Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-13

L I'Vu tuC Amy VI uCuSIot DioooOSn W.
It's march to fort PIT. Among these
sons Of Virginia, was a New Englander
native oil Massachusetts, who had stu,
lived undor the cold sky Of the north,
while his relatives had sought the warm
or CLINE ofVirgin'a; !or he was lucrative
iy employed IN IA business W hich he was
unwilling TO lcave-and this II may be,
lie would have given as his only reason,
for he was yet hardly convinced that in
leaving New-England, he would leave
"a portion Of himself behind. Yet 50 I.
MAS. Aud now, when IN his twentieth
year, he visited the state of Washington
and heard the summons for war; his ar
dent and loyal spirit, forgot for a time,
her to whom he was pilghted aud be-
fore whom his soul had bowed; and he
volunteered Ia join the arrayed host OF
his king, under the command Of their i'll
faled general, Braddock. swell Mar
shall, SAID Joe Brown, a true Virg,nIan,
as they stood in the ranks on a fue
spring morning, waiting for the word to
march, 'here we are, hey? and for u
have ply ed my lower extremities pretty
lively, | should say, to reach so far
Yes said his friend Marshall, our New
I Highlander, 'ycs, very we'll for you-but
how much farther do you think they'll
have to transport you, can you tell thai"
why yes said brown, 'as to that are
matter, the fact is, we shall reach the
fort to-day, it we don't come across
something To put that character touch
ing his rifle, 'and yomr ~New-England
spunk to The proof, but | dont-hallo-
wonder. Lawsonf who is he! One of
u scouts-has been out this morning,
and now he is back and making his re-
port. All! there goes the Colonel to
the lront-nOw we shall know-LawsOn
look here, what's the trouble now? Oh,
the Indians are out. Indians out, are
they! we'll We have strapped them be-
fore this, and wen do it again how
many, Lawson; On, a thousand or two
[ suppose. Two thousand! said Brown
well Ma.shall, | thought so-now you
may as we'll be ready--take care and
get a tree, look out for that; we shall
be IN front, and have to take what ONE
first. Shall we, said Marshall, | am
not 80 sure Of that. What! why not!
Why don't you see that the regulars are
moving forward in front and our colonel
is back again, and no sign of our taking
the front given-that's plain proof, ]
should think. Yes, said Brown after
staring a moment at the advancing ar
my, yes III be hanged it that proud boo
by Of a General has not gone On him
self, to keep up his dignity and destroy
his army-I wonder, il he thinks that
his soldiers are bullet proof, or that they
can h%ayonet the Indians through the boz
dy Of a pine, Lord help the fool! And it
was even so-cvery body knows the an
swcr Of Braddock to W~ashington's re-
quest to be allO cd to lead the advance,
and every body knows the conse quences
Of it-When in the course Of the con-
fict, Washington led his riflemen to fight
tn, Indians with their " weapons, our
friend Marshall by no means forgot the
advice OF Brown but chose his tree, md
fired his rifle whenever he could get a
chance at an Indian; he had advanced
but a short distance when he. came up
on an Englishman sitting upon the
ground, severely wounded. 'For the
sake of heaven said he to Marshall,
don't leave me here to be tomahawked
and scalped by these merciless savages.'
'Bm ] cannot stay here by you, that's
plain said Marshall, that never will
debut let me see what arms you have
got, oh! a pair of pisiols-loadedH yes,
one 'WeiI, hand the unloaded one to
me- He took it and loaded It. Now
said he, 'lie upon your face by the side
Of this log and you will be safe:' and
bodies and left him Before he was out
of sight he heard the report of the two
pistols behind him, and turning, he saw
two stout Indians just about TO murder
the wounded man. 1t was the work Of
u ome with him to raise his rifle to
his shoulder and drop one Of them he
fell Immediately, and striking the legs
Of the other as he fell, he too was precip-
itated to the ground. He rose again, but
notbefore Marshall was upon hlm,though
without a weapon, for he had dropped his
rifle when he had fred, and the Indian
too in his fall had lost his t~omatawk.
They srappled, and Marshall found
himself sinking under the strength ofthe
Indian, when he was suddenly overflow
ed with blood and his foe dropt from him
upon the ground. The Englishman had
risen upon his knees and plunged his
sword into his side.
Ayear after this, Marshall was in Lon
don, at the house Of the honorable Will
ham Liston. MAY l beg said that
gentleman as he entered, to his guest,
to know the cause which has produced
me fhis visit, II had hnned ; was the