w:.m UPTOWN NAILY SATURDAF, JULT 20, mz. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF MINISINK at tbe fording place, for which pur- ning, Benjamin Dunning and Jona- timber, where they couM hate a more At lie drew near h* found one wai •d a committee of tbe Board to *o- pose Instant disposition was nude. than Bailey (my father). The bones .equal chanee with the foe. As they Myers. They had had nothing to eat parintend the enaction of til* monu- but owing to Intervening woods and for the night were left at the resi- hastily fell back the Indians pursued, since morning and wen almost starv- ment 'hille, the opposing bodies lost sight dence of Benjamin Dunning in Ridge- and one redskin came In sight of ed. My grandfather nad a piece of It waa also decided to change 1U Pilgrimage to Scene of of each other, and an adroit move- tiury. My father that evening brought salt pork la hit knapsack about three. Daniel Myers. Myers leveled bis location to the northweet corner of ment on the part of Urandt gav« him bom* the skull of a man, that was rifle on him and sent a ball through Inches square, and the three men ate the park, nearest the court house. nn advantage which It was Impossible found on the battle ground. I saw his body, and out with b|s knife and it raw with the greatest of relish. . The sum of |2SO was also appropri-J for the Americans to regain. Antici- It; it hid three openings in the top, swore he would have his scalp. But They laid down and slept until it ated toward* placing an Iron fencel pating the design of Hathorn, the about three-quarters of an inch apart his comrades told him not to attempt was light, and the n.ext day reached around the monument provided an Massacre of Settlers moment the Americans were out of and about an Inch and a half In it, as the Indians were close upon their home* to tell the tad tale and equal sum was raised by th« citizens sight, Brandt wheeled to the right, length, undoubtedly made by an In- them, and advised him not to risk what had befaJlen their friends and of Goshen. and threading a ravine across which dian tomahawk. My grandfather, bis life unnecessarily. Our men soon neighbors at the battle of Mlnlalnk. Description of the Monument. Hathorn had passed, threw himself Captain Jonathan Bailey, was In that reached open timber on thu top of During my early life this battle wu Both in design and execution, (fee into hlfi rear, by which means he battle. He was a native of Southold, the hill, and the order was to make talked of more than any other battles Cash monument Is a fine work of STORY OF BRANDT'S ATTACK was enabled deliberately to select his Long Island, and at the breaking out a stand and each man to take his tbat were fought during the Revolu- art. It is thirty-three feet high, and ground for a battle and form an am- of the Revolution raised a company own position. They formed some- tlon, and it made a lasting Impression Is constructed of pure Italian marble. buscade. Disappointed In not finding and was under Washington and thing of a battle line—some behind on my mind. My grandfather lived Tbe lower base U of granite, seven the enemy, the Americans were fought with him in the "battle of trees, some behind rocks, gome turn- until 1814, and my father was then and one-half feet square, upon which ;' Tk* Warwick Historical Society, promptly obeyed, and a body of 149 brought to a stand, when the enemy Long Island and the battle of White ed up flat stones ana some piled up thirty years of ag*, and he treasured is a marble base five and one-half feet HffOljt its president, Mayor K. V. men met their colonel at the desig- disclosed himself partially, In a quar- Plains. At the expiration of his en- stones between trees. There was a up the accounts he had received from j square. Sculptured In bold, gothlc Banford, iind C. E. Cuddeback, presi- nated rendezvous at the time appoint- large split rock with an opening his father in regard to the battle with I letters on the base is the word "Mln- dent of tbe Minisink Valley Histori- ed, Including many of the principal something like a letter "A." In this great care. la December, 1867, I vis Islnk." On the marble base rests a cal Society of Port Jervis, have- is- gentlemen of the county. A council opening Daniel Myers took his stand. ited the battle ground and saw much die, four feet in width and four and •Md invitations to memberi and of war was held to determine upon The rock was as hlgn as his should- that, to me, was deeply Interesting. one-halt feet in height. On the west their friends to participate in tbe ex- the expediency of a pursuit. Colonel ers. Behind this rock stood Abra- Some of the means- of defense by side of the die are the names of the cursion to the Minlslnk battle ground Tusten was himself opposed to the ham Shenard, and about nine feet way of breastworks are still to be slain, as follows; oa July 22. 