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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25
BosroN, Sept. Is.
ACCOUNTS FROM THE EAST.
WARD.

Yesterday gentleman arrived in town
who lett Machias ON "Wednesday. e. Stir.
on Thursday afternoon, VNiscassett.on Sa,,,,.
day, and Portland on Sunday morning. AN,
reports the following that the peonIe -
Machias complained very much of their de,
tepceless situation, and without doubt w;I
surrender without opposition !; no persons
property had been seized by the enemy ca .,
| of Castjne, and,the' inhabitants we re ma ;,,o
every exertion to secure such as was .ynose
cd An theporis on the Penobscot had bsen
evacuated by the enemy, excepting Cast;ne
which they we're terrifying. a feet Of light
sail LETT than place three days before on sopne
e. petition Much alarm existed az Wis.
casses tor the safety OF that place. Anex-
press arrived at Bath at the none M of his
leaving, bringing information that two thou.
SAND men had landed at Booth BAY. Al
tertlanq sneY expected an attack soon: The
i0nahitanss n7d nearly all rnbged away. aud
mere were about Tour thousand troops in aud
near the town, and every preparation was
making for vigorous defence. Considers.
Die alarm existed at Portsmouth. and MANY
OF Inc inhabitants had moved from that
place.
In conversation with Sir J. G.. Sber5voke
and Admiral Griffith, the folio wing answers
were made to questions asked; that ali Dro,
perry east OF Pe0obscoi river, beIongine m
non residents, will! be conGscated. when we
nave matured some general plan, which
plan VIII be strictly adhered to, excepting
~ some extraordinary cases, such as Mr.
hooks, whose personal property had been
feized and sold, and his real estate to aha re
the same tate. IN consequence tf his abscond
IngJust as The enemy tosk possession Of the
pace - he Inhabitants will be permitted to
retain their arms for self.defance and tbe
preservation of the peace of the countrv. by
euteIiog int compact with him, net 10 use
them against his Majefy's forces that sij
e'sels upon the stocks will not be moles.
"a az vessels afioat viii not be considered
as prizes, and nay be ransomed that he
nad despatched commission with q CONF
yeient force 70 take possession and prize all |
vessels east Of Peno6seot. "
waa asked Sir nc. Sherbroke, whsshe,
ne thought his country would ra,ain sIl = :,
Of fenooscot; TO which he replied, that viii
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25
TgHspAr. September 20.

This Gay the President OF
the United States transmitted
to Congress, by Mr.. Edward
Coles his Secretary, the fol.
lowing message:
Fellow Citizens of The Senate ard efla.
House ef Rehrestn astves.
notwithstanding the early day which hat
been hxed tor your sessi II Of the present
year, was 'ntuced call you to toge he e
still sooner, as we'll that any inadt quacy in
the existing provisions for the warts Of the
treasury might be supplied, as that 90 DELAY
might happen in providing for the result o.
the negotiations on foot with Gfeat Britain.
whether II should require arrangements a.
dapted to return ofpeace. or further and
more effective provisions for prosecuting the
war.
That result is not yet known. IF. on one
hand, the repeal the orders in council and
the general paciflcation in Europe. which
withdrew the occasion on which impress
ments from American vessels were pract;.
sed, suggest expectations tiiat peace snd
amity may be re.establshed We are com.
PEELED, ON the other hand. by the refusal
OF the, Prtisli government to accept the offer
sd msdiation Of the Emperor OF Russia. by
',sbe delays in giving effect to its own pro.
2 Posabpf a direct negotiation; and above ali.
by the principles and manner in which the
Star Is pow svowedIy carried on, to infer
THAT spirit OF hostility is indulged more Vi
oicnt Than ever, against the rights and prcs
pefiiy 0f this country.
This increased violence is best explained
by the Two important circumstances, tha
the great contest in Europe, for sn eouil.
ibriun guaranteeing all its s'a'es against IN,
ambition OF any, has been closed withou,
airy check on the overbearlpe power n,
Sreat Britain on the ocean; and that il ba,
LETT ~ her hands disposable ornaments, with
which, forgetting he difficulties OF a remot,
war against free people; and yielding 10
the intoxicaticn Of success, with the exam
pie OF great victim to IL before her eyes.
she cherished hopes ofsiill further aggran-
diziBg power already formidable in its
buses to the Tranquility of the civilized and
commercial world.
But. whatever may have inspired the enc.
my with these more violent purposes. the.
public councils OF a nation, lore able 10 main
ain than 1t was to acquir isindepepdence
Nd with devotion TO it, yendertd more ar.
lspt by the experience Of its blessings, can
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25
A.6aas Ssplen.5e, 1s.

