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w 1 -4 4 ' v ii-.. 'BiGvuupnr. .Unt IIrT,ti. itW rf te rtt tl lit Fort. M .' . r "'. c -'y ci,t.ii awi !rnj , '- ,-. -t! ('.in' ir; tie it n;crtTVr pct "t. rtT- j t e-'.crt of uUimi'f or pnho., t4 :" ir .' . of Hte, sad tt ttitt- iiipUf. mi 4 tc 1' wt i'u bnidnf kv! irwirfxt. !nc o C. MtH'l Ui-rry 'df faliiiel ehartottr. .It i is b rrptrrd tUt t mucn f note-it trwrry n ' -rwant frtti"- w.U r. nHk itk hit tWiti-ul t t i.,.1r,. " Sir.ee t um cf tin tetter Mr. tiurxn for lioiit yrir tl editor of ft cjamerty titermry ruH- iritioa of pre inept, ri'.tjllea IM Ff nrctpf, in WBicB . tle rcut , tlx toei fciit pprl. Tier' which ha ,.mniiMTd witu much Kiieof t poiiUcal contra ,-!!), nt.i tixl tiice i!.rd th rt M Cobbed, rmmr bcft convicted of a lilwl tipwitUe Prine Rtrtnt, tnd enticed to two yr impittomnent in Surry CoU MEMOIR Or.MO. JAVI S BXNuT IXlGH UQff theatrical eri.ic Id attvlr :2liahc4 r ti'.kd the Ne.ii, 2l I d.J 3 wuh a rrcjrtioaed t j vHc war.t cf hour it rp Cn.tcum, tad the lei i;r -r Urmi.C t lenft which i a cuce. procure r;DTrtiment cSlcr. " 1 riToHlle,' ia Jioumry, 109, I rplaiitarily MvViipf ftot onlf from hab'i tuil dii:ic'.Ii.uuO,)' from certai hip tt, futi! eriough 4o themJelt el,' ytt iiiGLticmljr ioortnV, rcspecdathe feelins'of the h'cber roraeri, no coma not conjipuie with.p e. hich. V . v-; r UteEdtivr if the Jlfon:L! Mrnr; , ' , EXAKix'tn erne, rii S0 ilO.-V Dear uirYou now my opinions respect th- Liorr'-abhv of livirs rcrjont-cineciallT V1 ho either deserve do uch not;ee, of " wiS to deierve It betie'r t but you have .. Ci-Li in persuadiop irie that a public wri. r, w ho pays attention to the tirama, is a per; n f some interest to ycur reader f sad a .' -r on these ocdxsiodsmustbe'an assist ; r rty to- what is .said of hina- I hate ht it pestttQaayuite as pucn, aj vneed h Card tiOfcd id putlic tiolrf Io iiaLIc ndJemau, s t that ttim h'gb ocufed tacM humble tituanod la a i bkt , crs oa meo wanton . te ja.sanctt oi, tn surr a ww paper called the Exam'toer, which la concert wUfci" oce 'f f ih' brothers,' I hat! cotftraencedthe year before, "andla ' w! ' h i punued the uocoirrtfy plan ell caring fr co thia bar th truth. This paper, which It h duf pleasure to snacags as well s we can. and our pride to keep as iodependant as. We bught. ts -Doir tny ohiy reguur -employment ; Ttat I contrive to make it a part of 6ihcf' litcrarr stu dies, which may at a future time, by God's btessior, enable me' to dosometKirff better for i ..r .t. lk a . j- v!. uic (vuu vjiuiuii ui , mi puum i inu n 10 us nro&u with ronsthutioual reform for its cb ectvand ji stubborn consistency for.ltrTnerit, it promises, U spite of the wtethed effarta 6f the wretched men io poerj to procure for me alt that 1 wih tfcaciuire good naroe'aoda decent competency? (n'n luuf if t z . I fiad I nae heei: getting serious on this maTiiceat auhjett t but a man's muscles un consciously return to iheir fcravitv when em ployed ia talking cf Jils own- afTiir, and lew t - . A a ' m . . r.s ef tbee tiVrn"I.Tit!eised. ar e 1 aiKihcr iblng an J to be rU.h" bl-xx!, Ay virtuous. 