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h ‘ 1 i~~ * * -.jm, ‘ll * . 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. * * ; Pan: Pat. *T’ ; j ‘,, ’ * v . ‘* % ; ‘ , 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. *; « r • ‘ ’; 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»