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riorate in value by being so liberal and common. My | have them composed of thin membranes of the slight

Lord was undoubtedly the advocate of exclusive privileges! This last kiss, it is said is executed with grace by the well-bred and it is perfected by acquired elegance and practice, it being the constant ceremony at all interviews between men, women and children.The lowest classes are as expert at it as the greatest lord. 'Not unfrequently will be seen a couple of large hulking fellows with greasy grisly beards, kissing and smacking, locked in each other's arms, as if they were meeting after an interval of ages.' Sir Robert thinks that had Coriolanus travelled in Rusia instead of among the Volscii he must have knocked down half the empire before he would have been allowed to preserve the virgin kiss he carried back to his Virgilia.

est texture. This is the case with all flying insects. supplied with a kind of wing peculiar to itself, which The Bat, which belongs to the class Mammalia, is may be considered as an intermediate link between the wings of birds and those of other animals.

The bat's wings are formed of membranes spread fore-arm, and hand in man, and of the fore-leg in quadupon the bones which correspond to those of the arm, rupeds. So far they resemble those of birds; they differ, however, in the materials of which they are oth-composed, and in the bones bearing a closer resemblance to those of the human hand. They have what

As to the taste of the Russians in this respect, we can only say 'de gustibus non est disputandem'-our ladies assure us they reserve their kisses for those whom they love best, and seldom impart them to ers, unless as a forfeit or upon a wager.

ner.

FLYING.

is peculiar to themselves-a hook-like process attached to the bone of the wing, by which they lay hold and support themselves upon the cornices of buildings, and so far employ their wings as hands. These wings when extended are of great length. In the larger species found in some parts of India, Africa, and South America, celebrated under the name of Vampyres, they often measure five feet; and Sir Hans Sloane was in possession of a specimen brought from Sumatra, the wings of which measured seven feet. As the bat itself is not rendered buoyant by any of the means employed in the internal structure of birds, and as its wings are themselves membranes of some strength, great extent of surface is required in them: they are not, however, fitted for long flight, and must be considered as a very remarkable deviation from the structure of any bird on one part, and from that of the quadruped on the other. The only regularly formed quadruped that has the power of flying is the Flying Squirrel.—

The act of flying is performed in the following manThe bird first launches itself in the air either by dropping from a height or leaping from the ground: it raises up at the same time the wings, the bones of which correspond very closely to those of the human arm, the place of the hand, however, being occupied by only one finger, he then spreads out the wings to their full extent in a horizontal direction, and presses them down upon the side, and by a succession of these strokes the bird rises into the air with a velocity proportioned to the quickness with which they succeed each other. As the intervals between the strokes are more and more lengthened, the bird either remains on the same level or descends. This vertical movement can only be performed by birds whose wings are horizontal, which is probably the case with the lark and the quail. When birds fly horizontally, their motion is not in a straight line, but obliquely upwards, and they allow the body to come down to a lower level before a second stroke is made by the wings, so that they move in a succession of curves. To ascend obliquely the wings must repeat their strokes upon the air in quick succession, and in descending obliquely these actions are proportionally slower. The tail in its expanded state supports the hind part of the body: when it is depressed while the bird is flying with great velocity, it retards the motion; and by raising the hinder part of the body, it depresses the head. When the tail is turned up it produces a contrary effect, and raises the head. Some birds employ the tail to direct their course, by turning it to one side or the other, in the same manner as a helm is used in steering a ship. We may observe that there is a peculiarity in the bones of birds which serves to lighten their bodies and greatly to facilitate their motions. A considerable portion of The flying squirrel however is not capable of rising the skeleton is formed into receptacles for air, the inte- from the earth, nor of flying in a horizontal line. Its riour of most bones in adult birds being destitute of wings, so called, only enable it to sail off in an inclined marrow, and containing air-cells which communicate plane from one height to a lower one. The animal with the windpipe or the mouth. In young birds the seems to acquire a projectile force by a muscular spring interiour of the bone is filled with marrow, which, how- at the outset, which enables it to descend from the tops ever, becomes gradually absorbed to make room for of trees to the earth. Some species of lizards and fishthe admission of air. This gradual expansion of the es are also furnished with substitutes for wings, by air-cells, and absorption of the marrow, can nowhere which they are enabled to support themselves in the be observed so well as in young tame geese when kil-air, and fly for short distances. In the Flying Fish led at different periods.

