The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1854, Page 7

oO ‘Madness, TATHASOTING CASE AT ATHENS, GREECE—NEW MODE OF TREATMENT DISCOVERED. ‘The following letter has been received by the Secretary of the Interior; and, in accordance with its recommendation, the whole matter is laid before ‘the public through the medium of the Naw Yor ‘MR, HILL TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Arnens, July 1, 1851. Sm.—The accompanying memoir has been drawn ‘@p-at my request by the learned gentleman whose ‘pame is appended to it. For the interests of suffer- ing humanity, I think it should be circulated as ex- ‘tensively.as possible. If it be true that a remedy so simple and so accessible as that suggeste i in the memoir has been found against that most terrific disease, canine madness, surely no time should be ‘Jogs in making it known to the world. His Excel- Jency, the British Minieter here, was so much struck ‘with the facts contained in the recital, as tp under- take to send a copy of the same to Sir James Clark, physician isi chief to the Queen, and no doubt the Temedy suggested will be effectually tested in Eng- and. In selecting your Department as the medium of communication, my object is to give greater weight to the facts stated than if the account were ‘to appear, unsupported by evidence, in an ordinary ‘Rewspaper, Ihave been long and intimately ac- quainted with Dr. Cheirétes, and I kuow him to be ® man of learning and high standing. I have no ‘hesitation, therefore, In guaranteeing the aecuracy Of all his statements in the accompanyiog memoir. 3: not be amiss to note that the idea which un- bepelly po emer before him, viz., fist P| badd " they intended to 2 t by means po A erie tn among the common peo; beiog incurable and Meo others, the eufferera may pili hn away with, in mer- cy to ty to others. I am ve much afraid that this poor man’s fears were ulti- pny Angee genarl tnat he was poisoned, but be waa left to perish miserably, as others ‘ander similar circumstances have perished in for- mer days, to my knowledge. Ihave the houor to be, with great respect, your servant, Joan H. Hit, ‘To the Honorable Alex. H. H. Stuart, the Home Department. Extract from the medical notes of Dr. A. Chairé- tis, of the Royal a ee. me ry i Botanic Garden, near the m the 20th of February, 1851,a hig bed t Pursuing the therapeutic method practised in similar cases amongst the le, the me lied to the wound, tame ait, (lucked the ‘same. dog,) burned tho dog, and ste) ped th times the sae, oo Seal at of + ‘roméne,’ eviag himsel ‘cured, returned to his wort, without an: Past accident, and remained in periect heal! the 28th of the following May. On the Jroexing of, that day, he felt at first, a gene- rs rwards a disagreeable numbness, ‘commencing isely at the bitten place, already Cicatrized, sensibly advancing throughout the arm. It was then only, that he began to have any pre! "Daring the morning of the 29th, he bezan to ex- an aversion to weter, (he expressed this aversion, by saying, “I cannot endure the air of the pe fg A le a mid-day, he called in two phyai- had no difficulty in recognizing the mad- ness, by this infallable symptom of hydrophobia. prescribed, I believe, calomel with alladoon, Ww the patient swallowed, but afterwards reject- ed, mixed with bile. At about 6 o’clock on the morning of the 30th, while his house, I was invited by his son 0 him. When he and hi: wife had fiuished the account already given, which was sufficient to con- vince me of his condition, I offered the patient a glass of water, which he took, and carried with eagerness to his mouth; but scarcely had the liquid touched his lips, when a sudden convalsion made him thrust away the glass in spite of the efforts Fee erro eee a ‘You see, 4! me, spitting incessantly, “all is over withae!” Lreasured him, as far as J was able, by appéaling to his faith as a Christian, and to a reliance sin divine assistance; and ata ter urged him to a new trial. i this time, scarcely he taken the glass in end Ln npeos ‘ ‘gen a roles Minny) T hastened to remove from his sight the # ag E 5 § him eat, one after the other. Deglutition was af- fected, at first with great difficulty, anact which tho continual ptyalism embarrasse} still more. But this heey, , aad in the space of ime patient ly Swaliowed the remainder the two ounces of a8) T4hen left him, ic reassured, after baying Gireoted his wife ide him with oot he paragus, and to take it as hi iy medi- him ine, as wellas his entire nourishment. I recom- meant y not to neglect his diately told me that he had slept two hours, Gi soala be beorved "that he had not slept during two and felt numb- pess of his srm ly hed. I again pro- posed to him that he should take a little water. He e i Rs tl " form: band, thanks to God, bad slept five perfect quiet, but before he with pleasure nearly two That daring the waole night piration, and at tl was bathed in sweat; while after awakening, he hadasked for and eaten a moreel of bread and a dried tig, after i i i Ee which, be had with pleasare, and wituout ef- fort, a half giaes of water, during the whole time Offering thanks to God! house, making to me this so satisfactory report of d,® most sad scene was er her own dwelling. The armed ice, (gens d’armes ‘emtering the house of the sick man, aon 1 jing the condition of his father. He ha: that he was quiet—“Now . is the time,” wither? ‘The sick man having over- and taking him for ch has pened) be addremd Biuwelt to hin, beg od “ i as sth He zeke i Z i g eft Hy ; et i A is FE ; af ef K Stee E if i i Te ‘25 eek A il ! F : F a i E E : Adjutant General Robert Ei Teuaple dled ot bis resi: donee in Albany, at ene o’cleck on Thuseday, July 20. Dr. Downer was: the last scenes immediat surviving witness ing the massacre at Fort Griewold. At was nineteen yearaof age, and the asaistant of his tioned Hy agg al mat “e time of Dat time he | Fort Niegara, te of ‘asparagus , in ‘the largest quanthey tf is pocabie for consume. reece, June 34, 1851. A. CHa: D. Tospector of the Royal Botanic Garden. N.B.