1912. That day will be proposition, with so feeble a com- from the rock stood a tree, behind seen. The ehelvlng rock under which In Memory of the Patriots tbe one hundred an£ thirty-third an- mand and with the certainty, If they which Jonathan Bailey (my grand- the heroic Tusten and his brave Who Fell *t the Battle of Minlslnk niversary of the battle. overtook the enemy, of being obliged father) stood. The fight soon be- .wounded comrades met their melan- on the 22nd Day of July, 1779. ^. Those attending are requested to to encounter an officer combining, came general. Early in the engage- choly fate;- also the split rock behind Colonel Benjamin Tusten, Captain** bring their lunch. Short apeeche? with his acknowledged prowess, so ment a ball passed through Shepard'js which Myern, Bailey and Shepard Bazaleel Tyler, Captain Samuel will be made by representative peo much of subtlety ae characterized the arm. My grandfather took off his stood and fought the savages until Jones, Captain John Little, Captain movements of the Mohawk chief. neck ha/dkerchitef and tied it tight the close of the battle—the two John Duncan, Captain Benjamin Vail, The train schedule is: Leave War His force, moreover, was believed to around Shepard's arm to stop the former escaping and reaching home Lieutenant John Wood, Adjutant Na- •wick 8:2 Oa. m., arrive at Greycourt be greatly superior in numbers, an I blood. Shepard then continued to in safety, the latter having fallen thaniel Finch, Ens. Qphriam Martin, 8:41; leave Greyconrt for Lacka to include mnny Tories as well ac- load his gun and hand it to-Myers to early In the battle, pierced with the Ens. Bphrlam Middaugh, Gabriel waxen about 10:30 a. m., stopping at quainted with the country as them- shoot. But soon another ball came enemies bullets. Surely, the descend- Wisner, Stephen Mead, Matthias Ter- Chester, Goshen, Mlddletown, Otis selves. Tlie colonel, therefore, pre- and passed through Shepard's body ants of those who fought, as well of wllllger, Joshua Lockwood, Bphrlain •ville and Port Jervis. Returning ferred waiting for the reinforcements arid killed him. When their ammu- those tUat fell, should join with pa- Forgereon, Roger Townsend. Samuel train leaves Lackawaxen at 3:30 p which would bo sure soo-i to arrive, nition was nearly gone and the day triotic citizens in the commemoration Knapp, James Knapp, Benjamin Ben- »., arrives at .Greycourt at G:30. the more especially as the voltintcer.-i far spent, General Hathorn pro- of that thrilling event. • nett, William Barker, Jonathan' Warwick 6:50, stopping at. interme- already with him were but ill-provyled claimed these words: "Every man for B. F. BAILEY. Pierce, James Little, Joseph Norrls, diate points. •with arms and ammunition. Others, himself and God for us all." The po- Wawayanda, May lOt'u, IS79. Gilbert T. Vail, Abraham Shepherd, Round trip fares as follows: however, were for immediate pur- sition of Myers and my grandfather Joel Decker, Nathan Wade, Simon JTrom Warwick $3.00 suit. They affected to hold ti'C In- was such they had to run across the Anniversary at Goshen. " Oreycourt and Chester 2.SO diana In contempt. Insisted that they Wait, Daniel Talmage, Jacob Dun- battle field to reach the river. Shep- (From the Orange County Press, July ning, John Carpenter, David Blrney, , * Goshen 2.60 would not fight, and maintained that ard's gun was a long . Nova Scotia Jonathan Haskell, Abraham Wil- ! " Mlddletown 2.20 R recapture of the plunder they had firearm. Myers laid this gun across 25, 1879). liams, James Mosner, Isaac Ward " " Port Jervis 1.20 taken would bo an easy achievement. a rock, pointing In the direction he The centennial or 100th anniversary Balthus Niedpoe, Gamaliel Bailey, The stage will carry passengers to "Let the Bravs Follow." knew the Indians would come, and of the battle of Minisink, fought at Moses Thomas, Eleazer Owens, Adam battle ground, which is a mile and a "Town meeting counsels, in the then took his own gun and swore tbat Lackawaxen, on the Delaware River, Embler, Samuel Little, Benjamin 'bait from depot, for ?1 per head conduct of war, aro not usually thu there were no Indians In those woods on the 22nd day of July, 1779, when Dunning, Daniel Reed. round trip. wisest, as will appear in the sequel. tbat could catch him. In running to forty-two of the sons of Orange coun- On the north side Is a representa- c It is expected that there will be a The. majority of Tusten's command the river (most of our men crossed ty were massacred in cold blood by tion of the battle ground, beautifully large gathering on the battle ground were evidently determined to pursue over to the Pennsylvania side) the Indians and. Tories, led by the sculptured, and on the east side is en this occasion. So great is the in- the enemy, but their deliberations Myers and my grandfather got sep- notorious half breed, Joseph Brandt, the inscription to the donor, as fol- terest in this anniversary the Times- were cut short by Major Meeker, who arated. The New York side of the celebrated with becoming cere- low*: river was lined with thick underbrush monies, Tuesday, both at Goshen, Press presents, to-day, a. history of mounted his horse, flourishing his "This monument was erected by the battle, as follows: sword, and vauntlngly called out: and. laurel to the river's edge. As where their bones are buried, and on my grandfather worked his way the noble munificence of Merritt H. History of the Battle. 