The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-13

something was wrong in the American
camp. The guard had baen with
drawn. tie fires Lad Deer allowed to
die away and the place was as still as
death. A few adventurous spirits.
cautiously crossing the bridge. found
that the guns mounted In front of it
were only '.guakers'' ana thai the
whole camp was omptv-the army had
decamred silently ana stolen awgy be-
fore their eyes! Ny Lord CORVALLIS.
rudely disturbed from those rosy
dreams Of conquest with which n
hooking spirit had beguiled his slurl-
Ter. would not creCit the first report
of his ~astonished officers. but investi-
cation showed him that tie .'old fox"
YES zone and he would not lie baggc1
that morning-ppr on any other morn
Ing. either. But where had he gone?
For a time the perplexed and clagr.n
ed commander could not ascertain.
I Americans had vanished-disap
pearei-leaving absolutely no trace be-
lind them. and 1t was not until he
heard Tie heavy booming of cannon
" LIZ hOi uPOu Liz
frosty air of the cold morning about
sUprise. that he OWNED the brilliant
plan of his willy antagonist and dis
covered his Whereabouts. He had been
outfought. outmaneuvered. outianiScd
ana outgeneraled! The Disguised Rrit-
ISL were sent back over the familiar
road to Princeton. now in hotter haste
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perhaps overwhelmed. his stores AMI
supplies In danger. CORVALLIS pushed
ON for life this time. The English
officer conceived q healthy respect fer
Washington at this juncture which
Cid not leave him thel after.
The little distance between Trenton
and Princeton on the direct road was
passed IN a remarkably short time hy
the now thoroughly aroused AMI
anxious British. A. little party under
command Of Seymour and Kelly
which had been a~ssidrously engaged
in breaking down the bridge over
Stony brook was observed ana driven
away by two fl~cllpieces. which had
lcen halted end numbered on Il on
handing hill and which opened fire
while tie troops advanced on Il rim:
but the damage had been done ana the
bridge was ilready impossible. After
q futile attempt to repair it. in which
much time was lost. the interchangeable
earl SEM his troops through tie Icy
water of the turbulent stream. which
rose breast high upon the eager men.
ami tie hasty pursuit was once more
resumed. A mile or so beyond the
brisge the whole army was brought 10
n stand by Il sudden discharge from II
heavy gun. which did ome executions:
ii was mounted in a breastwo.k some
distance ahead.
The army was halted. men We're sent
ahead to reconnoiter and Il strong col
ann deployed to storm what was sup
posed to be a heavy battery. When
tie storming party reached tie works
there was no one there, \ lone thirty
two FOUNDER. too unw'eldly to accom-
pany the rapid march of the Amerl-
cans. had been left behind. and Philin
Wilton had volunteered TO remain. aft
er Seymour's party had passed. and fur
ts,r u,.dy tie Drlt.sn Dy firing Ii nj
their army as O 0 as they anne in
range. These delays had given Wash
wallis, despairing of ever overtaking
him, finally gave up the pursuit and
pushed on in great anxiety TO New
Brunswick. to ave. II possible, his
magazines. which lie had the sat.sfac-
ton In the end Of finding intact.
To complete this brief resume of one
of the remarkable campaigns OF his
tory. Washington strongly fortified
Himself on Corvallis flank at Norris
town, menacing each of the three de-
pots held by the British outside New
York; Putnam advanced from Phila-
delphia TO Trenton with the militia.
and Heath moved down to the high
people of New Jersey rose and cut or
scattered ~detachments of the British in
every direction, until the whole of the
fed was eventually abandoned by
them. except Amboy. Newark and New
Brunswick. Tie world witnessed the
singular spectacle of a large. well APP
pointed army of veteran soidieiy I'M
der able leaders shut UP in practically
one spot. New York and II few nearby
villages, and held there ~inexorabiy by u
phantom army which never was more
than half the size Of that 1t held in
check. The results of the six months
campaign were TO be seen in tie pos
session of the city Of New York by the
British army. That army, which had
won practically all the battles in
which 1t had engaged. which had fol-
lowed the Americans through six
months of disastrous defeat and re-
treat and had overrun two colonies.
now had nothing to show for all its
efforts but the ground upon which 1t
stood! And this was the result of the
genius, the courage. the audacity of