Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

From the Democratic Press.

Extract of a letter to the editor, dated Sackett's Harbor, 10th Nov. 1813.

The Lady of the Lake came in this afternoon from our fleet then in sight off Stony Island. It is said they are going up to Fort George for Gen. Harrison and such regulars as he has with for this place. On Sunday last our crew landed below Prescott. I have no other accounts from them. God only knows what they have been at. The weather has been remarkably fine till this evening, 'tis now snowing a little or so. Capt. Mix, of the Lady of the Lake, informs that there was great noise and bustle on the Canada shore, so soon as they found our army had gone below, and he supposes most of their fleet was on the way down from Kingston. Sir James came out, but he kept Dodge Island between Chauncey and himself.

It is rumored here on British authority, that Sir George Prevost is about to discard Sir James, and bestow the command of the fleet on Capt. Yeaster, of the Royal George, of whose skill and courage our officers speak in much higher terms than they do of Sir Knight. If Mulcaster comes out as commodore, you may expect to catch a hard fought. He possesses no taste for Sir Knight's system of manoeuvring, alias running away; he says he is tired of that.

The British are badly off in Canada. An order was issued a few days ago, directing the crew of last year to be beat out immediately. Any one officer were appointed to say how much the crop was per for the family, on preempt those calculate from the surplus to be given to the commissioners of the king, to be paid for the rate of eleven dollars per barrel for flour while his majesty's subjects in Kingston get flour at 20 dollars!! What would tenant farmer say to such treatment?

Cattle are distressed for salt: I am told it is as high as a dollar per quart.

While we no salt-works on the other side of except a very small one at the head of of Coney which yields them but little before the war their supplies were derived from Montreal. Since when they have to rely on countries from Quebec Our army at Montreal and their supplies must be cut off, no doubt in this but very many other articles.

We have no coin once only the folly of such chlitoentaanit put a stop to them. The time bf They tirt enitmente or thets piontbs nien Tarut xoirn cvery ay ant our ranke will bo 2coicederaly thuried thrornter net at 26206 Ahe fime Jiry.hifye learuned thet. dutyaul are runiyueamhpnstrouaskrgumcntouins ind of.enlistment ir every coldierc Koverunienn twoeunieleruitaor-clotny Juy the.ia munith Kor.udrtneAs tieral called. Kl ihotovcruicntt eotIhe t ue or. boearringe icucinactukLsorvicey. Oaw rhrontcotation Inig arxrivrntin periotofathe 3ter por perind lhe Presinent has thd noyer and Ihe incliualion to disband when he no longerere. qaires them.. cIhere are.troops cnonch voted for that period to take Canndn twice over y hot while thrc recrpiting for one ycar i fered to su ob. fie oiher regiments mnst remain unbiled, n very jew men cad be feund ready to enlist for irve years, nnd do duty, if he can be better fed, Letier clothed, and as welf paid. It is most evi- dent to me, if Congress do not attend imnmedi- alely to this ubject, they will defeat their ar- mies in Canada, if the recruiting serviee is not of a nature to keep up onr regiments in the por- liol, they must dwindle into skeletons of regi- inonts, aud finaiiy hecome sport to our enemies.