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itflCrraDUP. . ed the Bank cuardto the regimenu ready 10 meet aeam in any rmci: ,Wiu,u, F'S ) . ; From Ue Boston Chronicle. MAJOR GENERAL' HENRY DEARBORN", CtmmajuUrtn Chitf ftte JVorthcrn .1rmtj. Courage and .alacrity; in armies are .principally mspircd bycocfidcnce placed in the commanders. However danger ous the pos'tiofi ' f 1 corps may be in the field of bstile, if it is convinced th dan gcrs encountered aie for the general gcxd cf the array they will be endured pot only with firmness but chee rfulness. This truth obtains with regard to th pbns, arrangements and operations of an army The du jr.ot a soldit r is per emptory ; he is not peVmitted to enquire into its expediency or 10 doubt its pro priety : in order, th-refore, that he per form it with alacrity, it neces.ary that he have unlimited confidence in the source from which it flows. :; To doubt in the hour of danger, is to be destroyed. All consummate couman- ders have made it a principal object to j pain the confidence of thnr troops, and to restore it whenever s artled by acci dent or misfortune, by mas'erljr sirokes of address and policy. When Cxsar, viih a view to surpiize. advanced rapid lyon Ariovlstus, the German Chief, hi soldiers, from account of the strenvc h and ferocity of tbe Germans, became a larmed, and under various pretences muttered their resolution not to cbrty, if ordered on such an unprepared -fir ser vice. Cxsir assembled thcTr, 5c iiform ed them he had understood that some of them hid disguised their fears under the difficulties of the ways and the want of provisi ns. 44 I am not now to be to'd (ays he) what Is due to my trust, or that an army must be subsisted. At pre ctsely two in the morning, I hall de camp ; if followed with the tenth legion alone." His troops, humiliated and , . . . . 1 1 impaiiem 10 reinevc incir repuraiion, advaoced.with confidence to victory. The battles of Trenton and Princeton were not very important in their impres- I sion on the enyny, but were of essential consequence, as they served to illustrate the fortitude and intrepidly, and deye lope the resources of the American Commander At a crisis like the present, when the determined and persevrring hostility of a Foreign rjower compels us once more to resort to arms in defence oflife, liber ty and property, it is with S'-niimenis of the highest satisfaciion, we have obser ved 50 judicious and brilliant a selection of officers in the important comm 'r.ds of the army ; ard none where confidence can be placed with more assurance than in the Com m an d eu in Chirk. The sub joined sketch of the revolutionary servi ces, rendered by Gen. Dkakbopn is imperfectly collected from his brothers in arms Wlic n 'he British sent a detachment to destroy the military stares in the vi ir.'ty of Lexington, Mr. Drarb rn, t!un a young gentleman in the study of medicine, resided at Nottingham, in New-HampshireV Animated by the pa triotic resistance of the Americans, im mediately on being informed of the bat tie by express, he assembled the inha bitants, and observed that the time had row arrivedwhen the rights of the A- mencan people must be vindicated by arms, or an odioas despotism would tor ever be rirctted upon them. The mili tia had already gathered and impressed with these sentiments, a company of sixty-hve men, armed, and accoutred. pnraded at one o'clock of the next day alter. tne Lxngton battle. Dearborn advanced with them wi;h such rapidity, that they reached Cambridge Common, a distance of fifty miles, in twe.Vy hours. After remaining at Cambridge several days, there being no immediate occa sion for their services, they, returned DkAfcBORW was soon after commission ed a Cpt4in in one of the New-Hamp shire regiments under the command of .j 1 u iw, aim autu was ui pujjuiuj ty, md the confidence of the. people in bisbruvery and conduct, that in ten days from the time he received bis commisi Bion, he enlisted" a full company and marched again to Cmbridge; On the rnorning -f the glorious seventeenth of June, information wai received at Mys tic, now Mtdford where Dearborn was stationed, that the British were pre paring to come out from,' Boston, and storm the works which had br er. thrown Mp on Breed's HtU the night beforc. br the Americans. The regiment to which e was attached war immediately pa. Mdcd, and marched to Charleitown neck. Dearborn's