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CN ft* /• NEY BLAND &'C.
t .1 i A.- ; ’ O-rrHaondtencc.
1 Xerfe’k* Jkhe 25, 1.813.
; wa*- b’ <fUs - or during the e •
p, <rf i >"‘i’ X the boars with Hie
cr •’* {r'ga-t* on >he 20i;h info. :
•■■ •- si; t •;• •?> and the feme
was i.-ful ah A fabfirne beyond ie
fcnpfton. The frig.?*’?
**s for fomt tim- liienc'S. rro fir
ed a gun to Ve’Vs&rd. 2* a foguai of
nferefs, but -h td * w-.s ebb, and
b*■ fliuning her cab'** and <dbnpoi"g
Hewn, ;he other frigaresfafdhd by
5 > ’ f b: j -’■l. h f pa, gbp at
• i t yr rr bVfM-’gbt Up t.Q
, by HkH <ilc?n fir?
* •;,,t liv •I, (- - a*; f ars Wre m
rr'Hamrd a: ,t’g> uoq.:, by. Americans
!•..•:• h&. iafc{v rv4-- pp boatr,. No>.u:
bd;>"'yr’- Av,j ‘-It IT r..* brave tar-;
the ia good prd -r to their
or Tor! anrbftirpp, with the. kfsof
ftn*- m: ?•.it?fteTs, it appears
that dV- ? “jf.v-n leCTnbout -one hun
dred >?d fifty, men* killed fe wound
ed. - r | ‘j-e raptain fell the fecono
Jfi/fi I'hws has proved beyond a
d'-'ibt the the go: 1 coat
fv f...u", and h?s eIJ ngt and the ep : r*l -
.f. a: v he.i; tiheu rate pppo *
fr rr.,-
C • tL .Jr-, the atta* k on Oa
>o. C, T n. as nrfeie at an ‘-arly*
C< w - - >i,t m vv.sr ..he
- o’ ‘>c or ak on the sW
K-rcuiux ;fct j; I htd igffyi
irloraed my^o ? ‘i'lt-src for the pur
poln’ oT phic ‘f oi v and to cisp
imotirare *"ith “a£ciwfcy,
v which •.‘erhd t a*i the of-j/cl
v?as ‘tf private" 1
public ~ At the
ro-utf;nt ar/ivaj <an the beach,
tbt ha’ to tk p ni)uo?f of fifty or
fivitro *n fob view before ‘he
iH r ;-d, rhe lTi ips l -iyk gof Ne w port
Ne -v? ; hkan and cr.n'dcTs going in
all dh r the 24. p-.unden
froai the dl h.d* v.er tb.en piay o g
efi the - a few mnti es
r'joierr ct* wss hta ; d ; a barge was
;dcii rp7*.d ; the boars haired j a land
t- v ‘ ■ rhir obce cculd *ot tn bk/~
and they went h g ‘ up, and
1 ncAl an the main. X nev ihes
r;■ arched down in the rear of rh#
’ ?fl ip.-S svithm about three-hundred
tvh;ci of-kr j r,o:hi;g but a narrow
-fh r;Af wa>er, abau: i ‘e deep, di
vtd* and the aiTi lißff • ‘••••i'u -;ur troops.
Xii’dtr co'-!T *d buflus and a fmall
heude t! ;t s K’.'de lib and corrt*
rtien"cd >hrov*’rt rot ktis; which
ire ~o n.biecfsF b invention;
they do net carry in their fl ght as
IT' 1 sen terror as once attuched to the
ri ?r;r—:he cannon from our troop*
produced ci their opponeats diJFe
r nt krliags; the fecond fhot car
red away the greater part of the
haufe, ad ab*ut one o’clock the
enf*y retreated in great confufion
ta their iioata.
At three o’clock they returned
again and landed, tear the lame
place; the refuit of this fkirmilh
was mere glorious than the firft;
barge deftroyed anc an eligiut
r > between fifty a'd fixty fret
i g iaidto.be ad mi r a Cue kburn’s
She received a fhot under
the quarter, which went through
{i £QRGIA EX-PR ESS.