15 t I lave hrsr J tht cvea tmt wour r"' .-t rulerl cut a ?rr rod frure at thtlr fire sUlc?. aad I have no douSt that, our bad rH- Iters cut much tx-tter. lar from roe a cum g- Kb, "either of tbemi CKre.". who wouul ot wih them there, wrapped up foreVer in social eojoymect The' dr smstista Vould at , otic make ihe prcjef us f iHeir tUentt by ,fiing up ba'f theatres for their cViIJreu i and Mr, rV ' j. w ; . . l I'ISClT At, Uioteaa oj isouicg nil cuuntrjmru i to prisons iod gr es, would Jut the exatt pitch or his niu iaihe'JoKips cf therry. stone cltaiaslmd the blowing otbubbles. . Bai ss criticism is not to loMe,thi. privacies of men, so priyatc tonsicerations are never to la soe i out VPa nt- obstruct, public criticisrd f still'lfss are tKey to be sscrcdjnj the defense of rxJ'uical rSaracttr, when they axe so contin. ually broun ulnti p hy by the politicians them selvei, and elevaud to .the roorn and to the rani bf public tlrme.' I begao, therefore, I shall proceed.' I am ndt conscious 'of ever rcr.tcf us, IIe hetr p-.-.V. J f sharp sbootert, ere of fh;m, JK , ..-. . - v:,u r 1 1 a i - tec , be 6 u J, io tny own person, and thutf- perform j persons have etijoyeq more effectual round the lilt afrahk1van(f dt-eenttv as boasibftT.- of flatteries than myself, who. nave been abas Ad-lson has'ibMrved.'ia xorroboration cf f ed and viilfied by every publication that has rf 1 yQr irgurftents, that i .teader seldpm-pe. , ,C ; " ruses a book 'with' pletsurtillf he 'knows '; ') whether the writer -tot it be? si' black of sttfaiV had the leasts pretension -to 'infamy ;-nbt to mention the crateiul things said of me by the .I.'.'. J.. Ik - i' wniera o -wmeaur to wnocn naye pee: teaching irrammvr'sny time these six ; Vears- .or the trpubets layuhed upon my head by our prt'possessingATtoxifty-GtMr.aALi' ; who rig'-t understanci'Dgoi an author " QVpec XHfiinaa ice ormignr me into court as c' haying given praiit' for policy s saVe, pr blame for malignitya arid X never wifl A, strict adherence to truth,and a rrcurremce to firs: principles,vtre ' the only 'hirgs, calcclateu to bring back the 'appfef times of dnr litraur and constitution i and however -humble as an Individual, I have found a) self formidable as a lover of truth, aadahalj never cease to exert myself in its cause, as long as the. sensible will endtire my writings, foe", the honest appreciate , Your-Vmy oearj Sir, very aincertly, rnan, of a mild r eholerio- dispojhlotr,- marri ed or a bachelor"", with other paniculate of thr like r.?.t :re, that . conduce Vry :nu'err,. for the iTd 6t ToraMtrown;' t ihick.j.fvK fad M 4 ifpese d pcriml purely t show 1 ' J.)" And itwas said brToraafron,TJhtcx,lty , v.. ' when the aecop.dediaooof hia poem's did not that he could not prore hn accusation. It is in y' f v " aU, that the joke' was lost, becau4e he omitted vii; hovev eiVtbat'X write 'clearly aa'''tVan V' -4 the portrait.' Tw, as' Vjr' fist wish is to be? for the. comprehension of the ministerialists t l -'L ' ti Jerstood.'I would not willinfrly L'ae a- nothing can perude them, or thtlr writers. . . . " : . i .. . :J . v " .... .... hfclp towards' that