VOL. I.

MOORE'S HOUSE AT YORK TOWN. YORK is a pretty little town in the southeastern part of Virginia, and situated on the banks of the beautiful stream whence it derives its name.It is, in fact, upon a peninsula, formed by James river on the south, and York river on the north; both of which empty into the Chesapeake bay a few miles below. Gloucester is situated upon the north side of York river, directly opposite York town. There is a sweep or bend in the river at this point, and the distance over from York to the headland of the opposite shore is but about a mile.

associations, precisely as it stands at this very mo ment, just as it was then. The same housethe same windows-the same clapboards-the same dormant roof-the same old kitchen-the same green pasture in front-and the identical beautiful York river, stretching off with its mirrored surface in the distance. The messuage, however, has changed hands; it is now owned by a Virginia planter-the soil is under cultivation-the house is occupied by the overseer of the plantation, and those cows, peradventure, appertain to the dairy thereof.

And here follow the identical articles of capitula tion, as they were arranged and signed in that house.

Colonel Laurens, and the Viscount de Noailles were the commissioners on the part on General Washington, and Colonel Dundas, and Major Ross, on that of Earl Cornwallis.

ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION

And what of York? Why, it was at this little locality, that the famous earl Cornwallis, the darling hope of the British ministry, the gentleman who counted with so much facility on the reduction of the southern country, and who exhibited so much humane and tender mercy by flaying cattle and killing poultry, destroying haystacks, burning houses, and pillaging villages, it was here, that this notable personificaSettled between his excellency General Wash tion of British grace, was invested, and disarmed of those dangerous instruments with which he fain ington, commander-in-chief of the combined forces would have committed so much mischievous havock. of America and France; his excellency the Count de Rochambeau, lieutenant-general of the armies of Yes, to the joy of America, and the grief and amazement of Britain, the great earl, by a series of mathe king of France, great cross of the royal and milnoeuvres conducted with consummate skill, by Lafay-itary order of St. Louis, commanding the auxiliary ette on land, and the Count de Grasse at sea, was troops of his most Christian majesty in America; compelled to surrender the posts of York and Glou-and his excellency the Count de Grasse, lieutenantgeneral of the naval armies of his most Christian cester, which he occupied with so much fancied security, reduced indeed, with his army of seven thou- majesty, commander of the order of St. Louis, comsand men, to the humiliating necessity of capitulating mander-in-chief of the naval army of France, in the Chesapeake, on the one part, and the Right Honouron any terms his conquerors might propose. And here, in a field, a little above York town, did the able Earl Cornwallis, lieutenant-general of his Britwhole of that great army march out, with colours annick majesty's forces, commanding the garrisons cased, and lay down their arms in front and in view of York and Gloucester, and Thomas Symonds, of the American posts. esquire, commanding his Britannick majesty's naval

ARTICLE I. The garrisons of York and Glouces

When Cornwallis saw that he was completely in-forces in York river in Virginia, on the other part. vested by the allied armies, by land and sea, and knew that he was cut off from reaching Clinton, atter, including the officers and seamen of his BritNew York, and from receiving aid from any quarter, he sat down in despair, and wrote the following note to General Washington :

York, 17th October, 1781. SIR-I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house, to settle terms for the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester. I have the honour to be, &c. CORNWALLIS.

After some further preliminary correspondence, the commissioners accordingly met at Mr. Moore's house, and arranged the articles of capitulation.

Overleaf, reader, you have a sketch of this very identical Mr. Moore's house. There it is, in its primitive simplicity, invested as it is with all its glorious

annick majesty's ships, as well as other mariners, to surrender themselves prisoners of war to the combined forces of America and France. The land troops to remain prisoners to the United States, the navy to the naval army of his most Christian majesty. Granted.

ARTICLE II.- -The artillery, arms, accoutrements, military chests, and public stores of every denomination, shall be delivered, unimpaired, to the heads of departments appointed to receive them. Granted.

ARTICLE III. At twelve o'clock this day, the two redoubts on the left flank of York to be delivered, the one to a detachment of American infantry, the other to a detachment of French grenadiers. Granted.

