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m I bare tworu upon the Alter of lied, eternal hostility to every (bra ef Tyranny erer the MIh4 ( Man." Tbmms JaOWia
II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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praise. One 'day the aid-de-catnp hardei ton end who that ever saw it, 01 en
him document in wbich he read lhat icknowtedge d counterpart, can concern
Congresi had approved ihe sentence of ibe one more ntjet e awelled with prid
From Noah'e 8unday Timet.
Gen. Washington and Gen. Lee at Din
ner, or, a Revolutionary Joke.
The character of the great man who ia
remembered aa the father of his couitry,
and .whose memory ia cherished by the en
tire world, ia loo well known to need de.
iciiption here. One of his chief character
iatica was a ?erlah dignity which enabled
him to preserve his authority without any
exhibition of auptrior austerity, lie was
firm to a degree, and as strict a deriplinari
an aa Frederick the fireal, without brutali
ty or uncalled-for severity. fV hate plac
ed his name in juxtaposition with lhat ol
Gen. Lee. This officer waa a aeceder from
i lie British army, and, when brought pris
oner to this city by Ilarcnuri, treated by the
commandtr-in-ciief of the British form a
deserter, until the measures idopied by
our people towards A'nglishmen in their
custody compelled his liberation on parole,
and finally his exchange, Lee had seen
much service, having held the rank of coin
jtel in Portugal, and served the king of Po
land aa an aid-da ramp thus showing the
detestation of tyranny and his love of
sacred liberty. Instructed by much asso
ciation with the new world, and enabled to
profit by this instruction to the fullest ex
tent through the medium of a alerting clas
sical education, it is somewhat singular that
he possessed whimsical notions, and eccen-
liicitiee of expression and conduct, which
sufficed to make enemies and rreate dislike
among those personal association he was
fated to encounter. No one knew better
than he Ihe chivalric requisites of a gentle
nan: no one understood Ihe strict necessi
ties of a rigorous adherence to the orders
of hie superiors, in all their shades, better
than Lee; and yet, on more than one occa
sion, he forgot the proprieties of his station
and insulted not only those who were hi
inf riora. but the eieat man ajhisotn !
The battle of Freehold Court House, on
the passage of the Ornish army from Phil
delphia in this eii.Yi waa fa:l to Lee'a rep
utation for a abort period, he having hud an
altercation with Washington on the field,
anil afierwarda sending him a letter, couch
ed in insulting term, and expressing hie
belief thai Washington had inflicted n in
jury upon him. To say thai Lee should
not have been punished for this outrage, it
to utii-i an opinion for which there oan be
no good foundation; and yet, at the tune
there were those who did not scruple to
rail at the subsequent action adopted by
Washington. He summoned Lee before a
court martial, and charged him with dio
bedience of orders and contempt of his eom
mander-in-chief. The sentence of the
-ourl was, that Lee be suspended from afuty
ih term ol one yea'. This result was
i known at White Plains, where Wash
i and his forcee were encamped to
.e movements of the enemy on this
s ' . , .
. esidin in email, r.eat and
ue"nar. - : . . -
nOUIB BllUdlu Ufliwn "v "
court-ma tial in his case. He had confi
dently relied upon support from that body
n the ehape of modification or a reversal of
ihat decision; and when he learned that he
was quietly permitted to rusticate inactive
ly a year, he started up in passion, rushed
to his favorite specimen of the canine race
and embraced it!
Sir, I beg pardon,' stammered the anon
ished aide, 'but surely your mind is not o
venhrown or embittered by this new'
Disappointed and outraged, air'.' exclaim
ed Lee. 'Oh, that 1 were this dog, lhat
might not call man my brother!'
From that moment the censured officer
became more caprecioua and disagreeable
in his wild freaks than ever. Two days
after, he waa aroused from his moody apa
thy by the arrival, at hie house, of Wash.
ingion, General Dickinson, Wayne, Max
well, and Cadwslladrr and Col. Morgan,
with other officers of distinction.
Welcome!' said Lee, aa the suite filled
his apartment, and the hones of the party
were taken of 'Welcome to my humble
habitation.'
'Of course,' aaid Washington, affably,
you can give u a dinned'
Ay, a dinner!' erird A'ayne 'a quiet,
lomestic dinner, tech as we, who know
a hat it is to be without one frequently, can
horoughly appreciate.'
