The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-03-24

Hull said, "No, sir; you can't do it. =
Brock had built battery ON the Canada
side, opposite Fort Shelby. As soon as
il was finished, when the sun was about
an hour high, ha opened fire on us.
During the night shells were thrown al
intervals. At the dawn of day heavy
fire of bombs and solid shot was opened.
/ was taking drink of water at the
door of one of the officers quarters, in
company with a boy Of my age, who
afterward became Maj. Washington
Whistler, United States army, and died
in Russia of cholera many years after.
At the next door to us, and about twelve
feet from us, four of our officers were
standing together. They were Capt.
Hanks, Lieut.. Sibley, DIR. Blood, and
DIR. Reynolds, of Columbus. A thirty
two pound shot came from the enemy's
battery, killing Hanks, Sibley, and Rey-
nolds, and wounding DIR. Blood. They
were knocked into heap into little
narrow entry way-a narrow, confined
space. Their mangled remains were a
terrible sight. Capt. Hanks was lying
on top, his eyes rolling in his head.
Directly came along Gen. Hull, who
looked in upon them and turned
very pale, the tobacco juice running
from the corners of his mouth on to the
frills of his shirt. In short time after
the white flag was hoisted, that ball
seeming TO unman him.
After these men were killed left the
fort OF to reconnitre. On the street in
front of Maj. Whipple's house, q quar-
ter a mile in front of Fort Shelby, /
found two 32-pound guns in position.
Capt. Bryson, of the artillery, had placed
them there to rake the British column
of !, ,500men, who had made landing aud
were approaching the city by way of
Judge Mays long lane. They had
landed at Springwells and were march
ing up the lane to reach rayine which
crossed it and through which they could
file and be protected from any battery
we had.
They were marching in close column,
in full dress uniform of scarlet, in per-
feet order, Mt a steady, regular pace,
without music. As they came on, fol-
lowed by their Indian allies and some
twenty whites dressed as Indians, my
boyish fancy was struck with their APP
pearance, as l expected every moment
to see them torn to pieces by those thirty
two Founders double charged with canis-
ter and grape.
My brother Thomas stood ready at the
guns. In his hand lighted match was
held up in the air. He was in the very
act of firing, when COLLAGE, the aid Of
Gen. Hull, came up and said, Don't
fire, the white flag is up." And that in
.ko.k 6o-k HILL - III l~o..> o-..o..
the river with a flag of truce, fell in
with us ON his return. Col Wallace
said to him, /" It's all up, your father
has surrendered. Capt. Hull exclaimed,
=" Ny God, is it possible
Capt. Hull afterward showed great
bravery on the Niagara frontier, where
he was killed.
During the British occupation of De-
troit the following incident occurred be-
tween the British officers and myself, at
the house of Mr.. Mcintosh, in Sand
vich.
Mcintosh was the agent of the N. w.
Fur Company in Canada, and by brother
had married sister of his. i had been
in the habit of going over to spend
Sunday and going to church in Sand
wich.
The church there was the only Protes-
tant church in that part of the land at
that time. There were also some nice
young ladies there, the daughters of
Mr.. Mcintosh. On the Sunday after the
surrender went over with my brother.
To my surprise i found Gen. Brock
with his staff officers dining with Nc
Intosh.
The host called ON all the officers pres
ent for toasts, beginning with Gen.
Brock. Toward tea time the old gentle
man called on me, putting his hand ON
my shoulder, saying in his broad Scotch:
" Come, my lad, give us toast" Ihad
become lmnch attached to Capt. Hull,
son of the General. On the trip to De-
troit he had shown me much attention on
account of my family connections. So /
showed my chair back, stood up, and
gave them |" Capt. Hull" Whereupon
Brock slapped his hand on the table,
saying, "By George, that's good one.
Well, gentlemen, we will drink to
brave man if he is an enemy" He had
heard the day before of Capt. Hull in
the frigate United States taking the
British frigqte Guerriere. The joke was
[ meant apt Hull of the army. They
drank the toast to Capt. Hull of the
navy. 1 did not disabuse their minds
because 7 thought the taking of the
3uerriere pretty good offset to our
at Detroit.
Mcintosh clapped me on the shoulder
md said, "That's right, my boy, always
stick to your country"
Col. Cass, with the officers taken at
Detroit, went ON board the Queen Char
otto as prisoners, sailed down the lake
md were landed at Niagara. Gen.
Brock being aboard the same vessel,
Cass asked him how he could have
thought of such thing as coming up to
AXE Detroit with the small force he had.
q Why, sir" said he, 81 knew there was
the matter with your army.
could not tell whether the fault was in
he army or in the general It was q
orlorn hope with me unless / could
conclude an armistice with Dearborn,
bring my whole force to Detroit, and
,ucceed in taking it, / knew we should
ose upper Canada. :.
During the succeeding winter lived
It Sandwich and went to school. Proc
Ior's headquarters were there.