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Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
SALEM, (N. y } ocr, Z.
War Alarms, sc.

ErtrGct IF a iefter from q gentlemen az
Platts69rgh, 10 his .frieHd an this vii.
'tage, dafed Oef. ,, 1878.
| have this moment arrived here /:
all is confusion +; and this once peace
iul and fa,oured place Of rural retreat
and happiness presents but melan.
choly contrast oil former and happier
times. The rayages of war are here
10 be Witnessed, and the fearful expec.
lalions of what is vet 20 be suffered
from d second visit OF the enemy, baf
lles even hohe itself.
The woods are said to be filed
with hostile Indians, who are daily
wreahing their vengeance on some I'M.
protected victim. The teamsters be-
tween this and Cha2y are frequently
assailed by this savage foe. Two men
on the route were fred upon two days
since from he wood, but fortunately
escaped unburt. Last night Gen, Hamh.
tons picket guard, ct Chaleaugay, was
surprised by party of Indians, said TO
be ah..at tol., in number; one li.ut.
and one private was killed on the spot,
one private badly wounded, and another
had musket ball through his hat.
The fate ofthe guard is not known, as
the express brought no other particu.
lars. a few nights since one Of the
sentinels, when on duty, was fired at
from thicket, & one of his fingers shot
Oft, Gen. Hampton is said to have de-
clared that he would be in winter quar-
ters by the goth inst bat where that is
to be Is not known. There is no force
except the militia, and the whole from.
tier is exposed to the rayages of the en-
envy. Capt Matthews has just arrived
here with his company, bu, is 20 march
in day or two for Champlain.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
SALEM, ocr..is.

SALEM, ocr. Is.
In Maryland, the election has resuI.
ted in federal majority Of about IL
Representatives. The federal maioi
ty in joint meeting will be about 5. the
Senate being democratic. The nres.
ent members of that body we believe
have three years more to serve.
The Philadelphia City Elections
take place about this time, and we hay-
no doubt they will be democratic, ior
on these occasions the Foreigners =.
merge from all the dark alleys and Dur.
lieus and appear in such force that lbev
completely ou,ilank the natives Tbes.
Aliens, Half breeds, and Quadroons
are great Spirits of '76 and " True A.
mericans," always crying Tory To.
ry !"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
WINDSOR, OCTOBER IL.
Vermonk friction.


Next J thursday our Legislature meet
at Montpelier. The result oil our late
election viii be soon known. We. have
seen nothing 10 alter our opinion, here.
toiore expressed.
Had the army been employed, as we
should have expected, from the troteso-
ed object OF War, (the conquest OF Can
ada,) every branch OF the Govt. would
certainly have been federal so 1t
would, bad the army been allowed to
vote freely. For two to one would have
voted against the sudr.
But iIseems Democra tic Admin
istration, in his state, is viewed by Mr..
Madison, as oil more importance to him
than the conquest Of Canada. We have
always said, this was not the war OF the
Country,--but that OF the ddnnnistraticn.
Its sole object, as we believe, TO secure
and 20 perpetuate his power iii not IN
fee SIMPLE To bimself,-at least to, some
Pi'giman, oil his own choice - But
We shall soon see.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
ARMY VOfES-again

We have before suggested, that fihe
Democratic Ticket has prevailed in his
state, il is by the votes oil our STAN.
DING ARMY The improperly, the
injustice, the wickedness OF this thing
ought TO be exposed. We have hoped,
and we still nope, that some able writer
viii take up the subject, and give 1t a
thorough examination. Let who will
be in power, tie soldier IN a free country.
has no business az The foiis /; and The Law,
that authorizes II is clearly UNcoSsTI-
IUTIoNAL. 1t ought TO be part oil the
list business OF the Legislature to re-
peal the Law extending the tight Of
suffrage 10 men, zoho haze arms IN thar
hands.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18

