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Show 206 THE WAR. the tort. Silas M‘Cullough, a brave .'\I\'_l gallant man, is among the slain ()n the night hf'the (3d, the cue. my erected a gun and mortar battery on this side the. riner. within 1‘50 yards of' on lines. but were soon fitter d to twice a more respectful distance. About 13 o'clock on the night of‘tht: 4th, an oiiicer arrived in a limit from gen. (day, to inform {a H. of his approach, and that he tvnuld l't‘ilt‘ll l-‘ort Me in about ‘2 hours. (ien. Harrison (lett rmim-d on H gein-:~;.l sally, and sent an otlicer to gen. (Zlay, diit Ming him to land 800 men Sonn- short distance about, to attack and carry the enemy's batti ries, spike th.-ir tannin, and destroy the artillery. (itn. (Eloy was unfo; tuiiati-ly delayed longer than he expected in passing: the Rapids, and the detachment thstitted to m tk" thi- altar i; did not reach the landing until near 9 o‘clock-this, however, did not i reveut them hunt nudging the attempt, and never was any thing more cotnple‘iv ly successful: the four batteries were. immediateh' taken possession of, their deiendcrs driven oil', and their cannon spiked. The \tork was dune-but tli. t coniidenrt: which alv-‘ats attends militia when succt‘ssiitl, provul their I'uiii Although there was time suilieieut to return to the boats, before a reintiu-(‘enu'nt arrived to the cue- my, they remained upon thcoqruund, in spite of the, repeated calls which were made, from the fort to bring them back to their boats, and sutiL-red themselves to be amused and drauu izito the \toods by some {Pint skit-nushistg, while the British troops and an immense 'bozlv oi" lmiians were brought up; a severe action theii tool; place The llritish immediately intercepted the reti-ezit of our men to the plain and the river, ultere they would have been under cover of our can. non, but about 150 only out of' nearly 800 eileeted their escape to the boats. {inward with anxious interest. to the message of the executive at the opening of' the session, which may be expected to indicate the leading topics which call for present Consideration. \Var with vigor, peace w ith hont'ir--\t'e know, is the voice of the nation To this sentiment, ne confidently anticipate the measures of the whole congress \vill harmoniously respond. Limit. Ludlow has resigned his commission in the navy, in consequence of lieut. Morris being promoted over him. l'if'tccn dead bodies have floated on shore near the bulk of the brig Holkrir, from which it is evident the British met, with a considerable loss in destroving that vessel. Their captain ofmarines, Uolhns, was among,~ the killed. ()n the 12th inst the privatecr Fox, of Portsmouth, 17-1031 I.:\lil'. ONTARIO. arrivi d in that harbor \\ ith tin: British brig Mars, her After the battle of. York, the govermnetn buildings, prize, from .lama.ca botmd to St. Johns, which she barracks, Lita. Were destroyed»-all the public stores . captured 5 hours at'ter going out. The Fox sailed which could not be brought away, shared the same again the following day on her cruise. t'ate-~atid the town was entirely evacuated on the lst An American lndianian, {the Thomas l'eiirosc, capt. or May, the militia prisoners pat-oiled, and the troops Ansley) not knowing or the War, and being in want euibukt-d-but owmg to contrary wmds, the fleet, of" water, put into liarbadoes, and was made prize of consistingr of 16 or 17' Soil, did not leave York till by the British brig Newton. She was 101 days from Saturday, the 8th In the ai'ternoon of ahat day, they . . . ,. ';| l . _ T" E \l l5 Fl'lildolllzll li‘ l‘ili‘x' Tl. ill. .q \l'fltlllliitli ,ii CU Wary/4V, noir (/2! Hi AT Tito tio.