—Should experience remedy which the learned above, it is to ment nor any of the ri em Signed at Athens, in G: night were strongly im; last. Dr. Downer was all hi litician of the Jeffersonian school, and in ly part of his lif mi th a a ms the Masonic f very active member raternity, a large number of whom: en; ~~ Jast sad tribute of respect, with appropriate cere- monies «this burial. . T! that connects us with the away an honest and upright man, a true republican citizen.— Norwich (Ct.) Aurora, the efficacy of the be ho; that neither iantlle coctate will eo ice anime np > «a in paying him the or at the head of the militia of this State, he spared no effort for the accomplishment of its pur; try in the Florida war, and hi vity in bringing to the highest state of discipline the regiment commanded by him in Mexico, are well known To the militia of the State his services were ofthe reatest value, and by them his loss will be severety felt, he brought to the office of Adjutant General, which he twice beld with the highest ability and experience. As a mark of respect to his mourning will be worn by all the next ensuing six months iscovery. broken bi yg July 1st,.1851. “ and peed Loe The St. Gcorge’s Soctety—Profesaion vs. Per- TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sm—It is the distinguishing characteristic of your paper, that its columns are always open to those who have a grievance to complain of, or to those whose testimony is of a nature to unmask pretence and to expose high sounding subterfuge. Knowing this, I propose to trouble you with a ‘ew particulars, which, if you publish them, may be the means of saving some persons from unneces sary humiliation, and, at the same time, caution others against atoo generous almsgiving to a cor- ration which, I can prove, does not trouble itself in the due distribution of fands of which it is the it to he the just dispenser. Tallude to the St. George's Society. Thisis an old institution in the city. It has its officers dul elected; it annually dines at the Astor House; is graced with a regalia; and its profession is ‘to ‘ive advice to all British subjects, aud to afford iberal pecuniary aid to the deserving,” in the case of any upmerited distress. For the support of several thousands of dollars are au- nually contributed; and if we are to believe what the President saii at the last dinner; and what, in fact, his predecessors have said, as well, thousands of dollars are annually appropriated to the relief, of those who requre it—British subjects, and lief that the deeds of the St. George’s Society were the same as its words, I, an English- man, under a heavy cloud of misfortunes, made ap- plication to the President and Committee. .I told T enumerated the distresses of myself, of my wife and my children; I said: I had loyed in my own country asa writer on ic press; I gave the names of men here in New York who could attest my talent and the en- rivate character; and I be enabled to return to fr zeal and acti- Nathan Towson, Brevet Major General, Pay master General, United States Army. Mojor General Towson died at Washington on the 20th rpeteyersi aged 70, We condense hig history from | AE. Colonel Scott had beon taken prisoner, and was “ Livingston’s Lives of Eminent Americans’’;— Tn 1801, at the age of seventeen, yoang Towson was sent to Kentucky to take possession of and improve an estate to"which his father had aclaim; but finding the property in dispute, he soon left that State, and. pro- ceeded to Natchez, where he remained for three years, Here his military spirit began to exhibit itself. ° Loulsi- ana bad just been acquired by our government from France; and some apprehensions wore entertained that opposition would be made to our takiog posdssion of that territory. This led to the formation of volunteer companter; and young Towson enrolied himself in a com- pany of artillery, which +oluntecred to accompany Gov. Claiborne to New Orleans, with the militia of the Missis* credit, great military the usual badge of mas Francis Carpenter residence in Westminster street, in Providence, on the morning of the 14th inst., at four o'clock, at the age of fifty-eight years. He died of erysipelaa, after an illness of only four days. For minent member of the democt ig a very high position at the Rhode ersally ®nown in this com- munity, and his sudden death will create a deep He was born in Cranston on the 2ist day of February, 1796. He graduated at Brown University in the class of 1818, with the second honors of his class, and with a high reputation a3 a scholar. He studied and has always practised his profession in this city. He held at one time the office of Major General of the militia of this State, erent occasions, in closely contested mitted the use of his name as candi- rnor, it being supposed that he could command a larger vote than any other member of General Carpenter did not seek public declined the office of District Attorney for