u ! i J. i Ocuotco to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, ilTomlitu, aui (Scncval SutcUigcucc. VOL. 25. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 13, !866. NO. G. MIMIM1I , MMMMMMM"wi'Bamii MMgtEaM.,MM . . Published by Theodore Schoch. TERM?5 Two dollars a year in advance and if not paid bef re the end of the year, two dollars and filfy cts. will he rhareed. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, cicept at the option of the Editor. lO'Advertiseineiits of one square of (eight lineslor less, one or three i nscrtions $ 1 50. Earn" additional insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportiun.- JOIS PEHXTIXG, OF ALL KINDS, Executed in the highest s-tyle of the Art.andonthe most reasoti-tble terms. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. STROUDSBURG, PA. Office icith S. S. Either, Esq. AH claims against the Government prose cuted with dispatch at reduced rites. (r An additional bounty of $100 and of S50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, frek of extra charge. TQ August 2, 1S00. . DR. A. nSEVIZS JACKSCH, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Bogs leave to nnno-.ir.ee tint, in irder to prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY, ot each week exclusively to Consultations and Surgical Operations at his office. Parlies from a distance wi.o desire to con sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days. Stroudsburg, May 31, l-GG.-tf. Furniture ! Furniture ! McCariy's Mi kirn Store, DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two xloors Iclow the Post-office, Strbuds burg, Pa. lie is selling his Furnilure 10 per cent. less thin Easton or Washington prices, to say nothing about freight or break age. May 17, lSGG.-tf. INI 5TgRO nTfTTrNI T U R E in Wal nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S new Varc-Roo:ns. May lt lSGG.-tf. 1OSEAND GILT FRAMES made to X order. A fine lot of Ov-1 Frames on hand J. ii. Mccarty. May 17, lSGG.-tf. T F YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR J Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut, McCARTY has it. May 17, lSGG.-tf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON, from one of the best makers in the Uni ted States, folid Rosewood Case, warranted 5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es pecially invite all who are good judges ot Music to coine and test them. He will sell vou from any maker you wish, 810 less than iliose who seil on commission. The reason is he buys fur cash and sells for the same, with less'thin one-half the uual percentage thai nren:s want. J. II. McCARTY. May 17, Ii6fl.-tf. T7NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN U ches. Particular attention will be given to this branch of the subscriber's business. He will always study to please and consult the wants ond wishes of those who t rnpluy him. From the number of years experience he has had in this branch of business he cannot and will not not be excelled cither in city or country. Prices one-third less than isusual ly charged, from A) to 73 fini.-hed Coffins al ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best Hearse "in the country. Funerals attended at one hour's notice. J. II. McCARTY. May 17, lSGG.-tf. Saddle and Harness Manufactory. The undersigned respectfully informs the citizeus of Stroudsburg, and surroun ding country, that he has commenced, the above business ia Fowler's building, on Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to furnish any article in his line of business, at short notice. On h:;ud at all times, a large stock of Earnest, Wiijix, TrviiJit, Yulics, Car jtf.t JJors, JIorsc-ElauLtts, Hells, SLntrs, Oil Cloths, d'C. Carriage Trimming promptly attended to. JOHN O. SAYLOR. Siroudsburg, Dec. 14, 18G". Gothic ' Hall Brng Steve. Wholesale and Retail Druggist. STilOUDSliUIKJ, 1a. Constantly on hand and for sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup ply of Drugs, Medicine?, Paints, Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods; also SaIi. biind :uici Doors. Pure Vt'iues and Liquors for .Medicinal purpose. P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care fully compounded. Stroudsburg, July 7, ISGL TIN SHOP ! The undersigned bess leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has now opened a 77JV SHOP, on Main