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BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH.,
fTune— Batik of the Kegs.)
&ir George Prevost with all his host
March’d forth from MtmtreJ, sir,
Both he and they as blith and gay ,
As going to a hall, sir, * f J
The troops he chose were all of those,
Tkit conquer’d -larsha! Soult, sir,
Who at Garonne (Vhe fact is knowu,)
Scarce brought them to a halt, sir.
With troop, like these, he thought with ease
To cru<.l ‘h’- Yankee faction :
His onb hotight was how he ought
To ningihem into action t
Tour very Sir Georgo exclaims,
Without a gun or bay’riet,
Will piercelike darts thro’ Yankee hearts
And all their spirits stagnate. >
Oh ! How 1 dread', lest they have fled
And left their puny fort, sir,
For sure Macomb won’t stay at home,
To afford us any sport, sir,
Good-bye, he &aid to those that stay’d,
. Keep c1os& as mice or rats snug, *
We jus- run our, tfpon a scout,
To burn the town of Plattsburgh.
Then up Champlain with might and main
He marfch’d ifi dtead array, sir,
With fife and drum ro scare Macomb,
And drive hinj quite away, sir,
And side by side »heir nations pride,
Along dprntmt, beat i sir**
Sworn riot to sup ‘till they eat up { \
M‘pouougii and his fleet, sir.
Still onward came these men of fame,
i Resolved to give “ no qparter”
But to their cost found out at last, ,
■ > That thev had caught a taitar i
At distam idiooa while they fought
By w \"rr ami by land, sir, 1 ,
His Knightship r 9.11 from man to man',
And gave his dVead command, sir. t<
, v / >■’ ‘ , ‘ \/■ ••• •<■; *'y
1 strike home, this dog Macomb,
So well r he fellow knows ’
’ Will just as soon jump o’er the moon
As reunite to oppose us
With quick dispa'dh, light every match*
Man eVerv gun ahcli swivel#
Cross in a t rack, rhe Saranac ;. t ~
And drive ‘em rp the devil.* . . ■u x i
The Vermont ranks tint lin’d the banks, -V;.
Then ppijs’d the unerring rifle,
Ah'l to oppose their haughty foes,
< Theytouud a perfect rrfle
nc uiy. hile the fort kept up such sport,
thought the devil was in »t;
Their lighty train played offm vain— . r
s silenced in a minute.
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Sir Ge <rge amaz’d,’so wildly gaz’d,
Sm frantic gambols acted,
Os ah hw men not one in ten
Bin M Migm him distracted. *
He uvsed and swore, his hair he tore,
ftK . jbmbd upon hia poney, . l . /
And g lUqi’d oft’ towards rhe Bluff,
To l.:ok for Captain Downip.’ \ t 1
• 4.1 v hen tafcspy’d M • Donough tide,
In ‘•Ji the pomp of glory,
lie hascen’d back to Saeanac, t x ;
Ft ell the dismal s^ory.
*• y , attanV crews,.oh shocking news !
At or kill'd or taken !”
li, : rhe to save rheir bacon.”
Old gland’s pride roust now subside, j
OU> how the news will shock her, k
To ha’ e tier fleet pot only beat,
Btu jeut to Davy’s l »cker.
> his sad di’ ler no oftesay^
B. .nma.rules the ocean,
Vs >t dearly bnight the humbling thought
i 1 this is ail a notion.
1 f , ~SF-r* i
V- i'-b wrye to re* l*d fighr ’gainst men,- v ‘ .
Bui hesje'are Satan *s«iegions, v
With malice fraught, come {fipiug hot ‘i —.
From Plot vs darkest regions !
Hclas, mdh Dieu ! wjhat shall I do,
1 smell the burning sulphur,
Set Br .tank’s isie all jank and file—*
Such men engulph- bee.
