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Show T H E WAR. capture ot his l'iriiatoiic Majesty's sloop of war l'ea- (:(u'h in thi uneaiinipled short period of fifteen mi miles that the (Joiniiion (,‘ouncil will give a Public 1)il|llt i- to the crew ol‘ the United States sloop 01‘ war llornet. Extract from the minutes. J. MUK'I'UN, Clerk. 'l'lllllU'l'l", Ul" (Ht ‘t'l'l'l‘l‘lll'i. The l'ollowini; it: (1' of thanks ti oiii the, surtivint: olliCitlllvtlll twwrenee, ol'the Hornet, litrui. hesanother illsl:l.|'."t‘, that " the brave. " Love Mercy, and delight to save." .'\i"iu-l'27/\', 271/1 .llurc/i, 18113, iutormation might not, ttithottt impropriety, be laid byyou beliirr; the public I therefore do niyst-lt~ the honor to transmit to you Sir-\Ve, the surviving ollicers of his liritaiinie liltt'ljlllltil‘tz.l)lt: .‘altllttlltlll in \tliieh we \H'I‘e placed \tlien rt (‘L‘t\'L‘-i on board llJ‘ sloop you Command, that iiii-oiireuiriiee We Would t)tlltl‘\\lhtl hate experienced from the lllt,i\t)ltl.tl)le‘. loss oi. the "hole of our proilt yty and clothes by the sudden Sllllililg ol' the l'eaCtrli. l'erinit us, then, sir, imprissed as we are with a grate-lid sense oi your kindness, tor the other otlieei's nod ship's company, to r turn you and the other oilict rs [It the ll')i'llt:i, our hlII(i(‘l'L‘ thank ., Vt hit:li e shall let 1 oblipjtil it you Will t'oniniunieaie to them in our name; and brlien» llrl to rt nan, \iitli a lush sense of the land olliees you have rt-ndeied tit, Your t't‘l‘y huniiile servants, 1". It. W .~ lit, lst liv uteiiant. C. lulllllfll'l, 2d lieuteiiaut. Edi artl Lott, Jliabtei‘i J. Wiutt ker, urgeou. FY liounitlioriie Unwui, purscr. fumes Lowrance, aw, L'wzmuuider U S. alum/i Ila/'nel. BIASSA iltli AT l'RLINCll'l‘U \VN. {As doubts have been. entertained by some respee ing' I the truth ol'tht- reported lliLts,;,.(1l'L‘ ml the loo i'itian prisoners \HHIIItl-‘tl in ‘ ,- bitzle ol' tli lid on lllt river i'taisin, we trust, that th< lotionine (lot-tiiiit-tits will eoiixitite tlit iiiost lilCt‘t‘liillil.h, not only ol'tlie \t'uutoii trtielty t:~,tic iseo by the barbarous allies ol ,lh'itmn on that oet‘a:.ui;i, but \iheneier opportunity cliers VJ lx'i'lilllifi'l‘lfiti (Stilllll'l‘l'thlili\i'(ll .Iitrl'ireeh u (,'oiii//rc!."rt‘ of tii'mi‘wniwu 0/. Mil: cup of .‘l/I'Hz- A 3:92 sh: e." Meme, .4- 2:... :14 _, . _ 71o, utm' Hie honorable .r'/ H [limit/Moi i1, Jib/""z‘ q/ [/ie Supt-«sine (‘Uiltl't of l/u- 'l'i z-ri/m-i/ 't/ .Ilu/og)‘ in, Inaiutt'c to recent cream in Him! writ/my, We are, sir, etc. n/ t/iv i .1] 1'}. ("(li'tliJr‘ll'tL itiitg‘ht be ttiliuifto talxe llll‘ air/i to thi- liini; lt \till be obvious to you, sir, that [it it i: .z/c rife/mu and (IPc/m'uzl ‘Lt'ttl‘, u. Hwy/fire" [rung/hr ', .fiii"irx;ii/t H fame.» that 0') a, i» i.-.n 'l we ,.- -l, and 1". lit 1.51 ,., a cointiittee ol Silt ".1" ii oi' blood, and in reflecting in; Lit} t/lv .xlii..ii_\. ,i Y) .rlte/Itt/llfl .t' l v} nipiia: , (it'ltllt‘l'll'.l‘o-"thl': i,,, an": .4, ,1," 0" it: ' ttl' tut) ' l «ti. .iv 7 twin c‘k- ilt‘t‘ itt ili' t'ilxzuiib bl, tilt; LtilleLi cone; amnion), .tiitl ln LlanL.