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on the divine direction, the members of this government will in this perplexing ; period, pieferve confiftency of conduct■ «xI adhere with undeviiting COOftlOCf to■ the principle* of jntt'ce *ndCALEB STRONG.11 May 18, 1813.Newatk, the Kentuckians taker, .n Ext the late engagement at the Rapids, jThe two Hmisvs be ng in convention, they proceeded «o the choice of nineCounsellors from the people at large, a 1 Secretary of State and I reusurer.Hon David Cobb, Oliver FUk,ll'm Prescott, John Brook*,, Sttmud fairs, 1 ’ 'William Davis, dcorge Bliss, Ba.j Ptckman, 'jr.Were elected Counsellors, by a large majority. Aldus Bradford, Esq. (was re-elected Secretary ot State—and [John T. AriHour, Esq Ireasurcr.• The Urn Alarm Fir Co hr, having J der lined a sral in the Council, the Hon. j Ju tt!t I.OftD, qf Berwick, sea* chosen in his stead —The Hon CHBisroriien Core, has ' been elected to the Senate of the U S. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re signatiun ot the Hon. Mr. Lloyd.His Excellency the Governor communicated by message, the following strange note from the Secretary of War.H'ar D'paitvunr, March 13,1413*In *m. wer to your Excell-ncv'* letter of the 1*1 iixUnt, (enclos ng a Resolution of the Legi.latii-e of Mattacliusetts of Feb rusrv 27th, 1813, a«Mres»ed to the Pr»-«i dent of the United srivc-*, and “ reques ig •urh supply of mu.keis as may le ennven-inn ly furnished, ami a* m»v be considered (lie proportion to winch the Commonweal h •rii) be emitted,*’} 1 lta»e the tumour to in-I n m your Excellency, Mat •* the aim* pr v led 10 vi-nie of the Ast of April 23d 1808, fir arm og and eqtitn,iitig the whole bo I) ol Miut’ia ol the United SUtca, have been in c.mitderiihle in proportion to ihe Mill ia to tie su, plied j the President haa deemed it m •»! conducive to the general interest to - 1 ply in the fir*t mitasce the frontier Sutra ...id the Militia who have come forward in in- service of die C-mury.When toe mate of ihs public Araenala *-i I juilily the measure, Maaaachnsetta will 1 ecrive herp opnrtion ct Arms, agreeably to • nr proviaion* of «lie La*.Ve-v leipemfidlv, 1 h.ve the honour to be your Excellent.)'* nist ehrdient aervant, JOHN ARMSTRONG.HD Kx’y Catta sta no?G v f Mast i' hastes. jwere arriving there in confulerablc nttmbe s, having been landed by the j wen Britifh at the mouth of Huron, and ly J liberated on their parole. Their ap- it w pearance was truly deplorable, hav- 1 *vas ing been dripped and plundered by gun the Indians of every thing valuable j cry Few of them had any other garment war except fiiirt and trowfers, and blank ] fom 1 ets which had been fent them by land Gen. Harrifon. The inhabitants had ; furndhed moll of them with hats, though many were dill without any.The people too were very liberal in fupplymg them with provifions.They date that they defcendcd the Miami in boats from fort Defiance, in number about twelve hundred, under the command of general Clay.On the 5th May, a divifion of between feven and eight hundred men, under the command of Col. Dudley, landed on the weft fide of the river op-pofirc to fort Meig6, by order of Gen. Harrifon, for the purport: of llorm ing the Britifh Batteries, which they effetted without much lofs. 1 hey fpiked the cannon and took feveral I Engiifhmen prifoners 1 he only * formidable force near the fort were orwhe ble I anJ tern my IberfideLtarncthefaidgen.foutderldedmarIn the House his Excellency's speech w.is committed 'o Messrs. Otis, Green, of Be wi, k, Mills, of North-Hampton, Hall, of W and I hsiclur, of Warren —In the Senate it was committed to Messrs. Putnam Foster, and White The Rev Joshua Huntington, lias been chosen Chaplain of the House of Representatives.1 lie Notaries Public lor the last year have been principally re elected.Col. Amos Hovev, of Salem, has been chosen Major General lor the 2d ilivis ion—and the Hon David Cobh, Maj-.r General ot the 10th division, in the 10 un of Gen Ulmer, resignedWilliam H Summer and Henry Saiicknt, Esq'rs are appointed Aids de-Camp to the Commander in Chief.flic Members of the House of Representatives elected this year is 629, a-bout a 100 less than last year.Indians, who relrtated, and were purfued without mucn order by the Kentuckians.