JEST
""Sc iHe io 6o5,'V Hour fiouptlrj.-'S .o-ijoulr Duty
VOLi, 11.
3STO, 14,
..H. , . aasvtl VI III If , iNl HI" :H tl 111
UBS. T, J. HOLTON,
KOIT&EiS ANt rKApatirniM.
' TERMS:
f).,Vorth.CarIiaa Waij willbeafford.d tosub ': iiL ercrj mark of reaped and courtesy,
.;,ibr TWO DOLLARS id idicTWO ahbooiih au air of retriut and uneasiness
DOLLAR? AWD FIFTY CENTS if jjjn. .l b. ecn)ed Q Jft tb,
.-yJrwrAh,,:'T""yi' Tb. Brni.h officer were .ilent. and at-
utiin el tb toiler. . to mew s nut tney, manga .aim idu serious, puiu. iutj u. o
" .u.B..rud.tO.D.U.rp,..r.'e,icc.d no articular emotions, sate the'.like interested to preserve the name of
libl.i..iorlM,this.i.4lyp)frtli6rlin..r..
jae .... r....rkrnlmyinM. Uoertad-
wu.-c-.u a-d Sh.nfT f "f-J
"miV.L'U
mT.. i:.V,1!.,.nt. ,nrud munlbWer
(,,. ; . - , . . a..-:
ate u m i r j -
r.iuini wSca acadiav in tbeir idvertinient.i
r' VL,!L?r.Tn!lfr
U.j, ,lb-,-ud.Dt,lrb.d.Mc
1 '' . ..
CrPiaa.l.f.araori.
l
llotirg.-
Al! et .Unc Mmi Plon. tby e.f
tic.fl e tl.ra . stray pxlict
I s fhoa,.. be walk o bia beat la aid fro.
By a r4Wwa kid U tho yefct."
Tttfb iht feea lav alow!, 1 ""f"!)
M'l,,l. .ke alar bve. with U,tt l.tftt.f
Kerp jwira lor tbe arm, i ale.fnrt;.
I li.f.'a oif U. efnd f U.. run aentr,
tread
A b tranp from tb r-rk t b fawnt.ra.
Ad lb. f tba ew lh low ttaaala-bcd,
K.r w, nlMHM. tb aaoutiUi..
II a oia.aet flia ).a bi. f. d.rk aed nw.
W.n.nte.er.ti-ther ..fO-batile; 1 K.rl,4iu tb. spring, a g.H.Dt ..plain prevailed there, was at length broken b, but .1. for tbnr kiu and Munir. , a. a J - ; ldc palU lu n0Olls, and be , t0 pick
KU, .. .fleer 1.', r. ofV: , Ho, to th. 'sJjJ., u.i.i.b.d G.uer.l lla.au; 1 . 3 "T" "ar. b iu. ...rTfi. d y ouug Eu-'ln.b uiaif f ruibe fir., and Hie ' -J "JT -k ' !-
Jin-we out. aU lb iaib rattle. t ' ,,,,, . ,r luta fcds of ibo,. biing Irom a.it.f.ou, h. bee-.i pCr.....o.. honorable me nr,. ?0' 2 a..', tear. were frequently see., .0! . t er seen.
eo..rdlyP.r...ae. nd was o.t .v.fe.y ..-?. jbe -ueUncUe .11, lu,.-r.. b. U.d or L , 0,0.1 y a. g UIlfUas b A ur:eDelili mhith route and d.mor.li.stioa .. then ensued
Allien .lor., lb. P..tt.. tw-aifbt. wwrd.rcd. 1 be iopleof Mo.moutb cnty, 'ld ibern loge.I.ef buMne.-. wbuii. iinaion ..iij bun , whi.e bd Me laiitu ou . F mean- 1 fccver beforo '"aed-' I can iojaj;in.
V?b.a.--wal.i.r.Ur..-H --"I' L'i b-om cf , be murdered tb. beuevont .meer .-red "' f "m" .mi ets own teare" j 11 Run . u, Our long cav.loade,
TH,.,u-u.eb.M,.f.i-l p.,u,o...-W..bi.,.o forredre..- a,d .bed,. nc .0 .be restraining influence hii ' -. and even ,n the centre,
0,tt..l,bi.ftUw..cbfi...,.l..,mmt. , Ibi. g... W t a. ..pt.U eweraepe "de it k.ud.u- oa h.m "" " ,b 1 ,f li of unflinching cour.e bad already had upon' 1or"t ol wbat ,lbo "act dinSr
a ul,l .en.. n-.vif.. dene. biir. ... A. ne.a co..,m.nder b.d no doubt tbe, bel.e.ed b... wne, he ...uounced h.a namo ou the long )ut of tt"nC' P , as tt tbreatenad, galloped aiWily. a.
MI.IM M mm .n.lln, ...L...,,, H,lunl : JU - .. , , . . . r,. ,.....
