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The spirit whitji out* officer* and t
vo'jdert wife $o genef-nllv display tgi-i
c-Mrc’ h«t be considered highlvjiop *
or./W to ‘he character of our coun
try for va ? or, however they may not
have #t on evtpy occasiorflibe jtic
cesf merited. A o£ in
cident* during the progress
war- havefcbten recorded, in which
our country men have eovinccd a
contempt rs danger and a devotion to
their country, nrprtVrof |the bravest
man and the best dj|v* of Home or
Sparta. The*,following anecdotes
may be adduced as proofs in point
of that deportmen|. at the last and
trying struggle, which is characteris
tic et of determined, prepared, un
*], ranking courage. It is a debt due
to the gallant dead, that their djKpg
should be commemorated;*
an)d®ich examples cannot but ope
rate as an inducement to those who
are yet preserved to maintain the
character which their brave compan
ions have earned. These interest
ing anecdotes are from the Platts
kii Ygh Pepvblican, andwe feci a pride
and pleasure, which ive trust may be
tefered to the actouxvt of patriotism,
in preserving them in our files.
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Prom the Piattsburgh Republican .
Fvery trait of patrotistn and Cour
age sti ves to embellish the American
Character, and places it in speh a
proper point of view as not only to
excite the admiration of our country,
but also to inspire with respectful
sentiments the hearts of our enemies.
It is for this reason we record the
fcdU wing anecdotes relative to the
officers and soldiers in our arm)’, in
jtsbiie movements near the’ lines,
Wmc!> we have collected /row per
sons in whose verapity we place the
utmost,confidence. ‘ *
Cm theJ9th ultimo, intelligence
wv s hrmVgnt to Champlain, that the
enemy had advanced from St. John’s
Isle aux Noix, with a force of 2500
men. It was then that eyet
I>t ightened with the hope of combat,
and every heart throbbed for a battle?
*< Let ,u* meet fheni,’* was the uni
versa! sentiment. The army moved
into the enemy’s province on the
morning of the Sou , and its advance
vas engaged in about an hour after,
with a strong force of British regu
lars. * “’
During this skirmish, Lieut. Par-
XKfc [of Baltimore} of the 14th ifi
fantry, a young man of real merit, 8c
who secured the universal esteem q f
those who knew” him, received a
portal wound through his body, from
a random shot—he felh and his
sword dropped from his grasp; the
tye, which sometimes beamed with
li e mildest expression, and sqpe-1
times flashed with energy and ardor,
l ad lost its luster, but the fortitude
tin nund was suH unimpaired:
Tiling home fri>m the field* he asked
his swerd— it tv
me said he, for I can still defend my
stjf • ” He survived? his wounds for
it veral t ,dav% and expressed- at most
sitfreiyr and heart-felt that he
bad not falltn in cidse action 4 \
u hqgd is my lot. he exclaimed, that
I should have received this wound at
such a distance from; the enemy, and
where 1 was wholly inactive."-
When ,Lt. was bro*t
from the battery, shot, through his
body* heard some persons about him
pitying Ins misfortune ; bis remarks
evinced a greatness of soul, St mark
ed the character of the American sol*
fdtcr«*r u -Have jov never seen a man
ttu’ «**A& he passed to the rear of
tne field, he met some of^>isbrother
cfficeis.|and addressed them with
4fc Good bye my friends, they have
hit me. * , ( -
Captain Macf&xsson, of they ar
tille.i yas lit was borne fiom «he field
in Cat ai ms oi his&oiaiers, exhorted
tnSse wlio remained to presevere in
their work of du|y-—the firing hav
ing ceased, he expressed anx
iety, and enquired what had become
of hi|| gun. as he had not heard a sin
gle report since he was brought from
it. After this amiable and gallant of
ficer had been removed to Cham
pinin, the officers of the army enter
taining a high sene oi respect for
virtues and sympathy foi§ bjs
sufferings, nobly proved their per
sonal sei vices to bear Him on their*
arn<b to Waitsburg, a distance.of 2 J
allej’— he paused a tew moments
gnu then replied ‘Ttnank the gen
tlemen ter t£e interqsi and regard
the nave manifested in tms kind
efier, but 1 shall be sufficiently hon
ored wnen tney dear me to my
grave ” It will be ajpurce of sin
cere gratification and pleasute to
h« frit nds. to Know that he is now at
m\> piacv., at the bouse of Judge De
b ic«, and that his tnougn dis
tressing, presents tbe most Batter
ing prospects ipl uis recovery.
