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= President: MADISON. however, 9ad taken
some precau tatnsty.atepe, by ordering null
for t "a occasion, III addition tda aoti1le Of bar.
Xee, bearing gnus, pl1ced- index the codmznd
of IosauA HAHHEI, yAud intended TO check
f1eete in advancing ItaRas1: The capFasl- Bnt
after sailing up the bay, tie troops diset1oark,
ed 81 Banedict> On the fanka of-the- Patuxent
day the army, :ooassti1R OF fur Thousand N
took up ths{r u1afeh toward the Infant city.
svFhev Eere without artillery, CT cavalry, and
marched under the heat of midsummer sun
to BI2deosburg, which they reached on the
34.h. BY adopting this Toute the dotilla n
farded no:protetti IN to the city, and ITO pre-
vent the guns or boats from being taken aud
used AZ a!nst the earittal, bloRnup on the NOR
ming Of the 2ooi.. BY order cf WM. JOKES, the
Secretary OF the Navy.
The appruzeh Of Tie troops under Hi. Gen
Robert =Roas and Admiral Cockbu1a waA
dirscted eixht thousand experienced and rn-
dIecIplined mflitt1 to Btsdeasb1rg, under the
/ .command Of Gen. Winder, to orpose the four
thousand British ko1diefa. -fapt- -Buney, hxT-
ing destTuyed lie dotIIIa, Joined the military
i f1fcs Of Ger. Winuer, with one hundred sea:
men and his flsd pieees.. On the afternoon Of
|, The 24th, the BritIsh opened IRE. which waz
successfully returned by Ba1neY's sailors, who
nnaintafned theIr position nob1Y. whila The
raw recruits. under Wfneer, kept 1t respect.
| fql distance WHO, rendering little or no -eer:
| yica With their musket., aoon broke ranks
Barney'a seamsn fought. hravely, -and their
guas proved terribly destructive to the enemy:
He was ovtr%ome. however, after :hree hours'
~nard lighting, da1ked by superior numbers,
| aad~dnally tell wounded BY the side ct eleven
Of his men who were killed at their gucs:
| BE ordered q retreat, and gsve himself
up. His bravery contrasted uob'y With
tae disgraceful cowardice of tho militia
"a 1a7ge portion Of the m=n wsEe from Baat-
more and, If their sons Of today possess 20
more Of the elements essential TO suecessiul
warfare, they will 40 well to make terms Ct
psac9 with the Noxtks1n Lads who propose to
| march through their city on the way to the
capital The militia, without whiting for
their commander to zouud retreat, took
sudden leave Of tbs battle field, and made q
direct line for the woods. The British e1pe-
rleneed severe loss IN their rsnka, stated by
ment, as high ~ i've hundred men killed,
wounded and missing: Colonel Thornton,
commander Of the Light Brigade; Menter=nt
Colonel Wood, commander OF the % fegl-
meat; and Major Brown, who led On the ad-
vance tEoope, were severely wounded, while
General Ross had = herse killed under him.
The loss was small on the part Of Barnay's
| men !; and the English anthor referred to a6ove
I admits thst tt the militia had done their duty
the victory would undoubtedly have been or
the American side OF 8arney's hundred
sailoIs he speaks n the highest terms, fematk
ing that - not only d1d they serve tasr 1 suna
with = qaicknes. aud precision which aston
ished their assailants, but they stood uil some
| Of them Te:e actually bayonetted vita 1uaei
In their hands; nor WIS It TIL their leader VS.
wounded and taken, and they So" themselves
deserted on I'll sides By tie SOLDIERS, that l1e5
| quilted the hefd."
Gen. Ross led the Third British Brigade int
the city, and up to the Capitol, on approach
| ing which his horse wss shot from under hin
t by one Of Bar1eys meo, Tho nad conesalet
h.aself IN house for tsat object The hou4'
WAS Immediately entered, The !umstes put t
the sword, and the building aud content
burned a yoligy Vas fred into the Windo" II
OF the Capitol, when the troops entered
Cockbu1n took the Speskef's chair, and asket
the question, "Shnli this haroor Of 4anke
Democracy be burned! AL for it say aJe!
he reversed the question, pronounced the nc
ton carried. and ordered the torch to be pu
to tha building. It mas soon In fanes.
IL "a prudential atep, the Secretary of th
Navy ordered Commodore .Tngey to fire th
navy yard, which, with the asoop of~eF Al
gus, uen guns five armed barses, two gur
"os*s, ana all the naval stores, Wa cous18ne
to the damea.
lne Bill.sn troops then proceeded to th
| Treasury and Presidents mansion, both {
1 which they dred-the President having retreat
| ed with bis Cabinet, On horseback, across th
Potomac. Tnat night, the army encamped o
| Capitol Hiu. and were exposed to q sever
, | storm, with heavy thunder, which added inter
{ | si.y Of ave to the dismal scenes which ha
lust b+sn enacted. During tbs night gran
nephew Of: Gen. Washington 1ash1y attscke
tne sentries, and was shot down. The Ion
bridge was simultaneously fred, at each eae