The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-11

80 pnl 90 mol repine Al my f2le. II
have lsllrn on The Erld Of honor whils
leadlag mr. brass Csrolinisns 10 lbs
asssoli Of The enemy. | have 4 lsst
Feqpesl 20 make Of bis Exeelleney lhs
Comnsnderin Chief. thai be will psrni.
700 my dear Doctor. 20 remain with me. 10
pfoieel me While live. and my rsmains
from insult Dr.. Crsik assured lhs Gen
srsl ihai he had nothing 10 fear from The
enemy; u was impossible thai lhsy would
harm ham skile living. OF Offer an insult
20 his remainsi thar Lord CORVALLIS was
oy this lime 10 The Geld. and thar, undrr
his auspices. wounded officer would be
treated with humanity and rsspeer. Tbs
dying patriot and hero lhsn uIlsred these
memorable words: Il have no f.vors
10 sxpees from The enemy. | have been
Consistent 10 my principles and conduct
since the commencement Of he troubles.
From The sery 6rsi dawn Of Tie Resolu.
lion have ever bees on The aide ofllberly
and nv county"
lie fingered in extreme torture between
two and three days. and died admired By
his enemies. admired and Ismenled BY
his companions in arms. On Thursday,
The 9th Of October, the whole American
Army was psrsded BY ordsr Of the Com.
mander-in.ehief 10 perform The funeral
obssquies Of General Mash. and never
did lhs warriors last tribute peal The re-
QUEEN Of drawer soldier or noblsr DAT.
RIOT than Of The illusuioas son Of North
Csrolins.
TakiRg rank ~iih The chiefs who had
fallen in the high and holy cause Of a
Nations Independence. the name OF Nash
viii be associated with she martyr names
Of Warren. Montgomery. Wooster. Mer-
Ger. while the epIisph 10 be craven on his
monumental marble should be the memo
rabie words Of The pairio. and hero on The
held Of bic fame: From The rery frs,
dGtcn Of THE RerOluiion. Ihare erer been
on The side Of liberty and my country.
IL was not The halt Al Chsw's house, il
vas moi the denseness &c The fog. thar
produced the unforiunaie termination Of
the battle Of The 9th Of October. Tine
that sheds The sober and enduring coiars
of truth over the events Of The world has
determined that The misforiunes OF the
battle Of Germantown are rather 10 be
ascrbed 10 the nndsciplined charscier oil
large proportion Of The American troops.
than 10 oil other causes combined. Wash.
ingion's oldest C0niinea,sl Regiments
were Of bul lilile more Than years sand.
lag, while many Of his troops bad seen
but few months. aud some but few
werks' service. With OIL: these disad
vaniages. the plsn Of The surprise Of Ger.
mantown was ably conceived and gallant.
~ executed in The outset, and failed oil
iisampletr success only from eireumsian,
crs beyond al human conirDl.
Congress passed a unanimous rssolu.
ton consolalary tc the feelings Of the
Commander in.chief, his officers aud sol
dies. under their disappointment, ia,i
mating "thsi il was not 10 nature Il
command success" but their brase army
!" had done more; il had deserved IT,"
The effects resulting from the battle o
Germsnlown were most happy bo.h >
home and abroad. The enemy wer.
taught TO respect American troops which
they had affected TO despise, and Sil
William Howe deemed il prudent 4
draw in all his outpos,s, and shelter him
self in Philadelphis. which proved |
great relief TO large and valuable por
ton Of The adjacent country. Indeed, !
becomes the duty Of the historian 10 de-
clare ihs, matters nigh, have been muct
worse on The 4ih Of October When ih'
Americans feiresied. the second line o
the enemy was in great force. having
been but kule inpaiIed in The action
! while The reeerve, consisting OF the Gre
nadiers. wers close at hand TO sustain
their comrsdes, those chosen fellows hav
ing. al the FIRST alarm, seized their arms
and ran. without hsliing, The disianc,
from The commons OF Phlladslphia te
Germantown. nows's army in TIT
wIihou, disparagement Of the British ser
vice before or since that time. may b
+, considered as the finest body Of troops
that ever embarked from the British do
pinions; ye. such was The alarm ant
confusion into which these veterans were
thrown by the mastery surprise OF Ger
mantown, and such the courage and vigol
displayed by the Americans in their al
lacks in the early part Of The day. TIA.
rendezvous al Chester became measure
of serious contemplation smong The com
manders Of The British army. r..
j But the mos. happy and imposing in
fiuences upon America and her cause
resulting from The battle Of Germantown
were experienced abroad. Eth. mol
Dieu, exclaimed The Countde Vergennes
the French Minister Of Foreign Affairs
to The American Commissioners IN Paris
VIVA, is this you tell me. Messisurs; an
other baule. and the Brush Grand Az
my surprised in its camp a, Germantown
Sir William and his veterans routed AM
fiying Tor tao hours. and . great victor.
only denied TO Washington by tissu
Of accidents beyond all human control
All, alb, these Americans are al slsstl
ps ople. Press them down to-day, the.
, rise "a morrow. Aud then, my dear sirs