Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 32, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 19 August 1826 — Page 1

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i nnimn ti ii 1 1 1 1 i i EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN ANDFOLLOWING NATURE IS THE .MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume II. LAWRENCEBURGII, INDIANA; SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1C26. Number

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measure be attributed to his firmness Copp's Hill Boston, directly opposite to

and gallantry.

Lt. Colonel? Nesbit, Albcrcnmbie and

and Clarice; Majors Bitler, William.

Bruce, Spendlove, Smelt, Mitchell, Pit-

BUNKER HILL BATTLE. cnirneand Short, exerted themselves re-

A late number of the Boston CVnVicj mnrkably ; and the valor of the British

contains, under the head of" "Roeollec-

tio-T? ,s,f ; Bosfouinn,7' the British and American official accounts of this memorable bat lb-, which took nlace on the

17t!i of June, 1775. Presuming that these documents would appear new to most of our readers, and at this time interesting to all, wc give them below. Com of a letter from the. Hon. Lt. General Gi?f to In a Earl o f Dartmouth dated Boston, June 2.3, 1770.

My Lord, I am to .acquaint your

Lordship ot an action that happened on

the, 17m instant, -bet ween his Majesty's troops and a. large body of the rebel force?. An alarm wo? fivers at break of dav on the 17ih irisf. by a firing from the Lively ship of war; and advice was sooi; afterwards received that the rebels had

broice ground, and were raising a batterv on the heightsoftne peninsula ofCharles"town against the town of Boston. Thev were plainly seen at work, and in a few hours, a battery of dx guns played upon their work. Preparations were instantly made' for lauding a body of men to1 drive them oif, and ten companies of the grenadiers, ten'of light infantry, with the 5th, 33th, 43 1, and o?d battalions, with! a proportion of field artillery, under the!

coatmund of Maj. General Howe and UrigadierGeneral Pigot, were embarked with great expedition, and landed on the peninsula without opposition, under the ' protection of some ships of war. armed vessel nod boats, by whose lire the rebels were kept within their works. T!v -troops formed as soon as landed, the light infantry posted on the right, and the gren ehers upon their left. The oth and 33th battalions drew up in the rear of those corps, and the 43d and o2A bat

talions, were perceived to be in great

Ofhcers and soldiers in general was at no time more conspicuous than in this action. I have the honor to be, ccr. THO. GAGE. Here follows a return of the otiicers, non-commissioned otiicers and privates, oT the various corps of his Majesty's troop, killed and wounded in the engagement with the "rebel forces.7' Total I lieut. col. 2 majors, 7 captains, 9 lieutenants, 1 5 sergeants, 1 drummer, 151

ranKanu nie, Killer!, o majors, cj captains, 32 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, 40 ser

geants, 12 drummers. TOG rank and file, wounded. The writer in the Ccntinel then remarks: In the foregoing letter, Gen. Gage is made to say, that the troops under Gen.j

Howe consisted of "a body of something more than two thousand men." A few weeks before the 17th June 1775, the writer of this communication frequently saw the regiments named in the above account, some of which he counted, and he estimates them as follows: 20 companies Grenadiers and Lt.Inf. 50 1C00 5 regiments aid battalion Marines, 450 S?UC Additional Grenadiers and Int. supposed 500 Artillery, at least 150 Total, 4350 In Gen. Gage's letter, no mention is

made of the 2d battalion of Marines as

having been engaged; yet wc find fortt

otiicers and men returned killed and wounded:!! No mention is made of the 4th 10th- 10th 22d 23d 35th 59th 63d Gbth. Vet we find 353 killed and wounded in those regiment?, ft is very probable that the Grenadiers and

Lt. Infantry of those regiments, were in

our little redoubt. An incessant shower of shot and bombs was rained upon our works. The provincials continued to la

bor indefaf igahly till thev had thrown up

forrement from getting to the Provincial?; when, owing to the dullness of hosiers, on the Hill, and it M as feared it would there waslittledemand formonev. Had cut otF their retreat, tut they retired it occurred at a certain season last vear, ever it with little or no loss. when the country was drained ofspceio, With a ridiculous parade of triumph, and when the merchants and trader

a small breast work, extending from the! the ministerial generals again took pos-' had numerous engagements to meet, frm

east side of the redoubt to the bottom of;ses.ion of the hill which had served them bursting would not have been eonfined to

the Hill, but were prevented c ompleting it by the intolerable lire of the enemy. Between twelve and one clock a

