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Kingston Gazette (Kingston, ON1810), August 3, 1816, p. 2

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jtettfferk up flto farm and chateau oi lioiismmwri which ho had cromnfrn- icditcto n oclock uw nwtecttfr- lul atom- fne battle became general up wnrcte rramfattl fc fiw station toot and constantly watting tatek- ri- and forward somrtiimntth life aim crossed but crlei behind hn back with fcii thltbbt in the pocktj ofa daik coloured gvt at coat he had hi- n- fixed uprnhhc battlo andp-d- ted out hh watch and miff box alter- tmtly do coster who was borse- bark near him ftlmsnned frocpirntly ins match bouapnrtp pvc iv d thut ue cote took snuff an4 he had none- etave him several pinches when hcfotfndthat hi attempts to force the portion of thectafeaa of jiob- goumont had baen made in vain he took a horse left ho farm unburn at iv m and riding foremost halted op posite de costers hotse about 100 3 arb from la folic alliance he r roamed here until siveifc at this mo ment lo by means of a telcc pe iirl tijp prusau advance and gommuukftted it to an aiddocamp ivoj npod cfifnihg hisspyuilass t also souk moments afu i an of- i ramc to annottttcx twrd bulows corps biproacjcd boniparfs replied j that j kuw it well and aavu wilcri for us guards to attack the rir- the ktsgllsh zry id r5dng at fall gallop in advance plan d himself rjtli otled to rrthot home oil foot jurir the vholc time thai bo wis wiih lionipirtr h was ootmaltreatodj xcept whilst hiv were retreating on fheir arrival at quatre bras wrfaon oe of fjia officers lindhig that a swond guide vkkh they had with them had caped tied the bridle cf dc casters iorse to lis own saddle a- a precau tionary rnraaure from the moment thai bonaparte bewail to retrwtl until iis arrival at the mta low of marcenelle ho did not stop hoi did he speak to any onc- he had taken no nourishment from the time he left the farm ilovsunu and do cosftjr v n titinks ho had taken nothing horn six in the morning the dangers of the battle did not appear to effect him le coster who mas grtty agitated through fear lowered hw head frequently on the week of the orse to avoid tlie balls ivhieh bisftcd ovrr his head bonaparte appeared displeased at it and told him that those motions made his officers ba- itevcthatbo as wounded and also ad ded that he would not escape the ball j more by stooping than b holding him- j self upright- i during the battle he aftra wintered jmsfireto tlu nppoinarm hv prinj eipallv pvaiscd the scotch greys and xprrssid murhrogrel to see tliti suf- fr so severely- vyhon they raahoewverw o dl and uhid the swoid si de- terouslv until half past ilve 1 m he had bhie aiuaac e a i hi his efeftj ill a lintow m hiif may bitwe- i hrjftssnte xhfeivs bis third aad it portion ban- par to and ins v lv the rnd th greatest hope ofsnecss aed n suite ran swat iitd alt ues v a jfis gene rals entertained tho isame hope he xn p rf fly eaim and sh wed much vw d rins the aetm nthont himself- as iflie vas cn tf r fag an old seivantand uishj to fj mind us that he ab had yc cut in tlie itftilln after ob that his simple yet btftd lfr ilscharms as well as itnijserics ments mere men depaitiiifr 0 return- jngatevery hour of the ttay totn lite mosi diss nt parts in pailhat vrhtm thoy received orders l foe ready to mount it might be for franco licr- many or the further xtfoniities of koropc or only for a h iitlf de lleeea proceeds in tliofolj terms when the cannon yonwd al a distance anftoimcmg an rpproaehiog attack on any point ofthi enemys line m hen the different corps v cl rjrrying into action b others and friends ser ving in several division reengnied aeh oiheraitd stopped ttiembsacand bid a hasty farewell s jirir arrnsi cla liedtlierplum s ios d tiu otuer and they returned instantly to their ronks the habit of danger made us- to look upon death as on f the most ordieaiy circumstances 1 fe w pitied our comrades vbea bounded hut when onco they had acd to live the diferrnco wlweti wi diewa hem t anted almost to irony when the wldttirt passing by recnjnin one of tlw ir cmjaniis stretchoi amen the ih ad tney jn tayijo no kinder m man of any things li- vil never alnise ids whre aain- u- has got drunk for the last time r something similar uhitli only marked in the speakt ra stoical coutempl f existence such