= Major Generals Scott and Gaianes wiz,
their suite, arrived in this citv y, wVs with
day evening. '" 'sednes-
our accounts from Erie are to Sentem
ner 40. Between 3 and 1000 militia h M IN,
un'eerec to cross Fort Erie--i,no h vv
gone over that day the rem ainder vsrs ", ~
fellow the next morn;np. "uer were 10
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NEwsYnHx Sen 10
LATEST FROM THE NORTH ANn,
WEST.

WEST.
By the Steam Boat Car of Neotun. -.
received handbilI from the Once of ,hs
Aleany Register, dated Septe mber The
18th, aud letter from the Gazette OF
nee, OF the same date, which contained
the following interesting articles.
ALsANYREcIsrEp, Extra, Sept. II.
An intelligent and respectable gentlema,
who left Buffalo on Sunday morning lac,
informs, that on Friday and SATURDAY. night
5000 New York militia crossed over to For,
Ere, with fixed determination to- ION th,
regulars, and follow the sesiiaies of our
brave troops now in that fort and thar a.,
ms way from Buffalo. he met about sooo
more, On their march thither, all of vbou,
appeared highly animated ana determ;oeJ
to follow their brethren IN arts.
Extract of letter from gentleman Of
oackert's Harbor, to his friend in this e,
~, dated
SAcxrTT's HARsos, Sept. 10, 1914
Nothing of importance has transpired =,
this place since Hast wrote. IL NAV h,.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25

=, September ~.
No business worthy of note wasyesterdav
done in eitler House of Congress after the +.
ception and reading of the Important mes.
sage OF the President which viii be found in
our subsequent columns. Many other Mem
oers attended whose names we have not been
able TO obtain NAr. TnTr,
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arrived at Por'smo.th, New iIaup.hire.


issodgsrs departed from this city ys.,s
six rss,es have Ss been Two seventy oars AID
.a ''0wn some lying At anchor aod o'S,r. oa
,;a va. the i'nmedste object of a. su unusr
b0a - time only Gao deveope. =" 'os exPed'-
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CANAsDAIcuA, Sept. n.

from the West, we hear, that about ,ooo
niiitia lately gone out. crossed into Ca, nooo
,ase Friday; We may therefore iooI hnaE
y ~ Tor something decisive on this front;e "oul-
me vessels up Lake Erie have mr. ,hat,~
ere : tnis all arrived az Fort Erie. Ma; Gy
Niagara. 'no on the
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25
The Gallies ALL.

