Washington telegraph., 1855-08-15

the way, telling him how happy she should
be, and father and mother; but he answered
her not, still walking goomiIy by her side.
Little cared she though, and still she wended
along, and still she prattled. Poor timid ten
der creature. She did not imagine what a
{ load OF shame she had piled on the head of
her husband She had him safe all her own
again at last, and she could not dream of any
wO, or broodiBg sorrow But he thought
he brooded over the deseItion of his COM
/ radeg, and remembered the expression of
their faces as he suffered himself to be led
out of the eneampment. And that night in
his dreams he heard the booming cannon
ade, the crack Of musketTy, the clash of
steel, and the pealing shout of victory but
he had suffered child to tie his hands, and
when he struggled TO free himself he heard
a cry Of SHANE. shame.'' that awoke him
from his uneasy slumber, with cold sweat
upon his brow. and his tender wife slumber-
ing peacefully by his side, with her white
and delicate arm clasping his painting chest
When the morning dawned and the day
called him to his duties it found him a
strangely altered man. The caresses of his
wife seemed loathsome to him-he could not
bear her presence, but sought every oppor-
tunify of stunning her But once during
the day did he speak to her. The poor
creature could not bear his GOODNESS, and her
heart at last Overfowing with feelings that
became insupportable, she seized his hands,
and looking earnestly in his face, while her
eyes glistened with tears. she exclaimed:
''Oh, George, why. oh why do you be-
have so eoldly-so strangely--what's wor-
-rying you-wEat secret thing has so sadly
frozen up your affections Oh. it is killing
me. GeOrge-yOu must look kindly YOU
must speak to me or | shall die
He pressed her to his bosom for mo-
ment, and then. looking earnestly in her
eyes. said
Mary, you have disgraced me; can
never look man in the face again ~
She spoke not, but returning his glance
with proud eye, and suddenly quitting
the room, she left her husband wondering
at the straDgeness of her behavior Her ab-
sence was but for a moment. and returning
she placed in the hands Of George. the gun
and knapsack with which he had accoutred
himself On the previous night
There, George. return to the camp
Tell Gen. Washington that the wife gives
her heart for the cause Of her country. If
every American gave as much, we should
be invincible Go. God bless you this is
my sacrifice, you will bid me farewell-you
will now speak to me-you will look as YOU
used 10 do, That is some happiness. Oh
l could not bear your displeasure -
Need we say how the heart of the Young
IMAM leaped with exceeding JOY. and how he
pressed the yielding form of his beautiful
wife TO his bosom Shall we describe the
tender parting and afectionate farewell or
shall We cover them with the veil of conscious
ness so sacred? We prefer that the imac-
ination of the reader should supply scene !
that description cannot do justice to-
George Madden was once more enlisted l
in the ranks and hearts of his countrymen, |
where he was received with great applause /
At this period Philadelphia was occupied I
by the British under General Howe, who /
at some forts on the Delaware, de- /
tacbed portion of the royal army to re-
duce them. Washington improved this op- /
pOr:unity to attack the remainder of the (
British army encamped at Germantown /
The attack was made Gu the part of the 1
Americans with great severity, but they /
were eventually repulsed with twice the loss
OF the enemy, owing to the inexperience of
a part of the troops and the presence of .
thick fog which embarrassed their move |
ments- 1t was ascertained ;hat the Ameri- /
can loss amounted TO two hundred killed. 7
six hundred wounded, and about four hun /
dred prisoners.
But how Jared George Madden how
Jared the new recruit
An old mana survivor of the ranks
told me that he fought with the ferocitv of /
a tiger. and that just previous to the CON-
lncncenent of the attack a young STRIPPING
presented himself to the officers and request
ed to be placed SIDE by side with the hardy
battlers of liberty. His request was granted I.
for no time was allowed for questions or
and he was placed by the
side Of Madden, who only noticed him BIZ
a look Of approval as the troops wheeled in
10 line He fought bravely and ell.-foot
10 foot sometimes-breast to breast But
IN vain the contest-useless the struggle
History tells Of that disastrous field, and
how, Ike the waves Of the ocean, the brave
troops of Washington, under their heroic
leader, gathered and broke. again and again,
upon the resisting forces of the enemy, but
without effect. only to meet defeat and death,
Night shrouded the victory of our oppres-
sors, and-huns gloomy and thick over the
camp of our despouding. but not discourag-
ed countrymen-
But the early light of the succeeding
Gay beamed upon spectacle of worse hor-
ror- There lay heaps of the dead, the
he wounded and the dying. But little
apart from the rest. on a green mound, STAIN
ID only with their own blood lay two forms
;lasped in the faitfu, embrace of death. The
elder and more manly form of the two Was