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VoLUMII XIII.J
DESULTORY.
*kO:j THE BOSTON PATRIOT.
BRITISH MAGNANIMITY.
ycitma! of an American officer , (cap
tured a! Omen:town on the i ‘Mb
October). k. ft on his passage front
Fort George to Boston.
Part of the Regulars, taken pri
fbneis in the action, had been lent
r<> York the day alter. On the
, 9th Oft. the remainder embarked
for Montreal; touched at York to
> tc. ive the prisoners Tent a-hea I, &
hi *e liciit. col. Scott (the lento: of.
fi et) and lieut. Bayiey, were fhifr
c.i t > the Royal George, of 22
• pun>; lieut. col. Chtyltic, ii*.uts.
K a nicy, lluginitt, Sam ‘ms, and
2 b, remained on board ihe Earl
c M.ira, of 10 guns; and lit uts.
r• • \trtey, Turner,Fink.and Carr,
c ooard the Simcoe Befidcs sea
men, theie wa> on board each vcf-
Ll a ft rone guard of land troops.
Arrived a King lion on the ‘2! ft,
and remained til! the ‘2oth; during
ninth period, officers & men were
c mfined on boaru. Lieut, col nnel
Siett addrefi'ed a note to col. Vin*
c- .r, commanding officer at King
lton, tequefting leave to go alhore
for a few minutes, but received no
answer, ldeut. col. Chryftie made
a lirniiar application in Ixthalf of a
fkk ifficer, and experienced alike
neglect A Britilh lieutenant on
board the Earl of Moira, having
wirnciTed the effects of confinement
In that miterable dungeon, permit
ted fom.e ol the American officers
to walk on the adjoining wharf with
fvmlelf. For this aft of humanity,
bt was deprived cf ii: sword ! I ieu
te .ant Turner being fu k, remained
L :hind at Kingston for a few days,
and signed a parole which gave him
the limits cf the whole town. Whtn
he became a little convalescent, he
ft- oped acrofr the street into a shop,
to have himlelf shaved. An oincer
was iiefpatched to order him ba.k
to his room ; but finding the bar
ber had not tinifhed the operation,
a moment’s rcfpitg was allowed.
Th’s unmanly wcakuefs did not ef
enpe the keen eye of colonel Vin
ci. nt. Ihe subaltern was arrcfted,
an.l another officer, of better nerve ,
instantly defpatched to force tlie
fn k American from the hands of
the barber, shaved or not shaved.
DcfcenJed the St Lawrence from
Kingston, on the ‘2(ith Oftnber, in
a brigade of batteaux, w’ith a strong
guard, commanded by captains Ev
ans and Nic-rn, and quarter-inafter
Finney. These officers performed
their refpiftive duties with vigilance
but n. \ with ut p: litenefs. Reach
ed Prefect t (opposite to Ogdenf
uurg) r.n ti.c ‘27th. Col. Pcarfon
tof.',n*'tried this p .ft. In a recent
pafiiige out Irom England, lie had
been talon by an American priva
teer but re-captured near the port
us Salem. Col. Pearson made to
i;; every acknowledgement, for the
poiiteiids he liimf.lf had i. reived,
a priibner. At this place co-
MONITOR.
PUBLISHED (weekly) BY DAVII) P. HILLIIOUSE.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.)—SATURDAY, FEBRUAR Y ‘2O, 1813.
lonel Leftbridge (the fame who haJ
a little time before made an attempt
on Ogdenfourgj took command of
the guard, lie was p tlite anJ'at
teutive to his charge. At the tn >uth
ot the River R.iifin, on the ‘29th
Oftober, we fell into the hands of
the Deputy Quarter-MYEr-Gene
ral, one Gray, sent hitherto receive
the prisoners, by his Excellency Sir
George Prevuli. From this mo
ment we were made to feel our ap
proach towards the Governor-Gen
era! of His Majesty’s Provinces, by
every aft ol flu.lied indignitv, which
the low’ and vulgar mind o: Quar
ter-lMaftei Gray could invent, lid
ed by the inftruftiotis cf His Lx
cellency.
