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TO William 2. Owens, klixa Owens, James Roy
no Ids, g. NJ. Service, X. /. Mckcnny, Jeremiah
Smith, Alexander Asher and william Asher,
John Wilson, jr.. Franklin Uextef F.rhank, b.
Frank Heai, Hoxanna fhrnum, Reynolds Devoe
a Co., iirf1eca NJ. Hubsrfsnn, Jumsy living.
Thomas II. Allyn, kdw ard r Dickie, Alexander
White, Jcssc Reeves, Bitten 4 Co., james Glib
son Il. h. Lorenz, ). A. Walker, ID. Bartlett d
Co., III. w. Sample, A. B. Ihomasson, J. X. Ir-
win. %. III. Burbridge, state " Iowa fir the use
Of school Fund. " lila ul Ii Hall, james A. Ma
Co, j. C. Aver 4 Co.. Collier " bite Lead and Oil
Company, Eddy. Jameson Co., Lnhn Quirk.
Winchester Smith. iiifam JeBer, Hiram Jehn.
ston, James NJ. Rogers, Edwards 4 Turner Mo-
sier d Wilde Brooks 4 Breeds
N0u and each Of you are hereby notified that
i there lis now lie in the efAce Of the Clerk Of
the District Court of Lee County, Iowa, at Fort
Madison, . petition Of Lfi N barney claiming OF
you William 7. Owens the sum Of three thousand
dollars and interest At ten per cent as money due
on = mortgage made by yoO~te Charles Mason ard
since assigned 10 said Hiram Barney, dated June
"a 1888, also claiming sgainstea each Of you the fore
closure Ut gala mortgages, Lbs sarae- l.eiHE Htea
Lot seven [ and eight Isl In Block ono hundred
and hft y lille III In Iha City -af kanknk, Lea
County, Iowa for the purchase money aud fur
thcr asking for sale or said pfemlscs, and gem
erai relief.
And unless you appear and answer aAid petition
on or before the OF The day OF the next term
Of tnid Court, TO FL Madison on he I'd
Monday Of Aay. A. D., 1861, default will be
entered against you, the petition tRksr NJ by you
confessed, And decree rendered agairft ,eu az
played therein. W. III l
Feb. 8. lssl-lm Pttrs As.',s,
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To Edward Kilbourne, Caroline A. kilboutne, W.
w perine, State 6avings Institution, Macon !
Wheeler, GEORGE B. Gordon. Frederick Shelley,
- C.uarbers
TIsHERE 10 nov on Gle in the Chloe OF the Clerk
Of the District Court Of Lee County, lows, 1t
Fort MAdises the petition Of I'm Thompson, Trss-
tee for Mrs. +. NJ. Graham claiming against 3D.
ward kilbournc Judgment for the amount Of
promssory note TO wit: 46s4 and the interest due
and the COS t.; and against all tho defendants thu
foreclosure Of = mortgage executed BY EDWARD Kill
bourne and Caroline A. kilbourne or cestain land
in Lee County Iowa. ~ secure said note end 10 per
mt. interest after the maturity Of tbs note.
Unless you appear ard answer said petition on Or
before the second day ct noon of the May term
q s6ll Of said Court, default will be entered, =
judgment will be rendered. and the property
dcrsd to be sold. RANKIN 4 MILLER,
Jan. IS, 1861. Pitts Att'ys.
Let this notice be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Daily Gate City, published In Lac
County, Iowa.
ERIE j. LEIGH,
inn Is. 1851 Clcrk of District Court.
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hANklN = MILLER,
Jan. Is, 1S6i-dim Plsfs' Att'yS.
s1IkMlRH's SAIL.
STATE OF IONA, -.

snkRiaf's SAIL.
STATE IT,. o. oa, Iowa s..
DY virtue " Special Execution to me directed,
- issued by the cie4k Of the District Court III
sid county, in Isvsr Of james r.. Brace George 81.
