New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-04
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fyourseH Eroke, sir, to n certainty. Tot
may 60 home, sir, TO the plough; yoaf swort
/ will be Of no further use to you Broken, sir
nothing can save you and there IL the end O.
Col Morgan. Fo5l, fool, by single act d
rnadness, thus to destroy the earnings Of SC
many tolls and of many hard d-fought battle
You are broken, sir, and there is an end Of Col
Morgan.
To disturb his reverie. there suddenly ap.
peared tfull speed the aid-ds- camp, the Mer-
curry OF the field, who, reigniug up, accested
the Colonel with, & am ordered, Col, Morgan,
to ascertain whether the firing Just now heard
iproceeded from your detachment ~
: =" It did. SIR" doggedly replied Morgan
/" Then, Cot Morgan" continued the aid, es
am further ordered to require Of yon your i'm
mediate attendance npon His Exeellencys, who
is fast approaching. ? ,.-5,'.
i Morgan bowed, and the aid, wheeling his
chareer, galloped back 70 rejoin the Chief
i The CLEANS of the morning sun, shining upon
the sabres of the horse guard, announced the
arrival Of the dread commander that being
who inspired with a degree Of awe every ons
who approached him, With stern, yet digni-
ned composure, Washington addressed the mill
tary culprit: a sssi n s
!. Can it be possible, Col Morgan, that my
aid camp has informed me Alright Can it
be possible, after the orders you received last
evening, that the firing we have heard proceeded
ISet NSecouifUH6s -toufclJs stTs my bEnSIS
we're so explicit as not to be easily nisunder-
stood. -
Morgan was brave, but it has been often, and
Justly, too, observed, that man was never born
of woman who could approach the great Wash
ington and not feel degreesof awe and venera-
ton from his presence. Morgan quailed for
moment before the stern yet just displeasure of
his Chief, till arousing ali his energies for the
| effort, he uncovered and replied
| ssYOHY ExoeIlauevsss frdara yvarp rarfacfIr
understood and agreeably to the same, pro-
ceeded with the select party to reconnoitre the
enemy's lines by night We succeeded even be-
yopd our expectations, and was returning to
head quarters to make my report, when, having
halted few minutes to rest the men, we dis
covered party Of horse coming out from the
enemy lines They came up Immediately to
the spot where We lay concealed by the
hrushwood. There they halted, and gathered
together like fioeklof pattridges, afording me
SO tempting an opportunity Of annoying my
enemy, and, may il please your exoellency, flesh
and blood could not refrain Is :, Is.
| At this rough, yet frank, bold and manly eE-
PLANTATION, a smile was observed to pass over the
Generals suit The Chief remained unrnoyed :;
when, waving his hand, he continued: .sColo-
mel Morgan, you will retire your quarters,
there to await further orders
Arrived at his quarters, Morgan threw him.
self upon bis hard couch, ard gave himself up to
reflections upon the events which had so lately
and rapidly succeeded each others Heswas
aware he had sinned against all hopes of for
glveness Within twenty four hours he had
fallen from the command Of regiment and
being an especial favorite with his General, to
! be, what "a dsgraced and broken soldier
Condemned to retire from the scenes Of glory,
the darling passion of his heart-foreyer to
abandon the ss fair fields of fighting men; - and
| in obseurity to drag out the remnant of a
Wretched existence. neglected and forgotten
| and then his rank. so hardly and so nobly won,
with all his g blushing honors," acquired in the
| march across the Fl oxen wilderness of the Ken
| nebec, the storming Of the Lower Town, and
the gallant and glorious combat at Saratoga.
'sThe hours dragged gloomily away, and
night came. and with it no rest for the troubled
! spirit of poor Morgan, The drums and ffes
merrily sounded the soldiers dawn, and the sun
arose, giving So promise of goodly day" And
TO many within the circuit of this widely ex-
tended camp, did his genial beam give hope and
joy, and gladness, while it cheered not with a
singleray the despairiDg Leader of the Woods
men. a -, via
'sAbout ten o'clock, the Orderly ON duty re-
ported the arrival of an officer of the staff from
head quarters, and Lieutenant Colonel Hamil-
ton, the favorite aid of the Commander Chief,
entered, the marque. so IT @Els&}
BE seated said Morgan; So know your
| errand, so be short, my dear fellow, and put me
out OF my misery at once know that am
arrested, It's matter of course Well, there is
! my sword but surely his Exeelleney honors me
indeed, in these last moments of my militaryex-
istence, when he sends for my sword by his
favorite aid, and my most esteemed friend All,
my dear Hamilton, if you knew what have
suffered since the accursed horse came out to
tempt me to my ruin" #a s-@@ f.-esz1
| Hamilton, about whose strikingly intelli-
oil rGado rIn f,,l
| smile, now Observed 8. Col Morgan, his Excel
lency has ordered me to -
@s'tI know it, Interrupted Morgan, 'eto bid
me prepare for trial; but. pshaw, why trial
Guilty, sir, guilty, past all doubt. But them
recollecting. himself, perhaps my services might
ead-nonsense-againstt the disobedience OF q
positive order; no, no, it's all over with me-
Hamilton, there is an end to your old friend,
Col. Morgan - st..
The ag5nized spiritof thehero then mounted
| to pitch OF enthusiasm. as he exclaimed, ss But
my country will remember my services, and the
| British and Hessians will remember me; for,
| though | may be far away, my brave comrades
| will do their dut5 and Morgan's Rifienen will
be, as they always have been, a terror TO the
| enemy. .n}fF p,l @+l
The noble, the generous souled Hamilton
could no longer bear to witness the struggles of
| the brave unfortunate; he called out, g Hear
me, my dear Colonel; only promise to hear LIE
| for one moment, and 1 will tell you all 80
$50 on, sir,' interrupted Morgan, aespairr
| ingly. "go on" :l z=s.ssf -
= Them continued the aid -de-camp, .syou
must know that the commanders of regiments
dine with his Excellency to-day ''sf
E"Whatof thatsa again interrupted Morgan j;
s'what has that to do with me a prisoner and -
f''No, no." exclaimed Hamilton e no prisoner
la once offending. but now a forgiven soldier :;
my orders are to invite you to dine with his Ex
cellency to-day. at three o'clock precisely; yes,
my brave and good friend. Col. Morgan. you
still are. and likely long to be the valued and
famed commander of the Regiment
Morgan sprang from his camp-b bed, upon
which he was sitting, and seizing the hand of
the great little man in his giant grasp, wrnng
and wrung it, till the aid de camp literally
struggled to get free, then exclaimed !" Am
in my senses but know you, Hamilton-you
are too noble a fellow to sport with the feelings
of an old brother soldier = sH'
Hamilton assured his friend that all was true,
and gally kissing his hand, as he mounted his
horse, bidding the now delighted Colonel re-
member three o'clock, and be careful not to dis.
obey second time, galioped to head quarters
Morgan entered the pavilion of the Com
mander4fn- Chief, as it was filling with officers
all Of whom, after paying their respects to, the
General, filed off to give cordial squeeze of the
hand to the Commander of the Rifle Regiment,
and to whisper in his ear words of congratula-
L ton The cloth removed WASHINGTON hid his