New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-14

.r,rle of his way Of making tho
sun nhppe' ,..,s letter from Ticonderoga. in
pest u mus last night has frozen Lake
WHO" ~ y. .ho centre 1t is all one solid mass
Orr roor fellows severely felt the effects
y. w. r. NV own part, l was 50 CONCEALED
~ :" ,.., cunning before the fire for three hours
~. Shrewsbury Clock, l wns not half thawco
Ill 7 nut one bottle OF wine under my SWORD
III. ~ dinner. / have been toasting you all.
hu, emit toast myself for by the time that one
,,do "a warm. the other Is frozen however, l. IL
s,nI keep 10 the internal apphcation vi inc
rocion around Ticonderoga ne remarked mock
inpy: at appears TO oe inc 'as' part OIL VI,
world that God made, ana nave some groun'
70 believe it was finished IN the dark.
1houob WAYNE revercd Washington, he had
.;avarce against that commander to which
=" ,rooucptlv referred. lie thought that Wash
'".a, r;oded too readily to the persuasions
=, ,So oouucil Of war, which. at every crisis. when
u ,,o,,, MIGHT have been struck, was content to
s..;S, ocainst action. Wayne had an aggressive
s,anasi,;or and was usually to be found among
.,'n ,,;noritv. who were eager for battle. Ihere
:. Iocend which emphasizes this point:
=. =: said that when summoned to cOunclis OF
,o ~ he usually attended carrying with MN
hook-.Iom Jones'" or some interesting h oorncr
which he would read the ANXIOUS s" company were
OF ,nc tbc measures proper to be pursued
When they fad severay given their oPnWSn ;v me-
SWnli General. what do you propose TO 90
E;oht air." is said to have been the lnvarian '
.nswnr IL is possible that this anecdote ~. n''s
have basis OF tIan tho he crcmstsnccs were
peculiar. Wa' Gght Washington called q
council of war to decide w me ro, W. from Phla
dImbia IN Ncw-Yorls in the summer OF ',I, tn
the Council true to the traditional Wocne and
Of such bodies decided in the ngys,Ticrs that 70
naI tIo attack. out of seventeen who Sd. ~
. .o,,uo;i Tie attack was ordered, am -
he had commanded the at?ckng c orr strrimph Of
vr,town would have hccn anticipated S',nn;es
ontb and the Independence OF the t1 romco
would have been secured without ala from ~
II Washington had not planned in aln'oS' .s'
dotoil the enterprise which resulted III VI"
trre NJ Stony Point. doubtless the Vic'oi' A.,
hova bccn set down merely as s'rohe VI d..
,rc,, that sometimes ATTENDS Iaeh''' .1
,Tosh;roton never MADE foolhardy moves anu
Wavne only carried out Instructions, IL, w..
", .,'o possibilities were duly weighed. A let'er
written that night shows that wayne t;.,,
20 no killed. But he got OF with wound WHICH
y, sJ NOT oven mention in his official report
A. Groom Spring Va. when he flew like D'h','i'
~ ;u.o tho face Of the whole English army. he
so,Ily acted with intuitive wisdom. and the e"cc'
was completely to upset the plans oil the enemy.
Tbo skill shown in the Georgia campaign was
marvellous. With handful of troops. ne pre-
vcntcl the junction of the British IN savannah
,,;,h their Indian allies. defeated them III de'al'
and restored the Province from anarchv 10 "'"''
in little more than month. AS to his mana.c-
mon. in thc Northwest a sure proof OF his vaior
and strategic skill was given in the unquaii"c'
admiration of the Indians, these natural w'frio''
and tocticians. When. after the great batte near
Fort Defiance. he returned again to the west 10
fake posscssion of the posts coded by ure't brn-
ain he found at Detroit many Indians MS ior l'c'
foes. by whom he was welcomed with many NOISY
demonstrations of admiration. for with all their
dcf,cts the Indians never fail TO recognize the
truly brave man, even if he is, as he was IN
this case. their conqueror.
Mr. STILES volume is Ornamented with pof-
trait which shows that Wayne had no little reason
70 be vain of his personal appearance The covers
hear copies of the two sides Of the gold medal
voted TO General Wayne by Congress In memory
Of the victory at Stony Point