The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-07-30

iIers sn5 on StrIt ken field OF battle and nj L
triumph. These the British heard, mute, ,
mo''onless, and thunderstruck, aS they sazed l.
upon the scenes d
Gen. lard and hls army of 5000 men--to !
oppose whose rruption upon Niagara Gen. l
Drummond hai detached his brigade of up {
wards OF 2'Qoo men, IN the forenoon OF the /
l'th-t'id not, IN fact. arrive I'LL October -
W hIie prosecuting his slow and toilsome
march-whIle the one point was unrelicveI,
and the other left exposed Provost invaded
us, and the land and Water battle "t PLatts-
burg was fought on the ilth of September,
and the sorue SIX days after. In tins >ame
stirring week the repusc at Baltimore occur
red,
The sortic from Fort Ere WAS the la; Of
four great conflicts, fought IN ihr course Of
SeHtnty-iour days. and virtually closed the .
campaign on N" Niagara frontiers
Inc british army fingered tour or h'"
i'vS near the rum, OF their demolished works
Offering browI no further ann"vancc. Per
haps GENERAL prumInond remembered
events, he acted on po-berrv's Instructions
TO the "atch-that II they encountered tur-
bulcnt and fighting fellows. ready for a row.
prompt to beat. knock down. and XIX irnn-
cent "atehm"n' and who would not be taken,
why. pas over to the other sd, o.. the street
and lct them entirely alone. and if they
misuse YOU why. bid en- Cod speed. and 90
away. He took up hi, march tor III, en-
trrn"hmcnts at Chippewa. leaving Brown
Fort Erie and rs defenders, IN utter di..ust
The torpor oi a>tonI,hmcnt AZ the resui.
ot the >"r'lr Suh>ided, IN the BRITISH armv
INT" feeling Of inexpr">>ille AMER and
mortltira;ion. Nobody felt 1t more aruttiv
than General Drummond. H, bcthourht
h.m o. Price. and directed! him tn lr hron,h;
hv file OF men. Pale with passion. he hrok,
ont with "Nilan. YOU have hcrraycd HE
vuu shall die til. death of \ SOY and traitor"
and poured out a stream Of, ch,~r,s and
imycctivc> Price listened in silence tiU h.
had exhausted himself. and SAID ..G.n.r,l
am in YOUR power. and Won can l,an.r ;n,. #
Won please Int II viii t.. ,,oor .,,.,,,,-,.,,
mrut ~ dc>,rtrr, r., , ,It, H.. ...,,,;,..l /
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when | WA, >,,.hin, ,,ur ,ro,...,;,," .o
drcri,inr him. Price, r.rli..,j tI,t G..,or,,
Brown did unt .u,ru., HI. ,s,r.,, =. .,I'
djcr,. r<nr,.illlvt lad scarcely. ,wor,, ,..,rs
old. H.. sad he had rrtnrral +, ,b,. rr,,,r.
and talk of III, camn rs his so,r,rs o.' ;,t,r-
nation. AMI the American rri>oners wsu,1
confirm it: and if General Brown did NOT in
tend to move down thc river to Fort Njaro-
IA, his own troops were deceived. ard he
(Pricr( was deceived too; and that was thr
very reason. hs rr,cl why h. had bo>trnc1
his desertiun at 50 much peril. Numcrou,
coincidcrcc>. indicarino concert and upJ..r-
standing with the American h.ad-,,u,rtcr>
he found it difficult to clear I'M, but he did
, his best: and all who knew him Will re,,j;lv
believe that he spoke rc>ncrttuIlv. s;m,lv
with entire >elfpn>>ession ,hrourl that f,c..
, of his. as impcryi,us ,o ,mn;iun ,> 81 uprh
! >hr,t-iron. The result WIS tb,, t;rn.r,I
: nrr1mmoud WIS Starr.rcL IN his ,,,;rinp Ian,
n,r convinced ..Yo, ,,,,., b.. ;,,ro.,.,,. pr;...
. hu, your story i tbc sam. , s,,v wouIJ b,,.
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