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I Cancastfr Cftmcr, *2 PER ANNUM - S:?IN ADVANCE 3 >nmilj aai Quintal jStunpaptt?iltnmti u tqt Arts, ^titucts, ritttoton, ifbaratiau, Aptauiirt, Saitruul Juipruurwriiis, >arrign ana Bomtstu jL'tuii, tail tj)r JWarktti. VOLUME II. LANCASTER C. II, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY IS, I860. N U M R E R 23. rrwn vancrojt * Jtietory of the United State*, . Volume Vlll. THE BATTLE OF FORT MOULTRIE, 1776. The mouth of May robed the catnlpa unit the oleander in their gorgeous mass ?s ot flutter*, Mod the j?eace of Charles- , ton was still undisturbed, except by gatli I ering rumors, thnt the English fleet and 1 'transports destined tor its attack had nr. | Tiied in Cm|h> Fear River. All the me ch-Miiics mik! laborers about town ttete employed III extending and strengthening its fortifications, and a number of negro*, I -brought down from the country, were pin | upon the work*. The bloom ot the mac ! - , r* ' noiia was turning yellow in tlie hot sky of early i>nminer, when, on the tiist d?y of June, expresses from C mat Church Parish brought news to the President tliHi a Heel of forty or fifty *?11 lay aiichoied about twenty iuile? to the north of Charleston bar. II | |?ilv the colony .mil already or gatnzed an efficient government, and in vested Itutledge, its chief executive ofti or with large power*. lie ordered tue alarm to l>? tired : hi >1 while the citizens | were Ua>kitig out for horses, carriages, or boats to leinove their wives and children, lie fastened down the militia from the coun ty by express, and, in company wuh Armstrong, visited *11 the fortifica lions. ltaricades were thrown up across 'the principal streets; defences were raised at the points most likely to he selected /or landing; lead, gleaned from the weigh:* of windows of churches and dwelling houses, was c:i?t into musket bal s, and a r? speclable force in men w as ! I concentrated ai the capital. The eves of the whole country were turned upon the people of South Caroli ' us. Their invaders, at a moment when j ills: a ill action Was isseinial to their sue |i Cess, were perpexed by utuertaitilv of i rommel betwren Clinton Mini Sir lVter | I I'.tUer, tli* rt)i-|??clive con maml* of tlm . mi ill \ nlnl I-mvhI force 'hi 111 e * c t e 11111 j i Clinton vronM Iimv? seM on shore n prop * ijKiiHtion by ol tuice * It in loaf A Hi i fir* ?1 upon ! v mi ioiiorunt sentinel ; but next <l ?v Moiiiirie offered mi i xplaiiMiion i through tine of in* nflieers, Mini received I tlie j.roc iitiiitiii-n in return. In litis llie I )liin?!i general declared the ?xisleuee of ' *m iinmt nnptotokcil niiil wicked rebellion i mititin South Carolina,' ilia 'mccrMion of *-riiiie? of itt* inlimintmui >,* ilie i\ rtiiv of i in C> n^k'ii mi?I committee* tliw .-nor, ihu? f..r ii corrifinlc, of mo 'itifntured and | i ini?giiiile<| iiniltiiU'le,' tli* duty of'pio i peeiling n> 11: w i li agaiiul all txi(|ie? of i men in arum, conginoes and committee*, 1 m? open tin m il of llie Slu e, bo','fioiti i humanity, lie consented No forewarn (lie i deluded people,' and to otter, in his ma < j.bIv'b name, 'flew pardon to such an i *1 o * ii li| lay down i heir arms ami submit i to ibe law*. llaiing <b t? this, lie poii j < suited Cornwall!* on lhe best means of i gaunt g | not rmoli of Silllivali's Island ; j j?ii.i Ik hi ngreetl Hint lliey could not * iixiio etlecluidl) Co uperntH with the ill i ifiolfd Movement of the tleet, limn l.i I inking [umsessioti of Long Island, which urn leprese tiled to coiiiiniinicMle with | Su I lit all's Island Ml low u iiifr, liy m lord, i Ami with the milt by a channel navigable for loos of draft. Citron hM'l It ul four daj'a tuna to sound the ford ; but i lie look llie story of its depth on trust I On the morning of llie ninth of June, I Charles Lee, attended by his sides de 1 <Cam|* slid Robert Ho* o, of Noitb Csro til.A. sriived si lladdrellV J'oinl After | examining its fortification*, he crossed I <?\er to Sollii mii's Island, vsl.eia he found I a good stock ol powder, m fort of which < tile front And one side were finished, mid i twelve humlird men encamped in its re*r i in hu's mid booths tlisl were roofed with palmetto loaves. mini tin? tort mimtr 1 out mechanics Mini laborers wtr? Idling 1 ximl tillirttf heavy palmetto log* for it l nabs. 11?? iiml scarce glanced Nt the < work. ?hcn he declared lltm, "be did not I like tlimi |?oit hi m|| ; it could not hold out I bull hii hour, and tbure ? a* no wmy to retreat ; it *t? but m "slaughter pen," ami the garrison would ) ? sacrificed.? , Oil lii* way up to Charleston, Lee touch 1 ed at James Island where (tadaden had the ciimmNnd. 