Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-07
CENER AL WILLIAM EAION,
Ire nh or Moaie,n AtrieaHnr.

the army HOm ESypt throuEn tnc o0leItS
of Africa, againit iripoly, is about 4 u years
OF age, Of midding ftature and dark com
plexion. lie is by nature and oy education,
folder; has countenance bold and un-
daunted contribution robuit and confirm
ed by exercifes and fatigues, and courage
Of that determined and invincible kind
which even amengh Americans, or repub-
leans of any age or cliNe, would be ef-
teemed extraordinary. He was born at
Afhford in Conne6tcut-in I776, at the
age Of IS, he enrolled his name among the
folders Of freedom, and ferved during the
revolution under the famous Captain Dana,
Inow brigadIer-geperal in the county of
Schoharie, in the fate of New 7 ork) and
under this brave and experienced veteran,
General Eaton learned the ufc of valor and
the art Of war. At the dawn OF peace, he
applied himfelf to ftudy, TO Puriue and ex-
plore rhote grand obic6ts which the force
and furiliry of his untutored genius preient-
cd imperfe9ly TO his eager view, and which
he knew could be comprehended, attained
or enjoyed, bat with the aid Of education
The lucubrations of feven years, acquired
Mr. Eaton the diploma Of Bachelor OF Arrs,
at Dartmouth College, in New Iampihire,
in 1890. Oar fcholar now put of the gown,
and returned 10 the camp with a Commit
iion Of Captain. He fought under ST. Clair,
at the battle Of Maimi, and proved his ac-
compliments and courage worthy OF diff
tinction. Captain Eaton was fent by Pre-
fideut Warrington, as Conful TO runis, on
the Coat of Barbery, in Africa, where,
during their menacing attitudes and inioienti
pretenhons in 1901, the ConfuI fupported
the dignity and interea of the American
nation, and held, amidit defp0tic Court,
q language not heard on thofe degeneratcd
fhores flncc the fall Of Cato and the Ro-
man republic.* When rupture with TIi-
poll was inevitable, the Conful fuggefed
cooperation with Sadi Hamen Caramanli,
the late Bafhaw of Tripoli, who had been
dethroned and expelled by his brother, the
prefent Bafhaw. He negotiatedto this ef-
feet with the Ex Bafhaw, and returned to
the United States, where after having ma
tured his plan, and effected is arrangements,
with the fancfion of government and the
benedictions of his country, he departed in
July, 1904, from Warrington, in the A
merican fquadron defined TO humble Tti-
poll and hberate our fellow citizens, holden
there in ilavery, or to enforce the ancient
Roman threat, " DelsDda ef CARTHAGE"
He landed at Alexandria, in Egypt in
December laf, and collecting frnaI army
with the afIiitance of the Ex-Bafhaw, then
there, accompanied by few volunteer A
merican officers, led his little band along
the coat Of the Mediterranean fea, through
the deiart of Barca and aitoniihed Africa,
after arePoie of twelve centuries, from the
iime of Belifarius, again beheld conquer
er come to reap her laurelS and fubdue her
power upon thofe fields where the Scipios
and he Roman legons, againt Hannibal
and the Carthagenian bands, commended
tor the empire of the world Let Africa be.
ware America has her legions and her
Scipios- but he. no Hannibal, no bands
There are Gome anecdotes related Of the
General, which difcover the loftineis cf his
mind after various circumstances.
Soon after this appointment TO captain
cy in the u. S. army, he paid his addref-
ies TO an amiable young widow, This pre-
ient wife) who though admiring the condor
of the loldier and the merits of the man,
could pot grant her hand, but upon con-
ditions sof his leaving the army. Placed
thus in the alternative of affection or Of
fame, that gallant young officer without he
ftation which to prefer, 10 the tender pro-
petition nobly replicd, 9 Madam 5vtyou
much, bAa I Lore glory more p and with bow
retired TO the camp. The Scithan, in his
very retreat, had launched an efeaual ar.
row; and when our young hero rallied and
in due time returned to the charge, the lady
iurrendered Internationally.
In June, Sol, Magazine Of the Bafh-
aw of fripoli took fire, and confumed
10000 ftapds of arms, 70 replace which
the infolent pirate demanded tribute Of
arms from other nations, whom he fyled
H.. friends He Ohf-rvsI A thar hs b.d an