The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-16 00:00:00

OCT. 16.

were abandoned by the Government, and left entirely defenceless
The Mgyer of that city has informed the tllayt r of this town, Volt the
enemy would, no doubt proteed up the Fotomac, and make the
samellemands %inch he Will forced to accede to. The enemy is n.w
Coining up, and is in full view sil miles off.

TEDNI THE NATIONAL INIET,T.IOENefiItt ATTO. St.

Mr. Secretary Monroe has, in pursuance of tfe uric- d requests of
the commanders of the various desaription of troops asseinhlA in this
acccpted the command of the military force now in the vicinity.
General Armstrong having, yesterday, retired from the execution
of the dnvies of tiecretary at War in this district, in consequence, pro-
blbly, of the prejudice which has been excited against him among the
tr,ops; the duties of his office al.o have been temporarily cu4,igned
to the S cretary of State, who immediately enterel on the discharge
of them. Many nreasares will, forthwith, he put in a train of execu-
!kit which it may Lot now be proper to announce, and time effect of
which will be seen in due time.,
The enemy continued hist night still at Alexandria, emptying the
warehouses, as agrecd On ni time capitulation. The night before last,
we learn, nine trans..orfs of the largest class entered Patuxent fiber.
Their destination is, for
.the preach!, only matter of cmijecture.
Troops are every hour arriving in the city, in larger or smaller corps,
which it would be difficult, if we ui-hed, to enumerate. Among those
arrived, or expected, are 3 number of seamen, ender their gallunt
contra enders.
When we remade:l, in onr Paper of yesterday, that private pro-
perty had in .enermi heen scroptikmAy respected by the enen:y during
his late ircorsion. we spoke what rte believed, from a hasty serves',

and 'mil al), wallow sufficient inquiry. Greater respect wits certainly
paid to private property than has usually been exhibited by the chewy
in hie u.araudi:ig parties No boost's were half as much pluudered by
the entlny a, by the knnyi;lt wretches about the t.iwn, who ptufitt:d of
the general distress. 'Lime were, however, sever..l private buildings
wantonly desteoveti, lid sutue of tir.se persons who remained in the
we.e sca-dah us y iltteatt d,
Among tk.• piiva.• buildings destroyer!, was the dweliing.-hou,e
owned a..d occteine,t by Mr. ltehert Sewall (lin mealy reroed by Mr.
from behind which a gun was tired at Qviter:d Ross, v hick
ht leet the horse he ; the house bulk for General NV,I-Itiegton
the the bilge hotel hz-lote.;itio to Daniel Cairoll
•adn, and reliefs, and reci 1. occupied by Ir. Tondin.no ; the r:pe•
walks of leoch, Ringold, Leath, and Co. aid John Clndmers, were
destroyed by tire, without any pretence being assigned therefore that
to e k ,ow ot.

The W'4 contbiated tbrotp-li the city by a former resident'
wit?, milli tither detziclictl IvaitoN, i, 110%, in euofinrmeut. _

rockLurn ii as quite a inutintenoul, in the city, exhihitinfr, in the
streets a grwis levity of iniouler, sundry articles of trifling
value of winch he had r, tined the Presiee.it's house, and repeating

ninny or the coarse jets and vulgar shnig of the Federal BATA !can
re-p- en:nz the CHO' illagistratc and fohcr,, in a drain ot el.lococe
%lock c,,tild only have been accriireti by a constant perusal{ of that di -

e to the etointry.
The mtigazine at Greenleaf.* Point was destroyed (partially nn!y),
nn i the giins spiked on Tlkursday. In a dry well belonging to the har-
tacit- our s..doleis had thrown many bisrrels of powthr for concealment,
Alter explorinitt the magazine, the 11,iCsIt soldiers ikrew casually in'o
this wt.il ohe or two i.f their matches, which communicated to the
powder deposited there. The effect was terrific. Every one of the
soldiers tit ar wa. blown into cteinity, mans, at a greater distance
wounded, and the excavation remains an evidence of the grout force
of this explosion.
The enemy retreated from the city with so great precipitation, as to
leave half his wounded behind him. am ,outing to more than a bun-
died, auto itr whom are a Colonel and a Malin. The force of the enemy
is differently repo seined by deserters mid prisoners; hut the best in-
toithed ttar:e the force destined for the city to have het froot four to
five thousand well appointed and active men, hamar.), artillery,
rocketeer., &e.
'Die enemy did not bury their dead, except those in the vicinity of
is camp. The rest, iii number net two hundred, were buried by
a Ctamotee of our own etizeits sent out for the purpose.
After the action, on tile retreat, Major Montan, of Winchester,
fainted from fatigue, mid expired in a tew hours afterwards.
We again caution our readers against giving too much credit to all
the rumours which are widely and industri.msly circulated, generally
trout erro..teous intUrtnatiou, but some-ones we are chtwinced from lust
pard,nable causes, in metal in to the battle at Bladensburg. Justi.e,
however, requires us to say, that tinich vhs.atistaction prevsultel among
the truops• who were engaged, at having been led so soon and so lar
fram the field of action. lt is a general opinion among them, how Just
we lay not, that the enemy ruibht have bc.eu tuceess!uilly resisted to the

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et:d by the force
we h;iii to the field. This is a questtuo, the 54,1011011
of which inateridlly dertitts MI the ituather of troops tip. etienty bouoght
lido the field, as to which, its me before obses vet!, me are out act:mutely
itifui wed, and much ditiert.tict. of opinion prevails.