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DEATH OF CHARLES COLLINS.
A most sad and most deeply regretted result of the accident was the death by suicide of Charles Collins, chief engineer of the Lake Shore railroad. He dis- patched himself by the aid of a revolver on the fourteenth night of January, 1877. He felt the keenest sensitiveness for fear that the public would hold him responsible for the calamity, and the thought so preyed upon his mind that it led him to execute the terrible and fatal deed against his life. He was a man uni- versally esteemed, above reproach, noble in character, pure in life, and his death was deeply and widely mourned.
THE MEMORIAL SERVICES.
A choice spot in the beautiful village cemetery was chosen for the interment of the unrecognizable dead. No more loving ceremonial could have been per-
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formed for them by those who were bound to them by the closest ties of nature than was performed by the citizens of Ashtabula. The business houses were closed. All flocked to the house of God to pay fitting tribute to the dead. Services were held in the Methodist church and in St. Peter's. Discourses truly eloquent, be- cause eloquent with sympathy the profoundest the human heart can feel, were delivered ; prayers were uttered, sad requiems chanted. A procession was then formed, with a prominent citizen as marshal, followed by the clergy, by the meui- bers of the Masonic fraternity, then by friends of the dead, then by St. Joseph's society, by the Ashtabula light guard, by the Ashtabula light artillery, and by citizens generally. The procession, which was an imposing one, and was more than a wiile long, slowly marched to the cemetery, and the nineteen coffins con- taining the charred remains of those whose souls were so suddenly transferred from time to eternity were lowered to the receptacles prepared for theru.
The following is a list of those whose remains were not identified, many of them supposed to have been interred in the Ashtabula cemetery : Rev. Alvan Il. Washburne, Cleveland, Ohio; Philip P. Bliss and wife, Chicago, Illinois; David Chittenden, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Emeline Truworthy, Oakland, Cali- fornia ; Mrs. Emma Coffin, Oakland, California ; Mr. and Mrs. HI. L. Hall, Chicago, Illinois; George W. Kepler, Ashtabula, Ohio; A. H. Stockwell, Ash- tabula, Ohio ; Miss Minnie Mixer, Buffalo, New York ; Mrs. James D. Marston and child. Chicago, Illinois ; Mrs. C. M. Marston, Waterville, Maine; Mrs. W. L. Moore, Ilammondsport, New York ; Mrs. W. II. Bradley's child and nurse of Mrs. Bradley, California ; Frank A. Hodgkins, Bangor, Maine; Philip McNeil (baggageman ), Nottingham, Ohio ; George A. Parrington, Buffalo, New York ; Professor Henry G. Rogers and wife, Springfield, Ohio ; Jonathan Rice, Lowell, Massachusetts ; Harry Wagner, Syracuse, New York ; Frederick W. Morom, Clay- ton, Michigan ; Frederick Shattuck, Millersburg, Ohio ; Charles Rossiter, Chicago, Ilfinois ; Miss Charlotte N. Smith, Rondout, New York ; Miss Martha R. Smith, Rondout, New York ; Miss Mary Austin, Omaha; Miss Ellen Austin, Omaha ; G. H. Spoouer, Petersham, Massachusetts ; William F. Wilson, Boston, Massa- chusetts; Dr. A. W. Hopkins, Hartland Four Corners, Vermont; Joseph H. Aldrich, Des Moines, Iowa; J. C. Cramer, Gloversville, New York; D. A. Rodgers, Chicago, Illinois ; L. J. Barnard, Buffalo, New York ; Mrs. H. M. Knowles and child, Cleveland, Ohio ; R. Osborn, Tecumseh, Michigan ; C. Bruner and wife and two children, Gratiot, Wiscousin.
CHAPTER XVIII.
STATISTICS.
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
GENERAL GRANGER, postmaster-general under President Jefferson's administra- tion, as an inducement to have the county-scat established at the village of Jeffer- son .- Mr Granger being the original proprietor of Jefferson township,-offered to build at his own expense a brick court-house and a log jail suitable for the uses of the county. This proposition was accepted, and in 1808 he sent from Washing- ton city Timothy Caldwell, Esq., to superintend the crection of these buildings. The court- ouse was completed in 1811. For a description of these first county buildings the reader is referred to the Jefferson history. In 1836 the first court- house was removed, and another built in its stead at a probable cost of sixteen thousand dollars. Willis Smith, of Kinsman, Trumbull county, was the architect. The building stood upon the site of the preseut one. In 1850 it was destroyed by fire. The walls were left standing in good condition, and were used in the erection of the present structure, which was built at a cost to the county of about ten thousand dollars. Messrs. Hoskin. Udell, and Wyckham were the contractors. During the summer and fall of 1877 the court-room was refitted and furnished at a cost of about fifteen hundred dollars.