'Let the brave men follow me; the the battlefield where the fight took Cash, M. D., a citizen of the county One hundred and thirty-one years cowards may stay behind.' It may through the laurel, and just as 4ie place. of Orange, now deceased. Dr. Cash readily be supposed that such an ap- stepped on the river bank, two guns The principal celebration was held ago next Tuesday occurred the bat- went oft, one to his right and the waa distinguished for his eminent tle of Mi'ninsink, when forty-four of peal to an excited multitude would fit Goshen, -where the event was com- public services, and greatly esteemed decide the question, as it did. Tlie other to his left. He saw one of our memorated -with, a procession of mil- Orange county's, brave citizens were men fall into the river, and he knew Tor the virtues which adorned his killed in defending their homes ino of march was Immediately takuii itary, social and civic societies and private life. Let his name be honor- against the ravages of Brandt and his up, and after proceeding seventeen him. It w^s Benjamin Dunning. Four •citizens, including descendants of the ed and his memory cherished while Indians and their Tory allies. While niles the snme evening, t.lioy en or five rods to his right and. left idinislnk heroes, and by appropriate this column stands to attest his p*a- many stories of this sanguinary con- camped for the night. On the rnorn- stood two stalwart Indians. He came exercises, which were held in the. •triotic liberality." flict havo been written, none la more ng of the 22nd, they were joined by to the conclusion at once that if he Presbyterian Park near the monument The cap on the die is six and one- interesting tbnn that contained In i small reinforcement under Colonel turned back lie would meet other In- which-was erected by Dr. Merritt H. half feet in 'height and five and one-- •latborn, of the Warwick regiment, 1 dians in pursuit, and he knew the Cash, of Wawayanda, in, 1862, on the Stone's Life of Brandt. Quite natur- eighty-third anniversary of the bat- half in -width; on each corner of the ^ ally it presents this famous Indian who, as the senior of Colonel Tusten. guns of the Indians he saw before cap Is an eagle, and sitting between warrior and leader In thw best possi- ook command. When they advanced him were empty, and his only hope tle, to mark the spot -where the sa- •the eagles and immediately in front ble light, but it was written at a i few miles, to Halfway Brook, they was to cross the river. AS he plunged cred bones -were- interred. of the shaft is a figure rrpresenting timte when many who participated in a mo upon the Indian encampment in, the Indians, in English, called to The History of the battle, which the genius of Liberty, holding in one the battle were still living, and of the preceding night, and another nlm to stop, but he rushed on. The has been many times told in the hand a wreath, while the other rests doubtless tho writer obtained from council was heh! there. Colonels water was up to bis arm pits. He Press, may be briefly sketched as 'on a national shield, and over tbe thnir lips the story of tho conflict. In!horn, Tusten, nr.d others whose looked back over his shoulders and follows: In July, 1779, the Indians head are the words, "They still The story, as told by Mr. Stone, IB vnlor was governed by prudence, saw the Indians loading their guns and Tories, under Joseph Brandt, en- Live." The shaft is square and is follows: .vere opposed to advancing further, as fast as possible, and as he neared gaged on the side of England in the twelve and one-half feet In height. as tho number of Indian fires, and the banks, bang, bang, went the guns, War of the Revolution, and had-de- "On the 20th of July, or rather the (It is solid, consisting of a single and two balls whistled near his head. vastated the white settlement of the piece, encircled at equal distances THE ORIGINAL MINISINK MONUMENT. Delaware and Ney«rsink valleys, and : Made His Escape. '.the militia of the'vicinity were called wlth three bands, upon which are As he looked back he saw his pur- out ;to redress the -wrongs. The forces .stars. On the front of the shaft are tor altogether unexpected. Accord- Hstment he removed to Orange coun- suers in the river after him. Our 