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Ciosl water, within a f v yards of a high t
hank, covered with g'afs, waist high: a
few Hens from the bow and (fern, an
umbrage of willows set out from the
ibore.
In this position the commanding officer
thought proper to remain until the wind
abate.!—Centres were placed at proper in
tervals, and the men were occupied in
cooking, when the report of several guns
announced an attack. At the firft fire all
the lentries were killed, and before those
on (bore could reach the barge, 15 or 20
out of 30 were killed and wounded. At
this time the force and intentions of the
Indians were fully developed.
On each (bore the fovages were observ
ed in quick motion, fome iti canoes, croft
ing to the battle ground—others were ob
flrved running from above and below to
f the scene of attack ; in a few minutes,
from five to seven hundred were affemblcd
on the bank and among the willows, with
in a few yards of rhe bow and (fern of the
barges. The Indians gave the whoop and
commenced a tremendous fire. The few
lurviving.brave merwin the barge cheered
and returned the fire from a swivel and
fiie arms. At this critical, jun&ure, Lieuts.
Re&or and Riggs tire rangers, who
commanded the two barges ahead, did
ot bear the guns, but sow the smoke, and
Concluded an attack was made ; dropped
down— Riggs* boat stranded about Too
•yafds below Campbell’s, and Rt ftor, to a
void a like and pteferve him
-1 felf from a raking fire, anchored above—
both barges opened a brilk fire on the In
dians ; but as the enemy fired from cov
-1 rte, it is thought little execution was
done. About one hour was spent in this
Umequil contefl, when Campbell’s barge
was discovered on fire, to relieve which,
< dor cut his cable and fell to wind
ward of him, and took out the survivors. >
finding he could not a (Tift Riggs, having
a number of wounded on board, and in
danger of running on alee Otore, he made
the bell of his way to this place, where
he arrived on Sunday evening last. It is
feared that the futtler’s and contraflor’s
boats have been captured, as they were
not less than fix miles ahead, and muff be
Ignorant of the transaction below. Mr. •.
8. O’Fallen owned and conduded the
futtler’s barge. The corridor’s barge
1 bad a full load of provili jn; so that in
the event of their capture, the lavages will
glut their vengeance on the zo or 30 de
i’ ncelefs men, and obtain a supply of about
- >0 lbs. of gun-powder, a considerable
qua “tity of merchandize, and upwards of
aOO barrels of pork, flour, whilkey, &c.
Killed and Wounded.
Tli. ■ were 8 regulars killed and 14
-woundt —two died on tbiir passage to
this plat One ranger IpJled and four
wounded n board of JLieatenant Redor’s,
barge. V
Brigade flfajor Campbell and Dodor
Stewart are severely wounded.
Two women and a child were severely
Wounded—one of the women and the child
,4 ”5s since dead.
Juff as we had finifhed detailing, the a
bove unfortunate affair, we received the
glad tidings of the arrival of Lieut. Riggs,
iit Cape au Gray—lie loft three men kil
led and four wounded. Would to Hea
ven we could account for the remaining
two barges.
CONSOLATORY.
As we were pi eparing the foregoing for
jnrel’s, gun -boat Gov. Clark, commanded
by Capt. Yeiser,arrived herein nine days
Lorn Prairie du Chien, with the contract
or's and futtler’s barges, which were fortu
nately relieved as the Indians were about
to board them.
From the officers of the Gov. Clark
we have received the following very im
portant news from the Prairie. On the
17th inll. the long expedited Britilh force,
appeared in view, marching from the Ous
consin toward the village : the line of reg
ular troops, militia and Indians extended
about two miles* with 24 flags fl yiiig. A
JBritilh officer arrived at the fort demand
ing its lurrender: Lieut. Perkins returned
Tor answer that he was able and prepared
to defend the port, to his charge.
