The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-04-20

with you and mind your OWL bust.
ness while | mind mine" The officer
ut once drew his sword to run the mu.
tinous scoundrel through, but Morgan
was too quick for him. Parrying the
sword thrust with his heavy wagon
whip, he seized the man in epaulettcs by
tho collar and gave him a severe ashing.
For this outrage against discipline the
teamster was court martialed and sen.
fenced to receive five hundred lashcs-
brutal sentence, brutally carried out
to the extent Of four HUNDRED aud fifty
strokes, when the strong young man
tainted from pain aud loss ofblood, and
the rest Of the sentence was kindly re.
mitted. -
Unqucstionably this terrible inaictiou
planted in the victims heart that
thorough detestation of British rule,
which, in after years, rendered him
dreaded enemy; whose "Rihc Rangers"
were moe feared than ten times their
number of ordinary troops.
ltis said, in extcnuationo of Simon Cir.
TVS atrocities against the whites, that
he was a good scout aud trusty man
IN the Dunmore war. For some trhing
breach of military discipline, he was
hogged piblicly and thus disgraccd he
fed to the Shawnees, to become white
mans relentless foe. No doubt the
lash has rendered many heart vol.
cano Of passion. In Morgan's case,
however, there was no disgrace in the
Pupishmeat for his sellowspna friends
rather applauded his spirit in horse.
whipping the naughty officer; but the
wounds ofthc castigation by order never
ceased to inspire his hatred of British
authority.
Morgan's life, up to the breaking out
Of the Revolution, was one Of wagoners
trials aud triumpbs iu the fisticuifs pro.
iession. He served with much credit
for season us a runner or bearer of
dispatches, to the frontier posts-a haz.
ardous and trying service, for which his
courage and powers of endurance well
fitted him. In this service he became
well acquainted with Washington
the beginning of friendship that en-,
dured to death. But, once out on this
field of duty he returned to his horses
aud his fists, as kind of necessity of
his being, and so numerous were his
"mills," that what is now Bcrryville,
Virginia, then bore the name Of Battle.
town, it being the point usually chosen
for the matches"
This taste of pugilistic encounters
was Gnall broken bya singular incident.
Morgan met on the road gentleman
of refined bearing, who in riding along
under u tree, his hat was knocked off
BY limb. He dismounted to recover
the hat, when Morgan, coming up from
an opposite direction, also dismouutcd
and challenged the stranger for fight
of course the gentleman refused, but
the bully PERSISTED, and became abusive.
Quietly hitchiog his horse, and tax.
ing off his coat, the insulted man
walked up TO Morgan and knocked him
down with terrific blow. lie then
quietly waited until the bully had re-
gained his senses and his feet, then
kdocked him down again. This was
repeated half.dozen times. Morgan S
eyes were ia ''deep mourning and his
face dreadfully swollen, but the stranger
received not the slightest harm, SO, re-
markablc was his skill. IS
WHO in---are you any how ?"
shouted the defeated bully, as he 10y on
the ground after the sixth ,'round,"
~ ann your best friend" was the
polite answer, ''and | propose knock ing
tho bruet out of you entirely I" Get
upw
81 cry enough, stranger! You are
too much for Dan Morgan"
"Ah, then you are that quarrelsome
man are your
"Thats my name, stranger; but as
sure as you are a geutleman, 50 sure |
will give up fghtipg, Iso boeu look-
ing for long time for s,map that could
lick me, and now that | have found him,
III own up beas and quit" TF
Very well. I sincerely hope you
will become better man. Here is my
hand" iA Z Aofl
Morgan. shook j. warmlysassistcd the
gentleman TO his coat and horse, and
bowed politely. as he road away,
Rumor had it that the stranger was
a Methodist preacher, but Il never was
discovered who had whipped Dan. Mar
gan. Dan kept his word, and fought
no more battles at Battletown.
The Revolutionary War found iaf The
WAGNER willing recruit. With a cap.
tain's commission he enlisted niucty.six