‘.t.tn~ f: instill/[Ii I; Q/ '. {HT/Z It'i '. arrived at l"our Mile Creek, below lort Niagara, and ‘1' ‘ Iton, bound W "Hild‘dl‘llm The, brigr l)iomede,h-oni Manilla, with a rich cargo, ‘fiu' Salem, was captured afew days since by La (In Sunday evening, 3 schooners, under command .. . ,.. illortr: . . 1' The captain did not of heut. i'etegrue, havr: g on l)')‘l'(l 10'.) picked men, 1 i" L' ml! sent to [I ‘M‘n' know of' the war until he was on board the enemv's under captain VVilloughby Morgan, ot' the 12th regiLa Hogne first hoisted French colors, when ment, sailed for the head or lake Ontario, for the ship. brig ran from her-she then hoisted the 'rlnglish purpose of seizing a quantity of' public stores. On the flag, when the Diomede ran down to her and was cap-their arrival, they found the public stores guarded by tured. landed the troops and public property. about 80 regulars, who retreated before our men lauded. The stores Were brought away, and the pub- {5 Coin/Mi 1'1 ["471 v (if 'I‘ 5/.'tfi‘fllll .\‘o I, miti/ l." fl alt/ii .tiI/nm'p/fun luv}: ; (t. ion it/II. (I'm f'z'ml [Vi/ion. all It minus [Mir 2-}. iv" .j hi: li'rir. will I.» I" HIM/or ,/,, 2' bip‘fl'dih-t/P Tim IJH'." The ship Actcon, capt. Rodgers, of Boston, from lic buildings burned The expedition returned on iCadiA, with a prince-regent's li< euse, was captured an 1 burnt, 10 days since, near Georges Bank, by the 'I'uesday without loss. La llogue, 74-, capi. (lapel. The captain was robbed The day after bent. l'ctegrue sailed for the head of" of his adventure and all his property, and the crew the lake, com. Chauncey, with the remainder of the plundered-4i pipes Wine, 47 boxes raisins, and 26 ileet, sailed for Sacket's Harbor. .illbauy .Jrgus. boxes lemons, \vcre taken out. :i i-‘.‘ i. ' hour, in which she had 1 killed and several \t‘oundwl. boarded from the frigate President, com. Rodger-5",:‘Tht: (.x‘ovcrnor 'i‘ompkins was not injured, and had on the 10th instant, in lat. 38, long. 3.1, 4'}, be \ ,fnot a man hurt. The Mary Ann mounts 10 guns, .] and had 314 men. Two large mails tt‘ere taken up by The Swedish sch. Mary, arrived at Boston, uptuts ‘the (icy. Tompkins, which h:.d not suilicient weight that a Spanish ship arrived at St. Johns, l'urto Kim, attached 0 them to make tin-m sink. A great many on the 18th ult. which had been boarded on the 1:3th valuable articles were talgtn on board the privatecr, from a fi‘ioate under American colors, and was in» together with a considerable amount in gold and sil- on a cruise,having parted company n .th the (long a few days before in a squall-had made no mph yesterday. In the. present state of our aiiiiirs, (says tit; National intelligv-ucer) an interesting session may be anticipated. What the measures may be, which formed she was the 17. 8. hi ate. will prit cipally occupy the attention of‘ congress at Captain Laurence has art.ved the ensuing session, besides the indispensable task of command of the Chesapeake, not providing the "'1in and Means for the service of the formerly stated. (.aplain Evans year 18H, we cannot Lli'i'dct'iidlc to f'oretel llssex. at Heston, ver. 'l h;- (ioveruor 'l'otnpkins had taken the brig to take Ajax, of‘Aberdeen, bound to the West-Indies, cargo the Constitution, as comes to this port, is a hue sailing ship, (lly goods, but. The Mat'y- \nn copper-rd to the bends, 24-0 tons-Ls now in badast, We look .' to take mntmand of the. navy-yard. and has plenty of good stores. President's .