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Mississippi central railroad passes through the county. Capital, Monticello. IV. A N. E. co. of Ark., bordering on Mo., and drained by Black river and its branches; area, 1,300 sq. m.; pop. in 1854, 7,617, of whom 435 were slaves. It has a level or moderately diversified surface, with much fertile soil. The productions in 1854 were 408,607 bushels of Indian corn, 15,331 of wheat, 54,824 of oats, and 769 bales of cotton. Capital, Smithville. V. A S. co. of Tenn., bordering on Ala., and drained by small affluents of Tennessee river; area, 780 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 9,280, of whom 1,162 were slaves. It contains valuable iron mines. The surface is chiefly table-land, and the soil is fertile. The productions in 1850 were 34,122 bushels of Indian corn, 50,457 of oats, 26,265 of sweet potatoes, 16,765 lbs. of tobacco, and 80,153 of butter. There were 20 grist mills, 6 saw mills, 1 newspaper office, 26 churches, and 1,200 pupils attending public schools. Capital, Lawrenceburg. VI. A N. E. co. of Ky., separated from Va. by Big Sandy river, and drained by the W. fork of that stream and by Little Sandy river; area, 205 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 6,282, of whom 137 were slaves. Coal and iron are abundant. The surface is hilly and in many places well timbered, and the soil is of excellent quality. The productions in 1850 were 278,371 bushels of Indian corn, 30,398 of oats, 15,561 lbs. of wool, and 8,891 of tobacco. There were 2 grist mills, 2 saw mills, 11 churches, and 687 pupils attending public schools. Capital, Louisa. VII. A S. co. of Ohio, separated by the Ohio river from Va. and Ky.; area, 430 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 15,246. It has rich mines of iron and coal, and beds of clay suitable for stone ware, and is the chief seat of the iron manufacture in the state. The surface is broken by sandstone hills, but the soil of the valleys is rich. The productions in 1850 were 188,418 bushels of Indian corn, 9,395 of wheat, 37,255 of oats, 27,102 of potatoes, and 1,082 tons of hay. There were 11 grist mills, 8 saw mills, 10 furnaces, 1 newspaper office, 13 churches, and 6,205 pupils attending public schools. The Iron railroad passes through the county. Capital, Ironton. VIII. A S. co. of Ind., watered by the E. fork of White river; area, 438 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 12,097. The surface is undulating and well timbered, and the soil is fertile. The productions in 1850 were 838,238 bushels of Indian corn, 43,953 of wheat, 146,556 of oats, 36,697 lbs. of wool, and 2,746 tons of hay. There were 22 grist mills, 8 saw mills, 1 newspaper office, 24 churches, and 4,974 pupils attending public schools. The Louisville, New Albany, and Salem, and the Ohio and Mississippi railroads pass through the county. Capital, Bedford. IX. A S. E. co. of Ill., separated from Ind. by the Wabash river, and intersected by its tributary the Embarras; area, 560 sq. m.; pop. in 1855, 8,160. The surface is diversified, and is occupied partly by fertile prairies and partly by swamps. The productions in 1850 were 427,850 bushels of Indian corn, 15,582 of

wheat, 59,144 of oats, 1,926 tons of hay, and 12,617 lbs. of wool. There were 8 grist mills, 5 saw mills, 1 newspaper office, 13 churches, and 1,000 pupils attending public schools. The Ohio and Mississippi traverse the county. Capital, Lawrenceville. X. A S. W. co. of Mo., drained by Sac river and the head streams of Spring river; area, 573 sq. m.; pop. in 1856, 7,613, of whom 374 were slaves. It has a hilly and undulating surface and a good soil. Coal is found in the N. W. part. The productions in 1850 were 293,564 bushels of Indian corn, 19,488 of wheat, 68,687 of oats, 11,169 lbs. of wool, and 29,678 of butter. The county contained 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 9 churches, and 680 pupils attending public schools. Capital, Mount Vernon.