Thai's full as bad,’oh ! I’ll run mad,
Thcte westerd hounds are summon’d ; \ s
Scott and Brown, are coming down,
To serve me just like Drummond. ‘ * ,
Thick 60 as bees the Vermontese, . -
\te -warming the lake, sir}
/In c Lord’s men come back again,
X.u hid in every brake, sir.- •’ ?• ;••• V
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T LAP’ • * ‘
Good Brisbane, beat a quick retreat,
Before their forces J
For sure as fate they’ve laid a bait,
T<* catch us like Burgoyne, sir,
All round about, keep good look put
We’ll surely be surrounded, v?
Since I could crawl my gallant sottl
Wus never so astounded. s *^
-rs, *v
The rout negan, Sir t Georgr led on.
His men rat) helter skelter, 1
Eacb trv’d his best t’out-run the rest
To gain a place of shelter ; ’
To hide they gave a cheer,
And thought ir mighty cunning—
Jie’H fight say another day, ;
Who saves, himself by running.
RhLLsIGUS
An extract fraq» the Minutes of the General
Aasembiyof the Presbyteiian Church, in
Hie United States, for 18141. <
1 n+ ail |R|THi|.)k
Fflv>M the,printed report trans
-to you o« the state of reli
gion m our bounds you will perceive
th efresfiertty* which God has vouci - -
aafed to our churches the p *.sr yea t r :
—and you will, we trust unite, w*ub
us In pnaioe and thanksgiving <k* >’ s
- for hia rich and condescend .
hit F*erc> . Uis oue duty to t-ejo.i, i”
fn»s OKiiolViitation of the, dmof
:yMif —shut lei us rejoice with
& t d ircmblihg. ‘• Mauy cau es stiii • ■
4, >. igi;« u iiu ii. threaten to oioud otii
‘!j, rospciG)’, and to 4 * A xr. ti> wiu;
Aioßrnihg. Luiqprnnm'totomper-
TV,:s.v ■ 1 fTT
flr.cr, *lf rofanencss % Sabbulh breaking?
arc prevailing sins in our land, *nd
call alwid fbr our vigilance, ohr ex
ertions and prayers. >. f*\ f v ; j
While the assembly would lift up
»a warning voice against every kind
of iniquity, and recommend such
measures trs promise in any degree
to correct the evils of which they
complain ; they deem it proper at
this time to direct the attention of
churches more especially to the
profanation of the Lord’s day ; a sin
to which many aVe particularly ex
posed from the present calamitous
state of our country.
Brethren, the God whom we wor
ship is a jealous Gvd—jcaldus for the
honour of his institutions—but for
none more than for that sacred day
which he has commanded to be so
lemnly and exclusivtJyappropriated
to his service. Any proianation of
this day is an immediate affront to
his holiness ,* £nd when committed
deliberately and openly, may be clas
sed among those presumptuous sins,
against which he has given us the
strongest proofs of his displeasure.
The Lord has constituted the Sab
bath a sign between him andjus peo
ple ; a visible test of their sincerity.
If they violate the duties of this day
or fold their hands in supineneSs and
indifference when they are violated
by others, he will regard their offer
ings as hypocritical and vain. This
consideration deserves your serious
attention, and ought to awaken and
animate your zeal. But it is more
important that you should reflect,
that the sarxtijication of the Lord's
day >tandssn close connection with
all the institutions of religion, and
.with the dearest interests of society.
The visible worship of Go,d ho
longer be maintained Mian a sacred
regard to this day rs secured. In
every past period of the world it has
been seen that a departure from the
strict observance of the Sabbath has
been followed by a general uegleet
of religious duty—and this by a re
laxation both of public and private
virtue deeply td 6e deplored, ai it
repects the petsce and good order of
society, and the spij itual ahd eternal
interests of mankind- We hold as
important tnaxiras, never to he lost
sight of, that without the Sabbath
there will be no religion—without re
ligion there 1 will be no morality, and
that where morality* sound and cor
rect mdraiity. ceases to form the ba
ois of the public manners the stron
gest bonds of society are dissolved ,
and nothing is to be expected but.
mutual jealousy and hatred with all
the crimes and miseries to which
this painful ahd disordered state of
things will lead. * / v
Desirous, brethren, to engage you
in a vigorous and combined effort, to
maintain the authority and influence
of the Sabnath. we, us a judic#tfre
of Christ’s church, address you, and
earnestly entreatyoqy-to ifeneW your
attention to this subject. Take it .
into your seribus and prayerful con
sideration y view it in all its extent
and relations ; mark its connection
with the temporal and spiritual in
terests of mankind—its aspect ftp
wards presentund future generations
What shall become of our children,
whose spiritu-vl and eternal destiny
we should chiefly if we sul
fer the holy Sabbath to be violafect
and its sacred influence lost !
