The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-03

! that tncv Ind passed Ns.orSi MUSES. BIZ the
morning; before amy one suspected. of their
entering the river Ia the ot;.er~respect they
fulfill the scripturcs--rfley are really thieves,
emf are gone vi, TO In;,ra,d and ~ steal
IsAnother Express reacted here yestec-
day mornilig--who informed tnat a requisite
or had been made on an o.tccr at D,nkirk
! lf>Ing & Ouccn) BY Col. Richie of Essex-
re States that i'll the course ot THURSDAY, the
enemy's detachment were AZ janes's Por.t !,
within 4 miles Of Tsrp ahannock, waiting ,ior
the tide, to CARRY them up.-llIcrc were few
or no militia at Tappahmnock-- bat they
were gathering The Governor mas dipatch-
| ed troops thther.
| LATER.
! Last evening a servant brought 4 letter, of
J winch The following are Exr.;,cts:
| G-ctrnct ola Leiter from Niyy Jo.fn CSo7pi,i,,r
! l1'. "a mrai6r'' ofS Z H. 81 u. IL hrs ca
league. ''hn 7h'~sfo,i, Esq. Dafea
| -.ih,lesex, dec. 's..
Z" Yesterday morning we were alarmed BY
the appearance os British schooaers in the
| Rappahannocl and in The evening they,
were followed by 9 fi;gatos several more
Ssail bs;ng of the mouth of the kappi.han-
mock, The schooncrs have zone rp as high. it
! is supposed us Tappahannock rs Il firing is
heard this rioinirS in that direction The
two friEates are laying OF IgGinst Urbanna
the other little distance below. The ba.e
: ses moving about in every direction, and at
tempting 10 land Oh BOT, Sides
LATEST.
Last right, the governor recei-ed Il dispatch
by Express, :rogn yhich tie foi wing are ,sx-
tracts:
Erouet ofa letter ficm gu .e;ra!5uld Rn
CHR, Litut. CO.. COMMISSIONER ON rcet Va.
itnhfo, dofed ifase.c COUNTY, Dee lSt, 1914,
O'Clock u. n.
"Ajcut half past two o'clock Yesterday, I
received intclli3cpce frot1, CGl Pa. Ks of Tap
pAharnoek, that at &c o'ciccl; he ,ef, Col. Mu-
SEES, )" Middrsex, and that - u2rgss and one
large sinop Of the enemy were passing his
house. and standing up the Rapplhamnoclz
that notice thereof had I,ccn gwen to the ma
jor oft'!e h;wer ba;taiio,. md sent to al or
most 81 the officers thereof. j immediately
issued and forwarded orders to tie remainins
officers OF the regiment then left hcme for
Iappah2nnock, and reached that about dark
When arrived, advice was waiting there for
me from Gel. Branhain OF the 4Ist reft. "that
the enemy, consisting of X sail, are rapidly
ascending the RappahannGck river. At 10
o'clock this morning they were above Col.
Haits, under s,il." Immediately thereafter, a
v,dette arrived hriI-'ng a communication from
Cos. Muse, Of tic 10th Regiment Since 8
O'Clock this morning, Is barges and square
ragged schrs. have passed my honst." I'm
'leistans.ing also, from several officers that
they had proceeded much higher up than
BOWERS bci,re sunset, and finding that the
ether t;voretr much their node If warfare,
l set about renewing the pieces of art f1ry,
ana the ammunition bciInPice thereto, station
ei at that place, to some place out of town.
Inc d'tlcaity OF procuring horses las we had
t. send in TIC Country for tl,eul) occupied half
ofthe night, bc!uie they ccn,.! bc gotten out.
As soon as dawn sf!orsied suifcient LIGHT this
mornng, the bargcs and vcsss9s, favored by
the flood tide, were discovered in melton, and
ct flvtN-r IL.
oarSes rc)"ined tiic vessels, and the whole
came to anchor. tlen;a bcu. fur o. five miles
or thus they iry unril light wind springing
up and THE hOod tide beginning - make,
about hall past 10 O'clock thcY proceeded IN,
and the number Sc description Of their vessels
was then acceitaiuSd Co be 8 schooners, some
apparentiS wide ard looming. much calcnla-
ted to carry troops one very large sloop, and
'.boos Fifteen barges. Previous to CHS had
ordered cle (for horses could not he got 10
bring anoti:er) of the field pieces, With sup
p.y ct arImuritic1, back to town. Upon
manning the piece, eight only of the artilcry
company had arrived.
Upon enrolling the Infantry onlr 90 ap-
peared, and OF the cavalry about sixteen an
swercd when cGfed--Wit! this force deem
&c, II toe prodi255i OF the lives of my vaIua-
DE officers and men, to contend WITH the CHI
erhy then advancing upon us.-The troops
remained Ia town uGtii the enemy had Eved
many cannon che of which struck the cas-
tcrDmost end of DIR. BroclScnborougl,' large
honse, some struck in the lots, aud sone pas
Sed over. We then retired, carrying with US
the held piece to the range of Hills, one ard a
'ia.i miles from town, on the FretieTicksl,urg
ro<d. Here left them just before sun set,
with orders TO retire about 8 miles to procure
oarracks and refreshments. The enemy took
possession ot She town soon after we evacua-
Ted It. I've Gentlemen of intelligence, who
bore commissions i'll the revolutionary war.
recommended them so close in their 6cbarka-
lion, as to have three Intskcts FREQ :. .he.G,
one OF which had nearly taken effect. These
gentlemen concur in the opinion, that there
must nave been nearly 500 armed comtatants
ounce the first squadron approached, several
schrs. CROWDED. with troops have come ,iD-e1
Intelligence from Bowler's, 16 miles below.
giyes US to know there are large schooners
!ul!ct troops aground. which will be got of
this evening on the high food.
d" Upon the approach of the enemy this
morning, made demand upon Col Boyd
| OF h.inS & q icen, for zee inf and shall in
I the morning make further demand anon col
Todd OF Caroline, for 500 u'eo. The enemy
| on his way up captured several craft, same
loaded with Corn, &c. and others empty-I
have the high gratih ltion in saying to yout
eXcellency that the officers and men who
were Compelled N retire before such " fear-
| ful ODDS" evinccd the greatest determination
and Willingness to meet the enemy when arr
thing like