„_ _,•,,,,,,.,,, ~.,,,,,,,. , / 1, 5 , , , 47. • ~, ~.„,1 ~,ti..tlls*ill' '...,., .F-, .r. ••,-; :.: , - I ,'•- , .- 1 - , ?I --1 , -+ , -:p'"i.) ,-. - .1:1_ ,, .. I r'-sll - ^,.,” 't i s ' . 1, '''• '; '-; /- :1 ' o'' : ' ':r i. ' ~ ~, r 1 , _,, : , ~..,,,, ~,, : .. ..„ 1 a w .,..,_„,---__- . ___:__„-_-_,-- 14 , , , ..„ 1 , --- - -1 - ---- -- - - -':... '": . ' ".'• , '... I ~. .• • • t, ,4 , , .. li •-• ' - 4-: - - ,:. ~; . .. :.-,•:•••_ ..• ,;, ~ ~• ~ , ~, . . ~,,, ~, ~ , „.,, i ~,,,„ ~ ~..,,„ , , • ' '4. • ' . 27.' . 4 ~._. .. ' .: 4-- - - ;*- 7 7 . , 7 - ./.:;* l.tf,::-. , " 7. 1 *,\ 1. ,...,. , ii; '''-:-**--=—,,*** - " * „) ~ -...:, 1 $ U .P ' , I 0:,,,,r .' ' 1 , 1 ('. hi ...' •* "' 6 .,•-- . ~._......,.._---_,„ .:_-- -, , _-__,A....)...--.., -t. ''''' 4, "-" '•', : 0 4 i . • - t• ,e , , -.g_..-..1 - 'f - - ,.. ,.. . .ri . . .. t ', i _ 1,. ' - .. 1,• 1,: i t i•iclio".:tl • ..., _ , . . -11 n ''' .. . i -- - - -.4--- --- - s.' -1 1, - ,: . ••••• .... ,* •., ...- ----,-- ---_i: ~• , • , • 4 .6 -- -• -7 ...t..;2-,-;4 14 .5 - ,_ ,•-•,` - '.4 * Vd;l 4 'n' --- :- = .---': "* '' - . , - - I ..il„ , 1. , I -_, . , , , r - - -.....; ,c,-1.""- -fel, -10 ‘.-. ~,, 1 , ' ' , ' ' ' • ' ' ' - ' r r - '.4r,s - r.., zat• --- ,11-,),- „ .. • , , . , .. '. ',... ~ ~-• . ' :,-.. „,' .., ~ p.„ ~. 1 ,,,, _,, ~, , i,., , • - . - . . . • , ~,, ~, . 't. ',,- . e.‘l 4 ` "..., '4# . -,, , y...:* :10, ,' i r:f -b.: r - r -..,-. 3 ,. '. '" " " . , . • ... . - `---------- ' -- ~..--- _ ,....1 - 2u-. . ..... v - 2 `ktf,-, „, ca.- , • ----, ~. . . , . • --- -..........._. ..... ..... , - . . ' ----, --,....:..5:03*.- - , , . r *IL • , - ' . . . NEUUKAL IN POLITICS. .- ci 6 . i. ; .c::, it-tcit'i REES ". INT BEii Eli • EleiJoteb to Newo4:titeraturc, POctri), Sciellat iticcilanito) actriculturi, t4c - Miffuoicin of Useful infonnation, General intelligence, inintientent, - YQI;Pfg ~IY. THE LEHIGH REGISTER; 13 ptibfraitediritite Boirotiah of Allentown,Lehigb 'totivttii ) Pch:ivery Thtiree!ay - • Wit'Atrlitisres't. Rump,' 50 *`annum, payable in advance, and &11110.it t not Paid Until the end of the yeas'. ' No japes di s continucd;uotilallareearages are paid, txcept hl" the pption'tifthe proprietor. '.A.X4Eirris'ii:tvesis,.makitti not more than one sqiiiri . *lllbe Inserted three times for one dollar acid for Ivery . 'subsequent insertion twenty-tWe cents.' I,l4lt6i'adv'ertisements Charged in the same proportion. Thosc not exceeding ten lines, willhe charged xe v'enty-fiv e'cents, and those mak. ing lx'ss, three insertions fOr 50 cents tie litierardedution will be madito those „ . , who advertiie by the year. . . tar Vie in 'I/omilion 'Street, one door of " Cernicin Reformed Church, and ,;curly uppotile'the i , F . rfettembothe Office." 11' .t • . PROCLAMATION. The fulling of the leaves, the whistling 'of the wincl,the rapid decay .of vegetation, and a thOitsand other phenomena in nature, remind of 'the . fast.approach of .w inter, end . admOniSh us provide accordingly. • • ** • . • •• , •' • . * • * • • • * • * NOW BE IT KNOWN, . , To' the gopd ,people of Allentown. Lehigh county ? that we the undersigned have just receovd,and now offer for sale one of the Largest, Cheapest and best Stock of GOODS, ever brought into said County; and which we wilt sell for' CASII;IUNDOUBTED CREDIT OR • • ' ritODIICE, at almost your oirit Our Goods speak for themselves. Cull and see, and we will giro you some practical illustra tion of saving money, by ofkring Goods at prices, that wall convince you that money can be saved. by purchasing at the eel-. ebrated . • Orew Forle Store, particularly those ivho are about going to HOUSE KEEPING. They will find a good assottment of Carpets, Floor Cloths, Rugs, Feathers, Counter panes, Blankets, Linen and Cotton Sheet ing, Table Covers, Diapers, Flannels, I%lus lins and Oil Curtains. LADIES please give us a call and . examine our large, rich and fashionable styles of Dress Goods, consisting of . Cashmeres, De Laines, Nlohairs, Coburgs, Leonese Cloths, Lama Cloths, and numerous other fancy goods, which if worn will add beauty to the beautiful, make the plain look gay, and cast the 'approach of , old age and deformity into the shade. GENTS. Give us a call, and we will show in all their magnificencd, heap upon heaps, • The