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! // THE WAR. " LET THE RALLYING WORD, THROUGH ALL THE DAY, BE " LIBERTY OR DEATH." Vol. II--No. 12. NEW YORK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER principal officers being killed, the 7, 1813. Whole No. 64. DESPERATE ACTION. Charleston, August 15. Yesterday arrived at this port the fine new privateer schooner Decatur, capt. Dominique Diron, from bringing in with her as prizes a cruise of 85 days Barrette, his B. M. schooner Dominico, lieut. W. ; deck covered with W English colors were hauled the conquerors. In consequence of the orders given by the capt of the Decatur, the vessels were then separated, the rigging and sails being in the worst state possible. dead and wotinded, the down by precipitation, leaving his Indian allies scattered at a distance round the fort, to revenge the loss of their comrifle. Regardour brave soldiers employed themselves, after having been on dutv for 30 successive hours, in letting down water in buckets to the wounded of the enemy in the ditch, whom the darkness of the nigh'; and the uncertainty of the retreat of the enemy prevented them from relieving in any other way. What an interesting subject for the painter and the poet! What a beautiful picture of generosity and humanity does not this exhibit Such a scene in other nations would of itself immor- rades by chance-shots from the deadly less of the danger from this fire, late commander, captured on the 6th instant, and t!>e British ship London Trader, capt. Sinclair, from Surrtiiam bound to London, captured on the following day. The particulars of the action with the Dominico, will be found in the following extract from the Decatur's log-book. EXTRACT. Relation of the battle between the American Privateer Decatur, armed -with 6 12/*. carronades, and 1 18 pounder on a pivot, with 103 men, commanded by Monsieur Dominique JJiron ' ,- a7id If. B. M schr. Dominico, of 12 \2lb brass 41b carronades, 2 long sixes, one and 1 32.'6. carronade on a pivot, with 83 men, commanded hy lieut. George Wilmot Barrette carried by boarding. the -- During the combat, which lasted an hour, the king's packet ship Princess Charlotte remained a silent spectator of the scene, and as soon as the vessels were disengaged from each other, she tacked about and stood to the southward. She had sailed from St. Thomas, bound to England, under convoy, to a certain latitude, of the Dominico. Killed and Wounded on board the Decatur. Killed, 3. Wotinded, 16 one of whom (the carpenter) since dead. On board the Dominico. Killed, 13. Wounded, 47 5 of whom are since dead of their wounds. Total killed and mounded, 60. Among the killed are G. W. Barrette, command> r Mr. J. Sacker, master; Mr. D. Brown, purser Mr. -- -- been fairly developsd, has shone forth with peculiar lustre. talize the actors in it. But here, it is only regarded as airait markingthe conduct of American citizen soldiery, which, whenever its character has THE ATTACK ON SANDUSKY. Further interesting particulars. are sorry to perceive, that all the accounts hitherto received concur in representing the conduct of the British on this occasion, as affording ample proof of the characteristic barbarity and the sanguinary dispositions of that nation, which has been cal'led by men professing to be Americans, the " bulwark of religion," and the *« shield of oppressed humanitv." ; ; We 4th of A igust, 1813, at half past 10 in the morning, the man at the mast head discovered 2 sail to the southward at 11 these vessels were ascertained to be a ship and a schooner at half past 12 found ourselves abreast of the schooner, which hoisted English colors, at 1 o'clock the Decatur wore round half an hour after the s; hooner fired a shot, without effect the captain then gave orders to prepare every thing for action, to load all the cannon and musketry, to have the grapplings, swords, Sec. read\, and having previously got up the necessary ammunition, water, &c from below, ordered the At 2 o'clock, the Dehutches to be fastened down. catur having wore ship in order to take the schooner aba't, she fired another shot which passed over us ; and a quarter past 2 we fired our large gun and hoisted American colors at the peak we fired our piece a second and a third time, which she answered by firing two guns from her battery our distance was now about half gun shot it was now half past 2 o'clock, and the schooner evinced a desireto bear away observing this, the Decatur hauled upon the larboard tack, in order to present her bow to the enemy ; 10 minutes after the enemy fired a whole broadside, which caused no damage to the Decatur, except some trifling injury to her rigging. After having answered her by a shot from our IS pounder, the captain of the Decatur ordered every one to his post, in order to carry her by boarding, when the necessary preparations were made for the purpose it was now about three quarters past 2, the distance about pistol shot the crew of the Decatur having cheered preparatory to boarding, our fire of musketry commenced and was very wt-ll kept up the enemy bearing away in order to avoid the boarding, seized the opportunity to fire a broadside into us, which killed 2 of our men, and oth-rwise materially njured our rigging and sails. The Deca ur continuing to',follow up the manoeuvres of the enemy, endeavored again to board her, which she once more avoided and fired another broadside. The capt. of the Decatur having oi Je.-ed the drum to beat the charge, the crew cried out to board. At that moment endeavored again to board her, which the enemy could no longer resist, as effected by passing into her stern over our bowsprit, our jib-boom running into her mainsail. It was now half past 3 the live from the artillery and musketry was terrible, and well supported on' both sides. The enemy not being able to disengage, himself, dropped alongside and it was in this position that capt. Biron ordered his whole crew to board, armed with pistols, sabres, Sic which order executed with the promptness ot lightning Mr. Vincent S.iiiili. 