Here Lee was all that constitutes the
ijenileman. Not crippled in his private re
sources, possessing economy, prudence snd
domestic tart, and understanding the precise
manner ol procuring the comforta ol life to
the best possible advantage, ha soon caused
substantial and elegant lepast to be spread
before his brothei patriots.
There, aaid he, when aI waa innounc-
d to be in readiness, 'we have foxglu ar.d
bled logither let ue now eat and drink in
harmony, and may the only fluid ahed be
tween us he a bumper of good Madeira.'
i'here was a jovial reunion in that little
country house 0.1 that day in 1788. Stern
dicers, who had cooly ottered thousand
of their fellow beings to slaughter or be
slaughtered who had madly rode over the
prostrate foims of the dead and dying
who, in die fir:e excitement of battle, had
felt, without emotion, the hot blood ol
friends and foes splash in their very face a
relaxed from their accustomed gravity ol
thought, and yielded themselves to the ge
nial influences of good cheer and couviv;al
ity, Even Lee, who was seldom aeen to
smilo, beheld the disappearance of his (di
es ant. drinkables with a mirthful lace.
ami cracked jikns t.r,d bft'e wild equal
arility. Many were the toasts offered and
accepted all personally compliinenlal 01
patriotic in thsir tone, of roiirao. Lee hid
xpatuied in g'owiug tenns, upon the
waim-hearted fmnkneas and generous bra
very of Birou lleidosel, when Washington
poke with mud) earnestness
I'here are men am nig our enemies,'
ea'tJ he. 'whom 1 admire for their many
ijood qualities The chivalry and high es
timate of honor practiced hy soma of the
king's officeia is, however, more than roun
terbalinced by ihe cruelty, tyraiiical bias
nd disregard pf the recognized principles
of warfare evinced by others,'
In which category,' inqniieJ Lee, 'does
our excellency place baton!'
'In neither' replied Washington. 'H
fights well, and he never follows up a vie
tor ions movement by unnecessary brutality
but he ia a mercenary, righting agaiuat
people who are struggling to be free with
out offering ihe slightest obstacle to him oi
his.'
'And for that ought to be condemned,
remarked Cadwalladnr
'My opinion to a fraction,' said Dickin
m; and all expressed coinaident senti
menu.
'You forgoi' observed Lee, with some as
perity, 'that he bears a tula that all his
ideas of the properties of government ire
centred in royalty and it attendant forms
and privileges, of whteh wt profcae to do
pise and eppoefi
llr
. . ""'"nd or epot whick Gen
. . p" 00 in journeying to and fro
nfien uriQl'on t anous movemeDts
tn bliged to pajf arduous duties was
. (nonK ii, had f.voriie
merited mrjtbl Tbe coQjpiotllo j form o( Waibidg
at ha delivered sentiment worthy of
iger, ii follows:
?fo man should draw his sword a
gainst thelife of inoiher,unleas some great
motive not founded in mere person
prejudice, or grounded in unpityin
iindition inipels him in ihe bitlle, an
reconciles hii contcience lo acta which
can never be recalled, and for which no
repentance can alone, Mere py
mere rank mere duty lo man and not
nolle principle is not sufficient excuse
for shedding the blood of Ihe oppreaier1
'ir. Had I nough but my own amo
tion to eraiife in these campaigns of
dea.h, no power on earh could mik-
me ware a aoldiera uniform.'
This speech was received with ihe
"ilenl applauae begot by intense admira
tion, and it was some lime ere lhat ei-
lenee wa broken. Lee si'e few min-
tiles In moody abstraction, from which
he was arr ooswd by the hand of Waah.
mgto.i, gently placed upon his shoul.
tier.
Wei', well,'said Lee, his countenano
brightening, 'there is no one like you; 1
have never in my travels encountered a
angle being Mho poaseased Ihe like con
ideration of Ihe policy ol life. I prais
ed Keisdesel because his conduct to mr-.
when 1 was caged and clipped in tlx
city, touched my hear) and gave birt
o a dee p feelinK of graii'ude. I ne?ri
forget a kindness.
Oome ihen,' aaid Waihington, 4w
will diirk the healih of Utron Keiifesul,
in consideration of the favors ha ha!-
hown in N w Voik to our entertainer.'
