Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-25
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of the soldier II i. II
CIV q buried them together They Nfer&
fine looking young men, and many
shed tears when We putsthe sod upon
|broWss ~ ~ Il s4; Z, q "A
ssods Had
- ne Bid man opened his eyes
"Had thee seen the village people,
taking the barn doors of their hinges, SO
that they might carry away the dead bodies
by dozens at time, and bury them in the
fields, whenever big hole was dug had
thee seen this, thee wouldn't ask such O
question:"
Was there not a great deal of glory on
that day? a'-
eff thee means that it was like an elec-
ton parade, or a fourth of July gathering,
| can tell thee there was not much glory Of
that kind. If thee means that it made my
blood boil to see the bodies Of my neighbors'
carried by, some dead, some groaning yet,
some bowling mad with pain; others with
legs torn off, others with arms rent at the
very shoulder, here one with his jaw brok-
en-, there another with his eyes put out;-if
thee means that boiling'of the blood caused
by sights like these, then | can tell thee
there was plenty ofglory." $50 s5~e.
"Ihe battle was bloody, then?"
''Did thee ever see how rich the grass
grows on Chew's lawn? How many hearts
spent their last blood to fatten that soile'
"You helped to bury the deade" ss
81 remember well, that my grandfather
he is buried yonder-took hold of one
corner of q barn door, while | and two
friends. took the others. There were some
six or seven bodies, piled cross wise, and
huddled together on that barn door. We
took them to the fields and buried them in
q big pit. remember one fair-faced Brit
ish officer; his rufled shirt was red with
blood. He was fine-looking young man,
and doubtless had O wife or sister in Eng
land. I pitied him very much"
"Were you near the scene of conflict
| do not wish to imply that you bore arms
for your principles forbid the tfrosgft Z =
81 can remember standing in my fathers
f door, when wounded soldier, pursued Wy
another, fell at my feet crying 'quarter!'
rmember that | seized the pursuer's mus
ket, and raped him over the head afte1
which he let the wounded soldier be-"
"Did you hurt him much" ''r
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"He didn't move afterward. Some evi
people wished to make it appear, that 5
killed him. But thee sees that was false
!, for he may have been very tired runnin
and died from the heat. However, ihi
him with allmy strength "
The Quaker held out his right arm
y which was an arm of iron, even in its witt
= cred old age. ... e
. "What was he? British or American2
:, "He was dressed in red," ineekly re
8 sponded the Quaker. -
"Did you see Gen. Washington durin
the fght?". sa ~
;. 81 saw tall man of majestic presenc
10 riding a grey horse. l saw him now go
the mist; now come out again; now her
now there. One time saw him, when
% reined his horse in front of Chew's wall
. he looked terrible, for his eyes seemed !
= frown, his lips were clenched; his forehe'
ii was disfgured by a big vein that SCENE
III bursting from the skin. He was coyere
IL with dust and blood--bis saddle-cloth w
y torn by bullets | never forgot the look
> that man, nor shall I, to the. hour Of n
death. That man they told me was Geor,
+, Washington" a,s,L I. &,
g. "Why was he thus moved"
o can aid-de-camp had just told him tn
VI VI one of his Generals was drunk under
~ hedge y @
u aDid you see CornwallisW tHs
- "That did !! He was riding up the sire
. as fast as his horse could goa handsor
- man, but when saw him, his face was,
1e white as a meal.bag. Thee sees he was
ne brave man, but friend Washington car
Z Z. on him, before day, without timely notice
% There was curious twitch about t
a. Quaker's mouth. He did not smile,
still it was suspicious shape for a Quake
~ ~ mouth. r5t. RI. s,,a
lis 0F The whole deficiency for the yc
us in the Post Office revenue, will be or
y. $54O,ooo- much less than has been anti
Ve pated. s,@..s
'at CoNFEssloN, "A young convert in
ID, country recently got up and was maxi
or confession somewhat after this sort +
ng | have been very wicked, indeed ! ht
lat cheated many persons very many; bu
nd will restore four.fold !Awhen he was int
be rupted BY an old lady in this manner:
well, Lshould think before you conf
he much more, you had better marry Mt
ed Stebbins as you agreed to'@ Z s'.%
NlA.--ssTom, what's monor
The MAJ" Wy you see, Dick, wen p
lad feller steals, it's called larceny--butwen
lin rich 'un the jury says it's moniman
and he can't 'clp it that's IL"