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1 iflie Portland Argil*.
ten cl t account of the battle
between the
Enterprize and Boxer.
Oi Mo ml ay the 6th inst. at 5 P.
F', anchored in this harbor, thr
U. brg Enterpr'z.’, (!»:e I.ic#-
ttiiant VVillirni Burrow* cr>M*a»an- !
uci v.-itb H. 8. Maj.st ** bifig !
r.e’-f-r, (late Captain Blyib) her I
pr 2- , oi superior force, captured '
ci thr sth instant, alter an action
cl 45 ui uutes ; the following par.
ftculara ot the « ogagrment are ob*
tamed frnn tb- efictrs on board
* the knterprize :—
. Sept. sih, a t SA, M-light wind*
firm N. N, W. Peurasquid bear
lag North, eight adits distant, saw
a brig ?\ am in shore, fc made
sail on a wind wi'b the larboard
tuck* cn beard. At half paht 1
the biig Weighed a«d fired thehhot
at a h hii.g eoat ; far the purpose
if ascermnug ’.that we were, (a,
we have vioce Larnt.) At half
pasts, the brig fired a shot a
cballer;.e, auu hoisted three Eng
lish t. u-igns, and icjiHedi*'#ly be re
up for us.At 9we tacked, & ktp’
away tonh »a«J p epitied for ac*. -
on. At bait alter r.;cc, it tell calwt
the entn.y-beat mg N N VV. dis.
tact feur mi e»; At hall pa-ill,
0 bit. zv rpiuug up hern the S. VV. \
which gi'o u: ttio weather ystjc, j
we oia&auvicd to tha wiodwarii, j
un.ii 2t • hi* to t*yy fiar vailiirg
witb'he ei.tuiy,Aad ascertain hi>
force. At a quarter past 2P- M.
we shortened sail, hoisted three
and fired a *brt at the
v **>*■ *>y> f «H-g h:ui tfi be one of tl.
li Mijttty’a brigs-of ihu Ingest
iiue At a quarter psist lhrte, the
tmiay bt i; 1 within half pistol that
gave three < iteis i,nU ccncuunct-d
tf;c actio*-, b> fjneg btr »tai bv.l.d
breadude, Wc theo returned
tin oa ih*.es chetTs, with otic lar*
Vc*B:d tioedtide, wh< t' tS <i action
became- general. At twenty u>':m
U>ci pa*.i p, hi. our brave, row
hit -:cr lo*i, and u h.lc laying sa
deck rttos 0 to bs c«rr!ed bflowr,
raised lii« head end r qursted that
the jiug might never be struck.
At hau wc rouged ahead
( f the etienry, fired eur \itrs ch*.
e*», r«.oi to# 00 the tittibwaru
t«e-k ai.d raked Lin; with «,jr »tar
bot.dbruid id*. At $5 o- oute*
past three, ißcmv’j mam t»>p
ipa>t acd topsail-yfitd cam® down
W>, *be 11 set the foresail, a-d took
apo;iM&tton h:s s'arbta d bow,
aaci commut'd to take* hAa. until
45 minutes j>as» 2. vvhf-, pe c€A*»d
fiim K t>< dt ri d |« t quarters ; \»y
itg, that as th* cslor? u’ce nuiled ,
ihty cvuld not haul thim down.
Wc then ttok po*ics»i#n of tk#
P'ise, ulibh proved to be his B.
ft.’ I «'j; Bcxer —£4 priseners were
tskon including 17 wouusUd. The
cutcbet of th« toeuiy k lltd cao*#t
be exactly #»ctrturned, a,uuf
were hove ovtrbcard b«f*r# we
took p®t*»#ssicß, Captain lilythbt
i k one of ti'c slain who fell ia the
early past cl ihc rction.
When the sword #f tlie r*9o.
qoi A'-tl ctr*»y was pr*seiit.t<i
the i) ug cocq icror, k e claapad
his k* s»d*i end »aid, “ I urn satisfi
ed, 1 die contented .** And tnea
constnttd, nos til! then would ht
consent to be carried be'ow.
i'omt ol the Bezel's crew inform
that V hen she l«at left her po-: she
iud 115 phk<d men JOl lie pur pest
of taking the kinle.pnzt ; a id ths.t
6 ue.< pm on boa dol«. po ood
5 tacludirg ihc L)-ct r were on
sliO:u at tfo i*i*tu t<l
luavu g or. botud v,u n the ,n.ut«
ti'i'iiHUicul lo* \\ hi c h acc*i o»u
corn.ber;d> d by the- musitl bot'k
found ' v Uv-rd tK e B-wtr: Ih*
»^...w r wr.w s j u ; ,J fr; - jV r
m t "ptm-n who
csptrtual 18 C’civtcß »H. hlH i ;
,&lioWlt, e «r».ua. A,u mid-
Hi'pcriito ivervm WW U !». osor
lau) ; \ti laugtiifcii::..^.
