Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-21

lying on tavern table awaiting the
coroncr's inquest, wero haunted by the
scene till they died. The Castle of Doom
was suffered to decay. 1t seemed to have
fulfilled its bodc when its last owner fol-
lowed the tradition of his family. Tho
remainder of the history is contained in
two letters.
l. From Maori General, tho Hon. John Le
Grey, commanding Her Majesty's forces
St the Battle of Wady Issck, to the Right
Hon. Lord Hexham Privis, Northumber-
land, Eng:
My Dear Brother-Our favorito but too
wild brother Charles has finished the stormy
career which opened so brightly. | arrived
just too late to save him at the battle wi
Wndy lssek, where Re had saved the regi.
nient III whose ranks he was serving by his
Sol'antry and presence of mind in assuming
me command, which, rs Il former Cnptain. of
course lie was qualified to do and when il
was routed by all its officers being cut down.
there followed II full description of the
battle). send you lock of his hair, which
cut Off before we buried him. and the
prlfates uniform i'll which he met his death
SO heroically. He was buried i'll Il spare uni.
form OF the Captain of his company. killed
Ill the same cction. Our dear old brother
made up for his life with his death. l can
assure you wept over him like child when
| found him only just dead, after having been
sN-'N
sword he died with. | feel SO thankful that
| arrived i'll time to give him II last kiss and
follow him to his grave. have much moro
to write, but my heart is too full. | am, my
dear ltcNtlan, your aifcctionate brother,
JOHN liz GREY. Maior-Gcncral
III. From Major General the Hon Lc Grey,
Commanding Her Majesty's Forces at the
Battle of Wady Issek, TO Sister Gwendo-
lin, at the Convent of the Watchers.
Rome:
Mndnm-H,ra,v;tb 7 ;,,e, 20 ro,,,r,, a., ,.,,,,
the miniature of yourself which you gave To
my late lamented brother, Captain Charles
lie Grey, together with tho letter written by
you To MN. The stains on the letter and pict-
urc arc blood, for lie WAS carrying them next
to his body when he fell lighting gloriously i'll
the service Of his country at the battle of
Wndy lssck. Here us in the last letter fol
lowed II DESCRIPTION Of the battlc.l Madam,
You must excuse II stranger vcnturing to ad-
dress thus, but | felt that you would like to
hear of the noble ending OF one who had such
n tragic influence on your life. Madam, OK
cuse bad, untidy letter from II Borrowing
brothcp, and believe me your faithfully,
JOHN l.E GREY, Major-Gencral.
The poor sinful body of Charles lie
Grey does not lie in the sands of the
desert, but in the great Cathedral whose
golden cross shines over the last beds of
Nelson and Wellington, whittier it was
transported ut the cost of tho last of the
house of Morvah. a memorial brass, incon-
spicuous, but with an exquisite relief of
the battle showing him in his privatc's
uniform holding up tho sword TO give the
signal for forming the square, records
that it was erected by Sister Gwcndolin,
in alfcctionatc memory of Private the
Honorable Charles lie Grey, of the Queens
Own, late Captain in Her Majcs;y's Rifle
Brigade, who fell in the moment of vic
tory, while calamity commanding his rc.si-
mcnt after it had been dcnudcd OF its
officers at the battle Of Wady Issck.-
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