Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-10-03

the extraordinary exertions of its ihhsbi-
tants, to put it in pofture of defence.
Philadelphia with her 100000 inhabi-
tants,is not without alarm for her fafety,
and the loud din of war has but this mo-
ment ceafed before the gates of Baltimore.
Further fouth the tocfin of alarm is
founded, and rumors from the Welt In
dies, fate that an army is preparing to
Witt Charlefton or Savannah, with icenes
Emiiar to thoie acted at Warrington.
[Georgetown Federal Republican
The Editor OF the boston Daily Advert
ser in noticing the military preparations and
| the attention of all classes Of cilizens IN mn
proving themselves in discipline aid the
means of defence, observes,
| amidst the gloom and dependency OF
the times, while we are surrounded by the
images of ruined commerce and suspended
business, when public credit is shaken and
private credid generally impaired, we de rive
| from this noise and bus,le some slight relief
In an impression which i, gives US Of our
personal security. The sound Of war-lke
music and the parade oil arms has cneer-
ing effect. We are grati6ed at hearing
the drum, the bugle, Or the trumpet, be-
cause we know that it leads disin,eres,ed
band of our friends who have dedicated their
services to our defence.
We however occasionally hear an unus-
ually solemn peal of martial music. he
deep tones and varied strains Of a large band
| Of musicians, bespeak the app zach of some
magnificent escort, or Of some invisible
phalanx OF more than ordinary prowess.
Our curiosity is excited, and the a dour of
our patriotism is enkindled We hasten to
witness the spectacle Of an unusual body Of
our coun:'y's defence.-And what do we
find j! Hall dozen drummers, as many Blu.
glers and trumpeters, two u. s. soldiers
and corporal, bearing about with all this
pomp a hg with the inscription Free
Trade and Sailors Rights"
We hope this conduct is not sanctioned
by the officers Of the army. 1t is certainly
an entirely misplaced pleasantly. 1t is
throwing insult into the very teeth OF the
men who have been so deeply injured
Our government have brought upon US
such calamilies, that they have lett US no
trade, either free or restricted, they have
lett Us no sailors, with or without rights
they have subjected our homes to invasion
and devastation, and all they have left US TO
protect or console us, is corporars guard
and band OF music, TO mortify US by tri-
umphantly waving through our streets in
derlsion of our wrongs, the tanning label,
Eyee fro1s mud No,loras ~,o
Description ofhe Horrors Of War.
The following remarks on the explosion
of one Of the bastions of fort Erie is commu
nicated in letter from gentleman, who
was present on the occasion THE scene
Witnessed after the magazine had exploded
on the morning Of the late attack on this
fort, was horrible beyond description even
indian warfare, dreadful as the annals of his.
tory represent it 10 be, cannot be compared
with what was now presented to our sight,
the mangled limbs and mutilated bodies of
the poor fellows who were thus exploded
into eternity, laying scattered, around, was
an awful spectacle in one instance, the
body OF soldier was found at one hundred
yards distance from where he had been
thrown, deprived Of its head and legs, and
the cloaths entirely burnt off. But those
who were still alive were objects Of the most
wretched commisseration, they passed me
in bodies Of twenty and thirty, led by our
soldiers 10 the waters edge, their eyes burnt
out, their faces perfectly raw and as black as
negroes, and their arms rendered useless
from the effects of the powder-they were,
indeed, living monuments of human mis-
cry"