The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, May 24, 1860, Image 1
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From the Geitnantowq TeleintPh. , , THE BATTLES OF GERMANTOTN, Tux - disposition of the British Orces, preparatory to; the battle, will require ' some . minuteness'of description, in order to properlycomerehend the . plan of attack;.- Mount Airy,. situated about half was be tween the then Village ofGermantoxiii and Chestnut-Hill, was-occupied by a CotpS.of - 1 British infantry; a house near titiihand j containing their outlying filtniih - with two six-pounders., Sonic distance below this position; and directly opficisite I the building•known as dhd . w's house, the , 40th regiment of infatitry,lunder Colonel i Musgrave, was stationed ; still-farther in the rear, its - respective wings eneaniPM on either side of the main or Skippack 4oad, was -the body of -the British artriy;twith Gen.- Howe's head-qua4ters a short dis-1 tance farther down. TO understand the system of attack decided 'upon by Wash ington, it will be necessary to me)ftion that three roads, the Limekiln; Ridge and Old. York, (the second on the right, the two others on .the sides of the Skippack and running in a nearly parallel direafion,) all entered the main road; the firit, be-1 coming united with. it . hear the niarket house of the village itself, and the re-1 maining two joining a short distance be loWl,-the town. Gen. Sullivan, (wheitle de mehment was under Washfngton's - direct I 'supervision,) commanding the rightwing of the American armr and assisted by Lord Stirling - - and , Gen. Wayne, wit to advance directlyi along the main road and open his fire upon the enemy's left }ring; in conjunction with Gen.lArmstronggwho, marching down the - Bidge road, eras to attack him on the rear.:', The left wing - of the Americans was composed of twp dk visions, sustained by a brigade, the Whole confmanded by Gen. Greene; it> was WAhington's intention to dispatch; this portion down 'the Liinekiln - road, sol that their attack might he made imme;liiitely „upon Howe's right wing, at, the junl:firm I of this road with the Skippack; two either 1 companies promeded along the old York , road, intending, to• surprise the enemy at a similar point, and cut hint off in the-ear. It will thus be observed that a _majhrity of the American troops were concentrated upon the right wing, in the hope thifilayn sudden attack, the enemy mi - ght-be driven toward the river and thus obliged tO ca. pftulate. At break of day was theithne agreed upon for the attack, on all sides, to commencq . . . .At the-tune these plans were conceited, ' the Amer4an army, consisting of 6,00%, Continential troops and - 3;00 militia, were encamped on.the banks of the. Skip. pack creek, some 17 mile:s - froin the-Scene of action. The autumnal no sat omeivh shrodded:by novenn, elos, lv set behind the distant hills, and its melancholy parting halo gilded the sad colored foliage, when the main body be gan the march toward Germantown. From the great ron,Oness of the: road and the many activities necessary to a.scend,ithey Were delayed far beyond the intended time of arrival; • the night had passed are they reached Chestnut Hill •and a - 4 was already‘iti the sky. A few pale and hesi-, tating sunbeams attempted to glimmer through the dense and _ brooding fog, which hung in dark, opaque folds over the outstretelied plain, but they failed to brighten the glooy expanse, and with - minds naturally somewhat affected by the mists and darkness surrounding, - the troops moved on with a Slightly apparent 'abate ment of their usual vigor: • We. have before mentioned that“ A llen's houSe" on Mciunt Airy, was picketed • • by an. outlaying guard. of the British; these were advanced upon, under Over of the fog, by a detachment commanded by ,Captain' :McLane, which- succeeded in putting them to flight; retreatingdowif the hill, they joined the lightinfantiry be low—of, which they were a portion—and the whole company formed . theniselves, awaiting an attack. , Tbe:suir igain'esayed to disperse the intense huniidity, and for and instant shone out, as the . Aniericans, led by Gen. Wayne, advanced `upOn the infantry, but the tummy). soon disappear- . ed and all was again dim with thick Ting vapor. • - Wayrie's men - dashed forward With re - sistless violence and scattered the, enemy,' with great slaughter ; thirsting to be re - -vengecl for the ,horrible massacre at Paoli, , on the September preceding, they refused' quarter to the flying enemy s. gemem- . ber Paoli," burst in wild and •feUrfulac- - Cents upon the murky air, as soldier after soldier fell beneath their swiniug ;strokes ; cries for mercy, pitying pleas, stiiiifficato; . ry 'payers, were addressed alike to deaf -or listless ears ; -vengeance wns glow the Appeal, and .what men under the power of such- mighty influences could withstand. its force. Tice officerh endeaivored,to stay = this indiscriminate slaughter, buttheir. of .