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WASHINGTON CITY
THURSDAY, MAY 20.
THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
Commences its First Session on Mon-
day next. In the present state of our
affairs, an interesting Session may be
anticipated. As there is a considerable
republican majority in both branches of
the National Legislature, its measures
may be expected to be characterized by
that energy and decision which a state
of war requires ; yet, as there is a ior-
midable minority, those measures, what-
ever they may be, will doubtless be
warmly opposed by many of those who
have uniformly combated every act of
the government, whether of a pacific
or belligerent character, since the ope-
ration of their own tyranny and misma-
nagement compelled them twelve years
ago to resign the helm of state.
What tiie measures may be, which
will principally occupy the attention of
■Congress at the ensuing session, be-
sides tlie indispensable task of provid-
ing the Ways and Means,for the service
of the year 1814, we cannot undertake
to fore tel. We look forward with anxi-
ous interest to the message of the Exe-
cutive at the opening of the Session,
which may be expected, to indicate the
iending topics which call for present
consideration. War with vigor, jicccc
with honor, we know, is the voice of
tiie nation. To this sentiment, we con-
fidently anticipate, the measures of the
Congress will harmoniously respond.
Several of the' Member j of Congress
have already reached the city, among
whom Vve have seen Messrs. Anderson,
Campbell, Gail laid and Drown of the
hintue, and Messrs. Troup, Fisk, Se-
vier, Robertson and Rhea of the House.
K OUT II-CAROLINA ELECTION.
Petek Founey is chosen from the
new district in Novth-Carolina, in op-
position to John Phifer, his federal op
pOllfcllt.
John Culpeper, is chosen from the
district last year represented by Arclid.
M’Drydc.
The resuit of the North-Carnlina e-
Icction now appears to lie, as we have
before surmised, that nine Republicans,
three Federalists, ...nd one non-descrip t
compose the representation of that
state in Congress.
GOOD NEWS,
FROM THE, NORTH-WESTERN ARMY.
TIIE ENEMY RETULSED.
[A dispatch of.prior date to the following,
j posed U> contain the earlier transactions of
the siege, lias not yet reached the Department
of War, as will appear from passages of Gene,
j-ul Harrison’s letter, j
Copy of a dispatch from A fa j or-General
William H. Harrison, to the Se-
cretary at liar, dated
Head Quarters, Lower Sandusky,
May 13th, 1813.
Sir—Having ascertained that the
enemy (Indians as well us British) had
t ritircly abandoned the neighborhood of
k<he Rapids, I left the command of Camp
jMeigs with Gen. CLy and came here
last night. It is with the greatest satis-
faction, I inform you, sir, that I have
every reason to believe, that the loss
of the Kentucky troops in killed on the
north side of the river does not exceed
fifty. On the 10th and 1 ith.insl. I caus-
ed the ground which was the scene of
the action and its environs to be care-
fully examined, and after the most
diligent search 4.5 bodies only of our
men were discovered—amongst them
was the leader, of the detachment Col.
Dudley. No other officer of note fell in
the action. I have strong reason to be-
lieve that a considerable number of the
Kentuckians effected their retreat up
the river to Fort Winchester. General
R roc tor did not furnish me with a re-
turn of the prisoners in his possession,
although repeatedly promised, liis re-
treat was as precipitate as it could pro-
perly be, leaving a number of cannon
ball, a new elegant sling-carriage for
cannon, and other valuable articles. The
night before his departure two persons
that were employed in the British Gun
Boats (Americans by birth) deserted to
us. The information they gave me was
very interesting—they say that the In-
dians, of which there were from 1600
to 2000, left the British the day before
their departure in a high suite of dissat-
isfaction, from tiie great, loss which
they had sustained in the several en-
gagements of the 5th, and the failure of
the British in accomplishing their pro-
mise of taking the post at the Rapids.
