ble charge of leaden slugs, was fired into the ditch, and sweeping the whole column, the front of which was only thirty feet distant from the piece, killed colonel Short, and almost every man who had ventured to obey his order. A volley of musquetry was fired at the same time, and great numbers of the enemy, who had not yet entered the ditch, were severely wounded. The officer who succeeded colonel Short in the command of the broken column, immediately rallied and formed it anew, and led it on to the same fatal point. A second fire from the destructive six pounder, was poured upon it, with as much success as the first; and the small arms were discharged so briskly, that the enemy's troops were again thrown into confusion, and not all the exertions of the British officers could bring them up to another assault. They fled precipitately to an adjoining wood, and were very soon followed by the Indians. In a few minutes the firing entirely ceased; and an army much more than ten times superior to a small garrison, was compelled to relinquish an attack, the successful issue of which was not at all doubted by any one of its officers.

A strong degree of terror prevailed among the collected forces. The Indians were enraged and mortified at this unparalleled defeat; and carrying their dead and wounded from the field, they indignantly followed the British regulars to the shipping. General Proctor abandoned his wounded, and left the dead bodies of his most distinguished officers, among whom was colonel Short, in the ditch.-During the night of the 2d, major Croghan received as many of the wounded enemy through the port hole as were able to approach it, and to those who could not, he threw out provisions and water.

On the morning of the 3d, the gun boats and transports sailed down the hay, and guards of soldiers were immediately afterwards sent out to collect and bring into the fort all the wounded, and to bury the enemy's dead with the honours to which, by their rank, they were entitled. Seventy stand of arms, several braces of pistols, and a boat containing much clothing and military stores, which had been left in the hurry of the enemy's flight, were then taken. The loss of the assailants was reported to have been not less than one hundred and fifty; that of the garrison was one killed, and seven slightly wounded.

The brilliancy of this affair procured for the officers and men, the thanks of the government, and the unfeigned applause of all parties in the union. Major Croghan was soon after promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was presented with a sword by the ladies of Chillicothe. His precaution and activity prevented a very important, though weak post, from falling into the hands of the enerny; and gave a powerful check to their plan of operations, for the remaining part of the campaign. The commander in chief, whose positive orders he had ventured to disobey, yielded him his warmest approbation, and recommended to the early notice of the department of war, a young soldier of twenty-one years, who had baffled the most ingenious efforts of the British general, and had sustained his various assaults for thirty-six hours. Besides major Croghan, the garrison contained seven officers, all of whom distinguished themselves. Captain Hunter was second in command, and resisted the attacks of the second British column, as well as of the Indians. Lieutenants Johnson, Bayler, and Meeks, of the 17th, and Anthony, of the 24th, and ensigns Shipp and Duncan, of the 17th, were stationed at different places in the garrison, and acquitted themselves with great credit.

General Harrison had no sooner been apprized of the approach of the enemy towards fort Stephenson, than he sent orders for the immediate march of two hundred and fifty volunteers, from Upper Sandusky, and put in readiness all the infantry at Seneca, under generals M'Arthur and Cass. Scouts were instantly forwarded to reconnoitre the position of the enemy, but in consequence of the strong disposition of the Indian forces, they were unable to approach the garrison, and were met by general Harrison and his dragoons, between Seneca Town and fort Stephenson. Here the retreat of the enemy, under Proctor, and the investment of fort Meigs by Tecumseh, were first heard of; and the general directed M'Arthur and Cass to fall back to Seneca Town, for the protection of the sick, and the provisions. But two days after, Tecumseh and his Indians, followed the steps of Proctor and Dixon, and all apprehensions about the safety of the military hospitals were, therefore, removed.

The American fleet on the Lake Erie, having been completed, and with great difficulty passed over the bar, P

a principal part of the crew of each vessel being made up of the Pennsylvania militia, who had volunteered to go on an expedition, sailed on a short cruise, for the purpose of training the guns, and of exercising the sailors. In the latter part of August, commodore Perry proceeded to the mouth of Sandusky river, to co-operate with general Harrison. At this place about seventy volunteer marines were received on board, and the fleet sailed in quest of the British squadron. The latter was, at that time, near Malden, before which place commodore Perry appeared, and after reconnoitring the enemy, he retired to Put-inbay, a distance of thirty miles, in hopes of drawing out his antagonist.

On the morning of the 10th of September, the enemy was discovered, bearing down upon the American squadron, which immediately got under way, and stood out to meet him. The superiority of force was greatly in favour of the British, though they had not an equal number of vessels. Their crews were larger, and the length and number of their guns greater, than those of the American squadron. The latter consisted of the brig Lawrence, (flag vessel) of 20 guns; the Niagara, captain Elliot, of 20; the Caledonia, lieutenant Turner, of 3; the schooner Ariel, of 4; the Scorpion, of 2; the Somers, of 2, and 2 swivels; the sloop Trippe, and schooners Tigress and Porcupine, of 1 gun each; making a fleet of 9 vessels, of 54 guns, and 2 swivels. The British squadron consisted of the ships Detroit, commodore Barclay, of 19 guns, and 2 howitzers; the Queen Charlotte, captain Finnis, of 17, and 1 howitzer; the schooner Lady Prevost, lieutenant Buchan, of 13, and 1 howitzer; the brig Hunter, of 10; the sloop Little Belt, of 3; and the schooner Chippewa, of 1, and 2 swivels; making a fleet of 6 vessels, and 63 guns, 4 howitzers, and 2 swivels.

When the American fleet stood out, the British fleet had the weathergage, but at 10 o'clck, A. M. the wind' shifted, and brought the American to windward. The line of battle was formed at 11; and at 15 minutes before 12, the enemy's flag ship, and the Queen Charlotte, opened upon the Lawrence a heavy and effectual fire, which she was obliged to sustain upwards of ten minutes, without a possibility of returning it, in consequence of her battery being of carronades. She nevertheless continued