The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-03-20


Wayne or receive any word from HIM.
This delayed Lafayctto's movements
and filled his mind with apprehension.
The marquis thercupon sent his aid
de-camp, Maj. Anderson, to urge Gen.
Wayne to march with all haste. CThis
officer was Maj. Richard Cl0ugh An
derson, aid-de-camp To Lafayette, tho
father OF Maj. Anderson, of Fort Sum-
ter memory, and the late Larz AMBER
son, Esq, of Cincinnati.)
Mai. Anderson found WAYNE in
camp, and received from him an I'M
gracious promise to move up. At tho
end of three days Lafayette, learning
that Wayne was not advancing, again
sent Mai. Anderson with a pelcmptory
order to join him by forced marches;
and Maj. Anderson was instruc cd to
remain with Wayne, and to send for
ward hourly dispatches to his chief un-
til 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 rs the adiu-
tant's office, Maj. Anderson saluted
Gen. Wayne and his staff; then, asking
for pen, ink, and paper, sat down as if
to write. Looking up to Wayne, whose
curiosity had been excited by this pro-
ceeding, lie told the general that he
had been sent by the Marquis de
Lafayette to report the order OF his adj
vance, and that as he was about to for
ward the first of the hourly dispatches
re, uired of him he desired to know
what should be the nature of the re-
port. Wayne was amazed at the con-
duct of Anderson, and staring ut him
he asked the aid-de-camp: "Do you
mean to insult mep''
Anderson denied having any such in
tcntion, but said that in course of duty
lie carried the commands of superior
officer. Wayne's voice, which had been
husky and choked with passion, now
broke forth: Superior! superior! Do
YOU call any damned foreigner, any
body, my superior" He then poured
iortn a torrent of oaths and imprcca-
tons upon all foreigners, not sparing
Anderson himself, for having assoca-
ted himself with "thc fortune-seeking
Frenchman.n He became more vehe-
mcnt rs he dashed himself into fury,
striding up and down the room, stamp
ihg his feet in Il paroXysm of rage. 1t
was the indulgence of these furious
outburst5 of temper, and not his well
known rashness in battle. that gave
him the nickname of "Mad Anthony
Wayne"
The account says that Wayne,
fatigued by his violent actions and the
vehemence of his passions, gradually
subsidized into gentleness of action. But
any reference to the object of Ander-
sons mission led to a repetition of the
passionate outburst. An officer sue
ceeded at last in turning the CONVERSE
ton from the dangerous topic.
Wayne having expressed himself
confident of ultimate success, Maj. An
derson gave expression TO his own
gloomy forebodings. Pressed for his
reasons by Gen. Wayne, Anderson re-
piled that as the only hope of success
against n formidable foe lay in volun-
tary union and subordination, the OK
ample he had witnessed that day of an
officer high in rank, and of distin-
guished services, refusing to obey orders
of superior officer deprived him of
the hope of useful or permanent sue
cess.
''Gen. Wayne" said Maj. Anderson,
81 look to You to remove these appre-
tensions.
This arraignment of Wayne's course
seemed about to produce another
storm-burst of passion; but Wayne was,
though envious and exctablc, true
patriot and soldier, and with almost
the same heat with which he had re-
fused to obey Lafayette he cried out:
Tell him I'll jine him! Tell him I'll
iine him! BY Cd, tell him I'll jine
him tomorrow