“MATY JHi LI. BUM TO ARS> PS.O, A!*J K-NOWLG£ SMALL B 5 ”K CRSA33B.”
the ftern fhu s anu have kii'-
fd or won icud is* dicers; the
b rat filled, and was abandoned by
her .-few'. A a ck’gaat-laced cloak,
cocked egiuiettcs, &c. w'ere
found in her, and hopes are enter
rair.td that Ccckburu, alian fuouie
burn < , -.s he is called here) ai
r ’l-d In her. The troops were
rou'ed Ir great confufion, arsd took
re their boits, ki ting various itn
p!em?ots of war, camp, kettles,
calves, fheep, bogs, Ire. which they,
h2d ftolep, and had been p? pared
for caokerg. It is the opinion of
al] our troops, who Joiicited to
porft?? thrir, that the whole which
could not ha”* reached their boats,
would have b en taker; ; tsut from
prudential m X-they were je
ftralned.* A captain, lieutenant and’
federal men,.have bceu found buri
ed in an orchard. The filled,
wound'd t pr’l<iners, and dclmers,
it is i uppokd, emeu*f ly nearly two
Hunrlrei. It is a glorious vi<slory
?n'-ffr£f 3 it hr.a ptoven the difpo-
Tcon of their men to defert, and it
hr* proved to ’ our men, that with
any thf g like equal numbers, they
are cen*m of vk.fhry. las wiifi
f,me troops at -he time, and never
faw fo much nax'eiy in every fa e,
t, and fi’ppH.'a;ion to be allowed to
jh their brother foidiers at the
The p r ifq,ntrs k?, th.u Cos Vmrn
had • fire p-Jitmus carh
Hired, one ’ undred fr
’ the frigate and one hundred fur tic
town, neTides three days p’illagfff,
?rd other iadueeimeprs • -hi-'h I Will
not -name ! . W’ .4 an rxecrahie
wre t ch 1 M > and ■ übts xift if hi
fbould be taken, *but he wili ku
burnt. Nothing, noc even afscial_
authority, I think ccr.Cd fave hi-s’
(rvm the indig.nafion of cur enrag
ed populace. W hat di /grace 10
the Britifli d?Uoq, if the e
X their critaes has not precluded
the pofilbility of adding another
fta,in ! the conduct of our
troops at York be contrafied vdicn
ail private property,
and furely the Prince Regent wiii
blulh for hi* *mnions, ard difrard
them from his fervice. To hgkt
with fa h morfters in honofabie
warfare, is no: dcii.g jufiicjtc* our
lefves.
To fiidrten the wsr cud .?*r* the
rffuficr, of blood, let Congrcfs pak
fuch a ! as w* (! think) once
recommended by Mrf-fj.ies. Let
all public *pd private enemy’s vef-
Td:, brought i/i by their crews, be
ad]udged lawful prize, and the pro
ceeds divided arrfbeg them. Let
five thcafand copies of this law be
diftributed am >*% American priva
teers, and they will toon be circu
lated arrorg the emrsy. It fuch a
law wa? new h force, no doubt ex
ifls, from accouots, but the fhips
in H-mptoi Roaos would focn
wear Amer’ an colors. Let them
alfo pa! another law, to prohibit
the exportation of provifions. Few
if any but feigners *nd are
conceroef? in tnis trad'-, and there
is rcafon to believe that when the
Ihips (ur.d^ r pretence cf going ; to
Lib n or Cadiz) get to lea that
they are ordered by the Rntifh to
v v #■; ; v . .$£ •
and fIF-*ren f ifiand* in the Wdl Indies.
iW’vfi a plea of tl is fcr, the fhip*
by rc r l."*u\£ u tSs a prtteji vsould
Lt* cot'.filtered as exonerated.
PAR riCU LARS IROM HAMPTON - .
# *** mt * om *
Detail #/ tbs gttsck *h Htmpltn, ok
the marnini of the *25 tb injt. as
tmmunicuted by Majar CrutcbjieU)
in 4 irttbr of that date :
-“ At little after five o’clock,
the enemy commenced a fire of
round and rocket foots from their
tenders and barges in the river and
creek eppofoe to Hampton, and
very fhortly after ward* by nine
hundred treopj in cur rrar. Thrir
attack fro the .water direction,
which was krpt iip incefoinfly, \*as
repelled by our batterki under the
c Tiinaad of cape. B. W. Pryor, in
ifeaar.er wonhy of veirran treops.