Flying is not confined to those inhabitants of the air which have wings composed of feathers; there are many of these whose bodies are so light as not to require wings made of such strong materials, and which

The substitute for wings in this animal is a broad fold of the integument spread out on each side of the body, and attached to the fore and hind legs, reaching as far as the feet; so that by stretching out its feet it spreads this fold and keeps it in an extended state, in which it has a nearer resemblance to a parachute than a wing.

the substitute consists of a simple elongation of the pectoral fins to a sufficient extent to support the animal's weight, in this respect corresponding with the wings of birds, since the pectoral fin of fishes is analogous to the anteriour extremity of the other classes.

The story of the wrongs of this pretty little fish is exceedingly interesting. It would seem that nature had manifested an extraordinary partiality towards it, by increasing its facilities of transition above those of all other fish; but encompassed as it is with enemies, its double powers seem only to procure for it double dangers. When pursued by its numerous enemies in the water, the unfortunate little animal relieves itself from the fatigues of swimming by recourse to its wings; the timid fish rises from the water, and flutters over its surface, for two or three hundred yards, till the muscles employed in moving the wings are enfeebled. He gains in this way additional strength for, a new trial at swimming, but its active enemies still in view drive it again from the deep; till, at length, the poor little creature is seen to dart to shorter distances, to flutter with greater effort, and to drop down at last into the mouth of its fierce pursuer. The little fish is likewise exposed to danger from its aerial enemies, for though it should escape from its enemies of the water, yet the tropick bird and albatross are for ever upon the wing to seize it. Thus pursued in air and water, it sometimes seeks refuge from a new enemy; and it is not unfrequent that many of them fall on shipboard, where they furnish man with an object of useless curiosity.

ster's prefaces to their large dictionaries. Learn all that is delicate and beautiful, as well as strong, in the language, and master all its stores of opulence. You will find a rich mine of instruction in the splendid language of Burke. His diction is frequently magnificent; sometimes too gorgeous, I think, for a chaste and correct taste; but he will show you all the wealth of your language. You must, by ardent study and praetice, acquire for yourself a mastery of the language, and be able both to speak and to write it, promptly, easily, elegantly, and with that variety of style, which different subjects, different hearers, and different readers are continually requiring. You must have such a intuitive quickness and ease, to every situation in command of it as to be able to adapt yourself, with which you may chance to be placed-and you will find no great difficulty in this, if you have the copia verborum and a correct taste. With this study of the language you must take care to unite the habits already mentioned-the diligent observation of all that is passing around you, and active, close, and useful thinking. If you have access to Franklin's works, read them carefully, particularly his third volume, and you will know what I mean by the habits of observing and by imitating his mental habits and unwearied industry, thinking. We cannot all be Franklins it is true; but, we may reach an eminence we should never otherwise attain. Nor would he have been the Franklin he was, if he had permitted himself to be discouraged by the reflection that we cannot all be Newtons. It is our business to make the most of our talents and opportunities, and instead of discouraging ourselves by comparisons and imaginary impossibilities, to believe all things possible, as indeed almost all things are, to a spirit firmly and bravely resolved. Franklin was a fine model of a practical man as contradistinguished from a visionary theorist, as men of genius are very apt to be. He was great in that greatest of all good qualities, sound, strong, common sense. A mere bookworm is a miserable driveller, and a mere genius, a thing of gossamer, fit only for the winds to sport with. Direct your intellectual efforts principally to the cultivation of the strong, masculine qualities of the mind. Learn (I repeat it) to think-think deeply, comprehensively, powerfully-and learn the simple nervous language which is appropriate to that kind of thinking. Read the legal and political arguments of Chief Justice The following is an extract from a letter written in Marshall and those of Alexander Hamilton, which are Dec. 1833, by the late William Wirt. Although it coming out. Read them, study them; and observe was written amid the haste and press of court busi- with what an omnipotent sweep of thought they range ness, yet it is characteristick, and not unworthy its-and that with a scythe so ample, and so keen, not a over the whole field of every subject they take in hand author. The sense is sound, the advice excellent, the straw is left standing behind them. Brace yourself up style chaste, familiar and attractive. Were the guar- to these great efforts. Strike for this giant character dians of the rising generation all of them Wirts, we of mind, and leave prettiness and frivolity for triflers. should have a nation of great and mighty men. Herculean habits of thinking, to be a laborious student, and to know all that books can teach. This extensive acquisition is necessary, not only to teach you how far science has advanced in every direction, and where the terra incognito begins, into which genius is to direct its future discoveries, but to teach you also the strength and weakness of the human intellect; how far it is permitted us to go, and where the penetration of man is forced, by its own impotence and the nature of the subject, to give up the pursuit; and when you have mastered all the past conquests of science, you will understand what Socrates meant by saying that he knew only enough to be sure that he knew nothingnothing, compared with that illimitable tract that lies beyond the reach of our faculties. You must never be satisfied with the surface of things;-probe them to the bottom, and let nothing go till you understand it as thoroughly as your powers will enable you Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts;-for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. The habits which I have been recommending, are not mere

