The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-01-25
rnG RATTLE or momrNLrNpEN,


10 ImihilNl linrst Hul nearly lnilN Wilfh apart
As they approach the river, the space be-
tween them becomes one elevated plain, Gov
cred chiefly with a s0mbrc, pine forest
crossed by iWo roads only while the mere
cppuiry paths, that wind through Il here
and tlere,giyo no space 10 marching columns,
: Al4...... l..A al l-Easd- -aaEaa4-t -thiz Glrezt "
the Inn, where, on the lst Of December he
wns attacked, and forced 60 rrtraco his Ttcpsi
and take up biz position on the further side,
NJ the yillugr Of fIohenlindon, Here, where
sneef the great f,asls dsha,.ehsd ,lrom che
woods, hc placed Ncy aud Grouchy
The Ausidans in four massive columns,
plunged into the gloomy slderneF design
ing To meet in the open plain Of llohenlin.
den the central column marching along the
7 high road, while sllIose on either side made
their way through amid the trees, a. they best
could.
i was stormy Dcccmhcr mornng. when
those seventy thousand men we're swallowed
from sight IN ihe DARK doGles of Il.,leHlieden.
The day bciortit had miucd heavily, and the
road. were almo-t impossible; hut now u iu-
rious snow--torm darkencd the hen,cus, Ond
covered the ground with onc white unhrokcn
surarc. The by.paih' We're blottcd out, aud
the sighng pines overhead dropped with their
heavy burden above the ranks or shook
them down On the heads Of the soldiers, 40
ihcattillcry wheels smoto agiu,t thcir trunks.
II was strange spectacle, those long, dark
columns, out of sight ofcaoh other, irciching
through tho drcary forests 10y themselves !
while the falling snow, sitting over the ranks,
made the unmarked way still more solitary.
The son and yielding mass broke the tread
of the advancing hosts, while the artillery,
tbnd ammunition aud baggage wagons gave
| forth a muillcd -ound, that seemed prophetic
of some mourufu catastrophe. The centre
column alone bad a hundred cannon Ia i,s
train, while brhind them were five hundred
wagon, the whole closed up by the
slow moving cavalry
Thus marching, Il came at about o'clock
upon llohcnlinden, and attempted 10 dcbouch
into tho plain when Grouchy rll upon IL
with such fur{ that H. was forced back into
the woods Ia moment the old forest was
alive with echoes and its glpomy rcccfscs illu-
minated wiul thc blhlc 81 artillery. Gruuchy,
Gnudican and Ncy, put forth Incredible ci-
ror,s fo lrrpFaA Immense force from drploy-
inc into tb, open field. The two inrner
struggled with the energy Of desperation to
hold1htir ground and although tile soldiers
could not see the cncuys lines, the storm
was 80 thick, yet they aimed at jhc flashes
lba, issued from the woods and th0s the two
arn,ic. fought The pine trees were cut in
-asn.Lke wood. by the artillery, aud fell with
Il crash ur,- the. .turtrj1u ruipmus, wtitr TIM
fresh fallen snow turned red With flowing blood
In the moan time, ltiehenpanse, who hal been
sent by circuitous route, with - single diNis-
ion to attack the cncmy's rcar had Nccom-
plished hi- mission. Though his division had
boon cut ia two, and irrctrie,ably separated
by.thc Austrian len wing, the bravo General
continued to advance, and with only three
hundred men tell boldly on forty thousand
Austrians. As soon as Morau heard the
sound of his cannon through the forest, and
the alarm it spread amid the encmy's ranks,
lac ordered Ney and Grouchy to charge full
on the Austrian centre. Checked then
oycrthrown, that broken column was rolled
/ back in disorder, and utterly routed. Camp
/ bell. the poet, stood ON "A tower and galcd ON
TINS terri ulc scene, and in the midst of the
fight composed in part that stirring ode which
Is known as tar as the Eugieh language is
spoken.
The depths of the forest swallow cd the
struggling hosts from sight, but still there Is
sued ifortfi from ita hu=uin shouts and ,rli-
mingled with the thunder OF cannon, and all
the confused din of battle, The Austrian;
werr utterly routed, and the frightened cav.
airy went plungng through the crowd OF tu
giuvcs into the woods--thc artillery men cu
their traces and, leaving their guns behind
mounted their horses and galloped away
that magnificent column, as If -rept by som,
violent enplosion was hurled in shattered
fragments on every side. For miles tn,
white ground was sprinkled with dead bodies
and when the battle LETT the forest, and TIA,
pine trees stood calm aud silent in the wntIy
, night, piercing cries and gruans issued out oi
the gloom IN every dircction-suilercr an
swering sufferer as he lay and writhed on tn,
cold snow. Twenty thousand men were scat
tered there amid the trees, while broken car
riages and wagons and the deserted guns
spread in perfect wreck around.
Ea-Ephraim Liulefeld, Janitor of th'
Medical College, has in his postession maj
or sketch, drawn by DR.. John w. Webster
(while in Jail awaiting his trial. of the street
in which Mrs Rhodes and others believed
= they had seen Dr. Parkman after his murder
/, with the- position at each person marked, AM
! a timetable annexed. After receiving sen
, tenco, DR. Webster gave the map to Mr. Lit
4 tlrfcld who has had it framed.
Eay' Locomotives were Swallowed forth IL
the Bihiei for the forth verse of the second