Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-09-20
FROM the NEW YORK sPrcrAToR.
GENEVA, SEP =. Z


arrived here last evening nom the
Western frontier You will probably
expect some news but ] have very
little to commusicste. The reports
are so numerous and contradictory
that pay but little attention TO what |
hear.
Gen. Wilkinson is of opinion, that
the contest for the Lakes will be deol-
ded this week
1 he British Feet. on Friday last, cap.
cured the schooner Mary, (en old ,es-
sci belonging TO MIR Georg- kibne,] la
des with 10000 #. pine plank, ano l73
bbls. flour, public property, bound from
the mouth of Genesse River TO Nigga
IA.
On Monday last, Gems. Provost, De
Rottenburg, and Vincent, came "l.nin
gun-snot ol or plckets at Fort Gtotge,
10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who can't
in state, that Governor Provost declares
he VIII re possess Fort George or per
ish in the attempt. | do not believe
Gen. Provost will attempt SO hazardous
an undertaking, The presence OF Cen.
Wilkinson, think, was necessary at
Fort George. Trust, ioy the honour
OF our country, he will compel the off,
GERS OF the army 10 shew that respect,
which Is due both 10 friUate citizens *
hrtUate hrofcriy and that, II The pfac-
lice oil selling friVate property by auc-
L.. h.. Al ia an
the poor soldier, who risques his lite on
the nocturnal picket guard, may be PET
United 10 De.om- Oider, instead OF
having nis ears cur IF, tor committing
crime winch his officers do daily -
a. IL Is expected that the General
sll bud employment more nonoura-
Die ~ Tue soldier, ,nan burning Church
,s and private dwellings % J And,
above al II Is sincerely hoped, thai tn
respectable females will be psrmiued
10 II II In quietness, wthou, their eous-
es being broken into by men calling
themselves Officers of hlgn rank IN the
American Army, but who, ior the holi-
our of m, county, | will not own as
such -(c)
The General would do an act oil
friendship 10 the deienceless inhabitants
OF Butlaioe, TO turn MS attention ioi a
moment 10 that towD-a place SO easy
Of access from Fort Enc, .eit without
souier a6ie to dc iepd The .own J. -
true, there are about 25 in,alds, wno
assist the citizens with he Indians ~
nightly p.trole. On Friday 81 las
weeS, we were Obliged to sleep mot o.
our arms, for we had none) but IN oui
clothes dn exp ess having arrived
from below with information, that The
Bri,si had ihat Cay been mating a
movement, which indicated an attack
OF some point Ii was supposed The
point would DC Black Rock or Buila-
loe he night, however, passed over,
and We heard nothing further.
General Boyd and Major Chaplin
have had falling cut. Major L. mas
discharged the indians who were under
him. he cause OF the disagreement
was owing TO the Generals not sup
porting the MAJOR when the British
made an attack and drove in our Pick
cts stationed at Newark The NsJor
finding the Blush to be too powerful
Tor "n, sent Tor reinforcement OF
700 men with two field pieces. No
al swer being returned, MAJOR Chaplin
sent for hall the number oil men with
one peice, This was not granted. The
esult WAS, the BRUSH out Ranked our
troops, killed ana wounded many.
IA A poor fellow ofthis county t0n,s.
riu) had Obtained some articles of private
properly Information was lodged against
him. lie was orderedto have his ears cut
oft and be drummed cut ct Camp which
sen ence has been fully executed
~ A few days since private dwelling
wa SEE on hre oy cur troops al Newark
The next night the Pre- sbytersn Church was
destroyed in the same way. General Boyd
says j, was Major Chap,n's troops, and
Major Chaplin dc cials ii 10 have been done
by the regulars
(eJ Motives Of delicacy prevent us from
giving ths Note