the district, under the administration of General Nitor in adverswm has been his motto. He has accumulated a handsome fortune, and at auy time within the last ten years, it any member of the bar bad been asked, who, all things con- sidered, was the most valuable ally, or the most formidable opponent; in any case in litigation be- fore the courts of this State, he would have named rears he has been State, and few custodian, and Upon their arrival at Fort Adams, on the Mississippi, ‘much didsatisfaction arose among the volunteers on ac- count of the infamous conduct of the contractor for sup- plics, who issued to them provisions which had been condemned, and refused by the regular troops as un- sound and offensive. The privates of several companies entered into an agreement to place Towson at their head, and to set out ina body the next morning for home. He wax not present at the conference, but the result, together with the offer of the comnand of the malcontents, was soon communicated to him. Whilst this indicates the appreciation of his talents and ability for command, formed by his comrades, his conduct 4 onthe occasion was highly honorable: and patriotic. sustead of listening tothe whispers of youthful ambi- tion, and seeking distinetion by necopting the proffered remonstrated. with his comrades, and-next threatened that unless they would abandon he would expose them to such steps as effectually thwart their scheme projector, promising, at the same time, that if they rgturn to duty, neexposure should be made, and he would himself wuit-upon, the Governor and endeavor to scoure a redress of their cunsented to, and, upon Towson’s mediation, them all I could. tire respectability of my asked for aid that I might England, where I could procure honorable and suf- ing obliged to remain in this city, in which, from causes Ineed not particu- larize, 1 cannot procure a daily crust. Now, sir, I will tel! you how my opplica- tion wasreceived. I should say my two appliations, to write twice, besides waiting on the superintendent at his office in G wich street. Directed to call at 9 o'clock on Thura- day morning I was punctual in my attendanee. I saw the superintendent, who, after the application of something like a workhouse teat, told me to call at twelve, when the committee would meet case. Well, twelye came, and 50 did I, The committee, I found, consisted of one ! But, further oddity was ahead, and I witnessed it. the before whom I aj lication was an ‘extraordinary “respectful,” though God knows Iad- dent and committee of the St. an American chief air, nape sis for the many cases related to me Dy the committee mae, sialtes i (the ae toa, ‘wie agin: . He ar that there could be no doubt; but he would be at the office on Monday, with another me. Donot proceedings like these furnish their own commentary? A com- mittee of two was to decide for me: one vote had it been rendered in ed_in the morning, and in the afternoon, the mest successful ddvocste in 2) causes of much importance have been tried in which he has not appeared as leading counsel. General Carpenter was 2 man of genuine kindness His private charities were as ex- were unostentatious. Studeats in ose who were familiar with his d: walk, had abundsnt opportunities to observe ti trait in bis character, and the numerous recipients of his bounty will bear witness to its trath. always ready to oblige a friand, and in #0 gracefal @ manner as not unfrequenily to. leave the impres- sion that he was rather receiving than giving a fa- young men will. long remember with @ professional and hich they have received at ‘arpenter. No man was more beloved in the do- mestic relations than General Carpenter, and no man could number a Jarger circle of those who cherished towards bim kindly feelings, and ‘were de- form towprds him all the offices of good | ficie. t bread, instead of their mutinous purpose and benevolence. few weeks previous to assistance hands. ef General frigate. Chesspeake, United States; and this, dering a war with Great Britain Tomson wag forward snd acti' (ee would been found Ne astete of war than it was. He was @ labored with such skill and aasid: pline. Ur the 16th of March, 1812, Mr. Towson received th: sppointment of captain of artillery, and on the Ist o May folowing was ordered on the recruiting service. ligent, popular end successful that, b; the time the declaration of war was promulgated, he recruited gs fine a company as ever entered the ficld. And it inevidence of the confidence reposed in him, by thore who had the best opportunities of knowin; character, that this corps was largely composed im mediate neighbors, the companions of his youth. With this company he was soon afterwards ordered to join the Second Regiment of Artillery, then at Phila- | delphla; under the comand of Lieutenant Colonel Scott, now the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the United | States. Accordingly, on the 8d of August, sailing from Paltimore, they Jandedat EUA: then # Major in the Second Artillery. They encamped at Mantua, now West Philadelphia. Scott was ordered to join the arm; born, at Greenbush, © paired with Towson’s an‘ character Carpenter neaal th, and ied wee in his fences edge See Pease. ee Ht le complained somewhat on Sunday, and on Mon- 5 day hs disenee had developed iteclfe and 80 rapid the ice, and attecking Fort Erie. The; 2, that the news of his death reached ds, and many of his professional brethren, before they had heard of his ilfness. A of the bar was held