrossed . under cover two eijjmccu puuaucrs anu iwusis, you cf lottery of two eighteen and two six- encountered from the . enemy $h"e;p.ltings. Miners Their movement was discover- of three batteries, and Incessant fblaze ( i ti-nost at the fnstant of their departure . ofanusquetetry, But Col. Vaoi Henselae r iLnho American sWe. The detacli- made eodd his landing itfipcrfept'.sheef'oT , 3 landed under a heaw fireof artille- hfe,., Jlte( advanced orayeiy. tin; ne Wis ; aiJ musketry. Col; Van Rensselaer; shot tvvjee through the' same thigh and ,vtd 11 wound thro his riohtthieh soon through the leg, whemhe was obliged to 4 IL V V ' It.-T l.tivlin-. but oroceeded on uqtiUhe stob, -but with the utmot presence pf .' .I- 1 . -1 ? mmH rtA s-fitA.si ni- nnrotw.i rush feci' 1 veil i nner nesn wounus m ms ungu ; - ivwu uw, v:w?: jui- wclthecalfof one?of hislegs, artd a severe ward and stornVthe: first battery. ; .It w'as contusion on one of his heels, when heor- gallantly done. Both.Jpartles reinforced dt.fdilhe detachmentsLtomarch onand Jast, and every battery: played its, best, jtorm the fir sr batter v, up d wasvhimself Lieut. Col. Christie got .over, .but woun tarritd ofT the field The order fpr stor- fled in the hand. 1 The coaiict, became ge was gllantlv executed, and severe 'neratcver the heights A large body of ciiict ensued. :Lieut Col. "Christie retftenvgpt -behind ,a-stonef guard house, ia fc-.ved a woundin. the hand, but 4 trot over, whjch was mounted a pair ot heavy ord- th works. At thistiraeh6th parties were .liance. Two eighteen pounders Were di let in ,rccu the enemv soc tad "d'L-d in every directioin Dr i V tn-Rehselyie ei v entown, where he was attacked house ; but our iigh teens 1 raked .from utt i 'jrceat f.iry by Iseveral hundred Indians ;tnence,a..tnev,neagaxui..r.ov..thfs;time; io were, bo'vyever, soon routed and dri-ZaboutlO o'clock, the.enenjLv' -fire Except inzo the Wiiodst. .?The reinforcements ou.e gun, out-of reach, , wVilencedy .and or! r-do-'er from the A mortem side ber victory seemed complete.' The ; general r ; t j a jve t irdihv and finally stopped. had passed- over toj the heights, , but sent i iKliiCi-d the Majr-Gcm. to r turn irt -back to urge on the v troops which were: to o- :-.-f.to acctlerate (their Jhovements. He have passed over to support the 2 columns! muiitd a horse, and used everv exertion ' At. thjs timejioweveri . the enemy received; in his power to urge, 'on i the reinforcements a reinforcement of several hundreds' of k ii vein Where upon the Grneral per- Chippawav lndians. rhei riitle and the Cfiv - that a strong reinforcement was ad- bayonetjiad scarcely put them to route, 8t f-nunar to support ithe BritishV and or-;:-.drovetthen to the woods,when they were C -o i ;t retreat,, but before thecttder reach joined by a large, reinforcenicntJr resuhrs m ii jdier Gen. Wadsworth, the battle Irom Jt'rt Oecrge. 1 hey , renewed ihcj i ts rer.c ved by the ehemv with great vig- attach and , theconmctx; became tremen uiiu increased numbers, which compel-, dous- It lastetf about half. ho hour, -hen i the Americans, whose strength and am-j our valiant Spartan band, who had Waderf "vimn vere nearly exhausted by. hard- xnrou gn.oiood, aoticipating victory oeing ' K but the Americansvhave lost many . h:ive; fallenvminy; lie wounded ;. andthe; r- onei s, including about sixty v officers,. -; British havemanv' prisoners but on . this' n y sur yiorn are Wounded Among thej oeaa; we nave, not suiacient particulars to P- i ntrr ueLieat. ColonelsScott Chris- enter, intdkle tails- , . - v Fen wick of hetJ, S. troops,' GenlTj, CoU-Van RensseJaer's, woundrare se- )V 1 IsXvorth andCoi; Stranahanbf the'thi-H:yerf. ,bit ;hef,ij;bitr;the;' recovery. k&rovk kv vlai , Gen. BrockXof