MK. t !.\VS Al):)i;!'.S‘: CONCI.l nr.D.
1 am not uu d\r I’.ial lhi;> cl;'U‘HCt.* cflKiii-
\v;is i-ctulc: fl lu'ces'iury l)y any
(fcv-. Sru’t loi'wai'd ai;'i.iisl ihi' (iciifi..!.
^^>rtuiniy 1 never jikuIc any siu h i liar,t's
■V a.;:ainst him. I v. ill not suppose lhatiii the
nubsnqjcs citcci, lit' iiUendi-fl to inipii’c to
me the mi'icontlucl which lie (k:,.i il>c‘S :
.'I’d }o!, takiji.o; Uio context oi his Irtler
to-jf'llicr, and couprnu- it
)nei’s address, it cuinHji bo disi^uihed that
otliPfs may suppose lu* intondcd to reier
^0 me. I am (;iii*c sine lliul il lie did.
!:e could not Ii;i\ '‘ I’ornied those \Hilavoi--
;d)le ajMiiioivs upon any personal
o!)\cr\aiiniis of my conduct made h\
iilniscli’; for, a supposition tliat tiicy
v.’('ro f.iiJiided upon his own knoulcd};e,
I'Duid inipiy that .my lodj^iujV'’ and jny
perijoii had i)ccn stihjectcd to a system ol
o'-jjionai^n, \vhf)lly ir>coin])atible v\ith the
open, manly, and honorable conduct oi a
gallant soklit-r If l.e desi;n‘jd any in-
sinualior.s at^ainst in^*, I mustb'dieve that^
Ik* made tin. ni upon the inforniatioii d
oihei.s, of wlioni I can only say, that they
h ive (liceivtd his ci’ctlinity. and aic en
tirely unwoi! hy of all credit. I entered
into no cabals; I iield no secret conclaves;
1 enticed no rnun to \io!ate pledii^es ;^;iven
or iiistrin:ii(jtis reeci\ed. 'I'he inriiiijers
from Ohio and from the oth.er \Vesten\
States, v> it!i \vi)om I voted, were all of
riiein aS ro;ni)ete!it as I was to form an
iipitiion on the pendinf;; election, 'i'he
MNVrthtu’s ami the .Metcalfes, and the
other ;;ontleinen from the West (some of
whom liave, ifl have not,bravely “made
an eflort to repel an invadin;': f.e”) are
:.s incapable of dishoncjr as any men
breathin';: as disintensled, as nnanibi-
tivMis, as'excliisiVely d( \oted to tin- best
interests of the crjuntry. It was (piile as
likely that 1 should be inliurnced by
>ln-m. as tliat l cotdd c(;iili(d tlu ir votes.
V Mir o!)ject was not to imp.iir, but to j)re-
>rt ve IV(jni all danger the jtuvity of our
rejiiil)lican institutions. And how I jiros-
Trated the maxim vhich n\aintains the
supremacy of tiie jieople’s w ill, 1 am en-
lirtly at a loss to comprehend. The il
lusions of the Cienerai's imaj^ination de-
i.t ive him. 'J'he peoi>!e (>f tlie IJ. States
had never decided the election in his fa
vor. If the peo;)le had villed his c leclioii,
he would have been elected, it was be
cause tliey had nut wi//ed his election, nor
th'jl of any other candidate, that the du
ly of makin;:,^a choice ^levolved upon the
liotise of Kepresentatives.
The General remarks : “ Mr. Clay has
never yet risked himself for his country.
