The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-19 00:00:00

UNITED S PATES.

NEW YORK, Ovr. . 3.
r FROM THE NATIONAL INTELIOENCT7R.I
The Secretary of the Treasury returned to Waih-
ington on Thursday evening, and the Secretary of
State is expected to-day.
The following extract of a letter from a respectable
source iu St. Louis, Missouri territory, exhibits a
most distressing picture of the dangers to which the
inhabitants of our western frontier are exposed, in
consequence of the fall of Detroit. The fact of the
horrible massacre of the garrison of Chicago, our
readers wilt recollect has been already announced :
" Fort Chicago, on the Illinois, was evacuated
on the 15th of last month, and the officers and
6oldiers put to death one mile from the place ; three
women and nine children were among the slain ; the i
credulous Capt. Wells (Indian agent) had his breast,;
cut open, anti his heart roasted and eaten by the
Chiefs present- Fort Madison (Bellevnc) is now
besieged by 400 Pottawatamies, Kiel:poo:,, and
Sankes. The factory is burnt down by the garrison
or Indians, we have not been able to learn which.
The Indians have 200 warriors stationed on the Mis-
sissippito protect the besieging party, and upwards
of 500 more in small parties, harassing our frontier.
The enemy expect a reinforcement of 12.00 Sioux,
Sacs,audFoxes, with 150Winnebagoes, to break into
oer sett:ement. These savages are rendered hold,
and are more than themselves by success. We have
but 17 regular troops at Belle Fontaine ; and our
settlements are so remote from one 'another, that
you will, no doubt, hear of the most heroic exam-
pies of bravery from this quarter, as we are deter- ,
mined not to lose an inch of ground, as long as life
lasts, or powder or lead can he had. This moment
a spy has come in ; he observed a number of
wounded Indians carried from before Fort Bellevue;
300 Itidiaus have gone to Vincennes settlement, and
besieged Fort Harrison."
(mom COOK'S aouttear., our. 3.]
NEw Yotte,-Oce. 7.—On Monday an express ar-
rived at General Bloomfield's head-quarters, from
the Committee of Safety fur Franklin county, in-
forming that Colonel M`Pherson had arrived at
Cornwall, with the Scotch Royals, the Gleteiary
Sharpshooters, a re,timent ot militia, and 300 Indians.
General Bloomfield immediately ordered Col. Vors-
bine°h, with his detached militia, the Troy Fusileers,
and Troy Ins incibles, to reinforce Major Young,
who commands a part of the Sth regiment at Chataugh,
?Holum, and Freach•eniils; and Ccl. Green, to march
ith his regiment to Chazy and Chaplain, to rein-
force Mnjor Sac'erider, who commands a part of the
7th and nth regiments at those rarts. Gen. Bloom-
field has at Plattsburgh the 6th, 9th, 11th, end 15th
regiments of infantry, part of a regiment of United
States artillery, part of Col. Thorn's regiment of de-
taehed artillery, a detachment of horse, and a de-
tachment of riflemen. On the Vermont side, there
are at Swanton 400, at Burlington 2.000, and several
other detachments were passed on their way to Bur- ;

OCT, B.—Estrr.et of a letter from •Mr. Jonathan
Kellogg (Quarter-Master iu nines regiment), dated
sacket's. Harbour, Sept. 22, 1812:—" Last evening
an enagement took place between our troop in this
quarter, and the British, in which we took 40 pri-
soners, 70 stand of arms, and four barrels of pow-
der."

Exttact from a letter, dated Wilmington, Oct. 3:
The United States frigate Eases, and sloop of
war Wasp, went up the river yesterday, haring found
it unsafe to go out, as there are four or tive,English •
frigates off the Capes." • •
CINCINNATI, 0. SETT. 22.—0 n Saturday, the
12th Inst. Gen. I!arrison,.with about 3000 troops,
arrived at Fort Wayne. A scouting party immedi-
ately went out to search for Indians, and scoured the
woods for several hours; but not an Indian was to he
found, though some had so suddenly decamped as to
leave their fires burning, and baskets and corn lying
near. It was supposed there had been from 3to 4th)
Indians. They had burnt 13 or 14 cabins in the
neighbourhood of the fort, and killed nearly alt the
cattle, sheep, hugs, and chickens, belonging to the
fort, and to the people who had bven Wing in those
cabins which were burnt. The Indians, ;•reviotti to
the arrival of the army, had shot two men who in- .
cautiously svere outside of the fort a short time.
On Monday, the 14th,Gen. %Veils loft fort Wayne
with 1000 mounted troops, to go at:d destroy the Pot-
tawatamie towns, about 40 miles distant, and expect-
ed to he hack in four days.
Since writing the above, Lieut. Bryson, of New-
port, has communicated the following :
cs express has just arrived) who State; Ter.