The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1852-09-11

tne whole weight of the enemy,s snnf
nor numbers; and now, to add To n
horrors OF the fight, the last light of da,
| ahich' gilstenlng through the sprav =
ane great cataract behind our column
wHeh lhey engaged, had spread abov,
.nel[ heads to the enemy's view ;
oflsht rainbow, as if the promise q
VICTORY was gone; and darkness thict
eneu by the smoke of battle or oni,
,lShted up for an instant by the art;i
lefys glow or the musketry's gleam
came TO add to all that tug of the com,
na' Il bind fury. the veriest rage of war
tha' can be breathed into the breasts If
aeh m when they set their teeth like a
wear we ana ID their cir! sinews like steel, and
I yield. 1t was thus our men fought
through the ferceness of that bloody
night-encCnnter. Scott, letting loose
al that personal daring which a general
mast usually control. was every where.
animatingor or directing OF. leading, and
watching every shock or shift of the
fight. Hishorse was killed under him !;
he monntel another: that. by and by,
fell dead; lie was quickly in the saddle
OF third :he was himself wounded in
the body, out still fought on, as if he
had been bullet-proof The, conflict
went thusuntil about 9 O'Clock, when
Gen. Brown arrived on the ground
The enenE had received several rein
torcement from below. and another
was not ar off; but still we had the
advantage: their wings had been
beaten; .neir centre only maintained
the conttst, aided by their advantage
OF positim on ridge, and their vet
greater advantage in the superior force
and position of their artillery, which
was mre than twice as numerous as
ours. While that was untaken it was
eviden! that we could not defeat their
centre and as we had almost too little
force 10 stand up against their centre
II had been impossible, until Browns
Succo'S came up, to aSsail their fatal
artillery. That, of course, as soon as
he had made Scott repeat to him how
matters stood at all points. became the
first measure which he took. The regi-
ment OF Col. Miller, the heroic medesty
OF whose reply Oh that occasion will
long preserve his name and his phrase
as a watchword 10 Americans, was
selected tor this perllous service He
was summoned. Sir said Brown to
him, "can You take that battery ~
u will try, sir,o was his answer. He
immediately set forward with his corps.
But, Ignorant of the ground. and with
nothing to head nlnI il bHt lie ocua- !
sional light OF those deadly explosions
themselves that he was going to muzzle. |
he might have missed the way, fallen
upon some Intervening forces. and
alled. Scott, therefore, who knew
how the land lay" became his pilot
II person, and led him through the |
darkness up TO the point from which |
he atlackwa 10 be made That done. |
le returned 10 his own division, in |
rider 10 favor Miller's movement, by |
PRESSING the onset upon the enemy's
ront. Miller advanced steadily to t
within striking distance of the bate
les, and then rushed npor them With
be bayonet. After short but bloody
contest he captured them-an event.
Sc may say, declsive.ef the battle; for
Though the enemy made repeated
ttempts to recover their guns and
heir position, they were as often driven
ack by the unfiinching steadiness OF
ur men. 1t was past eleven O'Clock,
owever, before they finally, with no
cry good grace, gave up the contest
nd abandoned the field to US. In driy-
lg back one of the. last of these obsti-
ate and bloody charges. Scott received |,
very severe musket-shot wound,
Fhich shattered all the bones of his
sft shoulder, and still greatly disables
lat arm. Gen. Brown, also, was badly
.ounded about the. same time: and
9th Generals had to be borne from the /.
eld, with hurts that left it doubtful if
Ither would ever be able to. serve
gain. We have only to add. in re gard
} the fight of Chippewa, thatif modern
mes can show US battles on greater
,ale or more decisive in their conse-
lenceS than this Lundy's Lane or
they can present none
ore skilfullyoF or bloodily contested; for
gain (as at Chippewa) the loss among
1 those engaged may be fairly stated ,
probably one in every four, ikilled, :
or taken.
coTT's SLOW RECOVERY FROM HIS
woUNDs-PRoMoTIoN
For a month afteF the battle of Mia
Ira Scott lay between life and death, :
st at Buffalo. then at Williamsville. ;
I'd nextly at Batavia, in the house of !
r. Brisbane, under the gentle care of
hose family he at last recovered Just :
ough 10 bear the being carried in a >
ter on mems shoulders. In this man. f
+ he was slowly and laboriously n
rne along from town to town, in 4
arch of medical relief, upon the vol y
tary shoulders of those who loved ?
N for his exploits, until at last they !,
ought him to the house of his friend, \
hn Nicholas, at Geneva. Thence, =
er recovering a little further under (
, nursing of that household, he slowly h h
lde his way towards Philadelphia, :, =
1t he might obtain The aid of the eel Il
rated Drs. Physick, Chapman, and n
bson. Every where as he passed he y
& Greeted by all the nnhlic bonors1 =.