Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-12-14
From the New York American.
LUNDY'S LANE.

LUNDY'S LANE.
We cross thy tranquil plains, Oh! Chip.
pewa, Scou--Ripley--Towson-Hind-
man: brave soldiers, well did We your duty:
long will this battle ground your names
remember. And thou too, Rial? brave
Englishman, foeman vert thou worth
of warriors steel. Far different music
has resounded those continuous woods
than the wild birds carol, the hum of in
insects and the waving Of the breeze that
now so gently greets our ear. Ah! there,
there is the white house. There, said the
Major, as Gen. Scott, making forward
movement with his brigade in the after
noon fthe 25ih of July, 1914, came in
view OF it we saw the courtyard filled with
British officers, their horses held by or
derlies and servants in attendance.-As
soon as we became visible to them, their
buoles sounded TO saddle, and in a few
minutes they were mounted and soon dis.
appeared through the woods at full galIOP,
twenty bugles ringing the alarm from dit
farent parts of the forest All vanished
as if swallowed By the earth, save an ele-
giant veteran officer, who reigned up just
out of musket shot, and took a leisurely
survey of our numbers. Having apparent-
lv satisfied himself Of our force, he raised
the plumed hat from his head, and how
ing gracefully to our cortege, put spurs TO
his horse and disappeared with tie rest.
FTom the occupant of the house we gath
cred that we were about mile distant
from strong body of the enemy, posted
in the rising ground just beyond the woods
in our 'front.' Gen Scott, turning TO one
Of his escort, said, "Be kind enough, sir,
10 return to Major General Brown; inform
him that have fallen in with the enc
mics advance, posted in force at Lun-
avs Lane,' and in one half hour ! shall
have Joined battle" "Order up Ripley
with the second brigade, direct Porter to
get his volunteers Immediately under
arms" was the briefreply of Major Gen
etal Brown TO my message, and the aids
were instantly in their saddles conveying
the orders AS gallopped back through
he=woods, continued the Major, the can
non shota screaming by me, tearing the
trees and sending The rail fences i'll the
air in their course, warned me that the
contest had begun, But here we are on
the battle ground. There, said the Ma
ior. upon the verge of that slopng hill,
Darallel with the road, and through the
prayeyard towards the Niagara, was drawn
up the British lines under Gen. Rail-
three times larger than our brlgades, his
right covered with powerful battery Of
nine pieces Of artillery, two of them brass
twentv.fours. The eleventh and twenty
second regiments first leaving the wood
displayed upon the open ground with the
GOODNESS and regularity of revlew,-and
were soon engaged furiousIy in action
the fire from the enemies line and the bat
teries, which completely commanded the
position, opening upon them with tremen
Ilous effect
Townson, having hurried up with hi
guns on the left, in vain endeaVored to.at
lain sufficlen elevation TO return the fr'
Of the battery. The destruction on ou
side was very great. The two regment
fought with the greatest bravery. The,
were severely cut up, thef ammunition be
came exhausted, and their officers near
all Of them having been killed and woun
ded, they we're withdrawn from action
the few officers remaining unhurt thrown
themselves into the 9th, which now cam
into action led by the gallant COL LeaVer
WORTH
The brunt of the battle now came "
on them, and they alone sustained II Il
some time, fighting with unainchlng pr
very, Until their numbers were reduced
one half by the FIRE of the enemy.
this iunctufe, Gen. Scott galloped !
with the intention of charging up the nj
but finding them so much weakened,
tered his intention, sntreating them
hold their ground until the teinforcemer
which we're Fastening up, should come
their assistance. Amomen,ary csssati
Of the action ensued, while addition
forces hurried up to the aid Of each arr
-Ripley's brigade, Hindman's Ariille
and PorieF's volunteers, on the part oft
Americans, and a strong teinforcsme
under Gen. Drummond on that Of