on the 14th, whose we publish below. The attended, and marked by deepfeeling:— of the members of the Rhode Island bar, preme Court rooms, in Providence, July Mth, in relation to the decease of Gen. Thomas F. Car. nter, Hon. Thomas Bargess was elected chairman, and need that the family of members of the bar to attend | this he was 80 «! surely go against me: the other have been, even the affirmative? After what had hap; after what had happ: confess that I awoke tos sense of what sort of affair this vaunted St. George’s Society really is. I felt that nothing could be done for me, and I officials in Greenwich street that I wanted nothing them. I was, however, desirous for the restoration of my letters, but they were denied for my advantage, for, not having can. now challenge their tion. cer ot the associa- ite the “ extraordinary” character of my application, or the lack of “re- ge, let him do it. {ask Mr. Young to do this, even in his own paper, the It will then be. for the scribe the fands of the St. George's between the applicant for reli for the country in which I was born, that it should be allied, even in name, with such an incorporation as the St. George’s Society: I am sorry for our common humanity, that men are to be found who, for the sake of honorary office, are ready to insult the distresses of wortbier pei elf, that I should have been snb- Lcould never have suffered except ina place like the office of the St. George's jolent of cockney flunkeyism and the genius of “ Jeames.” mame and address for us afford a guarantee Probably some good “Samaritans” of the new be induced to do for me what the pro- harisees ” of the old will not. God send But I fear that Ihave taken up too much of I will, therefore, conclude by sub- scribing myself, sir, your very obedient servant, and (in reality 1 ho “ B. F Thurston, Gen. Carpenter invited t the funeral, ard to select persons to act as pall bearers. as members of the Rhode Island bar, | Fi, Browne, Wm: E. Rich- F. Tillicghast, and Charles thence marched Voted, That Messrs. of Colonel Mftchell, | George mond, Wm. 8. Patten, Charles 8. Bradley, be a Committe of Arrangements, to provide for the aitendance of the bar at the funcral of Gen. Cars penter, and to d ite members thereof, in accordance family, to act as pall bearers; and pate resolutions to be submitted to this body urned meeting, expressive of their sense of the | the profession has sustained in his death. THOMAS BURGESS, Chairman. Tomas 8. Antnoxy, Secretary. Ina short time, Col. under Gooeral Dear- ite’ Albany, whither he re- be interesting, did the limits of this memoir permit, to cilities now afforded for transportin, ‘with those enjoyed in 1812. Now a ry could be tranapor ted {rom Baltim push in two days, or even lesa; then it required a tedious and toilsome alternation of marches and sails, lasting for nearly two weeks, Besides the northwestern army under General Harri- som, there was one at this time stationed at Platteburg, ier General Bloomfield, and another at under Brigadier-Geners] Smyth; and Colonel waving reasons to expect that the latter force would soon be actively employed, bad no soover arrived at Greenbush than be solicited to be sent with his artil- lery to Buffalo. Halting but three days at Albany, to provide a train of ficld pieces, they pressed on towards the scene of active operations. Arrived at Buffalo, the artillery was at once ordered - Black byte a pad fiagare river, to protect the vesse! en service, under the command of of the navy. On the morning after Rock, two of tho vessels of the enemy come down the lake, and anchored, oné of them undef the guns of Fort Erie, a British fortress on the a and the other immediately above, shest up the stream was the Detroit, the They were armed versels, one of | Lieutenant Elliott imme- turing these vessels, and | and Colonel Scott, apkt tion, is willing to sul Death of Mr. Justice Halle. Levi Haile, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Cowt of Rhode Island, died at hia dence in Warren, on Friday afternoon last, after an illness of only eleven hours. He was seized with cholera at five o’clock in the morning, and at four in the afternoon, his earthly existence was ter- minated. Judge Haile was born in Wa 1797, and bas resided there the whole was educated at Brown University, and graduated At the time of his death, ‘was one of the trustees of that institution, having been elected to that offive in the year 1930. After leaving college, he studied the profession of law, and entered upon its practice in his native town. In May, 1824, he was elected 4 member of the General Assembly, and held-that place by semi-annual elec- tion until June, 1835, when he was appointed one of the Justices of the Supreme Court. Th laborious dnties of that high office, he most faithfally and conscientiously discharged down tothe very day of his death, He was amiable temper and much beloved in all the rela- tiops of life, Ag qmomber of the cougt, he wal pa- ticnt, attentive to businesa, aod kind antl courteons in his intercourse with the bar. court was more familiar with the jadicial history of he State,and with questions of local jaw and prac- han Jndze Heile. funeral of Judge Haile took place from the Baptist church in Warren street yesterday aftet- : fis ae Lees by oo pastaieand a eulogy, ly appropriate, impressive and clo- quent pronounce’ by Rev. Dr. Babcock,a class mate and intimate fricad of Judge Haile. Wi to be able to obtain for and its recognised in the class of 