Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-04-06
OLD SERIES. VOL. %, NO. 10.


wood-or rather in srt Of clearing made
by tho hand Of naturc--was tall oak tree,
as stately nnl digniGed a. George Washing
ton. within three hundred yards OF this
tree was a circle Of English soldiers dead.
and m markell In the forehead, or abou. tie
hrcas, by a single shot.
At regular intervals the sharp crack OF
the rifle wa distinguished above al other
'rmiF, snl Il was surely followed the inn
notation Of victim. This had leen OBJ
scr,cl with trembling, ~ both officers and
private, daring an hour or more; and what
,,as nl-p palralle vas ,hat The unbocn dis
| T~n-.r of dcSolation pie',od ortie company
ofccr, "a preference to he msn In the ranks,
The ,io,. st'in-. o-me - frerucut ana
fatal that search va. iuaitu,ci 10 ascertain.
II possible. their source. II could not be
found Like tie great plume Of Murat
among the hu.tr.an. III iny..ih'cmark.uan
became 10 talk of ,h' whole u th' Ion lir,
and ultimately TIC matter reached the ears
Of Grant.
"Orlsr ont a platoon, instantly" cried
he. tn ono Of hi. aiisi" anil let il b. held in
readiness 70 mako short work Of all found
engaged in lhc oya-sin-likc method Of com.
hat Pau crs. Ill thi, lurking 100 4 dis
lodged rnd rendered roocrlc's."
tn order vac communicated 20 tho prop
cr pcr-ouagc, and second search vas in.ti.
tutrd. The G', Of men detailed 20 the duty
n The search wrrr icl by captain remark.
able Tor HE height. and when they came
Nith.n uutkat mncc Of the tall tree, the
sharp ringing report, 60 terrible, was tho
precursor o'lisrlnth, \ corporal Jaw tie
smoke and noticed a stlf AMONG tho branch,
re-, with q kccn cyc AMI quicker PERCEPTION
than tho rsst, AMI being, vithal an Old
soldier who Ind seen rfyicc on other fields
where England h2d drluccd innocen, soil
with 80 lost blool - IL human o-.Trinc.
20 m once -'r.rrl 'h, whereabouts n the
invisible markham. Ito m0m.at ho CON-
muuirrtcA hi- discovery to the rect, there
va. a .pc,dy retreat indicated towards tho
platoon. This holy at once dashed toward
Ire towering oak, aud halted within mus.
kcts'o;.
r "That for your leader" shouted a voice
from anon, TIE hranth,s; and tsu' {, ID"
maksu-u'. purpose the hail entered tho
bmin Of Ito Inflated coJamanlcf. A y'il
o.rls, wa.ut,.rci A. me officer next in rank
..rpr,i up, anil paused G moment.
/. "Th.t .pr tho nearest man VI ,h' rirhr,'
exclaimed the voice, aul asain the yictia
f, l,t the duet.
+ Now, men, cr.cl t'c Brit5n, waving
HE sword with Gunti' excitement OVER hi.
head Now, men frs-ir', say, bciorA
he has time % r.icai''
] Tic ,ollry 'artci ,' echoes of .hn
heights, and the mu.hcts holchcl forth their
run;cnt, in ham, anil smoke. A Few tNic'
rc,l from the ir,s, bat 'ho tenant Vas to cv-
cry one seemingly unhurs
"No." he spoke in q .onoroa' and ,lccp
y5i.'. tiat was di.ia5,'y hcari, AHl LAD
something uncar,hly in b.. tones no, not
yet. l lack .hrco mon, BY my silly, to
make mp the amount dcyoti 70 tho sDl "
vengeance. Hero is or on'."
I 4 cavalry soldier WAS passing ly' his
hossc had taken fright and could not IL
checked. Once more the hnl ril' uttered
it, death song, aud the alarmed ''eod lcd
r.l,.-s ou It, way.
Burn the trco down." EXCLAIMED ono q
the men. q" firr can be- communicated -
the trunk easily"
> "who will undertake the dccl7" in.
. quir1i the commander VIII sAccr.
"Iwiil. ." replied ,hcmaa. "T.aFsoma
vailns from yonr coats anil give Il TO mo-"
Tacy complied with be request, aud de-
livcrcl to him wi,h alacri,y what they pro-
cured from their wall-pnil ] garments. H.
now became the i.,n Of thn Geld, rs The RI
demon had b,cn.
Every eve rcstci on ,h' priratl n hs
made up l,o', Pile Of inllma5ie'snT \
rilr Of the dries, brlnchc, .hcrajout' was
noAt obtained and mad, into respectable
brush f,r-,ts. The private then ircl tho
wallinr with the lock u h.s mu.kct and a
liulc powder, and famed it INTO blaze,
With lighted mass in ou' hand, and
bundle Of brush in tlr ether, he started
maufully Cor the trc'-thc iatoon followed
him a rcw PAGES, ami almost imp-rc'ptibly
narrowin. tho distance between themselves
AMI The ria,mcn. The private reached the
foot IL the tree. and with yer haste threw
down his farrot. and Grcl them, h 70
vas ri.irr from hiI .;5opinc posture, the
OCCUPANT Of tie branches made himself, lOr
tho fir, time, visible. Viii his feet firmly
clenchcl among the boughs, he allowed hi.
, boiy A. quick ~ thought "a dcTond over.
r and taking aim with hi. weapon, pulled the
trirgr The daring private 'pans up and
b ell over upon hi- hack. whl' his feet scat
! tered the mass which he had attended would
: hay, mais the tree, the Americans funeral
pile
! Brother, my oath is fulfilled Ihavo
aprcascd the angry demon that called for
the rccompcnse Of your slaughter. Now,
: then" continued the riflcman, who was no
, other, as the reader may have appreciated,
G than Charles piggot, "Now then, take good
P aim and bring me down, lam out Of ans