‘ Ui slit it, .i: ',t,i' o i t i; .i; he '. litui "I! " lam , . . 1‘ ' l . l the north 01‘ Europe to Moscow tas an t tiiiiplis, Was SUlJS' pertciicc the misfortune. In irt llt: it The loss of .11.» J) rislietl by the set. er; me that there was no Capitula- t'll t'thZ' .iu_\ liaiu rise, hi- saw the ltvtiltillb hill lllt' 4"\lllL'l'l('i n pilb'llltl'fl, \\itli tlieii' toinaha ks, :-tul that they slut neural V ti) . -, it, three: that the littliaiis set tli ht ll.;tb on litr, and that, in gouty; out, ti e lil'lhltllffl'h Mere ll‘ii‘F‘Jt'l't (l and lilllttl, as Lilll‘thliitl ; that in to sax, thite titre shot, the others \tt re killed iii the honst s, and boot with the liwots. 'l he Indians huriil lii‘st the hull." ol‘ Jean liditlljll‘ .li'reiiuin , and altt rwarus that ot tiabi iel (.odti'ey , jun 'I'he (ll po‘ ent has in tii lltl" rim (1, t . ll there m it" about xth' til 11‘] pinsoners in th. t of mum-s. 'l he (lt pour nt has s». an tlt ad hotlies (it: the helm my, \\ hitl. tlit line‘s \-t l'l‘ ti a "‘54 .iiali itii le, (ix.- lh‘niio‘i, l17l|llllt d tlti'ttlll that thi Indians hail Lulwl din-a ot iii: pi‘ooiit I its ":10 \\t re ltazt whitiiiieu, anti that the out.» \tt'l‘t' buzt-t alttei ii 1i (1' and gin-his .‘wlli'tt, inhabitants .‘i .1 (Ii \ t l‘lllllil(i‘;‘1llltilw litet t it! prt- in" rs ii-itt her i. hum‘i into lt)l,\L‘ i i launch, on tlit twer in ft Mir 5 .i til in! ~ iit has in 2‘2 at wine liimrtns :a-i ti hit it." litul'l oi \‘rlélt Ll"11l|'ll',illlll Md tti'ti'i".\ti' iiii input il‘ll-ll l; it: a. !|.t' hon" >1, , tint, rims , ‘ *lllhl". ::lntiii,1.i‘K. llejl;kh'_\('f)' u t" ,7 inhospitable eyen ti ayetl his retreat in‘. ol‘ image, is ackiioxi' bulletins; and tiuii compelled to Lilian-:1 lc'l‘)'-11UIlll)L‘l‘>} ol' rislicd with excess? The Russian bu greatly ex: g;ei'ate the amount it ')l'l~. up to the lSLll of t} sins; uho, being duly sworn on the holy man; ts, tltt)t):‘t‘i and say s-that oi: the iii-,\t day ai'ti r the bat- tlt- on the said i‘itx r ltai‘xitis, a short time I‘liltl‘ sun~ 1t at at .t'i l li.i tlrst art-on e1t iii-iii r1; ert Liili" tl ninth idott It: 1:,t thine ltfi‘alilhlih .l lli: .uA ‘.; (I! LN- (it urt'als‘ ()ther ol‘zicet‘s, Non-(Loni. otlicct Cannon, Besides thesc, ; men, coiniiiii ltjtl into a coinctitioii I‘cmttin as a neutra Rllssltttls (lltl'ltitf it. Slit. however, r in, €tl a rewu'tt for t; D'Yoi‘kc. t id tipp:,i Stead. \'\'titit \‘lll We are yet to le Lt't ‘v'VC'l'C to be skim," l'Wl‘AHH is itttlie pi HS t‘t'iiorttul i l-llllltllc llllimllltS hm‘lllfiglllll'gl] I \tilt V itlii .tittl Hint B‘it /i 4 hi; _|gr.uitl Ltt'lit'i', \ Cuzis‘l‘att'tl o‘ii lt' ‘ r ‘ litt: late i‘itia'iit, t'tlttii'uiii; and re p UK I .' stores, b-tC. "the Sut't‘ut‘s' are (llll'nt it) "il i: l lit L . ll.l hitmp'tite is in ‘ Etttttt‘itzi C, Steam.) ""l) "1291 ii to merino; Ellwh dl‘dl a Vis' ‘ ti ti. m -l I . ,lietl av ~ i l t. l .tl A: ( t.