The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-01-18

shown more desperate fighting. Bayonei.
were repeatedly crossed and after the action
many OF The men were found mutually trans.
nxed. The British force engaged was nbou
nVe thousand men-the American. thirty. five
hundred, the combined loss IN killed and wouu
geo seventeen hundred and twenty-five officers
and men.
ne battle commenced at half past four O..
CLOCK IN The afternoon, and did not terminate
,,n midnight. We were so mingled, said The
MAJOR, and SO great the confusion in the dark
ness tat as was sitting win the group ci
ohcers IN the earlier part of the night, on
morse back, a British soldier came up 10 US,
ana recovering his musket. under the suppo-
stion that he was addressing one of his own
othcers, said Colonel Gordon will be much
Obliged. sir, if you will march up the three
hunored men in the road 10 his assistance i'm
media'ely. as he is very hard pressed called
MIN nearer and pressing his musket down over
my holsters. made him prisoner. 'What have
! Gone, SIR, SAID the as,oGished man, what
have done and 10 convince British officers,
as he supposed. Of his loyalty, exclaimed. Hur.
rah for the King. and damn the Yankees As
ne was marched TO the rear, the poor fellow
was cut down BY grapeshot. In another part
| OF the field, an American Aid pulled up sud.
denly on body of men in full march. In re-
ply to his demand, w hat regiment is that =
he was answered, The Queens ROYAL Rang.
ers.'-With great presence of mind he re-
piled, 'lla!r Queens Rangers, till further
ORDERS and then turning his horses head.
saloped from their dangerous proximity. 1t
was honid conflict. Humanity signs over
The slaughter of the brave men that fell in it.
But here we are. at the grave yard, with lis
d,ooping willows and Towering locus:s. No
armed men disturb its calmness and repose-
no ponderous artillery wheels, rudely cut is
coGsecratcd mounds no ruifian iest-no savage
execrailon-no moan of anguish, break now
upon its hallowed silence.
The long grass and blossoming heather
waves green alike DER the graves of friend
and enemy. The marble tells the story Of the
few-the many, their very parents know moi
their resting place. See this broken slab ii
has roIted off even with the ground. and lies
face downwards. the earth worm burowing un-
der it, in this neg lected corner. Pull the grass
aside, turn it over with your foot. What, tine
nearly effaced inscription
'.Sacred to the memory of
CAPTAIN JARED BROWN.
OF TIE
MASSACHUSETTS LINE.
Who died Of his wounds
Received in the action with the
ENEMY, ON THE 18th JULY, 1914"
And this is honor! This is fame WHY
brave man even now, | read the tribute TO
thy bravery in the bulletin Of The action. Thou
laGst comradeS-iathe-, mother, sisters-:o
mourn thy loss-and nOic, the Strangers foo!
carelessly spurns the fraii memento nor father
mother, sisters, no human hand can point 20 the
spot where rests thy ashes. Peace TO Thy
mancs! brave couDtrymen, where'er they
sleep. See from this point how gently and
gracefully undulates the battle field the woods
bowling TO the evening breeze rs the soft SUM-
light pours through their branches, show not
the gashes of rude cannon shot-the plain.
loaded and tending with The yellow harvest be-
trays no human gore. Yon hill, scalhed.
scoTched and blackened with can1on flame, the
very resting place of the deadly battery. shows
no relic of the fierce death struggle, as COVERED
with The fragrant clover and wild blue bell, the
bee in monotonous banquets DER it. Noughl
mars the serenity Of Nature as she smiles upon
US. Yet burnt in common funeral pyre, The
ashes of those brave men, of friend and foe.
there mingled in the bosom from whence they
issued. The frenzied passion passed, The
furious conflict DER, they have laid down in
quiet, and like young children sleep gently.
swecily. in the lap of tina. common Mother who
shelters with like protection the little field mouse
from its gambols, and The turbaned SULTAN
sinking beneath his PROSTATE mIions.-Shaoes
of nv gallant counirymen !--Shades of their
daring oes-farewell.--Never had warriors
more glorious death coucii-the eternal cat
aracis roar your requiem. 5.
OuIo.-The Loco-Focos of Ohio have con-
cluded to run Wilson Shannon for their next
Governor. He has been once chosen and
once beaten, so that it is his turn to be lucky
this year. But we hope that Thomas Corvin
will consent to run on the wing ticket, in
which case Wilson has poor look.-The Abb
olitionists will also present candidate-prob-
ably Leicester King-and it is thought that
Tyler or State Rights man may be started.
~ Y. Tribune.
ALABAMA.--Thc Legislature, apparently
deeming discretion the better part of valor,'
has concluded to give up the General Ticket
Law, so signally condemned by the popular
vote, and enact n return TO the District system
of choosing Members of Congress. Any va
cancy in the present Congress will be filled by
a general vote; but nothing farther. The
Legislature is still narrowing away the rub
Dish of their admirable Loco Foco State
Bank which emits a very offensive odor.
MARYLAyD.-In the House of Delegates on
Friday Mr.. Forward of Cecil (Loco) asked
leave to bring in a bill repeating the law
Lii, , Of,fa othar wordS