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. u - V H i!' m m ft! -it 7 n a - li ta si - P- Y4 V -M Sf - t r f, . V its -fi ! I s TUB' TV ,v-v i. .i. - .: . 1 . ..- f 4-, 4 1 ;4 LU'.JcL VOLUME IK . .-. ! ;. . ! -1 V : . . att Ml coMtfOTtalT (agtlP iroif tAWOftCf: CLaNt)) "Lk.Btt,at iaSIOIMS tOt CAKTitltOE ttRfct." BY BRYANT BRA MBLE, ESQ. V KUMBER tl r 1 -t . ! 813.-PKINTKO AND PUBLtSHFD BY DICKINSON AND HUNTINGTON. rBtl US O FTlIE NEJ5T IS :Tii HOR,NGTS NESt vtll be pahihH in it prefent jrrtt at Th.-ee Doll, per tno ,o 1 ulf payable ort the receipt of g .bi. h tt number the remain- jgg i t the ertJ of the year. ' 'tot Subscribers wlm receive their lipoM per tnii), will Vm (jb't t Ion j l to the. additional expence ofj$J ooitsve. . . I?ihpr. tit h anntinrt4 hnlil U artea'age are paul up - 1 Advertisement will be insert Km e I it rtne dollar per square for .hre wpetcai ami twrttv-fie ant for each wek centino ince -ubjeit, .however, o a K -eiiMi Me dartion, when con KS linued for tievefal months. ; Sfj - MHrfTCfshortS.StfUZ, ' 818.5 DOMESTICK. WaihinVm Citu.- October -.21. 1 'Ihr fnllnwincr ltur. fhnufrri rla J limrt actftlenfalftncl unacrountable irlei-ijri-ritfi thii lity Vmtil ycBteN . ldaj-havwg beeti (orwurvlrd from ! lAlbany only on the l5th;as aprars ;bythe 'pgpt mark; bli the, envelope 4. jofkhe letter. -: 1 ; ' v' . ' ICopy o a letter from Com. Chaun. I Uy to the Sctretary of the Navy Wniird Slatti' hip G nri'd Pir tf MdgbtOi 1 ( Vet; 1 6 1 3. , -Sir-On the 2oth uli. it wjs re- i-ttorted to. me thai the eiKmys fleet 4 was in YorkI immedia ely dis- jntched , the Lady f the Lake to odk into York, and ascertained the Jfju!t fcho returned In the evening Lwilih the info'tnatioa that the ene my was in York bv. I immediate lylprtrjarcd to weigh, but owing to itrtong wind trom ri. is. was rotable to cetoutof the.rver be fore theevenrng of the xfth, and OTjr ing to the extreme darkuess of the nisrht. a pa-t oi tnc tquauron got separated ana ma noi jum neiore next morning at 8 A. M. On the SSih,- the Ueneral Pike, Madison and Sfcheath took a schooner in tow "anajm.tde all sail for- York. Stkn afh r discovered the enemy's flJet Underway, in York bay, shap ed nor' bourse for him and prepared fojr anion he j eneived our in untlon of engnging him in his po itioA, tacked and sioodoul 'if. the t)ay, v ind nt est... I formed the line-and rundown for his centre; When we had approached within iibout 3 miles he made all sail to the southward I wore in succession fnd stood on the same tack with htm, edging don gtadually in or der to" close at 10 minutes past meridian, the enemy, finding that u-je wire closing !ast with Iiiin and tat he must either mk an action or uffcr his two rear vessels to be cut lotf.he tacked In succession, begin- nlftcf at the van," hoisted his colours aid commenced a well directed fire ai this 6hp, for the purp sc of co v ring his rraf, and attacking our T ar as he passed to leeward; pei-c-iving his intention, I was deter mined to disappoint him, therefore an soon as the Wolf (the leading si lip) passed the centre or hi line id alx-.im ol'us, I hove up in u', rj.vhkm (prestrviiif; our line) tor eneiuy' ceutri ; i his n :ocivr not'only covered ur rear but hove htm tn confusion; he tmmudiately xre awavj he h d however clos- d o near as lo bring our guns to b-ar ith afff ct, and in 20 minutes trvi main and mizTi top irwst and main yard of the VVpIf wa- shot aw -yi he immediately put before th'e wind Snd set all sail upen his forem.tstj m.lde the signal lor the fleei lo make all sail; the -enemy, hnw.