‘,lliil,‘i'l'\ l5 stiii‘ an t H" ,t .. . «\ 1ot‘t;t:,;ini\l P A'.tttt;c_ t, t up d) ,9. \ r‘kilz‘th, A.D.U. .1"; um" 9. il wouei cf, toy. um um. . my; CVUIILS \Vllltill Some ol' the French inhabitants of the ter: itot‘y of Mit'higan, citizens of the L‘ it<d States, hart- been mut'li urged on this subjet t, and are apprehensive of being; further trouhhd I had the l'urther hono. of receiving on the 8th iu-‘t. your \ei'bal message by your aid-dis catnip. Mr. tt'oit. Joseph Robert, :ui inhabitant 'ti utill'.‘ in li.-‘\t H? tl-t hiu‘lti‘U! hit: \\ that, .., «tn it \ let J, may hurt). to it", .»ii,jti;t‘ lit at ubtilittit FORE The press of tit. weclts has promote of a Rtiisiin wiii1e' Personally apptared before the, the niiritiui‘euid, one of the justic. .-, ol the p Aaee, iii the (listiiet of He- l"t.LttH, Slt'xil tut line of \\:tl‘. No XXV 'I‘RANSLVIIOV» Terr/tor}; uf.li'i'r,'izi;-iizL--[hair/rt of [brim/if, ["10 9. 18h} to app-int a \ t'i ottoman, :..t« l‘ l'.' (Document f. , Cu]. Henry Proctor, b'tmt/zez‘c/L. 3d, Sonia ol the Pl'lthit‘l'b, alter that capitulation, Ivor I"i rs _\.i,t‘ nix, Sworn and SH bscribei any man to bear arms :ttfilltlS hi. country. VA'r i L). says (/iut (L man of Jilin-1; 0715/12 t'ul/tt‘t‘ (lie ten [/lUUo'UHlZ deal/15'. M‘lit an, acquaintiiier hate btin burnt hy fhe savaged. -'ith. Home of the llllltl)ll.llll.‘) ol‘the lt rritory ol' )li ittl'v 't iii- tion on the 133d January, and that the prisoners surrendered at dis, retion I hen-tore but: pardon liir that mistake. The principles til the law of nations, however, impose an nbligatioi‘i almost upially strong. I beg leave to repeat a request liu‘ the lavor ol' a [mobport. 1 have the he or to be, &e. (Signed) A. l}. \VUUIMVARU linkiiotin to yourself [will enumerate some \\ hit it t l). lll'\U there will be no (lilllt ulty in Cbtulfillblllllg ht,yond Lllt‘ reach of contradwtion. 1st Home of" the prisoners, alter the Capitulation of~ the LLZd January, lolJ, have been toni'ahauked by the s ,ra'gt s t ijd Home ol- the, prisoners, alter that Capitulation, lllk\k bit-i shot by the htJiugt'h. i i it .i- iii! a her/rul'tii, writ/lute 'l‘he lain ol' nations does not ‘iustii'y coercion upon battle, facts are. belori: [litili' litres, \\‘h't:li they cannot shut their eyes upon. Suine of them are, perhaps, liir tht l)'.',ll'ii,i-' \ri .iiirnt‘. {/ir inapplit'abl to a puhiit‘ enemy in on the dead they lose, and perhaps on the retaliatory ti-ea-nieut ol' pi-isoiitrs or of the dead, which their crqu mode ol~ warfare produres, is always likely to tll'lV't‘ tluui to an ignoble revenge, on the prisoners they find in the country, and tiit inhabitants ot'it, who are American citizens 'l‘ht-y theretbre [llCSSetl the subject. on your attention previous to the battle of the lid January, 151.} and felt satislied \iith your assth ranee, that you ('UllbltJt'l't'tl your own hanor pledged tor their elli-etual lil't)l.L‘(lLl()ll, Sine- the result (ii that dip/1m» t (m liz's- iti'i'ilg'nrzirw [0 '1 he piiiiciptes adopted by the United States on the subject ol' cxpzttt‘iittinn, are. liberal, but are perfectly It is well knoun to you, htt‘, that the capitulation ol' the Hill of August, lble‘, has stilli't'etl many intractioiis in every tpiarter ol'the territory, by the savages in the employ or the British government. The inhabitants have borne them with unexanipletl patience. They have entertained a constart apprehension, that when the American tom 5 approach the territory, and when an engagt int-lit has tale-n plate, the fury of the "it 0:1'3 or (ff/zen «If 01in [unify ctr/Iliad cm Huff (/u,' [mum/i? 41' q/‘(t‘wiwn ,~ n/n/ *ie/ii'r't- [MI/INIQ (1.71. arrow: H11) 1, m? I, .90 NFL her are t/ioau innocent, :c/ia [iiy temple/Hum liq/ore Aim. w'm-(l {age/i, I'M/("mg lltllt'tl [lore/7, [ti/1 3,181.