The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-03
[Vol. 9--------No. 81.

cistrict, and choose three electors :. tbe
counties OF Lincoln, Xepnebec and So
merset, shall form one district, and cheese
three electors; & the counties of Hancock
q Washington. shall form one district and
choose one elector.
! ne election is totake place on Thurs
day, the 18TH Of; November next. Such
persons are 10 vote as vote for State pepre-
! sntatives Written or printed votes are
l" De gwen. Selectmen or Assessors are
| 10 give hfe days previous notice of the NEE
ting. Reforms are to be made to the So
cretary,s Office on or before the 9oth os
Observation-Disclosures there is no choice the
Eovern4r and Council are to designate the
eiector from those who have plurality of
votes.
WAshINGToN, Oct. %
Gof'es Of 1ctfere from 4hqjo,, Gtneyal "a
| NANSSELAER, offhe NfEc- YDiek ,afiiisia.S
| 10 AIajot' Gen. HENRI DEaRsoas. traaa-f
mrfrd by The latter 10 the DEPARTMENT of
| HEAD-QuARTERs, LEwfsrowN,
October IA 1919.
oiR--hs the movements of tine ARMY un-
der my command, since had last the ho-
nor to address you on the 9Th instant. bav.
been of a very important character. produ-
eng consequences serious to many individu-
aus establishing facts actually connected
with tue interest of the servie. and the
safety OF the army; and as l stand prom;
nentiy responsible for some of these 'c.,as-.t
quences, beg leave 60 explain to You. sr,
and through you to my country, the situa-
.ioh ana circumstances in which have had
10 ACT ana the reasons and motives Which
governed me; and il the result is not M,
that might have been wished. it is such, that
when the whole ground shall be viewed
snail cheeifully submit myself to the judg-
ment of nay Country
In my letter OF the 9Th inst. / apprjzed
You that a crisis in this campaign was ra-
pidiy advancing and that Ito repeat the
same Words "fhe 6lozv must be- soon Sfyuck.
or al me fosL and erEenae ofthe caDtuie,z
SoJor nothing and svorse tlan nofbi,tr.
or the svhole zciU BE- tingcd zyith dishonor's'
Under such impressions, had on the 5tb
INST: written to rgadier-gencral Smyth. of
inc United States forces, requesting an IN.
'erVleY with him, MAJ general Hall and
he cpmmaDdants of the United States ree-i
ments, Tor the purpose Of cunferIing upon
the subject of future operations wrote
major general Hall to the same purport.- =.
On the 18th, had received no answer. from
general myth; but in a ntte to me Of the
10Th. general Hall Menticntd ,hat general
Smyth had not yet then agreed upon anv
day FOR the Consultation
In the mean time, the partial succeSs of
iieut, Elliott, at Black Rock, (of which
however, have received no ofic.al .nfor->
mation) began to excite strong dispositi-
on IN the troops TO act This was e,,etesse,l
20 ME through various channels in the shapss
OF an alternative: that they u,ust have nr-
ders to-acf; or, at all hazards. they qgsvl,s
81 nome. forbear here commenti,g unap
the obvious consequences TO me, pei.sf on
~ of longer Withholding ny orders Under
such circumstances. -,
had a conference with as IN ,ba
Possibii ~ OF getting some pcYsen to uass
over to Canada and obtain correcc insnfma-
ton. On the morning OF the 4th, he wrote
20 me that he had procured the man WHO
pore his letter to go gser Instruct cps were
given him; he passed over blamed snci,
Information rs warranted an Immediate az
t@cE. ms was confcentiaily cummunica-
tcd TO several of my first officers, and pros
ouceu great zeai to act; more especially as
II might have controliNg effect upon the
movements at Detroit, where il was ait-
posed general Brock had gane with all he
! iorce he dared spare from the Niagara iron.
TER. The best preparations in my power
were therefore, made to dislodge the e.
nemy from the Heights oG Queenstown. and
! possess ourselves Of the village, where the
troops might be sheltered from the distress
! ing lnciemenCy OF the weather
! Lieut.. sol Fcnwlck's flying artjllery, and
detachment of regular tfcops under his
command, were ordered to come up in sea-
son from Fort Niagara. Orders were, aIsn
sent to general Snlsth to send down FROM
buitaloe such detachment Of his brigade az
! existing circumstances in that vicinity might
warrant. The attack was to have beer,
made at a o'clock in the morning. of the
18th, by Crossing over in boats from The Old
Ferry opposite the Heights. To avoid anv
embarrassment in crossing the liver (Which
! rs here sheet of violent eddies1 experier.
ced boatmen we're procured to take the
boats from the landing Below to the place
OF embarkatioDv Lieut. Sim was considered
the man Of greatest skill for this seryice-
he went ahead, and in the extreme dark
ness, passed the intended place far No the
ltver; al there, in most extraurdinary
manner, fastened his boat to the shore and
abandoned the detachment. IN Ihtg T~1at
boat he had carried nearly cvers oor winch
was prepared for an the boats. IN this a.
gonizng dilemma, stood officers and men.
| whose ardor had not been cooled by exp.-
sure through the night 10 one Of the most
! tremendous northeast storms, which con-
! unued, nnabated, Tor twenty cight kcurs.
and deluged the whole camp The appresct<
OF dag light distinguished every prcsbscs of
success, and the detachment returned 20
camp. Col. Van Rensselaer, was to l.age
commanded the detachnert.
! After this result, had hoped the patti.
enCe ct the tPooDs WOul1 have cOnf;nt,.1 80,