. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. nnounced that the band of music belong-ing to the United States frigate President wouldperform some patriotic tunes. Box tickets, $1 ; pit,fifty cents. About this time appeared a poem written bySamuel Woodworth, afterwards famous for beingthe author of The Old Oaken Bucket. Wood-worth was then publishing a weekly paper in NewYork, called The War. The poem was entitled,The Patriotic Diggers, and was sung to the tuneof Great Way Off at Sea, or Bob and Joan. Itwas popular fo
. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. nnounced that the band of music belong-ing to the United States frigate President wouldperform some patriotic tunes. Box tickets, $1 ; pit,fifty cents. About this time appeared a poem written bySamuel Woodworth, afterwards famous for beingthe author of The Old Oaken Bucket. Wood-worth was then publishing a weekly paper in NewYork, called The War. The poem was entitled,The Patriotic Diggers, and was sung to the tuneof Great Way Off at Sea, or Bob and Joan. Itwas popular for many years after the war. The refrain of this song was : Pickaxe,fshovel, spade, Crowbai, hoe and barrow ;Better not invade,Yankees have the marrow. CHAPTER XXXV. Capture of Washington—Effect in New York—To Arms! ToArms !—Committee of Defence Appeal to Citizens—Major-General Lewiss Letter to Common Council—More Men andMore Money Wanted—Recommendations of Committeeof Defence Adopted—Large Loans Obtained by the City forDefence. HE inhabitants in the city of New York, up to this time, were far more inter-. ested in the movements of tiie enemyon the northern and western frontierof the State than they were in thosealong the the evening of the 26th the Evening Postpublished the following in the form of an extra : battle of bladensburg. By the pilot stage which left Philadelphia thismorning at one oclock, we have received from our^correspondent a proof-sheet giving the followingparticulars of a battle between the enemy and Gen-^eral Winder, at Bladensburg, at which our troopssuffered severely. General Stansbury is said to beeither killed or badly wounded. Major Pinckneywounded and taken prisoner, Colonel Sterry badlywounded. Our troops retreated into Washington,followed by the On the envelope which covered our proof-sheet 232 CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON. was written : The enemy have entered Washing-ton AFTER A SEVERE BATTLE, and the passengers inthe stage
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