The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-20 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

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THE LOAN.
Extract 6 a Lettcr frani Philarletrhia.

, " I v/Ould not advise you to make any offer for
.
the new loan, satisfied that our stock'will soon be
lUwer. The para!Japh in the iVational Intelli-
gencer is a inere trick, to induce peooe to come
forward for the six million. Our Rulers know
that they cannot borrow money in Europe. The
Dutch have, no money to lend, and our six' per
cent, stock was sold in Holland at 20 per cent.
diconpt. M. Willink of Amsterdam, who is now
here, says, the scarcity of money is so great that
his Government has been reduced, to the necessity
of negotiating kloan in England.

Our Government cannot pretend to borrow
money froth our enemy. I have seen several 'let-
ters from England, stating that American stock
will not sell there during; the-war, and all agree
that the price after ,peace will probably be front
90 to 95. Admitting it will sell at present for 90;
the loss cis oor exotin;:,re would reduce the price
to about 75 for 100 dollars. Besides; if our Go-
vernment could negotiate a loan in Europe, the
amount must be drawn'fai in sterling money, which
would probably reduce the exchange to 23 per
cent. discount." , •
.ACCOMMODATION OF CONGRESS.

The proper authority being engaged in the most
active preparations for the accommodation of Con.:
press at the approaching Session. earnestly solicit
the aid of the inhabitants of this City,and
who may have the command of wooden building
materials, particularly hale-inch,• inch, and inch
and a quarter plank.

When interest and patriotism united so strongly
urge a zealous co-operation with the agents of
Government on this occasion, it cannot be neces-
sary to say no,re than to state that constant.at-
teuclance will he given at the Office of the Supq-
intendant of the City, in the building preparing
for Congress to receive proffers of the requisite
supplies, and to pay a just price for the same: •
A number, of carpenters have been released
hom.military duty to work on the building. Those
not on duty are invited to call to-day, and join
tlkeir brethren, in case a sufficient number should
not previously have collected together.

CABINET ANECDOTE.
, The President appeared on the battle ground
the mOrning of the action which decided the fate
or the Capital. The two Secretaries of State and
War, and the Attorney-General were with him.
They•all stood by and viewed the BriVish Army as
it descended the oppofite heights back of Bladens-
burg. A rocket was thrown at the first fire by the
enemy. Mr. Madison saw it, and instantly retreated.
w:ys ecit gliding down a hill, and was watch -
ed
until'he went entirely out of sight. We state
the tact, upon the authority of several honour-
able ()facers and men, who were indignant at his
conduct

JACOB BEOWN'S PRECONCEPTIONS.*
(Ftwii eme of /.is Letters to Chauncey) - • '
There is not a doubt resting in my mind, but
that we have between us the command of KIT fiicirnt
means to conquer ITppe Canada 'within two
months, if there is a proMpt and zealous co-ope-
ration and a vigorous application of these means;
rio,v k our time, before the enemy can be greatly
reinforced. Your's truly,
,(Sigaed)• JACOB BROWN.
lle?td-qmarters, Quicenstown„.Tuly 13, 1814.
Extract from Commodore Barney's dispatch re-
-Ivtive to the Battle of Bladenburgh. After de-
scribing the bravery of his brigade, and his . he-
lug wounded, this person gives the following tes-
timony to:the hutnanity of the Victors : ' '
" In a short time I observed a British soldier,
and had- Min called, and directed him to seek an
officer ; in ii few minutes an-officer came, who, on
ie:o:ning who I was, brought Gen. Ross and Admiral
Cockburn to me. These officers behaved to toe with
the most marked attention, respect, and polite-
ness, had a surgeon brought and my wound dress-
ed immediately. After a Icily minutes conversa-
tion the General informed me (after paying me a
handsume compliment) that I was paroled, and at
liberty to proceed to WaShingtOti or Bladens-
burgle, as was also Mr. linffington, who hail re-
. unlined with Me, offerinit. me every assistance in
his power, giving orders for a litter to be bought,
in which I was 'carried to BlaAenshurgh. Cap-
tain Wainwright,- First Captain to Admiral Coch-
rane, remained with me, and behaved to me as if
I was a brother. During the stay' of the enemy at
vElt«lermhurgh, I - received the inot pitlite atten-
tion from the Officers both Of the navy and army."
'the last cruise of the American flotilla, on Lake
Ontario is detailed in the following Extract from
Commodore Chauncey's dispatch, dated Aug. 10,
,off Kingston : '
" In the afternoon of the 31St July, I was
taken on board, but it was a calm, and I did OA
sail before the next morning. To satisfy at-once,
v, hatever expectations the public-had been led to
entertain of the sufficiency of this squadron to take
and maintain the.aacendancy on this Lake, and at
the sonic time to expose the futility of promises,
the fulfilment of which had been rested. on our
appearance at the head of tfie Lake, I got
tinder way at four o'clock in the morning of
the list inqaut, and steered fOr the mouth of
- . e Niagara, Owing to light winds, 1.. did not
0c
_ :live off there before the sth. There weinter-•
t'pted ofte ,of the enemy's brigs running over
froY m _ orkNi
to
agara: with troops, and ran her on
shore about six miles to the westward' of Fort
" George. I ordered the Sylph in, to anchor as
-near to the enemy as she cuu!d with 'safety, and to
destrbv her, Captain Itlylioti, ran in ifi a vety gal-
.l„nt
manner to ~, it girotroinm9 to 500 yards of
her, and was about tit:chin:lug, when the enemy
set fire to her, and shit Soon after blew up. This
‘A
CSgt'i was a sehoctv4 the last year, and called the
.13eresford—sinee they altera hear to a brig they
ehat.geil her 'mane, 'and." have not bett,n able to ,
aseeftain it: She- heonnteti 14 gi,ns, twelve 2:1-
p.und c-am nades and twoloutz 9 -pounders•
Finding the enemy had.t,vo other brigi: )111(i ii
schooner in tie Niagarit river, I deterwitied to J

