Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-24

I EASTERN shore of Ma si..te, arr, ttcr.;.
sss.i,y o. leaving Gil IN. .,-.r ,n.u. ~.
atsIy upen the sE, !, aat; io~ asvi. Oh The
rivers cf The western shoie, Tor loo Al
defsnec the remaining portion # he
Msfylsnd drsfts 10 be assembled 81 Bit.
deasbusg, instead Ct bsins atoo wou,i
not much exceed ~ many husdied-,f,
he would rcqaire the governor to o,dtr
cut all the drail, that cssid possibly 10
spared ir0as the thee lo~ sr dsigs des In
the western shore but Ills wiz. lie net.
Der dr-Eed onthe western bore, exch.
siyc Of the b'igsdc drawn from general
Smiths disision, did not smswnt TO 500
men, he did no expect morc than lep,
andes the second order Of the govern.
meat, th Il of tae 9Th OF July. The mos,
immediate end convenient re.osrce 10
supply tbs deficiency, wrs to take tho
| militia drawn cut gpGer the sta,s autnb.
ri'y and assembled 1t Annapoli,, 10 tie
amosnt sf 1000, into ihe service oftk
U Safes, aud TO call on PeaIsylysbh
for one regiment, which suld make an
Silitis between aud 5000 Non, he.
sides the regiments iry,n gen. Ss.its's
slyi.ion
IL answer TO tti, letter, the secretary
OF var, in a letter Of the 10Th Il AueLs'.
suthorises genera Wmder b. uAe into
The scl,i,e Of the Z States, The Mar.
land militia then at Anaal oils, or else.
where, that had been called out up,lep
the state authority. as paft sf he quota
required BY the order OF the 4,h 81 JvIr.
Coresfondsnee Of tie Scerrfery efwey
wph che goveraers If Maryland,
PeaHoyfv1nia and Yysinia.
"a the 27th OF July the governor
Ms yIaud states, in letter to the secrc.
lay war. that IL conformity 10 the r..
quest Of the president sf Y. STATES. com.
snsnir ated in the Ss9uisition OF the 4th,
dstschment II 500 Iufsntry and 600
artillery Yss directed to be organized
and held in readiness to move At tho
sho,tes, notice and in order Ia comply
With the requisinon Of GtnersI Wind.r,
for calling into the field 5000 dlai,. Of
the Maryland militia, by dItecticB Of
tbe PRECEDENT, the "hsle Of the drsrs
rom the western shore, sboal 800 in.
f4ntry, had been ordered 10 embe1y.
He speaks Of tst exposed situation IL
the western shore, bordering upon tho
bay, and presumes that tho drsfls ON
that section OF the country would not 20
drawn nway, ard expects Baltimore will
be unwilling TO have any force win.
drawn from that place, Nv -hich any aid
W'eht be expected. Thsse eonsid.ra.
ZION, had induced the order for tao
} soo a.en; this ioice was 10 be ea,bo.
died and moved % the sh,te,t eaplet
3iAdensbnfgh that ,,,s artillery 81 tho
e,a,e was ABOUT 900 men, tvs Third. in
Baltimore it would ereste un-asi,css
10 take from that pl,cs 800, the propD'.
lion, and he had suspended that order
until general SAl:h should lave some
With the .ecretary Of
war. In letter OF III. 2o,h JvI,, gen.
Winder made the rcquisit.on on It's go
vrrnor ol Mar, land Tor the 3olo militia
urging the Recessiiy Of hiNIrg them az.
,enbled end in service with the least
possible delay; and On the 5th si Au,.
he governor Of Maryland informed &C.
,orsl Winder by letter, ths' his dc.
MAID tor 5 90 drafts uld net be GO M
Piled with without the brigade in ser, leo
u Baltims-e from general Smiths di.
IiSion; ,hs, the drafts from ore hHgado
hone were under marc ming orfe 8, tao
,rds's ior the march of those ling on
he Chesapeake and Potomac having
'eeR suspended.
To be CONTINUED.