All this time the sweat would roll in torrents down his cheeks.
Then, quite exhausted, he would fall on his knees, and with clasped hands,
and eyes lifted to heaven, would pronounce the Lord's Prayer and the creed
in the most moving manner. For several days the soldiers gathered around him
while thus employed: and often with tears in their eyes,
would observe the total ruin which intemperance had brought upon
this once elegant young gentleman. -- His friends in the country,
hearing of his deplorable condition, came and took him home,
where death soon put an end to all his miseries.

In a short time after this, our regiment was deprived of another
very genteel young officer, lieutenant Perrineau; who also fell
an early sacrifice to that most shameful and detestable practice
of morning slings and mid-day draughts of strong grog.

After these two tragedies, the reader will not, I hope, be displeased
with the following farce, which was acted in fort Johnson,
while Marion was repairing it, in January, 1776. The principal actors in it,
were captain Marion, and a young lieutenant, whose name, delicacy,
yet a while, bids me suppress. This officer, though in his person
as handsome as Absalom, or the blooming Adonis, was as destitute of soul
as a monkey. He appeared to have no idea above that of dress and diversion:
and provided he could but compass his own little pitiful ends,
which were always of the sensual sort, he cared not how shamefully
he prevaricated and lied, but would wink, and grin, and chuckle,
as if he had done some great thing. He had served under a score of captains,
who had all spoken of him as a slippery, worthless fellow,
whom they knew not what to do with. But though most heartily despised,
the fool had the vanity to think himself amazingly clever;
and actually boasted to me one day, that he would soon let me see