Daily National Intelligencer

The mail from Ohio yesterday brought no additional information relative to the disaster on the Miami river, except the following, which we copy from "The Liberty Hall," a paper printed at Cincinnati, and which presents a most sombre picture of this bloody action:

"Out of three Kentucky regiments, not a battalion remains. Only two officers that were in the engagement have got in; viz. major M'Clenahan and capt. Graves, the latter with two slight wounds. Gen. Winchester, colonel Lewis, and several other officers, were seen on horseback, 8 or 9 miles from the camp, retreating--and by various corresponding accounts it appears that the general and six other officers were there killed together, and most horridly mangled--it is reported that the body of the general was mangled in a manner so shocking to civilized feelings, that I forbear to describe it. Capt. Price, son of the late col. Price, was seen retreating 3 or 4 miles, apparently exhausted, and was heard to say to col. Lewis, 'I can go no farther; let us form and fight.' The col. answered, 'the men cannot be rallied; we must do the best we can.' The general and colonel rode slowly along, encouraging the men to keep up, by which they were both much exposed. Col. Allen was discovered on foot two miles on the retreat, nearly exhausted, and opposing with his sword 3 or 4 Indians--as yet, however, all accounts must be considered imperfect. The number of British and Indians engaged on this ever to be lamented day, amounted, 'tis believed, to between 2 and 3000--some say, 1000 British and Canadian militia, and from 1500 to 2000 savages. They attacked our camp at the river Raisin, about day break, with 8 pieces of cannon; our troops sustained the action till the sun was half an hour high, when, retreating across the river, our men were so exposed, that every one of the enemy's guns could play upon them with effect--and at this time it is thought the enemy sustained a serious loss. Capt. Hart got to the camp in advance the night before, just in time to suffer with his company. Major Madison is said to have ordered his battalion (such of them as survived) to ground arms at the last moment. What is the real fate of this part of the army; whether all are mostly killed, or what part of it prisoners, it is impossible yet to say, but certain it is, the prime and glory of our troops are gone."

Since writing the above, we learn that letters have reached the city from Gen. Harrison to Gov. Meigs, giving a much more cheering account of the battle. They state that our worthy fellows fought like heroes; that quite as many, if not more, of the enemy were slain as of our own forces, and that but for the greatly superior numbers of the Indians and British and the distance of the stock of ammunition, the result would have been different. Six hundred are said to have been taken prisoners, and many escaped, so that not more than 300 are killed.