11 The battalion* raited in South Carolina were not a* yet placed upon the Contiineutal establishment; and although Con grese bore the proportionate expense, the >di>|Hi?ilion of the force alill remained un i der the exclusive direction of the President of the Colony and its ollicers. This jBirrumeiance became now of the grea'est Jmportniice. To Armstrong no command ' whatever had been conceded ; and he ' find liule to do except to receive the hos pitahiiee of Charleston ; but Lee was the , second officer in the American army; his military fame was at that time very great; i be had power from the gereral Congress to order, and he had ordered battalions from North Carolina and Virginia; his presence was a constat t pledge of the active sympathy of ilia continent; and. j on hia arrival, ha *m invests) wjih the military command, through an order from R"itl*dge. On thai same da? Clinton began hia disembarkation, landing four or ( bundrad man on Long Island. l? ! mt therefore evident that the first attack I *ra? to t>e made, not on the cite, but ita 1 outpost; yet Lee proposed to ftutledge ! io withdraw froin Sullivan's Island and abandon it without a blow. UaJ he acted in cooeert with the invade**, he could not have more completely promoted their , design. But Hut ledge, interposing hia authority, would not aoffer it, and Lee did not venture to p'oreed alone ; yet on the tenth, hia very first order to Moultrie, { rept one which e?t revoked aa soon aa i issued, directed thai officer to construct bridges lor hia retreat; Hiid the order was repealed and enforced several limes that day, and almost every succeeding one.? j Happily Moultrie's Courage wan of that , placid kind ilint could tioi be made iinxi> j ous or uneasy ; lie weighed carefully Iiis . danger and his resources ; with quiel.im perlubable contideiice, form d his plan : for repeding the impending double attack of the enemy by Sea and bv land ; and never so much as imagined lhal he could be driven from his post. On lli? tenth til June, while the Coiiti iientNl {Jong fees was finished the debate tin Independence, the Bristol, whote gun* had been jireviously taken out tame over the bar. attended by thirty ui h.rty veHtt'.ii, Mini Miichuretl at about three mile* from Kurt Sullivan In t harlesinii. from which thi* movement wan tliulmetly visible, all was action ; on the wharves warehouses of great value were thrown \ down to give room for the fiie of cmiiiioii t and niuaketry from the line* along Kant 1 hay ; intrench meats surrounded the I town ; the barricades, raised in the principal streets, were continued lo the water; and arrow headed embankments were i projected upon the landing places. Ne. gros from the country took part in the j labor; the hoe and ihe spade were also t in every citizen's hands?for all persons, j without distinction, 'labored with alacri j ly'?tome for the sake of example, some j as the best way of being useful. Ne tlier tlie noon day sun, nor the rain, which in j that clime drop* from the clouds in gushes, i interrupted their toil. On the eleventh the two regiments from i v..? 1. o i ' - liuiiii vnrumiH nrrivcu. l uai same tlav ' Lee, beii>? told tliat a l?rnii?? of retreat | front Sullivan's Island to llaiPlrell's l'oiiil ; *n? impossible, and not l>t-intr permitted { by Kutledge Indirect tbe total evacuation of the Island, ordered Moultrie iunneili- | stely to Henri tour hundred of his men I over to lire continent ; in l<is poster i pi lie 1 added : '"Make up tlie di'tacliinenl to live hundred." On the thirteenth be I writes : "You will detach another bun Jred of men," to strengthen the corps on the other Hide of the creek, lint the sptr it of South Carolina had sympathy with Moultrie, and mechanics and negro labor I era were sent down to complete his tori ; 1 but. hard as they toiled, it was rot near ly finished befote the action. On the j Iwelfth the wind blew so violently that | two slops which lay outside of tlie bar I were obliged, for safety, to Hand out to 1 e?, and this assisted to delay the attack. On tlie fifteenth Lee stationed Arm itrong Ml 11 ailclrf)i*? Point ; aud Arm- j strong, as tlie superior officer, ever iiiniii i festedf for Moultrie * hearty friendship. Oil tliHi saute ilnv. Sir Peter I'nrker gur i to the captains of i.ih squadron hi* ?r r..ngement for the attack of tin* batteries an Sullivan's Island, and on the sixteenth I lie communicated it to 0 intoii, who did j not know what to do. The dda'orv con ' iluct of the ItrhLli betrayed uncertainly nud a division uf councils j and the (Jam ' I lit i mii? made such uni of the consequent ; lie ay, that hy lliu seventeenth lhe\ m iu in nu exceeding;!) good state of |>re|>ara lion at every out post, mid also in town, lint Clinton intended only to t c upy and garrison Sullivan's Island. For that end, l*onsUllilig with Cornwallis, he content plated the landing of all his men on Long Island, a nuked sand, where nolli ing grew except a few hushes that liar ( bored myriads of mosquito*. and where the troojm sutiered inie.'sely from the. I burning sun, the want of good watet, | and the bao quality and insutHcent sup ply of provisions. A trial of the ford was made ; Clinton himself wailed in op to Ins neck; so did other* .f his officers, and on the day on which he succeeded in getting all his men on shore, he an nouuced through Vaughan to Sir Peter Parker, that no ford was to he found ; that there remained a depth of seven feet of water at low tide ; and that therefore the troops con Id not take the share they : BXpected hi the ill tended attack. His six full regiments, and companies enough from others to make up one more?a 1 body of inure than three thousand men, i thoroughly piovided with arms, ariillerv, end ammunition?had left the ttanspori- for a naked sand hmk that was to litem it prison. Yet coiii pel led to propose something, Clinton fixed on the twenty third for the joint attack. On the night nfter the dity appointed for the attack, Muhlenberg's regiment ar rived. On receiving Idea's order*, it instantly net off from Virginia and mar.