We hear no more the clanking hoof,

And stage-coach rattling by;

For the steam-king rules the travelled world,
And the pike is left to die.

The grass creeps over the flinty path,

And the stealthy daisies steal

Where once the stage-horse, day by day,
Lifted his iron heel.

No more the weary stager dreads
The toil of the coming morn ;'
No more the bustling landlord runs
At the sound of the echoing horn;
For the dust lies still upon the road,
And the bright-eyed children play,
Where once the clattering hoof and wheel
Rattled along the way.

No more do we hear the cracking whip,
Or the strong wheels' rumbling sound;
And ah! the water drives us on,

And an iron horse is found!
The coach stands rusting in the yard,

And the horse has sought the plough;
We have spanned the world with an iron rail,
And the steam-king rules us now!

The old turnpike is a pike no more-
Wide open stands the gate;

We've made a road for our horse to stride,

Which we ride at a flying rate;

We have filled the valleys and levelled the hills,
And tunneled the mountain side;

And round the rough crag's dizzy verge,
Fearlessly now we ride!

On-on-on-with a haughty front!
A puff, a shriek, and a bound:
While the tardy echoes wake too late
To babble back the sound:
And the old pike road is left alone,
And the stagers seek the plough;
We have circled the earth with an iron rail,
And the steam-king rules us now!

The PAOLI, twenty-one miles from Philadelphia, was kept for many years by the late Gen. Joshua Evans, who formerly represented the county of Chester in Congress. He was truly a fine "old gentleman of the olden school." During the revolutionary movements in this vicinity, the house was occupied by Gen. Washington as his head quarters. About one mile and a half west is the house in which Gen. Anthony Wayne was born. About the same distance, and nearly

in the same direction, is the field of the memorable Paoli massacre. Wayne, himself, had charge of the American forces thus slaughtered *Gen. Anthony Wayne was born in the township of Eastown, Chester Co., (about one and a quarter miles south of the Paoli tavern,) on the 1st Jan., 1745. He received a thorough education, and was particularly skilled in the mathematics. After leaving school he became a surveyor, and also paid some attention to astronomy and engineering, by which he attracted the attention of Dr. Franklin, who became his friend and patron. At the opening of the revolution he was a prominent member of the provincial Legislature. He entered the army in 1775 as colonel of a corps of volunteers, and was afterwards active on the northern frontier at Ticonderoga. Here he was made brigadier-general on the 21st Feb., 1777. In the battle of Brandywine he commanded the division of

with more than barbarous ferocity, which occurred on the night of the 20th September, 1777. Soon after the battle of Brandywine the two contending armies again met, on the 16th of September, near this place, and were about to engage in hostile proceedings, when a severe rain storm came on, materially injuring their powder, and otherwise rendering an attack from the Americans impracticable. Washington thereupon withdrew to the Schuylkill, some five miles northeast, and sent Gen. Wayne, with 1500 men, to join Gen. Smallwood, and annoy the rear of the enemy, who was posted near a Welsh Church, not far off, called Tredyffim. Wayne had encamped in a very retired position, near the present monument, and at some distance from the public roads. The British General, receiving information from traitors who knew every defile in the neighborhood, and every movement of the republican troops, detached Gen. Gray, a brave but desperate and cruel officer, to cut off Wayne's party. Stealing his way through the

Chadsford, resisting the passage of the column under Knyphausen with the utmost gallantry until near sunset, when, overpowered by superior numbers, he was compelled to retreat. At the battle of Germantown he evinced his wonted valor, leading his division into the thickest of the fight.

