Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03

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s"ei. aes''na.ioh ""s. ~ ""' iopNo- .- -
was oeneiai i'nuoin ui',s,on ",' l .0'
oaiiuy iiooA' ms was ,n'ona',on y
.ienso v"'a1 W 'Osnua' "AO lar ~ 'O'Y- go ., >,
drunk 'ila' iie nau ,aien apVn '"o "O'' anu
was siioriis away uens "'i"i''
As conversation between the soldiers De-
came interesting, slight hoiding OF the
breath might have been discefheo III inc
sleeping drunkard. For second or two' the
snoring would cease, as something Oh INTEREST
passed between them, and then 1t was re-
newed with double vigor' joshua, thus
heard all that was to be CLEANED from
the knowledge of this officer, and he contm'
ued his sleeping imposition
As the soldiers passed him they would ire
quently give him kick-one OF tnem went
so far as to take hold of him and turn him
over. But the deception was SO complete
that they went away from the man they con-
sidered beastly drunk. One by one they grad
ually left the room until ne iouhd himser
alone.
The officers retreated to some hiding place
while the army passed laying quiet for near
ly an hour Joshua at length heard the tread
of horses case, and the sound Of the army
entirely died AWAY. Raising upon his feel
he reeled about as a drunken man naturally
would do, staggering as he went he wormed
his way tothe front door in timeto see the re-
ceding army pass away in the distance. Once
more he returned to the house-reeling as he
went-and assembled the stairs that led to the
second story. Moving ABOUT from room t'
room, he staggered ABOUT the mousse peerhl
into every nook ana corner eVioeh'iy u SCI
what was TO. pe discoVereu'' nv openeu
door and was about TO ehler'when 70 ms sur
prise there lay, streteheo OUT tne u'uhkei
officers, snoring IKE thuhuer. euie.iy III
withdrew, and staggering as ne Went, NJ
gained the man road. hs siooKed around TN
premises with supicious glance sho seein'
the coast clear and number OF horses hitche'
under shed in the barn yard propapiy th
property OF the British, ne selected the nhes
looking animal, and mourning WIN al pos
sible despatch, he started a. iui speeu ~ =,
wards the advancing Amerioan army AZ
knew that denerai Lee was 10 ioii'" siose ="
the heels OF the BRUSH anu oo efery'h'n'
that lay in his power 70 pring nun ~ an On
gagement. lie was aware 'ha' 'he u'ssic :
could not be very great between the TWO al
mics and that he had but very iew miles u
travel before he would De among ms irieiias
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Along 'he io'u A' 0ouir ,t'
OF tne ehohy' s' WIN -p''''
re'rea''
Considering himself saie from the manu-
of those, who had used him so roughly, n
Stacked his pace and Jogged along AZ quie
gait, inusing over his adventures and th'
narrow escape he had made from peing ei.he
captured or murdered by the enemy ne 40
rffired no little the new horse he had thegoo'
fortune to find on the premises Oh 'he iarn
house, which promised TO DO MN gooo SCI
vice in the future. he reVoiVed al that IL
had heard concerning the future opperation
of the British in his mind, so as 10 De iaiiii'
lar with all the facts oil tine case SO tha' "iie
he should join his friends he would be fami
liar of.all the facts OF the case. some wv
hours had elapsed in meditating over IN
affairs of the nation when he was arouse
from his revery by the approach OF the Amer
can forces under General Lee. 1t was pal
| of the plan, of Washington, that Lee spoul
follow close in the footsteps OF the enemy an
harass him as much as possible.
He was actively engaged in this pursu
wbsn Joshua observed them. Drawing hi
horse nm to the road side he awaited the al
nroach of the army. A word of recognitio
passed between him and the soldiers, and b
Viewed with satisfaction the pursuit of IL
retreatinq enemy that had so recently passe
the bouse where he had been used so roughl
bv the drunken officers. When General LIE
anne mn he related the whole circumstance