, r ou Aid tie it further :; ., That ui.-r- c

i'i ill 1)0 allowed and paid for the sei.under il(is act: To eaclfminctpal.us-irissnr- ,

Vv dol'.uis-fo-r fryer dav cipplovcii inr

j.u, niii"utiil and

'o ihepiofsioii?o.'

ctor : t eacii one uol1 .! f.ml fiftv cents forVllujed in collectingtioiis, tlie tiumoer oiinmost! bemtr certified

makmir otit lists agreeablythis act, ai)d Edmnid

assistant assessor,

W)r and ajip'roved by the Comptiollero'f the'j iiasiuy. and three dollars lor every hundredtaxable, persons contained in tlietix list as com-

pleted and delivered by him to the principalassess rrahd the, iisses;frs respectivel'; sliallhe allowed and reasonable char

es lor hooks ar.u statiuncrv used in the election of their duties.

, Sec 31. jJirf lie it fK-th- er enacted, That theallowanced made as aforesaid to the assessors,ih dl ha paid at the treasury to the piincipalises-or- s respectively, for which purpose, onehurdr'd .ind fifty thousand dollars, to be paidcut of any monies in the treasury not othervv iseappropriated, are hercbv approprijted.

Stic, 32. .ind be it furtlmr enacted. That incases where no person can b - sound in any col-lection district, or assessment district, to serve

as collector, principal assessor orassessor, respectively, the President

cf tli U. States is hereby authorised to appointpne of the deputy postmasters in such dis-

trict to serve a9 collectors or assessors, as theCase may be ; and it sliall be the duty of suchJep'uly.postmaslcr topeiform accoidirigly theduties of such. officer.

Sec. SS.shtdKs itfttriJieririncted, Tuat when-ever a direct tax sliall be assesscd( or interjial duties laid) separate afccoitn'ts of each shalljie, kept at flic IreaSuiy of the Ul States, h? allmoils received from the diiect tax, and frominternal duties, showing upon what articlesor subjects qf taxation those duties accrued ;also, the amount of monies paid to collectors,assessors, assistant assessors, or other officersemjilojcQ, in the collection thereof ; distin-guish ifig the amount pf mbnies received fromeach state, aiid from what tax or species of du-

ties, received j and also theof monies paid to the officers in each

State ; which accounts it shall be the duty ofthe Setretaiy of the Treasury, annually, in themonth of December, to lay before Congress.

' H. CLAY,Speaker offhe House of Representatives

. E. GEHIIY,of the United State?, andl'reli--

. dent of the Senate.autr 22, 1813-astw- otuv .. . ,

jAAlEs StADIS'ON.

A List of LettersEAIAINING in the Post Office at Lcxing-8- j

ton, Ky. on the 31st September, 1813,

tv Ijicli, is not taken out within three months,will be tent to the general post office as deadletters.

Ashby AVU'iam I?:

Alexander AaronAr:nstrong3ainut.AndersoiiJohnSlleri PeimelyAhull Elizabeth

naird PleasantBa?got George 4Busby WilliamBarry William T. 7Bond John E. 5low in AmbroseJfroiifto'ii Jacob '.2jJirckenridge J. CBieckenridge Jchn B

Bridges JohnEu-le- r AnthonyBrown AbrahamBrown J as.Burton JohnBradford DanielRlevins JohnBaker WilliamBaku- - JohnHeird WilliamBum?Itoarduian James 2Bartholomew Tlio!nasHoaz JohnBell John PBowen Samuel A.Brounlee GeorgeBedford RubeitBairy John 2

Burns Jolmtuylor Robc--t 2ifaikley JamesJlxlljfj AndeismiG.lifljbfieorge AI.

