Commodore Chauncey

and that on sake Erie by Master-Commandant Olver Hazard Perry, of Rhode re | hen only 27 years old. Perry fitt ut a squadron of seven ve els at Hrie, and succeeded in running the British blockade early in August, 1813. On Sept. 10 following he engaged in a fight in Put-in-Bay, near the W. extremity of the lake, with the British squadron of 6 ve els, mounting 63 guns. <A fierce battle was waged for several hours, in the early part of which Perry’s flagship, the ‘“ Lawrence,” was completely disabled and struck her fiag. He immediately shifted his flag to the “ Niagara,’ and continued in action, finally defeating the British and establishing American supremacy on the lakes.