Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 September 1814 — Page 2

Portfnouth fci ordered to be prepsre J ii.iasediately for the rcfiJence of the piincc regent, during the intended vifit of the fo vtreigns of Eilf IpC to that naval arlenal. TftO nav.il commands at nrrnootb, Guernf-y and Jeffey are di! continued, nod adinir da Murray and HargOod have fit ac k tlicir Aaga accordingly. Battle rf ChippewaCm. Brown's dcfcripiion of the battle of Chippewa it a m it biterefUng document. It cootaina . voluttoc of inftru&ton It give a fi ilet ing account of American bravery, and a mortifying account of individual indifcipline nr.ti want of courage. The American nation, r.s a nation, baa le srnc more it) two years of w ir, than it could in 2 K) yeo?of peace. The governmrntand the people of America now know bv experience j wherein lie thrr capabilitiet, wherein their deficiencies Surrounded by the KrrJuh ard the cp-.!.ia:us, with their favage allies the Indians, America mult now Fee, that (he cannot be long at peace. If pt ace Wefe made to piorrow, it wou!d only Le a fort of cruets In foic, i: is now palpable, tl at America mufi have both an an: if end navy, ii (he means to maintain Iier territory and her independence. The fpirit of our men on una is eOual to the fpirit of oat meo on water, When properly conducted Guide our fjUIiers by kill ind difupVme, and tcy will emulate our failors in time and courage Strictnefi oi dift ijd'pr is t ly neceP.Vy, bath to lite 1 ifety i i" the army and the lienor of the nation Iiiftant ttial and execution fhouta faH noon flagra it e&a ol cowardice and Ireach ry thit was the method of tbeRomans which enabled them to cope with

r the World Pardon, or difmlil if i is

commander in chief, that cn Wednefday morning 3d inft. capt. He nderfon, who was Oationrd at Monday's Point cn Yeccomicc, with one of Lis 4 pounders and a detachment of Ilia artillery, was attacked by a very fuperior force cf the energy, ard after an obftinatt Cpnteft, in which he expended ti e whole of his round (hot, was compelled to retreat, being clrfely purfued for the dift.mce of 5 miles into the country ; he fuddenly diverged from th; main road, and concealing his piece in the bulhes, crfetted his retreat to Letburg. The cnemv having n)i(Ted him by this manccuvrc, proceeded about one 01 !e farther into nearly the centre of the coiry beLween the Tatomac rj Rappahannoc, and dellroyed capt. Hcnderfon's dwelling houf?, Here houfe Sc out hoavfet, wit!, ail his furniture and goods, 8c th hotlfel and property of John King, juil oppniite acrofs the road i Richmond county, about 9 '"i!es from this place. l'tiere a furiicien force to oppole them cotod ad-

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a retreat to

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If one man furrenJers nil army

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their original p.-'mt of debarkatiofi having burnt almoft Vi the houfea near the main road, and laid Wafle ti e ccuntry thro ba i; they marcijed. Tbey rook from their families and heme" 7 unarmed perfona of whom feveral were exenpt from milit.y duty ; one cf thofe they h;.d Compelled to fhcW them the concealed 4 pounder, w !::(!: they dragged a confderafcle diftance u'itil m;cting with a par; of cavalry from Weft morelanO) tliey, in their turn, f.curcu the piecr, and I have r.o information that it has yet been discovered. About 3 hoars after the aff.iirat Mon day's Point, a barge vrsdifcovercd entering ai'otiier branch of the Yeocomico near Lxeter Lodge, bv a detachment of c.ipt. Hen dor fon's and Travers companies united a Thia detachment had been Rationed rear the mouth of th river, but being in danger of capture f u m the very fuperior force wl itli had afeeodf d the river, inid take n a y 1 j t i ii feveral miles higJier up, and was conuderably reduced by an efcort which had

