The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-09-13

oItile was near at hand. All tha, day and
night, The utmost acI.liy presalleI, wnile
,ile American army e.Inced the greatest
coufdge and alacIly. Wnen Howe land
I'll al GrLyesend Bay, near Fort Hamilton
every nun was ready 10 receive him. A
description OF the battle would he superfu-
Gus. iudsmuch as II has been graphically
,old IN these columns. We will therefore
:elAte oar incident under The Presumption
that OF The battle ItSeif orr readers need not
bt informed the second time.
Iue nrSt OF the acuOn occurred with the
rihemen near where we now find the beau
utul resting place OF th1 dead-Gfeeawo
Cemetery. 1t WAS The LETT wing OF royal
1915 under Col. Gf4nl, that assumed lhis
posiuon, the right ana centre occup, Ing
o.ner manoraD.e ground. The Carthage
ut that dag lie te.toiS, The cidel.IeS, the
rechleSSneSS ana depreciation OF inat battle,
lougnt wan u.mJs. desperation by both
pdf.icS--Wefc almost Dty onI belief. in
ciuSc proximity 10 the rcln:.efy is d creek.
lis WLIers Were dyed III tnc best blood OF
AineIIcLuS, WHO We're moved down, with
oLt ape OF escIpe, ~ tne atdila.y.-
Mo- Unty cJnlrIhieH Odt regiments were
desire, Cd III Inis III tnnei, ln1 bIdf, landefS
III pIi,lc1Ilt. WuHt daItn WAS oeing ap-
po.tiuned mere 50 leirJl,, sup OF woods
moi III distant, Was qdttc as dtcadtul 10 The
DitlsA. folI e'cty tfdlh, bOLgl, p.o-
lection o. siiet.et oi any KIND, tht rlIieln IN
poured iOt,n theIf Appalling showers. it
WIS no. once III tWoI.y tnu1S t.Idl L shot
failed. Inc utmost CONSERVATION prevail
cd Wt;h regard TO tniS mode oi ugn.Ing.
inIignLlUn was also Manifested Uy tile
roy al u.lccfS.
.D. ia. a.eu, BIX.er,' sliI one Captain
anotner, as thcy me,, look how our men
iall, ana MT d ho,Je OF pultsning thelf
mLfIerets. AS w1il steh 10 Inf1id the
mIzes OF a lA0Frlnt.I as lnIs light anI open
wood IN safety. See, there falls anotner
odicsf.
Scarce had he finished his speech efe
bail whi5l-d SO close 10 his ear mat he felt
II.
Good God! said Baxter, pale with ex-
ceSSi'c dgIeation, 't.liS Is ln1 mos. coWdiuly
siJecles oi warfare / e.ef encoLnsefou.-
| We mast gel out OF this ground, OF else
make up oar minds TO be nurled here
We dare not-cdnnot-sur without or
deis. We nave our place assigned, and
mast not e'acdate 1t. .And yet II Is dfead-
tdl 10 Stand here comparatively idle, and
be snot down like sp4tfows.'
Men were falling mere and there in every
dlre,;uOn, while the din of the battle was
head wnlthefsoe, er any com5atant might
turn.
Now and then Il rihenan was disIodged
and Killed; but the invisible foe renamed
as ndm5rous anI ser.icalble 10 the cause
:
wood-Or rather Ill a sort Ol clearing made
by the hand oil nature-Was u tall OAK Tree,
as stately aud dlgniiied as George WASH
ington. Within 800 Yards of this tree
Was circle OF T. gllsh soldiers, dead, and
almost all mirhed III the toceaead, or about
the uftdstb ID, d single snut. Al regular ia-
tefsdlS The sharp crack OF rite WAS dis
tlngu!sn1d abo all other sounds, and IL
was surely followed by The mm oidIlun OF
Il vlc,iin. This had been oDSefteI with
tt6n Ii,ng b. the oiicerS and prl !ates du-
r.ng All tour o. mort; IN what w. IS ais % p-,l-
paole was, that the unseen dispenser oi
desoldtlon picked oil the com t)any Officers
III preference I'D the men III lie rdnhS-
4 lie Shoss al last became So frequent anI
fatal that Sedrcn WAS Instituted to ascertain
their source. Ii could not be found
Like the great plume OF hiurat among the
Auslrians, the HI.IsIole mark Sinan became
the talk OF The whole lett line, and ulll-
mately the matter reached the ears OF
Grant.
Order out platoon instantly cried he
! to one OF his aids, 'and let 1t be held IN
readiness to make short OF all work found
engaged in his assassn-lke method OF com
bat. Pause not until this lurking foe is
dIslodged and rendered powerless.'
This order was communicated to the
proper personages, and Il second search
was induced. The file of men detailed to
; the duty of the search were led by a cap
tain remarkable for his heigtl; and when
! they came within mlsket range of the tall
tree, the sharp, ringing report so terrible,
was the Pr .cursof of his death. corpo-
raj saw the smoke, and noticed sur
among the branches. With keener eye
and quicker perception tnan the rest, and
being, withal an old-soldier who had seen
service on other fields where English
had deluged innocent soil With The best
blood of us human offspring, he al once
guessed the whereabouts OF The invisible
marksndn. The moment he communi-
Gated his discovery to the rest, there was
| 4 speedy retreat indicated towards the pla-
| toon. The body at once dashed towards