- forts were useless, and .so greaovas the, -.confusion, that many of. our. out troops were struck down by, the. lutiads'Of companions. Colonel Musgrave, the gelltral route of the advance, hastened • to Chew's !house, where ' ensconcing him self with siit'eompaniesihe'await4l an' at tack from 'tlie:rapproaching, Ardericang ; and here 'observe one of tboite occur • renees, aFyiren4trivial; but whieft in the _ , present instauce-compietely turned the tide of victory. - Mus t grave; frotAlthe win dows of the house, opened a• til.:tivy fire upon the advancing troops, whirl? induced -their officers; to order a tempoihry many insisted upon moving on,4ia. hopes that the panic, caused by the, .defeat of Mount-Airy, would have been hmnmuni • cated to the main body ß ial the Biltish,,and , thus render their combined -atMck more readily-executed: Te,this suggestion, how ever, Gen. Knoxstrenuously 4emnrre.d, positively -refusing - to -violate ito import-. • ant.code of military lam, which insists that • no-" garrisoned castle" - should- 4e left in the rear. - _ - Generals...Sullivanand Wayne, ,march ing forward with their corps, atMeked-thel enemY's centre, some distarte,e ,below', Chew's' mansion, and after A i llerce en gagement, in which many fell -on both sides, finally drove . them towards School- House lane, where their line was reform. • ed. Victory had already sett'ed npoti , our banners, the enemy were driven brat • • every point, and expected ‘reintreements ...._. ._. . ... ..,,. ~..._T.:.. . . ~.,..,, .. . .. .. ..... , . ~...., _......_..., ...,... . . . _..•.•, ~.R.,., ..., _... .... ... ......•.... . . ..... . ..., .._. ,• „._ . ... .... ... ._.. _.. _ . ~.. , _._.. ... . .• M , . ... ~ .• ._,. __...... ~ ‘ .. . ... ... .., i. . _, _ ... . . _.. ... , t .. .._ . ._ WE JOIN ..THE, PARTY:fHAi. CARRIE S : THE FLAG, AN_D'::K.iOS., STEP .i7.oiTiig.:m:iip_i.a..oF.;.,T4ET:Ut.4,lo,t4. YOL• " l. would shortly arriv ' err assuitimee thus communicating the fortune of the day. In the Mean time,' however, thenttack upon Chew's 'house was being - enntinued,.under the. immediate Command, of Washington himself.; A gallant officer, Lieut. Smith,., of Virginia, in Charg,e of a flag:of-truce, . advanced-directly in front of the enemy's ; friT, in- Ode! to summon ale garrison 'to i surrender ; - a.volley of bullets was the sole respond, and thebravelsoldrer fell. Many from the ranks how rushed forward ins, ' vain atteinpt 6 belt' down the door or fire • the house; but the former being strongly barracaded, resisted their efforts, while while deadly.shots :from `the window s_l `above, effectually prevented the successli .of= the latter.- The building .itself, eon- 1 1 strueled of solid masonry, presented an 1 unwavering front against the artillery which was now brought to bear; the - stx- pounders in use Proved entirely inadeqixate 1 to the tssk, and lour trclups had-the mord.' fleation of obierVidg only a lamentable , consumption of powder, without those ef fects which sheuld - follow its use. - The I most heroic bratery signalized the attack upon - this obstinate forfress; officers and men dashed "pelt men" into the contest with utter disregard for their lives, in the 1 ' fruitless - attempt to effect.a breach of their nnyieldhig wall' s ; apparently animated— I not depressed—by the fall 6f their com- I I rads, others filled up the vast - vacated 1 places and maintained a scattering but uncertain .fire upon the garrison within. 'The fog, at- this time, had so increased ,in density that objects could, not be dig- I cerned Within the - distance of a fear feet. 1 ' The troops of Sullivan and - Wayne, haying forced' the enemy upon their "canton. ments," suddenly-heard for the .first time,' a 'sharp firing an the rear, the cause of which the& - were. unabe to divine, being entirely - unaware -.at t at time of the at tack upon Cheat's' ' House • halting in con, •. fusion still inamtainini a desultory fire I into die thick - rmst ahead; - what was their consternation on observing a regiment; advancing upon (their left flank; no means whereby uniform, colors, or other ap pearances by which could be ascertained the approach of Lfriend or foe, presented themselves, and the tio ps, supposing that the enemy, by a circui ous route had sur rounded' and would - finally azinilate them, bee au infected with, the most fearful panic, and turning, fled mutter confusion. Colonel Mat hews, a- Virginian,had .. i advanced consit erably beyond the main body; with a portion.of Gen-Greene's \ di- 1 vision, 'and at this time, : unconscious -- :::f the enemy's so close vicinity, was approach ing the! market-lions, when becoming 1 completely surrounded' by4fie . foe, he was obliged to surrender, after contesting eve ry inch of gronrid with the greatest brave .. , communicating; strangely: enongd, 'tneil: 1 fright to the division of Greene (whose advance, concealed - by the fog, had occa- ' sioued their ovrn terror) the whole body' retreated, forming , themselves," under. the latter's commands, into some degree.of 'regularity, and ;thus beeping -up a running fire in order to ;cover their flight. The fortune of war was now entirely adverse to the Americans, and hotly pur hued by q•enerals Grey and Cornwallis;.. the rout was !confirmed until nightfall; when the defeated army halted at Perkio men creek, ~ a distande of about 19 miles .frhm the morning battle-field. Many an ecdotes are winged- of the hospitality -dis .played b . ) • fanners tol the unfortunate, de feated soldiery,; one in particular illustrates foreibli the spirit -infused even into the women, of that; glorious, yet trying period. :An elderly lady had 1 just•flnished the six perintendence ;of ex+nsive baking opera tions, and was about consigning . the fresh loaves to• the Ish_elves of a spring -house, where innumerable pans of milk and cream ;arranged with consummate'c.are, " glistened, in' a, row,4 side by side with -tempting pastry .and cakes redolent of ginger and shortening. Casting admir ing glances upon th • liousewifely display, ... what was the old la y's - surprise, on hear- I ing a confused-;Ads , as of men tramping over the ground' -a ove; hastening from' th% building, to her astonishment, whole