Russel & Davis' Republican gazetteer — Concord, N.H., 1797-03-14 00:00:00, page 4

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Ths PiMBLEIDES.
SPRING.
The drrar, fee ng; of Winter tow are II
o'er,
Each objea brighten'd by returning
Spring ;
The wonted fragrance of the groves re
fare;
Where lower's hoursfy with tbejwift
eft wing.
The vernal breezes feent each Jhw'r,
lawn,
Where lambkins gambol to the fap
herd's la, ;
The lowing bine impatient wait the
dawn,
fruiting Phoebus to proclaim the da,.
What vivid brightness nature now as
fumes.
Each varied blossom, and enliv'ning
green;
The warblers facet, enrich'd with na
tive plumes,
Alljoin to harmonize the tranquilfane.
The noon-tidefun by nature's donor taught,
Extends its influence over ev'ry land ;
The glad'ning foil with nature's richness
fraught.
Sends forth its treajures with luxurious
band.
The village nymphs at eve their lovers
meet,
And mutual change the varied gifts
the, bring ;
Forget each pang, and now each other
greet,
Once more to view toll-animating
Spring.
A SIMILE.
I GAVE, 'twas but the other da,,
Lydia a Ticket for the Play.
(Ti> love fueb cricks imports :)
When holding up the Card to me.
She, laughing jaid, "your emblem Jee''—
And fhew'd the knave of hearts :
Amaz'd, I cried " what means myfair ;
'' A knave will lie,willfeal, well ,wear,|
" Your words I pra, of ne."
She jmil'd, and /aid, " nay never ji art,
He's jure a knave who seals a heart,
And,on have filen mine."
BIOGRAP Elf.
From the Philadelphia Gazette/
MEMOIRS of GENERAL WAYNE.
ANTHONY WAYNE,
4= late M jor Gen. in thel
army of the United States, was
born in Chester county in Penn
fylvaoia, in 1745. Hi? gaid
father bore a Captain't com
mffion at the battle of the
Boyne, under Ki^g William,
and Wat distinguished for his
attachment to the principles of
liberty. The General's father
was a refpeaable farmer, and
served for many years as a rep
resentative for the county of
Chester, in the General Affem-1
bly of Penofylvania, before the
revolution. Hit (on succeeded
him at a reprefeotative for the
county in 1773. In this event
ful year, he began hit career as
a patriot, and friend of the
rights of man. He took an
a&ve part in all the meafuies
of rhe Assembly for that year,
which were opposed to the
claims of Greatbritaio, and in
conneaion with John Dickia
fom, Thomas Miffiin, Edward
Biddle, Charles Thompson, and
a few other gentlemen prepared
the way for the decided and
tifeful part which Pennsylvania
afterwards took in the Ameri
can revolution.
In the year 1775, he quitted
the councils of his country, for
the field. He entered the ar
my of the United States at a
Colonel. Hit name recruited a
regiment io a few wetk< io his
native country. In the cofe of
this year, he accompanied Gen.
Thompson into Canada. -Here
he was soon led into adion. —
In the defeat of Gen. Thomp
son, he behaved with great
bravery, and was singularly
ufeful in faviog a large body of
the army, by rhe judicious man
ner in which he condpaed their
retreat afeer the General was
made prisoner.—ln this battle
the General, then Cot. Wayne,
received a fl th wound in his
leg. Io the campaign of 1776,|
he served under Gen. Gates at
Ticonderoga. Gen, Gates es
teemed him highly, not only
for his courage, and other mili
tary talents, but for his knowl
edge as an engineer. It wasi
I (aid of him, that his eye was
nearly equal to a measure, inl
judging of heights and diftarc-1
es, a,talent this of incalculable;
confi quence in an officer. At
the close of this campaign he
was created a Brigadier Geo.
He bore an aaive part in
the campaign of 1777 s He
I fought at Brandywine, and for
a longtime retarded the prog
ress of the British army in croff
ig Chadsford. He fought at
G^m^nrown, and at the Paoli,
on Lancaster road. In the last
of ihefe battles (where he had
a ftparate command) in whichl
he.was defeated ; his coolness
and intrepidity in the midst of
a mod bloody scene, finally ful
tained his charader above cen
fute, and added to the Ameri-|
can arms.l
In 1778, he (hared in the
honor of the vidory over the
British army at Monmouth. In
the fame year he diftinguifhedl
himfelf by a bold attack upon
a blockhouse on the North Ri-]
ver. It was rendered onfuccefc-;
ful according to the account of
it by Geo. Wafhiagton, in his|
letter to Congress, only by the
lintemperatelintemperate valor of his troops.
