Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-06-15

] N--NA-S ANSliN ANI u NdI WIN lhuhcCc iOi
the last ten years, and has told me thAt he could
whip the whole Yankee nation With ten or fifteen
regiments Of British troops He was ordered to
march forward and feel the enemy and keep
him in check, but not to fight unless he was at
lacked After he had proceeded down the line Of
railway few miles, he came upon a body Of
the uRwashed, partially protected by rail
fence. and at once ordered an attack to be made.
! Captain Edwards, a splendid fellow Of the
/ Queens Own, led off with his company,
armed with Spencer rifles, and soon
the whole line was engaged. The Fenians were
pushed back or went back about mile, until
they reached a piece of woods where they
made stand. and commenced peppering our boys
most furiously. At this time Col. O'Neil ap-
paarei. leading on his men; and as soon as the
gallant Colonel saw the tive or three mounted
officers come out OF the woods, his vivid imagi-
nation saw a whole troop of cavalry and he at
once ordered his men to prepare to receive Cav
airy, and it was then that the loss Of life com
menced, as every shot told on such compact
body. THIS was more than the Volunteers bar
gained for. and son they began to Eayer and
then TO run, headed, the boys say, by the val
liant Colonel; and for about eighteen miles the
boys made Bull Run, On small scale, in
fine style. The news Of the fight and loss OF
life was telegraphed to this place, when there
vas loud call for nurses to look after wounded.
volunteered to 90 and with about twenty
ladies and gentlemen, started at half past Eve
in the evening and reached Port Colborne at
one in the morning.
When we left for the front TIE ness Of the re-
treat Of our boys had not reached Hamilton, SO
we were not at all prepared for the scenes which .
met our eyes when we arrived at Port Colborne.
As / stepped out Of the cars was met by one
Of our officers with whom was acquainted, look
ing about as near Ike Hamlet's ghost as any
man can look
I askei If he were wounded. lie replied that
be hal had a sun stroke on the retreat, and that
he Volunteers had made as good time for eigh-
cen miles as It was possible to make.
We found good many Of the boys complete
= used W. They we're sent forward without
Efficiency Of provisions, anl without a single
anteon; and had been kept up all night the
light before the fight and then had endured the
a;igues Of the Jay, ami the run back to Port
'llbcrIe Ofc5urse al felt terribly chagrined
& the disgrace. and probably will feel less H.
lined TO laugh at the next Bull Run" that
he " Yankees make The loud voiced Colonel
esisuel at once on reaching Head Quarters.
nj returned home, where he is held in detesta-
on Icy the majority Of the people for his incom-
eieuce, aal as many say, cowarlice.
Happily, cur services vere not required, as
be people IN the vicinity hal cared for the
oundei; 50 speu, the morning in eonyersa-
On a.;h many of the officers. Al we're loud
I'd long in their complaints against the Col
nel
At five o'clock, the whole force except cur IN
r.unate boys Of the 18th, now reinforced by q
.w companies. started for the battlefield Of the
y before. under the command Of Captain
kras. regular officer, only to find that the
ris had flown. What became Of them. you ;
aow as veil as L r
1 saw about seventy Of the prisoners in cur ,
lu1s. aud a more viliainous looking lot never a
So. Alappearei TO me to belong to the lowest h
ass Some Of them claim to he natives Of the
a.cs, and one OF two Of Canada. What dspo-
ton the Government viii make Of them. II is q
possible to say, but We all hope that it will ;
ing them. =,
One word about the Regulars They were
meet our Volunteers st Sievensyille, about
ne miles from Fort Erie. on Saturday morn :,
g, but didn't get there at all, in fact, it took :
EN- nearly thirty hours to march twenty miles. :
al they acted with any promptness at all, the ~
ssmer Michigan would not be guarding the d
olpei Finncg'ns in Niagara river now.
Yours, &c,