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VOLUME VI.
THE LEIIGII REGISTER,
Is'ymbliokfd in the Borough fy . Allentown, Lehigh
Count y , ru.,erery Th rsdrig
B 1( AVGIJST!JS L. fly, AME,
Atsl. 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2OO if not paid until the end of the year. No
paper discontinued,until allarrearagesare paid
except at the option of the proprietor.
Anvswrtsitm n!ers, making not more than one
square, will be inserted three times for one dollar
and for every subsequent inset lion • wen tylive
cents. Larger advertiseMents, chat - Jed in the
same proportion. Those notexceeding ten lines
will be charged seventy•five cents, and those
making six lines or less, three Insertions for 50
cents.
liberal deduction will be made to those
who advertise by the yrar.
re- Office in Hamilton St., one door East
the German. Reformed Church, nearly
opposite the "Friedensbote Office."
- ---
New Boot, Shoe and Leather
Store in Al!cutout'.
_ET eIoVE I° di• 6 4 0 0 lIP -
Ihive lately entered into Partnership in
tha above business, and have taken the
hirer and •spaCieus house on the collier, di
rectly opposite the Odd Fellows' Hall, in
Hamilton street.
They inform 11mb-former customers and
the public in general, that deer intend doe
int r - t. bosint ss on a more extensive scale, than
has ever before bet n done in A l!ebtewn
They keep from 10 to 50 hands itint Inploy,.
by which inuans they will be able to furn
ish customers work at the shortest possible
notice. Their stook on hand at present
comprises a very large assortment of (Jen
tlenien' Superfine, Patent Leather, French
qrMorocco and
Call' Skinßoots
i."...412'zi... , . --.- of
1 beeru rsestotit:i:inisi'l
fti; t ,5„.,..... ;,,,4,t. , "'dfif45 : a b( r s d ki l t ri 's ty l s l: b u t r ) g ot e s. lot
Ladies shoes i 3 indeed very large, as) they
intend In be able to fill out large orders (froth
country intitchants) ninon!" which can be
found evety possibly stye of drtss shoes.
End' as
Jenny LimrN, linAkinN. lace Boots,
Jenny 1.71111 11Hda, Pollin. , ;,
Gail( rx, Kiw:tah,
ExulNior, .S.trup,
gill -the above styles are manufactured of
Patent Leather, Kidd, Morocco or Lasting.
Children shoes of every variety and styles
plain and fancy colored.
They manufacture with a view of furn
ishing stock to merchants from the country
in any quantity, and they will warrant all
the goods they mann flictnre to be of better
material and more durable ; and at prices
less than they can be purchased in Phila
delphia.
EVA full assortment of shoe findings, of
every description. Also all kinds of Lentil:.
or, Oak and Hemlock tanned sole leather,
Kip, Calf and French Nlorocco, Kid, Pat
ent Lining Leather, all of which will be sold
at city prices. •
•
They invite merchants and customers
fro in the country to give them a call, exam
-ine their large stock of goods, and we as
sure them they will not go nwny dissatisfied.
We say again, remember the place—oppo
site. the Odd Fellows' Hall, in Hamilton
Street, Allentown
March 11
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-1.) 'l2 11 CV T 1-1 ] CI •
Norristown and Frecmansburg Rail
Road Company.
The Commissioners earned in the act in-
corporating the above named Company, will
meet and open books for subscription to the
capital stock of said Company, on Monday
the 29th of July next, at I 0 o'clock A. M.
at the house. of Herman Fetter, in Freeman
berg. Said books to remain open at said
place for :3 days, viz : 20th, 27th and 2Sth
July—on the 29th, nt the house of Reigel
& Shaffer, one day, at Hellertown. On the
:30th, ono day, at Cpopersburg, at the house
Of - Daniel Cooper ; 31st, one day at Quaker
• town, at the house of Jacob kern ; one day,
August 2d, at the house of Elias Erdtnan in
Charlestown ; one day, August 3d, nt the
house of M. Stilt, in TylerspOrt ; 1 day Au
gust 4th, at the house of C. Rudy in Sure
neytOwn ; 1 day August sth, at the house of
E. Thomas in Zieglersville ; 1 day, August
6th, at R. Longnecker's Perk iomen Bridge ;
2 days, August 7th and Sth, at the house of
John Heins in, Norristown.
