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A PATRIOT AND A HERO,CAPTAIN ISAAC C. NICOLLHhOlariouitKocoiil In the Union Army.frlbnto to IfftR Mtnuarf by One of HI*Comrade* of Ihe l*44l W* IT* Void.[JJy Weal, Lewi* T. Sim)4.7.J(At the exorcises at Salisbury Mills on the 10th lust, connected with the unveiling and dedicating of the monument erected at that place by Mr* Richard Caldwell to commemorate tho services of tho soldiers from that town who fought in the war of I8J2 audio tho war for the Ui)ienr t^o following appropriate and touching tribute was paid lo tho gallant deeds and memory of Capt. Isaac C. Nicoll of that town, who commanded Co, G. of the J24th Reg. N. Y. Vola., hy Jits comrade andfriend, Lieutenant Lewis T. Shult#, now a resident of the town of Corn wall,]To glvo honor to whom honor is duo, is not vain boasting; neither is its manly or womanly acceptance false pride, It is an outgrowth of oivilfaation, of virtue and of religion. Tt is as divine as it is human; and m long as love and memory exist, so long the great, the good, and especially the patriotic and tho bravo, will be remembered and praised. Such was the feeling and tho motive which moved our nob Jo friend and citizen to erect yonder magnificent monument to the lasting memory of yottr fathers, husbands and brothers who went forth from your homes for country’s sake; to dare, to do and, if need be, to die. Such, too, is the kindly feeling and the hallowed motive which to-day has drawn together in your quiet town this largo, intelligent and sympathetic concourse of people,It is to remember, to cherish and to honor oiu* patriotic dead; yea, and our patriotic living, too. Indeed, from the oldest to tho youngest, all are patriots to-day.While it stirs my heart with unspeakable emotions to moot and look into the faces of men who by hi« side for 20 months encountered the privations, tho clangors and the horror* of war, passing throughHU wteh, ana pent,hd Bible wo.TeroboJ* 5pf«)d si’trophies turn,Of a raakoo Captain bra vetAiaJ new sum* rob on plxke aid*;with southern boast and native pride, Theso relic* long wiU wave.WHliia bis Bible, guide and friend,HO wrote they'd to Ms father send.If os tbo field be died., Borne rebel read this last request,And ot hi* honor this Is test.He with tho wish complied.And now title priceless ireomire lies Whore loving memory never dies,At liia own borne received.;. Nor sight, nor tears can ever tell,A brother, sen, was loved bow well tsy those of him bereaved.HI a body too, that precious form,First buried wboro the dreadful storm Or ballot* flew each way,Was raised and brought home ton fieri y. And waits in our our Of oemetry The roaurrootfon day.Still through our Uoixrtf* true sorrow runs, To think of husbands, brothare, sonsfiiio tmltnr* eyurmoro uq-reoLong lain in NoLdier's graves, WTilIo traitors eysrmoro uqla loading thorn with infamy,loo the victory gained,y brothers' blood maintained, frrodom won.We mourn our fallen bravos.Hut now we sec the, Our cause b;And glorious. Hentwjfortit tbo God of NatlonB ijlobs,Our land with truth and righteousness As lontfus i»b1no» the sun.Honceoft this lino, all summer time,For right still fight It out,Our uuuho In just, TtiGofi wo trust,The soquul who cun doubt.This Union one impel*! shublo Forever yet Him!) be,Our home* those of the noble brave,Our land that or the fine.And since they who servo mankind the most, Sorve Ood and country best,ORANGE COUNTY.two of tho greatest anti many of thftjg —Tho M, K, Ohiu-c em alter, yet terrific chargor and buttles party on Tuosday, 3u; from ttalpopper lo Clovorblll, and more Gudclcback's,than once fooling tho bomimbing thud or cutting sting of robol bullets, yet am I new to devote my thoughts and your time to tho memory of our beloved captain, Isaac Nicoll, who at thebattle of GotlyBburgh laid upon his country’s altar the greatest sacrifice within tho possibilities of a patriot's pewcr.Captain Isaac Nicoll was born in the city of New York February 14,1840. With his father ho removed to this town in IS44, where ho afterward attended school at the residence of tho late Hon. Robert Donniston until 15 years of age. Hu then entered a store in Now York, and was thero in 3801) when tho war broke out. Tfo was onx-Sou.to join some city regiment as a private, but his father discouraged this stop. kWhen Col. Ellis began to valso tho J 24th Isaac sought an interview with him, and the colonel told him if ho would recruit a company ho would give him a captain’s