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f rllows : " Tl'f- Americana have 1 ca;nn the war with better fortune on lfa than on Itnd but aood fortune is, in reality, only a term in vj'.ir ul ', for pood COOO u i -While, in great degree, they poflelTed the materials of a marine, from the rejterl ule of navigation, joined to a Itrong fpirit oi diftaot trading s.l'.'vr.ture-, and the habits of ft tic! obedience neceffary on board ti;e veTela of every defcription, the perfect organimation of a land army will require, after a long enjoyment of peace a conuderable time, and often eitnerienee of mifronduQ, before the military eharaflet become! eh grafted on thr f" dom of civil government turope, 3M-. . ;j verging talt t( toe uti Cipline cf a Camp, and Amtrica, in herjoti n defence, will Hnl it necetTary to follow the eaumple SHemuA, for a time at Irft. cafl a veil over the face of he i free con flitotion. .She may, for pvtlent emergenctear c vl

forth 100,000 of her militia, but

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adopt the martial tode, and pravife that 0CC4fi lot! feverity whifh r n only cieate an fh "nt army under (kilnil a;id competent commanders Bait An or.

By VVerlncsdavs1 Mail.

RICHMOND, Auguft 10. llxtia:t ot a lr:ter (by txprefs

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1 I beg lrvr to communicate to you for thr information ot tha commander in chief, t . five fait of the enemy's fhips paucd op thr i ay thia rooming, and v ! ten no doubt a t inforcement it ot.., well underftood tiiat ti-.ey had only one Ihip Tt the Cpa 1i tia retnfotcement eon ft (Is of one large ihin fuppoli I to he 4 line tit battle fliioi tvo frigates one biig and one fchooner' Extrac"of a letter fiom tol T. D Down io? to the ai'j, en. dated Northumberland e. ... Avg 4. ' I havr tor honor to communicate to ycu for tbi informatirn ct baa txty the

I ! ice of fafetv. Of this little ariy of about

C :i,;hton alTunied the coni-

wnere tue enemy in-

placed lus men in a thicket .1 oDpoute, reiervinr: his fire

until the bire lud grounded ; he opened upon th? enemy a moi feverc and deftruc" live diu barge from his mulketa Sc carbines, at the diltance of only 40 or 50 yards. . i hey immediately culled off with much precipitation, amidft a continued and well directed fire from the fnore Their lofs waa certainly very confide r able ; feveral were cut down by the fir I fire, and vvrre leen to f.ii! t a'mcit every fiiot. luilead of I 5 or 0 oars with which thv reached the beach, before they got out of the ranse of cur ftiuiketry and carbines, t'.iey could only man five or fix. In this ?(fiir an unlucky difcharge cf jrrape rrom tlieir bow piece, It verely Wounded . Barnes of t'ue infty and a private of artillery the only ioi's we fuftained Much credit is due fir, to the officers & men em ajed in thofe little; affairs Capt. Benderfon with only 30 effective rr.en, contended for 1 5 minuiea egainft a force of the enemy from 32 bzrges, and at hit retired in good order With only one in the le uft in jured, v ho was Wounded by the accidental explofion of fome cat:i.!gcs. He thinks that the enemy fufTered fevereiy ; he ispoCtive that he (truck their hargei with his round fhot at Irail 3 times before they were cx nded, 5c that the fire from Ins carbines, which was continued fonv t!n:e longer, was fevere and deftrucTtva in the extreme I truft fir, tliat from his conduct on th:s oc cafionand his activity an ufefulnefa upon every alarm, that the executive Will think him worthy of another piece, fliouIJ the milfinj; one not be found. 1 I have afcertamed Or, that the fpecies of force landed by the enemy in this county, wis only infantry, in the van of which w ere placed fome bl.u k among thefewere recogniaad a fellow who dele r ted laft fall from maj Ctaighton of this regiment. Their knowledge of perfons, ro:id3 and pia era, waa unqueftionably derived from a fourcc pi thia defcriptiwn only one cticer wis mounted when they reached Captain Henderfona, he liad no iudJle a proof that the horfe waa caught by the way. ' The force of the enemy now lying off the upper end oi this County, is a Hop of the line, three frigates, a brig, and a.i on ufual h'wc proportioa ol tcnJii and bar-gtu