Upon tk atta> k (rasa the land fi if,
I proceeded wich (he infaotry com
panics r* she road, in order mrfi
tlf.dlualSy to ccumteraifi the defigns
of the enemy in that quarter, but
had not gained the ddired point of
drftinatioo before the m.ufkets of
the toe afouled our troops from a
fkirt of woods, near whtxe the Ri
fLmen, under Capt. R. Servant,
had bests placed, and who for ionic
confiderable timr, vvith much cool
nds, and w doubt excellent eff. (51,
k"-pr t h •* in check.. F:.wiSi ur
! v se of ‘natch in column, through a
fidd where ire 4' r o attacked- I im
mediately fotrucdf a litre aud xjv an
ced by quick, tune towards the
wovjs, where the invaders had
forme:. We had nr proceeded
f r it; this l ee before die enemy 0-
pened a heavy and continivd fire of
g Ape aud pchfr fo-nt upo i us.-
The view of the enemy's troops
which! isuvrtook, rendered it ne
ccfTary u our p<ac cj farm again in
columns and endeavor to gam the
wood, now* within <sne or two hua
d;ed yards. In endeavor!ngto ob
ta n Inch a pefitien, our troops were
nereiiarily, for a fhert time, ex
po Jed to the fire of the enemy.”—
*M ]or Crutchfield then tmntioas in
very high terms, the conduct of
Cvpt. Shields and hi* company 3
and concludes ‘iy obferving that the
enerßy, purfuing the reft of our
troops with rapidity nd fuccefs, a
retreat took place. This difpatch
was written at the Half Way Houle
=—from whence our army proceeded
to York. Maj. Cor ban was wound
ed in the artu and leg, at the head
of his column— Capt. Pryo% tor
whofe fafety Crutchfield cx
prefod great apprehenfions, efrer
handiirg the enemy mo ft feverely
at the batteries, fpiked their own
ennoop, fwsm acrols the creek and
retreating in the rear of the enemy,
arrived in our camp with the moft
of hi* brave men.
A fircumflance is Hated, which
developes the murder; us and bar
barous difpofiuion of the enemy.—
A-.Mr. Kilby, near Hampton wa*
dying in his hauls in the arms cf
his wife, when the Britiffi troops
approached, and one cf their, co Tv
pulled out his ptlloi, foot poor X :1-
y and the bail iodgrtl in the hip f
FRIDAY. JULY 23, 1813.
h s wife. t( Esreft no quarter,*’
fa’.d an officer t# his friend in Rich
mond.
ATTACK ON OSWEGO.
Extratl fa letter to a gentlemen in
elated Sackett s Harbor ,
June 21. •
This day an exprefs arrived from
Qfwego with information, that yes
terday morning rhe enemy’s fquaeh
ton appeared off that place, and
previous to his leaving, which was
at 5 o’cleek in the afternoon, the/
made three attempts to land, but on
dilcovering our force they each
rime returned to the fquadren.—
Wnen the exprefs left,, the fquad
roi mandevring cfFthe har
bor, and it was generally believed
that they would make another at
tempt. On Monday iaft joo in
fantry, under command of JVJ.'jor
Carr, left this place and arrived at
Ofwego on Wedncfdsy ; the ex
press lavs that there were abcut
too militia at that place and ail in
fine fpiriiio”
%
Geneva, June 23.
On Thurfday lait the British
fi :et on Ontario made its appear
ance off Pultneyville, caufiag the
inhabitants much alarm ; and from
whence, without flopping, thee
fhrped their courfe towards Sodus,
where w&s florcd about 1500 bar
rt !s of provifioaa, for the fafety of
which fears were entertained. CoL
Swift’s regiment was ordered, on
duty. They affemtied with alae
rity and removed from the village
about I*oo bb!s. U. S. prope.ty j
the fleet not appearing, the alarm
fubfiied and tht regiment wax dif
miffrd. The ref-due of the pro
perty belonging to individuals was
not removed, they being under no>
fvai & for its fafety,
On Sarurday evening the /kec
made its appearance and anchored
about 3 miles off the'village; it
confided of Several large veficls and
a number of imall ones. About 9
o’clock ‘hey landed a number of
men, who carried off the provif
cos that rtflftained in Aore, and
wantonly burnt and deffjoytd feve
ral of the brff houses and il ires in
the village, st: and eznbarked abaut 6
o’clock next morning, when the
fleet got under way. On their
landing they were met by. abcut 30
of the inhabitants, who iked a vol
ley, which is fa id to hare killed 5
cf the enemy ; h was returned by
three times their number, killing
one, mortally wounding two, and
n.ghtly one. Capt. Rees’s com
pany of artillery marched fro* this
village about 4 o’clock Sunday
morning, and cols. Colt's ..and
Smith’s regiments. 12 •*cl*ck,Mon
day morning. Col. Swift’s regi
mnt aifo returned. Many or our
citizens* withaut di&tii&fo.i of
or party, volunteered in ti:s cauit,
sed they lin'd the rosd between
this aid Sodus, a diftsnee of thirty
n* i 1 r 5.
The s f*rcc confided of
ther new fh o the Royal G.:org#,
Earl Y >ira, Prince Regent, Si *
cat fehr, wiu haul! and v
ders.
(No. 259.