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and precision which astonished their as
sailants, but they stood till some Of them
were actually bayoneted with the fuses in
their hands; nor was it till their leader
was wounded and taken, and they saw
themselves deserted on all sides by the
soldiers, that they quilted the field"
Gen. Ross led the Third British Brig
ade into the city, and up to the Capitol,
on approaching which his horse was shot
from under him by one of Barney's men,
who had concealed himself in house for
that object The house was Immediately
entered, the inmates put to the sword, and
the building and contents burned. A vol
ley was fired into the windows of the cap
itol, when the troops entered. Cockburn
took the Speakers chair, and asked the
question, "Shall this harbor of Yankee
Democracy be burned? All for it say
aye!" He reversed the question, pro-
nounced the motion carried, and ordered
the torch put to the building. 1t was
soon in flames
AS prudential step, the Secretary of
the Navy ordered Commodore Tingcy to
fire the Navy Yard, which, with the sloop-
of-war Argus, (ten guns,) five armed bar
ges, two gunboats, and all the naval stores,
were consigned to the flames.
The British troops then proceeded to
the Treasury and the Presidents man.
sion, both of which they fred--the Pres
dent having retreated, with his Cabinet,
on horseback, across the Potomac. That
night the army encamped on Capitol Hill,
and we're exposed to severe storm, with
heavy thunder, which added intensity of
awe to the dismal scenes which had Just
been enacted During the night grand
: nephew of Gen. Washington rashly at
tackled the sentr;es, and was shot down
The long bridge was simultaneously fired
: at each end, by the opposing parties
each apprehensive of an attack by the
5 other.
Next morning the British burned the
9 buildings connected with the Navy and
War Departments; destroyed the material
in the National Intelligencer office, and
+. threw the type out of the window; des-
, troyed the remaining buildings about the
: navy yard and at Greenleafs Point
: threw torch into we'll where large
= quantity of powder was concealed, which
. exploded destroying nearly one hundred
: of the British troops, scattering their mu
d tilated remains in every direction. A
# frightful tornado Immediately swept ovel
: the city, destroying buildings and prop
: erty, as if in completion of the genera,
;, work of destruction. Very many of thu
: enemy and of the inhabitants were buried
! in the ruins of the buildings blown down
r The enemy, alarmed for their own safety
. withdrew from the city in the evening, ant
h hurried towards the place Of embarka
L ton.
> After the lapse of half a century o
Is peaceful prosperity and rapid progress il
s the arts and commerce, Washington i
u again threatened with invasion under vast
ly different circumstances from those OF
" the former occasion. Then we met a for
D. eign foe, and the sympathies Of the Who'll
y nation were bound together as one unite'
e people, Now the enemy, or rather tn
"a enmity, has arisen among ourselves, AM
we propose to dash from our lips the Gu
% of bliss so long enjoyed, and throw tn
= nation into fratricidal war, instigate
&c through the wickedness of political fanat
10 icism, North and South.-Ihiladetphi
y" Press