wuable oualibcation. that alii desire-(a an horjest reputation. on my iouIJ be very sorry 'Ve re the' reader pu2-f own part, and' little sense and. decency on i'ed wiih anv opinion of taltel frmn his igno-1 theirs. ; (It ir ti' no purpose that I have prer , line- ot ray having a oar it com r Iks incline to doubt my fcensi know iri a that I am very happ Thu 1 fairly difclose these two" . crets to the nauuc r aw. mat no-possiuie loicei mat may be lost, the artists; you see, have produted I feroci - a very trood likeness ot my -lace. ; e 5 Who ' . j r Ij1.l;. piexioni or me i servea a singleness oi cunuuci, ana even sepi biliry, tor want I myseit studtusiy atoot trom public mn whom ily'marriedf t dmirenrt.: o-'ucir";jd,'write" at all times just mnrfl r. B ai I aarts "I r t V v il r.trtt tMrili ara!l rtnlra ss iiuvui vi bv"1 nui m. tuwai a mv i uu.iytiiau. wi siui' Copy of M tetter from Cammsdsrt'JternetJtt 't're , oecreiary oj me -gciccj arw ai .1 1 1 tSIR-i-This i the first moment I bavi is ni my power io mc r"Por "eNt?rP e'eedingsf aiucel I had the henor'of seeicg tou on Tus. fday,the 2d mat. at the" Camp at, the v0d goas, - ; ihe enemy who h Un chck by our fire for nearly Y 4?f Jri ncgaaioout Ei-iitus oo the T!-t,' c rerr turned thit.'ay l.f ruh d t merlcaiS attoned at abce d to Tny trt0't!fi;-alwa made no t .. - giTinj a nrcoriwo pn retiring '- , t. cicr.vei . e a-r .,Iathi's:ruarion we bad the -wW .was expended, aiK) ta.f nuTstly the d, . ot my amisuxmoon waggi-a b.i gTf , the gfnerflp7o'c.' . A! this tt-Qt I r:-fi , I setre wnuni in my" thich-.'-Capi. ' wb jm at t: ng:nr,it; r Waraer. li.;tj ngsai:in'g-n aster aTaniWkilitd,' tnj Vu mister ii4rt;o M-.ocaJ41.but tiht hr, . my ofScejr:and tarn, at ?ajt aa th;. niousVd n.s:-nws fell at the gurj, 'J- j were 1ntatly irr-ljc"! fi-sn ihosfc actirc"-, ,1 infjntrj 'Fiudj.jtii'eVit-my now co ; fy in our rear" aoj no means of dtfmc l t I 6rdTStorfiy oaten and y,ea uiie ire. in .e f-r, r'I3V:r.io ret ol a d.scvnce, but rh 'great 1 -f Eiwd casi. edocft a vc A..ess J;at I wa$;vrr,ptL'fd t iic uown. ,.4 trriH.9tiJ tO)! cftcers to Uavs m.hich j:cybsii Vately rtfosed, hut.uri being 0nJ(.rt-4 they tleyrtl ;Vn only rerr.ih. ed v In a short i observe s British tJis"? and hsd hitf-JcalJvIectrd him to s a aofficen -'rp' VrSufeV'aVofiictr c' i tention; rejpect and.ptencss, had a surgcoa broeghl'ajjd. my WX1I dre.sed maeiiiatelv. After a I niinirtLs cnnfersaiimsVtK. n.-.." infurmed .m.fatri pavtoffi e U'handsoiT vywpuracnimat j wj'parp?r3 ar,d at Jjer to proceed ti Washing-.? or-Ijladecsbt:'-!' was-aiso -iurriamngtoi .w.lo' had renan- howeVg'ivg BrdersXorliiter bcibrocg'.:, lavhieh I wa4 carried to "RUAr-nhnrl r,,.. I am a turbulent -derrtatrofriie. factious. out. and diabolical rUic.? wretch 5 : -oi;.taatav norritwt that cure .a auaote nature',' . "", ".rv - --r ... ' i.t r Uiion us."1 t-uurjirmr. was fut rnto" order iv-ti i Li.Al t t:r. ..j :,r batde and Car positions taken ... . . . ... . Li inn' nr.