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Tor & Mr cury.
At a meeting ar Erie, Perufylva
n'u, of foveial of the foflfocis whs
furvived the barcle of Ficnchuv.vp,
on the river R.i fiu, of which ti e
following ; s a lift of thfir rmh e ,
Captains Uriel Sebrer, SamuH L.
‘Williams, Richard 1> led for, Cole
man Collier, and Henry Jama ;
Lieutenants Lvndo i ComHftock &:
—.— HiggVnr. ; —Enjiyns Tiiorr.cs
\V, Ch no and Janus L. Harronj
Capt. Wo.Urns being chofen chair
man, and John B'uklsy, one of the
volunteers, appointed lecrettry, the
following refolutions were unani
moufly ad'-p id : ,
Whereas, c is deemed neccukry
that our fellow citizens ftiou’ti be
informed of the late perfidious and
brutal ads of the Brrifh govern
ment performed by the >r officers,
at the battle of French Town—
Ref rived, 1 hac the following
ffo'cmr;,! of the conduct of tne
b dli officers be exhibited to v.ur
coun ry men:
When Gen. Wincheftcr was ta
lc- n prifoncr on the 2ld January,
1813, being brought before Col.
Pi 6t r, the. Ur tifti commander, he
directed the commanding officer of
the Amrricartc (M-jor Madilon) to
fu;render; m j >r MHifon refufed
fo to do, unlcfs ib*ft who fur rendered
ftculd be free from favage maff'acre :
th & v-s as agreed to. Iheßr tfh
officers pledged thenafelves to pro
te<st the wounded, and to convey
them to Malden tne next morni: g.
The a*ms of the officers which were
furrtndcred, were promifed to be
returned to them at Malden.
Capt. Hart, infpe&or to the N.
W. Army, was among the wound
ed ; bis friends offered to carry hi n
with them, but they were prevent
ed from doing f > by the interfe
rence of captain Elliott, a Br.tifh
offi er and an olu acquaintance of
captain Harr, who promifed him
fpecinl protection, to take hirn in his
own fl -gh to Malden, where he in
filled he fhou’d remain in hia own
houfc until he Ihouid recover.
Thefe were the promifes of ihe
Britifh —let our countrymen fie how
they wt re fu'fi!led.
Ac the break of day next morn
ing, he favages wne Offered tJ
ccrnmit every depredation upon
cur wounded which thev pleated.
An m Jifcriftnnatc (laughter of the
wcuntied unable to walk took place
—many were truahawkr and, ad
many were bu icd alive in the houfo
es. Among thele unfortu .ates who
were thus murdered, it is with re
gret and ferrew we have to name
the gallant and brave t fficers, cap
tains iLrt and Hivkman:
The arms of the office!s were
never returned—and every fpecies
of private property remaining in the
tents belong ng to both officers and
loldiers was plundered by the ia-
Vig-s.
Refohed , That in confide ration
of the high refpcA we hold both
©fivers and.foldiers who were thus
cruelly murdered by permiffion of
the Bmifh commander col. Pre&or
ad his fubalterns—and of thofe
who gloricufly fell in the field de
fending the only free government on
earth—that each of us wear crape
on our hat and left arm for ninety
days.
Refolved, That a fimilar proceed
ing, teftifying their rcfpr6t for the
memories of thofe who were mur
. dered and (lain, be recommended to
our brother officers and ioldiers who
furvived the adlon.
S.L. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
JOHN BICKLfcY, Secretary .
iS.
Fern lhi- M. tired! Csuran, Fib. 6.
ENGIJ?II ACCOUNT
OF THE DEFEAT O 9
Gz n t ca • l Vv rsc he -tea.
Halt ever, ng rr.aiar Evans ar
rived fom N.agara, who L nughc
with him the official account ci i
gfotir.us viilory, outline I bv c )!,
P.-o&nr over the army of general
Winchefter, on the 22 i Januarv,
at the rver R* fl i. The following
particulars wc U'id.rftand are cor
n 61. C/I n1 Pr <6l >r, who to n
maidcd a D*:.roir, received advice
on t’ -e 19th Jan. that general VV in
ch fltT bad advanced w<th iioo
mf-i as far the river Ra fi.i, about
20 rr lei ddlant, on his way to a*-
ta k Detroit. . Col. Pro6t >r took
tne refolution of going out with as
many of his girrilon to a r ta khi n
as he could ipue. On the rvgh of
the 21ft, ne dTcovercd general
Winchefter and his army ir. the vil-
I lge Ra.fi i, and a: day light on
the 22d the attack commenced.—
The Amervans were lodged in
houfes in the vdltg*, lome ol which
weie blockaded ; nowever, af er a
bloody co. fl 61 the whole American
army, with their • isera!, <v*re k<il
cd or taken. Fr m t!*e nature of
the atta k and the means rhe r e.
my had of defending themielvcs,
col. Proctor’s Ids was great; it
canfifled of i'3 2 ki led and wound
ed, of whom 26 were killed, 2idfi
cer\ w*re m.r all wounded, 3or 4
oth r.s 11 g'ul , C don ! Pro6l r’s
force co.lift d< f 300 regulars, 150
militia and Jome I u.aos.
