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roost. He visited the principal depots of provisions, and of 

 troops, in Ohio. He traveled between the distant points, 

 which he often visited, but when he went, he traveled night 

 and day. Sometimes going on foot, leading his horse, and 

 jumping from bog to bog, he made his way through the wil- 

 derness of swamps. While on tiresome, rapid, and long 

 marches, with his troops, in the wilderness^ his cheerfulness 

 and buoyancy of spirits, cheered all hearts. A cheerful re- 

 mark from any soldier, in such cases, produced a hearty laugh 

 from his general, who reechoed the remark, with applause. 

 Marching through the mud, the soldiers often sung some rude 

 song of their own manufacture, the General sometimes joined 

 in the chorus, and drove off all the gloom which hovered around 

 them. No commander was ever more beloved, or better obey- 

 ed. Thoutrh his orders were given more like requests, some- 

 times, than absolute commands, yet they were always obeyed 

 instantly and implicitly, by all under his command. His care 

 of his troops more resembled that of father, than a military 

 commander. No father was ever kinder in his manner of con- 

 veying his advice, his reproofs or applauses. We do not know 

 of even one soldier's being executed, in his army. In the coun- 

 ty where this was written, a private soldier was arrested 

 for desertion, and found at home, here, while the army was 

 marching towards the frontier, and this was the third offense 

 of the same kind. The detachment halted, the soldier was 

 brought forsvard to his company, and the general informed of 

 all the circumstances, and asked, if the soldier should be pun- 

 ished? The general came near, looked carefully at the man, 

 and said, " no, he regrets what he has done, I will forgive him, 

 for he will never be guilty again." Joining his company, this 

 soldier, Morris was finally killed, charging the enemy at Fort 

 Erie, in August 1814. 



General Harrison's education is good. He graduated at 

 William and Mary college, in Virginia, after which he studi- 

 ed medicine, in Philadelphia. These early advantages were 

 not lost on him. He is a beautiful writer, and a most elo- 

 quent orator. His despatches, general orders and addresses 