1st prize, master, a>d quartermaster Thomas Washbome, were the twa fust on bonrd Hie enerr.v in doing which the prize master received 3 "omuls the srew of the enemy fought with as much com- ge andbraverj as that of thfcJDecatnrdid with do andiutr-pidity. Fire-arms now became useless, and the crews were fighting hand to hand with cutlass* s, and throw ing cold shot v,hen, the capt. of the enemy and the On -- -- Archer and Mr. l'arrey, midshipmen. Wounded, Mr. John Nichols, midshipman. The surgeon and one midshipman were the only officers on board who were not killed or wounded. The lieut. was left on statement it would appear, that engagement has been the most bloody, and the loss of the killed and wounded on the part of the enemy, in proportion to the number engaged, perhaps this shore, sick. From the above ; ; ; ; ; ; ; -- ; ; : -- ; the greatest, of any action to be found in the records of naval warfare. The surviving officers of the Dominico attribute the loss of their vessel to the superior skill of the Decatur's crew in the use of musketry, and the masterly manceuvering of that vessel, by which their carriage guns were rendered nearly useless. Capt.- Barrette was a voting man, of not more than 25 years of age he had been wounded early in the action by 2 musket balls in the left arm, but he fought till the last moment, refusing to surrender his vessel, although he was urged by the tew survivors of his crew to do so; declaring his determination not to survive her loss. One of ihe lieuts.of the Decatur received a severe sabre wound in the ha; d from c-.pt. B. a few moments before he fell. Capt. Diron is a Frenchman, and many of the officers crew of his vessel are his countrymen; they have done themselves immortal honor by the humanit;. and attention displayed towards their prisoners after victory, which is s <iken of in high terms of approbation, by the surviving officers of the enemy's vessel. The crew of the Dominico, with the exception of 8 or 10 boys, were fine looking young men but to see them in the mangled sUte in which they arrived, was enough to freeze the blood, of one not accustomed to such sights, with horror. Among her crew is a small hoy, not eleven years old, who was twice wounded, while contending for victory upon the deck. The day alter capturing the sch. the Decatur fell in with and captured, without any action, the British ship London Trader, from .Surrinani bound to London, with a cargo consisting of 209 hhds. of sugar, 140 tierces of molasses, 55 hhds rum, 700 hags coffee, about 50 or 60 bales cotton, and soin. other articles. She anchored in 5 fathom hole yesterday. There never u as a greater instance of good fortune than that experienced by these vessels, in the moment of their arrival on the coast had they got here one day sooner, they would have stood a great chance to have fallen into the hands of the enemrs brigs which had been cruising lor some time off here, and which hud passed the bar and stood to the southward, with ; sources entitled to credit, we learn, that when colonel Elliott demanded the surrender of the fort, he stated that, unl ss his demand was promptly acceded to, a general massacre would ensue And when col. Short, From who commanded the British regulars destined : storm the fort, h..d formed his troops in a line parallel with the dilch, he ordered them, in the hearing of our men, to leap the ditch, cut down the pickets, 'and give the Americans no qu. rter. This barbarous order, which none but a savage could give, was not, however, porn itied to go unpunished for the words were hardly out of the mouth of the British command; to when the retributive justice of Provide ce arrested him and the wretch was obliged to sue for that merer, ; ad | , ! ! r cy which he had determined not to extend to others. It may be observed here, in honor of the character oi' the American soldiers, that although our little band were well aware of the fate which the en< my I.; d prepared for them yet, they w ere no sooner subdued, than the Americans forgot their crimes in their sufferings and the wounded in the ditch, whose groam and constant calls fur ranter were heard By our men in : ; the fort, supplied wini that necessary article, on the night succeeding the discomfiture of the enemy, by the generosity of the Americans, who, with considerable , wee ; hazard, ventured to risk- their lives in order to alleviate the sufferings of the very men who had plotted their enlire destruction. THE CONTRAST. After the battle at the river Katsin and before gen. Harrison knew of the massacre of the Americans, he sent "a Hag of truce wiih surgical aid" to our wound· ed--and what was their reception The officer who carried the Mag of trace was kii led, Dr. MTKeehan was severely wounded, cruelly insulted, made prisoner -- and paraded through Canada as a trophy of British valor. All this occurred under the comma d oj Procter, who in his letter to gen Harrison after his unsuccessful attack on Sandusky prates of " ev v\ cons de, shewn b\ the brave soldier far a wounded enem\."' Thus it is that England vaunts of .her humanity, magnanimity and religion, yet inflicts the most unpardonable injuries and the most wanton cruelties. ration being St. Louis, the wind at N K. on Thursday morning. -- wn ; ; the A'ational Intelligencer. cannot help calling the attention of our readers to the noble conduct of Croghan and his brave associates at Sandusky, after repulsing the enemy as detail From We ed below. ·· ; The enemy had sought their 'lives, had menaced their extermination, and had declared that he would give no quarters. He was repulsed he was vanquish d by a handful of men. He left the dilch full of his. dead and wounded, and retreated with the 16lh instant, the enemy carried a blockhouse erected by the commanding officer to comm.nd a ravine, of which they take advantage in all their attacks upon this pb.ee; n were at this place, lately On FORT MADISON AGAIN ATT At, KM). INDIAN HOSTILITIES fM TJ July 31. kil.ed a fire and butchered in this blockhouse thej k^pt up upon the garrison for about 2 hours.' This is ; 4m :'ie 9th or 10ih rencounter that has taken pice on our frontier between the 4di and 18th of this month.