LAWRENCE, a city and the 3d shire town of Essex co., Mass., situated on both sides of the Merrimack river, here crossed by two bridges, about 26 m. from its mouth, 26 m. N. from Boston, and 10 m. N. E. from Lowell; pop. in 1857, about 16,500; in 1860, 13,500, the decrease being consequent upon the suspension of the Bay State mills, the machine shop, and other enterprises. The Spicket river crosses the N. portion of the city and falls into the Merrimack, and the Shawsheen forms the S. boundary of the township. Near the centre of the N. section of the city is a common embracing 17 acres, and ornamented with a fountain, the water for which is supplied by a reservoir on Prospect hill, an eminence 140 feet high. The principal public buildings are the city hall, the factories, schools, &c. There are 14 churches (2 Baptist, 2 Congregational, 1 Episcopal, 3 Methodist, 1 Reformed Presbyterian, 1 Second Advent, 2 Roman Catholic, 1 Unitarian, and 1 Universalist). The city has a young men's Christian association, a Franklin literary association, a Lawrence provident (benevolent) association, a savings bank, 2 banks of issue and discount with an aggregate capital of $600,000, a mutual insurance company, 2 loan and fund associations, a high school, 2 grammar schools, 9 middle schools, 13 primary schools, and 1 mixed school. The aggregate number of children attending schools is (1860) 2,407. The system is controlled by a school committee of 6 members and a superintendent. Three weekly newspapers are published. The industry of Lawrence is chiefly devoted to cotton manufactures. Water power is collected by a dam across the Merrimack, built in 1845-'8 at a cost of $250,000. It is a granite structure 1,629 feet long, 35 feet thick at the base, 12 feet thick at the crown, and 401 feet high at the deepest part of the river. The basin formed by it extends back 9 m. to Hunt's falls at Lowell. At the source of the Merrimack in Lake Winnipiseogee there is also a dam with locks for regulating the supply of water to Lowell and Lawrence, and providing against droughts. The distributing canal, 1 m. long, 12 feet deep, 100 feet wide at the head and 60 feet wide at the mouth, is on the N. side of the river; its cost, including locks,

was $200,000. The principal mills now in operation are as follows: the Atlantic, for cotton, capital, $1,800,000, with 1,200 looms, 45,000 spindles, and 1,200 operatives; the Washington (formerly known as the Bay State mills; its proprietors failed in 1857, and a new company was organized under the above title), for shawls, plaids, cassimeres, fine woollens, and felt carpets, capital $1,500,000, with 650 looms, 93 carding machines, and 2,300 operatives; the Pacific, for printed muslins, cotton, and cotton and wool mixed, capital $1,000,000, with 1,000 looms, 50,000 spindles, and 1,000 operatives; and the Lawrence duck mill, capital $300,000, with 60 looms, 460 spindles, and 250 operatives. The buildings formerly occupied as the Lawrence machine shop are now being refitted as a new cotton factory, called the Everett mills. Among the other manufacturing establishments are the charter paper mills, capital $50,000, employing 50 hands in making paper hangings; 3 saw mills; 2 grist mills; a gas company, capital $100,000; a machine shop and foundery; a veneering mill; and a railroad car repair shop. The Pemberton cotton mill, built in 1853, and employing 950 hands, had 650 looms and 29,000 spindles, and consumed when in full operation 60,000 lbs. of cotton per week. On Jan. 10, 1860, while the machinery was in motion, the main building suddenly fell without warning, and a conflagration soon afterward broke out in the ruins. Of 700 persons in the building at the time, 77 were killed and 134 injured, of whom 14 subsequently died. The cause of the disaster was the faulty construction of the iron pillars which supported the floor timbers, and lack of adhesive power in the mortar. The mill is now being rebuilt. The valuation of property in the city is $10,249,008, of which $7,636,498 is real estate; in 1856 it was $10,483,725.-The town of Lawrence was incorporated in 1847, its territory being taken from the towns of Methuen and North Andover. The village had previously been known as Merrimack or New City, and it took its present name in honor of its principal founders, the Lawrence family of Boston, the chief members of the Essex company, which had been chartered shortly before for the erection of the dam and other manufacturing purposes. It was made a city in 1853. It has railroad communication with Boston, Lowell, Salem, &c., being the point of junction of the Concord, Manchester, and Lawrence, the Boston and Maine, the Lowell and Lawrence, and the Essex railroads.

LAWRENCE, a city and the capital of Douglas co., Kansas, situated on the right bank of the Kansas river, 70 m. from its mouth by the windings of the stream and 43 m. in a straight line; pop. in 1860, about 2,500. It is built on a rolling slope, and contains about 400 buildings, some of which are of brick or stone. It has churches belonging to the Baptists, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics, a newspaper establishment, a saw mill, a grist mill, a machine

shop, several coach and wagon factories, a tannery, a soap and candle factory, a brewery and distillery, and 6 hotels. A university is being erected, and there are schools and an academy. Value of taxable property in 1859, $511,896. The city was founded in 1854 by settlers from the eastern states under the auspices of the emigrant aid society of Massachusetts.