street, near the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch & Walton's, formerly It. S. Staples' Store, where he is prepared to manufacture and sell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron-Ware. ALSO, Stove, Stove and Elbows. Old and second hand Stoves bought and Bold, at cash rates. CASH paid for Old Lead, Copper and Brass. CO" Roofing, Spouting and Repairing promptly attended to and warranted to give satisfaction. Call and see for yourselves. WILLIAM KEISER. Mroudsburg, Dec. 8, 1605. ' TOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS neat. V ly and promptly executed at this office. Pennsylvania- State Fair. The Pennsylvania State Fair will com mennce at Easton, September 23th, 18GG, and continue four days. The premiums are the largest ever offered by the Society. Embracing 44 different classes and in the aggregate exceed ingSSOOO Dollars. The premiums for cattle, horses, sheep and swine are very large. The fol lowing is an abstract of them: For foreign imported cattle there are 5 premiums of 50 each, and 5 of 620 each. For Durham Devon, Alderny and all other thorough bred cattle, onq of 830, 2 of $20, 7 of $10 and $15, and 4 of $5. Best herd of cattle not less than 15 owned by exhibi tor, $50 ; 2nd best $25. Best exhibition of heifers not Ics than six, $10. Best 10 yoke of oxen from any county, $100, in this class for oxen, &c, there are G premiums of $10, and 5 of $5 for native of grade cows, &.c, 2 of $15 7 of $16, and 4 of $5. HORSES. For imported and thorouhg breds, 3 of $50, 2 of $30. 4 of $ 25, 1 of $15, 0 of $10. TROTTING HORSES and MARES 1 of $300, 1 of $200, 1 of $100, 1 of $7G,2 of $oO, 1 of $10, 1 of $30 and 1 of $25. Matched and Single Horses; 1 of $40, 1 of $30, 1 of$20,lof$15,7of $10 and 5 of $5. Stallions and Mares of all work,2 of$o0, 3 of $25, 3 of $22, 2 of $15, 7 of $10. Jacks and Mules, 2 of $30, 1 of $23, 2 of $20, 2 of $15, 3 of $10. SHEEP. Best flock, $50, 2 of $25, G of $20, 8 of $15, 35 of $10, 34, varying from $B to $4. Swine Best herd, $25, 9 of $10. 18, varying from 8 to $4 Poultry 1 of $15, 2 of $10, 2 of $3, 8 of $3 and $2. Plows 12, varying from $5 to $3. Reap ing and Mowing .Machines Silver Medal and 4 of $2. Threshing Machines Fan ing Mills. Horse Powers Cutters Cru-h-ers, &c, 15, varying from $20 to $5. Ci der Mills, Churns and Pumps, 31, varying from $3 to $3. HOLLERS, CULTIVATORS, Grain drills, planters and Sowers, 17 varying from $10 to $3, Wagons, Corts, Riggings, Car riages &.c, 3 of $10, 20 varrying from $5 to $3. Portable Steam Engiues, 1Y1XD MILLS, Horse rakes, Scythes, forks, rakes and &,c, 29 varying from $10 to $5. Gen eral Display of Agricu.tulal Imple ments, 3 premiams of $50, $10, and $20 each. Leather and its Manufactures, 1 of $15, 8 of $3, 16 of $2. Butter Cheese and Honey, 5 of $10, G of $3. Flour and Indi an Meal, Grain and Seeds, 1 of $23, 11 of $5, 37 of $2. Beet sugar. Sorghum sugar, &, Sugar machinery, 3 of $20, 3 of $15, 6 of $10. Vegetables, 1 of $20, 8 of $2, 35 of$l. Grapes, Cider, Cordials and Wines, 1 of $10, G of $5, 25 of $2. Fruits. Ap ples, pears, peaches, plums, quinces, l'of $20, 2 of $15, 4 of $10, 45 varying from $5 to $2, flowers and designs, $5 to 10, 75 vary ing from $7 to $2, Stoves And Tinware, 1 of $10, 23 from $3 to $2. Mantles, glass, gas, cutlery, furniture and &c, 4 of $10, 33 from $5 to $10. Needle work, Embroidery, Knit work, Shall work, ccc embracing every va rifely of articles, 100 premiums f rom $2 to$l. Bread, Cakes, Preserves, Jellies, air tight fruits and vegetables, and spiced fruits, 94 premiums, from $2 to $1. Fine arts, paintings and penmanships, amtrotypes, phonographs, &c , 3 of $10, 30 from $3 to $2. Displays by Mechanics or Tradesmen, 1 of $10, J. of $5 and 10 of $3. Silver Ware, pianos, sewing machines, 5Lc, 8 silver med als, 1 of $20, and 3 of $10. Essays best description of exhibition, $50, other Essays on agricultural subjects, &.C., 9 silver cups, or $25, each. For rules governing ' Exhibitorsand pre miums in detail. See Catalogue. Arrangements will be made with the s?v- ! eral Railroidline3 to carry freight and Pas sengers at reduced rates. Competition is invited from every section. SINGLE ADMISSIONS, 23 CENTS. A. BOYD HAMILTON, President, Ilirrisburg, Pa. A. B. Lonqaker, Secretary, Easton, Pa., August SO, 15G0. TSE YERY-LATEST! KO IMPOSITION ! NOTWITHSTANDING THE BLOW Ll and blusters of new beginners. Fable at the old stand, on the corner is still main taining his reputation as the keeper of the cheapest store, decidedly, in this section ol country. There is no mistake in this as the following facts will how : He is eeHing PRINTS at from 10 to 20 cts. per yard. DELANES 23 cents per yard, the price before the war. SILKS at from $1 to &2 yer yard. All kinds of FINE EltESS GOODS at greatly reduced prices. MUSLINS from 12 to 23 cents per yard. READ Y-MADE CL O THING, so far below war prices as to astonish pur chasers. II ATS at a very low figure indeed. Fable also keeps an eye to the comfort of the inner man, and offers SUGARS at from 10 to 18 cents per pound. COFFEES 25 to 35 cents per pound. MOLASSES, 40 cents to $1 per gallon. A good assortment of CARPETS at near ly the old rates before the war. Fable has no desire to particularize, but if you want anything in his line, of good quality and at less rates than can be pur chased at any other store, call at Fable's old stand corner of Elizabeth and 6treets and you cannot fail to be suited. 0O""No charge for showing goods. GEORGE FABLE. Stroudsburg, Pa., April 19, 1SG6.. WANTED AGENTS $75 to $200 PER MONTH for Gentlemon, and $35 lo $75 for Ladies, everywhere, to in troduce the Common Sense Family Sewing Machine, improved and perfected. It will hem, fell, stitch, quilt, bind braid, and em broider leauti'ully price only $20 mak ing the elastic lock stitch, and fully warran ted for three years. We pay the abovj; wa ges, or a commission, rom which twice that amount can be made. Address or call on C. BOWERS & CO., Office No. 255 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Allletteis answered promptly, with circulars and terms. . August 30, l&GO.-lm. GRAND GIFT DISTRIBUTION AT STROUDSBURG, PA FOR THE UENEFIT OF THE PiioDiiix Fire Comp'y, No 2. SKI Worth of Magnificent Presents To be given away without regard to value for ONE DOLLAR EACH. 2OI2L,AXKS. Each Certificate Secures a Present. Look at the List of Gifts: 1 MELODEON, 150 00 1 Gift Greenbacks, 20 00 1 Gift Greenbacks, 10 00 1 Gift Greenbacks, ' 5 00 1 Sett Silver Tlatcd Harness, 50 00 1 Parlor Stove, Florey & Pro., 20 00 1 Am. Hunting Cased Lever Watch, 35 00 1 What Not, J. II. McCarty, 25 00 1 Settee, Frank Miller's 15 00 1 Straw Cutter, J. S. Williams, 20 00 1 Eight Day Clock, Prown & Keller's 25 00 1 Silver Plated Urn, Detrick & Williams. 15 00 .10 Setts Plated Spoons, worth 82 50 per sett, 25 00 1 Large let of Gold Pens, worth from 25 cents to 3 00 50 Setts Lady's Jewelry, each vr.lued at from S3 to 10 00 1 Large Lot of Silver Plated Putter Knives, each valued at from. ?2 to 5 00 100 Album Lockets, 25 cts. each, 25 00 100 Fancy Pen Holders, each val ued at from 25 cts. to 50 1 Handsome Turkey Morocco Album, 200 Pictures, 15 00 13 Albums, each valued at from $3 to 5 00 G Pair Lady's Kidd Gloves, at 82 per pair, - 12 00 G Lady's Knit Shawls, each val ued at from 83 to G 00 1 Large lot of Portmonias, each valued at from 50 cents to 2 00 15 Watch Chains, each valued at from SI to 5 00 100 Magnificent Pen Knives, each valued at from 40 cts. to 2 00 100 Mirrors, valued at from 10 ceut3 each to 50 100 Lady's and Gent's Handker chiefs, each valued at from 25 cents to 50 2 Hats from J. A. Pauli's val ued at $5 each 10 00 1 High Chair, 4 00 100 Studs and Sleeve Buttons, valued at from 75 ceuts to 1 50 1 Pair of Pants and Vest from Ruster's 25 00 Also, a large lot of Miscellaneous Articles, varying in value frotn 25 cents to 3 00 CERTIFICATES, EACH, - - - $100 The Distribution will take place in the Fair House of the Monroe County Agri cultural Society, on Friday, the 5th day of October, being the last day of the Fair, when THE PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION will be agreed upon by the Certificate Holders. , jrjf3 No Certificate will be of any value at the Distribution unless prepaid. Certificates can be had by calling oa or addressing cither of the following named gentlemen composing the Com mittee: M. B. Posteo, G. Sontheimcr, II. S. Wagner, A. C. Jansen, J. B. Storm, Henry Shoemaker, Peter S. Williams, Dr. A. II. Davis, James Ballcntyne, L. II. Drake, Frank Landers, George Nye. Refeke.nces: S. S. Drehcr, Stephen Holmes, Theo. Schoch, Wni. Wallace, John De Young, Nicholas Ruster, Hon. M. II. Dreher, Hon. Jeremy