The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-07-09

Gen Gushing has reinforced the rarrieo,
of artillerists at Portsmouth with two comn.,N
MES OF infantry these with two hundred sea-
men under Com. Hull, & the artinerists will
make good defence against boats, the onlv
mode OF attack to be apprehended.
One company of sea fencibles are oleo on.
thorised to be raised for the further dcfcrce
OF the sea coast O. New IIampshire-I am,
&c. ''''''
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
His EXcellency Gov. Gilman.
BALTIMORE, time so.
Several beats bound down the Bay, put back
lhis morning. Ihey report having seen last
evening, sloop and schooner, between 5'bo-
mass Point and Poplar Island, which. frnm
their maneuvres, convinced them they we're
enemies. In their disguised character thcv
commit great depredations
.4rTiu0l ErJdorlira7v. JuIv
Arrived this morning, at Cheapsidc wharf
SIX men, III canoe three feet wide and twen.
ty feet long. Fouro the six left Norfolk ON
Friday last in jolly-boat and proceeded ,,c,.+
DAY as Tar as Back river, about mics from
Hampton ; where they hired the above des-
crihed canoe the owner of which and an as
slstant accompanied them. Their anchor &c
OF wood, with two cannon balls inserted in the
stock to sink it. After a pleasant VOYAGE, th.
whole six arrived here III safety.
They gave the following account of the en-
erHys force IN the Bay-Lett in Lvnnhaven
SHIPS supposed to be 74's-passed fiigate,
supposed the Narcissus, off New-Pojbt Com,
fort, above her brig and tender beating down
"a. tr1gste near Old-Point Comfort, with a
tender and a small vessel, apparently onc IF
the Bay craft-and two ships at anchor in ths.
mouth of Patuxcnt.
BALTIMcRt, July 4.
. Col; Preston VINO was severely wounded in
Canada in the battle OF the 18th Of Nov. last,
at Chnstler's Fields (where the brave and
much lamcnted Cen Covington was k;rcd3
passed through this city. or Thursday last.
accompanied by his brother and DIR. Prs3
naugh, On their way to Virginia inner.
Fran yfayh.-The ROYAL Gazette of Hav-
II OF the B of March, received at Baltimore.
contains an official account of the taking ~
Fort Sabuerin by storm by the troops of Chris
tophe, compounded by the Prince de Limbo,
Minister of War and Marie. The ROYAL
troops were composed of eight battalions OF
infantry and two of cavalry the united band
OF rebels las they are called in the Dispatch
consisted OF 1900 men not one of whom escaD-
cd either masscree or capture.
WASHINGTON, July f.
1t will be seen, by the article undei. the
Portsmouth head, tRat tie Governor of Now
AS'iiil'StiiiS HIS WlliOldWn his militia
the defence OF the seventy-four building at
Portsmouth. This is another proof of the re-
gard shewn by federalists for the growth and
prosperity q the American Navy. And ON
what pretence does he take this step Re
cause, IN answer to his letter REQUESTING IN
know what measures had been taken for
manning the forts at Portsmouth, the Score
taiy OF war had stated, that " Cen. Cushing
had sent tllither two companies of InfantrrS
which, with the Artillerists and two b,ndrc5
seamen under Com Hull, would male gcod
defence against an attack of that port bv
boats-the only attack (thcn) to be al reher-
del and because, the Secretary being 81
lent with regard to the employmentofthe mi
ltla corps into service by the Gov. it was in
telred that the United States would not paw
the eXpences attending it. But did the Co
vernon intimate that these troops were put at
The disposal of the United States Did he
place them in condition to be paid by the
United States Did he not expressly order
them not 10 SeTUe in any ho8t or hosfs Of the
OHHed StateS-and not 10 obey The orders of
any officer oftheir army, nauI or niihfQrvP
All THIS he did. In what light then could his
militia be regarded AS ahIes-and where
IS the provision, constitutional or legal, for
paying them as such Had the Governor Of
New-Hampshire sincerely desired a COOP
GRAFTON FOR the defence Of the n and the FORTS
he would have asked, Ike Governor Smith
Of Connecticut, that they should be recopni-
zed as making part of the national force for
national purposes-and in this case they
would have been fed and paid as we're the
Connecticut militia. But neither to General
Gushing, nor to the Secretary of War. docs
he say ono syllable on this point, while, as be-
fore stated, he refuses to subject them to ann
order, [those Of muster and inspection neges-
sarily included and of course made It imDos-
slble for the y. States to feed or to pay them
under eIlstih8 laws .Aat Int.
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