Earhsr and ]. L. fayetss Curtis, piaitt O., and
tiosmer Curtis, intervening ElaiktitI. and sgainft
PhinessC. Wright, Winthrop psWof. Samuel
Robb. Samuel Wn.f,J. Erenigariper ard vile, 4.
! Firth, A. Hire, Johr II. Alirn. John MeDongaI,
Jesse Ruidiek, EesenA NJ. Wright. Ansei Philips
and wife, kieharIC =. Wrirrick end wife ID. l..
Wsdswofih. Jenas Wheeler and 4others, i have
levied upon, viii sell he highest hiudrT, at
the door OF the Clerk O1ice Of the District Court
Of Lee County. luwa, IT Keoknk in ssid county, on
the Goth day Of February, Il. u. 1861, between the
hours Of o'clock n and4 Cock p NJ. If said
day, teom msncipg NJ H.ock p. MI ihe following
properly, to-vit: certain tact, being so acres #
land, situate IN Lee County, lows. and being al
rho northwest quarter Of The northeast guar Of
section fourteen in TOYS nship sixty I've north Of
rsAgs hvs we.t, sscspsirg shsreirs m ter in
sqnAre form At the southeast corner 81 the same
quarter of said quarter ction, With its sppurtsD-
and Also, all the last exc, ed ten sit
uxte ut the south.sa quarter of said northeast
quartcrof said section fourteen With the exception
Vi twc and hall acres in asqusrc form IT the
south east corner OF the Same ton acre tract tst-
mated IT seven ard half acres
Taken, levied upon and t. be sold by order Of
Court to snsify sa'd Write az Execution.
Asoknk, January Is, 1871.
IL. M. GRffFITH.
Sheriff Of Lee Comfy.
cuRrIs, GILLnoEE 4 Curtis, Pltfrs' Att'ys.
jan1in3w-fpr's fee $l01
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FAcr WORM kNowIN0.-Spaldine Ce
phalic Pills are . certain cure for Sick Head.
ache, Bilious Headache, Nervous Headache
Costiyeness and General Debility.
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10 A. II. ueaslip, =. +. iIeasiip. Geoes Denison,
Henry II. Hart, JeIn Honaho, G. 4rAnk A ssn,
laung Brothers q Co., Wob.ter, Aanh = Co.,
Locke, Marsh / Co.:
FTNHERE II now en- Gle In he Office Of the. Clerk
/ OF the District Court ~ Lee County, Iowa, At
Fort Madison, thu petition Of ssmdei w. Baldwin
and samuel NJ. Decd, rtLcrs III trade under the
hfm name and style a Baldwin 8 p dJ, claiming
OF A. IL. Heasiip judgment for :6tU . prom
sssors uots executed by him To piainti6s, ard
aglinst all the defendants the kvrcclosure Of .
4.lortgase executed b, ii. licasitp ard 5 l..
Heasiir to secure said note. 1he other defendants
are interested in the property.
Unless you APPEAR AID answer SD petition on
" before ut The onj day OF the May Erm
fls6i4 Of said Court, default will be- enter. d,
judgment rtHder,d, ana The Pr perty ordered TO
be sold.
RANKIN . MILLER,
Ian % 1851 a I'm pltN.y
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notice
To Moses u. Morrison, Ha~kins Tny l0r, Bullock
Uoudloe:
Flsl!EHE IL now on file in the Office Of the Clerl
1 OF the District Court 81 Lie County, Iowa, a.
Fort Madison. the petition Of William Thompson
sisiming sgaifst Misses Morrison mater and
Hawkins lay or sndorser, the sum VI - 0s0 On =
protpissor5 note executed by said Morrison 10 said
lay ler, and cgdorstd asso, against ali the deien
dants the fsrecissuf-sof mortgage on real estate
IN the City nf keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, executed
b. said Morrison 70 said Taylor ~ secure the SAD
nutc-
Unless ynu appear and answer aaid petition nI
or b. fore the secondary ~ noon 81 the May terri
tlsGi8 Of the aforesaid Court, default will be Ell
tered judgment will be rends red aud the proper
fy ordered 10 be soid.
