The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-08-24

our men, sailed forth upon the old
quest, in search of provisions. We
entered several houses, but found them
all unoccupicd; and what was less salts
factory, very many of them already
| iightcncd of their viands. BY the help
of my Portuguese boy. however, Zone
of the ablcst foragcrs. by the way, that
ever followed camp0 we succeeded
at last in making ourselves masters of
five fowls; with which, and a loaf of
bread, a sack of -four, and bottle of
peach whiskey, we prepared to rcjoin
our friend. We found him very snug
ly settled; not in the house, for the
position of the corps was in advance
of the village, but under q clump of
lcaty trees. which furnished a tolerable
shelter against the sun, and promised
to be equally scrviceable against the
dews. There our dinner was dressed
and eaten; and here, upon few trusses
of hay, brought from neighboring
barn-yard for the purpose, we slept
soundly an c'lr'rnt lily.
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 profita-
bly and agreeably spend the day. Of
further movements, nothing was said;
the troops, indeed, had been dismissed
rs soon as dawn appeared, we were
therefore prepared to treat this as
day of leisure and reposc. Neverthe-
less, as we were quite ignorant of the
situation of the enemy, we deemed it
by no means prudent to venture far
from the camp; and contented our
selves with strolling back into the vii
lage, and instituting renewed and
more accurate search after people, and
other living creatures.
The only inhabitant whom we found
abiding in his house was a Doctor
Beans, medical practitioner, and the
proprietor of 4 valuable farm in the
neighborhood The Doctor was, in
point of fact, Scotchman; that is to
say, he had migrated about twenty
years ago from some district in North
Britain and still retained his native
dialec: in all its Doric richness. He
professed, moreover, to retain the feel
ings as well as the language cf his boy
ish days. He was a 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, were 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 WINS nothing about his
house or farm to which he made us not
heartily welcome; and the willy emf
grant was no loser by his cvility. We
took, indeed, whatever we stood in
need of, provisions. forage, and even
horses; but our commissary paid this
man of professions the full value of his
commodities From Doctor Beans, I
however scruplcd not to accept a pres
ent He offered me all that his house
contained; | took only little tea,
some sugar, and bottle of milk; and
did not insult him by alluding to re-
Enumeration.
We were thus situated, when to-
wards noon the General suddenly ap-
peared in bvouac, and the troops were
ordered to fall in. The scruples which
had for time, affected him, were now
overcome, and a push, it was under
stood, was about to be made against
the city of Washington. From vari-
Gus quarters we had learned of the ex-
cesses committed by the American
army upon the frontier towns of Cana
da, and the General and Admiral de-
termined, by insulting the capital it.
self. to convince the Government of
the United States that such proceed
ings were not more barbarous than i'm
polite. This, at least, was the rumor
of the moment; but concerning the
causes of their movements, the inferior
officers and soldiers Of an army seldom
tronble themselves by inquirng. 1t
was sufficient for us to know that an
enterprise was before us, worthy of our
leaders and our own reputation; we
cared not from what motive it sprung,
our only thought was to effect it.
In less than a quarter of an hour
from the first alarm, the column was
in motion. Charlton's company had
again the good fortune to form the ad-
vance; and it was not long before my
young TREND w llllamS was again en-
abled to exhibit his GOODNESS and cour-
age under fire. We had proceeded
about four miles, sweeping and scour-
ing the country as before, when, on ar
irving at the base of low green hill.
we were saluted by volley of musketry
from a body of troops which filled a
wood upon summit. 1t happened
that the General was at this moment
among us. He had seen the rising
ground from a distance, and, anxious
to take survey OF the surrounding
country, had ridden forward, with the
intention of ascending it. 1t will be
easily imagined, that the presence of
our leader acted as no clOr uDon Our