Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-20
GAILIPoLIsF OiFlA, qsfas2sAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1873.

SeA, NOVEMBER 20, 1873
{ u been fought. Tecumseh was ol
81 ing the Indian tribes for a ger
n assault upon the northern fror
Y arSmen. War was imminent bJ
B Fen this country and Grea
tain. In view of all these Gil
Instances, Gov. Meigs called 70
regiments of volunteers. Seio
fcounty sent out two companies
ie commanded by Capt. Davi,
Z mp, and the other by Capt Johl
Scas. When the call was made
png Claudius, being then bu
fifteen years of age, promptly re
skadetl to the call He enlisted il
e company commanded by Capt
n Lucas. for one year. Thi,
aght sorrow to the family o.
Dutiel. He was sthe oldest
3 I'D the favorite of his mother
q itIcpsfatber made him liberal
o be won; 1 reltaGs skshSs de
lsso 's,st L 20 in his
!: b,ltseIl 10 iys.5drpose> Clan
ihenght his cofatry needed bis
Wees, and he could renderNhem
i Fseif better than any substitute,
/ - first went to ChiIlicothe. whore
fssfreceivcd their arms and equip
nHEts From thence they went to
LttNion, where they met the volun
-e5s from Cincinnati and the Miami
and organized the lst Ohio
'sslment, unde: the command of
l Duncan Macarthur. From
aieese they went to Urbana, which
- the frontier town. They here
tIssed a detachment of United States
d glars under Col Miller. Here
' Aorganizedthat little army which
l,fsr command of Gen. Hull,
rsehed through the wilderness to
J stAit. While on this march war
~ al, clared by Congress against
i; xand. Had the dispatches for
y atd 10 Hull containing an ac-
osht of the declaration of war
e.fhei him without falling into
be hands of the British, it would
aSc been an easy matter for him TO
afs captured Maiden and possibly
IL per Canada would have fallen
lis our hands But as it was, the
'rfiish intercepted our dispatches,
nd thereby received news of the
of war before our army
i'd They also intercepted pro-
istJns and stores which were being
'rwardcd to our army, leaving our
ray in bad predicament
aull crossed over into Canada
nG could have captured Maiden if
e tad taken two or three siege guns
ID him Bat having no artillery
,f returned to Detroit without
anything Mr. Cadot was
nj out onSa foraging expedition
, ret provisions, and was IN the
,sr=ss-sz
afs ssoru eicStssd, ana ND e5
hasty retreat. -
On the 10th of August, sexssitt'
as surrendered to the s@Tsh with
1T firing a gun i1s<defepse of the
rt 1t has,AbTays been'an unset
cd question whether Gen. Hull
eaeherously sold the army to
rock, the British General, or was
20 imbecile to make any defense.
.owever, the surrender was com
Iete, and Hull was branded as
'aitor Songs were made and sung
lroughout the country. one or
hich occurs to my memory, begin
ing thus:
HULL's SURRENDER,
Old Hull, you old traitor,
Yousouteast of nature,
ay your conscience torment yOu as
long as you live.
And when old ApollYon
His servants do call on,
ay you be ready your service to give.
nil was tried, found guilty and
ricred to be shot. But out Of con
dera ion for his services in the
evolutionary war, his sentence was
ever carried into execution. Col s
ass and Macarthur were both away
ON the fort at the time. or, it was
id, that Hull would never have
lred to surrender without a fight
ass. when he heard of it, broke
is sword across stump with vex
ion. The prisoners were taken
yer to Maiden, where they were
lrolled and put aboard of trans
,rts and sent to the mouth of the
nyahoga river where Cleveland
AZ since been built, to find their
ay home as best they could. The
rench in Canada were very friend
toward Mr.. Cadot, because he
,uld speak French. They wanted
i'm to stay among them and not
turn home at all But his mother
I'D loved ones at home had attrac
ons superior to any inducements
cid out in Canada
They walked across from Lake
RE to the Ohio river at George
wn, below Pittsburgh. They had
beg their way, as they were not
ven any money for travelling ex-
enses. They sometimes met troops
arching out to the lines who furn-
he'd them with provisions. When
ley reached the Ohio river they
rocured small canoe and started
own the river. They found their
moe to be too small and they stop
cd and exchanged it for larger
nc. Whether with or without the
,nscnt of the owners does not ap
ear. In this way they travelled,
adding their canoe all day and
at some house on the bank
here they got their supper, lodging
nd breakfast, and so on from day
day till they arrived at their
lace of destination. This was the