fields for miles in e • tent, appeared_ cover ed with soldiers, . l, pinning northward ;at the highest spec - .": Regardless of the , lady's - - presence, m ny rushed into the 1 . Spring.house,rettirn . g either with-pies - and, ~,, loaves of bread; or lse draining, while in side,_ the contents l of the good' dame's- Milk pans;Still the route continued and constant . forays wre made upon the fast , declining resources. At length all were 1 passedl3y and the eadows returned to ware their pristine quiet, an examination into \ the Spnng- ; lll . uste al closed the presence of a few scatte ed mo sell, sole remnant of the grand larder it. tad that morning con tained; without a word of complaint, merely ejaeulatin,,-- " poor fellows, no wonder they were hurtgry,'Z the excellent creature began instant preparations for a further "baking," and soon replenished her empty sheli es. Such, I kind reader, was tfie praiseWrthy and pllttriot conduct of this mat es mable Quaker, an undoubted member of e:" meeting militant." - Thus ended the battle 9f Germantovin, which numtfers amongits incidents,' some, of the mosi stirring and self-sacrificing, which Revolutionary annals have handed down to the presein age.;.-deeds of valor - Were performed by men entirely ignorant as well of the minutire as of the merest I,superficials - conne.eted with those tactics pertaining to the art of war. Arilong the I slain; might have hien observed - the uni, 7 . forded and i decorated British officer side Iby N Side with the plowman,, on whose clothing one still could have traced tie dust of his MeadoWs. Death respectsno more the aiguilletted - general _than the poor. and N i vearied private; reclining to gether upon a cannon - bier, their eyes I closed to the outward world, the relative I positions of wealth and station are alike I disregarded; unhbading the past, their attention ro hinter dwels upon the pres -1 ent: Golden scab, ards and rusty firelOcks are folded hi one •embrace ; tinselled epaii. I late*. and tattered., vestments are incon. Igraously intermingled, - . • I sun, th The sun, thnugh imperceptibly, had, gained its Meridian ere the Anal shot re 'sounded over the field of Germaktown; And now began that last melancholy sere-, i monialf the bale or those of our own SIONTROSR, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 'ISM , army who had sa bravply fallen. Gather-' ea promisenotisly together, • •the bodies were, consigni4d to hastily -frmed'graves, into which all iwereindiscriminately heap ed;- though nnescutcliebnp&-stone marks their last resting placO, Pr. mural tablets along some dint and chisistered aisles' sets forth. in ellisSic dictiOn ; their virtues 34 ; their - services ;. though,.no "storied' urn or 1 - animated . bust" ,carved from pare but . . i chilling marble; desgnates ; their • final ' abode, yet - I * i - - - - - "moo; Rams, their WV, epeg 110 ustrahrecr mwe, The play iffayrie and elegy y," . . i their merits are enshtined deep. in the 1 heart-of a nation that loves to honor their 1 i posterity' and add freshergarlands . to the 1 many that already drOp over the solitude ;of their tombs. - The 13odies of the dead enemy, it .will be' reinembeted, were de posited in thitt portion of Philadelphia; 1 knoWn as - WaahingtoniSqUare. . • The traveler who ioams over these plains, -made !'memorable by. so great achievnients, ,is -impre'ssed with a feeling i.of solemn pleasure as he mentally eons the changes which a few years have ocen sioned; Standing on ; the adjacent Chest nut-Hill, he lo'olis abroad-pver a landscape smiling with beauty ; ; evidences of wealth ; I and cultivation areeveri - where discernable; no longer doe* the roar of artillery-usher in 'the morning,. or thejroll of drums .her- - ald the : approach of bight ; a landscape teeming with fertility, waviiiff.fields of grain,andmeadowswhbseluxuriant verdue overtops their the peal of mus ketry has given place to the scythe's " long Swinging stroke," the"lrattling of artillery wagon's, to the wain lilden with its odor ous abundance; fot the call to-arms and. the horse cry of "charge," is now heard the low of distant hine ; or • the mellow tinkle of a sheepfold's bell; and in Place of the strains ot. martial music, we have noul; . " the ; crock's shrill clarion and the echoing horn: t The bid mansion is still there, its wall perforitted with - bullets; their traces even yet observable npon the window- frames; surrnurided by shade, in gamutr complPtely empowered from view by' the densely clustetig - foliage itself - the i cause of (fur defeat— a ppears- wishing to• retreat behind; so fricii ly a concealment. •lint these reflections blast, be drawn to .a close. _ ; • - .1. In conclusion the writer desires. to add that the result of this shnguinary field (in which over ; a ; thousabd fell . killed and wounded on either side) was scarcely to be c_onsidered as', a defeat; rather, in fact, a 1 victory in , which the i eneniv ; simply re mained upon the field. ;Its salutary - effects where• every Where it:seernable in the re newed hope liy which our troops were actuated,• seeing, as (many undoubtedly did,the ultimate triurnpli - pf thenevolution, Atiatii win eyerienuci r ., j u.,,.., ~..,--;..,„,... the Battle. of• Germantown. lIISTeciIA. 