Bo 'i AVMlianl

ii'clt KicharrCBradley Siisan it.B.otter JohnBern man Oilson -Jluiles Charles A.Ijluiord Col.Bryant JotvpliJliuner

Geofg'e

Ck Fajette Cir. Courtt 'r i!i

Gow.tn James

Ua'jcll Ann E.Giow John P. iJChImH Harriett V,

Craig Margaret 4Uauitin MinozCampbell ArchibaldConley Thomas

JamesCraig James 2Comstock Lyndon' 2Ch.nn AchillQVCh.r'.:e ndaardCampbell JamesCarver James '

Campbell RobertCollins Lew isCriglerColcutt SolomoftCocke Samuel P.Cl.ukli JamesClaf kc Ambrose

Davis Joh'nUiKlglterty James)uvenport America

Drum GcerfyfcDtvore Jes-- U.Uxkeffton Thpinxs'I.( mUe y. II.Davis JesSe

lilwart-- s H iclftrd G,liv.is X.tliaiuel 2t'Jcs John

in.avis RebeccatVeltlt N..!lCy 3Ellruii Uulum3SSJiS0tl Tuuuim '

lcur dulIaii.llA.itt

tlieirr'ecesss'rv

distinguishing

("ucUetj-'tilind- t

crerv dav actuallv em -lists ami nuking calcula -

nays necessai y lor matb'y the nrincinal asses- -

?Alter ChristianArmstrong JJughAlexander Gcbigc,Allen HughAlley AmosAlexander Wilson

Bowman. JohnBtishard CatharineBasard SolomonBuch'annafi JohnBall Spencer!!Blades William II.Blallenburger JacobB.idley ThomasHrysenBarker HtnryBreasher BeazonBogg John MBlanch and AtedcacfBlikev James Al.

Boulware. Williamfjlariton R.Burett HebeccaBrandon Josephllos.vorlh BerijoiriiHBaxter ThomasBu'bkley SamuelBailej AugustineIJrown Abiaham'Bailey Dav id(latker HcnrJ'jllest Jtlilietli 2Biyan 'i jioinaj vljns'en Andrew sBeauchamp IsaacBolman AmosBurbridge A. Ilev:Bridgon JohnBowlds Joseph .

llanton William T.y Joseph M.

liowhvare Tranky 2I.ochannon SimonBan- - llobert .

Biggs Andrewljigs SusannahBurton JolmIJramb'ei gjr FrederickBouitr JohnCCurtis CyrusChilton Georgeuarcy L.umuel 1;Ciisntail brahatnCarl I ill J alliesCurl 1'urtlanilCook ElizabethCampbell NancyCampbell WilliamCary HughC'ia Turd ThomasCanmKlt James II.CiomwelBenjamm'Crockett OvertonCombs James W,Cooper JosephCSiinuver PeterCooper Joseph!Crockett AnthonyCocke JoannaCaldwell Samuel T.Camjibell IsabellaChristian Sally II.Crow SamuelCampbell William

1)Davis AllenDabner Ifohert1Dunn JohnDay FrancisDavis ThomarfDaniel LouisaDarkas Tabithz

Cites NathanielEades JonathanEvaiis WilliamEdinj.ids EhasKdwuids Henry '

lakir JainerEilmibton Martha

Fras'er .Tamesroster mli-ej.-

Foster ElizabtfhI Kair'.Iames

fMllll .101111

Enck John- rurguson Yivion

Karrnw AsaBenjamin

l orsylhe Jaine3

Gatewpod AnnGucdron James J.Garnett William A

Grcsham WilliamGray John (ElderGray ReorgeGrimes John,Goodloe John ,

Gibson Sarah C.Ciibsoli JohnCibsoit IsaacGillaspie, JohnCi lover JoelGray PeterGest Levj J.Grayly WilliamGoodwin James CGreen Thomas'Gramblc Tliomas

Hawkins Joseph II,I(inds WilliamHarp Boston

2,5

33

2

AsaHailey BenvaminHouse JacobHamilton Polly 2Hamilton JamesHill JamesHerron AlajorHerndon AnnHurt Mria L, 2'Hogan Lewis'Hayley WilliamHenley Mr.

