Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-25

an easy, direct, and expeditions manner b
gay light. And not long after the break o
DAY, tog arose, which sffectually covered
the retreat of the rear guard, notwithstand
ing Its vicinity TO the enemy, until it had ais,
embarked and nearly reached the City
but for this remarkable in,-rposition, at leas,
hall the army, with its artillery and general
officers, must have fallen into the enemy's
hands.
When early in January. l777, General
Washington, with an army inferior in num-
Der, discipline, and equipment, to that under
Lord Cornwall SIS, had sxtricated himself
from disadvantageons position az Trenton,
by one OF his mastery alaRoeuvres, the toll
lowing remarkable I'rs H zee attended it /:
: be @essaer hsd ueSsu point 90, song days
before, = the ground became soft, and Of
course the roads so sliry, that 1t would have
oeen extremely difficult. il not impossible, to
have marched an army with baggage and
artillery. Bot the weather clearing up in
the evening previously to an intended mose-
ment, became very cold, and frozeG So hard
before the hour fixed on, that the ground was
able to bear both meE and carriages, with.
out the least Inconvenience, By day light
the next morning General Washington vas
nearly twelve miles 10 the rear OF the euemy,
where he met and defeated British brigade
on its march to reinforce Lord CORVALLIS
took number of prisoners, threatened Bruins
wick, the depot of the ene,ny. and eatirely
cleared the western parts of Jersey from
their depredations.
How critical was the situation of this coun-
try, after the fail of Ticonderoga, in l777,
whe1 Burgoyne, with AN array " in the full
powers ofhealta and discipline" as he said.
like an overwhelming torrent. poured forth
death and desola:ion in the interior parts of
New York, and the adjacent country of Yer.
mont. Yet how was llis career arrested,
when Col. Gausevoort at Fort Schuyler, on
one side, and Cen Starke at Bennington, ON
fbe other by destroying the forces seat a.
gainst them respectively, so changed the
scene, that Hurgoyne. after some desperate
attempts to extrCate himself from a situation
he had precipitated bis army into, was obl-
ged Ia lay down his arms TO the Americans
under Gen. Gates Surely the hand of God
was in all this,
The manner IN which Arncld's treason
was discovered and prevented, is worthy Of
remark. Arnold in ended TO deliver sthe
fortress of West point, on Hudson's river,
at that tine the grand magazine of the u
nited States. as wet as asmsss important
pusl, from its pstur.i and artificial strength,
iato the nards of the British c annau.'er in
cHjet. sly Henry C.intons Str ienry had,ea
PCS ssf-. ~ i't~lsic sas.es bis
negociator land sent him in the .uiture siecp
of war, upthe North River. Tie Major wa.
landed. by night, at particular spot, * met
Arnold, who detained him ionger than was
expected. In the course of the night Capt.
NesteI, of the American artillery, s,at,onedat
Kiug's Ferry, bro't "a FOUNDER to Tellers
D,,n nh al a Grn,
the vessel. that after a little while She was
forced TO drop several miles below her for.
mer station. This obliged Andre TO change
his inten,ieas OF returning to New York, by
water. and Arnold gave him passports to
travel by land, under a feigHed name, and
with plain clothes as it for the public ser.
vice. Andre had already passed all the A.
mcricau out posts aud ceatries and was not
further than ten or fifteen miles from Tie
British posts, when a scoutieg party Of three
militia men stopped him. Andre, brave and
intelligent as he was, seemed in this critical
moment TO be deprived of hiS usual presence
of minG and instead of producing his passr
port, asked hastily 20 what party they be.
longed " To below was the reply -
e.. Above and " Below were terms used
at that time to designate the Wing and To-
~ militia -" And SO am I - returned An
Dire, without suspectiDg the deception He
farther declared himself British officer on
urgent business, and begged that lie might
not be detained. DPop discovering his anis-
take, he offered his purse and watch, and
promised ample rewards, and permanent
provision FROM his government. these were
refuscd2-Antre was made prisoner, and
delivered up to Gen. Washington--the event
is well known. How opportune was the at
tack made on the Vuitnre by Capt. Nestel
The result was not only glorious 10 hin. elf,
bat proved 20 be the first link in a chain eli
events, which entirely defeated treason,
which If successful, must have given a NOR
tai stab to our country! How proyiden.i.
al the meeting of the three rcilis38 men with
Andre Of that instanH
Their stern patriotism and incorruptble in.
tegrity, deserve that the names Of PauIding.
down TO posterity, with honor. Who, that is
not wiIfriy blind, but must see the hand Of
Heaven IN all these Circumstances After the
battle of the Cow Pens, General Morgan fouatl
4 sruten. 10 retire as quickly as possible, with
his prlso ers and trophies, from the pursuit OF
Lord Cornwal is, with the man body of the Eri-
tIsh army, which, to move with more CELEBRITY,
had destroyed all its heavy baggage and bis
bordship, IA all Probability would have jntef
cePted Morgan, altho' The latter crossed the
Catawba river with great ease, his Iordsldp up.
on coming up TO it. few hours afterwards,
found it so swollen With rain, which had fallen
IN tie mountains, ltho' there bad been none
near the scene OF these operationsJ that he was
detained two days, aud Morgan had time 70
gain considerable distance from ms Lord
shipi and what IS also remarkable tue same
circumstance took place few days afterwards
at the Yadkin, whittier his Lordship had p1r'
sued Morgan, with uncommon CELEBRITY and
perseverance,.
NO 50 signal was this divine interpositioT
| in ia 6rd overthrow aud capture Of LORD
CORVALLIS At Yorktown Virginia, in October