The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-03

Arnold, and withal mighty man of war,
| is advancing on thee at rapid march, albeit
he has with him over three thousand wick
ed men, all well armed, and they have with
them o lot great big guns which think
| they call cannons, and thee could easily put
| thy fist into their horrid muzzles. My
colored man heard Arnold say that before
another day st. Leger and his troops would
be food for the wild beasts. Oh friend
amt that dreadful And behold, l then
said to Ruth that peradventure, as itwere,
l would mount my horse and 60 to Leger's
camp and tell him all about it, My
friend, don't like the Saint in thy name
as none of us are saints, and will call thee
Leger lest peradventure 1 shall come un.
der condemnation. Now do, my good
| friend, try to escape from these wicked
men that go about like roaring lion seek
ing whom they may devour, as the Psalmist
says. If ever thee comes to our meeting
Ruth and will take thee home with us
and give thee thy dinner, and feed thy
horse. But now do try to save thyself and
thy good men, and thee will yet live to
Stay many of the uncircumcised rebels; for
verify the Psalmist saith, that the arms OF
the wicked shall be broken Although l
am q man of peace and am opposed to all
wars and fighting, as James says, yet when
think of my oxen and Ruth's pics, and
my day shirt, and white brandy the
rebels stole, it raises the old Adam in me,
and if it was not for my wife and the over
seers of our monthly meeting, would
verify join thy troops and fight for George,
but if were to do so the meeting would
disown me-"
During the Quaker's eloquent recital,
st. Lcger and his officers were almost pet
rified with amazement, but they doubted
the Quaker's story, although they were
afraid that it was too true. But at this IN
slant the guards brought in tory, who
had been sentenced to death in Schuyler's
command as spy. This fellow was well
known to st. Leger. He in great haste in
formed st. Leger he had escaped from
Schuyler's camp, and fully confirmed what
the Quaker had said, multiplying the
Quakcr's story by adding another thorslnd
to Arnolds troops.
A scene of the widest confusion now en-
sued. A hasty retreat was Immediately
ordered and in very short time st. l4eger
and his gallant Britons, together with the
detestable tories and butchering Indians,
were flying in full retreat from the bclea-
guered fort, leaving all their ammunition,
tents, provisions and artillery behind them.
During the confusion Micajah very pru-
IDENTIFY mounted his horse and rode away
in an opposite direction from the flying
troops, no one observing him. The tory
that had verified the Quaker's report, judg-
ing that st. Leger's command would be
unhealthy when the true facts become
known, likewise took another direction
The garrison, with its brave Colonel and
gallant troops, was thus relieved and saw
ed from certain butchery by the cunning
stratagem of Arnold, then true man, but
afterwards q traitor. When Arnold arrived
the next morning, the British with their
allies had fled. The fort was relieved and
the spoils of the enemy's camp belonged
to the sons of freedom.
1t is needless to say that Mic0jah was no
Quaker, but the man was Theodore War
ner, one of Arnold's most reliable scouts,
who committed this daring act of bravery
for the sake of his country. Micajah, as we
have called him, after he left the retreating
British, had rejoined his commander and
returned with him to the forsaken camp,
st. Legcr i'll his haste had left his elegant
sword, mounted with gold, and his sash,
which Arnold presented to the Quaker
The tory spoken of who confirmed the
Quaker's story, who was under sentence of
death as spy in Schuyler's camp, was
pardoned on condition of alarming st.
Leger with false statements, which promise
he honorably kept and afterward joined
the American army.