I niinihfr .( I'Ar.fs nrwl hartrn ft I.l ,i'ifli

the regular troops from Boston, were observed approached towards Charlestown ; these troops lat ded at a place called Morclon's Point, situated a little to the eastward of our works. This brigade formed upon their landing, ;iri stood formed till a second detachment i

arrived from Boston to join them; having sent out large flank guards, they began a very slow march towards our lines. At this instant, smoke and flames v. ere seen to arise from the town of Charlestown, which had been set on fire by the enemy, that their smoke might cover

their attack upon our lines, and perhaps with h design to rout or destroy one

two regiments of Provincials who had been posted m that town. J f either ef these was their design, they were disappointed, for the wind shifting on a sadden, carried the smoke another wa, and the regiments were already rr-moved. The Provincials within tht-L utrerch-

ments impatiently waited the attack ef

the enemy, and reserved their fire tili (hey came within lOor 12red-,and then began a furious discharge of small arm. This fire arrested the enemy, which they for some time returned, without advancing a step, and then retreated in di-

rrder with great precipitation to the place of landing, and ,-ome- of tl-m souhi refuge even w ithin their boats. Here the otiicers were observed bv tbe spectators on the opposite shore, to run down S

eluded in the 20 companies mentioned ;! them usi:. the most passionate ire.--;u-e-.

as a retreat in flight from the battle ef bubbles, nor to the citv of New York.

but when we in the return of the kil

led and wounded, that the 35th lost sixty-nine !! that the 23d lost fj fry-seven! that the 1 0th lost iiftv three! we cannot

tha:

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those regiments en

force aril strongly posted. A redoubthclp suspecting that there were more

tnrown up on the lGth, at night, with other work?, full of men, defended with Cannon, and a large body posted in the houses j;,r;harle5iOw:i covered theirright flank; and their centre and left were covered by a breast work, part of it cannon proof, which reached fiom the left of the redoubt to the Mvstic or Med ford river. This appearance of rebel's strength and the large columns seen pouring in to their assistance, occasioned application for the troops to be reinforced with some companies of light infantry and g re i i a J i e r s , t h e 4 7 ( h I a 1 1 a i i o n , o t M a r i n c s : the whole, when in conjunction, making a body of something above 2000 men. Tiies" troop advanced, formed in two lines, and the attack began by a sharp cannonade from our field pieces and howitzer-, the lines advancing slowly, and frequently hailing to give time for the artillery to fire. The light infantry

tv. is directed to force the left point of

tne h roast work, to take the rebel line in flunk, and the grenadiers to attack in front supported by the 5th and 52d hattallions. These' orders were executed

Major Spenulove Is returned troiwdcd.

Vo hno,n that he died on the evening afrer the battle. Prom the foregoing remarks, we rra without exaggeration, state the British army in the battle of Bunker Hill to have exceeded fair thousand man!!! The 4th 5th 53th 13d regiments were encamped on the Common in the Summer of 1775. The writer frequently saw them on parade, and the other regiments he often saw during the win

and pushing the men forward with, their

swords. At length they v. ri : rallied, and marched up with apparent reluctance towriid the entrer.rl n ent ; the American again reserved Uieii lhe until the enemy came within live or -ix rods, and a second time put the Kt'gulars to bight, who ran in great confusion towards their boats. Similar and superior exertion- were row nece-sarilv made by the officers which, nr-t withMnndit;: the men discovered an almost insuperable reluctance !o fehting in this cavs.

Concord. It was expected that they would prosecute the supposed advantage they end gained marching immediately to Cambridge, which was distant but two miles, and which was not then in a state of (t fence. This they failed to do. The wonder excited bv such conduct soon cease, , w hen by tSie best accounts from Boston, w e are told, that of 3000 men who marched out upon this expedition, no less than 1500 (ninety-two of w hich were commissioned otiicers,) were

killed or wounded; and about 1200 of 'hern either killed or mortally wounded. Such a slaughter was perhaps never be-

tore made upon Lntih troop in me pare of about an hour, dining which the i;eat of the engagement lasted, by about 1500 men, w hich were the most that were at any time engaged on the American side.