The tost was drunk,'bul without any
how of enihuaiasm, Ths convivilny
of the assembly hid vanished j lor hte't
di-comfriire and uneasiness were et
nanifest, lhat his quests cou'd not avoir!
oticing ii. It nas with the most sciti-
pu'ous ceremony, and genuinely -frig il
iiolitenes, ihaiVahington and his suit
weie seen to mount their horse, aii
vere waved away from the duor, from
whence Ihey galloped to peiform the
I'jties which cill d them fuilh.
Lee watched them until they wen
Ik yi iitl the rane of his veion, when he
'luddtrnly turned lo his aid de camp, and
thun addie'ieJ him, i;i a liaiil; and pel
uUnl lone;
You must look ma another place, foi
shall have NWliiocion and all hh
puppies continually calling on me, and
they do, they will pal me U.'
lie ihen retired lo res', smothering
well was possible, the fJecia ol
wounded pride, resentment of declarr.a
nous w'neh. in Ins proper frame ol
mi ml, lie would have sanctioned, and
the pains ol oalr-ned avaiice,
Etrly the next day, the fun shining
brighily, and the atmosphere as clear a
tlui of Italy, Washington and hia suite
ode in the sm direciion. On Iht
night before, a duple of eroming pntiri
me from our camp and one from the
ciiy haa met and engiged, and in the
encounter bill parties suffered much,
d'hough ihe Amencans connived to
n.ike an oflic r of Ihe enemy prisoner,
le had been forced lo give information
oncerning ll.e strength ol the English
army, trie disposition ol tneir line
md other communications of minor im
portanee, ana naa oeen conn ieij in
i tie stone buildidf on ihe Bronx river,
whither Weshington waa going to que
"ion him. When in s'ghl ofL-e'afcoufe
Washington turned to his staff, snd said
laughingly
Poor Lee, was morlified yesterday
qi le is much by ihe havoc we made in
his stock of provision as ty my failure
to endorse tht manliness of bis friend in
his pecu'larlties shall we have a lillle
muiemenl at his expense lo day'
Of course ill consented.
I would not willingly paio him, for
he hat many good qualities not ihe
'east are his coolness snd intrepidity in
iciion,' continued Wash ngton.
'But we may, without pcaitively com
ni'ling a wrongjCill upon hin?' remark
ed Maxwell.'
'Certainly, genllemfn, certainly,' said
Wsshiogton, urging his horse forward
'and we will do so. It will sflord us
Jeasant relief.'
RutLee had noticed their approach a
they conversed, and immediately rush
ed io his writing desk, called hisser
vanl, snd gave him has'y orders, alle
racing a line ol chancers upon slij
of paper, snd giving it(
Wo shall see.' we shsll see,' tx
claimed Le, nervously paci ig the s
ixrtmenij and watching the ippioach ol
of ihe good nitured officers snd their
great commander, 'whether 1 am lo be
leseiged snd invaded, ud driven out of
my own retreat."
The servant here returned.
'You hive done what I ordered you.'
cried he, interrogatively.
I hive
Then you my relire.' Le chuckl
-d as if ha had accomplished a wonder
til feat.
In ihemsantimh Washington sod hi.
I'ompmioni rode up to the door sod p
,)lid ful sdmissioii.
Uy my spur,' txclsimed Cadwilla.
ler, 'I believe we are dtnied the rights
'if bopillity.'
'We are." said Maxwell, laughing
inmnderstely, and pointing lathe door.
'Read, your excellency, read.'
Wajhington looked, and beheld an in
rucription chalked (wkirdly across the
panned, and reading in this sty le
NO ViCTrjALI DnESIED IIEItE TO DAT."
During ihe revolut on we do not be
lieve, if descriptions of Ihe tcene ma)
e credited, that American officers evei
mdtild in a heartier bmat of mrrn-
neni. With many ieu tTesnirifi the
roop rode off, their laughter pealing in
Lee's ears for len niin'ites.
'Thank Heaven, exclaimed he, ;he
ormoranla aae gone'
Al this moment firing was heard in
'he direciion of New Yoik. That al
erncon, Lee burning with impatience
io luai n the si&nifhatinn of the belliger
ent sounila, watched with an anxiety foi
he return of the brave patriota who he
had 80 fool shly insulted. As they
neared !iis bouse he could not cor.quo
the impulse to rush forth uncovered and
ask the information for which he was so
much distressed'
'A dinner s dinner' cried sevtril cf
the officers.
