The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-04-29


Caamplm with SWORD, 1t the eHpence of the
stockholders, for his gallant conduct in the reacoR-
ire above mentioned
Res0lved, That the above resolutions he published
THOS. FARMAR, Chairman
THoS. JENKINS, Secretary,
On Wednesday last, Capt. Lloyd JoEes
(brother 30 The Secretary OF The Navy was
sworn into ommissioD, as commanders OF the
ship Neptune, bound from This port to Rus
sia, as cartel, in which, we are told, the
Ministers Gallatin and Bayard are 10 taks
Passage.-Ph,ladelthia taEer.
NEW-YORK BUFFALoE, APRIL Is
I-ake Erie from present appearance, uM
be entirely clear Of ice within few days.
A number Of ship carpenters passed ,hro'
this place some time since for the navy yard
at Erie, (Presqu'lsle.) Last week sever.i
sailors also passed this village fol the SAME
place Ship carpenters and sailors recenily
passed Pittsburgh, destined for Erie.
1t Is stated that body Of or 500 scamen
and marines will be collected a, Erie in a
short time. Several sailors stationed al the
Rock, have departed from. tha, place.
The vessels purchased by government last
fall al Black Rock, and intended TO have been
fitted out as an armed force on the lake ,have,
as we understand, been abandoned-t beiog
considered almost impracticab!c 10 tow them
up The rapids, while the enemy were ia pps-
session OF the opposite shore.
4ldRYLAND. BALTIMORE, ApR1L2:.
The Marylanders have III few Gays
thrown up three or four forts on the Backs
o, Elk River aud bani,hed their apprchea-
sions OF the enemy.
4 l..ya,, D., q y
Yesterday al 2, n. M. one OF the BRUSH
brigs in running up The bay lost the channel
and grounded. ! do no, discover that she
has any consort. From her firing signsl
guns Of distress am pursuaacd she has sos
moved, she lies between Abbey and Pools
lslaDd---She went on in remarkable hi-h
tide. A captain OF craft just now assured
me that lii common tides there is not nose
,aan six feet water where she lies"
I'm er,ract Of q letter from Fort S.odlar,, dated
lss .iprii, 1915.
On or about the 10th inst. General Wiz
kinson will take possession Of The town and
citadel OF Mobile"
BY letters received from on board the fr.-
gate Constellation, off Norfolk, dated the 5,h
INST. we have t. disagreeable ineormatita ;,
that the ships n ST cutter, pl oCeedng on SET
wee on that day with sixteen men, Lieutenast
Biggs, Masters mate La Roche, and MidshE-
man Phillips, overset not far from the ship.
Lieut.. Biggs, and Midshipman Phillips we're
unfortunately drowned the boats succeeded
III saving the rest The bodies If the sufsg-
ers had not been found when the letter We
have seen was written. Those young ge,l!c-
men are spoken OF as having bid fair 10 bean
honor to their country.
The letter-of- -marQuc sch. Bru,us, OF Bal-
timore, arrived at Gloucester, from lor-
deaux, sailed with the Ranbler, arrived at
this port some days since. The Bru,us, We
are informed, ignorant of The blockade of,he
Chesapeake, run up the Bay, and had passed
the Horse Shoe, when the weather cieains
up, she discovered herself close under the
guns of "a which slipped her Cables and
gave chase to the sch bu, she escaped-she
then made tor New-Yofk, but wa. chased OF
by some ships of war-next tried to getin,o
Newport, but discovered several men -ofwar
of Block Island, she hove about, and run for
Massachusetts Bay near Georges Bankshe
was chased by II and frigate-and the
day previous to her arrival at Gloucester was
chased again. Bosom Palladium, .dhriig?-
De
The military forces are concentrating tom
every quarter at S4 sheu's Hsrbor, sD6 ,l.ss
the Niagara frontier. The ny of the rpra
Is commanded by general DEARBoRN, the
central army by general LEWIS, and the
north western army by general HARnIioN.
The whole western country II in arms, anI
burns with indignation To a,enge the ovcl
wrongs OF a barbarous foe. Every prcau-
ton 10 guard against disaster has been tikeu;
and before the first day Of May $4,000 men
"ill be In The field, for the invasion of Upper.
Canada. Measures have been taken lsr Sc
curing decided naval superiority upun tie
lakes, and the public may confidently look
forward to brilliant campaign, the result
oil which will cmineniiy conducc To- sctire an.