The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-03-29


amply to secure. This too was done, after
the hero of Havre de Grace and Hampton,
had positive information Of the treaty of
peace being signed. Instead of attacking our
military posts, and acquiring honour and re-
nown, they steal into the farm-yards, creeks
and sounds, and there riot in infanly and
meanness. Great God and those men, If
so they may be called, have been held up as
the Bul5uGrk Of our religion" o horrid vio-
lation Of the noblest attributes of the great
and good Astonishing perversion Of the
mental facultiesl!
MAJOR BUTLER.
woHuNDRED NEGROES
Ten bales cotton
A quantity of seed cotton
His iron, new and old
Leather, tanned and half tanned;
Stock OF wine, liquors, soap, candles, and
poultry
Plate and stock buckle, stolen by an officer
JOHN souPER:
EIGHTY NEGROES
48 of them prime fellows, some of them
tradesmen
len bales cotton.
DIR. GRANT.
One negro woman;
-Four bales cotton
All his furniture DESTROYED
Gins spoiled i'll trying to gin cotton.
A.C. WILLY.
Forty-six Of the primest of his negroes--no
s. H. aEcKLE.
ELEVEN NEGROES;
n par OF razors and part Of a barrel of
hour, stolen by Lieutenant ID. Thiery.
W. M'1NTosH.
FIVE NEGROES;
we've baes sihned, aud soile uIlsiIIieaa Cot
ton.
JAMES HAMILTON.
oNE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-Two Ne
GRoEs only one old man left on his
place, and he mad j;
twenty-five bales cotton--about 10 ginned by
themselves;
AL his plantation stores, medicines, tools,
!. paint pots, old iron and gin boxes
Some handsaw files, pocketed by the COM
rnander IN chief Ramsey
Carpet, library, and pair of pistols, sto-
len by Cole, who commanded the land
forces;
A beautiful fowIing piece stolen by Horton,
the same officer who stole major Buffers
spoons and stock buckle.
z. MATHEWS.
IwENTY-sIx NEGROES;
Seven bales cotton.
MRS. BRAILsFoRD's
House broken open, and robbed by a boats
crew, under the command of lieutenant
Grant-soDe of Mrs. Brasford's and Mrs.
Iroup's clothes were bought for ten dollars
from the thieves by lieutenant Locke,
Manly.
Although they made head quarters of his
house and lived on him only now and then
bringing in some plundercd mutton, poultry,
hour and liquors, lost the contents of his store
and had the quicksilver scraped from the
backs OF all the broken look ing glasses in his
house. 1Peh,lbEco1
E1froes OF letter to tie Editor Of the
KentHcky Union, dated
.New- Orleans, Feb. IA, 1915.
A few days agoI was within view of the
enemy's fleet. Our object was to make some
more captures with our little ohen 6sats
but they had drawn all their transport vessels
within hollow square, for fear Of us. We
made good hant out of them few DAYS
before. ~ EUe1 the guadroono here be-
ieve they can whip the British two 10 one.
he enemy succeeded in Carrying our
gun-boats, though they paid for them, as they
Gun loss more than equal the number of
men we had in them |; while we lost only ten
men. Indeed in every attempt they have
made ON this country, they have lost fifty to
one, and on the 9th more than one hundred
and fifty 10 one difference in battle, that
IS. | believe, quite without precedent. You
could hardly believe the confidence they felt
~ success. They even came here so short of
supplies OF pr DIVISIONS, that they were on half
allowance before the battle of the 9th, believ-
ing that they would spend their Christmas
at New-Orleans. 4 young Tennesseean, who
was taken ON the night Of the 23d, was asked
how FAR to the City and answered six miles
They replied, We will be there to-mor-
row." 1t is not tay," said he, ''but it is
Dery rough road." "What is in the way -
+" od Hickory" replied the young man.
But when they learned that was jackson,
they seemed to make light Of il.
ION the morning of the LIST, gen. Packen-
ham addressed his men--shewed them the
Clty-and told them to pass those works, and
the " city should be! eiven uh 10 them four
days Jor hLunder and rahine ~! They Of
Course made desperate attempt, and met
horrid fate such one rs / think will
completely deter them from any attempt of
the kind again in this quarter.
General Gaines has arrived in the city.
Out too late to share the glory of the bat
lie"
a letter from Capt. J. ODIoRsR, (com-
naader Of the late privateer Froiic, of this
port) dated Darfmoor Prison, .Woy. i.
1914" says, :" still have to address Won