SamuelHajdon William T.Holmes Hugh 2Ilenlev JohnHaggaid Rice (Elder)Hixon JobHurst Elizabeth '4Haydon James J.Holmes WilliamHait .Tohti

Hya't ElijahHardin GeorereHolljmanla'ryHoiiston William

& Tlio HarrisHinds 2 Hughs Bemaid

Ed-var- Johnson Anntves u uiiamJohnson JamesJones ElizabethJones Win. Smith

Buikett D.Jeffreys JohiiJuda Nelson

Krantz Jolm V.Kelly HenryKelly HannahKohlharse Henry

Lewis GranvilleLamme JesseLee James C 2Le Grand PtterDamon JamesL'aidlow PeterLay NancyLeiidsey JosephLewis HectorLewis JohnEeanord Rebecca

Macbean Williifn 2Morgan Sarah-Aloor- e

NimrodM'Coy JosephAlahon Alexander 2M'Donald Alaj. ja's. 2Aliller AlexanderM'Kinney GerrardMontgomeiy Alexr.Aatthews Charles L'.Al'Cally JohnAl'Kardy AlexanderMorton Wm. It.Mecarty Justin B.Miller JamesMessie Job 2Marsh Jolm 2M'Do ell Lucy N.M'Nilt RobertManuel FleetMorton, ShK FavrtteM'Cuincy AVilliamMilton ElijahAl'Gowen Air.AI'Qutre. WilliamA j,i. ris Joshua

Cuthbert 2Meiinctt Edward H. J.Minems GideonAtorgan NathanMen ton SamuelAlifflm PollyMiller John 2Mcrihon, Cornelius

s

AIortitHer Robert 2Aidorc Charles C.

Norton JohnNowell FrancisNewcombe JohnNeal Nancy

O.ieal Thebdoio'rtsOffut AlexanderO'Clover Jolft 2

Postlethwait JosephPitcher,.HeiijaminPai ke. WilliamI'enn" SliadrickPatterson SamuelPeel JamesPage GuinriPrice JqIuiPaggett Wm.i'urkins IfutliyPatrick Charles'Parish TimothyP.utthuir JohnPegg LewisPhilips D'oct. GeorgePhilips Samuel

Rowc Benjamin F.Riley SamuelRussell RobertRussell AndrewKeid William 8Richardson AL D.Itiddfc,!: Eliza AT.

Rankin AdamRamscvTIibmasRedman Cheeksberrv

I Rice Soffita y. 3

Forlune JosephFerguson MarthaFeemster SamuelFoster WilliantTord JacobFink Johnl'lannagan GeorgeFurral Isaac ,

Firtune - Alri.Fmley L.M.1'aulconer Joseph

Gpardnor .lane(George Robert,Grooms Elijah II.

4 Gramhle X.uicy2) , Cains Nathaniel

2 Guilliman Watt4 (lenn James

Griffin ElizabethGueiin II.

SjGooch ClaiborneEains II. U. Sv T.fcrant William ,

Goodwin Josc)h G.Gwinn Joseph It.

C Gee ThomasGreen JohnG atew ood.Thom'as

4 Greeir RebeccaGains Catharine

Ilolloway, Bain &. SteelHai man

Hopewell

IIHolmes John A.llaincy AViUiamlux John

Ifunicott JohnHunt SethHays-Willia- m II. 2Hix JohnHall FrancisHenderson JamesHill AronHerndon JudithHubbard Adolphus THyatt Lewis ,

HuniphrcjsThomai ;

Hart NathanielHoster Kitty .

Hunnicot JosepllHampton (eorgeHammond SamuelHallHamilton CatharineHold CatherineHughs JohnHouston JaneHogshead Janfes D.Hilton JaneHuston JohnHadon Joel II.

Jackson llezekiahJohnson JacobJohnston LyttlctonJones SamuelIrw in StevensbriJackson John

Kirtly MildredKeller Jacob"Kii try Francis

J.Laws J.Lucky, JaneLong William

' Ieatham Jnshu3Ire AndiewLink GeoigeLoie WilliamLewis DanielLongEdmonllLoris Henry

uenueison.jolin lliom-- sSamuel

113 JJohnson jun.

Jett

2

2

Alusgrae

5

MMadison Kcsiaii ,AI'Gibony Alexander2Martin JamesAlagee VilliamAt'Intire Lieut. John'Alaggolfin B.Morion John AlajorMifflin SolomonAl'Dill DavidMadison LucyM'Uarnev ThoriiasAI Conuell JamesM'Tu-- r JamesMayersback Charles.Morgan William,Montgomery WilliamAlehony FieldingAteglotie JineMorgan SamuelAt'Cou'n James Just.At'Lan Rnbt. I).Aliller WillianiAflirsh CiuilcsAliller Robt.Aash SamuelAloore PeterAl'Coy ElicliAl'Utery AfarthaAl'rerriu I lios.Alonroe JohnAl'Cutclien JamesM'Connell Wm. I.Aloore TellyAl'ICay Duncan.Marshall RobertAlemer Ab.-aha-

JfNicholas Joseph'Noble JamesNash William' AL.Napper John

OOtttton ThomasO'Brien' John 3.Owens Airs.'

