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VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 20, ISG6.
NO. 2?. '
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TERMS Twoollars a year in advance and if not
paid before the end of the year, two dollars and filfy
cts. will be charged.
No paper discontinued until all arreaiagesare paid,
except at the option of the Editor.
lO'Advertiseineiits of one square of (eight lines) or
les, one or three insertions $1 50. Each additional
insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the highest style of the Art.andonthe
most reasorrible terms.
S. IIOIflES, JK.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office iciih S. S. Dreher -Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
03" An additional bounty of $100 and of
50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
F8F.K OF EXTRA CHARGE. Q
August 2, 18C6.
DR. A. REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Bogs leave to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY ot
each week exclusively to Consultations
and Surgical Operations at his office.
Farties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
.Stroudsburg, May 31, l&GO.-tf.
Furniture ! Furniture !
McCarty's Hew Furniture Store,
DREIIER'S NFSV BUILDING, two
doors below the Pu office, Strouds
bur, Pa. lie is selling his Furniture 10
perccnt. less than Easton or Washington
prices, to say nothing about freight or break
age. May 17, 19G6.-tf.
DINING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S
new Ware-Rooms. May 17, lSG0.-tf.
OSE AND GILT FRAMES made to
j order. A fine lot of Oval Frames on
hand J. IL McCARTY.
May 17, ISGG.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR
Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCARTY has it. May 17, lS6G.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from ooe of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years," call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judges ot
Music to come and test them. He will sell
you from any maker you wish, 810 less than
those who sell on commission. The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less than one-half the usual per centage
that agenis want. J. II. McCARTY.
May 17, ISGG.-tf.
TTTYnrPT U:TT. IV AT T. ITS TtTi AK
ches. ' i
Particular attention will be given to tins
branch of the subscriber's business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and -wishes of those who employ him.
From the number of years experience he has
had in this branch of business he cannot and
will not not be excelled either in city or
country. Prices one-third less than is usual
ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
learse in the country. ' Funerals attended
tt one hour's notice. J. II. McCARTY.
May 17, ISOG.-tf.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun-.
diDg country, tliat he lias commenced the
above business in Fowler's building, on
Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to
famish any article in bis line of business,
at short notice. On baud at all times, a
large stock of
Harnett, 1I7 ., Trvvhf, Vuliceit, Cor
2et Hogs, llortc-lHimkett, JJtlls,
Skatrf, Oil Cloth , ii'C.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOR.
Stroudsburg, Pec. 14, 1803.
(iotlsic Hall Drn Stoic.
William EtSli:i!it .nl, .
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
STROUDSBURG. Pa.
Constantly on band and for
sale cheap lor cash, a Iresn sup
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oil. Glass, l'uttv. Varnish. Ker-
, j 7 ,
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sasli, Mind and Door.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 1SCL
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform bis
friends and the public generally, that he has
now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
near the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
& Walton's, formerly R. S. Staples' Store,
where he is prepared, to manufacture and
sell at wholesale and retail, all Jdnds of
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iroa-Ware.
ALSO,
Stoves Sto' lii; ami Elbows.
Old and second hand Stoves bought and
Bold, at cash rates.
CASH paid for Old Lead, Copper and
Brass.
0O Roojing, Spouting and Repairing
promptly attended to and warranted to give
satisfaction. Call and see for yourselves.
WILLIAM KEISER.
ktroudsturg, Dec. 8, 1665.
JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS ncat
w ly and promptly executed at this, office.
Pennsylvania State Fair.
The Pennsylvania State Fair will com
mennce at Easton, September 25th, 1866, and
continue four days.
The premiums are the largest ever offered
by the Society. Embracing 44 different
classes and in the aggregate exceeding $9000
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 20 each.
