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R, & W. BA1METT,
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January SO, 1871.
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ATTORNKY AT LAW,
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J F. SNYDER,
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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
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U now prrparad ta aeeommodBta all who my
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tha bxt tbo narkat affrla.
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C.RAI1AMTON, Pa.
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Timbar and aawed Lamberol all kinda. .
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SQUARE TIMBER,
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Walelion, Clocks nd Jowelry,
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'I,EABFIK1.I, PA.
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TIIR Bnder,lgnad, baring oaubllihed a Nar
aary ob the 'Pike, about half way balweea
ClMrfleld end Cnrw.n.rlllc. it preliarad to far-
alak all klnda or FHl'lT TRKKS, (undard and
dwarf,) Brargreene, Shrubbery, Ureno Viaaa,
Uooaaberry, lwloa maoaoerry, mrawo.rry,
aad Haapbarry Vinea. Alan, Siberian Crab Treea,
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aaoJO Iri-) CarweBiaille, Pa.
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Tra.ra(MtaA Aaeidaal) ..
Ofloaaa Maria .., Caart MiraM, 'Mr-
laid, Pa. f
THE INDIAN HUNTER.
Wban tbo Summr barrait waa Rathar'd In,
And iba ibfaf of tba gleaner grew wbtta aad tbin,
And tha pluwahara waa in lU furrow Ian,
Wbaratha itnbbla land bad baan lately oleft.
An Indian bun tar, with an it Hint; bow,
Look'd dvwn wbara tba rallay lay itrtob'd balow.
Ha wai a It ranker tbera, and all that day
Had bean out on tha hilla, a ptrilom way j
Hut tha loot or tha dear waa far and fleet,
And the wolf kept aloof from tha bunter'l feat,
And bitter feellnjra pueed o'er bint than
Aa ha Mood by tba populma haunta of men.
The ainda of Autumn a3D.aj.Yrr tha wooda
tha un atole out from their iolliodai
The bom waa wbita on tha maple' trunk,
And dead from ita arma tbe bale viae ihruak,
And ripened the mellow fruit hung, and red
Wert the trcee' withered leaves aroand it ahed.
The foot of Ihe reaper moved alow on the lawn,
And tha lie kla out down the yellow corn
The mower rung load by the meadow aide,
W bate tbe mia uf evening were apreadinfr. wide,
And lha voice of the herdiman eauia up tbe lea,
And the danoe went round by tba gee n wood tree.
When the hunter turned away from that aoene,
Where the home of bia fathers onea had boon,
And heard by tha diitant and rueaaured itroka
That tbe woodman bowed down the ajiant oak,
And burning thought! tlaabnd over bia mind
Of the white man 'a faith and love unkind.
The moon nf the harrtat grew high and brl ght j
A her golden horn plereed the cloud of white
A foot it p am heard ia th-rantliag brake,
Where the beeeli overihadowad the mlaty lake,
And a mourning voice, a plunge from the shore
And the hunter waa aeea on tbe hills no more.
When yean had pasaod on by tbat still lakeside
The fisher looked down through tba Hver-tiud,
And there, oa tha smooth yellow aaml, dlfplayed,
A skeleton waited and wbita wai Uid, (.-low,
And 't waa aaan, aa the waters moved deep aad
That the band was still graiping a bun'er's bow.
'-From XoniieWow's Early Potm.
STOSY POIXT.
ANTHONY WAYNE'S MAbTEKSTROKE A
OA1.I.ANI FEAT OF ARMS ONI DUN
DIlkD YEARS AOO HOW A BRITISH ,
BTRONOIIOLD WAS TAKEN BY A
HK1I.I.1ANT ASBAULT THE STO.
RY OF AN EVENT THAT OLO
ttlFlKD penn'a's HERO.
Thirty yearn to, wliila I wud male
ing o icncil altoich of tbe smull monu
muiit tlmt corumemorutes tho cruul
niidiiilit nittHHaere ot Iroopg undur
Uciifiiil Tuyne, (near the old I'aoli
taveiii on tlie broad Liincunter pike,)
in 1777, a white haired but vigorous
man, sunburned and brawn)', came
trom a neighboring fiejd to frratily
etn-icwity which had been excited by
the prueenco ot a stranger.
"My li'K did good service on that
torrible nihl'.Huid the septuagena
rian, alter I bad read aloud the said in
scription on tbo stotio.
"Were you with Way no at this en
campment?" I axked.
"Indeed I was, and at many othora,"
be replied. "Lord! how we acampor
ed when those savago red coats and
more savage licsriians toll upon us in
tbe dark without warning. Poor fel
lows! Many of our men were mur
dered, as you see. Yes, murdorcd, for
they wore bayoneted while begging
(or niorcy."
"You were with Wayne afterward f"
I said, inquiringly.
"Yes, sir," be answered, with em
phasis. "Didn't 1 leel good, though,
when 1 beard tbe iinusli and Tories
begging for mercy from Wayne at
Stony Point, and if was granted I"
"It was not W aynes old regiment
that attacked that post," I replied. "It
was a portion of the light infantry of
tbe army.
'Ui courso it was," be answered.
"When 1 heard Wayno was made
Commander of tbat corps I got per
mission to join it, for the bold, dashing
soldier was my distant kinsman, ana
a good fellow anyhow. I was ono of
lie r leury i hundred or more volun
teers who first entered the fort on that
hot July night."
Wo sat down on a grassy hillock,
when the white-haired man, with great
animation, gave me a minute account
of tbe circumstances of the attack
upon and capture of Stony Point ho
foro the dawn of July Kith, 1779.
When I visited the spot a lew weeka
afterward, his narrative was vividly
presented by memory, for I fonnd the
typography, tho ollicial records and
the local traditions in general agree
ment with him.'
Till kino's ferrt.