Lusterial Cloths of old Germany ; the finest Fabrics of France ; the heavy Goods from the west of Eng land ; the coarser webs of Amer : lea ; and the softest textures of Cassi Meres. • • • VESTINGS tir Caton, of Silk, of Wool, of Wooster fat ty, from grave to gay, from lively to serene. Cravati; AJollars, Wrappers, Stocks, Stock ings, Hose, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, Sacks, unmentionables and inexpresibles, plain, delicate and fancy ; heavy, light and middling, large, small and medium, long, short and average, coarse, fine and superfine. Doors open at all business hours. Ad mission free, come one, come all. Callas the tempest does, sterner and strangeion • KERN & SAMSON. November 20.• 11-0 w 4) r e a eall Notice is hereby given, that the partner. ship in the. /eliciting busineass heretofore existing between - 4r Getz, is dissolv ed by mutual consent; All persons who are indebted in the firm,books will please ca)l op en Jolut k Rtihe Esq . , with when' the books are left for collection, and settle their account between now and the first of De cember next, and such who have any legal claims against the firm will present their ac counts for settlement. • • " November 1. '0 E,CENTREWARD! -Runaway from the subscriber • .residing in Hanover township, , •..Lehigh county, on Tuesday night.last, a boy named HEN nir. Mai, an indentured np. - prentice to tbn TAILORING fiIUSIZNIESS:.. The above .reMird, but• ne charges lie paid it be ithbr,oisiiht hatir •ADANII SUL'f: t4ovember I:2=1 A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. .; 6.. . Cheap and Good . Watches, ~,---z% Jewelry& Silver-ware; Whole * sale and retail, at No. 90 Nort h ~ 1, .. . Second street, corner of Quar- N. I Z.N 1) :). ~ Philadelphin• livid Lever Watches, full Jewelled, IS caret cases, $3O and over. Silver Lever Wat Ches, full jewelled, 010 and over. 'Silver Lepine Watches, jew; . gilled, . 011 and over. Silve'r Quartier Watcheir, $5,00 to 10 Gold Pencils, $1,50 to. 7 Fine Gold Rings,: :37& cts. to 80 Other articles in.proportion. All Goods warranted to be what they'are sold for. Constantly on hand, a full assortment i kof fine GOLD JEWELRY and 1311_,VM WARE. Also, an assortment of M. J. To bias & Co., E. Simpson, Samuel & Broth ers, E. S. Yates & Co., John Harrison, G. R. Beesley, and other superior Patent Lei:er Itlovetnetas, which will be cased in any style desired. • Arrangements have been made with all the above celebrated niakers, the. best man ulactereri of Liverpool, .to furnish at short notice any required style of Watch, for which orders Will be taken and the name and residence of the person ordering put on if requested. 0. CONRAD,No. 90 North 2nd. St. Importer of Watches. Philadelphia, Nov. 29. • 11-1 y The Largest ) Most Fashionable And Cheapest Stock of BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and Caps, IN LEHIGH COUNTY. The undersigned would respectfully call the attention of the public, to their very ex tensive and fashionable stock of Mens and Boys, Kip,Calfand Mo rocco od igtiV BOOTS AND Shoes, ALSO.—A gen eral assortment of all kinds of HaTS .IND C.IPS, which they are determined to sell cheaper than any other establishment in Lehigh county. Their stock consists of : every variety of Women's Kid', Morocco, and . Calf Skin Shoes, Gaiters and Slippers, Boys and Men's fine and coarse Boots and Shoes. Children shoes of every description, Gum Boots and Shoes, &c. Call and see at the old stand, one door %vest of Saeger's Hardware Store. LOCHMAN & BRO. Oct. 25. • Cheap Hat and Cap Store, Nonillion Street nearly opposite Weiss Hotel, .Rlleniown. Jacob H. Bois, Takes this method to inform hk• friends and customers, that he still continues the Hatmaking and Cap business, and keeps constantly on hand, a large assortment of the most. fashionable, Beaver, Natie, Brush, Russia, Silk and Napped Hats, which he will sell at the lowest• prices. 