company compos ed the flank guard to the regiment. They crossed .the neck under a galling fire from the British men of war and floating batteries, and after sustaining some loss, arrived at the heights. The action soon commenced, and the Ame ricans stood their ground, until their ammunition was expended, and they could nd longer beat off the British bay onets, witlijihe butt ends of their mus kets. Dearborn carried a fusee into the battle of Bunker Hill, and fired re gularly with his men. The next ardu ous service in which he was engaged was the expedition to Canada, through the wilds of Kennebec, under thr com mind of General Arnold. He w is not ord red on this dangerous and diffi ult rrvi;e, bu persuaded a Captain, who was drafted to exchange places witn him. Thirty-two days were employed in traversing: the hideous wilderness be 1 ween the settlr men's on the Kennebec and the Chdudiere. in which every hard ship and fatigue of which human nature is capable, was endured indiscriminate ly by the officers, and troops. On the highlands between the Kennebec and St. Lawrc.cc, the remnan of provisions was divided among the companies, who were-directed to make the best of their way in separate divisions to the settl--mrnts on the Chaudiere. The last frag mcnt of food in Dakborns company wjsshortly consumed, and h- was red c- ed to the extremity of dividing a large d"g which accompanied him, with his comrades. When they reached the Chaudi-re, from colds, extreme hard shipand want of sustenance, his stren'h failed him, and he war, unable to walk out a short distance without wading in- I to the river to refrigerate and stimulate his limbs. With d'fncul y he reached a poor hut on the Chiud ere, when he told his men he could accompany them no farther, animated them forward to a glorious discharge of their, duty, and w-mJd suffer no one to remain to attend h m in his illness His company Mi him with tears in, their eyes, expecting to see him no more : Dkar. orn was here seized with a violent fevrr, during which his life ws in danger for ten days, without physician or medicine, and wih scarcely the necessaries of common Iif". His fine cons i Hit ion at last surmounted the distase, and as soon s he was able to mount a hore, he P'oce-ded to Point Levi, crossed over to Wolf's cove, and mde his unexpect ed appearance at the head of his com pany a few d ys before the assault on Quebec. At 4 o'clock in the morning, on the 31't of Decemocr. in a sev're snow-storm,' and in a clima'e that virs with Norway in tempes'sjand intense cold, the attack was commenced. Dear born was attached to the corps under Oeneral Arnold, who was woun 'ed ear!y in the action, and carried from the field. Morgan succeeded to thV com mand, and with a voice louder thn he tempest," animated the troops, as thy stormed the firs- barri-r and en 'ered the town. Montgomery had al ready bled on immoral ground j and his division b ing repulsed, the corps under Morgan was exposed to a sanguinary but unavailing contest. From the win dows'of the store hooses, each a castle, and from' the tops of the parapets, a de structive fire was poured upon the as sailants. In vain was the second bar rier gained by scaling ladders ; double ranks of soldiers presented a forest of bayonets below, .nd threatened inevita ble destruction to any one who should leap from the walls. Dearborn main tained for a long time this desperate wan are, until at last ne ana ine remnant of his company were overpowered by a sortie of two hundred men with field pieces, who attacked him in front and rear in a short street, and compelled . '' t mi . a mm to surrnaer. ine whole corps originally led on by Arnold were k llrd or,madc prisoners of war. Dearborn was pow put into rigid confinement, with 1 number of tther officers, who were not allowed to conver-e with each other, unless in the presence of the offi ccr of the Kuard While in prison be was urgently solicited by the English officers to loin the British : wa nmmU. ed a Colonel's commission if he would , - 9 , m - I I accept, and 'was assured if he refused, that he would be sent out to England in tne.apnng ana rebel. The o solicitations or had taken up arms in defence of the li-1 berties and rights of his country ; that I mcvnaDiy nanged as a j roim, ana was oincer 01 me aay -ar cne nly reply he made to their execution 01 ' M nor Andre 'vIo 178 1, menaces was, that he II be was appointed