Stony Point is a conspicuous feature
in the picturesque scenery of the Hud
son river, near tho Highlands, and is
thickly clustered with historio associa
tions. It is a IWd, rocky peninsula
promontory, dotted with evergreens
and sparsely find with verdure, even
in midsummer, its highest point in
about ono hundred and fifty feet above
tidewater. It juts out from tbo west
ern shore of tbo river at the upper en
trance to llaverslraw !ay, and is con
nected with tho main land by a low
causeway across a marsh, which, cov
ered with water at high tide, makes
tho pomnsula an island. Near Us sum
mit, upon and among tho mounds
tho remains of ancient redoubts and
breastworks stands a substantial
stono lighthouse, tho keeper's lodge
and fog-hell towor. Tho whole rogion
around it is classic ground, hallowed
by deeds of valor and patriotism.
Opposite rnony i'oint, ana lulling
out toward it from tho eastern shore
of tho Hudson, is a fertile peninsula
called Vorplanck's Point. Each jut-
land had been rortiucd by tho Ameri
cans chiefly lor tho protection ol "The
Kings Perry irom point to point,
hu h lormed a convenient ana most
important open passage across tho
Hudson between Now England and
tbo Middle Htates. theso lortiticd
headlands also presented serious ob
stacles to the passago of hostile ships
up tbo river a most important func
tionfor the British Ministry never
wholly dispelled the dream of the
earlier period of the war, a weakening
the acifrecato power of the struggling
colonies by separating Now England
from tbo rest ol tbo union Dy a scries
of military posts stretching from tho
St. Lawrenco to the sea, along the line
ot Lake Cbamplain and the Hudson
river. Tbe capture of Burgoyne's ar
my and the failure of Sir Uoury Clin
ton to effect much by sending a ma
rauding expedition ap the Hudson in
the Autumn ol n i l, uia not ansoiute-
lv disoonrago the Ministry, but modi
fied their dream. They afterward con
fined thoir efforts to plans tor securing
to themselves the freo communication
between Now England and tbe otbor
Btates by way of "Tbe King's Ferry"
and the passes of the Hudson High
land!. Hucb was tha object of an ex
pedition led by Sir Henry Clinton in
person at tbe close ol May, 1779.
v itu a large land force nnaor uen
eral Vanghan, borne by a flotilla com
manded by Admiral Collier, Sir Henry
sailed from New York to attempt the
seicureot Stony Point and Vorplanck's
Points, and waa auccesslul, lor only
forty men garrisoned the lormer and
soventy the latter. Tbo invading
troops landod below the two ions ana
marched upon them, The garrison at
Stonr Point fled to the Highlands, and
tho troops at Verplanck'a, after very
ilieht rosislano. were mad prisoners
of war. Tbl was a terion disaster to
th Americans. The passage at "Tbe
King's Ferry" was closod to tliemand
tbe Highland passes and defences wore
menaced with danger. Porceiving
this, Washington took iiumediato meas
ures for their protection and for tbe
recovery of the lost posts. His army,
which Lad wintered at Middlebrook,
in Now Jersey, was moved early in
Juno to "Tbu Clovo," a fertilo volley
far in the rear of lluvorstraw, and late
in tho month be niado bis headquar
ters at New Windsor, on the Hudson,
a low miles above the Highland, whore
he perfected plans for an active cam
paign against the invaders.
Anticipating an attompt to recap
turo tho forts, Sir Henry placed a
strong garrison in each, and ordered
them to be well strengthened ; then
ho returned to Now York with ships
and soldiers and sent them on a ma
rauding expedition to tho coast of
louncclicut.
THE LIOUT INFANTRY.
Washington had a corps of light in
fantry, composed of picked men, draft
ed from tho various regimonts of tho
Continental army, and organized at
tbat time into lour regimonts under
command, respectively, of Colonels
Butlor, Meigs, Putnam and Fehigor.
Duller was ono of a gallant band of
four brothers who foui'lit the eood
fight for American independence from
tbe beginning. Ho had been Wayne's
chief support in his hard conflict on
the tield of Monmouth a year before.
He was only twonty-fivo years of age,
out was alruady distinguished lor mil
itary genius, coolness and valor. Moigs
was a brave soldier, forty years old,
who bad won tho thanks of Congress
and tho gift ot a sword for gallantry
two yciits before. Putnam was a cou
sin ol "Uid Put," as the soldiers fond
ly calfed him was n skillful cngineor,
a soldier of the French and Indian
war, and constructor of Fort Putnam,
near West Point. Ho was forty-one
years, of ago and lull of seal for the
American cause, rebinor was a vountr
Danish soldier, thirty-two years of ago,
who had fought for tho freedom ot tha
colonies ever since he waa engaged in
the uery scenes on Hunker Hill. The
corps commanded by these good sol
diers wore considered tho elite of tho
army, and Washington chose them for
tho execution ot bis design atrainst
Stony and Verplanek's points. To the
bold and faithful young soldier, Gen
eral Anthony Wayne, then thirty-five
years of age, Washington gave the
command ot tbis corps on the 1st of
juiy, my. i uis omcor was a gratitlod
recipient ot tho honor, and was proud
of the confidence ot tho Commander-in-Chief.
Wayne was scrupulously neat
in his personal appearance; bad ex
quisite taste in dress, and was always
disturbed by any violation of good
judgment in costume or manners. He
was particularly disturbed by tho ap
pearance ot his corps when he took
command ot thorn. Through tho nog
loct ol poverty of tho commissary de
partment they were scantily clothed
in varied, soiled or ragged uniforms or
no uniforms; Insufficiently fed, and
lax in manners and discipline Ho
immediately pleaded for reformation,
and asked particularly for a supply of
new uniforms for tbo whole corps
beliovinir in the moral influence of
dress. "1 must acknowledge" he wrote
to Washington, "that 1 bave a prem-
dice in favor of an elegant uniform and
soldierly appearance, so much so, that
1 would much rather risk my lite and
reputation at the bead of tho same
men, clothed and appointed as I could
wish, witb asingro ehargo of ammuni
tion, than to take them as they appear
in common with sixty rounds of cart
ridges. It may be a false idea, but I
can't help cherishing it."
Washington agreed with Wayno,
but thoy woro compelled to bend to
circumstances. Tho army was povor-ty-smitten.
