The volunteers who so gloriously fought in the battery, deserve the thanks of their country. No men could have done better. Their example will have the happiest influence.
About forty buildings are more or less injured, 8 or 10 essentially so; and two or three may be considered as ruined. The damage was principally done by the brig. Many shells did not explode, several were extinguished. The Congreve Rockets which were frightful at first, lost their terrors, and effected little.
The inhabitants, fearing another attack, have not returned to their dwellings, and their desolate situation calls loudly upon the philanthropy of their fellow citizens. If a brief should be granted for collections in the churches of the State we trust very essential aid will be furnished. Nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants, it is said, have no other property than their dwellings.
A Nantucket man has been on board the British fleet to redeem his boat, and learned that the Dispatch had 2 men killed and 12 wounded; her loss was undoubtedly much greater.
[NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS.]
[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 24th.]
The following is handed us as a list of the volunteers (tho' presumed not entirely perfect,) of those who so bravely stood the brunt of the attack of Stonington Point:—
Of Stonington:—
| Capt. George Fellows, | Gurdon Trumbull, |
| Capt. Wm. Potter, | Alex. G. Smith, |
| Dr. Wm. Lord, | Amos Denison jun., |
| Lieut. H. G. Lewis, | Stanton Gallup, |
| Ensign D. Frink, | Eb. Morgan, |
| John Miner. | |