A. ... n,t., . pv.,er (" b.l..ler aaleep- arua. .
F.r,b..,a,ctbe,...,lle.vnftt,d. J I .ball not, beaa. I conder it a
'together nnoiceaaary, trouble jour hxeel-Th.m-
.. u.hie.. br,rbtl, a. tb.n, !ocy with ...y .oia.adeer.ion ca tbi traa.
Tbat a.vi ha tb lev ,t .btpokca. att.oo. Candor oblige me to be explicit
1 .....j . t'.is bi.. od vbta low airinard To sate tb iuhoeet-t I demand tbe guilty.
j
W.r. pledged, Wb ever unbroarn t
Then dr.wir.fbia !rev rofW, .r Hi ,,
lis d.aleantai. tbat are wa'.linf,"
Aad fatbera bi ! "P " HUc.'
A if t-j keep duwa lb heart aw.Hiof .
lie p.a tba fuvntaia, th blaaled pa tree,
Ta fH-tip ilcr'r '" e'7
y.t eaw.rd b Ibrowgb ii bread belt
I'fbt. '
,
of
Toward tba .h.de.af. fora.t HdtniJ
.. . . j .t... ...,ua ih.
,.,,,
V...,,h,,o.B.gbl..d.roo.,fl..binf f
III..., ha. a 0..L:-M..y.r by!"
A.d tb Ufa blood (kbint- and pL.biitf .
All otet alowg lbe.Pafn.ae l.-nifht,
Nas.uad save thrh.flh river;
Wliil anil fall tb dtw en tbe lae f lb dead
Tb pirlief off daly forver
miscellaneous.
Tin:
LOTTERY OF DEATH.
AN EPISODE OF TUB REVOLU
TIONARY WAR.
1 th. subject. In th m.a.iH.iiu lbe comui.ud
On a bright, baatiful moraing in th. of tb) post of New York had devolved i. m
ioyoaa month o'l lMay. ia the year J78J. io porarily upon Gcuer,.! Kobert.ou ; and that
an upper apartmml of the Black Hear Ion, officer wrote to w a.h.ti.Mu.., d. pr.o.nng
in tba old town of Lancaster, in th. Slat. lb. aleru ooutv. be had riolv.d upon ; but
f Fnn,laoia, w.re avsember, a group
f military mo, vent.n in liumoer, aou
all effierrs of rank
Fourteen of Ikes, offioeri wore tbe uni-
forma of tb. British army, while the re-1
aiaiiiing three, on. a man of middle age,
.0 wbos. templea tb. aoger-marxf 01 11111
were just discernible, aod the oiber two,
yoang wen, were dressed in tne oara uiue
b th ffi
uDiforui. which war. worn
of tba Coatiuenlal troops.
Tb. wearers of ih scarUt uniforms wera
, . 1 . .I,. iIm.. r.
unarmed, thus indieaiing tut tuey wu.
rriaentr of war I while the three in the
(sore sobr aod unpeelacding blue wore,
uspeuded upon their left hips, their light
dresi swords. Tbe eldest of the American
Qjocri, a. Lit thoulder-strapt aud epau
let indicated, wa a brigadier-general.
His two aompanions bia aida wore the
insignia which proclaimed their rank to be
that of eaptaiu ; while tb liritisb officers,
with tbe exception of one, a person past
tb. moridiau ol lite, wera of tb. same rank
a tb twa Am.neaa aid. Tba old.it ef
Ik Briteaa waa a major
I The utmost quiet prevailed in tbe Tittle
'room which these aeventeen-men complete.
' ly filled. Brigadier-General Ilogaa- for
It was n thai offioeri't quarter! the partj
was assembled bad received tbe prisoners
j.bljrea VeUr,D Major Oordpn, who
, . , - t t. . j
ker.bi.ftobial.ee, wlseodeavoting to hide!., could have no .ftot on the general and
of grief which be oonld nofeontrol. final dee ,ion. He ...ured General Wash-
TL.. i.rAo.a.r. w.r. Dot for bUu.lf ! ioL-ton tbat h. would tldly embr.ee every
. . .
avtnnaiiiw ia wAitfi.rr rifi. r ftii i irm
' ." . ' - .....
were .portion
..... . .... ... .,.,.,..,,; .J,, Miin
i.j v..i .'i . .1.- .... r T.nrit t'..T...
- ' ..rT"".
11 II. Ibtl tblt iKIIl'Tll. OU 1 110 I W! II 01
Octobe' previou., surrruder.d bi,' fore.s,
together with the nou of Vorktown end
Gloucester.
.fib- tori., had been marked villi lb. I
.
t -autoo and cowardly .cm of outrage :
hut about ibU time tbev aeemed actaated
,ty a .pirit of moat devilish t..ligii;.-
i--'e,-i 1 r w .