-veri keeping dead tJefor the wind, was enabled to out snil rnost of our squadron. As it brought all the sail upon otic mast, he dH nnr feel the loss of his main and mizen top mt. . ;. - I continued the thase tmtitnearlv 3 o'clock, durinor which I was ena- !)led in tins ship (with the, Asp it of aiquiiing individual reputation at the expense- ol my country. The less sustained .by fiis hip vai considerable owing to hr be ing s j long exprtstd to the fi e Of the whole of the enemVs fleet, but our most serious loss was occasion ed by the : bursting of one of our guns, which killed and wounded 22 men, and tore tip the top gallant f'te castle, which rendrred the gun. upon that dek Useless. We had foir hther guns cri led -in the muzzle, nrhich rendered thdr ustf extremdy dbuhtlul. Onrmalh t6p gallant mast wss shot a iray in the early part of thv action, and the bow sprit, f re and main mast wounded, rigging and sails i mu,h cut up, and a number of shot tti our hiill, sever'nl of w1 ich .were be- tow) to keep within point blank twren wind and water,- nd 2 men shot ol the enemy and sustained the killed and wounded, - including whoh of his fire durinc: the rhase ' those hv the btirstinir of tKi mm Capt. Crane1 in the Madison; and ' The fdison received h jfew shot, Lieut. Brown in the One id4 mcd butnopsrsm hbH ou board. The every exertion to close with thl en- Gov. Tompkins lost h r foremast emy, but the Madison having a dnrl the One Hi a her main top mast heavy schooner in tow and th badly wounded. We have, howe Oneida sailing very dull lfore the yer repaired nearly all our'dimages ,vin"d, pr vented: thoe pfficef from aad nte' ready 16 I5ufih 'enemy, tltitg near ehoirgn to im any-eTRi " i)Ufrag"no3rvase, 5ner imt-twJ rution whh their carronades . The of the enemy's small vessels was (ovennr Tompkins kept in her sta completely in our powey, if I. could tion, until her formait was so badl have been satisfied with so partial a wounded J3 to oblige her to shorten victory but I was so sure, of the sail. Lieut. Finrh of the Madison whole that I passed them unnoticed who conima.ided her for this cruise by which means they finally escap- fowing to the indisposition ol ed. ; . Lieut. Hettigrew) behavecf with ' The gale, corittrkued Until last great g illantry and is an offi er night, but the wind still blows from of much promise.' Capt. AVoolsey , the eastward. I thought it impor in the Sylph was ke;?t astern by the . tant to communicate with . General Ontario, which he had in tow,: but ; Wilkinson, to ascertain when he did ronsidi rablc execution with his . meant to move with his army. I he vy guns. tijerefote ran off this place for that 'At 15 minutes before 3 P. M. purpose, and he thinks that the pub I very reluctantly relinquished the ; lie service will be promoted1 by pursuit of a tcaten enemy the j my watching ir James at the head reasons that I d to this determina- i of the Lake, and if possible preven tion were such as I flatter myself ting his return' to Kingston,-while that you will approve; thev were . he proceeds with the array for these: At the time I Ravelin the chase, this ship, was milking so much water, that it required all our pump to keep hi r free (owing to our receiving Several shqt so much below the Water edge, tti-.lt we Sackett's Harbor. I shall j there fore, proceed immediately in quest of the enemy. I have great pleasure in acknow ledging' the assistance I re eievd from C ptain Sinclair during our Could not plug the holes from the' j t hiise, in using his best exert'.ons to outside)' the -ov. Tompkins with ; hring this ship into close action. 1 h- other offi re rs and men behaved lo my perfect satisfaction, and were extremely anxious to close with the enemy even singly, and if he ever gives us an opportunity far close action, they will show that thev are not inferior to any of their country - men; . . 1. I .' 