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ti. nisei piiiung tho crt'r, ;4if
fi*r first lieutenant. SHL»« place Was
filled by a gallant young officer, Lt. <
Veter Gamble, who I regret to in
fovm you. killed early in the ac
tion Acting Lt. Valletta worked
the Ist end 2d divisionsrof guns with
able effect, failing master Brum's
attention of the order to wind the
ship, and occasionally at the guns,
meets w»th my entire approbation,
aho Captain Youngs commanding
the acting marines, who took his
men to the guns ** Mr. Beale. pur»
nee, was of great service at the guns
Hrid In carrying my orders through
out theihip, frith Midshipman Mont
gomery. • Master’s mate Jost'/la
tin. had command of the 3d uiylAofsy
his conduct .during the action *V
that of a brave and correct officer*.
Midshipmen Mciitcatn, Graham,
Williamson, Platt, Thwing and ac
ting midshipman Baldwin* all beha
ved well, and gave evidence of their
making valuable officers.
The Saratoga! was twice set on
by hot shot from the enemy’s
ship*
1 close, sir this communication
with’ feelings of gratitude for ts e able
-support 1 received from every officer
and man attached to The squadron
,vhich 1 have the honor to command.
1 have the honor to be
\\ Ith great respect, sir, * 1
Your most obedient servant
T. M MCDONOUGH.
IT Stc'f) cf the Navy.
* • *
JVYw Tor A, September 24, 1814. ‘
Mr Elisha Clarke, who arrived
|fere yesterday morning direct from
YlaUsburg inform* that he saw pre
vious to his departure which was on
tbc 15th. 509 men mostly Germans,
With their officers, (none of higher
rank than a Captain) enter that place,
tfrith colors fiving and a full band of
pausic When within smile of Platts
bjurg-. they sent in a flag informing
of tht ir desertion, aqn that they were
lhe rear guard of Sir George Pre
test’s army, and fretjfi part of the ar-
JSUy of, Wellington,^ W , , l
Nearly 2QO other deserters had
£oine in by small parties, and miiny
jp&ore would have Followed their ex
ample butvfor fear of being popped
tJSF by r he Yankee militia, as they
&atd before they could make their
desertion known.
/ The gentleman who gave the above
rs a citizen of Vermont,
a volunteer in the Vermont militia
in the action at Piattsburg. and
‘ftas wounded in the hand.
of the killed . Wounded and
*its sing at Piattsburg from the 6th
to the 11 th Sept . 1814
4 dggregqtc— X i]]§d one subaltern,
1 sergeant, l musician, 34 privates ;
ttal 37. Wounded— 2 subalterns,
sergeant major. 2 corporals 4 mu
sicians 49 privates ; total ; total
<sl led and wounded 99. Missing—
sergeant. 19 privates; total 20.
Commissioned Officers.
fiJth Regiment—ist Lieut. George
% Runk, wounded on the 7th and
4lied on the Bth Sept. , (
JSth Regiment—3d Lieut Robert
2VT Harrison : wounded in the shoul
? fer. vV
34th Regiment—3d Lieut. Henry
Taylor, wounded in the knee.
list of the principal officers of the
Hr it is h army and an exhibit of the
regiments end corps under
\ihr command of Lu Gen. Sir Geo.
A * Proe>oet at the siege of Plattsburgh.
„ Lieut. Gen. Sir Georges Prevost,
Commander in Chief ■- y
• Major General De Rottenburg,’
second in command. v
i Major General Robertson* com
manding first brigade*
.J&ajor General and
ibff second brigade* 5* \ s’
Major General Brisbane, com,
landing, third brigade,
General Baynes, Adjutant
General.
Sir Sidney Beekwitb, Quarter
piaster General, y % ‘
Col. Hughes, Chief Engineer.
•Major Sirtehiiv commanding of
ficer of artillery* ; 4 *
v JLicut. Col. TryaH. Assistant Adj,
General, *o ;. cIP v*’ ’ y * -
Capt, Burke, Deputy Ass. Adjat.
General. V--> *';•-* a£
Col. Murry. Asst. Qr. Master Gen.