Before the return of his flag the Britilh
commenced a fire upon die Gov, Clark,
•from a small battery of 3 three-pounders,,
which was immediately aul'wered from a
fix pounde 1 from the boat. * Soon aftqr
tlie firing commenced, a large body of In
dians and white troops crofted to the isl
and in front of the village, and enabled
them to fire on the boat at piftoL; fliot dis
tance and lcreen tfiemfelves behind trees
from the grape which inccfTiintjly poured
from the beat. In this manner the con
test continued for two hours, until the
gun-boat received several flint between
■wjnd and water, when it concluded to
wove down the river. By this movement
down the narrow channel, they had toruri
the gauntlet through a line of musketry
nearly nine miles.
On approaching the rapids, Capt. Yeiser
lent his skiff with pine men down to Re
connoitre, wlio discovered Riggs’s boat
engaged with the Indians, and > ampbell’s
barge on fire. “ These apprarances'induced
the-boat's crew to return and the Indians
to call them to come *n (bore, raising to
their view the Englith fl g, lielieving them’
tobeMackinaw voyagers.
Before the return of the recoimoitering
boat, the Goy. Clark joined the contrac
tor’s and futtler’s boat. Thole 011 board *
’ were ignorant of tlie fate of the boats be
low, and would in the coin ft: of a Quar
ter of an hour have beiu in the power of
the fovages, if they had riot been providen
tially lp ate lied from delhuftibfi.
Several were wounded on board tlie Gov.
Clark, viz; Lieut, tiquderfon and Enlign
St. Pieree, severely. Five privates were
wounded-—one died on the was down tlie
ilay after lys leg was amputated* .
. 1
gsatonali:
MONDAY, Airoust 29, 1814.
FLAC^OTTRUCE.
Last Friday afternoon a Flag was sent
up from the Engl ifti Frigate Lacedemonian
Cape. Jackson, then -off our doaft, ln order
to exchange the prisonepflitf had then on
board, but which could not be accompli (li
ed for want of fuflfoient powers being veil
ed eitlier with the Marshal of this. Dilfridt,
or the Britifli Agent for Prisoners— 'l he
officer in charge of the Flag after - ascer
taining that his objeft could could not be
accompliflied, immediately proceeded back,
the following is the copy of setter from
Capt. Jackson, to the Ageflt for Britilh
Prisoners: 1 . U.
[COPY.] v •
His Majcjly’s Ship Lacedemonian,
at Sea, 26th Aug. 1814.
Sir— Having on board the Lacedemo
nian a number of American prisoners, as
her lift* which were intended to be sent to
Bermuda, but underftjndnig from the mas
ters of the velTels which have been captur
ed, that there is a fufficient number of Brit
ilh prifoners,nowat Savannah to exchange
for them, and that inftruttions have not
only been lent from the American govern
ment to that effeft, but tliat you would ve- \
ry readily agree to the propolltion as a great |
proportion or thole men belohg to Savan- i
hah 61 the adjacent conn try; in order there- !
fore to leflen as much as possible the mife- j
ry and dilWfs of thcfe-inuividuals, >
.1 fiaVe a vaijed mylelf of this opportuni
ty to make the propofol, and it agreed to
the fame vefftls which brings ont the Brit-,
ilh prisoners, (hall return with an equal
number of Americans.
I h ve the honor to be fir, your very
obedient servant, &c.
SAMT’Et. Jacksom,
Captain and senior Officer
To tie Agent for Britijhprisoners of
* war at Savannah.
_ r m v
Off onr bar yesterday, two fi igates, one
large sail, supposed a razee, and tile Dot
terel brig.
1 By last Evening's
*n• • /
. ‘'V < i
IVaJbinglon CityOazette Extra, Augufi
20 tb, 1814.
Head-Quarters, Fort Erie, XT. C.
Augufi 15th, f'd. AJ. 1814
Dear Sir —My. heart is gladdened
with grattitude to Heaven arid joy to my
country to have it in my power to inform
you, that the gallant army under my com
mand has this morning, beaten the enemy i
commanded by Lieut. Gen. Drum norid, |
after a severe of three hours, com
mencing at 2 o’clock a. M. They attack
ed us on each flank—got poflVflion of the
fallant Baffion of the old Fort Erie; which
was regained at the point of the bavonet,-
with a drtadfiff llaugbter. The enemy’s
loss in killed and pi ifoners is about 600,
near 300 killed. Onr lofs'is inconsidera
ble, but I think not one tenth as great as
that of the eni-my. I will not detain the
express to give von the particulars. lam
preparing niv fore- to folio y up th ■ blow.
