The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-01-16
MISCELLANEOUS,
From Nouh's Nethiy Messenger,
NKEE TRICKS.
REvoIUTlOEtRy INCIpkSr


Common consent is very queer spon.
sor. Common consent makes wits Of s'u-
PldiIes; fools OF wise men, galants Of Jo-
sephus, and fascals OF honest individuals.
Common consent stamped Yankees
their first dsys-as shrewd incompatible
trlcksters. aud common consent was pretty
near right just at that time. Whether the
Yankees are match for opposition now,
We leave TO older ind wiser heads 10 deter.
nine. We gained our Independence by
sheer force Of arms. Now aud ,hen for
,une would favor our side with little ex
iraoTdinary good event or circumstance,
but not very frequently. It was fight twenty
times where il vas mnrGuytc successfully
once. The English, always on the look
out for squalls and Yankee tricks not
unfrequenlly deceived themselves in the
mos! ludlcrous manner.
Ia the month Of May, 1914, Sir James
zoe, with a feet Of vessels TO the number
Of thirteen, Of various sizes, appeared oil
The mouth Of the Geuessec, threatening to
annlhllaie Rochester, and destroy every i'm
provemen, aud person in the vicinity, Great
alarm was created BY the country for ald.
The people were aroused-lke the fiery
cross Of Roderck Dhu the summons sped,
aud what, .hiuk sc, was the result 10
Rochester there were then just thIrty.lhree
people capable Of bearing arms, and about
half dozen came in TO help them. Truly
formidable army to repe 90 English feet,
and oppose clever ofshot of the BRUSH
forces. The FIRST thing that the ittle band
Of Americans did wss 10 throw up q breast
work-rude and sIight-near the deep h0I
low, beside the Lower Falls. This breast
work was called For, Bender They then
hurried down the Junction OF the Genessee
and lake Ontario, because there the enemy
declared they would land. They left be
hind them two old meu, with several small
boys, 10 remove the women and children
INTO tho woods in case the British should
land for the provisions, and the destruction
Of the bridge al Rochester.
The Rochester forces were commanded
By Francis Brown, aud Elisha Ely, who
acted as captains. Isaac W. Stone was up,
pointed Major. The Americans were elc,
gnntly accoured 10 various garments Of
shapes and makes almost antedeluvisn. No
two men were dressed alike. No two men
were armed with the like weapons. Ger.
lainly they all had FIRE .srms but they v ere
not fashioned in the same style. The dis.
cipllne OF these troops we're as curious as
their costume and equipments. But if they
displayed an awkward front to the sarlIke
eye, they also exhibited sGgacity and cour.
age-two qualities quite as much needed
as pretty uniform aud good Tactics. The
enemy watched the on shore proceedings
with considerable interest. They beheld,
as they supposed, numerous bodies of mill.
ua marching TO head quarters, and prepar.
ing 20 give them warm reception. To
deceive the EngIIsh, the forty men march
ed and countermarched necessarily through
the wovds, from point TO point, in such
manner as TO convince the soldiers in the
vessels that the whole country VAS aroused
and preparing for action. The English
thought IT was high time TO be cautious
and therefore seat an officer With a flag Of
truce to the shore. One OF the militia cap
ialus, with ten Of the best.looking and most
soldier like men, were seq, to meet The of
ticer. The men carried their arms as up
right as might be consistent with their plan
of being ready for action, by keeping hold
of tho triggers.
The British officer WAS astonished lie |
looked all kinds o! things ui'erable and un-
utterable, and with swelling crest said
Sir, do you receive flag Of truce, un.
der arms and with cooked tuggersr
Excuse me, beg, said the American
captain, we are not soldiers, only back,
woodsmeu, and know more abou. telling
timber and following the plough than Of
military tactics; ) saying which the Amer.
lean, to rectlty HE first error, ordered his
men 10 srouad arms