Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-11-20

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pleasure
Need we say how the heart of the young
patriot lcapt with exceeding joy, and how
he pressed the yielding form Of lis beautiful
wife to his bosom? Shall We describe the
tender parting and atlrclionatc farewell or
shall we cover with the veil Of silence scenes
so sacred! We prefer that the imagination
! of the reader should supply scene that
description cannot do ustcc 10.
George Madden was once more enlisted
in the ranks Of his couniryncn. where he
was received with applause.
At this period Philadelphia Was occupied
by the British under Gen Howe, who an
| moved ut some forts on the Drlcwarr. de-
achcd portion of the royal army TO reduce
them. Washington improved this opportu-
nitv 10 attack the remainder of the British
army cllcampcG at Germantown. The at
tack WAS made on the fourth Of October and
was maintained on the part of the Amcri-
cans with great severity: but they were
eventually rrpulscd with twice the loss Of
the enemy, owing to the incypcricncc Of par;
of the troops and the presence of Il thick fog
which embarrassed their movements. il
was asceraincd that the American loss
amounted 10 two hundred killed. six hundred
wounded, nnd about four hundred pri-
| sonc!s.
But how Jared George Madden? How
fought the the new rccuit!
An old min--a survivor of the ranks
! told us that he fought with the frrocily of Il
] tircr, and that just previous to the com
| ncnccmcnt Of the attack. young STRIPPING
! presented himself to The officers and request
| cd TO he placed side by side with the hardy
! hallcrs for liberty. lis request was grant
cd-for no time was allowed for questions
or conside.aiions-and lie was placed by the
side of Madden, who only noticed him by a
look of approval rs the troops wheeled into
line. He fought br;vely and wcll--frot to
! foot, somctimcs-brrast 10 breast. But In
vain the comtc>t-usclcss the struggle. His
tory tells of that disastrous struggle, and
how, like the waves Of the ocean. The brave
troops Of Washington, under their heroic
leader. gathered and broke again aud again.
upon the resisting forces Of the enemy, but
without effect, only TO meet defeat and
death. Night shroudcd The victory ot our
orprcssors, and hu.g gloomy and thick
over the camp of our dcspcnding. but not
diScouraging countrymcn.
But The early light of the succeeding day
bcamed upon spectacle Of worse horror.
There lay heaps of the dead. the wounded,
and the dying But little apart from the
rest, upon green mound, stained only with
their own blood, lay two forms claspcd in
the faithful embrace of death. The elder
and more manly form of the two WAS rccog-
nizcd us that of Madden. the other the fair
volunteer of the preceding day They were
locked in last embrace, and in trying ia
part them, it was discovered that the slender
and delicate form was that of Il woman
The hearts of the veterans grew big as
they gazcd upon this melancholy spectacle
and tLrv forcborc to part them, but they
placed them, locked in each others arms. il
the same grave, and as The earth was thrown
over them, no sacred rite WAS performed, but
the tears of brave soldiers were sufficient
pleadcrs at the bar of Heaven, and their sad
thoughts an appropriate funeral prayer fol
the sweet rest and pcrpctratcd happiness oi
two such rare spirits!
! A full purse never lacks friends,