Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-08
For the InteIligenccr.7
FROM NIAGARA FAILS.

We now direct our course for the
"Eurning Spring" about TWO miles up
the river, and as we pass along, the intel
ligcnt coachman will point out the neigh
bOrhood in which the battle nt CAiDDcIr0
was fought july 5, 1914. Arrived III tho
Spring, wc Iind it enclosed by nu old
shabby frame huiltiing, the foundation Of
which is washed Ivy the waters Of Niagara.
As you enter the peculiar oder Of gas
strikes you senSibly; 20" look all nrnnni!
for the object OF your visit and see noth-
ing but candies and cakes, until YOU cast
your eyes aloft and read, .:l23 cents 0,I,piS-
sio" to Tie Burning Spring., over n door
you had not before observed. Ynn are
conducted by lad, who lights =" match
and applies it TO piece of gas pipe in
serted in the top of q churn, with the
large head Knocked o,.t and SO placed in
the ciStcrn or spring, rs to catch the
gas rs it arises. But rs this is an age Of
gas of SuIGry kinds, and as nearly all
things are converted itto, or end in
gas, you do not feel mnch interest in Sec
ing it burn, bat take couple glasses of
the water, both cool and refreshing, and
then of for another drive to :.Lnndy's
Lane where the Americans affirm, ;hc
army under The command Of General
Scott, defeated The British, July 20, 1919.
Passing some beautiful country villas on
the right and left. after halS an hours
drive, we arrive ut this celebrated place.
Near the point where tl3c battle was most
severe, is a wooden tower erected, perhaps
| $50 feet high, from the top Of which, an
old soldier, who was III the battle, will
point out the position of the helligcrsnt
nrmies, directs you to the place where the
British ordinance were captured and re-
| captured three times and were finally left
| in the hands of the Americans, who tnrn-
cd them with murlcrGuS effect upon their
foes; show you the place where General
Scott received 81 wound in the shoulder
(for which, the old man will tell You, with
IL good lmnorcd irony, he received his
commission,) point out the place of his
headquarters, describe huw whole rank
| and file of the advancing columns of the
Brtisl, were moved down before the dead
ly aimed guns Of the Americans, Inform
you how many were killed in the battle
aud direct you to the places where their
bodies were conSi gncd to the flames after
the contest was ended. AS you now sur
vcy the beautiful fields and orchards, the
mind is carried back to the dreamy past,
when they were drcnchrh with human
gore, you can see, in Imagination, the
sanguinary conflict ns it rngcs at your feet,
on the right and left and all around. The
rattle of small arms and the cannons deep
boom, tho shout CT the contcnling forces
and the command to charge, remind US
| that it is yet doubtful on which side VIC
tory will turn. As we lonk over the field
Of bloody strife, We see the mass of living
human nciugS, of the two cOntendng ma
tions, swept away before the iron and
lcadcn nail. like the scar leaf before the
autumns blast. The dead. all ghastly
and CORY cover the field, and the anguish
of the wounded and the groans OF the DIV
ing, cause us to turn away from the hor-
rid scene. As tue shades OF evening man
tie around us, those lurid fires which shine
on: on the darkness of night, and the pc
cmliar o8oWr Which strikes cur sense. point
out the place where the soldier rcposesa and
! tell us hclc he is consigned to his rest.
Aroused from our dream of the ;'long
ago." we survey the various objects of in
tcrest which are pointed out in the sur
rounding country. we take look through
an inferior glass at 'Brock's Monument"
situated on Queenstown Heights. seven
miles distant. "This monument, raised in
commcmoration Of the British General,
Sir Isaac Brock, who fell in the sHnguiE-
AIRY action fought on this spot on the 18th
October, 1912. is ls5 feet high: the base is
40 feet square by 30 feet high; the shaft is
| of frcestOnc, Auted, IS feet high and 30
feet in circumference, surmountcd by y.
coriuilIian capital, ON which stan Is q sta-
tue of the gallant General
After paying the old soldier for the in
formation he has impaired, we are down
again. Here we once more register our
names, and pay 25 cents for the privilege
we have enjoyed. Before leaving, how
ever we take n look around the apartment
Here on the floor are several cannon balls
and two bomb shells; in the window sew
eral old rusty bayonets, masket barrels
and pieces of gun locks and balls. Two
or three sculls and portions of arm and
thigh bones, all that now remains of the
sn,,r,; -, -. nn,,a;ct Of Imndv's Lame