For Durham Devon, Alderny and all other
thorough bred cattle, one of !?30, 2 of 20,
7 of .$10 and $15, and 4 of .$5. Best herd
of cattle not les3 than 15 owned by exhibi
tor, $50 : 2nd best $25. Best exhibition of
heifers not les than six, $10. Best 10 yoke
of oxen from any county, $100, in this class
for oxen, &c, there are C 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
brcds, 3 of $50, 2 of $30. 4 of $25,4 of $15, 6 of
$10. TROTTING HORSES and MARES
1 of $300, 1 of $200, 1 of $100, 1 of $76,2
of $50, 1 of $40, 1 of $30 and 1 of $25.
Matched and Single'Horses ; 1 of $40, 1 of
$30, 1 of $20, 1 of $15,7 of $10 and 5 of $5.
Stallions and Mares of all work, 2 of $30, 3
of $25, 3 of $22, 2 of $15,7 of $10. Jacks and
Mules, 2 of $30, 1 of $25, 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
$3 to $4. Swine Best herd, $25, 9 of
$10, 18, varying from 8 to $4. Poultry 1
of $15, 2 of $10, 2 of $5, 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 Crush
ers, &c, 15, varying from $20 to $5. Ci
der Mills, Churns and Pumps, 31, varying
from $5 to $3.
ROLLERS, 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, WIND
MILLS, Horse rakes, Scythes, forks, rakes
and &c, 29 varying from $40 to $5. Gen
eral Display of Agriccltvlal Imple
ments, 3 premiams of $50, $40, and $20
each. Leather and its Manufactures, 1 of
$15, 8 of $5, 1G of $2. Butter Cheese and
Honey, oof $10, 6 of $5. Flour and Indi
an Meal, Grain and Seeds, 1 of $25, 11 of
$5, 37 of $2. Beet sugar, Sorghum sugar,
&, Sugar machinery, 3 of $20, 3 of $15, 6
of $10. Vegetables, 1 of $20, 8 of 82, 35
of$l. Grapes, Cider, Cordials and Wines,
1 of $10, 6 of $5, 25 of $2. Fruits. Ap
ples, pears, peaches, plums, quinces, 1 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, 25 from $5 to $2. Mantles, glass
gas, cutlery, furniture and &c, 4 of $10, 35
from $5 to $10. Needle work, Embroidery,
Knit work. Shall work, etc embracing every
variety of articles, 100 premiums from $2
to $1. Bread, Cakes, Preserves, Jellies, air
tight fruits and vegetables, and spiced fruits,
i premiums, from $2 to $1. Fine arts,
paintings and penmanships, ambrotypes,
photographs, &.c , 3 of $10, 30 from $5 to $2.
Displays by Mechanics or Tradesmen, 1 of
$10, I. of $5 and 10 of $3. -Silver Ware,
pianos, sewing machines, &,c, 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 Exhibitors and pre
miums in detail. See Catalogue.
Arrangements will be made with the sev
eral Railroad lines to carry freight and Pas
sengers at reduced rates.
Competition is invited from every section.
SINGLE ADMISSIONS, 20 CENTS.
A. BOYD HAMILTON, President,
Harrisburg, Pa.
A. B. Longaeer, Secretary, Easton, Pa.,
August 30, 16G5.
THE VERY LATEST !
m IMPOSITION !
TOT WITHSTANDING 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 ot
country. There is no mistake in this as the
following facts will show :
He is eefling PRINTS at from 10 to 20
cts. per yard.
DELANES 25 cents per yard, the price
before the war.
SILKS at from $1 to 2 yer yard.
All kinds of FINE ERESS GOODS at
greatly reduced prices.
MUSLINS from 12 to 25 cents per yard.
READ Y-MADE CL O TJIIXG,
so far below war prices as to astonish pur
chasers. HATS 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 cenis 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 lees rales than can be pur
chased at any other store, call at Fable's
old stand corner of Elizabeth and -
streets and you cannot fail to be suited.
0?" No charge for showing goods.
GEORGE FABLE.
Stroudsburg, Pa., April 19, 18G6.