Return of Pr forte re taken.
One brigadier general, 1 colonel,
1 major, 9 captains, 6 lieutenan s,
10 er ligns, Ibr gade major, 1 ad
jutant, 1 quarter mafter, 2 fiuge
ons, 27 fe.j rants, 435 rank and lie
—coul 493.
After the battle, great numbers
of prifoaers were bri gmgin by the
Indians. They took another army,
viz. 50® la gc h gs from Kentuc
ky, and killed 100 men tnat had
them in charge.
A large b dy cf Americans are
advancing towards Chicago, on
Lzke M cnlga , and rhr Indian
chief Mirpl r, with 2000 Indians
from the M flilfippi, have gone a
gau ft them.
We hear that g“nrral Harrifon
with nis du ifi >n ot die a<my were
w ■dn 5 r 6 davs march of g acral
WUciultcr in a fl.arvin|r condition,
and iu> rounded bv I idians.
BOSTON, Feb. 20.
Some further particulars of the brilli
ant naval victory between the Uni
ted States’ frigate Conjhiution ,
commodore Bumbridge. and Iris
Britannic majejty's jhtp Jaia , cap
tain Lambert.
The Conflnutioß commenced the
a6lion at half a mde and ftance, and
was one hour in clofe ailiGu, at the
beginning of whF h her jib bo‘om
ran foul of the Java’s fpankcr
boom.
Captain Lambert, when carried
below, gave orders not to funen
der while there was a fpar fta,idling.
There was no but that the
Java’s crew was 450, for the officers
on boa r d the (hip William, taken
by the Java, and receipted by the
Harrier, laid they had no doubt the
Java would capture the Conftituti
on if they fell in with her, for that
Ihe was a remarkable fine fiiga.e,
and had near 500 men, including
all en board—ihe had one nun
more to each gun than the Confti
tunon. The J-va was of the lame
dais of the Gucrnere, was alfo a
Frer.ch 44, called La Rcnomme,
which, in company with the La Ne
reide 44, was captured < ff Tama
tive, Madagalcar, to.h May, 1811,
a'ter a levere erg?g-ment, by the
Fheobe, Aft r ea, and the Gaia.e*,
aii three 36 gun frigates.
The Cor.ftitution had all her
buts fh >t away except two, her
ma n & reizen-inafh much wound
ed, and rigging coiTiderably da
mvgr-d.
The governor general who was a
grr on bisard the Java, after
h* had landed at Salfadorr, lent
enmm dure Bain bridge an elegant
fword, and a h ghly coinphmcnrarv
let er, in whic.n he acknowledged
the handLme treatment he receiv
ed from the commodore.
A f amen on bo<rd the
tion, nam'd J ihn Cheve#, was mor
tal) v wund*d < *he lace 6lion
with the Java. Whi ft lying on
the dc k apparently oving, the woid
was p;.iT'd that the enemy had
(truck. He mfed himlielf up with
ol* hand, gave three cheeks, fell
t ack and expired ! Herne fpeei
• of the g*nuiae patrietifm of
American in ! He had a brother
1; died Vi :ht fame action. We un
derftaod they have {ef? an aid
mother at Marblehead, who
depended tntirely m the fruits of
their induftry for a fubfiftence.
Boften Chronicle .
An nap lis, Feb. 24.
The following is an exTatft of a
F'te-” from an <ffi er on board of
the United Siates* flup Hornet, to
his father in this city,
FLred Seuth-America, eff St.
Salvador, January 5, 1813.
“ What w.ll you fav when T tell
you that in our little fliip we have
chail ng-d an Engl fh (loop of war
in this port, mount ng 5 guns and
earning 40 men than the
Hornet ? Our commander has fent
fevcul challenges to the command
er of the E ghfh fl iop w'ar, but
he dues net appear to have rhe Faft
inch nation to come our. We have
been 1, and anchored no g f eat dTI-
Unce fie® h.m. He has bees rea
dv for fea feme tise, a*.d lfuppofe
int.ft come our (hortlv, < ? r it wil be
laid he is afraid. Her name is the
Good Citizen. We have been off
here three weeks waiting for her to
ccme out. The Hornet has taken
two pr z I—f they can get home
one will b<* worth 15 5000 dollars,
ane the other mb 11 30,000.”
From the Beftcn Patriot .
J HN BULL IN A RACE !