: In 1779, he diftinguifhed|
himfelf by lurprifiog and Form
ing S<ooy Point. In effing
this business, he matched feve
fail miles through a deep morafe 1
in the middle of the night. Ih|
& attack upon the fort, he|
I was Struck down by a ball, 1;
I which grazed his head. It was :
farmed that he was killed ;I
§ but he soon rose so as to reftJ
luponlupon one knee. Feeling his)
Ifixation, and believing his|
i" wound to be mortal, he cried !
out to hit aids, " carry me for
ward, and let me die in the
fort.'- When he entered it,
he gave orders to flop the ej
fufion of blood by the (word,
! Ind to make the garrison prif.
oners of war. This humane
I command was the more gener-
Iou& as the garrison confined of
I foment the troops who h^d us
led the bayonet without mercy,
at the Paoli,
In the year 1781, he bore an
aaive part in the campaign,
which reduced the army of Lord
Cornwallis to the neceffiy of
Ifurrenderiog prisoners of war.
lAfter this event he was sent by
[Gen. Washington, to condud
the war in the State of Georg
, ia. Here his prudence, cour
lage,lage, and military (kill, were
lamply tried. He contended
I with equal success with British
Ifoldieri, Indian savages, and A
fmerican traitors. In a short
itime, he established peace and
liberty in that once diftra^ed|
|| state. As a reward for his em~ I
lineptlinept services, the L^gflature|
fol Georgia preferred him with
§ a v^usbe term.l
Upon the return of peace he
Iretired to private purloin. In
1787 he subscribed as a mem
1! bet of the Pennsylvania conven
{tion, the inst umrnt which cie
'clared the prefer Federal Con-
I ftiturion of the United Spates
I to be part of the lupteme law
lofI of the land.
lathe year 1792, he accept
ed of the command of the A-
Imericao army, to be empoyed
,against the Indians, who, for
fevetal years, had carried on a
' fuccefsful and deforcing war
luponlupon the frontiers of the Unit
§ed States. In this fixation hit
I military genius broke forth with
I accumulated loft re. He difei
[plioed and created an army,
landI and by uniting in his fyflem of
Itadics, Indian stratagems, with
I civilized bravery, he led on his
Itroops to vidory, over turner
out and confederated tribe®,
!and thereby gave peace io a
I fugle day to the United States. I
He died of an accute disease, I
,at Prefqu'i(le, in the service of
Ihi# country, on the 15th of De-
I cember, 1796.
Reader! whoever thou arc,
[remember that the man whose
Iname is here revived in the
I public mind was thy friend.—
He endured hunger, cold, pain,
Iwatchfulnefs, and fatigue, and
Ihe fought and bled, that thou
I mighteft enjoy liberty and in
ti dependence. He died in a hut
jin the wildcrnefe, remote from
qhis friends, that hit countrymen
! might enjoy in fifefy, beneath
IdomeOic (hades, and in colei.
I vated society, the peaceable
Ibuits of their labour. —Travel-
jkr! whoever they art, that
!lb#rt visit the (bores of the
Like, on which bis body is
interred, stop, and drop a tear
io behalf of hi# counfry over
his grave. Plant near it a wil
low, which (hall convey to it
<the dew of Heaven, and to cut
open its bark, in leueii that
Ihall grow with time, the name
of WAYNE, wi : h the precis
ous epithets of Patriot, Has
and Friend.
JxECDOTES. -
—Q£¥x^ —
AN ignorant perfoo applied
to a gentleman, to be hit
bailiff on a farm ; and, willing
to convey an idea of hit (killm
the treatment of cattle, iolotm
ed the gentleman, that he had
always been beast), inclined.
A BAD printer was advised
to turn physician : for now all
his faults were seen ; then they
would be buried.
IATI AT a Ute trial of a cause in
Dublin, a man offered^ to vol
unteer himfelf as a witness. Be
ing >fcd by cne of the ccun
tel, what brought him to the
court ? he replied that he esme
there to indulge his curejii, —
" Observe, my lord," laid the
ccunfel, " how he murders the
§King's English !"—. 6 Pardon
me," said the Judge, " he hat
only knocked an i cut."
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pa, ment b, the last of April next, to save
Costs of Prosecution.
DANIEL GOOKIN, Clothier.
Boscawen, March 2, 1797" z $
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RUNAWAY BOY.
n AN away from the fubferi
ber, on the firft of Febru
ary last, an apprentice boy,
named Beniamin Raman, about
15 years old. Ail perlons are
forbid harboring or trifling
him on my account, as they
[would avoid the penalty of the
law. Whomever will take up
laid runaway, and return him
to me, (hall have one cent re.
ward, and no charges paid.
CALEB KNIGHT.
Bofcawen, March 1. 16
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