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Show roa.1, replied: "Make them. $ir, the quicker way powibler Capt Stockton took two wajroo bed bis mule wagons ami covered them with tarpaulins, and, making; a cable out of prolongs, u crossing hi battery within two hour. The next morning the ropo croHB the stream broke, and all attempts to rt acmes by iwiiniuiii; iiores an J tyirg K to niuie' toils failed. wlio Stockton drove a plug into a aiieU and fired the rope arrv Ilu lieutenant net the opposite shore ran and pictsd it up, and at) thinir went on swimmingly again. This bual was loaded and a trip nude in ten annates. The boat u in constant use four das, and not a f ingle accident happened. Anecdotes, Poetry and Incident vf the War. Hew tm CroM a River. j j Col. Weer, at the head of bis division. ! arnvedatWhiEiver,Ark.,atnigfat and I I found tlie strr-am Unpayable. Ta recent j ! anow bad gone eff with a rain, raking the ; i water very fjuc, and the whole army waa j ; burring off by forced marches to cross ; the river bef'-re it rose, as it was ao low j aa to be furdabie; bat. with all his haste, ' ha farces w-re too alow. Col. Weer ot- drrrd Capt. sl-fctjo to crow his Lattery , -aa soon as ponaibie." Thecaptaia asked, - Where axe tiie boaiUT CoL Weer, lermtoed IO beat GJS. SrhotlU as4 Herrntt vim marrhmi aim taiw OL-m |