Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-08-11

and melancholy tide lhruuehutt the nigh, and
following day. The tidings Of the defeat pre-.
ceded him, borne by the waRoners, who had
mounted their horses on Braddocks fall, and
fled from the field Of battle. They had arrived,
haeeatd, st Duubar's camp, at midday, tho
Indian yells still ringing in iiielt ears All
was lost, they cried, Braddock was killed -
They had seen wounded officers borne off from
the field in bloody sheets The troops we're all
Cot To pieces A panic ieii up1n ihe camp
The drums beat to arms. Many Of the soldiers,
wagoners and attendants took 20 Eight; but
most Of them were forced back BY the sentis
ncls
Washington strited at the camp In the evei
ming and found tho agitation still prevailing
The orders which he brought were executed
during the night, and he was in the saddle ear.
ly In the morning, accompanying the convoy Of
supplies. At Gist's plantation, about thirteen
miles on he met Gage and his scanty force es.
cohng Braddoek and bis wounded officers
Capt. Stewart and small remnant Of the Vir-
gnian ligh, horse still accompanied the Gener.
al as his guard. The Captain had been unre.
hitting in his attentions 10 him during the re.
treat. Thete was a halt Of one day at Dun.
bars camp for the repose and relief of the
wounded. On the 18th they resumed their mel
ancholy march and that night reached the Great
Meadows.
The prohd sflfit Of Braddock was broken by
his defeat. lie remained silent the first eve
ming sfier the battle, only calculating at night,
"who would have thought iii" He was equal
ly silent the following day, yet hope seemed to
lingeT in his breast, from another ejaculation
1--WE shall knox better how to deal with them
another time
lie was grateful hr the attentions paid him
by Capt. Stewart and Washington, and moro
Than ohee |, Is said, expressed his admiration
Of The gallantry displayed by the virsinians in
the action. II is said moreover, that in his
last moments he apologized to Washington for
the rsiuenca with which he had rejected his adj
vice, and bequeaihed TO him his iavoris ul.-.s
er and his faithful servant, Bishop, who had
helped 10 convey him from the field.
Some Of these facts, il is true rest on tradi-
iidn, yet we are willing to believe Them, as they
impar CLEAN Of Just and generous feeling TO
this closing scene. He died on the night Of
the 18th, st the Great Meadows, the place Of
Washington's discontinue in the preceding
year. His obsequies we're performed before
break of day. The Chaplain having been
wounded, Washington read the funeral service,
All was done in sadhess and without parade,
SO as not TO attract the attention Of lurking
; savages, who might diccover and outrage his
, grave. II Is doubtful even, whether volley
,sas fred over il, that last military honor which
he had recently paid TO the femaius Of an lndi-
an warrior. u
The place Of his sepulture is, however, still
known and pointed out.
Reproaeh spared him not, even when in his
grave. The failure of the expedition was at
,ributed both in England and America, to his
!. olstinacy, his technical pedantry, and his mill
tafy coneeit. He had been continually warned
to be on his guard against ambush and surprise,
but without avail. Had he taken the advice
urged on him by Washington and others, "a
employ scouting parties OF 1ndians and rangers,
he would never have been SO signally surprised
and defeated
Sill, his dauntless conduct on the field Ol
battle shows him to be man Of fearless spirit
and he was universally allowed 10 be have been
an accomplished disciplinarian. His melan-
choly end, too, disarms censure OF its asperity
Whatever may have been his faults and errors
: he in manner expatated them by the hardest
lot that can befall brate soldier, ambitious o.
renown--an hhh5n0fed grave ID strange land
memory clouded by misfortune and a name
: : forever coupled with defeat.