,

Pickett FdwardVoindexter PeterPrentiss NathanielPerry Tandy K.Price Samuel j,Purdy RobertParberry James M,Peebles AlaryPew JohnPoindextcr JohnTatterson William'Price JoelPrice William B:Pool JohnPorter William'

ItRoach WilliamRoker JacobRush Eliza

, Itobnett JohnReed JohnRoach RichardRuby JohnRussell HendleyRobert Peter I.Kc nolds John J.K.chardson Samuel

V.

rfiked V. i'.i.aiaKian Josephlloyle Thomas nejnolus uniiamHhei Btniamin - Uice William,.,It land William S. l.ico Sirs. P0II7li'ubinio William Runnian ThomasRead Jchn Richardson John1

Smith Havdage Sfnltli IsaiaHSnnj5(.n Abraham SCoit HannahShinglcbc.wer.MargaretStedman ThonVas ,

"cot't James gargaht William U.Smith Doct Benjamin Sheley senr. DavidSm th RechardW.Shrock MathiasStokes Ruth 3Sunifall JosephScott Samuelfetarks John ,

Sullivan DanielSmith DanielSamuel JohnSunimcrs JamesSmith AlexanderShedinan Thomas'Shi rock WilliamSmith AnnSimpson RobertShields Patrick 2Shields James C.Sargant DabneyScott R'obertSmith Fiancis D.Shuldenv Ralph U.Shuldeny Ralph B.Spencer Ab'raliamSamuel Plnllemort 3Shairad Lei inSmith BarnettShackleford Rev.Smith Edwin B.Sharp Eliza IISaucer WilliamSutton & i;rdSimpson Robert

Todd DavidTa lor Jonathan ,.Tom Doct. Allen D.T6mpkins JamesTegardeii William 4Teirence DavidTalbot Charlotte S.Thomas JamesTo ivies Rawley.Trmlhlo Stephen-Tat-

e

George W.Taj lor William'Todd Alary

Umphrey William

Varpelt Samuel 3

WoodrulTI &E.Wai field DoctorWilson WillisWalson EzekielWalker Eezeki dWashington JohnWingate RobertWorsley Wm. AV. 2Wilson Joshua 2Worlev CalebWince AbrahamAVest John II

Wilman CorncliousWalker JamesWilson JamesWatts JohnWilliamson JamesWalthull Thomas S.Wise FrancisWebb ReubenWheeler Warren .

Wallace Thomas It.Wallace SamuelWinston LewisWingfield Enoch"vVilliams Rennet 3

A'ager Jacob . ,Young Sarah D, 2Young Leonard .

THE

obedient

discovered

twelve

Ttici.ardson Williamlletes Nathaniel

Shclton ,1'homasSidnnr FiederickSteel Samuel 3

CharlickSimpson AndrewStephens ElizabethSmart AlexanderSullivan CorneliousScroggui Joseph

aitt ThomasSniilh John As.

Stewart JamesStoutSteelSmith IsaiahStanly NorrisSaun'derson WilliamSpringerSpauldmg RapluaelSiringfellow JohnScro$gin Natl. W, C.Shyiock Fiederick

EdwardSpun- - WilliamSmith S.muelSmith !. VonphullSpencer MarySmith Hubbard II.Stone Barton AV.Smith HubbardSimpson AlarthaSpcais JamesSTrcene Lark'ngTomb'tinson Ambrose'IVionbs JosephTarlton AlfredThomas .Michael.Thomas EdmundThompson WillimriTull TliomasTipton JacobTonson Samuel --

:j'ajlnr E. . 2ToNv Is William P.

