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rcported himself to Gen. Brown. Inc GENERA
was as much surprised as rcnced at his escape
and offered to procure him commission on the
Peace Establishment, which he modestIy de-
clined, although, he sud, it would have been
Mt the heirht of his ambition if the war had
continued. lie asked if he would be satisfied
with a pecunlarv compensation, and to stay III
the army till his time was ont. This PROPOSE
ton he did not decline. Telling him there
we're no funds TO pay off the troops, the Cen
eral gave him an order for 500. pocket-money.
on his brother. Major Brown, Quartermaster
who. for that reason, could not pay 1t. He sold
the order for $50" And that was all, said
rrice, d" ever received from Gen. Brown Tor
nv services. such as they WERE"
lie remained in the service, and received
an honorable discharge, dated June l3, 1917.
having served five years. the full term OF his
enlistment. 1t was signed by his Captain
John Bliss. and Col. Atkinson, and was sent
to Washington, when he obtained his land
He resumed his old hu>incss-that OF IL sailor
ON the akc-which hc had been accustomed
to from boyhood, and for long time was
shy of entering Ills MaWsty's duminonS.
Becoming gradually owner. and interested
in, various vessels, he was known as one of
the best captains ON Lake ChamplHin, till
the state Of his health udmonishcd him to
retire
In his hardy vocation, no man was more
Industrious, rrSDutc. and trustv. Property
and money were safe in his integrity. lie
was II good husband and father good citi-
zen; in all things, mani y; and the person
lives not who will charge his memory with Il
mean or dishonest action; he was never OBJ
trr.ivr, but spoke sIaringly and modrStly of
himself, though his soldier life was full ol in
cdcnts that soldiers are commonly Y fond of
rchcarsing and. though occasionally ndulg-
ING in some amuscmcntS, which are usually
learned 10y young men III camp, and though
his formidable left arm was exceedingly
prompt to rcpcl insult protect II friend, or
defend anybody imposed upon, the conSc-
0ucncc of his ycnial faults generally lighted
upon parties that richly deserved all they
rot As soldier. Price was ii marked man
sure to bc Immediately thought of, and to
volunteer, upon any service of difficulty and
DANGER The merit and credit of the actor in
such an expedition as pricr's to Gen. Drum
mond, are usually measured hy the import
uncc of the result. lay the peril INCURRED. and
hy the motive. Now, it is certain that Gen.
Drummond was 50 penetrated 10y the con1ic-
ton that the danger was in the direction of
Fort Niagara. that he sent one brigade of
1000 men there, in the forenoon of til" IIth {;
that not IL man of the second brigade III the
rear moved to the assistance of the batteries
till too late that Brown, left to deal with
the third brigade. which manned the works.
unsupported. swept them and achieved the
victory. What Brown thought of Price ;
agency in paralyzing two-thirds of the Bri-
tish army has been already stated what
Drummond thought of it. his instant Arrest,
and the subsequent transactions, conrluNivcly
prove. In this, both commanders manifested
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