The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-14

s.a - ~ zen Thousand men in ! f.vv ,,,;,,,...
hn,rh 49, ,,.oas gess description. Eyerv thine .
uosrs X and the humanity Of the sge;e z
for tsa hass; ;sang slaa the most ample projection
lor Ihe Deseged. y as admirable - ihs.sa,ll
for Strengthening the beseigers = 'heir plans
A mild. placid looking oes;.a
jacket and plaid trousers Of H;ob,a.,aI sIS s req
ment, now, stationed at this r5aaa aai'u negl-
pointed out and explained to me eo ~ :, Kindly I
fereeting objects connected with ~. .s' m
He quietly expressed the convict;on tauei. .taa
was impregnable, but with the feeI;no ~s .ss.s !.
of good christianth than of "a man of 1ra =, !.
deprecated the idea of any body's ever a..' :.
tempting to take it. A noisy captain az :
volunteer artillery company in CHIcAeo or
DETROIT attempted, upon my return to the
Motel, toprove to me that he could take the
citadel IN twenty four hours /; but although
ms plan was no doubt perfectly clear, j could
NOT precisely understand or appreciate the
Iorce OF his arguments
have heard it said, that after the battle ol
WATERLOO, there was scarcely militia Cap
tam IN VIRGINIA who could not point out
errors In the course of Napoleon in the man
agement of the French forces There are al
.nls ume, not more than a regiment of soldiers
a. TINS place, and they appeared to me to have
nttie or nothing to do but walk about the
streets OF QUEBEC, with little canes in their
.anos. y Iney are generally a fine looking, well
led set OF fellows, and no doubt do great exc
cutIon among the waiting maids and seam
stresses a OF the French quarter of the city.-
Ohe OF them, very communicative veteran.
VINO had seen service in INDIA and CHINA.
Poluieu ont to me the spot where General
MONTGOMERY fell. A tablet has been erected
upon the spot by A. HAwKINs. to whose ex-
ertlons In publishing the traditiSnary olor; es
OF quebec, both the inhabitants and visitors
owe debt of gratitude
Ihe remains of General MONTGOMERY have
peen removed TO NEW YORK, where they
now repose in st. Paui's Church Asnasv ond
interesting to your readers, clip tbe' folav'
ing factsreiating to his interment and dis;n-
terment from a work entitled "a PIcTURE oF
QUEBEC:'
SIN the year 1878, a request having been made
to the Governorin Chief, Sir John Sherbrooke. for
leave to dlslnter the remains of General MoNTco.
merry, IN order that they might be conveyed to New
YORK, and there re-interred, His Excellency acce
ded to the request, which came to him ON the part
OF Mrs. Montgomery, the widow ofthe General. Mr.
Thompson gave the following affidavit of the facts n
orderto satisfy the surviving relations and friends
General MONTGOMERY, that the remains which had
been so disinterred after the lapse of forty-twe
years by the same hand that had inferred them
were really those of the late General Mr.. Thomp
son belonged to the army of WOLFE in 1859
II, JAMES THOMPSON, of the city of Quebec, il
the Province of Lower Canada. do testify and de
clare-that served in the capacity of an Assistant
Engineer during the siege of this CITY, invested du
ring the years ITS and 1776 by the American forces
under the command ofthe late Major General RICH
ARD MONTGOMERY. That in an attack made by tn,
American troops under the immediate command o
General MONTGOMERY, in the night of the 31st De
cember, IT'S, on British post at the sOuthernmos
extremity OF the city, near PRESIDE pille, the Gene
raj received a mortal wound, and with him wer,
killed his two Aides deCamp, Mcpherson ant
Cheeseman, who were found in the morning of tn,
LIST January, 1776, almost covered with snow
That Mrs. Prentice who kept an hotel at Quebec
and with whom General Montgomery had previ
ously boarded, was brought to view the body, afte
1t was placed in the Guard room, and which sh,
recognised by particular mark which he had OF
the side of his head, to be the Generals That til,
body was then conveyed to house, by order o
Mr.. Cramache, who provided genteel coffin fol
the Generals body, which was lined inside witt
flannel and outside of it with black CLOTH That il
the night OF the 4th January, it was conveyed b,
me from Goberts house, and was inferred six fee
in front of the gate, within wall that surrounded
powder magazine near the ramparts bounding OF
st. Lewis Gate. That the funeral service was per
formed at the grave by the Reverend Mr.. de Mont
moln, then Chaplain of the garrison. That his two
Aides-deCamp were buried in their clothes, with
out any collins, and that person was buried with
in twenty-five yards of the General That am
positive and testify and DECLARE that the coffin
OF the late General Montgomery, taken up on the
morning OF the lbth OF the present month OF June
1878, is the identical coffin deposited by me on the
day OF his burial, and that the present coffin con
tains the remains of the late General do further
testify and declare, that subsequent to the finding
General Montgomery's body, wore his sword. be-
ing lighter than my own, and on going to the Sem
mary, where the American officers were lodged
they recognized the sword, which affected them so
much, that numbers of them wept, in consequence
OF which, | have never worn the sword since.
''Giyen under my hand, at the city of Quebec,
Province of Lower Canada, 18th June, 1878
JAMES THOMPSON"
shall have to write one or two more letters
from this place for the Dispatch. have
glanced over the books of the principal hotels
and cannot find that dozen Virginians have
visited QUEBEC during the present season.
Why do not more of our citizens visit Mon
TREAL and QUEBEC? They would meet with
a thousand interesting and novel things to re-
pay them for the trouble and expense of the
trip. A citizen of Richmond can, for eighteen
dollars, get from that place to QUEBEC, and
with perfect certainty, estimate his expenses
as not exceeding four dollars a day in any
place where he may wish to remain for short
time. 1t is dreary and sad to meet so many
thousands from all the other Southern States
but none from the Old Dominion.
Yours, &C., SENEX.
FTUs IL i II