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POETRY.. from the lAindon Kalridcacofie, - ri:i KcrioN. Wheiv peivsiv^e Memory lin^'ring- strays, Mid scenes where h^pe illusive smif'd, And 0*0 r live grave of other days Sheds the sad drops of joy beguil'd. 1 . - af. With tearful eye^their morn sht views, As clust'ring roses gaily dawn ; ^ k Sees to< j, alas ! that rosy hue* Are fleeting as the dawning morn* And past their e^pnings flatt'ring dream, That future hours in bliss array'd, "Gone as the meteor's fragile beam ; OeJusive as a meteor's aid. ? *?? see where Time, with icy hand, Hath strewn each flow "ret Hope had , wrcath'4? jMBugfiataihore , <?ivion'fc strand, ever? C ha m bereav'd. ? Yet, though reflection wal^i the sieh, And mingling responsiv* flow, Still d p^r on Wing to fly, ~ T AVfal trace past scenes of joy or woe : v ? " &jui feei the soft, the pensivf charm, ? ; Tfr*t Ugjhts ilie Muse's sac. red fire. When borne from earth on Fancy 'i^rm, tfajpt soul *uikes the poet's ifre. CWV ? 4 ^?ljn -^h ?i. .. . isPKLi sjggk<':<t a^ya 8 >e, who ftnkl met with tome hicli fotfc'd him to become schooMnas TSeri '? ? ,??&: Within 'a tillage kept a school, i u^fit cli'ii Wren how to tfrell by rule, oft injured parents in, ? th?Vir cniklren learning win, >vnvr ]cultfd jmo see her boy, ? "*.t otacej, comfort and -her jey> 'f!% leai .iim sjpell?- 1 he master said | id Vip, Rood boy ; hold 'tip your head ;| tip your book, so you can see? . > rtlon,"? The b?^y whines, aB. E. t>." savstt master, "tejry well-^ But what do tilese three letters ape 11 V* At itsvetta n eoug^jT &im lip Boston Daily MvcrlUer In papl&ce with the request of a Baltimore editor, we make Home farther extracts fnnn the "Narative of the Campaign* of the British Ar my in America," relating^ the oper ation- mar Baltimore. Our last extracts ended with the halt of the British on the field of bat* lie, after the death of Gen* Hop. ? At ftu early hour on the 18th. the <roo|>s were formed and proceeded on their march in pursuit. 44 But our mafch" sayirtie#w vas Dot so rapid aa our motions general ly were. The America us had it last adopted an expedient/ whidh if curried to its proper length, might haw eutirely stopped our progress. In mosi of the woods they had felled trees and thrown them across the road, hut as these abatis were with out defenders, we ex|>erienced no other inconvenience than what arose from loss of time ; being obliged to halt on such occasion, till the pioneers removed the obstacle. Ho great, Jhowe\e-, was even this hindi ranee . that we di<f Bof come in light of the main army of the Americans till ^veiling. alfhough the distance travel * led could not exceed ten miles. w Li now appeared that .the corps which we hail oeaten yesterday, was only a detachment, and not a large one, from Hie force collected for the defence of Baltimore; antj t lint the account given by the.^goluitteer t ?< troopers, was iu ev< r\ respect Cor *' rect. Under a ridge of lulls, which concealed t lie town from observation, stood 'lie grand army. consisting of twenty thousand null. Aot trusting to <is superiority in numbers, their funeral had there entrenched them ill the most formidable manner, hav ing covered the whole face of the lici^hiM witli hreast works, thrown lux u ills h it, so Ms to rest it upon a *\mo^ lort, erected for tin- protection of the rivt-r, and constructed a chain of ui u\ i. d*>. ht*, w hicli covered hi* light. and commanded the entire as ;c?nL Along tie side fcf tbe LiU ere likeu ise Jii <-hes% and other pro \ ctin^ w ork.% fiom which a cross fire uiig;lit he kept up; and there \>ere mounted throughout this com manding position, no less than one hundied pieces of cannon. " It would he absurd to suppose i h ? t the sight of preparations so war like did not in some degree damp the ? rdor of our leaders 5 at least it wopld ha>e been madness to storm slich ?' orks, w itbout pausing to consider <h>w i { rmgfrt bestHte attempted. ? l'he whole of the countt^? wi{bip cannon-shot was cleared from wood, and laid out in grass and cornfields; ronseqnently there was 110 cover to shelter an attacking army from any part of the deadly fire which would he immediately poured upon it. ? The most prudent plan, therefore, was to wait till dark; and then as sisted by the frigates and homb.^ which we hoped were hy this time ready to co-operate, to try the fortune of a battle. a " Having resolved thus to act, Col. Brook hailed his army; and having secured against surprise by a well connected li ne of picquets, the! i loops, were permitted to light fires, and to cook the provisions. * 13ut though the rain fell in torrents, no shelter could be obtained/ and as pvfcn their blankets were no longer Ht hpud, (they having been left on the battle ground to lighten the troops) with which to form jgipsey tents, this was the reverse of an Agreeable bivouac to the whole army. {^Darkness had now come on, and as yet no intelligence Jiad arrived fioig (he shippftig. 