1 ht: <ji hv to the two 1
f< xi ha roost !
M ; *pMsirg 10,1T»HI , io,
' * luxa is Ucratiy cut to j McCfs
»u "ggog, spurs, ii i,, t.c.
ui« /ml. ,ze i» in u %>»ti i<- ri tr)
‘ l >" •» C-. uno-h-r »c*ti:u ol the
tiy, ,f v .c m *y
. t*x .ci v t ., > r ii jmy ot.nr (u ,04i,e
pM ' < *‘ , ** v tu a. to bi-rep actu.—
we de-pty lament the loss
of 01 r gallant I3urr«’W9, we art 1
proud to reemd the cool and de
termined courage and food con. I
duct ot Lieotaaaot , l,his sue*
to the command, as »l- j
30 that of ail the rest of the
brave r fHcers and cr«w of the En
tnprize, who in this brilliant at~ (
lair, have placed at still greater j
, <li»t« ice, a<i doubt of a decided
I superiority of our naral heroes ; !
| nor is th• ir heroism Ir.sa conspicn
i ou> to then humanity t# the van.
q«i‘iicd tnemy, than in their bra
very while in combat.
Toe remains ®f »he IntHpirl and
Gallant WILLIAM BURKOWS
late Coa'Wisftder of »he U, States
brig F.Mtcrprize, of Ins brave
competitor, SAMUEL BLYTH
late Cowmamicr ol the Briti h brig
B#v#r, were *u%tcmb#d in Portland
oh Wednesday last, wf-.h Military
and Civil h no» s.
the bulwark op our rs
LlUriON,
la the United States Gasette »l
last evtiiing, W 59 a parng ech an.
der the Kaaton h*nd, sinting th
esp-ure #f a Greek shiv* Irorh ft a.
rnos?., for hai itg copper pig-4 o.
hoard, A c#riespOudeot is ot o
pini»Q that the Boston editor it u»- »
der a mist-k-, unri that it was f%r
I having pork' p-gt on board, well >e-
I raesnberpg hat when the
i Staton were r.cutrni, the Briusb
j assorted u was one cf the'r man- ,
tioae rights to captura n> utrais, ha- I
vi«g aur tiling on bourd they were |
•a want —now it appears proba>- I
b'«thsi they are muie in want of J
park rh.in tJ copper, and that it i- ■
uow as agrseaide t* plunder anti
tty tlie paiiritc# of a Gre»k, as it
wa» of an VoierjcH, 1 ht_
Uoiud Sia'es were Scknc-tViecged !
to b* Hcuual. — (Phil, paper.
" "** *® B * f * n "
fanscript t* tbe New-York Ctzette.
We lestn front a gentleman
from Ntx Utrttht, that at fix
Uft evming he fawtvvo Ihips «i
war fi r (everai at
the blotk-houfe on the Point
of Siar-dy Wook, which was ie.
turned from the fort. The fi.
ring comitmcd, he turpoles for
ab#ut one hour.
Col- Hav*kins corßtnitnddr *.
Fort Richmond, w<o:e up la&
evening r« gen, Morton, in for
ming him that the Bruilh had
anackvdihe block.houfe at San
dy Hook.
As soon as the alarm was gi- *
ven of the approach of the co- !
emy, the militia ol this city
we;« called nut; and were un
der aims all night.
From the Mercantile Adt#rtif«r Extra.
Latest Jrom Sandy Hook .
The pilot boat Union has
just c*!Ne un fiout the Hook.
The piUt* fate th%t on Sunday
evening a Stiiifh fiigate chafed
a Croat k into the Hock ar.d ft.
red fevera! shot at her and the
j fort. The fort and two g«n
1 boa s returned the (ire in a very
j fpirittfrmanner and file flood
j off, having (revived confidcra.
, b!e damage sc is fappoied.
ihe fbovt ir accounts for
the firing off the Mask tan Sun
day evening, end ihe alarm
i guns »i 1 oil Richmond.