Dep. Quarter Master he never would disgrace nitxiseit or dis-1 toriowni in snort, tnere was scarce honor bis profession by receiving any Illy. a battle betweetjcyorktown and Que appointment under G ready to meet death in han relinquish" the gi had espoused. . Io May, 1776, Col. Meigs and him self were permitted to return on their parole-They were sent round to Ha lifax in a ship of war and treated with' the ti usual contumely and hauteur of English officers, who would not deign to speak to Americans, nor even allow 'hem' to walk the same side of the quarter-deck with themselves. They were put ashore in Penobscot Jbayj and re urned by land. In the March follow incr, Dearborn was exchanged, and appointed Major to the 3d New Hamp. shire, regiment, commanded by Colon t Scammell. In May he arrived at 11- conderoga, and was constantly in the rear guard, skirmishing with theB itish and Indians, in the retreat of St. Clair, when pressed on by Burgoyne's army. When the advance of Burgoyne was checked, and he encamped on the heights of Saratoga, Dearborn was ap pointed Lieut. Col. Commandant of a partisan corps of three hundred men, stationed in front, to act as a corps of observation in concert with Morgan's nllemen.' In the famous engagement of the 19th of September, Col. Morgan himself commenced the encounter by riving in the out-posts and picket 0 guards of the right wing of the British army, which was commanded by Gen. Burgoyne in person. In the hard-fought battle of the 7 h October, he was in the division of G-n. Arnold, who com menced a furious and persevering at tack on the right wing of the British jrces. Whilst Arnold pressed hard m the enemy, Dearborn was ordered pass the right, and take possession of mx or eight heavy C3nnon, which played iver the British nto he American lines. 1 execu ing this erder, he was charged by a corps of hght infantry, which he repulsed j with .fixed bayonets, gained ne eminence, took the cannon and the o'ps oi artillery attached to them, ra3de a rapid movement into the rear of the British lines, and gave a full fire before his approach was discovered. The Bri tish were soon afer forced into a nreci pltate retreat, and Dearborn assisted in storming their works throb h their whole exunt, under a trrmendous fire of grape and musketry. Arnold was wounded in the same leg which suffered when Dearborn followed him ai the assault on, Quebec, and was repulsed from the works af er having gained a temporary possession of them ; but Lieut. Col. Brooks having gained the ltft,Qf the encampment, was enabled to maintain, his ground. During he long contested battle, which decided the tate of Burgoyne's army, Dearborn. was unable to rest, or take any refreshment from daylight until late at night. The succeeding winter he passed in camp at Valley Forge, with the" main body of the Americap army, commanded by Gen. Washington in person. ; At the battle of Monm uth, the spi rited conduct of Col. Dearborn, and a corps under his command, attracted particularly the attention of the Com mander in Chief. After Lek had made a precipitate and unexpected retreat, Washington among other measures which he took to check the advance of the British, ordered Dearborn iwith three hundred and fifty men t6 attack a b dy of troops which were passing thro' an orcnara on ine ngni wing ot tne en emy. 1 he Americans advanced under a heavy fire with a rapid step and shotil dered arm. The enemy filed off and formed on the, edee of a morass : The Americans wheeled to the right, receiv ed their second fire with shouldered arms marched up until wi hin eight rods, dressed, gave a lull hre and charg ed bayonet. The Briiish hjving sus tained considerable loss, fled with preci pitation across the morass, where they were piotected by the main body of the army. 2 " What troops are those," en quired Washington, 'ivi h evident plea( sare at thetr gallant conduct Full- blooded Yankees from New'Hampshiie, Sir," replied Dearborn. He accompani ed (ieneralSu Iivan in his expedition a gainst the Indians, and in the battle was attached to Gen; Poor's brigade. W hen J - .4 the disaffection and treason of Arnold transpired,', he was stationed at West General , with the rank of Colonel, and served in that capacity ' at the aiege of r Britain but wasjlbcc dunnff the Ions: protracted war, moment, wlien 1 are oii?theeverWaf V f? onous cause nen crave, active ana conspicuous pan. isions