The loss of the New England army amounted, according to an exact return, to 115 killed and missing, and 301 w ounded; 30 of the first were wounded and 'aken prisoners by the enemy. Among the dead was Major Central Joseph Warren, a man whose memory will be endeared to his countrymen, and to the worthy in everv part and ;-ge ot the wt rid. o long as virtue and a!or shall he esteemed among mankind. The heroic Cob-eel Gardner of Cambridge, has since died of bis wounds; and the brave hvetor.ant Col. Paiker of Chelmsford. o . - mounded and taken prisoner, : ; - Boston jail. These three, ijr Moore and Major M'Clary, who :iob!v sliuee'ed in the cause of their, cotihtn. were the only officers ofdistinc-'iv-n which v. e lost. Some officers ot !:roat voit!:. though inferior in rank,

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kill

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lament.

But the ( Hirers and soldiers in general who w re wounded, are in a fair way ol MM ) rv. The tow n of CI a; lestow r the buildings of winch were in general large an! ( le.:ant and which contained effects ft buying to the unhappy sufl'er(T in Boston to a very great amount, was entirelydestroved, and its ehimnies and eeJlars new present a prospect to the Americans exciting an indignation in

were again successful. They formed jtheir bosoms, which nothing can appease once more, and having brought some! but the sacrifu e of those miscreants who

cannon to bar in such a maimer a

'nave introduced horror, desolation and

lers on the march.

rake the inside of the breast work .'n ni!i:uoc into these once happy abodes of one end of it to the other, the Provii-; liberty, peace and plentv.

We wi.-h for no further e'Je.sion of

cials retreated within their little fort.

The ministerial army now made a deri-iUoed, ifihe freedom and peace of Amer

To many of your readers It mav be in-i wive elfort. The tire from the shin andliea can be secured without it; but if it

teresting to peruse the official account

published by order of the Massachusetts Congress a few days after the battle. The following is an account of the battle of Bunkers Hill, published by order of the provincial Congress of Massachu

setts, viz:

batteries, as well as from the cam-on ir'mwst he otherwise, we are determined

A writer in the N. Y. Statesman sal's, truly, that the present excitement which exists m that city relative to menied concerns,4 as occasioned by men w ho have been playing desperate gamer in Bonds and fictitious paper; making, as the sw in

dling term is, "heavy operations' out of nothing, and shaving each other, until they w ere compelled to raise the curtain,

and show themscves to the public." This

remind 3 us ot an old gentleman in New

England w ho boasted that he had two of the cutcrt boys in the world at making speculations. 'uVYh,' said he, "Til lay you a phtcreni that if they be locked up in a room together, where they can see no other person to trade with, they will make five dollars a piece by snapping clothes with each other." Vriri the Michigan Sentinel. . Cxtrs-t of ! K-tter from flrntlt-mnn attached to tl.e ixptrii'ion to the I'pptr Lkee, to ilie l'derr i, the ?ntinel, ditnl -y(n.-lt Stc Mary, July 10, 1826. Here we are at the outlet of Lak Superior a rnagniticient River, little inferior to the Detroit River. IJere is a little Village, which gives an air of bustle and activity to the place. The military establishment and the Indian trade furnish the inhabitants with business and support. But to the Indians nature 1 as here offered one of the most bountiful dispensations. The rapids afford an ineshaustible supply of the finest fish. And it is not the least of the beauti s of the place, to see the light birch

canoes everv evening pushing into the

rnnids, and after a few hauls with the

scheopnets, return with an abundant supply for the succeeding day. There are Indians here from the Fond du Lac and the Mississippi. We are gratift d to learn, both from them and the traders, that the peace, concluded last year at Prairie du Chien between the Chipptwas and the Sioux, has been uninterrupted lv any sinister accident. There is every reason to hope, that this hereditary feud w ill be fully stayed ; and that the "wretched wanderers of the. forest will not add to their calamities the misery ofa war without object. Our arrangements are ail made to leave here to-day. Wc shall probably find a large body of Indians, collected at the Fond du Lac, awaiting our arrival. We have not vet ascertained, what are

their views on the subject of the murder-

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.11 HlclUimwiCKUJUL. x lien i yyi r i.t j-r-ion is important to the security of this r.-- 4l . . r,nf c cliitl nrnli'i til r lirirl

eu mu ieuouuiun inree siucs ai once.! me rein i mierct ire wan im irneuirtn The breast work on the outside of thei Colonic s before it is forever lost ; disdain