418 o—a large assortment of !Hens, Boys amlldrens . Caps, at He is likewise prepared to manufacture to order Hats at the shortest possible notice: Thankful for past favors he hopes to en joy a continuance of patronage, as he feels confident that his Bats, fully recommmd themselves. • Eiii''Such who are indebted to him for some length of time, will please recollect, that their accounts should be promptly sett led, and it is expected will not be neglected. Nev. O. • EDWARD S rETLER, ILLIAM Owns, • 05-4 w FASIIIIONABLIE Jewelry Establishment _ very reduced prices H. LEVIN %Tr y JATE WILLIES STOVER & SONS, Ita (9 13 al AND DEALER IN COUNTRY 'PRODUCE No. 1115 North Third Street, corner of Wood Street, Philadelphia, Has been replenished by the subscriber, with an , entirely fresh and well selected as sortment of every description of • . Groceries includingprime coffee, choice flavored Teas, genuine 111nes and Liqyors, Spices &c. &c. Every article is strictly good of its kind and will be supplied. to consumers and dealers at a small profit for cash. . • - • , LEVIN Jr (late Wm. Stooverr, 4r, Sonp fr Phil.) larCoantry . proderce bodght and taken in otaditige,f2o grbacties. -; :39)h:tuber 27. • -.C—i3rt-4 A.LLENTOWN; LEIIIGA COUNTY, PI, DECEMI3ER 6, 1849. poetical Elepartment. The Stranger's Heart• The stranger'a,heart oh would it not;, .. A ycaring anguish is its lot; , • In the green-shadow of thy tree The stranger finds no rest with thee. Thou thinkest the vine's low rustling leaves Glad music round thy- household eaves; To him, that sound bath sorrow's tone—. The stranger's heart is with his own. Tnou think'st the children's !rushing play A lovely sight at fall of day ; Then are the strange'r thoughts opprest— Ilis mother's vbice comes o'er his breast. Thou think'st it sweet when friend to friend Beneath one mein prayer do blend; Then doth the stranger's rye grow dim--• Far, far at those who prayed With him. Thy heart, thy bosom, thy vintage land— The voices of ihy kindred band; Oh,midst them all when blest tho art, Deal gently with the stranger's heart. (From the New York Tribune.) The Hero Dead• War's note is hushed! The Soldier's ear By tumult vexed, is closed in death,. And in the grave no more . shall hear The cannon's fierce and sulphurous breath. Far from the blood-dyed battle-field lie sleeps, whose liero race was tun 'Mid Havoc's storm, of sword and shield, Where Glory's wreath are sought and won He sleeps in peace! no trumpet's blast The silence of that tent can break, ' Where Death has bound him still ; and fast, 'Till God's own trump shall bid him wake He sleeps ! green laurels on his brow ; A nation's tears upon his grave; And Grief and Glory, mingling, bow In honor of the good and brave. THE BATTLE OF TRENTON. TIV PITARLEIS 7. PETERSON The battle of Trenton was the turning point of the %Var of Independence. For months before, the prospects of the Colo, nies had been darkening, and but for this bold stroke, would soon have set in gloom forever. A brief review of the condition of ailitirs is necessary to a just comprehension of the battle, When, in March, 177(4 the British foand" themselves compelled to evacuate Boston, they resolved to carry their arms into the Middle States, and there strike at the very heart of the nation.. Accordingly, Sir Wil liam Howe, after recruiting his forces at Halifax, sailed' fur New York. On the 26th of August, at the head of an army twen ty thousand-strong, he defeated the Ameri cans on Long Island ; and a few days sub st.quently, compelled them to abandon the city of New York. Washington now re treated to White Plains, where an ineffec tual engagement followed. Soon Fort Washington, at the upper end of Manhat tan Island, was stormed and carried by the' royalist troops. Finding it impossible to maintain his' hold upon the Hudson, the ; American General determined to retreat across New Jersey ; and accordingly, atm- doning all his positions,. hurried over the North River, the British following in quick pursuit. Thus, within two months after the battle of Long Island, the cause of the Colonies sunk into almost hopeless ruin. The enthu siasm which accompanied the first outbreak at Lexington, had given way before the pri vations of a protracted contest ; and the sol diers, who in 1776 turned a deaf ear to the bounty offered by Congress. In the army, the spirits of both officers and men wore broken by a long series of disasters. Be fore the end of November the force of Wash ington, by loss in battle; by expiration of en listment, by desertions and by . other casual hies, had dwindled down to a little over 3, 000 men. With this remnant