, waanot rqiialt d by t
akioued savages aiib
iwaeauot equaled by tbe cruelty ot tbe rea . . -u qo m iB.Ultcell h,TS ,M.rBej u Va
akioued savages aiib :wboui they aer (ft. ro.,rc,. With re-oict to a late
biuittou bad ia vain solicited tbe
IirOJb eomjjsuder in chief, wbor. bead-
qu.rter. were ia :Se eiiy of New York, to
i.- ...j ..... In
ii.or murder and wbicb would
ataia, as digracefull a warfare
between tba
tod Sir Jry CUaloa. attd bi mcccod
Thu
1 uu
ia coauanana ol lb Oitiuu .coop.
felloa.ee Inter tb. Cr.t of e. series
tana WarbmgioM ! tbat i.ftccr :
"UlAD Quaiiem, Wlat April, 1TS2. mit uj,r togbcj- tbe orders of hi, super
4,Sia Tbe .aelo.ed rrp.e.r.itaiive of the tor, of bocver painful a nature ,l.iey might
ir.baLit.nt. of Monmouth, with te.tiwieeiaN prove. He aaia he would save their feel
of tb (acta, which eau be corroborated by ii.i by funber preiiuiiuary remark, bat
other unquestionable evidence, will Liitig would tu.uiedia'el) procecJ u iho buiiu--
before jour Kieelleocy lb. ot wa.ito.i, before then, by reading to leiter wbicl.
cruel and uaorrccdemed marder tbat ever
vapt.m apc.sui, v um ,
Bdd at tb. execution cf Captain lladdy, :
must o given wp, or, 11 tun rmi
ot mf.r.or riiktob.m, so mny ot tbe pr-
pcira-or. as will, aceordin to tne tariu 01
exchange, be au equivalent.
To do this will mark th. juvliee of your
Kxccllcb.y' cbaracter; in lailure of it, I
shall bold myself justified, in tb eye of
God and man, for tbe rnfaur to which I
shall re.ort. I brg your lixtcllency to be
persuaded tbat it cannot be more di-sgree
ablate vau to t addressed iu thi.
lhau it i. for me to cfTer tt. but the
.utject req tir-i. frankness and deciMoo -
1 10 Jour TwJ delermm.-
' vour answer. I have the honor to be, ko ,
two, is or itwistiva i,..p..
1 "Geo. W'ASUt.NOToN."
! On tb. followiae day Sir Henry Clinton-
rer.lia.to this in a cbar.ct, riatio letter, in
repugn . . . . ,'
which be was gui ty ol in. meaones. 01 us-
wn.cn ue w v. .
im diaeourlcoui laocuaee to Wa bineton.
. , .. ... ...il .r u.
". . .HJMiih.r.attl..fhefL,lm-
tw) bad never stained bi Land with in-
uocent blood," &.C ' deg , aud elided by sup-
po.ing that similar oa.-a ot violations of
humanity mil.t be) provcu aaiual the
Anierieans ; but not a word 111 Uirect reply
to the above eomtnumcatiou The ll.iu-li
commauder too i oo ...earuie whatever to
bring the murderer lo ju.iico
I A forluight pa-aed away, and as yet no
thing farther bad been done iu leUtiou to
making no proposition to deliver L-pper
cu, r . .c ........ c. ..... ... .m-
outrse'ri. or oiuerwuo 10 buiuuiuuii.o ius
matter
. , . 1 ... 1 I
...an.ugtoo .0 ,vy,j - .u,
lows:
' U.AD-QOABTfitS, May 5ih, Iutf2. juiiemen," said General Hotan
SiR I had the honor to reoeivo your will leave it to yourselves, to ur . i
1 letter of the" brst iutnt. Your Excellcu-
jcy is acquainted with th. detcrmlualiou
vxnreahed.u mv letter to cir lletiry lllu-
0 ,balf ,0 ,r rrom reeding from
.... .r.li.'JI.ml Am.I I h.t-e no. to in
that resolunou. otdrrs are given to ueig
uate a H.ilt.b offioer for retaliation. '1 be
.ml nl.ea ara fixed: but I .hall hone
it.. r.nU nl LLr eourt marlail wi.l Drt'Veut
. e. j,.j,-..i .l.-rti.tiea.
GC. WASUINOTO.N "
nn :. i .... f..ll :, .k. I,.,,,!. f S.r ('. j.
n ... . i.r... : h.l
Vvsrieiou, wuo nciuie . ---
pcrseded Geueral UjerUou. Sir Guy an -
. : . .. u and courteous
manner. II. r.gretied that privat and
authorised p.r.aaa bad, on both lid.i,
given way to those passions, which ought
t . . .. r . i -...
to hare received tbe atron.'est and most
efficient control and which had begot aots
of retaliation wbicb, without further pre
ventions, might have an extent equally oa-.
lamttous and dishonorable to both parlies ;
the', as it ippeiyed to him. more extensive
Ijr pernicious to the natives ana seiners oi
the country; that, however luuch tbej
Engliubmen from reproach, and individuals
r .:...... i.t. nniM.nr nwi! -
. .
rnpfc nil crimi n ciuutci . iu 3
...-. .fi ,.. intentione. ont
of bis Brstact. after b.ing placed in eom-
m.nd ... to ehtr.ffe Mr. Livinten, of
V.. and aolieit hit concurrence iu
. . j..i...