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LETTER TO A LAW STUDENT.

Take it for granted that there is no excellence with out great labour. No mere aspirations for eminence, however ardent, will do the business. Winking, and sighing, and imagining, and dreaming of greatness, will never make you great. If you would get to the mountain's top on which the temple of fame stands, it will not do to stand still, looking, admiring, and wishing you were there. You must gird up your loins, and go to work with all the indomitable energy of Hannibal scaling the Alps. Laborious study, and diligent observation of the world, are both indispensable to the attainment of eminence. By the former, you must make yourself master of all that is known of science and letters; by the latter, you must know men at large, and particularly the character and genius of your countrymen. You must cultivate assiduously, the habits of reading, thinking, and observing. Understanding your own language, grammatically, critically, thoroughly learning its origin, or rather various origins, which you may learn from Johnson's and Web

tinctly enunciated, and lastly, your voice, style, delivery and gesture must be graceful and delightfully impressive. In relation to this subject, I would_strenuously advise you to two things. Compose much, and often, and carefully with reference to this same rule of "apte, distincte, ornate, and let your conversation have reference to the same objects. I do not mean that you should be elaborate and formal in your ordinary conversation. Let it be perfectly simple and natural, but always in good time, (to speak as the musician,) and well enunciated.

ly for college, but for life. Franklin's habits of constant | thod must be clear in themselves and clearly and disand deep excogitation clung to him to his latest hour. Form these habits now; learn all that may be learned at your University, and bring all your acquisitions and your habits to the study of the law, which you say is to be your profession; and when you come to this study, come resolved to master it-not to play in its shallows, but to sound its depths. There is no knowing what a mind greatly and firmly resolved, may achieve in this department of science, as well as every other. Resolve to be the first lawyer of your age, in the depth, extent, variety, and accuracy of your legal learning. Master the science of pleading; master With regard to the style of eloquence that you shall Coke upon Littleton; and Coke's and Plowden's Re-adopt, that must depend very much on your taste and ports. Master Ferne on Contingent Remainders and genius. You are not disposed, I presume to be an Executory Devises, till you can sport and play familiar- humble imitator of any man? If you are, you may ly with its most subtle distinctions. Lay your founda- bid farewell to the hope of eminence in this walk. tion deep, and broad, and strong, and you will find the None are mere imitators to whom Nature has given superstructure comparatively light work. It is not by original powers. The ape alone is content with mere shrinking from the difficult parts of the science, but by imitations. If Nature has bestowed such a portion of courting them, that a man rises to professional greatness. the spirit of oratory as can advance you to a high rank There is a deal of learning that is dry, dark, revolting in this walk, your manner will be your own. In what -but it is an old feudal castle, in perfect preservation, style of eloquence you are best fitted to excel, you, which the legal architect, who aspires to the first hon- yourself, if destined to excellence, are the judge. I ours of his profession, will delight to explore, and can only tell you that the florid and Asiatic style, is learn all the uses to which its various parts used to be not the style of the age. The strong and the rugged put; and he will the better understand, enjoy and relish and abrupt, are far more successful. Bold proposithe progressive improvements of the science in modern tions, boldly and briefly expressed-pithy sentencestimes. You must be a master in every branch of the nervous common sense-strong phrases-the feliciscience that belongs to your profession; the laws of ter audax both in language and conception-well comnature and of nations, the civil law, the law merchant, pacted periods-sudden in English or Latin-a keen the maritime law, &c., the chart and outline of all sarcasm-a merciless personality-a mortal thrust,which you will see in Blackstone's Commentaries. these are the beauties and deformities that now make Thus covered with the panoply of professional learn- a speaker the most interesting. A gentleman and a ing, a master of the pleadings, practice and cases, and christian will conform to the reigning taste so far only at the same time a great constitutional and philosophick as his principles and habits of decorum will permit. lawyer, you must keep way also with the march of The florid and Asiatic was never a good style for a general science. Do you think this requiring too European or an American taste. We require that a much? Look at Brougham, and see what man can do man should speak to the purpose and come to the if well armed and well resolved. With a load of point-that he should instruct and convince. To do professional duties that would of themselves have this, his mind must move with great strength and powbeen appalling to the most of our countrymen, heer; reason should be manifestly his master facultystood, nevertheless, at the head of his party in the argument should predominate throughout; but these House of Commons, and, at the same time, set in points secured, wit and fancy may cast their lights motion and superintended various primary schools and around his path, provided the wit be courteous as well various periodical works, the most instructive and use- as brilliant, and the fancy chaste and modest. But ful that ever issued from the British press, to which he they must be kept well in the back ground, for they are furnished, with his own pen, some of the most masterly dangerous allies; and man had better be without them contributions, and yet found time not only to keep pace than show them in front, or to show them too often. with the progress of the arts and sciences, but to keep at the head of those whose peculiar and exclusive occupations these arts and sciences were. There is a model of industry and usefulness worthy of all our emulation. You must, indeed, be a great lawyer! but it will not do to be a mere lawyer-more especially as you are very properly turning your mind also to the political service of your country, and to the study and practice of eloquence. You must, therefore, be a political lawyer and historian; thoroughly versed in the constitution and study which it so meritoriously deserves. tion and laws of our country, and fully acquainted with all its statisticks, and the history of all the leading measures which have distinguished the several administrations. You must study the debates in Congress, and observe what have been the actual effects upon the country of the various measures that have been the most strenuously contested in their origin. You must be a master of the science of political economy, and especially of financiering, of which so few of our young countrymen know any thing.

