The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-22 00:00:00

3AME OF OSTROVNO.

"'On the 25th olJalY, General Nansouty, with
the divisions Bruyere and St. Germain, and the
Bth regiment of light infantry, encountered the
enemy two leagues in advance of Ostrovno„ The
action commenced. Several charges of cavalry
took place ; all of • them were • in favour' of the
French. . The light cavalry covered itself with
glory. Tha King of Naples mentions the brigade,
Pire, composed of the Bth Hussars, and Ifith Chas-
sears, as having distinguished itself. The Rus:-.
sian cavalry, :of which a part belonged to the
Guards, was overthrown. The batteries which
the enemy opened upon our -cavalry were car-
ried. The Russian infantry, who advanced to
Support their artillery, were broken and sabred
by ourlight cavalry.
" On the 26th, the Viceroy marching with the
divisiOn Delzon, at the head of the columns, au
obstinate. action.of the advanced guard, of froth
15 to 20,000 Men, took place a lea-gue,bey'ond Os-
trovno. The Russians Were driven from their po-
sitions one after another. The woods were car--
riedi by the bayonet.
" The King of Naples and the.Vicerov-men-
tion with praise Generals Baron Delzon, "hard,
and Roussel. The Bth light infantry; the 84th
and 92d regiment of the line, and the Ist regi-
ment of Croats, distingtiished/adhselves.
General-Roussel, a brave soldier; after being
the whole day at the head of the battalions, was
visiting the advanced poSts at ten at night, when
a sentinel took hint for an enemy, fired upon Lim,
and the ball shattered. his skull, Ile ought to have.
died three hOurs sooner on. the field of battle, by
the hands of the enemy.
On the 27th, at day-break, the Viceroy made.
the division BrousSier file off in advance.- The
18th regiment of light infantry, and the brigade,
of light cavalry of the Baron de Pire, ,wheeled to
the right. The division Drowsier marched by
the great road, and repaired a small bridge which'
the enemy had destroyed. At day-break:the ene-
my's rear-guard, consisting of ten thou Sand ca-
valry, was perceived drawn up en echelon on the
plain ; their right resting on the Ds:ina, and their
left on a wood lined with infantry and. artillery.
'General Count -Brounier took post on an emi-
nence with the 53d regiment, waiting till the
whole of his division had passed the defile. TwO
companies of Voltigeurs had marched in advance,
alone ; they skirted the bank of the river, advanc-
ing towards that enormous mass of cavalry, which
.made a forward movement, and surrounded these
two hundred men, who were ttiouglit to be lost,
and who ought to have been so.• It happened
'otherwise. They concentrated themselves- with
the greatest coolness, and remained during a whole,
limn hemmed in on all Sides ; having brought
down more than three hundred horsemen of the
enemy ; these two companies gave the French ea,
valry time to debouche. '
• ‘‘. The 'division•Delzon defiled on the right.•
The King of Naples directed the Wood and the
enemy's batteries to be attacked. In less than an
hour all the positions of the enemy werecarried,-
and he was driven / across the plain, beyond a•
small-river which enters the Dwinabel ow Witepsk.
The army took a position on the banks of this ri-
ver, at the diStance of a league from the town.

" The enemy displayed in the plain. 0,000 ca-
alry, and 60,000 infantry. ' A battle 4vas':ex
pected next day. The Rusians boasted that they
wished to give battle. The.. Emperor spent the
remainder of the night in reconnoitring the field,
and in making his dispositions for next day ; but
at day.,break the Russian army was retreating in
all direetioris towar6 Smolensk.

".The Emperor was on an height very near the
200 Voltigeurs, who alone on the plain had at-
tacked the right of the enemy's cavalry. titiueli.
by their tine conduct, he sent. to inquire what
corps they belonged' to. They answered,
the 9th ; and three-fourths of us are lads of
ris.' TOI them," said the Emperor, • that
.they are brave fellows ; they all deserve the
cross !'
. .

• " The fruits of the three actions "of Ostrovmo
are ten pieces of -cannon of RusSian manufacture
'taken, the cannoneers sabred ; 20 caissoons of
ammunition, 1500 prisoners, 5 or 6000 Russians
killed or wounded'. Our loss amounts to 200
killed, 900 wounded, and about 50 prisoners.
The King of Naples bestows particular praise
on Generals Bruyere, Pire, and Ornano, and Co-
lonel Radzivill, Commandant of the 9th Polish
Lancers, an officer of singular intrepedity.
" The Bed Hussars of the Russian Guard have
been cut up. They lost 400 men, many of whom
were prisoners. The Russians had three Generals
killed or wounded: A considerable number of
Colonels and superior Officers of the army re-
mained on the geld of battle,

" On the 28th; At day-break; we entered
Witelisk, a town of '30,00 inhabitants. It lief:;
twenty convents. We have found in it' some
magazines, particularly one' of salt valued at
5,000,000.

