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came to Bladensburg, and, after a night's rest, carried him home in a carriage and bed brought for that purpose. The ball had been probed for by the English surgeons, but without effect; his surgeon was equally unsuccessful, and it was never got out. On the 7th October, he was sufficiently recovered to proceed to Washington, and was sent with a flag of truce to the enemy's fleet in the Chesapeake, to exchange prisoners. He calculated the enemy lost in killed, wounded and prisoners, in their attack on Washington, eleven hundred men. Our loss did not exceed sixty, fifty of which were marines and flotilla men. On the 10th October, he resumed his command. The corporation of Washington voted him a sword. He was preparing the barges for a spring campaign, when the news of peace arrived. The Legislature of Georgia gave the commodore a vote of thanks for his conduct at Washington. On the 10th May, he was again sent for by the Secretary of the Navy, and requested to undertake a mission to Europe; and he sailed the 25th from Baltimore, arrived at Plymouth, thence went to London, and sailed the 9th August from Gravesend; arrived at Baltimore 13th October, but found his wound crippled him so completely, he was obliged to send his despatches by his son. He remained at his farm until his strength was renovated; he then removed his family to Baltimore, where he remained some months. Finding it necessary to form an establishment more independent than the one he now possessed, he looked towards Kentucky as the place of final settlement, and paid it a visit, carrying out his wife with him. On the road he received the most gratifying attentions from all classes, and his reception in that hospitable state, was such, that he only returned to Maryland to settle his business, and pack up his furniture, which, with his wagons, horses, servants, and every thing necessary for farming and housekeeping, he sent ahead, and followed with his family. At Brownstown he embarked his baggage in boats, but unfortunately the season had been remarkably dry, and he was detained a long time on the river. At Pittsburg he had got every thing on board, and was ready to sail the next morning, the water having risen, when in his boat he was taken ill, the combined effect of fatigue, exposure, and the irritation kept up by the ball in his thigh, calculated very much to hasten his death.

He died on the 1st day of December, 1818, in the 60th year of his age. It is unnecessary to say his funeral was attended by a great concourse of people, and received all the honours the city of Pittsburg could afford. His family after some detention, proceeded on to Kentucky. His widow continues to enjoy his pension, and in time may have possession of the ample tract of land purchased in early life.

BARRY, JOHN, was born in the county of Wexford, Ire land, in the year 1745. After having received the first elements of an English education, to gratify his particular inclination for the sea, his father entered him in the merchant service. When about fifteen years of age, he arrived in Pennsylvania, and selected it as the country of his future residence. He commanded the ship. Black Prince, a valuable vessel belong. ing to Mr. Nixon, of Philadelphia. when the revolutionary war commenced. This ship was immediately purchased by Congress, and converted into a vessel of war. Barry very promptly took a decided stand in favour of his adopted country, and was the first commodore in the American navy.

Confiding in his patriotism, Congress, in February, 1776, a few months prior to the declaration of Independence, appointed him commander of the brig Lexington, of sixteen guns, and his was the first Continental vessel, which sailed from the port of Philadelphia. His cruises were successful. The city of Philadelphia and forts on the Delaware fell into the hands of the British, in the year 1777; and commodore Barry, with several vessels of war, made good his retreat up the river, as far as Whitehill, where, however, they were afterwards destroyed by the enemy.

Prior to the destruction of these vessels, he successfully employed those under his command, in annoying the enemy, and cutting off the supplies.

Whilst he commanded the Lexington, the British chased a vessel on shore near Cape May, in sight of the Lexington, Surprise, captain Weeks, and the Wasp, captain Barney. The boats and men of those vessels were immediately sent to her assistance, and they began to land her cargo, consisting of small arms, powder, &c. The British kept up a brisk fire, and killed captain Weeks. Finding the enemy's ships getting near, and preparing to send their boats, captain Barry ordered a quantity of powder turned loose in the hold of the vessel, and on leaving her, left a large coal of fire wrapped up in the mainsail over the hatchway. When the Americans retired, the British had scarcely boarded the vessel, when she blew up, with a tremendous explosion! A great number of dead bodies, gold laced hats, &c. afterwards floated on shore.

After the destruction of the American squadron, and soon after the capture of Philadelphia, he was appointed to command the Raleigh, of thirty two guns, which, on a cruise, was run on shore by a British squadron, on Fox Island, in Penobscot bay.

Subsequent to the above disasters, he commanded a vessel commissioned with letters of marque and reprisal, and engaged in the West India trade for some time.

When Congress concluded to build a 74 gun ship in New Hampshire, he was ordered to command her. It was, however, afterwards, determined to make a present of this vessel to His most Christian Majesty, when that august body gave him the command of the Alliance frigate.

The situation of American affairs becoming important, in a foreign point of view, colonel John Laurens, of South Carolina, son of Henry Laurens, then a prisoner in the tower of London, was ordered to France on a special mission. Commodore Barry sailed in the Alliance from Boston for L'Orient, in February, 1781, having the minister extraordinary and suite on board. After landing the ambassador and suite at L'Orient, in the early part of the same year, the Alliance sailed on a cruise.