He has never sacrificed his repose, nor
made an effort to repel an invadinfj^ foe*;
f)f course, hx^ cor!Scienc^ assured him it
was altogether wron.a^ in any other man
to lead l>is countrymen to battle ar\d Vic
's. —The lo^ic of this con iusion is
very stiikin-j. (.Jen, Jack.son flights
Ij^tter tliau he leasuns. When have I
i'ail'^d to concur in awardinj' appropriate
lionoi's to those who on the sea or oi; th(‘
Jaml have siisiained the ijlory (jf our
aril)s, if 1 could not alua>s aj)prove of
the acts oi' some of tiiem P It is true, tiiat
it has hei'n my misfortune never to l:ave
rcpellrd an iiivadtnr,^ foe, nor to'have led
mv conn'r\men tj victory. If 1 had, I
sliould have left it to others to j)roclaim
and appreciate the deed. 'I'he (ieneral's
desiiny and mine have led us in diH'ereiit
directions.- In the civil employmetils of
iny coutitry, to which I have been confi
ned, 1 ro'^rel that the little ser\ice whii h
I have been able lo render it, falls far
shot t of my wislies. Jiut w hy this de-
'uiiticiation of those who have not repell
ed an invadinij i'oe. or led our armies to
victory r At the very moment when he
is invei^biiii:; iir^ainst ;:ti o!)je(..tion to the
eleetiu!. to the i'residMi':y, fotinded upon
tl'.e e>('h; >i\e military naiui t' of liis mei--
its, dots he not jjereeive that he isestal)-
'’lisliinp; its validity by proscriljini; every
man who has not ‘•ureessl'uliy founht tiie
public enemy t And that, by sucii a "i ii;
» ril ])roscriptron, and the re(|i;irenieiil of
successful military servi( i? as the oidy
eur.'lition of ci\il [ireferment, the ii\evi-
;abk'efVect would b>' the iihinuiK.'estab-
iishmeni of a Mliita' y (lov( nunenl ?
If the contents of thi‘ J'.'ttor to Mr.
Swart'.vout were surh as j'ls-ly to excite
Mir;)fise, tiiere were other  ircuii^staiM'es
not «-;ilri.!aU d to dimmish it. l)f all the
iill'/. iis of th(; Ui'.ited States, that e- 'Uije-
'!ian i; one oi' the last to whom it ne-
eessarv to address atiy viridic;;li';Ti ('i'
den. Jackson. 1 h' had r^iven ainmdaiii
evidet.ce of his entire «ievotion to the
canse of the (icnei'ul. He was here after
the election, and was one of u committee
vho invited the (ieneral to a |uit)lic din
ner proposed to be i;iven to him in this
place. My hitter to Judj^e Brooke w ;is
published in the pajiers of this City on
tiifr IJth of I’ebi'uary. The Ciein.Mars
note declinin;:^ the invitation of Mr.
wart wont and others, was pul)hshed oii
‘he 14th in the National .lonrnal. 'i'he
prtjhability therefore is, that he did not
I(M\c this City iin'il aOer lie lind a j'ullOp-
[)'irtunity !o recei\\ in a pei-sdn d inter-
Aiew with the (ien'Mal, anv ^e|bal obsei-
valions upon it u hich he mii;'ht Iiave tho't
■■»io])ei' to make, 'i lie lett'M’ to Mr.
'■>v. art won I bears date the J.Ul oi 1 ‘ bru-
:ii v. if receiviil i)v him in
must have 11 a( he.! liitn, in the ot’dinary
course ol the n*aii, on t!n' JMli (r J’.Uh.
\\'hetiier iiiU '.i'!* (1 (/.■• t ot as a ‘’privat''
rommunic’iti'ji!,’' and ;iot I'or the “public
K\e,” as alieiv'd h\ hiiri, theie is mucii
’.-r.i';ainiiiy iii It.I:f'.hat i'.s pubijca-
tioTi ill ■ Yo.on i-^e Itli ?.L.vh. I
was ilien tnade, lil;e Mr. Kremer's ad
dress. with th(^ view to its arrival in this
City in time to el'i'eet my nomination to
the Senate. In point of fact, it r^ ac iietl
here t!u‘ day bei'orc tlie Seiiale u' li oi>
that r.omi'iation.
l-’i'llow-citizens, 1 am sct’.sibh' Miat '^en-
crf-lly a pul)lic oilicer had boliev aljsiaiti
from any vindicatioti of his cotiIucl. and
lea\e it. to the \.ndor and justice (d his
countrymen, under all i'-. attci'.dint^ cir
cumstances. Such li:iS been ti e course
which 1 h.ave heretcfoie prescrilied for
myself. 'I'his is tlie lirt,t, and 1 hojv' the
last occasion (jf mv thus appeiu ini; Ijelorc'
you. ■ 'I'he se pa rat ion ulTu li has just ta
ken place between ns, anfl th.c venom, il
not the vij'or (jf the late onsets, Upon my
pnljlic conduct, uiil, 1 hojie, be allowed
in this in>!.ance to form and ade(iuate a-
polo^y. It has been upwards of twenty
years siiice I first enteted the public ser
vice. Nearly throc'-iotirlhs ot that time,
with sotne intermissions, I have repre
sented the same diitrict in Congi’ess, w ilh
I)tit littli! variation iii its form. i)urin;;
that loni; period you have beheld out
country paislni; thi oui>h scenes of peace
and war, of prosperity and adversity, aiid
oi’party divisions, local anil '^jencral, ofteJi
}!^reatly exas perated a;aitist each other.