From the account given by these men,
my opinion is confirmed of the great
superiority of the enemy which were
defeated by our troops in the two sal-
lies made on the 5th inst. That led by
Colonel Miller did not exceed 350 men,
and it is very certain that they dcleutcd
200 British Regulars, 150 militia, and
4 or 500 Indians. That American Re-
gulars (although they were raw re-
cruits) and such men as compose the
Pittsburgh Penn, and Petersburg, Va.
Volunteers, should behave well, is not
to be wondered at—but that a company
of militia should maintain its ground
against four times its numbers, as did
Capt. Scbres of the Kentucky, ic truly
astonishing. These brave fellows were
at length however entirely surrounded
by Indians, and would have been entire-
ly cut ©IT, but for the gallantry of Lt<
Gwynne ot the 19th Regiment, who,
with part of Captain Elliott’s company,
charged the enemy and released the
Kentuckians. I inclose you a list of
the killed and wounded during the
whole siege. It is considerably larger
than I had supposed it would be when I
last wrote to you—but it is satisfactory
to know that they did not bleed useless-
ly—but in the course of successful ex-
ertions. The return docs not embrace
those who fell on the N. YV. side of the
Miami.
You will also receive herewith a
monthly return of the troops at Camp
Meigs for the last month ; the commu-
nication with the other posts being cut
off, the returns were not received. A
copy of Gen. Clay’s report to me of the
manner of his executing my order for
the attack on the enemies’ batteries, is
likewise forwarded, by which it will be
seen that my intentions were perfectly
understood, and the great facility with
which they might have been executed
is apparent to every individual who wit-
nessed the scene. Indeed the cannon
might have been spiked, the carriages
cut to pieces, the magazine destroyed
and the retreat effected to the boats
without the loss of a man, as none were
killed in taking the batteries, so com-
plete was the surprize.
An extensive open plain intervenes
between the river and the hill upon
which the batteries of the enemy were
placed ; this plain was raked by four
of our eighteen pounders, a twelve and
a six. The enemy, even before their
guns were spiked, could not have bro’t
one to bear upon it. So perfectly se-
cured was their retreat that the 150
men who came off e ffected it without
loss and brought off some of the wound-
ed, one of them upon the backs of his
comrades. The Indians followed them
to the woods, but dared not enter into
the plain.
I am unable to form a correct esti-
mate of the enemy’s force. The pri-
soners varied much in their accounts ;
those who made them least, stated tin
regulars at 550 and militia at 800 ; but
the numbers of Indians were beyond
comparison greater than have ever been
bro’t into the field before ; numbers arri-
ved after the siege commenced. I have
caused their camps on the south-east
side of the river to be particularly exa-
mined, and the general opinion is, that
there could not have been fewer on that
side than 1000 or 1200; they were in-
deed the efficient force of tiie .enemy.
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your favors of the 14lfi, 18th
and 28th ult. and 4th intt.
I am sorry to inform you that Major
Stoddard died the night before I left
the Rapids, of a lock-jaw, produced by
a slight wound from a fragment of a
shell which struck him on the thigh.
Several have died m this way from
their great and unavoidable exposure
to the cold ; but perhaps there never
were so many instances cf desperate
wounds being likely to do well.
The gallant captain Bradford will re-
cover.
I shall go from here to Upper San-
dusky, and shall take my station at De-
laware or Franklin ton until the troops
are assembled. General Clay, who
commands at the llapids, is a man of
capacity and entirely to be relied on.
I have the honor to be. with great re-
spect, Sir, vour bumble servant,.
WM. HENRY HARRISON.
The non. John Armstrong,
Secretary at War.
Return of the killed and wounded in
the siege of Camp Meigs, and the :v.
veral sorties of the 5tli inst.
U. S. Artillery, 1 killed.
U. S. Iiifar,. 39 killed, 90 wounded, aggre. ,129
U. ?. Drag. 3 do.
Kent. Mi lit, 30 do.
Ohio Milit. 3 do.
12 mo. Vol. 2 do.
Detackm.
of Infant. S- 3 do.
of the U8
17 do.
42 do.
8 do.
29 do.
3 do.
du.
total
do.
do.