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i n tjineers in me rear oi ineirarm, were observed to goad forward the men

liberty. Oh Britons! be "se fc

yourselves

The Provincial Con "res-: of Jlasmchnscttr. fort was abandoned; the ammunition of. votir Uiini-terial assassins, put an end to

have publishm' the following account o''the Provincials was expended, and few .his unrighteous and unnatural war.' the action at Bunker's Hill. of their arms were fixed with havonets.!suffer net anv rapacious despots

In obedience to the order of the Con-jCan it then he wondered that the word.amuse you with the unprofitable ideas',.

md ;

to

Mov.ilt J t ' f. 20. On Sunday we experienced a very severe thunderstorm.

A mule in an open lot at the lower end

of the city was killed by lightning, and

in the vicinity a number of Pine trees

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wuu peieverajic.e, unuer a neavy nre: gress, mis committee nave ennui, eu into "is uiven ov me ommnncer ot t r-ei oi i:inr ;.? to ulc a.-ft ounrr n.c v viunu:;, , v , , . c r fl, , , liTi i .i , ' r i 4 in i i ii , i , , , ' i i ' i i . i were struck, and what i unusual, one ol Iroat tiie. v.it i umberof tue rebel:and the premies, and upon the best mtorrna-i prtv to retreat? but this ho dela e( tih the most profitable and advantageous! , c . . . , , 7 , - . -. . j . . ' . . i i i h- , ! r, , ;-m ."i ii. I ,.VM . - , ri i ii i . r- ithem was set on tire, which blazed tor notwithstanding various impediments tion obtained tind, tuat the Commanders' tnl the redouot was hall tillt'd vith R-tf-: trade ou have is irrrcoverahlv lst. ie, . ... . i . ii i 1 1 . I r lt ri , , , , , A , i . i n - i i i , r i .i - 'several hours, notwitfistanning the heavy before tue troops could reach the works, of the ixc.v-r.ng'and army had about Uuy, mar, and the 1 rovincials nail kept the; wise for yourselves, and the Americans; . . r imc and tliougli the left, under Brigadier 14th ult. received advice that General' enemy at bay some time, confronting will contribute to and rejoice in your ,alnu,,a.T. General Pigot, who engaged also with. Gage had issued orders for a party of the-them with the but l ends of their musket.! prcsneritv. Ancihcr Steam Beat Sim;:. There

the rebels at Charlestow n, which at that troops under hi command to post thein-jThe retreat of tins little handful of bravej

critical moment was set on tire, themselves on buni;ers mill, a promontory men would have been effectually cut oil Brigadier pursued his point and carried just at the entrance of the Peninula of bad it not happened that the f!ankire

the redoubt.

Tue rebels were then forced from

.JOHN PALMER, Per order.

reems t he no end to" the disasters on

Jour waters ttas season. I he team

kite The gold and silver, specie and buhiomBoat Cotton Plant ran upon a rock the

iCharlestown, which orders were soon to party cf the enemv, which was to have1 imported into the United States during; loth inst. a lew miles below Vernon, on

rmbc executed; upon which it was deter-, come upon the hack of the redoubt, was; the commercial year ending Sept. 30th jthe Alabama and sun!