-h ed to Charleston, without tents, continu ally exposed to the weather. It was coinposed chiefly of Muhlenberg's old tier man parishioners, and of the Virginia regiments, and was the most complete, the best armed, la-st clothed, ana he** I equipped for immediate service. The Americans were now very strong. The confidence of Sir Peter Parker in an easy victory was unshaken. To make all sure, he exercised a body of marines and seamen in the art of entering forts through embrasures?intending first to silence Moultrie's battery, then to land his trained detachment, and, by their aid, ' enter the fort. Ilis presumption wasjus11fled by the judgment of I<ee. That gen aral, coning down to the Island, took Moultrie aside, and said : "l>o you think J ou can maintain this pott ?" Moultrie answered; "Vat, I think I pap.n Hut had no faith in a spirited da/enee, freitad at the too easy disposition of Moultrie, and wished, up to the last moment, i to remote him from the cpinfpernj. Oo the Clil an unfavorable wind pre- ' vented the joint attack. On the twentyfifth the squadron waa increased by tlie arrival of the Hzjxrtmrnt, a ship of sixty guna, which peeaad the bar on the twenty aiath. Letter* of encouragement rarne alto from Tony ti, lien Governor of H?ut Florida, who whs impatient for hii nil ark on Georgia ; lie would liMve had a l>i??iy of Indians raised oil ilie loo k ot Soulli Caiohua ; and a body of royalists to "terrify Had distract, so tlial the as?auil hi Charleston would lia'e struck hii astonishing lermr mid iffiighl." He reported Son III Carolina to la* in "a niutin oil*stale lliat delighted linn "the men would certainly rise on their i-fib ers ; the liailert oil Sullivan's Island would not discharge two rounds." i his opinion was spread through the fieet, and I ecame the i?"i vi n -n oniiiu ml IKiHHI. W Mil, or without Clinton's aid, tin* c 111111<k 1?ir?* whs persuaded iliHt with liis trained sea men nntl marines, lie con Id tale nnil keep |-mof liit* fori, i11i Clinton bIk.iiIi! "send as iiihiiv troops as lie might ilnnk proper, mid who might enter the fort in the same way." Captain Lmnperer walking with Motih > trie on the plattorm, and looking at the British ships of*war, all of which had already come over the har, ndtlresseil hnn : . Well, Colonel, what do you think ol it llovv f' "W e shall heat tliem,"' said Mold trie. " I he men ul-war," rejoined the captain, ' will knock your fort down in ( half Mil-hour." " I lien,'1 said Moultrie, "we | will lie behind the rums and prevent their tnen I'min landing." On lhe morning of the twenty eigth a gentle sea breeze progtiosiicated the at j lack. Lee, from Charleston, for (he u nth or eleventh tirn cliwrgf I Moultrie to tin i isli tho bridge for lib retreat, promised him reinforcements, which weie never sent, and still meditated removing Inm from Ins command; while Moultrie, I whose facunies, under the outward show of unpen arable and even indolent calm, were strained to their utmost tension, rode to visit Ins advanced guard on the east. Hi*re the commander, William Thomson, of Orangebiug, of lush descent, a native of 1 VtiMsy Ivania, out Irom Lis childhood a citi/a n of South Carolina, a ....... ... i.iiv- wiiiiii mi private tut1, (UHVti mill intelligent MX hii otli Mr, had, nt tin' exirem point. posted till) of ilie militia behind sand lullx and myrtle hushes. A f?-w hundred i arils in tin* n-xr lie ouarded j breariw ni ks 111 hi It mil been 111 r?* v\ 11 up, j wuli three hundred riflemen of liin own ; regiment fiom Oiangeburg Mini itx neigh lioiiiood, Willi lwo liiii.11 r?*il i.f ('lurk's > Norlli Citio.ina leifilln-lit, t wo hundred more of the iiifti ol South Carolina under Hurry, Mini the raccoon companx ol rifle men. (Mi lux left lie wax piotected bx a morn**; on lux right l>y oim eighteen ' pounder and brass mx pounder, which , overlook, d (lie spot whe.e Clinton Would xvtoll lo IhikJ. Seelnu ilio enemy's boats already in I motion on the lieai-lt ot l.ono Island, and i the men of war Iiioxiiio tliHir topsails, Moulirie hurried l?a? k to lux fort at lull i speed lie ordered the long roll to heat, j and ofliia tx and Mien lo ilitir posts. li s w hole iitlliilier, including Inn.suit and ot- I liiei*, wax lour huiidretl and ihniy fixe ot, whom twenty two weie ol the tollllh leg ' imenl of hinilery, llo* rext ?>t his own r>-g imeiii ; men hi o were li<>nii<] to ei?cli Olln r, to their officers, and 10 line, l y personal a licet ion and ?* !.ti-1? >< c* NeX. < to Inii) in 'Munitinini whs Isaac Motte ; the major of lis raiment whs i 1i?