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e Inc outrosts OF tho armies were very
{ near 70 each other, I'm the American
81 commander. DESTROYS sobiaininQ psrticu.
z lar information respeck the positions Of
I hi adversary, summoI. the famed leader
Of the Riaensn, CoiolDaAi.l Morgan, to
q bead quarters
6 IL was night, and tbSl.ief vas alone
Alter his usual polite, tfeseryed and dig.
bIhed salutation, Va. tan remarked -
J Il have sent for you. Morgan. TO en-.
uuss 70 your courage sagaciiy asmall
but very important EN- tise wish you
10 reconnoitrs the erls line. with q
view to your ascertainE correctly the DO
sltlons Of their newly dtructed redoubts,
also ct the e.campmee Of the British
troops that lately a-rizt ndfhose Of their
Hessian auxiliaries Sbt. sir. an officer.
non. eommissioned ofEctrsnd about twenty
picked meu. and under Ter of the night
proceed, but with all,ksAble caution. get
near as you can, and day dawn retire
and make your repors head quarters -
But mark me, Col Mod mark me we'll
On no account whatevtrSfe you TO bring
on any skirmishing with de- enemy; If dis
covered, make speedy rafeat let nothing
induce you to FIRE shd; / repeat, sir,
that no force Of circrmstSces will excuse
the discharge Of siugle dn on your part,
ana Tor the extreme rrecis mess Of these orr
GERS. permit me to say lave any reasons :
filiing two glasses Of vine, the General
And now. Col. Morgh, We will drink
Z good nlght, RRd success tiBeNE eetessEieAs
tent Of the Commander-in-Chief
Charmed at being chosen, as the execu-
tive officer Of daring enterprise. the Lead
or Of the Woodsmen repaired to his quar-
tiers, and calling for Gsbrid Long, his IA
vorite captain, ordered him 70 detail trus-
ty sergeant, and twenty prime fellows, who,
being mustered, and ordered[to lay on their
arms, ready at moments warning, Nor
gan and Long stretched their manly forms
before the watch ERE, to await the going
down of the moon-the signal for their de-
parture.
A little after midasshsvend While the
rays Of the setting moon still family glim-
mered in the Western horizon Up SER
geant,' cried Long, stir your men, aud
twenty athletic figures we're upon their feet
in a moment. Indian file, march, and
away all sprung with tie quick, yet light
and sttalthy step Of fs3smen. They
reached the enemy's Hhes, crawled up so
close to the pickets of the Hessians as to
inhale the odor of theF pipes, discovered
BY the newly turned uffsarth, the positions
Of the redoubts, and BY Numerous tents
that dotted the feld S,khany rood q
round, and shone DIM -tnid the haze. the
encampments Of the British aud German
and in shortperformed their
perilous duty without the slightest discoye-
~; ard pleased with themselves, and the
success Of their enterprise, prepared to re-
tire just as the chanticleer fom neigh
boring farmhouse was bidding salutation to
the morn
The adventurous party reached small
emiuence 1t some distance from the British
Camp, aud commanding an extensive pros
pect over the adjoining country. Here
Morgan halted 10 give bis men little rest,
before taking up bis line Of march for
the American ontposts. Scarcely had they
thrown themselves on the = ass. WHEN they
perceived. issuing from the enemy's ad-
vanced picket, body ofhorss. commanded
by on officer, aud proesaaisg along q road
that led directly BY d where the II.
aemen had halted ,scould be bet
ter ohos,a for IN .A.,lr = Cor thsrs ~srs
the rocks aud ravihcs, q 3 also scrnbby
oaks. that grew thickiy on the eminence BY
which the road We hass Just menti med
passed, At not exceeding ahyadred yards
Down, boys, down, cried Morgan. Is
the horse approached, por did the clansmen
Of the Black koderek disappear more
promptly amid their native heather, than
did Morgans Moodsnen N the present IN
STANCE, each 70 b. tree or rock Lie close