LAWRENCE, ABBOTT, an American merchant and statesman, born in Groton, Mass., Dec. 16, 1792, died in Boston, Aug. 18, 1855. His ancestors were people in humble circumstances, who had for 150 years been settled in Groton as cultivators of the soil, and his father, Major Samuel Lawrence, served with credit in Prescott's regiment at Bunker hill, and in many of the severest battles of the war of independence. For a brief period in his boyhood he attended the district school and the academy at Groton, and in his 16th year went to Boston, with less than $3 in his pocket, and was bound an apprentice to his brother Amos, then recently established there in business. In 1814 he became one of the firm of A. and A. Lawrence, which for many years conducted a prosperous business in the sale of foreign cotton and woollen goods on commission. Subsequent to 1830 they were largely interested as selling agents in the manufacturing companies of Lowell, and in the latter part of his life Abbott Lawrence participated extensively in the China trade. At the same time he took a deep interest in all matters of public concern, and was at an early period of his life a zealous advocate of the protective system. In 1834 he was elected a representative in the 24th congress from the Suffolk district, embracing the city of Boston, and as a member of the committee on ways and means manifested considerable financial ability. He declined an election to the next congress, but served for a brief period in 1839–40. In 1842 he was appointed a commissioner on the part of Massachusetts on the subject of the northeastern boundary; and in the opinion of Mr. Nathan Appleton, his biographer, who was then in congress and in daily confidential communication with him, "to Mr. Lawrence, more than to any other individual, is due the successful accomplishment of the negotiation, which resulted in the important treaty of Washington." He took an active part in the presidential canvass of 1844 as a supporter of Mr. Clay, as he had done 4 years previous in the election of Gen. Harrison; and in the whig national convention of 1848 he was a prominent candidate for vice-president, lacking but 6 votes of a nomination. He zealously supported the claims of Gen. Taylor for the presidency in the same year, and upon the accession of the latter to office in 1849 was offered a seat in the cabinet, which he declined. He was subsequently appointed the representative of the United States at the court of Great Britain, a position which he occupied with credit until Oct. 1852, when he was recalled at his own request. The remainder of his life was devoted to his private business. His

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benefactions for private and public purposes were numerous and wisely bestowed, although, from the nature of the circumstances under which the greater part of his life was passed, the amount cannot, as in his brother Amos's case, be accurately ascertained. In 1847 he gave to Harvard university $50,000 to found the scientific school, bearing his name, connected with that institution; and he bequeathed a like sum in aid of the same object. He left a further sum of $50,000 for the purpose of erecting model lodging houses, the income of the rents to be for ever applied to certain public charities. He was greatly esteemed in private life for his benevolence of disposition and genial manners, and in his public relations commanded the respect of all parties. — See Hunt's "Lives of American Merchants," vol. ii.

LAWRENCE, Aмos, an American merchant, brother of the preceding, born in Groton, Mass., April 22, 1786, died in Boston, Dec. 31, 1852. After a brief period at school, and at the Groton academy, he was in the latter part of 1799 engaged as a clerk in a country store in Dunstable, his health being too delicate to allow him to assist his father and brothers in their labors upon the farm. A few months later he was bound an apprentice to a Mr. Brazer, who kept a large "variety store" in Groton, of which establishment in less than two years he became the virtual head, enjoying the entire confidence of his master. In April, 1807, upon the expiration of his time, he went to Boston with $20 in his pocket, for the purpose of establishing a credit there, his intention being to open a shop in Groton in partnership with a fellow apprentice. But having received the offer of a clerkship in Boston, he decided to remain there, and upon the failure of his employers a few months afterward he commenced business, in Dec. 1807, as a dry goods merchant on his own account. During the period so disastrous to the mercantile interests of the country which succeeded the passage of the embargo act, he was enabled by the exercise of a careful economy, and by a prudence and foresight remarkable in so young a merchant, not only to avoid any serious pecuniary embarrassment, but to lay the foundation of his own fortune as well as those of many members of his family. On Jan. 1, 1814, he entered into a partnership with his brother Abbott, who for the previous 5 years had been his chief clerk, which continued uninterruptedly until the death of Amos. The business operations of the firm were conducted with great success, and both brothers aided in the establishment of manufactures in New England, thereby largely adding to their fortunes. The naturally benevolent disposition of Amos, however, gradually led him to resist the demands which his business imposed upon his time and inclinations; and when, after a serious illness in 1831, he was compelled to retire permanently from active participation in the affairs of his firm, he surrendered the remaining years of his life to acts of beneficence, which, VOL. X.-24

