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1. it '/ /rrm Spain.
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l■: a Veits s % July i 4.
Vvithiii ten Jays pall, fe
vn ; 4 *i expresses have arrived
nine hull Bt. Antonio, aid
by very many letters, all
corroborating, we have the
fc.cdl authentic information
that on tne iSth of June,
aocut 1500 Royaliffs com
manded dv colonel Helifon
(lo, appeared before the city
ot St. Antonio, and fum
nioned the town to surren
der, and propoted the fol
lowing conditions: That 10
cr 12 of the principal lead
ers oi the republican* should I*
1 e given up ; the rest of the
inhabitants should be par-
Goned, and the Americans
who were there might be
permitted to leave the conn
tiv ana pals into the United
States unmolested.
'1 tie proportions were •
received with disdain —7O
ch the A.rescans and a large
p‘‘iiy cf Spaniards were ab
lent on command; abou
ic o were immediately pa
rarfec, of which 230 were
AniciKans, and 120 weic
inuiaiis, and marched out
to give the Royalifh battle,
Who were n . ftly mounted,
Weil armed, 6co of whom
regular troops, with two
pieces of attillery. The
Rjyaiills ran, before the
Republican army, coniman
cted by major Perry, from
tne ttate of Connecticut,
cam? within gun shot of
them: Perry returned a
gutn ro the town • being on
foot end not putlue. The i
1 9th, tne camp of the R >y- i
alt its were gi (covered about
iix miles ditlancc ; and on
tiic morning ot the 2otb the
a.my commanded again by
Pcry marched out to attack
them in their camp. The
battle was commenced by
the American riflemen; the
Royaluts loon gave way*
and led back totiicir camp,
which they defended for a
bout an hour, when they
b*oke and ran in different
duect ions leaving their camp,
dead and wounded, provi
iions 6cc. 1
1 received a leter from I
the Secretary of the Govern
or, containing the following
account of the events of the
day, viz. Os the Royalists
were killed 274, wounded
430, taken 67 priloners, 2
lundarus, 2 pieces of can
non (all they had) 5000 lbs.
gun powder, 4000 pounds
biicuit, 48 packs of flour,
2600 mules and horses, 28,-
000 dollars worth of goods
and clothing, 300 H a ids of
n.rin s*, 7000 doi.ars in fpc.
cif, 600 laddies, 23 packs
of lu't, betides ipini', fu-
£ Jr * chocolate, coffee,
t.'eanr, etc, and ico,ooo
1-garj.
Ue tiers dated eight days
a “ cr the b-ide mcmloa
bodies ar? every day
found luund übi tit tiie but
tlc ground, and that not
1 n oi the !;oyalilts have
found together fi ice.
G iuc Republican-, hey
k
->* 1 .
3 ( ' ul * j .... t s, eigut y. ere
| only killed anti 22 wound
led, one d whom have since
died In a letter I received
ftom Maj. Perry, who com
manded the Republican ar
| my, he fays that, the -Span,
ards (Patriot!) A’ere mixed
in with the American com
panies and fought nobly.;
the regular troops, with
Hclifondo’s army, it is un
derstood were generally from
Durango'; it is beloved
that tlie aflembling of this
army is the last cifort that
will be made to prevent the
Republicans from advancing J
over river Grand. Generali
Toledo has gone to St. An- j
ftonio, to * take the com-j
mand of the army, and will
be able, from the number
of volunteers who are join
ing him from the United
•States and Spaniards and In- ’
d*ans, to p.oceed cn over
river Grand immediately I
I with 4000 nven. I)r, P'ot
tythe, who lias lately acce; -
'ed the command of the ar
tillery, writes that they have I
ffxtcen Add pieces well!
mounted, 10,000 pounds of
gun powder, at.d plenty of
cannon balls and lead. Ge- !
leial Bernardo Goteros has ;
become unpopular; ha has:
dnee the battle of the 20th,
caufed*7 or 8 yrifoners more
10 be pur to death Captain
Hecum, who commanded a j
company in the battle of the !
