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tions, which do away the old established custom of enlisting Germans for our army. Could any thing be more disgraceful,” he exclaimed, indignantly, “ than our re- “ sorting to foreign aid ? as if we who are “ born on, and enjoy the fruits of, this soil, u were deemed unable to defend it. And to “ what purpose, after all, did this foreign aid “ tend ? Is it not probable, that we should “ have had more trouble in preventing mer- “ cenarics from deserting, than we should have *f found difficulty in opposing the enemy? I will “ relate an anecdote,” continued the old man, in an animated tone, " of which I was an eye “ witness, to corroborate my argument: “ When our troops marched to Holstein to “ oppose the Russians, (whose intended plans “ were given up on account of the death of