Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-19
New Less6a, July IL, 1873.

from the war department.. The ORDER
we're unconditional, and directed 10 e.
! neral Burbeck, d.ted the first instsas,
aad by him communicated to goveraai
Smith: the governor had no other cnaea<
out a compliance. or the taking the y hoe
responsibility of keeping out the troops
| upon himself. A detachment OF l,2a"
| infantry, artillery and cavalry, was mad
| throughout. the stare last week, who
were to have assembled this day at their
different RENDEZVOUS, and 10 hare oeaI.
marched here TO serve ninety days, 70
relieve those whose times are eXplilng /;
but thew must now be dismissed, ana 'He
town of New London aud ships left to
be defended by about 200 yeaslinss.----
What is to become Q! US, and such ma
nagement, Ged only knows. The mea-
sure is equally astonishing and unsatis'
factory to us all no reason being assign
ed for it by the government.
Ertract Of another letter dated NesU.
London, July u.
Con Saturday morning lest Spanish
vessel came into port, from Cuba, and
reported that they were boarded the day
before in the Sound, that there were two
74's, 3 frigates and large transport
ship at Gardeners Bay, & between there
and Montaug THEY sere detained all FIJI
day by the blockadipg force out IN the
evening consented to their coming IN,
advising them however to go to Boston,
as they were expecting reinforcement
in few days, when they should make
an attack here. The above account OF
the force was confirmed by people tro'p
Stonington. Yesterday there were ress
ports OF an increased force, and to day It
is said eleven sail are within Gardeners
and Block Island"
The following article from the Dan
bury paper corroborates the above let
ter.
DAssuRY, ICON July ID.
The Drafted Militia.
In obedience to an order from the ac'
iutant general oil the militia OF this STAT,
a detachment of 4s men, inciudlrg
lieutenants, ensign, 2 serseanis, @or".
perals, musicians and 40 pf'E&tcs. vas
on Friday last made from ta& i6,n '~Ei
mont, and ordered to repair iinlrrd!s-sIy
to Woodbury. there to 100 Other aet"ch-
ments from the 9th BRIG ade. ahG maFcn
direct to New London lbs de'achAient
from this regiment after arriving a,
Newtown, were discharged "y all order
from big. general tIinmsn, and the men
much {, ticlr satists ction, were permit
ted 10 return, ia thcir tlienfs and accus-
toned avocat.ons, with their !aurcls
half grown. 1t is conjecrured that tals
measure is in consequence OF an armls
tice, or some favorable change In our
public affairs having taken place.
When 1t is known that there is for.
midable British fleet, On bo4rd. OF which
there is large land force WITHIN days
sail of an important port, orslGrs are re-
ceived to discharge the tro"3a ~"a leave
that port defencelcss WHO efer sea'd
of such orders at such a time But tEis
is not the worst of this affair From eve
nv circumstance there is reason to tear
that the enemy is at this moment redi-
tatinr an attack on the frigateS at New
London. Our news from tha Chesapeake
states that the British were withdrawing
their force from that quarter, with an a;
vowed design Of attacking the trlgates
under the command Of Com. Decatur
and by the following article, copied from
a Boston paper of Monday, 1t seems some
of their ships are already IN the neigh
borhood of the Sound
{" A gentleman arrived in town last
evening from Newport via Providence,
reports that signals were flying at the
former place on Saturday reporting that
an enemy's fleet was in sight--they c1n
sisted Of sail, and we're between Block
Island and Montaug"
With all these circumstances before
us, we know not what to say OF this IN
accountable business. WHY are the men
discharged Is it on the principle of
economy, or worse principle? We
canno. answer these questions, but thus
much we know, that if The frigates for
want of defence should be destroyed or
fall into the hands OF the enemy, it would
seem very much like concert between
our administration and the British cem-
manders it would be diffcal, totmake
people believe there was not some Ar
noldism somewhere.
New. Haven not Blockaded.
A Swedish schooner has arrived at N.
Haven from Saint Bartholomew. Off