The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-16

ing far apart from its neighhors. and
each ornamcnted with t!owcr-hcds, and
strawberries: these. with lovely stream
that wound through the valley, formed.
as far as my memory may be trusted,
one of the most exquisite panoramas
on which it has ever been my good for
tune to gaze Though. no lover Of the
American character and nation then,
(whatever may be the case now,) |
could not behold this peaceful scene
without experiencing sincere regret
that it should suffer PROCLAMATION from
the presence of a hostile force: and |
determined that no eNertiOn on nv
own part should be wanting to hinder
the orders already issued against plum
der and rapine, from being neglected.
To say the truth. however. it was an
easy matter to keep our men within
the bounds of tolerahle subordination
and discipline. The attacks which
they from time to time made upon farm
yards and pig-sties. were to a certain
degree at least. allowable enough. 1t
would have been unrcaSOnabl to cN-
pect. that hungry soldiers, in an enc
mys country, would sit down to digest
their hunger. whilst tiocks of poultry
and herds of swine were within their
reach. But not single act of wanton
mischief was perpetrated and when
we marched out on the following day,
we left Marlborough, not perhaps so
rich in live stock, but quite as pic
turesque and rural. as when we enter
eel it,
In this place we learned, that Com
modore Barney, aware Of our design,
and unable any longer to allude it, had
blown up the gun-boats of which we
were in pursuit. This piece Of Intelli-
gence sufficiently accounted for the
many explosions which we had heard
whilst on the march; but though it
might have caused some disappoint-
ment to the heads OF departments, by
us it was treated as very dull and
unintcresting piece of new.
The first matter about which sold
iers interest themselves on arriving at
the ground where they are to halt for
the night, is to secure as comfortable Il
sleeping place as circumstances will
allow; and then to provide materials
for their supper. Leaving Charlton to
select dormitory, Williams and |, as
soon as we had seen to the comforts of
our men, sailed forth upon the old
quest. in search of provisions. We
entered several houses, but found them
all unoccupied: and what was less salts
factory. very many of them already
lightened of their viands. BY the help
of my Portuguese boy. however, Zone
of the ablest toragers, by the way, that
ever followed a Campo we succeeded
at last in making ourselves masters OF
five fowls; with which, and a loaf of
bread, a sack of flour, and Il bottle of
peach whiskey, we pre- t.ared to rcjoIn
our friend We found him very snug
lv settled not in the house, for the
position of the corps was in advance
Of the village, but under Il clump of
Ieafv trees, which furnished Il tolerablc
shelter against the sun. and promised
to be equally serviceable against the
dews. There our dinner was dressed
and eaten: and, mere, upon few trusses
OF hay, brough+ from a neighboring
barn-yard for the purpose, we slept
soundly and contentedly.
Fresh. and in excellent spirits, we
rose next morning; and having stood
the usual time with our men. began to
consider how we should most protita-
blv and agreeably spend the day. OF
further movements, nothing was said;
the troops, indeed had been dismissed
as soon as dawn appeared,-we were
therefore prepared to treat this as
dav of leisure and repose. Neverthe-
less, as we were quite ignorant Of the
situation of the enemy, we deemed it
bv no means prudent to venture far
from the camp: and contentcd our
selves with strolIing back into the vii
lage. and inStituting n renewed and
more accurate search after people, and
other living creatures.
The only inhabitant whom we found
abiding in his house was Il Doctor
Beans, medical practitioner, and the
proprietor of a valuable farm in the
ne~hborhood The Doctor was. in
point oi fact. Il Scotchman: that is to
SAY. he had migrated about twenty
wears AGO from some district in North
Britain. and still retained his native
dialect in all its Doric richness. He
professed. moreover, to retain the feel
ings as Well rs the language OF his boy
ish days He was Il FederaliSt-in
other words, he was hostile to the war
with England, which he still persisted
in regarding as his mother country.
Such, at least, We're the statements
with which he favored us. and we be-
lieved him the more readily. that he
seemed really disposed to treat us as
friends There was nothing about his
house or farm to which he made us not
heartily welcome: and the willy emf
grant was no loser by his civility. We
took, indeed whatever we stood in