Major. Montgomery, do. ‘ do*-
List pf the pjtgrme&ts and Caps*
; 4* Troops l9th Light Dragoons 330
4 £ompamej» Roval Artillery 400
1 Brigadeof Hocketteers ‘ 25
1 Brigade Royal Sappers and Miners 75.
Ist Brigade—27 tb reg. Ist battalion 900
58th *oo^
sth 1000^
■a. . 3d 6r Buffs 900
2d Brig; de—s3'Ji 1000
flbtb ‘ 900
*3d Bat. 900 )
b3l Bat. 800
3d Brigade— Pth or King’s 2d Bat. 900
13th 600
495 h 600
■ i 6th 1000
Lt. Reg. (Swiss) 1200
Canadian Chasseurs 900 <
Voltigeurs 55p
Frontier-Lightlnfantry 150
? £BOO
k > 14,000
IMPORT AN!’ ARRIVAL.
’ Salem Sept. 24.
Arrived this forenoon British ship
Stranger* prize to the ppyateekTox
of Portsmouth, with a valuable car
go of Ordnance Stores.
She left\England 90 days since
and has several ladies and children
on b'bard, who have been brought in.
The Stranger is between 3 and 4CO
tons, and mounts 6 guns.
A passenger in the Stranger states,
that she was one of four ships laden
with ordnance stores, which sailed
from England, under convoy of a
frigate ; that on the Banks of New
foundland they were separated in a
gale, and two of them foundered, and
the crews were taken off by the
Stranger and Jhe x other ship, which
two afterwards separated ; that the
Stranger has on board sixty six 24
pounders \vith carriages, andappara
tus complete, expressly intended for
Sir James Yeo’s new ship building
ttt Kingston ; and a great quantity
of Blankets, soldiers’ clothing* shot#
shells, congrevq rockets, blue lights*
muskets, and a variety of other ar
ticles, for the use of thp army in Ca
nada. The Stranger commenced
unlading yesterday, and no doubt by
this time every article of her impor
tant cargo is safely deposited *in a
place of security.
The loss of the Stranger and the
2 ships foundered, will be a very se
rious one to the enemy, and which
cannot very well be remedied till the
Spring.
The Burlington Stage arrived last
evening brought no .important infor
mation. By a passenger we learn,
Gov. Chittenden had issued an order
tb the Militia, to hold themselves
in readiness to march at a moment's
warning, to defend the states of Ver
tnont and New-York. A dinner was
to be given at Burlington in honor
of Com M‘Dono-ughV Victory oir
27th inst. ,
FROM THE NORTH.
; V: ; *• ,'J- .«# n .» •, ‘ /,■
Montpelier , Sept* 22*
The British army it appears by
the latest accounts, has not left our
terra Jirma, but halted at Champlain,
where they are erecting fortifications.
GoVrGen. Prevost, since his noctur
nal retreat frpm Plattsburg, has is
sued a proclamation inviting Ameri
can volunteers and militia to return?
in safety to their homes. He pro
mised that private property if taken
shall be restored or paid for; that
peaceable citizens not be mb’
lested, as is it not against the people
of the United States, but their rulers*
that he makes war. v ‘
< Salem, September 21. ’
The British ship Leander, Sir
George Collier*, appeared off Gallops
Folly* yesterday afternoon, and sent
three barges full of men into the
Cove, who were, repelled by about
50 men who had assembled from the
vicinity, with muskets and one six
poundeK and the barges returned
to the ship after exchanging several
{ires. A barge a flag was then
sent from the ship with a* letter, of
which the following is a copy
4 Leander. Tuesday* l o'clock; P, M
’ Sir George Colliar believes the,
boat on short a fisherman. He de
sires to-exan ine her without recourse
to arms, and if objected Jo he * will
land and destroy eveiy house within
tsro T&jfe
habitants mav tvßccfrrifi, \
«• G COIXI AIL*
Lieut. Col. Appleton, who had bar
this time assembled the Cape Ann
j£egimenLand had about 60CF mei»
**under arms received the note arr?
returned the following answer $
Tuesday half past 2 o'clock .
<* Sir Geotge Coiliar. Sir—You
have permission to examine the.boat
now lying at the wharf in thi* cove.
This is permitted without reference
to the threat connected wftb your re
quest, which is such as was not to bo- ;
expected from a British commander
* J. APPLETON, Lt. Col.”