The general bad been for several
day s two much u«ai>posed to sustain
:be fatigue oi ruiing. v>n Juf mom
i fcof if nr wuc rr he mounted
l..«buise>ht claimed, 44 1 hope
k > “
the Almighty will enable mp »r sup- f
port this dav\ fatigue*”* AHPN V was
supported, for he cofitiinied on Ms
seat .mh a very short interval from 7
o‘cloqk in the* morning, until 7 at
night. If is worthy of remark, that
in a conversation between an Amer
can officer who passed into Canada
with # flag of truce, since the day
of ihe engagement, and the officer
second in command at La Cole—
the latter enquired particularly who
it was that passed so frequently
within their sight* and near our bat
tery mounted on a white horse; as
he had reserved during the combat,
three loUp holes for him—The re
ply was General Wilkinson. The
British officer rejoined that he had
conceived him to be Col. Clark, and
his sharp firing was always directed
at him whenever he came in view.
It was at these times as well as fre
quently during the day the general
was anxiously solicited by his ataff|
to retire beyond the reach of danger;
but he uniformly replied that ne
would not turn his back to the
;*£netny*
The remarks of the private sol
dier as he was carried to the rear
wounded and bleeding,>*were extra
ordinary and indeed strikingly em
blematical of that firm, decided and
uaabating fortitude which is the on
ly companion of his tpila and dan
gers, but which nev er deserts him e
ven in the hour of decaying nature.
w Remember if I die it ts in the cause
of my country.*’—“ never mind it,
I may still live to give then) another
fight.*’—“ Give it ’em my boys, go
forward, never flinch ;—such was
the language of qur maimed, bleed
ing soldiers*.
There must have been sbme
strong and inspiring cause to pro
duce this general sentiment of hero
ism, patriotism and
throughout our ranks. It was nhe
exemplary conduct of the superior
officers and the silence, good order
and harmony, with which every pre
vious movement, joined vyith that
enthusiastic devotion to his country
which beats high in the breast of ev
ery American soldier, and leads
him to the fields of battle and of
blood in every contest for its honor
and itsrights.
“■^TH%.riSriERIES.
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We need no other ptoof of the
growing jealousy of Q* Britain to
wards the United States, than the
expressions which begin to appear
in her public prints respecting the
Fisheries. It is well known, with
what anxiety she attempted to ex
clude os from the use of them, in
‘93 when the treaty of peace was
negociated at Paris. Even* France
turned against us|r and secretly
attempted to intrigue us out of them.
But Mr Adams triumphed over
the jealousies of England and the in
trigues of France—and, the treaty
of peace recognized our right to
the use of the Cod Fisheries on the
Banks of Newfoundland; , ■
‘‘ Trust me, [said a very shrewd
politician some time ago,j you will
hear again of the Fisheries. I
should not be surprized if they at
tempted to exclude us from them.”
i he anticipation begins to be verified
at least as far as respects the distant
hints of their newspapers* Some
of them insists upon our “ total ex
clusion from any participation in
| the trade ov fisheries of British North
i America* V V
Great Britain is jealous of ourcom
f nierce, navigation and navy. Be
lfort: the present war, our canvass
jwhitened almost every sea
.since the war, our national flag has
[flown proudly over her owrr. Now,
fisheries are the nurseries of seamen,
but- our sgamen are become danger
ous to her own—in commerce their
rivals in battle their conqueiers*
Her jealousy has grown with our
growth, and strengthened with our’
strength. The present war has
represented us m anew and briliant
light ; in the tenderest point, con
[quering her w&p had conquered the
world. We cronot suppose that her
government will be mad enough to
attempt to exclude us from the fish
eries. But if it should make the
effort at Gottenburg, let our Breth
f ren of the East be assured ofthe co
operation of the South. Though
• their opposition to the war has gi-
veal rise to new hapes and it maybe
new pretensions on the part of * the.
: enemy, we feel that our interests
»are the same as theirs. We sup
port the cause of their seamen • We
wilLsupport their enjoyment of the
fisheries \
[Enquirer* J
Reckoning the chickens before ,
they are hatched* 9 **
London January SO—On Wednesday last
an illustrious personage paid a visit to Count
d* Artois, in conseggence of his being confined
byjthe gout, and alter the usual compliments,
his royal highness congratulated the count on
the auspicious state of things, and the high
probability, if not certainty of the immediate
restoration ofiLouis XVlllih to the throne of
his ancestors. Moas.r; i espressed the live,
ly sense of his gratitude,.for she warm iuter
wbHh ho K*y,| hif«te»w«k in tlfcir
” s.
