The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-16

f,tssr ,s-Ifl.. I.. mould t,..,f fra.f ON the
-locr ana -ilrr.ro.r ,f inc fort. of York
Ind Gloucester Lastly. hc expected TO
briefly owcu ON inc ,lrllula a,loIa lu
TINS closing scene.
MT. Mcclure vino handled his subject
iu 81 mastery ana Mighty instructive man
ner. spoke n part suDstautldns els loi-
SONS.
The year OF grace ltNl ls the ahn.is ulois'
thc true datc ol Genesis Tor our American
story, ana n iks inc uptim- ol o. ht"
chapter lu the history Ol the AuslO-S tN)u
larr
since Feherf the -tNOu wrote himself.
"Eelert Rex kaN AueUguun." the nag
al England had lDd one ucoule ID the
march q destiny as the eiyIlIiue. eu-
tightening force of this present age OF the
world. lm this year and tnls State oil
Virginia the sword Of Washiueton dl-
Nldtd this great race into two streams.
each of such compass and such power
that to-day half the currents of human
history are turning 90 II How their sweep.
ID will be- said that This campaign was
not the Revolution. that 30 took more
than NOi ktiWu Co. effect the division of
The race. 1 Chi llcnee NOu Co compare the
dread winter of l4H and mat glComicst
when defeat disaster ana dismay dis
trust and treason. with revolt of veteran
the significant phrase. Not worth "a Con-
unental Was BORN and ulN OutWeighed
patriotism iu more hearts than Benedict
Arulld'.. Wneu WASHINGTON wrote the
e. .
7l..ar." when Eo.hnmbe4u reuoffsd TO
his home G0vefum,nt that .ho found the
country i'm conservation. and this bright
.,r.f.iiafion of ia. West seemed about o.
dsf.,t az. fsir nron,ise of its RISING ana
49, in olOt.a. d, rover
miro. mir cinaI characters belong TO our
STORY. each rcpresentin. one of tn, three
.e,t,,n. .l,a.ded im trf. U.r rlDat ,re
It,nf,n,nt-C.n.rsI Is.rl CHARLES corn
,,stlt. e.rfl.n,.r and Soldier tn,urn n
rriton AND I'd Toe. Maior-CencraI Maria
Jean Paul Noes oiiIvcri Moticr. Marquis
DE Lafayette foster brother 10 those noe
human wrones." and George washington
of Virginia. "n,mcn venerable et memo
rabilc Der sacculu saeculorum.
CORVALLIS Was second in command OF
the British army n America. ln Europe
hc was accounted "a leader of great dhn-
ity. And So ina 1850. after the taking OF
Charleston. Sir Henry Clinton leit MIN in
charge of that southern campaign. ana
that series Of movements which the brt-
ish War ONCE planned after Burg,ync
surrender These movements were 10
close. lass ord Germainc wrote TO Clinton,
with proper diversions in Virginia and
MARYLAND -
THE TURNING POINT.
SO from Charleston, his point OF depar-
turc. CORVALLIS set iorth WIN tnl9 as
his ultimate aim Tarleton rode beside
rendered TO the strategy OF schuyler the
sword OF Arnold. the rifles or MORGAN
Nirsinians; ana me epaui',tes oi ii9'a 'uS
Gates. Fortune turns hcr WheeL anu
Gates. OF Saiatoga, leaos the iylIea, iIO. On
Camden. ike Monmouth at l.enktilo' ol
James al the hoyno ne" .ar, VIZ
iilsh caHsu a,ioas wy, t,'" '.i;or
kings aud We il nth, 20" "s'in 'oi
tune Turns H nSi VIZ N,ir,.i,i' .o or.''
at Nlms 'ri,@i ~ Nrssbi1rfon conn
in0.,,,. 40 Vtroi,,iene ~ MS hsrk .ho,,f
A. ~ shoulder with their comrades of
Ger 70 ~ ui''. VIZ e', i, 49,,
w, VIZ ,,in@ ~ Cornvyallis' army and be-
boia me turning point of the southern