The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-14
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The hfesi papers from l.untinn an .
nounce the death. in August. Of General
Sm George Cnrkhurn. lie is stated tn
have died al Sliansanah. near Bray, IN the
county Of Duhln. aged eighly.I"ur. He
Is called General IN the papers. bui is bet |
Ter known To- :" the oldest inhabitants" al
Washington and paris all AGENT hy tie ii.
tie Of Admiral; Ia which title. hnwever.
was added. by favor NJ hi- Sovereign. the
rank and emOlumenls Of General ii Ma
rines.
lie is stated To have died AT eigh,y-lour
wears nf aye. lie was, then. about fifty
one years old when. as Admiral and Sc
cond in command oflhe British Squadron
which visited the waters Of the Chesa.
peake Bay under the command Of ADM
raj Corhrane, he volunteered Id lead the
Detachment Of Sailors and Marines thai
accompanied tie British Military Inrce
which. in August, 1914. invaded and cap.
lured the City "f Washington. In tina,
capacity the gallant Admiral did the pre-.
sent PROJECTORS Of this paper The honor
tu superInlend in person the sacking oi
the Office Of the National lnlelligenceI,
destroy ing the innocent types, and burn.
ing the books found in il; the building
then occupied by tue publishers being saw
ed from the flames only By the represfn-
talions Of distressed females, whose al.
iuining houses would certainly have per-
ished along with il. They had burnt the
Capitol and the Presidents House, and
the only private property which they took
the trouble TO destroy was that Of the Edl-
turs. There are persons yet living who
can remember the scene, and could de-
! scribe the rather ludicrous appearance oi
the Admiral, in full uniform, mounted up.
on an old field mare. picked up on his
march, with a ragged colt al her side the
bluff old Officer, haranguing the gathered
crowd oi non-combatanis, chiefly women
and children, gathered around him-pull-
ing from his pucke,s number or two ol
the Federal Republican," (then publish
ed in Georgeiown.) retailing its rIhald
tests against the Editors, and adopting the
slang in which tina, paper habi'ualy dealt
as we'll against them as against President
Madison and the whole Republican party,
). Well, well! Il was a long time ago
The Admiral was in bad odnnr among u:
about that time, aud he had doubtless beer
spoken of in the National lnlelllgencer il
a manner TO palia but hardy 10 Justify
the pains that he took TO destroy lis Of
|: flee. We scolded him for il at the time
we remember; but, considering that h
, vas acting in his vacation, we have, eve
. since the Peace e-.iiIrlA quenched the feut
between The two nafiDns, entertained n
malice agains, him or his companions i
e an udious duty. We had, in truth, al
: most forgotten his name, and did ne
:. know that he was yc, living. until The M
:. ,ice of his death unexpectedly met on
I ewes. Peace To his ashes! q 81 &%<.@'
It National L,tetigecer.
e Yes. peace to his ashes! But we have copi'
n the above for the purpose of adding. that we ha
d in OUT office the identical printing Press whit
y Cockbum cndcavored to destroy, and tnow hea
=, the marks of his violence. 1t had been laid asl
- as useless, when we purchased it of Weston
Gales, esq, of Raleigh; but with little mccf
meal skill we set it to work again, and for sol
=, ten wears have printed the Recorder on II. HI
;n MANY wears longer i, will continue to impress
principles of constitutional liberty, despite the
forts of Admiral Cockburn, and others since 4
lime to destroy it, time alone will disclose.
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