Only a week before they
wore to enter npon a groat un
dertaking (to be mentioned pres
ently); whon thoy had been twelve
days in camp in tbe rocky re
gionof the Honderborg, the corps bad
recoivod only two daye' rations of
tresh provisions and three of rum.
Not a particle ot torago hud been fur
nished lor the horses, excepting the
scanty tufts of grass that shot up
among the stones ; and the store of
I bo commissary ot clothing wan empty.
So Wayne was compelled to lead his
corps, in their piebald and worn-out
unitorms, to the perlormance ol extra
ordinary deeds of bravery.. Theso
deeds were performed under cover of
night, whon the meanest ana the most
gorgeous uniforms were the samo to
the human eye.
RECONN01TF.R1NO.
From liis quiet nook at New Wind
sor, Washington instructed Wayne to
prepare for a bold dash on tbe works
at Stony Point Tho impetuous young
(iencral was impatient to undertake
tbo enterprise. On the day after he
look command of the corps he recon
noitorod that post, accompanied by
Colonel Butler and Major Stoward, of
tho Pennsylvania lino, i ho latter was
Wayne brother in law, lie waa a
brav young Irishman, and was re-
garded as tho handsomest man in the
ontinontul army. Wayne's ardor and
ounfidenro were somewhat diminished
by his observations, and he reported
to Waahinglon tbat tho British works
on tbo western side of tbe Point
(which only thoy bad seen) wore too
lormidabie to storm witb any nope ol
success, and that to make regular ap
proaches was not leasihlo. lie sug
gested tbat a surprise might be effect
ed, and at bis solicitation Washington
rode down from Now Windsor to
Wayno's camp botwoen Fort Mont
gomery and tho Dondoiberg, and care
fully roconnnitcred the works on tho
tbe 6th of July, 1 ones abounded in
tho neighborhood, and reports ot every
movement soon of tbe Americans were
quickly conveyed to th fort. Tbe
garrison was continually on the alert
against a surprise. Deserters, too,
gav information concerning tho move
menu and conjectured designs of the
troops at their encampment among
the mountains. On the day aflor the
reconnissanoe by Washington, a letter
written to a New York nowspaper, at
Stony Point, said : "Yesterday, Mr.
W asbington, with several otber robol
oflicera, wore roconnoitering our post,
attended witb about five hundred men,
tbirteon of which number ehos to
com in to us in the count of th day
by whom wa learn that tho report
among them is that an attack on the
post is Intended. 1 have no aoubt it
will prove a serious affair to them."
'1 It troop at Htony point bad rea
son to think so, lor they were strongly
entrenched in a seemingly Impregna
ble position. Tbe works embraced a
series of redoubts on tbe summit of the
rocky peninsula. An abattis a line
of felled tree, their tops outward bad
been laid across th Point from north
to south, and this was defended by
four companies of regular infantry, one
of loyal Americans and detachment
ol the Royal artillery. A aeeond row
or abattis was formed across to pen
insula whoro it slopos toward tho
causeway on its westurn side, and was
defended by throe rodoubts, armed
witb brass 12 pounders and munnod
by two companies of inlantry and two
ol grenadiers, At live dilleront points
pickets were stationed, and tho bat
teries commanded evory approach.
Thoy might enfilsdo any advancing
column. The wbolo force was under
the command of a trusted soldier,
Lieutenant Colonel II. Johnson. Thus
prepared, there was no wonder tbe
garrison believed that an attack would
bo "a serious affair" for tbe assailants.
WAyWb INSTRUCTIONS.
Aflor bis reconnoisanco, Washing
ton prepared to surprise the fort, and
from Now Windsor, on tho l!2ib of
July, ho sent minute instructions to
Wayno, which wtiro in the form' of
suggestions, raihCrthan of a positive
order; and be gave tho General the
privilego of changing my part of tho
plan to meet tho demanls of circum
stances. Mo suggested that the exe
cution of tho enterprise should occur
at midnight, with thogrottcst secrecy,
secured by tho arrest ot anery porson
found abroad or who mifht betray it.
Ho recommended tho attempt at sur
prise to bo made by only a low com
petent and faithful moi "between
one and two hundred" with tried of
ficers, procedod by a vnngmrd of pru
dent and determined met to remove
obstructions, to secure stntinoln and
to drive in tho guards. Lo also sug
gested tbo wearing of a white feather,
or cockade, or other conspicuous ob-
juct, that might designate friends from
toes in tho darkness ; that tbo surprise
party should be supported by the main
body following closely; Ihut tho ad
vance parly should moro witb fixed
bayonets and unloaded muskets ; tlu.t
tho attack should bo nitdo at these
points, and that a watchwnrd should
bo agreed upon lor tbo simo purpose
as tho white badgo of distinction.
Other dolttih) were givon, and Wayne
acted in accordance with almost every
suggestion.
Wayno determined to surprise the
gtirriBon at Slony Point on tho night
of July 15. The day was sultry. At
noon he moved from his encampment,
about lourleen miles lion tho fort,
with three of bis four regiments, com
mantled respectively by Colonels But
ler, Meigs and Fobiger. Washington
bad ordered down from West I'oint
about three hundred light infunlry
under Major (allerward (jeiural) Hull,
to increase the attacking forco ; also,
two companies ofNortk Carolina light
troops and a small party ol artillerists
to man tho guns of the fort when they
should bo captured and turned upon
Verplanek's Point. Tho march was
ovor lofty, rugged bills, through tan
gled swamps and diflieult mountain
dedloi. K early tbe whole distance
tbo troops were compelled to march in
singlo file. Tboy passed tbo south side
of Donderberg while a heavy thunder
shower was raging on its summit and
beyond, and tbe sending down sadden
torronts through the ravines. On this
march tbo most perfect silence bad
boon obsorved, and evory precaution
had been taken to provent desertion.
Every dog found on thoir way whon
they approached tho vicinity of the
river was killed to prevent alarms by
their barking. At 8 o'clock in tbo
evoning, when daylight was lading,
the whole party rendezvoused about a
mile and a half below Slony Point
POMPXY AND THE COUNTERSIGN.
