The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-21

maintained moro than IN hour until 6onersi Bro
arrived ON the field with Ripeys and Portc's bgades
General McNei was severely wounded was on saothe q
part OF the field but was informed OF tho time that his
horse had been killed under him, and that canister
shot had passed through his leg The officers who
msnded the regiments Of the second brigade have no
ceivd the highest honors Of tho nation OF their
nents Of the first brigade have with single exception
(densral Irady) remained unnoticsd this is perhaps
to be asorbed TO the fact that the commander the
Who owes to It bis whole reputation hes net .
this day. reported Its operations at BridgcwAter have
tho honor to be- cir, your obedient servant,
(Signed g. JH6UP
The Hon. S PHrIrs Senate United states.
There is one point made in SCOTS autobiography
when cnaracterizes the man moro than any other
IN the whole book. He sees now what he ought TO
nave seen, but did not at the very threshold Of
t6e battle Of Lundy's Lane. The British battery
OF cannon placed with great skill on tho crest Of
NIL, commanded the whole slope by which our army
was to approach it, and T0wsons battery could NOT
counterfeit it, from its position under tho hill
Lesvenworth in his testimony in Ripey's case says:
Col Towson finding from the elevated situation
Of the enemy's artillery, that he could not bring
bis artillery to bear upon them had nearly quite
ceased firing" At the beginning Of the battle all
he could do with his battery was to animate our
troops to stand by the thunder Of his guns Leaven-
worth says 1.-The company OF artillery under
the command of Colonel (then Captain) Towson, an
officer above any encomium, was moved up aud
formed ON the right Of the 9th regiment, and by its
frequent and incessant discharges highly animated
DO in the position in which he was placed. They
stood and were shot down, and fred TO animate the
infantry to stand and be shot down. And this con-
tinuea to DO the case until Gen Brown came and
saw that the battery must be taken or the whole
my SACRIFICED Scott sees that now, although he did
not see It when he might have preserved his gallant
brigade by rushing the battery with the bayonet,
In the beginning instead of standing 200 or 300 ards
OIL plying 1t Intellectually with musketry, aud equal
ly Intellectually with artillery He sees il row.
when the aIthOr and of
charge are IN their graves, and he endeavors to
strip them both Of the merit of the achievement
He says: . The regiment Of the heroic Miller was
dispatched on The perious service Of silencing the
British battery on the heights: Gen. Scott vouu-
tcered to lead the way, aud did through the dark
ness up to the point of attack This is out aud
out a shameful iasehood We have in the autobi-
ography, . wood-cut with Con. Scott on horseback
leading MIler's regiment to the attack. Now, of
tho survivors Of that battle two are in Washington
city, and will both testify, that Scott was never
heard Of before in connection with that charge. He
was thrown back some five hundred yards from the
heights to gather his broken Brigade and while he
was thus employed, Brown interposed Porters aud
Rpey's brigades. and took the battle into his own
hands twas Mt this crisis, when Scott was out OF
tho battle entirely, that Browns first movement
was to storm the battery. Brown says himself that
McCrea, OF his staff principal engineer, suggested
It as soon as they were in the field Ripley also saw
the necessity of it and mentioned it to Miller, aad
Miiers letter to Brown proves that the General in
chief personally gave the order. Miller in letter
to Brown, says: "The fact is after receiving from
battery, obeyed it as soonvas possible, with my
regiment In Rpley's trial, whore this point ia
closely scanned the leading incident of the battle
Scott is not mentioned as having being consulted
even, much less acting in it.