20th, arrived here yelterday ;
lie was lent with an escort
to meet general Toledo, ana
conduct him to St. Antonio. I
He goes off to-morrow, and
will overtake the general at I
j Nacogdoches, who has there 1
1 collected and on the road a
hout 400 recruits, who are
going on with him. Ex
prefles pais now regularly
between this place and St. j
Antonio every 9 or 10 days.
Our accounts from Mex
ico are not very fatisfafiory. 1
his generally reported there
that gen- Ryon’s army has
been very iuccefsful; have
taxen Durango, Zatatucas,
ha If 1 e and icveral other
towns ; and that the prov
ince of Quahuiila will all 1
join general Toledo, and 3 :
• or tour other pro,Twees will
I follow their example.
A at. In 1 elit*encer,
0 |
W ashing ton, Aug. 24.
Extract of a letter from Com- j
ttiodore Cbouncey, to tJj»
Secretary of the Navy, da.
t.Cii on board lb?, jhip Gene- \
ral Pike , at Sackett's Har - I
l"> r , itfi Augufi, 1813. !
“SIR—I arrived here
this day with this (hip. the
Macldon, Oneida, |
or Tompkins, Conquest,
Ontario, Pert and Lady of:
the Lake. The Pair Arne
ncan and Alp I left at [Nia
gara. Since I had the h >n
or of addreding yon Lift, 1
have been much dittrefted
aiK i minified; tiiftiefled at
the lofi of a paa of the force
entruited to my command,
mo tided at not bein'*
aJ l e t 0 bring th; entt
!- n .v toaTion. The ;011ow
iii'jv eoicnt.i and truofac
r; T - ; r: -
- ° -s oi i« •» fq’ adrcn, f\ ee
j liie r.j'Uor, will
voa the bef] idea of the di{-
ficu 1 tirn and mortifications
that I have had to encoun
ter.
On the 7th. at day 1 ight,
the enemy’s fleet, confiding
of two ships, two brigs and
two large schooners, were
difcovcred bearing W.N.W.
difimt about 5 or 6 miles,
wind to wed. At 5 weigh
ed with the fleet and manoe
uvred to gain the v/ind. At I
9 having palled to leeward
of the enemy’s line and a
| bred of his van ship, (the
j Wolfe) hoided our colors i
i and fired a few guns, to as. j
certain whther we could
teach him with our (hot:
finding they fell short, I
wore and hauled upon a
wind on the itarboard tick ;
the rear of our schooners
j then about fix miles a-derm I
1 1 he enemy wore in Aiccef
fion ard hauled upon a wind
on the fame tack, but soon
finding that we should be
a lie to weather him upon
the next tacK, he tacked
and made all fail to the
Northward. As soon as our
j rear vefleis could fetch his
wake, tacked and made all
lnimchace. In the after
noon the wind became very
light and towards night
quite calm. The fchooneis '
uiod their sweeps all the as.
ternoon in order to clofc with ;
tnc enemy, hut without fuc- |
cciS. Late in the afternoon
1 ulade the signal of recal, 1
and tornied in dole order,
i Wind ‘ during the night
fioai the wedward and after !
midnight squally : kept all
hands at quarters and beat
to windward in hopes to
gain tlie wind oftheenemv. j
a. m. mjhed two ©f !
, our schooners— at daylight
I u,lc overed the milling fchrs.
to be the Hamilton and
Scourge. Soon after spoke
the Governor Tomukins, !
who informed me that the
Hamilton &od Scourge both
ovetlet and funk, in a heavy [
lquali about 2 o’clock ; and j
(Litre fling to relate, every
1 loul perished, except sixteen. j
I his fatal accident deprived I
me at once of the services of |
two valuable officers Lieu- '
tenant Wiwter and Sailing !
I Mader Olgood, and two of 1
my ned schooners, mout
ing together, nineteen guns.
Ims accident giving to the j
enemy decidedly the fuperioihy '
1 thought h; would takeadvan
! tage o. i(, pan.c.daily as by a
.change of wind, he was again j
Ibrougm dead to windward ol
| ,!,e - Formed the line on the
Lrboaid tack artd hove so. !