111118--eIIAVIIRATIIIi. BY J. G.IiiiiTTISR. . The pineti were darleitn Ranagth,blß, • • . Their Rbng was sort and-lew: The blosSome in thw sweet May Winds Were felling like the snow. . I The bloat:4)ms drifteriat our feet, The ortbard Sleds sane char; The sweetest and the saddest day -- . It seemed of all tht gear. - • l_ . • ' For More to me thitilbirds or flowers, My playmate left tier home, And took with her tfie laughing Spring, The music and theibloom. . ' . . She kitothd the lips oT kith and kin. • • • She - laid her hands, in mine; . - - What more could ask the bashful boy . - Who fed her fathers kind? - • 1 She left its in the hlOom of May; • The constant years told o'er - Their seasons with as tweet May MOMS, . ' But she came back no more. I walk, With noiselett 5 feet, the round • Of uneventful •yeare ; Still o'er and o'er 1 sow the spring. • .-Atuf rasp the antenna ears, ' ' , . , • • . Sbe lives where all Hie golden year Her summer rose blow; • - The dusky - children4tf the sun. - • • Before her come - rind go. - • ' .4 ' • There haply with herjeweled hands . - . She sboothes heUsilken gown— ' No more the homespun lap wherein • •- I shook thevrabets down. . . , The wild grapes whit us by the brook, • . The brown nuts On, the hill, ' And still the Ilay.day flowers make sweet ' • The 'Woods of l!ollymill. • . • . ; The Miles blossotri in the pond, The bird builds in the tree, The dark pines rinkon liamoth hill - ' - The slow song olthe sea. • t. . •• I Wondhr If she thiljks of them; And bow the oldr,imeseems - If everthe plines oil Ramoth wood _ • • • Aie sounding InDer drams, t . a - . I.see her face—l he'ar her - voice; Does she rememDerjanine 1 • And what to her kinow theboy That fed her father's klne t ' What cares she th4t the orioles build • ' For Other eyes than ours— -.. abet Other halide ;With nuts are tilled, Andother bps frith flowers , • 1 , • ' 0, pl ay mate In the . golden time! . ..: Our poesy seat's green; - . Its fringing violet blossom yet, • . The:old trees o'pr it lean. ; .• The *hide, so earitt with birch and fern, A sweaer meniory blow; And there in s_pritlg the robins ping Th 9 song or twig ago.. • • :And 4111 the pinei of Itamoth wood Aro:moaning like the ecw— • The Moaning of the sea of change Bet Ween myself and thee! SOIENTIPIC ITEMS, • • Indigo as good of Was ever produced has been m ind in: South Carolina;. its manufacture, howei - er, was So fatal to the !iegroes that its cultivation.was disccintin ued. It absorbs oiygen in the process of mannfactuie so raplcily as to reuder the air unfit toi breatho. To remove lead front water, put a little chalk or whiting into the water and let it settle. A railroad comp ny .has purchased the ' ' .01 the Thames Unmet right Of Way throng AC London, and will proceed to lay a track. Snakes are ova-irviaparous„ that is,to say, eggs areformed and hatched witin the body •Of the animal ; this, probably, has given to the popular notion that these reptiles Swallow their: offspring. The light Of the ;tropics is not no power ful for phOtogragic purposes as that of the temperate zones.; a longer time being required to take aiiicture. - A man is taller in the morning than at night to the exnerit of half an inch, owing to the iblasation of the cartilages. - The hurrian brain is the twenty-eighth of the body, but itrn horse but the four hundredth. z ' . , 'ten days pefationlia is the average sink: ,I ngea of hemp ii e, meet the age- of thirty-six the lean in . an generally becoMes fatter, md the fat man. leaner. . • Richter enumerates six•hundreddistinet species of 'diseasein the eye. • - The pulse of - children is one hundred and eighty in a minute; at -puberty it is eighty; and at sixty only. sixty. • Elephants live for two hpndred, three hundred, - and even foui 'hundred years. A healthy-full grown elephant consumes thir, ty pounds of grain per day. - Bats-in India-are called flying foxes, and measure six feet; from tip to tip. Sheep in wild pastures practice self-de. febee by an army in which rams, stand foremost, in concert with ewes and lambs in. the' centre ,of a hollow sqiiare. • - - -Three Hudson's. Bay dogs draw, a sledge,. loaded with three hundred poutids fifteen miles per days - One pair of pigs will increase in six yrs. to 110,160 - ,taking the increase at fourteen per annum ; a'pair of sheep in : the same time. Would be - but sixty-four; g single female horsefly produces nt one season 20,- 080,320 eggs.' ~• The Rea, grasshopper and locust jump two hundred times their .own length, equal to a quarter of a mile for a man. . There arc no, means at present - of clean-, ing the bottom of the Great Eaiterp, and it is probable that.in conseqUence of foul ing she would not now go as fitst,_by one and a. half or twO knots an hour,- as -if her plates . . were-clean. The blue flame, sometimes observed at the tops of the funnels of Steam vessels, Aloes not extend down- the funnel it. is caused by the'cOmbustion of carbonic ox yd, which eml only buht by meeting fresh air at the top of-the fuimel,. the Mixture igniting at r a comparatively low - tempera . - ture:. - • JAPANESE LAWS • Tux severity of the-Japanese laws is ex- - cessive. The code is probably the blood iest in the world. • Death is the prescribed punishment for most offenees. The Japa nese seemroceed on.theprinciPle that he who wi.niolate one law will violate 'any, and tliat, the Wilful violator:is unwor thy to live; he cannot be trusted. in soci ety. There are no professional lawyers in the kingdoth—e-very. map is deemed corn= petent to be his own pleader. If.a party is aggrieved he • immediately appeals to the magistrate Def Ore whom the other par ty is soon made to appear. •The case is stated by the comPlainantin his own way, and the accused is heard in reply.. The• magistrate examines the witnesses,. and it is said that this-officer generally. displays. great acuteness in detecting falsehood lle passes sentence, and it is