The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-19
"MA0, ANTHONY WAYNE.

"MAo' ANTHONY WAYNE.
His Rage ut Iseing Ordered to Iseport u
." Fortune Seeking" FreneImsn.
cincinnafi Commercial Gazett-.I
The dreadful drama Of the Revoln
ton was entering upon the last act, in
the spring Of 1871, though the f0otsorc
and ragged contincntals knew it not.
The final storm burst was centering in
Virginia. lafayette, in command OF
the Nirginian army, was compelled to
evactlatc richmond before the advance Of
CORVALLIS; and Arnold, the traitor, At
the head of $500 men, was marching to
reinforce the confidant royalists.
Meanwhile Gen. Wayne was en- route
from Pennsylvania to Join Gen. Greene
in the Carollnas. But Washington bad
ordered Wayne to aid Lafayette, should
the latter need reinforccments in his r.
sistance to CORVALLIS. LafayetfH's
troops were in dispirited and disordcrly
condition upon the retreat, and Corn
wallis knew it. In writing of the pur-
suit the duke said: ''Thc boy can not
escape me- -
This "toyhood" of the brave young
Frenchman was source of ridicule
among British officers, and Of jealousy
among the contincntals. OF tho latter,
Gen. Wayne was conspicuous instance.
His reputation, rank, and violent temper
made him intolerant. and he never
failed to give expression to his opinions
in unmeasured terms.
Wayne was but q days march from
Lafayette when he received an order
from the latter to join and co-oparats
with him. indicating therein the ronte
Wayne's army should take, and the
point where the forces should become
united.
Upon reaching the designated point,
Lafayette was surprised not to meet
Wayne or receive any word from him.
This delayed lafayette movements and
filed his mind with apprehension.
The marquis thereupon sent his aid
de-camp, Maj. Anderson, to urge Gen.
Wayne to march with all haste. This
officer was Ma. Richard Clough Anlcr-
son, aid-de-camp to Lafayette. tho
father of Mai. Anderson, of Fort Sumter
memory
Maj. Anderson found Wayne in camp,
and received from him an ungracious
promise to move up At the end Of
three days Lafayette, learning that
Wayne was not advancing, again sent
Maj. Anderson with peremptory order
to JOIN him by forced marches; and Ma.
Anderson was instructed to remain with
Wayne, and to send forth hourly dis
patches to his chief until the troops
should arrive at camp.
When Anderson reached Wayne on
his second mission he found that Gen
Wayne had moved but four miles from
his former headquarters. Upon enter
ing the room that served as the adiu-
tant's Office, Mai. Anderson saluted
Gen. Wayne and his staff; then, askin;
for pen, ink, and paper, sat down as if
to write. Looking up to Wayne, whose
curiosity had been excited fy this pro-
ceeding. he told the general that he had
been sent by tho Marquis do Lafayette
to report the order for his advance, and
that as he was about to forward the
first of the hourly dispatches required
of him he desired to know what Should
be the nature of the report. Wayne was
amazed at the conduct of Anderson, and
staring at him he asked the aid -de-camp:
"Do you mean to insult me-
Anderson denied having any such in
tcntion, but said that in the course or
duty he carried the commands of a su-
perior officer. Wayne's voice, which
had been husky and choked with pas
sion, now broke forth: superior. su.
perior! DO you call any id foreigner,
any boy, my SUPERIOR He then poured
forth q torrent Of oaths and impreca-
tions upon all foreigners, not sparing An
derSon himself, for having associated
himself with tho fortune seekin.
Frenchman. He became more ychc-
mcnt as he lashed himself into fury.
striding up and down the room. stamp
ing his feet in paroxysm of'rage. It
was the indulgence of these furious out
bursts of temper, and not his well
known rashness in battle that gave him
tho nickname Of Mad Anthony
Wayne"
The account says that Wayne, fati-
gued by his violent actions and the We.
hemence of his passions. gradually sub
sided into gentleness of action. But any
reference to tho object of Anderson 5
mission led to repetition of tho pas.
si0nato outburst. An officer succeeded
at last in turning tho conversation from
the dangerous topic.
Wayne having expressed himself con-
fident of ultimate success. Maj. Ander-
son gave expression to his own gloomy
forebodings. Pressed for his reasons hy
Gen. Wayne. Anderson replied that as
the only hopo of success against for
midable foe lay in voluntary union and
subordination, tho example he had wit
messed that day Of an officer high in
rank, and of distinguished services, re-
fusing to obey orders of superior off.
Ger deprived him of the hope of useful
or permanent success.
"Gcn. Wayne" said Maj. Anderson,
Il look to you to remove these apprc.
tensions.
This arraignment of Wayne's course
seemed about to produce another storm
burst Of passion: but Wayne was
though cnvioos and excitahlc. true
patriot and soldier. and with almost tho
same heat with which he had refused tc
obey Lafayette he cried out:
TELL him Ill jine him. Tell him III
iine him. By Cd, tell him I'll iine
him tomorrow"
The MAshcr Wallnower.
/ tExchan-e.l
1t seems that complaint is made in
England of the mashcr wallllowcr, who
declines to dance and only puts
il sM appearance within shor,
half hour before supper. Edmunt
Yates recommends a II Ian which obtain,
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