Resolve then, brethren, for yout
selyes, and for those committed to
ydur care, that you will strictly ob
serve the duties of this day ; dorng
nothing which is incompatible with
that religious sanctification of it, so
O&inuteiy explained, so solemnly e li
en joined in the Word of God. Let
there be no coming in or going out
among you—no bearing of burdens
upon the Lord's day Piously abstain
in thought* word and deed, from all
your worldly avocations and amuse-
Clients; and let the whole, of this
consecrated time to be a rest unto
God, employed Only in the public &
private exercises of religion, except
such portions ofit*s are obviously
due to works of necessity and mer
cy- ‘ . 1 ‘■» -
Where it is prudent and practica
ble, we recommend that societies be
formed for the purpose of mutual
encouragement and vigilance, and
especially for guarding the Sabbath
against encroachments, made upon
ii by those* who are unhappily iguo-.
rant of its blessings and regardless
of its authority apd design. We in
vite to this subject the attention oi
patents’ and guardians, Os luinLurrs
and elders of the church We
treat every friend of the Redeemer's
K«i gdom. every one who regards the
v yliafc ot society, w hateyer may be
i kxrtpacity or relation, to txert his
pm u. nee in promoting a strief and. 4
devout observance of the Lord’s day .
. -• Savannah, December 3.
i 1 RTi.Lh PARI K L L.aL- 4;i
VT THE JLOSf QTu* r V ‘
U.l. <u IiNHRAL - ,\UMb I Kujit,.’
if C*pUn» Heifi t»h politely
cc(lhe Kditoi- of the UepubUcan, wju.
the following letter from the Ameri
can Consul, which give# a particu
lar account of the attack on the Gen
eral Armstrong, by a British squad*f
ron in Faval roads. V- T*
To the Secretary of State oj the U$ * v
States , Washington*}
Fayal 25 th October iSx4.J
--► SIR—.I have the honor to State to
you that a most outrageous violation
of the neutrality of this port, in ut
ter contempt of the laws of civilized
nations, has recently been commit
ted here by the commanders of his
Britannic najesty’s ships Plantage
net, Rota and Cat-nation, against the
American private armed brig Gen
eral Armstrong, Samuel C. Reid,
commander; but I have great satis
faction in being able to add, that
this occurrence terminated m one of
the most brilliant actions on the part
ofCapt. Reid, his brave officers ‘and
crew, that can be found iu nav^l. re
cord ‘
The American brig came to an
chor in this port in the afternoon
of the 25th of September, and at
sun set of the same day, the above
named ships suddenly appeared in
these roads ; it being nearly calm in j
the port, it was rather doubtful i£u
the privateer could escape, if she got
under way, relying on the justice ■
and good faith of the British captains
it was jdeeined most prudent to re
main at anclmr—K* little after dusk
captain i?e»d seeing some suspicious
movements on the part‘of the British,
began to warp his vessel close under
the guns of the castle, and while do
ing so, he was about 8 o’clock Pi M.
