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AMERICAN PAPERS. (OFFICIAL).BATTLE OF CHIPP.INVA. Copy of iiLetter from Capt. L. Austin, Aid to General Brown, to the Secretary of War, dited Head- Qaurtenc , Myin In, Ju1y12,9, 1814. 1 have the honour of aide essing you by desire Of General Brown, ‘vho is noxt confined by wounds received in a severe engagement with the enemy on the afternoon' anti night of the 2:3th instant. Our army had fallen back td - Chippawa. The enemy collecting every regiment from Burlington :And Volk, .tltd meeting Avith no opposition (fl Lake Ontario, transported by water to Fort George troops from Kingston and even Pres cott, which enabled them to bring against us a -force_ vastly superior, under the command of , Lientenant-General Drummond and Major-Gene rHl ftiall. They were met by us near the falls,of Niagara, where a most severe conflict ensued. The enemy disputed the ground with res•oltaion, yet were driven from every position they attempted to .hold. We stormed his batteries directly in front, and took possession of all his artillery.. NottVithstlnding his immense superiority both in numbers and position, be was completely de feated, and our;troops remained on the battle\ ground without any interruption. As, however, both General Brown and General Scott had re ceived severe Wounds, almost every chief of bat talion disabled, and our men quite exhausted, it was thought proper to retire to our encampment, which was done in good order, without any mo lestation from the enemy- r -our wounded having first been removed. ' • Major-General- Riall, with the Aide-de-Camp of Lieut.-General Drummond and about twenty other officers, with two hundred privates, are taken prisoners. The loss on both sides is immense—but no ac count has yet been returned. The Aid and Brigade Major of Gen..Seqtt are both severely wounded, and Captain Spencer, an Aid of GenerM Brown, most probably dead, having received two balls through his, body. Both Generals Brown and- Scott are on this side confined by their wounds. Gen. Ripley commands on the other. I have the honour to be, very respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, L. AUSTIN, A. D. Camp. Hon. Secretary of War, Washington. • P. S.—Gen. Brown received his wounds at the same instant during a late part - of the action, but" still continued to keep his horse until exhausted by loss of blood. This probably has rendered his wounds more painful, than they would otherwise have been. .130STON, 4kig. AMERICAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF THE '2sru. From Albatiy Begister,.Extra. Saturday Evening, ,9 Wd have just learned from a source which we know to be authentic, that on the 25th inst. the concentrated forces of the enemy in Upper Ca nada, under the command Of Major General and Lieutenant General Drummond, were - met by our troops near the Niagara Falls, when a long ; desperate; and most sanguinary engagement en sped. Our troops drove.the enemy fr•oin every posi tion he attempted to hold---stormed his batteries, and carried all his artillery. After keeping possession of .the field, for more than three Lours, our troops retired to camp in good order. Major General Brown was wounded. severely, and his Aid, Captain Spencer, mor tally. General Scott, his, Aid and Brigade- Major, are • all severely wounded. The loss on both sides is said to be very great.—Major Gen. 20 Officers, and about , 200 privates, are taken prisoners. Our army has fell-back to Erie." Extract of a Letter froth Captain AUSTIN, dated Buffalo, July 27. " Gen. Brown received several wounds, and is now confined with them at this place ; they may be. tedious, but are not thought dangerous. Gcu. Ripley is - left. in command of the army, who have retired to Erie. General 4 ,9Cott, one of his Aids, and Brigade-Major, are severely wounded ; the loss on each side is immense. The action continued until twelve o'clock; 6apt. Spencer was wounded near the close of the battle—one ball passed through his body, and another Was lodged in his spine ; it was judged prudent to leave him at a house near the battle , ground under the care of a Surgeon. The action was fought upon a height, affording an extensive plain, about, six miles above Queenstown, and two below Chip- .r) w " • BALTIMORE, AUG. 4.