commission. Ho wont at tho work with ail of his energy, and soon Company G, with full ranks, wasmustered in, with Isaac Nicoll as cap tain. lie was a man of deeds ratherthan of words, and he could not boar toreceive praise for any service be rendered, however praiseworthy. To go forth to a strange land, and the stranger work of commanding 300 men in a great war, was a wonderful responsibility, ono that might well make his dearest friends and relatives tremble for his ability and success. How well he met his duty and accomplished his task is attested by ail we hear, all we read and all we know. Those who knew him best, praise hira most. Colonel Woy-gant, in his interesting and Instructive history of the 124th, and especially In his vivid description of the battle of Gettysburg, says concerning the captain's death that ho passed down the line of battle observing the condition and position of ech company, Coming to Company G, which went into battle that day with more men than any other company in the regiment, he found it reduced to a corporal’s guard, and commanded by a corporal. He learned that the dead body of our truly nobio and esteemed Captain Nicoll lay wedged in between two rocks at the farthest point of our advance.OtJB CAPTAIN.Of pleading speech, of splendid form,And tact for war with him inborn ;He viewed the pending strife,Whh deepest sense of loyally,And burning love of liberty,He eboso a soldier’s life.To serve bis country then become,At worn, at noon, si eve tho same ;Great them of all his heart,With words and acts he did Insist That many should with him enlist,And share a soldier's part.Ono hundred men wore quickly found,Who by a solemn oath were bound Their country to defend;Their ohoico lor Captain thou was made. Which sacred trust they duly laid On Nieoll their true friend.Ho the then went forth to share the joys, Sorrows and dangers of the hoys,Nor from them ever shrank;Beyond bis strength the task performod, Undaunted, everywhere adorned His name and martial rank.His father's pleasure, and his prlflo.Because upon his country's sideComo life or death he'd stand.For three long yoars or sooner shot He swore against the traitorous plot To act with heart and hand,At Freflrichsburg his lesson first Was takes from some shells which hurst, Amid his men untried.In front the battle raped at large,But their‘s 'two* not that ‘NewliitrgSi,—There were 31 death* in the eily lost week, of which number eight woreadults. Consumption had one victim and pneumonia two.I'orl JervlKi—John McKearnar who until a month ago was a switchman in the Erie yard at Port Jervis, diod Tuesday at the residence of bis brother in New York of sunstroke.Warwick.—Final arguments in the Eager-Pad-dock cftso, oonoovning the custody of tho child Grace Paddock of Warwick, wore mado Tuesday at Saratoga before tbo Second Division of the Court of Appeals.—Hon, G)-innoil Burt is erecting a handsome utonoamansion in this town. Over 800 tons of lime-stone were used to uon*str*uot tho walls, which arc two foot thick,OUiivllk*.(Con ofciiondonco of tho times.)eh will hold a lawn uno 22, at Mr. LeviDefeat turned all saido.dny to ehfrtgo.At Chancellorsville he we a to me, Which added lustre too his narooFor shill and bravery too; V Fords, it prestige A soldier, tried and true.At Beverly'sAnd did hise fought again, still maintain!LeeIn July, eighteen slxty-thrce.Our might foe with GeneralInvaded loyal ground;The sun poured down its hottest rays, And fsi ting men along tho ways Wear thickly strewn around.On July second, dreadful day,The armies met in dread array,From Gettysburg not far;The line of battle forward moved.And by their work of carnage proved Qtir turning point In war.*Twas there our model Captain died,His men's delight, and joy, and prido,A soldier every way ;While fighting with bis faithful few.Three bullets pierced his body through,And quick a corpse he lay.How few of those whb had command.Were loved so much by ell their band As Nicoll, you ok, but brave..Though firm, yet large and kind bis heart, His solaiors mourned with him to pari,And lay him in his grave.Jnt where hie life’s last blood was spout. Now stands a lasting monument,With names deep chiseled there;Of Ellis, Cromwell, Nicoll too.And comrades just as brave and true,Midst rocky glens most rare.The Orange County papers said The rebels buried aim when dead,But Bueh was not the ease;Betaken was the battle spot,Their own the rebels buried not,SUSSEX COUNTY.Dockertown.