Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-01

no power ana even the SnaSD poInt VI
ridicuie chances from the monumental
stone.
1t is in vain, therefore, we look for
correct drliueaiion OF character on the
sculptured urn, or in the occasional pa
ragraph i'll Gazette, which announces
that another of our race has passed on to
the bourne whence no traveller returns.
That the fair side of a character be not
too highly colored, is all that is 10 be eX-
pecied 10 exhibit the reverse of the por-
trait, so much are we familiarlzed hy habit
To this pious fraud, would be regarded as
All outrage on common decency.
These observations apply, not only TO
the moral character of men, but TO their
political and professional merits. The
same courtesy is extended to The one as
TO the ot!;er Descended to his fathers,
the politician is Of course statesman,
the soldier hero, ANA every mau pat
riot. 1t Is thus that the fountains OF III
formation are polluted, and history Is TAI
siiied.
We have before us singular il!ustra-
ton Of the prevailing custom, attracting
particular notice only in political V'ew,
as the act OLA government rather than OF
an individual We refer TO iNo eases,
Introduced 10 our notice at the same mo-
menf, as having occurred under the lSr
fish government, and which we had much
rather attribute 10 the ignorance. and IN
famed vanity of the friends of lie deccas-
ed, than TO premediiated insult and mis-
representation on the part OF the officers
OF that government.
The one of these instances IS that OF
the Goa, Of Arms granted by the Prince
Regent to the family OF Gen. Ross; TIE
other the inscription on the monument Of
Sir PETER PARKER, in Westminster Abb
bey.
Had we the cut respecting. the arms
of Sen. Ross, we wouid insert ii, as given
in the Weekly Register, through the me-
dium of which this transaction has found
IFS way 10 the eyes OF the American peo-
pie. Not having il at hand, oWr readers
will be content with the description. The
family, and the occasion of the augmen-
tatiCn at the arms, are thus designated IN
the British uerald'S office.
Description Of tie arms.
Per TESS enbaitied n ent and on, IN chiefs
suant a dCXtCrarm endowed vested gules, cuiI
azure encircled by wreath or laurel, the
hand sraspiug flagstaff broken in bend siniS-
ter, thereiTOm flowing ihe cOiors OF the United
States of America proper, IN base the arms OF
Ross Of NoSs Trevor ; on canton OF the third
pendent from ribbon, representation OF the
cross presented by command Of ms majesty to
the late major general, III testimony OF his roy
al appreciation of his services with the motto
hadensDutRh, and for crest or hononabie
augmentation iu addition to- tie crest ui the ia
n.ily or ROSS OF Ross Trevor, Tie following,
that is 10 say, on wreath OF me coiOrs out
OF IA mural crown, Ell q dcXtet arm gGasping
the cOiOrS asin the arms.
The point OF this augmentation, as
thus described in heraldick language, is,
that on The crest of this family, as well
as on tie coat OF arms, is TO be repre-
senied d hand grasping the colors of the
United States, with the motto oil " Bla
denSburg." 1t is not our intention TO
dwell ON the ltlleness which dictates this
device, or TO point ont lis aDsurGity.-
ihey are both sufficiently obvious. The
misrepresentation OF lhep place and manner
of Gen. Ross death, may perhaps be M
puted to laundering ignorance; ii inien-
tional, ii is the most stupid deception ever
attempted TO be praclsed, since the Brl-
fish official accounts, published in all tier
Gazeties, put it to shame.
The following inscription sufficiently
explains the nature OF The other case 10
which we have alluded:
Inscription on Tie monument Of Sir Peter Parker,
III Westminster Abb1g.
In the piOus hope OF glorious resurrection,
pursued through virtue, faith, and vdlOr, here
lies inferred the mortal remains OF SIR Pc
TER PARKER, BAkONEF, aged IS years,
Captain of his Majesty ship meneiaus an
accomplished officer aud seaman, who, after
landing with part of his crew, OF the coast OF
America, dCjedted an enemy, SUPp0rttd by cdUat-
IN and artillery, three times the number OF hjs
ow,i force, and in the moment CT victory, re-
ceived mortal wound, under which he cont
nued to cheer up his men 10 jolioiO up their tIi-
Wgph until sinking under its f"tai result, he
fell into the arms of the companions OF his go-
~, and surrendered, on the field of BATTLE, his
own gallant spirit to the mercy of Heaven. lie
closed his career August 3, ISL The officers
and crew, on their return, erect this MONT
ment as a testimony of their grief for his loss
and respect for his character and merits.
1t is not easy TO imagine tissue Of
GalsehOod more closely interviewer with
the isolated facts OF tie landing and death
of Captain Park r, than Ibis Sir Peter
was probably d dashiEg sailor, and fell
IN doing what he conceived his duty
Spch should have been his euIogv.-
His character and achievements are ridi-
cu'nuslv burlcsqued in This epitaph, as
will appear from q reference TO The undis-
puied facts respecting the sklrHish in
which he lost his life. Tor The benefit Of
those WHO may not recoilecl them, we
copy the following abstract, digestcd by
the Editor OF the Weekly Register from
official papers:
when things we're ripcnina for the attack
mon Baltimore, he was ordered down the
| bav but before he obeyed, he resolved 10 have
| q frolic with the Yankees, aud landed near
~ the whole force Of iis frieate for the purpose
! ofatiacking colonel Reed. who had collected
| few militia at MOOrs Fields, not tar from
| GEORGETOWN cross roads, on the eastern shore
| of Nlaryiand, TO check lis Expectations. Ac-
| cording 90 the British account Of this affair,
| signed, Hen. Grease. act. com he Lang cd
| fOi baVonets aud ~ piLcs.-(bu col. Reed
| iinlatcd sin Peters force as being superior 10
| his.own which amounted 10 l50meu, al told y
| and rashiv rushed upon bis fate. Hic was met
| by riw militia, few ct whom had overheard
| naa cninrlefeiY Leatln. with The loss Of his