By order of the Board of Commissioners.
WlLLinni W ottnELL, Secretaries
Ggo. W. Fomutuo,
July 8, 1852.
NAILS. 900 Kegs of the best Nails,
Brads and Spikes, just received and for sale
by & SABGER.
April'22, , 11-3 w
jolt I' R,l7r TIMG,
Ntotlyekecuted at the “Regiater'! Office.
A FAMILY NEVITPAPER
FOR THE
Clothing Emporium'
F
KECE &t LEH.
They take this method to in
form their • rum their friends and the
public in generid that they
rk.ilft‘ ' still continue the
L - t . , 5 , IRE RC ll ANT TAILORING
- .77‘
111 at their old staml,dir , eetly op ;
posao the" Lehigh Itegister
printina.olfice, and that they
—although much is said at other places of
low prices—will sell as cheap. if not c h ea p- •
er, than at nay other establistnent, in this
or any other place, and if any thing, still a
little cheaper. They will always keep on
hand, a full supply of
Ready-Made mmHg;
of every descriptions, and have.on hand at
present a large supply of seasonable goods,
at their "Emporium." They are both
practicaLnechanics, and no work is sufli.tr•
ed to pass unless fully examined by them, so
they can warrant them to be not Only du
rable, but 'narde up with neatness and taste.
Will lie intrictua:ly attended to, and wade
up In order in tlic mo-t foshionah:e manner,
nit motet ‘rlieilier the wititls are bought
it will be thankfully received.
RONEY & GOOD
"1 1 , 6 i n
¶-4w
Attentlow.! Male, 'Room I
Customer Work
They are thanl,ful for favors licretoCtire
received, and thev will male it point to
serve all with entire satisfaction, which
they trust will secure to them more favors
and he the means to extend their custom
still further. Call and exa:nine their stock,
before you purchase elsewhere, and satin
ly yourselves kith what is said above
Allentown April 29,
Two riano Fortes
ct) tij A 111 3
The tnolersi;zned has just lin
lic(l and has ready for two
six and titnr quartur ectallo FG(t<
with Rose wood casys. Apply at his l'iiio
:Nlattufactory, in 113(11111,n s:rc,•t, %%etc
of tlageoliticit's llotc I. i n Ih• n to wn .
SIIUN SWEITZEII.
April (3.
a c iiirih ig-cowi 3
The undersigned hereby inform the citi
zens Of Allentown, that they have built u
large Ice [louse, and are now prepared to
furniSh every morning a supply of clean
ice, though the whole season.
They would also inform the citizens of
Allentown and vicinity that a aupply•of ice
to preserve the dead can at nit times be had
by calling at their office in East Allentown.
Customers in town, will bo supplied reg
ular every morning at their doors.
'they %Vitt make it a point punctually to
serve those who may favor them with their
custom.
JOHN G. SCHINPII.
CASPER 7iLECNNEII.
East A Hollow , Vat' 20, w
Rea 4 7Staae, Clot Wing, !.
A complete assoi intent of every-descrip
tion, cheaper than the cheapest.
Cloths, Caesimem, &c., made up to the
shortest notice, in a style calculated to sur
prise the Pariians, not the "Natives" only
--and still he complies with his motto, "No
fit no pay." With such inducements held
out to un impartial public, a Hottentot
would'm for a moment doubt but what he
is bound to eclipse all his competitors. And
now take his advice
"Buy cheap while sluggards sleep,
And you will have goods to wear and keep."
So come one and all
And give me a call.
C. H. SAMSON.
April 15,
To the Ladies of Allentown.