.V,Vance Benjamin

IVYaldcn William

Walker AlexanderA"i'ard BenjaminWoodiud' AaronWright HelenaWilson John

AnguishW'igler AbrahamWing BenjaminWalsh ThomasWillhightJohnAVilliamson GarrettAVilson BenjaminWingate John C.A ickerham JoHnWalls SamuelWinn NathanielWhite RobertWalker Samuel ,

Webber AlargarctWalker AlexanderWvall JohnWood DemyAVcstWallace AgnessAYatts JohnrYarnell IsaacYates Agness ,Young John U.

DANIEL GILES. P. M.

OFFICIAL LET I'EHS.

Cepyofa Utter form Perry to the Secreta-ry of the A'avy

U. S. brig Njagara, off the WesternHead of Lake Erie, Sept.

10, 1313, 4 P. .M.

tn It has pleased the Almighty to giveto the Arms of the States a signalYictory over their enemies on this Lake. TheUntisli qiiadrcn, consisting ot two ships,two brigs, sc.iooner and one sloop, havethis moment surrendered to the force tindermy command, aster a sliarp conflict.

I have the honor to be,

Very respectfuilv.Your

The Hon. William Jones.Secietary of the Navy.

Self

u

Wilkson

Ann

A.

Com.

Sis'ter,

one

Sir,

AVAR.

''ant, ,

O. II. PERRY.

Bay, I lav att .. ,..'

the action commenced

Copy of (i letter ffom Commodere Perry to theSecretary cf the .A uiwt

U. S. Sclio'oi'er Jlriel, Put-in-Ila-

13th Sept. 1813.SirIn mj last I infurmed you that we had

captured the enemy's ileet on this lake. Ihave now the honor to give j on the most im-

portant paiticulars of the action. On themorning of the lOlh inst. atsun rise, thevvvere

in Put-i- n

.wi, n. ..f

John

Ester

sci

when"' Hi- - au.u.uun uuuer ill i;u,liuiailll. lye.got under weigh, the wind light at S. W. andstood for them. At 10, a. m. the wind hauledto S. E. and brought us to windward ; formedthe line and bore up. At l minutes befoietwelve, the enemy commenced fii in'' : at 5minutes befbrfc

Jcdiah

Anebi;

Stivers

United

anchor

on our part. F.nding their nre veiy destruc-tive, owing to their long gunsj and its beingmostly directed at the Lawrence, I made sail,and directed the other vessels to follow forthe purpose of closing with the enemy, Everybrace and bowline being sofm shot away slfebecame, unmanageable; n6twithstaiiding thegreat eiertions of the sailing master. In thissituation she sustained tlie action upwards oftwo hours WitHin" canmsterdtstance, until everygun was rendered useless'; and the greaterpart of her crew either killed or woundedFinding she co'uld no longer annoy the enemy,Ilefther in" charge of Lieut. Yarnall; who, 1wis convined fi om the bravery already display,cd by hirrJ. would-d- what would comport withthe honor of the slag. At half past two, thewind springing up', Cap,t. Elliott was enabledto bring his' vessel, the Niagara,' gallantly intoclose action; I immediately went on board ofher, when he anticipated my wish by volun-teering to bring tlie schooners which had beenkept astern by the lightness of the wind, intoclose action. It Was with unspeakable painthat I saw, soon aster I got 011 board the Nia-gara,, the Hag of tlje Eawrence pome down, al-

though I was perfectly sensible that she had,beta defended to the last, and that to have

cv.unuidto mae a ehtw of ren.stmcc w 1I1T

havebeen a wanton sicnfice of the remains ofher brave cicw. But the enemv wasnotabl- - totake nosscssion of her, andcircumstances soon

pei milted her slag again to tc At 45minutes past uvn. tne signal was iibuc" close action.'' The Niagara being very lit-

tle injured, t determined ';i pass throjigh theenemy's lme, b'orc.up and parsed ahead of theirtwo ships ind a brig; giving a raking sire tothem from the starboard gjins, and to a hugeschooner and sloop', from the laiboaid sid.? athalf pistol shot distance. The smaller vesselsat this time Jiaving got within grajie and can-nist-

dtsfancp, under the direction of cant.Elliott, and keeping up a well directed fiie,the tw o ships, a brig, and a schooner surren-deie-

a schooner and sloop making a vairi at-

tempt to escape.Those officers anil njtn vv no were immedi-

ately under my observation evin.c eil the great-

est irallantrv, and I have no doubt that ail others conducted themselves as became Americanofficers and seamen, Lt A'ai nail, 1st Lt. of theLawience, although several. .times wounded,refusexl to quit the deck. Alidshipman For-re-