You ask for instructions adapted to the improvement in eloquence. This is a subject for a treatise, not for a letter. Cicero, however, has summed up the whole art in a few words: it is 'apte-distincte, ornate-dicere'; to speak to the purpose; to speak clearly and distinctly; to speak gracefully; to be able to speak to the purpose you must understand your subject and all that belongs to it; and then your thoughts and me

BIOGRAPHY.

We take pleasure in the introducing this new department to the notice of our readers; and we feel assured that a department so full of interest, usefulness and instruction cannot fail to receive that atten

Biography is history presented in a twofold view ; in describing men it is its office to set forth the circumstances in which their characters were developed; and this can hardly be accomplished without a history of the times in which they lived. All great men may be said to be the offspring of Occasion; or in other words it is only in very trying circumstances or necessitous times, that the characters of men are tested and their powers developed, or that men are shown to be what they really are, great or small, and equal or unequal to the occasion that calls them out. When the page of history, therefore, interests us with the relation of great events, we may naturally expect to find thereabouts the biography of the great men who figured contemporaneously, and whose characters and in

following autumn a small company of his soldiers took possession of Fort Johnson. About this time he constructed a flag, which is said to have been the first American Flag displayed in South Carolina; it was large, of a blue colour, with a crescent in the dexter cor

fluence must have been more or less intimately blended to be raised in South Carolina, of five hundred men with the nature of those events, and more or less in- each, with which Moultrie was in some way connectstrumental in their production. And when we sep-ed. On the 17th day of June 1775, the same day on arate the history of the men from the history of the which the battle of Bunker's Hill took place, he was events which followed in the train of their influence, promoted to a Colonelship in one of these regiments. we procure complete characters, which we may sur-He directly entered upon active duty, and early in the vey either by themselves or in reference to the events of their time. Surveyed in either point of view, the study is of extreme interest and incalculable importance. As furnishing examples to young men whose characters are not yet completely formed, or models for maturer years, the study of Biography is as es-ner. This was probably suggested to Moultrie by the sential and perhaps more useful than any study, save morality, whose principles enter into the formation of character, or control the conduct of men either in publick or private life. As such we introduce it, with the desire that our readers, especially the younger portion of them, should give it no inconsiderable share of their attention.

dress of the State troops which was then blue, with silver crescents in their caps.