wore te ony fun m oraii -n- prououeed h honor of thsko who foil in oar baith hre teems no nfl to doubt of its oot- rrsaec- it appears thru foeume lore a tfcatleman aecidoually obferved in london a feumm wlm he had ften in cad where he was whl known from his luving been in africa and at fombnetoo a city which no white per- oj n toreaekthisbouowvttbnlletstmch i lrrarfc owt of bom and always spoke vt mildly to his olucers he mas juver in dansft of bebus the pummel of the saddle of oat ot his officers without touching him or hi liprse bonaparte ton ni d himself brmuvobievviiitf that thoy mast r rtjil iti tlii hoi low i vv un en ds sid of the r ad a battery and pereivin that one of the ennuoihof the left battery did xr jily well he climountetl ascended the height of thn road advanced to the third piuce and rcctiftcd he error whilst the bullets were htting around him whilm u lids position he saw eljbi lattalliouft of his old guard to vhom h had jiven oidtr to force the centre of the british winy advancing upon jfnve salute three of these battalu ion- worauirihila takin prisoner inc alway3 snrroiiti- ld tvtn in tlr third station miens ll ii hi nl- v 1 1 1 crossing the read by th firing from tlie farm and t hattwies nvertheles 4v french made themselves mater df the farm and the lianovcrians witooc- rnpird it were obliged to surrender for vant of ammunirion to support th foot cnardi garde n pieti bonapartp made lii horse guards eoiiiposed of oiht or nine regiments advance he waited the result of the change with the greatest anxiety but he saw the flower of ids army destroy ed in an instant mhilst ascending the bill upon which hrtye sainte is situate- t iiiis was his last trial for on seeing hi okl guard destroyed he lost all hops and on turning xo his officers said ft p e v jink muoow nous it is now tiaislied let us save on- solves it mas half part eight oclock and without purniiig ay stps or giving any oidr rs he redo off at f dl gallop to gettojia i i passing before a battery nfl 1 guns tiiaf was near the 03erva- tory he ordire that i fore thpyabaa- domed it to the enemy they should fire 1 1 roimls when he arrived vmapr i was imifpat 9 oclock pm tlie only street winch forms this village was so vicnmlvrrd with cassions and cannon that it required in entire hour to pass them along ide the houses all the in- imhitan s had forsaken their dwellings there avar- no oilier road to take be- cause te jrassians occopiedthc left and there was no other bridge but that fgstwppc by which to pass the river that sowed fchore from genappe he advanced to quar- tre bras hasfcming li paee always afraid the prussians would arrive before oltvkj he uas more tranquil when he ind a sed the iust place and when ar- tirt d at gossoley hs ever dismounted rnd walked tlie remainder of the road to cmrlry abotu one league he ti v red cbarleroy about two hours and a half and stopped in n meadow calird marceiile at the other end of ie town itirr they made a lare irr am brought him two glares and two bottler of wine wjucb he drank with bis officers he took no other iorihment tboj spivad upon the ground a sack of oa which his horses at in lie ir bridles at a quarter be- f re eve oclock after having taken an- athrrutidc to whom he gave the horse iiat had served dr coster lie re- mounted made a slight bo to do cos- ter and rode off bntraad aavp r ostrr for hb services a pinele aapol- e divappearedasul o ihe whole c- rui urrtppcar ttall eaiflfapct ster jfclc who waa l hr was nearer to the enrmy he bqi villi him twelvn pi ev- ofeamiun audi three tiousaiid cvdi rs of his j uard ll mtde no us of the tbsowatory viiiih had i- it coiistrnefed for him six weeks before the iitle by the e j ijineci nf holland in hi- ilihr he ive received invs from i hi arm by olluers who rnme op with hun in ibeir escajjc from the pursuit of the allies the house of de v-ost- i having ser ved asa hhonac for the ivoch hey hum all jibe doe wiid san4 wood tliat they could find the rent that hcpaid wan one hundred fjnef this naranve fas given at waterloo in the public house kept h dean 0e aivelies waksclvks the following passage extracted irm m h kocas msuir rics qffha ifan of the french in spxiiu exhibits j a lively picture of the inferior ccono- nvof a cam ami of the domestic habits if we may so express ourselves of the soidiers u ihe frrced