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A AVAL GENERAL ORDER.
The palpable and criminal inrer
courie held with the enemy’s forces,
blockading and invailine the waters
and shores ol the United States, is,
in a military view, an offence of lb
deep a dye as to call for the vigilant
interposition of all the Naval officers
ot the United States.
This intercourfs is not only tar
ried on by foreigners, under the
specious garb of friendly Hags, who
convey provisions, water and fuc
corsoi all kinds, (oflenftbly defin
ed tor fiiendly ports, in the face,
too, of a declared anti rigorous
blockade) direct to the fleets and
ftarions of the enemy, with a con
flam intelligence of our naval and
militaiy force and preparations, ud wl
the means of continuing and con
dueling tlte invasion to the glean II
poffiblc annoyance of the country ;
but the fame traffic, intereouvfe, and
intelligence, is carried on with great
fubtility and treachery by profligate
citizens, who, in viffels ostensibly
navigating our two waters, from
port to port, under cover of night,
or other circutnfiances favoring
their turpitude find means to con
vey fuccours or intelligence, to the
enemy ami elude the penalty of the
law. This lawless traffic and intei
ccurfe is also carried on to a great
extent, in craft, whofc capacity ex
empts them from the regulations of
the revenue laws, and from the vi
gilance w hich veflels of greater ca
pacity at trad.
1 am, therefore, commanded by
the President of the United States
to enjoin and diretl ail Naval com
manding officers to cx< rule the
strictest vigilance, and to stop and
detain all veflels or crafts, whnfotv
er, proceeding, or apparet.tly in
tending to proceed, towards the en
emy’s veflels within the waters, or
h vering about the harbors of the
United States, or towards any Ita
tion occupied hv the enemy within
the jurisdiction of the United States
from which veflels or craft the ene
my might derive fuccouis or intel
ligence.
W. JONES.
Navy Department , July Q'Jtb, 1813.
Philadelphia , Aug. U.
Naval. Action hit Cate May.
Oil Thursday, 29th July, 1813,
at 9 A. M. the flotilla, confiding of
eight gun boats and two block
{loops, lay at anchor off Oofhen, a
bout a mile from the shore. At
this time fcveral guns were heard
in the direction of Cape May.—
Our squadron immediately got un
der way, with a light breeze from
the weflw'ard and an ebb tide. At
ten A. M. two {hips w'ere Uncover
ed from the mast head Handing in
to the bay. At half pad 11 our
squadron, supposing them to be en
emies fiiips, came to anchor to ob
serve their motions.
At meredian, observed the near
ed and smalled of the fliips to have
grounded and the other, appart nr ly
a heavy frigate, using every exet
tion to join her—Our squadron
were instantly undtr way, and with
fvveeps and fails endeavoured to ob
tain a favourable position to attack.
At 5 minutes pad 1, anchored in a
line ahead within ihort gun-shot of
the sloop of war on fliore, supposed
a mile. Before this the frigate had
anchored abroad the sloop of War,
about half a mile didanr.
The following orders were lent
** car It commander of the flotilla
prt vious"to the action*:—
“ From tht line ahead, anchored
when the commodore anchors, and
when he commences firing, com
mence then and ol serve a good po
sition for annoying the enemy.”
At lO minutes pad one, the A
merican F.nfign and Pendent were
displayed from each vtffcl of our
squadron, and the firing commenc
ed by the Commodore, and instant
ly followed by the whole line.
At this time the Britifli colors
were hoided on board the enemy’s
J
fliips, and our fire returned from
both. At 2.5 minutes pad one, .8
barges were manned from the frig
ate arid sloop of war, and rowed to
wards Gun-Boat 121, failing mat
ter Sliced, who from In me cause un
know'ti to the squadron, had drop
ped confident!>lv aflt rn. and <.ur of
line. We kv pt up a heavy and
well directed lire on the sloop of
war, which was hrtfk’v returned
from botfi tlte cneniyk fliips un:il
half pafl 2, when we got under wav
and proceeded towards (Inn li.at
121, then in pofliffion of the ene
my’s barges, who immediately com
menced towing the raptured boat
from our squadron, under a htavy
fire of round, grape and cam tiller
shot, which appeared to have done
immense execution; notwirhfland
ing which, the numbet ot barges
towing tlte Gun Boat (now in num
her 10) soon succeeded in getting
her out of the range of our fliot.
