Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-03-12

military history.
OF course there was an immediate rush to his
assistance and the general was promptly raised |!
But his uniform was so fearfully and wonderfully
made that he came up stiff and without a bend in
him, like dead Clown. and had no command
whatever Of himself until he was put quite flat
upon the sole Of his feet, when he became anima-
ted as by miracle. and moving edgewse that
he might 60 in the larrowset compass and be liz
less danger offrayss the gold lace of his epauIets
by brushing them against any thing advanced with
a smiling visage to salute the lady of he.house.
To be sure, it would have been impossible for
the family to testify purer delight and Joy than at
this unlocked for appearance Of General Paddock!
The General was as warmly received as if New
York had heen state of siege. aud no other
General was 10 be got, for love or money. He
shook hands with the Norrises three times all
round and then reviewed them from little dist
anee. as brave commander might, with his am
pie cloak drawn forward over the right shoulder
and thrown back upon the left side to reveal his
manly breast.
And do / them cried the General, 'once again
behold the choicest spirits ofmy country!'
Yes said Mr.. Norris the father. Here we
are. General
Then all the Norrises pressed round the Gene.
raj, inquiring how and where he had been since
the date of his last letter, and how he had enjoyed
himself in foreign parts, and, particularly aud a
bove all, to what extent he had become acquaint-
ed with tine great dukes, lords, viscounts. mar.
quesses, sducbesses, knights, and baroneis, in
whom the people ofthese benighted countries had
delight.
We'll then, don't ask me- said the General,
holding up his hand. Il was among 'em all the
time, and have got public journals in my TRUNK
with my name printed lowered his voice and
was very impressive here--'among the fashiona-
BILE news! But, oh, the conventionsli,ies Of that
amazing Europe!
'Ah! cried Mr.. Norris the father, giving his
head melancholy shake, and looking towards
Martin as though he would say, 4 dom. deny it,
sir. would if could
The limited diffusion of moral sense in that
country T! exclarsed the General. The absence
ola moral dignity inSln
'Ah! sighed all beNorrises. quite overwhelm-
ed 'ith dependency.
Il couldn't have realized it, pursued the Gen.
tral, without being located on the spot. Norris,
yG"- imagination is the Imagination of strong
man, but you couldn't have realized il, without
| being located on the spot =
"Never,' said Mr.. Norris
The exclusivebess, tine pride, the form, the
ceremony, exclaimed the general, emphasizing
the article more vigorously at every repetition.
The artificial barriers set up between man and
man; the division of the human race into court
cards and plain cards, of every denomination. into
clubs, diamonds. spades-anyihing but heart 7
'Ah r cried the whole family. Too true, Gen.
eraI!'
But Stay = cried Mr.. Norris, the father. taking
him by the arm. Surely you crossed in the
Screw, GeneralP
well. so did, was the reply.
Possible = cried the young ladie. Only Think
The GeDaral seemed at loss to understand
why his having come home in the Screw should
occasion such sensation, nor did he seem at all
clearer on the subject, vhsn Mr.. FORTS, introdu-
eng hun to Martin, said
"A fellow passenger Of yours, ihink?'
of mine = exclaimed the General; MOP
He had never seen Martin. but Martin had
seen him. and recognized him, now that they stood
face to face, as the gentleman who had stuck his
hands in his pockets towards the end of the voy-
age, aud walked the deck with his nostrils dilaed.
Every body looked at Martin. There was no
help for it. The truth must out.
4 came ovsr in the same ship the General.
said Martin but not in the same cabin. II being
necessary LOT me 10 observe strict economy, look
my passage in the steerage
Ifthe General bad been carried up boldly TO a
loaded cannon, and required to let it off that mo.
ment, he could nut have been in a state of CRATER
CONSERVATION than when heard these words. He,
Fladdock-Fladdock liz full militia uniform, Flad-
dock the General, Paddock The caressed of foreign
nobemen,--expected to know fellow who had
come over in the Storage of line of packet ship,
at the cost of four !pound ten ! and meeting that
fellow IN the very sanctuary of the New York
fashion, and Nesting in the bosom of the New
York arstocnacy! He almost laid his hand upon
his sword.
! A deaih-like stiffness fell upon the Norrises.--
If this story should get wind, their country rela.
ton had. by his imprudence, for ever. disgraced
them. They had been the bright particular stars
of an exalted N. York sphere. There were other
fashionable spheres above them, and other fash
ionabIe spheres below, and none Of the stars ia
any one of these spheres had any thing 10 say to
to the stars in any other of these spheres. But
through all the spheres it would 60 forth. thai
the Norrises. deceived by gentlemanly manners
and appearances, had, falling from their high es
state, received dollarless and unknown man.
0 guardian eagle Of the pure Republic, had they
/ lived for this