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Three diHars per anim.n.] J Volume XIII.] DESULTORY. VROM TIIE N A TIONAL ADVOCA IT. TINES Written by a your.* lidy of New-l'orl. Ai c! art thou gone in lime of need ? Brave spirit! haft thou lied indeed ! And wii! that noble heait again Ne’er fee! the throb of jny nr pain ! ‘I :.at heart that beat with patriot fire, -A’! ’ will it ne’er again aspire 1 mret our foemen on the main, A ‘ reach Britannia's ions again, 1 Yalr arm’d in Freedom’s cause C neve: ‘brink, or never pause, 1 b death fimfelf stand threat ’ning by: i ‘.ia’s ions can dare to die! (■’ ! n.ver yet diJ braver foul T i thine, e’er bow to death’s controul; And ne’er fbu.il fallen Hero be More wept, m.'re lov’d, mere mourn’d than thee! S-’amen ! If e’er thy courage sleeps, Think where the life of Lawrence weeps ! Think of the pun-s that rend her heart, A ” i let i hat thought a power impart ’l° >nufe again that dormant fiamt .And let *hv watchword be his nam.. ? I !ier ! If e’er thy coward breaff Pant for weak, inglorious relt, Dcmember Pihc ! disdain to fly, Rclolve to conquer or to die! \et Soldier! ’mid the battle’s rage, Let Mercy (till thy thoughts engage. / t:d, Seamen ! in thy honest breast, O! ! let it be a cheiifhed guest ; 1 nwrcnce was merciful as brave, He 1 ved to conquer, and to save. A t Un s ot . (hould be forgiven ; “ Mercy’s the attribute ol Heaven.” PADDY TO HIS CHARMER. Dar honey while fitting alone, In tny room with a parcel of men, I often am thinking of home, And wifn myidf Lack there again. Thtfe be sh-whacking Yankees won’t do for me to be dwelling among—- Dear love to Lc living with you, I could even consent to be hung. But if I fliould happen to C*.*, And lo be compel!*d to live here, Would wish near a brother to iie, With whom i could chat and be cheer. And O, when I’m well under ground, And die Sexto:: Las done with his bother, Don’t let me be looking around. And find you there wedding ano ther. M‘CLAYER. Los?) and (jim.. % Tvs :y man couverfan: with tire h.-hul print, o: ihe day, car .not have iaiied to notice the extreme lolicitude v.LTh they manifeft, to magnify our losses, at:.l conceal thole of the enemy. Thus the pub i: • property rastured bv the er.c::‘v MONITOR. published (v.ul.ilv) by david p. hill house. WASHINGTON, (Geo.)—SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1513. at Ogdenfburgh, Genn? (fee river, Sodus and Black Rock, have be n represented as itnntenfc, while vt r y litttle has been laid oi what has bee i taken from the enemy. This may in feme meal urc be owing io the negleit or delay of our own of ficers in making the proper returns, ihe truth, however, is, that the captures cf public property made by our army on the banks ot the Niagara, to fay nothing of that ta ken at York, &c. far exceeds the whole amount taken by the enemy during the campaign. Although the returns have not been comple ted, the following < (lunate of io:nc cf the more prominent ;*.r:i. Ls, ta ken at Fort Gc->rgc and its vicinity, cannot fail to be interfiling ; it is derived from an officer in the ord nance department, and is believed to be nearly coined. 1000 bids. Powder, 1700 do. Proviftons, 2700 yds. Flannel, ]oo t >ns cannon balls A {hells, 27 cannon and mortars, 1000 stands of arms, Besides a quantity of foldicrs clothing, fixed ammunition, ,vc. Albany Gaoette. Profit and Loss, 1 N V I R G 1 N 1 A. Comparative bus ol the Anicri ns and of the enemy on the ic\ e al attacks 0:1 Craney.lfland,llaujt). ton, Ac. Ac. Eng. Amur. Loss ar Crancy-lffi.nd from the befi ac counts,in killed and wounded, 150 O Deferred 50 o Loss at Hampton, kil- Itd and wounded, 200 22 Killed and wounded in the attack on the Junon frigate, fay 70 2 In Piinccfs An ne, kil led ar.J wounded, 4 O In do. taken priloners, 23 O .527 24 Is this the way in which, accord ing to the London Cow Lr. ‘‘the Engiifh cannon it ok-. ■ .ror into the American ih< ties ? ’ • hey mutt reject the median no; K.idiii, ior footh, becauie the lom.j ot their cannon has ularoit feared us out of cur wits! Enquirer. BRITISH ACCOUNT!! IJai.kwx, (n s ) July 9. On the 22.f u!t a:i attempt was made by his Majesty’s forces in the Ciheiapcake to effect a landing on ( ran<7 Ifimd, miles below Norfolk : but fomc of the boats un fortunately grounding, while ex posed to the fire of the enemy’s bat teries, the attack vas rUinquilhcd. The following is an extract of a letter from an cffici r in one of his maji fly’s ships, dated Hampton Roads, June 25. “ We this day carried Hampton by ftorir.—the Americans ’ avefuf f ere J much ; but our !