Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-07-23

put SUNNI Vi tue men COMPLAINED that their
arms were wet one or more of the officers
thought nothing further could be attempted
with wearied troops and no arm but the
bayonet fire balls were thrown by the en-
envy To light up the scene; their musket s
oegan to hire from the loopholes of the
biocKhouse; and Donald Campbell, who
assumed the command of the Workers., en-
counteFed the reproach by ordering an i'm
mediate retreat, which was affected withou,
further loss.
On the northeastern side of the lower
town, Arnold led the forlorn hope, which
consisted of more than twice as MANY
troops as followed Montgomery. The path
along the st. Charles had been narrowed
by masses of ice thrown up from the river;
and the battery by which it was command
ed might have raked every inch of II with
grape shot, while their rear flank was ex-
posed to musketry from the walls. As
| they reached the Palace Gate, the bells of
the city were rung, the drums beat a gem
| erai alarm, and the cannon began re play.
The Americans ran along in single file,
holding down their heads, on account of
the storm. and covering their guns with
their coats. Lamb and his company fuI-
lowed, with a field piece on sled the field
piece was soon abandoned, but he and his
men took part in the assault.
The first barricade was at the Sault au
MatclOt jutting OK which left little
space between the river Leach and the pre-
clpIce. Near this spot Arnold was severely
wounding in the leg by musket ball and
I carried off disabled but Murgan's men
| who formed the van rushed forward Ia the
port holes and fred into them, while 9TH
ers, Chas. Patterfeld the first, Morgan
himself the second, m united the ladders,
carried the battery, and TO, its captain and
guard prisoners. But Morgan was at first
! followed only BY his own company and
! Few fehnsylvanians 1t was still very
/ DARK he mad no guide and he knew moth
| ing OF the defences of the town. TheAaAId
was extreme; so that the men were hoar
with icicles-their muskets were made use
less by the storm. The glow of attack be
gan to subside, and the danger of their
! position to appear They were soon Joined
by Green, Bigelow and Meigs, SO that there
were at least 200 Amaricaus in the town.
ana they fearlessly pressed on in the mar
row way to the second barricade at the
eastern extremity of Sault au Matclot
street, where the decences extended from
the rock to the river. Under the direction
OF Greene, heroic efforts we're made to car
ry them With voice louder than the
northeast gale, Morgan cheered on his ri
| temen but though Heth and Patterfeld
and few others in the front files assembled
the scaling ladders, it was only to see on
the other side rows Of troops prepared to
receive them on hedges Of bayonets if they
leaped down. Here was the greatest loss
OF life some of the American officers fell;
| others received several balls in their
clothes and the assailants of whose arms
! nine out OF ten had been rendered useless
oy the storm, were exposed in the narrow
street to heavy fire from houses on both
! sides. A retreat was thought Of; but the
movement for 1t soon went by; though
some fe" ESCAPED, passing the shoal on rhe
Of Charles. About daylight 200 of the
Americans withdrew from the streets, and
iou'd shelter in houses of store. from
which they could fire with better effect. Ii
was then that Hendricks, while aiming his
rife was shot through the heart But the
retreat of Campbell, and the certainty that
the other attacks were only teints, left
Carleton free to concentrate all bis force
against the party of Arnold. By his ord
ers sally was made from Palace Gate. in
the rear of the Americans, by Captain
Laws, with two hundred men they found
Dedrborn's company divided into two par
| ties, each of which surrendered, and then
the remnant of the aSsailants, "the flower
of the rebel army" was cOoped up within
the town. Morgan proposed that they
should cut their way through the enemies;
hut retreat had become impracticable: and
alter maintaining the struggle TILL the last
hope was gone. at ten O'Clock they surren-
| dered. Thus Greene, Meigs, Morgan and
Hendricks, the hardy men who had passed
the wilderness with purposes of Conquest
made for themselves heroic name but
found their way to death or a prison. To
the captive Carleton proved humane and
generous enemy. The loss of the British
was inconsiderable; that of the Americans
iG killed and wounded, was about sixty; in
prisoners, between three and four hundred
When the battle was over, thirteen bodies
were found at the place known as Pres de
Vile, the body of Cheeseman, whose ca
reer had been brief and gallant one, had
fallen over the rocks. 1t the pathway lay
Macpherson, youth as spOtless as the new
fallen snow which was his winding sheet;
full of genius for war, lovely in temper,
honcred by the affection and confidence Of
! his chief dear to the army, leaving not his
like behir him. There, too, hy his side,
lay Richard Montgomery, on the spot where
he fell. At his death he was in the first
| month of his fOrtieth year He was tan,
slender and well limbed of graceful ad-
| dress, and strong and active frame. He
| could endure fatigue, and all changes and
seventies OF climate. His judgment was
/ cool, though he kindled in action. impart-
| ING confidence and symtathetic courage
| Never himself negligent of duty, never
avoiding danger, discriminating and ener-
/ getic, be had the power of conducting free
men by their voluntary love and esteem -
An experienced soldier, he was also we'll
Versed IN letters, particularly In natural
science. In private life he was a good
husband, brother and son an amiable and
faithful friend. The rectituds Of his heat
| shone forth In his action, which were kah-
ituaiiy and uneffectedly directed by a nice
moral sense. He overcume difficulties
which others stunned to encounter. Fees
! ard friends PAID tribute to his worth. The
| Governor, Lieutenant and Council of Que
bee, and all the principal Ulcers of the gar
rlson, buried him with his Aids -Camn.
/ Macpherson, with the hOnors of war.
| AT the news of his death the whole CITY
/ OF Philadelphia was in tears every person
/ seemed to have lost his nearest relative or
/ heart friend. Congress proclaimed for
him their grateful remembrance, profound
| respect, and high veueration and desiring
to transmit to future ages truly worthy
| example of patriotism, conduct, boldness Of
enterprise, insuperable perseverance, and
contempt of danger and death, they reared
marble monument ''to the glory Of Rich
ard Montgomery.
In the British Parliament, the great de-
tenders of Liberty Wed with each other in
! his praise. Barre, his veteran fellow SOL
der IN the late war, wept prOfusely as he
explained on their fast friend ship aud par
ticiuation of service 10 that season of en-
terprise and glory, and holding up the
British commanders in review, pronounced
glorious tribute to his superior merits
! Edmund Burke cont-asted the condition Of
the 5000 men, starved. disgraced, and Shut