The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-08-21


heard every thing. The old Gcnei al a. ho
,ode through made mos, glorious speech.
i shall remes.ber 4, so long az lesn cock (
gun, Tor he delivcied il JUS. as he psss'd me,
and Il wss this: " Boys, mind your cue --,herc
Is the enemy-snd we conquer, or Molly
Stark sleeps . widow this night Good
Heasensg fet, 4 cannot ,eit how--bu, 4
think your college fellows call d q sort OF voi.
rnoary act os motion for Just at ,hs, instant.
! pu, my thumb upon the cock of my gun
AID my fore 6nges upon tho trigger |; IL was
well dad not poll, u had. In all probability
sorre ooe would have had dayIieh, let through
Mn, And DOW at q VIC went, firing right In.
to each others faces. j go. a new heart 40
u were, ior 40 soon ~ began TO Gre, away
went 'Temblins aud fear. II was ag,otious
dsy--ihe eannon roared like hghfning and he-
guns fash'd az fhoagA the Heavers and rarih
'vrre CORNING fogefasr--and the smoke too,
oh whst columns or smoke II seem'd like
darkness made thick! so, you see, I kspe
loading aud firing, loading and firing und foe
The want pt lead Ered my ram fod, but which
way It went or what II did I neither knew NOE
cared, for the enemy now began TO bresk and
we followed them up with Yankee doodle.
However, ivst at this moment, up comes an.
other detachment of Hessisns, Il was always
OF the opinion thst these Dutchmep would
have been bctter of ., honey and so you see,
we had TO Eo to logscrhesds with them too.
but we had by this time got a kind Of knark
At 6ghung, and so did their business for Them
in hu,ty--snd they were in a prodigious
hurry to get out OF out wsy.. ] dons know
how !, wbs, but eitsr this, got ouch notion
ol ighing, thst wanted 20 keep at Il all tho
iimo. So after the surrender Of Burgoyns
10y tho way ,ha, was 4 delightful bs,tle) +
went to the Southwark, and enlisted during
the war, as rillemon under Morgsn--snd I
tell you what, these rflsmen are dangerous
set Of fellows, you may depend on il. Why
have seen the time when should not have -
been in the least efesid to have laid down
twenty dollar continental bill sgsins, the same
amount Of farmers exchange, tina, I could
have taken the sigh, fo,n spsrrow's eye sr
the distance Of ten yards and In fact, We RI
neDeD ns'd to shoot 80 accurately, and kill so
cead, that one eye Of the enea.y has been
found shut and the other open, precisely IN
tho act of taking aim end the reason Of this
suppose was, that the spsee from time 10 e
tcrniy was so short, tha, they had no oppor-
luni,y to sbu, or opsn an eve. Nov les, .pY
ono should doubt this fact, and set Il down for
,rc,h tfit, by Just looking into CO. don's biss
tory OF the revolution, And now TO conclude,
you must know the, Kept lighting, and kept
the war and rot sn honor able dischstge On, er
Washington. own hand end this but few st
this day can boast of. BY Tho wa had II
tute of CornwsIli,, the enemy bendled their
a.. sh.s m
bsli into my hip, which careless trick mode
me cripple 70, lfe--eye, snd a pcnsioner
TOO, thank fortune, so yoy see, did not get
wounded for nothing. Well, a, the close Of
the war I retired into tho back settlements,
purchased Rfiy acres Of wild land, end Go, ma
o wife for you know that men win always
iucumber themselves with wives, rich or poor,
sick or we'll. Bot, alas my campaign thro'
life has been o sore one. proe'd lame, sod
my, wife prov'd siekIy--shs brought the an
only daughter and 10 scm up my misery she
proved TO be an old maid. But this Is not all
my wife lost az. eye by the sting OF hornet,
snd my daughter knee joint, from the NICK
Of horse. So you see, we have, the blind,
The halt and the rnsimed. But blessed bo
God, live in q FREQ county and under
god governments, end so my Dot Is rot hall 90
hard as u might hsYe been because, you soc,
on the back Of oil my other n,is'ortunes
might have been q slave, and that would have
doubled the dose. have always fejoiced oe
the return Of every anniversary Of American
independence, sod have never failed 10 mako
tnJ self joyful on thai day with others. But
alas ell our ,ys sod slI our sorrows muse
have en- end. On this 47th anniversary OF A.
me'iesn liberty, I found hsd grown 100 old
end TOO poor TO sttk amusement sbrosd 4; snd
also, ihs, was Of TOO little conseqyeneei, ,,
this world, for soy one TO seek me For, like
Gen. st. Clair, I live in ,he woods and expect
to die 10 tho woods |: Bur no matter, was
de,erfnined not TO be kicked out OF the wor'd
nor ehesled ont of my ~, Tor always nko
10 see the lamp Of life kesp burning; and so
I wss resolved t6 eslebrsie The day at home'
in some lssh,on o. other. accordingly no.
diied my wife and daughter, the day previous,
Of ,hi my resolution, and requested them 10
Join me, Tor have ever beld 10 the opinion,
ihs, poor company was better then none, "a
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