approached by lour boats from the
ships filled wit)? arthecl men—after
hailing them repeatedly and warning
them to keep off lie ordered jus men ,j
to lire on them, and killed and woun
declscveiai men boats returned
the fire and killed one man atnd
wounded the first lieut. of the priva
teer and returned to theiry ships—
As it was now moonlight, it was
plainly perceived from the brig, and
from the shore, that a formidable
attack, was premeditating* Soon af
ter midnight, i2 or more boats,
crowded with men from the ships,
and armed with curr mades swivels
and blunderbusses, smail arms &c v
attacked the brig—,a severe conflict
ensued which tasted about 40 min
utes jpid ended in the total defeat, &
partial destruction of the boats, with
a most unparalleled carnage on the
part of the British, jt is estimated
by good judges thiit near 400 men
were in the boats when the attack
commenced/ and r.o doubt exist in
the minds of the numerous specta
tors of the scene, that more than
half of them were killed, and woun
ded / several boats destroyed,
two of them remained along side <m
the brig literally loaded with then
wounded ; from these two boats on
ly i7 persons reached the shore alive
most of them were severely, wound
ed. The whole of the Allowing day
f lhe British were occupied iu bury ing
their dead ; among them were two
lit-uteriants andone midshpman of
tht iota ; the .first lieut- of tn
Plantagt ne4f.it is said, c annot sur
v ve ins woti ids ; and many’ of tfife
sea n m w!m reached -their smp.
We. v- i'Ts j:,e ’*y wounded and iiav
been dyi lg daily* Hie British mor
ti ieu at tius signal and u>texpec:cd I
defeat, eriie ev’ • t* c«nc« il the
tent of the ll i< shey dtn■ t, h.ow
ever, that they lost in killed an 1
those who have died since the en
gagement, upwards 61 i2© of the
flower of then officers and men
The captain of the Rota told me he
lost 70 men from his ship* Two
days after tins affair took place, the
British sloops of war Utile, Thais,
and Calypso, came into port, when
captain> Lloyd immediately took
them into requisition carry home
the woupded officers hud seamen—
they have sailed for /England—one
on the 2d the other est the 4th inst.
each carried twenty five badly woun
ded—those who were slightly woun
ded to the number* *3 I am inform
ed, of about 30, remained om board
of their respective ships and sailed
last evening for Jamai a* Strict 01-
dera were given that the sloops of
,*ai shouldtake no letter whatsoever
to England and these orders Were
rigidly adhered to. *
In the fkce of testimony of all Fay
al 1 and * number of’ respectable
strangers who happened to be In this
place at the moment, ,the British
commander endeavor s to throw the
odium of 1 the transaction on the
American captain Reid, alledging
that he seat the boats merely to
reconnoitre the *brig and without
any hostile i intentions / - the piiot
ol the port had informed them of
the prlvaieer ti*e privateer the me
mem the)’ entered the port. To
reconnoitre an enemy’s vessel in a
port at night with four boats
:ar tying i>y ihc nest accounts one
tundred ..nd twen y men, is -eitain*
i orange proceeding f T The.fa tv
\t ; |-I* es^ticd </ as <de|hs g •
fe* Ijjjiall6» that the” American *
not prepared to receive them*
and they bad hopes of carrying her
by a coup de main.’’ If any thing
could add to the baseness of this
transaction on the part of the British
commander, it ?s the want of cart* ,
dor, openly toe avow* the facts. In
vain { catr he expect by such subter
fuge to shield himselffrom the in
dignation of the world and the
tied resentment ;of his own govern
ment and n ition, for thus tramp
ling on the sovereignty of their most
ancient and faithful ally, and for the “
! wanton sacrifice of British lives.
On the part of the Americans the
loss was comparatively nothing, two
killed and seven slightly wounded
of the wounded: 1 we have so lament
ihe loss of the second lieutenant A
lexanderO- Williams, of New York*
a young and meritorious officer.
Two of the wounded are Messrs.
North and Johnson, first and third
lieutenants—Captain Reid, was thus
deprived early in the action of the
services of all liis lieutenants, but
his cooj and intrepid conduct secur
i cd him the victory;
On the morning of the 27th ult.
one of the British ships placed her
self near the shore, and commenced
a heavy cannonade on the privateer
—finding further resistance unavail
ing, captain Reid ordered her to be
abandoned, after being partially de
stroyed, to prevent her falling in
to the hands of the enemy, who Soon
after sent their boats and set her on
fire.
