The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-16

] The bill respecting foreign seanfen has
passed ITS 3dsreading in the House of Re-
| representatives.. On the final que stion,- the
iederai members appear to have been near
! iy equally d'Vided The majority of them,
how ever, tor once, are Ola the SIDE of the.
administration. What will the factious G.
ditors say nov! 1t bodies them no good.
1he r~.i from Ohio yesterday brought
no additional information telative TO the
disaster on the Miami river, EXCEPT the
following, which we copy from " The Lii
0erfy HaH." paper printed at Cincin,. att.
and which presents most son,bre picture
OF this bloody action:
:" Out OF three Kentucky regiments, not
! battalion remains. Only two officers thar
were in the engagement have got in VIZ
major M Clenahan and capt. Graves, the
latter with two slight wounds. Gen. v.;n.
chester, colonel Lewis. and several other
ohcers, were seen OIL horse back. 8 or Q
mics from the camp, retrea,iug-and bv
various corresponding accounts It appears
that the general * six other officers were
there Killed together, aud most horribly
.a Is reported that the body of
tne Sehefai was mangietl in manner SD
shocking To civilized feelings, that I forbear
10 describe 1t. Capt. Price, son of, The late
Col. fice, was seen retreating or miles
apparently exhausted, ard was head to
say 20 COL. Lewis, can go no Farther: lee
us form and fight The col. answered
ne men cannot be rallied; we must do
the best We cam The general and colonel
RODE slowly along, encouraging the linen to-
Keep up. by which they were both much
exposed. Col. Allen was discovered ON
root two miles on the retreat, near,y ex-
nausted' and opposing with his sword IS or
ii'iahs--as yet, however. all accounts
must be considered imperfect. The num-
ger OF British and indians engaged on this
ever TO be lamented day, amounted. 'tis
oehevsd, tn. between and 3Oo0-some
say. 1ooo hritlsh and Canadian militia, and
from 1900 to 1000 savages. They attacked
our camp at the river Raisin, about dav
oreaK' with pieceso of Cannon !; our troens
sustained the action till the sun was half an
hour nigh, when, retreating across the RI
Ver' 0urmen were so exposed, that every
one OF the enemy's guns could play upen
them with etiect-and, at this time il is
tnougnt the enemy sustained a serious loss.
Eap.' mart got to the campip advance the
company. Major Madison is said to have
oroered his battalion (such of them as sur
vWep) TO ground arms at the last moment.
WAat is the real fate of this uart of the
army y whether all are mostly killed. OF.
what part .of 1t prisoners, it. is impossible
YET TO say. but Certain it is. the prime and
glory OF our troops gone." >.
" Since writing the above, we lear.
that letters. have reached; tbs, citv from,
Ien: Harrison to Gov. Keis-s, giving a
much more cheering account Of the battle.
ihey state that onr worthy fellows fought
IKE 9heroes; that quitess as many, if not
more OF the enemy were slain as of our ear
forces, and that butfor the greatly superb
or numbers of the Indians and British and
inc distance sof the stock of, ammunition.
the result would. have been different S;r
hundred are said to have been taken pr;..
soners, and many escaped, so that not more
than 500 are killed. Mar, Lns