▲ * *• It • 3* *> v 4 v
cause, ir.d sa*d that t*ie kjgw, hi* hrotheif
was s0 impressed *iih the H&hgations he ov.
ed him, tha r was his settled intention, as
soon as he should be sea‘ed on the ‘hront of
France, to pay a visit t» Rng»and personally
to express his acsi«jwieijgements to his Roy
al highness, for the graciousfavor and pro
tection which he had shown to him and his
family. The prince regent replied,*(as he
report goes) that he hoped the coronation of
LoaisHsXyiUth would be at Pant, and not at
Rheims, for it \*ra*the determination of the
allied sovcreigns to be present, and I—i shail
not be the last.^w
Paris, February 23.
. Government has received official
dispatches from. Admiral Verfiuil.—
Tliis Admiral who commands the
Texel fleet, has been able by his
good management and courage, to
preserve it at New Diep, and
to cause the fortiftbkiions defending
the Helder and the Texel road to be
respected* j£or this purpose he shut
himself up in Fort La Salle with the
seamen, marines, and other French
men who had embarked on board
the fleet. Being obliged to stop the
great works of New Diep* he libera
ted 1500 Spanish prisoners, who had
been employed there, and of whom
it is justice to say that they did not
depart without expressing their at
tachment towards the Admiral, and
giving him spontaneously their word
of honor not to serve before their
return into Spain.
It was to be apprehended that the
Dutch seamen belonging to the
would not be proof against the inj|
struction Which the insurgents
would contrive.to impart to them.
The Admiral therefore granted dis
charges to all who wished it; by
whtch means he has rid himself of
every thing that might cause aim a
ny disquietude in his courageous de
termination to defend himself to the
last extremity.
A small nufnber of Dutch choice
officers, faithful to the oath they
have given to the emperor, have
sworn to share the fate of the Ad.
miral and the French seamen, who,
with some detachments of artnlery
and light troops, form the garrison
of Fort LaSalle.
That fortnias in the first instance,
been surrounded by the Cossacks,
who were unable to prevent the di
vers sorties of the garrison ; they
were afterwards replaced by troops
of the line, who every day threaten
with attacks that are little dreaded.
The admiral has been three times
summoned to surrender—first, the
end of December, by the prince of
Orange ; then in January, by a colo
nel Frtzew, in the English service ;
and lastly, the 9th of this month, by
a general Jenge* styling himself
commander of the Dutch troops.—
The answer of the admiral to these
three summons has uniformly been
that unshaken in the fidelity he has
sworn to the emperor protected by
good fortifications, and having under
his orders a numerous and devoted
garrison, abundantly supplied with
provisions and ammunition, they
may attack him> but not talk td him
of surrendering.
BONAPARTE-
There is considerable force of
delineation in the following sketch
of f|p§ character and life of Bona
parte, from the Eden Star, a
neat paper, just published in Eden*
town, Pa. We imagine, also, e
vents will prove, that a spirit of pro
phecy dictated the concluding
graph. *
“ Fortune has turned her back*’
on her late favorite soldier.
Napoleon Bonaparte, raised
by his own genius emperor of the
French, has alarmed the wprid- by
his prowess. All Europe has felt this
power. He has granted peace to s
varapshed kings, while the tapestry
of Heir thrones was quivering at the
thunder of his*arms. He has raised
l thrones for his favorite warriors.—
He has from general to consul and
consu-l to emperor and king, always
been distinguished as the lover of
learning, and the patron of genius
and science. But the sin “ for which
the angels fell,*’ beset him. < He was
haughty and ambitious. He be
ll came a ruffian to fortune. On the
» highway of astonishing success, he
I demanded an extension of favor ne
j ver yet bestowed on man. He over
’ leaped himself—and now, this peer
• less chief, after trading on the cor
’ ses of sixty thousand Russians
strewqjjpender the walls of their an
cient capital—after standing on the
j heights of the .Kxeinlm, with the
; smoke of suicidal Moscow curling
j around his head acknowl
; edges his own great city in danger
L from the savage of the Ukrain, hur
f ried on by hopes of plunder and
revenge. He who has sanctified
the productions of genips, hats raised
monuments to 0c memory oi the
learned and the who once
amidst the fury,otconquest, caused
his soidif rs to fespeft the native
village of Virgil,* finds his delight
ful beautdSed by jiatuie
and enriched tiiumphs ot me
I sciences and art , ravaged by
J Goths of.the Baitjd, and the Vandal*
l of and the D ,
a thay will ftnd no frost en the ■
Vine** They will meet no more
inanimate French he cow
ardly Cossacklprin no more revel
in congealed blood. In their con
flicts in France they will he opposed
hv all the heat and strength of gen
erous indignation.