-The British who burnt . L\its. Thompson's Ferrv-houses, a!sert, that she had deserted them, leaving poisoned .spirits in the porch. Colonel Parker, in a letter to Admi ral-Cockbutne, has denied the charge, expressing his ai.)l,orrence of so vile an act ; and has received a very pulite letter from the On the Ist inst. was launched the Java frigate, rated 44 guns, hilt will carry 150. Of the British fleet only two frigates are in the Patuxent ; but these appear to be sufficient to keep Commodore Barney sticking in the mud. • AUCATt•T 12.7-h is confidently reported that the tritish fleet have'taken formal possession of Mon tauk the Eastern extremity of Long Island, Ne w Yo THE.SE.AT OF GOVEIINNIENT. NEW YORK, AtiG 8.---We understand that General Armstrong has given it as his opinion the City of,.Washington cannot be defended ; and it is sAlie has engtged.quarters at Carlisle, (Penn) to widely place it is sUpposed he will retteat; should the British make their appearance in the District. Three 'British, ships 6f the, line and a frigate, were off the Hook on Monday last. Gen. INPArthur's division, 1000 men, is•stated to have joined Gen. ttipley, and, rendered his po- sition very strong. POSTSCRIPT-ATTACK ON STONINGTON. NEW 7 LOt4DON, JULY 10.—At 8 o'clock last evening (after this paper was put to press), an ex press'arrived at General Cushing's head-quarters. from Stonington, with information that two gates and a•brig had arrived in that harbour, and demanded the surrender of the town, or that it should be laid in'ashes : to which demand an an swer was given that the inhabitants4ould defend their firesides wit,ll their At the request 'of General Cushing, General Williams ordered.out the Sth and 30th regiments for the defew.:e•of that town, Congrcve rockets were fired on shore during the night, without in jury; and this morning, at sun-rise, a cannonade commenced, - antlitill continues—at six o'elock., The Militia have collected in such force as to prevent a landing, but we fear the place will be nearly destroyed, as the enemy are lying within half gun-shot, and our only defence is two long 18 pounders. The expedition is commanded by Commodore Hardy.(New London Gazette ) IStonington is a post-town and port in New London County, Connecticut, 14 miles east• by south of New London City. The harbour sets up from the Sound, opposite to - Fisher's Isl:uut. The town is separated from Rhode Island by the east line of the State. - Here are two or three places of public worship; and the number of in habitants 7 or 8000.]—Morse's Gaz. - ZANESVILLE, (OHIO), JUNE 28.—11 y a gentle man recently from Detroit, we learn that an ex pedition is about to sail from take place, for the purpose of reducing Fort Makina. The re-pos session, of this post, by the Americans, is an ob ject of prime consequence. 'l'.l).omix6o.—A recent arrival at Philadel phia in seven days from navanas, has lirought authentic intelligence that the celebrated patriot Chief Petion, who haS long since held two im portant districts of Hispaniola, in opposition to the black Emperor Christophc, has, in conse quence of the late glorious revolution hi France, caused the white flag to be displayed throughout, the territory under his command. This intelli ,geuce, with other particulars, was .carried to the Havana by one of Petion's Generals, and demon strates the loyalty of his Chief to the legitimate Sovereignty ofsFrauce. Petiou was educated in France.—R. I. American. WAR IN TILE CIII:SAPEAKE. ANCASTER COUNTY (VIRG IN , JULY' 2j.- 7 -A: serious alarm is now spreading among the People in this quarrer, in consequence of regimental or ders from the LientenantColonel of the 92d re giment, to the Major of the Lower or 2(1 Batta lion of Militia in Lancaster County, dated the 21st inst.-from which the following is an extract " I have received information by expresS. that • the enemy have landed, and are bow marching down the country in gr ea t fo rce , w ithi n 12 Miles of Richmond court-house., You are, /therefore, commanded to convene the battalion under. your cop - inland 'at the Cross Roads* vviOiout delay and without further orders. " S. Guards detached 'from it [the lower battalion] will still keep their posts and be ready to march at a moment's warning.'', A report is in circulation here, , that 3000. Br itish troops have landed, and are on their march !, If this be trme, I know of nothing to prevent them from carrying devastation into all the lower part of the Northern Neck of Virginia. .BURLINGTON, JULY . 