leave a force to watch them, and selected the Jef,
fersou, Sylph, and Oneida for that purpose, 'and-
placed the whole under the orders of Captain
HaVing looked into York without dis-
covering any vessel of fhe enemy, I left. Niagara
with the remainder of the squSdron on the even-
ing of the 7th, and .arrived here the 9tti. We
found one of the enemy's ships in the offing, and
chased her into Kingston.
My anxiety to return to this end of the Lake
was increased by the knowledge I had of the
weakness of Sackett's Harbour, and the. appre-
hension that the etiemy might receive large rein-
forcements at Kingston, and, embarking some of
the troops on board his fleet, make a dash at the
harbour and burn it with all my stores during our
absence. When I left the harbour there were but
about 700 -regular troops fit for duty.' trne a
few militia had been called in, but li.ttle could be
expeCted of them should an attack he made. My
apprehension, it seems was groun.lless, the -ene-
my having contented himself with annoying in
some trifling degree the coasters between Oswego
and the harbour in hiS boats.

LETTER. OF THE SECRETARY AT WAR.
To the Editors of the Btzltintore Patriot.

Itimaybe due-Jo myself, and is certainly due to
others, that the reasons unclei• which I retired
from the direction of the _War Departtnent, at' a
jniieture so critical as the present, should be fully
and promptly known to the public. These rea-
sons will be found in the following brief exposi,
tiou of facts.-

On the evening of the 29th ult. the President
called at illy lodging3;,and stated, that a case or
much delicacy: had oecurred ; that a high degree
o exci!ement bad,been raised among the milithi
of the District ; that he was-himself an object at
their -suspicions and menaces ; that an' officer of
that carps had given him notice, that they would
no longer obey a‘ly order coining through me as
Secretywy of \Var ; and that in the urgency of the
ease, it might be prudent so far to yield to the
impule, As to permit some other person to exer-
cise my. functions in. relation to the defence of the

To this statement and Proposition, I answered
substantially as follows—that I %Vat; aware of the
excitement to which he alluded, that I knew its
source, and had marked its progress ; that the
present was not a moment to examine its more
occult causes, objects and agents ;. that it osten-
sibly rested on charges known to himself to be
false, that it was not for me to determine how Far
the supposed urgency of the case made it proper
for him to yield to an impulse so vile and profli-
gate—so injurious to truth and so destrrmctive of
order; that I could never surrender a part of my
legitimate authority, for the preservation of the
rest ; that I must exercise it wholly or not at all ;
that I came into the office with objects exeinsive•
.ly „•üblic ; and that to accommodate my principles
or my condtict to the humours of a village mob,
stimulated 1)T-faction and led by folly, was not
the.way to promote these, and that if his deci-
sion was in conformity to the suggestions he.had
Amide, I entreated him to accept my resignation.
This lie declined doing. It was an extent he was
pleased to . say, to which he meant not to go ;
that he knew the excitement was limited, as well
with regard to time as to place ; that be was, and
always had .been, fully sensible of the' general
zeal, diligence and talelils, which I had put into
the discharge of my duty, and that it would give
him pleasure were 1 to take time to consider
his proposition. I, renewed the assurance of
my great personal respect, and my readiness
.to conform to his wishes on all proper occasions.
I remarked, that whatever zeal, diligence, and
talent 1 posseSsed, had been employed freely but
firmly, and according to my best views to tae
public good,. and that as long as they were left
to be so exerted, they were at the service of my
country ; but that the moment tl'ey were made
to how to military usurpation or political faction,
there should be an end of their public exercise.
We now parted, with an understanding that I
should leave Washington the following morning:
. It has since been stated to me as a fact (to
which I give the most reluctant belief), that on.
the. morning of the 29th, and before my arrival
in the city, a Committee of the . inhabitants of
Georgetown, of whom .Alexander C. Hanson,
Editor of the Federal Rebublican, was one (false),
had waited On the President, by deputation, and
had obtained from him a promise, that I should
no longer direct the military defence of the dis-
trict. On this fact, all.commentary is unneces-
sary._