carried into effect instanter. From his decision -there 1 , thentalleri l invfifelolth - tfiV aid b't• mends. —and it is' well understood that it Inust he thus settled or unpleasant consequen ces" ill result. Sometimes when' both plaintiff and defendant are in fault, he - awards censure to hoth, as .they may de serie it, and sends them about: their busi ness. The prison diet is limited and very poor; but if a rich: man is ecrnfined, he . may buy.better food, on conditiorthat lie will share it equally with all hes fellow Prisoners. The Japanese dcletrine is that if a. man of wealth or influence is a .crimi nal he has no right to fare any better than -the poorest man in the Kingdom who com mits a Crime,- therefore all shall be treased alike. In religion the greatest tolerance exists. Every town has its godond every class its peculiar image worship. The mariner bows down to a god of the sea, 'which' is set up , in a temple decorated with paintings of the sea in a gale, and of dunks. - There are also gods of fire{ of riches, and' other de. deities.' There' is no Sabbath in Japan, but the people - celebrate a Peat many feasts days at all seasons of the year. There are no people who appear to bejo happy, - under a despotic fortif....ogovernment ,as the Japanese, and when reproved for not being , civilized, they cite the infrequency of crime in- compiriOn with its'existence in other countries, as &I argument against the enlightenment of the race. CHANGED HER 31E4 D.—Dickey was poor —Katy•had a rich mother—Dickey loved Katy and vice versa—Dickey wanted to marry,Katy's'motber was down on 'that measure—Dickey was forbid the premises -votes were_ exchanged through-the high board fence which enclosed the yard. One day the old lady went out 4 calling," Dickey was' duly informed of the fact— called on Katy remained a little too long —old . lady was close at hand—no chance of escape . Withdut detection. At the in stance ,of Katy, Dickey 'popped into the, eloset—old lady saw that ,Katy looked , confused,-guessed that Dickey had been ahont=supposed of course that he had made good his escape--thought that per haps that; the young people had agreed.to elope together—determined to be too smart for them—shut Katy, up in_the'sathe closet where Dickey Was concealed, and giving her a pair of quilts .and a .pillow;- locked her up' for the .night—didn't see Dickey T next morning went te let Katy out. 'Ohl-• a scream—couldn't get brcathifor a moment- , -finally: • .• Ahem, Dickey, is that i you?' 'Yes; ma'atd." • 'Dickey, you Must stay to breakfaSt.". • ' Couldn't, ma'am: , 'Oh, but you .mat." . • Dickey concluded to stay. Breakfast table-Diekey, rye been thinking about you a good.deal latelY." siippose, ma'am, very lately You are industrious and honest, I hear.' 4 1 never brag. - - , 4 -Well, now, upon the whole, . I,think you, and Katy bad,better get married. .: A Goon ONE.—Pat 'was . helping Mr:. Blank to get a safe in his office one day, and not being- acquainted with.tbear,ticle, inquired what it was fur. . ; • 'To prevent papem and other artielcit which are placed in it from being burn* in case of fire,' said Mr. 13'. And sure will nothing err burn that, is put in that thine 'We% thin : yer honor, ye'd better be after witting Ito Itiat,sanie when ye die,' Mr. Biwa ,Wiltillt i • • • , . _ IMAR HUNTING. IN OALIFORNIA. Ii is not eVery on who wishes to enjoy the reputation of, old age. Ladies -are proverbially Sensitive on this point, and it must be confessed that men are not much better. Mr Adams, the wild beast collect or, is therefore an exception to . the rule, for he wishes it expressly understood, that he is "Old Altms"—not the old. Adam that the theologians talk about, but "Old Adams" in the ,pleural-Lsigiiifying; proba ably, that hells a host in himself:. . - I Li case any one does • not Wish to ise the' prefi x old, this accomthodating Adams is equally sat with "grizzly, an ad jective which', prefixed, to a proper - name. would, not be usnally considered as strict- ly compilimentarY. , . 1 eon " t i n Grizzlyi n a A r i d a Ili accounts" of his wr : e.eitoe find' James a, sti h r na t vot:mt otie - fir s t al iii v a heilb.inne n i ni, i e reda r e,. lyt,elmy , - guo. pth b ; a ispadreetne r loscoepillloe:d e boo k a riadls,ilipre.disfn alor,:opt ,Aeu d eofie. 31. happinessv% 1, mui t viirdn. 0 : xnnn h gaas: 3... ~.. . , 1,, 'stapes a nd M 1 N lie:mhtw • 1 nittr. trssa nh4raeayote anuoutieBßetitioilontindswtticinefilsfiu:faeinn solemn sAea, n r eig:o meoovi e sandexaanoc s ned tehmieinikr animal s oarl . b:liedi, ysyut ,dee i th. ,tr;dornuoge.bhi river smmiEntuv:vfiees, eatching and I -winding Peast,lith :fpd,iawsu h li in t i n is .eiair e lizacrwindlass.ett es an r hheat ee atythi , in habitantsinieallolehoenogf‘dconqueringesni.nfrrisa,dEtol.tewterla-,atmulahfs .a t ,s h i p t t: h teh l .i. n t l h e a A i th at i l e : Os :d hfB l4 , C a l if or n ia , i t ehi:dil l ie : , nAl,eabta he fe ver, and went to California; but , failing both in business and gold.hunting, he.be came a trapper and hunter,- and with only his rifle, wagon and oxen, went about one hundred and ; 'fitly miles in the Sierra .Ne .vada, where, int least fifty. miles from the sound of a uman voice, he lived: like Al exander Selkirk, monarch of 'all he -sur veyed. Here he.trapped bears, .deer,l wolves, beavers; rabbits, and 'mules, ;and't forming a sort of partnership' with...ln cou-i pie of Indian I youths, the party trained ii four "gilzzlieS." lie took them to' Mari- f, posa, and exhibited them with success: Her. then returned to the wild woods, and in-' dulged in such pleasing sports as the fol lowing:— I . • , DESP,ERATE AND FEARFUL STRUGGLE WITH A . As vai;ion i s otsappointments only ineren ed my resolution, and I , was confident the animal ceuldlnot go Much longer-without . food, I continued to watch all that day andthe third! night. But I considered it prudent to_change my position, 'lest she might be able to ascertain 'by her eyes, as well as by her nose, that she had my corn- SITVV- ..t a. - 4.1,-.6 1 1, case.:- ---a, .....1...