Sot>n after 6 a. m. the enemy
bore up and let ftudding-fa'ls, <
j apparently vu h an in enuon to j
1 bring us to aChon. When he \
had approached us wi hiw about ;
(cur miles he brought to on \
1 tack. 1 wore and
b'ought to t.n fame tack. Find
! ing <h ,t :hr c nerny had no in
itcniiO i ol blinking u# to aclion,
11 ed f iv to gam the land,
in oi ler ;o h,vc (I;? at;V*in»gc
of the ;«nu breeze m the as er
nnotj. 1. I/oa jl.cr led calm
J‘d 1 diicclci ihe fc’wOners to
Iwe p up and the cnc
,n /* About ni.n w -• got a
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■ • Jawk - "4 : 4..»
#
j * •• * > leiu.i Sn to>
fhr ‘iitiN hrfdiv. ard flood Got
tne eremy. \\ hen the van of
our (chooneis wacwithin abou'
1 { or two miles of his rear,
ihe w nd fhilicd to the weft ward
uhich again brought him to
windward* as soon as the
b.eezc Htuck him, he boie np
l®r the schooners in order to
cut them off before they could
icjoin me ; but with their sweeps
and the bretze loon reaching
them also, thy were loon u
tlieir fla:ion. I he enem, , ffii_
• ding himlelf foiled in his auemp f
J upon the schooners, hauled hts
wind and hove to, It soon al
, lcr became v C ty squally, en d I
ttie appearance of its continu*
I in g 1° doling the night ; anc i as
,j we bad been at quarters for,
1 near, y lony hours, ard being‘l
apprehensive offeparating from j
Gate of the heavy failing sc l oo< j
; nets in ihe squall, induced me j
to tun in towa ds Niagara, and J
anchor outside the bar. Genl- *
Boyd vtfry handfbmely offered j
any aililLnce in men that I
might requite. I received 153 !
1 soldiers and dist ibt ed them in j
the diffeieut vtflrjs, t c aflift ir.
boatumg or rcpe.iing boarders,
as circumiU»ci s might squire
; bltvv U F v <-*fy heavy in (quails
bu-mg the night. Soon after
d <y h ß nt difeoveied the enemy’s
fLel bearing north; weighed Sc
fiood alter him. The winds
loon became light aod varisb e,
and be.oie ia o’clock, quite j
cairn. At 5.. breeze from the
no.ill, tha enemy’s (Let beating
, north, distant about four or five 1
Wo ,e the fleet in l
lucceUion, #„d hauled upon a !
; wi,ld °n theiatboa d t» c k. At
j lun djwri the enemy bore NW.
b - v °n the Uarboard tack, '
Ihe wind hauling to the weft
w“r'L 1 flood to tht northward
n »ght m older to gain the
Gore. At day light tack*
cd 10 the wad ward, the wind
having changed to ihe NNW.
Sou lt h f lcr dif covare d the enc
®y* He « f j bearing S\V. I
luok the Asp and the Madilon ;
l ,c i a,r American in tow, and i
made ail fail in cbacc. It was
aI lhi » 'iiße we thought of resi
ding what we had been so long
toiling )or ; but before twelve I
o’clock ihe w ind changed W.
uty to windward; tacked to the
northward, at 3, the wind incli*
j nee to the nortnward, wore to
I louthward and westward,
j «nd made the signal for the
fleet to make afl fail. At 4 the
eremy bo.e bSYV. bore up and
j ‘Leied for him. At 5, obfer
j ihe enemy becalmed under
the laud, nearing him very fatt j
I with a fine bieexc from NNW.
j A1 6, formed (he order of bat
tle within about four miles of
1 the enemy. Ihe wind at this
time ve.y light. At 7, the
j wif,cl changed to SW, and a
! bttez* which again placed
tiie enemy to windwatdof me.
I acked and hauied upon a
wind on the larboard lack, un
der ealy fail, the enemy (land,
mg al et us. At 9. when with- (
in about two gun (hot of out
I rear, he woe to the louthward,
! hood on to the northward un
net ealy fait—the flc-ep formed
j tn ,wo Unes, a pan ol the fchoo
j ttets lotming the weather line,
j w,;h order to commence the j
htc upon the enemy as soon as 1
their lhol would take efTtt, and
a* the enemy reached them to ,
edge down upon «he fine to lee- ,
w«.u and pals through the m i*
tcrvais aod fotm to leeward, j
A' about half palt ten, the ene
my tacked and flood after us.