It but remains to exhibit and to answer, the se-
veral charges raised against rue, and which form
the ground work of that excitement, to which the
President has deemed it prudent to sacrifice his
authority in declining to support mine. They are
as follow, viz.:—

I st, That (from to the District of Co-
lun►bia, and a design to remove the seat of Go-
vernment), I gave orders for the retreat of the
army, in the affair of the 24th ultimo, under circum-
stances not making retreat necessary or proper.
This charge has not foi• its support the shadow
of truth. The Commanding General will do me
the justice to say, that I gave him no such order,
and that he vas and is under the impresjon, that
the retreat was made earlier than Ibelieved it to
be proper. To the President I.appeal, whether I
did not point out the disorder and retreat of a
part of the first line, soon after the actio❑ began;
and stigmatise it as base and infamous. •

2d, That, in despite of the remonstrances of
General Winder, and by the interposition of toy
authority, 1 had prevented hint front defending
the Capital.
This charge contains in it a total perversion of
the-trutlL When the head of the retiring column
reached the Capitol, it was halted for a moment.
General Winder here took occasion to state to
Mr. Munroe and myself, th.lt he was not in con-
dition to maintain another conflict, and that his
force was broken down by fatigue and dispersion..
Under tilts representation, we united in opinion,
that he should proceed to occupy the heights of
Georgetown. -

3d That ; had withdrawn the covering party
from the re,tr of Fort Washington (Warimr"tuu),
an,' had nr,i, cd Captain Dyson to blow up the
fort ‘vithoo't 6664- a 'vow.
This charge is utterly devoid of truth. The

coveting party tvas withdrawn by an order from
General Winder, and :Captain Dyson's official
report 'shews, that' did orders under which be
acted, were derived front the same source, though,
kto doubt, mistaken or Misrepresented.
4th. That by my orders, the navvyard had
been burned. This, like its predeeesors, -N a
positive falSehood.
Perceiving that no order was tak.kt for-1419)6z-
ing Qommodore Tingey 'of the retreat of the
army, I sent Major Bell to communicate the fact,
and to -say, that the navy-yard could ifo longer be
covered. The Commodore was Of course telt to
follow the suggestions of bis own mind, or -to
obey the orders, if orders had been given, of the
I.`•itvw Deparou en
sth. And lastly, that Means had not been
taken to collect:a force sufficient for the occasion.

As the subject of this charge may very soon be-
come one of congressional inquiry, I shall at pre-
sent make but a le7v remarks :
That no means within the reach of the
War Department has been omitted or withheld 5
that a separate military district, embracing the
seat of government, had been created, that an
Officer ')f high rank and character had been placed
in charge of it ;. that to him was given full au-
thority to call for supplies 'and for a militia force
of fifteen thousand men ; that to thi.:‘ force' was
a added Cie 36th regiment of the line, battalion
of the 38th, detachments of the 12th, of the ar-
tillery,. and of the. dragoons, the marine corps,
and the crews of the flotilla, under the special
command of Commodore Barney 5 making a total
of 16,300 men.

General Winder's official report of the engage-
ment of the 24th ult. skews how touch of this
force had been assembled, and the causes why a
greater
.portion of it had not been got together.
These .1411 be found. to have been altogether eX7
traneous from the Government ; and,
2d. That from what is now known of the ene-
my's force, of
,the loss he sustained in the enter-
prize, of the marks of panic under which he re-
treated, Btc.' &c. it is obvious, that if all the
Hoops assembled at Bladensburgh had bifen faith-
ful to ,themselves and to their' country, the -enemy
would have been beaten, and the capital, saved.
Baltimore, Sept. 3, 1814. jOHN ARMSTRONG.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER.

" NEWBURY PORT, SEPT. 10.—The enemyland-
ed yesterday about 2000 men at Booth Bay,.and
took possession of the place ‘vithout opposition.
In Waseasset, Portland, and the neighbour-
hood, great alarm prevailed, and.an attack was
ekpeeted.

;"fhree vessels b,elonging to this town have
been destroyed.by the en'eniy, and one was carried
off. r‘ 74 and two frigates were in sight Ht
sun-set."

NEW YORK, SEPT. 15.—The people of 'Machias
complain very lunch of their defenceless situation.
All the ports of .2.'eo:):-)sc•ot had been evacuated
by the enemy, excepting Castinc, which they were
itn't Hying. A fleet of eight sail left the place three
days before the (late of the accounts, on some
expedition.
_

Au express arrived at Bath at the moment onr
informant was leaving the place, bringing intorina7
tion that 2000 men had landed at Boot ii Bay.
At Portland they expected an attack soon. The
inhabitants had nearly all moved away, and there
were about 4000 troops in and near the town,
and every' preparation was making for a vigorous
defence. Considerable alarm existed at Ports-
flout b, and many of the inhabitants had moved
from the place. _ _ _

The militia. to the, eastward of the Penobscot
river were making no preparations to expel 01
resist the 'enemy, and several- deputations were
sent to know then intentions. •