for their extent and practical benefit, have few parallels in the present age. He commenced on the first day of the year 1829 an account of his charities, which he kept until the day of his death, expending within that period, according to his books, the sum of $639,000 for charitab'e purposes. According to his biographer in Hunt's "Lives of American Merchants": "Nearly five sixths of this amount were given during the last 11 years of his life. From 1842 to 1853 he gave $525,000 for such purposes. The preceding 13 years, from 1828 to 1843, he expended in this way $114,000. It is but reasonable to suppose that during the 22 years that elapsed between the date of his commencing business in Boston and the close of 1829, the amount of his benefactions was more than the sum necessary to make $700,000." Among the public objects of his bounty were Williams college, to which he gave nearly $40,000; the academy in Groton, now called the Lawrence academy, on which he expended at different times $20,000; Wabash college, Kenyon college, the theological seminary at Bangor, Me., and several others. Books he distributed in whole libraries, sending collections to many literary institutions and deserving persons. He also established and for some time maintained a child's infirmary in Boston, and contributed $10,000 toward the completion of the monument on Bunker hill. His private benefactions, which he always personally superintended, were almost innumerable, and several rooms in his house were used as the receptacles of useful articles for distribution. Poor students, ministers, and widows frequently received packages from this store selected by his own hand; and in the distribution of these, and indeed of all his charities, he recognized no distinction of creed or opinion. During the period of active benevolence following his retirement from business, his health was so precarious that any excess in the amount of his daily food, which was of the simplest kind, and which was regularly weighed by himself, was sure to bring on serious illness. He nevertheless persevered in the course marked out by him, and the last entry in his diary and his last letter, both dated within a few hours of his death, which was sudden, relate to donations for charitable purposes.-In 1855 appeared 'Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the late Amos Lawrence, with a Brief Account of some Incidents in his Life; edited by his son, William R. Lawrence, M.D." (8vo., Boston).

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LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY, a British soldier and statesman, born in Mattura, Ceylon, June 28, 1806, died in Lucknow, July 4, 1857. He was a younger son of Lieut. Col. Alexander Lawrence, who fought with honor in India against Tippoo Sahib. He studied at the military college at Addiscombe, obtained a cadetship in the Bengal artillery in 1821, served in the Afghan campaign in 1843, and in the same year, having then reached the rank of major, was appointed British resident at Cat

mandoo. He distinguished himself in the Sutlej campaigns, was made a military companion of the Bath, and from 1846 to 1849 was agent for the governor-general on the N. W. frontier and resident at Lahore, where his services won for him the civil decoration of K.C.B. He was next appointed chief of the board of administration in the Punjaub, and received the commission of colonel and the honorary appointment of aide-de-camp to the queen. From 1852 to 1857 he was agent of the governor-general in Rajpootana. Although ill health demanded his return to England, he consented at the request of the Indian government to assume the chief commissionership of Oude, and arrived at Lucknow in March, just before the commencement of the mutiny. When the first disturbances occurred he demanded and obtained full powers as chief military commander in Oude, receiving at the same time a commission as brigadier-general, and the memorable defence of the residency was made under his direction up to the time of his death. He was mortally wounded by a shell July 2, and died at the residency two days afterward. Sir Henry Lawrence was the author of "Adventures of an Officer in Runjeet Singh's Service," and of various military and political essays, originally published in the "Calcutta Review," which were collected and reprinted in London in 1859.-SIR JOHN LAIRD MAIR, brother of the preceding, born in Richmond, Yorkshire, March 4, 1811. He was educated at the grammar school of Londonderry, and at Haileybury college, and having received a cadetship in the Bengal civil service of the E. I. company, went out to India in 1829, passed through various subordinate stations with a reputation for great diligence and efficiency, and was magistrate successively at Delhi, Paniput, and Goorgaon. About 1845 he was appointed judge magistrate and collector in the central district of Bengal, whence he was transferred in the following year to the chief commissionership of the newly annexed provinces beyond the Sutlej. The complete success which attended his efforts to establish the British system of laws in these provinces pointed him out as the fittest person to undertake a similar task in the rest of the Punjaub, which came under the company's authority in 1849. His services at this post, in which he assisted his brother Henry until 1852, when he became chief commissioner, were of the highest value. He was still at the head of affairs in that country when the mutiny broke out in 1857, and owing to his prompt and judicious measures the Punjaub was one of the few parts of Bengal in which the rebellion never succeeded. The government of Mr. Lawrence was universally popular, and he was able not only to maintain the tranquillity of his own province, but to collect most of the troops, stores, and money which were used in the siege of Delhi. The title of "the saviour of India" was applied to him in parliament and ratified by the enthusiasm of the English public. Having been created a civil