1 have the honor TO be, very re spectfully, Sir, your roost obedient humble servant,. . ISAAC CIIAUNCEY. Hon. W illiam Jones, Secretary of the Navy. ; hef fore mast gone, and the squad ron withm about six nnles of ' the head of the Lake, blowing a gale of wind from. East and increasing' with a heavy sea, and every ap-j pearance pi the Equinox, 1 con sidered that if I chased the enemy to his nt hornge at the head of the Lake, I shiuld be obliged to anchor also, and although ve tntglit suc ceed in driving him on shore, the probability was that we should go on rhore also he amongst his friends, we amongst our enemies, and after the gale abated, if he could succeed in getting off one or twd vessels out ol the two fleets; it would give him as completely the command of the Lakes as if he had 20 vessels. Moreover, he was co vered at his anchorage by a part of his army, and several small batte ries thrown up lor the purpose. Therefore, if we tould have rode ont the 'galv, we should have been rut up by their shot from the shore: tinder all these circ .imstan. es and taking into view the consequences resulting from the loss of ut up rioritv on the Lakes at this time-, 1 without htsii:ion f-lir.ipiihcd the oj-.pci tur.ity thi.n pltSellill.g itself ! to i HARRISON'S VICTORY. Copv of a letter from Mnjor-Gene- . ral Karr'uon to the Secretary of War. Head-Stuartert Detroit, 9AOr.vr,1813. SIR-tn my lctur from Sand wich the 30.h ultimo, I did myscU the hononr to inform vou, that I was preparing to put sue the enemv the folio ing day. From various f:tuss, however I was unabli to put the tM-ojis' in mfti'-n until t!ic mo? nine oi thv '2nt ist.: and ilirn hundred and forty Htctilar troops, Johnson's Mounted Regiment and such ortldvertior Shelby's Volun teers as Were fit for a rapid march. the whole amruntintr to about three thousand .five hundred men. lo Gen. M 'Arthur (with. about seven hundred effectives) the protecting of this place and the siik Was com mitted. Gen. Cass' Brigade; and the corps of Lieut. Col. ball were left at Sandwich, with orders to fol low me as soon as the m-h receiv ed their knapsacks and .blankets. which had bcei. left cm an Island in Lake Erie. The unavoidably delay at Sand wich Was attended with no disad. vantage to Us. Gen. ProUor had posted himself at Dal son's on the right bank of the Thames (or Trent h) fifty-six roHts from, this place, where 1 was informed he in tended to fortify at d wait lo receive me. He must have belitvtd, how ever, thnt 1 had no disposition to follow him, or that he had Secured my continuance here, by he re- forts iha were circulated that the j. ndians would attack and destroy -this place upon the advance or the ! the breaking up the bridaes until the night of the second inst. On that night our army reached the river, which is twenty-five miles from Sandwich and is one of four streams crossing our route, over all' Of which are bridges, artd being' deep and muddy, are unfordable for J a considerable distance into the country the bridge here was found entire, and in the morning 1 pro ccrdtd with Johnson's regiment to save if possible the others. At the second bridge over a branch of the , river Thames we were fortunate enough to capture a Lieut, of Dra goons and eleven privates, who had -been sent by Gen. Proctor to de stroy them.' From the prisoners 1 J learned that the thi:d btidgewas, broken up and that the enemy had ( no certain information of our ad-! vance. The bridge having been ; impetfettly destroyed, was soon re-j paired and the army encamped at ! Drake's farm, four miles below Dal j son's. I -The river Thames, along the' banks of which our route lay, is a j fine deep stream, navigable for ves-j sels of considerable burthen, after the passage of the bar at its mouth over which there is cix and a half feet water. i he baggage of the army was broughfrom Detroit in boats pro-! lecied by 3 gun-boats, which Com- Perry Had furnished for the purpose j as well as to cover the passace of j the. army over the Thames itself, or -4he mouths .of its tributary streams; the banks being low and the country generally open, (Prai ries) as high as DaLon's, these Vessels Were well calculated for that purpose. Above" Dalson's, however the charai ter of the river and adjacent cour.trv . is considera ble changed. 