I have been an actor i»i U)ost of th'^e
scenes, 'i'hroui^lumt the whole t;f them
you have cluni;- to me with an airertion-
ate coididence which has never been sur
passed. I have found in your att;ichment,
in every embarrassment in your p'ibiic
career, the i^reaiest C'>n:ioIati(jn, and the
tiiost ;nc(u’rai,^in!^ suj)port. I should re-
!.>:ard the loss of it as one of the most af-
ili( thi.L;- public misfortunes wh.ich could
Ijefal me. 'I'hai 1 hate oi'ti*n misconceiv
ed your true interests is liit^hly prol)a!de.
That 1 have ever sacrificed then) to the
obji‘( t of-^)ersonal a;.,^);raiuruement, I ut
terly diny. And for the purity of my
motives, however in otlier respects 1 may
be unworthy to ap[>i'()ach the Throne of
(Jract; and iSlercy, 1 ajjpeal to the: justice
of my (hnl, with all the confidehc“ which
 an Ilow from a consciousness of perfoct
rectitude.
Your ol>edicnt servant,
II. CLAY.
WuxhiiigtoVy J^Jnrch 29, 18JJ.
BATTLK OF BUNKKR’S MILL.
From Cooper’s 7ieu' work—Liond lAuculn.
[rONCI.fDKD. ]
'SV'hile this triHiii^ by-play was en.'irt-
ed, the great (hMiiia of th(? day was not
at a stand. 'I'lie smoky veil which
cltinfc nround tlie brow of the eminonco
was lifted by the :iir and sailed heavily
away to the south-west, loavinii; tlie
scene of the bloody stniq2;ju aa;;iiii open
to the view. Lionel witnessed the
{^raveand meaniniii; >j;laiiees\viiich the two
liuten:mts of the Ivin;^ exeh nif^ed as they
simiiitaneoiisiy turned their ^las.ses from •
the i'atnl spot, and takiiia; the one' jiroi-
iered by liurp)vne, he rea«l their ex
planation in the ntimbers of the dead
that lay prol'usrdy scatkTecl in front of
I he redoubt. At this instant, an olUrer
i'rom the field iield an earnest coninum-
ie'-.tion with the two le;,df;rs, when, hav
ing; delivertnl his orders, he hastened
back to his boat, like? one who felt him
self employed in matters of life aiul
death.
‘ It shall he done, sir,’ repealed Clin
ton, as tlie other departed, his own hon
est brow Sternly knit under hig;h niiir-
tial^ exeitement—‘'I’he artillery have
.their orders, and the work will be ac-
eomplished without delay.’
‘'i'his, major Line.oln,’ cried his
more so])]iistieatcd comjianioir,’ this
is one of t!ie try ini^ dtities of the sohlicr!
To I'lijht, to bief'd, m' even to die for
his priiicej is his iiapjjy privilecje ; but
il is someiimes his ui.rortin.ate lot to be
ll'.e insiriimeiit ol ’veni:;eance.'’
liioiK'! waitf'd l ul a moment; for an
e\plan:it:on—tin.' ilamins: ‘ balls were
soon seen l.iiviii;;' their wide circuit in
the air, :!iitl earfyiiKj; liieir desolation a-
moii'j'the close and ii;'1ammnble roofs of
tile ojipositc town, lii a very tew hiin-
titi'S a d :!••(' nl.u’h srnoke :irose from
l!ie desijied dwelliiit^s, aiid forked
(lanK's playeil acl.l\'el\ ahmcT-the, heated
shiniide^, as tiioiitrh liotiiiu; in their
iiiimoh'sted pc)-,>essjnn (if the. place, lie
roi^arded t!;e «raUierinjj destiaiction in
pamfiil t il'Mu e, .nnd on be:’dins;his looks
towards his companions, he i'ancieti,
noiwitiistamiinij the lanicna;re of the’(»-
Iher. that he read I hi' deepest refjret in
liie Tverted eyes of h:m aho had so im-
iiesitalingly issued the fatal mandate to
d:>ti'ov.
it' Fcei’O'; 1ii;r> ihrsc we are nt{,emj)tins:
to l"seril;e, hours np|)(!ar to be minutes,
and tune Dies as imjjereeplibiy as life
slides from heiu.r.lh (!ie i’ect of a*^e.
