The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-11
Death of Gen. Braddock.

Just Published az Wheeling
"On that disastrous day, the military gem
ius Of Washington shonc forth with much of
that splendor which afterwards made him 80
illustrious. Two aids NJ Bmddock had fallen
and therefore upon Washington alone de-
yolyed tho duty of distributing orleis, 'Alon
we're falling thick and hst, yct regardless Of
Danger be- spurrod on MS Tcod, gnloping
here aud there through the field Of blood
AZ length his horse sunk under him rcc-
ond was procured, and pressing amid The
throug,sow his calm and resolute voice among
thr frightened ranks, but without avail. 4
=2-aad haIza-l Lll....lI.
10 lho saddle OF lhird, while tho bullcis rain
cd like hailslunys' about him, Four passed
through his cont, without in0irliug the slight.
cst wound showing clca1y ihat stronger
band thaw that Of man protested the body a.
which they had been aimed An eyo wiincs.
says ho expected every moment to see him
ihll, NJ his duty exposed him To the most im.
mincnt danger, An Indian warrior waa ol.
ten afterwards heard 10 say, that Washington
was not born to bc shot, ~ be- had fred sew
cntccn times as his person without success.
"The courage, energy bravery and skill
displayed 10y Washington on this OCCASION
marked him a. posscs.cd of the highest order
Of military talents, Just from bed OF sick
ness. yet forgetting hia iuGnnitirs, he- p,l-Lad
through the pauic-strickcn crowd, aud hs
bright sword could be- srcn pointing ia every
direction, ~ he distributed the orders Of hi.
commander.
AT last when
"-2-hnpo.. nradduck u.et hi. destined fam
the noble Virginia aid, with HE provincial
troops who had bcrn held Ia ~ much con
tempt boy the naughty aud prcsumptuous gen
cral, cOrsrcd he rsireai aud saved the rem-
nant Of tho army from annihilation
AT the lll OF Braddock, Washington. with
Capt stuart orfhc Virginia Guards, ha.toncd
10 his r,livr and borr him from the field OF
his Inglorious dctoat, In tho sash which had
tlucorAted his pcrson."
This sa'h, thus alluded 70, ha- another rc-
cont aud mechanically inicre1L H. passed ia
military sequence into the hands of General
Taylor. Tho curious history l. thus prcscry-
ed by Mr. Dc Haas;
"l'ho identical slsh worn by Brndlork al
tho time of his defeat, aud In With he wa,
borne FROM The field bleeding aud dying. re-
Gently passed into the hands Of one Of Amcr.
"a = are,.si s.l iiisst si,,ssssitsiff E.IiEI-Ill
1T appear that tho sash referred to, some
years since became the property ofa gentle.
man at Now Orleans
"Af(cr the brilliant achievement on the
Rio Grandc in iSlG, thu owner of the irlic
forwarded to Cen Gaines, witha request that
it might bc presented 70 the oaiccr who most
distinguished himself on that ocacsioyC The
old general promptly sent it by special nes,
scngcr 20 the Commandcrin-chiec
"The person who bore II thus speaks OF the
lprcsentatnn and inicrlir4g- .Eaua4..l -II,.,--
Ior took the sash and examined it attendycly.
1t was ofuuusual size, being quito rs large,
when extended, as common hammock. In
tie mcshos OF the splendid rri sik that r1ni-
posed il, was the date of the mauuiacture.
"17o7," aud although it was one hundred aud
iorty years old, save where the dark spots,
that were stained with the blood Of the hero
who bore IT, it glistcucd as brightly as II it
/ hhu Just Coult from thO loom.
Upon the unusual size Of the sash being
noticed, Gen. Worth who had joiucd the par-
/ ~ in the teut, mentioned that such was the
old-lashioned style; and that the soldiers sash
was intended to carry, If necessary, the wear
cr from on the 6cld Of battle. II was mon
toned in the conversation, that aNcr Cen
Ripley was wounded at Lundy's Lane, his
sash, similar in form, was used as a hammock
to bear him from the Gcd, aud that in it be
was carried several miles, his body swaying
to and fro between tho horses, 10 which the
ends of tho sash were securely iasteued To
a wounded soldier no conveyance could be
more grateful, or more aFpropriate.
"'Gcn. Taylor broke the silent adnlirntion
! by saying he would eeaixe--tLe- -sasL,--
Upon our expressing surprise, he con-
tinued, that he did not think ho should
receive presents until the campaign, so far Az
''tss '-,,iftrrrrryi was fiuisi1rJi ffC ufabOra=
ted on the impropricty of naming children
alerliving men, fearing lest the thus honored
might disgrace their namesakcs, We urged
his acceptance OF the present. and he said, e.
nally, that he would put it carefully away in
his military chest and ifhe thought he de-
served so great a compliment at the end of
the campaign, he would acknowledge the re-
ceipt'
The stirring events that have transpred
since he made that remarks have added the
aurels of Monterey to those he then wore ;
/ and the world, as well as the donors of that
sash, will insist upon his acceptance of it. r
"Siuce writing the above, the old chieftaiu
himself has passed from the living to the dead
He died--a singular coincidence--op the nm
niycrsary of that terrible event, the dofeat OF
Br@t'iock. But a few wacks previous to his
death, the author, then on visit to Wash
ingtbh, freely converscd with the Distinguish
ed ehieftRip upon the very subjcct about
which we have beet, whiting. Ile said that
the sash referred to was stili in his possession
and at any time we desired il, would have it