Among tho Tory inhabitants and
weak-kneed timo servers in the vicini
ty of tho Point, lived Mr. Lamb, a
warm and faithful Whig. Ho was dis
liked by bis Tory noighbors bocause he
bad often circumvonloi the designs
against the patriots. Ho owned a
shrewd negro slave named Pompoy.
Soon after the British took possession
of Stony Point, Pompoy wont timidly
to tbe tort to sell strawberries to the
officers. He was kindly received.
When berries and cherries became
plentiful tho negro carried on quite an
extensive trado with tho garrison, lie
becamo a tavorito with the officers,
bo did not expect that ho was report
ing everything he saw and heard in
tho fort to a Whig master. At length,
tho hoeing corn season coming on,
Pompey was kept at work in tho fields
during tho day, and his commercial
relations at the fort was likely to end
suddonly. Ho could only go there in
tbe evoning. the onlcers, unwilling
to miss their supply of their delicious
luxuries, gave Pompoy tho countosign
regularly that ho might pass tho sen
tinels after dark with his supply of
truit In this way bo bod bocome pos
sessed nf tho countersign for tho night
of tho lfilh. Wayno, awaro of theso
tacts, and fully trusting the knowledgo
and fidelity of tho negro, employed
him as a euido and chose tho counter
sign of tho garrison for tho night "Tho
Ions our own as tho watchword ol
tho assailing troops.
In tbo gloom of that sultry evoning
Wavne disposed bis forces for the at
tack. They woro formod in two col
umns. At tbo head of tho right and
twenty pacos from it ono hundred and
fifty picked mon, led by Lieutenant
Colonel Do Floury, were posted, and
just in advance of those wore a "for
lorn hopo ol twonty mon to "remove
obstructions and secure sentinels,"
commanded by Lieutenant Knox, of
the Ninth Penn. Itegimeiit At tho
head ot tho left, in like manner, wore
posted an advance guard ot one hun
dred picked men under Major Stewart,
and a forlorn hopo of twenty men, led
by Lieutenant uiuoons, ol the mxiii
Pennsylvania Kegiment Meanwhile,
General Wayne and his field officers
had made a final reconnoissanoe of tbe
fort, and wbon they returned ho en
tored a house (Springstocl's) ooar by,
which he bad made hi temporary
headquarters, gathered up hi papors,
wrote a letter to his brother in-law,
Sharp Dulany, of Philadelphia, and,
pulling all in a sealed package, for
warded them by a trusty mosaengor to
bis Iriond Gen, Irvin, with a request
that in case of his death It might be
forwarded to his -kinsman. Wayne
was impressed with the beliol that he
should not survive the approaching
conflict ; but be lived almost sevonteon
years afterward and did good service
for bis country, and the letter and
papers were never sent.
When General Wayne bad supped
be put tbe two columns in motion. At
a black walnut Ire (which was stand
ing bug and vigorous, a few years
ago) Pompey look charge of the force
as chief pilot At half past 1 1 o'clock
th silent march began. Gathering
clouds obscured the sky and deeper
shade of night favored tbo bold enter
prise. Wayne was at tbe head of the
right column, and all moved on aa
stealthily aa a leopard preparing to
spring upon ita prey. Major Hull,
with bia three hundred Massachusetts
light trooD. wa with tbat column
Pompey and two stout men preceded
Knox and bis forlorn hope a lew paces,
The netrro approached the first senti
nel on the high ground westward ofj
REPUBLICAN,
the morass, gave tho contersign and
was recognized as tho fruit peddler.
Whilo Pompey was talking with this
guardian of tho fort his two stout com
panions sprang from the gloom and
seized and gagged the soldier. The
silence of tho sentinel near tho cause
way was secured in the same manner,
and up to past midnight tho garrison
was (lumbering, without a suspicion of
danger nigh.
THE SURPRISE.
So, soon as the tido bad obbod as
was supposed sufficiently to allow a
passago by the causeway and along
tne beach, the two columns which bad
marcbod sido by side in platoons sen
arated, tbo right diverging southward
for tbo purpose of crossing tho morass
ana sinking tho boacb which extended
along tho southorn and southwestern
shores of tho peninsula. At tho same
li mo tho left column moved toward tho
causeway, which Colonel Butler's rogi
monl instantly passed in water two
feet deep, and at the foot of the slopo
diverged to the left and secured a
picket guard. At tho samo time tho
column on tho southern side in tbe wa
ter knee-doep (lor tbe tido was not
yet down) and reached the beach. Be
fore doing so thoy wero discovered and
fired upon by a picket guard. This
aroused tho garrison and thoy flow to
arms. The assailing column was now
directed under the fort. It closod in
solid ordor and pressed up tho steep
uiusiue in ino luce oi a tempest irom
muskets and artillory tho missiles
from the latter doing vory little harm,
for thoy passed ovor tbo heads of tho
assailing forco. At tho samo time
Maor Murfreo, of tho left column, bud
made a feint against tho fort on the
northwest sido with his North Caroli
nians, but this did not weaken tho re-
sistonco to an advunco of the right
column which was gallantly struggling
with tbo hall-removed ubattis part
way up the hill to gain tho sally-port
of tbu fort. Evory ledgo of rocks
above tho ascending column woro sur
rounded with British inlantry who,
with taunts and imprecations, poured
down an incessant storm of bullets.
But not a patriot faltered. Steadily,
and as silently as on tho night march
from tho walnut troo, tho soldiers fol
lowed Wayne, who, with a spenr in
hand, directed every movement, as
inch by inch they approached the
breastworks and pushed back tho foo.
Not a guu was fired by tbo patriots.
Tbey turned tho abattis, pushed on to
ward tbo breastworks, cut and tore
away the pulisadcs and clearod the
chevaux de-fnsc at tbo sally-port.
