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Show 'l‘lllfl \l7rlll. .«Vr-r-r .. 7.4 .. -....,- .... W'liere the mighty breath'd their last, ttu'v of the navy, We have pleasure in laying Aid. L‘zft'l. before the public : OPINION Ul" 'l‘lll‘, COURT. The Court having; heard the statements and evidence in this case, and having maturely considered the circumstances attending the surrender of the United States ship of war Wasp of 16 guns, to his Britannic m:uesty's ship of the line the I'oictiers of 7% guns- particularly the crippled and disabled state of the Wasp, from the brilliant and successful -. A... decision of the court, approved by the secre- There shall mourn the rushing blast , l __._e_.. ._.___._. .4 A.-- __ .__ _. of the United States ship \Vasp, and his (:iiiCers and crew, in surrendering; the. same to '1 he loilowing; a British ship of 7+ guns. fwflmusaw w~wue <1 9y ,3 action with his maicstv's ship the Frolic, 01 superior force to t ic \Vasp, about two hours before the Poicticrs how in sight---:md the. force and condition of the Poictiers, which f made it Useless for them to contend, and ren- dered them unable to tscape---are unanimously of opinion that there was no impropriety of conduct on the part of the UfllCBl‘S and crew of the said ship the ‘vVasp, during the chase by the Poicticrs or in the surrender 3 ---‘:iut that the conduct 0': the OlllCCl‘S and '1 crew of the \Vasp, on said occasion, was cn‘incntly distinguished ior firmness and galhintt‘y, ll} making CVC‘l-y l‘ll‘CIXll‘mlOll and CX‘ ertion of which their situation would admit. I'IAVAL AND )IARlNl'L BIEIVIORANDA. ARRIVE I). .7: .‘i‘cx-v-YurI'c, United States" brig- Argus,licut. Sin. ‘t‘lair, from a cruise of8i14 days. as fir as south latitude :3. She fore reported) the British brig her, for Jamaica. laden with The Argus has been has captured (not beRecovery, from Que. salmon and lumber, 2‘.'l\lCll she manned and ordered to the United States -, , capt. llarntyflrom ltichand an American schr. m: d, for St. "arts. with alicensc, which she also or- dered in. Also fell in with the American schr. Vansise, from l'hihultlphizt for Bordeaux, dismastcd, and had only two man on board-manned her, and order- ed for the first port. In the lat. of Bermuda, the .\i-- fetus fell in with two British ships of the line and two frigates, which chased her for 4. days. During the chase, capt. Sinclair cut away the anchors and boats, threw overboard the lumber on deck, stove the water casks, by which moans the Argus escaped capture. The Argus was entirely out of provisions and water ‘ ‘ when she arrived. Privateer Gm crnor Tompkins, from a. cruise of 89 days. Extract from her log-book: "()rt. 35, gave chase to a ship, and afte . an exchange of several shots brought her to, and boarded her. She had every ap- pearance of being English except her crew, who were all Portuguese. She was an English built ship, for. incrly called the i‘vlentor, but now the Lord \\ elling. ton, from Bengal andCzdcutta, via l‘tio Janciro, bound to L sbon, with a cargo of India piece goods which cost 600,000 rupees. l'ler papers were so clear, that we were obliged to let her go, very mucn to our crew's dissatisiitctiou. Dec. 15th, had a runningr fight of an British armed brig Cha- hour and an half with the .1 :‘y bdis, mountingr eighteen 02's. Dco 18th,was chased i two days by a British trig-rte, and narrowly escaped capture. 'l‘hrcw overboard ten of our guus,carriagcs, shot, and all the heavy lumber on the deck. none of our men during the cruise." Lost Privateer Retaliation, from a cruise of 90 days. .‘lt Belfast, (Maine) British brig Pomona, coppered, mounting six 13«pounders, from Lisbon bound to Newfrnindlzind, prize to the letter of marque brig Leo, 01‘ l'ortl ind. J]! Char/anon, llritish brig Active, of Greenock, prize to thelhghfiyer, of ll:tltiiiio1'e--tlicprize mounts 10 guns, and had on board 18 men-~was from Newfoundland bound to Dcmararza, with 2000 quintals of codiish. SJILED, From .N‘ew-Yorls, the beautiful privatecr brig Anaconda, Nathaniel Shaler, conunzinder, lllu'dtlIlllg 13 guns, and carrying 189mm Tlll". fil‘i.