The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-04-14

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their guns d trandom. and fell back up.
on the olher columns, the artillery and
baggage, creating such confusion and
fright, that order could no. be restored.
The officers behaved coolly and used
every effortto rail- Y the men, but ii vain.
The Iatterhuddled together, fred irreg.
ularly and without effect, shooting down
more oftheir friends than enemies. In
this state they continued for about
three hours, in suffering carnage al.
most unknown in modsrn warfare.14l
Nearly one half Of the whole army Of
two thousand men, that crossed the
Monongahela a few hours before, in
such proud array, were killed or wound.
ed, most Of the latte. being left on the
field, to the tender mercies Of the toma.
hawk and scalping knife. The officers
suffered severely: Of eighty-six, tho
whole number in the engagement, no
less than sixty-three were killed or
wounded w 3 shsla ah NO piaiu'
Gen, Braddock was shot BY one Of
his own men, Thomas Fawcett, a pro.
vinciai soldier, whose brother had lust
been cut down by Braddock in a fit Of
frenzy, because he chose to fight behind
a tree, in backwocds fashion, instead of
exposing himself on the plain, in the
approved European style Of those days.
The ball passed through bis right arm
into his lungs: he fell from his horse
and was sustained against a tree, the
stump Of which, as before said, is still
to be seen. (The tree itself was cut
down few years since by utilitarian
bee hunter.) Braddock was taken off
the field on tumbri, and Iigered four
days, when he was buried in the road,
to conceal his body from the Indians.
The spot is still pointed out within a
few yards Of the National Road, about
seven miles East Of Unionto wn, in Fay
ette county. ..... i'.
Bullets, bay onets, double head ed can
non shot, and many other relics are
frequently picked up on tho Field, at
this late period. On pleughing the
ground this spring, an English penny,
Of the reign Of George ii, bayonet
having stamped upon it a crown and
"4s,' (ths No. Of one Of the regiments
engagedo grape shot, several thigh
bones, &c, were turned out. Hun
dreds of fints. and broken pieces of the
same, nearly as large as chesnut, can
be picked up on gentle elevation in
about the centre of the plain, where the
chief carnage took place. 1t would
seem as if, at this spot, the balls few
SO thick, the very guns and Aints were
knocked to pieces in the hands Of the
soldiers. iT .eurse aRl 10 bsl. oa,
One experiences feelings of solemn
awe in treading over the ground render
ed sacred by such peculiar associations.
With fancy's eye he sees that gallant
army marching with high beating
hearts and fultering banners on to
death-he seems 10 hear the wild war.
whoop ringing and awakening helIish
echoes through the Wilderness
sees the towering form ofoWAsHrNeros
dashing through clouds Of smoke, amid
the sharp crack Of the Indian rife. As
these visions pass away, scenes far
more withdrawing fields of grain,
herds OF cattle, comfortable farm houses
and macadamised roads, greet his eye,
and make him thankful that he was born
in the nineteenth century, when, the
public mind is occupied with schemes
olbeaeyolence and philanshrophy, rath.
er than the hel|ish practice OF whole.
sale butchery by war. Qqq alJ.,B. R. g7
-EHEMa BH.sg bs4a5sf H'a91c5 5 .ys,,vi,
as The Charm of Cleanliness