The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-28

west angle. With the best means IN his
lpower he strengthened the point Of antici-
lpated assault he had OWNED, the inten-
tons Of PROCTOR Finding that his guns
Iwerein,efeetual, Proetorformsd his men
into two columns. Lieut., Col. Snort led
the principal -one, Of one hundred and fifty
men. and advanced to within twenty PAGES
Iof the lines The garrison opened -des-
ltructiye fire upon them, which threw them
into confusion. They were quickly rallied
iby their leader, and, again advancing, leap
ed into the ditch; Just then, the single six
lpounder Of the Fort was brought into re-
Iquisition. A FIRE ofgrape was poured from
litwhich killed or wounded nearly every
imam who had entered the ditch. The fall
Iof the advance threw the balance of the col
iumn into such disorder and fear that their
\ officers were unable 10 rally them. They
lretired and sought safety In the adjoining
woods. During the assault fire was kept
lup against the Fort, from Eve six.pouhd-
Eers and howitzer. Tho only loss sus.
tanned by the garrison was one man killed
and one wounded. The loss of the enemy
was at least one hundred and fifty. In the
ditch were found killed, Lieut.. Col, Short,
one lieutenant and fifty soldiers. Early on
the morning Of the Sd, the enemy sailed
down the liver, leaving behind thema boat
containing clothing and military stores, and
several stands ofarms.
/ The defense Of this fort was a desperate
undertaking. The adventurous bravery and
daring resolution. Of the young commander,
achieved what the wisdom gilmore expert
enced officers would have decided to be
impossible. It was truly forlon hope
for the brave band of youths, in their lily
protected Fort, to expect even TO- survive
the determined attack of their enemies.-
The pickets were eighteen feet high; the
bayonets of the soldiers were nailed upon
the side Of the upper end, pointing down
wards. The charge Of tho enemy eyinc-
led disposition to conquer the post at all
hazards. In the course Of twenty -four
hours, they discharged FIVE hundred shots,
one hundred of which fell within the fort,
happily doing no injury.
| Amongthe incidents of this brilliant de-
fence, showingthe confidence Of the ene-
Imy IN obtaining an easy victory, was the
Iinsolence of the Indian allies previous to
| the charge. When Elliott went to demand
the surrender ofthe Fort, he was received
outside the pickets by Bnsign shipp.-
| While conyersing. one of 'Elliott's Indians
came up, and taking hold of Shipp, at
ltempted to take off his coat Shipp drove
4 him off with his sword. The Indian was
certain there would bea capitulation, and,
.Epleased with Ships coat. intended to se-
lcure it for himself in advance. The enc.
my intended'y5 punish with outrageous
barbarity the refusal Of Col Croghan to
surrender The threat made BY Elliott,
Ithatif they were compelled to take tho
\ Fort, there would be a general massacre,
would have been relived, had the event of
the day been favorable to the beseigers. =
4 Col. Short, who led the attack, was not
less bloody minded than Proctor and his
agent. AS he advanced to storm the Fort,
he shouted to hisnen ITO give the Ameri-
cans no quarters" Scarcely had he Civ
en- utterance to the savage order, when he
Twas laid prostrate by shot from the Fort.
1.-THE man who would refuse quarters, found
himself supplicant for the kindness which
he had resolved to deny 10 others. The
men who were ordered to give ''no quar-
4 ters," were relieved and treated with the
utmost Kindness bFthe soldiers in the gar
Frison; and while the fire was kcptup a.
gainst them, they supplied the suffering
! and wounded enemy with water from their
own canteens. 0a
This victory--for such it may truly be
! Htermed--was hailed with joy and gratii-
4 cation. It was the turning point of the
warm this section, and was the precursor
of decisive and important success, which
! followed closely upon it, resulting in driv'
ing the enemy from his strongholds, and
, planting the American standard both upon
/ Eregained and conquered territory. I.
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SEyEN LEAGUE Boots "A Paris CORES.
pohdent Of the New York Times gives the
] following'Seven-L League Boots experiment
"Two remarkable experimentsin eros
taticn have highly astonished this city
OF the first I did not write you, for l sup
!. posed it a hoax, But it has been repeat
ed since, and an eyewitness told me Of thl
wonderful results. A man enyeloped in {
net work containing large number o
bladders filed with hydrogen gas. ran twc
Sundays ago down the Champs Elysees a
!, the rate of thirty five miles an hour. Hi
leaps were enormousi the ascentionalpow
er Of the gas was not sufficientto carry hin
up, but itneutralised three-quarters Of hi
weight. Last Sunday he renewed the ek
pertinent upon an exterior Boulevard will
: a little moro gas. He made forty miles al
hour, and said that with favorable wind h,
could easily make fortysiye and beat any
locomotive without fatigue. Withths tre
mendous muscular power possessed By
man, it is evident that if he could in any
, way lengthen his legs, as this invention ii
reality does; he would realize the fable o
3 the Seven Leagued Boots. Caudlerg tht
! most agile clown ofthe circus, who wa
> present, agreed soon, with afsimilar aparat
Q US, to jump over the Seine. ! understand
that dozen machines with improvement
|, are now in course Of fabrication, and tha
2 the idea Of annihilaiing space has seizet