In all councils of war he was distinguished for supporting the most energetic measures. At the battle of Monmouth, he and Gen. Cadwallader are said to have been the only two general officers in favor of attacking the enemy. His conduct on that occasion elicited the special applause of Gen. Washington. His attack upon the fort at Stony Point, in July, 1779, an almost inaccessible height, defended by a garrison of six hundred men, and a strong battery of artillery, was the most brilliant exploit of the war. At midnight he led his troops with unloaded muskets, flints out, and fixed bayonets, and without firing a single gun, completely carried the fort, and took five hundred and forty-three prisoners. In the attack, he received a wound, from a musket ball, in the head, which, in the heat of the conflict, supposing to be mortal, he called to his aids to carry him forward, and let him die in the fort. In the campaign of 1781, when Cornwallis surrendered, he bore a conspicuous part; and he was afterwards actively engaged in Georgia. At the peace of 1783, he retired to private life. In 1789 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Convention, and strongly advocated the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. In 1792, after Harmar and St. Clair had been repeatedly unsuccessful, Wayne took the command on the northwestern frontier, and by his wise and prudent measures, his excellent discipline and bravery, he gained the decisive battle of the Maumee, and concluded the war by the treaty of Greenville, in 1795. A life of peril and glory was terminated in Deo., 1796, in a cabin at Presqu'isle, then in the wilderness, and his remains were deposited, at his own request, under the flag-staff of

woods, and up the narrow defile below the Paoli, he drove in the American pickets, and rushed upon the camp. The assailants were received with several close and destructive fires, which must have done great execution, but the American troops were compelled by superior numbers to retreat. The number of Americans killed and wounded in this action, amounted to one hundred and fifty. Gen. Gray, it is said, had ordered his troops to give no quarter. Many victims were massacred with ruthless and savage barbarity, after resistance, on their part, had ceased. The cry for quarter was unheeded; the British bayonet did its work with unpitying ferocity. It is said by some that the enemy set fire to the straw in the camp, thus torturing many sick and wounded victims who were unable to escape the flames. The whole American corps must have been cut off, if Wayne had not preserved his coolness. He promptly rallied a few regiments, who withstood the shock of the enemy, and covered the retreat of the others. When this attack commenced, Gen. Smallwood was already within a mile of the field of battle; and had he commanded troops to be relied upon, might have given a very different turn to the night. But his raw militia, falling in with a party returning from the pursuit of Wayne, instantly fled in confusion. The neighboring farmers decently buried the dead, numbering fifty-three persons, in one common grave, at a spot immediately adjoining the scene of action. Some thirtyfive years ago, a military company of Chester County, aided with the

the fort on the margin of Lake Erie. His remains were removed in 1809 by his son, Isaac Wayne, to Radnor churchyard, in Delaware county.

By direction of the Pennsylvania State Society of Cincinnati, an elegant monument was erected, of white marble, of the most correct symmetry and beauty.

South Front.-In honor of the distinguished military services of Major General ANTHONY WAYNE, and as an affectionate tribute of respect to his memory, this stone was erected, by his companions in arms, the Pennsylvania State Society of the Cincinnati, July 4th, 1809, thirty-fourth anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America; an event which constitutes the most appropriate eulogium of an American soldier and patriot.

North Front.-Major General ANTHONY WAYNE, was born near the Paoli, Chester county, State of Pennsylvania, A. D. 1745. After a life of honor and usefulness, he died in December, 1796, at a military post on the shore of Lake Erie, Commander-in-chief of the army of the United States. His military achievements are consecrated in the history of his country, and in the hearts of his countrymen. His remains are here interred.

individual subscriptions of the citizens, erected a monument over the remains of the gallant men. It is composed of white marble, and is a pedestal surmounted by a pyramid. Upon the four sides of the body of the pedestal are appropriate inscriptions. The grounds enclosed, embrace about thirty-six acres, rising to a gentle elevation, and presenting the form of the letter L. The monument is situated in the angle of the plot, surrounded by a heavy stone-wall, and shaded with stately trees.

The neighborhood of Paoli is full of interesting incidents connected with the revolution. A few miles to the right is Valley Forge, where Washington and his army were encamped during the severe winter of 1777. Here, half-naked, hungry, and sick, a large number of the soldiers died. The general aspect of the revolution then seemed dark and gloomy, and scarcely a ray of hope for future success was left. The subsequent campaign, however, dispelled many of these dark clouds, and after the affair at Monmouth, new hopes were instilled into the hearts of the patriots.

The two stations between Paoli and Downingtown are without interest. DOWNINGTOWN, thirty-three miles from Philadelphia, though a small village, is one of the oldest settlements in the State. The place and the vicinity was originally settled by English emigrants from Birmingham. The present occupants live, for the most part, upon property that has been in their families for many gene