The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-03

ihr moment he had done the deed
the ralahlnerr sought ~ escape, and
hurried IL the guard house IL get
lis arms aud secure what money br
possessed. Some person who had
Witnessed the crime went in pursuit.
,ad called on The people In the street
Ia stop him. He rushed like mad
man into the guard-housr. where hr
'bnpd the hrigadirr with his wile.
The brigadicr having heard a CT,
in the street Of Stop Inn stop the
Carabincer + aud seeing that he Was
taking his arms. attempted 10 lay
holi of Tim. Having The sabre still
~ his hand. the calabinecr struck al
The officer aud wounded him in SIEVE
RAJ places. upon which the latter.
seeing no other way 10 escape from
an Infatuated man. lraped through
The window. The Carahlncer grasp
ed the arm of the bligadirr's wife,
aud drew her into the room that
contained the arms Of the whole bri.
cade. Closing aud boiling the door.
he vowed thai he would fire upon a.
ny one who should approach. aud
ordered the woman 10 load the fire
ar.nS aud hand thrm IT, him IA liz
called for them telling her she must
obey his orders ~ she valued her
lie. On looking out he saw II crowd
OF people assembling. among whom
were some OF his comrades who had
Dispersed about The suburbs. and he
Instantly began tn fire from the win.
dOws, To prevent any one from APP
preaching the guard house. The
people being terrified by this rapid
discharge Of firearms, which wound.
ed one If the carabIncers. fled 10 Il
distance and waited Tor orders.
The lieutenant Of the corps arrh ing
rcprovcd his men for standing In
dread OF a single individual. but in
stead OF setting a good example by
leading them on, lc babe the mare
chai dc logs To 80 hto the room aud
arrest the man, telling him II need
we're lie might take a force with him.
The marshal, though good soldier
aud man of courage, told the lieu
tenant he VAS sending him 10 certain
death by ordering h,m to execute the /.
arrest III that manner. The licute-
nant, who knew not what military
tactics meant, and was merely actu-
ated by his own pride and vanity,
being one of those boys whom we
now see daily promoted to the high /
est rank, ON no other claim than a
title Of nobiIiIyO roughly told him
that his business was not 10 make |
but to obey orders.
The marshal without saying anoth-
err word took with him two carabi-
ncers, AMI going round to the back
part Of the guard house, luckily Ell
frCted IAN entrance unobscryed by the
Gardiner, who kept running from
window to window N dlscharging his
firearms. Bat in the door of the
rom there WAS an iron grating
through which the man observed
tina something was coming up stars,
and firing through the aperture. he
killed the marshal; the men with
him had scarcely time 10 lake good
their retreat and FASTENED TO tell The
lieutenant what had happened. An
officer OF any SENSE Of honor, who
had occasioncd the loss of n brave
soldier would have done his utmost
u make amends for the mistake !;
but being InScaslblc IL any Kind ol
compunrtlon. aud fondrr of parade
than of bi5 dnty, he withdrew IT, wait
for RENT rcrmeats, alter having
posted srnlinels at distance 10
watch the motions Otthc bescged ca
rabinecr. Shortly afterwards arri-
we'd Lieutenant Nasi, with his de-
tachncnt of % men Of the Legion of
Royal Light Infantry, which WAS
quartcrcd in the supurb. They en-
deayoured To carry lhe guard house
by assault but their strongest eff
forts were Intellectual. as the cara
bineer kept up a brisk fire, by which
one Of the detachment was wounded.
Nasl then relrnqulsting his design
of taking the delinquent by force. as
he did not like to sacrifice the lives
of his men, determined to wait until
dark, when some stratasem might
he attruntrd with success. The ca