Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-04-04
From the Ohio Renuhljcpn.
FFOIrI FrO OIIIU IttFuUICHH'
BOYS, DO YOU HEAR "THAT."


Twenty six years ago last Autumn, (sait
a gentleman to us the ether day,)I was {
boy attending school in log cabin, will
no other windows than by the removal of Q
piece of the third, with greasy bits of pa
per pasted on as substitutes for glass. Thi
cabin dedicated to learning, was situated ia
! The outskirts of a now populous town in
Pennsylvania. No state in the Union fur.
nishcd moro, or better soldiers for the de-
fence and protection of the Northern from.
tier of Ohio, during the late war, than dt
Pennsylvania. Not few of her sons were
in the army surrendered by Hull, besides,
numbers of her brave fellows were massa
cred and scalPed, at Winchester and Dad
ley's defeat. Still, the after cali of GENE.
RAJ HARRISON for more soldiers, was an
swered by a large number of Pennsvlvani-
ans, including several from our village
The departure of these brave fellows from
their families and friends. was then viewed
as voluntary sacrifice of life for the de-
fence of their country, and the "farewell
tIod bless ye," was uttered in tone and
feeling that sunk deep in tho hearts of the
by-standers, and which will never be effa.
ced from my memory.
In those days, our mails were few and
uncertain; and it was only by occasional
passing of sick or disabled soldier return
ing home, that we heard from our army =
Time hung heavy, and deep gloom over
spread our country. The last news was,
ga battle is soon expected between the
American "rny under General Harrison,
and the British and Indians, under the blood
thirsty Proctor and Tecumsch I"
Days and weeks passed by, and vet moth.
ing was heard from our army. Our citizens
eagerly hailed all strangers from the west,
with the anxious enquiry of'any news from
General HARRISON p Such was the delay
doubt and uncertainty, that it was general.
~ feared, and by many believed that HAIR
RisoN and his army had, like those before
HIM, been defeated and mastered.
While | was sitting (said ourinformant)
at the long loo wi,idoio of our school house
and our Irish schoo-master was busy in re-
neatiiig our A B G to the smaller urchins.
suddenly heard the sound OF horn.
looked forth, aud saw descending the hin
half mile distant, the mail boy on his
horse at full speed. At the foot Of the hill
he crossed bridge, and the rapid clatter
of the iron hoofs resounded throughout our
cabin. Rising the hill near US, his horse at
FULL speed, and reeking with sweat, he
Hgain sounded his slirlll horn, and when op-
posiie our Log Cabin, he called out
IS" HARRISON HAS WHIPPED THE Barr
IsH AND INDIANS y
Our Irish tutor, with as true an .qmeri- |
can heart as ever beat in son Of Erin, |
sprang from his seat as though he had been
shot--his eyes flashing fire, ne screamed
out ~ |
"BOYS DO Y3U HEAR THAT!n
He caught his hat darted out a, the door
ind followed the mail boy at the top of his
speed. The scholars were not second
behind him--tbe larger one taking the lead,
md shouting "Huzza for Harrison % and
he smaller ones running after, hallowin q
md screaming withfnght!
The people in our village, herring the
onfusion, and seeing the mail boy and
'orse at full run, followed BY the school,