Oil the night of the “Oih, wc
slept at Lachinc, nine miles above
i\l mlrcal. The next day atrium
plial procession commenced. lTn
der the pretence of politeness to the
officers, calaifhes were provided for
them, but with the re a intention
of giving effect to the procession;
and with the fame view a large cf
cort ol troops came up Irom Mon
treal.
l'hc march corr.tovnccd early in
the morning; officers in calailhes,
at the head ot the inen, tin* whole
preceded by the laid I) puty Ouar
rer-Muiicr-Geiural, who, Rated i:
his car, rode in triumph and info
lencc. On entering Montreal, the
band began to play, and was occa
fionaiiy relieved by field inuiic. In
this manner the march continued
through the principal ft reels, to t lie
front of the palace, where a halt
was made, and the American nfir
cers ordered to dismount lor the
gratification of liis Excellency.—
When” a competent time had been
allowed for (taring fiom the palace,
the procession continued, the whole
on foot, to the grand parade, and
here marched Irom right to left of
the garrison turned out for that
purpose. The parade being clear
ed to accommodate rhe multitude
of fpeftators, and fufficient time al
lowed the garrison to look well in We
face an enemy without “thole vile
things called guns,” the officers
were turned off to a hotel, and the
other prisoners to places of confine
ment. At the hotel, a parole was
given which limited us to the city.
1 hefe indignities, of barbarous
and exploded usage, did not fill up
the measure of wrongs, which this
handful of unfortunate Americans
were doomed to fuller.
At Kingston, seven prisoners w ere
feduetd from their allegiance to en
ter the Britilh lervice. One of
these mifereants, by way of teftify
ing his zeal to his Royal MalLr,
was induced to charge lieut. colonel
Scott with having killed a Britilh
soldier after the surrender. This
falfe a id ridiculous accusation, the
Britifti officers affected to check;
but before cur arrival at Montreal,
it had been reported to his Excel
lency, and was lb generally propa
gated and believed at Headquar
ters, as to render it in the opinion
of a Biitillt officer highly impru
dent for lieutenant colcncl £:'.u to
he seen in the flier's. Thus was
assassination mvited by an infamous
report, which bir George Pievoft
mult have known to be lade. Ma
jor-geiieral Sh Ml , m hi. cftiiial
dispatch, could have given no
grounds foi such a beli-.-i ; becaule
this officer, and eve-tv other who
was in the aft ion, would know it
to be falfe. Captain Gibson and
lieut. Totten (<>l the U S. A ) from
their situation pariicuiaily know it
to be so.
November 2d, embarked tor (Que
bec, guarded by Canadian nn .Fa.
Iht ofti cr> of this oops did twry
thing in tSi-.ir power to amftkuaie
the condition of the pritpm is. Ar
lived hi fore Ouebec on tlie 7th,
and ordered on board a priti a
anchored in the middle ot tlieiiur.
ihe next nv thing a note* u;.s re
vived fn tn i:> ijor-geiKral ( “ f
gow, commanding <ln - r ; t () u -
bee, llatii.'g, *• 1 mi o-reefed to ac
quaint yr<u, tfiat hi> 1 xcelfiney,
ti e cnn.inaiu'er ol tin. I'oreis, lias
thought pro; 11 tn detain :h. prih u
tis < 1 war <> i ror.rd the tiattl'ports,
and that the ohi< cis lh. uld ;.!to re
main on ! or.;u the transports with
them. i I.t.> aflo:Ued a t -icr. b'C
piefpecl of a \\ inter iti a floating
dungeon; but left our f. ir.gs
ffiould n.-t have b*• n iuliic: t tiy
outraged lay the puff, we were cour
teously told in the laine note, as a!ln
fn ni b:r George, ti.at “if is m a
fure is attributable solely to the
want of faith in the American
c-rnnit-nt.” We iiad frequent ex
perience of this fort of Bruifh mag
nanimity. “ A’our government is
fold to France,” laid an offi ‘er <f
rank to an American. “ France
obliged you to declare war,” laid
another. There was liifetv in thole
irtlul's—tlieir noble ally, tin Indi
ans, bad (tripped us 01. ur iuruos, •
tn tlie lace of tl c Biialh on ccrs,
after the lurreniitr.
A flag ot truce- h„ving ppft Lc
twee n the American and B itllh
commanders in chief, we were* at
length told to pupate for ueparturc
at*d lieut colonels Scott and Chi yf
tie onl': permitted to go alhore— the
latter finally obtained pcrmiilion to
return home by land.