Early in December of '75 the English were blockading Charleston harbour; with the intention of expelling the British men-of-war from their too familiar situation, Colonel Moultrie with between two and three hundred soldiers and volunteers, embarked at Charles

In selecting subjects, allowing no political conside-ton in the darkness of the night of the 19th, for Hadrations to affect our choice, we shall present those whose characters have had a distinguished influence upon the character of the nation and its institutions, whether civil military or religious, and whose deeds or virtues demanding our gratitude and admiration, deserve with their names, to be commemorated and transmitted to posterity. We shall commence with a sketch of General Moultrie; not because we think he should rank first upon the Catalogue, but because it is most convenient.

WILLIAM MOULTRIE, MAJOR GENERAL U. S. A. General Moultrie was born in the year 1725. With his early history we are entirely unacquainted. About the year 1761, however, when our frontiers were continually suffering under Indian aggressions and difficulties, he was the captain of a company of provincials of South Carolina who proceeded against the Cherokees.

-Soon after the first meeting of the Provincial Congress, when our relations with Great Britain were of that unpromising nature which required us to place ourselves on the defensive, two regiments were ordered

drell's Point, where he proceeded to erect a battery. By daylight the works were complete, and the cannons mounted. The British were surprised in the morning to observe the threatening attitude of the intrepid Colonel, and becoming alarmed they immediately weighed anchor and left the cove and Sullivan's Island under the control of the American batteries. In the Spring of the next year a fortification was erected upon Sullivan's Island, of a size sufficient to contain a thousand men; and Colonel Moultrie was ordered to that post. It was at this time that the famous expedition under the united sapience of the English commanders was fitting out at New-York against Charleston. The expedition proceeded in its notable scheme, but they found the brave defender of Charleston equal to their united force. The action which attended this attack is described by Colonel Moultrie himself, in his 'Memoirs of the American Revolution,' which he wrote at the close of the war, as follows.

'At this time it was the general opinion, especially among the sailors, that two frigates would be a sufficient force to knock the town about our ears, notwithstanding our number of batteries with heavy cannon; but in a few weeks, experience taught us that frigates could make no impression on our palmetto batteries.

'May 31, a large fleet of British vessels was seen about twenty miles to the windward of the bar; and on the 1st of June, they displayed about fifty sail before the town, on the outside of the bar. The sight of these vessels alarmed us very much; all was hurry and confusion: the president with his council, busy in sending expresses to every part of the country, to hasten down the militia; men running about the town looking for horses, carriages, and boats, to send their families into the country; and as they were going through the towngates into the country, they met the militia from the country marching into town: traverses were made in the principal streets; fleches thrown up at every place where troops could land, military works going on every where, the lead taken from the windows of the churches and dwelling-houses, to cast into musket balls, and every preparation to receive an attack, which was expected in a few days. June 4th, General Lee arrived from the northward, and took command of the troops. When he came to Sullivan's Island, he did not like that post at all; he said there was no way to retreat; that the garrison would be sacrificed; nay, he called it a "slaughter pen," and wished to withdraw the garri

