The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-25

The oaebcc IS near 900 tons. ccpperedts
tue bends, was armed with 10 guns. and had
50 men. The Saratoga conveyed the prize
IN ana has 2? prisoners or board. O;,e of
the ships in the same convoy with the Que
bee foundered, and the crew went Oh board
the Quebec.
We understand an elegant Engraving, re-
presenting the engagement between the ".
y frigate Constitution, and British frigate
Guerriere. iii which the latter ship was les-
ftroyed in about SO minutes, is this day Il =
nished and tor sale at most of the Print
Shops in this citv.
Estrae. Of q letter IRON, cananaaigua. TO a
genHenran :n This cry, da!eGSshf. TO-
The passengers from the west have
Just arrived they left Niagara an hour be
fore the armistice expired They say that
preparations were there made to abandon
the Fort it attacked, and that every thing
valuable was removed"
Ertract efa letter from a gentleman at Ha-
terford Penn. to The Editor Of the e.
MGfeS Gazette Fed. dated SEPT. S.
We are in daily expectation here of
visit from the English their vessels appear
every few days. in sight of the town of Erie.
Last week, one OF them. the Lady Provost,
mad the assurance to sail into the harbour.
III the sight OF our troops, put out her boats,
and began sounding the harbor.--As we
had not a single piece of cannon at Erie.
we could only look Oh tame spectators. Co
Vernment has certainly placed us in a mos.
CRITICAL situation /; should the British land :,
and there is very little To hinder them in the
town OF Eric, and this whole frontier must
De deserted, or become prey to thief sava-
1 yes, as we have nothing but a few hundred
! miitla, who Hooked in on the appearance of
the British fleet. expecting landing. 1t
| proved to be the prisoners of Hu!l's army
gong down the lake to the British Fort
george, at the east end of Lake FIRE.
oince that time the militia are returning to
,he'r homes as 1t is impossible to keep them
| iong at time. BY some of our prisoner.
| that were taken at Detroit. the 10Th of Au
| gust, who have been landed and are now
mere, we understand they mean to attack
| the American posts at Black Rock, and Ma
CARA, as Gen. Brock has gone down fren,
Fort Maiden, with the chief ct his forces
II successful there they mean then to attack
and piuRder the town of Erie. God protect
US, is our fervent prayer"
ALBANY, Sept. IA.
BY letter from Lewiston, we are in
formed, that the whole number OF TROOPS in
service, on that part of our frontier. VIZ. at
Niagara, Lewiston, Buffalo, &c. does not
exceed from 800 to 1000 meanwhile on the
British side is affirmed that the number of
regular troops is not less at this time than
200. and reinforcements daily arriving.
and that they have upwards of so pieces
OF cannon mounted on their forti6c atoms.
| A letter from gentleman al Plattsbur
70 the printers OF this paper, of the date of
the 9Th inst: says, the troops at this place,
consist OF REGIS. OF regular troops, the 9th
and 18th. under coils. Pike and Brairly-a
part OF the regt: of Col. Simons. end d mi
iitia regt. under Col. Clark of Washington
county. Gen. Bloomfield arrived this morn
ing. Ihe principal officers al this post are
Mai. Gen. Mooers, Brig. Gems. Bloomfield
and Petit, Coils. Thorn, Clark. Pike. ST.
mons and Brairly--there also 10 or IA ma
Jors-The whole number of troops short
OF 1000. Gen. HULL arrived at Mon
treal on Saturday last in great pomp
At length we have adyices SO authentic |
from detroit as to leave no longer any
doubt OIL the points which are most imnor.
tant IN the estimate of Huli's surrender.-
Fhe report of colonel Cass is decisive. and
proves beyond question, that the surrender
OF the public trust and the force under the
command OF general Hull, was an act of
HnqudHfed and deliberate faerfdy in that
general.
The report speaks sufficiently for itself.
we have beside, advices equally authentic
Atonl d respectable source, OF which we
shall give fey extracts
The army was adequately supplied
| with ammunition and provisions for a fort |
high1 III advance, and never was there a
moment from the time they passed the
STRAIT TIL they were betrayed, that thew
might not have taken Maiden the retreat
| from Canada was without any cause Of |
necessity or danger; and after crossing
back to Detroit, the British might have
been prevented from following or destr,xst
ed in crossing, il any pains had been taken !
to Go se-but no effort was made, even the
most inconsiderable, to fulfil the object of
the campaign, or to check the British after
the object had been a3andoned--but on the !
contrary, there appeared to be a continual
and systematic shrinking froin the enemy.
so palpabe and evident, as to invite the -
nemy to pursuit, rather than deter him
from it-and the baseness Of the whole was
contaminated BY the manner of the sur
render.
The armv was gallant ambitious of
glory, patriotic. and had it been well COM
manded, might have achieved any thing
and every thing that could be desired in
that quarter-and that even after the sur
render, WHEN the troops had ro longer
arms III their hands, it was more formida- |
bic to the British commander, than when
in fort under their general. so very apnre. |
henSive was general Brock Of tire indiloa-
tion which they manifested, and their tnv.-
ereven unarmed, that he showed the MA
most solicitude to get rid of them. by send !