Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-01-13
Volume XXI. No. 1880. ]
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NV. YoAk. Jan, s.
Verbal accounts state, that colonel Drum.
mqpd. With $40 nien, took fort Niagara, ~
exf0rtipg the ceuntersiyn frotb one of our
centjpels, Very little blood W. s spilled CO.
1onei Q.,was wounded IN the arm. q
The Jail of st. AibaEs was burnt on the
2Sanit 'Che prisoners were safely remoy-
Died at Burlington. the British CAPT. John
Jones, taken at Fort George. He was buried
with military honors.
The United States barrucks at Derby, VI.
were burnt on the 10th Ilti,no. by a small
party; of British, there benig no troops In that
quarter to oppose th@ fnarauders. Their
contents, consisting, it is stated, of about
! 10uo cartridges, thirty camp kettles, seve-
-.val axes. saws, &c. and about three hun
drcd poundsof lead, were carried of by the
enemy -.
The Champlain squadron, under commo-
dore M'Donough, have put into the mouth
OF Otter Greek, Vcrgeunes. VT. for winter
quarters. Us, KS
Letters from New Orleans received at
Philadelphia. state that an embargo had
been laid at that port by the local authori.
ties. IN consequence of a considerable force
having arrived at Pensacola, and their ap>
StsVerat Vessels
the waters adjacent and between those
By THE NORTHERN MAIL.
From, The Ontario Messenger.
Canarddigaa, Dee. %.
FROM FORT NIAGARA, &c.
The news from the westward. is confused
and so contradictory that we scarcely know
what 70 believe or what to Communicate to
our readers as genuine That the enemy in
considerable force, perhaps five or six hun
dred regulars and a or S hundred Indians,
y landed at the 5 aie meadows ON the night
of the 1ath instant, that they attacked and
destroyed Lewiston, massacred all before
them, destroyed all they could find from
youngstown TO Schlosser, penetrated into the
Country four or Eve miles. bntchering men.
women and children indiscfiminete,y, are
facts which may be relied On. 1t is report
they took fort Niagara on the morning of
the l9ih. but i, is barely report, coming from
very questionable sources.
More than q week his elapsed. and we
have no certain or oflicial intelligence Of an
event CT the utmost importance to our frcn-
tier. There are MANY reasons, some of
which are not proper TO be made public, for
believing that if the fort was taken, imme-
diate and direct intelligence would be sent
10 THIS place, to Cnondlga and Albany. No
such Information has been received And
althaDEh lhs general opinion IS against ps,
we yet entertain great doubts of the tact.-
Should any intelligence arrive ii shall be i'm.
rnediaSely laid before our readers.
Since the above WIS III type, we learn from
avery credible source that the enemy's
/. force consisting Of 100 regulars, 200 militia,
and about two hundred Indians landed UNI
discovered at the FIVE mile meadows ON the
evening of the 18th i,isrant--At2 O'Clock in
the mGrEiDg following, the Indians, militia.
and a few regulars proceeded up the river
to Lewiston. while the main body went
down the river towards Fort Niagara.
On their way to the fort they inhumaniy
nassacred a number of defenceless invalids
Of Harrison's army, left in the hospital at
founSstown--took by slrprize centinel
and xtor,ed From him the countersien. by
the assistance of which their vanguard gam.
cd adn!.tance into the fort, the main body
followed, and the garrison is said to have
been SO completely surprised. that before
our men had time to rally, they were com.
PEELED to surrender at discretioi. We hone
to be able in oul next, TO present our re:,.
ders something in an official shape.
Many false alarms have been maliciouslv
circulated within the past week; and in
consequence the militia, in mass, has been
called out. 1t being generally supposed
that there was no immediate danger, they
have been dismissed.
The detachment Of militia lately ordered,
are proceeding TO the westward. -
Fromfhe Ba6aioe Gazette efDec. 81:
LHwIsToN AND ScnLossEa nuRNri
The British ard their sayages crossed 20
Iewiston OH Sunday morning last. and burnt
that place and the Tuscorara village, and
mastered some Indian women and chill
dren. This mcrnipg they advanced up the
river aud burnt ScAlosscr in their way they
burnt every dwelling. The present deranee.
ment OF our office prevents us from giving
details.
The patriotic militia of the country are
pressing Oh towards the scene of danger.
1t is reported and generally believed, that
the British succeeded in taking Fort Niagara
on Sunday morning last, by storm.
From the albany Register Extra.
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