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rOFTfC.lL AS1LUM RETURN OF PEACE, MM

V ARK TORS refr the battle Hay.

- y air crimfon'ci fwiirdl away i

iir uie ougies, ceai ire utums,

Peace gin benignly rcmrs,

S 1 (hr cnmrs, anu in her train, Smiling plenty Wnlkt again ; Vull bet hc-n, and bright her eye, 1j aming with hilarity. J v the hunKe cotarf fiH , Mirth through tv'ry bol m thrill:, While his home the uiJier greets, Vhile the fwert embrace He rivets' liquid Ham prtfs his thil Iren, wife, AH th endear ihg Baffles of life : fftfurt heaves his manly breait, IVImiIcJ tears itielr laf exprefe Now, feeme from ho (lite arms, Hppy ruftics till you fatni ; SoW v.Mir corn and plant y in Relet) Pace a joyous hi.v yields ; Voyagers your trade pu '"c, t'jtol in your (V in ta'ioe ; J,et the: boat long, he?rd sfafj Ciptieittt the litVning ear.

are Ircl by t lie hand of death behind the c in tain ind nude to look at one e full on a v orld of mPIK ITS, Nor is the oenei al race ot (lumbers to be routed till the lafl trumpet luund in their affrighted ears, and eternity expand awlul

land unknown in their daring

yes. I heie are, how ever, a few (and but a few, alas ! who are fpiritually awake, and v hofe thoughts pierce through the dark (hftdows of this difmal night into the light of glory, ind the regions of bhls. Such look beyond the glittering taper sand deceitful glowworms of honors, riches, pleainres and appUufe, which are the prefcnt chafe (which (hould be the fa me ) and fut nre cheat (which hall be the for row of a Comoielc u oi Id. And yet In this imperfect Hate even they arc? but like m u H toggling ith the da k nels of the night w atches, Mr ailing tor tlie morning light, and wilhmg tor the 1 perfect Day." Such, ho a ever, are the only per Tons who have 11 their loins girt, and their lamps burning1 in expectati on of the ' bi '.den-room," at whole coming the day will brake, the1 madOWS flee a way, and a light, feven times brighter than the noon day Sun, (hall (hide forever on them. hen and not till then, ill the darknefs pafs, and ' the true light" without in

accofled him : 11 Yon appear to have been much injured by the Brittfli" M No, fir," re phed rhegIIant fon of Mars, M nor much : tor I was once in Staunton, and had to pay halt a dollar for .he extrac lion of one tooth : but they were kind enough to daw elc v n tot me, without charging

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WAR DRP RTMENT. tani and Inspector General's Office. OD.I, A ... i I I j i e

GENER II, ORDER.

I 0 ii t A 1 ION haviflif hern crivrn to

the wi deD4rtment, that nupy perfons

hate purchifed from fotdiera their clainis tor bounty hnds. it is therefore deemed pro r to ptlbllfh, ns a funeral cautioti, the following extract i Fthe ktf conrtfsentitled k cn )c tcr detigiittti r, forveying ind granting the Biilitary bounty land," paffed May oth, 1312, by which all f lei of tnitittry land bounti s, before patetoti froni ihe wr department h ve !rn granted, de

ttbliffa tlie CMOlfttet f fervice relative to non commifli oned officers and fnkiirrs, be :wfm thr paflir.ot the a of D cr. 24 18 11, and the defi riptive lifl of the army n the 1 6 h Feb. U 11, be forthwith transmittt d to tbil officii or drp ijfd, to he h.rreifter t'oWdrdrd from the Adiut nt Genet al's ofnee of the dilb t or army where the comp.nf niny be Aationetl rhe rommanding officers of companies will prefrrve copirs nffush prt of their retords as wi'l be nrcrfTny in forming ne7 company books, when the army (hU be conf'didatrd to th pa( c e't bii!hment, embracing all fnhf qurnt casualties of men whofe t'une had not expired at the clofeof

tlie war.

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The fecretary for

orH the Glean r. Tin: iruRi.n asleep. (An Extract J The whole world is, with refpefl to a future Hare, as it v ere tail atleep In this night

of i ei I tl dai knefs and ig itt ruption Oitne. i hue in the not Mice, the greater part are d irk v e w ander, while in the dreaming in their Qecp and gloom we grope, uvaitirg fof believing themfelves to be the long ! tor dayr, we are btoad awake, afe verilj per- ready tn till aileeo and to iujdrvl all is, real, becaute fpend our time 4n numbering

th- drpdrtiv.ent of w;u, for the time beinrr5

(hull from time to time, ilTne warrants for th' military land bounties, to pericrs enti tied thereto: Provided alvtaySi That fnch warrants Qtall he iflued only in the nmes of the per fon I thus entitled, and he by then or ihf ir reprefentttivet applied for within f ve ye irs rtfter the lYid perfons fball have become entitled thereto ; and the f 'k) war rants Until not he affignahlf or tran; tVrable if! my manner whatever, ihi8 proviuon f tins will be rigidly adhered to, and the mod careful fcrutiny h vl iti every cafe before a warrant will be ilTucd. By order of the fecretarv of war. D. P HKER, Adjt & Gen!.

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their dreams an

U !, like night walkeit, the) perform the anions of a bufy World in their deep ; and con fident that the) are in i lie lull ufe and exercife ot their rea fon, they wage War, they tu and (t il, thev tn n I y and are given in m irrtage, and weary ind fatigue themfelves in tins gContinual Dream. Now, who i m ptrfuadi us in a dream, that eiiher we ourlelves are dreamtnsr, or those we talk w ith in our dream I I Im is the true melancholy condition ot the moll part of mankind! 7 lu dream, w hile they think themfelves tO (6 awake, ami numht r over the day of liter, whtl they feetn to exert the greatefl aclivety, to obtain lohd and lubfl tntial good. Ala! neither admonition nor reproof, nor the fad ex Itnpleoften thoufand drea mers who have gone before can awake individuals till ttity

thought letfnels, cktowfy inac ttvlty; but when the day ol o a y fhall fpririg, when ihe hahl of his count eti a nee b lift -eu upon us forever, and the noon oi uninterrupted Com in union Ipreads around us, then u neon ft ious ot t he tailing fhadeSt uoconTcious of retun ing night Divine llrcngth ft om the Rock of aees (ball in v ig orate e v 1 1 y pow er nf mind to adore the Moft High v ith all the ardor ot ieraphic love an exercife as agreeable as it

(hall be uninterrupted and eternal.

AAdjutant & Inspector General's cjScs " April 29th 16 15. 4 ' GENRR ORDER. The Arrangements which are neffary lor executing the a of (onrtfs, fixing the military peace eftabtlhtnent, cannot be Completed I'd as to Organise the army, and

i to pay ind dttcharge the lupernuniTry of Beera, non commitH med rllicers, muuetani ind privates, on thr- Isr of May next. In ' co'if-quince therefore, nfthe circumAances wtuch mtU tiot permit fuch difcharse at ; that time, and of the proifioAt made by the i !v in fuch cfe, the army will continue in fervire, according to its prefent Offfanitatt on, until futher orders, fubjeft to the fol 1 wing reciiUtions, viz :

1st. Sdldieri who enlihvd to ferve during the w tr, will with all reaf mahie diipatch fr kfftl I y to day, be muftereo, paid and dii':!iargrd at their refpettive ftations ; and . 2d. The arrearage! of p"y due to the noncommiilloned oacert, muucitns and piivatcs, who ire enlirt-d for a term of years will be paid to 'hem, at their refWlive ouarfera with is little delay p iTitle. By order ot the Secret, rv i f War. I) PARKER. Adjt Inps. Gen.

