The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-18
sci until the operation upon Fort Mo
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Henry was concluded.
The Admiral's vessel being over
crowded, he sent the American gentle
men on board of the frigate Surprise,
commanded by his son, Sir Thomas
Cochrane, where they spent the night,
and thus moved on to the attack.
During the bombardment of the fort,
Mr.. Key and his friends, Including DIR.
Beanes, were sent on board their own
little vessel under guard Of marines,
and thus they were afforded an oppax-
unity to witness the action.
OF all the thousands of human beings
within hearing of that bombardment,
there was probably not one so fitted by
nature and education to be moved by it.
Francis S. Key, then tbirty-five years OF
age, lawyer in good standing at the
distinguished bar of his native State,
was son of John Ross Key, an Officer
in the army of the Revolution. He bad
been noted from his youth up for the
ardor of his patriotism, and he had at
tempted more than once to celebrate in
verse the gallant deeds of his country.
men. He had habit of dashing down
lines and stanzas that occurred to him
on any old scrap Of paper that came
first to his hand, and several of his
poems were gathered up by his friends
from the litter of his Office.
All day the bombardment continued
without ceasing. During the whole
night they remained on deck, following
with their eyes the continuous arcs OF
fire from the enemy's ships to the fort.
The anxiety of the poet, and the little
company of Americans about him, grew
oaly more intense when darkness Gov
cred the scene, and they could form nc
conception of the progress or the proba-
BILE issue of the strife.
Suddenly, about three in the morn
ing, the firing ceased. As they were
anchored at some distance from the
British vessels, they were utterly at a
loss to interpret this mysterious silence.
Had the fort surrendered
AS they walked up and down the deck
of their vessel in tho darkness and ST.
lence Of the night, they kept going to
the pinnacle to look at their watches to
see how many minutes more must elapse
before they could discern whether the
flag over Fort McHeery was the star
spangled banner, or the union jack OF
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