‘~I The brig li'tsstwitii‘i taxi. T zit l3 obit-CK this "tr z'uv Criicfl 3'1. 1C3 tr .h aficirlj.‘ tlfl‘.‘ mi- tw‘ fission of congress. art a: 'ti‘itiniitittcati-ti trom ': is l;' ' impirrorot' Ri..~i:'i, ofnis t commonlz'irnrl ot' the L"; li'i'jtltii for the ttn‘orise or t}. titt'ecnthem. The l! poctorAlexanrlcrlitixn :iicvsincerity and im ,.. p Ammetlinclyaccepte d root the dispositi on or; Ii s turner! their" "is ‘oerinicnts ln‘,‘ it‘f'llli'i i‘vri'r ":lcnntncd to a, 'n. tto the (liwldlin‘ i AN .e provision for " ,iiph lill't‘e of ,l..,. L lCCD‘i‘tll _r i_‘11t ni'n:i~~,fozirr' "/w H my",US . A , )M ' iii Cut, r‘lini‘e a ("t rI .t ' 'i' ,iytwll: «9‘..- MEETING OF CONGRESS. The thirteenth congress commenced its first session M ii No cause whatever was assigned for this flagrant outrage. PRO Kl l'iNGLAND, Charles, of Boston, from Cadiz, with a license, was By the latest arrival, we learn that a squadron was boarded from La Hoguc soon alter, the vessel plunabout sailing for America, under command of captain l dered, and preparations made to burn her-but wishTHE WAR. ilancet, consisting of the followingr Vessels: Diadem, ing to get rid of prisoners, she was finally released. (it guns, Diomedc, 50; Success, 36; Romulus, 36; Captain Cape] said he was determined to destroy all NEVV-YOHK: Fox, .32; Nemesis, :28; an armed ship, 24; with licensed vessels he fell in with Tt/Esnm' filo/ovum), MN 25, 1813. 10,000 rockets on board. Two thousand troops were The French privateer ship Invinciblc~Napole0n, of embarked. 16 guns, was taken by the British brig Mutinc of'18, £17,?" The Office of ‘ Tim Wm" is rmnorml to 'l'he Bonne Citoyenne had not arrived in England, as and ordered to: England; retaken 26th .\pril, by No. 60 Vuser/«.slrcct. Su/Lsrrl'lnrs are i‘U/twslwl formerly stated, and fears were entertained that. site had the privatcer ship Alexander, and sent for Salem; ."0 girl) nolire of'any mnissionx. Those in (irrmrs been captured by the Essex frigate. [The Essex wa- and on the 15th inst. was recaptured by the 'l‘encdos "cifi/ subscribers) will In: waited on, 1/ it is not tered at St. SalVadtn' about the last of' November. and Shannon t'rigates, and ordered for Halifax-45m: The llonnc Uitoyenne sailed from that place the 15th convenient to call. Sulmrri/mrs in Um calm/7'3] l"ebruary, with an immense quantity of" specie on board was run on shore, but the British got her off soon ail tcr, without damage. The pilot-boat Rainbow was who hare not emupliwl with our terms, arr: re- for British merchants] brought to by the t‘rigates, an English crew put; on quested to transmit 71.5 the (Miami! oft/Mir arrear- Jim's words about the Java. The "Pilot," 3. Lon- board, and sent to assist in getting the Napoleon oil: don paper of March 2'1, says-~" \Ve give from the ‘ The pilot boat was restored again No persons were 'lgf'é‘. (iazcttc ofliut night the oiliciul account or the des- hurt in the boats by the fire from the shore. The --o...__ perate engagement between his majesty's snip Ame- otlicers said the 'l'enedos and Shannon took the pri0UP. EHLITARY PROSPECTS lia and the French frigate Arethuse. We have not vzitet-r Montgomery, which previous to her capture Are daily brightening. The raising of'thc siege of room to expatiziie or. the confirmation WlllLll this" de- had taken two prizes. Fort Meigs by the enemy, we trust will be speedily tail afloi-ds, of our reiisotiing upon the capture ot the The privatccr ship Alexander, rapt. Crowninshield, followed by offensive operations on our part. Troops Java by the AttiLfl.:‘.tt1 ship (,‘ottstitution. The