- i r j t. .ru rtntnv-rDi bfmarcluaadin thehight entered Wash- iDgton oy, joer.astcrn : jaancji criage. - my men, 'Ctc to the Marine: JUar V. I Ul r. n-f rirctimntsncfc cf-mr It fo Could tire me I have conveved A .cause for boasting, it wbuld'behat f having J most ptiUy'asauraneet' that 1 was no tlnir f f had such a motsw-t ; Shi was Indeed aNnother farmed, ian i'nnwarrantable,' and an unreelir in everv exalted sens of the? Word,1. mV Ptety. 1 Critic a ,.mhnnt critic a bad ! ; ; v in sounding teaching, in '?' s, less examplei v Married com)nencinR from' that t i UlC WPllU 8SHCICU DUI 11 WUB uut umuc uu . I ihk IH uis ui m iw wi V". .' J. , ' i less I really was at one pertcd Cf toy lile a.r 7 7 , . . 1 he worst publit abstained from ooti ttmnt iif worldiv-mindedoess, no unmerited proper respect to myaeij, but upon .. the- prtnci . aorrow convert net rcsiKHnnvu f".' "..Lvtv"0". I yia ,- v " " w ivvj i.,u n . . . 1 a .1-. - I 1 . n.M.t.t.M-V I.. I .Um fl.afK I&Afta j H.am.UKft.M i; j i. - i i j i iracrs. ana toot no otiarters imtnem-hf. r nauent care,' in -spot- critic au nay r-a oiacaneartcu oeiug sno oe r , - i .t-j r. Jry r-v , :.' Jt an tarly'age, and lighted in : lormentittg- iort of Iriitcft aock. Gen. Winder ame to my ejaar. imer a'UlVnN6rrow, lwwica; Wimiiwhdwent arxural a- a Anil in SS nojin TiS mp.a w."- -. -.' -w--.u - m - if -, KYaiawrigfo fifet cjpUin lo Adm.: Corhrs itiii(iu. .wii Dcuaveofo me as ii i WasvibrerV4 tsV.;4- .Vy-'.ri?;,; vi pjDjriog the stay of eemy ar1 JSlad: .... N burg lreceived tiie-mnstlite attentioa frc:; the i fficersboth bf the" navi'and army., hMy wound ii deep, bur Tflitter myself Cut" aftgrou4he;"l?all ',not ye extractelj. I ioddiy,lt6pe a few-week! will ; rVsiore me d heaUbt aadabt;a4ielrckaigc wilf.take fl. : that I rosy, resume my Command,'' ;or any ' tier that "you?, atid the- president may thi. iojerfiohofioti tawHthifi"7' - : I Hob. WauJenes, Sec. of -.the-lCavy.' ; fvh '-. vwm. v tunccy wme ere i' " .have, beta i dal v. honored witK" vo ir L r tewVpod,4j;july ! feenundci ianpUdge-'to heet gn. Brows the hiftd;of JtbeXxkeviJ? bot,on,thecontrT 1 w?hen we 'parted ae SaGketrs Harbor, 1 1. J 1 mm , lsnuvtiy, wiav,nouicl,ntu visit the he a PhUajcc, ualeM4he iKiy fieek'sdld.H :. f i Can i ascribe tbeKitituaa of GersrA ' no rigid economy coiuld hide the native gene J -irosity of her Jieart, no tophistieal ancT skulk- jboy.; f4Z::fAh9 exathtler inittre her fioe aensVbr; her'ctnme He Tequested niie. :aUont "that attacked :t , " """u" " V" "4 u " " clrig, not tnlyifrorh a 5f -W ?. JfifeW J ty in , that direcUoti. ; T immediately put my guns tn position, leaving the marines and the rest; of my .'men athe Barracks,' io wait' fur incr - wcucra. a.was ,iu tnia situation wn en 4 uu uk owner w. tycci you wtm uc xrcsuiem and Heads fcf tepartments when it" was d- icrruinvQ asaouia uraw on,my guns ai.a meo, j anaproceea towaras iJiaaensourr, whtcRwas But vou see they die off oot after tne other, immediately put int6 execution J; Pa'our w iiuuiiucu top cucoijr was wjuhh a itiiic 04 Blade nsbur a . we hurried on w tho' thei1av wan vn the attornev-wreneral and hla rirht hono. I Vtrv hot. and mv men mu'ch ctinnlfcd from the rauie irteous, wityse vigvmr cuovitis to inc iier- miL.ut ns uau c.pcticiit.cu ittc iiitccu- Butet