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Show mm M STONY POINT, JUUY 16, 1797. H' , (Anthony Wayne, a letter written on fl f the eve of Ills moat famous exploit shows, H t i wag convinced that lie would not survive M " ttie attempt on Btony l'olnt: jet lie led H ' tliat denpernte nttnek, to use Ills own M jt phrase, "Spear In hand.") H Highlands of lluitaou! ye saw them pas M y ' NUht on the atari ir their hnttle II as, ! Thrcadlns tho mnzc of the dark morass B , Under tho frown of the Thunder Crag. H Jp Viewer and pride of the Light Armed JyPu v Corps, H-' ( Trim In their trappings of hurt and H Bllmt, they skirted the rugged shore, m , CI rim In the promlso of work to do. H "Cross o the ford to tho moated rock! 1 I.t not n whisper your march hetruyt H Out with Hint from the musket lockl H New let the b.ijonct find the wnyl" iH ; Indiana Regiment's Ba(tlefle.R ,, At tho postolllco, (ion. McOlnnlB H 1 lias ready for shipment to Now York H ono ot tho battlcflags of tho Eleventh H ' Indiana regiment, to ho placed In B- tho tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant. This H is blng sent at tho request of Gen. H Dodge, ono of tho trustees of tho II tomb, who lias asked each of thu Htatcs for two Hags to hang in tho B I tomb. When tho tequest was recclv- H od hero It was found that all of tho H rogltnontB had turned their colors H I tivcr to tho state with the inception H i tho H ' I This regiment has always closely H - guarded tho tattered remnants of Its B ' Hags. At tho tlmo of tho unveiling j of tho Inillana Soliders' Monument, I, j tho regimental association held a f meeting and voted to send ono of its ppppu' ' Hags to Now York and thu others H k -were Heut to thu Btato houso for safe II Keeping, as they wero becoming so 1 lccayod with ago tnut they were fall- J Ing to pieces. j Owing to tho tattered condition of 1 tho Hug, a bluo silk banner, eighteen ij by twenty-four inches, wns mado to a accompany it, and on this thu names of tho battles of tho regiment wero worked In gold bullion. Tho Hag was ij with tlio regiment at tho organization of tho Thirteenth nrmy corps, ami V was carried in every engagement of H that part of the army untfl tho tlmo H Gen. Grant H When tho regiment left for tho H front nt tho beginning of tho war, n H On the Field of Shiloh H "ShIIoli," said tho doctor, "was a H nightmare to tho Ninth. It wab our H llrst great battlu in tho West, and it H was, In fact, ono of tho bloodiest bat- B ties of tho war. So mnnj coulllctlug H stories wero told at the tlmo that the H people wero In a freny and boat loads H ot doctors and helpers and Invustlgut- H Ing committees weio hurried to Pitts- H lung Landing. The late Or. E .1'. H Goodwin and myself were nmong thoso H who went to Shiloh from Columbus, H Ohio, V do what wo could for tho 1 ' i wounded nnd sick. Wo didn't expect H ) '( tho battlefield to bo so big. and when H wo got theio our patty statted to walk H to Ohio headquarters H "Wo weio dlfenppolntcd at the cheer- H v fulness of tho soldlcis, nnd their In- dlfforenco toward us and our mission. H Wo wero depressed by tho ropellant H formalities at tho several brigade licadquartcrs and kept nun Ing on. At H last darkness came upon us nnd wo 3 woro practically lost. In duo tlmo wo BH oumu upon a line of guards, ono of H whom Dr. Gjodwln knew nnd he took H lis to Gou. GnrlU-hl's headquarters. B Wo had known Garfield in Columbus, HHHB nnd lig rpe'dved us nil cuidlatly, but H with tho dignity of his military post- J tlon. I was just asking myself how HHHHHHj we woro to .break tho leo when Oar- Bs i'l fleld cauglit Hlf;it ""' I,r' JI-aiul s!iout" lfcJl BsBsBsBsssselftvcBsBsBBBBW "Il.ill!" rang tho sentinel's challenge clear, Bwlft camo tho shot of tho waking lot, ilrlght Unshed the ax of the pioneer Smashing the nliatls, blow on blow, Little they tnrrled for Ilrltlsh might! Lightly they recked of tho Tory Jeers! Laughing they swarmed to tho craggy hrlitlit. Steel to tho steel of tho grenadiers! Storm King and Dunderbcrgl wake once more, Bentlncl giants of Freedom's throne. Musslvo and proud! to tho Kastern shore llellow tho watchword: "The fort's our own!" Hcho our cheors for tho Men of old! Shout for tho hero w.io led his bond Uravlng the death that his heart foretold fore-told Over the parapet, "spear In hand!" Arthur