RANKIN 4 MILLER,
Jan Is, 1861. Pad's AIT va.
LIT the above ro,ice be published for four con
seeutive weeks in the Daily GAZE city, published
in Lee County, Iowa.
ERIE j. LEIGH,
Jan. IS, 1861. Clerk District Court.
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NOTICE
To M. p. sharts, Chic. A. STARTS, william Tim
herman, Hsnford Bro, q. N. Lyman, Ficklen
Lucas:
vlNhEhE is now ON flc in the Office oof the Clerk
/ Of the District Court Of Lee County, Iowa, n
Fort Madison, the petition Of William Thompson
claiming oil M. y. oharts and william Timberman
sjadgnent fer - 900 ON apromissory note cxscu-
ted by them to plaintiff, and against all the dsfen-
dants the forec1 OF NOR gage executed ty nj.
r. >hars and Chloe A. STARTS on real estate in Aeo-
kuk 10 secure said note.
Unless you appear and anfwer said petition on or
before the second day OF tho May term, tle6l) at
noon oil said Court default viii he entered judg
nent will be- rendered nd tn property ordered 10
be sold.
RANKIN MILLER
Jan. is, 1861. pith's Att'ys.
Let the above sotiee be published for four con-
secutivc weeks IN The Daily Gate City published
in Lee County, Iowa.
J. LEIGH,
Jan. Is 1861. Clerk District Court.
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A.cs III A0ttCe.
To Hubbard Stone Charles Stone, acob Bushey,
o. ii. C,x, Boyd Btsden. NJ. sullivan, Frederick
Zugg, William h. Williams, Robert Ii. Smith,
john w. Hancock, "A. r. Stevenson, Kilgore,
wilson { Co., barton. Perry Co., q. W. howe,
Ray d Bio, Samuel Boyi State of Iowa for
the use of School Fund, Henry DE Louis and Louise
DcLoais, minor heirs OF Elizabeth DeLouis, de-
ceased, ind NJ artin stafford, their Guardian:
NUU and each Of you are hereby notified that
l. there is now OF lie in The Office of the Clerk
Of the Dstric Court OF Lee County, Iowa, at Fort
Madison. ii petition of hiram Barney, claiming OF
you Hubbard Stone and Charles stone the snm Of
thirty 1--WE hundred dollars and 10 per cent interest,
as money due IN mortgage made by you 10 Chas.
Mason and since assigned to sald Hiram Barney,
dated Febl y, 1887; also claiming against each
Of you the foreclosure Vt said ~ 70, the fame
being upon Lots six l6I and seven L7l in Block
eight Isl in Ma.on's Upper Addition ~ the City OF
kc"kuk, i Sc County, Iowa, for purchase money,
and further asking for sale Of said premises, aud
get eral relief.
And un.ess you appear ar answer said petition
or bvferc ttic noon " the II day of The next
term Of said Court, TO en- mencr at tert Madison
thu, third Monday Of May, A. D. 1851 default will
be entered sIst you, the petition taken BY yoa
confessed, and decree rendered against yon ~
prayed therein.
NOBLE l. STRONG,
Feb s, 1S6l-lm Piff's Att'ys.
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To Louis Eek, v m. ". Bslkssp, VIM d. shaw.
Henry Little, Nj. Alex nder, Uscar Burbridge,
VIM. III. Lcech n Co., Mm. \ X. l.. Kuddick, l..
Stark sthcr:
VoU an each Of you arc hereby notified that
i there is now fiio in the office OF tbs Clerk II
the District Court Of Lee County, Iowa, nj Fort
Madison, y petition Of Hifam Barney claiming Of
you Louis eck tho sum Of one hunersd dollars and
interest Ut 10 per cent, ah noney due on mort
gage made BY you TO CHARLES Mason, and since as
sign ned TO said ii,ram Barney, dated December %,
1853; alsa claiming against each Of You the fore
closure Of said mortgages, The same being upon Lot
No. seven ~ in Bosk NJ. oao hundrrd and forty
five l451 the city Of X okuk, Lee county, Iowa,
for he pun chase money, Ead for taxes paid said
mortgaged premises; and fur her asking for q sale
Of said pr.mises, and general relief.
