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ans, IS SAID 10 nave Called council or war,
and proposed, tl,-t as they could no longer
sustain themselves, they should fire the mag
agne, and blow themselves and the fortress
up together. His officers however did not
relish this mode, and preferred surrender.


GaHnoiis, (Ohio,) Dec. 8.


LONGEVITY.-Died in Harrison town
ship, in this county. on Tuesday the 22d ult.
count we have had, she must have been at
least Us years of age. According to her
own account her father was soldier in
Queen Annc's wars-that getting a furlough
to go home, he found his wife with a fine
daughter in her arms, whom he called Anne,
after the Queen, as a toke of respect. In
IVA she went from Liverpool to London
with her mother, on a visit TO her brother.
While there she saw Lord I,o. EFT beheadcd.
She capc to the United States the year af-
ter Braddock's defeat, aged then 46 years.
Her husband was killed at the battle of
Point Pleasant, in l774 After that to av venge
his death, she joined the garrison, under the
command of Col. Wm. Clendenin, where she
renamed until the final departure of the In
dians from the country. She has always
been noted for intrepid bavcry. Col. Wm.
Clcndcnin says, while he was commander OF
the garrison where Charleston, kenhawa,
is now located, an attack by Indians was
hourly expected. On examination, it was
believed that the ammunition on hand was
insufficient to hold a siege Of any length.
10 send even two, three or four men to Lew
isbui',.., the nearest place 1t could be had, a
distance of 100 miles, was like sending men
to be slaughtcred and to send larger force
was weakening the garrison. While in this
state, Ann Bailey volunteered to leave the
fort i'll the night, and go to Lewisburg. She
did SO, and travelled the wilderness where
not the vestige of house was to be seen, ar
rived at LewisbnrS, delivered her orders,
received the ammunition, and returned safe
to her post, amidst the plaults of grateful
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