Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-12-19
7be Enemy in The RapDabannoek.

Tbs Enemy in THE Rapbaba1neek.
WAsHiNGToN. DEG. o-From the
Richmond papers and other fources, we
learn thai large Britiih force, conGlt.
ing of one "a, tive frigates, and n1m-
Der Of fchooners and barges, containing,
it was eliminated, about 1000 troops, fud
denly entered the Rappahannock, on the
3oth ult. and Attended that river, as high
as lappahannock, where they anchored,
and fired fomc time upon the town. The
iareit information from thence, aates,
that the town was almoa wholly deitroy-
ed. and that the enemy had advanced
bout five mi'ss above fappAhannock.
The purpofe OF the enemy appears tn be,
as heretofore, to aeal negroes ,itcck, tobac-
CO, &c. plumber the houles within their
reach, and burn what lhsy cannot carry
off A comfortable nuaber of militia
troops are in the vicinity, and others are
haitening thi,hsr from various quarters
600 have marched from Richmond. A
fufficent number, we doubt not, have
ere this, reached the fcene of aaion to re-
pei the incendiaries Maj Gen. Scott,
paGed through this city three days ago,
to Fort Wilmington, and has Gncc, we
learn, croied the Potomac, on his way
to Rappahannock.
MAT lntel.
Es.vaa Of letter firm gentleman in
P,<Eynosy e. k,r f~,,cI 1l.se
dated Menda, morning, 5tb Dec,
"No mail laft night Another express
came at 10 O'Clock lat night, and brings
the difagreeable news that the enemy
were FIVE miles above Tappahannock,
fnppofed to bef2 500 ftrong Six hundred
men are detached, viz. 400 from this
city, and 400 from the camp below"
Another letter from Fredericksburg,
ftates, .that the enemy have burnt the
ourt-Houfe, Jail, Collectors Office
Clerks Office and large Ware Houfe,
at Tappahannock anu carried of flock
and Negroes, to great amount.
BURLINGTON, VT. DEC 9.
We learn from objectionable authority
that the enemy are preparing to build an.
other fleet at St johns and Iilc-au Noix.
-Four large frigates and feveral fmaller
vefels, il is lid. are contracted for, and
to be built and ready for the lake fervice
early next fpring.
r{g~a~ ,,,G q.
PENSACOLA, NOV 9, 1914.
" write you few lines TO Tell YOU that
am alive and well--Wc took the town by
coup de main The 7lh, with loss of |
men killed, 5 officers and Is men wounded
The Baranca has been blown up, and
the object intended TO be effected 10 wit,
preventing the British from entering the
Bay, cannot now be obtained, so that we
shall to day relurnto Mobile"
FRANKFORT, Ky NOV. %,
awe have perused two letters from Judge
Toumin and Governor Bount 10 Governor
Shelby, by which i, appears that General
Jackson marched with about 1000 troops,
and took possession Of Pensacola on the 9Th
inst he British had a small force of a
bou, OF 400 Indians, and few regulars,
forted about miles from Pensacola but.
upon the arrival oil. Jackson, they blew up
their works and reiterated
NASHVILLE, ITEM NOV. %
Taking Of fensaeoia-Wc have Jus,
learned that General Jackson entered Pen
sacola on the 9TH instant without opposition
and on the next day the enemy blew up the
Ba.ancas, about miles below
WESTZADIES
KINGSTON, OCT. 81, 1914
The following vessels OF War are shortly
to rendezvous at Nesril bay, viz Roysl
Oak,74, AID. MALCOLM Families, "a,
HARDY Dictator, "a Asia, "a thames,
Weazle, Thistle, Etna, and Volcano bombs,
with 10 transports, and 5000 troops Col.