Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1813-10-07

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JOHN MYERS, @
Head Quarters, Nc
SIR--In obediance
ceeded yesterday witt
miral Warren in Ham
! handed both the disp
that for Sir Sidney Be-
raj received me with civ
ny acknowledgment for
letter. Sir Sidney was D
Point Comfort Feeling sd
bout the propriety of delaying
his arrival, was about to depS
miral Warren expressed wish than
remain, saving that he would desi
doubt, to give reply
Sir Sidney did not arrive till 8 oc
l.Bc expressed great respect for the mot
|that had actuated you, sir, ia the meas
which you were pursuing we're niofo
than he desired--it was sufficient, hc said,
if your own mind was satisfied. He express
| ed regret at the trouble that you had taken,
and much Difference for your character
with resolution to vie with you in efforts
to. confne future operations within the
bounds Of humanity and the usages of war.
He said, in allusion to the pretended con
duct of our men at Craney Island, that it
proceeded no doubt from few of the more
disorderly. denied the charge altogether.
as had done in my previous interview,
when it was made the Justification of their
outrages at Hampton, ON the ground Of re-.
| taliation.
| found that it was not his intention 10
give to your dispatch aswritten reply BY
the light manner Itch he glanced at the
subject Of your ia i&ation, ! could per-
ceive that it was pressed further than was
desirable to him. 1t was my wish however
to be able to. report to you the probahi
| of a like course of enquiry on his part
enumerated the CATALOGUES OF G. Sc
! violence at Hampton. ] mentioned I'm
age of the town, and the wanton destrlO-l
ION of medicine That individuals had
zen stripped naked A sick man stabbed
Vice who was in the hospital A sick man
hot in his bed at Pembroke and in tbearms
|'of his wife, who was also shot at and wound
ed, long after the defeat Of the troops, Mr..
and Mrs Kirby--and finally the assault on
l
abused and even violated
At the mention of the murder Of Kirby
and the w0und given 10 his wife, Sir Sid
ney distinctly admitted it. The others he
appeared not to be acquainted with the par
ticulars of, and expressed some concern at
it. lie said that Ire had, however, on COM
ing to knowledge of their conduct imme-s
diately ordered the embarkation of the
troops that were concerned, with deter
mination that they should not again land.
and that while he was unable to controul a
past event, the responsibility of recur-
renee should rest upon himself That the
troops under his command were strangers
to him on his arrival here, and appealing
to my knowledge of the nature Of the war
in Spain, iii which these men {meaning the
French corps, he said had been trained,
told me they could not be restrained.
Thus far lie thought he could not give a
more convincing proof of the sincerity Of
his professions than in the withdrawal Of
these troops, and that he had moreover lust
been employed in finding new watering
place on Back River in order to remove
from Hampton and to quiet the minds of
the inhabitants.
He assured me that In making such a
pledge, as he was doing, it should not be.
lightly regarded-that he would either send
away these troops, or wait the arrival Of
others for new operations. He concluded
by expressing hope that you, sir, would
in future use no reserve in communicating
any subject of improperly, and on his part,
that he should certainly do so, with due
regard 70 the lberality n your conduct
He hoped the subject wigs at rest. took
MY leave.
Ihave the honor to be, &C.
:. JOHN MYERS, Captain
and Aid-de-Cam
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Taylor,
Norfolk.