'under Colonel Tusten vere 130 the national symbols or insignia. A ing to the American account, tho ty and settled in West Division of men, who had crossed, all ran down strong, and they followed the savage pedestal of two feet Is on the top of first shot was tired upon au Indian, the town of Goshen. Soon after, the river. The banfc on the Pennsyl- and Tory plunderers up the Delaware the shaft, and on the pedestal is a who was known, and who way mount- Brandt made his raid on the settle- vania side nwe up and then sloped Valley, where Brandt, lying In am- figure, five feet in height, represent- ed upon a horse stolen at Minisink. ment in Peenpack, on the Nevefsink. off, so that the river was hid from bush near Lackawaxen, Intercepted ing Hope. Under the granite ba«e In The Indian fell aud the firing soon When the news reached Goshen or- view a rod back from the water. As them, cutting off some fifty of the fol- the center of the stone foundation became general, the enemy contriv- ders -were issued for all the able my grandfather reached to the top lowing forces. Brandt surrounded •were placed the bones of the heroes, ing in the early part of the engage- bodied men to rendezvous at the of the bank -he dashed off as though the remainder and a severe fight en- In a tolerably good state of preser- ment to cut off from the main body Stone House over the mountain. he was going down the river, but as sued. A number -were killed in a vation. In the northeast corner, next of Hathoru's troops a detachment Meeker's Bluster. soon as he was out of sight he turned short time, and even the wounded, the granite base, wae placed a cedar comprising one-third of his whole box, encased in lead, containing a All the facts and incidents of their and ran up the river three or four some seventeen in number, who had number. The conflict was loiig and rods, came to a tree that had been withdrawn from the fight, were sur- copy of the Orange County Prew obstinate. The number of the enemy pursuit of the Indians, with, the blus- and other papers, a copy of Dr. Cash's ter and cowardice of Major Meeker, blown partly up by the wind, and rounded and slain. Some of ths being several times greater than that lodged against another tree. The roots whites were Wiled In an attempt to will, &c. of the Goshen militia, the latter were as related by the histories, corres- Following were the officers of th« pond with the facts related by my of the tree blown up were raised escape. Only one man, Major Wood, surrounded, aud ultimately hemmed 'was saved, and that was on account day: within the circumference of an acre of a signal which Brandt Interpreted President—Joseph Davis. of ground. Being abort of ammuni- as a Masonic sign. . He afterwards T# Vice Presidents—Horace W. Elliott, tion, Hathorn's orders, in imitation turned from Canada, where he had Goshen; James Durland, Chester; of Putnam at Bunker Hill, were strict been kept a prisoner. Of the eighty Robert Denniston, Blooming Grove; •- that no man should fire until very who took part in the fight, forty-four Oliver Thompson, Ilamptonbnrgb.; sure tbat bis powder would not be- were killed. The news soon reached W, F. Wheeler, Warwick; Samuel lest. Goshen, from which place the little Weibb, Monroe; J. O. Adams, Corn- Fought All Day. , army started, and which was the wall; Daniel B. St John, Newburgh; "The battle commenced about 11 home of many of those who fell. Gideon ^ Pelton, Montgomery; Alex. o'clock in the morning and was main- From the Orange County Press of Thompson, Crawford; Daniel C. Wls- tained until the going down of the | July 30th, 1862, we copy the account ner, Wallklll; W. 8. Lfttle, Mount sun, both parties fighting after In of the dedication of the Cash monu- Hope; Stephen St. John, Deerpark; dian fashion, every man for himself, i ment at Goshen. in which was given Jonathan Wood, Greenville; William and the whole keeping up an irregu I the history' of the old monument, to- Evans, Mlnisintt.; Gideon W, Cbek, lar fire from behind rocks and trees j gether with, a description of the new James Pattoa, New as best they could. About sunset the | one: Windsor. ammunition of the militia was ex- Secretaries—John H. Thompson, E. The Old Monument, M. Madden. pended, and the survivors attempted After a lapse of forty-three years, to retreat, but many of them were through the suggestion of Dr. Arnel, The Dedication. cut down. Dr. Tusten was engage.l then president of our County Medical The monument was dedicated with behind a cliff of rocks In dressing Society, a committee of citizens was appropriate ceremonies on the 12nd the wounded when the retreat com- appointed to visit the battle ground day of July, 1862, the eighty-third an- menced. There were seventeen dis- and gather up the bones of the slain niversary of the battle. There was abled men under his care at the mo- heroes for