Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-12-19
ALBANY. 10th December, 1872

6~ny 10 hlSJ71ehQ u! F@SH'' S'o1' aH'-
ed,
ALBANY. 10th December, 1879
You will ses in the Albany Il zctte
of TINS day. an accuup; of tho outage az
Ruhalee. which had we'll nigh produced
the total destruction Of that village and
its inhabitants Since that affair we
have been furnished with many scG0unts
of the disastrous proceedings OF SmyE'
III his warlke career. This evening,
however, We nave information from sun
dry respectable gentlemen from Ontario
and Niagara, who have conversed with
many persons who went 10 Buff 10 tn
help Smyth harvest his ungathered"
laurels in Canada; and frur this source,
together with letters from persons
(Il7aaisoniana too. in the army aud 70.
lunteer corps, we are furnished With tho
following tGc.s-which, however, they
may sicken the heart, will, you may re-
ly on it, turn out in substance, cerrcci
and authentic. Part of them ha,r AREA
been publicly stated in tho BnHa'o
Gazette and the reason why the othsrs
have not, you vii! perceive in No. 10
If the following article.
l. On Friday night or Saturday morn.
ing November 27--sth) a detachment
nfrcguars under Captains Sprowl, Dox
and Morgan, (sen of Gan. Morgan OF
revolutionary memory and body o!
sailors under lieutenant Angus of M
raes. the whole tabout So0) under Cap
vain King, were sent across the Maya
"a vt Black Rock to get possession OF
aud 10 silence the cnemy's batteries,
trehovatory Gas we. then snpposed) TO
the crossing of the whole American ar
Wy-which ths "ar-papers and writer's
in the West insist, amousted to setwren
and 5000 men, but Which Gncluhing
every map) was probably untrr 5000
This detachment carrlsd he 2 or 5 bat,
tsrics, spiked and d;smouu,ed the Can.
non and otherwise weakened the ems
my. defsncss The army under Smyth
was parading on our shore, and soon
after from 60 to 100 boats were filled
with men in high spirits and hopes, and
moved little up the river. Tie cam
non OH the British rstoubls had been
renderss useless in order Gas the brave
sssailants supposed 10 prevent the ar
my's being appoyed in crossing, if-ny
disaster should happen to this detach-
ment. Our men in this detachment had
soon after some severe contests with the
enemy though they finally brought of
"a or 40 prisoners-but they had 8 Cor
~ killed and some wounded. Captain
King (and undoubtedly some others)*
are prisoners 10 the British, and sailing
master Waits is among our slain. A
mong tho prisoners our men to K arc
two British officers. But the snemy's
cannon were slsnced, and as they could,
however, in Is hours or less, either
drill out the guns again o. moan, sthers,
no doubt was or could be entertained
by the army, but that they we"s to pro.
coed imnedia.elv to Ell JOY this favorable
opportunity. Yet. to the establishment
md confusion of all. the men in the
boats were ordered to discmbalk, and
Cant NJ Dor wAs zvounded in the
ra;gh-afers,ards taken by fhe B,itish-
then rerake# By our uen-had contest
with another harry. where he lost his
sword and vas again taken but the
ha,tu who took him hurried into tartn
Of our own men, suthosing them British!
Thus he finally rscated, and is like to
recover frsm Ais wounds.