Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-01


to occupy New York, now lost no tims
III removing thither with the best O
his troops. There he busted himself,
with his wonted industry, in collecting
such men and means as the country af
forde1, for the purpose of countcract
irg the designs of the enemy.
Meanwhile, another force, original,
intended to operate in Virginia ant
North Carolina. made its appearance il
the waters of Charleston. The Soutl
Calolinians were prepared to. defeni
their city and province with aviSor anG
resolution worthy of the cause. The!
had erected a fort of palmetto logs OF
Sullivan's Island, which must be passed
by ships intending to attack the city
This fort was commanded by the intrepid
William Moultrie. It mounted fifty
six pieces Of cannon, but seemed so un
likely to hold out against the powerful
fleet about to attack it that Captain
Lempriere, very daring man, walked
with AIoultrie along its platform, il
sight of the ships of war, said to him:
Well, Colonel, what do you thini
of it now?' ..-.-s-+ -,- - sars.-e. --
"We shall beat them replied Moul.
trie.
"The men-of-war,' rejoined the Cap
tain, "will knock your fort down il
half all hour.
&c Then" said Nloultrie Grimly, "we
will lie behind the ruins, and prevent
their men from landing"
Such men are hard to beat, as tht
British found out to their sorrow, OF
the twenty y-eighth of June, when theil
nine men-of-war, carrying some two
hundred and fifty guns, opened fire
upon the fort. The shock of then
broadsides was terrible. The for
trembled. But the soft palmetto neither
splintered nor broke. The iron hal
only sunk into it aud remained fast, do
ing little harm to Moultrie and his brave
companions.
But the effect of the fire FROM the fo.
was very different Having only {
small supply of powder, Moultrie ol
dered his men to fire with deliberatiol
and precision. They did so, and theil
shots told fearfully on the English
ships and their unfortunate crews
Hour after hour the deadly strife wen
on. The flag of azure blue, with its
white crescent, and it's motto, LIBERTY
was shot from the bastion Of the fort
Instantly Sergeant Jasper turned te
Moultria and said:
Colonel, don't lot us fight without
a flag
What can you do? ?" asked Moultrie
who was coolly smoking his cigar; tthe
staff is broken off.
"Then I'll fix it on haberd, and
place it on the bastion nearest the
enemy" replied the resolute Jasper.
The next moment the dauntless ser
geant leaped through an embrasure
and, amid shower Of shots, picked uI
planted it on the parapet of the fort
It was daring, even reckless, deed
yet it had the effect of inspiriting his
comrades, and encouraging the thou
sands of anxious patriots who were
watching this unequal battle from hun
dreds of roof-tops in Charlestown. Bet
ter still it discouraged the enemy.
1t nine o'clock the British ships
badly crippled, and bleeding with The
loss of over two hundred men, with
drew from the fght-all but one, thu
Action, which had grounded, and
which the sailors set on fire because
they could not get her off. Elever
patriots only had been killed, ant
twenty-six wounded. The British made
no second attempt. Cornwallis ant
Clinton re-embarked the troops they
had uselessly landed On an island next
to Sullivan's, and u few days after the
transports sailed with their convoy t
New York, where Washington awaited
their coming.
The MINISTER'S W1FE-The ministers
wife ought to be selected by committee
of the church. She should be war
ranted never to have headache
OF neuralgia; she should have nerve:
of wire and sinews of iron; sht
should never be tired nor sleepy
and should he everybody's Cheerful
drudge; she should be cheerful, intel
lectual, pious and domesticated; she
should be able to keep her husband:
house, darn his stockings, make Iii:
shirts, cook his dinner, light his fire
and copy his sermons; she should keel
up the style of a lady on the wages of /,
day laborer, and be always q: leisure
for * good work." and ready to receive
morning calls; she should be secretary
to the Band of Hope, the Dorcas Society
ana Home Mission; she should con1uc
Bible classes and mothers meetings
should make clothing for the poor ant
Cruel for the sick; and, finally, she
should be pleased with everybody an(
never desire any reward beyond tht
satisfaction of having done her OWL
duty and other peoples too.
The BIGGEsr TREE.-The largest tree
standing in the United States is on tht
head of Bear Greek, north fork of thu
Tule river The exect diameter of this
immense redwood giant we do not re
member, but believe it is something
over 46 in diameter. A San Francisco
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