22.—1 t is reported tha s t the Indians who were expected to attend the General Council at Greenville, have refs ed to treat with the United States. A letter from Piqu►►, of the 2Sth ult. states that none of the hoStile Indians had come in, that it was expected another campaign would have to be opened against them in that quarter. It is again positively asserted in, the Georgia - Papers, that British troops, with 'a great number of spare muskets, have landed in Floriola, and that the Indians are again becoming hostile. It is pro bable the anus were carried by the British frigate Orpheus , and schooner Shelburne. • &onFout, JULY 12.—A flag from the Dragon, 74, returned last evening, and informs, that.twO 74's and- a brig, additional, had arrived in the bay; and that Captain Barrie said,- he expected that Sir Thomas Picton, with 12,000 men, wculd be in the bayshortly.—Later.—A person from the bay reports, that four.74's and two frigates were in the bay. • York River I s su ppO se d to b e t h e object of attack. THE INVADERS LANDED. Copy of a Letter to a Gentleman in Richmond, Vir. dated Fredericksburgll, July 22, t‘i A. 31. " The enemy have lanoled in IVeStmoreland County, and an express h a s arrived, stating that .hey have taken possession of the Court-house with about 1500 men. Our citizens are now under arms, and are to march to Mattux Bridge immediately.; the whole country is u p, and it is expected that at least 8 or 900 men will ha on the march by 9 o'clock this evening.," A place of rendezvous on the road leading, from Kilmar nock .to Windmill or North Point.' AMERICAN PAPEAS, [Quebec, to 16th Aug. ; Ilriltfttx, to 27th; Mott . ircal, to 14th Aug.] . _ • MONTREAL HERALD EXTRA. Tuesday Afternoon, 2d Aug. 1814. Lieut. Colonel 'fucker, with part of the garri son of Fort George, and 400 of the 89th regiment, under Lieut. Colonel Morrison, moved on the Enemy's Camp, at Lewiston, on_the morning of the, 25th ult. drove them -front it, and brought away 100 tents, their baggage and provisions, without losing a man. The Enemy, on the 27th, had retired across the Chippawa towards Fort Erie, purstied by the Mi- . litia and Indians, having previously burnt Street's Mills, and destroyed the bridge over that river.---t Reinforcements were rapidly Advancing to the Right Division ; and the left wing of De Wane vine's Regiment would join it about the 28th. Our latest accounts from our army on the Nia gara line are of the 4th instant ; it lay before Fort Erie, which the enemy had fortified very strongly- by an abbatis and entrenchments, and had their vessels to defend one of their flanks, and batteries on ,Black Rock the other. Prepara tions were making to drive t hem out. On the evening of the 3d, some light troops crossed the river, but found the enemy strongly entrenched, and returned with the loss of nine men. We are happy to add, Gen. Drummond was fast recover ing from his wound. FroufKingston we have accounts of the llth inst.; which state, that the Atilericn'Fleet had just hove in sight off that place, as the inforthant . left there. We are informed that a canoe from-Fort Wil liam on Lake Superior arrived here this morning, by which intelligence has been received, that the enemy's fleet had been at Sault St. Mary, and altar having burnt all the buildings there, they had proceeded to invest Michilimackinac- ; from whence a very. heavy firing was heard, when the canoe came away.—We have not beeti able to ob tain any further particulars. We lament to state the Information, that on: Wednesday last Captain Maillon, with six In dians, on a reconnoitring party, was suprized by an ambuscade of the.enemy ; who,.afterlwound. lug him in five places, made him prisoner i report. adds, that he died of his wounds.• Captain.Miil - • loux was a loyal and diligent partizan„ highly . . useful to his• King and Country., .. I.t Plattsbargh and Chauiplain,'.the enemy is in great force ; his nnruher• is said to an►cinnt to . 12;000; one half Militia. ‘1 7 (.; tnide'istund he is fortifying himself against •an 'attacl liy the Bri tish, which is daily expected. We are Itot in formed of the position of our troops on the frontier. Lieut.