At nine o'clock in the evening
(soon after the first attack ) I Appli
ed to his excellency to protect the
privateer either by force o? by such
remonstrances to the commander of
the squadron as world cause him to
desist from any further attempts.
; 1 Uc governor indignant at what had
past, but fechng himself totally un
able with the slender riteans iie pos
sessed to resist such a force pru
dently took tiie p -rt of renfionstra
tifigi which he did in forcible, btit
respectful terms. His letter to cap
tain Ldoyd had no other effect t ; an
to produce a menacing reply, insul
ting to the nighest degree ; nothing ;
can exceed the indignation of tne ‘
public authorities, as well as of all
and desor ptions ot persons
tut re at this unprOvokad enormity ;
Villa was the rage of the British to
destroy the vessel, that no regard was
paid tp the ‘ safety of che town ;
some of the inhabitants were wound
and a number of houses were t
much damaged. Ihe strongest rep- 1
re.sen ations on this subject are pre
paring by the governor for court.
Since this affair, the commander, „
JLloyd, threatened to send on shore
An armed force and arrest the priva
teer’s crew, saying there were ma
ny Englishmen among them, ,and
on. joor fellows, afraid of,ins ven
geance, have fled to the mountain.,’
syverid times and have been
tremeiy narraS'sed^
1 At length captain Lloyd, fearful
of jposkig mure men, if he pu,t his
threa s in execution, adopted this
stratagem ; he addressed. *n official
letter to’ the governor, gating, that
among the <rew were two
‘iiifep who had deserted s from his
>qu >aron in America, and as they
w ere guilty of high treason, he* re
quiredtnem to be given up f accord
i,. ly a force was sent into the coun
try and the American seamen were
airested to town; and
as they could not designate the said
pretended deserters ; all the stamen
have passed an examination ol the
British officers, but no such persons !
were to be found among them. I
was requested by the governor and
British consul to attend this humilia
ting examination, as was also captain
Reid, but we declined to sanction, by ;
our presence, any such proceeding.
Captain Reid has protested against
the British commanders of thesquad
ron for the unwarrantable destruc
tion of his vessel in a neutral and
friendly port, as also against the go
vernment of Portugal, for their ina
bility to protect him. No doubt
this government will feel themselves
bound to make ample indemnifica
tion to the owners; officers and crew
of this vessel, lor the great loss they
have severally sustained.
1 shall, a*early as possible, trans
mit a statement ol this.to our minis
ter at Rio Janeiro* for this govern
ment. I
I have the honor to be WRA the
greatest sir, > our most obe
dient servant.
John b. Dabney
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
’ ‘ t _ ‘
That on the 10,th d+y of Februc j
815, there will be sold at the house
of John JRoberis, deceased , in Clark
county i the following property viz*
SIX Negroes, to wit—two boys,
. ne woman and bes three children.
iTrms twelve months credit with
bond and approved security. E*-’
iWSmm* AVEKY bobliu s,
«’ Administrator.
SepUmber 5,1815. . f sty
sesj of me county of Clark^
WILL BE SOLD *
«j» the first Tuesday of March nex? 9
at the courthouse of said county , be*
tween the usual hours , O.f* ‘ ,v; .> v
CJ N£ hundred & forty eight and a haAf tcrt*
ofland,on the water* of the Appatachi i rh®
read e&tate of Philamon Thompson, deceased 9
to be sold for the benefit of the heirs anti
creditors of said deceased.
SAMUEL HESTER.
, . ~ sAdtntmv.raier.'’ •
December Bth, 1814.
1 . ji. —H‘,
SHERIFFS SALE.
On the first Tuesday in January next 9 *
at Danieisvitt* in the county of Ms*
dison y be fweek the usual hours,
WILL BE SOLD,
\F\vc hundred acres of land, more*
or less, well improved : j with a good
grist mill thereon, adjoining Johnj
M’Elroy, on the south fork of Broad
river* Also one other tract adjoin-*
ing the former tract and lend of
Tyre Landers,xontaijiing fifty acres,
more or less, well improved.
aforesaid tracts of land ievietf
on as the property of Charles Whee
ler at the instance of John CormicJu
on the foreclosure o£a mortgage.