20
72
n i
3i {
Tot.killed 81 tot.wd 189 tot. kill. & wound. 269
REMARKS.
Majors Stoddard and Hukill — the
former died of his wounds, tbc latter
slightly wounded.
Sixty-four of the above were killed
in the sorties, anti one hundred and
twenty-four wounded : the balance,
eighty-one, killed and wounded within
the fortified camp.
J. O. FALLON,
Acting Ass. Adj. General.
Copy of a letter from Gen. Cl at to
Gen. Harrison.
Gamp at Fort Meigs, May , 1813.
Sir—On the 5th inst. about 8 o’clock
A. M. descending the Miami of the
Lake about midway the Rapids, with
1200 of the Kentucky troops in IS fiat
bottomed boats, I was met by Captain
Hamilton and a subaltern, who deliver-
ed me (as he said) the orders of Major
Gen. Harrison to the following effect.
“ You must detach about 800 men
from your brigade, who will land at a
point I will shew about one or one and
a half miles above the Fort, and t will
conduct them to tiie British batteries
on the left bank of the river. They
must take possession of the enemies,
cannon, spike them, cut clown the car-
riages, and return to their boats.”
Observing that the British force at
their large batteries was inconsiderable,
but that their main force was at the old
garrison about l | miles below on the
same side of the river ; that the Indian
forces were chiefly on the right bank of
the ’dyer.: “ The balance of the men
under your command must land on the
right bank opposite the first landing,
and will fight their way through the In-
dians to the Fort,” observing that the
route thus to be taken would be shewn
by a subaltern officer there, in company
with Capt. Hamilton, who would land
the Rerogue at the point on the right
bank, at which the boats would land.
Tiie order of descending the river in
boats was the, simie as the order of
march in line pf battle in solid column,
each officer taking ppsition according
to his rank. Col. Dudley, the eldest
colonel, led the van, and in this order
the river had been descended. As soon
as Cupt. Hamilton had delivered these
orders,1 being in the thirteenth boat
from the front, I directed him to pro-
ceed immediately to Col. Dudley and
order him to take the men in the 12 front
boats, and execute Gen. Harrison’s or-
ders on the left bank of the river ; and
post his (Capt. Hamilton’s) subaltern on
the right bank to conduct myself with
the men in the six rear boats to the
Fort. I ordered the 5 boats in the rear
to fall in a line and follow me. High
winds and the rapidity of the current
drove four of the rear boats ashore in
the attempt to follow on according to or-
der, where they remained a short time,
sufficient however to detain them half
ori3 quarters of a mile in the rear. To
land according to order I kept close
along the right bank until opposite Gol.
Dudley’s landing. There I found no
guide left to conduct me to the Fort as
Capt. Hamilton had promised. 1 then
made an attempt to cross the river and
join Col. Dudley, hut from the rapid
current on the falls I was unable to land
on the point with him. Being nearly
half way across tiie river, and the waves
running too high to risk the boat then
driving down the current sidewise—
veered about the boat Sc rowed the best
way we could to save our boat. My at-
attempt to cross this river to Col. Dud-
ley occasioned all the boats (I presume
in the rear of me) and which were then
out of hailing distance to cross over and
iund with Cof. Dudley. Having been
defeated in a landing on the left, we
then endeavored to effect one on the
right, even without a guide : But be-
fore a landing couid be effected we re-
ceived a brisk fire from the enemy on
shore, which was returned and kept
up on both sities. And I was in this
unavoidable situation compelled to
make tiE Fort Meigs with no other force ;
than about 50 men on board (the other
boats being still in the rear) and to re-
ceive the enemy’s lire until wc arrived
under the protection of the fort. Col.
Boswell’s command (except the men
m my boat) having landed to join col.
Duoiey, were, as i h,.ve been inibrm< cl,
ordered by captain Hamilton immedi
ately to embark and land on the right
hand shore about a mile above the fort
and prepare to fight his way through to
the garrison.
