The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-06

10 nave arrived here, accompanied by Com,
Chauncey.
- .dtbany CGaz.) Oct. 90.
Military kne oferhresses. Capt. Nor.
gan's company Of light dragons are to be
employed on thisservice, each dragon to
be stationed at the distance of about 10 miles
from each other. and to extend from the
head quarters at Greehbush to Niagara
"a hours is the time to be calculated to
be taken up in transmitting dispatches from
one post to the other--the distance about
$40 miles. Gen. Dearborn's last Dispatch
es for Gen. Van Rensselaer,, were sent by
this line. ff.,..r - 80 =.
Yesterday detachment of about 100 light
artillery, from the camp at Greenbush,
| passed through this city for Niagara.
The. British 18Th Regiment.
This regiment, a battalion of which was
several times driven by detachment of the
| American 18th, under lieut.. col. Chrystie.
we have heard, is not the Egytifion regi-
ment, but the one which fought SO bravely
among the sand-hills of Ostend, and after
wards went by the name of " the brave two
score and nine" The following article froni
the Evening Post confirms our iniorma alton.
Columbian.
"a laudaLle desire to increase the glory OF
our newly raised troops on the late occasion
at oueenston, has perhaps undcsignedly led
tile writer of the account in yes erday's pa
per into small mistake. On turning to an
army list of June, 1901, find the 4eth men
toned " on board the Baltic feet" COM
manded by the hon. Alexander Maitland,
COL and Isaac Brock and h. II. Sheaffe,
lieut.. coils. The 18th has been confounded
with the 44th, 42d and 4Sth; the last two
regiments formed the reserve of the British
army at the battle of Alexandria, 2lss
March, 1901, when the 42d Of Royal High
landers, anDihlated one of Bonaparte's
invInc'ole regiments-the confused recol-
lection OF which event caused the writer to
call the 49th haUircibtes, though neither
general Brock, nor the regiment, was ever
i Egypt. The late general was possessed
of every virtue and qualification that could
adorn the man or the soldier; his loss far
outweIghS the advantages of their victory
it VIII be long before his place can be sup
Piled"
New YORK, Oct. 80.
An Officer arrived here yesterday morn
ing. in the Paragon steam boat, bearer of
dispatches from General Dearborn for the
Secretary of War, and proceeded immedi-
ately for Washington.
Yesterday sailed from this port, the beau
tiful private armed brig Holkar, Rowland,
mounting 1sgans, (long rtines) & $50 men.
" Inc National lnteiIIg6nCer makes
the following Comments on the Sentence of
he Court Martial in the case of Cohfoin.
Dacres.
From the above sentence we collect three
things; viz. LIST. That the Guerrero was
beaten more on account of the defective
state OF her masts, than the fire of the enc
my. I'd. That her antagonist was of force
greatly superior. Sd. That after the ships
company of the Guerriere were prisoners,
9 Irrla h,sINp
to enter into the enemy's (Amcrican) SER
vice.
On the first of these allegations it is to be
remarked, that if the mast, Of the Guer-
riere we're in reality defective, IT was the
duty OF captain Dacres to have gone into
port to have them repaired instead of chal-
longing and rowing about in quest of battle
with an American frlgate of equal force,
which he must have known ifhe possessed
common se3se) he would find, if he found
her, well prepared in every respect.
Instead then of an honorable acuuittaf on
account OF the unsound state of his Inasts,
II the court had not been more intent on
cioakiDg British disgrace than forming aiust
Judgment, they would have sentenced cap
tam Dacres to be cashiered for his negii-
geDce and rashness. I'd. As to the supe-
rlorIty OF the Constitution, N guns, it is clear
from the above challenge that captain Da-
crcs thought the Guerrero her equal in that
respect, and that he had no misgivngs az
to his own proves compared with the COM
rtianders of our large frigates, is equally to
be concluded, because his challenge is ge-
neral one, and he knew that we had not one
which rates above the .frigate President,
which appears from his challenge to have
been the first object of his Quix0tic bchavi-
or. 3d. The sentence Of the court bestows
lH5h commendat ons on the crew of the
Guerriere for having resisted the tcnttati-
on OF high brides to enter the service Of the
enemy (the, American service.) Fad this
been true, well might that court have been
proud Of the fact, that honesty, which for
ages has been banished from the Councils of
Great Britain, was still to be found amongst
British sailors; but even in this particular
however consolng to British feelings) the
sentences fails rs to the fact, and for these
reasons--thc Constitution went out with her
full complement. In the action with the
Guerriere she lost only in killed and wound
ed Ia. She, like all our ships, was n inned
only by citizens, according to standing or
ders from government The tr1ng loss she
thus sustains did not render recruits neces-
ssry, but If it had been otherwise, captain
Hull would rot have violated his orders bv
taking British subjects on board, and espe-
cialy those whom he had 50 easily beaten.
On the whole, this suggestion of the court
Is So pitiful that none but the most iiiiberai
would either make or believe il.
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