Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-10

twenty gallons Of lime juice, thirteen hundred
weight OF fine white Lisbon sugar. five pounds
OF grated nutmegs, three hundred toasted bis
cults. and pipe OF dry mountain Malaga.
Over the fountain was large canopy built to
keep off the rain; and there was a little boat.
wherein was boy belonging TO the fleet who
rowed round the fountain and filled the cups to
i the company; and in all probability, more than
, 81. thousand men drank of it.
wAss,AasroS' sLlrE-cuARp.---Thel ife-guard
was majors command. Gibbs, Of Rhode
! Island, gallant o..-lcer, aud celebrated marti-
net; Major Cofax, Giae young man from N.
Jersey, and much esteemed in,Hse army; Cap
tains Grymes aud Nicholas, of Virginia, brave
and valued officers; lieutenant and ensign,
with one hundred and eighty picked men,
rank and file. The uniform blue, with white
faclngs, white under clothes, and black gait
erS.
The horse-guard was detailed from various
corps during the contest. In the early cam
paigns. from Baylor's regiment, which was
called La!y Washing,on's Dragons uniform
white. with blue faciHgs, &c. The life-guard,
always attached 10 The headquarters, was adj
mlred as well 70, its superior appearance as
for Its high state of discipline, being consid-
cred, IN the odcn time, matter of distinction
to serve in the guard oftle commau derin chief
The life-guard was borrowed hv avorite Of
flcers for several important expeditions. In the
affair of Barren ll,l, May, rs, the life guard
formed part oil the troops under The Marquis
de Lafayette, who, recovered OF the wound he
received in the preceding campaign. in ~,
made his DEBUT In arms as a general officer.
The position OF Barren Hill becoming extreme
lst rID,c e. I
| OF the enemS'that were marching TO intercep,
| the communication of the Marquis with the
main army at Valley Forge, the young Gene
raj determined, by gallant dash between tho
advancing columns, to reach the ford on the
ScAuylkill, and thus secure his retreat to the
main army. Here let our narration pause,
while we pay well-meritcd tribute to the me-
mory and services of Allen Mel ane, to who's,
untiring vigilance in watching the slealthy ap-
proach Of the cnemy's columns toward Bar
rem Hill, and pronptness in attacking them
on their route, tho Marquis was mainly in
debied for success in the celebrated retreat tina.
shed such ustre on his first command.
In Allen McLane, we have the recollection
of partisan who, with genius to conceive,
possessed courage even to chvary to exc
cute the most daring enterprises; who ever
ranked with the foremost in the esteem of the
Chief and was considered by the whole army
one of the most intrepid and distinguished Of
iiccrs Of the war Of the Revolution.
When the retiring Americans reached the
ford Of the Schuylkil, they hesitcd in attempt
ing the passage. Lafayette sprang from his
horse, rushed into the water waist deep, call
inp on his comrades TO follow. Animated by
the example OF the youthful General, the SOL
diers entered the river, lie ta...!sr men sustain
ing the shorter, and after severe Struggle
gained the southern or friendly shore, having
suffered but inconsidcrable loss.
Meanwhile, the enemy were in close pur-
Sit, and the ommander-in-chief, fearing Tor
The dr.. achmeut. which consisted of his choi. /
cest troops, including the life. guard, dragged
his artillery 10 III. rocky heights that comman-
ded the ford. and opened "roh the enemy's adj |
vance, checking ,he:n so far as to enable the
Marquis the better 10 secure his retreat; and !
there was one feature in the martial spectacle
of the passage of the Scliuylkill of rare and
imposing interest: it was The admired form Of
Washington. at times obscured, AID then be-
held amid the smoke Of the cannonade, as at
tended by his generals and staff. He would
waive his hat to enconraga The soldiers in their
pcrIons passage ofthc stream. !
On the morning Of the battle Of Monmouth,
June. 10, detachment from the ffc-cr.rd,
and one from Morgan's rifemcn, led by Nor.
CAMS iavorte. Capt. Gabriel Long, made q
brilliant dash al party OF the enemy which
they surprised while washing at a brook that
ran through an extensive meadow. Seventeen
gcnadiers were made prisoners, and borne of l.
in the very face Of the British, light infantry.
VIII" fired upon their daring assaiIants. and i'm
media,ely commenced a hot pursuit; yet Long
displayed such consummaie ability as well as
courage, that he brought off his party, prison
crs and all, with only the loss of one sergeant
wounded.
Morgan was in waiting, at the outpost. 10
receive the detachment on their return. HAVING
listened, with much anxiety, TO The heavy fire
Of The pursuing enemy. Charnei win, the
success Of the enterprise, in the return Of the
troops almost unI,armcd. aud in The prisoners
taken. Morgan wrung The fivorile captain by
The hand, paid his compliments to the officers
and men of his own corps and Of the lifc-guard,
and then the G,med Leader OF the Woo1smen
INDUCED himself in a s'en,orian Iaugl, that
made all ring again. at the bespai,ercJ condi.
ton Of the gentlemen, as he was pleased to
term the lifc-.uard, and who. in III ,jr preci-
pitate retreat. having to pass through certain
swamps that abound in the portion Of New Jer-
sey then tho seat OF war, pr. scented most So
lid appearance for troops who might be termed
the marline,s Of sixty years ago.
tits believed that the late Col. John Nicho.
las, of Virginia, was the lust ofhe Afe-guard.
Loss OF THE TEXAN PACKET CONSTITUTION.
steam packet Columbus. Captain Wright,
As hours from velasco, (Texas,) arrived yes
terday, reports the total loss ofthe steam pack