suitable interment. This a large gathering of the. sons of Or- ment, whose cries for protection and committee performed Us mission ange and Sullivan. mercy were of the most, moving de- The Board of Trustees of MflMto- with zeal and fidelity. town, its several fire compa.nl**, and scription. The Indians fell upon Removal of the Bones. them, however, and they all, together large numbers of its citizens partici- with the doctor, perished under the They collected some 300 of the pated in the celebration, AS did civic Rev. James K. Wilson, D. D., Celebrated "Old Covenan- tomahawk. Among the slain were bones, wfcich on. the 22nd of July, and military organizations ot various many of the first citizens of Goshen, 1822, were placed in two coffins and kinds throughout the county. Gen- tor" Preacher, 1817-1840, Coldenham and Newburgh, Who and of the whole number that went deposited in the Presbyterian Park, eral William C. Little was grand Delivered an Address at the Minisink Battle Monument, Go- forth, only thirty leturned to tell the Goshen, south of the church edifice, marshal, assisted by Captains M. I. ihen, July 22, 1822...Reproduced from Old Picture Loaned melancholy story. Several of the and a monument ot moderate preten- McCornal, John Jenkins, John Cum- by John Wilkin. fugitives were shot while attempting sions erected over them. The gath- mlngs, George W. Millspaugh, Aim- to escape by swimming the Delaware. ering on this occasion is said to have son Gillesple, Lucas F. Hough, Dr. 8. been the. largest ever convened In the C. Smith, and others. Gave Masonic Sign, county—some 15,000 being present, An address of welcome to the visit- "There was one (Major Wood) night of the 19th, the crafty Mohawk the extent of ground they had occu- Including the cadets of West Point, ing fire companies was made by B. Stole upon the slumbering town of who, during the battle, saved himself under command of Major Worth. The RL Champion, Esq. The "Sons of Or- pied, removed all doubt at to the su- by means which Brandt said was dis- Minisink, at the bead of sixty In- periority of their numbers'. A scene corner stone of this monument was ange and Sullivan," an organization 4 dians and twenty-seven Tory war- honorable. By some process or laid by Colonel Hathorn, who had numbering nearly a hundred former 7 similar to that which had broken up other, though not a -Free Mason, he riors disguised as Indians, which was the former council was acted at this participated In the battle, and who residents of these counties from New a very common practice with the had acquired a knowledge of the was then eighty years of age. An York city, were foraslly welcomed place, and with the same result. The Master Mason's grand hailing signal loyalists when acting with the sav- voice of prudence was compelled to eloquent and patriotic address was by Hon. D. F. Gedney. Th« orator of ages. yield to that of bravado. of distress, and having been informed delivered by Rev. James B. Wilson. the day was John C. Dimmtek, BiO... "Such was the silence of the ap- that Brandt was a member of the The names of those who fell were of New York city, a former resident proach that several houses were al- Followed the Trail. brotherhood, he gave th* mystic sign. placed on the monument, which also of Bloomingburg, now dead. ready in flames when the Inhabitants "Captain Tyler, who had some Faithful to his. pledge, the chieftain BHNISINK BATTLE MONUMENT. bore the further Inscription: Among those present on that occa- •woke to the situation. Thus sur- knowledge of the woods, was sent interposed and saved his life. Dis- "Erected by the inhabitants of Or- sion was Mrs. Abigail Mitchell, of prised, and wholly unprepared, all forward at the head of a small party covering the imposture afterward, he ange county, July 22, 1822. Sacred Cooheeton, now dead, daughter ot who could escape fled in consterna- to follow the trail of the Indians and was very indignant. Still, he spared to the memory of forty-four ot their Captain Tyler (one of those killed at tion, leaving the invaders to riot to ascertain, if possible, their move- his life, and the prisoner ultimately grandfather, and which have come about two feet from the ground. He fellow citizens, win fell at the battle the battle of Minlslnk). She was upon the spoils. Ten houses and ments, since it was evident that they returned to his friends after a long down to me as a tradition well pre- crept under the great flako of earth of Minisink, July 22nd, 1779." then eighty-eight year* of age. Ma- twelve barns were burned, together could not be far in advance. Th« captivity." served in our family. The Indians out of sight, put his knapsack under The Caeh Monument jor Carpenter, the only sunCrlng with a small stockade fort; and two captain had proceeded but a anon Interesting Letter. were overtaken at Lackawaxen. They his head, and in