. Famous American songs. ar he might haveto encounter an entrenched enemy inhis rear, to order the withdrawal of 105 famoujS antcrican ^ongiJ his troops from the capital by forcedmarches. A violent storm broke duringthe night, and the following morningthe troops looked more as if they wereretreating than an army withdrawingafter a victory and the sacking of theenemys capital. Their appearance deceived the goodpeople of Upper Marlborough, andwhen, after the main body of the troopshad passed through the town, threestragglers stopped to drink at a springon Dr. Beanes grounds, the doctor,who was c
. Famous American songs. ar he might haveto encounter an entrenched enemy inhis rear, to order the withdrawal of 105 famoujS antcrican ^ongiJ his troops from the capital by forcedmarches. A violent storm broke duringthe night, and the following morningthe troops looked more as if they wereretreating than an army withdrawingafter a victory and the sacking of theenemys capital. Their appearance deceived the goodpeople of Upper Marlborough, andwhen, after the main body of the troopshad passed through the town, threestragglers stopped to drink at a springon Dr. Beanes grounds, the doctor,who was celebrating with some friendsthe supposed discomfiture of theenemy, had them seized and confinedin jail. One of them, however, escaped,fell in with a party of British cavalry,and notified them of the violence towhich he and his comrades had beensubjected, with the result that thecavalrymen rode back to Upper Marl-borough and not only freed the twosoldiers, but, furthermore, roused from his bed at midnight andzod. KEYS GRAVE AT FREDERICK, MARYLAND, OVER WHICHTHE FLAG FLOATS Ci^e ^tar^^pangleD Banner bore him away a captive to AdmiralCockburn. Indeed, it looked very muchas if Dr. Beanes were destined to swingfrom the yardarm of a British worthy doctor, who, it must beconfessed, had been guilty of hasty andindiscreet conduct, to say the least,was what is known as a prominentcitizen. Moreover he was an inti-mate friend of Francis Scott Key,who at once applied to the Govern-ment for permission to attempt to se-cure his release. A vessel at Baltimorewhich was used as a flag of truce forthe exchange of prisoners, and was incharge of John S. Skinner as com-missioner, was placed at Keys dis-posal. When the ship dropped downthe Chesapeake to the British fleet,Admiral Cockburn was preparing forthe expedition against Baltimore. Keypreferred his request for his friendsrelease, and was informed that would have been strung up ona yardarm but for his courtesy as
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