Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-04
Herald.
From Me .lzonrral H.r,,5 ~

from me Montreal Herald. Fe6. 4.
we nave received regular files of Bos.
Ton and New York papers To the 7.h MIR
inclusive I; they are rather barren Of Official
i'e''iSe &c; 1u as reports 20, ihey are
interesting The Al,'nv paper we took
acts rom last week, must have been
rect 81 ann unced date from New
Sa"S OF he gaia December, which
oouir nave only been the 17th, as the lat
ua.eS mat can be depended upon this
week, are 10 the IS of that month Az.
cordins to the American peports. n 6arce
Upnltst mad taken place on the 23d. il.
"hich our roops are said to have pot
nara druooIng from the Yankees. who made
~ pfivates OF the Al h regiment prisoners
."ese brave fellows they saw, we're of the
ietiCnmens that did so nuc mischief ar
=" asnington. Although vi:t nv is uro-
Ci"i'hed' vet Jonathan cnnfesses the neces~
'@' vi retiflng leaving many of his dead be.
h'nd strange kind of Vic tory This On tn
evening of the Oath another desperate hat.
lie was soon expected 1 he number of ON.
troops is variously estimated some viii
nave 1t tn be so low as 5000 .o.hers believe
consists OF from 8'to IL, 900 That ofthc
enemy is admitted to be 5000 effective men.
exclusive OF Indians. represented to be I'm.
merous those brave warri rs are the re,
mans OF their countrymen, who fell last
year. oy the inhuman mandates of Geneval
jackson IN Their peaceable dwellings. The
Indian warriors on the frontiers of the Ca.
aadas must be aware of The designs of snch
perndious enemies as the Americans, who
are determined to hunt them to the most
distant recesses in the wilderness, there to
perish by famine, if not by their poisoned
bayonets
We wait with some anxiety for further
news from New Orleans, but despair not Of
favorable result in the hostile operations.
TIE President-This7 "a in disguise, it seem
sailed from New York on the I4.S ultimo. as
chlei OF squad'o ; the W ioe nut herself
however consisted o only heavy Coryt {, es three
IN number; next day tn fell in with detacb.
ment OF his Majesty squsdren, one of them
an old RGSee; the rest three frigates. The
Endymiaon being the hest sailer, after consi.
deraoie length OF chase, brought the enemy to
action, anil after l-2 hours sighting crippled
and compelled him to surrender. We BE- i,eve
without any assistance from the rest of the de
tachment the story of the broadsides from the
Pomone remains To be prov Il we will rot
give credit 20 1t until we see Captain Homes Of.
hcial letter, anil we are confident i'm belief that
the Endymlnion would have done the business
1t entirely LEFT to herself This is strongly cor
roborated by the accounts before us, from an
ah'Sl 'NSli OihSeI5 DeiOnBlnB to the President -
The Yankee account is really ludicrous - the
president 1T seems was almost lpater-leggrd by
an eresss 2terew without sea.i egs. Even Decatur
himself IS stated to have been in a reeliag NAL
'''''''''''''''''' what mean subteTf,,gos }
IF this ship had been long at sea- < met when her
crew had been reduced little, then what apollo.
gies about honor, bravery, &c But why prolong
remarks These repub leans will never be ss.
tisfied happen when it will. If Decatur had es.
capped he would have affirmed, but from some
untoward circumstance, that the whole Of his
Nsjesty's squadron would have been carried
right into New York.
Now about the consequences oftbis nalsrv
capture las regards naval glory there Is no.
thing to boast) they are probably Of great i'm +.
portance. Perhaps the President vas ordered
to India or to the Pacific Ocean, where she
would have committed great spoilatons upon
our commerce. In the latter region we have
no force to oppose such vessel, 70 our shame
be it said and in the former, where our
strength is very great, much damage might ne
vertheless have been done, on account of her
superior equipment and advantage Of sailing I.
we have no ship in India which coud come near
her in chase. But nothing has been gained in
the capture Of this sea monster but this is ass
eeTtaining her size, weight Of metal, and num-
Der Of crew. Our par6lfAd Lords OF the Admi.
rally knew nothing oftheir protested secrets.
| Il will now be the duty Of Admiral Cochrans