A second jail was built in 1827. It was a frame structure, and the construc- tion was under the management of N. B. Prentis and William Crowell, Mr. Ezekiel Crowell being the master mechanic. It cost the county eleven hundred and eighty-eight dollars. It was destroyed by fire in January, 1843. At the time there were seven prisoners in the jail, but all were released from their cells in time to escape unharmed. During the summer of 1843 another jail-the present substantial stone structure-was erected, Cornelius Udell being the con- tractor. The stone was brought from the ten-mile quarry, mostly from Harts- grove township. It was completely renovated and rebuilt in 1876 by John Waters, who also superintended the construction of the neat building occupied by the offices of the probate judge and county recorder.
The poor-house farm comprises a tract of land of about one hundred and forty aeres, being a part of lots numbers thirty-two and thirty-three of Kingsville town-
ship, whereon are erected the large and handsome buildings an engraving of which may be seen in auother part of this volume. The total value of all build- ings belouging to the county is not far from sixty thousand dollars.
TIIE PRODUCTS .OF ASIITABULA.
This is the banner county of the State in the production of butter and cheese, while it ranks low in the amount it yields of wheat, corn, and oats. There are eighty-eight counties in the State, and in 1875 Ashtabula was the sixty-eighth county in regard to the number of bushels of wheat produced, there being sixty- seven counties ahead of it and twenty below it. Those counties which gave a smaller yield than this were Athens, Clermont, Clinton, Cuyahoga, Fayette, Geauga. Hamilton, Hocking, Jackson, Lake, Lawrence, Lucas, Madison, Monroe, Paulding, Perry, Pike, Sciota, Trumbull, and Vinton. The number of acres sown to wheat that year in this county was 8120, and the number of bushels produced, 94,734. It took a still lower rank in regard to coru,-the acres being 12,083 and the bushels 443,202,-and was outstripped by all the other counties in the State, except Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Paulding. It makes a much better showing in relation to the cereal, oats-number of acres being 17,159, and the yield 556,988 bushels. Only cleven counties outranked it in the year 1875, viz., Columbiaua, Crawford, Holmes, Huron, Medina, Richland, Stark, Summit, Tus- carawas, and Wayne. It was beaten by but one with regard to potatoes,-acres, 5286; yield, 558,891 bushels. Portage took the lead, which made that year the following showing ; acres, 5290 ; yield, 582,032. In 1874 its yield of potatoes was larger than any other county in the State by more than 100,000 bushels. although Clermout had nearly two thousand muore acres devoted to the potato crop. In 1874 the number of acres in potatoes for this county was 3597 ; the yield 363,601. In regard to the tonnage of hay produced it ranked secoud in 1874 and 1875, Trumbull taking precedence. In regard to butter and cheese, Ashtabula stands first. In 1874 and 1875 the following counties produced over 900,000 pounds of butter :
1874.
18,5.
Porlage
1,062,043
Ashtabula
1,058,072
Ashtabula
1,013,058
Stark
959,774
Summit
948,138
Portage
955,817
Stark
932,404
Trumbull.
949,749
Wayne ...
946,614
Muskingum
905,671
The following produced over 1,000,000 pounds of checse in 1874 and 1875 :
18:4.
1875.
Ashtabula.
5,978,769
5,557,172
Lorain .
5,558,110
4,971,892
Geauga.
4,302,861
4,136,231
Portage ..
3,483,965
3.404,286
Trumbull
3,445,322
4,344,726
Medina.
2.366,543
3,756.548
Cuyahoga
1,683,551
1,361,394
The following statisties are given of Ashtabula for the year 1877 : Wheat, 7119 acres, 79,278 bushels; oats, 18,569 acres, 546,661 bushels; corn, 13,642 aeres, 687,526 bushels ; potatoes, 3589 acres, 215,284 bushels ; orcharding, 5976 acres, 443,191 bushels; meadow, 53,292 acres, 62,866 tons; maple-sugar. 338,679 pounds ; butter, 1,250,534 pounds ; cheese, 4,178,512 pounds; number of school-houses, 228 ; valuation, 8209,050 ; amount paid teachers, 846,650.53 ; number of scholars, 10,551.