IMI mtlturtl uticuuuci nntvu......
of wer-tb coiimooo intere.U of humanity
n quired. In
auer to ibis lettcrau-
ingiou wrote as loiiow I
..... .. . , .
"CIH 111 Wl nouor mis owcimiij; iu
t'.,..tu,.,. . i, of the 7,h.
: .1 ... . ' "7 " . " -.. - i i K..;
,ibC( ,U commeocemeut of ,1 bis unnatural
ruoiiy aaiui inoro loiiu ntu ir.f"
! IraBnaoliou I have already exprecd
my
Cxed rexoiuiion formed after the most ,ma
lure deliberation, and from wbivb I ball
not reecde " Gto. WabiiixoTos."
- "r
room iu ...
e.-.f placed iu u of U.e mo.t uubappy cir-
f ,
u
ui.I.rie.. tf bi. .: UU. Ut U wa
uouice-a.rv Iu miu uJ lbm, who ere ol
tl.rtt. like him. ell. of tbe olii 'atioi.a be
be bad received from O.netal U a.bmgtou.
The first wa dated May 4 lb., and was a.
foilowa :
"Sir: Tbe enemy persisting o that
barbarous liue of couducltbey have puraaed
duiiog the war, have lately n.O'l itibumau
ly executed Capiaiu Jjualbau lladuy, ol
ijle t eW jers, 5,1, te troop, lane 11 pil-Otl-
cf tt) , m ou J0,lrg-, t,fr, an i
jn eoI1qr0Ct bava wrt'leu to the Urn
jh CommHd-i io Cbirl, 1 hat ui.le. the
ptrp, lrBlor, 0( ii boirid ded wre d
IIHleJ Up, 1 should he wodir .he uecesity
cf reull,UUji , (lia ou, ,.,. ,.ft t. pai
t lop l0 ,ucU lul4(llB, , proceedings. You
.bercfore, immediaCely on tbe receipt
cf dciL.t, by lot, from tue above
0UUjber, a Unii.-b capi.iu who i an uuoo-
dl.ia.. nrl.on-r ;i .uch a 0110 iu our no
Ian-....... f ... . l
eifeunl,UDCe,t f(lfu .lu0l,gi the pr souer.
4t tlthtr 0l lUe ,,0.u , 1 V ..,.y I . ..i or
u u Mu biTe fix,d
.!. i..t.oi. ion 11 send bnu under a
.f- .U.il.,. M.n.
i,ur ,i',r ,il order a proper guard to
receive and conduct b,m .0 the place of
de.tiu.lioo. For jour intonnatiou rcspeo-
. .. . ... 1 ,.' ....
nurf u.omocr ia piiuii, 1 un
s , .
ordered the eommissary of prisoner to fur
lur-
:.i. - r . I, i.i..i, --.11 l.
forw.rded with tl.i,. I need not mention
that every pos-iblo tenderness that is eou
latent will, tbe SeCunty cf him, ehould b
shown lo tbe person who.e utifortuoate lot
it may be lo uQer."
lbe other uerpatcb, winch Ocncral llo
gan read, aod which boi. lbe dat ot May
1 3th, - an a foilowa :
"Sia: It was much my wib, for tb
jrpo-e of rctalisiioo, to have taken an of-
lict r, who was an uocoud ittoual prisoner ot
war ; but belug intorm -d by tne Secretary
of Wtr, thai i.oon cf Ih.l dieripiion 1
lu our po-ver, I am uuuer the Unagreeable
icoeasity to dirtct, that you immediately
piuc. ed to .'lccl, in the 1.1 lutier before pro
cribod, from among all lliu nu-li op
tat,,, ho arc pi i.ouer. either by catitu
, . ... 1 . . .
U'ioi, or ou c ouveiiti j it. one, who
to be
scut -J as auuu a pwe.u.t.-, uuuer H .ecu
latioL and rea.r.ctious contained in mv lor- i
tue: letter 10 jou
(he modo which would ba the least p.mlul
to jour own feelings, and yet most lu.par-
tall iu makiu tue uuuannv selecliou. Uue
,r . n,ir I,-r . nil ar.. ... ir,,,.l ... .Hit
v, j j..-. 1 - - - "
on to Pnii.delpnia. iu obeduuee to lue or-
der 1 have jut rt ad.
j But of cour.o uoue of the brave Riiton
.1 ...... 1... ...... i
.. . ... . ... , . L .... ..1 a
w ..... r...:.. I .....
I b , .olciuuly protested aga.n.t U.e
"!. ' r . .