of an army he retreated across New Jersey, hotly pur sued by Cornwallis, at the head of twenty thousand well-appointed troops t nor could he save himself from utter ruin except by throwing the Delaware` between himself and his foe. On the Bth of December, he crossed that river, and having destroyed the bridges behind im, gained a momentary respite. To the eyes of nearly every man but the commander-in-chiefolus momentary relief seemed only an interval of addititnal agony between the sentence and execution, for ul timate escape, appeared impossible. Tho most sanguine believed that Philadelphia would fall before the month was out. Con gress, which had been in session there, hur ried off to. Baltimore.. Meantime, the Brit ish, in secure possession of New-Jersey, is sued a prackimatiOn,reqUiringevery inhab itant to lay down his anus and take the oath of ellegiatice ; and hundreds, who had been nutting the'.iiket enthasisetic:for :resietance, but Oho, uotV. desfaired atieceW battten a to pitrchese aubinis sion, Everizentlemen high in rank on the dl==i 'side of (tic Colonies wavered in their Patri otism: The panic Was universal..- The hur- . ricane seemed . about postrate every thing before it. , • • , ••• • In the gloom of thiS awful tempest, Wash ington, ohnostalone,atood unappalled.: Not for one moment his, constancy foiSake him. Ile saw the hill peril of his situation ; but he brought to it the resources of his mighty genius, and the unshaken resold I. - lion of his giant - soul. • Never, in any peri-1 ad of his' lite, was he greeter than in this. hint of subinitaion crossed his mind. "if Philadelphia• falls," he said in public, ..we must retreat to the Susquehannah, and thence if possible, beyond thaAlleghany." From the moment he had crossed- the Del aware, he had been revolving in his mind a plan to change, by one.bold act, the whole aspect of the war. The British instead of being concentrated in some central point, were scattered in detachments over New- Jersey, a proceeding they had adopted for the convenience of forage,' belieiing their enemy utterly powerless for aggressive Mea sures. Washington resolved to take advan tage of this error, and to strike at several of thesadeutchments at once. He learned that 15,00 men, principally Hessians, were cantoned at Trenton, and that smaller .bo dies layAt Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly, and neighboring villages. To cut off one or all of these from the main army was his:design. It ha.% been said, by more than one inter- j ested writer, that this masterly idea did not originatq with Washington, but was sugges ted by :4thers ; and various officers have been nailed as ,the real authors of the plan. But- dull very number of the aspirants de stroys. the exclusive claims of each, and strengthens the notion that the mamerre sprung from the commander in chief alone. The letters of IVasnington for a fortnight before the battle, point to the great thought he was . fnatu ring in his mind, Lie was en couraged in his plan by the alacrity with which the Pennsylvania militia, under the command of Gen. Cadwalader, began to turn out: and by the reflection that, unless some bold stroke was promptly hazarded, the spir its 4. Ahe people would sink into hopeless despondency. Accordingly, ho called a. council of war, before which he laid his da ring scheme. As absolute secrecy was ne cessary to the success of the enterprise, on ly the very highest officers were admitted to this assembly, which nut at the head quarters of Gen. Knox. in Upper Make held, Bucks county Pennsylvania. The house is, we believe, still standing, an anti quote dwelling of two stories. Little did those who met at the council of %val., though aware that mighty results hung upon their decision, imagine a tithe of the truth. They knew that the success or de feat of the Colonies might , possibly be invol ved, but they could not penetrate the future and foresee that the existence of the great est and most enlightened republic that ever lived, depended on their conclusion. To their eyes it was chiefly a question of pre serving their little army, or at-most-of pro-, tracting the contest into another campaign, that they might have the bonelit of whatev er chances should turn up. But in reality they were