An A men car. merchant, under
date of Liverpool, 7th January,
writes thus to his partner in this
town—
“ The news of the capture of the
Macedonian has enraged John Bull
without mcafure. You wil fee by
the papers I fend you, that they are
filled with nothing eife this week
paft. The fapient edicors here dif
coverrd that aii American frigates
are fhips of the line ; and although
they cannot find out that they carry
more than 54 guns, dill they Rfift
upon it they are 74’$. I hope to
God, aur little navy will always
condudt in fuch a manner, that 54
guns may imprefs the enemy with
as much refpeft as 74 of any other
nation. The h gieft compliaient
yet paid them, is a remark in the
Courier, that it fhould be confidered
no dilgrace Hr the largeft Bmiffi
frigate to ffiun an engagement with
thcie dangerous non-delcripts.”
Eojlcn , Feb. 24.
Developlmln t. — Hie public
for feveral days paft, nave bec
ccnfiderably agitated with cerrain
reports srfpedt - g Perfuns and Pa
pers bn g arr< ft and aid detect :d. of
a ’l'reafonable Nature. The fiibjeft
burg ft il under fx?m.nation, we
(hall forbear to meation the names
of ptrfons v/ho are fuppifed to be
implicated; but the Allowing are
tne clrcumftances reiarir g to t ie ar
refts and fe zure of perfous and pa
pers alluded to.
On Saturday laft, as a vefT ! un
der Swed fh colors cleared at the
Cuftom H mfe for Fayal, aud went
down to the lower harbor. Mr.
Lee, aa intrepid and v'g Uat officer
had obtained informaici th::’ Eft
him .0 fulpeft f -nv: fraud nr decep
tion in the * went down with
other effi : ers, a'.id about ten o < Dck.
( ame evening (he. we sc below) o
vertook her aid b >arded her. i’ne
cc v ‘aid m ft of he per lons on
board were u6* in oovi m tneir
hammcvks. Mr. be drauiD and
thnr papers, part of w lich were
delivered cn hhv. ov per fin fad
ed hitnfelf the Swedijb Captain.—
Mr. Le* aifo found lew.- .1 up in :
li eve of one cf the paff-ngero’ oac
feveral papeis; and on acl oil- ex
amination fourd ferre ed in 3 jug,’
infi lea keg of tripe, another p . cel
of papers, minv ot which purp si t
ing to be the necelLry paper* h r *
vo) agv ro Fayal, but n uci def
tined co Halifax. Amo 4,ft rhe ru
pers was found a Britifh L e, ’V 1
impure bread ft offs, prov.fu,,
to I:laii.‘ax. Many le>..:ets v> •
found on b iard dire&ed t > n* r
chants at Fa. al, wlk-i fo fa£l ihe
merchants the letter wire diredlcd
to are known rtfider? s, and tn r
chants at Halifax. S me of civ* m
were direded to Wiibam K -Re- -
nolds U Cos. ar.d forue t > VV .h .m
Ail fon. The C urr of 1 .quiry
adjourned to ten o’clock this m ru
ing for further exam nation. E git
or .en perfons are now under a. 12ft.
Late from France —A Bordeaux
paper cf tne i6ih Januarv, has b ra
received in this ci v, b/ the ft nr.
Thetis, B dt *n, of this port, arrived
in the D iaware.
Freni 2 pcru'al of the proceed
ings of the-conf-.rvative fenate, we
fi.id that the m®ft vigorous i>r>*tia
■St
rations ar© making for the tffcwlual
profecuti m of tie cii filing cam pagn.
1 har wonderful g-uius, p'Oiou,a
ecj a devil, wh: m the Er.gUfli tu;-
t rs iay, is let loofe on toank n > a. a
foe-urge, notwithftaidiag the and
of his a m;es, owing iv -
me icy uf a northern cbmate, to
which a major part f h.s troops,
from habit, were but ill p ► pared 1
cnceunUT, views in the t ffi ulties
which prefenc thccnftivts, in ano
ther attempt thought to ddheatten ;
but on the contrary, with a mind
apparently at cafe, counts on I:he
approaching momerir, v\hca he ftull
fix the dtftiny of Eurnpe, and OvJt
out from the continent of Europe,
the would -be-tnonofolift of tne
commerce of the world.
The pidlur* drawn by the duke
ef Baffino in his report to the em
peror, of the policy of Eng;and, m
furthering herdcligns by the aid of
corruption and dilhonor, is not too
highly wrought. The bounds of
Europe da not limit the atrocity of
her condutft; in Afia, in Africa, &
in America now, is (he piadlifi: g on
principles, in the conduft of her
was, repugnant to every feeling of
humanity, and ddhonorabi. aid g f
graceful to a radon profeffi <g co be
civilized. Yes! a natiou, aif. Ct ng