* feailess ; it lid fault.ess Fiancis Marion. I lie tori j WHS H MpiMfC witll H llH-lli>l) lit CHcIl ItII I gle J liinlt of palmetto logs, dove tailed i slid hnhed together, hih! laid in paiallel rows sixteen (eel asunder ; between these rows tlie space whs tliled well sand on tlie eastern and northern sides the pah j niello wall was only seven leei high, hut ! it was surmounted hy thick plank, so as : to he tenahle against a sending party ; a traveise of sand extended fiotn east to j west. The southern am: western cuitams ! were finished with their p'alforuis, on wtnch the cannon were mounted. The j stain ara whnli was advanced to the j southeast hastton, displayed a Hag ofhltie wi'h a white crescent, on * hi< h was em I blazoned LlBKKTV. 'I lie whole nuiliher of ennnon ill the fort, (tie haslions, and the two cavaliers, waj hut thirty-one, ol i which no more than twenty one could at 1 me mime vime .m oroilglll HMD !!*? ; <>1 amnnition there wern I ill twenty 6'iiht ! round* lor twenty six cannon. At 11 .-?<! <1 ell's Point across tlio Imv Armstrong Iii4<i ahotil fifteen hundred men. The lir?t regular Soutli dina regiment, under Christopher Gadsden, occupied Fort Joiin ton, wlitrli stool on I lie nn st rioriheilv { part of JhIIIm Island, afoul tliree utiI from Charleston, and within poini-hlank tliol of the channel. Charleston was guarded by more than two thousand men. Half an hour after nine in the morn j ing, the commodore gave signal to Clin , ton (fist be should go on the attack. An hour later the *hip*iof war were under weigh. Gadsden, Cowsaorlh pjnckiiev, and the rest at Fort Johnston watched all their movements ; in Charleston the wharfs and wart?rsides along llie hay were crowded with troops under arms . and lookers on. 'Hie men of Carolina must foil their adversary, or their city Inau titirtali I l?? i w 1.....oI ? ' ? ..mj , nru uuurrn UC n/H RHl HUH burned, and the savages on the frontier start from lurking places. No grevons oppressions weighed down the itiduMry of 8oulh Carolina ; bhe came forth to the struggle from generous sympathy ; and now the ba'.lle is to he fought for her chief city, and the province. The Thunjfibotnb, covered by the t'rieivhhip, began the action by throw, i ing shells, which it continued, till more than sixty were discharged ; of these . some hurst in the air ; one lighted on the nisgsiina without doing injurT ; the rest sunk in the morass, or were buried in the sand within III* fort. At about a quarter to elevsn the Aeteon, of twenty eight guns, disregarding four or five shots fired at ln r wliilc (toiler sal; tlie It r into/, i wuli fifij kui^, lotting tm Imiir.i Sit l'e- j Iff I'm Iter iukI Lord W illiain I it11 j >t >%11, ( llie Uoveitioi ; l lie Kxpcrimcnt iiImi til gltns ; and tlie ISoltbmj uw'iitv t eight, lifollglil tip \t niltti Ill-out llifee I liuiitlted and tifu \ urd# of ilie fori, lei go llieir aiiclioia wuli springs ujioii il.eir tallies, and liugau a iii-ist furious cantitiioide. Kteiv sailor expeeletl iliut two liriiiul sides wtmitl t-iul ilie suife ; luit I lie sofl, lil.ro'is, spongy wood of ilie |ri|lliello W It lislooil ilie Ialuil lite, and liei-li er spilt, iior splintered nor stalled ; anil I lie par?jiel w a? Ingli enoiioh in pioiettl lli?* 11 tun I'll tin* | iattorins. \\ lien brum I- t Miles lioiii tliuc or lour men ut war , struck I lie lee* m die same instant, die i shock ynve the merlons a lieinor, hut I the jiile remained unit jmeil. Moultrie i liail tut oiie-'enili as many guns as were i bioughl to bear on Iiiiii, ami whs nune- i mer obliged to stmt die use ol powder. i His gun* nieonliiiolv were lire<i \erv i slowly, die < lli.eis taking aim, am) wail. I ino alvvais. loi I l.e silo ke to clear away, s that the\ might. point with more meets- i ion. ''Mmc! die coiiiinoilorc; iniml the i fitiv mm ship,'* were die words thatj r passed along the platform from officers ; ? and men. j t ".Shall I send for more powder ?"' asked t Moult re of M<it if. i l "To he sure," sa'ul Motte. I And Moultrie wrote to I.ee : "I believe i t we shall want inoie powder. Al the rale t we no on, I dunk we shall ; but you can I see ibai. 1'iav send Us none, il you tllilik 1 J: I Opel ." | l Mae vessels were seen coming up. and r cannon were heaid I'tOiii the nor beast. | t Coiiluii bad promised support ; no' know- i I ..... ..I ' I-- I... i:- - i -i ' ..._ 1*1 t.i', lie uuet It'll I I l> II leiies nil Lolin Islalld to iijifli H ('Hllllotl j )l ?;le; mi.(I several sin-Its weic iliiown in>?> t I llOlllSot.'s illttl'liclllllflltH, llllllin lid utiil'l | damage tli,hi wounding oie s<'idtci.? | h I In- tiling w as returned I \ Tlmmsoti wiili , | iiis oho it^lr.icii pounder; lit'., liuin tin- i ilislHiico, null little ?tlrcl. I At twelve oV.ncU llio 1 ii? 111 infantry' u grenadiers, Mini lint i'llit-i'tnli re^uionl t I'lnl'iitkod in lumts, while llm?liiij? Initio t ?it's m ' it I mi met 1 I'rnfl |?ot III.tier welfli to |i tutor tlio 'iiinlfio ; l-ui tlie lumps never ; s sii miii li hs nin e n:teiii| toil to land I lie | o It t n liiiiftit I it I IiumIv Iftt Li ne IsIhi.iI I i Ii?-li>r? it Was nideied to d iseililial k, tor it | wi.r sttti that "tlie lattilitit; wus 11111.iheti- ^ c tnliio, ami would linvo l-eeii tin' destine s tion ot many brave n'?*u wit limit the least probability ?