The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-08
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recently visited thts battle ground
| B-fte QT .NfRgare.- the LII. waf
with Great Britain, uo action with tls enc.
my added greater reputation In IT, Alu.ri-
can arms than this sanguimirv conflict. with
some Of the bgsi disciplined troops Of Eu.
| rope, who were also superior in numbers ,o
the Americans engaged. This battle wns
fought about half II mile below the Cataract
| oi Niagara, pn the uaha,la shore, Mt place
called l.und.,yt LAM, aud about one mile
below The place called iIridsewatcr, By all
| which names II has been desighaird The
| Chippewa creek, mar which another t,cs
perate and bloody battle WIS ibugit, is two
miles shove the Falls.
The British army occupied postum in
Lnnday's lane, with their artillery on an g
mincncc commanding the road by which
The Americans advanced, ard all the adja-
| cent country, within the range of cannon
shot From this position they were driven
by the Americans, and their battery taken,
1T the point oflhe bayouct, by the troops
led on by The gallant Col. Miller. Their
battery was several timrs taken and ftta-
ken, during the battle, which continued TN
I'll near midnight aud IN their charges the
bayoneis repeatedly met before the lines
fired and great number OF men were
bayonettod ut the field pieces which iinal.
ly remained undisputcd in the hands of the
| Americans /; who were, however, unable 10
remove them from the iirld, in consequence
of the loss of all tho Horses, aud the exces.
slse fliigue of the troops.
On the morning aitar the battle the A.
merlcan army reireatcd towards Erie,
and having no carriages, were obliged To
leave their wounded and dead 10 the FARO
of the enemy. To the wounded we are
Wiling to believe the necessary attention
was paid, but in dispo3ng of the dead,
more eXptd,tlsus method Than usu.l wa4|
adopted. The bodies were stripped aud
dragged together into an immense pile, IN
termixrd and covered with dry l.nccrail4,
and set On FIRE, which soon reduced them
To heap of ashes. To this moty of fnnl..
raj no objection was made, rs the hotnca.
Their and situation Of lltr army Would mol
admit of any athuf. Bit, win il be rpdi-
ed, that among christian people this pile OF
human bones aud ashes should remain tIn4
covered until the present time, and such,
we are assured, is the fact Col. Rpbeft
Carr, of Philadelphia, passing near Tia
place IL. days since, visited the field Of
battle, and observed IA humber Of hogsturn-
ing up tlie loose ashes aud bones on the
spot where 'he field pieces had 50 gallant J
been won: On enquiry, he learned from d
person who lftps school II few rods from
the place, and was himself wounded in the
battle, that the dead bodies OF the soldiers
were bugned ~ This very spot, and that
they had never been COVERED. lie belong.
ed to the English army, and stated that
their own dead were collected and buried
and that the Amercans only were burnt,
and thatit was said at the Same time, that
II was in retaliation for similar conduct of
the Americans at Chippewa, On being
asked wha, became of the bodies of the
officers, he pointed toa place where they
were inferred, but observed that a number
oi them must have been burned, rs they had
been stripped during the night and very
early IN the morning, and could moi be dis
tinguishcd from Their men.
Colonel Carr employed number Of tho
school boys, by permission of the teacher,
10 collect a quantity Of stones laying near
the place, and covered the remains Of his
gallant fellow soldiers, at least sufficient To
protect them from The hogs.
When George ". landed at Lcith he set
his foot on large Mahogany log, VIII ca
being thus honorcd, is to BIZ made into
Snuff boxes. When Sir Walter Scott pre-
scented his majesty with splendid gift, of
which he was the bearer, George w. cali
ed for a glass of wine and drunk the health
of the donors immrdiatcly Sir Walter
hnmhly, on his Blended knee bcsought the
T. ,,u H.. n, IL
nome and preserve, M n precious rclic. the |
glass which had been kissed by the tips Of
his ma esly-What Parasite His suit |
was grantcd,b but 10 his infinite modification
and regret the glass was broken IN his |
pocket. What became of the pieces Of
this precious article is not mentioned oven
in the London Courier we doubt not they
are carefully preserved, aud probably viii |
be set in gold and converted into rings,
brcast-pins, earrings, S1e. &c. When n
mar Of Talent aud Fortune and well known
to Fame, cail thus debase himself how can
we wonder, that giddy girls or rnairons
more advanced in life, should press their
lips to the pillow on which the Cat cheek of
Royalty had slept. Pray read the parti-
culars. Demo. Pres9.
From the london Courier, Sept. 7.
Every thing was shcwn 10 us, excepting
the royal sleeping room, and for this omis-
sion We We're obliged to the ultra loyalty
Of the ladies who had gone before rs. Not
content with looking at plain bed with
calico curtains, many Of them pres cd
their lips to the quilt, aud their CHECKS to
the pillow; nay some of item even went
50 far as To commit the crime Of petty lar
eeny by plhchIng small quantities OF wool
from tire English blankets, and eonccaline
the same within their gloves: and altogt-
thcr the work of dllapi,iaton was gong
forward so fast, that IT Was adYiacable IN
turn the key in the Rqynt ',ie,ling apart
meat.