ot taction. We. ma vVbe in error. i ii Soon after the peace, he moved into the) District of Maine, where be was en gagedj for several years in .agricultural pursuits. He was appointed Mafjor.Gen cral of the Militia, and elected to repre sent the district of Kennebec in the Con gressbf the U. States No man w s e ver more popular in itheidistrict in which he resided, or will be longer remember ed by Us inhab tants,than General Dear born. On the accession of(Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency, he was appointed Se cretary of War. , Jpjijrmg a long and ar duous discharge of the important duties of this ofBce his political enemies have given him credit for the economy, dis patch and punctuality ,which he introduc ed into the Department. Even Randolph who wanders from his element when he wanders from satire and sarcasm, and isr supposed to feel remorse ofeonscience, whenever betrayed into reluctant eulogy, rendered the meed of merit to the Secre tary of War. Af er commenting in his usual style on the estimates of Mr. Se cretary Smith, he said with respect to those of the Secretty of War, he w al ready prepared to iact ; he had never known thaf gentleman to mke an unne cessary or improper; ca!l, and Was there fore ready to vote th appropriation 1 with out any fur her investigation. In the dis charge of thf; duties of the W3r depart ment, Gen. Dearborn has had an oppor tunity! to familiarize himself w.th the improvements inmddern tactics, and the economy of war, and to keep1 alive and add to fhiS tormer, stores ot military knowledge. When we consider the strength of his cons i'.ution, the dec ision and promptitude of his mind, his grea military acquisition, nis tried pa rioi ism and long services s.i hi-norbly ren dered ; we at e induced without hesita tion to say, that in no person could be confided with more hope and assurance, the destinies of the Northern Armv. j . , .; From tbe National Znteligencer. In common, we believe, with the great body of our Fedow-Cirizens, we hive been highly gratified with the cpol and collected spirit which has characterised the proceedings of Congress during their present session. We should ctr- tainly have, been better pleased had thse proceedings been marked by as much celerity as energy ; but tor much of the time consumed we have found an apology in the complicated nature of th' arrangements called for, and in the ha bitual respect paid 10 our councils to the rights of a minority. Instead of War speeches, we have had in successtoo wai measures, insteaa 01 tani and noise we have contemplated the gradual dis closure of the features of a plan fo protecting the rights, and maintaining he honor ot our country. Moral prin cipled having failed to insure this mdis pensable end of our government, mea sures have been taken to array the phy sical power of the peoplr. Every mea sure has been avowedly lak.n with a v.cw to defence or offeoce against a fo reign fce, has been submitted as the off spring j of vcool reflection, and adopted apparently "with the determined spin of making it efficient. We i did believe that a course thus maiked with all the attribut-s of true spirit, would neithtr have b-eo misun derstood or misrepresented ; especially when wle contemplated a great part, if not the greater partof the federal menir bers, concurring in all themeasures of defence, and voting for the large dis bursements they necessarily involved. We did hope, from these symptoms, that returning harmony was abouto cheer our hearts,;and that like a band of brothers we were with one mind abouv to rally round the aik of puffs afety. War, with all its evils,Sunder such cir cumstances, would have no terrors 10 a people 1 strong in their resources and conscious of their virtue. Thi hope his not afiandoned us, al-. t houghs there have, recently- occurred some local indications of an un propi tious aspectj which it may be useful cur sbrily;tp;tootice. - ' Tx many , of our ' public prints have been embarked tn so 1 steady and vehe ment an' opposition to the measures "of the general government, that it; could not perhaps be rationally expected from them at once, in any event, to support measures that emana'ed from a source to whUhf thcir hostility had been so uninterrupt ed ; and of course we find same of these prints sit this fery fmo. i btit nothing short of damning facts shall ;: v.'Mj co&vinceU.iisthab:eseWehiclsf8p