1 ii 1,1-uce ol au act. Lien Uoomed luuoceut
: m. n to uh-r for the Crimea ot others, they
- .
1 were ailimg, a they wera prepared to un
I derito suv ordeal he mijtbt propose hav-
.ing all coufideuot in bia honor and impsr-
Jtial.ty
j Major Gordon remoortrated .gainst tl:.
....... ...1 .nil nrnnaitd 111 DOStDOQ.-
k..r uU.ii.n and nrODOSed It! DOStDOO.
ruent, to await the arrival of Captain Stan
dish, who, he waa informed, m on hia way
from Virginia, where be bad been left, on
the march I the prisoners into Maryland.
Hut General Hogao'a orders were pirern
tory ; be could not wait so muca delay.
When all is over," be conlinuea, ana
. . - ...it e. .u..-.,
it. th.f every indulgence shall be .howu
which you could expect r my own .-..Mug.
cJioial.''
A y.ct.n, to asbmgtoo a aterD of
juu,V, was ,o b. drawn from tb. thirteen
capt.loa tbea present; and tbo aide-be-
...... A ..ni.H ta Withdraw rOID IDC
- - ,,r.-r- ,
was to decide the fate of one of those brav.
men.
It would be impo.
iDie io aescnoe ,
p. during the absence
,ffio.ra. At first, the
acunaiiooa of tbat group
f th. a. Amerteau oflieera
- - .....
same m ence wu.en n.u P7",,e" .
m riiuipg oi m
L. i: .1 .1.. Af Ihu I Adimin.
d.r-.u Chief ?7'"P"
and eaen oi tna uriiuo epiiu ; ;
1010 'Oe ottier a lace io reau iu.ic, u ' !
ik. ,..,n nf thu unfjrluuate UIIO lonnu" tmru oi I ne t uicrr ;
,bl-,he D."n,a . a, , i r.... f had Dd bv.but
wt.o. w.a to lau.u. ia a. pr,.,.
,7." . L:-ur.i.: w:j v .
. M-i-!, Gordon iu aio endeavored to
jo-jiijer eou.itryuieii towara nun, auu a i
ih..ir.ffaru now were 10 cou.fo.tbim. with
aur.nee of their enure rebi-natiou lo
their fate. Tbe mo-t ui.geiierous uuae.fi-.h-
ueii wa. now exhibited by those brave
uieo each one eipresoing a lab that tbe
Im n.i..ht not fill unin either of bis Com-
' r
.1. tl.. r.'.i .... ,ht be.-wb.cn ever
but upon biunelt, lumatiiig, mat
........-.. - ,
Ar.er an abenca oi a q-rter ot an uo-ir
. ... , ..1 i. . (c
me aim reiur ien acsvn.pautc.i nj ... w
cr of draooiit., wiia t to taao charge ot
tue unlortunatc pri.oi.er, and cjuduol biu.
to hi deMiuatioi., where the latter would ,
aaii tl; cou.uii.iuaiiou of :bia acntcuce. i
Now wa arranged tbat fatal game, at!
wbieb those thhteen m-n were topl.y; th.
.t.'kr. ou wh.cu were hie and rfU4, and
the cbauec. twelveto ouej- a lottery that
jut.u.ed but one pnis, 111 thirteen
draught-; but that priie wal to be an nu-
morn ty of f.u.e, such a now belongs to
the memory of tbe " amiable Ai.dr. ,
cjku e.i ... .,..,.....-u
.nd each hat contained thirteen narrow
stripe of card paper, all of equal sin. In
oue hat were tele blank an I oue card,
00 wi.icn wa iu-criieu
cd a name, -too 010 or a ,, of feeiiog for ,our aituatton ; but b4, ou ,be poHtioii from whe;iee theystar
s aud one blauK. A DUt. j daily expected a determinatiou of teJ, but th unjority Ko plungio,; into town
L' I ttle uimes
youu lad a drummer, wa oow called io.
lo abcni was .xplained tbe part be was to
perfjrm io iht fatal anie. 'He theo drew
Irom tbe hat in the hand of one of the aids,
a najie. and after reading it aloud, drew
out from tbe other bat auotber strip of pa-
per. which, after first examining himself,
he hel J ovr his head, that all might see it,
and then proclaimed it blank. Thus
naaie after uarno was drawn from the hats,
, aaeen.pai.ied by corresponding blank till
! " ". as many blanks bad been
dra.n ou. I he eleventh drawing the de-
"-.--,'" --r
tain Agill, of the coard. General llogan,
n," deeply agitated, pointed toward th.
Utkj mat. and addressing himself to
the cfScer of dragoons, while .carcely able
ta artieu ate. .ueh waa bta emotioo. eatd .
-- , , ,
l.;,in.iit tkst frontleman ia vour .