She was bound

other strong hold, and pursued till theyjmined. with the advice of this committee"; checked by a party of the Provincials; last, amounted to G,l 50,7C5 dollars. In j to .Mobile with 150 bales of cotton, which w ere drove clear off the peninsula, leav-i to send a party, wdio might, erect some who fought with the utmot bravenythc same period, agreeably to the Cu-. w as all taken elf in good order before ing five pieces of cannon behind them. I fortification upon the said Hill, and do-'and kept them from advancing furthertom House return, the export of gold she sunk down, with the exception of 40 . The ioss the rebels sustained must! feat this design of our enemies. Accord-'tbnn tne Beach: the engagement of and silver was ,t).?97.055. From which bales in the hold. This is the second

have been r.onsider:ihb from ihr. "r-.t ; mo-lv on the lGth ult. orders were issued these two narlies was kent un with thp it anncars tbnt thp evnnrf exceeded theitime the Cotton Plant lias sunk thi sea

numbers they carried off during the time

of action, and buried in holes, since discovered, exclusive of what they suffered by the shipping and boats; near one hundred were buried thedny after and thirty

found wounded in the held, three of

which are since dead. ' I enclose your lordship a return of the killed and wounded of his Majesty's troop?. The action ha? shewn the superiority of the King's troops, who under every disadvantage, attacked and defeated above three times the number, strongly

posted, and covered by breast works. The. conduct of Major Gen. Howe, was conspicuous on this occasion, and Ins example spirited the troops, in which Major General Clinton assisted, who followed the reinforreroent. An in justice to Brigadier Gen. Pi?ot,I am to add, that the success cf the day must in a great

that a detachment of 1000 men should; utmost vigor; and it must be ncknowl-' import bv ,v2,G46,290 dollars.

that evening march to Chariest own. and'dd that this party of the ministerial') This enormous export was occasioned entrench upon that Hill. Just before 9' troops evidenced a courage worthy ajby excessive issues of paper, whereby o'clock they left Cambridge and proceed- better cause; all their efforts however, the specie was driven out of the country, ed to Breed's Hill, situated on the far- were insufficient to compel the Provin- and the China trade in particular, so far ther part of the Peninsula next to Boston, cials to retreat till their main bodv hadjover done, that most of those engaged n

(for by some mistake this Hill was mark

ed out for the entrenchment instead of the other) many things being necessary to be done preparatory to the entrench

ments being thrown up, which could not

he done before, lest the enemv should discover and defeat the design, it was

nearly twelve o'clock before the works were entered upon. They were then carried on with the utmost diligence and alacrity; so that by the dawn of the

lay they had thrown up a small redoubt about eight roils square. At this time a heavy fire began from the enemy's ships, a uumber of floating batteries, and from n fortification of the enemy's upon

left the Hill; perceiving this was done

they then gave ground, but with more

regularity than could be expected ofj troops who had no longer been under! discipline, and many of w hom never before saw an engagement. In this retreat, the Americans had to pass over the Neck which joins the Peninsula of Charlestown to the main land. This Neck was commanded by the Glasgow man of war, and two floating bat

tel ies, placed in such a manner, as that their shot raked every part of it. The incessant fire kept up across this Neck had, from the hegining of the engage-

it have suffered loss. This year, as is natural, there is a reaction, Silver is

brought in in so great abundance that the

men at the Mint have to perform what is

son. After lying under water several weeks she was raised after great exertion r;d perseverance, and after undergoing expensive repairs, was now on her first trip. She will probably bv. raised again, we understand. Wre arc sorry to hear bhe was not insured.

A violent hail storm passed over a part rf A. Iheny co. N. Y. on the 1st inst. which dens seriotis injury to the crops, some of wl.irh were

called a "day and a half wor anil tnetllt-irely ,tf,strnvP(i. :0rn tht w rady

export ot specie from the port of Philadelphia, during the months of April. May and June of the present year has been only .'SOO.SOl dollars against t:co million one hundred and thirty-six thousand oiu hundred and ffty-onr dollars in the corresponding months of last year.

It is a most fortunate circumstance.

that the bursting of the New York bub

sel, hart the stalks cut to pieces within ox inch. S of thf prounrl. W runt reaiW to harvest was completely thrashed, and the straw ce to pieces, tobacco plants were cut up. md the trees rt the wrod9 and orchards within its rar? wero stripped of their leaves and fruit. Some of the hsilfcitnr t ere nerly as Ut e ss hen's eprtfs. The storm also extended into Delnr.ont county.

A London paper say. nothing more fully nrorei tKt fortune is Mind, then her jr.vin

hies occurred at a time when there wn-'o.worin prizes to two members of Parliament,

mcnt, prevented any conquerable rcin-Jplenty of specie in the country, and iho voted against lotteries.