'To assail this position, however, without the aid i>f the fleet, was deemed impractiev t; at least our chance of success ild be greatly dimittisljeVl with : imt their co-operation. As the left of the Americati army extendi d to a fort, built upon tta very brink of Hie river, it was clear, that, could! the shi|>8 be brobght in to t>ear*upon that point, and tin* fort be silenced by' their fire, that flank of the position, w ould be turned. This once effected,! then would be no d.fficult^in push ing a column within their works; e#~as~#*tdj$p* entrenched, always place more reliance upon tliestieugth of their entrenchments than upon their*own personal exertions, the very sigttiTof our people on a level with them, would in all probability decide the contest. At ?dl events, ?s this column was to advance iindqt cover of night, it might easily push forwaid and crown the hill above the enetay, before any effectual opposi lionr could be offered ^by which means they would be inclosed be rweeo iWo * firos, ami lose the ad. vantage whjch their present elevated situation bestow ed. All, however, dej*nded upoti the ability prthe fleet to Iqjgl their assistance, for with out silencing the fort, this flank coMl^l scarcely be assailed with any chance of success, atid therefore, the whole plan of o|>eration8 must be changed. " Having waited till it was consid ered imprudent to wait longer, witlr out knowing whether he \>as to be supported, Col. Brook detei mined, it possible, to o|>en a communication witn the ffret. ?Th6 writer here liberates the adventures of an offer Who was despatched on this hazwd ous undertaking, In an interview With the admiral he learnt that no eiTectual suifyoi t could lie given to the land force; for such was the; shallowness of the river, that none excejit the very slightest craft could make their wa^within six mlk* tor the town; and even these were stop. [|,ed by \essrls sunk in the channel, olh< r aififtcfrt bars, bare iy within a shell'* longest range of the fort.l 44 Having brought his report to head quarters, a council of v\ar was instantly summoned, to deliberate upon what wa4 best to he done. 4 it hot it the help of the fleet, it was evident that, adopt what plan of at tack we could, our loss must he such as to rountei balance even success it sell ; while success^ under existing circumstances, was to say the leasi of it doubtful. And even if \m should succeed, what would be gain ed l>y it? We could not remove an> thins from Baltimore for v\ mil of conveyance. BaiLJbe ships be. .j nl>le to reach the town, the??, indeed the quantity of bobty might havt paid (he survivors for tbeir toil, and consoled them ivr the loss of their comrades; but as the Case now stood* we should only light to give us an opportunity of feeding the sceuep ol Washington. To distress an ene^ my is no douhl desirable, .but, in the jMreaenLitislayiry, fhpt distress, even if brought upon (he Americans wouid cosl usdeArY whereas; ifwe failed, it was - hardly possible to avoid destruction. Every hour brought reinforcements to tbeir army, whereas ours had po source from which even to recruit its losses;^ and it was, therefore, deemed pruuent. since we could not light at once, to iose uo time in returning to the ship ping, ^ ' . 1 ! "About three hours after mid night, the troops were accordingly formed upon the road. and.b^gan their retreat1; leaving the picquets to deceive the enemy and follow as a rear guard? Marching over the field where the battle of the lSth had been fought, we beheld the dead scattered about, and still unhuried ; but 60 far different from those which we had seen at Bladenshurg, that they were not stripped, every mail lying as he had fallen. One object struck me as curious. I saw several men hanging lifeless among the branches of trees, and Jearnt thai they had been riflemen, who chose,, during the battle, to fix themselves in diese elevated situation* for the conjoined purposes of securing good arm, and avoiding danger. Wjtiai ever migh) be their sliccess in th* first of these designs, in ihe last they faild; for our men soon .discovered them, and considering the thing as unfair refused to give dien|qtia|ters, and shot tnetri on their peaches. Here the army were rallied by the sudden appearance of aiquadron of hwse, w hich had been sent out by tl&Americaii general to track our steps. They succeeded in making two prisoners, but a single shrapnel checked their advance, and sent the? back- at full speed. We proceeded! 4>n our march, and the next da.> werein sight of the shipping." The troops were all got wTioard without molestation; and on the 17th the fleet set sail for the Patuxent? and a part of tflLfieet, with the iroops^on after saileil for Jamaica. On the 10th ?*f December the fleet had returned off the Missdwppl! for the purpose of attacking^New -Or leans. We tRrnot see any mention made of forfr McHenry, othe r w ise than as alluded to as above. Of the defence of V ashington, the author says, after some remarks on the operations of the tfrjtisli array : v " Witfi respect to the Americans, criticism necessarily degenerates into unqualified censure. From the be ginning to the end of the affair, tliev acted 111 no one instance like profit or sagaCious men* In the first piw5*\ they ought ort no accouut to liav. risked a general action in hn op*i? country, however strong and steei : and secondly they deserved to Buffet much more than they did for pejrmif ting an eneniy's army to penetratt beyond Nottingham. In allowing us to Hind without op|>ositioii, they were perhaps tuilty of no great er ror; but as socn as we had Ipiided. instead of corioentiratin^ their forces in one place, tht*y 