ANTED AGENTS $75 to $200
PER MONTH for Gentlemon, and
$35 to $75 for Ladiesv everywhere, to in
troduce the Common Sense Family Sewing
Machine, improved and perfected. It will
hem, fell, stitch, quilt, bind braid, and em
broider beauti'ully price only $20 mak
ing the clastic lock stitch, and fully warran
ted for three years. We pay the above wa
ges, or a commission, from 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, lSGo'.-lm,
GRIND GIFT
DISTRIBUTION
AT
STROUDSBURG, PA,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Plioenix Fire Comp'y, No 2.
1,200
Worth of Magnificent Presents
To be given away without regard to value for
ONE DOLLAR EACH.
NO BLAKS.
Each Certificate Secures a Present.
Look at the List of Gifts:
MELODEON, 150
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Gift Greenbacks,
20
10
5
50
20
Gift Greenbacks,
Gift Greenbacks,
Sett Silver Plated Harness,
Parlor Stove, Florey & Pro.,
Am. Hunting Cased Lever
Watch,
What Not, J. II. McCarty,
Settee, Frank Miller's
35
25
15
1
1
1
1
Straw Cutter, J. S. Williams, 20
Light-Day Clock, Drown &
Keller's
Silver Plated Urn, Detrick &
Williams.
Setts Plated Spoons, worth
2 50 per sett,
25 00
15 00
25 00
10
Large lot of Gold Pens, worth
from 25 cents to
Setts Lady's Jewelry, each
valued at from 3 to
Large Lot of Silver Plated
Putter Knives, each valued
at from $2 to
Album Lockets, 25 cts. each,
Fancy Pen Holders, each val
ued at from 25 cts. to
Handsome Turkey Morocco
Album, 200 Pictures, .
Albums, each valued at from
-3
00
50
10 00
5
25
00
00
100
100
50
15 00
13
$3 to
G Pair Lady's Kidd Gloves, at
82 per pair,
C Lady's Knit Shawls, each val
ued at from $3 to
1 Large lot of Portmonias, each
valued at from 50 cents to
15 Watch Chains, each valued
at from SI to
100 Magnificent Pen Knives, each
00
12 00
C 00
2 00
5 00
2 00
valued at from 40 cts. to
Mirrors, valued at from 10
cents each to
Lady's and Gent's Handker
chiefs, each valued at from
25 cents to
Hats from J. A. PauliVval
ued at $5 each
High Chair,
Studs and Sleeve Buttons,
100
100
50
50
00
00
10
4
1
100
valned at from 75 cents to
1 Pair of Pants and Vest from
Ruster's
Also, a large lot of Miscellaneous
Articles, varying in value
from 25 cents to
1 50
25
00
3 00
- - 8100
CERTIFICATES, EACH,
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.
JTj3 No Certificate will be of any value
at the Distribution unless prepaid.
Certificates can be had by calling on
or addressing cither of the following
named gentlemen composing the Com
mittee: M. JL Posten, G. Sontheimer,
H. S. Wagner, A. C. Janscn, J. B. Storm,
Henry Shoemaker, Peter S. Williams, Dr.
A. II. Davis, James Ballentyne, L. II.
Drake, Frank Landers, George Nye.
References: S. S. Dreher, Stephen
Holmes, Theo. Schoch, Wm. Wallace,
John De Young, Nicholas Ruster, Hon.
M. JI. Dreher, Hon. Jeremy Mackey,
Hon. Abm. Levering, John Edinger, John
C. Strunck, Hon. Peter Gilbert, Col. C.
D. Brodbead, Gen. Charlton S. Burnet,
Wm. Davis, John N. Stokes, James H.
Stroud, Jacob L. Wyckoff.