Within the innor ubattis a Hying
bullet bad struck Wayno a glancing
blow on the head and stunned him. He
fell upon bis kneos. Uis two aides
(Fishbourne and Archer) partially
raised bim to bis feet. In a moment
bo recovered full consciousness and re
quested bis aids to carry him within
the works wbero, in case bis wound
should prove mortal, he dosirod to die.
but tbe hurt was not sovoro. Ihe
troops dashed forward with fixed bay
onets the main column following the
advanco closoly. Tho charge was led
by Lioutonant Colonel De Floury, fol
lowod by Fobigor's regiment. Tbe
ramparts wero carried : Do Floury
seized tho colors of the fort with his
own hands, and his assailing column
entered the works in triumph, shout
ing tbe significant watchword : " 1 lie
fort's our own I" De Fleurv, Lieut.
Knox, Sorgoant Baker, of the Virginia
lino (bleeding from four wounds), Sor
goant Sponcor, ot the same line (with
two wounds) and Scrgoant Duulop, of
the Pennsylvania line (also twice
wounded), wero tho tlrst five to enter
the works and win tho Toward oflorod
by Wayne. In bisordorof battle, the
General had engaged to reward tbe
tivo men who should first enter the
works witb promotion, honorable mon-
tinn, and with 500, MOO, f.300, 200
8100 respectively.
"NIB FORT'S OCR OWN."
Almost at the moment when Do
Floury entered tho fort Lieutenant
Gibbon with tho assailing party ol tho
left, closely followed by Major Slowart,
burst in on tao opposito sido. Iho
terrifiod garrison, porcoiving resistance
to be useless, surrendered immediately,
the men, especially the "Loyal Ameri
cans," fulling on their knees and cry
ing out pileously; "Mercy I Mercy,
dear Americans I" To the honor of
tho conquerors, it is asserted that not
a man of the garrison was injured af
ter tbey censed to resist and begged lor
quarlor. Major Hull and Wavnos
aides carried the bleeding uenorai into
the fort, wbero bo heartily joined in
tho shouts of triumph by tho victors,
and soon afterward, with vigorous
hnnd, wrote the following despatch to
Washington :
Fnar Foist, lfith Jolr, 177D-! o'clock, A. H
liaaa (laaaaaL I The tort aod gemeon, witb
Colonel Johnaoa, are oure.
Our offloera and men behered Ilka man wha are
determined to bo free, oure, moat linoerelj,
Uaa'L WAaBiaoruB. Aar T Watbb.
Tho victory was complete. Tho
Brilish ships lying on tbe Hudson,
near Stony Point hastily slipped thoir
cables and fled down the river ; and at
dawn the noxt morning tho guns of
tho fort, manned by tho handtiil ol
artillerymen who accompanied Wayne
wore tu mod upon l'ort ruyeite, on
Verplanek's Point opposite, command
ed by Lioutonant Colonel Webster. A
cannonado was kept up lazily during
the day. (iencral Itobcrt Howe Had
been ordered to attack that fort simul
tnneously with tbo assault on Stony
Point but through a misconception
the movement was delayed and the
fort was saved to tho British by timo
ly roiuforcomont to tho garrison sent
up tho river by Sir Henry Clinton. In
winning this brilliant victory Wayne
lost fifteen killed and eighty three
wounded. The British bad sixty
slain and Lieutenan tColonol Johnston
and five hundred and forty throo offi
cers and mon wero made prisoners of
war.
Washington porccivod the danger
of an attempt to hold tho fort at Stony
Point with so tow men aa could then
be eparod trom the army, and he or
dered the ortl nance and stores to be
removed to West Point, the military
works ta bo destroyed and the place to
be ovacuatod by tbe Americans. This
waa accomplished on the nights of th
17th and 18th, or twenty-four hours
aflor therapturo. A large poition ot
tbe ordnance was placed upon a galley
to bo conveyed to Wost Point While
oft th eastern side of the Donderberg
a shot fiom the British sloop of war
"Vulture," which had vontured near
Verplanek's Point, struck the galley
between wind and water, openod a
sluiceway, and she wont to the bottom
ot tbe Hudson witb bor freight of
heavy nuns. Tbe property captured
hr tho Americans at Stony Point was
valued at more than 1180,000. On tha
20th th British re possessed thorn-
selves of Slony Point, but there wa
little ol value lea, except the eligible
site lor a lortincalion.
now IDE HEW WAS RECEIVED.
The news of this exploit thrilled
evory norvo of tho Union with delight,
and unstinted praises of W ayne and
bis troops woro upon every lip. On
the leceipt of the General's despatches,
the samo day Washington issued from
Now Windsor a general ordor, in which
he congratulated tho army on tbo suc
cess of the gallant move at Stony
Point, and requested tbo victorious
commandor and bis whole corps to ac
cept his warmest thanks. Four days
afterward the President of Pennsylva
nia awarded similar tokens of appro
bation to Wayno and bis mon. "You
have playod their the British own
gamo," ho wroto, "and bave eclipsed
tbe glory of the British bayonet of
which wo have beard so much." Ten
days after the victory the Continental
Congress voted thanks to tbo brave
actors, and ordered medals to be struck
in commemoration of tbe event ono
of gold to bo presented to Gon. Wayno,
and a silver one each to be given to
lieutenant Colonel Do r leury and
Major Stewart. At the same time pro
motions by brevet wero ordered for
some subalterns, and a voto approving
General Wayno's offer of rowurds was
passed.
De Floury, a descendant of a noble
man who was at ono timo a Cardinal
aud a Prime Minister of Franco, re
turned to bis nativo country before tbo
medal designed for bim was struck. It
was made, bowovor, but all record ot
it was lost. Lato in A pril, 1850, a boy,
whilo digging in a garden at Princoton,
Now Jersey, found tbo modal. Con
gress sat at Princeton iu tbe Summer
of 1783. The modal was probably lost
thero by tho Secretary of Congress,
Charles Tomson, in whoso custody it
properly belonged.
Benson J. LossiNa.
YELLOW FEVER THEORIES.