'ought to have bar-' rassed.us with continual skirmishing; felled trees on each side, and thrown them across the road ; dug deep ditches at certain intervals ; in short to have adopted the mode of war fare to which their own habits, as well as the nature of their country invited them. " In America every man is a shot from his rpry boyhood, and eVeiy man serves in the militia ; but to Uring an., army of raw militia men. however excellent they might he n> shots, in a field against regular troop* would bud in nothing hut defea VV hen two lines oppose each othei. very little depends upon the accuva Icy with which individuals take aim.1 It is (lieu 1 1 1 h the hab t 01 acting in concert, the ton&jenQE which each | man feels in his companions, and the rapidity and good order iu which | different movements can be executed, *re alone of real service. But put these raw militiamen into thick Woods, and seud your regular troops to drive them out* you ViU immediately lose all the advantages of discipline, and reduce you* battle to so mai^fringiej an enemy would be expos crosi fire. The troops wen up in sti ait lines, like so n gimeiits upon a gala parade the guns were used as coi links to a chain, being poste aametird?r1iy oOesandiwosf interval* I " In maintaining themselve w ise. \n hen attacked, they e irei'ttier aki)l nor resolution, pe rsonal courage of the An there can lie no doubt; they dfvidtihlly taken, as brave as any in the world. But i not soldiers. It was the V folly, therefore, to hring tl a situation where nothing ex< experience, And chose hah avail ; and it^ is on thi I tepeat what 1 have tftreai that the capture of \Va*lriii more owing to the fa^t* oflH ricans themselves than to ai cause* f!L ^Vom /Ar PVrmST Intelligencer. MCHAL FROM A HOG PEN . . . - , As in company with my neighbor J i was lately looking into likkho^jpenJ iif pointed ouMo me one o^ismigs v. hith he said w as naturally tljyp !?est : [but now, the j>onregt* on account^/ ?lip|Hng his root through the floor," and not being able to extricate it, the other* instead of ?ompatfcioi)ating him, ami trying to relievehim, poun ced upon him, just like mankind , biting and bruising him till thev al most- killed W\m?just lik * mankind , ?a id lie. i tigp forcibly Htrnck at the remark, however degrading the truth. What! do mankind rather afflict and distress, thati relieve each other in trouble; Look round you and see. Tftere is a man in distress ; having been unfortunate, met with one loss upon another, and his pecu niary circumstances becoming doubt ful, see what scratching and acrato bliug among his creditors; how they divide and subdivide and sacrifice his substance. Otie Empties the barn of its hay and its stock ; another the granary of the grain; another the j>ett'of the pig; the bouse of the furniture ; the cellar of its vegetables ; mother deprives the debtor of hi> .pparel, and to-taorrtfto he must g to jail, to pay pouuds without a penny, i r -j William Junes and Thomas ieo.-^One dav upon remov le hooks at the Chambers of ner, ? large spider dropt upon v, npon which Sir William, me warmth said <?foli that1 that law like that w^jt* Tfe.ideot people do so someti rhe gaoler th?n (hi ' y jfL < s caring out Honing. ?< Well ? *?er, "let mefmve a ,V?8 ifVon, and I'll I* ie, ,, 8 above if a feet. _ 9 w'* But what! may noi a man -oiv.il bis cot ; attach what is virtually l?is? own; Legally he may ; hot \wi ku^w t litre are some things luicjul which are uot ex|?edient. Should you lose an expected crop by frost, or a portion of your property by tire or flood, you would not think of ? distressing your poor neighbor to re pair your loss. Why should you iu" the other case ? How do you know but the h^id of Providence is in both? if your neighbor has nothing to pay, wh^fehould you take away his beil from under him? Or why should you thrust him into prison, when, if you will have patience with him, Iu may pay thee all? ' * r Again, there is another neighbor in trouble; he may have erred; (it is human to err:) be this as it may, his enemies, ' continually watching for his halting, think that they hive no w e nsured him f and begin to abuse him more brutalty than ever. As to hisjjrtViUfo, they either stand aloof, c r pass by oti the pther cMe; or holding the garments, consent to the cruelty, and occasionally cast a stone, feifeg in general declamation, cru ^umjf crucify him. Is this fanc y, it factor? melancholy fact ! bo mankind act like rational sympathetic creatures? creatures that can he touched With another s feelings ; that lother's w*oe^ or more like multitude , who hire ?nd consume each other? " |t trus remark, w hen g tioim hill, (from evet^Vftfee rfves him fhat was' Rallied to angels and made ^ ~ "? Ohow fallen, Mt * "? W V ~ v? Foblish pride.? Y ride is the lep*. rosy of the soul ? the bane of ftieihU ship? (lie plague of the eartli, and detestation of Heaven, it is the tri umph of Lucifer ? and Shibboleth of the infernal crew.? It is a perfidious inmate, tyrannical and oppr *?vc; and, like a serpent when irritated, will wound itself. 4Like bull ies in dated with air, tl*e more it swells, the sooner it bursts. Women are like books, malice and envy will easilv lead you to a ietection of their fautfs ; but their ?eautiea good judgment only can dis cover, and good nature relish* i ' M,