>f stitct'ss." liit'Amor u itati defences were so Well cons'Iucted ; i li tin* M|i|iroatli so difficult, T!ioiiumii so vi? j I (III, Ills IIIell B'lcli skiilul sloop s'looteis. I V lliat liHtl tlie Hrilisii landed, ihey would I a liste been cut t<> pieces. '"It was imiios 1 slide," sats (Juiiioii, "to detule positively I 111itIIl itIIv It Hit," and lie (lid Milliliter. | I, An aits, k i ti lladilrell s 1'^ nt would ! have l.et'ii sllll more .le?. uiuli. tl.I. I. ill** colliiiioilore, :it C liion's it ?| i?-* t seiil II 1 liree Iri?^:?1 * - In i o i \\ i li linn in 1 a ilml ilcii^ii. I li?* | n** | til (I|inr!(;<'oii 'it a- llie\ look-d Ir-.ili lii* t* t rrv witli hi li ' u Hi*- ijii'i keuetl In ill** lie.it in hh <>l danger, I I111-1<I (||i* S/ifit/iur, i'ic .If/on, ni.il tii>- ii Si/ren, each of (. en1 \-i-iobi j?'in*. Mai in_* ' t *i ? it to t?et between 11 ;u|tlrei; V l'otn'. am! I. the for1, ho hh to eidl-ide tbe work**, and ri lion tin* rulieln nlioulil be driven fr-nn tl tliom, to cut oil tlioir retieat. It h , a moment > f danotr, t< r tbe but on iloit | ! Silt* Win tJI tlIIif*ll**(l. I'MIl tin* pilot* kept ? I- o far to the sou111, ho ilml tinv run nil tl tlii* ili roe li lion a I'ii i> k I sand known hh il ilit- L'twer Middle (iroiind. (iliddoro-d I n I v "Puilijj tin* Ifi'jatiH 11 tl ? entangled, tin* ti |n*o|ilt* Hi Charleston vveie Hwsnod alter hi iiht *Iv by fear* and hope* ; tbe armed li iiiliabiiHiitM nti od every one at lot post, | ti iilicertam but that tin*)' iuit*lit be Called { to iiitmediHte action, l.ardly daunt; to j hi belie*? that Moultrie's i*lnad and l!l fur b ninlied ^arriHoti could beat tl tin* niuad hI loll, W bell beliolil ! iiIH llat; dl-n|i|iear* li from tlieir eycH, Kearinjj tliat In* colnm mi had been struck, tli**v piepr.red to meet | Li the invaders Hi lh? Water's edge, trusting ] |i in I'rovitleiiee iiml preferring death to | /, slavery. In tlie tort, \N illiain Jasper, ?i I ? sergeant perceived thai llie tl <j? I et<I been S Cllt iluwii by H b<ili Ironi I he elK-mv mi ?J I liH'l tailen o\er ihe ramparts. "Colonel," h ?hkI lie to Moultrie, "don't let us fight ; li without h ting." li "What i*hii vou do ?" asked M'.utliie ; a "'.lie siatl is litokt li nil.'' h "I'll* n," said Jasper, '1'il fix it on a 'a halberd, and place it on li e merlon <>f tl.? : u bastion next the enetm ami leapinjfLfl through hii embrasure, and braving the||| thickest tire of the enemy, he took up the 'J Hag, returned with it aulidj. and planted h it, as lie had promise I, on the summit of n the merlon. I he oat v?p exceedingly t hot, the almost vertical ?*^PFd mid sum u met glared from a cloudless sky", and the n temperature was increased hy the blaze t fiom the cannon on the piriform, All of h the garrison threw olf their coats during | S ilit- heal of the action ami some were aI / iikM naked ; Moultrie an I ecveral of the t oftieers smoked their |>ij>es a* they gave i their of I era. '| he defence *?? conducted within night of those whoso watchfulness / mm* lo I lie ni the most animated. They i knew that their movements were observ a e<l by llie inhabitants from llie house- ] t* lops of CliHiIi-iivn ; by tbe veteran Arm- li strong, and (lie little army at Haddrell's v Point ; I?\ Gadsden at I'ort J linsoii, wlm was almost near enough l>> take part in li (lie engagement, anil was dialing with j c discontent at nut tiring himself in the ; |j scene of danger. K*|ii?sed to an inces I r sanl cannoriaile, which seemed sufficient h to daunt the bravest veterans, tliev stuck j I lo '.heir guns with the greatest constancy. I Hit by a hall which enured through an , j embrssure, Mai l>aiii*l cried out to hu s brother soldiers : ' I am (I) ing, but don't ( c let the cwytto ol l.berty ?ll>ire with lue i s Iiin day." Ja?|er removed the mangled curf>N io111 tlie s glu nl Ins comrHiWt, and ciietl ?! tid : '"Let us revenge the brave uimii'b i leaili." 'I t.? ulr.w ?? -i :-i i - ... ...v..., ...... . iicvj iiiu wuicu whb >k111\uily directed against (.lie commodore till the seamen on hoard the Bristol hailcied that ship Mild catried wounds { iikI il< Mill. Never IihiI a lhriush squad : (mi "experienced no rude mi. encounter.*' line ili? B|irmg? uii ilie cables of the Bristol iM'id swept mmhv ; as she swung i ouml w till her siern toward the ion, she I it*? 111 m >11 In-ised the tire of the guns hat ton d l>? brought to bear upon tier, i Ilie slaughter ?hh dieadful ; of all w ho , ii the beginning of tlie action were stakm.id on tier quarter deck, not one en aped being killed or wounded. At one j imiiietit, it is said, the comuiodore stood lu re alone, nu example of unsurpassed ntiepid.ty ami lii nniess. Neither the Aii.d nor the tide slithered litui to relite. , Worms, his captain, having his loieiarin , iliaiieied t?y a cliain shot, atn! also re* j eiving a wound in Ids neiJ(, was 'aken 11to tlie cock-pit; but after submitting to I itnpuiHiion, be insisted on being cairied ! ii the qnaiier deck once more, where ho ! esumed the coinmaiid and continued it, | i'I lie was shot through the body, when eeling disso niioii near, lie commended I its lainilv to the l'rovidence of Cod and j he geiiemsiiv <?l his country. Menu nine j he eves