the British id i the British" general, :ijs certainty 'slaidk';. C- wounded. ' The" whole number of ' two owjLnSr?ttew othe aeric-ms said to pave been efcgaged-is-Jyjt-1600, of 'which, 90O' Were regular . vn the I4thl an arrangement wai made tween M aj9r?.Gen t'ral 1 Va'h. 1 Rensselaer J41 : n. Sheaferf6r ;the liberatibnbTiiil mmu4 prisoners .on parol c, mot to fierve v y ine war. , v - j: " , ' f urther particulars ivilr be giveiras soon ' heV n b ascertained It appers that troops behaved Valiantly antl. Were" of fif!come hy sUperio.i numbers, inv conse eLtindispositioTo'f a;lage bo themilitja-tbjoiniti.tlie ionffic gfr aonLMajALusX'. wapiti theW fca. r -r'1 Uiyr :e actea-as aio to van Thomas Christie of this city : fjj ;V-r,; tT Aaryou ar.an interester pjrty.ia th afeirai J I$iaWra,N take tnelfbertvf to? gratitr you with, a true narration ;of ltas. coming front an oiicery 'who was in the bat-, tiei.and has sinie arrived- i ft X " jkboutVsixteen hundrec "of 'oiurmen crossed;at;Letyiitqnf aud "carried the Bri--tlsh batterieslVafterratre'm with a reinforcement Rensselaer. and nrrtv1 pU Wi' uff.-A9 Ua th fer t'S dirlbt tt.P-nstrfaer. aid try fW v TtMt. "kJy -whep called 4LjnrbvthVironicers;tb mcv psi emu.iuriivvreiuse.4 and an- werviney win ueiena tneir own copntry rrym en:roacnmejnt, ou;, tney. will never ihvade the rcoiin try'of, another The of-1 filers have no power to compel them, and ; uy i a i i.vi t'tne5. criu cai VTno m en t tney , are .rtostAwunte...HLet me now ask, if ;this is un army, to be relieop for foreigncpnT quest AQd:what excuse can be vfrarhed lo an admihistration .thatt- thus sends-a h.tndfhiiOi brave, and" wortHv .meh into a vjgiw UMucr uieueiusive. expectation pt hw5,reinjforced andsuccoured whenever .it- mav pecome necessary; ywhu they ftave no sort ofpower "to reinforce or tojsuccour be thej pressure ever so heavy, the loss of lives evertsSo crreat. the .consenone tvtr so disastrous i ;4rhis Question is not licrht ly askedhor will the 'people of, tiiiscqfa,- th;Uqited States, andliar other parposes,? makes ,no .change iii, this operative charac, t. ter -of this npn-im portation acL , . -r . ' J' anyport4pf,the UnitedVStates, in breach of anv ot the probibitorfebr p'enat clause novn' ' f m iorccor tnisact 'Vou-Willbe pleased to assort the.claiui; of the' tnite'dAStates for forfeiture;. aVsbon as-Xseizure can bejiindej ; and tbisf whether, the arrival ,bev voluntary" pr whether it,)e the. case oi abripging Or sending in on, capture by any f, the puTie shms- or pravateerk,.-the. claim of thr U -iw tedvStateiabplyingequallvv tocaptdred.or i seized.propttv1 underthis' predicament ; andvv.etierlt be British !rAWricm;a r i , 7 f 'V ' 'i. r i V' , T It is not perceiverl' that die supposed claiar' of the cantors caneith'er in l:w'Wfrf flirts; :J wki supejcede.triatoXthenited tatesNot' ;! in lawfortjje 'thrbectibp of .tHe-aihatf T ! try accept ot a trivial .or evasive answer. . tpis .provision 'r.tnat wneneVei; any- 'arjjic. t; , "'i - 1 ' PfanklesV tile 'Z.-JSdk out. It will'oce5i under bur ship, Jblbuedby this Vac.tJ shall be put bb'bdird Vv twad thaVcapu Shaw, pt-; the ship; lof&Nnfe Thivh .arrive lial tiaroir' Kigiith4nttnthn rnriportin ie:sjlnft'', " -V Iityerpool, as boarded on the; 1 8th ;Sepf3 intothe , United Slates; or territories, therrr, tettiber; -iolat. 