1821. tance down the Ni fitting out for the lake their arrival at Black them richly laden with furs. ed w plan of cn; proposed ‘it to General Smyt the co-operation of the army. The two compehies artillery volunteered to a man, but, as they weg ndt it was determined ‘The arlifery fernighcd thirty mon and two officers, and. as the ranks of Captains Towson ani Barker had no’ been rettlod, they east ‘ots for the comma pon Captain Towson. hosts, the ane under the command of Liea‘« A Deservixe Bartise Supsect.” DESeRTion, INTEMPERANCH«AND DeatH—One of No member of the those melancholy episodes in life which so often come within the observaticn of thé @ynizens of a where wealth and poverty, crime, govd- d or indifferent, in the different phases of human life, follow each other a8 in @ panorama, occurred yesterday morning. For some time pest, & woman named Bridget Powell @ house on Race street, above Clay alley. She was married, but her husband some sntinually 19 the banefat prac. in fal prac- Ing drink. On Friday i The expedition oon Tiestaan, of Poltimore, ll thet is amiable, bas been residing in m the Detroit, Watts and Tows nd carry them by bosrding. cut from Bul alo ercek at one o'e'eck on the morning of In ascen‘iing the like, the boat which esrricd Towson's party got in advance, and’lost aight of the other: and indescenting to the attrct w and ded at by the Det posing thnt his pilot ba the shore to reach the Caledonia, toll him 40, and order- ed him to Fase that woth eat patted | abanconment of the part of the ent js conn) p ‘ i that they could reach the eailing-mmator tl it it was At this critieal jumatere, Gap. Towson, jagrace of abandoning ent se with. nd convinced that Mr Watte wen micaken npon one of the benches and exclaim. of this boat: Jay her al ‘they were alongside. capt one, failed to take hold of the enemy's vessel, and the ®oat was borne and was exposed to a destructive the cabia windows of the brig. ublication @.cop: iscriminating tri large number of sini known to indal last seen, she was observed. from her room, of warm hearted ai people were present to testify their respect for the character of one who has been for many years jrist- 4 as the fifet citizen of the town. Justice Greene, Judge Staples, Judge ) Many members friends of the de- . Saiting-roaster We failed to keep new bar, and other personal crn this city, were among tho: ly occasion.— Providen: —— Death of Capt, Searritt, U. 8. Engineer. opinion, sprung ed, ‘‘Itake comma: the brig.’’ His order was and jhe men, and in s few 5 astern by the current t reat te stented longside with wonderful pt he was a w grom han two minutes the ene- ‘The attention of the De- by the assault wu her consort. ch of Lieutenan: was enabled, with The news private letters via Mobile, at w gin ere hs won naiv. ml regard ih fk E = g HK trolt waa so engaged that she did not of Elliott in the other boat; 60 that Kittle difficulty and without loss, to capture that vessel. Captain Towson’s party suffered more a wounded, ove mortally wou making ten im all. Both br: a, ' reverely, eight nded, and one killed, were immediately gotten way; but, unfortanately, in the darkness of the night, both were grounded in (he Niagara river, within int blank shot of the Canada shore. (Of this mishap e enemy took advantage, and at day dawn brought up ned @battery u jog. master and pilot Captain Towson remained on board, took out « large portion of the cargo, consiath of furs, and about sunset succeeded in geting the vesso! efeat, althouch he and hi enemy's fire, ore of w ve ng bim. All the fs i sei gs 3 i 3 donia, with the prisoners. $ E Ld | yered a most moarnful | filled with whiskey, sat u; ‘imi.y Isy the forms of ita four a A man, his wife, and two children, ig to give an intimati u h were exposed to tho ts came very near de- re except two hevin latare presented with wused by exposure, pavigntion, the veseel again qua w Island. In the night, Colonel Schusler, who had if ? 3 i Th :) / E i gel nif fiptisl el 4 Fs te, on th ber. after Captain Towson lanied from the Cal- , he was en route, with Soott’s detachment of artil- $ engaged in battle. ey had come down the Ni to Schlosser in ing of artillery, and the glare of bombe fying across the ri that the embarkation had taken place, and the s begun, They hastened on to the scene of action; but only one boat had beon provided for the transportation of artillery, and that could carry but one piece at a time. This was employed by Cay Gibson, of ee on Artillery, who had ‘come up from succeeded in getting over but ono of his guns ands caisson; but the boat had not been brought back. The remainder of the artillery was posted opposite the enem’ys batteries, and throughout the w day kept up a heavy cannonade. About 8 o’clock | m; in the morning, Colonel Scott crossed over to Queenston, macand, of} the , Nearing Capt After the action, Captain tfowson reported to Van'Rensselaer for orders. The General whose militia hed already refused to cross over to the assistance of | that Ci, their brethren, had but little confidence that they would | was not in command, but had ridden y officer, who was firing at the enemy, change the direction of his fire, when ‘be able or oiling to defend their own positiou, and told Captain Towson that be expected to ol to re- treat, Towson, bowever, assured him, that with the ar- Wer under his command, and such of the militias as be willing to remain, he had no doubt of being able to defend his camp, provided he should have per- d. | mission to