Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-03-06

Involve not only the safety of his brig
ade, but his future usefulness. =
Horny, however, with proper spirit,en
treated not to be sent again to the often
er,glvlngas areason forhis reluctance
that IN consequence of the previou:
rudeness of the other, he was not in the
mood to tolerate repetition Of the IN.
dignity, and might, If irritated, be pro.
voked to violence. Marion then dis.
patched his order, to the guilty major
with request, civilly worded, that he
might see him at head quarters. HI
appeared accordingly, accompanied by
the captain wEo had Joined with him in
the outrage, & under whose immediate
influence he appeared to act. Marion
renewed his demand, in person, for the
sword of Croft. The other again re,
fused to deliver it, alleging that Croft
was Tory, and even then with the
enemy in Georgetown. - .. s7
GOWN you deliver me the sword, Or
not, Major" was the answer which
Marion made to this suggestion.
81 will not was the reply of the
offender. cat these Words says Hor-
ry in the MS. before US, Il could for
bear no longer, and said with great
warmth, by Cd, sir, did I command
this brigade, as you do, would hang
them both up in half an hour!n Mari
on sternly replied-'This is none OF
your business, sir: they are both before
me!-Sergeant ofthe guard, bring me
file Of men, with loaded arms and fix
ed bayonets!n 4 was SILENT adds
Horny: all our field officers ia camp
were present, and when the second re-
fusal ofthe sword was given, they all
put their hands to their swords in rea-
diness to draw. My own sword was
already drawn!' rla t..t
Gin the regular service, and with Of
hcers accustomed to, and bred up in
the severe and stern sense of authority,
which is usually thought necessary to a
proper discipline, the refractory often
der would NEST prohablyh ave been
hewn downin the moment of his DISC
bedience. The effect of such pro-
ceeding in the present instance, might
have been Of the most fatal character.
The esprit, da corps might have prompt
ed the immediate followers ofthe often
der to have siezed upon their weapons,
and though annihilated, as Horny tells
us they would have been lost, which
the country could illhaye spared, The
mutiny would have been put down, but
at what a price! The patience and
prudence Of Marion's character taught
him forbearance. His mildness, by
putting the offender entirely in the
wrong, SO justified his severity, as to
disarm the followers of the criminals
These, as we have already said, We're
about sixty in number. Horny contin-
ues:-sTheir intentions were, to call
upon these men for support-our Off
GERS well knew they meant, if possible
to intimldate Marion, SO as to make
him come into their measures of plum
der and Tory killing The affair for
terminated without bloocshed.
The prudence of the general had its ef-
feet. The delay give time tothe often
ders for reflection. Perhaps, looking
round upon their followers, they saw
no consenting spirit Of mutiny in their
eyes encouraging their own; for ''though
many ofthese refugees Were present,
none offered to back or support the
mutinous officers when the
guard that was ordered, appeared In
sight, the companion ofthe chief often
der was seen to touch the arm of the
other, who then profered the sword to
Marion, saying, General, you need not
have sent for the guard Marion re-
fssing to receive it, referred him TO the.
sergeant ofthe guard, and thus doubly
the dishonored major of
Continent als--for he was such--dis-
from sight, followed by his
associates. His farther punishment was
of kind somewhat differing from those
which are common to armies, by which
the profession Of arms is sometimes
quite as much dishonored as the GRIM
inal. Marion endeavored, By his pun
ishments, to elevate the sense of char
acter in the spectators. He had some
of the notions ofNapoleon on this sub
iect. He was averse to those brutal
punishments which In the creature, de-
grade the gloriousimage Of the Creator.
In the case of the two offenders, thus
dismissed from his presence, the penal
ty was, Of all others, the most terrible
to persons, in whose mind there re.
NAMED the sparks even ola convention
al honor. These men had been guilty
of numerous offences against humanity.