While at Quebec, between fif
teen and twenty Irifhimn (natural
ized c:tiz> ns, and having, several
ol them, families in the U States)
were separated from the other pri
soners, and put on board a fn’p of
war, to be sent to 11- tan\ Bay, or
executed, tor having borne rims a
gainst a p’ 'er, which, by its mul
tiplied oppreifiuns, had driv< n ti:em
from their tati'-e homes, to hek
ihdter in a Inreign larid.
(.hi the 2(>i!i November, f.ifi*il
from Qut be-c lor B< (ton. ir. a r. r
tel. The season was so far ad van
ced, that tbv. ftiip c< uld in t f\ c
been insured ;igaitiff th. danger^of
the Gulf ol St. Lawrence’ and the
cm.ft at a premium l*J:> than 4C) or
70 per cent. November ‘doth, ;m
----* Some flfr \ wads, the b.- t : :!-
liable were t estored, i v exhurking <:l
Quebec.
[ i sty able hedj y arfy.
[Number 627.
chored in the Gut of Canfo. to f ke
in writer and baliali; the ship hav
ing faded <ut of trim. Remained
here fifteen days. Many had In en
Tick bJ .re. Ihe ship now became
a peifed hofpita! In the cabin, the
officers worn down by I- g i•-
finement—whilft in tl* ftnp’s h ‘J
a tliiru were seriously li k. ] l.e
climate* was Icvere, and no ftovt in
tlie hold. In Britilh tranlports,
beef (nr p’ tk) is iftued bur tour
times a- werk For the other three
days, the ill at s eonfilt of I nail arti
cles, of whi h butter ai.d cheelc- are
principal parts Neither of these
had been laid in, and tlu* brea ,
beet and potk, would have been -
; ft.d i) ’convicts Ihe provift :
were thus, not only ituulfi i;:i
quantity, hut of qualities putt:
lai Iv dtlfructive to the ft k. Hi c
b i gno agent for the U <• ■ ? ;S„ •;
at Quebec, the Lniorulticer u***,'.
ge.i <• phyliei.m and purchai . n
- itoo.sand medicines. It i■
became in c lfi. yr; urrhab* so
thmg for both fu k ami well. Ac
e< tuingly the hJt pro.*fion w..>
made wi.i.rh (he country acu'o ..j.
mit, and trcfli meat and 1. up fur.
n ffied the men almolt cv. r*. lay
lor tilt remainder ot the p.-.if g
December 13t!i. failed out ■* me
Gut it Canfo. Forced int V M.
let ‘ Bay on rhe 20'h. an.* ..r .i.
to P rtland on the ‘2 *. 1) c\- i-.f.er.
Jr.nuary.", IKI3, arrived ,u *< t?. >t,
alter a passage or 1 rtv ti:. -ays
fr*-m Quebec, and eigh.y nu: n m
Oueenftown.
RATS AXD MICE —A p! tn *vhi. h
grows in every field, t! !) g*s
longue, (the cynolglofum fti. in
rdc* of Linneus) has been • u.id to
poifels a very valuable po-perr*. -
If gathered at the period h
tap is in full vigor, bruiled , e
hamm- r, and laid in a hoim *; t
or granary, or any other |
felted wi’h rats or mice, t’ f
truftive vermin will (lulrth
tt.rs. I he furcels ot this j
is equally fpee ’y and efi.c:
Frederick tl.e G- at, K -f
Prufliii, once iftued t. lift >-
king 40,000 of his fu.jj.cr i
laborirg in their vocation ‘ r
fon cati blame him lor 1 n
told, that these were Lav.
When they enquired ot hiu , v
they fliould find employment be
told them they might enliit - rhe
tailed for grenadiers, and the tli rt
elt f.r drummers—“ so that the
lea ft of you he) will lave if in
his jx wer to make as much noise
as ever •’*
“ II cv are you this morning’*
said Fawo-t t Cook'*, “N t a -ft
inyfll,” lays rite tragedian ——
‘• Ti.cn I cotpi tulafc you.” r. -
ed Fawcit ,“ F rbe whofoev t r el!e
you v.i!', \< !i will be a gainer by
the bartrain.”
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