The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-05

Iprods tnak she was wipinS away the tears
from her eyes. In short lime her Sob
ing hushed. and she held in her breath and
| seemed to listen with all her might to some
thing at great distance land could des.
tinctly hear a numbering noise like the falling
of numbers of great trees at ere., ..;s.ar.so'
As it seemed to die away and grow fainter
x fainter, my mothers signs and teers was
renewed again,-and then she would be Sc
lent and listen, and then weap again, and 50
ON tor some time, till having listened q long
time. and the sound being louder than COM
mon, her Saporn. dropt from her face. & sine
sunk upon her nees.-and pr essing one hand
upon her breast, and lifting up the other
little, with her eyes looking up towards hea.
ven, she said. IN a voice that seemed to come
from THE very bottom of her heart->O mn.
G0d-7treserue my hustands 81 ie. him re.
furn in safety to his helpless svife and chill.
dren and grdns Otord. thai the victorv
may be on our side and let me nor suffer
these hard tryats in vain, Dur o let roe tor
the good ofmy native land never shall
forget her words. nor how she appeared at
that time--She then rose from her nees and
wept more bitterly than ever. was also
greatly distressed, ] could NOT tell why. and
burst into tears. crying caused nv mo
Their TO observe me. She was somewhat sur
prised at first, but in a moment she scased
me in her arms and raising me from the
earth she pressed me with all her strength
Ia her bosom--O my child my Chile, said
she-but her iealing seemed to be too strong
tor her to express She bent her head over
me and her tears streatned upon my face.
l folded my arms about her neck aud went
aloud-After little time, she set me On
my feet again and said come don't cry. INV
dear, let US go into the house. BY this time
got composed anough to ask her, what
noise it was heard while was standing
near her. She turned towards the course il
came from Il said-ait Is the cannon at York.
that our countrymen aud the English are FIR
ing at each other.-.A-I asked her what they
were fighting for , She said, our country
men we're lighting for the rights and lber-
ty or our country, and the English were try
| ing to make US there slaves that they might
take away rom US any thing we have when.
ever they want it-trom that moment l ha-
ted the English. and tho do not like bear
ing malice. nope Mr.. Old b. you will not
accuse me OF observation-disclosures, and ] con )
fess that to this day the rs preston that was
made on my mind has never intirely gone
off-but what wish you to take notice of ia.
TIA i was then tor She first ume in my lite.
when that scean passed betw me and
my mo,ner, thai / felt IN my heart the love
OF NY country aud am sure it will ALWAYS
RENAME in my heart as long as there is a
drop of warm blood In II. --And ii you can
have patience, old Mr.. b. with my tedious
way, you shall see now my mother, my good
excellent mother cherished and strengthen.
ed by all means in her power the love of our
/ country IN the hearts OF her children.
Ny mother mentioning OF York Town,
and what 1 heard her say in her prayr.
made me think u my father. As we wal
ked tow ards the house. Iasked ner d" where
was my ialhefW she stopt short and look
ing BACK towards york, said with melan
| chOiy voice but very firm, He is there
where we heard the roaring of the cam
non"--Ii he fighting for his country. said |.
Aye said she, that he is, and he VIII fight
oraseiy too--My tears flowed again, and nv
neart sweied with love for my Country Al
ter a lit le, asked her, when will my Ia
sner COME home She said as IT she did not
know that she spoke TO me,-perhaps he
wall never-She stopt and then said, l nope
he vii. curne home soon my son. BY thi,
ame we got near to the door; my mother
fwiped her eyes and then mine, and we went
/ ms, the house.
| S.ut alas, my father never came home a :
gain---fn flew days afterwards. some Of
/ The naIehbors who had been do n TO York
came up and brought the news, that my ia
ther was killed by 4 musket ball in storm.
| ing some OF the out work that cur men took
from the British-The distressing news was
TOO trnci
Bu, good old Mr. B. this letter is too long
but could not help it'll have wrote tow
,for you before aud burnt them because they
| were too long, and this is longer than them
both and have not got fully to tiefimain
points that wished to inform you OF, and
TO ask your opinion about That is. about
our loving our country, which don't think
our people are any way remarkable for, but
| on the contrary are wanting IN it-And a :
boot the PEOPLE in generalin our state ha-
wing but lutte learning, and great deal less
/ think than they might have If things were
managed TO the best advantage; and they
had as great desire for it as am sure YOU
think they ought % have, from what YOU
have said il some of your peacesABut you
shall see what think about these things in
my next, which if you can spare time to
read ie shall be short--no more al present
but yours,
John TRUENAME,
u BY the last accounts, il appears ex
tremeiy probable, that France Has fulfilled
her engagements, and Lee loose the An,eri-
caa vessels, sequestered since the I'd of No
vcnber.--BesIdes, French Corvette was
spoken a. sea. by an American ship rom
GotteDburg about the first OF January-
The cap,:.in OF which informed our own.
that 9 1t he had been direc, from London.
with bale goods he would have treated l,io,