-Colonel Stone was the officer who com manded at St. David's, when that village Was set on fire :• He is endeavouring to defend himself from the accusation of having been the author of that barbarous act 3 rehltive to which the follow ing Order has been handed Us : • - ' GENERAL ORDER.--=.44jatrinlf-Genc'"iirs gllice, Queenstown, Jidg 19, 1S14: , • " The accountability for burning the _houses at St. David's yesfere,..ly must rest with the Senior Officer. It was directed. contrary to the orders of Government, and those of the Com manding General, published to the army. Lieutenant-Colo nul Stone will retire from the army. " By . order of Major-Goner L 1 Prowni. C. fit. GARI)NER, AdjutOnt-Generp.t." SAcKETT'S HARBoutt,Auc.l.---E irly- this morn ing, the fleet under Commodore Chauncey (who was convalescent), left this - harbour, consisting of ten sail in, all,,and.sailed into Lake Ontario. lIERKIMF.R, AUG. Officer of the Arthy has arrived here, direct from Fort Erie; Ivho informs, that Generalltipley had received sum mons to surrender from the British comilmqnder ; Mill that two. hours only were allowed to retthn an answer. This . We doubt. ALBANY, AUG. 2.--411 - British Officers, • 18, with about 160,privates, taken by General Brown, passed, Canandagna on the 30th, on their Way to . Greenbush. BURLINGTON, CUAMPLAIN BORDER, 40'. 3. General lzard's army, 5000 strong, ha's advanCed towards Lower Canada, and encamped Expect more news! Eight of the principal delinquents of 15, found guilty of High '!'reason in Upper Canada, were executed at 13hr1ington on the 20th July : the other seven :are reprieved. MELANCHOLY INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday last, at about half, past 1:1 - a detachment of about 55 - men of the.Blst regi ment embarked in a scow, to - cross. the Black River, near this town ; and, melancholy to re late, 39' men, including Lieutenant . Henderson, the ferryman and his two sons, were unfm:ttinate ly drowned by the filling of the scow ; at this moment the - ferryman and his two sons immedi ately plunged into the water--all was confusion ; Lieut. Henderson, as well as three or four of the men, who had seized on ,some planks from the scow, remained about a quarter of an hour above water, waiting' for assist front the shore ; but,. dreadful to relate, their comrades, within twenty yards of them ; had not the .means of affording any—at length,_fatigned and exhitstcd, they sunk into a watery grave.—('Threekirers,.Aug. 1.8.) The transports, &c. from Bermuda, brought his Majesty's 29th Regiment, commanded by Ma jor Hodge ; and 62d Regiment, oommanded by Colonel Ximenes. The fleet sailed from - Genoa May 12, with - the 21st and 62d RcgimentS, touch ed. at Mahon, and afterwards at Gibraltar, where .! the 29tb•Regimeot wa3 taken on board ; sailed from thtace June 12, tonehto s- t ltero then proceeded for B e r n nulit. T 11621 :1 / 13' : joined the f orces un d er . Majoi''Gerie.3 be employed on the sca-coasts d the States. le r7 •1 Adthiral Sir A. C.!ociivane sailed t.t.°l nc Y on the Ist instant, sup ter the C1:7'11 ° and Admiral Millet:l.n a d a y or t``o° 11' ~ off ° On the 10th i'n'.4t. the Dispatch 31'-41,1itil''' ,abreast of Sroain, f. g,oti, olitiocticil, -,t,iii.,. upon her cable ; and commenced a Il e° ,li'!'''' ti ,i . , ,,, , t re p , la n c r e ith; v t v w l . i , i 3 cl; B ‘ .. . ) a t s )t l l •C d t e t r i i s :n . eci A f i ct c c i r ti rt ! i u t :: hours, the Dispatch hauled off, ha vi ' * ':l o9 ` l •l :: o se r Ve . t i e •a a l t rt i . t o n t e l s h , ;l ‘ e v ( i i t . h the lo t s h s e of i r 2 , ; l ° l, hi ti ,i i e t : Pactolus, and Terror bomb, re aewe' i v ile' t 9 .and we believe that the tow.ii was ce' ll. ,ll o ,' when the Dispatch left the c oast , 1 1 1 ,10 e r Stonington is said to have hc ent. fi i6 tlr` l ' whence' several Torpedoes have be ° " t i 3 1 ‘ ' 31 ef t il a.t i ci r li c ei taitpt. Michiganar N r t t A ( c )t K . l: l}l . e : C.—Lie u t . - C'? II' ) li t o ' l' e •!-..' • had felt himself sufficiently stroog, ;11', 1 ,0 three-pounder, 10 0 :iii ° l i lt Pedition against La Prairie des ',ll;:viiti, is i n sA oo il e r sl g l i e i s e l: os C t f t i l o o l al ll l l l . ) k : i ; .. e s i , t i , a e" l f ) .2 t h i .l o ( i iii s ic i l i t ol i c t il.fe: S t jrtig i t ilc' i l‘l e i.etiri , L l : i r:e l ls ) i e i l s) :; : i il : ll : l\il e ';l s l)(( , :i.i'll°l: l 3lt i ll: i is; e :3lell'e t , -111 ,3 ejii i is : ' 1 jt°( 1 1101' whence it Was deemed burbly irer °r • if: l Itl r iONTREAL, AUG. 13.