'I’he disordert'd ratii^s of the Ilritish Innl
been arrested at tlie hasc of tlie hill, and
worn ajjaiii I'ormiiit; under the eyes of
liieii- leaders with admii’aJde disei[)line
and extraordin'iiry ore. I'resh battal
ions from Hostmi man lied with hi:;li
niilitary pride into the lines, and every
lliiitir lieiiiketn*'! liiat a seemid assault
was ai hand. AViien the monM'iit of stii-
pid nmayi ment which snceeeih'd the I'c-
trea* cd'i’.e jdvhI troo])s Lad j)a>ssctl, the
hatterics poured ot:i their v,- -ath w uli ivn-
foldl’iuy on tiicic encmje'. .Snot vveie
iiicessanllv *:Ianeii)j:’ up ti^c a‘-
(divily, madly j.l.'isvliin^ across ihc
‘jrasiv siiri’aec, whih' lilaok at d threat-
enlnj; shells apjieared to hover al)0M’
the work like the monsters of the air :i-
b(/iit. lojitoon upon their piev.
Mill nil lay qtnet. and iinmovable
v.'itbiii the low mounds of earth, as ii
nune there had a stake in tne is.^l!e ol
the bloody day. For a few monuMits
only, the tall fi'tiurc ofan ae;ed man wiis
.seen slowly movintr aton^ the summit
of the ram]»art, calmly re^ardin," the
disf)ositions ot the Jhi'ilisb ;i:;ener9.l in
il.(! more di/iant part ol iiis Ijne, and al
ter exohan^ina; a few words with a L"en-
tleman who joined him in his dan;i;er-
ons look-ont, they (lisapj)eared to»;et!ier
heliind thr {grassy banks, liionel soon
discovered the name of Prescott, ol
Pepperell, passiiiii; throng;!) the crowd
in low murmurs, and hi.s i^lass did not
deceive him when he thought, in the
smaller of the two, he ha 1 himselt de
scried the p-aceful form of tiie unknown
leader of the “caucus.” War-
ren. ]
All eyes were now wntchina; the ad-
va ice of the baUiilions, which once more
drew ni>i;h. 'I’iie ii^i;ht ol the liritish,
once niore disappeared in the orchard,
and, the colunuis in frotd, of the re-ioubt
aiiiin opened’willi all the inrposin«r i-x-
•ie.tiie‘oS of their hisih disciprini!. 'I litMr
arms were already glitr.nrin;:^ in a line
with the gr?en fices of the mound, and
Lionel heard t!ie experienced uarriour
at his side, mt!rni.u;'in^ to liimsed',
‘Let him hold bis fire, and he will
j;o i:i at the t of the bayoitet.’
But the tj-i.d was too sjreat for even,
the practised eourace of tlie royal
troops. \\)i!ev suceeded volley, and
in a fewniinutps t!u*\ h id aijain curtain
ed their ranks l.'Chind the misty >;creen
produced by tiieir own lire. Tlien
came the tenihle llash from the re
doubt, and the eddyinp;'volumes from
the at!verse hosts rolled into on.edoud,
envTdoiiinj; the combatants in its t'ohis,
as if to conceal their bloody work Irom
the s[iectators. Twenty times in the
short space of as many minutes, nii'jor
Lincoln fancied he heard the incessant
roll of the American musketry die away
before the heavy and rea;ular volleys of
the troops, and then he thoujrht the
sounds of the latter ^rew more faint, and
were given at longer intervals.
’I'he result, however, was soon
known. Tiie heavy black srnoke which
now' even clung along the tjround, was
broken in fifty ))laces, and tiie disorder
ed masses of the British w ore seen ilriv-
en before their delilierate loes in wild
confusion.—The Hasliiiig sword.s of thi*
ollicers in vain attern,.te 1 to n'islthe
torrent, nor did the lli;:;*it eease willi ma
ny of the regiments u \ii th>'v haii evi-n.
reached their boats. At i!rs miwiient a
hum was heard in iijse the sud
den rush of wind, and nteii ga/ed in ea-^h
other's faces with U'idis'j:u;sed ;una7:e-
inent. Here anti th('-.,-a ii.w so.i nd of ex
ultation escapedsotiit: U'>ij;ii ir h-.! I:p,a;id
niany an eye g!(;ameit w';'i i triuinnh
tliat could no loieg'T Ix; ['n.