Mackey, Hon. Abm. Levering, John Edinirer, John C. Strunck, Hon. Peter Gilbert," Col. O. D. Brodhead, Gen. Charlton S. Burnet, Win. Davis, John N. Stokes, James II. Stroud, Jacob L. Wyckoff. M. B. POSTENS, Chairman of Com. G. SONTHEIMER, Treasurer " A. C. JANSEN, Secretary Sept. G, 18GG. SHERIFFS SALE. "DY virtu- of a writ of fieri facias (inquisi tion waived), to me directed, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe county, I will expose to sale, at public ven due, on Monday, the 24i day of September, inst. at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the Court House, in the borough of Stroudsburg, the following described Real-Estate to wit: All that certain lot or piece of Land situ ate in the township of Jackson, in said coun ty, adjoining land of Abraham Butz, Philip AlcCluskoy, Charles Woolbert and others, containing 40 Acres, more or less, (now in the occupancy of Levi Miller). About 20 acres cleared, balance Timber land. The improvements are a Frame Dwelling House, about 20 by 24 feet, two 6tories high ; STA' 11LE 15 by 15 feet, and other out-buildings. Fruit Trees and Water on the premises. Seized and taken in execution as the prop erty of Joseph VVoolbert, and to be sold by me for cash. CHARLES HENRY', Sheriff. ShenfT s Office, Stroudsburg. September 0, 1SG0, THE BRAVE BOYS IN ELUE. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE PENNSYL VANIA " BOYS IN BLUE." Air Red, H7are and Blue. YVe come from the hill and tho mountain, To stand by the flag of the free, And rivers that roll from the fountain, And swell on their way to the sea; From forges where hammers are ringing Tho vows of the brave and the true; For Geary we all gather singing, Three cheers for the Brave Boys in Blue. CIIORU8. Three cheers for the Brave Boysin Blue! Three cheers fo the Brave Boys in Blue! Fer Geary we all gather singing, Three cheers for the Brave Boys in Blue. We come from the plain and the valley, From furnace, and foundry, Bnd miuc, And round our bold leader we rally, . While " fighting it out on this line ;" Our banner we will not surrender, But here our devotion renew. For Geary, the Union defender, The choice of the Brave Boys in B!ue. - Chorv8 The choice of the Brave, etc. - On treason we've all put a stopper, And back to " the last ditch" it roll, The Iron Boys don't carry copper,' When forward they march to the polls; They stand by the Union forever, And Geary, the bold and the twie; No foeman the Union can sever. When kept b) the Brave Boys in Blue ! Chores YVhen kept by the Brave, &c. GENERAL GEARY. The Battle of WaDhatcbio. Sr. Louis, August 10, 1SGG. To the Editors Pittsburgh Gazette: Gentlemen: I am a Western man, have never lived in your noble old State, nor am l'a'politician haviug voted but once during the twenty odd years since the rights first accrued but I wish to give honor where honor justly belongs, to re fute some of the unchartitable aspersions against that polished gentleman and tried soldier, General John YvT. Geary. I wish to prove in the just equity of things, that not only his native State, but that the whole United States, own him a debt of gratitude, that should forever en dear and immortalize his name, and place it among the most illustrious of their son3. The country can well remember the gloom and anxiety that pervaded the North after the disastrous day of Chicama gua. Kentucky and Tennessee swarmed with predatory bands of rebels. Bragg, flushed with victory, had hurled back our shattered columns on Chattanooga, and Rosecrans, on the first paralysis of defeat, (or perhaps of fear,) had ignobly aban doned Lookout mountain, the key to the south banks of the river, as far as Bridge port, where the railroad crosses the Ten nessee river, and from whence all our supplies had to be drawn. This moral error and niilitajy blunder, necessitated .he drawing of all our supplies from Bridgeport to Chattanooga by a circuitous mountain route, (up the Sagnatchic valley, near Maclamonis cove, thence over the rugged mountains to the north bank of the river by a pontoon bridge to this city,) some sixty miles in length. The country around, even in times of plenty, scarcely produces enough to feed its scattering population, but now trampied, broken, crushed and'devoured by the oscilating tread of hostile armies, it was thoroughly denuded