Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-10-25
From the ALBANY RHoIsTsR.
WILLIAM EATON.
3be Wtb, or Modern AfricanVs.


THIS American General. who lately ed the
army from Egypt ,hso' the deieru OF Africa. a.
ga;na Tgipol, is about iouy-sour years OF age,
OF mddling Rsture, and dark complexion. He
n by nature and cdncatior, 4 Soldier: fla, q
countensnce bold and uoduantcd a conftitu-
ton robaa and confirmed by exerciics and "a.
tigucs, ard courage OF that determined and in
vincible kind. which, even amopeR A nsticans,
or republicans of any sge or CLINE, would be
cReemed extraordinary.
He wa, born az Ahford, in Connecticut
in 1916, At the age OF fifteen. he enrolled his
name among the folders OF freedom. aud ierved
during the revolution under the famous Cape.
Dana, lnow a B,igsdicr. General in the cosn,y
OF Schcharies in the State of New York; aad
under thi, brave and experienced veteran. Gcs-
erai Eaton learned the a!e os vslor aud the arr Of
war. At the dawn OF peace, he applied him.
fclf 10 andy, 10 puIfuc thofc grand obet,s
which his unru,ored genius protested imperiettly
90 his eager view, aud which he knc~ could be
comprehepded. attained or enjoyed, bur .ith
the aid OF education. The IncubIatiprs of few.
en- year,, Acquired Mr.. Eaton ,hc diploma Of
Bachelor OF Arts in Darmouth College. In
New Hampihre, in 1890. Ouf tchoIs' now
put OF the gown, and returned TO ,hc camp
with commiflion of Captain. He FOUGHT an
der 81. Clair, st the battle OF Miami, and prov.
ed his accomplishments and coutsge worthy of
ditinttiCn. Captain Eaton wa, ien, by Prsd.
dent Waihington, as Cou!ai TO Tonic, os the
coat of Bavbary, ia Africa. whete, duriag their
menacing attitudes add intoent p'etentons in
1901, the conioi fupportcd the dignity and in
terea fthe American Nation, ,nj held, anidR
a deipotic court, alsnsusgc nor heard On thcie
degcnersted ihores Gnce the iall OF Cato and
the Roman republics When rnptrrc with
Trpoli was Inevitable, the con(sl fosgeGed
cooperation with S,di Laulen Cssamanli, the
late Baihaw of Tripoi, who had been dethrcn-
ed and expelled 10y his brother, TIC preient Ba
ihsw: He pegoeia,ed TO thin effed with he Ex.
Baihaw, and returned TO the United States,
where, after having ma,nred his plan and effect
ed his arrangements, with the fsnttior OF gov
cmment and the benedi6tion of hia country, he
depar,ed in July, 1894 from Warrington. is
the American fquadron defined to hamble
Tripoh and libcIate our fellow-cit;zens ho!den
there 10 1avery, or 10 enforce the Ancien, Ro-
man threat. "Dci,nds ,f Carf5as0." leland
ed at Alexandria, 10 Egypt. in Dccemhcs isa.
and collecting [nail army with the stiiaance
OF the Ex- Bsihaw, then there, accompanied by
few volunteer American officers. led his little
band along tho ccsA OF the Mediterranean Tea,
through the dciert of Rarcla-snd saonihed At.
rics, after a repoie Of twelve centuries, from
the time Of Bellifarius, sgain beheld conqser-
or come 20 reap her laurels and fuhdue her pow
er upon thoie fields where the Scipio, aud the
Roman legioss, sgaina Hannit,!, and the Car
shsgenian bands, contended for the empi,, Of
the world. Let Africa beware! America has
her legions and her Scipio,--but Ge, no Han.
nibal, no bands.
There are fnne anecdotes related of the
General, which dilcovef the loi,inefs OF his
mind under vsricus circumftances.
Soon after his appointment to she captain
cy in the United States Army, he paid hi, adj
dreiIcs to an smisble young widow, this preien,
wife) who, though sdmirng the candor Of ,h,
folder and 'he meri,s Of the man, could not
grant her hand TO his fclici,aticn, but upon con.
d'tion OF his leaving the army. Paced thus 10
the alternative ot sf.tSon or tame. the. gal
lsnf young officer without helitsiins which to
prefer, to the ,erdsr propohtion nobly replied.
" Modam isvs yer nxeb, bar isys yorr sls,y
ao,s % sod with bow retired to the camp.
The Scythian, in his very retreat, had iauaeh
Cd "a easetual arrow; and when our young he.