" 1 e
prlsauer,
I waa low that tbe pent up feeling of
..... r....A ......, i ,h. denr.oa-1
tions of the stem decree of the Am.rican ' Koglaud, where iu health ...d buoyant ep.r-Commaod-r-i..
Chief, but in expressions ot he met the warm embrace ot .
tbe deepest sorrow aod sympathy for poor . nPPJ mother.
Asgjll, who was but a mere lad, scarcely -
nineteen years of age. 11 was a lively, joy-j Asotiie Ckazy Man Jackson's lun
on youth, the favorite of h a reimem, aud j soy ..eems to bj spreading. Gen Job
lielavrd l.v all wba knew bitn. Resides " he ' Stuart . the vounnet aui anion.: th- most
WM tbe only sjn of his mother, aud she a
w dow," tbe ouly hope and dependence of
. ,Hd n.re: Mis comrades crowded
.boul" biin, aud eudeavored, while tbey
preed t.ia bands aud ave way lo ihcir bit
ter feeimg. 10 i-upport bim under Ibis u.j-t
unhappy (rial of bis b'rmue-as. iJut the no-
ble young o!dier, durmg these tuaiueuts,
when hi brother v (Boers wjr droued 111
tear-., and loud iu their riciatuatious of
gri.-f, doO'l, the ceute. of the group, beau
tifal io tae calm dtuitv of cou-ciou hero-
lit were tbu only dry eye in thai
rooiu be alone ol all that crod, retained
bis aclf possess! jii.
W bile .hi iceue was being enacted in the
chamber of lho Rlack Rjar, the publie
loom and the Inn - u, witlioul wa inro-ig-ed
t'V a tu i-i ol cilia -us and soldiers, uboiu
. i. . . . .. u . . .....I
lueruiiuroi iui iiu i,....4i.itu
hll ,m0 upp,r ,0om had drawn to tbo
spot; and wUeit the aniiouuoemeiit of the
sad icuit was ui.ie, a euddeu mourulul
1....I. 1 . nor il.,-i.i: Ijr
... s........ ...... r, ,h ...... l.Mj thir
1..,!.. . ,1,... h..!..l .1... hr.i 1.1 n
aud murmirul words of .ympatby, aui
...... . . i. .. . .i.i
tear uu.ue.l lariu irom eye. nut hwuui
tiu-u to tbe uielli.iif mooJ. Aui when
tha offioer left the hoa.e, to go
qaaruri assigued them, lid tbe
to the
morrow.
to orowd gsv loud expreisioa ta tbir
lyaopalby
" I tell 700 icliroed an old man, THE SKIRMISH NEAR IIARRISON-
to tbe bby .uo'for,, of eontineiitaler, 1JU1.G AS OTllKU BULL RUN RE
" tbem British l brave w. n,,i t. t..itw
-they all went in che.fe TKBAT-IUCIJ UKSCKIPIION UF THE
ing and now that the o-l, W..1CM b" t. SOKNK.
tied, they're all rjio but lUw j. i Tbe SbcDnndoab Valley correspondent
some young fellow tbat'n drawn the an.y of the New York Times, iu hi letter, daud
Crd.'' . I Ilarriecaburg. 7th in:-t , decibe tbe par-
" It'e hard for so niee a lad, repn;
another eoidier. " I'd bo willing, anuot,
to change piaeea -with biin, if be is red
eoat for he a krare, good soldier, tbuugh
be is but a boy.
Aiot you ashamed of yourself 1"
claimed a young woman, who woe weeping
bitterlv as sbe looked into tbe face of .tbe
soidier who bad lent i-poken ; " aiut youj
a-hnmed of yourself, Joe Lincoln, io say
ivui.ii, ..v " J
foneofthoiebrav.iwitb that poor, sweet Iambi OU .
altogether mi iDg to beeuot jn bu piata.
... ......u. .u I,.. . k..l ....I the rirl b u ret
. . ami
wuo loat poor, swee. .
.....-,.. . - -- e , ,
into a fresh flood of tear,. . h. j be lo.
'.lank .way, ashamed of tbe eelfies of.
l:
. 'mA eviaced their kind'
AUU luua I IO libum
., An, r. tn
cic.iuV!
- , ... . i. . ,.,.
. "i j r .J .e a , ... I
tthn o..i.v effinr vet reruaiud a prisoner
- " - n',r
i Pl.iUdlfiUi- Kvery air....e.,.ct had;
.v . .-...Uv- -.. . ' ,
'hie set, ot j-iMi.e and bia .jiUpalh tor,
the unforiu..ai ouii- man.
Iu the meantime every iLfluctce ha't
heeu brought to bear iu Uvor of the cou-
demned. Ilia oiJ f. iend Majjr Goido.i was
iuueian;aiiie lu.iua ueu.u uu uu..c. .