Terms cash. * V
GEORGE EBERHART,
-, - ‘ ’'’ -v\ V' ; l *, Sheriffs ‘:l Z x ‘
October 14, 1814. ’/ r i A•• ‘"■
, , . . i \ ‘ • - .-v f
EXECUTOR’S SALE. \
WILL BE SOLD,
On thfriSth oj’ January next, at the*
late residence of Alexander JVitlia^i
son, deceased* in Carnesviiley
A good Waggon and several Hor-»>
ses, with a number of other articles*
Terms oi sale made known on th<>
day. V 7 \ “
FREDERICK BEALL, E^’r.
Dec . ist 1814.
>WILL BE HIRED
lb the highest bidder on Saturday thb- „
last day of Deceniberdat toe store of
Charles isL Redd v
THE NEGROES , ;
belonging to tlie esL*te of Edward
Lloyd,
Persons leaving claims dgainst said
estate, are requested to present thenji
legally aun etUWau'd ; ami those id-'"*
deDted are requested to make imme
diate payment. c
* SARAH A LLOYD,
AtiV ; ; Executrix!
Z)fc. &/z, 18i4.
WxLu BE SOLO
On the fourth Monday in January next
at the court-house of Clark county iri
1 Watkins'oiilcy pursuant to leave
grunted, by the Inferior Court of
said county, (sitting for Ordinary
purposesj the following hegra fel- ;
lows as the estate of Col. Teter Kaq
. dolphy late of said county , deceased*
: ‘V; VIZ:
jSILLY,, Oliver, and Ben, <
*»o*ne other ■ articles of small value, arridn£\. ; f
winch is an excellent Mill Saw. The Aid I
will take place between the risual hours, andt.
will be for cash only. Ai fji Llayton. EKq*-
of Atnens, is authorised to jease the Fhmta- t
tion whereon Col. Randolph resided, for this j
next year.’ ’ ,j ,•</
THOMAS W. COB.J,
Admimsti at of F. Ran‘oiph.
December Ist, 1814. f
EAGLE tavern
f, , AHD ‘ V
STAGE OFFICE. )
THE Subscribers ha.t ig er.terddt”
mto Co-Partnership under the firm Q&fy
GRIMES W SIMS, V -
Have taken- for a term of years rhat com
modious and Well Known establishment, foiy*
mtrly Ashton’s Tavern, but lately occupied 1 *
by Messrs Carrey & Genteel tra
vellers with their families may be assured t)B
the most attentive treatment, and may enjoy
a degree of privacy and retirement, seldom
met with in Public Houses, as they have zd*
jacent and convenient buildings, altogether’
unconnected with the hustle of the Tavern.
1 They are at present, and intend to use ev#<V
ry exertion to be constantly supplied witU A
whatever will contribute either to the iota* M
fort or convenience Os Travellers, in general, J
*r Regular Boarders. . C. “if \» v '> \
They feel a degree of confidence when th<py ■
invite Strangers to their House, since thejr
are determined to devote tin? most unremitteic
attention to the accommodation of .their cus
tomers, and trust that by meriting, t hff
will receive a liberal share of public
aage. • ’ 3 v '» ‘f *
m WILLIAM G, GRIMEBI
WILLIAM
August a, (Geo.) 2 st October, 1$ 14 s l
NOTICEKf ‘
On Thursday the 1 2th of Jan. .next f \
l WILL BE HIRED k RENTER
for the term of twelve moTAh»
the plantation of John Barnett, de-«
cea«d. the negroes, and /pjantatioa
of said deceased (dwetiing hon4s kfif
excluded ) -M’ ‘^4.^
Also will be sold on a credit of 12b
months, part of the personal proper
ty* of said deceased, 0$
two horses.;. ‘’ -fpCc
{ smul notes witfi apptoved securi
ty Will be required.
JOHN F.BaKNETT^