While the artily was marching on Witepsk,
Prince of Eckmubl wa.:3. attacked a.t.Mobilow.
Bagiation 'passed the 'Berezina at Bobrunski,
and marched upon .Novoi-bickow.. At day-breali on
the 23d, 3000 Cos3aek,.: attacked the 3d regiment of
Chasseur:i, and took 100 of them, ain6»g/Whoin
were the Colonel and .four Officers, all wounihtd;
Thdgcnerale was beat; an action commenced. 'fire
RUssian General Sieverse,--vith two sefect divisions
began the attack: from eight in, the morning-till
five in the afternoon, the tiring was:kept up on- it
strip of wood, and at a bridge, which the Russians
wished. tolforce. At five, the Prince of Eckmulii
canSed three ::hosen bzittalioni to advarice; Taut
himself at their head, overthrew'the Russians,
carried their positions-, and pursued their fo.i. a h,
league: The loss of the Russians is estimated at
3000 killed and iv"-niuled,. and 1100 prisOners„—.7
We lost 700 killed and sounded. Bag kat ,
pulsed, retired upodßiekoW, where.he pas:ed.the
BorySthenes, to advance towards Smolenzk.

The battles of,ill-ohilow: and OsirO‘no have
been ,briiiiant and honoigable to our army. %V
never have engaged more than bat i "of tlzv
force which the.enemy.pri"!sented; the ground not
being suitable for greater dw4opements."

[Then follows a Proclamation-of the. Emperor
Alexander to 'the: Russian Army, d. ~t ett Wthqr,
June 25, 1812; which • has already been pub.-
lished.]
•
'Report on the demolition of the intrenched Camp of Driisa,
said on the position of.Dro,:ia,;to.his Excellency the Doke „
• of Reggio,' commanding in chief the Second Corps of the •
Monseigneur,--I have the honotir of ac-.
(painting your Excellency, that, conformaoly to
your Orders, I repaired on the 21st inst. to Dronia,
with M. De Laplace, Aide-de-camp to' his Higlt.-
ness.the Prince of Neufchatel. .

We found our last videttes about tbreegriar-
ters ofa league from that town, on the road of
Slobodka ,We, however, peitetratec.l thither; -ana
fUund that the town Was. totally eVactrated• by the
enemy, =who confined hirnself to obServing the
river with one company of Cossacks and two of
dragoons, at least so we were told by some inha-
bitants.with whom we were able to converse.
" The river is very Much" confined at this place,
and its banks .are rugged and. irapracticable. It
appeared ,to me to ,be about sixty Wises' in width.
'I here were two batteries on the otl:er bank, one.
of.seven embrasures, to enfilade the avenues of the
town,,.4nd. other
,ravines ; • but as
,these batteries
were not 'fired ; we supposed that they were no
longer nionnted.with eannon. "
" ~‘fter having examined the position of Dronia,
I,next day repaired to the intrenthed camp of
Drissa, where I arrived at the same time with the
rear:guard of the division of General 'Merle. I
inunediately Set about reconnoitring ;the camp ;
but the enemy still -occupying a portion of. ground
inthe rear of their lines, and even some works on
.the right, (turning your -ha& to the river,) it was.
not possible fur me to penetrate every where ;-the
besides, prevented me from continuing thiS'
reconnoisance.