With great refpeit and esteem your obe
dient servant. ...
% Edmund Pknekton Gains,
Brigadier General Commanding, j
The honorable John Armfirong, ;
The secretary of Wtr.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
“ Another glorious victory has been a*
cWeved by our brave troops—this morning
at 2 o’clock, all the forces of the enemy
fay 5000 under the command of Lieuten
ant General Drummond arid Major Gen
eral Conran, attacked our forts & entrench- J
ments: after a hard fought battle, the
enemy was repulsed with the loss of seven
hundred killed and wounded, and many
prisoners, with a number of officers, includ
ing three Majors that we took; they re
newed their charges foor times, but were
repulsed each time with great loss. The
enemy Fought to desperation—Col. Drum
mond, a coulin to the General, was among
the (lain. We made a sally from the fort,
was the reason that we took so many pri- ‘
foners. The enemy at one time got pos
session of one of out batteries, when it was
immediately blown up, and deffroyed
three hundred of the enemy’s best troops;
our loss is only fifteen killed and as many
wounded, amongst tlie former, is Lieuten
ant M’Donnal of the artillery—he died
nobly; and the lattercaptain Williams of
artillery—Yours, in great haste.”
“ P. S. Ali their dead and wounded fell
into bur hands—you have no idea what a
tremendous fire was constantly kept up—
we were Enveloped in smoke and fire—-(hot
flew like hail ffones, A great number of j
Britifli officersofdiftinftion are amongst the
(lain* Excule this scrawl, as 1 was up all ,
last night and am much fatigued.”
From tie same to tie same, dated Fort .
Erie, ('ll. C.J Aug- 14* (814.
“ Yffferday afternoon the gallant Ma
jor Morgan, (whom I mentioned in my
last letter to you of hi* bravely repulsing :
with 250 riflemen between 8 and 900 of
the enemy, under one colonel Tucker, who ,
attempted to crossover to Black Rock and
Buffalo tor the purpose of destroying our
(lores at these places) went out with 300 ■
of liis riflemen, to skirmish with the ene- ;
my’s picket guard—he drove their pickets j
in, when a (harp cor.fluff ensued ih the I
woods for nearly three hours, in which the
enemy loft 60 killed and wounded ; after ;
tju*m to retreat, our riflemen be
ing, too deftrtlftive fyj^them—our loss ivas
15 killed and 4 woundyff; <d lam ex
tremely lorry to fay tlie gallant MOR
GAN was aqrongft ‘the former ; he was
(hot in the head at the head of his men—
'Jhis loft has caused great regret thoughout
the camp—he was a modest and truly brave
mati.
• I.alfo regret to fay that we had two of
our Vessels, last night, cut oat by the ene
my’s boats. We had three under the
command of Conklin—two mount
ed a long 18 pounder, & one a long 24
the Utter they did not succeed in taking—
there were only alxnit twenty men in each
vessel—the night was extremely dark, and
the centinels did not difeover them, until
their boats were along-fide. We are look
ing momently for reinforcements—yefter
day arrived two hundred and fifty fine
looking men from Detroit—Grtis. Brown
and Scott are nearly recovered—General
Gaines, our commander, is a Virgininn.
It is reported that Col. Craghan has re
turned to Detroit, after taking and garri
soning Markins.”
Cmuncey has complete command of
Lake Ontario, and will no doubt keep it.
IMPORTANT.
