Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-01-18

Extract Of : letter from Al om.er
af h;eh rank in the army, to ms
friend IN this city, dated Queens
town. December ~. 1913.
/ have the happiness to ac4usint
you that Fort Niagara was takcn
by assault an hour before day light
this morning. Gel. Murray GEM
handing the stsrming psrty, which
consisted of the tOoth regiment,
1the Prince Regents own Irish ne.
r.e.) ths grenadiers. the 9th rsyai
and f,ank companies Of tho 4i.t. our
lo,s has been but triaing. Lieut..
Mewland of the Tooth grenadiers,
killed +: selenel Murray wounded
through the wrist, and perhaps half
! : dozen ether casualties the guam
titv ofordnanse stores, ammunition.
provisions, &e. fouad in the place
is very great; 5000 stand OF arms,
80. oool. worth Of cloathing are a.
mone tas articles the remainder
OF tho troops, with the whole OF the
Western Indians, who bad been pas
sed over to support the attsek, in
me.Iiateiy after asceftainisg the sue
cess Of Col. Murray's column, NOV.
ed towards Lewistown to attack the
heights on which tho enemy had
planted some heavy guns, avowedly
for the purpose Of laying Queens
town in ashes both heights and
Queenstown were however preeipi-
lately abandoned on the advance OF
general Plial's column /; . war;
whoop from 500 Of the most savage
Indians (Which tsey gave jast at day
light, OF hearing of the success OF
this attack on Fort Niagara) made
the enemy take to their heels and
our troops are in pursuit-we shall
not stop until we have cleared the
whole freatier. The indians are re-
taliatins the csnf1agration of New
ark-net house within my sight
but is in flames-this is q melnnehs-
ly but just retaiiatisn."
Extract of a letter from Canandd-
qua, dated Sunday Ecenins, JanH-
ary2 1874.
Amidst tho general confusion,
such facts as I can recollect, are as
follow
." The British are in possession OF
Buffalo, which is not burnt they
have not advanced farther on that
road. General Halls head.quRr-@
tsrs are at Ratavis : but we have
troops at Eleven. Mile Creek.-Our
volunteers fed soon after the attack
and are coming home ia droves. L
have just learned that Mr.. -, has
written that on the ridge road they
had advanced II miles this side Of
Niagara. Colonel Hopkins reGi-
ment. are all vndsr arms to meet
them. There is no regular force,
and the militia are dispirited. Few
arms, little smmunition, ne conf
denee, general complaint, no one At
the head of affairs, but Hall, WHO,
however, hasbehavsd very well. q
seems to be uniting the public essfi-
denee little.
/" This will be very distressing
country before spring, We shall
certainly have continual alarms, and
shall know experimentally the sue.
cess of burning and plumber.
NETWORK, January is.
From our Correspondent in albany,
January 8.
Extract of letter from my Corrsspon.
ent in Canandaigua, dated January
S, 1919.
We have intelligence from the
west later than that in the paper Of
yesterday, and it will relieve the
great anxiety every where excited
by the horrid transactions on the
lines commencing by the burning of
Newark.
Major General Hull arrived at
his house at bloomfield yesterday
the enemy re-crossed the Niagara,
after destroying Buffalo. without
making any further ineursions-
Three vessels lying at Buffalo Creek
we're destroyed, and the enemy yet
hold Fort Niagara. The people OF
Batavia had evacuated the place
but are nowreturning to their hsmes,
as are those who fed from the other
exposed towns west.
The following ] give ~ REPORT.
General Drummond was appraised
that our intention was to barn New |