spent his last breath in dictating a letter expressive of the warmest affection for the officers and men of his division, of his being charmed with the firm opposition they made to superior force, when abandoned by the rest of the army-the greatest satisfaction in the testimony given by the British army of the bravery of his troops-of the infinite pleasure he received from the gallant behaviour of the Delaware regiment, and the companies of artillery attached to the brigades, and of the endearing sense he entertained of the merit of the whole division he commanded.

He was buried in the vicinity of Cambden, near the place where the battle was fought, which termi nated his earthly existence. The spot, that encir cles his remains, has been enclosed, and over it has been placed a handsome marble, on which is sculptured an epitaph expressive of his worth and generous services, the expense of which was borne by the citizens of Cambden.

Congress, to do honour to his memory resolved, that a monument should be erected in the city of Annapolis, Maryland, with the following inscription :

"Sacred to the memory of the Baron de Kalb, Knight of the Royal Order of military merit, Brigadier of the armies of France, and Major-General in the service of the United States of Ame rica. Having served with honour and reputation for three years, he gave a last and glorious proof of his attachment to the liberties of mankind, and to the cause of America, in the action near Camb den, in the state of South Carolina; where, leading on the regular troops of Maryland and Delaware against superior forces, and animating them, by his example, to deeds of valor, he was wounded in several places, and died the 19th of August

following, in the forty-eight year of his age.The Congress of the United States of America, in acknowledgment of his zeal, of his services, and of his merit, hath erected this monument."

Congress must have been unacquainted with his age, and set it down forty-eight at hazard, from his healthy appearance; for as has been already observed, he stated it himself to have been sixtythree. His extreme temperance enabled him to enjoy the bloom of youth, until he passed the barrier between time and eternity. In his diet he was very abstemious, and water was his only beverage. He usually arose at five in the morning, and devoted his time chiefly to writing, in profound secret. This occupation was seldom interrupted, except by his meals or official duties. He generally wrote in hieroglyphics, and was very cautious in endeavouring to prevent his papers from being exposed to public view. With an eye to this, he was ever careful of his baggage, and was therefore always desirous of being placed in the centre of the army, having an aversion to its wings, lest he might be taken by surprise. It was believed, that he did not take his papers with him from the central army, when he went into South Carolina, but that he committed them to the care of the French Ambassador, by whom they were after his death transmitted to his sovereign. His powers of mind were not of the highest order, and his literary acquirements were only moderate; but he excelled in a practical knowledge of human nature, and in the investigation of causes and effects. With a stout frame of body and strong retentive faculties, he was abstemious, sober, persevering, and a firm believer in the mild doctrines of Christianity. He was, of course, well fitted to endure the toils of war, and to submit te its calamities, with placid resignation,

CAPTAIN

JOHN PAUL JONES.

THIS foot-ball of fortune was a native of Scot land. His father had been originally a gardener to the Earl of Selkirk. The name of the subject of this narrative was John Paul, and the event which induced him to add thereto his mother's maiden name Jones, will be noticed in its proper place. The year 1747 witnessed his birth, in the county of Galway, distant about sixty miles from the mansion-residence of the Selkirk family.

The partiality, which the Earl of Selkirk entertained for old Mr. Paul, induced him to cause his son John to receive from a private tutor the same education as his own boys. John Paul early evinced an aptitude for learning, and made considerable progress in obtaining a knowledge of the Latin language, and a slender acquaintance with the Greek. Circumstances, at present unknown, led him to embrace a sea-faring life at the age of fifteen, After he had served a regular apprenticeship, he commanded a merchant vessel, which was for many years engaged in the West India trade in the employ of Ferguson and Clinch, Cork, Ireland. During a voyage to Tobago, the crew of his vessel mutinied. He, in the incipiency of the insurrection, resorted to conciliatory measures with a view to restore order: but his moderation being supposed to be the effects of fear, the mutineers grew bolder, and renewed their threats. On this, Captain Paul armed himself with a small sword, posted himself on the quarter-deck, and informed the mutineers, that the most serious consequences would result, if they should pass the after hatchway, and that

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an attempt to get on the quarter-deck would induce him and his officers to risk their own lives, in endeavouring to effect their destruction. They were, some time, appaled by his decision, but some more desperate than the rest, determined to seize him, and armed with handspikes, crowbars, and axes, moved along the waist to the quarter deck. The leader, on approaching Captain Paul, raised a handspike to strike him, and made the blow, but it was evaded, and he missed his object; but was about to renew it, and when lifted a second time, Captain Paul pierced the ruffian, who fell dead upon the deck. The rest fled to the forecastle, and some below deck; those who remained above were seized and put in irons, and those, who had resisted the mutiny, being encouraged by the resolution of the Captain, secured the others. below.

The voyage was prosecuted, and they arrived at Tobago, where Captain Paul surrendered himself to the proper authority, with a demand that he should be tried for the death of the mutineer. The transaction excited considerable interest, but. at length he obtained a formal trial, wherein he was fairly acquitted. What became of the mutineers, we do not now recollect; for it is upwards of thirty years since we read the narrative.

Captain Paul had despatched his ship under an other officer to Europe, while he awaited trial; and after his acquittal returned to Europe. He landed in England, where the story had preceded him, with great exaggeration, and he was menaced with imprisonment and a new trial. In this dilemma, he addressed his friends of the Scots house in Cork, described the prosecution he had experienced, and the injustice of bringing him a second time to trial, contrary to the laws of Eng

land. In his friends, he found advice and protection; and to escape injustice, he determined to proceed to the American continent, where he added to his paternal name, nomme de guerre, Jones.

He arrived here at a most important period. The colonies were on the eve of separation from the parent state. The conflict had begun, and Jones, under his assumed name, having received a Lieutenant's commission, embarked on the expedition against New Providence, under Commodore Hopkins. Here he became acquainted with Captain Nicholas Biddle, who subsequently lost his life in a gallant attack on the enemy's line of battle ship the Yarmouth. In all his social circles, Captain Biddle introduced Jones as an officer of considerable merit, and from whose enterprise much might be expected, nor did the events falsify his prediction. On his return from New Providence, against which the expedition had fully succeeded, he was appointed to the command of a sloop carrying twelve guns, on a cruise in which, he captured several prizes which arrived safely into port. His next command was a new ship of war, called the Ranger, of eighteen carriage guns, six pounders, and a crew of one hundred and fifty men, including officers. This vessel had a privateer's commission and belonged to New Hampshire. Having sailed in the beginning of 1778 from Portsmouth, the capital sea port of that state, he bent his course for the British coast. In April of that year, towards the close of the month, he landed with about thirty men at Whitehaven, in Cumberlandshire, and succeeded in firing one of the ships in the harbour, which the inhabitants extinguished before the flames had communicated to the rigging. Having effected

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