The garrison of York river will march out to a place to be appointed, in front of the posts, at twe

o'clock, precisely, with shouldered arms, colours ARTICLE VIII.-The Bonnetta sloop-of-war to cased, and drums beating a British or German be equipped, and navigated by its present captain march. They are then to ground their arms, and and crew, and left entirely at the disposal of Lord return to their encampment, where they will remain Cornwallis from the hour that the capitulation is until they are despatched to the places of their desti-signed, to receive an aiddecamp to carry despatchnation. Two works on the Gloucester side will be es to Sir Henry Clinton; and such soldiers as he delivered at one o'clock, to a detachment of French may think proper to send to New York, to be perand American troops appointed to possess them. mitted to sail without examination. When his de The garrison will march out at three o'clock in the spatches are ready, his lordship engages on his part afternoon; the cavalry, with their swords drawn, that the ship shall be delivered to the order of the trumpets sounding, and the infantry in the manner Count de Grasse, if she escape the dangers of the prescribed for the garrison of York. They are like- sea. That she shall not carry off any publick stores wise to return to their encampments, until they can Any part of the crew that may be deficient on her be finally marched off. return, and the soldiers passengers, to be accounted for on her delivery.

ARTICLE IV.-Officers are to retain their sidearms. Both officers and soldiers to keep their private property of every kind; and no part of their baggage or papers to be at any time subject to search or inspection. The baggage and papers of officers and soldiers taken during the siege to be likewise preserved for them. Granted.

ARTICLE IX. The traders are to preserve their property, and to be allowed three months to dispose of or remove them; and those traders are not to be considered as prisoners of war.

The traders will be allowed to dispose of their effects, the allied army having the right of pre-emption. The traders to be considered as prisoners of

It is understood that any property obviously belonging to the inhabitants of these states, in the posses-war upon parole. sion of the garrison, shall be subject to be reclaimed. ARTICLE X.-] -Natives or inhabitants of different parts of this country, at present in York or Gloucester, are not to be punished on account of having joined the British army.

ARTICLE V. The soldiers to be kept in Virginia, Maryland, or Pennsylvania, and as much by regiments as possible, and supplied with the same rations of provisions as are allowed to soldiers in the service of America. A field-officer from each nation, to wit, British, Auspach, and Hessian, and other officers on parole, in the proportion of one to fifty men, to be allowed to reside near their respective regiments, to visit them frequently, and be witnesses of their treatment; and that their officers may receive and deliver clothing and other necessaries for them, for which passports are to be granted when applied for. Granted.

ARTICLE VI.—The general, staff, and other officers, not employed as mentioned in the above articles, and who choose it, to be permitted to go on parole to Europe, to New York, or to any other American maritime post at present in the possession of the British forces, at their own option; and proper vessels to be granted by the Count de Grasse to carry them under flag of truce to New York within ten days from this date, if possible, and they to reside in a district to be agreed upon hereafter, until they embark. The officers of the civil department of the army and navy to be included in this article. Passports to go by land, to be granted to those to whom vessels cannot be furnished. Granted.

ARTICLE VII.-Officers to be allowed to keep soldiers as servants, according to the common pracurce of the service. Servants not soldiers are not to be considered as prisoners, and are to be allowed to attend their masters. Granted.

This article cannot be assented to, being altogether of civil resort.

ARTICLE XI.-Proper hospitals to be furnished for the sick and wounded. They are to be attended by their own surgeons on parole; and they are to be furnished with medicines and stores from the American hospitals.

The hospital stores now at York and Gloucester shall be delivered for the use of the British sick and wounded. Passports will be granted for procuring them further supplies from New York, as occasion may require; and proper hospitals will be furnished for the reception of the sick and wounded of the two garrisons.

ARTICLE XII.-Wagons to be furnished to carry the baggage of the officers attending the soldiers, and to surgeons when travelling on account of the sick, attending the hospitals at the publick expense.

They are to be furnished if possible.

ARTICLE XIII. The shipping and boats in the two harbours, with all their stores, guns, tackling, and apparel, shall be delivered up in their present state to an officer of the navy, appointed to take possession of them, previously unloading the private property, part of which had been on board for security during the siege.

Granted.

ARTICLE XIV. No article of capitulation to be infringed on pretence of reprisals; and if there be any doubtful expressions in it, they are to be interpreted

according to the common meaning and acceptation of does his store of water, yet, the alcohol is in the sensothe words. Granted. rium, just where it should be, to make an individual

Done at York town, in Virginia, October 19th, foolish and unnatural.