And uni ss you APPEAR aud answsr said petition
on or before the morning vi the second day Of the
next term ~ said lourt. to commences at Fort Mad
ison ON the third Monday IT May, A. u. 1861, de-
fault will be entered againet you the petition
ken as by you confessed, and . decree rendered
against you Irayed therein.
NIB.E 4 STRONG,
Feh.S, 1891 lin Pitts Att'ys.
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Feb S, 1851 I'm Plaitifs Attorneys
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LEGAL NUTlCE:.

To Ehenescr kosc 44
Won are hereby notified that there Il now on lie
j in the Office VI the CLERK Of the District Geurs
Of Leo County, Iowa, at Fort Madison. q petition
Of Hiram Barney claiming II you Ebanexsr Hose
the rum Of six hundred dollars a. mot,cy due on .
mortgage made by you 10 Charles Mason snd since
assigned to said Hiram barney. dated Fcfusry IL,
1888; also claiming against you the foreclosure Ut
quarter Of the nor th-wcst quarter Ut section
one II. township sixty-six 1851 noraA Of range
seven L71 west. In Leo county. Iowa. for tho pur.
chase moneys and luther asking lor sale vi said
promises, and general relief.
And unless you appear and answer said petition
Or before noancf tho second day s.of the next
to, = Of xaid Court 10 cum 1t Fort Madison
on rhu third hyudzy Of ttgy A. h. fodt, 1ar su1y
will be entered against yeu and jud gurnt rendered
thereon, tho petition taken as b. you confessed,
anda decree rendered against yop ~ psayed there
In. NOBLE IL STRONG.
Feb. 2, l80l-1m pl,H's Att'ys.
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New Hooke!!
rl,HE PRINCES HAIL Miss GILDERT'H
i CAREER; this day received Ut
OGDEN BROWN NIL Al CO.'S
CrfY Book SroRx,
N&v16-d No. 81 Mai n-~t.
n NEW AttOM tOts GHS hxssK "a.
vINHE KANGAROO HUN fEKh; or, iADvExruRss
j N rHA Busa By Anne Bowman. Author Of
The castaways. - Tho Young Exii.s, J" -.
For sale ut esAA44a
OaDKAs BR0YEELL cos.
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I n Office.
In the District Court Of
Lee County, Iowa, ut kco-
kuk, February Term, A. d.
1881
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-10-31
Gen. Halleck.

This officer, about whom the tele-
graph has uttered some absurdities, is
said to be one of the most accom-.
plished of the Generals in the regular
service, and already ranks as Major
General. He is a New Yorker by
birth, entered West Point in 1885 !;
stood third in his class; was breveted
Second Lieutenant OF, Engineers. July
1, 1889; was acting Assistant Profess
sor of Engineering at West Point from
July 1889, to June, 1910. He is the
author of military work on " Bitumen
and its Uses" &c. In l946 he wrote
the elements of Military Art and
Science" In 1e47 he was breveted
Captain for gallant conduct in affairs
with the enemy, and for meritorious
service in California, where he was
Secretary of State in the military Gov
ernments of Generals Kearny, Mason
and Riley, in ls47-4s, and part of ls49.
He was Chief of the Staff to Commo-
dore Shubrick in naval and military
operations on the Pacific, in 1S46 and
lS4s, and member of the Convention
in ls49 to form, and of the Committee
to draft, the Constitution of California.
In July, 1853 he was appointed Cap
tain of Engineers, and resigned on
August /, 1854. He now appears as a
Major General, his commission bearing
date August 19, 1861. He left Califor-
MIA for Washington on the 1st inst.
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his way back to Col. Bakers body,
rescued it, brought it along to me, and
then q general retreat commenced.