• fs is fatal!. Can t. Hanchet, of the Diadem, was l ver-dv wound i in affair a*. Crtrffey Tfland.” S he I. .fs in killed, wounded and miffing, both at Cruhey liland and Hampton, amounted to about SO; that c> the Americans was upwards of 300. On Sunday, tfie 27th ult. ~ , < the e ar.nes, Ccc. retired from f lamp t n, ar.J were embarked on board hi; laajefty’s fliips. The i ..Lowing tabic of the diHanccs, *0 and from (‘iff. rent places on the Canada frontiers, Ac. may not be ur-intcioiling to feme cf our readers. Distance by H at r. ALL:. From Fort Deaiborn to Fort MicLilimackinac about 300 From Fort Mlcbllltnackinae to Kelt Detroit 3go Emm Fort Detroit to Black Rock 220 Eimi Black Rock to For: Niagara 33 V: ‘m Durr Niagara tu York, Upper Canada „ 30 Frcm Fort Niagara to King- • if on and Sack-tr’s Tlarbor 150 From Lake Ontario to Mon trial 3 co From Montreal to Quebec 180 The above diifances, have not been measured, but generally de pend on eilimation, w hit h therefore cannot be perfectly corred. tantes on thepy.t road, from Pills burgh to Jhtrcit. i4 * 1. K w • From Piutbnrrjh to Cleveland 54 Huron 47 Sandusky 3b Fort Meigs River Raili.i 30 EJetiw.t 30 Tctai 312 Port j th: scat of war from u.lual sure : y. DISTANC LS H’.OM MU IT. Grand R iver r<> Prclque Iffe 70 Prdque lile to Buffalo ico Buffalo to I.ewifh.'.vn 70 Lewiftcwn to Kirgflou too Kmgfton to Mot,:real 170 Mcutrea! to Ouebcc i~o a, 4 Sketch cf the length and circum ference of the follow i.;g lakes by estimation. Greatest length in circumference fol lowing the shore. F.rie 200 60 George 25 50 Huron 250 :xco Michigan 260 045 Ontario 160 450 St. Clir 3c 1 ro Superior 410 : err OHIO IN ARM:). It gives us great pVafure (0 state that ever f.r.cv the leccnd attack on Fort Meigs has been known, the created exertions have been made not only to 1 . puke the enemy from cur borders, but aifo to return ids visit with iutereft. The militia has I been called out; and upwards <i j 15,itOf) oi our countrymen h*vc / ‘•olt:r.t:.rilv kit th: : r *’ “ic;;'::’ dw ! Fi ‘ay able half yearly. [ Number 655. lings and are now on their way meet tlie embattled legions of the defender of the faith. —During the fail Lor or five cays, the troop; from R of*:, Scioto, and Adams Counties, have palled through thia town and rieiglifrsrhood in conff dcrable numbers, and ail Anxious to have an opportunity ol meeting tlie barbarous foe. We have nev er v. knelled such a display of pub lic spirit, ncr such convincing proofs of the attachment of every clai's of our fellow-citizens to our excellent cor.flitution as 1 !(Io been manifeffed on this occasion, and we tuft that government will avail ihemfe! ves of the preient golden ©pportunity to strike a blow which may be a ihoufand tinres more tf fcdual in putting an end to the calamities of war, than all rhe claims which we have on the tuf tice if the B. itiih government, iup portaJ by ihe diplomatic abilities oi an Adams, a Bayard and a Gal latin. Hornets’ Desi. It will be recollected that tlie southern papers, a few weeks fmee contained an adv. rtii'enient c. ! the beleivers in perpetual motion, offer ing to bet .5 ><)C) 1 > prove its real cxiftence. Mr. Jacob Perkins o; this town, bt-inrr at Phila i. lyhia, accepted the chaJlttigi ; aiJ a is to be decided by five judges .ip. pointed by Mr. Perkins, ft s be lieved there will not be much diffi culty in proving the non perpetehj of Mr. ReuhcfLr’s inventr-m l.t #l’ * r t t ■ i \c f :j J on: Lcur.ibu. . 1 ----- SHEEP SHEARING. At the uiuul time for Iheering, • i tf.e prefer.* year, a tup v’eiino flicep and l.ts datn, owned hv Bcnj. I.ce, L.q of GatnbriJg.j, Maffdchu- Letts, yielded as follows: The tup, 19 12 pviun !?, ibe dam, 9 pounds, Bo:h making twenty eight and a halt pounds of wool. Mr. Lee is a gentleman of inde pendent lortuue and gr-at r spec a bllity ; and the sheep were ihrtred, and afterwards the wool weighed, in the presence of fever.ff ger.uc men of that town and of B ft. n i’hefe two fleeces produced i.ir.c yards of fuptrhne clcnli such as has been fold at 1J dollars per yard, and a suit of this cloth we have fecn in this city. It was worn by tlie Yice- Preftdeiit cf the United States, on his firft appearance in the Senate as their President. Thus the produc tions of two merino inclu ding ihe labor of preparing and manufafluring the wool, of one year,, amounted, at the war price for such cloth, to otic hundred and thirty-five dollars; and aii this was a. clear laving to the country. Tea sheep grazed cn the foil and iub’ (t ----cd on. its products, and the work was performed by th. cit zen.s < i the United States. LSat. Intel. BLANK INDENTURES a:< > (OTHER PCAXKS ion SALE 1 hi> Office