of the commodore and ot all on j oard l.is fleet were "freoueni!v and pa i lently" and vainly tinned toward tho ' iiinv. It ilie troops would but co ope ; ale, lie was sine of gaining the island ; or. at about one o'clock, ho believed that ie had silenced the guns of the rebels, I i lint that the tort was ahout to he eviicu- j ueii. "It this ware so." Clinton *fii". ' . r ni?1 asked liim. "why did vou not take 1 osscssioti of the lorl with the seamen | i iid marines w Loiii you practiced for the 1 ?ui|'ose f And Parker's answer was, 1 hat he had no prospect of speedy sup- I > >rt front Clinton. Hut the pause was iv\ 111tr to the scarcity of now der, of which he little that remained was reserved for he iiitiskeirv. its a defence against an ex I icctcd attack from the lamt forces. L?-e | Iii-ii o have sent supplies hut in llto heat I act on Moultrie received Irmn him tins i ter : ' It toil should unfortunately ex- I end tour Hiiiniunilioii wttiicul beating tl the enemy <>r driving them on ground, j ptke tour guns and retieat." A little later a better gift and ? belter in-ssage came from Ktnledge, at Clonics . on : "I send ton live hundred pounds of owdt-r. Y. u know our .collection is not ert great. Honor ami victory t'j you ml ymir worthy countrymen with you. >o i.ot make loo fn e with your cannon. >e cool and ilo mischief'' Ihesu live | innlied pounds of powder, with two hun | ted pom ds Irom a schooner It ing at the ack of the tori, were all the supplies j uai Moiilirie le eiti-d. At three in tlie j tlei-iiooi . L e. on a report (roin los a-d i ,- i i.,o It v i.l VI..1.1?i - \'i - i - vi. * 1^5 " ? ii u iii ! i l> tl.iren 10 reinforce Thompson. A j I . t e re five M<><t11 rit* w as ah e <> re ' t ew liis At about five tlie inarn.es j i i the si ips' tops, Seeing it lieutenant with i i^lu it tell iitt-ii re'nove the heavy Mir t i-Hiie from Hie gateway to the fort, nought tliHt monlnie j*nJ his [ arty were r i.olit to reiient, hut the gate* ;?y whsiiii. t ailed to ret five m visit fn m Lee. The ^ lliivrs, h.tll linked mid hegntnmed w;th t lie hot day's work, respectfully laid down j c lieir pipes its lie iliew ne?r. The gene c *i himself poii.teil two or three guns, af J f r which he sanl to Moul rie, "Colooel. I ' !" e you are doing veiy well here, you ' f ave no occasion for me, I will go up to | c liwii again ami thus he left the fort. | J \\ hell at a few tii'iiutes past seven the | ? mi went down in a Maze of light, the I n attle was still iHging, though the British i t howetl sigtis of weariness. The iriliHhi i ? ins tif Charleston, whom the evening j I i*? loo t- s collected on 1 lie baiterv, could ' ? .-hold the ll <g of cr< scent liberty still t roudly wav;ng ; and they continued ga \ t ing anxiously, til! the short twilight gave c mi milium i y if) me oeep (JMrktiesS <)t M j ioiuhern infill, wben nothing whs seen j i ill continued (lashes, followed by peals 1 I ,? ii w?re of thornier con i <i? out from ? I i eavy cloud. Many thousand shot were ! I red from r-liand baldly h bol or j I iri't; .<n the island remained unhurt ; ! i ul Hit works were very little damaged, i i lid only one gun whs silenced. The fir i i >g from tlie fort continued slowly ; and be few alinl they were able lo send, were ' I emd to atiike against the ship*' timber ,1 j i list rif'.er nine o'clock, a great part of ammunition being expended in a ran I I oroide ol about ten hours, his people ft- , i igued, the liristnl and the Experiment j i .a le nearly w recks, the tide of elbCal j< u.st done, with no prospect of help from I lie army nt the east ward, and no poaai I .ility of his being of any further service, >ir Peter l'arker resolved to withdraw.? i U half past nine bis abi|>a slipped their i aide, and dropped down with the tide i) their previous moorings. Of the four hundred and thirty five j tmericana in ilie fort, who took part in \ his Action, all but eleven remained alive, lid of tbese but twentv'sii were wound- 1 <1. At so email a cost of life bed Cbareston been defended and a province sael. \N hen, after a cannonade of about teu lours, the tiring ceased, the inbabiteuie if Charleston remained in suspense, (ill oat trom Moultrie announced hit vicio y. At morning's dawn tba Acitrm frig* ite whs seen, f*st aground at ahoul four inndred yards from the fort. The Syren ;ad (got oil', and so too had the Sj'hinz, ft with the Ions of Iter bowsprit. Home hots were exchanged, but the company >f the Acteon aoon set fire to her and de' ericd her. Men from the fort IwarUed her while ?lie was oii fire, pointed and dim barged two or three of her guns at the commodore, and looded their three boats from her stores. In one half ot an hour afier they abandoned her she blew up, and to the eyes of the Carolinians, | the pillar of smoke, as it rose over the tear-el, took the form of the palmetto. i he liiislol had forty men killed and | eventy one wounded Lord William : Campbell received a contusion in his left i aide, and after suffering two years, died Iioiii its effects. Sir l'eter I'arker was slightly injured. About seventy balls went through the ship ; tier ruizzeii-urasl was bo nnu.li hurt that it fell early the j