, 1873-02-01

Vl0uuCLh Allu 1u DFlF6Ft8& Rll OF HtOnG II WH7
completed In 1880, and ooat Inclusive Of land
wl,arvos, oers and onginoa, a0so. .024.40. It WAS
toon ycars IN thc hands Of tic P. W. & =. Rail
was opened in 1922; 1t took five years. labor and
g. 200 900 to build 1t Its summit oyol is Ia foot
snSvo tiaS Y IL. a 1 o9-1oo nlss l9'!n
10 foot, 1t continues to pass about 1000 barges-
etoamore, 1afts, oto,, ,per ana1rn, Or above 1000,
900 tons, and to receive nearly 100000 in tolls.
ItonD HOWE AT THE HEAD OF uHEBArEAKE.
Although Elk Neok poBeesacs only fow farm
llouaea, and is goneraly accounted poor soil. it
is conspicuous in history as to tho aight, and ita
lonesome blue tablet always Affects me na II Il
1noditattyo spirit, WHO rulod tho whole Ohos-
apoalso with Ills calm countonnnce. Thore Ia
silent monarchy III Lis lonely atmosphere, md
the world BlowH f0w such BunHeta AZ Are drawn
In gold and fro about hia lArkenod and BROOD
Ut Gnaor aGt'a' tho shadow Of tloao rldgee,
8 great army daombarkod on the
Sa aa Of :? fora AHgrs HgMs roanca @ o TR R N5ss Nssss
while $4,000 troops, under Bir William Howe,
landed. IIorc, for two days md nights, tho
smoke Of tllor ca1np-fros blew low IN tho ator1ny
weather. snd then l9'ayng General Grant to
m,,nieetion with tho shipping, Howe marched
to Elkton, OIL tho 2Sth of August, and Grey,
and nttcrward Agnew and Knyphanson, crossed
tho Elk on tho 9ljth and 31at, and both columns
undor Grant did not join tho army unit. Sept
8, and this nook was tho limo Of Communication
betwecn tho British Aeet and army un-
I'll tho BATTLE Of H. Brandywino .sy ;. W.. Vas
esoe werS spont si II tho aogborbooa BY lo nyade1s
They marched by tho loft hank, bearing through
tho concavo corner Of Delaware, and by Newark,
Moollosson Ksee,tfnE-Aonso md honnett
Earl Tfowo smiled down tho CheBApeako Oh Boon
~ Tho DECISIVE battle had boon won at Brandy
wine, aud ascondod tho Delaware.
BULLS MOUNTAIN.
Tho traveller crossing tho bridge at Havro do
qrnco, aud asking without result what bold and
wooded headlanl Bulls Mountain may bo, will
hc little aware Of tho mon Of mighty mark in
lucky campaign against Philadelphia. Earl
Howe was at that >tmo Yico Admiral of tho
Dluo, and had fought with distiction all ovor
tho world. His elder brother had been killed.
and tic yo!angor wsa joint Commissioned
! with hfmBolf to conclude peace with America.
| IIo lived to bo 74 yoarn Of age. aud to tlle in
John Adamu' Administration, having been ono
! wGs tall, swarthy, and Erim-looking man, re-
soryeu, strict, and impartial, and not inclined to
4p,oesesa, and tho aailors called him "Dlaok
Ills Ills brothor, Sir William, died in 1914, tho
| year the American Capitol was burned, aud was
! comparatively au uuonterpriaing and unre-
! nownea General.
| Earl CORVALLIS, who commanded ono Of tho
British divisions, was at this time 80 years Of
| age, and Ind boon Governor OF tho Tower Of
London. Ho lived to put down tho first roboll-
! ion Of 1893, to DO Governor General Of both
ireland md India, md he died in Jolforson,s
| aud Lo was political favorite.
Knyphnuson waB ngod II, and VAS M Alaacian
WHO had fought untlor Frederick the Great. Ho
| had been just ono ycar in A1norlca, and WAC. tho
ranking oi1lccr OF tho Waldockors Ind Hesaiana.
He was q tlno-lossing man, unaffected, And bot
| tor thnu tho nchool-booEa teach.
| THE PIRATE or THE DAY.
| Tllirty-aeYen years after Howes army landed
| at Turkey Point Elk Neck Was again tho Hcono
of military undertakings, iu 1914. Captain Ross,
| with tho First City Troop OF Philadelphia, took
post on Mount Bull rs 1niles below Elkton). ia
watch tho approach OF tho enemy, and hold com.
nunication with Tho gonoral camp at Kennett
| Hquaro,-callel tho Advanced Light Guard "a
l,rignde),-arl with Philadelphia by n limo oi
yedettca. At tho eamo time d camp wAn main.
tniuod ut Marcus Hook. All these organizations
wcro broken mp aud the posts abandoned before
| Christmas. Coclthurn, in this second war, ray-
aged tho Northeast Elk, saaaafras, md susquo'
| haunn Rivers
Sir George Coahhurn, tic scourgo OF tho Chesar
pouAe, WAS Il years old when lie f1ourished in
thoas watere, aud ho livol until 1868, agod 81
years. lie ltSed to know lhat the CORNERSTONE
Of the Capitol-o1tensiou Ind beon ]njd near the
Bito whcro he burned tho first enifice, nearly
| forty yonrs boforc. dATH.