marches of our army often continu d lili late at night and in parsing the squadrons we frequently heard italians germans or frenchmen eitlgtitg their national airs to lull their fatigue or hi this distant and hostile laud to recall a lively remembrance of heir absent country the army stop ped very late at ni jit near thedesorted towns orviliais and on their arrivel we generally found ourselves in abso lute went oi every thing but the sol di rs dispersed on all sides to forage and in less tan an iiour thoy col- leeted at the bivouac all that yet remaned in the neighboring villages around lajge rtres lighted at intervals all the implements of military cookery were seen here they were busy con- struetmg in haste barracks of plank covered with leaves fer want of straw there they were erecting tents stretching across fonrsjnkes such pieces of siuff a had been found in tlie deserted houses the ground was strewed up and down with the skins of sheepjustbdara guitars pitchers blad ders cf wine the cowls of monks cloth- of every form and color lure the cavalry mid r arms mere sleeping by the side of their borses farther on a few of the infantry dreased m wo- mens cloflis were dancing eroteseae- j ly among piles of arais to the sound of discordant music mi d uocea gives the fidloing ac count of the manner in u hich he and his companions in arms were accus tomed to live ts whether in houses or bivouacked in tlie adds we led the fame sort of life either going from house to house or from our own lire in the open air to that of a comrade in either situation we passed the ion nights in drinking and talking over the present events of the war or our pas campaigns sometimes a horse tormented by the ehilinessofthe dews just before day- brak would tear up the picket to which jit was fastened and c me gently and put bis hcud close iv ho fire to warn from tuksf iv1jx5 pittatok to miuiter mai tratf parents guardians of oyth in this provjnctf the loll owing linesare re- ctfullv a- dip ed and the iriuti- both in iv lwcr canada are iee ted to jvc them an inextlou in their resectiv pap r fritvtl- ami bi fit von are solemnly callc4upon loch- gage in a spiritual vwiiimk all pood men in on part of ih- world may with pn pnery be called epon re hud ih ir aid u id oxclt l i their iniluonw in tie protection of oor acred privilege- and in building up the kiimdoe of the k denned gloomy and true ditemng s tli present pro- peel iwfh in canada and the united status cod miv ha- come out ajwiet ii in judmeht in eoii- ejucnce of our sjn mo i ftgltiiu aani j us he j r je and the suord j mo trarensu with a famine i is h turned majr infy hand it strctvhed out tiitij are not the scriptures fulfilling wiiich asureus f tte hall ve signs hi the snt rij ln f j that mens hca y77 tf tfaqughfmr oftfwse things xhkh are coming upon the c a i these evils n every ofhr cal amity which wesflcrand tovliieh we are exposed are theellect and eousej foir before ha beta able to reach all h t u the great obja of the european refearch tins fcaman whofe name is robert adews belonged to the amen lean fbip charles andia otiw of a menca horn on hudfon river and was wrecked oflobcr 11 1810 near a fmall place called el gassi on the afican coaft to the northward of cape bhnco and with the rtr of the crew made prifoners hy the moors after fomc time the whota were conveyed by the barbarians acrofd the great deferts to sondenny and thence to tombuctoo experiencing the grcatelt fatigues and hrcilop5 after a flavery at various places for four years and undergoing very cruel crcatemcttj he was fo fortu ate as to have his ranfom effected by mr dnpuif rhc conful at ifcfogadore from whence he went t- fez obtained a paffge to cadiz where he remained until peace with the united state was con cluded and ultimately arrived in lon don ik m that among the negro- ilaves nt wednoon where fiom his being a white man he attraed great notice j wsa womni who fa id he came from a place ealed kouno lung way acrofx ihedtfeft and that he hid fcr in her own country white men white as bather meaning the white wall and in a large boat wiih two high llckfl in it whu cloth upn them and rhu tbey rowed tins boit in a manner differ- ent tom th cullom of the negroes who ufe paddles in racing this fhe made the motion ofmwing with oars fo a to leave do doubt that he had feen