Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-12-15


nc,i called IN ,hs muster roll lie m
m,llAicly ordered The private bearing this !
ducslcd cocnomcu TO advance on, Of the
Jnc lie Was a fine looking lciow-ove
~ inch syll'ct--lbi he Baron. aheftur.
,cyIug ham a moment sad
Change your name brother ,oi8ics. YOU
arc 700 respectable to bear the name ofs
uar,or'
Wba,name shall akc, Gcneral1' en-
q t.1 thc young man
Take any cIncr, en- nine s a, your
service,
lie aco,rlcI o. aud nmcsd,.ly had his
name cura,ic1 Frederic William S,,ubcn
The Boron settled upon ban IA return a
pCuton Ct five do..cn mouth, and uact.
0atis gave ham a tact Of land
Wlh oil h.s slr,cl notion OF dsclp,lnc
aud ,ubord'na'tou. he was pfomp to re-.
dress 'he slightest wrong done to The mean.
st soldier Oncc on trvicw near Nor.
uNoWu. lac oidcrcd Lieutenant Glbbon,
TO bc arrested on the spot Tor a supposed
error, and be felt the Disgrace kecnly.-
The Colonel u the regiment saw ,ha, be
bad been much wroug,l, mud vaucd oil
the Bifou's wrath had subsidized. advanced
and told nm that the young officer was
not IN The Vull unl was Suffering kcculy
under AUTHORIZATION lnn ccd upon ban
ASK Lfutl Gibbons 10 como to the front
Colonel YGiI the veteran lie was bu't
forward, when Stcubyn SAID aloud before
the whole regiment Sir, the fault which
was made By throwing the Iine IN to confu
SION, might have been fatal in the presence
OF an enemy arrested you as ia suppos.
81 author but | have reason to bolvc |
was mistaken, and bat you were Llamcloss
\ ask your pardon return to your com.
maud. woull not deal unin>I, lv any
much less by one whose chata clcr Is o
officer IS 50 pectlblc' Al Ihis passed
d wIlh the Blrons hat of the ram pouring
on his venerable head
HIS acts Of klnlness were nnumerlble
10 passing from New York to Virginia, on
one occasion, he heard a constant walhng
in the (orcplu ofthe vessel and on lnQult.
ing the cause aud being told lha, IIulc
negro boy WHO had been purchased by d
southern gentleman was crying for has par
g ems, he Immediately purchased him an,
caft,cd him back 10 his home Soon after
the liule fellow while fishing, fell into til,
water and was drowned When the Baron
heard Of It he eyinced deep emotion saying,
Il have been the cause Of his death, II h'
had followed his own destiny, a.. woulC
have been well"
The dlsbandng Of the army al Ncwburgt
was u distressing scene - officers and mel
were required to lay down their arms, an
poor, unpaid and destitute, to return TO thcl
homes SlCuben, though be had no home
nor relative IN the country, and was sttan
ger m m impoverished land. still cndeay
orcd to cheer Up the depending officers {
,, throw Ule sunshine on the gloom Sc,
ing C,l Crochan sanding alone, The pic
y ture Of sorrow, he tried to comfort him b
SAYING tina, better times would como.
70, myself replied the brave Off"
i can stand It But my wife and daugh'cI
M are IN the garrett Of Iha, wrcchcd IavcH
-, and have no where to carry them. or eve
- money to remove them
Conc. come, sad The Barron. who's
s. KIND nature this reply had completely owe
come II viii pay my respects to Mt
Ctochan aud your daughters, II YOU please
and away be strobe to The tavern.
lle.w was not abscn, long boz he len ha
py h,aus Ia that lone garru tie h,
emrucd the entire conlonls Of his purse {
the table nnI Then hlHencd away TO csca
the tears aud blessings That we're ram
upon hm As he walked towards II
what, he came upon poor negro so,In
-, whose wounds were sal unhcalcd bmcr
-" lamculng that he had not the means W
which TO get TO New York Touched vi
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