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w> J THE WAR. " LET T [), THROUGH ALL the day, de " LiBB/irr 24, . im." No. IB. Vol. I. SV-YORK SATURDAY, OCTOBER Pittsburgh, (Pcnn.J Oct. 1812. THE WAR, IS "i F k. r. 9. Hall), tish lie : PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORXl BY S. WOODWORTH W CO .Vb.4-73 Pearl, late Magazine-Street, A". AT TWO DOLLA.BS PEE ANNUM, rfT.7Y.Hirj: QUJiRTKIiLY--W ABl'AJJk AFFAIRS OF THE WAR. Washington City, the express post from Portage, the headquarters ol" gen. Wadsworth, about so miles from Cleveland, we are happy in having it in our power to contradict the report in circulation of the defeat and massacre of a detachment from gen. Porkin's command at the river Huron, The circumstances related to us, and which may he depended upon, arc as fol- By horseb-T baj.1 when y, was approaching the beach on a grape shot, from cut off his hand, ei domen, instanth FROM THE WESTBEH t. Oct AHMY, l The tic Llcman ern following extract of a letter to a rf in this city contains the latest autl information Of the movements of the army : ChUicothc, Cc: Colonel James Dunlap, who returned evening from St. Mary's, reports that an press arrived at that place to gen. Han from gen. Winchester, urging him to r immediately to Fort Defiance; thai Ii. ma cd with all expedition at the head of 250 2000 mounted riflemen. The express si that gen. Winchester was at or near For; fiance with about 300 Ohio and Kentuck hinteers, and that abodv of Indians and B v amounting to about 2500 or 3000, with pieces of artillery, lay encamped about 3 mil s Winchester was hourly expec y distance. · low: Gen. Perkins had detached capt. Cotton, with a party of 90 men, to the peninsula of Sandusky, to secure some salt said to be there on the arrival of the party they discovered some Indians, whom they immedi attacked the Indians retned until they were joined by another party, when a brisk fight took place, and had it not been for some misunderstanding of the orders, it is probable the whole of the Indians would have been killed and taken, as our men had outflanked and nearly surrounded them it is, however, satisfactory to add, that the Indians were beaten, several scalps taken, and, although the number killed could not be correctly ascertained, there is no doubt but their ioss greatly exceeded ours, Which was six killed and 10 wounded, none of them dangerously. Capt. Cotton had returned to camp. It is with pleasure we add, that the report ' of Ml Jame Ro who former , rcsided in : The im is a hi mounting the Cal' ',·, u sJiomi, <.·.-, richly laden with peltry taken from us at the surrender f'h of Detroil There were about 83 men taken with the \. ssels, many of whom wen , .;, 1 I -- i- can priso'i. rs, late were the for Quclr n-.xt The only by curing J 1 . vi anits of Gen. Hull's army, morning to have been sent A happy deliverance. in this achievement is i off -- importance as a step towards se- -- . a I . , h 8 |onji> , ... , )f> h]]]v(] , t n the, , ^^ onnv.and of Lake Erie. preparing the above, tho mail arrived evening, by which we received a letter f: Buffalo, dated on Saturday. It enables c o add, that it being impossible to get the Arlams off the bar, she was burnt on Friday c-. ;i.mg that the number f prisoners exceeds The letter concludes thus "you havJ no conception of the general sorrow whic pervades the army on account of the ga: lrh's death. He was interred here to-:.- with military honors." a rumor, that a few days ago a ha number o American boats, laden with guns, Sec. with ;;nrne U. S. tr'oi ammuni; S. ! ,, -- < We . . h round u) i. 1 true. Meadville, Sejit. 22. LATE FROM DETROIT. Mr. William Magaw arrived here yesterday afternoon from Detroit, which place he left Saturday afternoon. He states that all the cannon and ammunition taken at Detroit are removed. That Detroit is now garrisoned by one hundred British regulars, and that there About 8 are not more than 50 at Maiden. days ago two Indians came into Detroit with a letter, which they found on an express whom they intercepted and killed, and which had been sent by the commander of Fort Wayne to gen. Harrison, requesting succors, and stating that his situation was critical. The British commander on the receipt of the letter immediately sent about one thousand Indians, who had arrived at Detroit since its surrender, last .He has returned unhurt, and his conduct and bravery are spoken of in the highest terms of approbation. ··'a^owego for Niac.ni"., me cnci were ciia.-.e into The detachment of 2000 men, ordered by the governor from the militia of this state, to rendezvous at this place, on the 20th inst. have been encamped for several days on the banks of the Allegany river. On Tuesday last they elected Richard Crooks, of Washington county, brigadier-general ; Joel Ferree, of Allegany county, and Robert Patterson, of Fayette county, colonels. It is said they will march on Sunday to join gen. Harrison, whose head-quarters, wo understand, is at Wooster, in Oak Orchard Creek, which is 35 miles above the mouth of Genesee river, and 40 below the Niagara. The loss of maj. Ctyi.ek, in the affair of Buffaloe, as stated among the events of the war in our columns of this day, Is an event for which his family ami friends can be consoled only by the reflection, that be 1 ing his duty tO his country- j lie was univerfor he possally esteemed, and deservedly so sessed that warmth of feeling which is the. brightest ornament of valor, that spirit of liberality and frankness which is a virtue in every breast, but pre-eminently so in the a solelier. It is sweet to die for one's country, has been the langua] of poetry nd ol triotism in every age; but the death oi' the brave has perhaps never been more happily celebrated in song, than in the beautiful little ode of Collins, which is too appropriate to the present occasion not to be recalled to the recollection of our readers.' f I ; Ohio. Cana?idaigua, Oct. 1 3.^ - ; : Two vessels retaken from the British. On a fevj regulars, to attack the fort; since which time they had not bean heard of. The Indians who were at the surrender of Detroit have almost all been sent down to Fort Erie. The British, he states, have no expectation of being able to hold Detroit. The inhabitants of Detroit are in a wretched situaivith can no longer be restrained by the British from acts of violence. Taking the above circumstances together, there can be little doubt that we shall in a few days hear of warm work between our patriotic army under Harrison and the army of the tion. The savages and Indians). Whether their forces are headed by a British or the Indian general we have not heard; but We doubt not that a good account will be rendered of them allies (British if Thursday night last, It. Elliott, U. States navyagent on the Niagara, with three boats, manned by American tars and volunteers, went over to Fort Erie, with a view of cutting out two vessels, (the Adams and Caledonia) which The object lay under the guns of the fort. was accomplished, and the Americans were returning with the two prizes, and endeavoring to run them down between the American shore and Squaw Island, (a little below Black Rock) when one of them (the Adams) grounded on a sand-bar at the head of the island and the British, on the other shore of the river, opened a heavy fire on them from their battery, in the hope of destroying or rend them useless, which they continued during had 2 or 3 men killed, and the next day. a few wounded. Among the killed, we lament ; " How With all When sleep the brave, who sink to rest their countiy's wishes blest I SruiNG with dewy fingers cold. to Returns deck their hallowed mold, sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. She there shall dress a " By fairy bauds their knell is rung, By forms unscon their dir^e is sung'i There Honor comes, a pilgrim grey. We To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And FiieeOom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ." they should be brought to action. to number Major CurLEE, (Aid to Maj. Gen.