Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

WASHINGTON CITY, March 14

Extract of a letter from Com. Stephen Decatur to the Secretary of the Navy, dated New-York, March 6th, 1815.

"In my official letter of the 18th January, I omitted to state, that a considerable number of my killed & wounded was from the fire of the Pomone, and that the Endymion had on board, in addition to her own crew, one Lieutenant, one Master's-mate, and 50 men belonging to the Saturn, and when the action ceased, was left motionless and unmanageable until she bent new sails, rove new rigging and fished her spars, nor did she rejoin the squadron for six hours after the action, and three hours after the surrender of the President. My sword was delivered to Capt. Hayes, of the Majestic, the senior officer of the squadron, on his quarter-deck, which he with great politeness immediately returned. I have the honor to enclose you my parole, by which you will perceive the British admit that the President was captured by the squadron. I should have deemed it unnecessary to have drawn your attention to this document, had not the fact been stated differently by the Bermuda Gazette on our arrival there, which statement, however, the editors was compelled to retract through the interference of the Governor and some of the British officers of the squadron.

“The great assiduity of Mr. Trevett, and Surgeon's Mates Dix and Wickes, to the wounded, merit the highest approbation. The only officer badly wounded is Midshipman Richard Dale, who lost a leg, a circumstance to be particularly regretted, as he is a young man possessed of every quality to make a distinguished officer."