I he colonel embarked, landed as he
conceived at tiie proper point, pursu-
ant to captain Hamilton’s order, and
,vas forming his men m order of battle,
when he was met by capt. Shaw, and
ordered to march into the garrison at
open order, the safest route.
When >ny own boat landed wc were
m. t by two men who took charge of
my boat as we understood to bring h«r
• .uier the protection of the fort batteries.
• ueving our baggage to be thus made
re forbid, our servants to carry any
o of it, but loaded them with can-
- iy-.il which they bore to the fori,
ihf baggage was however taken by the
Indians in a very short time after we
left the boat. Upon receiving the or-
ders of captain Hamilton, I asked if he
had brought spikes to spike the ene-
my’s cannon: To which he replied he
had plenty.
1 am, sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
GREEN CLAY, Brig. Gen.
His .Excellency
Major Gen. Harrison.
P. S. Captain Hamilton on defivering
the orders of Gen. Harrison, observed
that the object of landing and march-
ing a portion of the troops on the right
bank was to draw the attention of the
Indians, and by thus engaging them af-
ford an opportunity to the Garrison to
make a sally and by a circuitous route
surprize and carry the batteries and
cannon of the ememy below the fort on
the right bank.
G. C. Bg. Gen.
A true copy,
G. Ckoghan, A. D. C,
AN ERROR CORRECTEli.
Charles Ludlow, esq. lately an officer in the
Navy of the U. S. has published in the New-
liork papei‘3 a letter of great length, stating- at
large the reasons which iiiduced him to re-
sign his station in the Navy. It is due to truth
and to the officers of the Navy, to correct an
erroneous impression which apart of that pub.
lication is calculated to produce, relative to the
appointment of Mr. Lloyd Jones to be a mas-
ter commandant of the navy of the U. States,
with the circumstances Of which we happen to
be acquainted.
This appointment we understand he received
for the special purpose of commanding the
U. States Cartel ship Neptune, which conveys
our ministers to Russia, merely with intent to
give weight to the command abroad, and ex*
pressly limited to the objects and duration of
that voyage, without interfering with the rank
of any officer of tiie navy. That he receives
neither pay nor emolument from the Navy De-
partment, but is compensated for his services
bjr thO Department of State, at the rate which
he would have received for similar services on
a mercantile voyage of the same kind; that
the condition of his appointment was entered
on the records of the Department at the time.
Baltimore, May 18.
A letter from Norfolk, dated May
13, at night, says—‘ I congratulate you
on the enemy’s having left your waters.
They are now moored in line of battle
in Bay Channel, between the Horse
Shoe and tiie Middle : from their posi-
tion 1 suppose they expect a French
fleet. A deserter who came on shore
two nights since from one of the ships,
says, they are determined to destroy
Baltimore if they can, that they are only
waiting for their bomb vessels and fire
ships, when they mean to return. I
would therefore advise no relaxation
on the part of the citizens of Baltimore
to get their city in as complete a state
of defence as possible.’
Augusta, Ga. May 8.
We learn from a passenger that came
up in the Savannah stage this evening,
that Gen. Pinkney, (in consequence of
the report of the Floridas having been
ceded to England) has ordered the mi-
litia and all under his command, to be
in readiness to march at a moment’s
warning.
Arrived at S tlcm on Monday, the
English copper bottomed brig Edward,
of 8 guns, taken 25 days before by the
privateer ship Alexander, Captain B.
Crowninshield of Saicsn, laden with
SIT bales*cotton, and ten tons of dye
wood—she was owned in Hull. Ten
clays after this capture, the Alexander
had taken a copper bottomed brig of 16
guns and 25 men, bound from Eugland
for Newfoundland, with some dry goods,
und ammunition—and, so mu days after,
a schr. from England for Newfoundland
from which she took some articles and
g iVe her up to prisoners.
POSTSCRIPT.
Mcvj York, May 18.
LATEST FROM FRA MCE.