M. B. POSTENS, Chairman of Com.
G. SONTHEIMER, Treasurer "
A. C. JANSEN, Secretary "
Sept. 6, 186G.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
T5Y virtue of a writ of Jieri 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 24 A day of September, inst.
at one o'clock in the alternoon, 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
McCluskey, Charles Woolbert and others,
containing
40 Acre.
more or less, (now in the occupancy of Levi
Miller). About 20 acres cleared, balance
Timber land.
The improvements are a
Frame Dwelling House, Jy
about 20 by 24 feet, two stories high ; JiTA
liLE 15 by 15 feet, and other out-buildings.
Fruit Trecaand Water on the premises.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty of Joseph Woolbert, and to be sold by
me for cash.
CHARLES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, )
siepteniuer o, icuu.
GENERAL GEARY.
The Battle of Wauhatchic.
St. Louis, August 10, 1S6G
To the Editors Pittshurgh Gazette:
concluded.
It was an hour pregnant with danger
to the Union. Our cause with all its
hopes and aspirations for all time to come,
hung upon the vigilance and nerve of a
single man, and that man was Geary.
The enemy knew thc locality well, and
marched with stealthy tread. Longstreet
from nnd amid the clouds and chillin?
night winds high over head, anxiously lis
tened for the first fusilade of battle to reach
him from the abysmal darkcess below.
it was about nine o clock when the hush
of our comp was startled by the report of
muskets from our line of sentinels, quick
ly followed by others, and the call of the
long roll, and the hoarse cry of "fall in"
broke the stillness of night; but our men,
tempered by discipline and experience,
were soon in line ready for the foe. It
proved to be a false alarm, and investigation
revealed the body of a donkey, that bronz
ing too near the sentinels and disregard
ing their challenge, had paid for his te
merity with his life; bnt in the words of
the old hymn we can truly say.
'Great God, on what a slender thread,
Eternal matters hang."
For, but for this incident, the fate of the.
battle might have been very different, for
it influenced Geary to take additional
measures against surprise, by strengthen
ing and exteuding his line of sentinels,
and tearing down some log houses and
fences on his front, and with the materi
als constructing a rude barricade at the
foot of the knoll fouching on the railroad
and embankmet . here some six or seven
feet high, and stretching away at right
angles to it on the north. Thus our right
was protected by the railroad, our rear by
a guich and swamp, and out left rested
on our little train; our four Parrotts be
ing on thc knoll in the centre of our camp.
The men were ordered to sleep on their
arms in ready line of battle, when the
General retired to a tent that had been
erected for headquater uses, just in the
rear of the barricade on our left. It was
now near eleven o'clock, and all was once
more still when we heard a eentinal some
distance in our rear shout out "who comes
there," followed by the report of a mus
ket, which was quickly succeeded by a
startling and most unearthly yell the
Confederate battle cry which must be
heard under like circumstances to fully
realize its appalling discord. Without
artillery or cavalry, or even throwing out
skirmishers, they had stolen forward until
they felt our sentinels, and then rushed
forward with their demoniac yell in dense
ouadrunle line of battle. Getting into
the open field in our front, and seeing
some of our camp fires yet burning on the
rising ground behind our breastworks,
they paused and poured in a volley, and
then charged tumultuously forward, ful
ly expecting to finish us at once by their
numbers and cold steel, and probably
would have done so but lor an obstacle as
little expected as the sunken road way at
Waterloo by the French cuirassiers. To
our left, and about midway on the north
ern aide of the field, commenced a gully,
which traversed it, parallel to our front,
and about sixty yards distant, and passed
under the railroad by a stone culvert.
The rains operating on the friable soil had
worn it from seven to eight feet deep,
and there was nothing to mark its exist
ence. On they came. The hail of lead
over and around us was truly frightful;
but, deceived by the glimmering lights on
the rising ground behind our lines, their
aim was generally too high, but thc white
walls of thc General's tent were a con
spicuous mark, and quickly riddled into
shreds, it became the focus of death, and
to remain near it was suicide.