Gee. Lpe,' asid Washington, grave
ly, while he casl reproving glance a
hia suite, 'the question you ak shall be
answrred. The Count d'&iang, wilt
fl el i( twelve sail of the lint snd aix
IrigHe, from our gloriniis ally, France
hie anchored off Newiork. Admiral
iowe has only six ships of ihe line,antt
we expect lo beat him where he is. 1
we cannot reduce the city, we have a
plendid opportunity fur Rhode Island
Phis aid is thrice welcome.'
'Gen.' laid L"e, delighted by wha
he heard, 'you are welcome lo din
of i if you will enter.'
Hoi Washington declined, on tht
plea of" business. Many weks elapsed
ere L?e had the pleasure of dijinga
the same table with ihe greatest mso of
the
WAR NRWS-
humps, contusions, gashes, hurta, wuunds
damages and injuries in and upon the head
neck, brerst, stomach, hips, knees, ahtu
and heels of ibe said Hichard with diver
sticks, canes,poles, clubs, legs of wood
stones, daggers, dirks, swords, pistols, cut
lasses, b.iulgeons, blunderbuaaes ind board
mg pikes ihen ind there held in the hands
lutches, clawe and fists of him the said
rtioraBs.
ii! in IsDfo sod, breadth. We ill knowjtiriTijMot frieaJ or i bitter eptmy.
A Luwytrt Story, , Torn, strikes Diok
over the shoulders with a aatan aa hi aa
your liiile Singe.. A Uwyet; in his tnSir , L'A l A' liyrKKtSTliNCj
-nent would tell you a fatllqwAnd il u NaSWS FROM MEXftQ.
whereas the said 'Pho.maf as. flie said The New Qrleans psperi of the lStta)
Thomai at the s.aid place op the year afore- a,re filled vyiih lotellinenca from Mexico
aid in and upon ibe body of the aaid tyd. snd reports ind rumors relative to the
aid against the peace of the people of ll.e) war. The matter lhat most concern
Sia.o of New Jersey, and their, dignity, did ,be peope of ,hlt cily ,n9 fltf of ,h9
... u.i, anu ionic. . grea, ; oui.i.n. troops under Col. De Rum;.
many and divers blow., tckjlcu, thumps wh wefe Boie;ibH
84 miles from Timpico. The report
respecting ihese men very contra
dtctory, but those which appear to be
lest authenticated ire the troops were,
all safety landed.
Cspt. Miller, with company pf irtiN
lery, wit despatched from T'rrpjco i n
mediately to their relief. Gen. Com,
with s fqree of WO men ind four piece.
of artillery, leached the plica of tke
wieckoeiho 4th. Alter lummooiog
Col. De Russy to surrender his force
p boners of wir, which summopi
prompUy rejected, in engagemepl look
place, which lasted till IQ u'Joek M,.
wilhQjt toy porsilire result. TheLou-
lianioi had eiyed but 300 muskets froq
ihe wreek, and it is ssid, in consequence
found it impossible to disperse IhtMeii
ams. lien. Cuts bid stationed in lc
vance of 80 cavalry ind 6Qt infsptfy tjtj i
psss to preyeot feinforcemeAi; srriviog
from TampiflO. (Jen. Fuerion feeling
well satisfied ol the tiuih of this report
despa'pl'ied to t heir assistance s brigade
under Geo. Pillow, congisliug qf three
regiments Tennessee volunteers, two of
foot and one mounted;md four com)an-
s of srtillerry. This foice stuled on
tie 7th. Ihe schr. Ella vyai also cbar-
teted, ind took on board lbs, trrpamept
t'rom the U. S. schr.Nonalr,Mepjiil
a sxaiai a it
omminiiftrt by Aiiuitriipmin ArinaJU.
Smjih, likewise f'Sl1'5! Pl P'P,
i-eded tp (he yfeck. The (ejull may
ba looked, fpr by the next arrival from
hit port. It is certain that Cap!. Mi.
cruder, with lOQ men, Mho (eftTsmpi
co on the th for C pa Uuxo, had effect-
el a landing, at the propeller which.
took him was eaeo on trie IHh returning
horn the wreck, with but her i euler
rew.
The English courier, arrive J in Vera,
Gna from Mexico, brings the intelli
gence lhat Santa Anna had si length,
moved his army from Sao Luis Potpai
Ii wis not correoily known if) wha di
rpitiop. Some beljeyed he wss march
i g oq Siltilloj others, on iheCjpital.tvf
route fur Vrf Ctuz, to defand that city
Another report says he had gone 'wf.h
his stafl only' from San Lyls to Tcila.
