The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-08-16

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN company with two
sloops which they had taken having burnt
The Essex soop and taken Durham boa,'
loaded With -four.
| On the first inlor.natio.l If the approach
of Me enemy. Gen. Moot g gave orders for
! calling out the militia and when tl,,, enemy
srrive d, about 500 from this end the neigh
boring towns had collected, who re-;,ca mack
few miles, and have since he en- ipined by
the residue OF the regiment from this c, unity,
and Z regiment from the County ri Esscx
| Although the officer who had tire Com.
nand of this expedition assured ,hr. Civil
Authority ct the village that private proper
| ~ should be respected, and th 81 citizeus, not i,
IN arms should remain unrnole$t.t-ype
these promises were no sooner naaG$. Than
violated the enemy. not satisfied with 1es-
troying the public buildings, such as block.
Rouse, Arsenal, Armory Hospital, a.,t mill
tary cantonment, wantonly hurr,ec, two stcr-s
houses belonging TO Peter Silly. ESQ. ana
one belonging to Mai. n r. Plau--tooz
and carried off several Thousand CELLARS
worth of hardware belonging 10 Frethi1s-
har' and 90. ct Boston. which had been stnr-
ed with MIR. Sally. The destruction ofprj
vate property was not limited to such as
they couiG eat, drink, and Carry away, and
inrnlture, which Guild not be of any uss. to
the pianSerers, ~rsaton., ,lSsa,, r,,t,,.,;.
tables, bureaus, clicks, desks, cupboir,,s r.
crnoHery, were cut and br- ken to y,ierex
and thrown about the houses-hocks md
'Wris'hSs were torn ia pieces and scattered
about the streets. 1t is impossible to des-
cr'oe the scene OF cruel and warrior waste.
ana piunder OF the property of our fellow
cit'zens, and abuse of their p-~scns in : chi
table manner. No one. except such as were
eye witnesses, can form an ADEQUATE ;dsa
Z" the distressing reality. Well was it fox
wives, sisters and daughters, that rhey re-
mepocred the excuses at HAMPTON. end
t'u ted not their persons to the mercy OF th,.
| invaders. 7 dW cling houses of Peter
Sally. Hepry Delord, and John Palmer.
doctors Miller and Davidson. Henry Pow
ers' ana MRS. Peabody, poor woman with
! large family of children, and rnanv others
stripped OF every thing valuable. which con,d
| De carried away or DESTROYED; Jonathan
Griffin, Esq. removed his furniture about =
mile cot of the Village tn his fsrnborrc
where the enemy sent pi Quet guard, and
compelled him with his two children 10 tax.
! refuge IN the wocds--scattered about lis
property III different directions, and actually
Killed and dressed his own sheen in ths.
house--our citizens were driven like slaves
ahout the village to procurc horses, cats.
and harness, to carry eff tie spoil of their
inhuman Invaders.
One man vas compelled With his own hand
to bring brand to set FIRE to his own tlws.-
ling, and then told if he would give ten dcl.
lars, it should not BE- buried The Ma
sonic Hall was robbed of its records re-
freshments ana Jewels, Che latter Of which
were returned.) On their return to Point
au X che, the Crew of one of thei boa,s Ian
ced, & part went 10 the hcnse Of Mr. VIII
ilams-they found his wife out nf a. house.
and, two went in to keen The, husbsnd IN
cheek, while the third attempted 10 CRAFTY
his brutal desires upon her. Her husband
nearing her screams came 70 her assistance.
Itss@# c. -r---'.. ~
| the villains gun amt disengaped The bagsnt-s
here'rom, which she struck twi info lis
own back and wounded him pretty severclv
tho other two fled ard MIR. Villains AID
ms wife bound the rasc J and sent t.1 in, me
Inhabitants on the POINT an Roche tcok tie
skin in which they cane, and the other sol.
| diers. We have iwenty one prisoners n, they
, whole winch have been picked up and
! brought in by the inh bitarls.
| BURLINGToN, Aug 6.-0n The morning
Of the ID INST. the eneny's TO- lila. CONSISTING.
| OF two sleops (GrowIer and Eaele1 and one
gun boat, hove in sight Of this town, apd
| bout one O'Clock commenced a heavy can
nonading which lasted but short tine,
| UPON ourbatterY and vessels, without our
sus aiming any loss.
| Two scOws each mounting a twelve poso-
Ter under the command of captain Chanel
| Ut the Vol. stood out to meet them ard cx-
| Changed few shots. The battery which
! has been constructed Under the direction Of
Il. Churchill opened a well directed fire
lupoa then. 1t was his MY gratifying to thu
friends of this yourg Office to see his deii-
liberation and Judgment IN pointing orc Of the
guns under his immediate direction against
that part of tire enemy's force which was
most destructive their FIRE was silenced &
! they compelled to sheer off.
The unfortunate Circumstance o. there be-
ns but one naval officer here, and not g
sufficient number of seawen to mann the
sloops, lately fitted up. has preventc our
Being in possession of the whole Of the enc.
my's naval force that was ont.
/ Connie dpre Mc'Douough is p brave and
experienced naval Officer, in when we ven
tUre TO say the honor OF the American nag
/ VIII ever lind an able support but situated
as he was, il would have been the height &c
rash presumption in bin TO have hazarded
che dominion Of the lake. (which through hrs
fexe-tipns and judicovs preparations must
soor be secured TO us1 upon contest aith
Sc tisproportioned,a tcrce.
II lie enemy Rave completely secured tina
lake from the lines as far south asto Char
lo'te. (about 10 miles from this town TIE
water crafts which we have learned, tia,
mas tell into the possession Of the enemy are;
the Mars IS tons,' Enterprise is Essex CO,
Uaden with salt, and burnt,) Burlington
Packet 2J, Lark IS. Willing Maid 90, Fed
erai Victory 20. Red Bird TO- and Durhan