\
SOUND FLEET. j
The enemy’s fleet, which '
ler federal days pail had been I
( tautfing the. io«nd, sh ou j
to tiie caltnaro on Saturday,
' arm at neon Ne* |
, Haven, on their way ,
HuppoUd) to Gardners isl
; and. The Flotilla ot Gun-
L>o?ts, under commana ot
Commodore Lewis, are re
turning to their old ra
tion.
Cl! I LICOTHR, Sept. 9.
' r (hc Quern Cnailotte i.
, under repair at Maiden ; her f
I hull have been confidetabiv
J
! injured by (hot fired from ,
the batteries at Erie, p,rc
viras t® the tailing afC«m.
Perry, fretn that place.
The flaet under Commo
dore Perry, ha<? compG/led 1
the enemy’s veffds to leek
preU&ion from the guns at
Fort Malden. The Cotn
wnodore’s visit had a terrible
upon his Majesty’s
fiafejeds. The red allies !
were diipofed t® fight, hut
Pro&or thought better on !
the husinefs.
brigadier. General M‘Ar- 1
thur is now at Fc. Meigs,
and has taken the command
at that poit.
COMMERCIAL.
Extract of a letter, dated
\
“ London , June j 4). j
'* At present the T*,bac- !
co market is in a perfect '
calm—not a hogshead t® be
at any price, owing
the Ruffian sued l&t ion and
tiii: unexpeded tarn of mil
itary %.nd political affairs in j
the north of Europe "
Extract *f a letter jrom Va
ns, dated May 7, 1813.
“ 1 find the council ©f
prizes aie refloring a great
many American veffdj feme
of which hare been captured
three or tour years. Mr.
Diehl of Fort Penn, who
was captured in the (hip
Bet fey ts Philadelphia, and
whole fib ip and cargo was
condemned by the emperor
himleif, has lately had a de
cree reversing the condem
nation and restoring (hip 6c
cargo, worth 600,000 Irancs
—he has been here rkirty- j
four months.*’
Extract of a letter from a
' Gentleman at Stamford. I
I Connecticut, tt his friend
in iV. York, dated, Sep
tember 1 ith.
“ We have at last had a
visit from John Bull. He ;
he has done little more than
alarmed hs, and taken about
14 (mall coasters feme of
which have been destroyed,
feme ranlenaed; and two
taken away. Three of the
wrecks have been brought
on Ai«»re here. The Eliza
and Jane of Ncw-York was
icuttled. Two vefifels were j
burnt: one of them I (ho eld j
judge to be about 70 tons,
and was leaded with wood.
A large quantity of v/ied,
Uils, rigging, &c. is Caved
from her. The ether is 30
or 40 and only her i
quarter deck and stern inj a- '
red. lam told fey a prilon- !
j j?r Vvha came ©n fnorc:
j in a raniomrd vcffel yelier
j day, that (lie had some fur
| nitureand Mahogany which
i w *re taken on board the en
emy’s (hi ).
“ lhe : (hips bore away
from u* yetLrday about 2 '
o clock, and before evening
were entirely out of light
Notwithstanding they were
not very pieafant visitors,
; and as they had done all the
I <m (chief they probably could
r do h ’r?, I was fi rry they
had net (fayed a few days
1 longer, as a good norther
ly wind might have loon
brought up Decatur, ancL a
caim would have given the
gun boars a chasce at them : |
j but they were evidently a
fraid and are off; and ij
think we (hall aot lee them
again, unleis in a much lar
ger fquadren.”
The feripture teaches that
“ where the treasure is there
! the heart will be alio
! Now that being the case we
Chould like t© know where
the hearts of those“ friends
of peace*’ are whofc funds
are in England.
j [Democratic Frcft. !
1
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j IMPORTANTi
i
[From thi GEORGIA ARGUS] i
Copy of a letter from Judge
Toulman to Col. Hawkins,
dated
Mobile. Sept. 13, 1813.
<{ Slß—The plans of the In
diaos are by n® means corral- j
pondent w:th thsfe ideas which !
they probably endeavored to es
üblifh on your fide of the
Creek Nation, I hsv4 feetn
fatisfied for some time, on cvt.
deoce which I deem conciufiva,
that the teal ©bj«£ of attack
was th* white people; ai;d lieat
their adversaries in tne Nation
were principally tegirded as
loch, from their ftandmg ;r» the
way of ifeeir fehemes ©f plunder
and bioodfhtd.
{ * As (oon as they were out «f J
the way by death or bv flight
was immaterial the ewat nadnn?
