The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-10-18
ThrHo Glorious Bays.

of September, 1918, the first action, in which
an American fleet was ever engaged. was fought
on Lake Erie. British pride and prowrss
yielded, Oh that day. to American valor. The
.Ameriram feet, under command Of Commn-
dorc Perry, consisted Of the Lawrence and NJ
agra, OF 20 guns each, the Caledonia OF 3, the
Ariel of 4, the Somcrs of and 3 gunbo"ts OF
F. one each. The British tnrce comprised the
| Detroit of 2l guns, the Queen Charlotte OF
| Is, the Lady Provost Of I3 the Hunter OF 10
the Little Belt Of 3, and one gunboat-the
English thus having the most guns. The bat
lie lasted two hours, when the British surrrn
dercd their loss was 4l killed and 81 woun-
ded. Tie American loss was 2S killed and oG
wounded.
On the It'll of September, just one year and
one day after, the American fleet on Lake
Champlain, UNDER Commodore NcDonough,
obtained an equally glorious victory over
British fleet consisting OF II vessels, carrying
! 80 guns and 1000 men. The American force
was again inferior in guns and men to the Brit
ish. and consisted Of brig of ~ guns, schoon-
er of II guns, s!oop Of guns and 10 ghIcys
or gull-boats. The men numbered about e3O,
officers included. McDonoush's victory was
followed bv the battle of Pa;t,burg and the O.
tai rout OF Provost's 1000 placed troops, with
which he had boasted he would march to New
York. The American land force, under Gen
cral Macomb consisted of but 1900 regulars and
5000 militia
On the next day, September l2th, the bat
tie of Baltimore. or North Point, was fought,
the disasters Of Badcnsburg partially retrieved,
and the Vandalism of Admiral Cockburn at
| Washington, to some extent avenged. Batl.
more was saved from pilagc; while the ruth
less foe lost their commander, Gen. Ross, aud
about 600 of their men. The American loss
was about one c-fourth that Of the British. lhe
attack on Baltimore was made by over 5000 OF
well disciplined English troops, while the A.
merican force was chiefly colAp6scd ofmllltla,
! The rcrulse Of the invaders was most COM
plctc,
The battle of Chapultepec. III the war with
! Mexico, commenced cn the 18th OF September
1877, the siorming on the 18th. Chapulicpee
was glorious victory, so far as it illustrated
American hnroiSm il battle, but whether, un-
der a more polite general, il would have been
necessary, to open the way t. the Mexican
caa, is question upon which military men
as well as civilians are Still divided i'll opinion.
THE ENGLISH AND FREHcH PEoTEsT.--The
National lnteIligcnccr Of Friday morning, rel
trra,cs its runor Of the previous day; that the
! Ministers of Britain and France did join those
of Austria, Prussia and Russia III virtually pro.
testing against the conduct Of Captain lngfaham
holding now, however. that their action was
sn mere expression Of the opinion on the part
osrne respective Governments that the conduct
Of Captain Ingraham at Smyrna was viola
ton Of the law of nations" As the lntcli!seIl-
GERS editors have better means of knowing the
exact views of the Ministers Of the five Powers
above named, than any other journalists i'll the
United States, the Washington Star takes it
for granted that they arc correct TO the extent
ofthcir intimaton that England and France do
not like Insraham's conduct.
The masses of Europe, with one accord, hail
it as Il harbingrr that ut least one Government
will not permit Russia and.her satraps to walk
rough shnI over her ri ghts, i'll thci: wotk OF
crushing popular rights everywhere. lhe III
tense excitement it has created all over the Con.
linent, operates as an alarm, warming all over
the Governments of the Old world that they rest
over mines which may explode at any moment.
They dread least some such occurrence may
shortly prove the match exploding them all. 1t
woIli not he wonderful therefore it the French
and Erulsh Ministers would like 10 intimate
to oar Department, l,rat their master and mis-.
trcss don't like acts which thrill the hearts and
souls of the various people Of Europe with re,
newed hopes that the day Of their Regeneration
Is moi ly,r, distant. We are still oi'the impress
sion, however, that they have betn too sensible
to commit themselves verbally, or on paper. 10
IN indirect endorsement oIthe positions OF iius'
sia. and Prussia, and Austria, i'll this ALTAR.
"Nor Ar IIoME." This fashionable lie re-
pcated daily and hourly at the doors "i our
."ir>t families" will, we hope, be numbered
among the things that were, ere many more
veors roll around. Ladies' who teach 1t TO
ihcir servants cannot reflect seriously upon the
matter without feeling nost deeply tho desra.
datinn they bring upon themselves every time
they cause it to be uttered. They are shock
ed at the dcprayity of the cook when she tells
-, liz. tu conceal the effect of some careessness,
and hold up their hands in holy horror when
the chamber maid is detected appr"prlaiInS a
hit Of Lace fincrv; but is not their own sin the
dccpcr dyed uftlic twu? Most certainly IT Is.
They not only deliberately tell the sIe them
selves. but thcv teach each others to repeat 1t
for llem and not only that, but they do it with
out the shadow of Il justitiable exc"Se On
shame upon you, who arc living in such mean
ness You degrade yourselves by such acts
far lower than does the common thiel who
makes robbery his living.
"But IS hat shall we say then Us the usual
uucricd reply to rcbukcs Of such conduct
The most truthful and best message we ever
received in answer TO the door bell at the house
Of 4 Iady who WAS, tashiomab!y speaking, mot