determining whether the great problem of man's capacity for self-croveru , went should be tested' or not—Whether 20,- 000,000 of people, as we now are or 100,- 000,000 as we will be by the close of the century, should rise into.freeman, or sink into slaves. Under God, all the progress that liberty has made since that hour, - here or abroad, may be traced to the resolution adopted by that council of war! That we are a free people ; that our wide spread ter ritories are filled with prosperity and happi ness ; that the United States is looked to by the whole world as the Metca of the op pressed ; and that every breeze that blows from Europe brings sounds of falling thrones and nations breaking the chains which have galled them for centuries—we owe to the determination of that little assembly Maus! taro their commander in chief. We can imagine when the council rose, that the am gel who watched over the youth of our to public,und who trembled fer the result, clap ped his hands for joy, and that the exultant sound, taken up-by messenger after messen , ger, passed from hierarch to hierarch, until all heaven rung with the acclaim.. The plan, as finalty determined on, was that Washington, with the continental troops should cross the Delaware above 'Trenton,l and move down to the attack of that town ; while Ewing, crossing the river, below, should make an assault simultaneously from the lower side. . Meantime, Cadwallader, with a strong detachmentormilitia, crossing. at Bristol, was, if possible,'M carry the posts at Burlington and MoentHolly. The night of the 25th of Decemher, was Chosen for the surprise, as it was,supposed thot:thaenemy on that festiVe occasion would be Moro, -or less oft' his guard. _The weather had come unusually warm for this Seasoti, and there was no ice as yet in the river pedathe crossing. Everything looked; prat, mising untd.within forty,-, - eight honreoPthe' the tith:aqier sot in .014 Ve.W. ware became full elfteethig ice ~Vhirih,_f~ tiered navigatioialmait- Impossible. erthelesi, Washington, determined to per sist in his enterprise. Boats had been col lected for the transportation of his own de tachtnent,: arPileConliey's".merry; -on the west side of the river, about eight -miles above Trenton. An express was sent to cadwallader to inform hint the attempt was to be made, and to command him to cross, if possible at Bristol. As soon as evening came, the Cond - len.. talsOwenty-foer hundred in number, with a battery of twenty light field-pieces; were put in motion, and marched to tae. ferry. ft was a wild and threatening night. The wind howled ominously over the landscape ; a few stars only were seen in the dark and troubled sky ; and the ice in the river, spat, ting and grinding as the tide moved its huge masses one against another, filled the air with foreboding sounds. in vain, for awhile the boats struggled in the current. Now locked in the. arms of apparent imrnovulili fields of ice, and now in "peril from !leafing blocks that threaten to crush them; they were borne hither and thither, and with dir ficulty reached the shore, were new dangers awaited 'them in cakes of the.frozen mute rial,which pushed endwise againsrthe bank frequently overlapped and almoSt engulph ed them. At one time it was feared, unit the artillery would -have tp be left behind. At last, howeier„ after most incredible ex ertions, the little army- Was ferried over, but the task, instead of being achieved at 'mid night, as had been intended, was not com pleted until three hours alterwards. Dur ing the suspence of this awful night, Wash ington, Who had crossed early, sat, it is said,. on a bee-hive by the shore, Wrapped in his cloak, and watching the struggling boats by the light of the few stars which broke here and there through; the stormy rack of the heavens. . _ Two principal roads led from the landing place to Trenton. One, following the course of the river, entered the town at its lowest extremity ; the other called the Pennington road, made a circuit into the interior, and struck Trenton at its upper end. Dividing his force, Washington took the latter route. with one detachment, while Sullivan, with the other, pursued the river road. The in.: structions of the.commander in chief to the Jotter general were' to push