Tho Woria correspondent combats
tho theory tbat yellow fever is cauBod
by malaria, or by the corporate un-
cieanliness of neglected cities. In tho
scientific, as well as tbe popular mind,
the bcliul that these uro tbe governing
agents in producing the scourge is so
deeply rooted that it seems hopeless
to dispute them. Ho says it is a great
mistake te suppose that the people of
tho South and Southwest has been ut
terly unmindful of sanitary rules dur
ing all these years in which thoy have
been afflicted from time to timo with
yellow fevor. Tbey havte tried sani
tary precautions, porhaps in a spas
modic aud imperfect but occasionally
in a very enorgetio and costly way,
tor the last thirty years, all theso san
itary measures buvo boon like the
withes with which tho Philistines
tried to hamper Samson tho giant
has broken them "from off his arms
liko a thread."
To show that yellow fovor devas
tates districts of country wbero thero
is an almost entire absence of malaria,
he citos that part of the country lying
along the Gulf and stretching Irom the
alluvial marshes that surround tbe
mouth of the Mississippi say from
Lake Borgno to tho neighborhood of
Mobile Bay, and then beyond far to
the eastward through Alabama and
West Florida. It is a strip of sterile
sand with only soil enough to sustain
a continuous forest of pines. There is
no cultivation except tbat of tbe or
ange and fig tree, and gardens which
by dint of diligent culture, may be
made to yiold a scant supply of vege
tables for family use (luring a few
months ol the year, and then wither
and fail for want of soil. The streams
are unpolluted, and the waters clear
and limpid. T he shores are swept by
delicious breezes on tho ono sido from
the Gulf and on tho other from tho
resinous and frugrant pine forests.
People can expose themselves to rain,
sun, sea and night air, sleep in their
wet garments and nover be troubled
with malarial fevers of any sort pleu
risy or pneumonia. Bt.t for old ago
and whisky, the people would havo to
migrato elsewhere to dio.
N otwithstanding tbis was a paradiso
ot health, and supposed to be proof
against tbe .scourge, the epidemic of
1 i found it out aud dashed its wavos
into its villas and isolated collages and
lowly cabins. Kvcn now, in an ob
scure quarter of this bolt of country a
whole family have been victims of yel
low lover. A girl of fifeeen bad boon
employed as a nurse for several months
in a Now Orleans family where there
had been somo cases of remittent fovor
of a mild sort. This girl was taken
sick with a chill on her arrival borne
and died of yellow fovor four days af
ter. Her body remained unburied for
twenty-four hours. About a woek af
terward her brothers and sistors five
in number were attacked, and final
ly tbo widowed motlior. One of the
young men subsequently died.
Tbe object of the correspondent is to
show that there is no condition proof
against yellow fever, and tbat all the
orios so far advanced have boon set at
naught by its curious inroads and tor
riblo work. Medical science, with all
its research, lias not boon able to give
tbo publio a satisfactory theory a
material, tangiblo, practical reason for
the cause of the mysterious scourge,
or any specifio remedy for it cure.
Like in some other diseases, what will
cure one will not cure another. It
comes down on communities and
isolated households as mysterious
ly as the mystery enshrouding
its origin and tbo antidote. It
ovorlcapa all theories and defies all
remedies. We are not, bowovor, with
out hope that medical science will ere
long be able to unvoil tbe secrets ol
tbo yellow demon.
Tho Drovers' Journal truthfully says
that we need to keep more ahoep. In
all parts of tbis great country to secure
health and comlort ita people must
have food and clothing. Iho sheep
furnishos the best and most wholesome
animal food, and tbe most comfortable
clothing yot tested by the masse of
our people, in malarial districts
especially those where extreme ol
host and cold ar frequent woolen
clothing and a freer and more common
diet ot vounrr mutton would insure
better health and belter vigor than
generally characterises pork eaters and
the wearer of cotton and fin linen.
Let no on indulge a aingle tear ol
over production of either mutton or
wool, could our nocxs be trippiea or
quadrupled, tbey would add not only
to the comlort and healthfulDos of tbe
people, but to their intelligence and
sobriety, as well as to the produtive
ncss of every field used aa a sheep
pasture.
A vonnrf ladr graduate in a neigh
boring county read an essay enlittlod
"F.mpioyment of Time." Her compo
sition was based on the text : "Tim
wasted is existence ; used, is life." The
noxt day she got eight hanks of xephyr
ot different shade ana oommencea
working f sky. bins dog with poa green
ear and a pink tail to a pieo ot yel
low canvas. Sh expocts to hav it
don by Christmas.
A CI11XESE CASE.
The borough of Oakland, California,
attempted a abort cut on John China
man, ihe uouncil passed an ordi
nance preventing tbo settlement of a
Lbinaman within tbo borough limits,
and ordered all then living therein to
leave within six months. A caso was
mndo up and taken before tho United
States District Court, wber Justice
rield delivered a lengthy opinion
against the municipal authorities, and
in it we find some wholesome doctrine
laid down which the many should un
dorstand. Tbe Judge, among other
things, said :
"We are aware of tbo general feel
ing amounting to positive hostility
prevailing in Culitbrnia airainst tbe
Chinese, wbioh would prevent their
further immigration bither and expel
from the State those already hero.
i noir dissimilarity in physical charao
torislics, in language, manners and re
ligion, would scorn, from past experi
ence, to prevent the possibility of their
assimilation with our people. And
thoughtful persons, looking at tbo mill
ions which crowd tbe opposite shores
ot tbe i acme, and tbe possibility at no
distant day of their pouring over in
vast hordes among us, giving rise to
norce antagonisms ot race, bope that
some way may be dovisod to prevent
their lurlber immigration. We lool
the forco and importance of those con
siderations but the remedy for tbe ap
prehended ovil is to be sought from
the general Government, where, ex
cept in certain special cases, all power
over the subject lies. To that Gov
ernment belongs exclusively the treaty
making power and the powor to regu
late commerce with foreign nations,
which includes intercourse as well as
traffic, and, with the exceptions pres
ently mentioned, the power to pre
scribe tbe conditions of immigration or
importation of persons. Tho State in
theso particulars, with tbe exceptions
mentioned, powerless, and nothing
is gained by tbe attempted assertion
of a control which can novor bo ad
mitted. The State may exclude from
its limits paupers and convicts of other
countries, persons incurably diseased,
and others likely to become a burden
upon its resources. It may, porhaps,
also excludo persons whose presence
would be dangerous to it established
institutions. But there its power ends.