Our firing ctalcd at 15 minutes
1 pafl 3 I*. M. Our loss was very
trifling, having none killed and but
7 wounded. That of the enemy
mutt have been great, but not yet
afeertaintd. 1 hey only acknowl
edge to have five killed and thir
teen wounded, and fcveral fliot
through thefloop of war—tht* num
ber of killed and wounded on hoard
ol her, we know as yet nothing of.
By the Cape May stage. informa
tion has been received, that on Sat
urday night lall, a Ihip of w*ar. (fup
pof<*d the 11 IviJere) joined the two
(hips in our bay. The wounded
men, 7 in number, belonging to
Gun Boat No. 121, Capt Sheed,
captured by the 7 barges, were lent
ashore in the sloop Betsey, as a flag
to Cape May. where one of them a
negro man, died on Saturday lall
and it was feared three others of
them would die Bv theft* men it
was laid, that the Britifli had 2 men
killed and 9 wounded in the barges
and one on board the Maria.
Freni the Buff aloe Gazette — July 20.
BATTLE OF BEAVER DAM.
On Wednesday night iaft, Ma
jor C. Chapin, arrived in this vil
lage, having (together with his
( company) escaped from the enemy
on Monday preceding. The Ma
jor has given us the following nar
ration of the action at Beaver Dant
&c. which vve now lay peforc the
public.
On the 23.1 of June lafl a party
ot theregula* troops, (confiding of
5<K) infantry and 20 light drag
oons,) under the command of Lr.
C G Boefllrr, together with 44
mounted Riflemen, composed of
militia from the country, under
Chapin, were detached from the
American encampment at Fort
George, for the purpose of cutting
I otr the supplies of the enemy, and
breaking up the small encampments
they were forming through the
courtly. On the 24th, about 9
■ miles wed of Ouccnflon, ihev w ere
attacked bv a bodv o! about L r o
Indians and nearly a hundred rrg- j
ulars, who lay concealed in the
woods near the road they were pafl
ing. ‘1 he attack commenced on
the dragoons, who were placed in
the rear —The infantry was soon
brought to a position to return the
enemy’s fire to advantage and suc
ceeded in driving them fome dil
tance into the woods. In a fliort
time the Indians having taken a ;
circuitous route, appeared in front
and opened a fire upon the mounted
riflemen who were flationed there.
Here they met with so warm a re- :
ception, that they were compelled
a fecund time to retreat in much
hallo. this every exertion
was made to draw the Indians from
the woods to the open ground, but
without much effedt—The few who
wc re bold enough to venture, wtre
handled so n ughiy, that they soon
retreated to their lu-kmg places—
In the meanwhile the enoi \ were
receiving confidet ible reinforce
ments, whirl) at length gave them
a go-.it lupetiority. A retreat for a
!• rt (iifiaoce was ordered, and ef
fectfd with \ery little Infs. ‘! he
limit*; • toon niaue their appearance
up >!! our tight and left and the reg
ulars and fome militia in fiont,our
troops were formed into clofl- co
lumns for the purpose of opening
thciufejlvc?; a way through the* tne
my w ith tin ir bayonets. At this
ju dure, a Biitifh < ffi vr rode up
and demanded the fur render of the
American party. Ihe demand v.as
made, he laid, to prevent the fur
ther t tlufion of blood.
11 afcci ted upon his honor and
declared in the molt solemn man
ner, tliat the Britifli regular lorce
was double that of the American,
and that the Indians were 7<H) in
number. Lieut Col. Eocftler, un
der a belief of these facts, and think
ing it impracticable to get off the
wounded, who lit; was unwilling to
abandon to the mercy of ’he lavages
and deeming it cxtieme’y uncertain
whether a retreat could be effected,
thought propet so agree to terms
of capiful ition,which were at length
signed by himfilf tin the one part
and licut B (hop on the >ther. By
these it was Itipulated that the
wounded fhuld be taken good rare
of, the offi ers permitted to retain
their fide arms; private property
to be refpedted ; and the militia par
oled and permitted to return home
immediately. The articles of cap
itulation were no (doner signed than
they were violated. The Indians
immediately commenced their de
predations and plundered the offi
cers of their fide arms, Ehe sol
diers too were (tripped of every ar
ticle of clothing, to w hich tliar lav
ages took a fancy, luch as hats,
coats, lhocs, &c. It is impoflihle
to give any correct account of the
killed and wounded, as the enctny
did not furnifh a lift. The loss of
the enemy is supposed to be much
i greater than ours. Between 30
and 40 Indians were counted, that
lay dead on the field. From their
known practice of carrying off their
killed and wounded, it is believed
they have fullered fevertly.