4,f. 7,' long. :;4V by. ofUail sucti'arucles; wellsll -bihWa cif' the.TJritish"ahIp of war Km bier, in cook tiegn.poifd the ,sml iHib, on velsel5. pan v, with the Leviathan, 74,' Sir, RicharpV Strahdn, v convoying eighteen- sail oftrans ports with troops .from England' boiind to Halifax! nd.onfie-rtk of OtoberViin lat., 42 lon65'was boarSed by" the Bfr tish frigate NymphV.in cpinpanv, with S.q- C- r iL Wl 'o it.' m' f - . - uici inica ruui;vape oaoie, on a crujze . It willbe fecoftected that,! oh the day after, the New" 'Jersey, election, the Gazctt;e pf ihis cftv stitettriat the result '; was'syc as would give a ihajoritY ottbnej in he 1 gi$lature, to the Democratic ,partyv , , -This stajsmeet appears to hayejaiiisled someJood democrats ; On.tfjc arriyaf o jhe Gazette in, Boston'; fthW .Chrbnkle carae ouV with the Xo f o wi .jb-'para graphi K ''J' ,?y get anoraea a real, jemt;ptjahmg8' to every fpVer) his country., fn Penn jjyiyania aim ew jersey ,a tne c;ause otvOur country; tOvVers ; abbveHhe ' arts of foreign and dohiesiic foes.? ' , 1 I. V . s ec.iu evreai re s ui tf n aa oeen ' received,. nas bbotf 4jaft, dr-Carriage, --belonging to thet owner of such prohibited 'articles' shall be - fqriee,; ,anci,, tne owper thercot -shall : moreover, fyfeit-and pa, treble, thvalubi l pfsuchrtfcles'Ihusitra V the forfeiture vt4 theise of'theUiiiteV. -'Sr T States :tta,ched.and may be'Cfmsidered; as??- - J' haying fud its; inception griak to the Cap-. "v ture. ..N'oi; in;, equity, for thec Instrument , -4 talitv of: the public :slppr or pnyteer in aicf ottheexecutioacof.;thle act, was merely ! giwuivuu liuvai-vcasary" to secure its , I enforcement Th'pclaims; of the United StajteVJabdTiiXthe captors being" wholly, adi ' y verse, the libels on thartiof tiheiof ciier -f ' e must embrace, ail vesseiscircuoistanced' k above,. yuh;e very. species of probity ons . ; :. board,; fVVith .the courlswiUVest the final : iylail put quite a different compleOn upon- 1 vuij uupmuui ricctiou', ;ror pnee we-a. Encouragement for JPrhfateeriusrm v ITfi-AcasWs'mayr thc; GenBfock: came ud VWg&laV: ; trbppL (Iavihg euricd i frqbi Fprt Erie, a distance of 22 milesafter the first erigageiriept xommeneed . andMsaccee- dedl'in retatking4he", groundahdfortifica .uuuv; r.ouruunuFeu vo-our menr were &uicrw ituu ciuijuuuMicuwuujiuecL anu xa- K.en, pusonersr anionr tne latter lsyour brother who-, was wounded jnithe-hand." yoi- enwicit is also taKenrr;itn?as attirst conjectured tfaxedfr BibclV Wailled bur.it now' repotted1 tht he was flotaud iatheivillkurviye' iiis iwound sVf' j,.,.,. kt'-" ,:".-Vrt .?-;, ydyag; smce;the:dcmi6n.QWirr.are r.son;;i..is according v der the p6ti importation actit; is dce.med u " .-How fartrkdeoHVervlrrintmnrt- ac rparitbf the'ditiz'e ,wn jne enemiSi-by ftneVge ierar lavV - ot var, independent! v-of in vr statute on our ownr absolutely pf ohibifed i: and ho wfaV ali 'Vessel with1 their fcarfmr hrlnnmhnc tn citi2ens the Onited States,' and coming. 4i uim- pui v vi vuc eiieuiyinua i trading I have, the;,tiono3 to' be.: ' ? ; . w -Hiv- yourb servant; vi;4' Ithtft Excel !toiW0:.-. rr ) t ; jarr-)fouri2.xceiiepcy'Sf lettsrot : the' p I thrsiniit-f?ha Been reeiv'el and f irl' ifrnrts "fi ' otism which haye dictated the useful mfor- , matiqn whiph V Ou havebeen pleased to cdm -V I l municateareujy. appreciated, ?''v) ; The embarrassments attending theforga niaporirection.and suppu'oj any forcef i v'? . with ,th5, diffictiltyt of determining .the. a -V; mount and time whickexigencies may;rer . -qli?re,atso distahtiivpornt-fromihVtieafcR ; ernjmenty ;ba ve;. frsibVl it To fiaditaedb4 Veinedyhas :iTch iTtVeniibfct'th board of 'intelligent, mfldenclal- and batci. t v Otie citizens much. useful' information md -J: father jesseatiaL dvanUgcCTmrght be;deri- thetoowers Suggested,': isa auestroo reouir ' 1--1 1 i. 1 .-- i...l-.r ...L r . t" ' t t if tvJU3uu.iiir ine wviui -autnorny vesica aa 4" c tbePre$ident7;H';has-JbeeAie;ermi vest .the, command: of Vl the Idrcis on 'the ?h VfcZ1 I western andhorthlWesterrr 'fronVier'i iit -a -V HedgeUbf tHe"cctry appear ib be Vo rnMnerl VpS
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