!...! ,:.!. ..n - ..!... ..inn .o..n
uau .,..10..,-. ... . ,ulu. .
for the ,ife of her only chill-, eecu the fatui
- ,
-ki - V"" " T
..fftn. for a anvcial set in the tiriiotier ft li-
-- - r ---- -- - - r
or ; aou his 10m uaj 01 .1 u.e u. . .
month from tjie time ot bia cotider. arioo,
lifer was delivered to Captain A-giH, by
an orderly. II. opeued it and read thus :
Silt-it affjrds me singular satUfac lion
;o htv, j, ja p0(fe, l0 to you
tht eneIod copy of an act of Oongre, of
tb. 7th iastaot, by which you are relieved
from lho diwatreatable cireuuitanoes in
wbjch J(JU haTe bee, loo,. Supposing
,h,t y0(J woulj wUb ,0 g0 t0 yew lurk ti
B08n p0aitI, I enclave a passport for
purpUse. iour letter or tne toiu
e,m8 regwlrlj to my band. I beg of yoj
t0 beiiefe tb, mj not answering it eoo-
Def dii DOt prowed rou, inattention to you,
our oas, ,nd thoueht it belter lo.await
bttj tbaD t0 feoj you wtb hopeslhat might
; ,he end, prove fruitless. Y"ou will al
.rjbute ,j detention of the enclosed lettcis
i :cb have been in my cotsessiin a fort-
nibt, to tbe same cause. 1 csauot take
letTe of you sir, witnout assuring you that
in whatever light my agsncy in this uu-
pleftsaot affair may be viewed. I was uerer
influenced, tbrooghout tbe whole of it, by
aan.'Uinary motives', but by what 1 con
eeived to be a sense of duty, auicli loudly
ea.led 00 me to u.e measures, however tii-
agreeable, to prcve-ut a repetition of th .se
eU0rmities. wbicb have been the suhi.-et
discussion; and lhat this important end t
llkeljp t0 ba ,u8v,ered, without the etla-iou
0f tbe blood of an innocent per.on. is uoi a
,.is.f A nu than u is n. s.r.&o.
b'" j ...
..Cm liniv.ir.iv "
Aaeill was cow at liberty ; tnd in a few
weeks he was treading the soil r bis native
gallautofpur Jingadiers, who tl' ite lus
oouducted himst'll nh grtt propriety,
wns struck bv a strt ik of J icksoni-ui t:ie-
, other day, aud what did be dj ? Way, be
i picks up a b iu llal of cavalry au i to
pieces ct ai i.nsi y , s eep . line a u.-n 01
: lintniug eiuifeiy arouu i M : Jieiian .t uiJ
army, ki.ocii-. ' u i dras iut every
t..u.g tuat soww i his way. b-iru c imp-,
m agai.uus, 1 1 a u.j. 01 ts, wag...,., dep its aui
'bridges, liitf' 11.10 u.lioad tiui;.s, sie-.s
' eeVeral hundreJ line lals mules and l.or.es.
bags cojpio 01 nuuuieu p i-uiil-i
j comes posing lutoojr hue-, about day fcreak
ju-.l as if uothiu bad h ipeaed. Tiiiui
. . 1 ,1,1.1 1 I .
swollen nver betaeeu himself au I bi. la.e. ; P" the foilor.og extract:
The vti u ot J i.vksjui.iu iu it hv !:rjok 1 " I'he S.itken C.afo.lraoy i consider
deep mio jo-jag Jtb. Rh tbee p!a:vjtyjed a Itr superior i tba Nortbern Uuiouin
feiioas, the bi.to.iaut, will obronsie it u.'i u bearings ly Juropaau natijf, aod
tat. exp'oits a. 0110 ot the mo-i iiri,!iaut, par:ioulariy by Eug'.auJ. l't;o two nations
daring ai.d heroic over performed by wau j are c...-ilere J as distinct from each othct,
Weil, we supiise wo must ub ml sa tiiuau"4.s t'.,o North is from tl'.o Sjjta I'o'e, aod
thin'. Wuon a mau is hunting for bi. I couiderd a dmi.-ic. f.'oiu eacu other a
father in law and soariug MuClell n out ot
br wi'.s. much bo jl I 'j f W 'IVf Q hnu. liatiniions ara t're 1 lent, r 'ade by whih lho
where will it al end . J.b i a.euj
i ha will ho uneivil to tha laut.es
. r,..-v -
The Ohio LLiature refund to pits
law allowing tb. troop of thai Stat, to
vet while at th at ef war
,,jt 0f Jackoti aud the attack upon the
Y"' :uard of bi arinj near Harrisooburg.
'"owinc extract will be found panic-
ular 1
wing
panic-
A SCOUl
n io aod reported that out
two niilci aeve i
y or buy Rebel caval-
ry, and a few inC
, tbat tbe horsci aod
men were loo tire tt to
it b e r run or fiht.
nd could be easily
turcd. " We'll
bavif a little" fuo, iben ; wou,.
you like to
I . ,.,,.! ,"-
. .