a vtftci in the eiiropchji tamion ad man- re by white pcode adams amvcd at iliis jdacc augull 73 1813 and re- mained there if 11 september 1813- mony of rhc laves nurchafed at tom- fjuctoo and othei places and brought by he moors and araba acrfe the jfrert dcfcrt come torn countries very far to the eaftward it is therefore n jm- ptobablrto feppofc that the place from win nee dn woman came might he the vinod- m of ghana or cauo on the ivernier lyinjr between the lotb and 15th dcjriea if eaft loiigitude sup- poungthi correct ihc curiu8 relation of thin perfou will afford reafooable jjroimd for conjefturiig that po k had made fiiitbct togufoe the nigr than where the kude llatm h- mr wp1- hen and as parks dntq whieh was by j drowning together wnh hi companion j only t c lay aftw u glde gave up hi j ch irtre hffcoold nos have mde any pro- j srreivinhis vovs- the time ta iv- tervened between the depattnreof park frm s a na tiding wh rehc embarked 00 h- ner the ttn n ivember 18051 ffundy jevfatban 74 caj l ti montague 74 captain r- hey wgq tagmt captain deans dlindas clo inde captain pechell erne capt rspencer pilot captain nicholas bantcrtr captain ward spdrrowhawlp burgoyn caljrpfci captain siftoa four tranfports with rocket boars whiift making ihe ueceftary p rations for failing lord exmouth if ed an order to the feet couched in very llrong and animate terms dcfcribirig th fefvice upon which ve were about to proceed and affigninjs to each hip the particular duty that he would beexppft ed to perfoim fn order to elfcil it wc arrived at algiers on the 3 1 l march ha ving been preceded by he tagus capt dundas which hip had been appointed by the commander in chief to convey notification to the dcy of im approach and with what defign and whafwere the only terms he had ptopofed to him the dcy not only refufed to liffen to the 0- veiture but would not open the difpat- chs affigning however as hta reafon curious as it may appear beoaufeini uncle had dird the day before fraviog hot himfelf and that at that time he mrft call a divan tuconfidcr of the dif- patches lord exmouth replied w efflft h it was of no fort of ufe to thtnfc of offering excufes or of tcoiporiztug with the demands they mull be complied with and as to thc divan jhe ihe dejpj could cut offtheir heads at anv- momeftt km r hat he plcafcd therefore their coon- fel could not hate much to do with the matter whilll thia reply was under conuderatfon the fleet was ordered to prepare tor a6tfotf and be ready the next morning to anchor withinacablc length of the mole and batteiic but as it came on to blow very hard nd the wind right out of the harbour the fleet was prevented from moving there fore loid exmouth inilantly determin ed to ro on fhore in a few hours af terward he came off again to the fleet having by his firm and refoluie concluft obtained all the principal terms lhit he equjred to tlie following cffefl that 11 sardinian and genoefe laves flmuu be emancipated at 500 dollars a head 3nd ail neapolitans at rooo doliam a head one third of ihe neapolitan to be lent home immedirrcly the remain der when paid for that rhc dey ihoau nt vr go to wai with snrdnia that po- rr having placed itfirif under or naval protedion while peace remained be tween the ey and england and that biould war be made wiih cither of t ltuvhw ft flttr mned witnrtiped to pnfoncf tacn fn u fame manner aj ijobferved by cfcviftbui nations u we here do not pretend to jude of the stare policy that dilated rhc admj jrala inflndiions which hould prefer making terms with fuch entel delpotic wraehes rather than to feci to det quonce 01 our ir u nations and indi- viduals lot us all arisn a one man rind gird on our spiritual ft arid nvcrgivi ovor the coittoft until ire hao confuer- ed all onr foes jeslistbe cupuirn of our salvation call inpon n immchtfaf to enlist under his borner ad has adored us that wo shall nccccd ifw pursue his dinefioi but dropping lgttre and alltories we vioturu in plain lanffcage in point out wuxt matt and wight to hr doic vve nifij and uught in every town township and sememont thrmihoiit the inhabited part of the courtv efa- blish a samtajj school for tnc purpose of teaching the children tlie elmneatury principles of our holr religion and wo nuy budohghf to a-isrmbh- cprry lords da v for divine wehiip to improve the hlesdngs f hcarcn