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Brig Anaconda, almost wholly dismasted. - vr.ji. •
HI. Majesty's schooner Shelburne, Liedt. Hopei van* 4110.1
masted, and her hull much injured; lost one man.
Swift etoreship, her bowsprit gone, bow injured, and starboard;
main-channel—a vessel ran foul of her.
Store-ship-Hyena lost her mainmast, fore-mast, and bowsprlff.
The Ordpance schooner rode out the gale; but a vessel roc
foul of her, and carried away her bowsprit. • -T1
*The beg Bellona, belonging to John Dougan, Esq. and ready'
for sea, brae adrift from Miller's Wharf. and soak In Dearly the
centre of the harbour—four of her crew perishedin her.
The ship Manby, lying at Miner's Wharf, also ready for sea,
broke adrift, ran foul of the of the Long Wharf, and afterwards
when the wind veered to the N.W. went ashore at George's
Island, floated off from there, and rode at her anchors.
The ship Star rode out the gal but was run foul of, and her
foremast and bowsprit carried away.
. The ship Diadem and brig King George, fortunately hooked
with their anchors ons of the King's moorings, and rode out the.
,gale. The ship Herman broke adrift from Forsyth, Black and
Co's. wharf, lay across the King's wharf dock, and, when the
wind shifted, drifted out into the harbour, and brought up whit'
leer anchors.
. A neutral brig, valuably laden, broke adritt..from the Low;
Wharf, run foul of the Herman, and carried avec/Sex forenuistl
'mid bowsprit, but afterwards rode out the gale.
A Swedish brig, detained, which rode cut the pie, bad her
boiwsprit and fete .ast carried away by a vessel, which run foul,
of her. 'fire damage done to the wharfs generally was not so
great as might have been expected. The Boat. house belonging
to Mr. Coleman, at Dartmoutht was blown down.
Several of the vessels injured by the gale were ready to sail,
under convoy of Ilk Majesty's skip Poictiers, for England—among
them were the ships Princess Mary and Star; both ufwhich have
suffered, the former severely: she was run foul of by a Portu-
guese ship, drove from her moorings, and went ashore on the
rocks to the northward of Tufts's Cove—the latter was also run
foul ef, lost her foremast and bowsprit, but rode cut the gale.—
The Princess Mary has been got off, and must land her cargo.
On the beach at George's island, the body of a•
young woman dressed in homespun clothes was
. found—she probably had been in some of the coast-
ing shallops.
FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS.

BOSTON, OCTOBER 27.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL HARRISON)

. • TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
. • " Head-quarters, Detroit, 9th Oct. IRIS.
" .Sra—ln my letter from Santi..vich of the 30th
uh. Laid
my self the honour Act .inferm you, that I
was Pre&ring to pursue the enemy the following
day, Pratt'. Various causasihoweier, I; was unable
to put the troops in. motion until-the morning of the
12d inst. sind,then to take with me only about 1001
regular troops, Johnson's mounted regiment, and
such oGovernor Shelby's eilunteers as were fit for,
:t rapid march, the whole amounting to about 3,500
men. To General IVltArthur (with about 'MO effec-'
Lives) the protecting of this place and the sick was
committed.
" General Glass's brigade, and the corps of Lieute-
nant-Colonel Bala, were left at Sandwich, with orders
to fame me as soon as the men received their knap-
` sacks and blankets, which had been left on an island
in Lake Et ie.
" The unavoidable delay at S was at-
tended with no disadvantage to us. Uencral Proc-
tor had posted himself at Dalm's, on the right bank
of the Thames (Jr Trench)..s6 miles from this place,
where I was informed he intended to fortify and wait
to receive me. He must hive believed, however,
that I- had no disposition to follow him, or that he
had secured my continuance here, by the repro that
were circulated that 'the' Indians would attack and
destroy this place upon the advance of the army, as
he neglected so commence the breaking up Abe
bridges until the night of the 2d inst, On that night
our army reached the river, which is 25 miles from
Sandwich* and is one of four streams crossing our
route, over all of which are bridges;, and being deep
and muddy, are unfordable for a *considerable dis-
tance into the couutry. The bridge here w,ts found
entire ; and in the morning rproceeded with John-1
sou's regiment, to u' if possible-the Misers.
At the second bridge over a branch of the river
Thames, we were fortunate enough to capture a
Lieutenant of • dragoons and 11 privates, who had
been sent by General Proctor to destroy them. From,
the prisoners I learned that, the third bridge was
broken up, and that the enemy had no certain infor-
mation of our advance. The bridge having been im-
perfectly destroyed, was soon repaired, and the
army encamßed at Drake's farm, four miles below
,Dalson's.
84. The river Thames, along the banks of which
, our route lay, is a tine deep stream, navigable for
vessels of considerable burthen, after the passage of
the bar at its mouth, over which there is six and a
half feet of water.
,g The baggage of the army was brought from
Detroit in boats, protected by three gun-boats, which
Commodore Perry had furnished for the purpose, as
well as to cover the passage of the army over the.
Thames itself, or the mouths of its tributary streams.
the banks being low, and the country generally open
(prairies), as high as Dalson's—these vessels were
*well calculated for that purpose.
" Above Dalson's, however, the character df the
river and adjacent country is considerably changed.
The former, though still deep, is very nltrow, and
its banks high and woody. The Commodore 'and
myself, therefore, agreed upon the propriety of leav-
ing the boats under a guard of 150 infantry, and I
determined to trust to fortune and the bravery of mr
troops, to effect the passage of the rivet.
4, 8..10w a place called Chatham, and four miles'
above Dalson's, is the third unfordable branch of the
Thames ; the bridge over its. mouth had been taken
up by the Indians, as well as that at MiGregor's •
mills, one mile above : several hundred of the In-
' dians remained to dispute the passage ; and, upon
the arrival of the advanced guard, commenced a
heavy fire from the opposite bank of the creek, as
-well as that of the river. Believing that the whole
force of the enemy was there,• I halted the army,
formed in order of battle, and brought up' our two
six pounders to cover the party that were ordered to
*repair the bridge. A few shot from those pieces soon
drove off the Indians, and enabled us in two hours
to repair the bridge and cross the troops,
44 Colonel Johnson's mounted regiment being upon
the right of the army, had seized the tetnaitts of the