THE VOTE OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1811.
The following is the vote for governor from 1811 to the present time: 1811, 195; 1813, 272; 1815, 272; 1817, 200; 1819, 638; 1821, 995; 1823, 911;
1825, 1120; 1827, 1097 ; 1829, 721; 1831, 2694; 1833, 2056; 1835, 3597 ;
1837, 2886; 1839, 4618 ; 1841, 3493 ; 1843, 4877 ; 1845, 3421; 1847, 4393;
1849, 3722 ; 1851, 3833 ; 1853, 4133 ; 1855, 4958 : 1857, 4861 ; 1859, 4786;
1861, 3678; 1863, 7123 ; 1865, 5030 ; 1867, 6438 ; 1869, 6188 ; 1871, 5576 ; 1873, 4304; 1875, 5119 ; 1877, 7081.
Valuation of property within the county made in the year 1877 for purposes of taxatiou, as shown by townships :
Acres.
Value of Real Eslale.
Personal Property.
Total.
Andover ..
17.264
$369,206
$178,386
$547,592
Ashtabula
10,800
448,$34
357,206
806,040
Ashtabula eity.
549,571
752.920
1,302.491
Austinburg.
15,616
369,987
209,379
579,366
Cherry Valley
15,109
300,000
67,941
367,941
Colebrook
13,54]
295,376
76,234
371,610
Conneaut.
15,616
522,322
319,477
$41.799
Conneaut village ..
179,602
210,582
390,184
Dorset ..
14,131
196,274
74,10$
270.382
Denmark
15,541
165,590
24,557
190,147
Geneva ..
14,796
470,132
262.649
.32.78]
Geneva village.
237,421
370,587
608,008
Ilartsgrove ..
15,205
290,333
53,138
343,471
Ilarpersfield.
16,410
340,691
$4.253
424,911
Jefferson .
15,222
300.486
65,001
365,487
Jefferson village
166,63S
287,602
454,240
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ASHTABULA CO. INFIRMARY.
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Acres.
Value of
Personal
Total.
Kingsville
13,702
$459,024
$351,733
$810,757
Lenox
15,310
311,317
75,849
387,166
Morgan.
14,624
277,932
93,120
371,052
Rock Creek village.
96,313
85,148
181,461
Monroe.
24,199
473,819
124,745
598,564
New Lyme.
15,800
323,727
63,262
386,989
Orwell.
15,056
340,478
174,843
515,321
Plymouth
13,908
266,921
89,547
356,468
Pierpont
17,556
297,019
53,002
350,021
Richmond.
16,084
260,781
80,146
340,927
Rome
14,904
288,466
142,797
431,263
Saybrook
20,158
612,810
362,909
975,719
Sheffield
14,759
263,345
48,395
311,740
Trumbull
16,130
330,444
68,472
398,916
Wayne ...
14,082
307,730
86,557
394,287
Williamsfield.
16,212
343,295
155,628
498,923
Windsor.
15,651
332,838
106,814
439,652
439,386
$10,788,722
$5,556,987
$16,345,709
The taxes levied for 1877 were as follows:
Township.
County.
State.
Total,
Andover.
$2,386.81
$876.15
$1,588.02
$4,850.98
Ashtabula.
4,662.13
1,289.66
2,337.52
8,289.31
Ashtabula city
17,713.88
2,083.98
3,777.23
23,575.10
Austinburg.
2,021.09
926.99
1,680.16
4,628.24
Cherry Valley
2,595.80
588.72
1,067.03
4,251.55
Colebrook
2,345.74
594.57
1,077.67
4,017.98
Conueaut ..
6,397.61
1,346.88
2,441.22
10,185.71
Conneaut village
6,437.93
624.29
1,131.53
8,193.75
Dorset.
1,392.73
432.61
784.11
2,609.45
Denmark
1,483.54
304.24
551.43
2,338.21
Geneva ..
4,738.07
1,172.45
2,125.06
8,035.58
Geneva village
6,902.04
972.81
1,763.22
9,638.07
Hartsgrove ..
1,444.00
549.55
996.07
2,989.62
Harpersfield
2,080.58
679.90
1,232.33
3,992.81
Jefferson ..