The tolLwing importsrtt letter and Gene*
aal Order have,.this moment, beeu put ?
in our posse (lion by a friend— |
Baltimore, Aug. 20, 1814- ;
“ I arrived in this phee a few minutes *
ago and found the city in tjonfulion and
I alarm ; near 50 fail of tlie enemy (many j
I of which are tranlports filled with troops)
[ have come up the Cliefapeske Bay ; they j
\ have divided their forces, one part has gone 1
f up the Potomac, another up the Patuxent; |
and one towards this place—tlie firft two j
are intended against Wafhington-Citv, and
the Utter to menace this city; Jm express
has jpft arrived, informing that they nave
landed ip froce at Benedict on the ratuX
ent, and are marching towards the capital;
one full regiment of volunteers from the !
third battalibn of rifleman, two companies !
of artillery, and two of troops, are or- !
dcred to march at 4 o'clock to-morrow j
morning for Walhirtgton. Every man
that is capable of bearing arms, is obliged
to parade from 4 to 8 in the morning, and ;
from 4t07 in the evening, every day* {
“ There is now flying at the Oblervato- 1
ry a Britilh flag’, notifying a Britifli (hip
in fight of tins place. I pus, fir, all are ,
alarm and difinay, business entirely at a |
stand, nothing to befeen hbre bat military ‘
marching through the streets, nothing to ’
be heard but drums and other martial mu- !
sic—all are united, determined to defend i
| their country from the invading foe. On
| the reading of tlie orders of march this af- ‘
ternoon,, to tlie volunteer troops, it was re- j
ceived with hearty cheers, each person ap
pearing to glory in the opportunity to
(hew his devotedtiefs to the cause of his
I coimtty.”
general orders.
Adjutant Generals Office Head-sjtar* ■
ters, Military LifiriSi, Mo. 10. J
%.Washixgtos-City, Aug. 20, 1814. i
SotDiEss!—The <many threaten .the i
Capital of vpur counnr,’ and are nriw
prefling towards it with a force which will
require every man to do hisdbty, without !
regard to facrifices and privations, ‘i'he
zeal and promptitude evinced by tliofe j
mw jn tlie field, With the reinforcements ;
which are rapidly s preffing *to your aid, af
ford the faireft promise that the enemy
will receiv the just chaftiseroent of his
’ temerity. Besides those legally called to
• tlie honorable and glorious talk of defend
| iegfrom insalt and devastation tlie capital
i of your country, hallowed by the venera
; ted name of Wafhiugton, thousands ani
’ mated try the warmest zetl for the honor*
liberty, and independence of their country;
will voluntarily flock to its standard and
teach our haughty foe that freemen are
never unprepared to expel from their foil
the inf dent foot of the invader.
Let no, man now allow his private opin
ions, his prejudices of caprices, in tavor es
this or that particular arm or weapon of
annoyance, be a pretended excuse for de- j
fating hi? p'-ft—-buticizilig on tliofe which ‘
can*be furfiiflied him, or ht can command
himfelf, resolutely enewunter the enemy,
p.nd prove that lift bravery of freemen
fighting tor their families—their liberty—
their country—can. render weapon
formidable.
Let obedwnce and alacrity in difeharge
of the duties required, however irksome
or painful, prove their title to tlie appella
tion of defenders of their country.
By otder of the General commanding.
R, G. HITK,
h. Affirtant Adjutant General.
PLEASING INTELLIGENCE.
From the N. York Columbian , Extra*
Tuesday Aftemuon, Aug. 16. 1814.
BY TH (K STEAM BOAT FULTON.
Albaoy Register Office, Aug. 15.
We have received the following inteJ
| ligenjpe by a gentleman, who arrived last
evening in the Stage trom Sackett’s Har-
I bpr. In a letter dated'the 12th inst. from
j an officer on board the Superior, [Ghaun
! cey’s fldg flnpj if is (fated, that the Brit
. ifti fleet are still. K divided, four of their
(hips of war havjrfg fought refuge under
the guns of Niagara, wtfilft the larger ves
sels are closely blockaded in the port of
Kingflon, by the ‘‘gallant Chauacey, who
with five of hli fbips are cruising off the
’ Royal Ducks. One of the Britifli Ihips,
formerly the Prince •/Pe^ r et,* Waß cut off
by part of our fquadron* whea attempting
: to reach Niagara. Finding it impossible
: to escape, they run her affiore, abandoned,
| and blew her tip. ‘
Sackett’s Harbor is perfectly fafe, being
under the command of.that excellent and
| vigilant officer, Gol. Mitchell. Defended
by fucffchoice troops, and the heroes of
Ofwego, there is no apprehenlion of an at
tack. The troops are in. high health and
, excellent’ fpirirs.
