Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-25

n most bloody battle! The armies, on both
siaes' arr handlnls of men. These are bat
tles oil very different description from those
oI we TeniUsuLG, as 1t was called. General
prunmond complains of the ozer,uh eI,,;,c-
Jofce OF the enemy. How came he m he,
siege him then! 1t was a saHv. observe nm
the part OF the Americans and. il Is the
hrst time ever heard Of a saIIyinr p,rtv
being stronger than the army bese;v;ne
them. In the teeth of facts like these ,be
malignant ass OF the Times newspaner has
the inpudence to say, with as much cool.
ness as IL ne had never heard ef these things
peace between Great Britain and the
o.Ieeu otates eau properly be made NO
The,e out IN America. The conferences
stou,u DC carried on at New.York or Phiia-
ueIollla, having previously fixed at those
Piaces the headquarters of a PrcToN mr. a
HILL" If Mr. Madison had tho yr;,.. q
MS pay, the latter could not serve the pe'
PUBLICAN cause more effectualIy than he is
no" dong. On Lake Ontario. our newsns-
Pers now say, that we have a decided su.
perioiity OF lorce. Very we'll Let us bar
mat IN mind. Let us have no new versions
@re. oait'e Shall have aiken place. The
T'"e la accounts relative to the affair az
ia.sDurs and Lake Champlain are The
ihoSt curious, certainly, that ever We
seen. hey consist of a mere accom-, os,t,
NUMBER OF killed, wounded, and miss;na ,,,e
- ne time that our army Quilted mr. o, :. ep
aoont t. quit P,attsburg. that is 70 sav. rno;sS
ne S aGte$ ! up to the FOURTEENTH or
OH cMbER. Not word have I'VE aho,,,
.no Nh iREAF from Platts j,rg nor ahout
cue oaftie on Lake Champlain, thmrb We
nave an account from Sir George Pew,
NJ ca 60 Oh the FOURTH OF OCTOBER.
ma wen The dispatch is said to
- oee" ed'ed on The 18th, at FIattsbure.
ou' Oo-'@i . the account of the losses 70
the l4Ih! Let us hear The apoIoqv &c ~
Iia1eS ne spaper -" The return sro - . .he
n 20 tie l4kh o: September being ;ncIosaS
IN The dispatch bearing date the 11,b l. -.
silly accounted for, from the circnn,sta,o. IS
that dispatch not having been made mn for
some tune after. Although dispatches bave
arrived OF htey date from Sit. GEORGE PR.
Fo''' none nave been received contaisine
any account OF his retreat. Private letters
"o"eV@r, contradict the American stare
mems Oh Preclpita ion and embarrassment
~ OH oeorges movements on that occasion
nc uispatCh ofthe l1th, before mentioned
refers to the action on the Lake hn, !, -
NOT thought proper to publish this until a.
Official account of the action REACH ,tn
Admiralty" Very well, now. Letus oron,
tnat 1t would not be proper to publish S;r
georges account OF the action on the I.aLs
lnoush 1t was such a Jumping concern as ~
require but little nautical kill to describe
IT. yer, here is no reason at all given for
net publishing Sir Georges account ne ne
own retreat. other than its not having h,er
received, which is most wonderful. SEEING
that IL is tue inva~iable practice To encIose.
dH1Aeafes and frihiirafes of every preceding
uespa'ch, when forces are at such a dis
'ahce' How came Sir George. IN his dec.
Patch OF the 4th Of October, not To send a
uHiiHcaIe u the account of his retreat. r. he
hau sent mat account beforel And, if he
nau NOT sent II DetIre, hoN came he not to
SEM y along with ms despatch of the 4th of
OC,ooerF lhe solving of these questions
WIN oe very good Amusement for the winter
evenings OF Johnny Bull, who was so anxions
" to give the Yankees a good dyu6b;no J. -
and who thinks nothiHg at all of the Prom.
~ Tax when compared with so desi,akie
an OBJECT. Reader, pray let me bring Won
back to the affair of Plattsburg. IL Is s;:rs-
ted ON the side OF Lake ChampIain. about 9x
miles within the United Stetes. There is a
fortress near IL, in which Jonathan had 1sOo
regulars and or 5000 militia. Against
tn's tort and force, Sir George Provost with
10 OF $4,000 men, marched early in Sen.
TENDER, the fort being TO be attacked bv
water by our iieet, at the same time that
our army attacked it by land. The attack
was made, but The American feet came mn.
attacked ours, beat aud captured the whole
OF tile ships Sir George Provost, seeing the
tate OF the fleet, retreated speedily into Can.
ada, was followed, as the Americans saw
~ their army, who harYassed IL, took some
cannon, great quantity Of stores, and ma