We want all the ladies in Allentown and
its vicinity to call and get a dress of Beragt:,
Bernge de Laine, Lawn, Gingham, or any
thing else they may wish, nt the new cash
store, corner of Wilson's Bow, the place
just revived. J. W. GRUBB.
Rakes! BakeS!
Just received a large lot of Hakes, whiCh
will be sold very cheap at the ow cash
store, corner of Wilson's Row:
J. W. GIIUBB.
if --Gm
May 13, 1852
Brandreth and Wrights Pills,
Country merchants and others, are here
by notified, that the far famous Pills o
Doctors William A. Wright, and Benjamin
Brandreth, are constantly kept for sale at
the office Of the •'Lehigh Register" by the
dozen boxes at wholesale prices. .• -
July 5. . 11—Oni
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., AUGUST, 5 1852.
- -
Coaclinialciiig Eqt.iblicliprnt New Goods. New Gooev ,-- -'..
t_ 1 ...
alletait3trE?.
sal D ill? 11 1 2 .A 111,
Iti.:pect fully announcos t(i
the public in 7imoral, that 11.# :till contintics
oil a 11101'.2 tho
Coarlima!iiug Easiness,
in all its various branches, at his well known
stand, in wer.t I latiiihon stroet, din etly !
posit,. Hagenbuclt's Hotel, where he I- :
ways prepared to manufacture to order at ;
tho shortest notice, and also keep WI 11;11i . j,
) Barlq(ChrS, Fork I r ro's;‘ l ll3, .c fit".
acj . 'q\(:) 1:o
C'arryallrlCAWAV,-., A I\'l.,`W ASSO!I'eiIIENT
s, .Str , • 17 - g - (0 , F p
which for auty and duraldlitv.canot Al -12)
excelled by any other establishment in the
county. lle uses none but the hest mate- 'Vito undersif Ind announce to the public,
vial that can beisecored. while his ‘vorkin , :nr that they have just retnined Iron
are second to none in the slaw, consequent- lidlia and 'New furl,., with a very lure lot
ly be'ferds assured that the vehicles he turns ;.of hardware, consittinr , of
out will bear inspection in any community. `i 1 hirise
fle will Warntilt his work as it is all done r oac h r t i mm i dig ,
underhis own supervision. ' Swilrry mit/ Shoc : fittilitt,:r . s, ail of which
Wooden or iron :isle-Imes nianuinctured wi ll b i , sold low p rices . Tiwy
to - order;and — all - kinds - of repairing-dens-in ' tts-k the public eive 11.1,,I;er's I lardwure
the neatest, cheapest nod Inost expeditious Store, sirt of the
manor,.. i o'i7lo'l3
'll,,r.ws, old v, &c., will be ,
et:it in (IrlOr thc
I'm:111'112y wai;ons.
nankin' for p, e3 l f avors , L i ,. b y tact, Illat a 'penny 'saved is a pet::,y .
Jt "t
strict attention to business, to merit a contin
ual increase of public patronage. 1:-1;
Al,ty
111
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VA Cg C . t 1 g1)I 0 ; . .\ great as.ol ti.ii_Dt of IT.
014,0 Illl.11:.,..112,
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1.9 articles, imela Its
No. 139, i'Vorth 'rilkirei ireet,
BETWEEN liAri: ,IND VINE, I:NAM ELED ;,,id iiii,,,,,i i,,lt..,rool:ing
~
PHILADELPHIA.
ve:sels, snore and stew pans, preserve Let
. ties, fish and lanii kettlos, trying pans, grid-
C 11. A !ILES A I.I.MOND t ?,
Proprietor, irons, waffle irons, &'-. c.
nAvnio sTror,
These gentlemen take great pleal , tire to 'I
i-'‘ ' lll,l VS and Waiters, Erma coin
inform their friends and the public in gen_ inon to line, in sets and dozens. Also, froth
end, that they have taken the above nami•d j ic hem, in sets, and in variety of puttorns,
qt tvell-I:nown and de- KNI VES awl FORK S--in sets and doz..
