The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-07

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saacsat gives thsassaTtli R,aas7ati sess teS
II Ibea lesyet 30 detail deRt aaAneRte6
With the terEibse hussacane that pared QFsE /
the, Miami Valley on tbs /. evening ~ ffs q.
6 Glorious Fourth. on che well kn0Mtk
t0fds sAndefsos saffn, ffatsils askes
extend to the banl1s0s sithesi iistuslc dlsnzts 1
stands, ,or rather steedb aia esoys.sif
fortnight since the majestic ttees slaed elef 4
and Intact, but now fWo.thtfds o. nesn srs a..
lying on the ground, buried adoHn b ne
feientless fury f4hs lass crest s,6ra. 9 1sstse
j didkthe storM dsmans thinlE ygheasshea ST.,
cut upon his smissiqn &C destructipa that
1 be Eas. destined 10 rob q tfes OF q secree,
which it had scrupuiously ksp for slgtfys-,s =
/ fw,,; vwsesairs 20 eStgca " hssa .lsuiatsi z5ss
gB15n nts tnoruiaS tauhsoqas asnts.e8 tiss
storn fsaturiiayl Mrs Rogees6An AeMRa4U,!
| with q hired man, preeeeded "a fl4glff ipfa
| the exfent OF the damage indicted Apoa h6
bresaisea ard Tue ffst oil SSescttisS rblns wf&S
the rtrliaed RfoyS, The ts6GsesefsS oestAe7
iiaf yyaa n noble osk, ,fhei kiHg scRa6sz 6sztad1ber
lows. andn tree which hsd stoe4 Sba raEageR
of HIue seemingly unecathed foE eeyefal cenr.
euiies. This tee hid bees snArfed H1ss
felled by the storm. Upon tte
/ fas3enr giant fas the iphrf6ss &C esecaeztz4G
| tts worth as 1sil ttmhsg,i Ms. Rsgses ass#e a'
Startling discovery. Thia was ncthlHE, le16
fban the Set that lhe tres ln aiiirs had dis-
qorRed sketetUu? s3s " W. ; lsa's't
/ Fhe bones we're diseonne ytiIew sftlh
apa. and scattered oves saveeA sSnsr0 AceS.
H pasturage. The skull wae alnese laesce X,
all the teeth save two, were SIN 70 their
places. and there was q scar on the kE pAsac-
al bone which i6oked HkeF the nne1nento eC
some fierce csyalry charga Tbs humesus
Of the right arm was shatters end aeJs sse
three defects lust ne1tloned the sketetoR
when put together Was without blemlsh.
The tree In falling, should share mem
toned, was rent aaunder-.a sask nos <tsEcefe
az ucsSmplishrnenti when 1 fDser 20 yehe8
that an examinations found thas q soma ier
rnnte date the very heart Of the oak had bce&
clsft nv liphtniEg. From d spot twenty fast
nnm the ground upward TO Tho frst grtAS
Nork--a distanee Of ten feet--a hell0W' Gx-s
tended. and from this cavity the s&elsson. bad
been hurled ,,n..i,lS III Il. asi a,.sgs ls4y
An old.sashioned leather pocket OF memo
randun- book lay In q rernarmoie staR OF
preservation, which no doubt had oeen
dropped into the rert made BY the hgfs-:
Ming. and thus been preserved whiIaits mas
| tor decayed. a few brass buttons OF OLD and
unio,le pattern were found near the memo
randtIm, but It Is with the latter we ksye to
deal This old leather purse, entirely money
less, contained sundry papers covered with
rude pencillings, quite difficult 70 tga9e, -
they were written on the backs of array
passes and military cOnslgnmen@ WHICH
dated as far back as 1776. '5f ~ szatis,s" ! =
MT. Rogers conveyed the .benes 30 bis
house, and set about TO; resd the memcfsn-i
dunn OF the captive OF, the, ,tea. He read
enough TO learn that the eyes that onoe ehono
| In the now orbless sockets often looked upon
Washington In the heat Of batfse and amid
| the SHOWS Of Valley Forge; and tia sketes
tom when covered With flesh and muscle
had struck many stalwast blows for our
country.
ners was Roger Vanderburgy q rativs Of Lam
caater. Pa. ard captain In the Revoluhocr
ary army. He was an aid 20 RaxhingtGge
dnring tie retreat across the Jerseys ana
seryeT time In Arn6id's hes6qusSters Of
Wesf Point. ! In 179f be marched Win 81.
Clair against the Northwestern Indians ana
Ia the famous outbreak OF that General On
ithe Wabash, November 8 Of tho yeaE jos
wriaen, be was wounded asd espsurods
But while being conveyed TO the indsar
town at Upper Piqua he effected hts esApe,
bat found himself hard pressed hy ha @S-:
age foes. ~ a'.<ii-,.1 -
he saw the hollow In the oak and ds.
spite the mangIed arm, and With tbe ssd o.
q beech that grew beside the giant taen, ne
peiued the haven and dropped tbcretn.
Then came fearful discovery. .He bad naas.
calculated the depth OF the hollow, ana
there was no escape. Oh, the story toso py
the diary Of the oaks despatring prisonef.
/ How. rather than surrender TO the teftufe
OF the stake, he chose death by starvation-
how be wrote bis diary In the urcertaaR
light and the snow :.
Here ia one entry In the diary Novenn-
Der 10. Five days without Joodt wnen
sleen I dream Of luscious fruits and Fowsa9
streams. The stars laugh at my misery. u
Il showing noWe freeze while stafye-
Never was such record Of suffering
itraeed by husnan band before. The 6ntrteS
leoyer period Of eleven days, and In dis.
| ioin,sd sentences Is told the story o. st.
Ciairs defeat.
Mr.. Rogers has written to Lancaster 70 as-
Icertain II any descendants Of the nl4afed
tcaptain live; Il SO, they shali bsve bis booss.
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