The boat was accordingly examin
ed> but nothing found iri her, and the
barges returned to the ship,
ADM. COCHRANES LAST LET
TER.
A message was received from the
President of the U. States, by both
Houses of Congress yesterday, trans
mitting the letter of Adm. Cochrane
aiid Mr. Monroe’s reply which We
have already published, and also the
following letter, concluding the cor
respondence, which hash not before
been published. These • papers
we(re ordered to be printed.
.National Intel,
Vice-Admiral Cochrane to the Secreta
ry of State* • ■
“\X RisBAM. Ship Tonnant, v
in the Chesapeake, Sept. 1?, Isl -
Slß—i have the honor to receive
your letter of sth inst- this morning,
in reply tp the one which 1 address
ed you from the -Patuxent.
;As I have no authority from my
government to enter upon any knYct
ol discussion relative to tfii points
contained in your letter, I have only
to regret that their does not ap
pear lobe any hope that I shall be
authorised torecai my general order ,•
which has been further sanctioned
by a subsequent requeat from Lieut.
General Sir George Prevost.
j A eppy of your letter will this day
> be forwarded by me to England, aijjcl
until I receive instructions from my
government the measures which
I have adopted must be persisted,ho ,*
unless remuneration be made-to the
inhabitants of the Canadas for the
injuries the)-/have sustained-by the
outrages, committed, by the troops of
the U." States. / : . ,;V;
; ;■ i ‘ 1 have the honor to be, &c.
a i .EX. i:o; :h r a m
Vice-Admiral and Conimander
in Chief, &c. &c.
Hon. Janies Monroe? f
Secretary of State. i x
■ * HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The folio wing gentlrmc > c r:: ; >.r c
the seve p al committees, ap
pointment was yesterday ordered,
. vrz. i
Committed of Ways and- mean's*
Messrs. Eppes of New York,
Archer, Oakley, Gaston, ‘Creighton*
Ingham.
On Public Expenditures —Messrs*
Macon, Findley, Champion, Kinfg,
of North Carolina, Kent of New York,
Hawkins and Caldwell.
- On Commerce and MauufaCtqres.
Messrs. Newton, Seybert, Mur free,
Jackson, R. L Bay lies, Countin',
Ruggies.
On Claims Messrs Yancey,
Sharp, Goodwyn, Davenport, Alex
ander, Kurd, Boyd.
On Pensions- and Revolutionary
Claims.—-Messrs* Chappell, Brown,
Wilson of Pa. Sage, Ely, Wilcox,
Conard.
On Privileges and Elections.—.
Messrs. F|sk of Vt. Goldsboroug’n,
Vose, Comstock, Anderson; Alston,
Harris.
/
On Public Lands.—Messrs M‘Kee,
Humphreys, Montgomery, Mosely,
Geddes, Irwin, and M‘Coy. ••
ON Post Offices and l*or,t Roads.
Messrs. Rhea of Tenri I>yie, Brig
hamrßayly, Franklin, Hall and Rich.
Ori the District of Columbia.—
Messrs Kent of Md. Lewis, Crow ford,
Pearson, Bradly, White and Denoy 1 --
elles. /
On the Judiciary^—Messrs. In
gersoll, Pleasants, Telfair, urges, ■
Cooper, Fisk of Vt. and Evans.
Ofl Reviewal andUnfinished Busi
itessi—Messrs. Stanford, Wheaton,
and Bradbury. - * v \. V ; f, X-
On Accounts.—Messrs. Kershaw,
• Barnett, and J.Reid. f.
’ ‘ f On so much pi the 1 Preside})’A*
Message as relates to our ;FWcigti
Relations -—Messrs. Forsyth, Clark,
IngcrsdH,Gholsoß, Grosvenor, Pear
ion and M'Clean. : -
*- Oik so *"lsfilch as relates to otjr Mil
tVrttfirbV-.fr&T* < V 4 ”
Johnson > L >C
cit* Tan \ cru -f* •
On so ,is h»s • • <. -y na«
tv ef|tablGhThf ’>t —■ i Vs;; Botv ,
Well, Sevhtru King of Lu.ks. Cnns
by, Posu and Ward
On so much as » and ues to tN
ing of the m ; l : in.—M'.t.'ayjfs. J-c> *n<\
oT Va, Chtbhitrt, Hanson,
Mostly, Pipui, ind Hubbard.