servedly popular ens ; also knives only ; carvers. steels, cook
r ": - ,.... 0 1 2 1 ? / .:! ..El . )." •-••,\ , E A (i'l 11, F; HOTEL, and botcher I C II i V e::, Willi a Vtirioty of uIIWE
- c . 4 . ;:, lig:41 ; 172 ~,,,,,,,factur,
~Ti f r • fl u f r, -.:: isila ate in Ih 0 lust I , us.-
~r , 4 0, i [2:11.: 4 : 5, i to . st; part of the city, I'OCIET and PEN IcNIVE:',--I - 1,z, , r ,, ,
J. l ,
.. 1 .„ q . A t •• 1 they hive fitted scissors, shears, finin the. beSt makers; two,
311,-.,..,,,,,. : ....!,,.-,-....,,...... winch )
three.ant] , 1 blade knives.
up
with
unitiroki
new Furniture
.und Bed. two. a
• SIIOVELS, spades, hues, chains, rakes
din:;' of a superior quality.
pick, axes, &c.
The house hate also been renovated and
SHOVELS' and TONGS, Iron and brass
improved in at manner, which will compare
fished steel fire sets and standards, coal
favorably with the first class I lotels in the
cite, and eanaot fail to dive .satisfaction to "I's' tailors' irons sinooliiint.r. il'on 6 • &c.
for sale by 0 & .1 SAEGER.
those who may pntroniZe the esltilllishtliellt. .
April, 22, 4 il—ly
C'Y'Their Table will always be suppiied _ .
with the choicest and most wholesome pro
visions the market atlbrds, and their liar,
.with the purest and best liquors. 'rho sta
bling belonging to their house, is good and
extensive, end will he supplied with the
best provender, and attended by careful
l hostlers
11-3 in
Nothing in short, shall bo left undone to
make their Guests comfortable, and they
flatter themselves, that by strict attention to
business, they will merit and receive a lib
oral share of public encouragement
Philad., May 27. 'll—Got
Tile "Navigation Opened,
THE LEMON TIZAKSPORTATION COMPANy
give notice that they are now prepared
to receive inerchandizti and forward it with
promptness and degputch from Philadelphia
to Easton, Bethlehein, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Penn Haven, White Haven and
Wilkesbarre, and also to intermediate places
on the Delaware andtehigh Canals, and Le•
high and Susquehanna Rail Road. The
goods will be receive and shipped at the
first wharf above Vine street, directly oppo
site the Soft Store of A. NV RIMIT &
They also forward goods to and from
New York to Wilkesboro: and also to all
intermediate places, via : Delaware and Rol--
iton Canal and Delaware Canal. Goods
shipped by this line of vessels to New
Brunswick. The Schooner R. P. Stock
ton, Sloop Fox and Grey Hound, will be
found at the Albany Basin, foot of Cedar
Street, North River.
Any information required can be had of
Messrs. Murmt, nityNot.ns & Co., No.
64 Dey street, or'nt NIALSON'S Agent Office
No. b West street.
Merchants having goods to ship from
New York will find this route the nearest
and 'most expeditous. The company have
large and commodious Store Houses at Eas
tern, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk,
White Haven and Wilkesbarre.
Jacob Able haying disposed of his inter
est in the late firm of Able, Wilson & Co..
he business will be continued as heretofore,
by the remainine b partners, who hope by
strict attention to business to secure a liber
al share of patronage.
DIL),ICP, WILSON & CO. Proprietors
G E. N T S :
H. S: Nloorehead, Philadelphia,
John Optlyche, Easton,
Borheck & Knauss, Bethlehem,
A. J. Ritz, Allentown;
A. W. Leisenring, Mauch Chunk,
• Pardee & Co., Penn Haven,
Horton & Bellee;Millteebarre
Allentown, April r 2, 1862.
ligg
To Nib
IRON. --A lot of I lammered and Roiled
Iron, Sheet Iron, American anti English
Bain! Iron, Hoop Iron, Cast and Shear
Steel, square, flat, and wand, just received
with Anvils and Vices, and fig sale cheap
at the store of 0 & J SAEGER.
