The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-03-17

mental army rendered better service.
,n Jared IN ,rc fatigue or won greater
rcnown han the Maryland Line. In
proportion to their lumber. no body of
men suffered more severely. They
were the first to Use the hayonct against
the expert need regulars of the enemy
and that. too. in their earliest battles
and throughout the struggles of the
! war they were most often called on to
l,'ad with thlt bloody weapon into the
ranks of the foe. They seldom shrank
from the encounter. At Long Island
Il mere fragment of Il battalion shook
with repeated charges whole brigade
of British regulars. At White Plains
they held the advancing columns at
bay. At Harlem Heights they drove
the enemy from the field. At German
town they swept through the hostile
camp with their fixed hAvonctS. and
tar in advance of the rest OF the army:
and at Cowpcn< and at Eutaw their
Serrird ranks. with unloadrd muskets.
bore down all opposition. Though at
Guilford and Camden victory did not
settle on their banners. 10y their des-
peratc courage they excited the admi-
ration and surpri e of their enemies.
h., hn Ia
history: and the homes of many of
them were amid the hills and in the
valleys. in the towns and in the hamlets
of Frederick county. lou may ap-
plaud the fierce charge of the Light
Brigade at Balaklava, but the stubborn
and bloody assaults of Maryland's four
hundred youths-the flower Of her
chivalry-at Long Island has no par
allcl in ancient or modern warfare. 1t
was OF the same stern material that the
famous Sergeant Evcrhart was made
Born in that part of the country which
is now the picturesque and fertile Mid
dlctown Valley. he served with the
MARYLAND Line ut White Plains. and
then enlisted in the Flying Camp. un-
der Colonel Washington. whose life he
ting down the British officer. who as
sailed him. But even in the home of
loyalty treason reared its head. \
well-planned conspiracy was discovered
by the committee OF safety. Seven of
the leaders were arrested. indicted.
tried and con"icted of high treason.
They were sentenced to be hanged.
drawn and quartered. and three of them
were executed in the old Jail yard in
Frederick. Upon the jury which con-
victed them there was impanelcd John
Jacob Schley. the reat-grandfather of
Admiral Schlev. He set an example
to jurors which in these days is too
frequently lost sight oi-an example
of fearless fidelity in the discharge of Il
painful public duty.
1T was whilst in command of the
Frederick county militia. which did
such excellent service in the field, that
Thomas johnson, the first republican
governor of Maryland, was called from
the camp to the State House. 1t was
upon the motion OF this statesman and
patriot that George Washington was
chosen commandcr-in-clic of the Amer
lean forces. 1t was the same county
that gave later on to the country the
immortal author Of our national an
them And so long rs the Soul-Slrring
strains OF The Star-Spanyled Banner
shall thrill the hearts OF patriots with
enthusiasm, So long will the name OF
Francis Scott Key be vencrated.
But | might stand here till the
9l.ttering mornin. sunbeans gil'led the
lofty spires of Baltimore. and not say
a tenth of the things that ought to be
spoken OF Frederick, the home OF
heroes 70 day, in the distant Orient,
it is a son of Frederick who is leading
; the conqnering lcglOns of our army,
for General O,is waS b )rn in Frederick.
But the country's crownng glory was
attained when the wrecks of Cefvera 5
smoking and shattered cruisers, pene-
trated by the uncrring projectlcs OF
the Brooklyn. gave incontestable evl
dence Of the splendid victory won on
the waters Of the Caribbean Sea by the
dashng and chivalric Schley. Moth,
ing can eNpunge that truth from the
, pages Of history. Other things may
change, but that truth will never vary
Youth mus; with time decay.
A leen aroor
i .auty must fade away,
Aileen a~oon,
Ga ties >ackl i'll war.
CliefCan> are scattered tar.
Truth i iX al star
Alecn ar o,..' -
"lr-trr,lnv. said Jahson. IL refused
a poor wolnon II request for a small
sum of monty, and in consequence o
my act passed a S!replr-s night. The
tones of her voice were ringing in my
ears the whole tim.
'lour soltn">S Of heart does yor