Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-07-27
MI 90 ELANY.
REVOLT !iONAkY ANECDOTES.
From Gd'dner's AnecGotes Of the Repoiu.
ticasry Hiar, recently published.
IL 3 UTENANT MANNING,

IL UTENANT MANNING,
Late .aoJuinast General Of Tie Militia
of South Carolina.
s't% Heny ether proofs could be ad
ddesd Of Man"iHgs presence of nicd,
sad coal ,ntrepidity ia ac,iau. II is
grateful Ia wentiGn oBe Of these
AT the battle of Entaw, after the R,i.
fish line had been broken, and the
Old Bintis, a regiment that had boast-
cd OF the extraordinary feats they we-e
10 perfornr, were running from the
held, Manning in the enthusiasm of
that valor for which he waa 40 emf
neatly distinguished. sprung forward
iu pnrsuit, directing the platoon which
re e'm'nauded to follow him. He did
not east an eye behind him, unit! he
found himself near large brick house.
into " hich the York Volunteers, com
mandei by C'uSer, were retiring
lhe British were on ell sides of him.
and net ao American soldier nearer
than one hundred yards. He did not
hesitate o,omsnr, hut spruag ct an Of
neeF oear him, seized him by The coli
iar, aud exrlaiming in a harsh tone of
Voice-"Damn yon sir, you are my
PRISONER" wrested his sword from his
grasp, dragged him by farce from The
house, and keeping his body as shield
on defenee from the heavy fire sustain
ed lr"m the wiuIows, carried him OF
without receiving any injury. Man
hIns has often related, that the mo.
m'nt when he expected his prisoner
w'nii have mad. an eiforr for 'ibrrty,
he, with great solemnity, commenced
an enameratian OF his titles 81 am,
ST., Henry Barry, Deputy Aijutant
Ht""rat Of The British Amy, Captain
IN 5zi regiment, Secretary 10 the com.
ma0dant at Charleston sEnoueh,
enough sir," said the victor, "Yon
are the very man / was looking for,
fear "othins for your life, you shall
screen me from danger, and / will Take
special care ofyou." He had reti' ed
IN this manner some distance feom The
brick house when he saw capt. Robert
Jocett, q the Virginia line. enga sed
IN single combat with British iii.
Ger They had selected each ather ior
battle Lutte before, The American
armed with a broad sword, the Britain
with mn-ket and bayonet. A. thew
cane tcge her, thrust was made al
Joueh. which he happily parried and
both dipped their artificial! weapons,
being tho mach in eoa;aet to uss Them
viii effect, resnrted to thnse with
which they bid been furnished by ma
ture. They were both men Of eyeaI
bulk sod eigor. apd while struggling,
each anxious To bring his adversary TO
the ground, grenhdier uho saw the
contest ran tt the assistance OF his Of
ticsr, made "a lounge with his bayoues.
missed Jouetl's body, but drove it tie.
you'd the curve IN his coat. In at-
tempting TO Withdraw the entansled
weapon, he threw bath Of the combat.
ants to the grauod, wheu getting il
free, he raised il deliberately, deter.
mined not TO fail again in his purpose.
but TO transfx Ionett 1T was al his
crisis Manning approaehed-uot near
enough. however, to reach the grena.
der With his arm. 10 order to gain
time, and 10 arrest The stroke, he ex.
claimed in an angry and authoritative
tone lyon damb'd brute will wa
nuide, ihs geniIemanP" The soldier
surprising himself addressed by one If
his own officers, suspended Inc coalem-
plated blow, ADD looked round to see
Ehe person who had tbns spoken 90
hiD- Brfnre be could recover from
the surprise into which he had been
thrown, Manning, now efficiently
near smote him with his sword across
the eyes. and feiIed HIM to the ground:
,%hiie Joafit diseDgaged himself from
bis opponent, aud snatehins I'D The
B'uskft, as he attempted to rise, laid
him dead by blow from the but end
oft. Manning was Of inferior size,
bu; strong aud remarkably we'll form.
ed, Joue't, literally speaking, giant.
This, probably, led Barry, who could
not have wished The particulars of his
capture tn be commented Oh, to reply,
when asked by bis brother officers
how h. came to he taken, 81 was oyers
powered oy huge Yirgiuian."
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