The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-16

manufactures or by the opposition OF our
Eastern states to The war against her, we
Car only form conjecture.
There is one pcint, however. on which we
can form decision that under the circum-
stances in which we are placed, "a nstiou
proud Ut its riphtg. & conscious Of its e, engtb
has no chocc bat an cxerton Of the ore to
support the Other" And that under such
circumstances, neither our honor nor our in
terest will admit of our making further ud.
uanceS Tor the restoration OF peace.
VERY INTERESTING.
EzrRhcT-of q letter 70 q gentlemen II,
ms city, from al, o0icer in the '.Navv, da-
ted
"SAcKKrT's IIARBoR, Nov. 27. 1913.
four interesting & friendly letter, which
you have been so lrng promising, has at last
arrived, and the pleasure l derived from il
prompted an answer long since; but absence
from mort has prevented my doing so, and
now have arrived. my ideds are so con-
geGlcd with the ice, snow storms, &c. which
we nave experienced, that know not whc-
ther con tho7v them sufficiently Ia aid me
IN letter. with the cnin eceStinS matter
out OF which / have to cotl, pose It'll.
movements OF the military and naval Fcrcas
on the frontier, will c. impose tie Substance
ot my letter, and as you are true friend TO
the cause in which we are engaged. such a
Here the writer gives an accoun, of s,me
trans'c' ions relative to the plan of the CAM
paign; and, after stating that Commodore
t.hanncey with his squadron escorted Gem
wilkinson with MS army Some dista &c & lwn
the ST. Laurence. in doing which the two
large ships. the eneral Pike and the MIDI
son, accidentally went on shore in the face
! OF the enemy, but were SO. of without inju-
fy,]. The letter proceeds.
'''. on know eEourrn sc N. c-eo,.o,I C
this country, to be Informed that the conRi-
encs 81 the 5 Lawrence with this Lake is
formed into two channels, ty an Island O
hi'eS long, ~ its centre--the northern lead
ing by Kingston and bearing It's name. The
Hover end q this Island, where their chan
! nel came in'o ours, was the point :ohe guard
81, and here we anck1red--Sir Janes was
soon in sight. OIL his way down, ,E,e was
compelled TO sbanGon his enterprise by
meeting us-f7e LAP 70 mar round the polo,
| OF rue Island, that the bells of the ships
couid De neard, and our guard tOats In the
| pas age were firing on each Other during the
| u ght-CUr pilots cou!d not venture GO take
the General Pike through as there was on
| y SIX inches water more Than he drew. AID
tns passage difficult one. However, the
wind came fair 10 attempt il, and we han
All our boats sounding ahead, when his
Nm ghth9od thought it best to b, eff and
naGc precipitate retreat to Eirgstcn--We
| lay mere week, i'll ol Il n 10 insure time 10
our arm to get beyonG his reach, aitilo' We
confidently believed that he world come
ioto our ohlDnel and glrriscn ore Of the
strongest and most regular built Forts in our
COUNTRY, which stands on Carlton Island, the
I,'orSlar OF this passage, aud b. nlaoriE-
ms haet urder this battery, we could NOT
have passed out this WAY, and must ei,htr
have wintercd here or run the e:.u3t,e, bv
livingston bat cries. 'Ihis he lid not tie
eptsrprze To attempt; ard " : returned IN
peTiect safety to this place about the i2!h.
i'st. with an Intention Of Lying up for tie
winter, which had then Sc; 10 verv severe
iY--iiere the Commodore found a letter
| from the Secretary Of War. pointing Get
the exposed situation of cur feet q. this
p ace, from Kingston being left uiconunered.
aad wishing us to transport Harrison's army
from the head Of the Lake.
=. we fortunately had ,ir wind sailed
immediately, and embarked the troops the
| lhIrd day atter; bat most Tremendous
snow storm rom the eastward care or.
| lasted three Days, separated cur feet. and
mad 1t lasted "a hours longer, INST nf our
vessels must have persisted with their crews
! or had the enemy come uut Immediately
afterwards, lie must have taken us in detail
/ Some los' masts-some sails, and onl her
| Tudder-MaBy had men washed overheard
| and some rode the g2le out anh anchored ~,
on an enemy's lee shore, Mer .fgte hanrinr
| UfoH rofie pdrn. ] met 10 a cideut what
ever, but suffered much from wet, cold ard
fatigue. ! very unexpectedly found Genl.
HARRISON from my egb5oora God, and plain,
honest Firginian he isle knew ali ms
! trends, and these Of my wifc-I made lin,
and his aids very comfortable. as much SO as
the weather wcud admit gave hin, nv
oed, which nc never quilted during the GLE
they were all horribly sea sick. arfiv-
ed mere hfst in the General Pike, and they
are al now in. except one, and she we hear
rs or shore in Niagara river, where she an
chored for shelter, and parted her cables.
and went on shoie-only two lires lost on
board her.-livery day will demonstr tie
! more clearly to the nation the evils afi,ip.
from our army's leaving Kingston in is rea.
They have there the hulIs Of two hiDa
nearly finishcd--one larger than toe Pfesi.
dent, to mount two tier Of guns. Cd in ur.ber
! long 32's AND 18's--the otter he
size OF the General Pike. and the fraiue {
| hirs one, the size of The latter. all ready TO
lay down, All these, and their force ON float.
would have been DESTROYED. Their arsenal
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