Oultcrmnn In Niw York Tlmi. H Wilkes Booth's Oil Well H "About tho close or thu year 18CI," H nald an old-time Venango county, H Penn., oil operator, "when tho Prntlier H boys wero scouring about tho oil H country trying to raise money to H buy the Holmdcn property at l'itholc, H before oil had been found at that H afterward famous and rich, but short- H ' lived petroleum center, John Wilkes H ,i llooth wns at Mcadvlllo ono day, H v waiting for a train eastward on tho M Atlantic & Great Western rnllroad, H "ow tll(! Krlc. He was in the olllco H' of the Mcllenry bouse. One of tho H I'rather hoys was thcro talking up H the prospects of tho oil at l'itholc. H "Hooth became Interested, lie bo- gan to talk with I'rather. Ho stood B by a window, nnd ns ho talked ho H ocratched his full name, John Wilkes H llooth, on ono of tho panes of the ' Window with the diamond In n ring H ho wore. Tho upshot of Mooth's talk H with 1'iather was that ho Invested H $in,0UU In I'itholu pioperty. H "Tho I'rather boys had bought tho B ltolmden well for $10(),U0O nnd sold it for moro than $2,000,000. Tho Jlomestend well, In which llooth had bis $ir,0U0 investment, was only ono of a dozen equally largo spouting wells, grouped at 1'ltaole. Oil wns ! then $U a barrel, and thu smullest ! fraction of ownership In a I'ltholo HBBB" wns n fortune. H "The night that President Lincoln H was shot a thunderstorm, something H tinusual at that tlmo of year, gather- H cd over l'itholc. There was but ono H flash of lightning nml onu elnp of H thunder. This was not regarded with H any significance at I'ltholo nt tho B tlmo, but subsequent revelations B clothed it with it slguillcnnco that B awed thu superstitious, and startled H thoso who wero not. "Tho tidings thnt the war was ocr had reached tho oil regions, nnd tho Amerlcnn ling wns flying from tho top of every derrick. Tho ono thunderbolt thun-derbolt of thnt storm nt I'ltholo struck the rig of tho Homestead well and set it on fire. "When, noxt dny, tho news ot tho assassination of Lincoln by llooth camo to Pltholo that city was overhung over-hung by a donso pall of blnck smoko from tho burning Homostcnd well. As far away as Oil City tho ominous black pillar was seen hanging against tho sky ovor Pltholo. "Tho fact thnt tho assassin Hooth owned part of tho Homestead well at onco occurred to nil nt Pltholo, nnd when It wns learned that tho bolt had descended upon It at tho very hour and mlnuto that Hooth had fired tho shot tho coincidence seemed so significant that overy of-foit of-foit that had been mado to extinguish extin-guish tho flro nt tho well and stop tho great wasto of wealth overy lap ot tho flames was adding to, censed on tho moment, and tho cry spot was shunned by nil but tho olhcrs Interested In tho well, who at last succeeded In gettliy; conttol ovor tho llames. "Tho moment tho nows ot tho as-snssinntlon as-snssinntlon renched Mcndvllle, indignant indig-nant guests nt tho Mcllenry house, Mcndvllle, would have shuttered to fragments tho window whereon Hooth hnd Inscribed his nnmo n fow months before, but tho proprietor of tho hotel succeeded in saving It, ns ho had n thrifty cyo to Us future-value. future-value. Ho icmoved tho offensive pane from tho window, nnd subsequently subse-quently sold it for n good prlco to a I'hllndolphlan, who, I bellove, presented pre-sented It to tho Pennsylvania historical histori-cal society." New York Sun. dramatic Incident occurred thnt tho members of tho regiment lovo to ro-late. ro-late. Tho regiment wns drawn up In lino In tho old stato houso yard, under tho command of Colonel, nfter-ward nfter-ward General, Low Wallaco, and tho flag was presented to tho regiment ueforo a vast crowd that completely filled tho Inclosuro. As tho general Eleventh Indiana Flag. received It, ho commanded tho men to kneel nnd swear to "Jtemembcr ltuena Vlstn," which afterward bo-enmo bo-enmo tho bnttlo cry of tho regiment, Iudlunnpolls Nows. ed: 'Just In tlmo, doctor, Just In tlmo. A wood tick has bored Into my back nnd 1 wont you to tako him out.' Thereupon ho pulled his woolen shirt over his head, nnd, handing tho doctor a Knlfo, ordered him to tako tho tick out. This broke tho Ico, and when tho tick had been icmovod from tho general's back wo weio on tho footing of old friends nnd acquaintances." Chit ago Inter Ocean. |