1t was sauce qui peut! ! got the
CoIonel's body to the island before the
worst of the rout, and then, looking to
the Virginia shore, saw such specta-
as no tongue can describe. Our entire
forces were retreating, tumbling, roll
ing, leaping down the steep heights;
the enemy following them, numbering
and taking prisoners. Colonel Devan
left his command and swan the river
on horseback. Col. Cogsw ell; after un-
availing bravery, had ordered the re-
treat himself, but being wounded Was
taken. s 30
The one boat in the Virginia channel
was speedily filled and sunk. A thou
sand:men thronged the further bank.
Muskets, coats. and everything were
thrown aside, and all were desperately
trying to escnpe. Hundreds plunged
into the rapid current, and the shrieks
of the drowning added to the horror
of the sounds and sights. The enemy
kept up their firing from the cliff above
Ali was terror, confusion and dismay.,
A captain of the Fifteenth Massachu-'
sets at one moment charged gallanffp
up the hill, leading two companies, who
still had their arms, against the pursu-'
ing foe. Amoment later and the same
officer, preceiving the hopelessness of
the situation, waved a white handker-
chief, and surrendered the main body
of his regiment. Other portions of the
column surrendered; but the rebels
kept up their FIRE upon those who tried
to cross, and many not drowned in the
river were shot In the act of swimming.
Night came on. At p. M. all Of
our band whose fortune it was to return
had landed on Harrison Island, and the
fire from the Virginia heights had
ceased. - -
The rebels took all our guns but one.
When left yesterday they had shouted
to us, telling us to come over and take
away our dead sons of Us under a
flag of truce had also mounted our
own guns on the heights, and warned
us to leave the island in four hours
The cause of this sad havoc aoas that
zoe had no proper means of transit and
retreat. ~ El4-Bfa --rr-l
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Official Report of the Engagement at
South West Pass.
w AsHINGTON, Oct. 2,

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Commodore McKean's dispatches are
received at the Navy Department.
Capt. Pope of the Richmond, reports
the hole made in her by the Ram was
two feet below the water line, and five
inches in circumference. At the first
alarm the crew coolly repaired to quar-
tiers, and as the Ram passed abreast
the Richmond the entire port battery
was discharged at her, with what effect
it was impossible to discover in the
darkness. a red light was shown as
signal of danger, and the squadron
was under weigh in a very few minutes,
the Richmond covering the retreat
The Preble went over the bar, while
the Vincennes and Richmond ground
ed, the enemy now coming down the
river with FIVE steamers. The 49,
commenced firing at us, while we re-
turned the fire from our port battery
and rifled gun on the poop, our shot,
however, falling short, while their shell
burst on all sides of us, and several
passed directly over the ship. At go,
Commander Handy of the Vincennes,
installing my signal to the ships out
side the bar to get under weigh for a
signal for him TO abandon his ship,
came on board the Richmond with all
his officers and large number of bis
crew, the remainder having gone on
board the Water Witch. Capt Handy
before leaving his ship, had placed a
lighted slow match at the magazine.
Having waited a reasonable time for
an explosion, | directed Commander
Handy to return to his ship with his
crew, to start his water, and, if neces
sary, at his own request, to throw over
the small guns, for the purpose of light.
ening his ship, and to carry out his
'kedge with cable to heave off by. AT
10 A. NJ, the enemy ceased firing and
withdrew up the river. During the
engagement a shell entered our quar-
ter port, and one of the boats was stove
by another shell. Capt. Pope reports
afioat, and the leak of the former so
reduced that the small engines keep
her free. This is only temporary, and
the ship will have to go. to some place
to have three planks put in. 1 have
received rifled guns, and placed the
80 FOUNDER on the .forecastle and the
12-pounder on the poop Could l have
possibly managed this ship in any 9TH
err way than keeping her head up and
down the river l would have stopped
at Pilot town and given battle, but this
was found hazardous, owing to her ex-
treme length. The attempt was made
but broadside could not be brought
TO bear without running the ship ashore.
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Death of Col. Baker.

