Daily National Intelligencer

From the commonwealth Extra.

PITTSBURG, Sunday, May 16

Copy of a letter from a gentleman at Lower Sandusky to Mr. John M. Snowden, dated May 13, 1813—received by express.

All is well with our little army at the Rapids. General Harrison is now here with his aids. He will go to Upper Sandusky from this place. Three hundred of the Kentuckians which the British took at the Rapids were landed on the 11th instant at Huron. I have been very busy here some days in getting arms and ammunition there for their defence. On their arrival it was feared the Indians would land at the bay and go down and attack them as they landed. They were so exasperated or rather disappointed in the siege of fort Meigs, that general Harrison tells me they tell the British this is the last time they will fight for them against the Americans. Major Stoddard died of the lock jaw, occasioned by his wound. I wrote you that governor Meigs, with 800 men and 2 six pounders were expected here this day from the south. Major Ball's squadron is also here. Had it not been for the infernal spirit which gets into men to think they can do all things when they have done but part, the principal part of Proctor's army, all his cannon and stores must have fallen into our hands.

The conduct of the Kentucky troops in disobeying orders is astonishing. They passed the river and got within two hundred yards of the British fortification before they were discovered. They drove them back, spiked their cannon and might have brought them off. But no—they fell to fight away the Indians and were led off one and a half miles. In the mean time the British reinforced and came in on their rear, and cut off their retreat, and then you have their end—80 men is all that were killed except the Kentuckians.