\-l'l(ill'l‘ Between the slow/w of up" \Vasr (II/u" Faerie, The winds with niad'ning rage imprcss'd, llush'd wildly on the ocean‘s breast. (lave every "(1V0 a snowy crest, There the wild and stormy wave, Murmur dirg‘cs round their grave. And the gently bursting; su'ell, Sing; the deeds of those who fell. ? l I , , 1.1115: ll) 1‘3 l'L'll .lofllil) hi Lhi' That melts amid the blC.L5; Franz [lie Milianal [rife/ligand. \thc, rising on the mountain's brow,- The stately \Vitsr lifts up her pron, As on the gale she flies. When there is no subordination in an army, neither conquest nor glory can be expected To victory leads her gallant hand; from it. ~31}. Without certain qualities of the heart a cannot become a warrior; he can mag .l. man . v . l infest no hemisni. The education of a mili' i tary man ought to commence from the l heart. Saree had the sun with glowing facc, ‘tenr'd high his head, run half his race, \l'lien floods of iron flow. The conflict's heat, the battles yell, Now o'er the groaning ocean swell, \Vhile hot and hottcr grows the light, llach blow augments Columbia‘s might, Far from the \Vasr‘s deep shattered side, The General who would act the sergeant in a battle, and be every where himself, will be like the fly in the fable, which believed it was the cause of the coach going on-a general has but little to do, and much to think of ---a soldier the reverse. 'l‘oilettes among the military should he discountcnanced and of the cane or stripe, overcome the fear of And thuud'ring, as the torrent hoarse, lessen the FnoLic's sinking force, And wide extend their sway ; \Vhilc on the Briton's shivcr'd sail, They pour a shower ofdcadly hailJ death ? That sweeps their ranks away. Beneath the weight the foemen sink. And from the bloody conflict shrink ; Their standard proud hows ttfthe wreclg, And falls upon the cncrimson'd deck. The day is won, the contest o'er, And silent all, save Ocean's roar, And save the \vounded's piercing cry, That draws the tear from victory's eye. But scarcely had the battle's yell, Sunk fainting on the rising swell; Scarce had the deep-mouth'd cannon hush'd, And scarce its glaring flashes i'lush'd, \Vhen quivering, like the moon's pale beam, Upon the gently ruflled stream, The Fitocic's masts shake in the gale, And threat'ning‘ frowns each nodding sail , Till, bending down, with dreadful crash, They on the dead and wounded dash. Sweet Liberty looked on the while, With tear alternative and smile; She wept to see the carnrge dread, For five she lost, and five had bled; But in the Briton's blood-stain'd car, Nine times that number feel illeiLl‘, Six times that number wear death's deep and deadly To see unfadiug laurcls glow, L'pon the victor‘s Shaded broxv. Loudly shall the trump of ferric, Sound each dying Warrior's name, \Vith the \Vssr‘s destructive t-tz'nzr. And the [Lindy k‘nocrc ring. 9‘ ‘in D. I: H, lli'Eritat‘E.'_; to, lllJl‘.‘ (9.1, 1.132; .' I',:of the hint, airi I,r 1e force. \‘Illll‘. \l' Mr. 1) l' ii,. which lie oril ‘i .l" kind of the s'ib' Sll'Tk‘Sd ll. 5115‘ ("i a: coznrl. \Var may be carried on without leaving any thing to chance, and this is the perfec» tion of military conduct. livery feigned retreat may be easily con: ' verted into a r0ute---ten thousand men den tached will destroy an army of a hundred thousand men under flight. An officer should give a soldier a good idea of himself, even in the most trifling af: the ll"nl-spi fairs ; and if he would render his instruction by Hurry, z useful, it should be conveyed in an amiable though peremptory manner. That ollicer who preaches to his soldiers, not from example, will be disappointed in the fruits of his lessons---Charles XIl. in his campaigns, ate the same bla 'lc bread which was given out in rations to his soldier?-w Henry IV. slept on the ground to engage his troops by force of example to surfer all the hardships inseparable from the profession of arms. ,ln' 'il‘ itiiifl,_4 M '. DIILITARY AXECDOTE. The maXim that the commander in chief of an army should be entrusted with unu limited power to act as circumstances may di= rect, is seldom attended to by werrrigvzs, and on the other hand, as little attention has l a:s times been paid by generals in chief, to in, film? :2 orders sent them by their courts. rei the d opene never churn/i, for instance, scripts of the imperial council at war during the whole campaign, but usttl to return them unopened to the Emperor on his arrival at Vienna, after the campaign was over. When the Emperor asked him, why he had not" acted in pursuance ol‘ the orders Sent him on his part; he returned in answer, " May .2: please your majesty, I kissed your orders, put them in my desk, and now I ri‘t‘urn town to you." W tart; i. ll: r :,',r‘.:il ‘. . 1' banished; cleanliness should alone be studied. How can a soldier who lives in the fear The rcddcn‘d storms destructive glide, scar. She smiled to see her hand so brave. Commanders of the stormy wave; 5;; s, noon :VIILYI‘I\I{Y MAXIMS. 1 The dauntless Janey, first in comt'iiantl, A bolder crew. a. chief more brave, Nc'cr rode upon the ocean's wave. Far through the shades of gloomy night, A sail came dancing on the sight. The morning's bxanis first gleaninn)r pa.1:, . Show‘d lloaiit'ig high upon the gale, The standard ofthc foe: T'llli i liiii; lin, J pn i,, _ an equal f 0r mi, 1 ,4 , 0n the Sillijec' , FY ‘1 ll‘lCi5 V‘, |