Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-09-05

the river, there killed and threw them in, a
daughter Of MIR. Iohnson's, .bou, 10 years old
made her escape, went to Re.noldsbureh. Ind
gave the s.rr,, Col. Jarmsn, with 90 OF 70 men,
went imraediste,y in passu,, ef.he I1dians.
| The murdet Is supposed to have been commit.
ted BY small party Of Greeks. who were on theie
way to join the nortketn tribes. Clarion.
Approach of the Blush to Washing
ton.
Kxrac' ola ie'er from WashhS,on. dug %. (eve-
nng TO a rtspecta69e merchant Ia New 1cik'
e" You no dou5. fee! anxious 10 hear from tbs
place, since il has W hin few dsys become the
seat Of war. The distress here and III 9 otgs-
town is beyonddesc ip.ion-- vomee and children
running in every direction An s5e psfets tom
the public Offices bsss been removed 70 day, ana
all persons that could &c, conveyance, have alo-
we'd what they could. Expresses are consinosl-
y coming in from troops. The enem, soers
this dsy in sigh. of them. without appe airing, to
wish TO molest shem--they have gone TO Upper
Marlborough and have burn, it--Generai Hill
commands in pefson-and has from z 10 700
men, only three hundred of which are moun,ed.
Our troo7s advanced about 18 miles today, but
are retiring and will be within he district to-
night. Psahsbiy they will reach Bladensbusgh
by II o'clocE, and in all probability The enemy
will reach tttre IN an hour two afterwards.
If The force of he enemy is rs large as is stated,
the CITY Will fan. In addition ~ the force under
Gen. HILL they have isnded 5000 men tho
banks Of the poto BY the las, accou, IS, they
were 10 miles off, All is confusion IS you may
easily imsgiue. bsve jus, returned from ia.
king load of child;4:a eight miles out Of ,owr,
and the whole distan &C she road filled win
women and children. Indeed nevar saw SO
much distress in my isc to day. The PTesi.
dent and all the a, US passed about an hour
since on horseback. Gu. Monroe, secretary
ofs'ate, VS. very near being msde prisoner yes.
terday, and Gen. Winder to day ventured rather
too far. lam fearful by - acIock tomorrow
tb,s city will not be ours.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 74-~I.a pah IL.
The Southern Stage has JUST arrived
accounts by the paGengers, are -
The British were at Nottingham, II
miles below Washington General VIM
der advance pique in eight on Monday.
but the British aid not Offer battle The
President, and the Secretaries of State
and War, slept in camp on Sunday night,
of course, James the Ist, ha. taken the
field in person. On Monday. at IA
O'clock Barney blew up his flotilla, to
prevent its falling into the hands of the
British. The people ia Washington.
Georgetown and Alexandria, were re-
moving their bes, effects.
Extract of . letter from gentleman ia Baltimore
&c his friend in This iowa, dated aug s4;-
Nothing can exceed the hustle we
have had here for few days-the din
of real war founding in our ears ifes.
trumpets, drums, and the Drifting of
bayonets and fwords at every corner of
the itreets I'VE have vidctts ON the road
from here TO Wilmington to keep up
chain between this and the American
army-the torres are notify clofed in the
city. Four delerters came in here this
morning, they fay, the force landed is
5000 men and few cavalry and artillery
-Barneys dotiIla is blown up by him
felf, and the enemy have bnrnt Upper
Marlborough, village Of 600 inhabi.
tants, with tobacco ware houses, courp
houie, SC.
Asto buGnefs there is no fueh th;ue-
files of men are daily parading the ftreers
and picking up ,hofe Of the militia who
have NOT attended their REFLECTIVE eompa.
MES and if they do not then resuIarlv
attend, they are advertised as deterters