2,347.51
584.74
1,059.91
3,992.16
Jefferson village
7,722.08
726.78
1,317.30
9,766.16
Kingsville ...
6,139.10
1,297.20
2,351.19
9,787.49
Lenox.
2,193.33
619.47
1,122.78
3,935.58
Morgan .
2,386.63
593.68
1,076.05
4,056.36
Rock Creek village.
2,830.31
290.34
526.23
3,647.38
Monroe.
2,237.27
957.70
1,735.85
4,930.82
New Lyme
1,794.00
619.18
1,122.27
3,535.45
Orwell.
2,700.19
824.51
1,494.43
5,019.13
Plymouth.
1,938.60
570.35
1,033.76
3,542.71
Pierpont ..
3,053.86
560.03
1,015.06
4,628.95
Richmond
1,509.49
545.49
988.69
3,043.67
Rome.
1,718.74
690.02
1,250.66
3,659.42
Saybrook
3,837.56
1,561.15
2,829.58
8,228.29
Sheffield
1,419.95
498.78
904.05
2,822.78
Trumbull
2,466.15
638.27
1,156.86
4,261.28
Wayne ..
2,354.56
630.86
1,143.43
4,128.85
Williamsfield.
1,767.94
798.27
1,446.87
4,013.08
Windsor
2,251.52
703.44
1,274.99
4,229.95
Totals.
$115,270.24
$26,153.07
$47,502.56
$188,825.87
POPULATION OF THE COUNTY. In 1810 the population of the county was about 1000. In 1820 it was 7382 ; in 1830, 14,584. The following is the population by townships for
Andover ..
881
963
986
921
Ashtabula, exclusive of village ..
1,704
821
1.418
1,999
Austinburg ..
1,047
1,285
1,185
1.111
Cherry Valley.
690
839
750
726
Colebrook
530
638
890
800
Conneaut, exclusive of village.
2,642
817
964
1,163
Denmark
176
241
433
544
Dorset.
173
236
329
372
Geneva, exclusive of village.
1,215
1,358
1,758
1,090
Harpersfield.
1,397
1,279
1,140
1,120
Hartsgrove.
553
650
768
799
Jefferson, exclusive of village
710
439
658
869
Kingsville ..
1,418
1,494
1,730
1,758
Lenox.
550
731
873
752
Monroe.
1,323
1,587
1,610
1,419
Morgan.
643
888
1,034
1,083
New Lyme
527
628
694
708
Orwell ..
459
825
961
936
Pierpont
641
999
1,075
990
Plymouth
705
753
687
657
Richmond
384
706
965
883
Rome ...
765
744
636
669
Say brook
934
1,374
1,435
1,421
Sheffield.
684
845
843
770
Trumbull
438
805
1,033
1,084
Wayne ..
767
899
907
817
Williamsfield
892
981
971
892
Windsor
876
1,033
1,005
871
Totals.
23,724
28,765
31,814
32,537
CHAPTER XIX.
THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY .*
THE first demand upon her patriotism was in the alarm following the surrender of General Hull at Detroit, August 16, 1812. Of the part taken by the citizens of Ashtabula County in the defense of the frontier but little will be found in
history. From the adjutant-general's office at Columbus the records are missing. At the War Department, of what pertained to the volunteer service, but little escaped the conflagration of 1814. The actors are dead.
We have traditionary evidence of the alacrity with which the inhabitants of Ashtabula gathered together for the defense of the frontier settlements, after the northwestern army was sacrificed by the surrender of Hull. The Trump of Fame, published at Warren, dated September 2, 1812, says, "As soon as the news of the fall of Detroit was confirmed every man rushed to arms. Old and young, without distinction of politics, repaired to the post of danger. None waited for the formality of orders ; but every one, whether exempt from military duty or not, put on his armor. Most of the women and children fled to the interior settle- ments, spreading the appalling news, which was taken up by couriers, riding night and day, calling for help. Those who were able to bear arms prepared to march, in many cases before the general orders were known."
The militia act of 1803 was a very efficient one, enacted by men who had seen service in Indian wars. Under it the executive of the State had war powers, with authority to order a draft, seize supplies, and impress transportation. An order from General Wadsworth, commanding the Fourth division of Ohio militia, was received by Colonel Richard Hayes, of Hartford, directing him to assemble the members of his regiment at Kinsman for military service on the 24th of August, 1812.