dispose of the force as he thought proper. te hope of saving large quaatity of public wreperty, aa ‘@ large quantity of public property, which must have falien into the hands of the enemy cane ofa retreat. The next day after the battle of Queenston, an incideit occurred illustrative of the dis- interested magnanimity of the American soldier, and of of the singlenees of purpose with which he aims to ad- vance tho wellare of hiscountry, and of his brethren in ed at, Newark, on the shore of Lake Ontario, oppo- site Fort Niagara. The soldiers of his command, encour: Pw by Soacane Towson, conceived the during exploit of effecting bis resoue, and the captain, with a view to ac- complish it, desired to ascertain the precise locality of the imprisoned colonel’s quarters, anil accordingly he obtained froin General Van Rensaclaer permission ¢0 car. ry a flag of truce to the British post at Newark, Several letters for Colonel Scotthaving arrived ot camp. togeth er with the necessity of carrying to him his baggage, all of which he had of course left behinc, furnished a fair pretext; and the captain crossed over to Newark. He was met, upon landing, by the British officers, and con- ducted to the place where he might have an interview with hiscolonél. Several Indians walked along beside him, one of whom, in the presence of the British offi. cers, insnited Captain Towron, by tauntingly exhibiting Lome American uniforms, which he had doubtioss taken fom the dead at Queenston, and, repreaching the “Yan- kee,” threatenod that when he met him in battle he would in like manner strip him. This outrage was not+ rebuked by the officers, although offered to a fing of truce, The captain was permitted abrief interview with his captive colonel, but they wore so closely watched, that no opportunity offered of ascertaining from him the ex- act position of his quarters, nor of communicating tho design to attempt bx rescue. But forming the best con. Jectare be vas able, he returned to eamp, resolved, at all hazards, to make the attempt.’ But that samo day, tw mediately after bis return to camp, a proposal for an armistice of tliree days came from the British general, and was accceded to by General Varl Rensselaer, and be: fore the close of the armistice, Scott had been seat off to Montreal. On this account the scheme failed; but its Very conception shows that generous minds rise above seliisl: considerations of personal advancement, when the honor and liberty of a gallant comrade are {avolved. To a less magnanimous and more ealculating mind, the idea of a perilous attempt to rescue a superior officer, who might stand in the way of his deliverer’s promo: tion, might not haye commended itself. Pending the urmistico, Captain Towson went on his arrangements for defence. General Van Ren having submftted the entire control to him, he concen- trated tho forces of the encampment. assigned to the different regiments their positions, apd gave notice to the militia that, in the event of an attack by the enemy, it they (the milltis), attempted to quit their positions, the artillery! posted on their flanks had peremptory or- | ders to turn ig fire upon them. Nothing important oceurréd upon the frontier In the autumn cf. 1805, our youthful adventurer re- | during this campaign, after the battle of Queenston. | turmed to Baltimore county, where he arrived only a | General Smyth returned to Buffalo, and vevers! frultieas the death:of his father... Here he yemained, residing with his mother until her desease, which took plac@ about two years after tha; of his In 1807, the outrage committed uj by the, British ship-of-war Leopard, borst of indignation th ‘added to other difti attempts were made to cross the Niagara. When the army went intv win'er quarters, Capt. Towson had his choice either to remain at Black Rock, or to join the artillery at Williamsville, under the command of Colonel Moses Porter. Ho preferred the former; and, after get- ting his men into comfortable quarters, employed the batteries. Biack Rock was con+idered the alarm post for tho Americon army; and Colonel Porter, who had succeeded } eae 5g Sm; in the command, ordered Captain sen to fire three guns in quick succession in the of any indication of an atiack enemy. On had about Ball way acrom the straits when hearts failed them, and suddenly abandoning the enter- prise, they discharged their arms, and returned. This firing caved Towson to fire bis alarm guns, and tho enemy's batteries were, in consoquence, immediately opened upon him. Thi was about tweive o'clock at night; Townson returned their fire, and s very spirited +] cannonade waskept up for nome time. As this contest made it nece: for rome of the troops who could not participate in it to leave their barracks, which stood in naonde Was not of great importance, procured from the commanding officer an order to be sent to Captain Tow- som to cease firing. The Captain, belleving that this would be a sacrifice of his own and his country's honor, giving to the enemy grounds to ray that he had silenced his battery, and to report it a8 a victory, re- paired to heac-quarters at once, and tendered the resig- nation of his commiasion. Fottunately for the servico, however, Colonel Porter, instead of acceptirg the prot: fered resignation, ordered Towson to return to his post, and following him immodiat ely, ealled out to him, os he approached his battery: “Go'on, Captain Towson; I'll send you ammunition, and you shall fire as much as you please.” This was, perhaps; one