a few minutes waa Hie old monument gradually fell member of the committee of arranf*- Bills. Several persons were killed distance before he fell from the fire The following letter written by the were engaged In driving tho cattle asleep. When he west to sleep the Into decay, and no measures were ments for dedicating the first month and others taken prisoners. The of »n unseen enemy. This circum- late Benjamin F. Bailey, whose and horses they had plundered across Indians were whooping like hounds, taken to repair It Dr. Merrttt H. ment, wa» also present ferns of the settlement were laid stance occasioned considerable alarm grandfather was In the battle, is re- the Delaware. Our men In order to in pursuit of the white men as they Cash, of Rutcer* Place, in the town Providence teemed to •mile OB tbs watte, the cattle driven away, and all but the volunteers, nevertheless, printed: Intercept them passed over the high ran down the river. When he awuko of Wawaymnda. whose death oocured patriotic undertaking wm divine the booty carried off which the in- pressed eagerly forward, and it was (From Orstnge County 'Press of May ground e>«t of Lackawaxen, and ray he crawled carefully out; the woods In 1861, prompted alike by petrtoUsm favor. Tbe day dawned brl«nt and vaders could remove. Having thus not long before they emerged upon 1C, 187»). grandfather always thought the In- were as silent as* those of death. He and honor for the worthy dtad, be- beautiful, and the extensive profran meeetded In his Immediate object the bills of tho Delaware, In full On a bright April day. near lu dians saw then and knew their exact SAW the sun was shining on the Queatbed by hit will the manlttosnt provided for tbe oooaelon WM ourted Bran4t lost no time In leading his view of the river, upon the eastern close, in the spring of 1832, the writ number. From tho base of these mountains on the New York sMe of mm of 94,000 for the erection of a oat completely. party back to the main body of his bank of which, at the distance of er, then a boy of eight years, was hills to Uie river was heavy timber the river, and thought it was about new monument, oonmlttin* the trott The aflmir waa in obat** et «te fol- warriors, whom he had left at Orassv three-fourths of a mile, the Indians playing beside a rippling brook that and thick underbrush. The Indians half an hour high. When twilight to the •vpertMot* of tie oounty to lowing committeee: Brook. were seen deliberately marching In placed themselves in ambush and began to gather round, he struck oat runs by the wayside on the road lead- waited the approach of our men. In execute. Committee oa: Cell te Arm*. the direction of a fording idace near ing from Rldgebury to Slate Hill, In two or three miles from the river and Th._.e Boar______d of _ vtaoi» held • W. Nanny, president; B. the mouth of ihe Uckawaxen. This the town of Wawayanda. On that working tnetr way through this dense traveled down stream until the mid- special meeting In Jan*, Ittl. and John Stnrts, H. Albert HWtom, a ' "No sooner had fugitives from discovery was made about 3 o'clock afternoon I saw the gentlemen who, forest, the whites 'were startled at dle of the night, and down in the val- advertised for dealt** and proposals Logan muffin, trustees vfflaf* el Minlslnk arrived at Qoshen with tho In the morning. The Intention of tho crack, of en Indian gun and the ley covered with laurel brush be Intelligence than Dr. Tusteo, the col- as a committee, were on their return for the erection of the new monu- Brandt to cross at the fording' place from the Minlslnk battle ground with fall of ono of their men. It was found heard two men talking. He bailed aeot, which wm **a\ltte4 In the of tho local militia, issued or- was evident, and it was afterward as- the bones they bad gathered, that that the Indians were in the immedi- them, Snylng: following AM»t Tk* one aowpted to the officers of his command certained that his booty had already ate front. to Met him at Minlslnk on tbe (61- bad been bleaching on those rocky "Who Is thfref was by John Vanderppol,' of New been sont thither in advance. heights for more \h«n. forty year*. A Held * Council. Tney replied. "Frlendft." lay, with as many volunteer* "The determination formed by Col. «OTM ml**, The order WM part of the committee I .knew, name A hsity council was held and they "Fri finds to wftonr Hathorn wai to Intercept the enemy ly; Hear/ W. Denton. Daniel to fall back u> TckMHto to wfctt* M»*
,; In.. • BBLT TIMBS-PEESS, SATUBDAT, JULY 20.
J. K. a, r 1ft ft body. People oaae tm earrtafles Allison, who cam* to Ooshett who married Wlllam H. Thompson, of SPECIAL TRAIN FOE iwn from ail diMOttMaV TMlM Me* I ai from foothold, U U IB 1714. and died Ooshen. who b*com* the ancestor of The la the r»*r 17M. His wiu Is dated Mrs. Chaanoey B. Knlgtrt, of Mon- Mnnsnnc REUNION w i 87 BOOB not less taaa 1