Njc w-London, April 27.
In our last paper we niehtioned,
that Coro. Decatur had it at his op
fon to command the Guerriere or
resident. Understanding that an
impression has in consequence gone
abroad, that the Secretary of the Na
vy has in this case given a preference
to Coin. Decatur, we feel it our du
ty t|p&tate the relanve facts.—Com.
Rodgers, immediately on hit arri
val from his last cruise, received
from the Secretary of the Navy an
offer of the command of theGuerri
ere, which ship it was believed
could be made ready for sea at an
earlier period the President.
Under which apprehension the
Commodore accepted of the com
mand of the Guerriere j but on his
arrival at Philadelphia, finding the
Guerriere not in the state of forward
ness he had expected* he informed
the Secretary that he preferred re
taining the command of the Presi*
dent. But in the interim the Sec*
retary had preferred the President
to Com. Decatur.—Thus circum*
stanced, Com. Rodgers courteously
offered to Com. Decatur his choite
of the ships, aud he has chosen the
President. Com. Rodgers will com
mand the Guerriere. The commo
dores we understand will take their
officers and crews with them.
Two ships and a brig wetfe off”
New Haven on Sunday last. Videts
are constantly on
ery precaution is used to prevent
surprise and to repel the enemy .with
ih case of attack. The vast
quantity of floiir and the goods there,
and more than 100 sail of vessels,
are a strong temptation. . * *
Lieut* Larrabee- A letter from
this brave officer to his friend here,
dated 11th inst. informs that he is
fast recovering of the wounds he re
ceived at La Cole.
A few days since two men in a
boat from this places bound into
Connecticut river, for fish Were ta
ken on board the enemy’s ship and
examined ats touching Torpedoes— »
They were informed they had the
names of most of those concerned
in the Toi pedoes ; and theirs not
being enrolled they should be dis w
One of them was put in
I irons for a short time; otherwise
| their treatment was as well as they
Wished, particularly ort board the
Sylph sloop of war.
The officers are much enraged 8c
alarmed by the i orpedqes. A few
weeks since one exploded under the
spritsail yard of the La Hogue, and
threw a volume of water over her
fore-top,
“• f <■
British in the Chesapeake.
OFFICIAL*
Extract’ of a Utter from W. Lam&erty
Esq • to the Governor , dated
“ Banka of the Rappahannock, Lancaster
County, Virginia; April 22d, 1814.
u On Monday morning, the 18th
inst, four British barges filled with
men. passed up the Rappahannock,
in my view, on their way to Carter’s
Creek, where they captured- two
schooners : one light, called Felicity,,
the property of Rawleigh Currill,
residing on that Creek ; the other,
called the Antelope; James Hughes,
master, bound from Fredericksburg
to Baltimore, with 250 barrels of
flour on board—they also- took some
sheep belonging to the estate of
Martin Shearman, Esq. lately decea
sed : this was effected without oppo
sition, it bqing not only Court but
Election day for Lancaster county,”
of which the enemy, by some means
not yot discovered, must have been
t apprized. They sailed down the
river in *apparent triumph, followed
on the shore by a few militia, and
joined their ship, lying in the bay.—
** This morning, the same num
ber of barges, passed up tb Carter s
Creek, and took some negroes
longing to the Cprotoman estate;
they were fired at by Eve or six of
oar militia, and one of the enemy,
supposed to be an officer; was seen ta
fall ; they are, at this time, going
down, nearly in the middle of the
river; iq full view of the place of
ray residence.. Should they attempt
to land at any point below, they wul,
j>ropably, meet with a warm recep
tion. *
**l have just seen 4/of the men,
engaged with the enemy this morn
ing S-it is their opiqion that several
were kilted or wounded---n|>ne of ourdl
were hurt.** * . W
Extract of a despatch from Thomas M. #
Bayly Li; Col. Com., zd regt. V. M.
to the GovernaM * i ;
Accomac Ct. Hiuse, April. l4fV|*l4.