GLASS.-150 13oxes Glws, by 10, 10
by 12, 10 by, 14, 10 by 15, I'2 by 111, nail
Various Other §eizt!F, for sale by
it) SllOhnlAkEiZli.—.lLizA received a
new assortment Alorocco and Binding
Leather, 1,3515, Shoe-thread, Wooden Pegs
French htubers, and numerous other artic
les belonoing to the shoomalline• business
& J SAEGER.
_
OILS & oflall kinds,
boiled and raw, Turpentine, Newark Var
nish of all Idnd3, Glue &e.,--will be sold
cheap by 0 & SAEGER.
_ .
PLANES.—A full assortment of Planes
of John . 13oll's best make, also a large assort
ment of Carpenter's Tools, for sale cheap
by 0 & J SAEGER.
TO MECHANICS.--Tools of every de
scription, such as Bench and Moulding
Planes, Hand, Pannel, and Back Saws,
Brace and Bitts, Auger Bats, Hatchets,
Squares, &c.; for sale by
0 & J SAEGER.
_ .
WHITE LEAD.-2 tons of NV bite Lead
just received, Pure and Extra, and for sale
by 0 &J'SAEGHEI.
April, 22, IT—ly
110LI,0 WARE.-500 Iron Pots and
Kettles, just received and for sale nt very
reduced prices at the store of
0 & J SAEGER.
e ca, , 2 0,) 12 1 ce
Notice is hereby given to the members of
the "Farmers, Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany of Northampton County." that the
annual meeting of the said Company, will
be held on Saturday, the 14 day of August
next, at one o'clock in thn afternoon at the
public house of CuArtrxs Inn=
keeper, in Lower Nazareth township, North
ampton county. •
And at the same time and place, au elec
tion will, be held for the purposo of elec
ting thirteen mnnagdrs, for said county, for
the ensuing year. . • -
By Order of the Board of Managers, •
- ' MICHAEL NlEvms,.Secretary..
Julie 24, 1852.. ,
11 -3 m
In speaking ‘rith a friend the other day
about the late Col. Dakin, he related a little
anecdote which is so characteristic of the
man. that we connot refrain from repealing
it, though we think Fomenting of the same
kiod was told by one of our correspondents
durio: , . the ,hi menu NVar.
The Cokincl commanded one Of the cis
I. 'menu , of volunteers which w..re raised
in this State, a fiiir the batik of Palo A Ito
and Re,aCa .!t• is Palma. and which joined
fen. TayloP:: army speedily. The Colo
n( ;In 01 I disciplinatian, very strict and
earaLlc, and in a short time his regiment
excited the admiration of even rt trran ord
er's, I. the case, and precidon with which
it drilled and tuanreuvred.
Moe mornicg the regiment was drawn up
and the Melt were standing nt case, alter a
variety of marches and charges and evolu
tions, when the Colonel took it into his head
to put their discipline to a strong test. The
regiment was thrown into a square to receive
cavalry. The commander rode off a few
hundred yards, and then whr (ding his horse
came down sword in hand, at a fierce gallop
strai'Ou at his men. Ile and his steed
l'enned au iml osin looking ohjert, for he
was a Lig man ;find his steed was a big horsr,
and neither appeared to fear the glittering
and bri. , ..tiing :fffily of bayomusagainst which
itiCy Wt re rushing. The men stood (he
chat vely well until the horse and his
rider were.within a kw foet. then they broke
ri ht and left in confusion and opened a
fur the "cavalry" into their
1.1111:4i.
courso. t Colont.i wns .troth and the
woy 11It.11 and (Biters caught it for a kw
moments W. by no intnv,agretable to their
You ham a luarr ! Yon repel cavalry !
Why what wood you have done if a thou
sand dragoons had char:rod on you as 1, ci I ?''
"WelLinst try us again, Coionel, and see
if we don't hurt your feelings." cried a num
her of the tliscoinfited volunteers. Tip!