of all kinds of subsistence, and even the wretched inhabitants held daily struggle with famine, and looked with despair to the rigors of approaching win ter. Froni Bridgeport to Chattanooga by the South Bank was less than thirty miles, and by the North Bank, by which the Confederates forced us to haul, we were compelled to make an elbow of more that sixty miles, and that over the most execrable roads imaginable-cither through the slush ofswaraps rendered doubly dan gerous by the rains of autumn, or over stony heights, so steep that a cat could scarcely crawl up, with rocky ledges crop ping out, often three to four feet per pendicularly, at each one of which the wa gons had to be unloaded and hauled up by hand. The Ohio river was really our base of supplies, and a wretched single track rail road from thence through Nashville to Bridgeport, Alabama, a distance of nearly four hundred miles, requiring a full army corps for its defence, was our solo de pendence. Our dispirited army, thus cooped up and half beleaguered in Chattanooga, was wholly unable, either to meet the enemy in the open field or to wreuch from him the southern bank ot the river and thus open a gate for food and munitions. Reinforcements had been ordered from Mississippi and from the army of the Po tomac, and to hold their position and with it the great States of Tennessee and Ken tucky, with all the untold result there unto belonging, until the promised aid could arrive, was the great problem ol both general Rosecrans and General Thomas, the latter of whom about this time had assumed tho chief command. The depot supplies of Chattanooga were'six miles from Chattanooga, and just op rapidly melting away ; every energy, every posite and only two and a half miles from resource and every appliance in the reach j where tho Trentou branch joins theNash nf Mia Government was set in motion tn villa and Chattanooura Railroad, in Look- fced our starving forces and enable U3 to knl.l nn until flirt OTi.ni'tnl aiirrti Kiniit to hand Our army was too weak to fight, and mcaus of transportation too limited our j to feed it or to keep it in munitions for1 its proper status for the field, and to re-' treat under the circumstances would prob- J ably produce the most unheard of disasters, perhaps annihilation itself,aod in its train : woes unnumbered and unheard of, for to retreat would be not only to sacrifice the ' army and all its equipments, but all our vast chain of depots and detachments throughout the States named, with the; countless millions they cost, but also the scope of territory they covered, and with! the grand moral effects of victory, which' at that juncture would have inevitably! turned the scale against us, for just at' that momentous period of our struggle1 the Scales of Fate seemed to vibrate with ! such an even beam that thebreath of an in- fant might have changed the balance. - The national destinies hung on a single thread, and dangled suspended on theac-; cidents of chance, or the moral courage' and valor of a single heart and arm. In : this case necessity was inexorable. The' army must be fed. The place must be! sustained at every sacrifice possible. j Every ration, every round ot ammuni tion, and every pound of forage required, must be brought from tho'dUtant liue of the Ohio, and it became a painful calcula tion between resistance and endurance. between the lives of men and the con sumption of mules for as constant -use destroyed the roads, it required twelve ; or fourteen mules to haul a single ton of. freight over the intolerable roads, to say ! nothing of provisions which could not be ) carried, and for want of which the poor ani-! mals died by thousands and tens of thou sands beyond any thing recorded in his tory, save perhaps the retreat of the French from Moscow. In spite of this frightful sacrifice, the subsistence in the depot at Chattanooga became daily low er, although the army was reduced to half, aud a large proportion ot it even to quar ter rations. Still the mules died. Still our means of transportation melted away. Our famishing army became hourly more i gaunt and hollow-eyed, while the over- J Cowing throngs in our hospitals found vent in our crowded graveyards. At this critical juueture General Hook er, with General Grant who had about this time been appointed to the supreme command of our armies