on midilela'. reached Trenton, which he would probably be the, first to do, as his route was the shore test, and there wait till lie heard firing at the upper end of the town, when he was to attack ut once. By thus assaulting the British'skiultaneously on bollisides, Wash ington hoped, in conjunction with the sur; prise, to render them an easy prey. The march had scarcely been renewed when the storm-, which had been threaten ing all night, burst upon the army. The snow, at first coming in squalls, finally fell unremittingly, accompanied occasionally with gusts Otsleet and hail. The two di-; visions moved irt company for nearly. three .miles before separating, and Sullivan,.re• marking that the wet might slioil the pow der, asked his chief what was to be done in that emergency.. "We must fight-with the bayonet," was Washingtons stern reply: The tempest new rapidly deepened. The thick falling flakes nearlyobscu red the way ; the cold became intense; and the Wind aman ing across the landscape, seemed to Wail ov er the approaching ruin of America. Ma- . ny of the soldiers -being scantily clothed,. were soon wet through and throUgh . most frozen. Others bad no shoes, and . their feet, cut by the icy road, left at every step a mark of blood: History presents no parrelel to that eventful march. Mir n still some distance from ' Trenton, two of the Americans exhausted and chilled, dropped front their ranks and died. Yet-Still the re mainder toiled, on. No- martial fife was there, no banner flaunting on high, nosquad rons of cavalry to guard their flanks, with triple rows of steel ; but in silence, like the Spartans bound to Thermopke, the little band:pursues its tvay. The inhaditants of the farm houses on the route, half waking froin SleeP, fancied for a moment there were strange sounds upon the breeze ; but MUT' ining that what they heard was bur the in tonation of the tempest, they turned and slept - again, little thinking that the destinies of America quivered at that hour in the bal ance. The anxiety of Wailtington, during this protracted march, rose to the higholt pitch. He was aware that if the attack fulled, es cape would be impossible., with the wintry Delaware behind him. In deciding on this bold mare, he had staked not only his own life, but the existence of his ariny,•ancl With the question olsubmission and indePt-ndence • for his country, then and foreyer. after. Ire had put everything..atthe hazdid of a die." Yet the Hight of a single ldeserter, the .acci dental discharge of a musket,. or dm occur rence.of'any'or d d9ke . tt possible Contingen cies mig htdestroysuccess entirely. As the grey 'llllWri aPproackedi arid ilio , ykaini i ty . .of Tretitarticarne kart', iisualj . ly sn- l etilinnientivith u:trrible;stisPenetif:lPi :rod efot Wil,rd . dt - thehend br 16. iqpai' ids r 4hts-, instthiVith'q , :oqtpatif:tit t:lieenemy.' AYil lifttgtitt ti thaliebgeijtai beai r d; ;-4 a. 1401 e ',iumffisrtte giyen, ands gifts: het 4,hed ' aloes tirq breaking by the :scene; and lifjhei:siligbty,..respciniik. NUMBER 9'. bilities of the hour, Washingthh . rose %I'll stirrups, and pointing" ahead With hiS exclaimed, in a 'Nick hlsky With' etnOtioti . , but in words that • Will 7e'rer'''.be::imMortril. ..l4oldiers, now or ticcetLl:4litis"'is Anse chance." . . On the instatwthe men twolteintWaAed; curried away by the enthuSi:istn of the mo ment, and returnitig the volley of the tletrent7 ling guard,ilashedlorelardin'ptirsult. Ti 6. British' kept up a desaltOry Are they &.g dodging from house to house. At theif.hbeidi was a young officer, who 'courageously exw hotted their tri'stond' their:ground, Inutile ball mortally wotinding:him,he fell in. the road,.w hen •I hey . pretipirately. fled. The Americans now saw, a little in advance, the' houses ; heord:thealarm'which was callimi• the British soldiery together, •ftud itrunedit• - ately niter beheld the. eniqtiy endeavoring to form a hattery.acress King street' di!Eab: ly in front. - Not- w mement• was to 'be in'se: Six of Knox's pieties 'immediately gralbpedi into position, nod unli'mfOring, opened alez structive fire doWn . theiStreq..:.