K.C.B. in 1856, he was made G.C.B. in 1857, and baronet Aug. 16, 1858. In the same year he returned home, where he was received with great honor, was made a member of the new Indian council, and of her majesty's privy council, and received from the court of directors a life pension of £2,000.

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LAWRENCE, JAMES, a captain in the United States navy, born in Burlington, N. J., in Oct. 1781, died of wounds received in action, June 5, 1813. He entered the navy as a midshipman Sept. 4, 1798; in 1800 he was made acting lieutenant, and in April, 1802, a lieutenant, and served with distinction during the war with Tripoli. He was 1st lieutenant of the schooner Enterprise, and was one of the party which boarded and destroyed the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli on the night of Feb. 15, 1804. For his participation in this achievement, undoubtedly one of the most gallant in naval annals, congress voted Lawrence a gratuity of $80 in money, which he declined receiving. In the several attacks on the city and harbor of Tripoli in July, August, and September, 1804, he bore a distinguished part. Feb. 1805, he returned to the United States in the frigate John Adams, but sailed for the Mediterranean again, a few months afterward, in command of gun boat No. 6, of two guns, one of a class of 12 vessels of that description built expressly for operations against the city and batteries of Tripoli. Soon after his arrival on the station peace was concluded, and he returned to the United States. He served as 1st lieutenant of the Constitution in 1808, and subsequently commanded the Vixen (14 guns), Wasp (18), and Argus (16). On Nov. 3, 1810, he was promoted to the rank of master commandant, and appointed to the Hornet (18 guns), which command he held at the opening of the war between the United States and Great Britain in 1812. In the autumn of that year a squadron was formed under the command of Com. William Bainbridge, consisting of the frigate Constitution (44 guns), flag ship, Essex (32), Capt. David Porter, and Hornet (18), Capt. Lawrence. The Constitution and Hornet sailed from Boston, Oct. 26, the Essex, then in the Delaware, being instructed to follow. In December the two ships arrived off the port of San Salvador, Brazil, where the British sloop of war Bonne Citoyenne was lying, with a very large amount of specie on board. This ship and the Hornet were of about equal force, and Capt. Lawrence sought an engagement with her, Com. Bainbridge pledging himself that the Constitution should be out of the way; but the British commander declined the challenge, doubtless for good reasons; a ship with treasure on board may with propriety avoid an engagement with even an inferior force. Soon afterward the Constitution separated from the Hornet, leaving her to blockade the Bonne Citoyenne, which she did for 18 days, when she was chased off by the Montague (74), and shaped her course for the mouth of the Demerara river, making