Read OF copper faIlened. her bolts
are nearly annihilated with ruff, con-
fequently general dislocation might
foon be anticipated It cannot be al
certained when this memorable ihip
was hrit built. 1t is recorded of her
that fhe came into harbor on the
I'd of Oct. 1919, Q34 years ago !. to
be laid up in ordinary went out on
the 10Th of March, 1900 came III
again on the 10th July I7I4, for the
purpofe of being rebuil; and was
unlocked on the Sd of sept. 10.
She originally carried 100 guns, bur
was reduced to an Sc gun hip at
portfmouth, 1857. Particular or
ders have been given to report on the
appearance of her timbers when fhe
is taken to pieces. to account, ii poi
Gble, for her mutual duration: 10 OBJ
ferve il ihhe is charred or fnail drawn,
las, it is prefumed, vas the practice,
when fhe was builD; and whether
there appear to be any effects in them
from any oxygenated matter or on
any other parts of her. from fuch a
cruife. II is needles TO oblerve that
this venerable flip was conltructed
for the exprefs pufpoie of commem-
Grating the glorious memory of Will
liam the Third, aud both on account
Of her long ftandiag and the memory
of he man ihe perpetuates, there is
attached to her more than ufual in
tercf- Few ihips have had less fer
vice o. fea; for except in the war
ending in the beginning of the year
1868 fhe had only been at fea one
cruife, and that was under Lord
Howe. at the iiege of Gibraltar, when
ihe was fitted for temporary pur-
pols +; was in the action with the
combined fleets on the 10th Of Oct.
1882, and had 4 men killed and IL
wounded.-Lald9g pap.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
PROCLAMATION, No. "

Brigadier Gen. Mcclure, command
ing on the Niagara Frontier, has issued
ms proclamation, a Ia mode de Snttb
calling upon the " Old and Young PAT.
riots oil the Western District" 10 ;o;s
HIM; stating that he has "obiects in
view that cannot be particularly deyel.
oped," but assuring them "that some.
thing Efficient and decisive saN BE-
DONE he term Of service vail be
two months" and he wishes none 10
volunteer, who have any objections to
crossing the Niagara"
Some brilliant exploits are about be.
ing performed by our armies in Cana.
ola, (since Com. Perry has opened the
door) which will demand lew more
swords oil rewardfrom the Boston folks.
ne forces are concentrating at Sack.
cts Earbor, 10 the amount, as estima.
ted, OF 5000 under Commander In Chief
williamson, with transpor, boats, scows.
&c. collected fpm all the small lakes.
fitted to carry Aem towards their win.
;er quarters in Montreal. Gen. Harri.
son wrote oh the 22d ult. that he ex.
pected to land three miles below Nal.
den by 8 o'clock en- the morning Of the
cath q: his force must be sufficient 10
" look down oil opposition" as he was
lately reinforced with or 5000 Ken.
lucky horse with Gov Shelby at their
head. And Gen. Mcclure has dischar.
ged an old fashioned proclamation,
which beats the roaring of Niagara, to
clear this way for crossing that river.
With all these formidabIes, it is not
improbable that some of our heroes
may take Christmas glass Of wine
with { neral Chandler within the walls
OF Quebec.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18

alto died OF his wounds, and was bu-
ried the preceding evening.
AUG. "a The Pelican brig has
this day arrived, with the prifoners
captured in the American brig Ar
gus. Her delay has been owing to
Iher being obliged TO report to AID.
marlborough, at Cork, to whole
.fquadron ihe belongs.
LONDON, AUG 20 Befides the
Gmple recital of the capture of The
Argus, by Capt Naples, the Flynn
outh papers give numerous additional
particulars. The fire OF one Of the
vehels deitroyed by the Argus guided
the Pelican TO her prey. Both vef-
fels gave three cheers before engag
ing. The Pelican raked the Argus
FIVE times. After 40 niautes, Capt.
Naples gave orders for boarding on
the cardboard bow OF the Argus. and
The was initantly carried, The Bmeri-
cans making no retiitance Whatever,
and running below. The american
enlgn was lowered at the infant Of
boarding. after the brig had itruek
Mr.. Young, the matters mate, re-
ceived bis death wound, by a ball,
from the foretcp. The argus fought
well during the cannonade but her
guns were nor well levelled, and
many ihots pahtd through the Peli-
cans royals. The Argus's hammocks
were cut away fore and aft, and her
fldes ihow evident tokens OF the dex.
terity of her antagonil The Peli-
cans are alto full of grape ihor, but
her rigging and fails are injured the
mott Two ihots went through the
boat(wain's & carpenters cabin. The
Brltih ieamen, though juitly irrita-
ted with American brageadocia. were
cool and iteady, and their enrhuflafm
was regulated by the mott attentive
diicipline. The Argus carries eighteen
24-pound carronades, and two ing
II rpunders ;fand had 1876 men at
the commencement OF the action, and
had Tx killed and 10 wounded, be-
iides her Captain. The Pelican
mounts hxteen 81 pound oarronades
and four long fixes, and began battle
with rIS men, Mr.. Pearne ana tive
men being abfent in prize) OF whom
TWO were killed and three wounded.
Capt Allen loft hi leg the lecond
broad fac but did not leave the
deck until he tainted, when ne was
carried below.
Some of the prifoners reeaptured
by the Pelican fate, thar the people
OF the Argus were lure of capturing
the Pelican and boahed that they
could ealily take any aoop of war il
the britiih iervice. The two L.
Founders on board the Hrgus belong
ed TO the Macedonian frigate.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
ekxApk1Guk, SEPT. 90.