- ............. --A-- P....a..- .. 1 tunate; for, tin that , day, while the sun was yet half an bout' high, the bear presented herself in full sight. She rose up on her fret when she got out, and snuffed the air diligently all Iround, as . though still dis trustful that ome.thing which '.meditated mischief was • afloat. ' She . twisted and twined in alli directions, in her doubt, and, this gave ine. an admirable opportunity fora deadly shot. The moment I had a fair aim at her heart I discharged my_pieee.: The hall pasSed in back of her fore shoal-. der, and t as,l afterwards discovered, went; .directly fhiciugh her - heart. She fell, and, taking it for granted that she must be: dead, I dreW my bowie-knife and rushed; upon her, in order to lose no time in seeki ing for the pubs. --',When I reached her she looked dead enough; but I thought I I might just.as well make sUre of it; as, an . enemy in the rear, when I shmild get into . the cave, would be exceedingly trouble ' some. I popped my knife, therefore, as a matter of f4in, into her throat; but. good ,heavens I_ only fancy my astonishment when, as the • cold steel penetrated her skin, she leaped up and grabbed, me, by the legs wit-her huge paws I this 'Was a_ contingencY I - had by no means counted upon. It was a performance distinctly NOT "set dOwn in the bills." -A desper ately weaned'beir is about as unattract ive an acqu intanceas the wild_forest can show, and one that stands US little on the trifles. Aid yet I was in just such -a pail ty's grasp. Lit was an appalling thought! -but I had rot - time M. think, for it was n‘ , -yiously a death struggle for one or- both of us; andaS her: horrible teeth -met in inY flesh, the exquisite pain left ntenothing but an instinctive sense of the necessity for promPf t action. -r WC-were both down ,hpon the g,kound together now. Her teeth and clawsvere both ai work..' I . was-des peratelyj st ugglitig to get my arms free for ofren'si j e measures, but, • gullying" eX hanSted wlth my, loss of blood, *as not at first sucesfiritl. At length I twisted My self around underneath her, and , catching her,.with my left hand, by the.great goat ee which bung under her mouth, I plung ed my knife into her heart with my right, and worked it briskly round - to insure its fatal operation; Her Jaws . opened ; her e t w in : s tu relaxed s t m h e u i d r i ll: e l hod' e a t and r ae it tl tu r one mu o ti r . late me, she rolled °vet and : expired. Here isianother incident, showing - the dangers of interfering with the domestic affairs of 31r. Bruin:— 1_ .. • SLAYS A BLACK iffinct BEAR AND SECURES REA , i CUM , 1 After the 'capture ,of-Lady - Washing,tion I was fortunate' enoughto catch 'a 'number of otheibearii ' but without meeting. with any. incident Ofanoinent;•-- At length, how- , ever, I encountered what is known as a , hyena bla c ek hear. It . was a female,ofeon- siderablelsize and forminable . appearance, and-was accompanied by a paw of cubs of tits smallest proportions. They certainly I Were not ilarger than, a common house:Ot. They caught my . fancy "'at once and I eon 'eluded that they were to become my - prop- . erty. _ It; was very clear, though,' that the mother-of them was in no disposition; to 'assent td such a transfer. I was satisfied that she bad personal Objectioini of )the toughest . nature; and did not think , it safe to argue ..the question with her-;too closely. '1 I Preferred reasoiiwg at a ;ills' , ttince. The only work oflogic with which conten t my rifle i— ,lbbearwu7strlislot:fin7st:iniallitaumty:e7witildil,;n4lu'vtimoiPionset,itig,aiiandetuitwivithathfillaailaa effect thitt left nothing twit a foregone cow I - 1 - -• -:-• - . elusion. -In the , present , . instance,, there- fore I assumed my premises, and diseharg- i ed iny observations .fit;the mother-bear: It required four different shots to 'persuade'} her to become - a quiet spectator ..of my 1 movements as a kidnapper of her cubs.— Every shot 'passed through . either her heart or 'Ver. I had a right to conclude, b . y th . e, that she was past all . oPpo 'sal ' • but such was thepertinacity -with Winehshe clung to life for her young one's / I s e . , she refused to exhibit-the first sign o ving- up the ghost until . the fourth le en message had left. her without -an alternative • You may'snppose that 'promptly chas ed down the little cubs is the. chapparaL They were, dear little fellows, and had not yet Octheir teeth. Nature had not had time to attend to their dental. operations. They wereperfectly harmless, therefore, andincapable of doing , mischief,' , even it' they had the instinct. To- make; " assu- i rancedoubly sure," " I tied, up their little legs and - placed. them in my saddle-ba - gs.