Captain Taylor, of the schooner De
Lille, of Baltimore, who arrived here
yesterday morning down Sound, in 25
days from Bordeaux, informs that the
Prussians had joined the Russians and
had declared war against France : For-
ty thousand Russians had arrived at
Hamburg. It was expected that Bona-
parte would soon take the field at the
head of a numerous army: the empress
was appointed Regent in his absence.
It was reported at Bordeaux that the
Toulon fleet had sailed; but the report
was afterwards contradicted. Sever.il
French frigates hud gone to sea from
Bordeaux and other ports. On the
15th inst. off Martha's Vineyard, Capt.
Taylor fell in with the schooner Gen-
eral Marion, capt. Center, from Nantz,
with a valuable cargo. On the Grand
Banks, about the IOth inst. the General
Marion was chased by four boats from a
British frigate., . It being nearly calm
tiie bo«ts came tip with the General
Marion ; hut were so well plied with
, grape and cunnlster, shot, marline
spikes, and old iron of every descrip-
tion, from their guns, that they thought
prudent to return to the frigate. The
General Marion had expended all her
-.mmuuition but three rounds, when the
boats left her—captain Taylor supplied
him, and bid him good bye. We un-
derstand the Gen. Million has since ar-
rived at New Bedford. Captain Tay-
lor hu§ brought dispatches for our go-
vernment JYom our consuls at Paris and
Bordeaux, which were forwarded to
Washington by this morning’s mail.
CAVALRY ORDERS.
THE regiment of Cavalry under my command
is ordered to rendezvous on Saturday next, at
10 A. M on the regimental ground, south of
the Tyber, comp etely equipped lor actual ser-
vice, and rations for the day. It can be scarce-
ly necessary in times like ours, to say any thing
to excite my command to duty—its importance
must be self-evident. Much will be expected
from us should the enemy make it necessary ;
and I flatter myself will shew that my reliance
is not improperly placed, and evidence to the
enemy and the world what a few independent
men can achieve in defence of their country
and homes. Punctuality in a soldier is aU-im-
portant. Any departure from order or proper
discipline will be most strictly investigated,
and martial law imposed.
By order of Liemenant-colonel-commandant,
JOHN TAYLOE.
A true copy,
Wm. B. RANDOLPH, Adjutant.
}Vtithing ton. Cavalry Head-quarters,!
M. D. C. Mm 19, 1813. 5
May 20*-tf3r.
BOAEDING,
MRS. SUTEli a an accommodate eight or
ten gentlemc n with boarding, earner of F
street and opposite tfieTreasury Office
May .20—31. \ ■-V' V >.. v
A SALE,
ON Saturday, the 22d inst. will be sold, at
the jail in this city, to ihe highest bidder, si,
likely NEGRO WCiMAN, about S: years of
age, and two NEGRO BOYS children of ihe
abovementioned woman—our- abbut 2 yva.-s and
the other nine months old. Terms of s.1 !ecasli.
JOSEPH JENKINS.
N L. QUEEN, Aue’r.
May 20—d3t.
IjAAI) for sale'
ON Saturday the 5th day of June hr.xt. ir
o’clock, it .'a r, it not, the next fair tie.,
tcrSundaj) the subscribers w-fi offer u
1 c sale to the highest bidder oh the
(unless previously disposed of at puf. •
of which due notice shall he g v,’.r-j
acres of Land, part of the well Kiu.wa
called Waring’s Grove, and c.'mt.gtAcs to.
lands of Doctor Joseph Km :, and Mr j \•;
Gantt, about 4-i acres of ivIveV are
Land, and (our or five acres in eScdei,!. <
rai meadow The improvf me.-- arc, h -a
for the accommodation of s$rVs«ns, a ;.:ut.v
house, capable of being convene': >nto a o'
Kvn, and a large appie orchard of ezxitm t
fruit The above Lands are finely, a.'api-.fi •;
the growth of Indian corn, tobacco, wheat,-
rye and clover j blit a ijujher .deic-ripiron^
deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed no-. .
will-purchase without previously viewing -A,-
premises, which will be shewn bv Mr Field--
Gantt upon application to him Oa the day
snip; terms (which will be extremely accor
modaung, only a small proportion of the f a
chase money being required) will be mi.
known. Possession will be given iii the ■
time enough for seeding
ELEANOR WARING.