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son and give up the post; but President Rutledge in- | the firing had ceased, our friends for a time were again sisted that it should not be given up: for my part, in an unhappy suspense, not knowing our fate; till never was uneasy on not having a retreat, because I they received an account by a despatch boat which I never imagined the enemy could force me to that ne- sent up to town to acquaint them that the British ships cessity. Captain Lamperer, a brave and experienced had retired, and that we were victorious.' seaman, who had been master of a man-of-war, visited Colonel Moultrie and Lieutenant Colonel Motte, me at the fort after the British ships came over the bar; while we were walking on the platform, looking soon after this action, received two standards which at the fleet, he said to me, Well, Colonel, what do were presented to them by the lady of Major Elliott.you think of it now?" 1 replied, that "we should At the skirmishes at Savannah whither Colonel Moubeat them." "Sir," said he; "when those ships come to lay along side of your fort, they will knock it down trie had been despatched on the retreat of the English in half an hour," (and that was the opinion of all the from Sullivan's Island, one of these standards was sailors,) then I said, "we will lay behind the ruins, lost; and the other would have been taken but for the and prevent their men from landing." Our fort at this brave Sergeant Jasper who lost his life in his endeavtime was not nearly finished; the mechanicks and negro labourers were taken from all the works about the ours to preserve the standard. When the British took town, and sent down to the Island to complete our fort; possession of Charleston however, that same standard we worked very hard, but could not get it nearly fin- was taken. On the 16th September 1776, Colonel ished before the action. On the morning of the 28th Moultrie received the commission of Brigadier General of June, I paid a visit to our advance-guard; while I in the United States army, the colonial troops having was there, I saw a number of the enemy's boats in motion at the back of Long Island, as if they intended a been taken into the continental establishment. In descent; at the same time, I saw the men-of-war loose February 1779, with a few hundred militia under him, their topsails. I hurried back to the fort as fast as pos- he met the enemy near Beaufort, S. C. and defeated sible; when I got there, the ships were already under sail; I immediately ordered the long roll to beat, and him, although the numbers of the enemy were much suAt this time the southern departofficers and men to their posts. We had scarcely periour to his own. manned our guns when the following ships of war ment of the American Army was under the command came sailing up, as if in confidence of victory; as soon of General Lincoln. Upon the departure of that Genas they came within reach of our guns, we began to eral for Georgia, General Moultrie remained in South fire; they were soon abreast of our little fort,-let go Carolina with upwards of twelve hundred men to watch their anchors with springs upon their cables, and began their attack most furiously about ten o'clock, A. M., the movements of the British. In May, the English and continued a brisk fire till about eight o'clock, P. M. General, Provost, marched towards Charleston with The ships were the Bristol, of fifty guns, Commo-four thousand troops. Retiring as the other advanced, dore Sir Peter Parker: the captain had his arm shot off, General Moultrie in a few days arrived at Charleston, forty-four men killed, and thirty wounded. The Experiment, fifty guns: the captain lost his arm, fifty- having demolished the bridges on his route, and otherseven killed and thirty wounded. The Active, twen-wise materially obstructed the progress of the enemy. ty-eight guns: one lieutenant killed, and one man Unfortunately General Moultrie lost more than half wounded. The Sole-Bay, twenty-eight guns: two kil- his troops by desertion; and when Provost appeared beled, three or four wounded: the Syren, twenty-eight guns; the Acteon, twenty-eight guns, burnt; one lieutenant killed the Sphinx, twenty-eight guns; lost her bowsprit: The Friendship, twenty-six guns; an armed vessel taken into service.

'The Thunder-Bomb had the beds of her mortar

fore the town, the governour and council were so greatly alarmed that they requested a parley. The magnanimous offer of the British was protection to such as desired it, and imprisonment for the rest of the inhabitants; this offer was rejected, and the Americans proposed to remain neutral during the war.

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soon disabled; she threw her shells in a very good direction; most of them fell within the fort; but we had a morass in the middle, that swallowed them up in-lant army of Moultrie were so greatly opposed to this stantly. At one time, the commodore's ship swung sort of submission, that it was with great difficulty an round with her stern to the fort, which drew the fire of officer could be found who was willing to take the all the guns that could bear upon her. The words that passed along the platform by officers and men were, message to the British camp. "mind the commodore-mind the two fifty-gun ships;" The reply of Provost, was, that his business was most of our attention was paid to the two fifty-gun with General Moultrie. Upon this,' says General ships, especially the commodore, who, I dare say, was Moultrie, 'the governour and council looked very grave not at all obliged to us for our particular attention to him. During the action, thousands of our fellow-cit- and steadfastly at each other, and on me, not knowing zens were looking on with anxious hopes and fears, what I would say. After a little pause, I said, Gensome of whom had their fathers, brothers, and hus- tlemen, you see how the matter stands; the point is bands in the battle; whose hearts must have been this; am I to deliver you up prisoners of war or not? pierced at every broadside. After some time, our flag was shot away; their hopes were then gone, and they Some replied "yes." I then answered, I am detergave up all for lost! supposing that we had struck our mined not to deliver you up prisoners of war; we will flag and given up the fort. Sergeant Jasper, perceiv- fight it out: and I immediately ordered the flag to be ing that the flag was shot away, and had fallen with- waved from the gate, which was the signal agreed upout the fort, jumped from one of the embrasures, and brought it up through a heavy fire, fixed it upon a on, should the conference be at an end.' The enemy sponge-staff, and planted it upon the ramparts again. decamped next morning, to the surprise of all; the seOur flag once more waving in the air, revived the cret, however, was, that they had ascertained that Gendrooping spirits of our friends, and they continued look-eral Lincoln was in their rear, with four thousand ing on till night had closed the scene, and hid us from

their view. At length, the British gave up the con- strong. Early in the year 1780, General Moultrie flict; the ships slipped their cables, and dropped down again distinguished himself by his foresight and bravewith the tide and out of the reach of our guns. When ry at the siege of Charleston. He was enabled to de

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