— You May-wonder, perhaps; how I procur ed-saddle=bags in the . wildeiness. But I didn't procure thein. As usual, I; turned manufacturer, and supplied myself. Of course, they. were made of the only mate rial at command, which was' green -elk skin. I Constructed them with much ,pains,,zfid gave them the customary shape of Yankee saddle-bags; except that they • were square, and had a lid to close<thern ' up.' Into these saddle-ba,gs I poked my tiny treasures—rendered , them - as comfort able as the emergency would permit, shoul dering niprifle again, after prudently re loading it for.fear of an aCeident, and once more started for home. - I As my Mule was 1 along with me, .you may conjecture that' he bore the saddle-bags and their contents. More thanthis, I,paeked on hini as much of the meat of the deCeased mother-bear as I needed for immediate objeets. This all settled to my satisfaction, I turned my face towards camp, the cubs yelling and squalling from the saddle-bags, naafi they ~,, filled the forest with their discordant mu r sic: They ; would not 'be quieted. No II amount of coaxing or threatening could silence their vicious longues,-- and I was anxious to Aence them, feer Lhad no idea how far their worthy papa had-wandered that morning for provissions. Thecry of an infant bear stirs 'up- the affeetions of its pirents 'fully as muck as the - wail of a child will bring its natural proteetnr.to its side, and I had no special wish ,at that moment for. an "introduction to M r. Bruin. Fate was against me thii-tidie.". : 1 . had not proceeded very fat before the - , squeal ing of the bear-babies had its effect. Their disturbed papa soon made, his appearance, and if ever, honest indioinition walk writ- . M proad . .way; coulu !WU hattit more-distinctly, and it threatened; don't know what, very de:11.1v: -. To Say, that he intuitivelyiunderstood the position of aff airs would , only be to give my instant con clusion from;a glance at his. countenance, and that he had promptly made 'up his mind to bestow on me h valuable lesson for my ternerity; would simply be 'stating .the undoubted-fact. But while Ihe - "was pursuing 'me, *and probably Meditating whether he should swallow me 'till,* or eat me piece-meal, I hit on a. device that give him very ditThrent emPloyment. - called up my dog (she was a superior hart .ter,) and told her to " take" the bear.— She understood the, and .rushing at him' commenced to'play around him, to divert him from' myself, and keep , him at bay. This embarrassed him; and taking advan; tage of his embarr ssment, I fired at him with fatal effect. A few more shots garb him his quietus, when left his body where it dropped, with the intention of re _turning for it the next day. - In the mean dine I conveyed the little cubs safely' home ; I mixed flour and water, which . 1 , sweat •ened with sugar, and gave theui for foOd, and I had the satisfaction of seeing them thrive upon - it- abundantly. , • DEATH OF AN lERON.ATTT. • Mr. Connor, the pupil of Mr. -Wise the teronaut, , was. advertised to make an as . eension trom Palace Garden' at . yesterday afternoon, and at the 'appointed hour the; fences, house-tops and trees in the vieinity 'Were filled with a ouriona. crowd, anxious to see, all they. could With out pay . ing the admittance fee. ' • • - The inflation of the baloon—the Venus —progressed successfully 'until one of the strips of oilednjuslin, of whilih it was made, gave way. Mr. Conner sewed it up as best he could,. remarking; in rep ly to interrogatories, that the rent might give way, but that he would not give up the ascension for any, such trifle as that. As the balloon filled; the wind ; which was bloivipg in violent 'gusts, Swayed it frOm side to . side with such force that. it Was , all four, or, five- men could, do to keep it in its place:. Several -attempted to dissuade Mr: Ginner* from the ascension, but he persisted in undertaking it, and When ev-. erything was in readiness stepped into the wicker basket,_and shaking:hat:ids with his wife, gave the word to "let go." Be- fore the balloon had risen high enough to clear the building, a violent , gest of wind catight it and dashed it with great vie; lene. against the concert and dancing sa loon. The basket containiog Mr. Conner, Was hUrlathrough one of the windows whicV look out from 'this teem upon the Garden, but unfortunately the, - anchorage which the balloon' thqe• suddenly found -proved obly temporary, and the. top she basket in' which the unfortunate tm.o naut Still remained, next caught under neathlthe 'edge of the'street'roof,'peeling. it off as if it were pasteboard, . Then it' w as dashed with' great violenee against:'a skylight, and instantly the balloon col lapsed. - • The crowd inside the garden could not see where the-balloon bad gone. It was supposed.it had landed in One of the adja. cent yards. -.There was intense eicite ment; Mrs. tooner fainted,' i the women screamed, and the Men rushed - franticallf fOr the 'street to learn the fatt of Mr.. Con. nor. 'No 'one 'expected to find 'him alive; People outside hurried through the ments of the adjoining dWellings into the rear yards. „. The. body 'of the balloon into the JOB PRINTING , of iilyL KINDS, ao•NE xr 'mica/Tics. or Tag ' I:!MWE 0 4p, PL.A.III, NEATLY Aza) AND Ai "LIVE A:VEY LE I , LIVE"' PRICE& • • THE office of the .atontrose Lignocrat has recently been aspplleof with I new and Choke rariety of tyyppee etc., and we are now prepared to wine pamphlets etc, etc., In the bast style, on alien notice. HandbiEs, Postem Progranimes, and Ohm hinds of work in this line, !lone according to ostler, _ Business, Wedding, ; and Ball (Paws; Tickets, etc., priated with neatroat wad dm:loth. . Justices' and Constables' Blai3ks, Ngtes, Deeds, lad all oiler Dhaka, ov band, or Dilated to order. NO. 21. I r Job fork and to be i4tid for On dell!eri adjacent,yard, the Wikat :coataining Mr. Connor remaining on the.soof of the con-. 'cat saloon. He was taken out insensible. and conveyed into a room over.l . he 'bar. 