Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-24

influence c>tsaded beyond c.c distance Of a
few paces.'
Again: in the same division of the work. y.
500, $40, be complains that the American
general, by sending down small bodies Of ri
hemen, harrassed the British piqacts, killed
and wounded a few of the seutinrls, and pre-
vented the main body of the army from OBJ
tanning any sound or refreshing sleep. He
observes that, 4" in modern and tirihzed war
iare, the outposts oi AN army are looked upon
as III some degree sacred, and remain unmo-
Tested, "while two European armies lie nac-
lively facing each other" But the Americans
entertained no such chicoiyic notions an en-
envy to them was an enemy. Whenever they
could approach unperceived, within proper
distance ofour watch fires, six or eight rifle
men would fire amongst the party that sat
round them, while one or two, stcaling as
close to each sentinel as regard to their own
safety would permit, acted the pant of assassias
rGther ttan q soldiers, and attempted 10 murder
them an cold blood. Having continued this de-
testab!e system of,rdrfttre till towards morning,
they retired and left us at rest"
Now it would hardly be supposed that the
British officer" ha,. told in the same work.
OF nisht excursions Of British parties to sur
PRISE and butcher American troops of the
arinlng and enlistment of savages to assist i'm
the assault on New Orleans, who held the
fatal tomahawk in their hands and had the
scalping knife suspended from their belts :"
who received an abundant supply of rum
from our fleet" to animate them in the use of
those weapons of civilized warfare (P.
8IO-a73.) He acknowledges that I" the fancy
OF the British invaders was tickled by the as
surances they received concerning The actaith of
New Orleans, and the rich booty which would
reward its capture."-ln another place he adj
nits that Baltimore was to be pllndered, if it
had been TAKEN and observes that the qranti-
ty OF booty might have " repaid the British
troops for their toll and cOnsoled them for the
loss of comrades"
What is more he relates in a tone of plea
santry, how the barrels of flour and hogsheads
oi tobacco, discovered i'm the predatory de-
scents from the British ships on the shores of
the Chesapeake, were seized and confscated
III the name of His Majesty George Ill. how,
7" whenever favorable opportunity presented
Itself, parties landed, piundercd or DESTROYED
The government stores, laid towns and dis
lncts under contribution, and, in word, the
hossllities carried ON in the Chesapeake, re-
sembed the expeditions Of the ancient Danes
against Great Britain, rather than modern
war between civilized nations.'
Alter all this, it was forsooth, quite mcouth
ana assassin-like, in the American riflemen at
New Orleans, 20 modest the piqucts andthe So
cable coterics round the watch fires, of an
army advancing TO storm and sack that place
and convert IT into British post destined to
break up the Union
We deem this book one OF great impor-
lance III a political point of view. Ii is fairly
I'D he presumed that the feelings and sentiments
which the author betrays towards the Amcri-
cans, are common To the other officers, indeed
20 the great body of the British army. 1t is
not to be doubted that the British government
attach weight and credit 10 his representations
and that he must make an impression upon
the reading public Of Great Britain. He writes
IN avery agreeable manner; paints graphically,
ana by ms free criticisms on the character and
management ofthe British expeditions, raises
IN has own favour,an opinion of ingenuousness
impartiality and intelligence The detection
oil his mistakes and misrepresentation, on this
SIDE OF the Atlantic, will not weaken his autho-
rity on the otherit will be in vain for us to cry
out when he estimates the number of inhabi-
tanis IN Washington at Sirty thousand and the
population OfGeOrgetown, at twenty thousand
Access to his British readers cannot be had
from this quarter.
His concluding remarks furnish matter for
the most serious reflection, to the government
and people of these States. He insists that
war can be successfully carried on by the Bri-
hdrbors anil her shipping, idying ,cdSfe her sea-
part to,0ns, burning her houses, pt,.nqeriing her
property" lie recommends strenuously that
this course be pursued should another war
break oat between Great Britain and Ameri-
ca" The plan which | PROPOSE" says this
fastidiousadmirer of modern civilized warfare,
" is TO make desert the whole line of American
coast" This would not do, he adds, were YOU
contending with monarchcal country, bnt
1T suits admirably where you have to do wit
a Democratical government!
we could wish the present work to be pla-
ced on the desk of every member of the next
Congress. 1t might serve to avert many a
wild harangue against the expense of forlif-
Gallons and fleets, or at least to defeat the ex-
trava5ant schemes of national economy which
are meant to be proposed the next winter by
some of the Western politicians. MAJ. Gqz.
WAsHNGToN, July Io.-General Henry
.dtklnSon has declined the situation of Adiu-
tant General, 10 which he was assigned in the
late arrangement ofthe army, and takes the
command of a regiment, which he was allow
ed the option of doing, should he prefer the
active duties OF the camp TO those of the bu-
reau.
Gen. A. was the officer TO whom was con
fided the command of the expedition which
assembled the Missouri two or three years ago
and formed the post at the Council Bluffs. and
he has evcrsince continued in command there
IL IS an act o justice TO this officer to state that
ne has acquitted himself i'm his important and
delicate trust with so much correctness, and
so much to the satisfaction his fellow Gift
zens in Missouri, that the governor ofthe state
and large portion of tie Legislature, as well
as number of private genllemen-fearng
that in the organization of the army under the
late reduction, General A. might be transfer