Litchfield enquirer., 1833-07-18

ted for. A complete scheme of exercise and discipline, which he composed, was adopted in the army by the direction of congress. He possessed tho right of com mand in the line, and at one period was at the head of a separate detachment in Vir- ginia. At the battle of Monmouth, he was engaged as volunteer. When reviewing the troops, it was his constant custom ttt reward the disciplined soldier with praise, and 10 pass severe censure on the negligent. Numerous anecdotes are related Illustrative of the generosity, purity, and kindness of his disposition. After the treacherous de- lection of Arnold, the baron held his namo in the utmost adherence. One day, hs was inspecting regiment of light horses when that name struck his ear. The man was ordered to the front: and presented an excellent appearances. Stenben told him he was too respectable to bear the name of a traitor; aEd at his request the soldier adopted that of the baroii. whose bounty he afterwards experienced and brought up son by the same name. At the siege of Yorktown, baron Sieuben was in the trenches at the head of a division, where he received the first offer oflord Cornwallis to capitnlaie. The marquis de Lafayette ap- pcared to relieve him in the morning; bnts adheriag ib the European etiquette, the baron would not quit his post until the sur- render was completed or hostilities recom- menced. The matter being referred Id general Washington, the baron was suffer- ed to remain in the trenches till the enemy's flag was struck. Alter the capture of Cornwallis, when the superior American officers were paying every attention 10 their captives, Steuben sold his fayorite horse in order to raise money to give an entertain- ment to the British officers, as the other major generals had previously done. His watch he had previously disposed of to re- lieve the wants of d sick friend. On an- 1 other occasioh; when he desired 10 recip- rocate the invitation of the French officers, he ordered his people to sell his silver spoons and forks, saying it was anti-repub- iican to make use of such things, and ad- ding, that tho gentlemen shoald have oiie good dinner fine ate his meals with wood- on spoon fot eyer after: Steuben cottin- ued in the army till the close of the war; Perfecting its discipline. The silence and dexterity of his movements surprised the French allies. He possessed the particu- lar esteem of General Washington, who took every proper opportunity to recom- mend him to congress, from which body he received several sums of money, that were chiefly expended in acts of charity, or ifi rowarding the good conduct of the soldiers.
 Upon tho disbandment ofthe continen- tai army at Newburgh, many affectionafe bonds, formed amid the danger and hard ships ofa long and arduous service, were to be broken asnnder forever. At this sea- son of distress, the benevolent Stenben ex- erted himself to alleviate the forlorh ,tondi- ton of many. Hegave his last dollar to ii wounded black to procure him passage home. Peace being established, the baron retired to farm in tho vicinity of New York, where, in the society of his friends, passed his time as comfortably as his ex- hausted purse would allow. The state of New Jersey gave him small farm, and that of New York, 16,OOO acres of land. in tho county of Oneida. Tho exertions fof Colonel Hamilton and General Wash- ington procured him an annuity of $25OO, from the general government. He built a log house, and cleared 60 acres of his tract l of land, n portion of which he partitioned out, oneasy terms, to twenty or thirty ten4 ants, and distributed nearly tenth among his aid-de-camps and servants. lftkis sit- uation he lived, contentedlys until the year i7O5, when m apoplectic attack put an end to his life, in his sixty fifth year. An ab- stract of lis system of military manoeuvres was published in 1779. The year prece- Iding his death, he published letter on tho established militia and military arrange ments. Hartf ford paper.
 True Courage. s.-There arc very few men brGUe enough to acknowledge them selves cOU0rds. On the contrary. the most