OUR cred ALLIES'-For sew.
eral days past, numbers of Indians from
the east, have been passing on for The
frontier. They do not march with reg.
ularity-but !" in companies, half COM
panies, pairs, and singly.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18

GorTENBURC, AUG. 10. The
Prince Royals army is nearly 100,
600 ftrong, and is marching on the
EIbe. Lord Aberdeen arrived here
on Saturday.
AUG. ~. The bombardnent Of
Stettin recommended the 18th.
Gen. Moreau had a ihort paiiage
from Yitadt to oiralfund, H<re the
Crown Prince haltened from Berlin
to meet his old friend.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18

OFF RosTocK, AUG IT. Bonaparte
offered to renew the Armiiiice, but
Auilria would not content unlefs the
French evacuated all the Pru0lan for
trefses. The allies have 1000 cav
airy he Crown Prince has an ar
my of 3s, GOO men. Lubbock is a.
gam free of the French yoke.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18


ARNr AFFAIRs About these times
expect storms OF War and bloody feats
oil broil and battle. From asar we hear
The hoarse lrumpel's sound, The tramp.
ling OF horses, and the clangor of arms.
Our military chietains, The thunder.
bolts oil war, our .-ewises, Dearborns,
and Armstrong;, are repairing TO their
posts and our arhawks are like very
Doves flocting to their windows.
Gen Dearborn has been upon an ex.
cursion of refreshment in Maine we
regretted to hear that he was wounded
by fall from his horse but we rejoice
that he is not put hors On combat, as he
passed through town to assume com.
mand at New-York. The Public Din.
ner at Boston has much strengthened
and nourished his waning popularity:
the cabinet declared flstbhc 1tinien drove
him from Fort George, and they now
find that public otnion in n. Engandis
too highied and too s,omachIal 20 en-
dure the exile Of the General.
A General Order has lately been is.
sued at Head Quarter requiring all Off.
GERS to wear plain uniforms and to di.
vest themselves of their tinsel deeoIa.
lious. We hope this is not the oonlri.
vance of the Generals en,ious and
Jealous rivals, for the purpose Of strip.
ping his coat of all his Laurels, for, IT
they are not well earned, they are at
leas, gueH paid for, cash down, as New.
man will freely declare. Ills exltn-
sive person now glitiers with all the e.
iulgence and bri..iance of the bow WIN
dow Of goldsmith's shop: hereafter,
dim and changed even the vulgar may
stare al him without being dazzled
1be dried Scalp, however, will sull be
remembrance Of him; We hope he
will have an engraving of it, and under
written SculnSit DEARBORN"
Je6trSon'S Gun5oafS Capt. Camp
bell, in letter from ST. Mary's, Sept.
Is, to the Secretary of the navy, gives
a distressing account oil the tate oil
number Of these Engines oideslruclion,
in the storm of the 18th ullimo -
No, l64, oyerset and sunk, and 20
persons, out of 26 on board, persisted
No. l6l, sunk.
No. 90, ditto.
Nos. 90, 1853, 100, los, driven ashore
high water mark.
No, 8, drilted miles over marsh
to the Florida shore.
No. l64, driven some miles over
marsh, and left on shore, with the loss
OF her mainmast.
The principal erhioifs which these g
economical things OF Jeiierson's performs
seem to bs the drowning OF the nhiof'
tuna,e people who are serving IN 'heh''
though they have cost the country more
than all our irigates and sloops oil war
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
SUPRENDER or sdRlGOSSA.