me not hurt the noble aimpUti . . . t . . . . ,..: 1 -charaafr bv-a dejanation; however Sovolun coatinued fi , . tary.At tleJtimeoen' thede' recpl- e4 In the. continued fiGhtioff,;lIkelhe vivacious ieceai romance, who had not.time, you wif-morv as a serene ana .ntDirioic Mnuusoce, mner" cheerfulnesi ahdoTermy , rtflecupg ons,' ti animate tne in the love of trmh.,i At ...,. n r 'wn admitted into tHe trratrimar school if Christ's Hospital, where I remainea tm is rived a'gnod foundation in the Greek! "exutiori pfnewspaperad whose, gemus in . w- --w.ii.f. the wasM of their country's tlood, wdl recoI- W .nTl-rt nn ' Of Verses COnaiStl Ot? Ot C"V "T .'w-.,w-4 the in als'o, and a much more serious one thac '.-ifcVA -Wnrl ete' ri:t and Latin' languagei. MTAWn. : that Ttfl f TrtKtMl ih. 4i:nnralmn nf tnc.uet" to tict other raotivti. jhua a'tautir-ia hi atemi;to , provide aft-apo?pgipr.vthe;'put;'-c, ! againstany fonmgeif isaster to wtach hlsaf.''-' my migUbrSped.5 .r-' r' C i '.' rK.v.auy nn;wsutaxe tne trouue , td i. examine itha'optjerrarpby ofthe Wniasu!a, (the sef ne of ibe .GtoeralVpeiauon) be a II ' : oiscw ec .tnanis'flcet ,couid be tl 60 -mc : J ' could tp ' an-ifmVint'Tcnn'esseeViiiviy r 'ft - i Geri, Blown has heyer beenabteto per.e.; ttate neirera tofwni an4 tbfe. ejnemy jtajw incenneaiate coutrtrtis a taat l . could cot e yen comrriusjeate Vuh the arrays but by a cl ' cqitous rpute ot 70 or -83 Julet v& 3eee-,'y writtert durinff ! .& first'part otlBOO, '.'': i ,. '' lU' t kl' t ;Ln'f ki' M1 aF til. v. ".v ' f.;;iifl. and in a manner.' which, howevc ; . i:.:,.'-rnay have;regrtted i.titdociriot htcomfr uijest.5!f.'C: v''1" t : uut enouRtiot tnis earccious nisiory, im f l inclined as i Was at first tq the publication of J. 1 this little memoir, ! am at length not dissatis. :""-ll ' '.'! r ' . ' t . . . . r fied,lc6ofe.s.w haviDgpp ' ySu wmradictMjg.der.myna i thatTs all I bad read Gray, and 1 mutt write humble eftorts ia the cause of taste and reftsop ;A edliWW may have bnU.but4,!?ro enfVrfMr. ' l t wrifeSnmiM. ig I'M CollinaV;.! ador- CWT or Mr. DiWirit no wMtot -:-Sl.:d $neoCer and tmtWrite alengaliegpricai M M PW .-V-.r1' --rt !Unr I athtta miich neon possible. If web persons lose their reputa m:: We?P!?&f Ion br thtiprofits, U become Wwbrd for inffVouoe Rosciu8, -and tended to lead. Astray , , , ,r -. ,? 4 'i other youtns woo nimuu tw"'B w tion, as in fact has been tbe ease;! wish todi. fi 1 ' 'pVecate these precocious appearance in! pub? : ' - I-.- '.t ; ni-. alnrava diincreroiis to1the taste.'l it ar renetat dissatisfactory to the yrecoUec FW "-s."? v 1 " a T 'r-f. a, eAr!I!' t t,'tl In, that gether. . The just seventy of criticism regardt 4 ; ; on. ; -"rrr"?.