suc- of" Salem, was chased ashore on 'Wednesday last, in are marching from all parts oi" Kentucky and Ohio to cesses of the. Americans will make every other enemy \'\'(:11s‘ buy, by two British sloop» of war. Twenty of join gen. llarrison,whose skill and valor have obtain- fight more tlrsperatriji'; and we will have, to expend the crew escaped to the shore, and20 more, including ed for him, among the western people, the title of" a most serious amount of blood and of time, bLiUt'L‘ we the otlicers, were made prisoners. The British got the " "lulu/131071 oft/u: West." can recon-r the proud eminence on which the liritish the ship ofl'. The Alexander had taken 7 prizes, and Commodore Chauncey has sailed from Sacket's flag waved invitmibte before the Americm; war." had on board upwards oi 100 British prisoners, who Hatbor on another expedition, and we are hourly in Wt re retake-n. Site was a beautiful cot vette ship, expectation of intelligence oi" some important event in aid iorznerly belonged to Baltimore. fi if M M A R Y. that quarter. The privatcer boat Fame, of Salem, has arrived at: Gen. Pike, and his aid, capt. Nicholson, were ‘iuthat port from a cruise, in which she has captured ried at Sachets Harbor on the 15d) insta..‘., tti‘ii the Frmrliflccl. A (Juliz (iazcttc oFtlic 11th of April, the liritish schooner Delipot, (arrived at Machias) brought from that place by Capt. Fleming, of'thc brig honors of war. from Bermuda bound to Halifax, with Hint) bushels A letter from New-Orleans under date of' i'ipz‘il 11'), ["unchal, contains an article dated Alicant, April 6, i of wheat, some flour, beef, Etc. (a seasonable SUPPLY which states that the French fleet had passed that says, that the town and tort of Mobiie have st;rren- t. for the inhabitants there, who were nearly destitute derail to the Amer n tomes which went .. it port, at the distance of six leagues, and that an ot‘ bread) also 4 cases silk goods, 1] hhds. rum. :1 ft w some time since, w :iou‘i bloodshed on either side. English fleet were in pursuit of them. pipes Madeira "inc, and 250 bags of. shot. She 3:150 Jlfififflti" of [Hut-York. A large and respable _._._q__ recaptured two American coasters, which were taken body of ship~masters have formed tlieinseives to a Ailmirnl‘Varren, with two sail of' the line, a frigate, ' it by the British sch. lh'eam. The fame has made Marine Corps, to aid in the del'ence of this city and and several prizes, have sailed ti'om the Chesapeake ' ses during the war. harbor, in case of. anyattjirk upon it. ' for liermuda. The remainder of the blockading force Tab/rim [/rizv Arrived at Boston, British packet an active and powerful body 01' mariners will be atin the waters of the ('hesapeake have concentrated, ship Mary-Ann, from Malta bottnd to Faltnouth, prize tached to this patriotic corps. and come down the B: ; and appear from their I'rriii'u'mt and (fungi-est". Captain llrur'vwz' the ship to the prit'ateer Governor Tompkins, of this port, movements to intend putting to sea. They are in all Jl'lolus, arrived at this port from (Jada. ruiu‘un, that T-"aptnt'cd oil (Jape St. Vincents, aiier an 8"'.2()ll of an 16 sail, 4 of' wit ch are of' the line. It is conjectured that they are apprehensive of a visit tiom the French fleet. Dimitri/.8; Um/ T17 u "will." 7,; cloalrcd tiii‘h l " :1i"-IA~" Jllt n. lltt‘t‘ l: ittct‘ttno sticii rt lilit @133. I L inntntyc . fie mtrti c iiwtv cm :iiiH g, i-.. i». .. iiiiwrr H "in wow L in die L'"; at»). _ , rt} \ i..(llalv,1,‘,,,i:htu ‘ ' . 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