next morning ; the main-mast whs cut , away about fifteen leet be'ow the hound:-; and the hroad pendant now streamed | from a jury mast, lower than tlie formast. She had suffered so much in the hull, masts, and rigging, that hut for the stillness of the sea she must have gone down. On hoard the Experiment, twenty three j were killed and fitly six wounded ; Scott, her captain, lost his left arm, and was otherwise so much wounded, that his lite j was long despaired of; the ship was I much damaged, her mizzcn gaff w as shot | awar. Hie whole loss of the liritish fleet, 1 in kit led and wounded, was two hundred ' and live. The royal governors of North Carolina and of South Carolina, as well ' as Clinton and Cornwallis, and seven j regiments, were witnesses of the defeat.? ' 1 lie Commodore and the general long in I dulced in reciprocal criminations. Notli- , ing remained for tire army hut to quit I the sands ol Long Island, yet three weeks j more passed away before they embarked in transports for New York under the I single "convoy of the Solcbny frigate ; | the rest of the fleet being under the ne cesstity of remaining still longer to refit." | The success of the Carolinians was due ! to the wisdom and adequateness of their ] preparations. It saved not a post hut a province. It kept seven regiments away j from New York for two months ; it gave j lecurity to Georgia, and three j ears' | peace to Carolina ; it dispelled through- i ;>ut the South lire dread of Ifritish supe- j rioriiv ; it drove the loyalties into I diiuneful obscurity. It whs hii Htmounoe ' ment to tlie oilier colonies of the exss- i . once of South Carolina hs h self direcii?? " republic ; a message of brotherhood md union. 1 On ibc morning of the twenty ninth, j Jharieslon harbor was studded with soils *nd alive with the voices of men, hastening to congralulHtc the victors. They .row tied round their deliveries with Iransports of grHtitude ; they gazed ad- i iiiritigly on the uninjured walls of the i fortress, ihe ruinous marks of the enemy's shot on every tree and hut iu its Deigh airhood ; they enjoyed the sight of the wreck of tlie Acleun, the d'scomfitted ( nen-of-war riding at anchor at two and | | i half miles distance ; they laughed at he commodore's broad pendant, scarcely j isili'e on a jury inaintopinast, while | lieir own blue Hag crowned the merlon. ( .oilers of congratulation came down j ( rum Kioledgo ami from Gadsden ; and ga?u his witness, that "no men ever J iid behave belter, or ever can behave j , letter." On tlie afternoon of ilie thirteenth Lee J ' oviewed the garrison, and renewed to ^ hem the praise thai was their due.? | A hi'.e they were ilius drawn out, the wo- | nen of Charleston presented to the sec I >nd remittent a pair of fine silken colors, | >ne of blue, one of red, richly embroider | d by their own hands; and Susanna ' hnith Klliot, a scion of one of the oldest ainilies of the colony, who. being left aii irphan, bad been bred up by Rebecca dotte, stepped forth to the front of the ntrepid hand in matronal beauty, young, ind stately, lightdiaired, with eyes of | . mid expression, and a pleasant counten nice ; and as she put the flags into the ( rands of Moultrie and Motte, she said in i i low, sweet voice: "Your gallant beharior in defence of liberty and your coun ry entitles you to the highest honors ; accept these two standards as a reward j t ust'.y due to your regiment; and I make j ? iot the least doubt, under heaven's pro- ! i teclion, you will stand by them as long i r ?s they can wave in air of Liberty." And ! I lie regiment plighting the word which I f ihey were to keep sacredly at the cost of j many of their lives, answered : "The col j dis shall be honorably supported, and f ihall never be tarnished." On ttie fourth of July, Kutledge came ! to visit the garrison. There stood Moul- ' tiie, there Moite, ttiers- Marion, there l'eter 1 Horry, there William Jasper, and all their ' fearless comrades. Kutledge was happy ' in having insisted on holding possession ; of the forte; happy in the consciousness of his unwavering reliance in Moultrie ; , < happy in the glory that gathered round l | the first days of the new born common wealth; and when, in the name of South Carolina, he returned thanks lo the ! defenders, Itia burning word* gushed forth with an eloquence that adequately ax pressed the impaaeioned gratitude of the people. To Jasper he offered a lieutenant's commission, which Jasper modestly declined, eccepliug only e sword. All South Caroline, by her President end the common voice, decreed that the post on Sullivan's laland should, for all future lime, bv known ea fort Moultrie ; her assembly crowned her victorious eons with epplsuae. The tidiuga leaped from colony to colony on their way to lha North, and the Continental Congress voted their thanks of Lee, Moultrie, Thornson, and the officers and men under their command. Hut at the time of that vole. Congress was no more the representative of dependent colonies ; the victory at Fort Moultrie was the bright morning Star and harhinircr of American lmlsnsn. dcnce, " r j 3tyrinilfaral. Stirring the Soil and Mulching. Successful