The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-05-20

gathered there. In the midst Of Tn,
excitement the energetic IIOsmer ex
claimed, "rhey have set the villag,
on iirel Will you let thou burn i
down 7 With this danger in view
aud urgeti Ivy the bold AMI cmphati,
expression of Major Butrick am
Captain Davis, they immc lately "re
solved to march tn The middle OF th,
town to defend thuil homes, on iii,
ia tue ATTEMPT
Although the British force at Ia,
bridge was not over 10 TO 21O men
there were more than 500 in the vii
lage. u distance Of hllia mile. 10.
more under Captain Polo. only n
mile iurther, and tho three compl.
mes under Captain Parsons, expectu
to rctnrnat any moment from Colonel
Bltrett's. The British could con.
cantiato over 500 men within hilf an
hour after tho first gun was fired
ihe Americans numbered 800, and IN
"a military point Of view were merely
ah armed mob suddenly callel ).
@'lIer lyEscii protection The Brit.
4 iSh Wero Waii-Organiael. weil-di5-
leu'iutL Spntieno,l soldiers -vctrr
ans, int'rI. accust me ~ war iu III
ats iiepr, aul Sustained in wultev,r
! .H2y diI by u great nation. But in
lac" ot all this array. was there "A
DOUBT IN the ranks uf tho Americans,
IN tho excitement of the hpur Can.
Iin smith Of Lincoln, lull Of patri
Iouc impulses, volunteered to dis
lodge tho enemy ut tho bridge with
,'ls single company. Smith hld lod
he mon TO tn h,l,, on the first alarm.
e"i leaving his horse at Wnghts
th'e" IN the village. took his pls..
l''h GA th1 bill auI ioinsl in the
council Ciptrin Davis. Of Acton,
animated With the same feelings. cy-
'""meL ~ haven't II man THAT'S
'F'd' H. g.. This WAS the spite
shown by the proyinrials aul it was
"''iSIve' IL va, arranged tia. in the
Onward movement Captain DAVIS. as
c''hnmivr ui IN, first cpmptuy Of
unHHta mon, shod!l thc the ulhL
winch ho dit ino glllnt N mnor II
"'' ih'dgit best that the minute.
m'n should have t.e advanced posi-.
Njh' because many of Them lli bly.
ohote, AMI II was deemed best To- b.
prepared ior i charge aud close ii ,ht.
lng
The Brtigh, somcwhtt scattered
IN small groups on the brid yo nnl ON
Tue west bank of the river, NOTICING
thi advance of tho Americans. inn.
mediaLcly formed and crossed the
east bank, taking mp some of the
plauks of The bridge rs t!oy rq4s,j
to the h..', moved iJi%irI aud 'J3iH
ell their companions on the right
bank OF the river. The attempt of
the British to djgmlnt.c ,ha huler
attracted the attention Of Major Bat
trick u5 the Americans were lylnc
lug, 1.-TWO and two, AMI turning the
corncr Of tho cross road. lie
against the act in
loud AMI emphatic tone, and order
ed his men 10 march in Il quick step
lhoreupon the enemy dosistod from
the destruction. They became alarm
ed ut the menHciuG movement of the
Americans; anl 1t may have occurred
to them ut tho time tIat whatever
distractions wcgo placed in the way
of the Americans woull leopard the
safety Of Captain PasJn's detIch.
ment.
1t was, according to Captain David
Brown, between nine aud ton of the
clock in the forenoon. The British
fired two or three guns in quick sue
cession. These were preconcertcd
for the distant dctach.
inent OF the enemy to return nt once
W hen the Americans arrived within
ten or fifteen rods of the briiso, and
were rapidly moving forward, one of
the regulars, shNrp.shocter, step.
ped from tue ranks and di,churgod
his musket, manifcstly aimed at
Major Buttrick or Colonel Robinson
the ball from which, passing uudo,
the arm Of the latter, slightly wound
ed Luther Blanchard, the fifor Of tho
Acton company, in the side, and
Jonas Brown, one of the Concord
This gun was immcdi.
atoly followed by yolley. which in i
stantly killed Captain Isaac Dayi,
and private Abner Hosmer, Of Acton,
u ball passing through the heart of
the former, aud another, through the
head of the latter, aud slightly
wounding Ezekiel Davis, brother
OF Captain Davis, ball passing
through his hat and grazing his
head. When ho saw that his fifer
was wounded, Captain Davis i'm
pulsively stepped to the wall by the
road, aud was in the act of sighting
his gun, when he was hit by the
enemy's shot He sprang two or
three feet in the air, fell on the north
side of the wall, and expired without
uttering word. Joshua Brooks, Of
Lincoln, was struck with ball that
cut through his hat and drew blood
on his forehead. 1t appeared as if
he had been cut with knife and
Il concluded, said Private Baker,
"that the British were firing jacks
knives
Major Buttrick, then in front of !
Captain Browns company, instantly