We !f am from the fxprefs, that the bucc'neers fpared nothing at Kinfale but the hoval of a poor c!d negro woman the houfes (about 0 or 30) were burnt every urticlc vva: taken cIF which they could carry, and the reft was defiroyed all the tobacco which they found in the ware houfe was fhipped except about 20 hhds. which they burnt zz night-fall preented their carrying it cn board the unfortunate foldiera of capt. Pitt'l company from Lflex who vas killed by a grape fhrt, was taken from the ground where he fell, to within ten fteps of the fpot where they dined his pockets tured infide out and rified. The enemy landed it) Ken f ale in 27 barges, which wasfffppofed to contain near 1000 deO admiral Cockburn is laid to have been on lhore, mounted on a grey horfe fanioning by his prefecce as well as by his orders, all the attrr.cities whirh were perpetrated by his bond. The enemy landed at Monday' i'oirt iive or fix liick platoon in red. commanded by Britiih officers weep Briton weep and hlufli at the deftitution of lharr.e which marks thy countrymen 1 We underftand that orders hive ilTued from the adjutant general's ofxce of thia fl ite, Calling rnnjor gen" Alexander Parlcer to the command of the troops in the Northern Neck. Richmond Knq. War Not Peace. Tee. oppoiition prints in this country have for fome time pat been endeavoring to (how that we Ural! fiiortly have p"-ce ; but 'when or where we are weary ot conjclure.' There is fure'y nothing in the translation of the feat of oegociation from Gottenburg to Ghent, or the tranfportation of 12 cr U!000 troops at a time, to this country to profecute the var, that can favor an opinion of that hind, Ol that would permit the indulgence of fuc'n a hope. We cannot think th-n a nation Whole conttant and invariable policy it has been, ever finCO the declaration of our independence, to wound cur feelings, infult cur honor, and to yive a vital flap to our commercial prosperity, would nov;, vi'en foe is at tenure-, fhe conceive;, to inflict the Vengeance he feels, agree to any conditions but thcic oi difhoncrable nature to us. We are as zr.;zious as any one can be for ihe refiotation of peace ; but we do not wifn (nor ic it the Willi of the nntion) to fee that peace reftored at the facrifice of the reputation ar.u honor of the country. The great principles for which we contend, ' that free mips make free goods,' and the relinquishment of the unhallowed pracTtice of tmprelTmrnt, muft be eftablithed at one ti-.ne or other ; and it ma3r as well bs done now, nnce ve have emb'irked in the conteu, 255 at aiiy future period. It is, perhaps, in another point of view, tiTeiitial chat this war fhould be continued, if the enemy will not accede to our term, of which there i5 but little hope. '1 he world, and particularly the enemy, have been under wry mHtakcn and erroneous imprc'Jions as it refpeU the American character. As we have been To long iii a Hate of peace, and fo long in the profecution cf commerce, they bavc believed us enervated and eSeminute totally devoid of that energy of character, and that vigor of exe:tion which mould characterise a grst people. The manner in which the war opened tended to tltabhfh that opinion. Qur countrymen were but too little accufturned to war to do much at fir(l, they wanted to be familiarized to the din, alarm, Sc havoc of battle, their fouls lud been too much cne; vated by a long indulgence in the effeminating tranquility of peace, to izart forth, like mj rmadons from the blood of a fnake, accompli (bed warriors. We are now acquiring experience ; we are beginning to be enured to battle, and to bear the brunt and fliock of war. In a Qiort time we (ball become celebrated, not only as freemen, nut a vsrrior3 and patriots. A few more fuch fplendid actions as thofe atchieved by Brown, Scott, cc, will difpofe the enemy to liRen to reafon, and nuke the world retpe and fear us. Wafh City G-.:. BUFFALO, Auguft 9. The following was iiTu-.d from this fl.ee in the torm of an extra, but its having but a partial circulation, we repu;di(h it. On Wednefday morning laft, tlie enemy crolTed the Niagara river, below Squaw IIland, one mile below Iihick Kotk, with a force faid to be rifing 1000 regular 5, under It. col. Tuc kcr. They approached Black Rock, 8c were met at the Conjochrta tree k, ocfyic d;'y light, by rrtj, Morgajp, withtetJ

