The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-16

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The doctor promptly obeyed the sum-
mons, and in company with Mr.. s.,
commenced making professional exam
ination of the boy. which resulted in a
very satisfactory declaration that there
was no symptoms of the fatal disease
spoken Of, il being a common rash ov-
ing to the season. The farmer appeared
highly delighted, all sorts of remunera-
ton in the shape Of chickens, ducks,
geese, &C., were offered If they would
visit him. The sun was at that moment
sinking behind the horizon, and the long
shadows indicated the near approach OF
night. After gazing moment at the
waters of the bay and his little punt or
dug out-'See here, gentlemen it's a
long row 20 my place, with the ti.is
against mel suppose must stay here
till morning.
oh certainly. old fellow replied the
Doctor. and Mr.. S,-come to our quar-
ters-we are going 10 Tap small basket
Of cham mpaigne, sent to us by our friends
in Philadelphia, and if you never tasted
that beverage, you have the chance OF
first rate liquid, which by Jupiter and
the roaring boys, was called Nectar"
The farmer followed them, aud they
were soon. at work, popping off corks,
and imbibing the sparkling liquid, which
ne of the punt declared to be the real
stuff. and no mistake. A dead set was
made upon the man of the chickens, but
his head appeared TO be proof against the
most violent assaults, drawing forth. how
ever some qualities Of which his figure
had given no evidence. He sung admi-
rable songs. in which sailors and saucy
tars were the heroes, which SO captivated
our troopers, that they made him repeat
them over and thus passed convivially
the better parr Of the night. when they
fell to sleep without any preparations OF
the toilet, except doffing the belt and
casque.
In the morning. the stranger, now be-
come familiar with his friends OF the last
nights convivial party, loitered about the
>o.ap. ,en;sr1ed with -the..seGaass -.s-1st.ls
ed the parade, and after drill even assist
ed The doctor and his friend Mr.. s. to
rub and curry their horses. Towards
night-fall he departed with his negro
and after time his little boat slowly re-
ceded upon the waters. turned point.
and was lost to view. Some time after
the troops were recalled to Philadelphia.
and were there discharged The enemy
after their attack on Baltimore, with
drew all their forces from the waters of
the Chesapeake, 10 concentrate upon
New Orleans. where they received ter
rible chastise ment for their rohberies up
on The defencelesS inhabitants of the
bays and creeks of Maryland and Virgin
la.
DR.. Il. and Mr.. S., the
two gents spoken of as The entertainers
of the Susquehanna farmer, mldc voy-
age to Gibralter in fine vessel. as su-
percargoes. and upon their return TO the
United States with fair prospects of real
izing handsome profit, were overhaul
ed by the Southampton frigate, and cap
tured. They were both transferred to
the decks of the British man of war. and
whilst seated apart upon a gun carriage
bemoaning their i'll luck and wondering
what would be done with them, their at
tention was drawn TO the officer of the
deck, who had stopped before them once
or twice and examined them with great
attention. AS he passed them again he
was heard to mutter some words which
were very familiar 10 our friends
"Threes about, troop right dress wheel
in line, march,.
why, H, said Mr.. S. do you
hear that fellow curse me if he is not
going through a troop drill. He must
be a horse marine
At that moment, the officer stepped
up to them. and after gazing at them a
few moments with comical expression,
said:-'Gents. you have got into fix
Yes. Sir replied the Doctor-'your
assertion is very self-evident, and what
is worse, we see no way of getting out
of it,
You are from Philadelphia. hey?-you
have fine troop of horses. called the
FIRST City Troop. par excellence COM
manded byCharles Ross
Our friends made no reply to this.
wondering the while how Lieutenant on
board His Majesty's ship should know
anything about these old troops. And
further he continued. you have some
good fellows in that troop, who know
how to crack bottle Of champagne. and
tell whether black boy has got the
small pox or not The last observation
quickly recalled to both of them the in
cident above narrated, and starting TO
their feet. they asked him how he knew
anything about this troop and that Incl
dent Of the black boy and champagne.
The officer then coming up close to