1 he former, though still deep, is verry narrow, and its banks high and woody . 'I he Com modore and myself, therefore a greed upon the propriety of leaving the boat under a guard of 50 in factiy, and I dr iter rained to trust to fortune and the bravery of my ir:ps to effect the passage of the river. Below a place tailed Cha tham, and four milts hovc Dal- liit ;:! Liiiord!lr !;ranh is of the Thames; the bridge over it mouth had been taken up "by the' -Indians as well as that at McGre gor's Milts, 1 mile above sevt ral hundred of the Indians rcmaiord to dispute our passage, ai.d, vpon -thr arrival of the advanced guard, ccmmtnccd aheay fire from the opposite bank wt the creek as wcll as that of the rivtr. Believing that the whole force of the enemy was there, I hnltrd the army,-fcrm-ed in order of battle, and brought tip 2 f 'pounders, to cover the par ty that were ordered to repair 'tha bridge a few shot from those pie ces soon drove cff the Indians, and enabled us In 2 hours, to repair the bridge and cross the troops. Col, Johnson's Mounted Regiment be Ing upon the right of the army, had seized the remains of the bridgv at the Mill under . a heavy fire trorrt the Indians. Our loss upon this occasion, was two killed and three or four wounded that of the ere my was ascertained to be conside rably greattr. A house hear the bridge containing-a very toi nicJera- ' ble number of muskets had bttU; et on fire but it was extinguish ptlr trCK-f !hrl ih- a riv .;-'-. ed. At the first tarm above- the, bridge, we fpund one o the ene my's 'vessels on fire, leaded, with' arms ai.d ordnance stores, atrd learned xthat they were a few miles ahead of us, still on the right bank! of the river with the great body of the Indians. At Bowles' farm, four miles from the bridge, we hal ted tor the night, found two other vessels and a large distillery filled with ordnance and other valuable stores uj an immense amount in flames, it was impos'ible to put out the fire 2 twenty four poun ders with thair carriages were ta ken, and a large quantity of ball and shells of various sites. The army was put in motion early on the morning of the jdi. I pushed on in. advance with the Mounted Regiment, and requested Gov. Shelby to follow as expeditiously as possible with theinfaotry. The governor's teal and that ol his men enabled tlurritokeep np with the cavalry, and by 9 o!clot k, we were at Arnold's Mills, having taken in the course of the morning 2 gun boats and several batteaux rbaded with provisions and ammunition. A rapid at the river at Arnold's mills affords the only fording to be met with lor a very considerable distance, but, upon examination, it was found too deep for the infan try. .Having, however, fortunately taken two or three bouts and some Indian, canoes on the spot, and obliging the horsemen to taken footman behind each, the whole were safely crossed .by 12o'clok. Eight miles from the crossing, we passed a farm, where a part of the British troops had encamped the night before, under the com mand of col. Warburton. The de tachment with Gvn. Proctor had ar. rived the day before at the Mora, vian towns, 4 milt B higher up. Being now certainly near the ea emy, I directed the advance of Job- son regiment to accelerate their march feu the purpose of pro curing intelligence. The officers commanding it, in n short time, sent to iuform me, that his progress was Mopped hy the enemy, who were formed across our line of Murm. oi tnc tnt!m s II if N Hi 1- ; Ml X i- w H4; t HI! !!5' m. . tit m m ?ti 1 n 4 5 v 5 t Ml 1.4 If 11 D m M m it h iX s a I . M 5 :l i 5 i ii '4 m -t 4 e. M Mr 4 J i i ! u n- m lis
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