ANN WARING.
Prince George’s County, May 2 '-'*
PIANO FORTES.
TWO Piano FORTES, of excehe- qua!- -
just receivedi and for sale, at the sm; s,
MUSIC AND BOOK STCiMi,
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Also, several pieces of
NEW MUSIC,
i including the folLowing
PATRIOTIC SONGS*
Hull’s Victory
Decatur’s Victory
Our rights on the Ocean
Man to Man, Ship to Ship
Where thou art, O Liberty, there is my j.csr.e
Sonate Militaife ... Va-’-wi
New Military Rondo - . Jin hr
Air Montngnard, variations, - . Su.d-si>
O Lady Fair, variations, - . Lamar-
Military Amusement, containing Marches*
Quick Steps, &c, for two Clarionets.
He has also for Sale,
A Bassoon
Clarion
/ Violoncello
Violins
Flutes
Glai incta
Oboes
Guiarg
Trumpet Bugle?
Tamborines
Drums
Fifes.
Violin, Piano ar.d Guitar Strings, Sc, ko.'ft
the best quality
TICKETS
In the Potoma'c and Shenandoah NsHgaffon*
Trinity Church, .
And Baltimore Hospital Lotteries.
W. COOPER.
May 20—w3t.
A VALUABLE MILL
TO BE LEASED.
ON Monday the 3tst mst. will be offered to
the highest bidder, on the premises, on a lease
cf ten or fifteen years (if not before leased by
private biu-gain) lor so much money paid down,
or to be paid in one, two or three ye rs, with
interest the Bladensburg Mill, with ajfcut 3i>
acres of ground attached to it. 1 be^ulvan-
tages of this situation, from its conti^iity to a
good gra n country, from its being at .he head
of tidewater, where boats may he loaded and
unloaded, and from the < ommand which it.
has of a most copious and unfailing spring of
water render the properly highly valuable
A make it in a peculiar manner worth tiie at.--
tendon of persons wishing to engage in the
manufacturing business. Application to ue
made to Daniel Brent, in the city of Washing*
Ion, or to the subscriber, al Green Hdi, in
Prince George’s county
WM. DUDLEY DlGGES.
Mty 18—
11. c. WEIGHTMAN/
H.VS RECEIVED
Sketches of the Naval History of the
TJ. S. from the commencement of the
Revolutionary War, to the present
time. By Thomas Clark, U. S. Topo-
graphical Engineer, price gt 25
Travels through'the Canadas, byG.JIe-
riot, esq. Deputy Postmaster of Bri-
tish North America x oo
The Wreath, a Selection of Elegant
Poems * o 7d
No. 1 of the Carolina Law Repository,
per annum 5 CO
Also, a few copies of Duane’s Handbook >'
for Infantry, 3d edition with addition-
al plates J 05
Duane’s Military Dictionary 6 00
--- Library, 2 vols. s 00
May 18—3t )
GENTEEL BOARDING HOUSE.
Mrs D1NMORE, on t lye Pennsylvan a Ave-
nue, between the President's House and the
Capitol, has her house in good order, and can
accommodate ten ®r twelve boarders.
May 18—
By Order of th# Orphan’s Court, of
Prince George’s County.
THIS is to give notice, that the subscriber
of Prince George’s county, hath obtained from
the Orphan's court, of Prince George’s county,
in the state of Maryland, letters testamentary
on the- estate personal of Richard Pousonby,
late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against tiie said deceased, are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, properly
authenticated, on or before the 5th day of De-
cember next: they may otherwise by law be
excluded trom all benefit of said estate ; and
ail persona indebted to the deceased are re-
quested to make immediate payment to th&
subscriber. Given under my hand this 5ih
day of May, 1813.
JAS. M'CORMICK, Jun, Administrator
May 1.8--lawfte
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