: ne IaIlies all escape'.
accounts from Sackett's harbor sav ..
mao OF. 30 how Boats carrying long pun each y
capable OF CARRYING $50 men. An attact -,
kingston or Fort George. was contemn,s.
Gen. lizard is at the Harbor with hi. ar.
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DC a.tersnined by our ministers, who are or
VIII De negotiating in Holland.
oir J. was then asked, shall you exact the
oatn OF allegiance from the inhabitants east
OF Penohscotf He renied. :" the time was
wnen oaths were Rideretl sacred, but
am sorry to say their frequency has in part
done that away, and will not INTRODUCES
| them here"
In party OF his suite. and coils. and ma
jors OF the armye they all spoke most conf.
| IDENTIFY OF being in possession of all the Massa.
chusetts and Maine Seaports in six weeks.
That they were pleased to hear of their
making fortihcations, as they would be for
their use. They discover the utmost COM
tempt for the American militia.
| The Office of the registry of deeds. at Cas-,
tine. was taken possession of immediately
on their arrival, 4 the seal placed upon ;ne
lock: on Thursday afteraooa it was Open.
ed. and they commenced an examination oil
the records, for the purpose. Of ascertaining
u all lauds, owned by non residents, an exa
mination of the County Treasury Books, wa,
commenced the samed day. as
The British had at Castine on Friday
moaning last, two 74's (the Bulwark was
one} three frigates, one sloop of war (th,
Martini Two brigs, and six transports
The British were concentrating their for
ces at Castine for another expedition, which
Sir J! 5. and Ad. G would command.
1.-The militia TO the eastward of Penobscc
. we're M king no preparations to expel or re
i <ist the enemy, and several towns had zen
populations to know his intentions. q
Extract OF a letter from Ncwburyport. Sep,
:. 10. to the keeper of the E c.. H. b. )
/ "The enemy landed about two thousan,
{ men yesterday at Booth Bay, aud took pos
1 session the place without opposition.
n In Wiscasset, Portland &c. the great
est alarm prevails. an attack was expect
/ ed.
3 Three vessels belonging to this tow n
Y were destroyed by the enemy on Penobsco
river, and one was carried off A74 and
I, frigates we're in sight at sun- set"
The following is lis, OF the enemy's shin
which lately entered the Penobscos :
{ Dragon, ~ Rear AID. Griffith. capt Barrie
: Buiwark, ~. Rear Ad. Milae.
: Spencer, ~. Capt Raggett. tN
Endymion, 40. Hope.
4 Bacchants, SO,
Tenedos, SO. Parker.
Sylph, Is, Kinsmap.
kiheman, Is. Pearce.
. Peruvian, 18, 1s
Pictou. schr. 1t Hare. l's
Part of the above were from Halifax. th,
others joined on the passage--the Bniwarl
was from Sheibarne. The BacbaDte ha
Just arrived on the station, from tn,
L sl
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New York, Sept. ~.

~ passenger who arrived here yestera,
~ tee steam Boat, Informed ms. that NJ
q ~, was fought on Friday last, at Bath. ncsy
Shosy' between L'eutenants Bloomfield r.
suction, IN which the former Bloom
was was Killed Five shots were exchan1ed
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FT'''H Zee Utiea Gazette of Tyesc,au

ms General izard's army Except Ge,ea,
w m,coomb's brigade, which still rena; 81
riastsourg,) passed through Remsen
'eroay' on their way to Sackett's Uarhor
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25