'room attached to. the garden, where . sev eral physicians at onceattended him.. 01x the face, breast, and'llack'of his head were several alight cuts. No bone; were • biO. ken. His mjuries - proved,to be chiefly in- ternat lierernamed iaY au 11.11COUBC101111' state until 11 o'clock last evening, when " he expired. - ' Mr. Connor is a young man,. his aga be- - ingonly twenty-five. Ile bas for-some time past been a-pupil! of Prof. Wise;- the mronaut. His enthusiasm on balloOn. ing has been intense,i and singularly enolig,it was heartily participated by Ina wife.. She - had . resolved to accompany - him on the. present voyage; and would • have done so but for the incoMpetency of the balloon:to carry twa persons. - - •The.w long aerial voyage Mr. Conner took alew 3 ; days ago from Palace Garden, was his . . first essay as a practical Times, May— • • - Ank Evening: Voice. O'er mellow WOOl nod aiurofol etreaar • The .shades of eveninz poise and fall, ' • The distant echoes dimly- call, 'Like voices 'O . a dream. • The spirit of a dying day I * .Sti r s With soft wave th 6 gleamy giva E h tra th . 1.4 . ) • And whit' its whisper. , saY Bt3ekening tits gentle spirit en, The" plaintive spirit,.do4med'te. die;.. Heedless thki diowsy iliw'reta Of. the sweet. presence guno. 0, rind htatra, 104 with passing pain!. - -%,slighted ketiles that Once were ours I that in our haiipres . i hour* - May never share ;main`! •- W3l. 41. SNOW, . TUSTICE-OF TEE PEACE.-6renttend. Pa. Office 0. cot Mau .o.reet. oppct.ite the - Westerni-joue. .80 arnitg - none uv strurrnan e7rrrei,t SIEITIII • . & SON t t IIGEON DENTISTS.-:SJontrot.e, Q .- - °Office Su Lathrops' new buildiUg., ovrr • the Dank. All Dental •operatioui will be t rformed iu good e thic and warr4uted. , . • a: ii. Jecouni D W. MAIMS. • - '!S - t: ABLE TTOILNEYS nn Couniellorii at Law.—Xontroae, JA.Otlipe in Lathrops' new baildig, °TO: the Bank: - - • DRS: RLAKESLER-47 BRUSH; - f AV)ING ageociated thenu‘eires for the prnaeeuilon or the duties of their profe.sion, re,pectfully offer their tervicet to.the Invalid 'Public. Office at theregidetwe or Dr. IBlakeelee, midway between the villagee of Dimock and - Springville. • - - , aIS) bty. L. Ir. nrsoft.nal • "- i. e. sail. AV . OeLl) announce to the. public tlutt-they base enterd 11, Into a partnenshlp forth , : practice of . • MEDICINE SURGERY - • g and-are prepared to attend to.ail calls In the llnd of their •-• profession at all hours when nofptherwt.ie en=ed. OFFICE—The one formerly occupied, by Dr..lllughtim. - N. B. The book accounts of Dr„."l3aughint untst bo ltuukuel dlately settled by notes or otherwise.. :New Milford, Starch. L. W. BeiOLL43f, 'Tukrolarling, Eirewell ; Anolher:hapil day will'Ahlm, s' With morning ',an 1. , as brght a9mine 7 7 With evening - hushed xs this. . Bat will it makeyoufailit more fast, Or prili6our bloom, fir dim your glaw,, • 'To t'eri'lliat_one who locci, : you so The sun Birks. down beneSththo From peak to peak, front hole to hole, . Dies nut the golden aureole, • - And _night-oElles grey - ,and 'chill— BUSINESS CARDS. BINGHAM. tic AXEY, lE&`BY B. SPi..:AN, TTORNEY and eunnoellca Otdce In tee Union Block,' je3 Se tf , . DR,E. F:IVIL3IOT • . GanrATE-of the liHopathic end Homeopathic Col. loges of Medicine.-.-Great Bend, Ye. Oilfce, comer of plai n wad Razabeth4te. neatly opposite the Methodist C'hareh. sp.% tt IirNTTING COOPF.R - =NAT bpIXELa. W. 31. H. COOPER &CO:, ; AliildtS,-*—Nontrose. Pa. Siteienarwa to fost. Cooper 1 & Co. Qftler, Lathrop& new bolding. Turnpike-at. NEWS OFFICE.. THE CEWK city' ILLtsTiverED .NEWsPAPERs,-.ltAoszlNEs, ETC., fur sale at the )lontruso t BOOK STORE. on Public Avenue. by . A. Ruwarn. ' • • JOITIT'QgOVE.S, • • , \ MIASIIIONABtE TAlLOR,— , Montrone, Pa. Rap r • near the ItsptiFt Meeting house. on Turnpike - `street All orders filled proluttlY: in first.r.ste sole. Cutting done on short 'notice. and ss arnantesi to lit. —...__.. DR. JOlr.i W. COBB, - - P UYSICLyti AND SIMGE9N.S--)tontrose, I>. Office -on Pubic Avenue, 6ppumte Searle '» Hotel. mhl • •- • DR. G. Z. 1)1310C4', . •.. PIIYSICIAN AND SCEGEoN-311. PI. • Odle* oier Wilsons' Store: Lod•••:bp Searles•Liotel. • ABEL T 11.1 i ELL, DEALER 31e,ficir.eg, Chemicals, Dye Stnffs, Cantor Warr.. Paintg, Oils, Vnyolsh, Win. dow Glawtiroccric-, Fancy Gok;d4, Jewelry Parra-. • men*. de.—Agent for nll the meet popalar PATENT ISENCINE.S.—Muntro6e. Pa.; augl tf IV3I:W. I.IIINET AND CHAIR itANUFAIDTUDERS,..froot , Illut Ulan Street, Sloultuie, su g I if INSURANCEWyoming Campny, W ILK UK e.. Pa. Charter .PerpetuaL Capitol $100,600. Sgo p I $3,000. Organized Noikmger 1857 . . , •• DIREGTORS. .. - COI; Itollenback, D. 0, Rrlesbach, J. P. Dennlr,. ' John. Reichard, David Morgan, 'Chao - Dormoit'. Stnl.Wadhams, It D Larne, . Wm 8 Iloas,•. L D Shoemaker, Geo P Steele, 1.1 M "Itoyt, . . ;.. finrrn. WY G. M. liortmataca,__Tracl, - W. G. Stu Lisa, rat" S. . L. D. Snonnerwr, - MI pre& $ 4 P. BLACKMAN - MOntralial Pir.o . - Agent foiSn . squehanna County. DR. 'BLiCKMAN `• ItrAY 11E F()I7.N , lor some MOD t t .0/ come. at 4.RS. BARD'S. near by the iStErIIODIST CHURCH. It Is very &affable that al Itulelhal would be bo.kind as to =but hold }linter! 11 Is of little use to enlisiy,e Upon a sulsjet- no dlstasteftfl and repalshre to moot people._. r • 31dotruse; May 160, ILOO.-4 , 11 • J. COLUSTEAD. _ J RE.&D, • DRS. •WOULD READ, h 4lN nte Ol n CEohe tp P a bo Practice of MED,IINE dr Surgery, a nd are prepared to attend to au eels In the line of their =eAL Otitee—the and fbrmerir occupied h 7 DJ. toPITNDLIT. J. • •