}, St; Sir-You vs'li lill'it‘ the j!_ )i ii. . ~ s te Other settlement ha lb mills and houses on ptui Se oi' ii iit ino e th iii rtlit of Detroit. And tti something,r l .LVlll't; .elatioti to _'\l!lt rit'aii titi/,t m, who [L'a‘II'uc/J'i‘lint .\‘a YT. {mi/1!; (L Idler/Mm JIM/gr" "'00!!- i/{ittlf t‘ depollt‘lrt says it! is ati 'l'lic deponeiit sun, e. have told hllll that th the d'iit ntiL iiiarcli Willi The t‘ nth will, undoubtedly, eventu. lly appear, and r'liiig‘a t, (aim iis ol the L'niteo Mates oi" Anterior, alter that Cuttltlllulittll, hate hein slit-t t;_-. the riitlahth :\ L BA \ \, , Hurrflt '25, llSlJ. (itli, l'he liotis‘t s (it some oi the inhabitants ("i the ili‘i‘r-lt ll:1,5 been in‘etttia'ted, ll|ill you but i'iei iitly territory, .\l|lt'l‘it,:tll siti/a-iis, alter that eapiititatioi , iiiith; a "t/lliiltlllltiitlJ/ll to the s Cl|‘lrtl'_\ oli >.t.te ol' time hi-tii burnt by the >;i_\2l:.')i'5 the Rein-ta! grow rniiieut, l'L‘lLtl,i\k' to the hltll\li5)ll ol tith. boiiit ol'ttit lllllitlhli'lll‘v, .\lll($l'l(‘illl eitizi‘us, al‘ti r the .\lit:.‘ii,t_;,ni ttii'itoi'y, some it "as :urrt-i iii :‘(tl to i that ('apitui ition, hat e llt t n pillati (t by the saraet s, 1}_ie l:l'l1.lnll tgtnvrrziu i.i-- \tlnilj'l} pu'tti ip:::iw,-; iii the 'lhese liu‘ts etiiire, that, in soini iptai'tti', and in 't'ii:yt;ttli‘., hicli the Hlilltllllltitl" litt ttl that it,l'tlLti."_\ so: e tlt partinent or (Illltl, Lliln r ‘l:\' nib-mt or pity ‘ilt'itl excites iii the e.::7.n ii_~, ol the Hi :(d 5 fits S" titratly, iiitalis ol preve that; :i \i intimi Ul‘ your i'pitulaliuim at d on the than. r oi this .tite pai'tit‘ttiai'iy-~»3.e, the i1' term d an: up; in behalf rvt. ltlllti.) 1‘ ol . wpt pi. do not exist. 'l lll aiaiiiis o1 llit.‘ inhah Huts, there tore, are the in l't highly (I'Jilt'tl hyt :‘titlitiii (ii. able t .tt 4t'lIS U? in .7 ct \‘yhltltl b: itiiiv tt ‘ll h his" anmlu r bat t lt' ; aiul tltt'_\ ha l, and pi ll;1t1i:w\ll'_‘ Jtt‘wlly i pin-z t:,u' o". the v'itoriiiatiuu you iii:_, hart so traits. that thi it peisoim :iiii'. i.ir.pi it} alt; not lt'Blli't tl.\l. 1mm il-~.uit,l, :il' gout- opinion \tliaiiier it nouil hi It, is on this eeoun‘ that 1 hate bit- It pi sttil to r tiir us in t: ,1, e mt, saint to lll inoiishi (1 ti', >.t1'1,.t‘sttt) >our tzo steam on, i.ttlll\L'|1litil) hvtititii ' e ,ia'ie lllLZ lion-or to he, lEL‘J‘JL t‘eepte.1ti:l_i,your the till/.tllh and youtm‘it, xiiiith in"i l'tt.t .24- llll' lit-WI eliet‘iitut :L'l\s;lll,5, itii'ulty Wat?" ed in the, tettei, and olnmte the i". lit'ntwlwx-I/ti', '2 s coott. j ions/tin ii i, .Uutiiniittee. l‘fl). Xi‘x'lll U l Inf. 3,125 'j‘lit.' 7307: a pleasant task to those, to relate, in these: times, the