(o prevent them making an iui- j
mediate attack upon us. They
calculated on dein* it imnmdi- .
a'c y when at Pensacola. Their
ta'ks t® (uppolcd friends, their j
private convei(aliens overboard
by prifontrs, and their cotnrou
nicati*»ns to the Cbaciaw deou
; ties, #>ll latiified us, that their
i amartunitien received at Penla* i
cola was daftiiird for our de- i
ft million. i
♦
“ On the goh Augufl Mim’s !
Fort, on Teniaw, was attacked
by 4»o fame lay 700 I M JUpS. 1
l’nf;y hid a large body indeed
loi the attack—some remanud
idle m the bark ®u*d and -
numer®tii parties Icoured (he j
country eollefting the plunder. '
I he cor vid commenced about [
II in ihe morning, and laded
fill within abaui an hour as fun, j
let. The Indiana took imnte.
; dia r e pollslhon of the outer |
j compartment of the Fnrt, and
, fought through por*holes left
in a pariiuoii of pickets.
Indeed they obtained poflion of
all the portho es on three G Jess
of the fort. They n® douot
loft many. But of our people
j out of 308 fouls, ordy ty or Ift
j eCraped ! Ail tie (lock were
! killed, the houses burnt, and a.
bout jo-j negroes killed 01 cat
j r kd est. Our Ictilement on
.his river are depa>* r 'ulaicd ; 3 I
the families from this to the
Chactaw .itts l>ave aaandonvd
tber homes, and arc on the 1
point of penfhing for the want
of Lod. They ap..
proach their fields—rhe Indians
! are fiiil col'ecting plunder, and
jit is laid that there is another
party of 430 Creeks and *0 or
! thirty Chattaws ready to make
! ai » attack on Fo i Stephens.
1 rtn attack it dajiy cxprtkd
! ‘bcre, or hi Mount V’e non nejr
| F >'i h-odden.
1
“ Our force j,
**» •>•“% be
about 400 twelve rn^ot 1 <, v
lunteer. will loan be clliz , B J;
ths regular troops of .4
end 7>b regi me „, s „ e .J
| b * *en'ed ,o MtH
l the town and bay of Mobile.
I( * P V S ‘ i ? Bri,,fil (c hoon, r
j fr«n. the Bahamas, has b.,„ ;
arms, ammunition, cio-hin? A .
tor the hoiiile Indiana ip p t
fscoia.” rt,u
Extract of a letter from C»l
Utkins, .0 Brig. Q m _
, TA I Floyd, duted
CREEK AGENCY, sept, mker , t
I R-Mr. M'Girth cue
of those laid to have J, e en
killed at Mim’s For, h >s
;M K i rr ' V l d "P re,s frow
j Moblle which he left the
! 1 sth. He went to the f urC
mc 4th day after the battle
to hunt for his family and to
, ice tnc iituation of thing!
1 there. He be! ieves he hvr
250 dead bodies and the wo
men in a lituation (heckinp*
t© behold or relate.—They
I werealifealped, amongthem
| about 20 negroes and but
j onc Indian. He had left
; the fort but a few minutes
j before the attack. Major
; Captains Jack and
! Middleton were the officers.
He was near it during; the
whole time. The attack
cammenced at twelve and
ended an hour and an half
before sunset. Jones a brave
man formerly a foidierin the
North Weftern Army under
j Wayne, was wounded and
! one of the lad who tfcaped.
; ia T s had not time
ito 111ut the Vert gate. The
| Ccntinel without fired and
! run in—the Majjr was kiU
led in attempting alone to do
; it; The Indians got pcf
icflloa of the Block-Houle
immediately there being not
a man in it and a row of in.
! terior pickets which divided
the tort, H» thinks the
j Indians loft within his view
s 200, He relates fun dry ads
| oi defperatc bravery of our
peop.c and the half breeds. J
J One of our Indians Johem-j
chtce in hit presence fhuVj
three indians in the aek on
tomahawking white women.
Fire was communicated to
! the buildings one of which
[ had their magazine which
j blew up. The piace being
j no longer tenable from the
heat the survivors puflnl
! through the gap made by
the Indians in the picket to
gain the woods—many were
killed in the attempt and th:
; few cleaped
He carried off his arms
1 met aad kiika an Indian,
J and got under the bann cl
the lake, and remained there
fur the night. Someofth c
war party encamped near
j him on tne bank. In the
| morning lie saw them thro v
three of these people int»
the lake, and left a hoy 1 2
1 years old dead on a hid* at
camp.
Xl'Girt fays the day hr*
fore the attack they bad no*
i tice of it—and had it repeat
ed ly on the day by
Co r'eils, who saw thixtee
and by a mg'O b 1