Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-08
From the Boston Patriot.


From the Boston Patriot
have read the g Journal ofa yoans
man Of MASSACHUSETTS" giving an account
OF DartmoOr prison, with no little interest.
IL is Oh Ut the most unaffected recitaIs T
nave ever met with. The events it details
are interesting, while the manner of doino
IL displays the utmost candOur and simnli.
city. Perhaps no part of the work is emf.
tied to more credit than the wise discrin;s
nation which is made in regard to nation.
| al character, IN all the anecdotes and obs
servations with which it is interspersed.
-, he author oft is patriot in feeling,
There is lofty strain of pride running
through the whole work, connected viii
the idea OF his being citizen of the onIv
republic On earth. This, evinced in en-,
tauslastlc language, speaks loudly in favor
oi MS goodness OF heart. He feels the To-.
Cal pride OF New Englander. He apa
preclateS our institution, and ou,. cba,.c.
ter'-Ihe shrewd apprehension the ha-
oi'uai morality the stern and decided
tone of our republicanism, based upon an
equality that knows no earthly SUPERIOR.
are all strongly developed, without any
effort to effect it.
On the whole, no work has appearsd for
long time which will be more eenerajIv
read especially by Cat class of peonIs
VIVID at once are our pride and our sun.
port, the YEoMANRY of the country.
1t is to be regretted, that many ;nd;v;.
dua's acts OF gallantry do not fnd their
way INTO the annals of the recent war,
Impartial history will, however, do Justice
to all and many officers, who consider.
ed themselves neglected, will find their
deeds emblazoned in story.
Among the many acts of Drawing dan.
ger, Pertormed b.. the gallant officers of
| the campaign on the Niagara, we record
the following as highly honorable to the
ingenuity and daring spirit of colonel
George NJ. Brooke, of Virginia. During
the siege OF Fort Erie, our little army dis.
played more obstinate devotion to the cha.
/ racter 1t had won on the plains of Chippe-
wa, the heights Of Bridgewater. and tho
| entertainments of Fort Erie, than can bO
found in the military history of any other
country 1t was customary for fhe offi.
GERS commanding regiments, battalions. oe
companies, to volunteer for what was
then called "piquet fights" They al.
| ways terminated in driving in the piauets
of The enemy.
The solicitations for permission to enc
| gage In this kind of partiZan warfare be-
came so frequent and often times so fatal
TO the officers commanding, that the geA
| rails, who were successfully in commands
| determined to check that useless ardor,
and resolved on granting no farther indula
gencles Of the kind. At that time colonel
(fhen major) Brooke, being officer of the
day, after visiting our advanced guards,
came in, and applied for leave to beat uD
the enemy's piquet. 1t was peremp. orilv
refused He pleaded the induIgence
granted TO others, as being Justly due to
MIN, and the general commanding finally
aSsenfed. Brooke then selecting abnut
100 men from his own command, dashed
INTO the woods which skirted our en-
trenchments, met and drove the enemy
with great slaughter, and discovered a
new battery at an important point, which
they were erecting under cover of the
night. 1t became then an object of i'm.
pnrtance to annoy the fatigue parties ems
ployed on this new work, but very difficult
to effect, from the thick woods cOncealing
all their movements from the views of our
lines.
Col. Brooke. taking with him two disc
mounted dragons, and carrying in his
hand lanthorn covered with watch-coat,
passed, during the night, their line of cen:
tlnels, assembled tree which stood about
six PAGES in front ofthe enemy's new bat
terry, and fixed it there. A cord was ate
iached to the watch-cOat, with which,
when he had descended and reached the
length of it, he drew the coat from fhe
lauthOrn, and creeping round the line Of
centinels, returned safe into camp. The
American batteries, directed by the light
ct the lanthorn in the tree, opened their
lire upon the uhsuspecting workmen, who
could not divine what secret spirit had
betrayed the position Of their ia6ors: un-
til they observed the light swinging in the
air nor then could form any conjecture,
by what daring hand, it had been there
suspended.
ST.. SfEFHENs. (M. ~ MAY s;
The following is an extract of letter
from Major General f. p. Gaines, al
Camp, near Fort Jackson, to one Of the
editors.
Report says, the Indians in this natl
on are SO much out of temper with the Bic
Warrior, that they are determined to take
bis life, and that he is obliged to sleep in
the bushes. He is requested to accept an
asylum in the fort, The murderers of
Johnson and M'Gasky, are reported to lie
near the ApalachacOla have adopted
measures for their detection. The 'lino
befxgeen fbe COse, r;,,or opd Coo,.-;o -