" The demolition of the works linid'been begui
immediately- after the -arrival of the troops. The
arch of great breadth; forthed by the line of the
work's; is about two leagues in extent, and is
connected with the other bank by batteries. There
were also batteries on the left bank ; but they
were quite open in their gorge: The camp is about
2000 toises in its greatest depth, from the most
advanced works to the river. .It vas defended by
a series of redoubts, and- by open' batteries dated
in the intervals of the redoubts. intrencbments
very 'stew, and of 100 'toises in length, are form
ed: infrOnt of each redoubt. There are two li;ies
ofworks hearly similar. The ground more ex_
posed and more practicable on the.left quarter, in.-
dated the enemy to increase his defence on. that
•side, and he placed the're a large lenguiened work,
,consisting of an immense bastion, two curtains,
and two redoubts, instilatedfroni the
.works h!
their *fosses. . The enemy had placed, also, to-.
Wards the centre of the curve'formed by the river,
'a very large flat fortification to serve as a tete-de-
lmit. It was on the middle, of the gorge of this
work that the principal bridge waS placed, upon
very large pontoons... . .
" The works in general, but' particularly this.
last, have a considerable relief„ and are perfectlY
we)lexecuted. The batteries have fosses wider
than those of the redoubts; doubtless in conse-
quence of the greater quantities of earth required
by the. breadth of the platforms. These batteries
are neither palisaded in the fosse, nor enclosed at
the gorge ; almost all the redoubts are palisaded
in their fosses. Soule Palisades of the tosses, 4
'portion of the platforms - of the batteries, some
.barriers, and some 'trilling entrenchments.on the
left, Were all that remained still Unfinished what
the enemy evacutated the cainp. .
" It is sufficient to glance at the annexed sketch,
taken with the eye while the demolition was P-
ing forward; in order to form au idea of the ,pro-
digions•labour which such a camp. must have cwt.
the enemy. Besides the of it extent.
it may be said. that works have' een lavished upon
it without much necessity. These works are a.k.o
very: ill placed, because they do not flank each
other at all, or do it -iosutficiently : and it
astonishing that tike Russian engineers could cout.-
mit so great a blunder. •
" The enemy was obliged to cat down a corisi7
derable extent of wood on the left, both to erect
his work and to unmask them. Though the
wood is marshy and &Limit of access, the enemy
had still forined abattis of sixty or seventy toiset
in width,. even at the opening of. the wood; S°
that the portion of the circuit, of the camp is NI
strong, as well as that of the continued w°'^
upon which it touches. The quartet on the riga':
is less • strongly defended, and here would rave
been the true point of attack.
During the night which preceded the dePar"
tare of the division, the enemy burnt all his ma'
gazines on the other bank. They were immense/
and were estimated at many millions.
19(1S2i‘g,,ned)
"wraaccciE, 26, D 21 OAS. Lieut,-Colonel •,eerS•

iJ~_

AMEAitA,N PARS

VNI? ST4TE.S.

•
1Y the President of the United States orAtnerica,
A PitOCIAMATION:
, Whereas the Congress of the 'United States, by
Pique of the constituted authority ve;ted in them, •
lal'e declared by their act, bearing date, the 18th •
iyof the present mnth, that war exists between
41e United liino•domo of Great Britain and Ireland,
tnd the depenclen'cies thereof, and the United
states of America and their territories ,Now
illerefore, I, JAMES MADISON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim the
lame to all whotnOt may concern and Ido spe-
ially enjoin all persons holding offices, civil or
lilitary, under the authority of the.United..States,
thati they be vigilant and zealous in discharging
h
e duties respectively intident thereto : andl do
14)1e.over.exhort. all the good people of the United
tates:, as they love /heir country ; as they value
;e precious heritage, derived from the virtue and
tal.Our of- thrir fathers ; as • they feel the wrongs
1,711kh have forced on theta the last resort of in-•
led
nations ; .and as they' consult the best
l!'os, under the blessing of Divine Providence,
,abridging- its calamities; that 'they exert them-
l'
'veg in preserVing order, promoting concord,
rnaintaining the authority and the efficacy of
and in Supporting and invigorating all
e measures which may be adopted by the Con-
'tuted Authorities, for obtaining' a speedy, a
'l4t; and au honourable peace:
t In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my
and caus.ed,the seal of the United States to
a i ed to these presents.
Anne at the City of Washington, the 19th day
of June, 1812, and of the independence of the
tinite.d States the'36.th.
(Signed) ,TAmEs'AIADrsoY.
By the President,
(Signed) . JAMES MUNROE, Sect of. State.