— I hey kept fkirmifh-ing with them for fome conliderable time, until the Britifh, who were en camped fume difta.ice in the rc-r of rhe batteries, came up, and cut off their retreat to the river. Finding themfeives furrouaded on all fides, moft of them were compelled to fur render. At this time it is fisted by fome, that there were net 40 together About 140 made their efcape and got out to the fort, l hc prifoners were taken to the old fort, when they were counted, and dated b.’ the Britifh officer to amount to about 530. I lav- I ing been left in the fort under a ftnall guard, the Indians broke in upon them and killed a number. Two of the Englilh foldiers were killed by the Indians in attempting to defend them ; Trcumfrh, and Col. Elliot foon came to their relcif and put an end to the mafiacre. Tecuaifeh, in particular, was much enraged at the conduit of the Indiana.— Towards eveniug of the fam; day they were put on board fome britiih vcfTels, where they remained two or three days, and were then taken to the mouth of Huron and difcharged on paroleGro our ding tier, bloc at v But fcrci are 1 CgaraA14 ftakeDeifiAthison tlry-thisfuccrearof FmetlofslarlyMaj.Sev.Iheir lofs in killed wao vtrioufiy j dated from 60 to too, one third of | which were faid to have been mafia-' weTIII'BSDAY, Jl'NI 3.. Thlt;* hou*e wss occupied m die il-acu»»ion f the reported anawv-r l'i the G vernm •« speech— which w»s accepted : Yea* 376, N y* 131Ijp tljc SRailg.BOSTON, IUNE 3.FROM F iRT MEIGS.The following account of military operations on the Miami, is the moll ratimal and fatisfaltory we have fern.Zanesville, (o.) mat 19 —A gen • tlcinan ot undoubted veracity and intelligence who has lately arriveJ from the frontiers, has politely favored us with the following important and int retli g information .- I hat Gov. Meigs and Gen Cass, with the mounted men left Upper Sandulky for foit Meigs on Wcdnefday, the 12th inst. the footmrn having march* ed the day before, in the whole a -mounting to 1303 men they expected to receive an accefiion of 40a men ar Lower Sandufky, and to arrive at Fort Meigs on Friday A def-patch was received by Gov. Meigs from Gen. Harrifon on Tuefday, which Hated the Britiih had bored out the cannon fpiked by t e Kentuckians, and that they expelled the cannonade would loon recommence, but lie apprehended 110 danger of being compelled to furrender the fort. A firing of cannon was flared to have been heard at Upper Sandufky on luefday evening and on Wedtiefday innruing, in the direction of ihe fort. The whole lofs ro the fort during the fieyc, was ftated to haive been—killed —twenty-three of the 1‘etersburg volunteers are dated to have been wounded—the tojal number of wounded wa* not ftated.When our informant palled thro*I cred by the Indians after the furrender. Among the killeJ was Col. * Dudley and 4 captains. Col. Dudley is faid to have died very bravely; | being fevcrrly wounded in the action | in the leg and temple, and faint with Io(Y of blood, he rcqurftcd a foldier to give him a gun, and leave him — when the Indians came up he fired and killed one of hem—they ruthed upon him, and with their tomahawks dilpatchid him in a moft cruel manner. cutting off his legs and arms, hewing his body to pcices.1 hey reprcfent the Indians in general to have ailed with great cruelty. The Britifh on the other Band, treated them well, took care of the wounded and ufed every rxertion to prutedk them from the Indians.They eltimare the force of the ! Britiih at about 1000 men, and that of the Indians from 1 j to 20 hundred The Britifh were fending the Indians to Maiden, and re-embarking their cannon, and every thing indicated their intention immediately to raife the liege of the fort, and 10 leave that part of the country.killeourColwouG'enu nrV quot dill of a Lt. ( rivec We ccr ' nava enen rd tl partCor,yefte Isft 1 all it TUR to fc by a harb chor 1Bat A Tuel[tr^Since the receipt of the above | 'fCn article, we hare received a Hand . I1'-11 * Bill, from Montreal, containing the j [8 ; Britifh official account of the captor ( of Gen. Clay’s Diiifion, which dill- • erj tn no ofiential article from the A- j wcri merican account. It adds, however, I *,c* that the military cheft, containing 1 ,ur * 14,00a dollars, with all the provisions of the army were also taken.]A Montreal paper, of the 221I ult. dates the arrival there of a number of veflels from England, on board of which were 1625 troops, betides feveral crews for the flotilla in the Lake.andfewmooEnglfrom in fr from _1 whitFlt;om It Jttkjmy Jit git, Jumr I. ' ‘'C,CIAttack upon Sacket’s Harbour,ken.and defeat of the Enemy.We ftop the prefs to infert the yefte following, which has come to hand . lqua by the Weft cm Mail. It is from ' !; the Utica Gazette extra, of bundav : of tl:' !
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