Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-23

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them but retreated at the first fire. Men have oeeh
constantly crossing 10 them small boats, and upto ms
hour two o'clock Z. NJ, about five hundred are sup
posed 10 have joined them
The great scene of excitement however has been on
the wafer. The Experimentkep up an irregular IRE cur
ing forenoon on the schooner and U. ,. na'c"'s
their various evoluons, ard observing the skipping =.
the shot they glanced along the surface OF lne
formed very exciting quiet yIllnge IKE 'S
Between eleven and twelve o'clock The Paul Fry Hs'"
rs ferry boat between this place aud Prescott went 10
tho relief of the schooner that lay on The BAR ana sue
ee6ed in gettinr her ahoat The Experiment. tl!s" ~
her shot al liberal rate, and they were 30 near 'a
they exchanged musket and ride shot II Is f'F''Tu
Thai the ExpeTne sustained loss OF SercH meh-i"e
schooner none.
After the schooner got afoa the U. Stairs came UP
and entered the hal Dor. AS she passed lhe armed steam
boat shot passed through her wheel house, and NI'd
a very worthy young man ny HE hume Vi ios'''' L
seersran the boat 81,
3o'cork p .U-The rebel force occupy vi ndmIil
abou, mile below Prescott, and Is understood iha'
there another body above who have TAKEN up oUse'
| and stand prepared to defend themselves
The afternoon has been quiet SO far. Small boats are
| constantly crossing with men and arms.
We have most favorable location for observing Inc
movements, our window affords f"!i we" oI @
cn and the river above and below, for two or lhIre
miles Prescott is unusually quiet tbs afternoon We
have hardly moving being IN the streets" or ABOUT IT,
| Il 0cLock p Alarms and ammunition appear To he
abundant. The schooners have placed tne"ssTes n'at
! the wharf on which the windmill stands body Of
oyalis,s reported four hundred are on the ma'ch from
Brockylle Twelve miles above this 10 meet tism and
if The parties have appetite lor Cold hshling we may
| expecl important events soon.
fThe Onondnga Standard Of November a. states that
lust as the paper going to press Oh The evening Of
The l3lh the packet from Oswego arrived bringing IN
teIhgence that the steamer Great britain aeas ""r" al
| The mharf in Kingston, Saturday night She was nj
tpu out as government vessel 10 be employed against
the patriots. This Iumpr had been here before but
never in shape direct Even now it mny he doubted
lis truth would demonstrate the existence OF daring dis
| affection in Kingston.
The most important news, however, is the following
extract from Tie office Of The Ogdensburg Times dated
November a. FROM this account, the battle al PRESCOTT
on the Nth, would seem 10 have been bunker lliii
| affair
After six O'Clock last evening" things remained pretty
quiet through the night There was, however some Ie'
ports Of cannon during The evening at long Intervals
Durin1 the evening, The Telegraph came IN bringing
some IT, S troops with MarshaIs, &c. They took pos
session Of the United States Our citizens held meet
nr during the evening, 10 take measures Tor defence
but MS our work had been much delayed by tie confusion
| of the day, we could not find time 10 attend
Early This morning it discovered that The armed
| steamboats, Cobourg and Traveller had arrived with
troops About seven o'clock this morning the armed
steamboats, opened fire on the party a. the Windmill
which soon brought large body Of spectators 10 Nile
| Point the Lcarest American territory.
The poin; on which the Windmill stands is one O!
| some twenty feet elevation above The ST. LAWRENCE
The country back rises gently for about one hundred
and fifty rods. The land about it is highly cultivated
and presents charming landscape, with orchards
shrubbery and substantial stone buildings
The Windmill is circular, massive stone building
aiordng amp shelter against any shot mat Tie ooa's
| were prepared 10 throw.
| The cannonadinr between the Windmill and The three
armed steamboats, continued to lie the scene OF attraction
till nearly eight O'Clock, when line OF IRE b!azed along
the summit of the hill in for about eighty or hun
dred rods and the crack OF the rifle and mrskct made
continuous roar. The scene was one oil most intense
excitement and sol:cude The reflection, that men full
of high hopes and ardent expectations were aiing oy
al tn Enu
emotions.
The action on tie brow Of the hill continued some
twenty thirty minutes when one party gave way the
other followed and the combaanls passed Out OF we"
over the brow Of the hill but the contest ragged ercey
as evidenced by the continuous roar OF nusHelry
Another came in view; party marched down
by the river road ard opened warm !re upon STONE
building in which the rebel forces were quarlered-
This battle continued with sriri. for time, wher
the oyass retreutcd and the combatamls the hi
became fainter and FEVER Till about O'Clock, when al
seemed hushcd for the moment The rcbe forces were
left in possession Of The ground, but they seemed 10 Ut
| in 10 condition to follow the rerealng patty.
| From . o clock till 3, there not much of excite
menl in The scene. An irregular FIRE was kept up OF
the windmill and body Of regulars sent an occaslona
voley al stone house, in which body oil The assault
ing party sheltered.
Al ) o'clock F. NJ, barn a short distance from the
windmill consumed by FIRE. This was probably
done hy tie rebels, the barn afforded shelter 10 Tie
iOyaiss.
I o'cIork .N-We have reports ffon tic field o
battle this evening 1t Is stated tha SIX hundred rrgu
lar troops were engaged be sides the volunteer militia.
Major Young he officer in command at Prescott,
brave and excellent officer in the British army, is sup
posed to lave fallen The report is, that The command
ing officer fell early in TIE morning. end that several ct
forts have been made By the asts 10 recover his body
without success.
The rebel forces were in three de,achments One oc
cupyiTg the windmill, another stone building and the
third posted on the brow OF The hill, aid sustained
most OF the morning work.
II is reported that the field is covered with dead anc
wounded soldiers Of tic government, while so lar a
known, hut thirteen OF the rebels had iaIien. The
schoonels which brought the invading forces down. "erc
taken This morning by the officers Of the United State:
for breach Of neutrality, though We understand that one
Of them was British Vessel SO far ''thc patriot force
las sustained themselves against fearful odds and will
signal " hat The result VIII be, IL IS npo:s!
bic 10 predict.
[The Oswego Palladium Extra, of Nov To- gives tie
following in reference TO the Prescott battle, iecelTeC
| via OgGensburg and Sacketts ilarboI
a severe gaSement took place at Prescott yestsr
day, commencing at 5 a. NJ, and lasting seven hours
between the patriots ard the British forces. About five
hundred patriots and three hundred British regulars, TO
| geler with some militia, engaged. The battle
lock pace abou, mile below rrescor,the patriots hav
ing possession of several buildings. Several were
killed and wounded on both sides The British, how
ever sustained by far the heaviest loss Col Young The
British commander, among the killed. his body be
ing pierced with seven balls. The British were twice
repused by the patriots, and finally left the field 10 wait
for renorcemcnls, for which all express was sent 10
| Kingston.
During the action the British put their dead and
wounded into barn, behind which thcy sheltered them
selves and The patriots TO dsOdge them set on HE
when it consumed, together with its contents i'm
mediaely after which the British rereacd 10 Prescott
| foT the last Time
The steamboat u. S md Two schooners were seized
| yesterday by The U. S Marshal under the neutrality
law, and their way 10 this port under his
charge. Mr. Foster, the scesman Of the steamboat
S, was killed by grape shot from the British steam
boat Experiment. yesterday while engaged in getting
schooner off the flats in Ogdensburgh haEbor After fir
ing into the U. S = the Experiment attempted 10 run