TRIBUTE TO VALOR. | ‘
\Vcd).ite pleasure in publish iot£
the sos! awing A< t of the Corporation
of this City/ an ! live Letter oi
Com Burney ii'knowhdging the?
’ presentation of it by the * ,
* Nat. Intel.
JRe.rnh'cd Ar the Hoard of Aldermen
arid board f QnunxMi Council of thf
City of Wi2shivjti<nt % That the Mayor ‘
be and he hereby is authorised t<>
v pYesent to Commodore Barney a
- Sword, as a to?,! i eihiiial of the high
’ sense which tbh torpor .'ton ciuer*
tarn of his dim jugui shed gal l any
irv and good conduct at the bat
tle of nladen<burg
lies'? lord, That/the Mayor he an#,
he hereby is authorised to present,
thriy’ Y Cominodore Harney, the thark>
of this .corporation to the gallant oi- j
fleers ’ and men, who served und tfd
li?s orders on the 2'ith of AiigQAJs
last, and assure them that this corpo
ration uuenains the most lively
aen.-.e of their services op that day,
K C. \V f.Ui UTMaK,
President of the Hoard of Council-.
‘ v JO: G ALES,, Junr,
President pro tetnporc of the lioacU
of Aldermen, r
September 3, 18 i4-
Approved,
JAMES 1). BLAKE,
( ) Washivgton ,; Slept* 30, 1214.
James II*; Blake* ,Ksq. Mayor of tfcjs*
Citv of Washington,
’ SIR, ~■/ •* ‘ \ ‘ ‘ * V':
1 acknowledge to hare received
through your hands the Resolves cw
the Board pi Aider men and Common
Conned of l!)c City of Washington*
In regard to the H:\st, f osier. my ac
knowledgements for the mahner in
which they have honored rne, angl
fondjy hopy to coivinue their gotjcF,
opinion whenever the occasion may'’
again present of doing my duty* hi
regard to the second Resolve, I ghali
feel a grateful, pleasure in cotnmunk
eating their wishes''to the brave offi-,
cers and men who Served under 1 my*
orders on tire'24th August last,
so gallantly sustained the character
M Americans* and to whom I am.
much indebted for the particular
honor con sere and u nr» myself. 1
I am, sir, w'h h respect,
VPh r obedient servan t,
V JOSHUA JBARNI^i
MORE VANDALISM!
James Ucnie, of,this place who e‘l%
fee ted .his esc:; pc from the British,
frigate Lacedemonian, and arrived;
here lit's J; might, states, that he was
taken prisoner by a barge of the fri
gate two months ago, on his way tt*
Amelia from this port • that be was oh.
, board when the officer was sent uj*
to this city with a flag for the pur
p<3,se of effecting an exchange of pHV r ;
sbhefs i that the representations oL;
/ the officer on his return excited greatt i
indignation on hoard the frigate**’-
,tluit she set sail immediately lbcr>
Bermuda where all the Americati**
prisoners were left f that he was de
tained by captain / Jackson, being in- I ',
iormedthal he wij a good pilot, for
the. southern coast,; that on Saturday
morning last tire frigate rinade Tybefc
lifeht, in company with two brigs of
way./ th at on Sunday last arrange'*
inents wet;e made to send up> tho t
barges of the squadron with sockets
to BURN THE CITY, from which
the commodore was diverted by iftv
formation;!*) : >t a rich convoy was or;
its way to Amelia, which they er.~.,
deavored to intercept ; that he madef*
his esc>pe from, a barg;e seht ashore?
at &t. Catharine’s to procure
water j jJitii all pit boa*rd expressed
great i;idig>uniot} against tins
said they ape re determined to burn.it, V
\ - Lai tbem cojne, arrangements ardc
making to ; - g.«ve- them a
Do.c. VVe cannot go into particu n
lurs. % • ‘ v
•f v “•* ‘* ** r, . .. . ... i
:X .W Y. Savannah RehnblEau i
Major CL Armisteatl iii appmntCcl
by ihc Prcsulent of the U- Sta vs
* Lieut. Colonel by brevet fbr h‘Y
gallant defence- of Eoi’t