Whatever is done by way of exclusion
beyond this must come from the gen
eral Government. ' That Government
alone can determine what aliens shall
bo permittod to land within Iho Uni
ted States, and upon what conditions
they shall bo permittod to remain ;
whether they shall be restricted in
business transactions to such as ap
pertain to foreign commerce, as is
practically tbe case witb our people in
China, or whether they shall be al
lowed to engage in all pursuits equal
ly with citizens. For restrictions nec
essary or dosirabla in these matter,
tbe appeal must be made to tba gen
eral Government; and it ia not be
lieved that tbe appeal will ultimately
be disregarded. Be tbat as it may,
nothing will be accomplished In that
direction by hostile and spiteful legis
lation on tba part ot tbe State, or oi
its municipal bodies, like that of the
ordinance in question legislation
which is unworthy ol a brav and
manly peoplo. AgainBt such legisla
tion it will always bo tbe duty of tbe
judiciary to state and enforce the par
amount law oi tb nation.
A PRETTY GOOD SIOK.
It was Mme. de Giiardin, we think
who used to say tbat she could read a
woman through her dross, and even
tell ber character, tastes and thoughts
by a single glance at ber toilet, "Nor
have I been once deceived," she state.
Every article of dross reveals a
thought and the most trivial dotail
has its language, which all who study
woman may understand if thoy like."
Another equally oelobrated modern
Kronen author says tbat we may know
women from tbe hem of thoir skirts to
tho flower in their hair in fact, thore
is not a stitch in their dross that docs
not tell its tale. If a woman is care
loss of hor appearance, be aura she is
uuhappy and unloved ; lor she never
neglect ber person whilst there are
fond eyos to look upon ber. It is only
wben these bave ceased to smile lor
hor that she grows heedless ol her
looks, and too often sinks into a dowdy.
No woman, howovor, with any senso
of soil' respect, should allow herself to
sink into a dowdy ; but whatever be
hor trials, vexations and disappoint
ments, sho should strive to dress as
well as ber position will allow. Do
riot imagino that we are advocating'!
travagance; on tho contrary, sim
plicity is our motto, which, if united to
good tasto, will be found moro efloo
live in the eyes of husband, father1
brother, fi lend, than the most costly
attir which the milliner's art can in
vent A simple bow in tbo hair may
look quito as coquettish and fuscina
ting as a diamond aigrette ; and a col
ton dress, if fresh and prettily made,
may be as becoming as silk ; indeed,
we bave often seen cotton eclipse a
silk. W mention this to illustrate a
fact that riches are little compared to
tasto, and that every woman may dress
well if sho chooses that, in fact It ia
hor duty to herself and those around
ber to dress as well aa ber position
will allow. Those wbo aocus u who
write of the fashions, and you who
road, of frivolity and triviality, forget
that it is just as easy to dress well as
it is to dross badly, and that to dress
out of the lashion requires as much ex
penditure or thought ana care as to
dress in it To drew well and fitly is
ia an accomplishment requiring good
sense and good taste, with an y for
color. Lady s Journal.
KiTcnxN Fdccation. Th Popular
nncrAfonfA(i raises a shoot of thanks
giving that education ia at last begin-
nina to reach tb kiloben. Cooking
schools are springing up in many place
in this country, ana tbe Beotch and
F.nirlisb are taking tb load In organ
iains? them aa part ol lb national and
common school system. We abound
in female seminaries and female ool
leges, high schools and normal schools,
in which everything under heaven. is
studied sxeept tbat practical art which
is a daily and vital necessity in all tbe
households of the land. Our kitchens
ar th lortified entrenchment of
ignorance, prejudice, Irrational habits,
th rule ol thumb and mental vacuity,
and the result ia that Americans sulfur
beyond any other people from wael
ful, unpalatable and monotonous cook
ing. W hav long proteased to be
lter in th potency ol education, ana
hav not been slow to apply it to all
other interest and industries excepting
only the fundamental artol tbe prep
ration of food to sustain life, which in
volve more of economy, enjoymant,
health, spirit and power of effectiv
labor than any subject taught in oar
schools.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. I MoQUOWK.
TUB OLD MAW GOES TO tCHOOI.
t kaow I'm too old ta lean, arffl j mj leeeeai aaA
taaka are done,
Tha dewa of llfe'a areolae; flilta la the Ufa! af
life'a eetUoi aao.
To tha (ran bj tee aide af bj fbthere Uteri!
Barry me aeea away
Bat I waoud ta aaa how tba werM kaa groara, Sa
1 hobbled lo aobool to-day.
I aonld not hare told 'twaa a school heme, It
lowered an to tha akiee
I gaaad oa the nobis etraojara till rl leaner grow
thaaa old 070a 1
My tbouibta want back to lha log hooaa tha
aobool bonaa of yeare aaa,
Where I tudiodaed ramped with tho aaeroy at.jf
wbo Bleep where the daiiiae grow.
I was elartled oat or aiy dreaming by the toaea
of ita moaator bell,
Oa tboio Bare that are growlag goaf the aweot
aotaa roee BBd fell.
I entered tbe maaiira door, aad aat br. the proffered
eheir
Aa old maa wriahled and gray la tba mldit of tba
young and fair)
Like a garden ar blooming roeee, tha eeholera
appeared 10 aao
Tba children ware all aa tidy, their faaea bo fall
ofglees
They itared at ma wbaa 1 OBterod,thoa broke
through tbo whirpering rale.
And Bold, with a amile to each ether, "Tba old
reaB a coming to cobool."
Whan tbeeottatry hero waa new, wife, aad 1 wai
a erholar lad.
Oar reeding, wiitlug and ipelliag were about all
the aladiaa we bad 1
We eloared op the farm taroagh Ihe Hammer, thea
traveled iBroaeb wood and enow
To tba log houae la the oaoaiag tha aohool honaa
of yeara ago.
