Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-08-31
SURRENDER OF GEN. HULL.

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On this subject, the National lnselligehcer
Of Saturday is entirely silent, although we
are assured from good authority, letters
were received in Washington on Friday, CIV
ing an account of that event Several extracts
of letters are published in that paper. which
appear calculated to prepare the PuDiie mana
for such an untoward aeyelepement.
One of the letters received at Washington,
was from son of the Post Master general
who resides, we have been informed, about SO
miles from Detroit, to his farther, stating to
him that such Information had been received
in his neighborhesd & covering what IS said to
be copy of the articles of equalization. Whe-
ther government have official adyices OF 1t we
arc not prepared to say, but so much cre-
dence was givsn TO the Information, that an ex-
press was sent after the president OF the Y.
States, which overlook him at Dumtrles on
Friday evening, and the president returned to
Washington on Saturday, about one o'clock.
On the whole, we are inclined to believe, from
what we can gather, that the story is too true.
Cohy Of a1stter from Gen. Hull 70 COL NsAs,
dared
"DETRoIT, 18th Aug. 1912.
"By letters received from the Department
OF War, am informed you are ordered to
march TO this place with fifteen hundred re-
ernits or a part volunteers, II SO many recruits
were not enlisted. The fall of Michillmackl-
mack, the tardy operations of our army at Ma
rara, and almost all the Indians having become
hostile, have totally changed the prospects oil
this army. My communication IS almost en-
tiVely cut off there are but small quantities
of provisions, and the most fatal consequences
must ensue, unless the communication IS soon
opened and very strong reinforcements arrive
I hope YOU will lose no time in coming tor
ward with very respectable force
PITTSBURG, (Penn.) Aug. 90.
A letter from gentleman at Warren OHIO,
dated the 10th inst. to the post master in this
town, says" We last evening received intor-
nation, by letter from a gentleman or this
place, who is now at the river RAisln, to his
son here that the guard which was sent to es-
cort the mail from Detroit to Miami, was at
tackled by large party near Brownstown and
put to rout. 1t is supposed the mall Is taken.
The guard consisted of $50 men. 1t was not
known what number was killed.
On the 9th inst Col. Miller with 600 troops
under his command had a hard battle abeut
eighteen miles from this place. The British
and Indians were defeated with considerable
loss. We have taken great number OF In
dian scalps, with number of prisoners. Our
army had fourteen killed and forty wounded.
The officers wounded arc captain Baker, lieut..
I.ariby Whistler, and Peters. Our army are
about leaving this place for the river Raisin,
where there are a number OF pack horses.
with provisions for this place. Gen. Hull
with his army, has been on the Canadian slde'
but, for the want of more men, he has thought
proper to resign his station. - Mercury.
BOSTON, August "a.
Arrived schr. Fairplay, Lowe OF and toI
Alexandra, from London, via PlymoutA, T.
in ballast. Sailed from the latter place July 5
in CO. with ship Caster, Lewis, OF New Bed
ford, bound to n, York, with 60 distressed "A
merican seamen on board. Aug. 4, lat: ~
long SIS, was taken by the privateer sloopFly
Phillips. guns and SO mon, ID days from st
Johns, Newfoundland, commissioned by Ad
miral Duckwith, for cruise OF SIX weeks
took out 7 seamen {put on board by the Anne
rican consul in London) and the mate and al
hands of the Fair Play put on board prlz'
master and men, ordered her for St. Johns
On the 18th, being about 80 miles from he
destined port, and having an easterly vino
Captain Lowe, with the assistance OF Mr.
Pags, of Richmond, a passenger, recovered
his vessel while the prize master and hand
were below, the former In the cabin and tn
latter in the forecastle, as upposed-Captai
Lowe had no weapon of defence, but two axes
with which he compelled the man at the helm
10 assist in securing them below, by tyin:
them. He nor Mr. Page have not bad thei
clothes off, nor been below since she was re
taken, but three of his men BY compulsion as