(doing duty as Lt ) and sailing masterTav lor. were of creat assistance to me. 1 havegreat pain in stating to the death of I,t.Ilrook of tlie marines, and midstiipman litib,both of thq Lavyrcnce, and midshipman JohnClaike of the Scorpion: thev wrra valuableand promising officers. Mr. llambleton. pur-ser, who volunteered his seivice3 on deck,was severely wounded late in the action. Mid-

shipman Claxton and Swartwout of the Lawience, were severely

Niagara, lt. Smith and Edwards, and midnWebster (doing duty as sailing master) beha-ved in a very handsome manner, f'apt

the army, who acted as a volunteer inthe capacity of a marine officer, on hoa-- thatvessel; is an excellent and biave officer, andwith his musketry did great execution. LtTurner, commanding the Caledonia, brotlghtthat vessel into.action in the most able man-ne-

and is an officer that in all situations maybe relied on. The Ariel, lt. Packet, and Scor-pion, sailing master Chanvplin, Were enabledto get early jnto action, and vvefe of cjreatsei- -

vice. iapi. ciiioxi speass in me uiRnrsi termsof Air. Alagrath, purser, vvho had been dis-

patched in a boat on service previous to mygetting on board the Niagara ;. and, being aearnan, sine the action has rendered essential

service in taking charge of one of the prizes"Or capt. Elliot, already so well Known to thegovernment, it would be almost suoerlluoustospeak. In this action he evinced his character,istic bravery apd judgment, and, since tlieclose of the action, has given me the mostnble and essential assistance...I have ,the .honor tothe killcd.and wounded, together with a state-ment of the relative force of the squadrons.The capt and fust lt..of the Queen. Charlotte,and first lt. of the. Detroit,. weie killed.-ap- t.

Barclaj-- , senior officer, anil the commander ofthe Ladv Prevost, severely Wounded Thecommander of the Hunter and Chippewavslightly wounded. Their loss in killed andwounded I have not Jet been able to ascertain ;

it must however, have been very great.A'ery respectfuilv,

I h,ave the honor to be, sir,, Yo'ur obedien't Servant,

, , 0. II. PERRY.The Iioii. William Jones.

Extract of a letter from Commodore, Peni.V S. schooner Ariel. Put-i- n Bay,

13th Sept. 1813.- Stn I liave caused the prisoners taken on

the 10th inst&nt, to be landed at Sanduskj',and have requested Gen. Harrison to have themmarched to Chilirothe, and there wait untilvour pleasure shall be known resnectin'ir them.

enebse jou retitrp

squail- -

JVoimded-C- I Total.

nonehone.

tfa British siiuaiiroiLguns pivot

howilipiwdo. ldo.do. Idu.

do.swivels

gun

of United

The Lawrence has been entirely cut tip,it absolutely riecfSsary she should into

safe harbor. have therefore directed Lieut.Yarnall to proceed Erie in her. with thewounded the sleet, and dismantle and gether over the bar soon possible.

The two ships in heavy this day at an-

chor lost their mastl, being much inthe action. shall haul them into the innerbay at this place, ard moor them for. the pre-sent. The Detroit is remarkably sine ship,sails well, and very strongly built. TheQueen Charlotte is much superior vessel towhat has been represented. The Lady Prevost

large sine schooner.also beg your instructions respecting the

wounded. am satisfied, sir, thatsteps might take governed by humanitywould meet approbation Under this im-

pression, have taken upon myself to promisecant. Barclay, who very dangerously woun-ded, that shall landed near Laketario possible, and had doubtwould allow me to parole him. He underthe impression that nothing but leaving thispart ot the country will save his life. heie

number Canadians among the prison-ers, many have families.

have the honor to he.Sir, very respectfully.

Your obedient servant;O. pcriitv.

The hon. AVm. Jones",Secretary the Navy.

The remnitnliffnnnfcd and wounded boai1U1I.

LawrenceNiagaraCaledoniaSoniersArielTrippeScorpionI'orcu'ineTrgre:s

.?;,.