“At ten o’clock on Monday night
l i he 4th, Jnst. I, na
tion from Captain G. Sc*; hiough,
»|hat the enemy had anchored vi Po
comoke sound, near the month of
Onancock and Pungoieague Creika {
in one large frig&te, abrrg and two
schooners >* that having taken all
theiive stock f|pm Watts anmTan
gier islands, it wp evident from the
position that was taken, an invasion
of this county waSlntendfed, 1 order
ed on duty four companies ofSkwi
second regiment ahd forint and tour (
ca|pps on the Bay shore. the
north and one on the south Side pf
the mouth of Pungoteage crt4k, one
bn Onancock creek and one onChcs*
simissix creek, and ordered the other
companies of the regiment to be
||ady to inarch at a moment’s notice,
‘Hie compahies#n cvwd have been
relieved after h tbtir of six days by*
four other companies. The rtgi
ment, fl3 companies) I have for*
med in three divisions and assigned
six days duty to each. Ihe enemy*
have taken soundings off’ the mouth
ofour creeks. The enclosed re porta
the one from major Finney at 1 up*
goteague, the other from adjutant
Joynes at Onancock will inform yoti
the forces and situation of the enemy*
It is evident he intends fixing a per*
. manent camp on Watts and Tan
gier islands, now in his possession*
Barracks and two hospitals are built, *
a breast-work is thrown up and can«t
non planted, and a fort is building ;
three or four vessels with lumber
have been captured. When the liw
emy took possession of the Islands,
he permitted two of the Islanders to
come to the main, Capt. Ross of'the
giving them a paSspott and
ordering then! to return. An old
gentleman who had been on the IsU
t and with a flag, I saw last night,
and fiom him and the two ls!'tpders }
lam informed that these Island*
are to be their head quarter that
in a very short time they will be
well testified ; their Cannon landed*
their camp laid out on a large scale.
“I hey have plenty of good water
and a fleet With the commander in
chief is daily expected \Vith an army
often thousand men—as soon as tie
fleet arrives, active operations wputd
be commenced. Newspapers con
taining the President’s message re*
commending a repeal of the Embar
go* &cv was received on board the
fleet four days sooner than in fhi*
county i that the—newspapers are
regularly received. I was also uw
formed that they would land m thia
county to obtain provisions, ifcm
they knew the strength of the mili
tia and should land with five thou
sand men and had no doubt but
they sheuld’ experience some hard
figuring.
“ Immediately upon my being in*
formed that the enemy had register
ed every man on the Island, num
bered their boats and canoes add
wbuld permit no one to leave the Isl
ands without passports, with order*
to return, and Considering these
mfen thus Situated give the en
emy all the information they could,
I ordered afl persons coming from
the Islandste be detained.”V *0
From John G . Joynesl Adjutant , to
Lt. Cal. Bayly f dated
H. Onancock r April 13, 1814.
“ tn obedience to your orders of
yesterday requesting mp to; make
you a dorFect statement of the ep- 1
emy*s force: I make you the follow-;
ing report which I have collected
from the different pfosts on duty and
from l*homas Sharped who has been
on board the admiral’s ship. They©*’
are 6 ships in View ; one- th§ Albion
74, Admiral Cockburn, cine the Ches- T
apeake late United States* frigate,’
tfte 50 gun ship Artnide, Town
bridge, the others all appear to be
frigates ; they also appear to have
one brig, said to be the Annaconda,
one sloop, Tenter, one large schoo
ner carrying 2 standing topsails, and
a number of small schooner tender* 1
which they have obtained from the
island people. They have been in
little Annamessex and destroyed*
. 7 small bay crafts, 5 of which be
, longed to this place : They havfc
• settled a large numhefr of Wells
Tangier beach anddiave built seve
ral good bouses, 8c have also thrown
up andu><s§n*ed can
non on it, and say they ( intend mak
ing it an hospital this summer.
“-Upon examination of Thomas
Sharrod he says, that the enemy said
that they-intended as soon as they
could make* proper arrangements
on th# Island to send a flag on the
.shore demanding of us provisions*”
and in case it was refused, -they in
tended to land a sufficient force to*
take such supplies as they wanted
and y they wou|d s§pur the whole
country.
“ The troops on duty are in
spirits and had much rather risque
an engagement than be so frequent
ly harrassed.’*
\T ~4r
* Extract of a letter from 3fajor Finney
to Col. Ihomas M. Bayljn dated ’
! IVcdncsduy mar£tng } 13 thj lAprjl i8 V
Dearth —‘There arc jnow fi Ve of
rhe enemies ship's in view—three at
jnrher in the sound and Uwo nfadbr’
Tw»