The regiment was composed of eight companies. The men were variously equipped, and poorly prepared to mcet an army armed aud officered as veterans. Some had the commou hunting-rifles, with powder-horn and bullet-pouch, and others pikes and stout hay-forks. From Kinsman the regiment marched north- ward, reaching Williamsfield the first day, and at night the men built their camp- fires and cooked their rations from the supply-wagons, and slept upon the ground as best they could. The second night was spent in the same manner at Jefferson. At Austinburg the next day the regiment found teams with public supplies for their use. At Harpersfield, on the third day, General Simon Perkins, the brigade commander, who joined the regiment here, received orders from General Wads- worth to send back half of the volunteers. The reason for the order was the general destitution and defenseless condition of the infant settlements left behind. In determining who should go and who should return, some regard was had to home affairs and to the age and condition of different ones. The drafted men were generally retained, and assigned to the company commanded by Captain Joshua Fobes, of Wayne. After the reorganization of the regiment at Harpers- field it moved west on the Ridge road to Cleveland, where supplies were found and a considerable body of soldiers had been gathered. From Cleveland the regi- ment marched westward to the township of Avery. The log cabins along the route had been abandoned, as the news of Hull's surrender had brought with it the ex- pectation that the Indians would soon be upon the inhabitants. At Avery a large block-house was built. The troops remained at Abbott's farm on the Huron river until November, when they were ordered to unite with the forces at Fort Stephen- son, Lower Sandusky. The exposure and hardships of that campaign were severe, but the loss in action was slight. Some of the soldiers from Ashtabula County were engaged in skirmishes with the Indians upon the Peninsula at Sandusky, in September, 1812, in which the loss upon the side of the Ohio troops was six killed and ten wounded. On the 24th of February, 1813, the period for which enlistments had been made then expired, and the men were discharged and sent home.
The mails failing between Fort Stephensou and Fort Meigs, Colonel Stephen- son, commander of the former fort, called for volunteers to carry the mails through the black swamp to Fort Meigs. Titus Hayes, of Wayne, Dr. Coleman, of Ash- tabula, and Captain Burnham, of Kinsman, offered their services. Horses were provided, and they started with the mail on their perilous expedition. The first night they encamped on the bank of Portage river. They were aroused early the next morning by the distant firing of guns, and, as they thought, an occasional Indian whoop. As they drew near the fort the firing of cannon and the Indian yells became louder and more frequent, and it was evident that something unusual was in progress. Hayes was detached to go forward, reconnoitre, and return within an hour. The hour had nearly expired, and the cannonading and firing of guns became louder, when the silence was broken by the crack of a rifle, and Coleman's hat was shot from his head by an Indian, who had pursued them. Coleman saw the Indian dodge behind a tree. He drew up his gun to fire, but the Indian was out of sight, and in the haste of the moment he dropped his gun to the ground, where the water was so deep as to wet the priming. Having only a pistol left, it was thought best to retreat. Captain Burnham cut open the mail-bag, took out the reportof their situation at Fort Stephenson, which was then regarded as critical, and placed it in his bosom, threw away the balance of the mail, and, leaving their horscs, they started towards Fort Meigs. After passing through many dangers from the Indians, and in crossing swollen streams, Captain Burn-
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1850
1860.
1870
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1,322
1,395
village.
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1,952
1,847
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ham and Dr. Coleman reached Fort Stephenson, having been four days without anything to eat, and under extreme fatigue and excitement. Hayes had encoun- tered the Indians, who were numerous in the vicinity of Fort Meigs. Shifting his course, he came across another company, which he avoided, and deeming it a hopeless effort again to meet his companions, struck for Fort Stephenson, which he reached in two days. After their return dispatches were received showing the cause of this danger. The British general, l'roctor, with two thousand men, had commenced bombarding Fort Meigs, and the Indians had been let loose upon the surrounding country, to aid, by means of plunder, burning, and massacre, in subduing the fort and prosecuting the war.
The following letter from Titus IFayes, of Wayne, best explains the nature of the service in the northwestern armuy during the War of 1812:
" LOWER SANDUSKY, May 17, 1812.