arrived at Nash ville, with the 11th and 12th corps from the army of the Potomac and proceeded! at once to Bridgeport, to concert with the! veteran, Thomas, as to the most feasible mode of relieving his sorely pressed and famishing forces. After brief consulta tion the 11th corps and the 2d divisiou (Geary's) of the 12th corps the last at Geary's earnest request were orderrd to Bridgeport, and after a hurried pre paration, crossed the Tennessee on pon toons at that point. To make their movements perfectly in telligible, it will be necessary to mingle with the account a cursory view of the scene of their operations on the South bank of tho.Tenncssee, where the enemy had destroyed the railroads and bridges. The road from Bridgeport to Chatta nooga after crossing the river, occasional ly hugs its banks and passes by Shell Mound and through a scries of -low roll ing hills, and then euters the deep valley formed by Lookout Mountain on the right and by Raccoon Mountain on the lelt. The latter rising bold and rugged from the river, is, in one or two places pierced with gloomy gorges and raises its wooden heights almost to the level of its more re nowned neighbor, the Lookout, which starting almost in tho suburbs of Chatta nooga towers abruptly into the very clouds and stretches away diagonally from the. river many miles to the Southwest. The river here is exceedingly tortuous. Pas sing tho city, it stretches to the South, then doubling back to tho North, and then again to the South, and then to the North once more it forms the loner ton- V - gucs or peninsulas below the town the first on the Northern side, looking into one another like the cogs of a wheel. Opposite tho town stretched a pontoon bridge. The plan of the assembled Gcu erals was to lot a large force under Hook er advance up the valley, while a com- mensurate iorco irom tne towu, unucr General Hagen, dropped down the river in the pontoon boats to Brown's fer:y, at the lower bend of the first pcnsmsula, where they hoped to surprise the enemy and effect a permanent lodgment, aud at the same time a junction with the forces under Hooker, which were to leave Bridgeport the morning be Tore, an 1 pene trating Lookout valley, drive in the scat tered outposts of the Confederates, un cover the gorge through tho Raccoon mountain to the river at Kelly's Landing, to which boats could then ascend from Bridgeport with supplies, and there for tify their positions. This landing on the south side, at the base ol the lower peu iusula, to which 1 have alluded, to cut a road across tins uase to wiiero liangen was expected to mako a foothold aud then cross on poutoons to tho northern side and thence across the upper tongue to the bridge at Chattanooga, would give only six miles of land travel against sixty miles over the worn out route ou northern bauk as boats could transfer everything from the railroad terminus at Bridgeport to Kelly's Landing, which, as I said, is only ! r 1 'I. .. .-....n nn.l Sucf riT- ' out valley, about live miles from the point llmf frnunii ntdr flirt PltV. J. 1113 l'lUU ! seemed the onlv feasible one for gettingim- mediate sunnliesto our arm y in Chattanoo- gn. Tie was precious and Hope gambled with Chance, while Fate seemed to ver-c on Ruin. 0 On the 23d of October, 1SG3, all bein" ready, General Hooker crossed thf at Bridgeport with the llth'corp3 under General Howard, and baldly pushed for ward into tho gloomy recesses of Lookout Y alley. This corps, composed almost en tirely of Germans, was still suffering un der the demoralizations of Chaucellor3 ville, and only numbered about nine thou sand men, but about four miles iu the rear followed about two thous-.nd two hundred of the 2d div. of the 12th corp?, a splendid body of veterans, with bronzed' faces and iron nerves, under the imme diate command of the indomitable Geary himself, proudly bearing the "white star," destined to be the "star of the cast," and of hope to tho nation and to the leaguer cd army ahead. So exhausted had" be come the means OFtrnnsr.nrtntinn nt l-.?a time, that .the Quartermaster at Bridge port could only furnish Geary's whole command some four mule teams, which, with a scout improvised train, picked up on the route from Nashville, was all the command had for their rations and muni tions cn this expedition. The positions of the enemy were unknown