1-TOLT,!..;E OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 19.
kfi Bill (read the first and second time, and com-
Zted to a Committee of the whole House to- j
arrow), partially to suspend, for a limited time,
several Acts, prohibiting • importations' from
iitteat Britain,. her dominions, colonieS, and de-
iltlencies, and of the produce and manufactures
t'eof
tpte it enacted .hy.the Senate and. House of Re
eiitatives of the United States of America in
tlZ,ress dssernbled,- 'That the operation of ,c.o
of any Aet. Acts nrohibit the impor-
%4tion into the United States of goods, wares,
104 tneechandi,, of the growh, produce, and.
'lll ufacture of ze
the dominionst and colonies (Jf
hat Britain,. be, and the same is hereby sus-
'de{, until the first, flay of April next, with the
cePtions and under the restrictions hereinafter
k
::v.ided by thi. Act : Provided, that nothing
t,tein contained shall be construed to prevent the
N°very of any fines, forfeitures, or penalties itl-
ti.exl by
,reason of any infra.ction of the Act or
first above-mentiOned.
And'he.it furtner enacted, That nothing
Act Contained shall be construed to permit
4oporiationinto the United States of any ar-
" of the growth, produce, or manufacture of
e dominions, colonies, and dependencies of
tae,at Britain, owned at the time of -such itnpor-
k.on, in whole or in part, by a subject of• Great
isitain, or by whomsoever owned, if of the fol-
Ong description, viz. hats, shoes., millinery,
Y-Inade clothing ; articles of which silk, lea-
hemp, or flax is the principal Irish
tint',` excepted;' cloths of -which wool is the
t~„r anal material, and the prime cost of which
ti 4", exceed six shillings sterling per square yard
tihi.eof ; and cloths of which cotton is the prin-
14'11 Material, and the prime cost of which shall
Aiti'.e.is than fifteen-pence, or shall exceed three,
ti„Cings per square yard thereof; the importa-
)l(W which several articles shall continue to be
ibited, according.fo the true tenor and mean-
-1.4°0f the Acts first above mentioned, and in the
mean-
1a
manner as if this Act had not passed.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30
e bill to prohibit the exportation of naval
&c. to Canada, was read the third time.
'`P. WRIGHT moved to postpone it till Novern.-
there was no necessity for passing a special
tht to prohibit" the exportation of our produce;
ib declaration of war and President's, Proplama.-
ed.
RNI If this already. This.bill, moreover, was a pal-
tt, e, violation of our treaties with other powers,
Prussia, Denmark,' France, ,and Swe-
-1).41 Congress had no right to legislate those.
914 out of the rights solemnly secured to the
rn
'-re'ctt
y.
itr.A`-,question was taken: by ayes and noes on
Ike motion, and lost, ayes 44, noes 44
Peaker "xothig in the negative.
41. e
,opposed the passage of the bill:
4,lo,l:„.untended that .it contained a very important
I,,,'"clation of the crime of treason. By the
the, United States at present in force, any
?kr "'furnishing the'enemy vvitb ammunitions of
;'vas punishable with death ; whereas by this
bewjrany citizen should be guilty of so doing,
'4 'nerdy liable to fine and imprisonment.
trAtt:CA6/oiiN denied. that the .illl violated any
41- t„3'1,1 6in w tained any nets definition of treason.
Vraced nothing hut municipal regulations.
contended, that the'object of this
oei ""as hot to punish 'treason, but to prevent its
I,lg eonimitted.
otith'e question was then taken by ayes and noes
4y-ts',„l)9,ssge of -the bill, and it was rejected-
-

"W
ED S AY, JULY..I.
:eat -er• -,AALL moved, that, the vote of the House
l'ot.tda. rejeeting the Bill prohibiting the ex-,
krita• tion of naval stores, &e:.to Canada and other
tv4tlsh Provinces, be re-considered.' 'The motion
kCoagreed to 53 'to' 38. It Was then referred to
lilitnittee 'of the whole..
kr. Rouse went into a Committee of the whole,
kppi-"eha in the chair, on the making further
Ikrit°iPr_iations
.for the defence- of our maritime
n Aft
sqt !sB.,ge was received from the President of
rlited State, which was not read.

1-ht THURSDAY, JULY 2. .
for the defence of the maritime fron-
,

tier aiid der "tl~e "support the Navy ilk; bill fri-
iniend the alien law, and the:. bill concezTin,!4
alien Onernies, were sevetally read the tliii'd

and passed. .
The bill to prohibit the exportation of mum zions
of war, and provisions to the British pro vine;
was agitin-taken up, amended, and passed.
The bill to permit the entry of.ves:-els. into 6e
United States, under certain conditions, *passed
the HOusc after debate. •

FRIDAY, JULY 3

A. confidential message was received from the
Senate, on which the doOrs Welt closed."
They were opened in about half an hour, when
a number of Bills passed through different stags
in the House, the partieular progress 'of which
it would be unnecessary to detail -at this stage of
the Session. •

SATURDAY, JULY 4.—The Bill for the appoint-
ment Om additio;Jal number, of General Officers,
was read the third time and passed--Ayes 49,
noes 29. •