By a Tetter from a gentleman on board
tlie sylph, arrived at New-York, we learn
that “ Garraccas was taken by the Royal
ists about the 10th of July, while the Pat
riot armv was at Cumana—they gave no
quarters to tlie male inhabitants and that
the massacre’s committed, were horrible.
I saw a gentleman who left La Guira as
the Royal ids came down the mountain to
take piffoffion of that devoted city.”
Demo . Press.
Froth tie Boston* Exchange C.,H. Boookj !
Saturday, Evening,- Aug. 13*
LATE FROM BERMUDA.
Swedifti (loop Antelope, White, frorii
Bermuda, arrived off Plumb Bland on the
Bth inst. and Was detained by the blockad
ing iquadrou. Several palfengcrs in her 1
were landed on the 11th inst. and arrived
in town this momiug.
I have converted with them and leant
the following:
Sailed from Bermuda oh the 29th ult.
in company with the Frtb, 38, coin. Ho
tham ; Pacffolus, 38; and Pomona, 38 3
all of which anchored off Plumb Bland
(near the mouth of New-London river)
the sth inftmt.
Left at Bermuda, ten. fall of war Ves- 1
sels, viz j—Alia, 74; Tonnant. 74, (Ad
miral Cochrane’s flag (hip) 6 frigates, a
(loop of war and a brig. j
Admiral Cochrane remained there.
A frigate arrived two days before from i
England, which touched at the Wtfkin
lflinds about tlie ift July, and left wa
tering there, a large expedition front Gib- ‘
raltar bound to Bermuda. -j
Admiral Cochrane was waiting for that
expedition; and it was said he would take
command of it, on its arrival, proceed for
ourenaft, and make an attack ois Hew-
York. , ]
A Salem pinked sterned boat, from N. •)
York or Philadelphia, with flour,; a Nfcw-
York fchr. from a Southern port; a Mid
dletown, Con. (loop from North-Caroflna
with naval (lores, all arrived about the
20th July, sent in; aed tlie fchr. ——
Rowell, of Newburyport, from Wilming
ton, n. c. with flour and tar, arrived about
the x6di; these were the only prizes sent ,
111 for fome time.
Spanifti (Itipßofa, from Boston for Ui-
Vanna, put in there leaky about the 10th
of June, had difeharged part of the cargo,
and remained there the 30th ult. She
was seized yn her arrive!, but had been
given up. ■
L About one hundred and sixty American
prisoners were at Bermuda. There had
been no late arrival at Bermuda from Eng- (
land ; and nothing new there.
LAKE ONTARIO FLEET*
The following statement of the force of
the United States’ Laky Ontario Squad
ron, is from an authentic source, and may j
be relied on ,
Ship Superior , flag (hip, mounts thirty'.
long on the spin deck $ thirty
ftiort 42-pounders on the ppper ckrk, has }
550 men, and commanded by Commn* ;
dore Cliauncey. ; , .'/■ ’. - ; •
Ship MoJbav/k, twerity-fix long 24-poitfl
dert on the gun deck, eighteen 10ng,4 a
pounders on the spar deck, cbmmandcd by
Captain Jacob Jones.
Ship Madison,’ twenty-four Tong 18
pounders on ope deck, and one long 24 •
pounder on a pivot, commanded by Capt* :
Trertchard. 4 ..!
Ship General-Pike, twenty-eight long i
24-pounders on one deck, commanded by-
Capt. Crane.
Brig Jefferson, twenty-three long i 8
pounders on one deck, commanded by
Capt. Ridgely.
Brig Janet, twenty-two long- 18-polnl
d“rs on one deck, commanded by Capt* ;
Woolsey. f- v l :
Brig Slypb, fxxteen long tS-poundets,
commanded by Cape. Elliott.
