Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-09-13

being turned on both flanks, aud in dan
ger OF being surrounded. they rctyenred to
the open ground around TIE fort.
From this, too, they were soon ,lislodgetl
ny the ovcrpowcrins force of the enemy. in
me reIrea' many wounded men were in dan
ger ot being left which, heing observed from
me Fort, Capt. Gibson directed his own
Lieutenant to take the infantry Orakcs
particular command) and portion of the
rIileulcn, and sally QUITO their relief. To
THIS -. objected and claimed the right TO
command his own men, and as senior To The
L'eui. his riShr also To the whole COM
mand. 80. very we'll sir" said the cap
tain, III such is your wish take it," "It is
my wish sir, to do my duty. and will en-
dchvor lo do ii. now aud at all times" was
The modest reply of Drake. He according
~ sailed out; skiIfnlly intcrposrd his de-
'achmeni between the rclreating iroops and
Tie encmy, opened upon them Il hot fire.
! arrested their advance, and gave an ouppr-
| t"nIty To the wounded to effect their csc;,rc;
and to the broken and rcirralinu comm
mes OF our troops, To reform and again to
lace the enemy. Throughout The whole
ailair, brakes activity. skill, and cAtraur-
u'"afV sen possession, were n,,St c0nspcu-
Gus. The enemy Of course observed il ms
well as hi friends. The numerous shots di
\
| lencer, aimed at the heart Of Hector, were
turned aside by provdrnlial interference.
until he had accomplished all that he had
| oecn sent TO perform. He iiirn received a
Dali through his body and fell: n faithful cor
| Porai came to his assistance, and with aid
| ne reached The fort; aud those two were the
iaS' OF me re'rea'ln: party that entered it.
| Drake making it "a poin, uI honor that i,
should he so. Mr.. Drake was rendered
unfit for duty for long time hy his wound
lie had not. indeed, recovered from it in the
summer of 1896, when he was nv guest.
when IN command at Fort Washington.
(Ctncnna'i). on his way. on iurougi. to
visit, his native State, Connecticut. His
friends, however, enjoyed his presence but n
short time. Having, as | understood, ia.
Ken the yellow fever in passing through
Philadelphia, he died in few days after he
reached his home.
have yet another rcminisccnce, the re
latlon Of which may serve the cause Won
! h">s' S"-.'.,.,si.' ,., i.ro... 5,.s.s--s.
An officer of the army had so often and
so unnecessarily wounded The FEELINGS of
another of the same corps. the duties of
which made their associaliun INDISPENSABLE.
that II" considered himself bound To demand
satisfaction IN the usual way. They met,
ana The injured man fell, receiving II Inortnl
wound, as IT was anticipated he would from
the superior skill "f his ;ntn.o;.st in the use
Oh me weapon which they used. Being
possessed "i Il high grade OF talents and
"m''a"'' ci,hrhcicr he hah the sympathy OF
all tic officers. Nth others | visited him
after he had been removed TO his ,,,,r,crs
He expressed ahcsirc To see the officer vi.h
whom he had fought, and was present -,
the interview. | wish could d,srrihe n, !,
'ncr''s, this Interesting scene. The circum
STANCES attending II were So deeply Impress
cd on my mind that t"cy can never he cf
faced is Ion" us my memory holds its se;it
| III The tent were some half dozen Officers.
the friends of the dying man, (for as have
! sad, he had from his amiaalc qualities ma
ny and warm one>.) exhibiting uucpnivo.
cal evidences of their sorrow, Cous,.icn.
Gus above the rest, and ncr the head of ,h,
rude couch, was The Cnnmaudnnr of the
| Corps. To which both the ,lueli>ts brlnnoed.
! (thr beau ideal of cnivaIrous valor, and the
Ch"valicr dc Bayard nf The arm, J cndray-
"ring 10 stiiic rs best he could. the feeling
winch hgIth'ed his bosom. AT little di.
lance. III iu'i view of the victim nf his pas.
| SI"nS, SAT the nscnsihlc --: I'm, I n,u.,
restrain the Indignation which still feel
lie was my brother uilicrr-wc shared to-
gcihrr the pcrils Of il difficult war-auJ in
battle know tha, he did his durv-and
whatever might have been his conduc, ,o
others never had personally any reason to
complain of him. But there he SAT. anna
| rently al least unaffected hv the mischief
he had done. by hurving in an untimcly
| grave, man who had never Injured him
whose arm might he needed in the pendinr
decisive ba'tlc with the hitherto triumphant
| enemies of MS country, and whose intellcct
might al some future time have been usc-
fully employed in its councils. The severe
bodily pain which the diving officer had for
some time suffered had ceased: and thar
calm and ease had succeeded which is the
unrqulvocal harbingrr approaching death
and which n Gracious Providence has pro-
vidcd for the MORALLY wounded soldier, TO
enable him to offer IL last PRAYER for his dis
M family, the has one. or for the pardon
of his own sins. Turning his in,c,liccpt
eye upon his late Antagonist. hc mildly said
that ''hc desired TO ser him. for the purpose
of assuring him of his sncc'c fnr.ivcncss-
that he wished him happiness in this world
| and thai. as the means OF securing il, he
recommended TO him with the sincerity of y
dying man. To cndcavor to restrain tho vio
lcncr of hi, passions, the indulgence of
which had deprived one ofIifc. " no had ncv
rr injured him in rhought or deed"
am satisfied that what have said above
does MOI entirely meet vour inquiry, and
that you will expect me iO state what cf.
feet the feelings | have described had in
forming my principles, and covcrnin"
my own conduct. I have already stated
an entire change in my sentiments ON The
subject of ducllinG. from those which en-
tcrtained upOn nv first rntr rinc rho arm, =,