Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-19

rades forever. The officers who had be- n
/ with him in Solemn council. the privales
! no had fought and hied in the heavy
igh;" under his orders. were to hear the
comm, nds no longer! file manly form
and dignifed coun,enance Of the "grea,
ca ptain" was hencefeEth 10 live in their
memories.
As the hour OF noon approached. the
/ whele garrison. a. the request OF Wash
ington himself. was put in motion. cnd
marched down Broad street 10 Francis ;
tavern. his headquarters. He wished to
take leave of the soldiers. alike with Off
Gers. and bid them al adiyu. His favor
ile lisht inftntry were drawn up in line
facing inwards. through Pearl street. al
the foo, OF whitehall. where barge was
in readiness to convey him 10 PoweN's
hook.
Withia the dining room Of the tavern
were gathered the generals and field oil
GERS to take their fare well
Assem- bled there were Knox. Greene.
Clinton. Steuhen. Gates. and Others. who
had srrysd him faithfully and truly in
the tented field" bu, alas! where were
Others that had entered the war with him
seven years before7 Their bones crum
bed in the soil from Canada to Georgia
Montgomery had yielded up his life 1t
Quebec. Wooster fell d, Ddahury. " N0ol
hull was b,Tbarously murdered while
prisoner q, the battle on L ing Island.
aud Mercer fell morially woundfd al
Princeton; the brave and chivilric Lsu
rens. after displaying the mos. heroic
courage III the trenches Of Yorktown.
/ died IN a triiiing skirmish in South Caro-
lima. tn. brave anl eccentric lie was no
! Longer living, anI Putnam, like help
i.Ss child ,yss stretched nnop ,he bod of
slcaaess Indeed. the bailleael. ond
I time had thlunrd tho RANKS Which en.e.
Il with him en- tae conflict of inlrprn-
t.ence.
Washington ca.srra the room-ihe
hour Of se pera.ian had come. AS he
raise! his eve and gl,ncrd on the faces
of ,hosr assembled. Tea. courspd dun:
his csash ,,l ,,;s ,o;cs wac ,ran,,,one
% he s,lu,ec tbrm. Nor was he alone.
Men "a lb.it unucsd "a tha ynell;A
| ,nonl stood around him. whose hands
uvlift..i - cose, their b,ows. told that
,t,. tear which tb.v; J., v,;, st,.n,,sd
conceal. bsspok: the speujsh ;hrv
could not hide.
After moments conversation. Wash
inrtsn called for glass of vim. |, Was
brought tn him. Turnina TO The officers.
lie thus add crss Il them:
with hear, full of love and pr,,i.
.ude. I nsw take my final leave OF YOU.
and mos, deyoutiy wish your latter DAYS
may be as pros porous and happy as your
foIner ones have been glorious and hua-
| orable.' lie then raised the glass TO bis
lips. AMI a'idrd. Il cannot come TO each
0i you TO take my leave. but shall he
obliged to you IL each Of you will take
M by the hiGd
General Knox who stood nearest. hurst
into tears. and advanced incapable OF Ut
terance. Washington graseed hin. hy
the hand. snd embraced him. The OFF
GERS came up successfully. and took an
affr rctionase leave. No words were spo-
Ken ba; all was the "sient elegance of
seara' What were mere words al such
a sctsxe? Noihing IL was the feeling
os the heart hrliing though unspoken.
Nyhen the last officer had embraced
hin, Washington left the room. followed
-by his comrades aud passed through The
iur Of light infantry. His Ste was slow
anl measured. his head uncovered. aud
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