to them. They were supposed to be in large foreo at Trenton, and might come in on their rear, after they had passed the junction or descend on their flanks from the heights of Lookout, for we did net then know that this was impossible, and hence moved with cautious step. Hooker and the 11th corps unincumbered and well ia the ad vance, and Geary with his bronzed vcte nas guarding the trains, repairing the ' was aud coming cn a3 fast as they could, never in the history of thi., nor indeed of any war, did there han more momeotous events cn the success of an enterprise. The failure of one of its parts would involve the failure of tho whole, and the failure of the whole tho loss of Thomas's army, and the loss of tho latters the loss of Tennessee and Ken tucky, and with them the probable los3 of our cause, with results before which the heart and- imagination stand apalled. But Hagen was successful, and not only surprised the enemy, but after routing him, spanned the river with his pontoons, and proceeded to fortify his portion, and established his communicatioas with Gen eral Hooker and the 11th corps, which arrived m cue time, the emeny s outposts retiring Dciorc tticm. The read from Chattanooga to Bridge port crosses the road that leads from tlie town to the summit of Lookout, and then winding round the point of the mountain close under its frowing battlements, leads down into the valley, and crossing the fa mous Wauthatchie creek by a bridge, fol lows the railroad track on towards Bridge port. Just below this bridge a fork from the road led off to the left," up the valley to Brown's Ferry, where Ilaran had made his lodgment. Hooker, coining nn the valley, followed this road, and leaving the fork unguarded,, encamped about a mile from it, above aud towards the river. Some three mile- below thebridge, as you. came down, another road sprang off at right angles and led down through tha gorge of Raccoon mountain to Kelly's landing, and about three hundred yards further down the railroad forked, the left branch following the bend of Lookout off to Trenton, aud the right through tho appendages of Raccoon mountain off to Bridgeport, some twenty odd mjles dis tant. As I said, Hooker's command, being unincumbered, he formed a junction bo fore dark and quietly went into camp. His instructions to Gca-y were to come on as fast 33 possible, and if he 'did not overtake the 11th corps to encamp at tho fork that led off to Kelly's Lauding, un less night sooner overtook him, in which case he was to bivouac for the night and come on next morning. It so chanced that he reached the Forks just at dark, (but without knownmg it.) and made a hasty bivouac around some farm houses in the margiu of an old Cold oa the north of the road, while his wagons were park ed in a wood 011 his left, and his artillery, consisting of two sections of Knap's Penn sylvania battery, was on a kuoll iu tho centre of his camp. Geary, ever vigiliant, knew he was in face of au enterprising foe, yet lie hardly suspected that General Hooker had uncovered andJeft unguard ed the road leading down to him from tho summit of Lookout, but rather expected danger from the rear on the Trenton side, and made his dispositions accordingly. Sentries were posted and tho men had there suppers, but weajy as they were, they seemed impressed with some great impending dangmr ; yet how little did they realize its magnitude, or dream of tho mighty results that hung suspended iu the "loom of that Autumn uiirht! It was a fit Ic ci , ting time for the phantom of Ruin to bat- 110 wun iuc cxauauou 01 panrioiio resj 1 . luuon. The men vorr nivlroil to s-li'pn on their arms, and it was well they di 1, for whilo Geary's hardy veterans were wending their way up tne valley, an wnuo tne sun yet cast long shadows before them, a group of Confederate officers stood oa one of the boldest projecting crag", haug ing over tho valley nearly 3,000 feet be low,, watching their progress until tha sun's last rays left tho castellated rocks arouud them, and the depths of tho valley deepened into night. Their position com manded a bird's eyo view of the whole length, and they saw at a glance the fear ful error of tha lllh corpse in passing be yond and leavinir unguarded the iauctiou joi me roaa icauiuij up iu niunus rry, 1 ;
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