interesting to you, however. to know fh,,
tho big ship is launched al, Kingston A
royal salute was fred on Saturday, which
was distinctly heard at this place, and w..
believed II to aave takel place on that oc.
cAson- On Sunday, the Lady came IN aud
confirmed the report she ran down and
took look into the Harbor. The st.D wa,
NOT launched with her masts in, as it was re-
ported she would be. One or two new ye,.
sells are on their way up the ST. Lawrence
or have already arrived at Kingston. i,
raft which was put together at Johnstown. =.
consists OF all their timber, spsrs, apparel
and armament, ready to be put together.
The gun boats aud transports will he
ready tor the reception of troops, to. morrow,
| If it Is their object. General lizard "a
suite arrived here yesterday. The main
body ofthe army are said to be near at hand
supposed delaying for the boats.
I'VE are in doubt as to the point or nh.
ject OF the expedition /; il is evident, howev
er, that one Is on foot. 1t is my pciiet that
thus division intend throwing themselves !,
the rear OF the British army at Niagara, as
they probably do not think themraiva,
| strong enough for Kingston. II Drummon,,,,
army should by this means be capture, =,
the head of the Lake. aud Brownand /, -,
tor IN Junction. and make a decent nr,an
kingston, before the new ship is ready +
ttinnk there would be a chance of succesc a.
this is.the only one on which I can reasor.
ably make calculations, and this can oniy =.
Cone while we have the ascendencv nm ,hs
Lake khe Oneida is in port ard air..,ej n<
her armament; her cannon are rpounted - :.
the gun boats she will probably act here
alter as transport.
am happy 10 hear Of the patriotic ~.
4 ertions that are making in New Yert on,
ITS vicinity and think the late union IS
parties will be productive ofthe most he,s =.
neal effects, to our beloved country
4 Albany Gazette Office. Sept. II
! We have nothing of Importance from d..
Nnrth or West since our last We havs .he
tanned the comparative force of the con,.u w.
irs teets. The British row ealIies Isn, -
| long shot during the action, and When epI ,I -
large ship hauled down her coIors they i f s~c
while our row gales were engaged in ks ecu,
ing the captured vessels above Water oo.;i
tney could be warped into port '''1
Names and force of ve,sels engaged in tho
1 late memorable battle on Lake Cham,
plain.
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Fart OF the above were from Halifax, the
ot1ers joined on the passage--the Bulwark
was IRON Sheibarne. The Bachante has
Just arrived on the station, from the
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BosrnN. Septemher ~

BOSTON. September II. :.
bsfraet q letter from wTscas,et. dated Sep. IL
I'VE are now experiencing in this Eas.
tern country all the horrors of war, except
being captured and destroyed. Since the
British squadron left the Penobscot we have
ocen hourly expecting an attack The mi.
MA are gathering from all quarters for our
ueIence, and we have now stationed in. this
vicinity from 1900 TO two THOUSAND men,
Seven of the cnemy's vessels were lviny of
e~s",a suuoEt am. 'tii,,sc
day near the mbas;a of our ISheer,sc,,l ),
YER. That an attack will shorty h.. =, ~,
on some OF our seaports we haze ~ re- :
son 10 expect, and in case we are tYesealied
here :is not much to,be looked for .as RI mr.;
vate property. The destruction of nro,er
y az tiampdcn was very great / do NO,
learn mat the number. of vessels DESTROYED
eHceedsd IS or 30. I amagine that the he
seruction OF the private property there was
from the iawless spirit of the soldiers. and
not directly authorised by the commandin1
ofhcer, as the burning of vessels was sfo,,
ped oy order of Sir John SHERLOCK. and Sc
verai sailors were arrested for pilIaping
dwelling houses.
- >. We have Just received news by ex.
prees, that thirty sail Of tae eneny's vessels.
ire on the mouth of Sheepscot river.
= Our iorce Is constantly increasing, and
am told by one of the officers, that we
shall have, for our defence. by to-morrow ~
yening, nearly four thousand men,
u Is reported the British have been rein :.
iorcea al Castlne and gentleman from
HaDafx says reinforcements sailed from.
apeake. =
Nopart OF the enemy's aeet appear ~
have come to the westward Of Penob.co.
yet squadron It seems has gone from Ca
tlne to'reeeive the submission of the other
seaPorts OF the District the British eonside
as conquered, because. they have taken one
town. L is impossible however, thar the
Americans in that District. can. without
struggle, submit to foreign and royal mas |
ter II they seen 20 yieldit must be in or.
der to conceai their arran cement. for the
more decisive victory over the foe. -
toince writing the above we have the re.
port OF some of the snemy's yesssls being
zen off Sheepscot river.r
AZ, the valuable vessels and prize vesseis |
Winch eere "a Sscacestyr, t-rs ssue -, e. |
en- or 10 top ftttt - or--% - % 4
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CONGRESS.

Washington. Sept. goth. 1910. ls
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-08-06
BROWH;,S ARMY.

