The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-08-29
E'EEe ERV3SlOA ;l,.h Capture Of
Warrington III 1914.

Al lhia iu,,ptuVN in nnr history "A bripG
reference to fine invasion and circi,aatanccs
,ttcndino tbc cnutnrp or Wnsbiurton hy
The n,jtish rorcra m,d,r \d,nir,l. Cnclhu,I,
and Cochrauc viii NOT bc iunnprominte. aud
Ys many or ,bn3n srr,n,ror.'nnty ut thn c,ni.
t,I NAV feel i,,crcttgI ,o mark thrlnraliii,.
where thc frs, ucuproi encounter, and sub-
scnupnt events FOOL; un,p thcso win hc no.
fed Lrictly in thc order in which thcy Layc
tr,usnirpi
Duriuy Inc carly norton of tho summer
of1Sll. Cocl;huru'. nrrt l,y alouo tl.s coast
! of Niygiuia MarylAnd and the Chcsapcakc,
and thoy were joined on the third OF Nn-
gust, by Cochranc's dcet, direct from Ber-
muda both numbering together twenty sail.
oar Government was appriaed othoStllc in
| tcntiona upon the capital, but General Arm
strong, then Secretary OF War; proicsSci a
disbelief in tue ru,nurs, and the National In
teiiigonccr, proverhjaiy cautious then, As
now, IN its conclusions, doubted the prooa-
bllIty of hostile intentions upon the capital
President Madison, however, had taken
some precautionary steps. by ordering q
military organization. in addition To Il Hotil-
| In of Itr,ecs hearing nuns. ulaccd under the
command ofCaut. Joshua Bigncy. and intend
ed to check nocta in advancing toward the
IcouitL. Gut after sailing 40 the bay. the
| 7.
| ba ks of the pntuSeut River. ON the grth of
! AUGUST, On the FOLLOWING. day the army,
consisting Of four thousand men. took up
| their march toward the infant city They
| were without artillery or cavalry, and ,Aarch
| ed under the heat Of "A midsummer sun to
! Bladcushurr, which they reached on the
| 18th. By adopting this route, the foti4l
afforded no protection to the city, and, to
prevent the guu3 or boats from being takon,
and used against the capitol, they wcrc
! blown No on the morning of the 23l, 10y or
der of the Secretary of the Navy.
Tho o,,,.,,oh or tho +roone ,nI,, Mai
c,r y J,r,t pnss AMI Admiral CorkhurH
,,,os s,o, L,, pros,d,nt Madison in ncrson
,,Io ,I;rn,.t3d o;oLt thnrsanJ incynericrccl
,,;I;t.., ~ IA, IoF7.L,r,. ,,nInr t,n rommouJ
I, tn n,l.o tho fou. thn,Is-
", ,,H IIri R'i,;h sli!or, rnt E,rnow bayne,
in.tr,,.,d ,Lo aat,l,, ;n;ncI thr military
c,r"a ,r (,nn WinJ"r WIN onr huniroi
,"'I" W H., e,i ,,i.coa On Mo- artor,
IS .o oi. n,n nr;,;sb n,,nnnd Gre
n,t;n ,rnt,,mcl Nv R,rueys
,,I,I,a,' ,,.,,,' ,,,,i,,t,;.3 n,.ir nGair;"n M,
lJ,, u,,,;lo ,t,o ro,., r,o,,,it, r,icr Virdcr
49,, ',.,'n,.,r,I J;,,,n,, ,gLo rondorinr
l,til. ar nn service win ihair muslets. soon
t,''I a,,1 ,'r,ol tJsr hacE f. tbn
n,,I,,,,, p,,,'n,,. ao,,,,on fnr,Lt hro,rlC
omd ti,e;. 1,,,,s ,y ynrovcd tarribJy Jes+rwrt,yo
~ ',, thc ene1,y Iin ,y,a oycrr1mc however
atr.r az t,,r"n Enrra; hard F,Lt;ng banked NV
",,rr;"r ry ,I,,ohcrs an5 finajiy fe|l wounded
hy tI,n w. s;Ja "r cey"n of his Dcn who were
E;IIoj ot HAN ri,ns Ilr orJrrrd a rctrc,t
NnI ,,a,o 90 '''It, nssf n, M, br,yery con.
@ n,i1, ,t.;, ~ ~, d;s',r,cC, fri
h",'I,9 n'"' ~ ,,' ,nil;,,r, @ arc" ,or'
tow"'r,Le .o ~ Va ''u c'a p,iti,'nr,. o,I
ir 'ti thoir "; ''1 so nssoss no nova Of
tho aj' nlar,o"t V ossomiol tn snocossfnl welfare
to,, III 40 ,,.aIl 49, ,,al,n t,rn,s Of nnacc
ty W' 40 Tcn 10 "G" o rnoso ,u,a 81 - raes
thron@h m I their @ cit city on hoir cir way to the dapi,