The nh.bilants of Ven Crot are in
daily expeciipn pf being attacked, bolt
by set ind land. The expedition is ex?
pi pled by miny to c m from Tampicpy
and many of ihe Mex;eaia imagine it
will be by land. Ths jcayijne say;
Qur private iccoijnts, from most re
ponsible sources, set down the number
if Iroops in the pity of Vrs Crux it
350O some fays SQtX). The garrison,
i San Join de Uloi does not exetwd
1 100 Iroops. Some iccounts represent
i al there, are two mouths' provision in
the castle, but haye i letter from
gentlemin who his at teas to the tnoif
re tetf ble sources of ii.joi motion, but
whom we need not name, to which I
sures us lhl (here is not birrel if
salted provitf na in the eiitle, and thit
tue ijoopi both of the cmle and cny,ire
dependent upon ihe back eounlry for
their daily supplies of food. So far as
the iroops in the Cfy sre eoneerced,thii
has long bten the ease, snd we hive il)
Slundr.l ia a poor soul that cannot
ear alander. No decent man can get alon
without it at least none who are engaged
m the business pursuits of life. Have you
had a bad fellow in your employment and
discharged him he goes round and slan-
lers you refuse another some modest boon
hicu he has asked, be goes round and
andera you lei your conduct be such a to
reite the envy of another be goes round
ud t'a.iders you. In fine, we would not
giva a cent for a peraon who is not slander
eJ .ie is either a milksop or a fool. No,
uoeurn a bad name by a bad fellow fand
you can easily do so by correct conduct,
is the only way to prove you are entitled
to a good one.
RULES OF 2?riQUETTE.
No lady vol bakes her pies in cooking
stove should ttiiuk herself as good as aht
vol sends them to a baker.
No gemman, vol shaves Li mar If, iboult'
wirl his whiskers in the presence ul hiu
nt gels chived by the barber.
Any gemman v. hoes dog ia nainedj'oin-
iey, ought not lo expect tp aasociate will
he gomaiao wboes dog is u arced N pole
en.
Any gemman vot lakes bis oysters in the
street, must not expect lo stick up to tin
gemman vol goes into a collar and thumpt
on a table for a waiter.
Any gemman vot subscribes for a news
paper, and dotit pay for il, cannot expect to
receive ihe hand of the primer like one yot.
loea pay.
Co'Operation of the wife. Time ie
nuch good sense and truth in the remark
if a modern author, lhat no man ever pro
pered in the world, without the co-opers
lion of his wifs If she unites in ruuiual
endeavors or rewards hia labor with an en
Jearing smile, with what confidence wjll lie
resort to his merchandise or his farm fl)
over lands, sail upon the ams, meet difBcul
ty and encounter danger, if he knows he is
not spending his atiength in vain, but that
his labor will be re w aided by the sweets ol
horns.
aanssamn
Dioll. The last ateamei brought an or-
ier from an extensive house in Edinburgh,
to a firm in Philadelphia, f ir two barrels ul
mvsht ss they diJ out know how to ruakt
l thsrel
Flis editor of the Lotnaviye pourier ha
bean presented with a rope, pUcked from a
Sush ia Arista's gaiden at Monterey.
Riches hide vice, and poverty eonceali.
virtue!
lis is the bssl accountant ho raaia up
toirsetly hia own errors.
Kindness in the heart is a gem cf the first
nagnilude. Whoever possesses this trail
ill sail smoothly oyer the ocean of life
saving behind a memory that will Diver
eeaie to be cheriihsd.
He might have added 'Nor forgive
tn i jury. He was always either is
1crw.fi lana in nur nrraiinntaiii'a rfnr.
A tutor of ihe eo.lege lecturing young' . .
man on his irregular conduot added with . . ., 1
greet pathosf tints have been expect so itt.ek,
The report of your vice, will ering voor,F,fP'f,,or' B,u"r n, ,Mue
faiher's grey hair, down to the grave. ' for ,h9 '"n0"1 ,n, ,ha .,0,rif
! be tour pardon sir' replied the pupil e,rlot of lhr" ' foiJr T"l icV
my father w"ars a wig,' bi tTided the falortidf o( Vtf Cu
i