of the best practical les- sons ip gunnery which our artillerists received during the war. Towsou lost three men by accident. The loss of the enemy was never ascertained, but it Was supposed to be considerable, from the follow- ing extract of a letter from Colonel Bishop, who com- | manted at Fort Erie, to General Vincent, which was \ found among the papers of the latter, after tho capture | occupled by a British road make a sharp Warned the art of using our shrapnel Shells: one of their | housa. All of the guar | windows, at Scott's company wasin advance, of Fort George:—“The Americans,”” says be, “have | shella, Gred on 17th, killed and wounded eight men.” At the opening of the campaign of 1 Captain Tow. son was attached to the brigade of Geral Winder, and | rticipated with it in the capture of Fort George. | fle this army, which pursued the enemy along the’ | Canadian peningula, lay at Forty-mile-Creek, a fev days | previous to the battle of Stony Creek, Captain Towson ro- ceived Information that « quantity of ammunition and’ | willtary stores had been left by the enemy on his ro- | ‘treat, about four miles from the American camp. He | ; communicated this to tbe general, and asxed permission | to go in quest of them. The enemy, meantime, having learned that the Americans hd discovered their atores, | despatched the famous ebief, Norton, with two hundred | Incians, to intercept the party that might be sent to remove them. Captain Towson, however, susceeied in | bis hazardous enterprise, and sent the stores safely into camp before the arrival of Norton’s party, but remained | bebind himeelf, with six of his men, for tho pu ie of | maling {yrther search. In the meantime, the Indians | | arrived; but Towson waa too wary @ saldicr to be taken | by urpric; he Ciscovered the savage enemy before they * could h their purpore of getting between his [ erty in camp. He de: od an @x- pre? r, with invell hig attua- | tr » amuse the 1 draw than tewa camp, if the ge i think jroper to order a detachment to his aid. Such an | orcer was forthwich given to the riflemen, and had it Teen promptly qxecated, there is little doubt that | ate lion of the Indian force might hay» boon kill- pred, for having no idea that information of ach had been cent to the Américan camp, Tewson an his little party for a consider- One of bis mon was wounded in this ran- | Ling fight and afterwards tomahawked and acalped, the | fret act of brotality whieh bis Beitanic Majesty's alien | had an opportunity of committing upon ie peninsula. iho victim of this berbsrity was a Iovely youth, of te | tle more than eixteen, that had sought permiasion to go, contrary to the captoin’s advice, Puratiing the retreating foe, our army obtained sight of his rearatnightfall of the Sth of Jone, at Stony | Creek, tome ten miles beyond the a-ene of the above | mentioned incidents. Here the enemy mate an attack wpen the American comp, about ene or (vo o'clock on the morning of the 6th, anda smart action easued, in whieh, althong) the American’ remained masiers of the field, they wuffered soversly, and both their generals, their opp they pur: | Winder and Chandler, wete made prisoners. In this bat: | tle Towson waathe seuior officer of artillery, and was | stationed abont the centre of our camp, opposite to a | Jone, through which, fa cree of an assault, the enemy would most lkely advance. the of Towson’s artillery, whilst it losted, was un- ermmon)y destructive; bot by some unfortunate iis. teke, cocurioned by the darkness, orders were brought him to cease firing. The orf ér wos immoviately obnyed; he was toking ndvantage of the covsution to prepa i rear for movement, ff it should become ne- ceneary, by attaching horees to his caisons, ke, the enemy chsrged his battery. Thenight was vo dark that they epproached within a few yarda before they were dbeovered. His men were not provided with small arma; and the 234 infantry, which had been posted in their rear for their support, had abandoned their - tion at the commence ment of the action; his guns fell ino the hands of the enemy; several of his men were bas oneted, and seventeen of them mate prisoners. (| being informed of this event, Cuptain Tuwson, dou! the correctness of the information, pee to tain Steel, of the infantry, towards bis battery, for purpose of ascertaining the fact, aad were both made ——_ by the party in possession of hit guns. Bat | loweon, ever on the alert, satched a favoral ye nity, ond by ® bold exertion made hia cseape. Numer- oun shota were fired after him, but by rigzag movements, and fevored by the darkn?ss, he ercapad unhurt. As soon an daylight appeared, he ined porrension of two of bisguns, which had been 6 ‘and left apon the fel ld; and collecting a few stragglers of his company. | © succeeded in rendering the guns again serviceable. ome redcoats were still visible by the woods skirting a, iii i lise : ju i towards shore, for the purpose of destr of the American army, pon which the tases prevent the accomplish- ject, Captains Towson and Archer's com. Panies were ordered to the shore, with four field pinces, beats, on the 11th of October, and thence marched for ; with which they gave the schooner Lewiston; and as they approached picasa singe, before day eg og ‘that op the morning of the 1st, the; , by the boom- | the ficet, At ten o’olock of the same da: F 80 uncomfc a to withdraw, and rejoin, on which the above af- the army was put in. ractlon ant erent tor this, General sumed covamand; and whilst the army