The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-15

had captured several vessc's, among which
were the sChooners John, OF Portsmouth, N
RI. bound TO Baltimore Citizens Of Wash.
ingion City, bound TO Charleston, and ;.no-
Their from Charleston, bound TO -. y. with
cotton. name not known
NEw-YoRx. Sept. o.
Extract or letter from an cGcsr ar les: .Niaga-
ra,dated August 26M 1912, to A!s ,yie.i. IN his
clty.
"Gen. Van Rensselaer, catered into an A.,,;s,;c.
wnh the eneiay few days ago, aud neitf1,r party
are TO commence hostiitcs without giving > DAYS no
tee. $50 s. .
"Gen Hull has surrendered Fort Detroit. with al,
his army to the British General Brock and all the IT,
> ofnces and troops are ordered 10 Quebec, ant,
the militia to return hcine on parole.
Forts Dearborn and Wayne, are also taken. TO-
8ether with the troops that garrsoned them"
LAST evening arrived at the Quarantine Groand
the British brig New Liverpool late Ritehis mast.
cry James Usher prize>master, from Minorea for
Quebec with full cargo of winc prize 10 the p,i
vsteer Yankee, Of Bristol K. l., captured on the yl
OF August in lat Is, so, long. IS, SO, after chase
- Inn minutes. This brig is $50 tons. mounts gnns
The schooner Hope, Nortiror, of this port, has
arrived at Hampton Roads, from sealing voyage of
the North West Coast. She las been out 5 wears.
mas OH board 10000 seal skins, and put into The
Chcsapeak in consequence of the war; Ef,-s =
The, privateer Lewis OF New-Lond n,o,in,ior
guns and As men, has been sent into Halifax. rs /.
capt writes that 9days previous his captures he fell
mounting guns, OF upwards of 500 tons burden,
bound to Quebec, with valuable cargo and order
ed her for the first port in the u. STATES
,Sapt Comn, OF the ship Leopard, do days from
liverpool. vas boarded on the 18th August in Lar
~ So long "a 40, by the British sloop Of w,r Ara
ianta IA daysfrom Halifax for Portsmo uth with Mr.
+ Foster, and Mr. Barclay on boarl--aftcr shelving
ms p license capt z. was permitted to proceed
m yvt
Every OF New-fork, from the British ship of war
.SoIns; had been two years on board the sok,, and
TWO years in The .lfeiampus. He was given up ON
ac .a OF his being an American. This squadron
nay peen weeks on cruise, during which they
saptured and burnt about 90 sail. Mr. Graham saws
ne mas been prisoner ever since the war BartIett
.ioinies OF Salem, and Thomas Graham of Charles
ton, are still on board the .Eolus and will he ;ve
up on the arrival of the squadron Mt HaIifax TL;s
squadron lately took the prvateer Bunker Hill of n.
Arr Brig Holkar, Kemble, As days from Liverpool
with dry goods hardware, crates Sc. osth lar AZ
20, long. 12 was boarded by British sIoon of MOI,
after chase OF &c hsurs, detained hours examined
s,osey' and then permitted proceed July so. LAT
A,s Ion e. was boarded by the British "a gun ship
h'red, from Cadlz, with two large Spanish ships un
oer convoy full of people, leaving Catiz for ENGLAND
ana treated politely. Next day. was boarded nv tb.
. British armed brig Magnet, in company with the
from thsm 81 sb sn NJ, shP both from
och Avery, Chitman, from Richnlond, with coal
bound to Boston. On THURSDAY. off Mont.mo po;'.
was taken by frgates and gun-brig 1.-THE sEolus.
s,onssSa sHartan andorig Laura) hauled, her
Goa, leaving enough for ballast; then released the
avery, and put on board Capt YOUNG a passenoer
On board the sch. Stockholm, from St. Barts Tor
boston, captured on "Wednesday. They had also
captured American priyateers and bn;rt to-,
ons was commanded by capt. Endicott of Salem
and one large privateer belonging to Boston.
At quarantine, the British brig New-Liyerpool
fnr0 AI..
u the priyateer Yankee of Bristol. X. L n.
EEnraet ia letter. from Ebert .Anderso,,
Esq. Army Contractor, to a gentleman
IN NJ, ms CRY, dated Bu6aloe, august 27th
II arrived here last evening, and have
conversed with Captain Baker. who COW
Trims what you will see in the Extra Bnffa
ioe Gazette OF this date which inclose YOU.
pb =. ~. Y. A1er. .AdO..
BUFFALO, Aug. 27--On Tuesday even
ing iast, 4 or 5 British vessels hove in SIGHT
OF this village and lay a few miles off Bnffa-
10 Creek' during the night /; yesterday NOR
nins they,came down and anchored at Fort
ABOUT noon flag of truce came in
70 70 nunsi3 Creek, and landed Capt. Baker,
l.a!e 81 Seneral Hull's army.) We have
, Maitef upon Capt Baker, who has very po-
itely favored us. with the following highly
interesting intelligence. The account was
taken down hastily, but may be relied UPON
as correct. uF0N
BATTLE OF BRowNsrowN.
Oh the 9TH of August, a de tachment of
american troops from Detroit, consisting of
Soo regulars and and 200 militia, marched
Ior brownstown, (about 90 miles from De-
troit' opposite Malden) under Col: Miller.
OF the 9Th regt. U. S. infantry, in order to o.
pen communication with River Rein. for
the passage OF quantity of provisions, &c.
destined Tor Gen. Hull's army On the 9th.
Ioi. Miller was attacked by a British and
ihaian force, ESQ strong, ESQ regulars and
ooo lndians) within two miles of Browns
town. The Indians were commanded NV
iecumseth, Marplot. M'Kee, and some O
lher chiefs, the whole force under Mai. Mu-
err OF the British army. They had been on
lhe ground for several days, fortifying the
Piace by telling large trees, &c. The mo
h'ehe Noi. NIller came on the ground, the
enemy sprang from their hiding places, &
formed line of battle, the British on the
leio and commenced fire upon the Ame-
ricahs. Colonel Miller drew up bis force.
formed, and after the first fire, charged with
oayonet, and put the enemy into disorder
n scene now commenced, impossible to de
scribe. ne Americans commended with
iofce one third superior to their own. Five
hundred Indians, almost entirely naked,
horribly painted. hidcously yelling & WHO'D
ping, were lighting on almost every side.
led on and encouraged by British regular
troops But the American troops did not
disgrace themselves nor their country