The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-28

speak the subject lat IL viii Il sri,il,; me If We
have lest ore way and another, III this iisac 4iil nj
iir, iess than 500 1t wass tar latue b..
tween the .teets Tie forts did pay Oh the Cont
anoe aud Lnnet, as haas ben stated Captain prir IN
the idnnet, though cunt Is said 20 have fought his
'essel ,or aeoasdcrabe time s,er the Coiauee had
struck"
Q,.sBsr, Sept I6.
"Sto.ies beccTne backer and bacser respecting orr
Disgrace an IolstorFunes at Pattsbug. Lieut. brew
OF -. inIe come IN here, being parocd fn .tr-
tee. days, s,e loss of the feet 20 have, been -.
great me.inre owing t. the .ani forces not sorsinc
the Ah'erican fort here were Only llOO men in 4;
under general M'Gont, vac informed captain Prpg,
ot Tie Linne that every thing rfrls ed
re'',e;' on the advance of the British ar,}y Report
says, that gen. Robinson is under arres,that generals
brisbane and 20 YER bAd te,,erei their swo,r,s 10
SIR George Prevost-ard, that cconei Williams a. the
18Th haJ deciared,:e soudnesc' draw his sword y
gan, while I'm er te command %; ir George. Il is
S'ni s'r Oeorge Is gune TO kheS,oo"
MoyrRr,I, Sept. II.
" NV issi letter 60 Won 90 str the tltE Instant
when hal The moriic ton TO "fr,n ,,l OF our 1eet
on axe Chanp,i beiae en,iie'y defeated and taken
ny the enemy ~ rsttsbu ai5I; seve;v mites from
ti's place, ain: when We had army Of Il oY 5000
Regular and brave tr'lopa WHO 0niv wsl be lowed
10 storm the enemy FORT ar which overv BODY sa,.
wouit easily have been accomplished lal any olliGr
person had the command thar IL George cvost we
have suf' red morc disgrace from, the incanacit, o
this man ts'an will retrieve for lnonsq tn ece let
our exsrtio's he great-rh, re Ne.,. siy Of
our officers killed ON board Of vese, h. and 90 ar.
made prisoners; ard best e. mus hav'. list near
100 brave men in killed. wounded and priss ners r.
will not surprise me f the rxreI,ipn has cost about
soO,0o0k Report saws that cir G.. Pre,ost is go
my mp to Nnlson attack Sackets Harlan bur avn
SIRE he VIII lr he weicone visitor ~ the upper pro-
vince. line army Iptrcate most preci,itatv!v, anI
are IN general at the posts they occupied before the
expedition took place with the loss Of abnut so descrt-
eFs on The retreat, besies vast loss in provisions and
lnunltrpnsot war The Weilngtonian soldier. gay tst
the hunters and the hoands capital, bnt that the
hunisnan and the whp"r-in are two--oos--:neaniag
consi'!e- SIR u. Provost and his Adjutant- General,
maor T.. Bayncs
We have inserted tl,e general ORDER relating to the
proceedings ot the army and iotiia nj piausbuvg
SHhdor must compel every tn confess tnat tl,e l
SUIT ~ the late operations iave fallen short of even mo-
Getaie expectations" The battle lnsed an hour and
bait. The irree OF each squadron. are informed
stands ttius British, slip, mounting in all 50
gaRs orc brig, IN all ~ guns su1ps &C. sevorIy
IONS, each ten s'Ins-:lnd ten gun-b9l;i. American
one slap, rated IS guns, carrying so che brig, a
one strong schooner, is thu sl0Ops eaca 10 guns
ana n S''a-boa' The Crews, tonnage AMI weight of
metal are estimated at oneioaf superior on the SIDE
II the Americans; and have lA rrssor to doubt
our information. We have always coIhdeSed ofcn-
s:ve warfare as the best mode OF securing peace and
recent humiliation has charged our,on Wemay
be called IL defend points which have hitherto nj
been thought Of; and consequently the late retreat
not have been i'll advised; the fort 81 Pia,tslurr
should, however, have been storm,d.-I'hat pa.t of
tue labor would have cost less bllod and embarrassment
than was sustained IA the reires retreat tst will
tend 10 rouse the energies Of the enemy. we nisht
have taken two thc,isd prisoners ire train OF ar
tillevy and immense stores
We are no. military men, but we call on 4" every
experienced e'rcei> 10 support cOndrafict us
II we are wrong, we sha, take pride in confes sing
ignorance. The scientific brave generals, officers su
soldiers of the duke of tYclistons army and the a.
Tiers who have before fought in cause in the Ca
n&das did every thing wlch depended on them to
support the noble erts OF their brothers en- the water
That distinguished officer gen. Robinson, who las been
twice wounded tlis year the other continent with
part ofs gallant brigade, had brayed all danger in
an assault. Some otthe Pics eta Of the fort were tor
away and few minutes more wou!d have given TN
the fertilization with an nmenss trdn Of artillery id
to our hands, and every American have fallen or
been made pIisoner. II though. necessary Z,
check the aror OF the troops, and must row in
stany redDbic orr energies to Obtain command nc the
lake, or with humility n.v ri future Ieshtat"
Thus, then, according to our own accounts,
the Americans had but !, 500 regulars s. 6 ,0C6
militia, where with to make face against
$1,000 British troops. commanded BY mai.
generals and scr George Provost, general
OF long experience and of great reputation.
On tho lake we say, that the Americans
had a fourth more than we. SUHhose they
had | do not admit the fact but suhnose
they had A foltrth ! how long is it since we
thought fouy1h too much Every one knows,
that sir Robert Calder was disgraced for not
pursuing d5Hbie his force. We are become
very nice cAtcuiatorS of force, We shall soon
hear, suppose, that we ought always to
Keep aloot, unless We Can count the guns, &
know that we have superiority. Fifteen
thousand men, seven of them from the army
OF 8 The conqueror Of France !" And these
drew OH from the presence OF Z 500 Yankees,
to whom they were about TO give good
drHbbing Why il will make such noise in
the world 1t will make sucl. buz M VIII
astound e" honest John BuIl j" who was, only
the last market day, charging his glass and
Dragging about sending out vice-roy.--Thc
! 79hols feet What. all Our HttLe ones and
all III at one fell swoop 1t will make
Johnny Bull scratch his npddlc in search of
brains The chuckling Of honest John at the
burning II Washington, the plunderrg Of a
lcxandria, and bombarding of S,ton.ugton, will
be changed into grHmbhaG, am afraid. But
come, Johnny, you must not SruRblc. You
were for the war. 1t IS your own war The
ministers are not to blame. You insisted up-
en- chastising anil humbling the Americans
| You would have Mr. Madison dchosea. You
said he he'd sided 7Vifh .Nahoieon. You said
| what was 5aLse, Johnny (; but that's no mat
| ter Yer called ppou the Ininistets TO dchDse
hun. This viii always say, and can at any
time, hrope against you The c0nse0uencey
! OF thus victory Of the Americans must be very.
! very important Sir George Provost is blarn
| ed, and, indeed abused, while the officers of
| the feet, the d,ftetcd and ca}tRred feet, ar.
| complimented to the skies. When will this