With the first challenge of thc senti
nel, Geary, already booted and spurred,
threw himself into thc saddle for his
horse was ready hitched and at hand for
the emengency and, with the only three
of his staff present, rode up and down his
lines, encourageing his men with sten
torian voice, heard even above thc din ot
battle, and ordering such fresh disposi
tions as his cool and fertilo braia andlhc
emercencv of the moment required.
While his battle lino replied to the ene
my, his reserves, laying down their arms,
tore down all the huts and fences within
their reach, and pressed every rail, log,
rock and chutik they could lay hand on in
to strength'ning and ex tending tbeir breast
works. His stalwart form towered above
the lines, a conspicuous mark for thc re
bel rifles and both men and officer be
sought him to dismount and not wanton
ly expose himself to such inevitable peril;
but bis heroic reply was, " Defeat is
death to us all, and death is preferable to
defeat. Thc fate of our country hangs
upon our success to-night. Never mind
me, for I can work best in thc saddle.
God is mv shield: bv His Grace we will
make a inermopyia?, or win wiu um..
He continued to move amid the smoke
nni tinrnnr ns imnnrturbablc as an iron
i ' il - ..!, "
statue, although the enemy's charge pro
inised to be irresistablo and annihilation
teemed inevitable, while despair alone
gave us courage to die with honor.
On came the enemy, mad with excite
roent and the flush of anticipated victory,
little dreaming of the treacherous gully
into which they plunged nud disappeared
as if swallowed by an earthquake. Whole
rauka plunged iuto the yawniug wasl
and those behind pressed
like disaster. It was too
and, once in, too steep to crawl out; and
ii r. n n if
n mXA i Vi a sn s? Ann flif n nYY AitrcA'a '
ttiuiu cue roar Ul WUUibt wiuc tuirca,!
groans, and shouts from its muddy depths, j
Gearv. uromDt to take advantage of this,
obstacle and diversion in his favor, imme
diately ordered his men to lay low and
ClfyVif fk Istm cm f V a mnCAA rP flia iaii r A mriA
W M. ft W I
thug k the rebels imprisone(i irJ thc
trap into wbicK thcr bad bo unexpectedly
fallen, and at the same time ordered his
artillery to shell the dense woods beyond;
the fields in front, in which the enemy
seemed massed in great numbers, and as j
the shells wero screaming and crashing
through the tangled wood, they became a
fit bass the rebel yells and the patriot
shouts, and the incessant rolling musket-;
rv that reverberated azainst the rockvi
heifrhts on either side with prolonged and
deafening
a
roar and rumbled far awav in
many an echo, lhe conflict was hcrce
and determined, but the fatal gulch and the
sheeted flame of fire that leapt along our
line, carrying a storm of death over the
brink, and the hoarse execution of our
heavy guns among their crowded ranks
beyond, was too much for even Confede
rate enthusiasm and desperation, and
backward they reeled, sullen and disor
dered, into the obscurity of the woods be
yond, leaving the field strewn with their
dead and wounded, and hundreds of their
comrades imprisoned in the gully in front,
who dared not raise their'head for fear of
the leaden hail that swept just above its
brink.
Their charge was fiercely made and
bravely repelled, but the confidence of
assurance and tbeir overwhelming num
bers, added to the importance of success,
made them quickly rally their shattered
columns and make ready for a second as
sault. Our dead and wounded were speedi
ly removed to the rear, where a farm
house was improvised for a hospital. Our
breast works were strengthen. Troops
were shifted and every measure taken
that could add to our hopes of defence.
