Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-07-25
THURsDAY lGoRNsNes. ,vVTT = !.

- "uit1 VIII crossed baponrts
: There vas great many killed ,b.n s-
1 saw myself al American soIdier To-,
: dead with "a English soldiers b.a :, !
: ,hrongh bin. and bisown bayons,sI, 49, ~
I. me Enghshman, who.lay dead H. :; 8
: right side aud side. ~ ni'r
From then Till m;dn;ob.
nghiing more or less alI 1 IS III wei
LHs wosst o. u was, THAT both sides We,
fusion. There was sgyeraI.el,.5.s q : son
ed alseFward 90 bothsiaes 49, ss.s s gtuer'
hatEaRa.fe sansf i y.ith o. 49, ~ mere
way before they got 10 The poial at .b .s
bayonet. o'4' - 'us
neiore cay The Americans drew OFF a
I couple Of miles, ana next morn;ng ~
British did the same thing, In apottsr a.
reciien. = -o'lsf q +
There lay fiteen or six,ee, b,.l..s
bmen on The ground Ia lie .morn;n- ~ y. -
side bad LOST about al much u tbs 49, ~
there was only len DR. ffteen odd, 4 ~
less. Fatigue parties were sent out a b,ra.
The dead, and wherever thev tay IN
bont, we dog holes and buried tbatn
! mere crew, was a .Seil yondef and they throw
ed bodies into that ill II was .ore},vf f..Ii
just here where they Iay lh;ckes, ~ ia
up and burnt about two hundred IN
", the Americans where Ne s,,oa-..1i
sue lp'i'ish py maj titl5 OAK tree. It5was
hare, but we had orders NOT Ia bnrg ~
many together for fear of pesl,Ierce I ~
weather was very bot. add we wera Ia
hurry so We just laid Them ID. tiar of
rails ard a iiet Of bodies. and So On Eon5
burnt them Up. The 3bnnos wsrs II
seen-here long while, bnt thew are T,e,-
y much all gone new" But al ba
scraped the ground With his fcot sn IN
'plin,ers Of discolored bone sim anne srs1
among The dust. @''0
These oak trees show The narps -
he bullets yet. you seer; there's aoa ia
here, and there. they don't grow oykr
mi rather show palmer every vebr'
ne same as when you cut letters On J
rec. they grow larger and wider as III f.
ark grows. IN
Now, if you will step into The crave.
ard, gentlemen, I'll show sou where H. r
ttlcer lies that were killed in The oraat
clion. This headboard, As you see 3
yer Captain Hull of. The American Il,
y ne was son 10 GeneFPl Hull, and :
~ soY mar ~hen ms saiHer surrender 4
al Detroit be broke his sword over Il
annon in disgust. HisHfriendS bnr,sg s.
Im out after The battle, Ind had him m 9
ed here by himself, SO taas lbev n;sb, +
now where he vas laid -Ils.ils AZ
: This one Wa4-,-,ss, rafsls .,o'e !, ~" ~ %
n-cours--- =, - 's-1.en ic9ples Of ing
rises on Il; they say tnyre the best a,
icy ever read" lie
oh for the death or those al
who FIR their country die IA al
Sink on her bosom to Tepsed :
Aud triumph where they 10. ~ =
Their gentle mother earth Sl I.
Eniwinqs the fallen brave
10 her sweet lap, who gate them birth, -
They find their tranquil gage'
He showed US three sunken spots, hl!ed I
With rank grass. " In this grave, or ra- I
her this hole, gentlemen. lies ten British
Ulcers, and in those Two holes hes eish- ,
cen American officers. III
!" We proyinclals had orders TO bury
hem, but as they were almost every one
American and British regulars, we dld ~
,now who they were. We dug holes I
he length Of man square, apd laid tben,J
. frst one way and then another, and
covered them up, and so there they ne
This tomb with the stone broken in three
nieces. is over Colonel Cecil Bishop. who
was killed at Black Rock, and here. where
The railing has rotted and Tell down, Ines
Colonel Gordon, who " las killed here
There ought to be monuments over them
all, and believe I'll try ndIfalse enough
from The visiters this sumuserEto put Up
some plain stones"
Such is brief sketch Of the old guide
story. His account may have been 70
some points incorrect, but il brought me
scene yiyidly before Us.
Not "a few Of our young mea have sdonl-
ed that bad practice Of carrying deadly
weapons. A few nights ago we saw the
handle Of a dirk sticking out OF yoahg-
ster,s vest, at the Park theatre. II had
worked up, without his knowledge, and
there be sat 10 the boxes, lar laced ooy'
among peacable and well bred peoPle, VITA
4 murdGous weapon in his possession II
we viii DO him The justice. 70 say that %
bl1shed. when his eye rested on The dlf1
Ebandle. and thai be put il ontsoi sight es
quickly. as possible. II i a looiish spun
Of bravado that prompts men, especlsiiy
young men, 10 carry knives and pistols =
/ Whv il would pain US to feel The weIgh
~ ! nisiol ip our pocket. We should no
like 10 be continually reminded that ineF'
wss even 4 single man, in This beautiful
World who entertained towards us senh
vents so hostile. as to obllge Us TO 60 arm
"a. az nro,ecilon. Alb il is because VI
cbeT;sh angry feslinsF, ia, 50 much ylo
. Iisnes lives ID mems beads. aad hads ven
n bloodsbed and deaih,+sAeah.
C..;o,,. O,;rin Of a long and Blood
NJ when Lewis lhe Seventh. 10 pbe
. . Y ;r;unctions 81 bis Bishop, cropped =
b,;r and shaved bis beard. Eleanor, 2
! rs, found him With this unpsual p
!, osa-snce very ridiculous. She revenge
sif a. she thought proper, and y
!. ~; shaved king obtained divorce 4
E,s.nor then married The Couul Of Anl9
.ssr~ards our Henry the Second 81
= sl'ss y. ssr marriage dover tie rich pr
d nsu ~ - Potion and Guie1ne-a and II
W., - or;o;u Of hose wars which
g 80 h.n.lrea years ravaged France. ii
- eos, me French three millions men
az ~ $3.50, - ,,-ohabIv had neveroccurred, b
ss 2 800 =, b,ea s1oFssh a. ,otcrop his be
e. -, .h -, b;s beard. BY which be becai
ne 80 os;ons = he eyes o. Queen Eleanor.
for d Isras'Is CTi0sifits q Aitsreiurs.