Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-07-04

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ssauding q the disesses Il sixty yasds
2nss BY the snemy's breassvork. vith d,
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ton then called slosd. "Cspssin Oshssr.
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tain 80 psfty ef rsdisas sesisl
this way. ssd expect 10 - alrdsesd ie'
mediatsly." A sumbes Of tAess basbasi
ap. hsd for some time bssa enpleysd q
the leh upoo the 6eld Of battle: sod abov<
thirty Of them we're In full march b Dc.
strov Mr.. Peytou.
This gentleman knew be had 10 mercy
to expect for. should bis life Be spared
f"r the present. they would have aitervart
insisted upon sacrificing him to the uane,
OF their brethren whom he had slain and
in that case he would have been put tr
death by the most exesusis.ing tor,ures
Full Of this idea. be snasehed sp his mus.
kes; and. vsshssanding his brokes leg
ran about forty yards without hal,isS
feeling himself nov totally disabled. and
incapable Of proceeding one step further,
he loaded bis piece. and presented Il al
the two foremost Indians. Who stood aloof.
waiting 70 Be- joined BY their fellows
while the French. from their breast works,
kept up q continual Are Of cannon and
small arms upon this poor. solitary and
maimed gentleman. In this uncomforta.
ble situation be stood. when no diseerned
at . distance. an Highland officer With q
party Of his men. skirsing the plain toward
the Geld Of battle. He forthwith raised
his hand in signal Of distress. and being
pcrs"ivsd By the officer. hs detached shrse
Of bis men 70 bic assistance. These bravo
men hastened to him through the midst
Of terrible Gre. and one Of them bore
him of on bis shoulders.
The Highland officer. Captain Maedo.
nsld Of Colonel Frascr's battalion Who.
understanding that young gentleman.
his kindsman. had dropped on the Geld oi
battle. had put himself At the head Of the
party. with which be had penetrated to
the middle Of the 6eld. drove . consider
able number Of the French aud Indians
before him. and finding his relation still
unscalped. carried him of in triumph
Poor Captaia Ochscrlony va. conveyed to
Quebec. where 10 . few Gays be died Of
his wounds. Alter the reduction Of that
place. the French surgeons who hsd At
tended him declared that in al probabili.
ty he would have recovered Of the two
shots he had received in the breast. had
not he been mortsily wounded in the bel.
ly By the Indians scslring- knife.
AZ this very remarkable scene vss se-
ted in sight Of both armies. 0ea. Towns.
hend. in the sequel. expnssulssed With the
French officers upon the inhumanity ol
keeping such . severe Gre against two
wounded gentlemen who were disabled
and destitute Of all hope Of escaping
They answered. that tho Gre was not made
BY the regulars. bu. BY the Canadian,
and savages. whom it vas not in the pow.
er Of discipline 70 restrain.