The interlude of battle hummed on the
night air, but did not last long, for press
ing up dense masses of troops to the ve
ry edge of the gulch, they poured in an
incessant and deadly fire on our barricades,
while strong columns deployed right
and left to turn our wings and, if
possible, attack us in flank. That on our
right partly rushed along the railroad em
bankment and partly to the right of it,
while that on the left crept along the mar
fatal gully and feeling their way along the.
margin of the swamp, struck us heavily on
the left wing and stubbornly forced it
back inch by inch it turning as if on a
binge about one-third of the way down
the line, thus forcing us back and back
until we were at right angles to our orig
inal position, and our condition of battle
being on three sides of a square at once.j
This forcing back our left wing was ow
ing to the weakness of our defences in
that direction, and swung us around thro'
our trains parked on that side, and left
them entirely uncovered, and outside ol
our line; and, strange to say, it created a
diversion in our favor. As soon as our
troops swung fairly clear of the wagons,
the rebels ceased firing and commenced
plundering, thus giving our sorely press
ed veterans a chance to rally -at the foof
of the knoll on that side. But still the
fight was fierce indeed, and along the front
it was one incessant sheet of angry light
ning, leaping up and down the lines and
flashing on the midnight darkness with
vivid and constant play. Again the ar
tillery came in need. It swept the rail
road cmbarkment on our right and one
gun hauled over the grade by strength of
hand enfiladed their advancing ranks
and mowed them down by scores until
baffled and bleedinz ther once more roll
ed back on their reserves in the obscuri
ty of the wood; and Geary seeing our
trains captured and our left sorely press
ed, ordered our guns to fire canister and
percussion shells among the rebels, busi-
y employed in ravishing our trains ou
that side, and at the short range of two
hundred yards they poured in their terri
ble death-dealing volleys, crashing amid
thc tangled woods, wagon wheels and beds,
and plunging animals, and dealing death
and destruction, and quicsiy mrew
them into confusion, rendering the ground
they had taken untenable. Our left wing
being reinforced again pressed them back
and driving them wildly before them,
capturing many prisoners among the
wreck of the tram, and not only recover
in their old line of breastwork, but actu
ally advancing it (turning forward on the
same point it turned backward) some
thirty degrees, along which they threw
up rude defcuses.
This'last result was stubbornly and iu-
riously made, aud as desperately repulsed j
as it was made, let in spite of our de
fenses, in spite of the natural strength of
our position and the immense advantage
of our artillery -we had suffered severely,
and our ammunition was running low,
nd we could plainly hear their hoarse
ominous
cry
to pick off the d d artil
lery men," and fearfully was it obeyed,
for a concentrated fare ot tun uvo thou
sand muskets belched their deadly con-
8 u nil on
tire arouoa mo cuuu oi iuav uu -
l.i. .r i ..i .a
voted knoil.wucreuie uruvu guuum. u
a 11 t . . it.. A MnAwa nn
ttieir artillery norsca iu . .
tliA dark skv bevond. It was a whirl-1
wind of death, cutting down and riddling
everything before it, and in less time
than I have taken to describo it, killed
tbo brave Captain Atwell and the brave
and chivalrio Lieutenant Edward Geary,
the only two officers present, Mith twenty-
forward to- a, five of their men and killing and disa
wide to leap. hv,nr.
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their horses tethered in the neighborhood.
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11 waa tue incarnation of slaughter, but
the only wonder Was that they had not
done it sooner-' It was a fearful hour.
Our hearts stood still. Where was Hook
er? did he not hear the roar of battle?
Surely he must hear its echoes and como
to our relief. It was a terrible moment;
DQt the indomitable Ucarv was equal to
the issue. He stood like some stoic, of
unmoved amid the wreck around
B"m- Assailed by six times his force;
cutoff from succor; in the midst of an
unknown country; his ammunition almost
exhausted; one-fourth of his command
sweltering in death around him; all his
staff killed or wounded, and his heroic
i son, his first born, the embodiment of
every noble virtue and manly promise, a
mangle corpse near by; yet calm and un
dismayed he still rode unscathed along
his weakened lines, encouraging, and or
dering, and firing his men with his own
indomitable pluck and resolution to stand
to the last extremity.
