The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-21

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From the .Ne0 York Enquirer.

BtoW"re, that pcr,rserlng aud Ingenious
artist has beer To- West Cbrster, and has
tai, = a bust Of Cot isaae San Wart the
ONLY sn'siag Cap'or Of NJ ior Andrr--,n
hn'nhlr elllzrn, i, il true, BIT one whose f.
drhty and patriotism have hpen eauio.nt-
Iy srrsiaethle to his country and here
"e cafnot h - prrisP TIA uolf'rn love If
untr, whlcn has stim iafed thr artist to
p rsey-lp at coos. g. abh.cxpruse nntil he
has sncnr,d the tac si0ite8 of nea " al
WIN" nav done The Sat- some service"
Prssnm.og thtt rarrlti,e of tie cap
tpre If ABIDE, reLted with simplicity by
The ii soldier, might not he II Interest,"
~, Bro"crr. during the operation. pre-
vailed Ion him 10 give an account Of
hmselt; aad alsr that particular gent SO
closely connected with tn histor, of our
reeoinlionary war. He commenced as
foliows:
an the third on Of Mariinus Van
Wari hr hai nine children. was horn
1t Gre"nsburgh, West Chester county,
b don't know on what day but was
chrlslrned On 2jth October. i74G. When
a Division of the American army was &C
| Youth Cattle. co umanded by Colonel
Jtml-6n, went on scouting pary con-
! sIsting oft"o besides my, elf, in order to
way lay the COW BOYS or refugees who,
We had notice, passed the North River
/ post duly, with cattle. horses. -hpep. &c.
While II The encAmpment at North Cas-
lie, John Paul ing came. onr aiteruoOn, to
me, sas'ng, " is'ac have yoa any objrc-
ion II gong with me On a scout, below ?"
Ne, say |. We th,n started between 8
aud / %, 10, k ~ the afternoon, with our
fn@l Sh riffs on our shnuld.as. and pros
ICED SOIL ward. II FIR walking mile
or -, re fll in with David Williams, and
pers AIDED him to accompaay us on our
eSneetiIpr. A nigh, we me Ia neigh
honr JOHN Andrews la n a Mount Pia~
- and slept on the hay MI dav hrrak.
We NEXT crossed the felds H.. No tn
Il v=r Post Road, aud about half past 7
COCK 'e came to sIio X 3
no ST. got ,otnr milk md pack of pay-
ing cards-A' "" reache TIE Il ID be.
-llr the road, 'ow the prape ty If Mr..
Willy tRrer quarter Ola mile from Tar
rytoNn Getting over the fence we found
II Tiled with thick bushes, uaderwood. &c.
". We cleared spot. aid Paulding.
taAiag oat the c,rds, SAID, ba % will
"
stands sentry" The cuts wei. -. de. and
was Ia stand sentinel. Dnl9g Is or 90
nlnutrs -eYeral neighbours, whose pnIit-
ca, Princlpirs | we'll k e., passed the
heId where Ne were, without discovering
ns-P aldiag and WhlilmS keeping per.
lec' silence, and laling down within tue
bushes and dose to thu fence. shortly,
SAY t"eniy or thirty minutes from the
lin't ct oar arrlvaD saw hnrspman ride
slowly dong IN black horse, IN the ris-
ln4 ground directly opposite To where the
iHrHo"n Academy noa stands. | said
10 P'aIiiag and Williams, Here. A
hnfseman comlng--,vp must stop him"
We got up with our fiec-locks ready. and
"ai'td Tor bin TO ad,anre As snon as
De III was mayor Andrr) Jaw us standing
! ny ile teRc', he Trlned IN his horse. and
! tial < SiIalSht up To Us, SAID. God bless
9o"' my dtar friends, hope you belong 10
our Pdffy.' We asked, "wHat party 2'
Ntao"f he tation, he .miingly replied:
my lsr to'ter Party: lam a British Of.
IJ'cef' ana 10 cohrtnCe y0u that am a gen.
Hemah and 6cer the truih. see here IS mn
gotd 'oatch.' We told, MN ne was wronr.
TOR we neither belonged to his, nor to the
lower party. bot were Americans. and
'nat he WAS our prisoner. He started.
| chang I'd colour, and fetching a deem sioh
said, " God HESS mi soul a boiv must
az az any "1uag TO eel along notc-n-doys"
'h'feoP"h ne showed rs general Arn0Id's
pas port and sand, ~ hore been in the
country on Par''cniar basmtsS. and hope
3oh t0oa Z asiotR me q minute. After we
I'd F'aa 'hrp i,spnrt, we ordered him 10
9'spoHnt and follow ug.--1Ne then took
GOWN 'ae ieace aRd led him and horse