• When'ehli discharge was over,.. the ..alvanCkl. rushed forward, charged up to. the 'mtizzles of the: enemy's guns, sabred Some of the it:: tilleriSts :heat firing, . and •Nciirti the rest attay, and capturing the 'ibileattsi. turned tivo t bear On the flying, toe. •• • TM'S occured. near -Wife l i e tl%• . feetter 6tosieS tIW street. Having thuS trestioYed tiieonVforla of the enetny,,the..successful assaillantS vanced down Queens' street, extendirtg:toi wards the left,- norms the rd.l; gins to cut off the fetred Of the-litiositine; -toOtied Prinake: Meanwhile, all .was:teirtir diad•etdifeiieli among the • enemy: night :flint hee' one of festivity ire :Trenton; the soldiers' itig in the ,I!ieer:shope dircinsingi and the :OP ficers indulging in mirth.: • Cot. Mail had been occupied all:night in i pltrying Car& et Elea&Quartersi_ d hodse .bbleaging .to Mt.; Stacy Potts, and still standing. pc:lithe feeild Of Greene street.. When the firing of , thro picket &Mired, he stopped and listened; the Meet .against the windo* pane for a motnent deceived Jtirn. Bet whorl the rattle of the first volley came to:hide:We; flinging down his Bards; he • rushed to ?par._ Here through the misty lawn'ilie rlolitsahe nossiyois tutining clown thealreet towards him', with, the eryt - hat Wirshingtod With his entire army them. At this Haiti shouted' to arms. The drums heat; In an instant all Trenton was id rt. teiritilt: The privates rushed, froM theii; ganitels; some with, and some lir about arms ; the•of: freers Wore h'eard &Ding to the men, of Seed endeavoring to form the ranks; and the:in: habitants, roused from sleep, htirried nitheif %Outten's, and lookingout for an instant; tni the iiptoat; hastened to' conceal therriselvert .in the recesses of their 6%4:Dine. The main division of the army had scarce= ly unlimbered its battery in King street; when the sound of firing. froth the touter ex: trentity of the town, announced that .Stilli: van had reached his position: Not ihree minutes had elapsed between the time when the tafo divisions came into action. The' knowledge that the enemy had', b'eeit • prised iu front and rear at once inspired the Aindricans with fresh ardor, and they chnt: ed down the two principal streets; King and Queen, with an impettrousity duet firoke through every attempt at resistance: In Vain Rah! galloped to and • fro tallying hie then : in vain, the subordinate ofitcerieier: tett themselves in vaitithe privates, ashaniz, Bad to be 'compiered without n bloW, ended: vored to matte a stand ;—the enthusiasm of' the assailants was irresistible, the flessianti everywhere gave way, and When Bahl Bond. after fell mortally wounded,' his troops . broke into ignominious fl ight. A fee, / thretv them': selves into a steno mansion, where they were speedily: fo'reed • to 'lltirrender: remainder fled precipitately toWard the As: suMpialc river, which flows_ along the low er end of the town. ElereSomeentlertVor-• ing teswirn across Were•drowned or frozen to death ; but the greeter portion, heti - tined in, on one side. NVashingten, and on the , other side hy.gtilliVaii, tied finding escape hopek.sp, laid down their arms. 'rho victory 'ivai,coMplete. The whole, force of the. Brifish.o Trenton WI i nto the hands of Washingstan,•efeept . d body of 500 horsei which fled in the dfiection of tgordeth;, t town early in the action. - Even' theie, - hoW: • ever, wohld net "Itio: : riitide good their. es- I sed' etwe, if liqid‘Ods to have CMS:. bitlew. haft Weft ahle' effe c t pur , pose.; The number of prisoners actually to-, ken Was' 909; ofNhoinl3' gee officers.. about one thoUsand'Spirit'. Of • firth's' fell into the arms of the:vi6tOiiiit , :qth'e ilorides suet.. I cess Was purulitirfett:•it)itholit the loss 'an math except the two' v:ihri died oti thalnaidh and but tWo officeri, andlifeni. privntes• vein. Oognded. Thir,blesettins.:ldet 7 officers and' , nearly thiity men killed., As IVashingtotr rode over •t he fleldif f ini thikconflict,. found * Mt Ill; t hei • we rip hi s'•• bleed.' T dying. dip odder; u p ported by o' aid ! 4eci l r. g OlitBl.4lllOpped; his sword, to the victOrOind.::4'briiketifticcents . seenref.! 'inriplotcreletiten4rineAnteiicair •144:140.V..;:tilO 11 Pec0cleti'•ordered litrial ChM ,to Aleiral l Oce l 3 toed .. Alr-t4idititti':%Vas in *nip. , q uarters, died ' • • • • i,II rrv.lv, • • • =
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers