Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 December 1826 — Page 4

Poetical.

From the Edinburgh Observer. THE CHAMBElt OF DEATH. I'll r.r-K 1m rnfncp

alone. rest Set the lamp there, that its faint light may On "this pale face. Fold back the windingsheet, Lay this white arm above the sable pall. 'Tis cold and stiff Thou tremblcst; boy ! Perchance way ! Thou never lookMst on death before? AIt is no sight for thee. Hie thee to bed. And let me hear thy footsteps as they pass Along the corridor So he is gone. And thou and I remain ; I as i am J Thou in the stiff rigidity of death, A thing of rdemn and mys crious meaning, Silence is round ns ; but it is not yet

The appointed hour. At midnight thou wilt

come, To animate again this inert clay ; And, if the laws that govern thee permit, Impart to mc a sign that I mav know

We yet shall meet hereafter. In this world We grew together, like two trees that twine,

Their branchs into one ; ana it to ti-e Be but to pass away to other realms, lie they of light or d irkness, our twin souls Will there be found united

O God ! It is a fearful thing to sec The strongman stretched upon the bed of death Writhing in agony beneath the grasp Of unseen power. Even as its victim strives To shake the tiger from its throat, he stnv es Against the shadowy tyrant. And yet why ? If death be but the herald to a state Of altered being, why should nature shrink With horror from his touch ? Alas ! look there limbs And thou art answered. In those stiffening Tha. cold blank piece of nothingness a weight Of passive matter destined for the worms What can we read of immortality ? Say that 'twas but the casket lor the gem, Ought we not still to cherish what was held A gift of so much price ? Is that black box, And the damp earth a fit receptacle ? Has not the light of life been in those eyes, , The eloquence of health upon those cheeks,

The grace of action m thoc manly limbs

Tlie dignity of virtue on that brow r

Thoughts! thoughts! ye madden me. How still is this lone hour ! The lamp burns feebly, And casts a flickering shadow on the dead. Hark ! from a distant turret midnight sounds. Now heart be firm ! I'll gaze upon the corpse, And move not breathe not till it looks on me. The wind is up, and murmurs moaningly. I hear it in the corridor. Ila ! no ! That slow and measured tread is something more. The corpse ! the corpse ! is not where it lav.

The door 13 opening. 1 low those eyeballs glare! lived! Oh, 1 leaven and Earth ! Tis he as when he But wan, and sad and changed changed tho' the same. on me ! The lamp expires. His breath his to ich are And Io! 1 see him in the darkness still : The dead cannot become invisible. It speaks not stirs not but strange meanings flit Across its pallid countenance. And nov--Just powers ! this is too horrible ! From the Missouri Republican. BATTLE OF TOUT OIUSWOLD. The authored the following narrative (S. Hempstead) of events which took place at the battle of Fort Griswold, on Groton Heights, entered the service of his country in Y7T5 and arrived in Boston on the day of the battle of Honker's Hill lie was at Dorchester Pointwas on Long Island at the time of the retreat of the American army $c was also tit. in nchmc tht

4 U l It Hill III 11 IV. Ill Cilil'o 1Mb

were sent to destroy the Asia, Sigun ship and a frigate, lying above Fort Washington. In this attempt they were unsuccessful, although grappled to the enemy's vessel 90 minutes. For the brave ry displayed bv them, the v tc.eived the particular thanks of the commanding officers, in their person and in general orders, and

rriost solemn asstiranccs of immc

diatc succour. For this purpose Col. started, his men being then in sight ; but he was no more seen, nor did he ever attempt a diversion in our favor. When (he answer to their demand had been returned by captain Sbarplcy. the enemy were sunn in motion, anil marched with great rapidity, in a solid column, to within a short distance of the fort ; where divid ing both columns, thev rushed

luriouslv 6c simultaneously to the assault of the south-west bastion. 6c the opposite side. Thev were.

