"Sam": or The history of mystery./ By C. W. Webber.

"SAM: " OR, THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY.
his own immediate force to strengthen that of his lieutenants; submitting with equanimity to his own subsequent
inability to act, and rejoicing in their triumphs, because best
calculated to uphold the great cause entrusted to his care;
at length, by one great and final exploit, under the benign
influence of Providence, lifted to the pinnacle of glory, the
reward of his toil, his sufferings, his patience, his heroism,
and his virtue. Wonderful man! rendering it difficult by
his conduct throughout life, to decide whether he most excelled in goodness or in greatness."
Here also is a curious paper which illustrates the effect of
the surrender of Cornwallis, given in the words of an eyewitness, a candid Englishman, who was an habitue of the
British Court at the time of the arrival of the news:
SURRENDER OF LORD CORNWALLIS.
From Sir N. W. Wraxall's "Memoirs of his Own Time."
NOVEMBER, 1781. During the whole month of November
the concurring accounts transmitted to government, enumerating Lord Cornwallis' embarrassments and the positions
taken by the enemy, augmented the anxiety of the Cabinet.
Lord George Germain, in particular, conscious that on the
prosperous or adverse termination of that expedition, must
hinge the fate of the American contest, his own stay in office,
as well as probably the duration of the ministry itself, felt,
and even expressed to his friends, the strongest uneasiness
on the subject. The meeting of Parliament, meanwhile,
stood fixed for the 27th of November. On Sunday, the 25th,
about noon, official intelligence of the surrender of the British forces at Yorktown, arrived from Falmouth, at Lord Germain's house in Pall Mall. Lord Walsingham, who, previous
to his father, Sir William de Gray's elevation to the peerage,
had been under secretary of state in that department, and
who was selected to second the address in the House of Peers
on the subsequent Tuesday, happened to be there when the
messenger brought the news. Without communicating it
to any person, Lord George, for the purpose of despatch,
immediately got with him into a hackney-coach and drove to
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