Black Rock

(near Niagara), was, in the War of 1812, bombarded by the British November 17, 1812. The barracks were fired, valuable property destroyed and a magazine exploded. No lives, however, were lost. Next year Lieutenant Colonel Bi hopp, with 400 men, cro ed the Niagara July 11, 1813, to capture the stores and shipyard at this o place. The attack at first was succeseful, but the Americans rallied and with the aid of friendly Indians drove the British back to their boats in confusion, with the lo of their commander. The total British lo was seventy; the Americans lost eight men and a large quantity of military stores. Later, General Riall, with 1,000 British regulars and Indians, cro ed the Niagara, December 30, 1813, and attacked the Americans, 2,000 strong, at Black Rock and Buffalo. The American militia behaved in a cowardly manner and were forced back to Buffalo, which, however, was at once abandoned. The village was then plundered and burned, together with four war-ve els. This ended the measures of retaliation for the burning of Newark. ‘Black Warrior,’’ an American merchant ve el, seized and confiscated by Cuban customs officers in May, 1854. This seizure was used as an excuse for proposed filibustering expeditions against Cuba. Spain, lhowever, made compensation for the seizure.: Black burn, Joseph C. §8., born in 1838, of Kentucky, served in the Confederate Army through the war, and was a member of Congre from 1875 to 1885, since which he has been in the U. S. Senate, being last chosen by the Legislature February, 1900. 80