Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-03-19
ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE.



Mr.. Laidley, Of Kanavha has entitled himse. to The
thanks ofevery man who takes pride in the early sory
# Virginia, by moving in the House of Delegtes on
Saturday, resolutions providing fiji Tie erection " non
umen ID commemorate the great battle Of Point PIasnt.
That bat,g Ma une IF the hardest fought actions aGer
took place IN the continent. It lasted from diner to
s,msst and the victory in which it resulted wss dearly
won with lives Of Of tr most gallant srrs Of the
colony. Is laAIeHce in giving tone ~ the military spnt
Of tile Iopla. and in naryng them tJr the mghy trug-
gio FIJI Independence which soon 10 tlIJw, cannot
be TOO highly estimated.
The objects of Mr. Laidley's proposition. and the rea-
sons for lis adoption, will b,st be appreciated fDm the
remarks submitted Ny him, in Introducing il:
81 BSTANCE OF MIR. LAIDLEN'S REM4RKS.
That monument commemorative Of tile bale II,
Point Pleasant and Of those who fell in that englglner
he not heretofore 0een erected, beive is owing supply
the fact that the subject has never been brought eore
the General Assembly. A legislature which few days
since unanimously adopted measures fur paying ju-t,
but long delayed tribute 10 the virtues IF him ''yaUse
name is eternal the rolling year" will OF, amsure
hesitate mark lis Eratude though in much humber
way towards those who nobly fell in tins the first cl in
the drama VI the American Revolution.
The particulars Of the battle Of Point Pleasant arvery
impertely traced in history; and yet il graf
great in the Consequences to which it CAV rise
1t brought bodily into view the genlous, the feress
character Of the early settlers Of the valley Of Wstem
Virginia, fJr tile first time warmed Tito martial enhn--
ssh, iiJ toA iN we d'"iIHl9 PttiSlbS Vi ile IItS
Parliament than by the cruetes which market TIE
footsteps Of the Indians in their then depredious
upon our Western frontier. Lord Dunmore, thenGov-
ernOr Of the colony u Virginia. in l714, raised luce of
5000 men tor the defence 0l our Western borders OF
these 100 Wers placed under command IF Genera AN
drew Lewis who ordered to march to the month Of
the Great Kauawha. while DunmoIe himself took COM
maud Of the residue aud agreed to jim him at that Iarp
by pursuing different route, and by descending the Ohio
from more northern point Owing To the treachey uf
Dunmyre this junction If The Virginia force. never TUX
place.
General Lewis army composed of "pfine lille
men, and Of some Of the expert, swordsmen in Yr
gns," raised chiefly in The counties Of Bedford, Ble
tlurt, Augusta ana MOEgOmery-the two latter counties
then embracing nearly tile whJs If Western Virginia
Major Field, Of tile bravest Of he brave men wno
fell at the battle Of the Point together with his company
Of 70 men, were from the county Of Culpeper.
Through tracklcss Wilderness this heroic banG Of
Nrguiaus reached the mouth 81 the Grea kanawha on
the 3Uth September l77, and the 10Th day Of lie
following month, there occurred the booliest battle ever
fought with the Indians upon the soil of Virginia. The
enemy numbered not less Than 1900 coniederaed warri.
Or, under the lead Of the famed Chiefs Logan CUnstak
EnipslrO, and Red Eagle. HE Toss Of The enemy has
never been ascened with any approach accuracy
they hid, or threw into the Ohio, many Of their dead
Their defeat complete. Yet it was dearly bought
victory to the brave Nirglnans Of whom it is said 10
we're killed and more than hundred Were wounded Ii
WAS ltdTluI ana lnTlllnI scene. ne CLASH at arms
that awoke into echo the solemn stiffness Of the dense
forest which then covered the promonory formed BY the
mnginT of the quiet OF two beautiful rivers: and
here tell some Of the uObleS spirits of Nrgna-and vet
the 'weering field Of her tombess dead' IN 10 wise
distinguished from any other spot, for it is common
in the immediate vicinity Of the town Of Point Pleasant
As DIR Campbell in his memoir ofthe battle, says-'Nu
sepulchral monument marks the place, no stone tells
where they e-nt even mound ofearth has arisen to
distinguish this sacred SPIT from others around Here
they have lain IN silence and neglect for more than 70
years-in land whlch Their yaor had won-unsunr b7
The poet, uneuogsed by the historian, unhonored By
their country"
Among the many distinguished men that fell in tia,
battle, was C1 Charles Lewis, uho was morally
wounded in the early part Of tile engagement aud whose
last words were those Of encouragement 10 his brave
companions And sir, the father ofthe WORTHY and re-
speced delegate from Mason 4 jackson. Mr. Clende-
min carried 70 his grave that bore honorable es
tlmony that be, too, in tile thckest Of tie f1ht-
and by his side two brothers, who Were als1 wound
cd, and who shared the glory Of that days achievement
The actors in that scene have long since been gathered
to their fathers, bat their defendants are all over the com
monwealth, among tue most respected Of cur citi
ZeuS.