however, repulsed w it n great slaughter; (heir commander-moi tally wounded, and : onigornrj v. next in rank, killed, having been thrust thro' whilst in the act of scalp the walls at the suit h west bastion, by Capt ftharpley The command then devolved on Col Heck with, a refugee from "New Jeri-ey. who commanded a e !ps of :h;;t description. Tar cremv rallied and returned to the attack with great vigor, but ere received an (J repulsed u ith equal tit mncss. Dui ing the attack, a shot eut away the halyards ef the dag. and it fell to the ground, but it was instantly remounted on a pike pole. This accident prnxed fatal to us. as the enemy, suppo-ing it had been struck" by its defenders, rallied

few surviving patriots of the send back a defiance, upon the

Revolution, who have been per

mitted to witness the unexampled

rapidity with which otlr country has increased in wealth, power, & population ; the blessings which their exertions centributed to bestow upon tis, and the happiness by which all classes are surrounded. " On the morning of the 0th September, 1781, twenty-four sail of the enemy's shipping ap peared to the westward of New London harbour The enemy

landed in two divisions of shout eight hundred men each, commanded by that infamous traitor to his country, Benedict Arnold, who headed the division that lanI 1 m w i i

ueu on sscw ijonuon siue, near Brown's farms, the other division commanded by Col Ayres, landed on Groton Point, nearly opposite. I was 1st sergeant of Captain Sharpley's company of State troops, and was stationed with him at the time, with about twenty three men at Fort Trumbuil, on the New London side. This va a mere hi east work or water battery open from behind, and the enemy coming on us from that quarter, we spiked our cannon, and commenced our retreat across the river to Fort Griswold. in three boats The enemv was so near, that they overshot us with their muskets, and succeeded in ... iMiriinniT nn mi:et ivitli tiv tviv

iii r . . by storm. commanded by Joshua tnmith, a

ptivate. Thev afterwards nrb- Until this moment our loss was

1 r ceeded to New Londos:. oc burnt trifling in numher. hem" 0 or 7 in

-------- , the town. We were icceived by ( killed, and 18 or 20 wounded the Vovl with cnthusuvm. being j Never was a post moie bravely considered experienced artillerists. J defended, nor a ganison more and were immediately assigned to I barbarously butchered. We

our stations. The Fort was aw

yard, seeing Ibc enemy within the fort, gave orders to cease firing & throw down our arms, as the tort had surrendered. We did so ; but they continued fning upon us,

-crossed the fort, and rpened the

gate, when they marched in, firing by platoons upon thoec who were retreating to the magazine & bartack rooms for safety. At this moment the rei'cgado col. commaediug cried out. Who commands this ganisen?,? Col. Lcdvard. who wa standing near me, answered. 1 did, sir, but you do now at the same time stepping forward, handing him his sword, uilh I he point towards himself. At this instant, I pen eived a soldier in the act of bayoneting me from behind. I turned suddenly round and grasped his bayonet, endeavoring to unship it. and knoeiced off the thrift. But in vain having but one hend. he succeeded in lorciug it into my right hip. above the joint, and just below tin- abdomen, which flushed me to the ground The first person I saw aftei wards was my brave commander, a corpse bv my side having beer, run through the body with his own sword by the savage leuegado. Never was a scene of mere wanton and brutal carnage witnessed, than now took place. Tin? enemy were still

filing upon us in platoons, and in

oblong square, with bastions at opposite angles iis longest side fronting the river in a N. W arid S. E direction. Its walls vu-re of stone, and were ten or twelve feet high on the lower ide. sur rounded by a ditch. On the walls were pickets projecting over twelve feet ; over this was a parapet, with embrasure?, & within

a platform for the cannon, and a j mv narrative I commanded an

again with redoubled impetuosity, j barrack rooms, which was conti-

and carried the south west bastion ! nued for some minutes, when thev

discovered that the' were in dan ger of being blown up by communicating fne to the powder scattered at the mouth of the magazine, while delivering out catridgos; nor did it then cease within, for some minutes longer. All