We have uniformly said, that our troops
only wanted d fair ofijtorunity to prove them
selves as brave and heroic upon the land, as
our seanen were upon the seas---that they
could not only cope with the enemy, bat beat
HIM, nan to man, and gun to gun. liz.
The army OF Drown has more than. reaiiz-
cd these articipations. The action of Chip
peway ard Queenstown have surrounded our
standard with imperiShable honor. The
charm is brokcn-and our troops now stand
before the world i'll their true colors. They
'lave snatchcd the wreath of glory from the
hoastet troops Of Lord Wellmgton-they
have shown that VIC can conquer--they have
taught US how to Conquer. Their example
VIII inspire thousands now in the tented field
Go forth then, American soldier. SO forth iii
the pride Of your sririt--and remember the
heroism OF the soldiers OF Buffalce. Teach
these boasting Britons, that as your s;-cs beat
them in 70 uou can beat them in 1871
8LE&SED are they ttat die far their
country
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-08-06
TPENNy-

DATToN, (0.) July I8.-l}y tic lates. intel
lgsnce from Grcenv;ue, we are informed that
the I"3iaa TRAY is urdou5tedly-by this time
concluded. That considerable talk had ensucd
between the parties pending the negotiation.
Gen. Harrison is said to have addressed them
in speech OF some length, in which he re-
counted the various incidents that had occur
red between them from the FIRST commence
ment ct hostiiit;es, and that several of the
tribes had manifested Willingness to resume
the tomahaYk and hatchct, in defence Of the
y. s. brt that the Ottawas, Pottawotamies,
Miamics & Kickapoos at iirs' refused, claim
Ing the privilege Of remaining ~ their lands
in state ofneuuaiity. L IS, however, stated
that they since all complied with our requis-
ticns.
An express, this moment arrived from
Greenviiie, confirms the belief, that the horses
stolen last week ut Fort Amanda, were taken
BY band OF fotawatamies, lurking about De-
fimce and the Rapids.
It also states that appearances, with regard
to several tribes, do not wear 81 favorable an
aspect as W. had reason to expect. a num-
Der of the tribes have not attended. " hat
will be the issue, time alone viii determine.
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TrssA'vf-o',, .t'nS. 4.
MORE OF THE LATE BATTLE.

I1fI'0RT.fN'T& LY-7'ERE SIN G.
From, the Northern Crm,inel Of Juiy 90, yes
terfay received 5y me E.r11reSS DioR .fyont
Erie. s ,-,. t,sl -.
The Buffalo mail carrier informs US, .haton
Monday our army under Major General
Brown encamped at Lundy's Lane, about Il
mile and a half below the falls just after
shutdown the enemy were Observed aGvan-
cling, our army met them and "a most b0oiy
Conflict ensued, which lasted an hour ard !,
half, the Cumhatan:s beng the greater part OF
this time wi;ani pistol shot. After a short
cessation the engagement was renewed Cen.
Ripley ou;ilanked the cuenIy, charged on
their rear and took SIX pieces or cs,mon----
They received I reinforcement and re-sool1
them, and Our arny' took them . second time
The battle lasted nearly the whole might. On
Tuesday morning Gen. Ri;l and his stat,
and sfUen hundred of his army, surrcnded to
Gen. Brown. We had lfz,e hu7hiJrd killed
and three httndred wounded. The n envy
lost cight krtiiGrsd killed and fSvp Istadrta y
tin wounded.
Ff9m tie B,faio Caz Printed or H67.r or
fTpo tctorc The G6GUc action f.ok Ftccc.
e. Our Ontario feet has not yet arrive! iii this
quarter Of the lake, although confidently cx-
pected for some ten DAYS past.
On Friday last. three u & schrs. ar at
Fort Erie, Penn. win rising 500 fre rpsulai
troops On board, who Immediately joined tie
army.
The ererny have apparently left an :,iconsi-
derable force in forts George and Niagara.
Gen. Rail IS stated - be at or NEAR 2 mile
creek, with 10 or 1900 men. II IS reported
that General Diummond with reinforcement
viii soon Jon General Rail.
q number OF Canadian militia nave beer.
taken az Queenston. among whom arc capts
Warren and Grant.
Since the American Army arrived at
OneenStOn, there were several teams il the u
States employment, attacked bv armed inha-
bitantS OF place called 81. D47,ia's about
miles from Quecnston A few teams were
tached - the Wagons wounded /; and several
other instances Of this kind of petty sl;irrnish-
ing took place in the vicinnity of that Place
In order 10 put stop to these proceedings, u
party OF Gen. Porter's volunte ers commended
By Col. Store, marched for ST DaWd's.; a
ssrmish began in which several Of the iuhab-
itants, s a few OF the volunteers were killed
part OF the village was then burnt. The act
we learn was perfectly unauthorized. Gen.
Brown has dismissed the officer who COM
manded the expedition.
The report, published in our last, Of our.
piquct at Fort Erie being captured was incor-
rect. The report grew out of the following
circumstances an alarm was made in the
night by the centinels near the fort, unon
winch the piquet in question, not knowing th,.
cause, retired from their pCsitioIi--they were
sought by sergeant from the fort, and not
beng found, were supposed TO have been lost,
and the truth was not known when our infor-
mant left the foIt next morning.
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\ pETcH MINISTER ARRyEp.