In the death of Senator Baker, killed
at the battle of Leesburg, the nation
is again called upon to mourn the loss
of good and true man, brave soldier
and noble patriot. He fell at the head
of his regiment "cheering is men on, -
pierced by dozen balls, a sacrifice, we
believe, to the blundsr of some one.
Col. Baker was United States Senator
from Oregon, but when the war first
broke out solicited authority to organ
ize regiment known as the California
Regiment, composed mostly of Phila-
delphians, which was granted by the
War Department The regiment was
speedily filled, and has been for some
time in the division of Gen. Stone.
He was formerly a resident of Hi
nois, and commanded regiment from
that State in the Mexican war, and was
subsequently member of Congress
from the same State. He afterwards
removed to California, where he took
a prominent part in politics, and in
1859 was candidate for Congress, but
was defeated. He then removed to
Oregon, and last winter was elected n
Senator in Congress. He was man
of good ability and had the reputation
of being one of the m ost eloquent pop
ular speakers not only in the Senate but
in the whole country. In his fall the
country suffers a severe loss, and one
that will be regretted by all the patri-
OTIS in the land. He was brave, daring,
and dashing, as soldier, and one emf
nently qualified to inspire confidence
and enthusiasm in the soldiery on the
battle field. '
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1t would be folly to deny that we
met with signal defeat in the encoun-
ter at Edwards Ferry, near Leesburg.
The loss of one thousand men i'm killed,
wounded and prisoners, which is much
greater than that of the enemy, and
our failure to make good our landing
on the Virginia shore, orrather to Sc
cure permanent footing there, consti-,
tute the evidence of our defeat; and the
reflection that this defeat was wholly
unnecessary, only adds to the disgrace
of the affair. That an attempt should
have been made to cross the Potomac
on two or three old scows, and without
knowing anything of the strength of
the enemy, exhibits reeklessness or
ignorance on the part of our officers
that the people were not prepared to
see. 1t is, to say the least, terrible
mistake, occasioned by prodigious mis-
Judgment somewhere. The object in
view-the passage of the river-was
just and necessary, an indispensable
preliminary to the contemplated ad-
vance of the main army. The blunder
was in the execution. The General in
charge allowed himself to be satisfied,
on a very imperfect reconnaissance, that
the number of rebel troops in the vicin-
ity was small. The enemy would seem
to have understood this, and to have
permitted the crossing until sufficient
number should be brought over to
make the slaughter of them terrible.
Less than 5000 in all crossed. They
were then led into ambuscades and
dangerous places, by the willy foe, and
that they stood so well and made so
brave fight speaks of the gallantry of
our troops, and makes the sequel more
painful. The loss of that day, in killed,
wounded and drowned, is almost equal
to Bull Run itself. Our ranks appear
to have been decimated. Stragglers
are indeed coming back to camp, but
the official list which the Government
is said to have in course of preparation
will tell sad tale. I'D .G-.
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HOW ft is Done.

A Washington letter explains how
our army advances. He says there is
gradual and steady advance of our
army upon the receding lines of the
army of the enemy, south of the Po-
tomac. Regiment after regiment, and
occasionally whole brigades strike their
tents and advance a mile or two to-
wards the enemy, and then commence
cutting down the trees and strengthen
ing their positions. Where the pick
cts of the enemy stood three days ago,
our men were at work Yesterday.
There is a general and successful crowd
ing of the enemy off. AS an illustra-
ton of the manner in which this is, at
least in some cases, done, l will state
an instance in my own experience yes
terday. l was riding beyond Falls
Church, and met two Pennsylvania
soldiers who cautioned me to proceed
no farther, as our pickets had just in
formed them that the rebel scouts were
within half a mile of us, and would
probably fire upon us from the thicket
if an opportunity occurred. turned
to retrace my steps, but had not gone
half dozen rods, when / met whole
regiment advancing, each man with a
musket in one hand and an axe in the
other. With bold front they pushed
on directly towards the scouts, who re
treated before them, and our troops
commenced cutting away the trees tina,
had afforded the enemy good hiding
places, from which they had been firing
upon our men,"