; rode tin Col
rolind he Win eled, and here he cloy ,
a:zain at full speed, rushing strai;:ht at the
yuncts, and locking az, if ho would crush
tl.em to l ()wilt r under his charger's heels.—
The baynnuts wavered not, L htltl7l; the
horse clime faster and lister; and, finally
with a t• rrilde hound sprang at the striare.
'l' Ito re oc , l the t , hock, ;Ind the next
momeot ti'' horse was stretched on the
uround with a broken bayonet in his side,
and his Innhs quivering in the death agony,
whilst the strut rider lay, with his foot and
knee caught. and himself unalde to rise,—
Not 0 man moved—the square was silent,
steady aud unbroken. In another instant
the Colonel was on his feet. lie replaced
his sword in the scabbard, looked gravely
and coolly rat the dead horse, and at the firm
array of soldiets, and then in his usual quiet
way : Very well done, boys. both the
horse and the square did their duty. :Now
you're ready fur the lancers."
The men cheered—not a little.
Orb ens Picuynne.
& Eclat
'Flit, ilight bad already staled down gloom-
an/1 forbidding on tldi evenire4 of the
15.11 of July. 1770, when the min:icing
column of a little army whose unifurm beto- ,
ken it to be American, emerged front a thick '
wood on the shore of the IludSon, and in an
instmit the t; hole shadowy prospect disclosed
to them along the bank of the river opened
to the view. Far away lay Verplanck's
Point, now buried in a mass of shadow. while
on the other side of the river, dark, and
frowning, rose up Ifni craggy heiolits of Sto
ny Point. Washed on three sides by the
I Iu&on, and protective on the other. except
along a narrow road by a morass, the fort
was deemed one of the most impregnable on
the river, and its capture reEarded as almost
impossible. Yet to achieve that gallant
purpose this little army was on its march.
A turn in the road soon hid them from the
river, and after a silent =rob of some min
utes duration they arrived within a mile and
a hall of the enemy's lines, and, hotting at
the command of their officer, formed into
columns for the attack. Beginning again
their march, they Soon reached the marshy
ground at the base of the hill.
' I" said the tow voice of the Gene
! ral, from the frontotwo are night enough now
—Halt I"
The order passed in a wisper down the
line and the column paused on the edge of
the morass. It was a moment of suspense
and peril. Every man felt that in a few
minutes the fate of their hazardous enter
prize would be determined, and that they
would be either cold in death, or the Amer
iCan flag waving in triumph over the dark
promonotory ahead now scarcely 4isderna7
hle through the thick gloom of midnight.—
Yet note lip quivered nora cheek blanched
in that crisis. About twenty paces in front
the column had halted, the forlorn hopes of
150 men, with unloaded pieces and bayonets•
fixed,' while farther on a similar group, of
shodowy forms could be seen through the
obsecurity, accoutred with axes to cut
thieugh the abattis. Each man had a piece
bf white apor in hi' hat to distingushed him
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Charging a square.
A Hontanee of tito ReciAntina.
NUMBER 44..
from the toe in the approaching melee. 'rho
pawse, however, which afforded this pros
pect was but momentary. The General had
already reconnoitered the approaches to the
still silent promonotory ; and waving his
sword on high, he gave the order. In anoth
er instant the dark massive column was
movitn- steadily to the attack. •
It was a thrilling motneut, during which
th e devoted band had crossed rapidly over
the mar h. As yet, the enemy had not dis
cover•d them. Even die hearts of the old
est veterans trembled with eagerness of that
Olnent of nu-poise. Already had.t he fore-
Most of the pioneers reached the abattis, and
the quick, rapid blows of their axes rung
upon the .night, when suddenly a shout of
alarm burst from the fort the gun of a sentry
flashed through the gloom, and in an instant
all was uproar and confusion within the as
tonished furtificatron. Not a moment was
to be lost.
"Advance ! advance !" Shouted Wayne,
as he pressed rapidly on towards the abattis,
followed in death-like silence by the indomi
table troops.