Statement. cf deforce of

l - roiujj iciroitQueen Charlotte

Schr. Lady Prev os'tUng Hunter 10Sloop Little Belt 3S'ch'r. Chippeway 1

Note Detroit ship,rongly built, mounts long 24's,

mV force

iBrigJawrenceNiagaraCaledonia'

Schr. Ariel 4

Scorpi6lVSoiners 2

Sloop Trippe; .

Tigie-- s

Porcupine

54

hoisted..

wounded. On board of

a of

d the American

--

2J 2t3 3

247

tft

1L7

" ' - .

1 on & 2

and 2

9.

the States1

sois go

a Ito

as asa sea

injuredI

ais

a

is aI

I whatevert

Iit

he be as Onas I no vou

is

'I isalso a

whoI

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of

followintr is a t V, -: 1

on

27

OI ii

J7to

63The is a new verv

airtl laVanil12'sStatement of

202.1

?.

1

henr. I1

83

do.

do.

of

of

lyuailron,guns'do.

3d'- - . . .s&. (I hurst early inaciioui

do.do iniltini.wMdo.tlo.do.

guns.

Ti c ei-.- number rfiiie enemv"-f,- p o,

rot been ascertained, but I havi go d fv s "to believe that it exceeded ours by nei.l) oiV

hciidrcdS. II V.MELE PON Vsif'"

O II IctliY.Capt and 5 ninr Officer.

CIlAUNCEVS CRI'IZExtract of a letter fn.m Coin Iaac Ch.iuncf ?

to the Secretaiy of the Na- - y, dated S pti inber 13, 1813.

On board the U S Ship Gett. !' ,

Off Duclc hlnrtdSin "On the Tib, at day 1 ght the erieniv'

sleet was discovered close in with Niagara Ti

ver, wind from the southward.. Aladc ihe sig-nal and vv'eighed with the sleet, prep 1n.1l foraction and stood out of the river aster him ,be immediately made ail sail to the north varJWe made sail irl chase with oar iieavj sc'u 0

ners in tow', and have Continued the chisf- si!round the I.iKe night aimtiay until jesierdiymouiing, when he succeeded in. getting intAmherst Bay which is so little known n ourpilots and s.iid to be full of shoals that th vare not willing to, tal:e me in tliere I shafihowever (unless driven. fiom mv itat'rl In tS

galeof wind) endeavor to watch him si- - r'f- -

as to prevent his getting out upon the Las:

During onrlong chas'e I got m i'Hin from one to two miles oi" the eienij , Intt ,'heavy sailing schr,sv prcwn'pu our closing w ,1!

him, until the iitli off Geuncss'ec river, w";

carried a breeze with us while he Ly be- - ilri-e- d

to within about 3-- 4 of a mile of him wh --.

he took the breeze and we had a runrr-- g fi f

3 and an half hours, but by his uprior ,J-in- g

he escaped me and ru'n into Anvhprst I'jestetday moining. in the course of our.ct is-o-

the 11th, I got several broadsides fiom V.ship upon the cnem.v, which must have dojhim considerable injury as many dtu shi.twere seen to strike him, and people were ohserved over the side plugging shot holes.sew shot struck our hull ..Tid a little g?mgwas cut, but no'thing.of importance not aman was hurt. , ,

i was much uiSajipoinfed that Sir James t?fused to sight me, as he was so much supi-no- r

in point of force both ifl guns and men havingupwards of 2(J guns more "than we have andheaves a greater weight of shot. ,

This ship, the Mad.son and the Svlpl. haveeach a schooner constantly in tow, vet in. hers cannot sad as fast as the enemy'- - squad-ron', which gives him decidedjv the advantage;aiid puts it jn his power to1 engage me vv.ieil'anil how he chnses.

I have the honor to Up; .e. f.'cISAC CIlAt'rjCEY

tsar. IV. Jones, Sec'y. of the A'ai'y.

Copy of a Iftter from. Who's. SMacdonm-rh- , "jc'ommnndmg the U.S. navuJjr'ces o'l J ukcChamplain.

