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Show . no ~\'). 1,), .l'l \lll‘l'ttal: 1- [pt "fig"... __,_,_.. liu' (t l""' >~ .. u . ~.. «My ~-~--~- ‘ ,_ -‘ 7 « <4 "yr 1,"; "imam-o \‘or. I. ._.r,,. <"_~. y wont), 'rnnot on _ ALL '1 iii, \ .-, ,-. .-._,.. ‘I‘ "" " * t v~~~~-~~~~ ,_, - v v »~ A » . '1‘].le wan, IS PUBLISHED I'lVldliY S\'I‘UI'.I)AY MORNING, lthe mess-house. Of these gentlemen ant l. their commands, I cannot speak with too j - . f hot, the town of Newark was repeatt-dly firet l and one of the enemy‘s batteries silenced for; .7! $2 per (t/nmm, [uni/Wu: (fiftll'lt'l'fy in tld‘lltllH'fl'. a time. An instanCe of extraordinary bravery in a ()lt‘l'ltll Al. REPORT. Commend/11g [/It‘ JIr/Ilt/ oft/5c ('rutrr, 1‘ .731,‘,"(l in thietheir trot r- l "twp \‘dil , . .7 _ ,. . l'ilIJJ‘Jt. n, (it tn; 1 .:, n: s. artillery ‘ V» otstu'mo, on , '3‘, l.‘. 'l'hornzts 7:,2d rent I; S. l'!'2'v(tl.(:.',, llonmu ' .‘vl‘l'iviy 14 I Campbell I "chair I in] I '3‘. o'xi'."u."th 7 do. infantry. do do. (lo. do. '11:. do (JV. do do (l') do. NI‘I‘dClCIJ‘lY, the buildings near it; from every observation ' Lt. Col. Commanding fort Niagara: dinary vigilance of the oflicers and men, par- l I could make during their fire, I am happy M... '..iculaily major A rmistead of the {Inited ll to say they merited my warmest thanks for l States corps of engineers, whose indefatiga- l their skill in the cervicc of these guns. A/Mmy, Dec. 10. ble exertions Were extended to all parts of Lieutenant Ilarria from his 4 pounder sunk a Cb/xf/ of a letter/ram air/jargon. .S'lqi/uxn f'rm, learns-cluer,tohis cs:eel/wirygovernor Y but )- the garrison, the fires Were not under without schooner which lay at their wharf; she was l t iwl'tilii‘m , Stt'.--l be}!> leave to inform you thaton the l ton) I cannot pass over. During; the the Lt :1 morning; of the Lllst instant, at 5 o‘clock, a tremendous cannrmadinpr I have ever seen, l l'ron‘. the numbers we saw carrie d off hemv cannonaditn; opened upon this garri- she attended the (5 pouuder on the old mess- f from t he enemy's batte ries, I presume many son from all the batteries at and in the neigh- hous‘c with red hot shot, and showed forti- more were killed and wounded on their side. borhood of Fort (ieorige, which lasted With- l tude equalling,r the Maid of Ur] -ans. Only two ofthe above men were killed by out intermission until after sun down. lhey l Lieutenants (iansevoort and Harris of the the enemy's shot, the rest by the bursting; of had five detached batteries, two mounting €24 l lat regiment U. S. artillery had the command a 12 pounder in the S. E. block -house, and pounders, one mounting;. a ‘J, and two mortar i of the Salt Battery at Youngstown, mounting I by the s‘pungesofthe guns on the north block~ ~outterirxs, one 101~2 the other .1 1-2 inch. l one 18 and a 4 pounder. These two guns , house, and at the Salt batte ry. 'l‘he batteries fired hot .‘llltil, which set some l playt-d upon the garrison of Fort George and l (il'LU. iouwl t‘v.:‘ 'l ‘fll'a , . , e-. If", reign I! . ."_ :il‘lilll‘t‘t' Suinhni'y, l'i :le do. 4 f' Wales ,vztti , or the ‘,.',!.f t}. :s‘ inlitntrv, " ' female (the wife of one Doyle, a private of"f the I137. S. artillery, made a prisoner at Queens;- TO Illtltlkllllfllt (il‘iNl‘iltAL SMY'I‘", I I 3 -. ., ‘4‘,er . hnghly, and from their shot, all of which was" .L W ()ur kill-ed act. wounded amount to clever much praise ; they disthngoishrd themselves _ ' Av, 473 I'M/Tl, {1111' flit/gaintie-SIrr'r'l, W. in! r.. »\ t‘ 33‘, ' r ; __-««_ -'---~TX No. 35, -» l tillery, had the command of a (3 pounder on ' 1 :t _V' Nli'W-YURK.....S.\'l‘til{DAY, l)l‘ltJl-l.\1lllll'. If), talk. 1 BY S. WOODWOH'I‘II E: C0. ‘llll _ oi r, nt: "l.//:/Jl.‘ I‘r o/r m ,i‘l'll." i of our buildings on fire, but from the cxtraor~ .'» 'vti\".‘ll "If Ill l f ‘x cl; twin being observed by the enemy. . ()ur garrison was not as well provrded with artillery and ammunition as I could have wished ; hoWever, the batteries opened a tremendous fire upon them, in return, with hot shot, admirahly well directed. Several times during the cannonading, the town of Newark was in flames, but was extinguished by their engines-as also the cen- [‘2 [it I" "\ til ~‘ l";. any as .d.i'.tr"ir,.11i I lldf ltlr'r "Hill. ‘Il I Hill fill , l_ Itlit'l llriti‘, lill't‘d, t if": .