The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-28

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rom the NJ Y. III Posf.

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FROM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ALBANY Monday NJ rning-S O'Clock :
May % 1914
Gen. Wilkinson arrived Ia town last eve
&, on his way 70 Baltimore, where sc
means to FIX rs re idsace | keep my =
ter open tor any news which may arrive tn
evening.
BY a letter from Montreal, received By
~ the s5o;%S aiI ~ British re heir los
wounded that they took considerable
quantity o. Military and naval stores an,
provisions II also sta IS the arrival of 1000
troops at Quebec. Nothing from Las
Oh amp!a!n ar from the west, but what YOU
will find in the Ontario Messenger which
enclose.
From the Ontario MESSENGER of Mr.. i.
alarm ar the s,onfh Of GeHneSes Ei-o r.
Oa Thursday evening last. the Rrtj. n fee,
was discovered standing towards Charlotte.
near the mouth OF Genesce river, where a
bout 100 Volunteers are stationed. viii, onc
piece OF artiilery--Capt. Stone. the con,.
maDdiag officer. immediately dispatched
expresses with the information to CD. Hon
kins at Boyle, to gen. Hall at Bloomfield & 10
zen. Porter at this place, On Friday at II
O'Clock, the commodore's new ship cane TO
anchor OFT the month of the river & sent an
othccr ashore with flag, demanding a sur
render OF the place and promising to res
pect private property in case no resistance
should be made, aud all publ c property
PAINFULLY disclosed and given Up. G, n.
foiter (who LETT CaRandaIgua, So niles dis
taht' at O'clock IN the morning. wih Nj J..
Noon) arrived while Il e hIg was on horr <,
returned for ans er to this dlsgra...fI nro
Posal, that the place would be DEFENDED tn
the last extremity.
On the return of the flag, two gun boats
with from 200 to 500 men OH board. sdyan-
ced to the mouth OF the river. which is 4
bout mile from the town and battery. and
commenced heavy cdnnonade dIrecteo
parity TO The town and partly 10 bodies &!
troops who had been placed in ravinrs
near the mouth OF the river. 10 intercept he
retreat OF me gun boats in Gaze they should
enter.
AT the expiration of an hour and half
during whicn time they threw a great pun,-
Ger OF rockets, smell, and snot Of d,He. eel
descriptions from grape to 6S ptubds. a Sc
como nag was sent from the commodote's
sap, requiring, in the name OF the com
nander OF the forces, an immediate snr
render, and threatening that it he a.
tn2nd was not complied with, he would
land I2OO regular trccps and four hundred
Indians. That if be should Lose sIccjg
tA'eAiit ~ WbuAu AdLC Lbt town & DESTROY Z y
cry Vestige OF property--and that it was lis
request thHt the women and children mich,
be Immediately removed. a. he could not ne
accountable tor the coaduCt OF the Indians
IL = vas told that the answ er 10 this demand
had already been explicitly given-tbat We
were prepared To meet him, our women and
, children having been disposed of-S1 thar 4
another flag should be seat on the subiert
OF surrehder, it wcud not be prote Ted
Ihe Tag re unsd With the gun boats 20 the
! meet the whole OF winch came 20 aacha,
about mile ofn shore ehere they Law 40.
I'll oso'clook on Saturday morning, and .Lcr
lett the place.
! Gen. Porter speaks in the highest term.
| Ct the good conduc OF The officers and men
composing the Volunteer corps AID e col,
Hopkins and the militia who h1lranie fo
! the occasion, and were pia ed under "a
| commanC. Our { roe al twelve o'.fs. < ON
saturday vas 800, and nss increa..d =.
500 during the night D.spostio' we've 4,
male ~ t 1.-THE gan bo4shad catered The
fi'er a. was expected, they must have beer