Uriited States' Sloop President ,

near Plaltsbiitg, S'eptfltli, IHj.Sin I have the honor to inform ion th I

arrived I icie yesterday from near the lines,sailed from Burlington on the 6ih mst,

witn an interiiit ri to fall in with the t - m",who' weic.tl.cn near titis place; liav ng pro-ceeded to within a shoit distance of the lues,I received information that they were at an-

chor there; soon aster, th'ey .weighed ,ii,dstood to the northward oiit of tlie lake thus,is not acknowledging our ascendency on thelake, evincing an unw dlmgoess (although th' yhad the advantage of sanation, owing to thenarrowness of the channel in which their gallejs could work, w lien we should want room)td Uetcimine it.

I have tile honor be, kc., , THOS MACD.ON')UGIJ

Hon. jr. Jones, Secretary ofthZ JViivy'.

Copy of a letter from Isaac Hull, r.iq f;i- -

maading A'uval Officer on the East of Ji u- -

mouth, J. IIU. S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth,

14lh September", 1813.Sin I have the hbho- - to forward to voi--

, bytie mailthc flags of ,the late British brigBoxer, which were (sailed to Her mast-head- s atthe time she engaged, and was captured bvthe U. 3. brig Entei prize.

Great as the pleasure is that I derive fruriperfuming this part of my duty, I need nottell you how diffeient my feelings would havebeen, could the gallant Burroivs have had thishonor !

t . ,He werit into action moit gallantly, anil tho

difference of injury done the two vessils,'proves how nobly he sought.

Ihave the honor to he, with great respect)sir, jour obedient set varit;

ISAAC IIULTj.Hon Wm. Jo-ts- ,

Sebittary of the "Navy.'

ENTERPRISE AND ribXER.Extract of a letter fron Capt. Ju.'i to j

ilort llainhridre, dt.tcd the 10th inr" Yesterday I visited the two brigs, .r i vt A3astonished to see the difference of inju v

in the action. The Entei prize hd mone shot irjtr hull, one in her in mmast, and one in lier fuicmast ; her sailare much tut with grate shot, ind,'h'eie ate a great number of grape l.idgel m

her sides, but no injury done by them. T1kBoxer his eighteen or twenty 18 pou id' s'lr.tin her hull, most of them at the watei's ed eseveial stands of grape stick in herside, and such a quantity of small grape that Idid not unJertikc to' count them. Hersails and spais are literally cut to pieces j sev.tral of her guns dismounted and unfit for service ; lux fori.oa.stle nta'.y

by the shot ; her boats cut to puc-- s, anlher quartets injured iri .proport'on. To g.vayoi't un id.a of the q'ifaiititf of shot about her,I infoirn yo'u that I counted in hrr main.-nas- .

alone,' three shot holes, 18 tart""grape shot holes, 16 musket-hal- l holes andlarge number of smaller shot holes, vvi houtcounting above the cat lurpins. AVe f.nd isimpossible to get at the number of killed ; njrtipfrrs aie sound by which we can ascettain i

IthOvfeve- -, counted tfpward (inpjft? s

wjiich were in her netting witli heds'mthem, besides several beds without hammocksand she has excellent sec nnmodat ons for allher officers below in stale looms, sj that jhave no doubt that she had one liund.Ld mc.ionboard .AVe know that the bid si Ver- -I o,the RatleiJs men, and a quantity of Wads viataken out of the Ratler, loaded vvi ill ftVr fargt-erra-

Eliot, with a sitimU ImU ;' it.i. -- ... ..u . , . ..v..w 4M ll)L UC.IL1S I Iput in a cartridge, that the inside of tlie ivaijmaytske sire when it leaves the gun. In short,she is in every respect complete!? fitted , andher accommodations, exceed any I'hing I hav vseen in a vessel of her class."

JiWolki $&. IS-f-.-

navvK bni"-- . mm ns tin.deserted fi'om th.

marine from. tVi All.mni-.i:..- .. '. .,

l.7 --,"'' 7 'cll-o-

brought Bp to low,, Wle says the ct w h.thlest the bay are bound to Halifax j tnat the enmy had given up the idea ofthing unttl next spring, when ap'ovvierlul

anynaval and irnlitrn.,, n.n. , ... '. .

; j "'ai'ieui wouiu tie sent tothe Cliewp. Jce to erTect some g, , at , Meet the.natime of wh. he was unacquainted" w.tii.