Copy of a letti r from Major Chapin ,
dated Fort George, June 1 3.7;
bin—l have just arrived from
my confinement in Canada wiih
my men, without our parole. Our
return happened in the following
manner; l received orders at Bur-
I lingfon Heights on Monday mc.rn
• ing to go to Kinpflon ; we fit eft’
accordingly under the* rare rs a
guaitl of fixiecn ir.cn , I had wi.i
me 2S men. We ali w. mon very
quietly till four o’cloik in the altu
noon, at which time I grve a figi.al
to attack the guard, which were fla
tioned in the following order—a
fergeanr and one man in the b. at
with my men, a li.-utefcant and 13
men in the boat with me and two
officers. At the figr ai my men tun
along fide of the boat l was in.
Lieut. Showers ordered them to tall
aflern I ordered them on boarc ;
at which time the < (liver att< nq red
to draw his (word. 1 kized him
by the neck, threw him on his bark
—two of his men drew their Inyo- (
nets on me. I immediately fi izai
both bayonets, at the lame ii.ftant
and thuw them an top of the offi
cer and kept all down together ; at
the lame moment my men fikv.d
the guard at.. 1 wrtfted from tie tit
th iir arms—-we then having p< f
fcllion ot the aims charged < t.,
course- and arrveil here tk:j> niorn
it g half after two o’clock, a 1 ! fafe.
We have bi< u. ht rv.ob ats wirl or.
CYKEN US CU \PIN.
Cm Ain i.sTON, Augufl ft.
From llaounni. Bv the a:r:val
of tt.e flooj hn ‘< fl *y, in in Hav n
ra. a fpiritc and Fret fl ot die Men.l -
antr. of th.it city, again ft the om
duel of die Nev.’-Pn.vi, core priva
teers (pirate t ) and the Vice Ad
miralry (k.urt at N fh;u, has been
i crowd. It ii vei-jhs in an anima
ted drain againlt tht numerous cap
tures ot Spaiiifh vo. fit !s since tht A
nterican war by iiritifh cruisers;
ii.fiance. (•. \ t • tl cates of high hand
ed mifcom.ud on the pmt of thei;
coinmanJtrs; and declares that for
ionic time rheir depredations on the.
property of Sparufh merchants him
exceeded the enormities expt >< n
ctd by Spain from *’ tie injameut,
the iaex.irai'h: Napoli cn;.” It
v.as nor thought iak* lor perfot s
from New lVovidcncc to walk the
streets of Havant:.! a:ter and irk, it r
fear of private aii.diination ; such
was the itritation in the public
mind against thofu concerned it:
private ring.
Boston, Julv 27-
1 iie* army events in Germany
are not so late as those received ir.
New-York; tiut they :elate fevtr
al brilliant a flairs among which v.a
the surprise of a convoy of Irene!,
artillery, which with 2UOO r;u?.
who eleorted it, were captured by-
Gen. CzcrnichcfF, on the jGifi
May, near Ilelberfladt.
The treaty between Ruffin ?.nu
Sweden had been presented to the
Britifli Parliament, and approved.
Sweden is to have Norway, and the
island of Gaudaloupe; and to furn
ifh from 2.5 to 30.1X10 troops to aid
tlie common caule in Gennany, to
be paid by England, i hey amount
ed to 28,000
Lord We llington wasdriving th .
French before him through Cafli -
la ; and in one aitliun captured 7JO
cavalry.
I'he French had imposed a cca;-
tribution of 84 millions of franc,
on Ilambuig.
Extract of a Liter from a gratia v. *
in London , to his fraud :n New
- ors dated the i (ah of May.
1,4 W’e cannot but exprets out
firm conviction, that the million tc
St. Petnflmrgh from Waflnngtoi,
can answer no end as regards the
matters in dilpute bttwien cur tw<
governments ; and that a prcfpt£l
ot a termination to the present uti
iortunate htflili'ies between ’ . i>
;■*? unfavcruble rs ever.”