The daily gazette., 1879-05-10

from the sloOp-0l-war "Martin.w The
Lewistown militia rashed TO the scene Of
action, and would have saved her If they
had had sufficient ammunition. The
enemy also. attempted to capture Mr..
Pavnter's schooner, but they were driven
oil BY the militia Of Lewistown and
Milton. The armed ship "Pilgrim" sail
ed to the mouth vi Little Greek, the
stream which bears the commerce of
Dover. She sent her boats up the creek,
landed her men on the marshes and shot
some cattle. The men Of Dover and
neighb0rho0d rushed immediately to
meet them, captured some and drove the
rest back to their vessels. These were
the principal events that occurred upon
our shores during the time the British
fleet was in our bay and river. iaa
The following were the names of the
PRINCIPAL. ARMED SHIPS IT,,
Of the enemy In the Delaware, Tin this
hasty sketch written on the spur Of the
mon, moment mt, In may not Iaebrsbly, give alb
The "a gun ship ssPoictiers - the nj
gates, ''Satira," "Junov and isSparta -
the sloops-of.war, .Martin" and "Belvi-
dere !" the armed ships "Pass" and "Pil-
GRIM" At that time the n
PRINCIPAL PUBLIC crrrcxRs or DsLA.
WAKE
were Is follows: Governor, l.JoseDh
Hazlstt; Secretary of State, Willard
Hall; Senstovs fn Oongr~ss, Outsrbrid re
Hcrsey and William Hill Wells; Repre-
sontatives In CCongreas, i've bad two
them. Henry N. RiiRely Zone ofifhe best
9nd most esteemed men in tile Sta.e) and
Thomas Cooper. The first james A.
Bayard, the father of ex-senator James
A. Ba, ard land grandfather Of our pres
cot e.teemsd Senator, Thomss X. Bay
ard. bad beeu appointed one II the Am
oassadors to Europe, to make peace.
which he succeedsd in doing BY the Trea-
T. OF Ghent. He embarked from New
Castle for that purpose, in company with
enc OF bis colleagues A Ibert G 1liatiu), on
the ship Neptune, on. the .: b Of Nay, (tbe
day before the hattie, which L have
called the battle Of Ne,obold Lake. was
fought). The causes of TIE war Of 1872,
which filled our Iver and bay with the
ure and capture 0f our merchant, vessels
blythe British. W. actually during the pro-
vious profound peace taccordipR to J effef-
SOM lost fewer vesstI Is than We did durfn9
the war that followed in the same time.
We thenscaptureda great many Of thssne-
my's to pay for them. Again. there was
the pressing OF our seamen BY the Brit-
i,h and ths compelling them b, serve On
board their ren-of-w to light their
battles, besides other outrages. One Of
the worst Of which was the iiss's VA
KILLING OF 4 DELAwARx SALON,
enterinx the pert of New York by the
British armed ship, Leander. The cir
cumssaDces were as follows: iiii va
The sioop Richard, of Brandy wine vii
lage. (now tho Ninth Ward pfthe ci.y Of
Wilmipgton), was enterine the Bay Of
New York, on the 25th of April, 1903 aud
within q quarter uf q mile of Sandy
Hook. when ths armed British ship, the
Leander, fred cannon shot at her to
compel her'to stop. The Richard paid
no attention to her warning, but kept
glen Ared, ono of sshivh sss4ci. cd -iIi..s
John Pierce, citizen Of Brandy wine
Village. who was steering. The affair
caused intense txcit-mSnt throughout
the whole country ,and Pierce was buried
with public honors in New York. The
causes OF this war were also set forth In
the folio wing
SPEECH OF THE 1sT JAMES A. BAYARD,
Delivered in the United States S-uate
in 1911 which find amongst my notes.
He said: 81. -
'f9Ecat DTibdlu udS Iuf utSuou CuuOc6 "
,cdr. and done enough to proUoke ii. She
has given laws to the ocean pr0motive Of
her own inter. sts destructive to our
rights. She has taken from US by
yiolsnce the colonial trade, and BY the
arbitrary extension Of the principles of
blockade, leaves us commerce with Eu-
rope held by the miserable tenor of her
good piH Our seamen Bhe wantOnly
takes and s>ouroes them upon the guns
of her m-n-of-war, ii they refuse TO enter
her serv,ce. Her conduct on these SUBJ
j-cts, or any one Of them, ID cause enough
Of Uar." The italics are those iu the
speech published ut the period sufits de-
livery, aud not mine. a&
Two gallant Delaware naval officers
Afterwards reveDged the heath. Of their
8 ate's sailor-ci:lzrn. ] allutle TO Com
m0dore McDonough who captured the
whole British fleet at Lake Champls D,
and Commodore Jones who 70 calamity
took tine British armed ship Frolic. Both
their pic urss now grace the walls Of the
State House at Dover. .5lhs43fr
Tfis MI. E'iitoris hasty sketch, written
ON the spur of the moment, without fore
thought. ! first in ieOdod only to give IN
account of Delaware's sameless battle
Upon its anniversary this 10Th day Of
May but once getting started, i have
been led o. 10 write sketch Of the war
like ope -ation of our State in the war of
1912, which was more than 4 Intended
when cominenc this letter.
remain with great .reape 1t yours,
e%l FRANCIs VINCENT.