E.'S.;IINCT OF A. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, JUNE 27. .
This
.morning Mr. Bacon, Chairman of the •
•Committee of Ways and Means, reported various .
Bills for , levying , and collecting direct taxes,
in conformity with the Report of the said Coin
mittee, made three or four months since. Those
who have brought the war upon the country, and
talked so big of our resources, were On this-occa-
siOn, folio(' to shrink; they dread, nothing so Rua. .
as the displeasure of the people, and are but too.
conscious that.they deserve it.—Mr. Roberts mov-
ed to, postpone the bills to Nov. next, which was
carried 72 to 46. On a motion to print the bilis for
the. information of 'the people, an animated debate
took place, the democratic leaders -making a vio-
lent opposition, and it was negatived 68 to. 49;-•-•
An important act of this House, in relation to
province or provinces in North. An Attica, has been,
rejected in the Senate." .
WASHiNGTON, JULY 4 --..-The 'Senate have post
poned to Monday the further consderation of the
Resolution passed by the (House for the adjourn-
ment on that day. So that it is probable Coagress
will not adjourn on Monday as was supposed.,
FrOmtat number of abSentees from the city, we
are' apprehensive there will si!.arcely remain a
quorum of the HOuse on that day.
. A Bill yesterday passed the House of Represen-
tatives'of great .importance, as it affects our offen-
sive operatnios against, the enemy. It places in
the hands of the ilkesident•the appointineot of the
officers of the volunteer corps whose s::rvice/ the •
President has been authorised to accept, and goes
to' make that force efficient winch was before
scarcely any thing more thao nominal. Whilst*
the volunteers were officered by the State Autho-.
rities it was very evident they were in fact militia,
instead of regulars enlisted for a limited term, as.
originally recommended by the 'executive. 'The
Bill now passed by one branch of the Legislature,
-and which will probably become •a law, will, it
appears to us, sanction the employment of a force
more congenial to the nature of our covernment,,
and, of the patriotic war in which -we have en 2
gaged, than regulars, and which, warmed by 'the
patriotic feeliog and .love of glory which animates
volunteers, will be ot least 'equally efficient'for
service.
The House yesterday rejected the Bill making
further provision for the Army of the' United
States (viz. for-appointing-additional Genek.al
ficers, as recommended. by. the President in his
last Message to Congress) after a wartiv debate,
From, the National Intelligence,
Two important decisions have been made in the
House of Representatives to-day—the one A re-
fusal to agree to any repeal or modification of the.
Non-importation--the other, a Postponement nn- ,
til the next Session of the. Bids for laying
.the
War Taxes. It appeared to be the opinion of
,those who voted for this Postmouement, that it
would not be detrimental to the publiC service,-
inasmuch as
,the taxes were not necessary for `the •
service of the present year, and could be consi-
dered at the next Session in. time to put them in
operation for the' service of. the ensuing year.
This latterdecision will have the effect to shorten
the present Session, which we are induced to belieVe
will not extend beyond the next week. It is
thought, that an Act will pass before the adjourn-,
ment, for re -assembling Congress: in the latter
end of October or beginning of November...
GEN. MoRE:Au.---- With deep regret and inex-
pressible 'mortification we„ba.ve seen some of
.our
newspapers express suspicions respecting the le-.
gitimacv of •den. Moreau's views•in coming to this
country, some years ago,, and residing here ever
Since. We have before noticed injurious surmises
of same nature, which, although satisfied they
were unfounded, it was thought most prudent to
leave to die of neglect. But we think it has now
become a duty to say, that the united opinions of
the first gentlemen in this city who have long been
intimate with Gen. Moreau, are, that no,mao lives
of stricter honour and integrity, and *hose views
are 'less liable tasaspicion,-.---E, PosL •
NEW YORK,-JULY 2.—Dariug'the last three
days there have been a variety of rumours relative
to, captures and naval combats, many of thein'too .
incredible to believe, and are .of course without
foundation. We believe that none of -our 'ships -
of war are at sea, except Commodore Rodgers'..S
squadron, which was left on the 23d;, thirty-two
leagues from Sandy Hook, steering a N. N.E.
course, in pursuit of the Jamaica fleet. NO au-
thentic account has been received .from- them
since. _
The following 'reports were received from Bos-
ton yesterday : .
Captain Smith, of the brig Eriterprize, from Ha -
vannah, arrived at Gloucester, informs, that on
Monday morning, the -22 d ult. in .lat. 40. 40..
long. 71. he saw 'four ships of war, which he
took to be English', lying-io.• Next morning; in
40.•',20. long. 72. saw four ships. and a brig,.
which he took to be the American. squadron,.
standing S. under easy sail, ' and, as he says, in
a *direct course for the ships he saw the day
before.
""Captain Hill; of the brig Reward; from :Ha-
,. vannah, arrived at Salem. spoke, on the 2:3d ult.' a
-'sehooner from the Spanish. Main, bound.to
who reported that they had seen -two* ships
of war engaged on Tuesday afternoon, and' after
the battle, both • stood to the
.North. Capt. Hill
• I heard the firing. •
•

