Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-22
e. O. GOODRICH. Publisher.

tened attentlVely, as the call continued, anC
the General was about to dispatch mess
enger TO learn the cause of the unaccoun
table summons, when person in breath
less haste rushed into the apartment anC
gave information that the whole Pennsyl
vania line, thirteen hundred strong, haG
mutinied-was under arms and in command
of Corporal Carter
Corporal Carter |" exclaimed the Gen
eral, there's no truer man in the Continen.
tai Army A mutiny under Corporal Car
ter impossible Gentlemen, let us see
what is the meaning of this"
As he spoke, the General buckled on his
sword and placed his pistols in his belt, and
leading the way, moved in haste to the pa
rade ground There indeed he saw the line
under arms, and exasperated beyond rea
son. he hastened to the spot where Carter
with a few chosen comrades, was posted as
the leaders of the insurrection. Address.
ing the Corporal, he demanded, almost
chOked with rage
"What is the meaning of this riot, you
rebels ?"
To which Carter replied, very coolly and
respectfully
This is no riot, General Our troops
have borne this neglect till they can bear
it no longer They are suffering day by
day with hunger and cold, they feel that
their fidelity is abused, and have at last
determined, without intending any disre-
spect towards you, and without any lack of
devotion to the cause of their country, to
march to the halls of Congress, at Phila-
delphia, and there make known their wants
and demand Justice"
In with +bIs ox,ox,,al Of o,>o,, no
volt, the General drew his pistol and level
ing at Carter declared he would shoot him
on the spot, unless he instantly suppressed
the mutiny and ordered the men to their
quarters.
In an instant dozen bayonets were pre-
sented at the breast of the General, and one
of the soldiers said to him, in the most feel
ing manner
General, we all love and respect you,
but if you fire, you are dead man We
are no rebels, except against King George
and would follow you against his troops as
freely to-day as we ever have. All we de-
mand is our pay and rations, and that we
are determined to have"
The General withheld his fire, but with
his officers attempted to quell the insurrec-
tlon, when a slight skirmish ensued, in
which one man was killed and several
wounded
Quiet having been restored, the brigade
set out on it's march for the seat of gov
ernment, headed by the intrepid yet pru-
dent Corporal, and followed by its discom-
fitted and mortified General
The progress of this column of half-star-
we'd men was marked by no violence or dis
order. With resolute souls they pursued
their way to the accomplishment of a sim
gle object, and no trace of rapine tarnished
their footsteps or disgraced their name
They were American soldiers, in arms for
the independence of their country, and no
privation could swerve them from the course
of honor; their grievances came to them
from the neglect or Indifference of the gov
ernment, and to the Government alone they
looked for redress.
Arrived at Princeton, Gen. Wayne in
duced them to suspend their march, assis-
ted them in obtaining a supply of provis-
ions, and strove to make satisfactory az
rangements with them, but failed The
evil that they suffered was radical, and it
must meet with a radical cure. They had
determined to awaken the Congress of the
young nation to a sense of its duty to the
sentinels of liberty and nothing short of
that would satisfy them.
As matter of course, Sir Henry Clinton,
who then held possession of New York,
soon learned through the tories, all the par
ticulars of the revolt and on the following
night, three men were brought before the
Corporal, by the officer of the guard, with
information that they had special dispatch
for the commanding officer of the Pennsyl-
vania brigade. Carter received them and
to his astonishment found them to be ennis
saries from Clinton, who mistaking the
character and object of the mutiny, imag
ined that he had only to offer terms and re-
ceive the whole corps into the British ranks.
No man ever committed a greater error
The Corporal was so eXasperated at this
insult to the patriotism of his comrades and
himself, that in the first impulse of his in
dignation he threatened to hang the mess
engers before breakfast on the following
morning He called together body of his
confederates, and pointing at the chop pfa[
len couriers of tyranny, said:
See comrades, these fellows have come
to us from Gen. Clinton He wants to bribe
us into the red coat army, and they have
the impudence to tell us SO. What shall
we do with them ?"
Shoot them y exclaimed half dozen
voices.
"Shoot them !" said Carter" No, shoot
ing is too good for them-they are spies.
What say you, shall we hand them over to
the General, and let him hang them accord
ing to law"
agreed agreed Send them up !" was
shouted OH all sides.
Turning to the trembling culprits, Carter
said:
Your master, see, wants a lesson in
| good manners-and we will teach him new
er again to insult the pride of American
soldiers by offering to bribe them from their
true allegiance. We will show him that,
poor as we are, neither he nor his king has
gold enough to buy u.s."
He then sent them under guard to Gen.
Wayne, declaring them to be spies from the
enemy and they were subsequently tried
as such, found guilty, and executed
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