Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-02

| places me in situation to act contrary to my
wishes My duty, however, is to obey orders.
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Scene 3.-Thc whole American encamp.
ment, soldiers under arms, Washington sur.
rounded by his staff, is gazing proudly down the
| line.
Washington 1t is well. Now send Col
! Smith to me
Col. Smih-General, await your orders
| Wash.-Ah Colonel, n word-havc you o.
| brycd my instructions.
Col-To the very letter.
| Wash.--Punctuality in military matters, is
as important, as it is in commercial business
Many battle has been lost for not adhering
strictly to the rules and regulations of war
! Col. am going to visit my friend Roberts, the
hour is near, and punctuaity you know
| C0l,-But General, will You not be advised,
some accident, some delay-
| WaSh.-IIush speak lower. Fear not Col
| have arranged my plans.
| CoL-Would it not be well that i
WaSh.-Should remain silent, remember
! Coll am silen,, sir. Sergeant take the
men around the barracks by the river side
! Exercise and march off in trne military
! style saluting the General, and staff as they
pussy
/ UGSh- Now Col. leave all the rest to you
and remember every ything is to be done quickly
and with the utmost GOODNESS. So convicted am
! | that an especial Providence watches over the
/ destinles Of our country, and the humbIcst in
strument engaged in iurthering the cause of
! Liberty, that view this little adventure mere
| y as hight farce got up to amusc me, previous
! To the great tragedy that is yet TO be enacted,
See that my orders are strictly attended to.
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/ scene A Landscape The British camp
! Ger.
! Ohccr.-My signal of approach will be the
! tap of the drum, and the moment you perceive
us in the lawn before your house, prepare your
self, and your famiIy for the event.
Robcrts.-Four o'clock precisely.
OHcer.-Precisely four, and remember, sir,
that the moment suspect you of double deal
ing in this matter, your life shall pay for it.
RoJcris.-Ths suspicion sir, is ungcnerous,
have embarked in that which is bad enough,
without your doubts of my faith added to it.
OHccr.-It is on that very account suspect
you, but no more of this, we now understand
each other Texit
RobertS What is it am about to do be.
tray the man, whom all admire, turn traitor
and deliver into the hands of the British the
man who seems destined by heaven to give free,
dom 10 his country! (muses) lie has sat at my
table, drank OF my cup, ate Of my bread. II,
loves me and my family, nay he served us or
more occasions than one, and Judas like II
sell him for god-.god thou temper of the
SOUL thou devil lnslduous, powerful and deter
mined. For thee, | do this, and blast my repu
tation, and hand my name down to posterity
biackened with the eXecratlon OF IA nation, and
pointed at on the page OF history, in every age
as the treacherous host, and base friend. Nc
mater, ere that | shall be in my grave, and
wnat Is pos,hunous fame to putrld flesh or rat
ting bones Nothing. will do the deed and
dread The worst. Now must | clolhe my face
in smiles and meet hlm. exit
SCE>E 5.--A room in Roberts house, with
a door IN centre, with two large windows. o.
pening on lawn, &c. Mrs Roberts, duugh-
ter and General Washington seated at a table
drinking tea.
GcH.-Mrs Roberts, | mus; compliment you
again really you should take out a patent for
making tea.
Mrs R--Will you have another cup Gen
eral
Gea,-Irom such fair hands, dozen, but
what has become of my old friend
Mrs. Bile said he would be back in few
moments. sometimes think general that your
visit here if known, would be somewhat dan
gerous, we are two miles from the camp.
Cen have often thought So myself ma.
dam, but the pleasure of your company and
that your husband, and this smiling girl is
enough to render danger more an object 10 be
, courted than Stunned.
Mss R-~lou soldiers are such natterers.
Cent is because our cause is hattering
then.
Mrs. R-And nightly do pray that it may
succeed
Gen.-The prayers OF the good avaleth
much For it is not brutal force alone that adj.
vances n good cause it is in the organization Of
/ the men the motives and objects that induce