"To arms !" came born along the night
breeze front the fort—"to arms ! to arms ?"
and then followed the quick roll of the drum.
In an instant the enemy were at their posts
and as the gallant continentals - still main—
tained their silent and steady march, a fire,.
such oily ns desperation could produce,
horst from every embrasure of the fort.—
The incessant rattle of the musketry, the•
roar of artillery. the crashing of the grape
shot, and the lurid light flung over the scene
by the explosion of shells and the streams.
of tire pouring from the fort, formed a pic
ture which no pen can describe. Yet, amid.
it all the dating assailants steadily advanced,•
though not a trigger had been pulled in their •
ranks. Faithful to the command of their
general, though trembling in every limb.
Leith eagerness, they kept up Llkeir silent
march amid that fiery tempest, as it itnpel
led by some godlike power. On—on they
passed. The whirlwind of lire from the,
fort ceased not, yet still they dashed along,
chilr g ed at the point of the bayonet, oven
abattis and bulwark, borne hack by their
im
hetemis onset (loaded before them—the
works were fiirced. Then, and not till then
was the death like silence broken. • •
A sound rang out from all the victorious.
troops over all the thunder of the battle.—
It was heard by the head of the column be
hind it passed down their line, was caught•
up by the rear, and a wild .shotd, making
the very welkin tremble, rang out as they
dashed on the attack
The contest was short, but terrific. Over
bulwark, battery, and prostrate foes, the gal
lant continentals, headed by Wayne, pres
sed on; and driving, all before them met the
column of their little army, with an enthusi
astic cheer in the very centre of the enemy's
works. In another moment thu starry flag
of America waved triumphantly over the
butt leurents. •
The enthusiasm of the victors cannot bet
ibed. 13itt though the contest had
boon so bloody, not a man of the enemy fell
after reistance ceased. The prisoners were'
disarmed, a guard placed over them and
:ieldrivis posted on all the commanding po
iiions areund the works. The morning
e lm announced to the British fleet in the
river that Stony Point was wort.
A Bear Fight iu Maine.
In Andover, North Surplus, (Oxford coun
ty, Maine, on the 2•2 d inst., one of the smart
est bear fights came oil that ever happened
itr this State or any other. As Erastus Bean,.
a young man of twenty years, was haying
in his field, accompanied by a boy of twqlve,
named Dutnn, he looked up and saw near
him a large black bear, of the white faced:
breed, (the most savage of the variety.)—.
[laving taken his gun with him to shoot
partridges, he caught it up and fired at the
brute, but with little effect, as the bear im
mediately began to close upon him. Bean
fell back . slowly, his gnu in the meantime.
when just as he had got his charge in his
heel caught against a twig and he fell back--
wards and bruin leapt upon him. His sit.;
nation now. was a frightful one ; but his cool-,
ness did not forsake him, and he immediate
ly fired again,Aut with no visible
The bear at once went to work—seized his•
left atm, bitting through it .and laterating it
j severely. While thus\amusing himself h.ei
was tearing with his for-paws the clothes and
;scratching the flesh on the young man's
breast. Having dropped his arm ho open-.
ed his huge mouth to make a: pounce at his
face. . •
'Then it was that the young man made
the dash that saved his life. As the bear .
opened his jaws Bean thrust his lacerated
arm (loon the brute's throat, MI . far as des-.
Aeration would•enable him. There he had
him. The bear could neither retreat• nor.
advance, though the position of the:besieged-.
was anything but agreeable on so warm P.
day as ThursdFi last. Bean now culled
upon the lad to Zio_rne and take froth his.pogy,„
et a jack-knife and open it. The.l3Oy waka
fitting companionfor this bravo young man.
He 'parched up tethointlik boldly ;'but be-7
fore he could got at Ai'd,
rj, ; l e.
tiv.r a l.tt.Mget at it-the
iiocket, had to crowd
the .bear'silipa
beast meinitiirM t being at all caw with
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