Brig Oneida, fourteen lopg 18-poutt
ders, commanded by Capt. Brown.
Qovernor-Tompkitis, four 4-pounaers.
Lady of the Lake, two guns.
Making a total of 288 guns.
The Coilquest, Ontario, Pert, Bee. Ate
not to be brought into line, but are toforve
as bomb vcffels,, transports, &cj I'lie
Lady of the Lake will be one of the fig- j
nal repeaters. ‘ -
IQ” The fofee of the Britilh Squad- 1
ton, under Copimodore Yeo, hai not been
dated from any source ,in which confidence
or accuracy can be, placed* The ftate
pient given in our last was from the Alba * .
ny Argus, and gave the number of guns
at 207 (not 197, as from an error in the,
addition was dated in this account.) The
Britilh small craft are much more nume
ous than ours— ißost. Centinel , *s*£v
.—>.♦♦♦ mm.- ■ ■
Marine Intelligence,
Port of Boston , Aug. it.
The privateer fchr. Harpey, capt. Grigg,
of Baltimore, from a cruise of 4 piontlps,
!• arrived at Portfmouthon Wednefijay last.
From fcveral of her officers, who arrived
in town last evening, we have obtained the
following particulars of her cruifo—-June
4, off Madeira, captured Britilh (hip Al. •
fred, Crufo, of London, from Corunna for
Barbadoes, in’ ballad, and ordeted her in,
undercharge ofprize-mafter Gec.Ruflelf— :
(ar. at N. Carolina.) About 20th June,
off Lifoon, Britifli brig Mary, of Dart
mouth, from Triefle for Bremen,’ cargo,
ratlins, currants, and Turkey carpets, and
ordered her in j S. Williams, prite-mas
ter. July 4, Cape Finniftere, S. E did*
30 leagues, captured, after an a£Uo of 3
lioprs and 10 minutes, (moft of tlie time
drift,) the Britilh packet Ihip Primesr
Elizabeth, of 8 guna, (two long brasia 9’s
and fix 9 and ix Ha? gauadw and carron*
ades,) and 38 men, from iMfatta and G2h
raltar, bound to Falmouth. She received
great injury in Jioll, spars, &c.
and had her failing master and two (nefl .
wounded—the Harpey had one map, by
the name of Hughes, killed, and’ two
wounded ; bad her malls and bowsprit bad
ly wounded, and considerable otlieir inju
ry. Took from the Packet 10,000 dol
lars in specie, and in consequence of her
very disabled (late, and being an old ves
sel, ransomed her for 2000 dollars, and
permitted her to proceed after disarming
her.’ An aid-de-camp to an Kngtiffi gene
ral, and the 2d officer of a 74, were pas
sengers on board of her. Took out of her
on board the H. 4 of her guns, (including
the brass pieces) five pipes of wine, &c.
and put on board all the prisoners Ijom
; the privateer. July 8, lat. 45, long. 12,
captured Britifli (hip St. Lawrence, of
Dartmouth, from Newfoundland- for BtTL
boa, cargo fifll and oil, and ordered her In 1
Gfeorge Carter, prize-mafter* The Hir
---! pey foiled from New-York 15th April, in
co. with tlie Sabine privateer and parted
from Her immediately. She cruized on
the Banks ofNewfouudland, 15 days, then
off the Western Wands, .Madeira, &£. on
, the coafl of Li(b<]n, off Cape Finiftcre, and
in conftqnence of the damage received in
, the affiori with the packet, was compelled
to return to tlie United States. About
the 25 th June, on ithe coast of Lifoon,
chased a large fthooner, fujiposed td be an
American privateer \ while in puifuit, 4
74 hove in fight, and ga\T clißse to her,
when tlie Harpey left her. lift
seen the fliip was apparently gaining on
her foil. Between Madeira and the \Vt sty
ern Illands, the Harpey gave chafe ttySqid,
approached so near to a brig is to fire into
her; supposing ‘he might, from appearan
ces be a brig of war, gave up the chalk
and stood off, when (he gave chase tu turn,
fired a broadside at the Harpey, and ten ‘
or twelve bow guns, but’ escaped from her