borticulturHl practice does not depend so much upon uny one panic* ular item in culture, us upon the btppy combiiiHtion of ull the essentiul elements of growth p'HI ,H- it is not enough that the soil l>e thoroughly prepared, and seeds or plauts properly inserted ; future caie ana well directed culture will very materially influence tiie product. One of the chief requisites of vegetation ia the unimpeded access of air and moisture to the roots of plants, and in some soils it is difficult to preserve this favorable condition ; clavey soils, on account of their easy solubility, tire readily consolidated on the surface during rains ; and subsequent drying w inds and hot sun hake it into a crust, through wbich jourig plants make slow progress, and which retards to a certain degree, the admission of air to their roots. To maintain an open and comminuted surface is therefore a special point in clay soils, lloeing or otherwise breaking the soil is a necessary operation alter the rain, and if performed at the proper time, will require hut little labor. Such soils should not he disturbed when the surface is wet ; and when well caked becomes a ditlicull and laborious operalion. The period between the softening of the soil by rains, and its crusting by sun and drouths will l>e found the most favorable; and when this proper condition is attained, the hoe or cultivator should be placed in active operation. To facilitate these cultural operations, all plants and crops should he grown on the drill system ; the soil between the rows can he loosed deeply with a fork, which is the most effective implement for tins purpose ; and has been, for many years, gradually taking the place of the hoe in the cultivation of garden crops. In the early stages of gri w th, frequently stirring the soil is most advantageous ; as crops advance and dry weather prevails, the labor saving system ol mulch M>ji ma> i'o rcscriru 10. i lie oeneticial I'fli't ts of mulching newly planted trees is now so well known thai the practice is widely adopted. Its effects are equally Kppareiu in the vegetable garden. One ui the best potatoe crops we have seen was produced in this way. As soon as the )oung plants were above ground, the noil between the rows was deeply loosened with a diggit g fork, and the space immediately covered three inches thick with newly cut grass from the lawn.? They received no blither care, with the exception of palling up a few weeds dur? ing summer, and the crop was, by actual measurement, found to be more than doutile ibal of the adjoining rows. Ia manuring, preparation of tbe ground and planting, tliey were treated alike ; but boae that were mulched maintained a leallhy growth during h severe drouth, when others lost their foliage, and npenrd prematurely. 'I lie early pea crops have also been rrolonged lor several weeks, by mulching teavily between the rows with partially oiled straw ; in short, the productive cajacities of all crops will be increased, if a iiiiiorni am) constant degree or moisture h maintained by preventing surface evap> ation. lb-fuse mutter of various kinds, such is chips, partially rolled leaves and weeds, ;ra?s, tanbark, Ac., can be used for mulhitig ; no belter disposition can be made if the grass mowed bom the lawn, preading il thinly at first, and repeating lie application from time to lime, as the naterial can be collected. We have remarked above tbat mulch* ng is a saving ot labor, and il is not the east of its recommendations tbat il prerents the widespread growth of weeds. ? Farmer and Gardner. Buead Omelet.? Tut into a large tea up of bread crumbs, a lea cup of cream, i spoonful of butter, with salt, pepper tnd nutmeg ; when the bread has ablorbed the cteam, break in the eggs, ieat them a little with the mixture, and ry like omelet. 1) ur y-v .... ivr.il in rUK ?? AMIIJNO. ? *_Mie gill or ipirits of harlshorn ; four oz. saltpeter ; iissolve in two quarts of rain water, cork l tight ui a jug. l'.it two tablespoonsful n a pint of soap ; stir it through, make a ?ud?, and put jour clothes to soak over night, or iu the morning before breakfast. N k.w Ori-kaxb Recipe for Curino Ifkitr.?To 100 pounds of beef take Olbs L-oarse salt, 4 oz. saltpetre, aud bibs sti??r. Pulverise the saltpetre and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Pack the beef with the mixture, i>ound it down, and put a weight upon it. To Cork a Roil.?The skin of a boiled egg is the most efficacious remedy that can be applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and spply it. It will relieve the soreness in a few hours. Corn Cam.?Take corn meal and wet up with boiling water and butter milk, equal parts ; make it thick at batter, and baits it in a hot oven for the breakfnst. To be eaten hot. Jl-mbi.es?Two cupe sugar; 1 do. butter ; 1 2 do. water ; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon cream tartar ; 1-2 do. soda ; nutmeg, flour sufficient to mix ; roll thio. Hah Ht\ rtiifk-sn Pi'fvniMfl P..# pounded crackers to a pint of new milk ; add four eggs beaten to froth, and ft little salt. Tie it up in ft floured cloth and allow a MtlelhV swelling ; toil aft tour. K'H with a?e<riep<.0 cream.