Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-09-30
OLD SERIES VOL. ., NO. Z.
From the New York Atlas
"FORTUNE FAvORs THE BRAVE.

long been intimate, relates two inciden's con.
nected with Croghan's gallan, defence of
Fort Stevenson--one which affords strong
positive, the other stronger negative proof
of the above quoted adage.
As the British and the Indians, in their
previous military operations, had violated
their pledge and the usage of civilized war
fare, by wahtonly numbering their prisoners
the number of Croghan's little band, (only 100
strong with single 6 FOUNDER, and surround.
ed by about 600 British troops, and twice that
number of ldians, had mutually agreed to
stand their ground 10 the last, and sell their
lives as dearly as possible.
When all was ready the Britith Commas.
der sent messenger, under a flag OF truce,
to treat for the surrender of the Fort. Cro-
CHAN pointing to him as he approached, ex-
claimed
at will not do to let them enter here and
see our weakness, who will volunteer TO meet
him %
And it was pretty certain that whoever
should leave the For, on sucha mission would
be murdered by the bastard foe; there was
brief pause-when Ensign Shipp replied -
81 will upon one condition"
''What is il ?" asked the Captain
"Pledge me your word, as an officer and
man of honor: that you will keep that gun
bearing directly upon me, and that you will
fire it off the moment you see me raise my
hand"
The pledge was given and Shipp went
forth.
To all the arguments and persuasions Of
the enemy, his unvarying reply was:
II am instructed to say that we defend the
Fort"
Soon the Indians began TO surround him.
One clutched his epaulette, another his sword.
Shipp, who was man Of Hcrculcah frame,
released himself by a powerful effort and
turning to the envoy, cody said
'.Sir, have no, put myself under the pro.
lection OF your flag Of truce without knowing
your mode of warfare. You see that gun,"
said he, pointing to their solitary six poundet,
''it is well charged with grape, and have
the solemn pledge of my commander, that i,
shall be fred at me the instant | give him
the signal Therefore, restrain these men and
respect the laws of war or yen shall instant.
ly accompany me to the other world"
This was enough. Shipp was no more mo.
Tested, he returned to his comrades in safety,
fought out the desperate action that ensued,
and obtained promotion for his bravery.
The counter instance referred 10 at the
head Of our paragraph, was told as follows;
After the British and Indians had with.
drawn, Croghan missed one man, (only one)
who had belonged to his little band and all
efforts for his discovery, were for some time
unsuccessful. At length his remains wers
discovered in the garrett of one of the block
houses where he had crept for safe,y,7 and
was cut in two by cannon ball. -sm 'aa
All the rest. considering their chances Of
life not worth a thought, had only sough, to
do their duty, and escaped alive, front, per-
haps the most desperate fight on record. The
only man who was killed happened to be the
only man who proved himself coward.
FATrENISG PICS on PARsNIPs.-A CORES.
pondent has written to inquire 'whether we
know by our own experience the quality OF
The parsnip for feeding and fa,tcning pigs ?"
In answer, we beg leave to state, that al our
farm at Catlands Ringmer, we have been in
the habit of employing parsnips for that pur-
pose for some time. Upon reference to our
books we find that on the llih of October,
ls47, we put up two shoats of eleven weeks
4 c~l 81 IL al
for three months, when they were killed,
) weighing two hundred and thiriy-one and
two hundred and thiny-eiaht pounds. They
were well fattcned, firm in flesh, and the
/ meat Of excellent flavor. The quantity OF
7. parsnips consumed by them was nine bushels
each.-(Susser (Eng.) Express. a,
, REMARKs.-We have often wondered That
no accoun, is made of this valuable root All
, the world is alive to the value of the carrot I;
, while this rich esculent is entirely overlook
!, ed. That the parsnip contains, more sac
charine matter than the carrot, or even any
OF the beets, we are satisfied very excel
, len, wine ia made of it, which we venture to
, assert canno, be made from any other of the
! whole root crop. Its estimation as an edible
for the able also tells in its favor And a
!, herd of hogs turned into field containing
baeas, beets, carrots and parsnips, would not
:. be long in settling the question which they
n liked best and as they cannot read the Ge'
nese Farmer, andare not Influenced by any
OF our laundering theories, and trust alone
n to experience and that uaerring guide tina
y nature has provided them in the place OF rea
n son, we are disposed TO give them the crea'
8, of being very capable jndses-very'-l"e
x nese Farmer,
- FREpERIcK JERoME.-The Common Coan
Il Gil of the city Of New York has voted % con
:. fer the freedom Of the city, in gold ooa
= upon Frederick Jerome, the heroic seaman
- through whose fundamentally numbers