fouirht with all kinds of weanons. . this time the hayonet was fretltt

and at all phiees, with a courage US(d' v en on tllose who la' hclpttiat deserved a better fate. Many lcss j' wounded, and in the agonies of the enemv were killed under f death! I recollect capt-Willi-the wails by' simpiv throwingshot am 'Vmoiir, a volunteer from over on them. cc never would We arlhrd, had thirty one bayonet have relinuishcd our arms, bad wnu,u although ids knee had we h:id the least idea such a ir.iTp.- !'n previously shattered by a

dy would have followed. To describe this scene, I must

be permitted to go back a little in

step to mount upon to shoot over the parapet with small arms In the sotit? west bastion was a Hag staff, and in the side nar the opo site angle was the gate, in froeof whjeh was a triangular breast work to protect the gate ; and to the right of this was a redoubt. with a 3 pounder in it, which was about 120 yards from the gate Ketween the fort and the t iver waanother battery, with a covered way. but which could not boused in this attack, as the enemy an- . ... v i peared m a different quarter The garrison, with the volunteers, consisted of about one hundred & sixty men. Soon after our arri

val, the enemy appeared in some

eighteen pounder on the south side

ol the gate, and while in the act of

ball, so much so? that it had to be amputated the next day. But I need not mention particular cases. I have alt eady said that we bad six killed and eighteen wounded

previous to their storm, after-

wheneethev sent a tlair of truce, which was met by Capt. Sharpley, demanding; an unconditional surrender, thieatenin at the same

f 40 were ordered to be paid to time to storm the fori instantly, if every person engaged lie was j the terms were not accepted. A

afterwards wounded by a grape i council of war was held. c it was

shot, while defending the lines at j the unanimous voice that the garllarlaem Height's, which broke rison were unable to defend thenv v" two of his ribs. He continued in j selves against so superior a force the seiviec. & was again wounded 1 Hut a militia colonel, who was on the 6ih September, 1781. Mr. then in the fort, and had a body of Hempstead removed to this coun- men in the immediate vicinity, try in 181 1 and is now 72 3 cars ' said he would reinforce them with of ae. He was present at the re- two or three hundred men in lif

ceptin of General La Fayette, in teeu minutes, if they would hold

through the embrasure, struck me

a little above the right car. n-azinr the. skull and cutting off the veins, which bled profusely. A hand kerchief was tied round it. and I continued at my duty. Discovering some little time after, that a I&. itish soldier had broken a picket at the bastion on my left, and was forcing himself through the hole, whilst the men stationed there were gazing at the bittle which raged opposite them and observing no officer in that direction, I jumped from the platform and ran to them, crying : my brave fel-

force in the woods, about half a lows, the enemv are breaking in

mile south east of the fort, from behind you ; and raised my pike

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sailing the nun, a lull passed: , "","u"a" ,ana

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taken prisoners to N York, most of th'Mn slightly hurt. (To be concluded next week.

to despatch the inti uder, when a

ball sti tick my left elbow, and my pike fell to the ground: Nevertheless, 1 grasped it again with my light hand, c with tlie men, who turned and fought manfully, we eleaied the breach. The enemy, however, soon after foiced the south-west bastion, where Capt. Sharpley, Capt. Peter Richards, Lieut. Richard Chapman, several other men of distinction, and volunteers, had iought with unconquerable courage, and were all either killed or mortally wounded, t and which had sustained the

this city. Mr. II. is one of the t out ; Col. Ledvard agreed to j brunt of every attack. Col. Led-

Edumtion of Children I am thoroughly convinced it is because children are net made parties to their own education, that we have so much punishment and so few scholars. It may be said, that, in schools their bodies are locked in. 6c their minds are locked out. They a:e to learn, but not to think; to obey, but never to reason. On my -onl. I pity children ! They aic in general, either fondled, as foolish pets, or repelled as little monsters. I would tell a child all my plans, all my views, in regard to itself; and often, very often ask its opinion. In this way you would much sooner teach a child true practical humility, than according to the old automaton system. In this way a child would soon feel its real intellectual wants, the scantiness of its resources, and the feebleness of human wisdom. From k' Truth" a nezv Xovcl. To keep Cider su ed. Rack off thirty gallons sweet Cider, put in one gill ol fine salt, and one pound of chalk.