Now, boaa go to aobool la palaeea, aad atady hard
Leila aod Uroek I
Thoy are taught to write aobolarly aaenyf aad
drilled aa tbe atage to apeak
They go into the diatriet hopper, bat oobm aat
tha eollege apoot
Aad tbio ia tha way tbe eahoole af oar band are
grinding onr groat men ana.
Lot them grind ! let them grind, dear wife I lha
world needa tbe good and true I
Let tbo ob ildreu out of tbo old beaaa, aad weloema
them lata tba aaw:
I'll cheerfully pay my laxea, and any to tho ago
of mind,
All aboard I all aboard t go ahead aad loara tha
old maa oentad 1
Our etetein of puhlla aohooli la tha Natloo'a
glory aod orowB j
May Iba arm be palaied, arer, t hat la lifted ta
tear It duwa 1
If bigola CBBoot eadare tha light of oar glowing
akiee.
Let Iboin go to Oppreaaioa'a shores, whoro Lib-
arty blaeda aud dies.
I'm glad I'ra beoa to-day ta tha aaw boaee aa
large and graad
With prida I think of my loila la this Liberty.
loaing land ;
Vrt aeea a palaoa A rile wbara tha old Baboo!
honaa atood,
Aod gardena of beauty bloom where tha ahadowa
fell la Ihe wood.
To the grave by tha aide of my fathere they'll
carry me aooa away
Thea I'll go to a higher aobool thaa tha oaa I'ra
feeo lo-oey
Whaxo tbo Healer of maatera teaeheth where tha
aoholara Barer grow old
from glory to glory I'll elimb, la the beaatlfal
where of g"'o.
"OOIHO TO SCHOOL."
Now, children, you have told me
how many member wa have in tha
Legislature, who preside over aaoh
body, bow law art made, and how
often a U. S. Senator is elocted, and in
return I will "
I had reached tbis point the other
evening when there came a ring at tha
door bell, and alter a minute 1 discov
ered that Mr. Old Fogy had decided
on another attack. He brought along
two or throo teachers with him, ana
they at once walked into my school
room. I did at first hav a sign of
" State Prison " ovor the door, so as to
make it seem like a regular school
house to the pupils, but a tbey InBistod
upon regarding it as a novelty, I re
moved the aign.
" Well, you have been teaching, 1
see," observed Mr. Old Fogy.
" l es, six ot these children belong in
the neighborhood, and don't atlond any
regular school."
" W e don t exsctly agree on tbe school
question, you know," said Mr. Old
r ogy. " I on did rulber puxgle me lb
otbor night but I'd like you to ask
somo ol tbose teachers a tow questions.
Well, Mr. Blank ; how many buBbols
ol wheat will make a barrel of flour ? "
"Why. that isn't a rerrular Question.
he replied as he looked around.
"lsn tttr lour aritnmetio say
that sixty poudds of whoat make a
bushel, and because it doe not say bow
many bushels make a barrel of flour
tbe farmer wbo is figuring on his year'
supply must be left in ignorance. Here
is Charlie, only nine year old he may
answer.
"From four and a half to five bash'
els," the boy replied.
JNow, Mr. Blank, can you nam tb
prominent Chinese philosophers 7"
i can, sir.
" I thought so ; but can you tell how
many spokes there are in tb front
wheol of a buggy can any of you f "'
" 1 protest I cried Mr. oia fogy l
but thoy didn't answer for all that
Well, Mr. Blank, can you translate
Greek T"
"1 can, sir."
"No doubt of it ; bnt can you tell
me how to preserve cidor f';
"Thore yon go again I" cried Mr. Old
Fogy ; but none of them could tell.
Are you laminar wun cuos-rooi,
Mr. Blank f"
I am."
But can you tell me th salary of
our Governor ?" None of thorn could.
Try somo of the ladies," suggested
Mr. Old Fogy, after a few questions.
"All right Miss Blank are yon gooa
in Algebra T"
"I think so." . t
"And can you toll me how many
yards of cotton to buy for a pair of
pillow slips t
n by, no."
"Do you know what will take stain
out of a table cloth, or grease out of a
carpot 1 "
"o, sir.
Can you mix a mustard piaster, toll
me a ready family antidote for poison,
suggust a family remedy for a cold, or
soie throat, tell me bow many yards
in a bunch nf dress-braid, th number
of yards oi ticking to make a bed-tick,
a way to remove paint Irom windows,
or hnw to make gruel for tb sick V
"Ho, ir."
"What ar von driving at?" indig
nantly demanded Mr. Old Fogy.
"1 it let my class go ana mi you.
Let me first remark that 1 hav not
asked a question which these children
bore cannot answer, i bis little girl
will promptly answer everything 1
have askod Mis Blank, and yet sh
i not too year old. A month ago I
told her that alum and brown sugar
mixed together would Teliava eroup.
A week ago, at doad of night, rouaod
from sloop by her parent and th
wails of her sick bmthor, sh prepared
th remedy while ber father wa after
th doctor and her mother excited and
helpless, and in hall an hour the croup
was gone. Yoa ask me what l'as driv.
ing at 7 It is simply education on the
praotical side of life."
"But I'm not housekenper," f ro
tas tod Miss Blank.
"No I Well, every woman looks for
ward to marriage. They were born to.
Every lemal expect to marry rich,
but not on In five hundred can so
marry as to throw th entire responsi.
bility of her bouse on hired help. Six
out of ton may hav a torvant out an
tes th mistreat know how thing
should go, what can b axpocted of th
girl 7 While the lady si la in tb par
lor and realizes tbat she oan draw, play
tb piano and read French, the 'help,'
lelt to experiment, and having no In.
teres t break, smashes and throw
away, and tba family are aooo looking
for a cheaper bona. Mis Blank ber
may marry and never hav to lift a
hand ; bat If sh knew every duty li
h knew remedies and reoipas -would
ah not hav more self reliance and be
better prepared tor her duties T"
"A lady, wbo oan (peak tereral Bta
guagosand graduated with high honor
at Vassar, mad som pie without
gar or salt and with only on era at
When told why 'they tasted lik baa
wood ohip,' she bunted into tears and
sobbed out I 'They educated m to be
aa idiot, instead of a woman I'" D
troit tret Press.