Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-01
DOMESTIC,
KENTUCKY vINDICATED
FROM dc E-es.-c,.v Rsrorts..

WHICH was thrown on tUs hSiltuthN ttOOi's
at y. Orleans, ami which has been so of.
ten and so fully refuted. II the Ccntinel
aud other Papers in that quarter, have
never seen or never published a." follow
ing documents, tliey will doan act OF it's
tice by re. publishing them at the present
lime. The following is the paragraph
which appeared in the Centinsl:
The democrats OF Kentucky, who
dearly love IA irolic. have given Com. Bar
ney, who has gone 10 settle in The western
country, dinner AID desert. Alter
being toasted as a patriot and a soldier"
the commodore made speech, a la mode
dAagia;S, recounting the % battles he
had fought, in all which, but one, he had
been successful, and in that one Cat Bla-
densburg) his i'll success was not owing 10
any blame liz him. IF hat rad NTH nie
Continued the Commodore 20O0 kentuc
klaus instead Of 1000 Narytandc,s, Washing
ton c.tlt scomld not haze been srcRed, nor oar
Country dise'rGccd" So far so good but
Gen Jackson docs lot appear to have
quite so exalted an opinion-afier having
proved tiem-of these kenIuckians as
the commodore has. In one of his official
dcsl atcles, after the battle Of New-Or-
leans, h SAYS.
had the extreme modification
and chrgrin II observe Gen. hlorgan's
right wing, confused. as herein mention
ed, Of tie Kentucky Militia, commanded
by Mai. Davis, abandon their breast DIRK,
and flying in a most shameful and das-
iar,lly manner, almost without shot"!
The ediiof OF TIE Centinel, ii appears,
was not satisfied with merely repeating
the SANDER; but. ASH customary with tine
Editors of that PARTY, has committed
Kind cf f,,,.o-..,... Li- ou0r,tinn q. ,,vo
the calumny more weight. His false, that
Gen. Jackson ever wrote, i'll one ofllis of
fetal dispatches, or III any thing else,
such sentence as that attributed 10 him
by the Centincl, or any thing Ike it. Tile
sentence was penned by thar Commodore
who, with Gen. Morgan, was the cause of
the retreat, as well as the s0sirce ofthe ca
lnmny. We wilfirst give an extract from
the History ofthe late War in the Wes-
tern Country Which has been Published
at our office and then add some of
the principal official documents on this
subject:
"On the other side Of TIE river. our
arms experienced reverse. The battery
erected by com. Patterson was construct
ed f0T annoying the enemy across the riv-
er, and rahing he front OF our works on
the leitside, and during the attack this
morning, Vt was employed in that way
with considerable effect. But before the
action ceased on the left, an attack was
made on the right bank. The sth re-
giment, with some seamen and marines,
having crossed The river opposite the Br-
fish camp, and led by col. Thornton, adj
vanced under cover Of some field pieces,
and put 10 flight a corps commanded bv
maj. ArnO, who had been sent down 60
fhn,r i.,,I,no -
march up tire river, they next attacked the
200 Rentuckians under col. Davis. who
had been sent half mile in front of our
works 10 oppose them. After sharp Skir-
mish, col. Davis retrt ated, by order If
gen. Morgan, with Il G loss Of about 30
men, In killed, wounded and missing :;
and, having reached tie entenchment,
he was ordered TO post his men on the
right OF tho Louisiana militia. The guns
In the battery could not be employed a
gainst col. Thornton until they were tur-
ned In their embrasurcs, which was not
undertaken til II was too late IA accom-.
ptsil 1t before the charge was made. Gen.
Morgan had 500-Louisiana militia, safely
posted behind finished breast work.
which extended 200 yards from the bat
terry at right angles 10 the river. and was
defended by three pieces OF artillery. The
l7O remaining hcntuokians on bis ripI,t.
were scattered along ditch 300 wards i'm
extent: aud still further on the right.
there were several hundred Yards of o.
pen ground, entirely undefeuded.
In this situation q: things, the enemy,
win steady pace, continued advancing
to the charge in two columns. under the
cover ola shower Of rockets. Tleirrisiil
column advancing next the river, was
thrown into disorder, and driven back by
MorgaB's artillery the other advancing
against the Kentuckians, was resisted bv
their small arms, till party Of the assail-
ants had turned their right flank and
commenced fire on their rear. Over.
powered by numbers in front, assai!cd I'm
their rear, and unsupported bv their com
panions In arms. they we're al last eofurel-
lrd to retreat from their uuicnable 10.
s'tion. The Louisiana militia then re-
treated also from ilI ir breast work and ar
tilery, before they had felt tie pressure
OF the enemy Com. Patterson, percciv-
lng llow the cont 81 would issue, spiked
his cannon, and was ready fn j0in in fhp
retreat with his marines Tie enemy
pursued them some distance w fhe river.
and fhen returned TO desfroy The battery
and other works.
Patterson and Morgan, conscious thai
they had acted badly, the former I'm moi
turning MS Eunsin time, and The latter IN
leaving his right flank weak, uncovered &
unsupported, whilst his main force was
| uSe.essly concentrated behind tie breast
| work, determined 10 throw the whole
blame of the defeat on the handful o
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