—YesterciaY . 0 ,, t; : received' from- Alajer-General Ctfill,ile,:,:i, dated the 4th' instant, within i" t) ;:ie• V American fortified position at p'orr v i 50 fr ol i i . veral days there had been many si'L'l.!tisll,,,,iP with the enemy. 'So keen has Clic 9j , l s tir lr i i . • the 100k -out, that Jonathan d:irc l'''',.ei° - ; 6 , strong-holds. General Conran ‘vai r b :. tile r ,' every mark of distinguished respect, Joll''t,,,l As a proof of his confidence iii n ie je,,, t o cr, his troops, he gate a part o f thent 3 , l ' o ftli e i , o r f h p e r l e ig se h n t ting themselves in the te e° . , IV' 41 1 t can shore, 4 1. 1 .1 i ile a r d e e mischief they could, and reto ped is 6te d 4 , , ,' loss,. The American force is ejti"' soar 7000 strong. A decisive batt l e %OS t i o ,l d d eel, notwithstanding the g" ti . I „; ll. : 4rere ''' a c t ro t s h s e e i c r l i t e l i i scurries etrio`:divtioil,fitt, enem y. The heights 'near Fort - 1-Jl , tlo 4' '' entrenched, anti . every approach, I , ll otb fr i,V, .state of defence. Opposite, on i t he d o: batteries had been constructed, g''',lriolljli, lr.t. under proper cover; so that the ~.-5 0, , i tile Yankees will et cost a further ic\-:0,1(;,. lint of the. result no one doubts', l it e ici ° , l . theeneiny were f oun d d ea d oil the """' 1 1 '. A !P I, , d or • , . i :1)—1 France , 7'l AIL. ti I 4:2l"C7 !i Ci4. ..1 .Jamaica, 1 Wut:ric I H aub mi.l Urg l'is Lwij' ) ) 1/ . 1 Watevford. 13A n r, Sr. MaTiflEvr.—Floliddy at the Elelit'quilseer?s. . , ilia, arid South Sea 110 . 1 0; Nli'v , , ------...v0.• - •";„r. f. 1.11 .; ''. N IIIGH WA'11;11 Al' LONDON BILIL'-', ~j i tia- ' j hailing, 42 minutes after 7. 1 Ereilitig, ' . .." ,-- -,- --- u rtiE s u 301;EM DICNItg riti.ol3l W il : E lta D y N e . - .....: - .. - 7.-- - .._— .' . ---- • .., - ,,,f;• I 3 11/r'l del thi's morning rece • ive' t it l'''' ~.1 rican • ' and North American l'aPers' ,•,.000;j11 this) ier " lij very late asthe ) 7 I `—, 1.1, and the iorta 10 t !e ir to the 18tbnit. From these we Ittl yc l., 0 .. 0 4', I pious extracts as our limits p ertai ttc ! • "'' ' 'J ES n:IY'sET-7j)p:lN;------''''',;bb2__fi_____j'd'l:' ..rits 1 t 1 :mire than their importance a" netts':, t'' ~; r 0 ( I n s i , f , „ r (sacrificing. fo r i all other Ile' „1 0 7 / b . t h e d ay as. „.410 :1 J a ar" 1;` pone a a umber of int erest,ary d i et ' altoge. 4 morrow. 'the i n te ilitr e oce is - t ::, we have beet' cautr.cies ' ." 5 ti ll could be wished. . , „cti r- .tri• n il the " 1 ' enemy (boasting of a victory 0-- tits' r it e' gil' has o9.y the 'coance of On the Nia,fara frontier, it `L.ijildr Fort Erie, where he is invested 11 t f ltc'l, ozsi" g c ' • 1 1 tla" eli though strong hopes are ,give" bc Cold j to • • Ice, reduced to 3000 men, wi ll f- ',l alb,e i 7 surrender. • t• ii) __ 'll la'' ' e A aoston Paper f the li t tli e( 0 - r ti,; 0 j port from Bid: doe,. Aug• ...)' toci` I an 0 • i fo • , ices bad been repulscd to ,f; 4' . . 4 , kart Erie on the 3d. • P.I 'o f re.cr • . fil col Another ' account, dated fort 50pell says that 'place was invested by •1 6 cr' and an attack hourlv cxPeetcd. - rlj e- . t he 1 " ' of' • After the battle o f the 25tit , r 5 fi fl. his t'''' if' f• the Chi C r e e k , i'vhcr e Jel l it' ppawa - ~. ,collii 00, which be huddled many of l''' a t Pt.,:iif°,,' these b oa ts, tilted with b ag. _ i file k ,;;:' were Committed to th e stream " oe :VI o,;r, 61115 1-- 14/ and would soon pass the , c ope' i t it t , destroyed the liride 'orer the , o f ''',, i t . l . izridgt.. g . s 0 ,11 1 , r , o c r° ' .- t" 1, the Express left that plac e " '''' been made to enable our ,1•1 11 , t i 0 e ll"' „„itt , hli(re" t 1 bcot tile enemy, who woul<l ue 0 v. , 10. I Enloe, if • a nt )e , , able, before our fe.ll°Ws Asa .. ercoll I ,o l ' on their backs. the •' 4°' t ile r A successful attack oa loy t t er . SWIFT, at Lewiston, is t he ° i i it"' lrr t it4 measure deserving Of O.OIC ,cell 1, 2d• There bas 3150 heel' l a PP- 00" ;„‘ tvo' l .O,C O ..I MichilimackinaC, .which ,'` , e 1;'" i c li d i I tit C°l°l cli're Enemy hare attzt(':ket, i - er ) - i 10 ,1 e felt himself secure, al"' notice iu tsl' _ ii, b r 1 !ic ho ~~ ~ti~~