American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-19


numerous body OF seamrn.
g. ,ghly TO the credit of the naval administration
of the Unned States, the men uere taught The prac
tical rules Of gunmery; and ten shot with the ne
ccssary powder, allowed 10 BE- expended in
play, to make one hi in earnest.
Very distinct from the American seamen, so
called, the American nIarines. They are chief.
" made up OF natives OF the country and desc IT.
sr from he British would be here acquisition.
In the Cniltd States. every man may hunt or shoot
among The Wild animals Of the forest / he young
peasant or ckcoodS man carries rhe.barrel gun
The moment he lit one 10 his shoulder; and
woe 10 toe duck deer that attempts TO pass him
within fsir range OF his piece. To collect these cx
pc mar ksmsn, when Of proper age, officers are
sent iotu the western parts OF the Union and 10
embody and finish drilling them, marine barrsck
is established bear the city Of Washington, from
winch depot the ships ate regularly supplied.
- No one act Of the lttlr na,y OF the United
Slse. had been al all calculated to gain he respect
81 lbs BRUSH FIRST was seen The CHEs' sAKE al.
loving herself to be beaten with IMMUNITY " Bit
ish saiP, only nomlnally superior TO her. Then The
huge lgsle President attacks, and fights for nearly
tnf=e quarters Of an hour, The Il itish .loop Little
Belt And, even since the war, The same President,
~ the head OF squadron, makes bunghng tusi-
OF Cha.i & the Bzi,ldere
IVY bile therefore, feeling towards America, bar.
defing On contempt, had unhappiLy possessed the
mind ol the British nav u officer, rendering HIM
than usually careless and pplnonative, the Amtrl-
naval Officer, hJyIne been sugh' 10 regard his
new foe WIN puritan If dread sailed 10, IN TO meet
him, Nth h= whole Of his energies reused mo
n.-Ls detection assured him lhst his cOHntry'S h.
nor cQs aou N us hands and what, IN the breast
o. man. could 4e stronger Indictment 10 ext. aordl
Isty e1etflpUs:
= ItS ,ittatsd were he nsyies OF the two coun
t'l.s hen H. Vi. snip GUEKRlERK, with dam02ed
Gl-.s, reduced mptim'nt, and nab>0iate heed u
ttiti,fot&h retii. for who she was then. alter
tvioEs cruise speeding Halifax encountered HE
I shp CoN,TrUTios, se,enetn days only from
port H.snned nih iuti coin ,.lrmri,t, and 10 all
peeis h.ted til ear"
Br,'o. snd yct cruel Blue and Buff gives you
The aa.un-do Was there such story as tbs
tod 5, ore The nsticans had deceived oui
sse'atf a-4y hey ha got ha k~oodsmen INT VI.
i,IO {Ltir tops; the csnker worm neglect ID
be preying upon our poar navy British OAK had
become scarce ours were contact ships; the,
h-5 been built 10 hase, with soft wood aud lgh
frames. W. had seven hurdred and fo.iy 81, ship
commission, but manned chlsft with impressed.
iTcG Ga' hands aud small boys, d grea, numhcr oil
bo,h Il whom were foreigners Shoe king state ot
ihags he ing War had made Us trgst hJr IL
Jgat our officers as we'll as men lad contracted
tht nabt Of lneltntnn. We had lost our skull our
discipline, our s,rena III OF body, and our every thing
t'a nsS gnu. +A@NbIuliS III you, NJ. JONES,
CoRIk A pride o. Drury Lane, for whom no
sh-ph-rd signs in YAM" was net in worse plight
when size walked 10 the morning:
- p gcoa ;irkl ler issue peas,
g And dock her lTesses hrl Ai.h feea."
will quote iurthef but this s'rol!ing s,rum
Pet does MT according TO the poets account. ap
pear l. have be n IN more mise able, destitute
!olo;n, disordered, rascaily, aud rotten state Than
ttSt when you eve US he state oi the BritIsh
Navy But, impudent her foul toad eater why
dli you forget 70 state thai Tins rascaly, rotten
thing, COSr al The very time you speak Of
up@a d, q TWENTY MILLIONS year
Ver.iY ~ historian wor nv OF Blue and Buff.
lie rom his DOR old rotten hing this worn
ou', ti, catered this detected thing, you turn our
ate ton 10 the hall dozen nice Amert az frgates
cons rucied up.n The most approved PRINCIPLES
both sailing and Tor war" These wete,suiel,.
not 'hase halt dozen Of fir frigates with BIZ, u
Strpyd bunting flying at their mast heads o.
which MIR GAINING talked in that very year,
1879!
We had ssren hundred and forty sir saips in
commission; but what these /, the six ltIgates
q ne Americans Constructed they were upon the
most approved principles. Bless u. SIX dreadful
frlgats. We had seven hund ed and tory more
than they. to bc sste. But, then we had no buck,
tc00dSmen 10 place in the round tops. Oh back
poodsnen are the devil and the wots, of il Il.
thai shall be able to get any b4ckwoods.
men; 50 that, as lar as this goss We are sure TO
be beaten.
Such was your preface to the defeat Of the Gurr-
rlere. As the defeat itself it produced sill
more melancholy description. The Guer,iere's
poader was damp; her manmas, had been struck
by lightning some ncnths previous TO The action ;
sic sailed very muth ty the head but, the great
thing Of ali appears 10 have been, that HER
BREECHING5 WERE ROrTEN,' and she
had nc rope LEFT "herewith to repaT her bfeechings
Shocking state 10 fight in The strings OF the waist
baud b oxen, and no tape TO make new one, with
Look, then, compassionate reader look at the poor