On the 29th of May, following, at day-light, Commodore Barry discovered a ship and a brig on his weather bow, appearing afterwards to wear the British flag. He consequently prepared for immediate action. The British ship proved to be the Atalanta, captain Edwards, of between twenty and thirty guns, and the brig Treposa, captain Smith. An action shortly commenced, and by three P. M. both vessels struck. Barry was wounded early in the engagement; but notwithstanding his sufferings, in consequence of this casualty, he still remained on deck, and it was owing to his intrepidity and presence of mind, that the Alliance was the victor.

On December 25, 1781, he sailed in the Alliance for France, from Boston, having on board the Marquis de la Fayette and Count de Noailles, who were desirous of going to their native country on business of the highest importance. He had scarcely arrived at his destined port (L'Orient,) than he sailed in February, 1782, on a cruise, during which he fell in with an enemy's ship of equal size, and had a severe engagement. The enemy would have been captured, had it not been for two consorts, which, however, were kept at a distance during the action by a French fifty gun ship, which hove in sight. The continental ship Luzerne, of twenty guns, had her guns thrown overboard before the battle began, in order to facilitate her escape, as she had a quantity of specie on board from Havanna, for the use of the United States. The captain of the British frigate, who was soon after advanced to be vice-admiral of the red, acknowledged, that he had never received a more severe flagellation than on this occasion, although it seemed to have had the appearance of a drawn battle.

It is said that the British frigate had thirty-seven killed and fifty wounded, in this action, and that captain Barry's loss amounted to three killed and eleven wounded.

During the time that general Lord Howe was the British

commander in chief, he attempted to alienate the commodore from the cause which he had so ardently espoused, by an offer of twenty thousand guineas, and the command of the best frigate in the British navy; but he rejected the offer with scorn. The return of peace, however, in the year 1783, put an end to all such dishonorable propositions, and our commodore returned to private life.

When our disturbances took place with the French Republic, he commanded the frigate United States, now in service, and was very successful on the West India station.

Bold, brave, and enterprising, he was, at the same time, humane and generous. He was a good citizen, and greatly esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. His person was above the ordinary size, graceful and commanding; his deportment dignified, and his countenance expressive. He had the art of commanding without supercilious haughtiness, or wanton severity. Another trait in his character was a punctilious observance of the duties of religion.

He died in Philadelphia, on the 30th of September, 1805, and a vast concourse of his fellow-citizens testified their respect to his memory, by attending his remains to the silent grave.

BARTLETT, JOSIAH, Governor of New Hampshire, was born at Amesbury, in the county of Essex, Massachusetts, 21st November, 1729. His ancestors came from the south of England, and fixed at Newbury. The rudiments of his education he received at Amesbury, at the town school; and having a thirst for knowledge, he applied himself to books in various languages, in which he was assisted by a neighbouring clergyman, the reverend Mr. Webster, of Salisbury, an excellent scholar as well as judicious divine. Mr. Bartlett had the benefit of his library and conversation, while he studied physic with a gentleman, who was a practitioner in his native town. At the age of twenty-one, he began the practice of physic in Kingston, and soon became very eminent in the line of his profession. In 1764. a field was opened for the useful display of his skill. The cynanche maligna became very prevalent in many towns of New Hampshire, and was a fatal disease among children. The method of treating it was as a highly philogistic complaint; but he was led from his own reason and observations, to manage it differently. He made use of the Peruvian bark, as an antidote and preventative, and his practice was successful. This afterwards become general among physicians.

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In 1765, Dr. Bartlett was chosen a member of the legislature, and from this time was annually elected till the revolution. In 1770, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 7th

regiment of militia. This commission he was deprived of in 1774, on account of the active part he took in the controversy with great Britain. This was a time when "the clashing of parties excited strong passions, which frequently gained the mastery of reason." The governor and council of New Hampshire, saw fit to dissolve the house of Assembly, supposing that a new one might become more flexible, or be more subservient to their wishes. In the meanwhile, colonel Bartlett, with several others, planned a kind of authority, which was called a committee of safety. They met at Exeter, and in the course of events, were obliged to take upon themselves the whole executive government of the state. When a provincial congress had again organized the government, colonel Bartlett received a new appointment as justice of the peace, and colonel of the 7th regiment.

He was one of the first members who were chosen to represent the state in Congress. Colonel Bartlett was prevented from accepting this honourable trust by the unhappy condition of his domestic affairs; his house having been burnt, his family were obliged to seek a shelter without any thing but the clothes they had upon them. He was elected member of the second congress which assembled at Philadelphia the next year, and also attended his duty in the same station, 1776. He was the first that signed the declaration of independence after the president.

In 1777, colonel Bartlett and general Peabody, were appointed agents to provide medical aid and other necessaries for the New Hampshire troops, who went with general Stark, and for this purpose repaired to Bennington, a spot distinguished by a battle very important in its consequences. In April, 1778, he again went as a delegate to Congress. He returned in November, and would no longer appear as a candidate for that office.

When the state of New Hampshire was organized, under a popular government, colonel Bartlett was appointed judge of the common pleas; in June, 1782, a judge of the supreme court; and in 1788, chief justice.

In June, 1790, he was elected president of the state, which office he held till the constitution abrogated the office of president, and substituted the title of the chief magistrate, governor. He was then chosen the first governor of New Hampshire since the revolution. He resigned the chair in 1794, on account of his infirm state of health, and then retired from public business.

He had been the chief agent in forming the medical society of New Hampshire, which was incorporated in 1791, of which he was president, till his public labours ceased, and when he

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