Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-03

rdtlnS OF thS ooe3 10
in the elbow Joint which Came out al 'oe
shoulder. The limb being much sha'.
tered, an amputation took place neN
msrnin- He survived the wound a.
bout thirty hours. He was troh' the
county OF Cayuga-was q non-co''a'''
stoned officer of much merit
On Tuesday morning last the BRUSH
batteries below Fort Erie opened very
heavy FIRE upon the fortihcatloss ana
village of Black Rock which continued
with intervals spi.i,edly all day, But
few shots were returned frsm our oalle'
rie., having there no larger cs!lors tnan
field SIS, at the breast works. Wo sho'
in the morning pierced the house OF "
range Dean, which did little damage DC
sides bilsing barrel OF old Pittsoarsn
whiskey in Deans cellar belonging 70
PHI. Colt. Severa! cannon shot struck
the battery, and two OF three passed.
through the upper left OF the west oa'-
racks. A bomb, thrown from twenty
four pount,.r struck the East barracks
and DESTROYED them-it entered x ours'
| near a cask of powder, which blew up:
| Several stands of arms, two boxes OF
/ fixed ammunition, and some property
| of the soldiers were des;roycG.-
| A quantity of Skins, part OF the car
90 OF the Caledonia was much injur-
ed. This event caused much shouting
! among the British. Several shot passed
| through Sill. store. A - FOUNDER
struck the upper loft Of the store house
of general Porter while the general ard
his friends were at dinner. 1t passed
through one of the chi,nnies and injured
the ornamental work near the eve. Al
| other ball passed through the roof OF
the house. Several other houses were
injured. III the course Of the day,
mariner. blackman, was killed BY
~ poupd shot.
The cargo Of the Caledonia which has
| been estimated at the eastward al so,
600 dollars, is Tot naw rated higher than
or 10 thousand dollars. The immense
pack, of beaver, muskrat, &c. With
which i. is Sid the Calcdcaia Vas laden,
proves to be nothing more than deer,
bear and butf,lee skins. This property,
we understand, is now liable to seizure
by the officers OF the Cuat0.ns, in cnnsc-
uueHce of lot having been reported 10
that department. AT ANY rate It must DC
libellcd and sold by the marshal OF the
district of Tie state Of Nsw-Ynrk, before
any distribution of ths p:izs can b.
made.
On Friday last, Sin express arrived
from Lswistowr, bringing the account
Of an arnsistice, concluded at Lewistown,
ou Tuesday last which expired on the
Monday succeeding, at o'clock, ?. NJ.
This arnIistics, we understand, was re-
9uestsd by TIC British, in order to bu-
ry the troops, killed on the l3'h.
On Saturday, has came over from
Fort Er:s, informing our G.nsral, that
they should consider al attempt 10 re-
move the guns, which remained in the
held Of Tie Adams, which Was burned
.ast week near Squaw Island, as an ILL.,
trIngement of the armls,!ce, and would
6re upon our troops should they come
near Z &c bulk. An answer, we UNDER
stand, was returned, stating, that consi-
deria = the property ouy own, no atten-
ton would be paid to their request. The
flag returned, ard the moment it landed,
they fired two guns Of grape !, our
troops on board HE hulk, which howe
ycr did no da mage. l.. the course Of
The night, CAPT. c. Chaplin, with a psrtv
of soldiers and marines went On board
and took oal al elegant long twelve
FOUNDER fruIn the runs Of the snip,
which together with al IS powder late.
ly brought up from Schlosssr are mount.
cd on Our batteries.
On Sunday evening, Lieut. Watts
went on board with number Of men,
and brought away another long II.
Sufferers or board the .Adam.-We
arc sorry % state, thar several American
officers have mr., >r;.h ,.yere ln.,.. -
the des;r,c,io, of rio h,i, AI..r. n.an-