The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-02

bargain hardly worth thanking God
for.
Among the slain Of the enemy was
Major Pitcairn, author Of the muir
ders of Lexington a few weeks before!
And travellers often turn aside to
drop a tear on the tomb where War
rem sleeps.
During the autumn and winter Of
t775, w ashington could effect nothing
against the British, but to hold them
close confined in Boston, where the
scurvy got in among them, and proved
very fatal. To remedy this evil, i'm
mense quantities of live stock and
vegetables were shipped from Britain
5000 fat ~ 600 Sheep-l2,-
600 hogs, with D 600 pounds sterling
worth of sour-crout! And nearly the
same amount in hay, oats and beans,
for a single regiment of cavalry!
Blessed are the Neck for they shall
save a world of expense.
In consequence of some disturb
anees, this year in South Carolina, in
favour of the ministry, Sir Peter
Parker was dispatched with nine ships
of war, with a large land force, COM
manded by Clinton and CORVALLIS, to
make an attempt on CharlestoWn, the
capitol. Before the ships could be
brought to pay their respects to the
town, they must, it seems, pass a
little fort on Sullivan's Island. This,
however, being defended by raw mill
tia was hardly looked on as an obstacle.
Happily for America, the command of
the fort had been committed to Gen
eral Moultrie; for the chief in COM
man, General Charles Lee, though
otherwise brave, was ever in the
rights at the thought of a British
man of war; and for a general, much
too free in lending his fears to others.
For, While Multrie was showing him
the fort, and in the language of a
fiery patriot, was Boosting what hand
some resistance he hoped it would
make; Lee with infinite scOrn replied,
"Pshaw! a mere slaughter house! a
mere slaughter house! a British man
of War will knock it about your ears
in half an hour!"-He ven proposed
to abandon the fort!-The courage of
one man saved CharlestoWn, and
perhaps the State; that fortunate MAJ
was John Rutledge, Esq, Governor of
Carolina. He insisted the fort
should be defended to the last eX-
tremity. Moultrie was called in.
Well, General MouItrie," said Cover
nor Rutledge, what 90 you think of
up the fort - Moultrie could
scarcely repress his indignation. No
man, sir said he to Lee, can have
a higher opinion of the British ships
and seamen than | have. But there
are others who love the smell of gun
powder as well as they do; and give
Us but plenty of powder and ball, sir,
and let them come on as soon as they
His courage was quickly put
to the test; for about 10 o'clock. on
18th of June in the glorious IT76,
Sir Peter Parker, with seven tall ships
formed his line, and bearing down
point-blank shot of the fort.
let go his anchors and began a ire
mendous fire. At every laundering
blast he fondly hoped to see the mill
ia take to the sands like frightened
from an old barn fire. But,
different from his hopes. the
stood their ground, firm as the
5l~ack-Jacks of their land and dwelling
her 1our-and-tWenty Founders with
good am bored the old hearts OF oak
.hfougn and through at every tlre.
helf thlrd 6roadslde carried away the
springs on n caDIeS OF the commo-
tore,s snip; winch Immediately swung
tfound flght stern upon n guns OF
ne Tort huffa! my sons OF mum
.ef' was instantly the cry along the
american Dattefy, look handsomely
o Che commodore! now my boys Tor
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