; ouuua id , . . u-,, 'he
i Cjl0''"1 ordered Captain ahellmire s eou.
i'J'u1" a. .
piiu v to tbe iroiit, no: as nkirwi Ubers, tut
P uiucb d)J be r(
tl b jt WM 8upp0!,cdJtho
wood, had undcrpono tbat he oelected thu
. .
cu-toiuary precaution, un roae me coiurao,
ib...tre at .boulder and carbine ready
I Very iood a few scattering shots could be
beard in frOLt, and as It was oeeeaaarr to
. , ,. , -
"ow w,'at wa g,DS . 1 g-1 cped up
orucr,J ca 1 1
'e; inaltor .
for reitiforeements." Not
tbe scattering i ature of tbe
tire iliat there a, any immeUate danger, I
:.. .v..
was y"')iui' iei?urviv aiou 111 tne centra
of thu cavalcade fheii the head came char
giujj do. tu upon ua " Fall back ! Fall
back ! A.ihby's cavalry and Jackson's
whole army are oomiti. ' It was scarcely
a time IjT 1cu101.5tra1.ct', when the cbancea
were tii.it if one c. cared tbu pureuicg foe
be d be riddeu doau by tii retreating fri-
cuHs; ami drew my mare to a sort of
for their live., aud burling ifi their precipi-
tale tlht, tuures, carbines, blaLke's, aud
ever) . u 1 1 . else to the earth that could pos
sibly add auoiiuea to tlitif weight. Through
the woods they tore, and out to an open
pace, 1. hero a Liil cll.-red its broad brow
.,r.. Ir, ,t 11 i,r , rr .1,.
loVl! of the- ...others that bore ycu. if not
for J0ar ottIl ,l!aI,.l00d-a aie V Uat no:
offi(K.r Uopoi a!ter men, shoutia-" halt,
B-ll ; but ayageiy fpurring their own
Uejs auj ou da-hvs tne chaotic mass of
Uoremeu, a though the arch nad tva af-
Uf lUaj for(y 0f fif( yf
Ashby's cavalry after all ! for hero tbey
bait ou tbe cre.t ot this rough, rocky btil,
dt.-chargi,, their carbines and revolver, at
,be bcii oi u. retreating stragglers, as our
ll0rse'i;o ali.iin dowu. A few of our tuea
houtitj'', "t'ur te.uiiei.t li a 1 captured
and cut i) jwo..-, and we re the only one'
lett." And a precious nt c- coaanls yea
ate, cavairy get.ile.i.en, if your own story
be t'ue, i) have bo ight your worthless ex-
tetice by acntijiug thu lives cf your com-
radva aud the hDuoot the dig ye bear
What a Prizs we Missed. Wo under-
Hani irom a ge.iueiuaii woj uas receutty
seen a highly re.-pectaoie citixeu of Ne
K.:ui Couuty, thai oar troops uuder diuart,
un..-ed a vala.bic pntj tu the rcceul brtl
tia.it 1 eeouuji.-s inoj, uiado in rear of tbe
ue:ii v s lines Geo. Siuait's f-jrees passed
tu iiietr march, an estate iu New Kent
County, kuoaa as 11 impstead, nheroGeo.
MoCleiuu had ealabltsued his headquar
ters. Al ou.; point ou lbe march tbe Con
federate weru withiu six hundred yards
oi llamp-tead, aud 11 Las bceu siucj ascer
tained 111. 1 at the very time tuey passod,
.'iceJitilai, aud Atatf were ail iu me bni.d
iug at, diuuer. I te ouiy troops near were
bis usuai uody gmrd, unuibenug uot more
tbau otu buii'iied cavalry. Had Geo.
bluarl Kuowu lueso tacts, thtt buildtu could
have bceu surrouuded, aud tbe Youug Na
pj.eau 01 a. I YankecJom, with L.a whole,
staff, uoulJnow have been'iu the military
prison at ji l.-bury,jN C. It is be;ier pro
bably that we unsicd this bi'n game, as
lit Hie eveulot Lia ijre.jthe Yatiiees would,
have 1ji.ii had a liue ifxcausa for the terri
t. i- tbri.hiug wb.cU we are about to ilAcj
oa the. 11. Rat to bro bagged McCle.laa
aud stall', would 'jawe beeu oq jivaleol to
catling olf trie ucsd ot.the gteat Yaukea
army. I eler'urg EspeiS.
toutlels ,V have teeii shown w l.
ler, .as U'o Aitaiiia I ttfittgencer, wnuea
by a liiy tu Li.idon, f.ouj which wo are
ibe Nonb is fro- ija.u 1'jio, and coia-
North sink, into ceutcaipt ana digrce.
I hive never been mjre proud of my coun
try itiar, oow. Vue N rtU IBJ il ro
now Loia approoiated at tt.wir true value.
I am auo prjjJ of our Pretest, the iloa.
Jed. Davis Ail Europe u lor us. ad will
pros i. soon a tb "