Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-05-30
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am not goig 70 give hlrs an account of
ny military servsctsi they will arp2ar in my
sre-at: i,4-;onal autobiography, il forty vu!-
uTles. which l lna now preparing for the press
I WAS with iny regimen. ia al Wcl.esiey's
brilliant can,paigns, thy.n, taking dswS, Itra-
TelIel across tic country north eastward, and
had the honor Of h1ntiDg by The side Of Lord
Lake, at Laswaree, Deeg, urrucS lOsd atty
gi,ur, ard Bhurfpore: tat will rot boast CT
NY actions-t'.a military man know tiiefn Nj
3oyERziGY appreciates ilien. II asked VINO
wis-fhe bfAscst man of the Intli,n army, there
is not officer belonging 20 II who wcaI! not
G.: At c-ice, { tu,oAy. T;.e foct is I was ies-
fec.te cared not for life, deprived Of Juli,
Jowtef. rs.
With Ju'i.'s -tony looks ever before my
cyes, hs. father's ser. refusal in my ears,
disi rot c..rs, 1T the clos. Of the cdrIIdign,
again TO seek her company to press my suit.
Ne We're eighteen I.,rtits on service, march
in5 and counter ermar@ii!.s,, a:i;l almost every
other ds ~ to the word did not seem altered;
but t:l= world cniy saw the face and not the
ssare.i AL bIigted heart within me. Ny val
o.. always desperate, now reached to pitch
Of cruelty ] tortuTeI my groOms and grass
GUITARS for thc most trifing offence OF error,-
I .:v. in my action spared man, - shear
ei Of tire, hand red AID niae heads in the
c0aci- o. ;hAt sia5i. c,mpaisa.
Some influence, equally melancholy, seem
ed ia have fallen upon poor old Jowler. About
six months after v. h,i I.:t Dunn Dunn. IA. re-
ceivei = parcel Of letters from 1;nires (whith-
er hjs wife iild retired with her d d.nghter) AMI
50 deeply dii they seem to weig Z upon his
z,..ts, t'lat :ie ordered eleven o; his reg
!aleat - b. f5ggci within two Gay; bat 1t
T:s against the blacks tliat lie chiefly tarae.l
his w1tE: onr fciIows, III the heat a.si hurry
OF 'ie ciulp1igi, were ia i.:e h.D.t of dealing
rather roughly wta li!cic prisoners, 10 extract
treasurs from them. They eseG to pull their
nails Oh. by TIE root, to oil-tsn, in t1ei zeree
pots, 10 Cog t!i-nl and d-yss tiiei: wounds with
clgc;.ae pepper, anl So CT. Jov.er, wisn he
heard " t'i,sc pc,'cse ijags which before had
alw.ys justly * ,sp.f-tci him The was 4 h.-
rlIne aliI Kind iiil!; rnsI,) as-i now to smile
derceiy, sad say. ID the biAci. scoun-
dre!s! Serve them r;ght, sergs them rig;itl'' t
On, day. abou. coTp.s cf miles IN alraacc
Of the colulln, la been on :. forging party
with few dragons, and WIS returning peace
ably 10 camp, when OF s,l,iden, troop of
Gahrittss burst "a us fI-rn q neighbering
mango tope, in wh.ci, tiey ifi been hill LEM
Il. an Instant three OF my mems sidiles were
el.yty, and WIS left with but seven more 10
make head gans. at lc.s: thirty of these vas-
abond black horscnlsn. naser SAW, in my
life, a noi5ier figure t:IIs the lie ller of the
tEoop-moa:.teli splendid blscI Arab: he
WIS tai. Ye:y necr.g, as myself; he wore a
steel c-p, and a SHIRT Of all, and r"Tiel
beautiful French ca-Dinc, which hal already
doas execution upon 80 of my men, saw
that our only c,,.nc cf safety lay in the d IS
tructioa ol ss.is n:n. l shoutei to him in =
voice 81 thusaer (in ta,. findostance tongue
CT course, .:Stor, DOG, i: you dare, and en-
coup:sr rlan -
Ia rep.y his lance came whigiing in the air
over ny head, and i.ioresl:y tr4nsfxei poor
Fokraf,y, OF ours, who was behind me-
Grinding my teeth, and s"eafing horribly,
dl1gs that scinitar which never fiiei in is
blow and rushed At the Indian. lie came
dgt'n n fUi! e .llef, HIS own sword making ten
;t.or5ssad xisan.ins elrces in the air, siiricl-
ing his cry Of butte. r.f g se,-ar-r,.-, r.. ).
The contest liii not last an instant. With
ny first blow | cut of ms swofI-arm al tie
1.!sf ny second I ievelGe,i at his mead
slit th.t nc "ose steel cap With q gil; iron
spike Of AK inches AIT iIoV'. of CHAIN niiiii
rose in ny si.r-ops and DELIVERED iSf. Gsase;' !
M s:1o:d eAasht TIE spike exactly on the !
point; split it Sheer an two, cut crashing thro
the steei cap ana hood, ana! sas only stopped |
by ruby which lie woGe in his back -platc.-
Ris head, Cut clean ia between the eyebrows |
and nostr:ls, eyen between the two fron; teeth, /
felf, one side oE each s,onldar, and he galIop-
Cd or ~ ifis horse was stopped by my inef, |
wb3 were moi 3 .iftic amused at the feat.
-i!aa Z bad eypected. ne remaining ruff I
sns fed on seeing their leades, fate. L took |
iio::ie :.;S helmet b. Wy Of curiosity, end We
Iniis s;ng.e prisoner, who was instantly car
riei hsfore old Jowier.
----1rfn.fay s4TsiT wi.h Mscgiilicnadyi was fool
enouga 70 50 evt With sma1-sTo.3s miserable
1sa2oLs. .caly a. for taiicrs.--S. oH- .. ~