Above SEQ prifoners, AZ pieces OF
cannon, and Walt quantity of an uni
ton, arms and clothing are the fruits
o! this victory
"Lord VIM. Bertick was near | ar
ragona on the iii OF Augu!t."
PLYMOUTH, AUG "a. Capt Viii
liam Henry Allen, LATE of the u S.
brig Argus, having died in MilI-Prif-
on Hofpits, on the 18th, of the fe-
we're wounds he received in the action
with the Pelican. his remains were
inferred with all the Honoys OF War,
on Saturday lait.
THE PROCESSION
Was competed of Guard of Honor,
under a Lieut.. Col. of Marines, (the
officers with hat bands and fcsrts y
The Royal Marine band of muiic -
the Vicar and Surate of ST. Andrews,
who preceedeI the FUNERAL
CAR the coffin, bearing the corpes
of the deceaicd, being covered with a
velvet pail, N which was lpread the
American enGgn under which the
action was fought, and on tina. the
ceceaied's hat aud fWord. - The pail
was fupported by eight Bri,ifh Poa
captains, attended by eight ieamen,
late of the Argus, with Grape round
their arms. chen followed Capt.
Aliens lervants in mourning then
the late officers of the Argus in uni
form with faihes and hat bands
Mr.. Hawker, lac American Vice
Coniul, Capt Pellou, Commiilioner
Of Priioners, DIR M'Grath, ~aptains
Of the Royal Navy, in port, two and
two folio we'd by very numerous &
Respectable, retinue of inhabitants.
The ulual military honors were
paid by the battalion OF Marines. and
the funeral fervices were performed
by the Rev. Vicar after which the
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18
.Army Influence fatal to Liberty

i he following Is a statement from
Capt. WHEArIKy. OF Randolph, who
was deprived of his commend and hin.
erto oil his pay, tor services rendered,
because he dared 10 exercise, freely his
right OF suffrage tight secured TO
hlm as cilIzen, by the laws and Consu-
tuuon OF The State. But alas both law
and Constitution ale tranpied under
foot, qV,ere me BAYONE1 RULES
The man who wears sword, when he
is not controlled by the civil authority,
never fails 10 feel tosoer and 10 forget
righf" win the people not open their
eyes ill they feel the point OF The Bay
onel at their Breasts -
Capt. JOHN WHEATLEY, of Rand olph,
Commanding company OF ,he detached
militia, stationed a Swsnlon. st the iime
OF the Eiee,i1n Of Representative 10 Con.
gress, an Dec. 49,.
That he was present with COL
Edword fYield ana other Oil
GERS, at that post, and Was asked
by one II he would take d vote ?
he answered, yes and was ham
ded a List for the Democratic
Ticket. Was then asked = how
he liked them ?" he answered,
indlhtrentiy. He was then tod,
If Inc did not put those Votes into
the Box, they did not wish HIM
10 take them. lie accordingly
threw them down upon the liable.
He was then asked 10 write some
10 Siat himseD lie answered he
would II he mad the LIST. he
paper being present having the
List, he sat down and wrote them
for the FEDERAL TICKET. He
was then asked iii he calculated
TO put them into the Box Z" He
answered b. should, II he put in
any. lie was then told, by one
OF the officers =" u he presumed
10 Tote, as he sand he should, he
1voutd be discharged. from M,hta-
ry SefUice." lie, notwlthstan-
Ding the THREATS, put IN the
Votes he wrote ana auaS DIS
chargedaccording topromlse The
NEXT DAY and anothe, Capt. ap-
pointed TO tie command. Thus
was he discharged, Tor no Other
reason, than Tor acting agreeable
and according TO ms oath. He
mas not received a cent for his
three months service and SUBJ
sistance account 10 this day; al I,
though II Is understood that every
other Captain has received his.
Il. {. Il. !
The subscriber Is reaay 10 s1Uear
to the aboue, y necessary.
lOHN WHE.AIITy. -
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-10-18

body was entombed near Mr.. Delphy,
Midhipman of the Argus, who bad
alfo died of his wounds, and was bu.
ried the preceding evening.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-12-13

ltsppears, that the taking of Montreal
like Dean Sw,f,'s eclipse Of HE mooe-is
adjourned a. some more cssseu,ea, eebu,u;.
". II we considered Tie present war in
Cansds as just, necessary ssd expedIeni, we
should be of The same opinion respecting The
necessity ola change in the presen, admin.
,s,rs'ion. The war has continued eph,een
months, at an enormous expense and cre.,
individual disttess-and what has been a.
chieved IN lana Il Country con aiming
shout as many inhabitants as the County Of
Essex and as ,hinly settled Is the interior Of
the District of Maine. hiss been overun-k
we have lost. in killed. wounded and prison.
ers, nearly 10000 men.
DO the present administrator wish to
conquer Can.d. They have openly avowed
their intention of doing il. Have they Tho
neans Yes, GER ainly. they have the whole
power Of The United States, st their com.
msnd. Have they Talents sufficient to sue.
coed in such AZ enterprise If they have,
we see no reason why it has no, been done
year since / Dsa!iam GAG.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-12-13
STAMP ACT.