scenes they have beheld; some ol'thet i, iz()\\'(:\cl', ap. peared before a li‘reueli iiiag'isirate, and lseud you that unfortunate day must meet the steady and lln~ partial eye or history. In coiniiiuuica‘ii'te' your message, majOl' Moi ' athletl li‘iisllul by the committee] savage mind at the sight. (ll butt day of the secoua e is nr su altar l 'llie depotient, says l)t, olteii threatened , to it. may bt‘ obtained. '1'0 't'tii; EDITOR or THE amt, ‘qy ARGUS. .Yiluuiy, .l/(n'r/i L"), 12513. Sir-()l‘the documents (:oiniiiiuiieated to us on the 27th inst, by the hon. Judge Woodward, we transmit llt'CL‘n ary to lay betore the public at the lll't'M iit time. to me by major Muir, rerpiti-sting,r me to endeauir to procure some (‘VlthilCt‘ ol'the massacre of the American prisoners, on the 12.}d day of January last. I met with only a l'ew persons at Detroit, who are inhabitants ol‘the {ivei- taisin, l'tJl‘ "as it altogether any of them state on the int'oi'mation of others, though not direct evi ence in itself, leads to the soutcc when: I haxt had ()(It'it:lt)ll to make to the gv iieral government, tetatire to the. situation of the territory uudvt‘ the British flag. I have the honor to he, t‘entlt men, "'{lll perfect respect and esteem, ‘(llll' u" ('tllL‘lll, sertaut, A. B. WUUDWAJH). every thing; that l't‘lt‘lltiblill) could Qiclute was ad .pted by \ou, and tlit ollieers ol'tlie tornet, to l'Clllt‘ll'V the ys The deponent sa l‘llt' l was killed near copies of what they have st ted. IL ‘.'tlll oeeni- to you, sir, immediately, that what herewith, Copies of the several commuiiications which you an extract of [\o, 20, and Nos. 3 3, 211, 2:7, 36, 27, 28, 2‘), .Et), 0'], 5.2, 53, which are all that we deem him, u several shots at this month, a verbal message from you, (‘omniunit-ated I do not perceiie any reason why the stunt- ‘dl' (‘ttlltlht better e_\pl't‘:.solll‘ lit tings than by sayinlm "‘ \\e (wast-d to Consaier ()lll'rtl'vt s prisoners ;" and The son ul'Labea Sum/wu‘h, ['c!) 10, 1813. territory of Michigan, since, it has been urrendered to the arms of Great Britain, is such as might have l)L(‘ll pttt into the possession of the government and the public. by any ollierclianni-l, and l (‘Ottt'clVC there is no iniproprit ty in my (‘olliplyitig‘ with your polite request, l a h: opened it, rcceitetu niau (Copy) Sir-l had the honor to l‘t'(7(,"v(: on the third day of i'i'iunieate to the hon. the secretary of state of the ifwueral government, I‘L'ltltitt, to the situation of the (:(-~n it the late lh'itisli brie:~ (,i‘ \.:it' l'tractiek, to ma‘p sty's l1l(' hriv l'eavoi k, lit-g tear to return you 0111‘,;‘t'at<lit. :ttfklltl"lt'tltj'lllt'llls tor the ltind attention and hospitality we L,\|)t'l'lt‘li(;t‘tl during the time we run-titted on board the United States sloop Hornet. So much was done to alleviate the wistrtssing and No. XXlV. the li'ontiers of this state in particular, is at once 35 natural as it is honorable to the human heart. The iiili'irniatiou which I have had occasion to com- .1 "New." rm. ~ _ em" ,. crew ol'the United States lo p ol'war Hornet, by the VOL. I. .No. 42. » i |