Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-02-17

other turn round.
In previous part of the exercise, 1t
had, for the purpose of sizing them, been
necessary to denominate every second
person right hand mani A very nat
ural consequence was sh1t on the present
occasion those right hand men maintain
ed their position, all the intermediate ones
facing about as before.
Why look at 'em now exclaimed the
captain, in extreme yexation, Ill be
d-n'ed if you can understand word
say. Excuse me. gentlemen, but it rGyly
seems as if you could not come at it ex-
actly. In wheeling to the right the right
hand eeRd of the platoon stands fast, and
the other eend comes round like swingle-
tree. Those on the outside must march
faster than those on the inside, and those
on the inside not near so fast as those on
the outside. You certainly must under
stand me now, gentlemen, and now please
to try it once more.
In this they were little more success
full.
Very well, gentlemen! very well in
deed and now, gentlemen, at the word
wheel to the left you must wheel to tho
left.
/ 'Tention the whole 70. the leff-left,
no--right-that is, the lsft-I mean the
right-left s0hcel march
In this he was strictly obeyed; some
wheeled to the right, some to the left,
and some to the right, left, or both ways.
Stop halt! let US try again could
not just then tell my right hand from my
left; you must excuse me, gentlemen, if
you please-experience makes perfect, as
the saying is-long as have served, /
} find something new to learn every day,
) but ALPS one for that. Now, gentlemen,
do that motion once more.
By the help of non-commissioned Off
Ger in front Of each platoon, they wheeled
this time with considerable regularity.
Now boys you must try TO wheel by di-
: visions; and there is one thing in particu-
lar which | have to request of you, gentle
men, and it is this-not to make any
: blunder in your wheeling. You must
mind and keep at wheeling distance,
, and not to talk in the ranks, nor get out
of fix again for l want you to do this mo-
' ton well, and not 10 make any blunder
e now.
: 'Tention the whole By divisions, to
r the right Oheei! march
r In doing this it seemed as if bedlam
P had broke loose; every man took the
" command-Not SO fast on the right -
+ Slow now Slow Haul down those UNI
e brellas Faster on the left. Keep back
!. little in the middle there Go faster
n there faster Who trod on my-d-n
!, your hufs Keep back keep back -
Stop us captain do stop US Go faster
!, there !-Pve lost my shoe Get up again,
o Ned halt halt halt stop, gentlemen |!
stop! stop
d BY this time they had got into utter and
: inexplicable confusion and so left them.
Q REMARKABLE EXPLOIT. One dav last
t week a young man, son of Friend Hussey,
!. living on Fletcher's Neck, in the lower part
!, OF Blddeford, went out fishing alone in d
8 small boat About one mile and an half out
! side ofWood Island, he discovered large
seal and getting pretty near, observed the
: marks Of gunshot wound on the side of his
head, by which he had apparently lost the
\ use of an eye. Taking advantage of this
!, circumstance, young Hussey moved up on
4 the blind side so near the animal, that he
succeeded in fastening a common fish hook
In his flesh by throwing the line, but the
J seal soon extricated himself by diving and
g breaking the line or hook. When he rose
S Tor air, Hussey piled him with another hook,
v which he lost in the, like manner. Finding
: he could not secure him in this way, the
young fisherman tried another expedient
that proved successful He detached a
: large hook from cod-line, and fixed it
J firmly In the spit end ola paddle, thus form
G ing sort of gait; he then made another
L adroit movement with the boat so near to
y the seal that he was enabled to harpoon
n him with this extemporaneous instrument.
I and drew him along side. Having subdued
his refractory spirit by blows, he towed him
= to Wood Island, not yenturing to take him
: into the boat. The seal proved to be two
! hundred and fifty pounds in weight, and
yielded to its hardy captor eight gallons Of
y oil. A great number of these animals are
0 frequently seen sporting among the rocks
upon the sea shore naar the mouth ofthis riy-
i er, but they are rarely taken.
V Saco Palladium.
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We have seen letter from France.
( which mentions that Mr.. Sparks was al
the hospitable mansion Of General Lafa-
/ yette, where he had been detained in
i examining unpublished memoirs and
documents, kindly furnished to him BY
the General, in addition to his own fertile
recollections of revolution, from which
he had derived much useful Informs.
ton for Calculating the history of the.
American war.-Boston Daily AdU.
A Curious FACT. The Washington
Chronicle states, on good authority, that
Lake Jackson, in Florida, about 80 miles in
length, has suddenly sunk ten feet; and the
Indian cabins and peach trees are plainly
discernable at the bottom. The foundation