the;Uhguage:cfhy; WW tionspf the3eopIe;uJesaaieJan. WJ guageof any t ate r in the Uriion W 1 oit iw w cavunaie incir inuuence veiv 1 'r vii: igb ly, when, we cpntemplate the piti- iui strain. in wnicp most.of their Jibels are coucjtierJ, which Tare generally j as destitute odecencjr as of trut -hat, for instance,, halj I we sayfvto the base epithet afipHed to the constitutional bod v of militia." Hi I to be brga n.zed y the governmem, a oooy proviaecroy ine constitution itfclf for the sacrd ehds of maintaining the, empire of the;iaws, suppressing insur-f rections arid repelling invasions , What shall we sayto th? unprincipled slander , cast on our Chit t Magistrate by denomi- n ating him C openhagen Madison I And what contempt can.be too poignant for the ribaldry, whfet? after inveighing a gainst subscribing to the loan authoris- edf by Congress exclaims Let every highwayman find his own pistols see Register of 8tb instant. v Can the miscreant pen that induiees in such low insolence either represent or influence the opinions .or feelings of any.. resDectable AmeriranV? VVi.fk; sible, we should indeed blush for '.the A-' merican characier. The writers of such articles can only be compared to those . : - vivklll. UUSf reptiks, whose existence tJependson their h abitual emission of venom. For the ho nor of human nature they are few and insignificant, and so far from promoting the ends for which their pens are daily dipped in gali, they often serve the use ful purpose of beacons to honest, men of their own sect, to avoid the criminal lengths to which; unbridled faction would carry them, j Yes, such effusions are the rank offspring of faction, which, unfortu nately fdrpoor human nature, will exist in some "degree in every community. However solid the general happiness, however pre-eminently comfortable the lot of almost every citizen, there are some men whom! disappointment, re venge, envy, and dther- low and grovel ling passions, will always dispose to sickf en , at the general prosperity, because they donbt enjoy power or placeyor dis tinction or money, which they fbblishlv consider as their dues With such men the people are a Golden Calf, which they are rejdy to worship, so long as they find them an Unexhausted mine for the"4 gratificatiorroftheir ambition or avarice u but as soon as their drafts are dishonor- H ed, their masks fall, and no mark of de testation can be too 'strong for the recent object of their ido'atry A government r people that could permit themseiv.es to be inflaencedjby such men could not fail to receive the contempt that will o t her wise soonerjor later overtake their slanders. ':ft '! " ' 1 , Extract of at letter from the Hon. B 1 ; member of Cotfgress, to a gemitrnan gusta ' , , . Watbingloh, 3d April u i he. correspondence between Hen ry and Craig! establishes two fcts be yond the possibility of doubt : First that England has endeavored to sow the seeds of discord among us ; to dismem ber the Union and destroy our inde pendence. Secondly, that there is a party who have aided the views'of the British ministry in their diabolical pfans. When this view m taken of our situa tioni the tardy proceedings of Congress, ancTwhat by some has been considered as a want of energy, is at onc,e account ed for. The difficulties which we have to encounter from third partymen, a postate republicanF, federalists torie3 and British hirelings, cause us to drag heavily along This being our. situa tion, makes: it absolutely necessary to proceed with', the utmostcautioh.' IF1 war had been declared previous to Hen s ry's disclosure, jthere was a party ready organised to join tbenemy, and divide the- Union.; . If we did not declare war. w the outrage-andl insults which we had received were so great, that the eni- zens were losing all confidence in the government. Whilst the federal par)y . were foremost in.the cryof a wamof energy, they were the ' sole , caused apd had used every exertion in: their power. to paraltze the government jand no k doubt were secreuy rejoicing lpjne.iair prosoect ..whichf by their r villainy had been brought about for. the purpose rof destroying: our happy inimitable govern- ment.n May, I bot hi, the language Cato aski if &e&1& not sbdie chosen.' 1 5?.' .. . r 1 ..r -'-..W4 , M 1 s Id l'r ti -.1. 1 ,f ;,-;; ". '.'Si - r an in Au- . . ,J - 'tM, ,J812; " T .1: f : - t 4' i.-
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