At 11, the rear of our line o
pened his sue upon the enemy ;
in about 15 minutes the fire be
c jiu: genet al iroiii the weather
t
' j wh:.i ». v . . j
»i e enemy. At ti ,S
~ie weather li» e boi« u ‘‘ 1
to the leeward
the. Grow er and
I Toon after lacked to th c
! wa»d, Which brought the fn .
between them and me. F :? y
ihe mam topfeii and edged *
two points to ; caci rhe
down , not oniy to eng, ge h j‘ y
•to more ecivaniane "u° 1
| "* d bim ft '»» 'he Growle'arJ
)ulla. He however, kepi .
■vmrj until be comp’eulyfsea!n a !
r»«d .boh wfci,
,e * of ' he '^^"-rvxchaj,
» (ew (hot with this fh.i as fc ,
i paOed, without injary l 0
■ard made (ail al.cr ou , •
• cheoners. Tacked and P o „ d
after him At , a (,„ ldni h
findiuj that f mult either
rate from the re!) of the fort H
-on, oi relmquilh the bone „i
living d w iw „ which had Vo, a
-rued, I reiuttaruiy gave up the
purlutt, rejoined the f qu „L
Ihen to leeward, , nd forBlC(J ’
'he line on the Ita,board uck
(he bring was continued be!
.ween our two (choonet, anii
the enemy s flee, until , bo ut ,
k , Hh '" 1 P ,elu '»e they
were obliged t© surrender to *
lo.ee io much their (uperio,.
SiW nothing more of the ene
my that night; soon after day
•ighi discovered them close in
w ith the nor h shore, with one
ot our fehoonersin tow, theo
the, not to be fecn. I prelume
me may have been funk. The
enemy (hewed no difpolicion to
cotne down upon us, although
to windward, and blowing hea
vy from W. The schooners la
boring very muc h, J ordered 2
of the dulled to run into Nia
gara and anchor. The gale in
cleafing v*ry much and as I
could not go into Niagara with
this ship, 1 determined to run
to Genuessee Bay, a. a shelter
lor thc small vessel*, and with
the expectation of being able to
obtain provisions for the (quad,
ton, as we were all nearly out,
the Madison and Oneida having
not a tingle day's on board
when weariived oppafite Gen'
neise Bay.
I found there rvas ev#re pros
pect of the gales con inuiug, and
if H did, 1 could run to this place
and pro vi&ion the whole sqjatlroi
with mose certainty and nearly m
the fame time that 1 could at Gen.
nesbee, admitting that I could ob
tain provisions ft that P i acet A f <<
ter hi ogitig the bretze as far as
Oswego, the *wind became light,
inclining to a calm which has pro
longed our passage to th is day. I
sn all piovision ihc tq ladron far 5
wctks and proceed up the lake this
tveumg, and when I retorn again
I hope to be able to communicate
more agreeable news ihao this
communication con uins.
The loss of the Growler and Ju.
lia, tn the manner in which they
have been lost, is ißortif'ring in
the extreme ; end although their
commanders diaobeved my p!)bi
fve order j, I am willing *to be
lieve that .t arose from an error of
judgment, and c*ce»s d z. a! to
do more than was requrtd of
tliain ; th nkmg probably that the
enemy intended to bring us to <*
geneial action they thought by
gaining the wiud of him they
would have it more in their power
io um.oy and njjre him than they
coulu b) lo* ni i;g iq leeward of n,ir
line f 'Bin wii.u 1 have baco «B
blc to discover of the movement*
ot ihc enemy he has no inuntioa
ot eugagn g ut, except he can
get decided I v the fu'vantagc cf tha
wind and •**.<itht r, and a> his ves“
scls m -quad,on, sail belter ihsn
our tqjadroni, he can always a
void au uciion —uu'e v> 1 tan ga;n
tnc wind and fiaie suiTic snt ua_v*
hg'it to bung,him to aciio'i bsfum
d-»iL. iio object is ev.dently,
lutrrass us o\ mght at i«cks> bv
wtUvh means he thinks to cut off
aur sm.iil, d• ii taring schooners
in dn fi. Totcuoe his, t?i'J®otkf
favorcu h m thus far. 1 hope th*