with ease. Off Port-au-Port (Portugal)
got decoded undeT the guns of a largs
sloop of war or small frigate, with Spaniffi
colors flying, arid fired a number of fliot
into her, when (he down Spanifti and up y
Engliflt colors, gave chafe to the Harpey,
and fired 5 btoadfides and fome single guna
at her ; two of her fliot went tbrougk
tbe lchooner’s fails, and the others went
over and about her; escaped from her with
ease. August 6, on the N. E. part
Georges’ was chafed by a brig of war, and
escaped in consequent 1 of the weather
coming on thick. The Harpey has spo
ken no American Cruizers since (he foiled,
and boarded only one vtflelfrom or bound
to the United States, viz. the Portuguese
cai'.el lsabclla. 8 days from Phila- ,
delphia, for Copenhagen, in lot. 43, 449
long, 50. with the late Charge des’ Affair*
to the United States, &c. on board—
She had seen nothing hut the Acafta frig
ate which boarded her two days out. Alio
spoke a Ruffian (hip from Amelia for Eu
rope. Thq Princess Elizabeth was com
manded by captain Forresdale and had
a Turkish Ambassador for England on
board. June 3, lat. 34 22, long. 17. the
Harpey boarded a Swedish frigate built
(hip, (lately a 44 so the King’s fen ice) of
; to long 18*3 and 100 men, bound to Rio
Janeiro; bad several American paflVngers*
I Long. 30, boarded Swedifti fhip—-,fro
Amelia for Europe, via, Bermuda, where
file had been sent in snd cleared. To th#
of the Grand Bank, boarded a French
’ (Bourbon) Brig and schooner froip
j bound to the Banks, fifhin^; had been
j boarded from a large American privateer
! schooner todays before, and Rated, that
fleet of 15 faitof French b-^d
foiled a ; few days before them. Aliofoid*
that American privateers wtre qfftlie Isle
of Wight, cruizing. Put the crew of the
St. Lawrence .on bejard the Frenqh brig,
tuly *8* 1 , ; If. ■
The Harpey is a beautifal ve(fet of
tons, and mounted 10 guBS when (he took
tlie Packet, The wine taken out of thg
P. £. belonged to Lord Elliot, anEngliftt
nobleman.
\ May 17, John Green, of N. York, foil
from the roaintopfaH yard pf the Harpey ,
Over boards arid was picked up dead.
None of the above prizes had any guns,
except the Packet whole mail was thrown
overboard at the time.fte Tlvs
Harpey brought in fib prisoners.
The Britilh schooner Hen tv, from HaL
ifax for Martinico, cargo filb, arrived *t
‘New- Bedford oh Sunday high* prize
to the privateer brig Saratoga, Captain Ad
erton, of N- Y. captured July 27, lat. 41,
long. 61. The Saratoga was 4 day* from
New-Bedford, and had taken ndthing elfe*
The Ertgiilh capt. of the prize (Ramfoy,)
arrived in town on Wednelday evening* .
Mr* Alden is prize mafte> to the Henry*
She was formerly tlie Americah fchcrooer.
Union, of Warren, R. I* sent into ‘Hali
fax, about 18 month* since. When the
prize left the Saratoga, a brig (apparently
a merchantman,) was in fight, (landing s.
E. to which (hr gave chafe. About one
boor after fofing fight of her heard a firing
io thay direftion, anddiftinftly counted 18
giuu. Three days before the Henry ar
rived, she was chafed several hours by 2
large (loop. She has seen no other veffeL
and spoke nothing, since her capture. The
day after leaving New-Bedford, the Sara
toga was chafed by a frigate, and put baclj,
and cme to anchor off Nantucket Light;
soon after another frigate hove in fight,
and came to anchor, in the S. E. quarter to
prevent her escape that way, while the oth
er blip continued (landing off and On at
the N. E. When night came on, the
Saratogo got under way, and made her es
cape, without feeing the enemy*
’ > i :f
Received and far Sale,
Three caaes BONNETS.
T* A* SCHOEDDE*
August 2S * 6 X