The Butcher-Knife, Volume 2, Number 12, Danville, Hendricks County, 17 October 1857 — Page 1

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ly said, "Sir, ! have not. put .myself, under, the protection of your, trues without

i Ik' town of Dajmlle, and-th State of Indianabnqwing your. mode of warfare. ...You see

that gun," said he, pointing to their solitary six-pounder. "It., is well charged with grape, and I have the solemn pledge of my commander that it shall be fired at the moment that I give the signal. There fere, restrain these men and respect the

and "will be furnished to bubsenbers at the Extremely modomto' price 'of twenty-five cento seropy, consisting of twelve numbers. All coninmnications and remittances must id addressed to -GEORGE OREGG.Sditor.

i Fortune -Favors . tho 13 rave

A mHitaryo&cer withal

had

lonf acquaintance, relates two incidents . ; . . J . . . . . , . . r 'company me to the other wrld. I Ins connected with .Croohans ffallant defence; . . 1 J- ,

-oiupo was no more molest-

was enough-

at Fort Stevenson, one of which affords a strong potivc, and the other a strong negative proof of the ahove qoted adage. As the British and Indians, in their operatinnc li;d vinlitffl lltfir T!'d(fA ar tho

c . .,. , e x , head ol our paragraph, was told as fol usage of civilized warfare, by wantonly . . 1

rjurdering their prisoners, the members of fJrnrrhan's little hand.- ( cnlv'-onft hunilrfd

. n ... ! , i only one) who had belonged to his little strong, with a single si-pounder, and '.. . . ;

surrounded by about eight hundred Brit

ed he returned to his comrades in safety, fought out the desperate action .that ensued and obtained promotion, for his bravery. The counter instance, refened to at the

head of our paragraph, was told as fol

lows : After the British and Indians had

withdrawn, Croghan missed one man,

ish troops, and thrice that number of-Indians,) had mutually agreed to stand their ground - to the list, and sell their lives as dearly as possible. When all was

ready, the British commander sent a mes

band, and all efforts for his discovery were

for some time; unsuccesful. At Ust his remains wero found in the garret of one of the block houses, where he had crept for safety and was cut into by a cannon ball. . All the rest, considering their chan-

senner

. under a (W of. truce, to treat for ces of !ife not ?rth,. t,,oul,t' 1,ad 0D,.V

f n. i . ; sought to do their duty, and escaped alive a. surrender of the: fort. Croatian point- , . ,J , . 1

iag to Mm as ho approached, eselaimed, ,,ora Per"aPs lne ra03t "P0 "S'n 0 "It will not do .0 lei his, enter here, and record- .rl,B ! man. that was kille

ccc our w

less-

1i fi -rrrr a A i r r flirt rltr min t It n f tirnvn1

i mi 1 a a nn nunau KIK, villi lAJilli viii.w uiuttu 'ho will volunteer to . . 1 r . , J

. . . himself a coward, meet him r As it was pretty certain 1 . .

that whoever should ' leave ' the fort on

such a mission would be murdered by the dastard foe, there was a brief pause, when Ensign Shipp replied, "I will, upon one condition." "What Is It?" as!;ed the captain. "Pledge me your word, as an officer and as a mzn of lienor, that you will keep that gun bearing directly upon Kic, and that ycu will fire it off the mo

ment ycu ceo Lie

Ay hand." The

pledge was giv:.j, r.nu Cdpp went forth. To all argur.ur.h rr-.l rcreuadons of the enemy his unvaiTi::" k -Iv was, "I am instructed to z V--t d-fend the fort." Soon the Inui;.-; I , ta ctirrcund' him. One. clutched hh c--.ti!:t, and another his sword. Ship who vr.r r. ram of herculean frame, rc! :r. : r! Li; -::f -by a powerul effert, zta turr: - j to tip cayoy, cool-

07" "You want a flogging, that's what you do," raid a parent to his unruly son. "I know it, dad, but I'll try to get along without it," replied the brat. , Gr A lady leaving home was thus addressed by her little boy: "Mama, will you remember and buy me a penny whistle? and let it be a religious one, that I can use it on Sunday. " ?J The following ludicrous epitaph, found on a tomb-stone in Oxford, N. II., may not be superlatively ludicrous, but it certainly is 'come.' ; To c.11 lay friends I bid adieu, A nioreeiidden desth you never knew,

As I was leading the old mare to drinl;, Sl3 Idc-cd and killed me uicicr'n a. wink,

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ifSr On one occasion during the. Revolution, Putnam had received a lot of new recruits, and as he had some fighting" that he wished to do before long, and wanted none but willing men, he drew up his levies in rank before him: 'Now, ,boys said he, 'I don't wish to retain any of you who wish to leave ; therefore, if any of you are dissatisfied, and wish to return home, he may signify the same by stepping six paces in front of the line. But added the old war dog, 'M shoot the first man that steps out

On a child beinrf told that he must

be broken of a bad habit, he actually replied; 'Papa, had'nt I better be mended? 04r What a blessed change for society, eays Punch, it would be, if all the numerous rascals now, upon the turf werc under it instead. t ' . , rr- ThARR two lines are neccssar'7 to

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