The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-07-10

a'a assatit we urmly belicvc they ose n0t done
W. s'rk ior aid IN vain. They give their gov.
crauent but little support, but they do nothing
IN contru' Il, md by their constitution they
are unab'e TO remove IT, Under thesn circum-
stances wc eau only rcitcrate the Angerstions
We have made boiorc--that we should avoid oil
cccasio,s OF offence, withdraw all poiats al
CONTACT, restrict ourselves within our own right
and walt with patience TO we whether the oh.
iects of the American government may not be
satisfied by something short Of the las, extrru
i,y,
The ftahs bsssseen shs Chesapeake ana
thc shaWnon.
Tho Cincinnati correspondent oi the Boston
l'ansr,pf gives tho following interesting 10.
count of thin memorable ~ eight, which 90
currri forty usres ycsrs ago Sunday. Jauc lst.
"Thsrc AN, doubtis~s. Aome sarvivon who
could give thrilling rccollso,ioas Of that mem.
orahle battle. IN which the proportion Of killed
aud wounded 10 the survivors, was said TO b.
ewa'cr, for the short time the battle lasted.
than IN any fight between single frianh~ on
rccofd, The battle lasted but fnrcn minutes.
aud in that time tho Chesapeake hnd nearly
non one hanS,.d, s.,;aa "." nn, ,s a"a ~. ohsn,
In all. or twenty for every minute the action
lasted
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tho =. nn,n an H., ali, h.n,,sS @ a. s.a .~' "
tcrnoon, Thousands crowded the wharfs and
,h,rl D. ~,.iha. I.l,s ~,.. @ H s .~' ~.
ar ~. ali E'sh..s s"'% no'" .u9 "
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"A snd ON H. h.rhor ''' ~ '"'"''"s"'
nC.n,.t, H., ~ ,., u.
ble officer, and a grca, daeipliparisp. lie
paid particular attention to exercising bis men
al tho great guns, ill tho rapili,y and accsrs-
cy Of their Are was celebrated amongst the Brit
ish cruisers. A. soon as bc saw the Cheaa.
pcake loosen her sails b. exercised his men
at their cannon twithoni 6rinv) for two or
three hours a. was stated by the Shsnnon,s Of
6cers SONG years aiirr. lie also advised tho
numerous ashcrmcn about the buy 10 haul ID
a tcw miles, M ihrr~ would be bloody work i,s
orc night, and they might bc injured bv the
cnuuoo balls ol both friend and foe Tbi. f.c,
| learned ttom bingham fshcrmun who wxs
ou, in tho lower ha,bor that doy,
The Chcsaprakc lined her anchor sbou,
noon. ,hr shannon being then IN sight The
lorner shin was gently waited down the hsr.
bor, The Shannon slowly drawing on, 40 a. 10
gc, plenty of sea room Tor mnnTuyprinv. Al
a little before Ave, the Cb,~apenke iIr,xi her
arst gun of deilancc. and to intimate that abe
would not bc drawn up any farther.
The Shannon instantly aud proudly hauled
40; the crew Of the Cb.~apcskc eaye tbrca
cheers. while the former poured In the broad
aidc~, NJ scarcely pistolshot distance. with such
deck Of the Chesapeake was nearly swept Of
iis ofiiccrs aud n,cD.