under him lay at , the enemy was in tions in the neighbor! ween pickets an@ became one of con- a6 well ag of considerable hazard. of the infantry captains, to whom the dut ‘sick or absent, and the ite inactive, it was somewhat ickets- To! on. this dimeulty did po. The pickets wore attacked It waa in one of these skirmishes in Towson received a wor troops were left at Fort George, amongst which were d@ Artilery, to which Capt. 4 a“ were afterwards marched to Sackett’ lowrou remaized uutil April, 1814. fs He was then ordered to the Ni tier, fvof the Artillery, fo which forte Gas soe, ell, of the, ery, to wi for the time, wisattached. "When ‘tek vere made which se) t nued his march to === c mpanies, for the protect Baguiter Ge eral Coots, Goutal ket -igadier General § in Towson (who, at Soote’ had been attached to hin bi c )’ every available moment of his t; ny. His origina) command the hard service and had been employed, that i ged ax regurds its personnel, by new recruits, rm other companies, so that is Captain Towson accepted the brevet of lieutenant- colonel, tendered him shortly afterwards, for merite- tious conduct in the defence of Fort Erie. Congreas had effected the proposed re my, and opened the wa; peace was made; and by men transferred ‘was almost wholly wi for the promised promotion, though Genoral Towson had re- ceived two brevets more than any other officer in the army, his just expectations were not sessonably fal- The campaign of 1814, u was by far the moat brilliant operations during that war. But litt befallen our troops previous to this campaign. To this result no division of the army more gloriously contributed than that which defended the Niagara froa- tier, and invaded the Canadian peninsuls. This division was first commanded in this campaign General Brown, and was composed of Scott's and Ripley's bri- des; a battalion of artillery, under Major Hindman> ris’ dragoons, a small detachment, aud Towson’s company of artil'ery, attached to Scott's commana; Porter’s volunteers, and # few Indians joined after the main body had crosted into Canada, It was arranged that the division shouli leays Buffale Creck, which falls in'o the lake at the city of the same nawe, on the night of the 34 of July; that Scott’s eom- mand’ should land upon the bink of the Niagara river, below Fort Erie; Ripley’s brigade on the lake ah above the fort, and the volunteers, bagg: : Black Rock, in Scott’s returned boats. aware that the Quartermaster’s Department would be able to fornish as much transportation as would be needed, took the precaution to have scows built, for by the artificers of ‘his company. lery, depending upon tl Quartermaster for moans of transport, were, ce have ‘teen expected, in the then state ‘of e Tesources of the country, disappointed, ed to wait uptil Towson's soos wore the Quartermaster; of course it was late in the day before they could cross’ the Ni they did not Eottictpete, as did Towso' he boat carrying General Scott and staff, with a amell detachment of infantry, and Towson’s company of artil- lery, was in advance of the column. ion to land first, and make prisoaers of the British icket, stationed a short space below the point of land- ing; and, in his anxiety to be first on shore, he leaped ‘time in the drill exercise, and in building and repairing ( from the boat too soon, and came near being drowned. with a thorough duckiog. took a position suc i¢ head of the column when form- ed, and awaited its landing. Immediately after the Niagara frontier, of our northern fave disaster hed carrying his ertille He, howerer, esen, After disembarking, the artill as to place them at probably their * the with a considerable amount of tmflitary in a few hours, and without loss to the Americans. After the taking of the fort, Captain Towson hed the insult which ‘the Indians, at Ne ‘an exposed situation, and to stay out in tho cold, some | tion ofa flag. of them, who fuppoted that the continuance of the ean- | company with ono of our the Brith omoerd who had surrendered, come of the Indiams treat the officers as Towson had casion before mentioned. But Towson promptly vented it, and a guard was sent with the en over the ri ‘that gallant officer, Lieut. in the defence of that {fort during siege. he army moved down the Niagara, direction of Chippewa, the same afternoon. and halted at Streets Creek, above where the Chi s been’ treated on the i A i ‘ort Erie being ca) E 2F Feral ery tain Towson discovered that one of the balls between the strap and the On the next day, July Lattle of Chippewa—izoportant, not so much om accoun§ of the numbers of troops en; account of the history and character of the several combatants, and the mral and milftary impression aimies, and upon both the he var Sovght upon a perfect plain, or Infervening object between crcek, which our army had to cross in the The forces Cngaged were the élite of the Britide and tLe American armies. The British, having vaninge of bumbers, offered batt ell drilled, bat without ex- fer. So far as am appearances and ding of his ¢paulette. im iuced by It’ in both nat ithout any obstraetic 2 16 two lines, except the i mpawtinl spectator coul Wabililies, the English were he aviiflery of the Pritleh army con twenty-four pounders; that of Am six-pousders, ra 4 po or ets ga what waa snp) 0 ; range, it com- and remarkable y Greet and ibying te oat of ac- over mesos | Greek, the 38 F from the enemy's i i i bee fil iF ae bs | & z *9 f ili if z % ie E i f Hi i H = re ! i } $ oS F i i F LH