-"" -..? Kut rh'al- la tniUib if and had I made bad writinir, they tune to it real cause, and make ihe plain shdul- aer-snruRtrinir conies.sion- wnicn uic cincr uay CSCapCU lTr :M.I"-u, wug u uuw , KiVCU the. town not only a tair warning but a better v ; VN'-clnimtrst-oi ail darkness patpaoiei's iaw I -7:70 . r . " r ' YSt'V all nigHt; apd. hyponclriae tvKt'j-re'at andtepseher.c injury,,, ''hV: i" This letter ts keeorrie4 U the I l ldaV"tO the mcVcs.ca mo t-tiaratver w wuav,n:v wcie 'of mfc health Eclated td itiei I should l?ave challertjed them LtkwMi-Ui,. to produce a single pssaseT-w hUh I have rfonuily Mirro?by ,, r , l Xrt,eV ch th leformhW inedavt. -.1 preceded edat the line which 860601161 the District frbm Maryland; the batth begnn.' i sent ati officer back to hasten oa i my men---'they came ijpin a trot.f! Vp took tu'r position oft the mink ground, vput the pieces in battery, posted he mariaes unucr vapxam i'tiuer,,aru nouiia men. who were to act as infaotry ' uude'their own 6 mcersn ! my right, to support the pieces;-& .- , ' ' ' . ft. . r ... .. " '. : .r - V waiteu tne approacn 01 tne, cnernyi -inuring this period the engagement tonUnuedhe V nemy advanciae and our army "retrtatinp? be fore them, apparently in much disorder. ; At length tne enemy maae nis appearance on the main' road in force 'aad in"' front of mv hnrterv. and on seeing; u made haltr Ireservtld ur nrc riH kw minute - ins enemy aavancfCL wnen ' a orucreu an 11 pounacr; 10 oe urea, which completely cleared the' rotvJT shortly af- ter,v ctynu uu ujirtntticmpt was plane PV uie enemy lo tjotne jorwaru. out au wno made the attemot were destrovedlTicenrrnv then crosseu over into an open held and tttemnted to nana our.ngoM e was snere met oy three 13 pouriders the marine Vnder, Ctaln 'Mil ler' and my coca acted as infantry, and aun totauy cut up , By this time not "a vesture of the American armv, remained ewren a iWv. dy of fiva or six hundrad potted" bh a height on my right from whom ! expected much sup port from1 their fine . situation. The ecsmv from 'this pricd,BeVer?peared' in foreAln teart'jKfsHhe oiiljt Service' he;cou!i hwe derived frm i emiAg the supplies the 'enemy from utgf ' supplies ot the enemy iing the; NiSgariWjver'r -for; the water i ea ' stiaiiunr uv .-ua ; iargex vessels couja w rotu-liithiri two iilcsif thei? works, V 1 i QVn. BroVn had tberr fojre two abuafc'- ly SUUict.ehtly reasons for noexjectiflgthe r-, pperaiuon o(.-thi et j , it was not prptu-.i bjiniand was.chiraical jtvlta.el fc t V My fixed tfetermination bas atwavJ tec ro aeel aeet'mg with the enemy the moiae the fleet wai' read v. And. to deprive him cf spotogy or,notjmeettng' mer have eBl iv guns. on,4,ihtoe; from; then Superior, to tedf' her armiaienf t lit' number,- to jrttwufclity i& this' Priuce ReWVsl IrieMnar the advantass . v i .' ' ; - -T. o ot,i their 6 'i rounders. A The nee?,c mounts 2 guoy tss than the Princes Chariot et andthe Moitreafariaiaga' are ea,al to ' tho Penpal Pike ndiMadison.t' , I have ds; f tachedi on acparateeryjke, aU the brig i an- anv blockading his .four, ships, with tour fui -ships in the hope that thi may ioduce h"P comepw.y..f . General Ross U a yt)vaig officer, abot Tarty-fiv . yearsr!d. He ibaS never before had ar4rherom , mand, tbania j tegjm'antJ vThe' ollkera that Uxt been taken, and . the surgeons left t attend t-fl. , i wounded at fiUdenslHtrg say. that Koss Ist;: :;:--r.). irr line . .. ,1 -, . ... ... . ' r : : l-. - v tt y - m - l i l w . ' 3 . . - '
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