SCOTS INJUSTICE TO VAN RENsELLA ER WOOL, RTC
The same spirit of monopoly characterizes tho ac-
count of every transaction Of the war of 1872 with
which General Scott had any connection, and which
Is made to figure with the recent pictorial illustra
ton Of his life The battle of Queenstown Heights
was fought by Colonel Van Rensselaer, and after he
fell, wounded by several balls, by Captain, now Go
neral Wool, who, with Captain Ogilyie stormed the
British batteries. The battle had begun few
minutes before day break" and the heights were
taken and the batteries stormed Gin the process Of
which the British Commander in-chief General
Brock, was kied) between three and four o'clock
in the afternoon. "About this time" says General
" ooi which was between three and four o'clock in
the afternoon. Lieutenant Colonel Christie ar
rived, and took the command" There had been,
after the flight Of the British the death OF Brock
ana the stoTmiDg Of the batteries cessation of the
conflict 1t was then that Lieutenant Colonel Scott
crossed the river and appeared the scene of ac-
ton, and Armstrong, the Secretary of War, thus
notices the share he had in it,
Between two and three o'clock ?. NJ, scatterin
fire heard the southern side OF the heights pro.
duced by Indian attack made small .fty OF sirag
cling militia who being completely snrprized, He'd In
great confusion and carrying their panic along with them
threatened 10 extend the Infection to other corps TWAS
1t this critical moment that Lctcnant Colonel Scott the
second Regiment OF Artillery, placing himself at the
N al OF lew platocns OF regular troops aged the
savages with q gallantry which checked. aud at
length drove them into neighboring wood where Il 6
combat became nearly stationary. aud trial OF
xii at snarp shooting Perceving that champ d. bat.
he like this secured to the Indians all the
u their habitua and peculiar mode OF fighting while TO
hs own troops it produced effects di Getty the reverse
lie Lieutenant Colonel prudently Withdrew his party to
open ground and there took position which, though
Il da not entirely put end to the attack made it in
rlenf Tn f.fN fhn
line. discovery was hosever, made. that the
savsges were not the only enemy the invading corps
would have to contend with. From the heights Of
Queenstown. in the distance eastward seen adj
ancipg column o. artillery and infantry Its approach
though slow and crcumspect steady aud unre.
hitting and Of its character and objects there could bs
no doubt. About three o'clock. p. ~, General Shesfe
The successor of Brock and leader of the column after
turning the village and throwing into it detachment
competent to its Defence presented himself and force
OF eight hundred regulars militia and Ipdans in front
Of the American lipe-pov reduced to less than three
hundred combatants and sustained but by single piece
Of artillery badly supplied with ammunition The Bril-
fish commander ia the meantime continued to manGuvrc
right to left and nom left to right counermarch
ing nearly the whole length of the American line twice
as determined to count every in the ranks and
make with every foot Of the position ba
fore he hazarded an attick This deiiberaon on bis
part gave time for renewed councils that of his adver
sary and second consultation being held, determine
ton was at last taken to try the experiment Of retreat
IS recommended by General Van Rensselaer, To have
executed successfully purpose Of this kind in the face
II an enemy much formidable than themselves
IN nunDers, usclplnr ana variety OF arms, would have
been no easy task for soldiers the most practed officers
The most sk'fn but perfectly hopeless when required
from American evcs, who bad seen only an imperfect
service Of three or four months The result was sch az
might have becn and probably was, anticipated by the
rejecting portion Of the corps The first step taken In
retreat produced movement the part Of the enemy
which at once converted the march into route ana
(superadded to the fact that not boat was founj on
The shore ready TO receive them made necessary an i'm
mediate and unconditional surrender y
This is the clear and succEct account Of all that
occurred after Scott Joined The assaant5 of Queens
town. He did not cross FROM the Americas shore
until after the field was won the battery stormsd,
the British general and his aid killed, and the Brit-
ish force driven of, which cost series of struggles
beginning at dawn and continuing until between
three and four in the afternoon. In the various
conflicts. Col. Van Rensselaer, had six. balls snot
through him, wounding him in the hip thigl, and
leg but he continued in command as long as lie
could stand Lieutenant Valleau and Eusign Nor
ris were killed, Lieutenant athboue, Captain Arm
strong lson OF the Secretary and Captain, (aow
Genersl)RWool, were severely wounded Captain
Ogilyie, Lieutenant kcarntv. (ata Gereral \ Liam