The strange injustice and inconslse
ency oil this act has not, that have SEEN
been noticed in the newspapers.
The law is intended solely 20 Affect
banking institutions snd merchants
vet il betrays such an ignorance Of
banking and mercantile operations .
would disgrace the youngest appleh
,icc in countinghouse. :.
Notes oil hand Except bank notes.
are not required to be stamped unless !,
discounted by bank. Oh course ~ s''
mercantile transactions notes VIII oe
given or uns,a mped paper, when s's
perfectly valid and legal in the hanos o.
individuals but the moment the nor
der offers them for discount at oshs'
they fall under the cnrss q me Jaws
they then become no better than vase
paper. The consequence OF tins law '''
that no business paper can be diseou''
ted by the banks every note must "
made specially for the purpose Of o s y
discounted; the banks VIII be eo'ii's'
to the wo;st kind OF paper--aeeom'".:.
dation notes every note OF business :
prohibited to them and all this al's'
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-12-13
The PROFOUND CAMPAIGN

The deep, profound, precise cam
paigu, which nothing but the &C. OF God
could defeat, and which vas planned by
all the military talents of our country,
headed by the bslligerent Secretary al
War, results in this:-
That Wilkinson sat ont to Join
Hampton leaving it to the latter to de-
eide the place, and OF course the time, of
luaolion aud therefore Wilkinson did
not know either when or where the ia
nous junction, essential 10 success,
would or could be made This is IRE
else indeed.
hat for the provisions necessary TO
the existence of his troops, Wilkinson
depended on Hampton wilhou, know
ing whether he had the provisions or
the means Of transporting them TO the
place OF rendezvous. This is deeh.
That Wilkinson WIS deficient in
loose powder, and depended for that al
so upon Hampton, equally ignorant
whether HsmpIon was not as deficient
as himself in this very necessary article.
This is fsryonnd.
In short this army of rresista5ie con.
quest, after lseing teazed and scratched ;
attacked, defeated, dishearteoed and
weakened by Canada militia, finally h
bandons the object for which j, was so
profoundly prepared, merely because
the commanders did not choose to un.
derstand one another in few simple op-
eralions and were dehcien. in the
most common and essential mumments
OF war, such as powder and provisions
/ his, presume, our generals will cali
the aef u God ., least LUX might
say SO, as his religion teaches him tina,
all fools are particularly inspired or
acted upon by the Deity.
How Bony would whip such fellows
How came Wilkinson TO forget in his
! first letter that he had sent Boyd 600
men to help him out of abe scrape he
had 60, him intop And why did he not
take Montreal himself, if there were
but a few marines To deignd it p ND.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-12-13
AnOfber Effo,y over The Indians.

NASHVILLE, nov MIR. Thorn
as II. fletcher, of this town, has
juit arrived from General Jackion's
army, and ltates, that on the even
ing OF the 9TH inf. General Jackfon
received intelligence that large
body OF Indians were beiieging fort
OF friendly Indians Gtuatcd about
go miles below the ten Islands of
Goose river. At "a o'clock at night
a detachment of the army (2ooo
itrong took up the line OF march and
arrived at the Fort about O'Clock
on the 9th.
The action was brought on by
Capt Deadrick's, Csperton's and
Blcdioe>s companies. The advance
was led on by Col. Carroll, in hand
fome ityle The Indians were total
ly rou,ed-in half an hour the pnr.
fuit commenced, which continued an
hour and a half longer. OF the
enemy, 278 were found dead on the
ground though many more were
&c rtalnly killed. The battle field
was very large and entirely covered
with gfais--of courfe many were
killed, who could not be found
We had IS killed and 50 wound.
ed-gcneraily slightly. The Indian
force was 100 at leaf.-Gen. Jack,
ion commanded in perfon
Provifons are fcarce in camp. II
is thought, that it the army had had
ten days proyilions on hand after the
the battle of Tallegad, the Creek
W.. would have terminated in that
time. The battle was fought only 60
miles from the Hickory Ground