}RIOT AT ALTIMORE.— nefollowing pal Acti-
lars are coped from the. Baltimore Federal Gazette.
are glad to find that the Democratic Pap
•!-' that city also condethn the proceedings of the
1:;,)1).

sTlfri STATE OF CPTY.—"" Under an irl7
pre.ssion that the citizens Who assemßled yesterday
at the Mayor'S Office . would have made a :state-
ment, somewhat like official, of the,transactions of
Monday evening, we ptistponed giving an account
of that very extraordinary and alarming pro-
ceeding.
" It is our painful duty to record, that on
Monday last, between eight and nine o'clock in
the evening, a number ofpersons„, citizens of Bal-
timore, armed, with axes, hooks, and other instru-
ments of 'destrnetion; assembled at the, 'office of
the. Federal GazetAe, in Gay-street; a wooden
building, belonging to Mr: John Oliver, of this
city, broke into the house, threw. the types,
printing presses, paper, &c: into the street,, and
destroyed them, and levelled the house to its
foundation. • One of the persons thus engaged;
while in the.act of knocking out a window, fell
with it into the street, and was killed on the spot.
The Mayor of
.the city, the Judge of BaltiMore
County Court, the Judge .of.the Court of Oyer
nod Terminer, and several Magistrates and Mili-
tary Oaleers wer6 pre,sent, and Witnessed this
dreadful outrage, Which 'their peaceful efforts were
'sufficient to prevent, although it Vvas generally
known the preceding day that the attack was

Last evening, the ship America, ship Dunifrie
brig. New Columbia, and a Portuguese brig, being
loadcd,.were utwigged, or so far dismantled, as to
prevent their quitting- pOrt.•
Ww began at the. I'Vorth.-7-11 letter froth Rome;
dated the '2,-A instant, hati been received this. morn -
ing;, wibich 1 am sorry to be obliged to
jut )l'at you„.that hostilities have cointner,ced uii
the line. Our troops Have taken possession of
Carleton' Island, and the. British have captured
two merchaut_ves,...eis belonging to -Oswego."
Another Letter dated the 2d of July, from a
very respectable Gentleman in the county of St.
Lawrence, says, ‘"rwo American schooners, be-
longing to the Genesee country have been'takcn
near the. Outlet off Lake Ontario, by a party of
British .volunteers.froip Kingston." ,
A 'Third LetOr.--:-We have also been
_favoured
with the following extract of a Letter froth a Gen-
tleman in tilt .Genesee Country, dated the 20th
ultimo :

Our hist mail brought a declaration of war
alMost official. Numerous 'expresses have since
passed us, to and from the frontiers. A reinforce-.
merit of militia, antFa supply' of :arms, ordnance,'
aid-aminnnition:passed yesterday for the-. west;
in all the, pomp arid circumstance of glorious
war:" These 'were met and' hastened by a mes-
senger from :Colonel P. B. Porter, *ho seems,
fears some uninvited\ guests at the table he has
spread. The report is, that the British have de-,
mauded the surrender of the 'Atnerican -fort at
Niagara, which baS been refUSed, and that they
are making preparation to cross the liver and at 7
tack it. All the Militia 'in this quarter have, in
consequence., been called together. The whole
eouutry is in the ..utmost tumult and consternation.
(Corn. ihtil.)
-101—There are various-- Tnaloors aflo:itt is
this tutee in relation to the secret proceedings of
Cpngress---Such as; that the Senate have rejected
a proposition-from the Houie :of Repyesentatives
to take forcible possession of the Floridas—that
they have also rejected A scheme that was in.. agi-
tation for iSsning,7 a proclamation calling on the
people of Canada to.. desert their Government
and take protection under the-, wing of the United
States,. &c.. We state- these only as the flying
reports of -the day, not venturing to give any opi-
nion as to their accuracy.—Alex. Gaz.. - •