« I‘ rl ‘ii , i , i .. , \l . l M II t . ti, , t l "1 i. i .' t I‘ *- ,. l, i i > r t .l l‘., I t. l W also assisted in burningr and destroying the; buildings near the wharf. These two oflicers l and their men, in the warmest part of the cannonading, having fired away all their cartridges, cut up their flannel waistcoats and shirts, and the soldiers their trowsers, to sup- ' I . i din-r. ((hnnmunicated for publication by the governor.) Big/kilo, Oct. 2 1/, 1:412. SiltH-Jllllc daily expectation of your ex« cellency's arrival on the Niagara frontier since the action of the 1.3th, has prevented my making an oflicial communication to you on that subject. lint having; now received ma ply their guns. "or-general Dearborn's permission to re .)l;_‘ll tre building; in Fort George. 'l heir mess- ' I cannot say too much in praise of all the w my command, I propose to proceed immehous: and all the buildings near it were con- officers and soldiers of the artillt'ry immedt- ‘ diatrly to Albany. sumed. Captain M‘Keon commanded a 1'2 ately under my obsertation in this garrison ; ‘ Under these circurns.,ances, I have dcten pounder in the 5. li. block-house, and dis~ they merit the thanks and esteem of their' mined to furnish your excellency with a copy tingguished himself by his usual gallantry and country for the defence of it, and I believe it of my dispatch of the 14th to tnaj. gen. Dearskill. Captain jacks, of the 7th regiment never sustained so aharp and continued a born; reser ving for future communication. militia artillery, commanded a (3 pounder on bombardment. . some documents calculated to furnish a more 'l'he enemy threw more than two thousand full explanation the N. block-house, and together with a part ofthc late movements of the of his own company, though placed in a situ- red hot halls into it, and a number of shells, army. ation most exposed to the fire of the enemy, amounting to more than 1:10, only one of I cannot, hmvever, in justice to my own maintained their position like veterans. which did injury to our men. l feeling, to merit, and to the service, close Lieut. ltees of the :jtl rtigiment artillery Lieutenant colonel. (Jray commanded the l without notici ng to your excellency a number hat] the command older 13; ponnder on 111L- S artillery; the unremitting attention paid to.l of ofliccrc, whose conduct in the late action l'i. battery, which war. pointed at a battery his duty, proves him an oflicer whose anal, Would have reflected great honor upon vete~ m bar/mite, mountitn; z 24- pounder, and also and setence do honor to liimsclland country ,l ran soldiers, and entitles them to the notice to this gentleman I feel much indebted furl of your excelle ncy, and the gratitude of their were made from this gun, which proved the the manner he acquitted himself. l country. skill of its commander. To the officers of my regiment (particularBrigadier-general Wadsworth proved himAbout at Fort George; several Well directed shot ' I J ,r one of those taken by the enemy at the mouth , Ofthe Genesee river a short time since. Ilt: 1l| 1(Jo'clock lieut. liecs had his left shoulder bruised by a part of the parapet falling; on him ; which, though it did not materially injure him, ()l)ll;;t:tl l~ini to fixing, and captain Leonard of the lat i‘t:;)imeiit' I]. S. ly captain hliliigfan) and the soldiers who as- self an officer capable of corrunanditu)r with sisted the artillery, and those employed inl promptness, coolne ss and precision, inall the extinguishing the fires and carryhu; oil. the-l, vicissitudes of battle; and, though he was killed and wounded, I am also much indebt- l fortunate enoug h to escape wounds, scarcely . . . t l ed ; they merit my warmest tnank ,. lo Dix; a ijarnr nt he had on but bears more than one West of the garrison, l)r. Iluaan of the 14th lI mark of lionorLt l.-le "stimony. l command of the battery for the remainder of regiment U. S. infantry, and Dr. Craige of 5 (Lol. Van liens: clacr was in the first hoat, artillery, at that moment arriving, he took the wt ti ,ll the day. Lieut. W'endtl of the ad I‘t'lginlt'nt Ill t ,w r . the 22d regiment U. S. infantry, I offer niyi and was. the first man on sizorr-in the most thanks. They were employed during the! gallant manner l he led the van of the firstco pounder on the west batmry--;~ d I)" entire day in the most critical duties of theiri lumn through a very severe iire ; and, when.~ Moop'a‘ of captain Jacks" company militia ar- f profession. four wounds prevented his; proceeding, he artillery, had the command of an 18 and Al,- |