Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-08-16

A DESCRIPTION OF THE OLD BATTLE
GROUND-THE BEAUTIFUL MONohGA-
HALA RIVER.
Special correspondence Of the STATE JouRSAL
BRADDooK's FIELD, AILEGHANY Co.
PENN, Aug. LIST, 1S73.-Messrs Editors
Mature has lavishly endowed the valley
of the Monongahela in the beauty of its
scenery aud the wealth of its hills. Its
rocks, the wooded mountains that mark |
the course of its winding MonOngahela ;
that noble Indian stream itself, of noun
tain birth, flowing bet weeH its parent hills,
bearing the riches of It's banks out upon |
the Ohio the distant, varied view Of
mountain, glen, and valley Of grassy |
meadow or forest field these all, under
II clear sky, and cooled by the rOir, shing
brtCZes that are hourly borne out Of the
bosom of its river, win for it the name go
delightful But its beauties are not all
upon the surface below lie hid sights
that are also splendid to view, at least in
| the eyes OF those who own them. Sombrc
landscapes of coal stretching forth far
into the hills, aud down even beneath the
very rivers bed.
Thus is the land all beauty. The trees
durben thrir foliage, the .lreius dauce
brightly over the even more useful coal
fields. My wish is to speak now more
particularly of the historic features Of the
place, leaving its natural and Industrial
points Of interest Tor another writing.
As might he guessed, the town but lately
received an infusion in its body politics of
the lcyerish, stirring, hot blood that trans
forms puny villages into giant cities, takes
/ its name from the famous tight that Oc-
I Cured within its limits, known as Brad
/ docks defeat, in which fight as is well
r remembered, BraddOck suffered most
f calling reverse at the hands of the French
=. aud Indians the remnant of his army
/. only being saved by the address of young
i Washington, who, placing himself at the
q head of the Virginia Blues, fought the
/ savuges after their own peculiar fashion
If and kept them in check until the discom
4. fitted BritOns had Withdrawn in safety.
r. The battle was fought on the slope o
a the mountains-or hills, as the NATIVES
ne will persist in calling them-that hem thu
ne valley in. Part of its site is now occu
ID pied by very dllapidated grave var,
lie which crowns the summit of hill over
m looking the valley With the Monongahel
below. Upon another portion of ID
IN scene of the bloody conflict several fin
ed country residences have been built With
III the last few years.
nc The track of the Pennsylvania Centrf
liz Il. K. runs directly through the old battl
.. ground, the self same ravinc in which th
he savage foe were concealed in deadly an
Of bush forming the course of the roa,
What a tran formation Where, scarf
rs more than century ago, wild savage
10 from out dense covert of thickCt and r
nn vine, assailed with such fearful slaught
NV the Inflated army of the skilled vctera
he of many fields, and the crack of dead
NJ Indian rifles, mingled with British ca
in non war, and awoke the startled echo
TO of the primitive forests, now thunde
tar the understanding, lightning EXPIRE:
mi rafting in an Instant over, mayhap, 1
me very dust and bones of many pale ia
he soldier or swarthy savage foeman. llo
id thunderstruck and ailrighted, would DO
nrt wildman and Christian have paused
mr. their fierce ARRAY had this shriekin
nae. rumbliug, plunsing steed oil iron and
the swept through them
lis Numerous remains Of the sanguina
of struggle were, till quite recently, thro'
Iere up By the ploughshare or spade th'
hi. were, for the most part, balls, gun re
ord, nants, bones, &c.
Rai' An entire sword in good preservati
The was dug up some years ago and presen
lew to a Clergyman, and by him given Il
not well-known historical society. Ma
dis. legends prevail In the neighborhood re
eral tive to the fight. That touching
irht death of General Braddoek is peculi
1 20 and, since unknown to many oil y
got readers probably, will deserve reci
,rti. of It's entire truthfulness / ain assn
by an aged gentleman long a resldcn
the The vicinity, u Col. H., to whose gen
the manly courtesy am indebted for
Dr. of details.
nm According TO this account, Bradd
er was killed by one of his own men.
\ nv soldier named Faucet, being diseovt
III Is fighting contrary to orders behind
nv is Braddock killed Kim with blow OF
,3ith sword. whereupon the brother Of
has soldier shot him in revenge Tor the d.
a of Faucet did not attempt TO conceal
eted ACT. but, on the contrary, openly ayo
!. the il, This story l give as II is told
IN he direct descendant Of Faucet yet Twin
, en-. the vicinity. The soldiers secretly
nsfer plauded the act, as 1t was well-kn
aged The stubborn adhesion Of BraddocI
over the old Continental plan OF nghth
II the solid squadrOns was doohlng lneii
IT, in certain destruction. How quickly
ears altered tactics of the gallant young
"a an pinian proved their salvation, is MI
cars of history, If my poor sketches
rail. thought worth printing, l may pa
time. further and longer chat with your u
ers of readers about tine nleuiVrap.c "a wv
l,sey- surroundings, lneIdenes' legSnus' ~ Wv,
from The BARRIERS Oh TINS Ieslons na
Kill peculiar way OF discovering "he' ~,
time customer under tnelr razor Il a., i I,a
after the scrape il is their fashion TO
F. p. saponaceous application around
5, ID. temples and if the subject objects
Dwell. marking she guesscs lie doesn't wa
q. r. he shaved there" the knowing y
j. G. the razor smiles perceptibly and
m. ID. teers the information that you arr
larch, from Pittsburgh The custom, sup
nke, j. had its origin IN tue enoIt 70 III
nssick, "slack" from the miners haii -,
lss, j. custom is very uselul one, 90 o.
j. IL. would believe tnat couio se1 ~
ker. recent from the pit NOV!