. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . ^ trf ^s<^ LAWKENCE WASHINGTON. Lawrence, who seems to have inherited the military spiritof his family, had lately been to the wars. Admiral Vernon,commander-in-chief of Englands navy in the West Indies, hadlately chastised the Spaniards for their depredations uponBritish commerce, by capturing Porto Bello, on the isthmusof Darien. Tlie Spaniards prepared to strike an avengingblow, and the French determined to help them. Englandand her colonies were aroused. Four regiments, for service
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . ^ trf ^s<^ LAWKENCE WASHINGTON. Lawrence, who seems to have inherited the military spiritof his family, had lately been to the wars. Admiral Vernon,commander-in-chief of Englands navy in the West Indies, hadlately chastised the Spaniards for their depredations uponBritish commerce, by capturing Porto Bello, on the isthmusof Darien. Tlie Spaniards prepared to strike an avengingblow, and the French determined to help them. Englandand her colonies were aroused. Four regiments, for servicein the West Indies, were to be raised in the American col- 40 MOUNT V H R N 0 N onies; and from Massachusetts to the Carohnas, the fife anddrum of the recruiting sergeant were heard. Lawrence, thena spirited young man of twenty-two, was among the thou-sands wlio caught the infection, and obtaining a captains. ADMIK&L VKRNON. commission, he embarked for the West Indies in 1741, withbetween three and four thousand men under General Went-worth. That officer and Admiral Vernon commanded a jointexpedition against Carthagena, in South America, which re- AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 41 suited in disaster. According to the best authorities not lessthan twenty thousand British soldiers and seamen perished,chiefly from a fatal sickness that prevailed, especially amongthe troops who were commanded by General that scourge Thompson, in his Summer, thus touchinglyalludes • You, gallant Vernon, sawThe miserable scene; you, pitying, saw-To infant weakness sunk the warriors arm;Saw the deep-racking pang, the ghastly form,The lip pale-quivering, and the beamlcss eyeNo more with ardor bright; you heard the groansOf agonizing ships, from shore to shore;Heard, nightly plungd amid the sullen waves,The frequent corse—while on each other fixed,In sad presage, the blank assistants , to a
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