Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-11-12
WAGON ARTILLERY.

A,o,,t $50 an eSoedition of the United ? '.ss
troops Of the 9th Foot left; fort Aease."si on.
then a mere eantonmeni, for the FAR Ness
the route they were completely inves'se y
large marty of wild indians, who charged up "
tbsir. ysry lines. shaking their long copper IAN
ces in the very faces of the foot ana nie ''.i.
them, in case one should break the iine' VIZ
certain destruction. Charge after charge
made. until. the veteran officer in commana' nie
present General Riley, gave the ORDER hre i,9
fighting Sixth-threw in its leaden hail, ana ui'
chisalry of the prairie swept before them liAe i"
summer cloud.
The command of Mujor Riley had with thsih
six pound gun, which they had been on the Poiu'
of abandoning half dozen of times but WINCH
how came into play. Elevating 1t to an angie VI
As degrees, and filling it almost to the tomP'oh
with larrroge. the Major waited his opportunity
The Indians. after the fire of the Sixth, had re-
treated to the top of bold prairie teton, VI
mound, where they made all imaginable derisi'o
gestures at the American troops. A group Oi
several hundred had gathered ON the very pima
Gle of the hill, when the Major gave the order 10
fire the solitary gun. The shot and largrage Tell
on the larminer limestone Of the hill, each rag
ment of the rock proving fatal as shot, ana
more than twenty of the red skins falling dead
and wounded.
Away went the party of Indians, and after
rapid retreat, went into the then depaTtm'e"t0 oil
Texns, which did not belong to Uncle SAM eNhi-
biting the greatest alarm
Major Riley returned home, and after the lapse
of some time, visited st. Louis, whore no met
Il fs,ff nf n
nous defender of Mobile, in 1915.
"Hallo, Riley ~
"HallO, yourself"
"What did you do to the Camanche
"WhiPpod them"
lyon did more than that
"What 7"
al will tell you. They came to my post last
fall, and said we have been beaten. The Ma
nitou is angry. We do not care for rifles, ssfOr
we have them. We care not for the horn gun,
(musket and bayonet,) but the man in the prui-
rie shot Wagon at us !'''
This was the first time that the Cnmnnchc had
ever seen artillery, and poor Ben Moore used to
say, when the Indians came, It wus only necessa-
ry to wheel your wagons into battery and they
would not wait for you TO fire at them.
MAxrMs TO GUIDE YOUNG MEN.-Keep good
company none.
Never be idle, If your hands can not be use
fully employed, attend to the cultivation of your
mind.
Always speak the truth.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Have very few intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets if you have any.
When you speak to person, look him in the
face
Good company and good conversation arc the
very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things also.
Never listen to loose and infidcl conversation.
You had better be poisoned in your blood than
your principles.
Your character cannot essentially be injured ex-
cePt by your own acts.
Let judgement guide instead of passion.
Put not too much confidence In women.
Live in n tiIur you need not reproacb
Yourself when you become aged
BE moderate in your pleasures.
NEGRO SHREwDNEss.-A gentleman sent his
lrl.alg NM