But why attempt this midnight scene,
its horrors and its mighty issues? It
would require the pen of a Scott, a Napier
or a Hugo to do it justice ; to portray thc
deadly struggle through the long hours
of that autumn night, when a nation's life
hung in the balance, while a nation slepfc
unmindful of the fact. To give the just
meed of praise to the brave ofneers and
men that there bled or manfully battled
until the grey of morn ; to tell how charge
after charge was repulsed until our am
munition was exhausted; when we re
plenished from our dead, wounded and
prisoners; how we watched hour after
hour for the relief that came not, until
the last cartridge was exhausted, we fixed
bayonets to sell the last issue with cold
steel, and how the enemy baffled and foil
ed and kept at bay through the night
had all his plans disarranged and so lost
the prize for which he made his
swoop for the stubborn, prolonged and
unheard of resistance of Geary defeated
his plans and saved the 11th corps from
the combined assault intended and how
after hours and hours of dreadful strngglo
the enemy hastily retreated just before
day, leaving over a thousand killed and
wounded, besides many hundred prison
ers in our hands ; and how, just after day,
Generals Grant and Thomas, from Chat
tanooga, and Hooker and Howard, from
Brown's Ferry, came on the battlefield
and congratulated General Geary on his
S10"! unparalleled victory, as he
sat under the shade of a tree begrimed
with the smut of battle; how great was
their surprise when they foand that ho
had fought it single-handed and alone,
they supposing that General Shultz had
been dispatched with a division to his aid .
as soon as tne nrst ecno ot the nglit was
heard the night before. Yes, all this
would require greater space and ability
than I can command, for I have not time
to condense this article into its proper
limits, for each moment as I write some
new incident rushes on thc mind and
clamors for utterance. Nor can I relate
the fortitude with which Geary boro up
under the los3 of his noble son, or the sin
cere condolence of his superiors as ten
dered him on that eventful morning, or
of the frank and eloquent tributes paid
then, and afterwards, by both Grant and
Hooker, in which they freely acknowl
edged him to bo the savior of our army,
and with it, of all the mighty issuc3 hang
ing thereon; nor mention with just,
praise, the heroic and patriotic names
that bore a part in that night; but, suf
fice it to say, that Geary's stubborn and
prolonged resistance counsumcd the
night, hurled back the rebels, bafllcd and
bleeding, and thus saved us from untold
disaster, for all which he deserves not on
ly enduring fame, but the honest grati
tude of every patriot in thc land, instead
of, as in the subsequent battle of Look
out, being shorn of his just renown and
assailed with political slander, or over
slaughed by others, who played an infe
rior part in the dreadful fray, for the wri
ter stood by his side in both of those fear
ful conflicts, and in the last, as well as in
thc first, can testify that on both occa
sions our success was wholly owning to
to the genius of his brain, and the daunt
less nerve of his single heart. Ho alono
carried out the assault on Lookout, and
was the senior officer and alone on the
mountain until the day was won. But
be is as brave as he is modest, and suffers
upstarts, who wero not even under fire on
those occasion to rob him of his just
meed of praise.
L have not seen General Geary since
ho started with Sherman on bis famous
" march to the sea," and may never seo
or communicato wan mm again, uut j.
cannot be still and see him unjustly as
sailed. Therefore, I beg you will givo
this a place in your columns, for, God
knows, he is entitled to all the praise an
place you can possibly give him. F.
and
CAUT20.V. -
fVTOTICE is hereby given, that
I have"
11 this day
locnod to Lraet hresje, of
r iit
up, two iUULKsnnu harness.
The public
aro hereby cautioned ajrainst
. .,K thn fi:li(1 .,..,. ,c t nm ,
alUVUUIIIl ... i - . ... , - "
termined to prosecute tresspasser
moat riffor ol me law.
AARON KRESGE.
Rosa township, Aug. 25th, 18C0.
N
O EXTRA CHARGE for HEARSE in
nttendin"
Funerals within 5 mile
J. II. McCARTY..
of Stroudeburg.
May SI, l6C.-tf.
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