Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-05-08

suit beyond the isthmus. They had already
brought their best forces into the field more
than third of those engaged lay dead or bleed
ing, and the survivors were fatigucd and over
awed by the courage of their advcrSaries. The
battle put an end to all offensive operations on
the part of Gage.
The number of killed and wounded in his ar
my was by his own account, al least 10ji.--
Seventy commissioned officers were wounded,
and ii slain. Of these, there were one lieutcn-
ant colonel, two majors and seven captains
For near half an hour there had been contin-
ued sheet Of fire from the Provincals and the
action was hot for double that period. The oil
dest soldiers had never seen the like. The bat
tie of Quebec, which won half n continent, did
not cost the lives of so many officers as the bat
tie of Bunker Hill, which gained nothing but a
place of encampment
Sir William Howe. who was thought to have
been wounded, was untouched, though his white
silk stockings were stained from his walking
through the tall grass, red with the blood of his
soldiers. That he did not fall was marvel.
The praises bestowed on his apathetc valor, on
the gallantry of Pigot, on the condnct of Clin-
ton, reflected honor on the unframed farmers,
who, though inferior in numbers, had required
the display of the most strenuous exertions of
their assaiants before they could be dislodged
from the defenses which they had but four hours
to prepare.
The whole loss of the Americans amounted
TO l45 killed and missing, and 30i wounded.
The brave Moses Parker, of Chelmsford, was
wounded and taken prisoner; he died in Bos-
ton Jail. Major Willard Moore received one
severe wound at the second attack, and soon af-
ter another. which he felt to be mortal so bid
ding farewell to those who would have borne
him off, he insisted on their saving themselves,
and remained to die for the good cause, which
he had served in counsel and in arms. Buck-
minister was dangerously wounded, but recover
cd. The injury to Nixon was so great that he
suffered for many months, and narrowly escap-
ed with his life. Thomas Gardner, a member
ofCongress from Cambridge, was fastening with
some parts of his regiment to the redoubt but
as he was descending Bunker Hill, he was NOR
tally wounded by random shot. His towns
men mourned for the rural statesman, to whom
they had unanimously shown their confidence ;
and Washington gave him the funeral honors
due to gallant officer Andrew McClarv, on
that day unsurpassed in bravery, returning to
reconnoiter, perished by chance cannon ball
on the isthmus
Just at the moment of the retreat fell Joseph
Warren, the last in the trenches. In him were
combined celerity, courage, endurance and man.
ners which won universal love. He opposed the
pONtlhlhcht' anu HOl from interested
motives, nor from resentment. 4 guileless and
intrepid advocate Of the rights of mankind, he
sought not to appear patriot; he was one in
truth. As the moment for the appeal to arms
approached, he watched with jov the revival of
the generous spirit of New England's ancestors :;
and where peril was greatest, he was present,
animatng not by words alone, but ever by his
example. Ills integrity, the soundness OF his
Judgment, his ability to write readily and well,
his fervid eloquence, his exact acquaintance with
American rights and the infringements of them
gave authority to his advice in private, and in
the Provincial Congress. Had he lived, the fI-
ture seemed burdened with his honors he
cheerfnly sacrificed all for his country, and for
freedom. Sorrow could now no more come
nigh him, and he went to dwell in mems mem
ories with IIampden
Hls enemies recognized MS " orti u, ticir cN-
utation at his fall. By his countrymen, he was
most sincerely and universally lamented his
mother would not be consoled His death. pre-
ceded by that of his wife, left his children alto
gether orphans, till the Continental Congress, at
the motion of Samuel Adams, adopted them in
part at least as its own. The Congress of his ma
tive that knew him well, and had chosen him TO
State, guide their debates, and recently to high
command in their army, proclaimed To the world
"their veneration for Joseph Warren, whose
memory is endeared to his countrymen, and to
the worthy in every part and age of the world,
so long as virtue and valor shall be esteemed
among men,"