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Le Comte de ROCHAMBEAU,

Le Comte de BARRAS,

But it appears, that it is not only the delicate fibres of the brain, that the poison attacks, but it impregnates the blood and insinuates itself into every artery and vein in the system; and thus amal gamated, both LIQUID DEATH and the VITAL PRINCIPLE circulate throughout the human body!

This fact is attested by a recent discovery, made En mon nom & celui du by a Mr. Hanson, a student of medicine, at South Comte de GRASSE. Berwick, Maine. An habitual tippler staggered into The success of the siege of York town, it is gen- the office where Mr. Hanson was a student. His erally understood, decided the revolutionary war. eyes were inflamed, his face swollen and flushed, "The infant Hercules," said Dr. Franklin, "has and his lungs sent forth an odour resembling more now strangled the two serpents,* that attacked him the perfume of a rum-cask than the breath of a huin his cradle. All the world agree that no expedi- man being. He had drunk continually for the last tion was ever better planned or better executed." fortnight; and within the last five days he had swalFor the "great glory and advantage" of the surren-lowed two gallons of rum. Mr. Hanson informed der of York, Washington afterwards acknowledged him that he was in danger of death by spontaneous himself chiefly indebted to the French alliance. combustion; and persuaded him to attempt to obviAnd in the proceedings of Congress upon the matter, ate the danger by being bled. A pint of blood being it was amongst other things: "Resolved, That Con- drawn, a lighted match was applied to it, and to the gress cause to be erected at York town a mar- astonishment of the beholders as well as the votary ble column, adorned with emblems of the alliance of Bacchus, the blood immediately ignited, and conbetween the United States and France, and inscrib-tinued to burn, with a blue flame, for the space of ed with a suscinct narrative of the events of the twenty five or thirty seconds! siege, and capitulation." The details of the siege the reader will find on page 103, Vol. III. Family Magazine. The precise situation of Moore's house is also there exhibited on the map.

COMBUSTIBILITY OF A DRUNKARD'S BLOOD.

On page 245, Vol. II. Family Magazine, we related a fact that a man was taken up dead in the streets of London, whose brain, on examination, was found impregnated with gin. The gin was perceptible both to the sense of taste and smell, and readily ignited on the application of flame. It subsequently appeared, that the man had drunk a great quantity of gin on a wager, which caused his death.

We often hear people say, ladies particularly, that the wine or the punch, or whatever the drug may bave been, "has got into my head!" Yet, that remark is commonly considered a mere figure of speech, illustrative of the sudden inspiration which they experience on taking a draught of alcohol; and as such, indeed, is perhaps forgotten as a matter of no importance. But it is a fact, it seems, long known to physiologists, that the frontal sinus of a tippler, is the depository of alcohol; and that nature has furnished him with a depot there, which, like the camel's extra stomach, accommodates him with the desirable stimulus, while he is absent from the trough. Although he cannot apply it, as the camel The armies of Burgoyne and Cornwallis,

Mr. Hanson thus proclaims the fact :

The above experiment, which resulted in a phenomenon thus brilliant, and which I had never noticed either by observation or in authors, was not only witnessed by myself, and the subject of it who sat mute, astounded, and in breathless silence, but by several respectable gentlemen, together with a worthy and respected physician, my tutor, who were present, and who, in the subjoined certificate, vouch for the authenticity of the fact I now submit to the publick.

JACOB C. HANSON.

To the Publick.-We, the undersigned, residents of South Berwick, Me., do hereby certify that we were present and witnessed the experiment above CHARLES TRAFTON, described. JOHN G. WEBSTER, JOHN KENNARD.

As we cannot judge of the motion of the earth, by any thing within the earth, but by some radiant and celestial point that is beyond it, so the wicked, by comparing themselves with the wicked, perceive not how far they are advanced in their iniquity; to know precisely what lengths they have gone, they must fix their attention on some bright and exalted character that is not of them, but above them. "When all move equally," says Paschal, "nothing seems to move, as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common consent into vice, none, appear to do so. He that stops first, views as from a fixed point, the horrible extravagance that transports the rest.”