The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-01-06


OF hollow gum logs ranged near the garden fen CO. -
Tho irritable insects dashed after the men and u
once tho scene became one of uproar and confusion
and lively excitement The officer laughed heartily
at the gestures and outcrics Of the routed soldiers
the attention of The guard was drawn to this single
point, while at distance, in the fields, the wagons
were seen slowly approaching with their cumbrous
loads.
Tbs owner Of the plantation had cautiously ap-
Pronched, under cover within gun-shot of his house;
the rest Of the party, his neghbors with equal care
advanced sufficiently near for the action of their ri.
es. The distress and anger of these men were rails
ed to the highest pitch by the wreckIess merrimen,
Of their enemies, and in the midst of tumut their
feelings overcame all the bounds of pTeconcerted
prudence.
"Boys" cried one OF the sturdy farmers, az emit
stand this-I take the captain E1ery one choose his
man, and look to yourselves"
These wordswere not scarcely utteredn suppressed
tone, but with appropriate decision or action, when
the sight of his rifle thrown upon the full bteast
Ofthe laughing Englishmun, who suddenly fell pros
trate from the doorposts.
As the smoke from the rifles rose, their sharp and
quickly repeated reports, the commander, nine men
The uumpets Immediately sounde recall. But
by the time the scattered dragons had collected,
mounted, and formed, struggling fire, from differ
ent direction showed the unerring aim Of each Amer
lean markEman and increased the confusion OF tho
surprise.
Perfectly acquainted with every foot fthe grounds
the Americans constantly changed their position, Civ
ing their fire they loaded that it appeared to the
British they were surrounded by large forcs.
Every preparation for Defence attack, and retreat
made in the discipline of soldiers, but the alter
nate billy and swampy grounds and ,hickets set
tho hOundsr against foe scarcely visible except
from their deadly effects.
The dogs, at first, seemed to take the track, and
followed by the soldiers.
The foremost hound ran close upon the heels of
OF the scouts, who had just discharged his rife,
ADD in retreat after bis companions. But the
dog closed with open mouth, he shot dead with
a pistol drawn frum the riAeman's breast.
The next hound stopped at the dead dog, smell at
the body, gave whining howl, and the whole pack
reIreated from the contest.
A large number of the dragons wera shot down.
The leading horses in the wagons were killed before
they could ascend the hill. The road was blocked
some orthe surviving animals and galOpped a0euher
comrades.
The country people early advised Of The advance of
the foragrg party mountedheir horses, rife IN hand,
from every direction; and occupying well protected
positions along the main road precPi,otcd the reteNt
of the British into Charlottesville Survivors swearing,
'there was bush the road that did not conceal
a rebel"
In the graveyard, at Charlotte, large marble
monument is inscribed as
SACRED
ITO the memory of Major GENERAL GEORGE
GRAHAM, who died on the Goth of March. 1926,
in the sixty eight year of his age.
'Ile lived more than half century in the vicinity
of this place, and was jealous and active defender
of his country's lights in the Revolutionary War, and
one of the GALLANT TWELVE who dared 10 attack
and actually droYe four hundred British troops at
AIcnres, seven miles north of Charlotte on the Sd
or October $780,
George Graham filed many high and responsible
public trusts the duties Of which he discharged with
fidelity lie the peoples friend, not their fiat
terer, aud uniformly enjoyed the unlimited confidence
and respect of his fellow citizens
THE "PRIpE OF THE Eye" CURSE TO THE
pride OF the eye'' of the
fundamental evils among mankind during the days of
the Apostles, the prevalence Of at the present day
proves that poor human nature is the same now as
1t them 'The pride of the eye''-the desire to
''shoV Quito look fne,' and to "cM a dash is
one of the principal evils of the present day. An
evil which, without taking into view the troubles
that it brings upon in moral sense, produces
temporal ills enough to induce, we should think, per-
sous of common to pay much less regard to i
than is done. Many, too many among the productive
classes, and indeed among the consuming classes too,
seem to think that it is the exterior rather than the
interior which forms the charucter-that it is the
moaicum of fine toined linen, silk and broadcloth
upon the body the style of the beaver upon the up
per, and the qIdntum of Day and Martin upon this
lower extremies that make the man We greve to
say that in many instances this is the case That the
mmd-the inner man-thc intellect and the soul
which lives forever, which prompts to action hero,
which gives life and thought and niterance-which
raises man above the beasts Of the field is shameful
ly neglected. Every should strive to be decent
in his appearance and in bis equipage; bot AL, es
n,.;.II,, C,rmers should study into the fitness of