—John O. Havens had throo cows killed by the K, P. Si B. railroad ono night last week.—llov, Dr, Yeung, of Newton, will exchange pul])I to with Rev. Alexander McA. Thorbwvn next Sunday,—Adalbert Caskey has relumed tram Columbia Law school for his hu minorvacation,—Miss Jennie Stickney, daughter of Charles E, Stickney, will graduate on the 23th Inst, from tho State Normal seliool at Trenton. Miss Sevilla Tits-worth, formerly of Deck or town, will also graduate.—Tho public school cioeod Last Friday for the summer.—Tho atooplo of the Baptist Church is boing extended 20 foot, to that when completed it will bo 40 feet high,fcuiTOjjHte’u Count,Before Hon. Roswell C, Colcinru,Surrogate, Report of proceedings for two weeks on cling Juno 10,WILLS ADMITTED,Last will and testament of Ann Marla Wit kin, Crawford, Leander Gillespie, executor; Theron S. Turner, Cornwall, Harriot K. Tumor and Josephine Tumor, executrices; Alexander Wright, Goshen, Mary B. Wright, oxocutrix; Gilbert D. McElroy, Blooming- Grovo, Jane McElroy, executrix *, John T. Laro, Crawford, John H, Lave, executor ; Homer H. Hitchcock, Highlands,Annie L. Hitchcock, executrix; Cornelia Wright, Cornwall, Benj. Wright and Agnes Mulleanix, executors; Mah-ion McGill, Wallkill, Nelson B. Mapes, executor; Rebecca Harrison,Newburgh, Robert Harrison and William Wands, executors named therein; Sarah E. Hunter, Middletown, John S. Hunter and George W. Hunter, executors.ADMINISTRATION.Letters of administration have been issued; Oil the estate of Fannie S. Ketch am, BloouLng drove, to Joshua S. Cleeves, brother; William B. Andrews, Montgomery, to Annie L. Andrews, widow; Allan Cameron, Newburgh, to Agnes Cameron, mother; Eli M. Prey, Deorpark, to Harriot E. ,Proy, widow; Isaac Brockway, New Windsor, to Nanoy Brockwav, widow; Elsie J. Scott, New Windsor, to David Alexander Scott, brother; Arula J. Miller, Crawford, to William T. Wallace, creditor; Catharine M. Johnson, Middletown, to Martin L. •Slingcrland, grandson; Mary L. Fanoher, Warwick, to Amzi L* Fancher, brother; ThomasDavid\ ClfiJtiampwnpuvgn. w James H. CLarx,son; Alpheus Goodman, Cornwall, to Alexander Goodman, bod: Augustus A. Shorter, Crawford, to Piieba Shorter, widow; James Burnett, New Windsor, to Charles F. Burnett, son; Ella Soffke,Deer park, to William Soffke, widower;Robert S. Ralston, Wallkill, to MaryE. Ralston, widow; James E. McLaughlin, Deerpark, to Dominick J. Cunlff, friend.GUARDIANSHIP.The following letters of guardianship havo been issued: Of the person ana property of Ellswortn D. Elston, to Mary E. Elston, mother, Doerpark; Arable S* Harloe, to Mary E. Barker, mother, Montgomery; Edna B. Good-alo, to Alice B. Young, friend, Deer-rge Jr.,DECREES.Decrees have been entered: In thematter of the judicial accounting of Fred Bodiue, surviving executor of Joseph H. Backer, Montgomery; John M, underbill, administrator of StephenF. Underhill, Newburgh; Emmet Harlow, administrator of Sarah J. Harlow, Hampton burgh ; Michael Sally, executor of James McLaughlin, Deerpark; John C, Adams, administrator of James W. Taylor, Newburgh; Edwin Dur-yea, general guardian of Josephus T. Storms, late a minor, now of lull age; of John C. Adams, freeholder appointed to sell the real estate of James W. Taylor, Newburgh, in the matter of the distribution arising from the sale of Bald real estate. Also a decree directing the sale of the real estate of Jacob S. Oroer, Monroe, for the payment of bis debts. A hearing was haa June 2 In tho matter of contesting the judicial settlement of the estate of Angelina M. Pitts, Hampton burgh, hearing adjourned to Juna 22, Or Juliet Tuthill. administratrix Of Sarah L. Tuthill, Blooming Grove,Before Hon. George W. McElroy,park; George E. Rosencranse, to Amos VanEtten, Jr., friend, Deerpark.But sought a safer toose.When past tho fight, thm details went, _Om w^mA from our own jraeixaont, To aU the slain;And there upon the gory groynfi,Our Oaptaln by his men was foundiptafo by 1 And burled by the uw.S])eoial Surrogate.Last will ana testament of Halstead Gurnee, Hamptonburgh, L, Augusta Boyd and Harriot G. Boyd, executors,Beni Bit ate Sale*,—A. Coddington, real estate agent, has sold for John C. Barney, of Mat tea-wan, N, Y., two vacant lots on the corner of West Main street and Irwin avenue to Mrs* Martha Fancher, of this city. __I. O. O. F. Notes*—The quarter-centennial anniversary, of Hudson River lodge No. 607, F. and A, M., of Newburgh, will be celebrated Friday evening at Masonic Hall*
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