salem, july 90.
ARTTvAL FROM EoLLASp.-I-ast evening an alarm
was raised az Ma'b,ehead by the approacf rto that I,i
Dor OF two ships, which sun osed to be enemies
anti the alarm communicated from the Fort IL, t'st
place by signal gun Fort Pickering ii Sacu. In con
sequence OF which the Essex Guards with aaoty re-
pared in arms to their assigned post. The alarm socn
subsidized, from ssccranng that the vessels were the
Dutch soop Of war Ajax, capt. Barker, and the mcl
chant snip Prince Of Orange under CONVOY brrino nut
hs Erceiency MyrAcc Chaue ulon ith las family g
snt') as Mister from The Prince oil Grange to The U
States.
The ships weredest;ncd to Ncw-YorE, hut IN into
Niarbiehead in consequence OF contrary Winds They
sailed from Hevoetsluys o2d MAY, touched ut Poes.
mouth, Eng and bring papers Of that lace TO H., dth
June, containing London dates The al oniv on s.,
late as before received. They were vest ,Jv hoard.
cd 10y his b. NJ. slip Ieandcr one ~ the block ding
squNdTon and on the Grand Bari had b. en- also board
ed by the S sloop Of war tattlcsnalc two DAYS be-
fore her capture The commander brings the pleas.
ing report that speedy peace WAS likely to take place
between g. Britain and this country but on this sub
Tct ourrccent English accounts probably give as much
information as this vessel afford From TIE pa-
pers We can extract article of intelligence we were
not previously in nossession Of
u Far several acc UGJeIIlSeacats see fIyn
bGPs.
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WAsH1vcrov, Aug.
GENERAL REVIEW,

The whole Of the militia of the District
were yesterday reviewed by BRIG Gen. Win
der, of the army Of the United States, the
commander OF the Military District IN which
the Territory Of Columbia IS comprised.
TOBIAS LEAR, has, we learn, been au-
pointed by the i'residcn. to the Office of Ac-
countant OF the war Department, vice Will
am Simmons, removed.
Com. Porter arrived in this city on Sunday
las, and is now here
Tt. DowNEs, Of the Essex Junior, had
been in tllis city day or two, and was On
lis way To the North m tbe stage which was
unfortunately swept away By the fresh at Bla-
dens5d1E on Wednesday. he escaped with
-he loss Of us trunk, containing his cloathin,r
.nd It is said a considerable sum G. laoucy.--