The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-10

information. Msj. Crsghsn ~as directed
10 Fssoms his poss. ~ish wrisasn inssse-
nons o. he sane Import ~ bad bssa
previously given.
90 the essaiss Il zfsi 81 JAY. soms
scouts seat oul by Genersl Harrison. dis
eoseFed The Brush within aasniy miles
% Fort Stephenson. sppfosehing The
place BY wsier. Twas ~ a'eloek. hes-
ever, on the next day. Asgusi lsl. before
these seoals. in returning % seneess ~
Lower Sandusky. communicated this N.
lormslion 70 Maj. Croehan. and an frs
hours afterwards The lort was aciually ~
vested BY the British and Indians. A
flag Was nov sent from The enemy de-
msnding surrender. The messenger vas
informed that the commandsni and garsi-
son we're determined 10 defend d % he
last extremity. The sllsek Was prompt
" commenced, and gaIlsusly sustained.
The result was RlofioDs 10 ihe Americas.
arms. and covered The gallant croghsn
and his officers and mrn. with honor.--
Only one man was killed. and bnl seven
wounded. belonging 70 the garrison. The
loss OF The emmy was not less Than oso
] hundred and fifiy in killed and wounded.
General Harrison. when informed Of
ihe attack on Fort Stephenson, paused
before moving 10 IFS relief. Ne was
hourly expecting considerable reinforce
mrnis from The interior. but had not With
. him 81 Seneca. disposable force Of more
Than eight hundred men, The iihpf shom
we're cavslry, Who, in the thick woods.
, extending he greater part o. The way.
between thai place and Lover Sandusky'
: would have been Of lula use. The re-
msinder Of these eight hundred mea sere
/ ra~ recruits. To have marched upon an
) enemy. several Thousand stfongs with
! such force. would. 10 all human pro.
. liability, have resulted in lis total des.
II truciion. Again. in moving 10 Fort Sis-
> phenson. he must necessarily leave the
81 camp al Seneca with one hundred and
d fifiy sick soldiers 10 il. exposed 10 ths
tel Indian iomahawk; While Upper Ssndus-
Il ky. al which were ten thousand barrels
y nj -four, besides other supplies OF pub.
y lie stores. indispensable for the main OBJ
u jecls Of The campaign. was equally liable
e 10 be attacked and destroyed BY Tecona-
{. sch, who. With two ihoussnd warriors,
d: was then lying in the swamp. between
j. that poin, and Fort Meigs. ready "a
d, strike upon either Seneca OF the Uppe'
n Ssndu.ky, in The event Of Gen. Harri'
as sons moving 10 Forl1Siephenson. Un'
L. der these circumstances, he was bound b.
"a every military principle. 10 retain shs
is position in which he could. with ihs
r. most certainty, accomplish the best re.
n suits. He therefore Letermined ton~sit
- Tor a time, at least. the progress Of o
IN vents, hoping thai relnr0rcrments wouid
he arrive before Ihefori could be reduced. On
! The night Of The 2nd, he was informed
.. that The enemy vas re,rea,ina. and ear.
in " tbs next morning. having 10 the night
il. been reinforced by three hundred Ohio
Ia militia, he sci out for tho farl attended
Id by The dragons. and directing the re-
n msinder OF the disposable fnrco 10 follow
r. under Gen'ls Csss and Macarthur. Up
ly on reaching. the fort. The General was
/ told BY a wounded sergeant Of the British
:. troops that Tecumseh was in the swamp,
isl South OF Fort Meigs, ready 10 strike ct
n Upper Sandusky, on the first opportuni.
10 IT,. This information, corrobnrative Of
\. what he had before heard, Induced the
!" commander in.clief 10 direct Gen. nc.
Is Arthur. who had not yet reached the
N Fort. 10 return to Seneca with all possi'
\. bic dispatch. ..,..
Ii his official report uf this .siTsir, Gen.
!. Harrison said: 1T will not be among
: the least ef Gen. Proctor's notifications
A 10 find that he has been baflled BY a youth
|. wbo has jus, passed his twenty first
year.. lie is, however. hero worthy
Of HE gallan, uncle. George r.. Clark"
d The Presiden, Immediately conferred the
n brevet rank Of lieutenant colonel, on
y Maj. Croghan.
!. Shortly afterwards an attack was MAIDS
$ in some public prints upon the conduct
:. Of Gen. Harrison, in regard TO the de-
}. fencesof Fort Stephenson. Maj. Crog.
i, han promptly replied to it. BY forward
D ing to newspaper 10 Cincinnati. CEN.
r munics,ion. under date Lower Sandusky,
+. Aug. 81, 1878, 10 which he gives the
1 reason already stated, for disobeying
Gen. Harrison's order 70 destroy the forl
+, and re,rest to Seneca, and Gays:
81 have with much regret seen in some
, Of the public prints. such misrepreseu.
tations respecting my refusal to evaeua,s
this post. as are calculated not only to in.
. iure me in The estimation Of military men,
! but also TO excite unfavorsble impressions
/. as 10 the propriety Of Gen. Harrison's
conduct relative 10 this affair.
"His character as a military man 10
too we'll established to need my sppro.
/, balion or support. Bot his public ser
4 vices eniillcd him q, least TO common
r justice. This affair does not furnish
!. cause of reprosch. IL public opinion
n has been lately misled respecting his late
!. Econdue,. i, will require but moments
$ cool, dlspsssions,e reaestlon. 10 convince
e them of It's propriety. The measures
4 recently adopted by him. 90 Ear from de-
IS serving censure. are the clesrest proofs
If his keen nanafration and shls genar.