upon nil our exertion in tlw cato of god- ajritndto rett an and good order ijat this entirpwiingtovcller has me ijirom 68 o ib pounders and had not t de4ih i aln oh certain but the tmc ftht ci fc b urn attained in the way h ha jit mud irive eoit us a yrta iofs of iiv and this too before we catsld have even taken up rur oohlion fiom te heavy fianking battnesthey have the f is the principal fort upon vhich there are 97 pieces of ordnance in three tieii fomc of which areat a height of 45 feet above the level of the ft a they had be- fides 7000 infantry aed five trigate foir corvettes fn the haibour u toe admiral had directed tht a proportion of the fcarren and marinci hom each fhfp was to ftornj the loner batteries and fpfke the guns whiift an other divifitm with the rocket beat hould endeavor to deftroy the place the crews of our fliips entered into a view of the combat with quite an enthtu 1 h place or t jitruhvnccs ijpder which i occurred a e esivelopedin oiyftery and rel aoe on the bare dftmn of his guide wh ir rnufi be recolledted was not e pye witnef m the evert ut ob tufned the intormafion fiom thers ti wdncn the only white per- fon which adnms found there whs al frenchman who had been flnpvve ked and taken into flaery tie temptation which ad been v id o v t rhi mart as is uivartably doe by the followers of mahonief to all christians ft ho u fi ilu- oatdy fall into their povfer was too ftiongforhim to icfift- ke had there fore turned mahooh tan and wa- in con fluence circiimcifcd by which means he wa immediately removed from flaery i allowed to many and wa the father of j fcveral children at this place he ie- fided twelve years and obtained a liveli hood by making gun powder which wai 1 pnrchafed with great avidity by the j moorraud a rabs all of whom were rn ttrely fgnotaut of the procefs nfed in it manufacture this fecret the french- man ftudioiifly kept from them and al ways made the gtinpjwder alone in a room cf hi houfe to which no one elfe hadaccefs h j iepottcd he is iinee dead from london and paris papers received at tie ojpee of com advzrtifcr london may 27 186 mungo pari every circemitance that can elucidate the fate of the ex plorer of africa is intercflmg although from the length of time that bs elapfed finee he was laft heard of the probabili ty of his being u exigence is fo chimer ical as fearcely toanord the mos dfftant ray of its bring realized tlie follow ing is however a lingular coincidence tunrs hay a j there can be no ml but the white men the contents of this letter you will therein mriioicjnu be lark and ireceiye at am the reafon why the probably in felloe traveller lieuten- fl has not returned to enubnd ere m martin pacubny as u 1 known mfa as i txpcclai fhey embarked on the niger wnh only rendezvous at mahon confhting of a three of their companions 0nd alio that 1 follows no nerfonft as is there difcriued could fwnp rt a d c kioin late knolislj pipois received at the office of the commercial advertlfer london may 30 extras of a private letter daft j dnidaru- ltuaied out them bomhiv 71 rwa i 1 c- u the manner in which this information p nrr i n i s c v h been obuincjia ralhr jiigbhr but scsact ba t bewick fiaftc feeling they ail appeared to have an abhorred detefiatforr of the unfeeling cruelties commuted by the bjibnry states many of them had unfortunate ly been thencaptives i do aihire yon it wai truly iirtcrelling to witnefs the offers that were cheerfully made by the men to undergo fatigues or even facrt ftcc life in this caufe of humanity ht-w- jevei tlie promptitude and decifionor our j chief intimidated the dcy and lie w3 prevailed upon to agree to the terms 1 have mentioned from algiers wsfjiled on thc 7th cf april and arrived pt tunis on the 11th nfta ijmilar caufe here lord exmouth obtained all the ternw that he denanded to their full extentthe sar- dinian haves to be freely liberated the neapolitans at 300 dollars a in ad at both places the number of llaves relwr ed is about 3000 hut what is even of mor importance a foundation has been laid far the tcrninatiun of clnittiaa fl voy w the fleet is now t ifl of april w- der weivh to nocevd totii oli excepl the rpntfowhawk which poc to 1 land with difpiitehcr and whn wed have rjr our mwouii 1 kail rendezvous at cvi h surdsawj 0

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