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On Feb. 24, which sailors under such circumstances are pewhen off the mouth of the river, the Hornet culiarly prone. Capt. Lawrence, having been fell in with a heavy man-of-war brig, which but a few days in command, was a stranger to was soon discovered to be English. At 5 P. his crew, among whom some disaffection existed M. the two vessels were standing toward each in consequence of unpaid prize money. other, close-hauled, upon opposite tacks. At 1st lieutenant, Mr. O. A. Page, an experienced 5h. 25m. they passed within pistol shot, and officer, was ill on shore, and died a few days exchanged broadsides, each ship using her lar- afterward; and Lieut. Ludlow, who acted in board battery. The English vessel now put her his place, though a very meritorious officer, was helm up, intending to rake the Hornet, which young and inexperienced. There was but one she avoided by bearing up at the same time. A other commissioned lieutenant on the ship, two very close and severe action was maintained midshipmen acting as 3d and 4th lieutenants. for about 15 minutes, when the English vessel At noon the Chesapeake weighed and stood out surrendered, and immediately made a signal with a moderate breeze at S. W. The Shannon of distress. She proved to be the sloop of war stood off under easy sail until about 4 o'clock, Peacock (18 guns), Capt. William Peake, and when, the Chesapeake firing a gun, she hove was in a sinking condition, having 6 feet of to. At 5h. 30m. the two ships were about 30 water in her hold. It was impossible to save miles from Boston light. The Shannon had her, and the wounded were therefore removed filled away, and was running with the wind a without delay. This was barely accomplished little free under single-reefed topsails and jib, when she sank in 5 fathoms of water, carrying while the Chesapeake under whole topsails down with her 9 of her own and 5 of the Hor- and jib was coming up with her rapidly. She net's men. The loss of the Peacock was 33 soon ranged up on her starboard side, within killed and wounded, Capt. Peake among the pistol shot, and at 5h. 45m. the action was former, while the Hornet had but one killed and commenced by the Shannon, which opened her two wounded; and the ship was so little in- fire as her guns bore, the Chesapeake retaining jured, that by 9 o'clock that night she was per- hers until the ships were fairly yard arm and fectly ready for another action. The ships were yard arm, when she fired a well directed broadof equal size, but the armament of the Hornet side, which sounded like one report. For sevwas the heavier, consisting of 18 32-lb. carron- eral minutes a most severe cannonade was mainades and 2 long 12s, while that of the Peacock tained by both ships, when the rigging of the was 16 24-lb. carronades, 3 long light guns, and a Chesapeake was so much cut that she became 12-lb. carronade upon her topgallant forecastle. unmanageable, was thrown into the wind, taken As the Hornet had now 277 souls on board, in- aback, and fell aboard the Shannon, the waist cluding prisoners, and was short of water, Capt. anchor of the latter hooking her rigging. She Lawrence determined to return to the United was now exposed to a destructive raking fire, States, and arrived at New York in March fol- her upper deck particularly being swept by grape lowing. Congress bestowed a gold medal upon and canister from the carronades of her anLawrence, and a silver one upon each commis- tagonist. Boarders were ordered to be called, sioned officer who served under him in this en- but the bugleman, a negro, had left his post. gagement. On March 4, 1813, Lawrence was Capt. Lawrence was wounded; Lieut. Ludlow promoted to the rank of captain, and appointed had been twice wounded by grape and mus to the frigate Chesapeake, then lying in Boston. ketry; Mr. White, the sailing master, was killThe Hornet was also placed under his orders, ed; and Lieut. Broom of the marines, Mr. Baland it was intended that the two ships should lard, acting 4th lieutenant, and the boatswain cruise against the Greenland whale fishery. In were all mortally wounded. The failure to the forenoon of June 1, 1813, the Chesapeake call the boarders caused some confusion, and at was lying in President roads ready for sea, and this critical moment Capt. Lawrence fell with the British frigate Shannon (38), Capt. P. V. a second and mortal wound, being shot through Broke, appeared alone in the offing for the ex- the body. The upper deck was now left withpress purpose of meeting her. Capt. Lawrence out a single commissioned officer, and the Shanfelt himself impelled under these circumstances non boarded and carried the ship, no regular to go out and engage the Shannon, though resistance being made. Capt. Broke stated in doubtless against his better judgment. The his official report, that after he boarded "the ships were very nearly of equal force, both enemy fought desperately, but in disorder." mounting 48 guns, long 18 and 32 lb. carronades, This sanguinary action lasted but 15 minutes. and their complements were doubtless about It could not but be destructive, for it was very the same. But the Shannon was a thoroughly close, and the water smooth. The Chesapeake disciplined ship, and Capt. Broke, who had for had 48 killed and 98 wounded, 146 in all. The some time contemplated meeting the Chesa- Shannon had 23 killed and 56 wounded. The peake, had been cruising and constantly exer- captain, 2 sea lieutenants, the lieutenant of macising his ship's company, with a view to this rines, the sailing master, boatswain, and 3 midengagement. The Chesapeake, on the other shipmen of the Chesapeake were either killed hand, had arrived at Boston two months before or soon died of their wounds; the 2d and 3d from a cruise, and the men had been much on lieutenants and several of the midshipmen were shore, indulging freely in the dissipations to wounded. The Shannon lost her 1st and 2d

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