A foldier ot the United States army, belonging to 1 1 ic detachment oi Col Morgan e brigade, being taken prtfuner by the Brttifll near Black vock, and being detained feveral da s by the n, returned a gain to fits encampment. Col. wot gan, obferving his left jaw fomewhat fractured, thus

Adf&ant and Inspector General's Office,

April 8. 18 15-

THE better to fecure t non commiflinn

ffiers k private! who have been enlitted

olie let vice of the U. States, and w ho

, or may be hOOot ably diK hrjed there

to tlie heirs of thofe non com

miOtoned officeri and fo 1. Iters who have died

Q the lerviif, the allowance ci one hun

dred and fixty acres i f I jnd, under the pro rtfiona of the ills of DVcembei 24.1811, and December IS, is 1 2 . as well as the turther allowance of thr-e hundred and 20 acrr3 ot land to thofe who haC b?en en tilled mder the tA of December 10. 18 M: which 1 uid will hereafter br defignatfd St fnrvrycl, by order ot the Prrwdent of the U. States, and lecured to the perrons entitled thereto, by warrants to he iflurd by the Secretary for the 1) partment of Wnr, (it applied for within five yers) according to the provisions of the l of May 6 TN Secr-tary 0f War, directs, that all company bowks fefid record, which will cs

The commanding officers of diftricAS and armieswill give t!ic neCrffiry orders for promptly Collecting the company books within their raaptcive comm.ir.ds, and it is believed that where Any records, calculated to eJUblifli the jufi r! ims of foldic rs, may be in thr hands of gentleman wlio have left the fervice, they will be Cheerfulty transmitted accordingly. By order of the becterarv ot War. D PARKER. Adj. C5 Ins. Gen. Adjuiahl aui Inspector General's Office. u,'ar Department April 17, ! 3 1 5. GEN EH A LORD EDS. Arrangements are making by the Wnr Department with I view to the execution of the ?.c of Congrefs of March 3,1815, fixing the military peace eftablifhment of the U. State s, as ir as cirrumUancer (hall permit. Tlie cotTtmi fit oned officers whd tlnll be deranged by viruie of that att, oa the lt of M y nr;;t, will be pid, in addition to the p,iy and enn lnments to which they will he entitled to hy law, the advance of three month) pay. 'I he fold lee a who entitled to ferve during the War, and who h ve no bi en previously n (id and diicharrrect will then be muttered, pajd c difrharped at

ed oilicers, mufuians and privates, who

Ihall not be retained in trrvice upon

peace eiiabliiiiment, will alio, be then muftered. p-id, and discharged ; and the n:n-

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vvuJ!jimi"iiv u i i v. t iWUUl MIIN dllU V'il r vate?, who dial! be retained in fervice Upon the peace eftablifhment, will then receive the arrearages of their pay. No fol ier, whatever m;y he the terrn of his enhOment, can be permitted to leave Ins roips until he is only difcharged, for which a reafonable time mnft be allowed after the termination of Ih.e war ; and the difciplipe of the irmy rouft be Oi irtly obfetvrd, as ta all corj.s which it embraces at this time, until further ordrrs. Any Pa ym Alter, or othr officer, wfo Hi all purchafe at a c!if ount, due bills, or other evidences of foldier 'a titlf to pay or bounty, fli v. 1 1 beheld refponfible fot fen h misconduct ; and tlie emolument to arife trom th- purcliase, will not be trowed to be retained by tlie Piymauer on the iettleBient of his account?. All officers poCT (T.-d of any books, charts plans, Purveys, corrtffpondence, accounts, vouchers or other documentj what foe ver, belonp;inn; to the military department and not neretiary to be retained for tlie performance of their lefpecive d:itie;, willdepo. fit the fame in the AdjutMM GeBeral'a offire ot the military diftric within which the officers re Tpef i vr ly arr (tatiooed, and forthwith tranfmit to the War Department an account ot tuch document. 13 v order of tlie Secretiry of War, IX PARKER. Adjt i Uf Inspt. General.

VINCENNtS BANK. BOOK3 are open at the (lore of J. D. H y, in incenes, for receiving fubfcriptions for the Hoik of the Lank of Vincenns, all who aredrfuous of becoming (Wk holders are t-queflrd to apply to Mr.

l-iy. who will give every QCCCUary lnloc-

r.iation on the luhjed. m WILL JONS,l

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J. l. HAY, N AT. E WING, J

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FAOU THE PR ESS OF E. STOUT. PRINTER Of THF LAWS OF THE UNI. T fc. D STATES.