than 300 rifle rr.en ; a pirt cf the enemy. cr. Ifrd tl.e bridge over the creek, but were repulfed, and the bridge taken up. The firing continued nearly 3 heur?, when the enemy finding every effort to crefs the crerk unv ailing, he recroi'ed the liver. During tiie ?dtior, the enemy threw a r.umber of Uiot and ihclls acrofs the rivr. The lofs of toe cremy mon have been riling 50 killed, wounded and miffing Several were found ded, and tSiere weie appearsnces ot a nomber of bodies having been taken away, during the battle ; fix prifoners t&ken, 2:ri three deferttd. Our lefs was 2 killed and fix or 7 wounded ; among whom, wcrer3pt. Hamilton, and It. M'Intofb dangeroufly, and I;. Wtdfworth fevereiy In thiv action, m?;. Morgan and I 3 corps, have covered themfi-Ives with honor. The maj. has been joined by capt. Budfalf, with lo hemen, Gnce the aft ion. The enemy having been drfapoointed in gait ing Bufftlo, between 2 and 3 c'tljcl: in the afceincon, m.den movement on cur poGtion at fort Erie. Th y opened a fire on the fort, from a lrge piece of art'-iiery placed on the point about a mile below, which wa: anfweted from t.he fort and a fchooner in the harbor. The eremy attacked eur piqoeta with a large force, and marched into the open in rear of the iort, and commenced a heavy fire rf miifkctry-, which was warmly returned, srd z briik dif-charcr--f'nn leverI pieces of art':!ifrv, fooil compelled him to retreat io great confofion, leaving a number 01 his men on the field as the pi ice of his temerity. The s.jril lofa of the enemy we hsve not afccstaipccv. We hao a few wOunded. We have thing important from the arv at fort Erie Gnce the above, rJ he enemy appear s yet in conbderable force oppoGte biack Rock. There has been kirmilhing betWeCti the ptcpif'ts aimofl every day dm in-; th.c wee!. p.w, which f-.re reported to be in cfer favor. On Saturday the enemy appear cd in rfnr of the fort ; he was met by a u. If n w -

our riflemen, ana a lmart fksrmtih

ciiufo ; in wnich from the bell inforroati

or. lie nd irc;r: I S to 20 kiiied. Our Lofj waa four. There 1.33 ccrr.e in 6 or 7 dlrfirrters from the 'enemy, within ?. few days paft. Drip;, gen. Gaii.rs, has arrived at fort T.ne from Sackett's Harbor NEW-YORK, Auguft 12. Latest frc;n New Ltmdan. The verbal account brot' laft evening by hcj Rage paf fengera (and publilhed in the m&rning papers) ihat StoningtoO had been taken, and Saybrook bombarded, proves ir correct It is, however, true, that two or three frigate? and a brig proceeded into StoningtoO bar bor, and demanded the furrencier cf tht town the demand was promptly rejected-. The enemy commenced a heavy cannonading upon the town, and the inhabitants and militia who had coilccled from the neigh boring tow.-.:, with great fpirit, returned the

compitmen

The contefl continued 4 or

ii ne enc uiv w

thdrew.

flat.-d thattiie br".g was much injured ; and

one letter, we uodersrand, itatea, that 11 fu!.- whUe atteniptrnir to h-avc the harbo

We 1)3 ve been nbligrnnlv favored '

the following extract, which contains the lateft advices from tl it region, ix which WC have no doubt is fubllantiaHy correct :

Extract cf a ht icy from Va London, da

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I wrote you h i we? e in confederal 1?

led AubvM I 0,

v. 1

i-t the Biitidi

Lo.nc 111 uid Sound.

Ye fie relay, three ii ns ;i:d a brig moved 1 ft Stoniogton, and it i$ f.iid drmaidrd a forrender of the place, or as agreement that no oppofition O.oi Id i e made to tl eir a e f -troy ing th.e fhipping, under the penally of the town be i- g laid in allies. The propOfition was promptly rrjtOed. An expr-fs arrived here about eight oVmtk with this information About nine o'clock the firing commenced with rocket 1 and bom' -. nd continued until one it commenced again at five or fix this morning, aid was kept tip from the trig until nine or ten, when fli hauled off, as is faid, much injured. It is alfo (rated that buildings in the town are much injuied, though noncof them are drftroved.' PRINTING IX ALL ITS VARIETY, XFATTY AX D ACC'JRATKI.V F::?;ci:TED AT r;ii orricK