Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-27

on the 10Th. On the 18th they passed
through Louisa county-"damn poor
county and water scarce" says the
emphatic Feltman; saw n great many
negroes, the greater part being naked"
Passing through Hanover county they
marched through and ten miles beyond
Richmond on the 22d. Not insensible
to earthly pleasure Captain Davis and
Feltman returned TO town ito play
billiards and drink wine"
ENGAGEMENTS on THE WAY.
On tho Goth of June Col. Richard
Butler, in command of n small adj
vance light corps, came up with Sim.
coe, who was covering the rear of
Corvallis army, marching down the
Chickahominy, and, rs Butler says,
gave him handsome shake with little
loss TO his own force. This is what our
soldiers in their pension applications
call the fight at "Spencer's Ordinary"
within six miles of Williamsburg. On
the 9th Of July occurred the battle of
Green Spring" so called by our sol.
diers, but the Green spring was some
what in the rear of the battle-ground.
which was nearer jamestown. Corn
wallis had encamped near James
island preparatory TO crossing the
james river to Portsmouth, but had
only passed over his advance under
Simcoe when Lafayette's troops made
their appearance. Wayne had the
right of our line aud with his Pennsyl.
vania troops was opposed to the Sew
enty.sixth, Eightieth. part of the For
ty.third, the Legion cavalry and some
light companies. Ensign Denny
graphically notes the scene. As they
were going into action Captain Samuel
Montgomery says to him: Now, El.,
for the honor of old Carlisle do not
disgrace yourself" CORVALLIS, aston
ished at WayDe's hardihood, deployed
the whole army to the right and left,
advancing the above mentioned troops
To meet WAYNE. The hero of Stony
Point was in full uniform, his horse
prancing in front of the Pennsylvania
infantry, his face glowing with pleas.
ure. He seemed to Ensign Denny who
stood near him. 10 oe amused with the
loss of his plume, which was cut Oft
with n ball upon the first fire.
Wayne boldly advanced his infan.
try under heavy fire Of grapeshot
until within sixty PAGES Of the enemy,
aud, as Tarleton says, gallantly main.
tanned the action for some time, when.
observing the main British army fl.
ing off to the right and left to surround
him, he gave the order to retreat. His
manmuvre, TO use the words Of an Off.
Ger describing it, though it may have
the appearance of temeriiy 10 those
unacquainted with the circumstances,
yet was founded on the trucst military
principles, and was one of those neces.
sary though daring measures which
seldom fail of producing the desired
effect, that il, in confusing the enemy
and opening the way to retreat in sight
of superior enemy" His loss was
upward of one hundred killed and
wounded, among the latter twelve Off.
GERS. The more seriously wounded,
Captain Stake, Lieutenant White and
Captain Montgomery, went home. DIR.
Ezekiel Downey, of the SIKH, was
unfortunately drowned on the lst of
July at York river.
ACROSS THE JAMES.
Prior to the action of jamestown,
Wayne was kept on the left of Lafay.
cites army. The latter, fearing n lie
sign of Cornwallis to return south.
ward, ordered the Pennsylvania line
over the james river to the extreme
right On July 10, Wayne crossed
the james ut Westover. the seat of
Colonel Bird. whose wife was n Miss
Willing, OF Philadelphia. The colonel
had died a few years previous aud was
buried in the garden, says the circum.
stantial Feltman in bis journal. I'm
provemenls superb saw nothing like
them before" says Denny. They en-.
camped the second day at Chesterfield
1buEN AA0uEts ttlitt iuiltS NtFA w AHt
road between Richmond aud Peters.
burg. Then crossing Swift creek they
reached the Appomattox at Goodies
bridge. Goodies bridge fell down the
day they were there--July 25--kill-
ing nobody, though there were soldiers
under it obeying Anlhony's injunction
10 be clean. But GoOde must have
put il up again, as it appears upon
the military maps of the recent un.
pleasantness down about there.
MOVEMENTS AROUND RICHMOND.
They remained at Goodies bridge
until the 30tb. Meanwhile Wayne
enforced discipline by hanging sol
dier of the First Pennsylvania for
marauding. Crossing the Appomattox
they marched by the right TO Nancy
ine creek, whence they marched to the
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