" I have been with the army since the 22d of August last ; have been home in March, on furlough ; expect a discharge soon. My health has been good since I have been with the army. Ere this reaches you, you will uo doubt have an official account of the siege of Fort Meigs, situate at the rapids of the Miami of the lake. This affair has cost the British more than the surrender of General IFull's army and our western posts have benefitted them. The Indians are dis- heartened, and call them cowards. Our loss in killed at the fort and at the differ- ent sallies is about cighty men ; the number of wounded I do not know, but probably is very considerable. Major Stoddard, of the artillery, has died of his wounds. I have been in company with a captain of the Ohio troops, who was sent by General Harrison as a guide to the Kentuckians to storm the batteries opposite our fort, on the opposite side of the river. From him I have the par- ticulars of that engagement. Our loss, notwithstanding they succeeded in carrying the batteries and spiking the cannon, is very great ; but few got safe into our fort. This disaster is imputed to disobedience of General Harrison's orders and the want of discipline in the troops. About four hundred and fifty of the unfortunate captives lately landed at Iluron. Both officers and soldiers had been stripped of their clothing and were in a most destitute situation ; many of them without shirts, and scarcely a hat or a shoe among them. The captain above mentioned was severely wounded and taken prisoner, but escaped the gauntlet of the savages by the friendly treatment of the British regulars. The savages killed-says my informant-ninety-nine of our men after they surrendered. Two British soldiers were killed and several wounded in attempting to stop the inhuman butchery. Since the battle of Tippecanoe, in 1811, the number of our savage foes has increased nearly tenfold. It will now require a formidable army to contend with them, but it is to be hoped that the communication between the British and their savage allies will soon be cut off, which will of course stop the progress of these ferocious creatures.
" Your most affectionate brother, " TITUS HAYES.
" To NOAH and STATIRA MERRICK,
" Wilbraham, Mass."
Our thanks are due E. A. Wright, Esq., of Rock Creek, for roll of Captain James Stone's company, and for the following incidents of the War of 1812:
At the battle of River Raisin, General Winchester entered into the engage- ment contrary to General Harrison's orders, not waiting for reinforcements ; con- sequently, there was great slaughter. General Harrison called for volunteers to go and get permission from the British to bury the dead. Robert Lamont, of this county, stepping from the ranks, said he would carry the flag of truce if necessary. The flag was put over the door of the cabin where he was to remain during the night. The Indians broke open the door, and shot him.
Guy Humphrey, of this county, was on guard at the month of Cuyahoga river, when in the dim light he saw, as he supposed, a canoe, containing an Indian, approaching. Watching it closely, he thought it prudent to hail hin. " Who comes there ?" was shouted to the supposed enemy. No response being given he fired his musket, but that producing no effect, he reloaded and fired again. By this time all was commotion in camp, and preparations were made for an attack. Colonel King sent out a squad of men to reconnoitre, who found the cause of aların to be a large black log that was washed ashore by the dead swell of the lake. Humphrey was duly commended for his prorupt discharge of duty and for his courage as a soklier.
David Wright, first sergeant under Captain James Stone, was at a barn-raising, when a messenger rode up, inquiring if the captain of the militia company was present. The reply was, " No, but the lieutenant is." The messenger said, " I am General Wadsworth's aid, and have orders to call out the militia en masse, General IFull having surrendered to General Brock, who has threatened with his Twenty-five hundred regulars and a horde of Indians to sweep the shore of Lake Erie from Detroit to Buffalo. I give you orders to call out the Second Company, Second Battalion, Third Regiment, Fourth Brigade, to report at Cleveland forth-
with, to repel the enemy." Lieutenant Atkins, turning to Sergeant Wright, said, " You are connnanded to notify our company to meet at your home at ten o'clock to-morrow morning, armed and equipped for active service." Leaving for home immediately, he mounted his horse and notified every man before he slept, it being nearly sundown when he started, having to go over the townships of Morgan and Rome to execute his orders. The next morning, which was that of Sunday, the old men were carly at work making cartridges with bullets,-something that many of the men had never before seen. A barrel of powder, with lead, had previously been obtained from Pittsburgh. At about noon the boots were mended, the old flint-lock muskets were put in order, the farewells were spoken, and the line of march was taken for the seat of action. The first night the men encamped under the broad heavens, for they were without tents, without cooking utensils, with food only that each inan carried in his pocket from home. At Austinburg they were joined by another company. The second night they encamped at Painesville, and on the next night marched into Cleveland to the sound of fife and drum.
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