The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-04-06
GILL TRY, SIR"
I'm incident of the Rutt{e of Brtdpe

Oh me Solh oil July, 1914, the bloody battle OF
Bridgewaier and Lundy's lane took place the
banks of the Niagara. 1t was six o'clock, and a
sullry evening, when tho British forces under Gen.
Drummond advanced to meet the American col
ums; and more deadly contest never ragged on
the soil of our beloved couairy than thar which
then commenced, the roaring Of the neghboring
cataract lost itself in the booming of the cannon
the voices of many waters and the voices of battle
sang bass togciher-and the dead slept in for
getfulness upon The moonlit hill The first brig
AIDE under Gen Scott, with Townsen's artillery
with body ofcavalry, sustained the attack of the
British army for AN hour unaided. Gen. Ripley
with fresh troops now arrived, and relieved Gen.
Scott, while the latter with his exhausted brigade,
formed reserve in the The British antilles
ny had taken post eminence at The head OF
i'undy's Lane, and were pouring forth most dead
ly fire on the Americans. Gen. Brown the com
mander of the American forces, seeing the terrible
havoc made by the enemy's cannon, concluded
il was necessary 10 dislodge them or retreat. 1t
was dreadful duty. The troops that were to
march up Lundy's Lane might well say their
prayers and make their wills before moving 1t
was certain death to every second man OF the TO-
lorn hope. AS the commanding General rode along
the foot of the hill, IN thoughtful mood no the
brave Col. Miller advancing at the head of his new
~ raised regiment for further orders. lie rode up
to him. "Will you advance and capture that bat
tory?' said the General. al will Try, SIR said the
modes, Colonel. The General rode, and the regi-
ment gslanty wheeled and moved up Lundy s
lane. AT every rod the artillery on the height
its messengers of death through the dense col
umn; but still there was finching, The voice
of the noble Miller, as he waved his sword before
si,n ban IL A
expressive orders "Stcady men--ciose ranks
marchP" Around him the flower of his regiment
fell like tho withered leaves OF autumn; but he
needed not his loss; he ordered TO take the
battery on the hill and he intended to do it, He
advanced therefore, cooy aud steadily to his OBJ
ject- Amidst tremendous blaze of artillery and
at the point of the bayonHt he carried ,he height
1t was gallant deed. have never heard of its
equal except at the siege of Sad Sebastian 1t was
Superior in temer,'y Buonaparis attack upon lit
tie Gibrata :, al Foulon, because Miller had no
for his men in case Of retreat. 1t was a
dead march to glory; yea, at every step the rear
rank ,rod upon the dead and the dying; aud the
groans of suffering humanity mingled in with the
hoarse rattle of the drum.
When the conquorer with the remnant Of his
regiment, trod upon the heights at the head of Lun
dy's Lane, and turned the cannon upon tho aslon-
lshed enemy, a death struggle ensued between the
American and British armies ''rhcse guns will
decide the balte; they must be regaine6, The
my OF Britain will be cut to pieces, and, if regained
the Americans will be conquered" Such were
the thoughts of each General. Nav came the iron
grippe of war A terrible conflict ragged upon tho
height; and when the morning upon
Dridgewater, 500 soldiers, rieHds and foes, lay
sleeping in CORY death upon the hill side in Lun
dys Lane. Surely, the battle Of i'ridgewater will
never be forgotten by the patriot the historian, or
the poet; and, while the laurelS ola Scott aud n
Ripley green and unfading, let us not forget
that the gallant Miller is alive aud that his coun
try owes him debt of gratitude which she never
reply. She, however, say with her chill
dren when asked TO aid him, the hero said AT
Brldgewaiet 10 his COMMANDER when called upon
to render him SERVICE 81 will try, sir" Let her
try for the sake Of her honor; and may the day new
err dawn when tho hero Of Lundys Lane shall be
forgotten BY American citizen We glory in
the services Of the brave May the laures circle
the victor's brow in life. and at last upon broken
column overa deathoss tomb! Reader, tho hero Of
Lun5ys Lane is beside youi
The MIssouRIAN'--W We paid visit says the
New Orleans Bee, ii few days since 10 the skeleton
of the gigantic animal TO WHICH this name has been
chcd, rs commemorative of the spot where il
was discovered II is difficult for the imagination
CONCEIVE the sIze and proportions OF the monster
whose existence is individually aitcsled by these
supendous relics--a creature, half elephant, half
crocodile of such colossal STATURE thst,the agesi
living specimens of animated nature, shrink int"
Lilliputian dimensions when contrastod with lis
wonderful bulk. A mammoth, 10 whose daily food
the monsters ofhe deep must have contributed,
and whose insa liabie NAV could only have been
glutled by tho dcropulalion Of the country which it
infested The history Of this marvellous creature
is buried in oblivion, only preserved in the din