The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-11

leaves. / further dec are, that the bread
we received was mouldy, wurmv, and IN
such small pieces as had the appearance OF
old and condemned bread the meal
sour and stale that THIS part of the ration
could seldom, ii ever, be ate the peas
were so old and wormy, that few of them
could be ate. after boiling the whole twenty
Tour hours, Tor which they were drawn.
L nat our men were much crowded, and
suffered tor want of room and air--and hat
II attempting 10 send a letter to one of our
ofhcers, with information of our suffering ST.
tuaticn. l was threatened with being confin-
ed in irons. And l further declare, that
twenty three men died on board the cartel,
during our passage from Quebec to Boston,
most OF whom l believe expired in conse
quence OF their close and crowded confine
ment, and want of air at Quebec, and the
smali quantity and miserable quality of the
provisions and ether articles issued hem.
WILLIAM KELLEY,
Qr. Mr.. 'SerSt. 4'h Regt. u In/antrv.
Su60kk, 8s.-Boston, 22d Dec. 1915.
The above named William Kelley person
ANY appeared. and made oath. that the
ABOVE declaration and certificate by him
signed, IS truc-before me.
w. r. WHITING, Just. Pacis.
hereby certify that the quantity and qua
lity nt the ratioos We received while prison
ers or war, at Quebec, was such as described
ny Quarter Master SERGEANT Kelley, and
mat the description given of our situation &
sufrer'ngs IN the foregoing statement, is e.
qualIy true.
SOLOMON JOHNSON, coraoral.
Boston, Dec. 20, 1913.
SuDoG., ss.-Boston, 22d Dec. 1915.
he above named Solomon Johnson per
sonaiiY appeared and made cath that he
above certificate by him signed, is true-be
fore me.
w. P. WHITING, Just. Paeis.
Inc execution of fort George and the DIES
uucton OF the village of Newark, has lie
serVt oiy excited much public anxiety. In
common with our fellow citizens, we deeply
regret both these events but whatever
NAV be our regrets, we feel and lament
Whiie we acknowledge, the necessity which
produced them. Fort George, is in itself
wholly unnnportant either TO the enemy OF
10 u.s. unless ii be for the protection of New
Xxx III mas been useless bone of contenti
on IN any other point of view. 1t is com
Pieteiy commanded by r. Niagara en- orr
SIDE, and by the redoubts which we have
raised 1t Commands a very small extent
Oh country, as Is well proved by The TACT hat
se I' noyd, ard subsequently general
WINK nSon lay there with a force of frem 3
T" ana 5000 men, when the enemy with
tofce OF 1000 hemmed them in, at the cross
roads, and the mouth Of the Four Mile
creek. Cess than fur miles distant fcom
i"r' Gearge) and at Queenstown leaving
ouV troops circumference of less than ten
hiieS. In tact we are informed, merely
however by comm report, that Gen. VIII
Kinson had determined tn destroy the Fort
ana burn Newark, before he left those MIA
ces on the LIST of October last. considering
'he orr as entirely useless to us, while we
possessed Fort Niagara.
he destruction of private property is
always source of regret. But Wien we
reflect, that Newark was abandoned hn ~
owners OF property there, who had priuci
paiiy lied TO the enemy and Joined tbeir
standard that 1t was already i'm effect DIES
'royed and rendered " deserted village. !"
that IL was pos seSscd by the common re-
tanners OF camp; surely our sympa, nv for
us rate ought not to be violent. II was
merely a place where the enemy miebt
quarter, and be sheltered without much
Hanger from our cannon. It was therefore
Inuispensabiy necessary TO deprive the enc
my OF post, where they right not only he
"'to' I"oic, OUT also from which they miphf
annoy US ''''b''
Independent of all these Considerations
"hich however, are sufficient ~ Justify the
evacuation OF the Fort and the destrp, t;or,
OF newark, ar any tin,e me tact, that the
enemy had approached within a few mile,
%nen we had only sixty men to defend tn
orr is sufficient to exoneratc the Common
uihS oincer from all cepSure Resides he
mao the written directions of the secrctarv
OF w ar to destroy Newark, whenever t
was found necessary to evacuate Fort
George. In the crisis presented. win so
men against supposed force of 500 or 1000
It was impossible for the council Of W.,
called on the occasion, to hesitate to recon-
mend the abandonment of the Fort and the
destruction of Newark. The unfortunate
result OF The campaign against Montreal. &
the circumstance of the militia having been
Pri' cipaily discharged, were CONCLUSIVE
The council recommended what was don-
Canandatgua MESSENGER.
,,,, HosToN, Dec. %.
To THOMAS BARCLAY, ESQ.
HTIfIgH -fuo,g