til this moment (he ti e'Mgsiii' Liom I j
had vacillated bi t'.v;.cn the pri le ol
country and his miiit;;; y sj^irit, but los
ing all other feeli:igs in ti.e latlei s! iisa-
tion, he now loo! (-i tierc ly ai»outhim,
as If he would set k the man- v. ho dare
exult in the repulse of his comraiies.—
'I'he poetick ciiieli.iin was still at his
side^, bitin.^' his nether lij)in vexa’ion ;
but his more tried com]>anion had sud
denly disappeared. Another quick
glance fell upon his missing form in the
act of etitering a boat at the foot of the
liill. Quicker th'Mi thought liiont i was
on the shore, crying as he Hew to the
water’s edge :
“ilohl, for Ciod’s sake, hold! Ro-
meinber tliat the -JTtli is in the held,
and that I am its major.’’
“lifceive him,” said Clinton, with
that grim satistaction with which men
■tcknowledge a valuabh; friend in mo
ments of trial ; “and then row for your
lives, or what is of tnore value, for the.
honour of tlie British name.”
I'he hrain of Liimel wliirled as the
boat shot along its watery hc-d, but be
fore It had gained tiie middle of the
stream he liad tin^e to consider the
whole (rf the ajipalling scene. 'I'iie lire
had s];read from house to house, atid tht*
whole village of Charlestown, with its
tour htte.dred buildings, was j'ust bnr't-
ing into Mames. The air seemeil iilled
with whislling brdls, :,s they hurtled a-
bove his head, and th! blaidc sides of the
shifts ol war were vomiting their sheeN
ot llaine with unwearied indiistrv. Amid
this tumult the Knglish gmer.il and Iris
companions sprung to land. 'I’he form
er rushed into tiio di>ordered ranks,
and by hi.s presence and voici* ree;d!ed
the men oi (me re;^imf nt to fhfir duM-.
But long and loud appeaU to tiieir s[iirit
and their aiicient 1 one v. ere i:( c('ssar\'
to re'iuie a moiety "f their fo£iner cnri-
fvV'iirc to^v.en wi.o Iiii't '>'''''1 thu-.ud.-
Iv r-'ii!'* '!- and who now looked alf)U'j;
rh’cirVhiim.xl and exhausted ranks, mis-
s:-)-- in nianv-instances more thaii liaL
of riie well-known ciniutenance.s ot tne.ir
f( Ilow'. ^u the iTiitl't ot their laltei ing
troo’'s stood tii:.‘ir stern and unhendit’g
ehW‘^’, hut of all tliose g:'y and gallant
voulhs who had hilloued him m jus
train from the ]>rovince-hotise th.at mor
ning, notone remained but in his blood,
lie alone seemed undisturbed in that
disordered ciowd ; anil Ids mandates
went forth as usual, calm and determin
ed. At length the panick in some de
gree stdisidcd, and order was restored
as the high-spiritetj and mortil-ied gen
tlemen o'’ the detachment regained tlieir
lost authority.
Tl'.e leaders consulted together, apart,
and the disj ositions were imnitdiately
renewed tor tiie assault. Alilitary simw
was no longer alTected, but the soldiers
hud down all the useless implements
of their trade, and many even cast aside
their outer garmcnt.s, tinder the heat
of the broiling sun, added to the heat
of the connagratioii, which I.'egan to dii-
fu.se itself along the extremity ol the
peninsula. Fresh compaiiies were jila-
ced in the columns, ae.d mo.s't of the
troops were withdrawn I'roin tlie mead
ows, leavi'ig merely a I’ew skirmi,shers
to amuse the Americans who lay behind
the fence. When each disposition was
completed, the final signal was given
to advance.
Lionel had taken post in hisregiincnt,
liut marchingon the skirt of the eolumn,
he commanded a view' ol most of the
scene of battle. In his front moved
a battalion reduced to a- handttil ol
men in the jireviou*' assault^. Behind
tliese came a party of the niarim'
guards from the •hijiping-, led by their
own V(!terpii major; atid next I'ollow-
ed the deject'd >>’esbit> and his corps,
among u liom I^ionel looked in vain
for the features of the good natured
Bolwarth. Simil-ir colu.'vms marched
on their right and lel't, encircling three
sides of the redoubt by their battalions.
A few nuuiu'nts l.rouglit him in full
view i>f that humble and uiit'inished
mound of earth, for f!ie possession of
which so much blood had that day
been split in vain. It lay, as before,
still as if none hrca’hed witliin its bo
som, though a terrihck row of dark
tubes were arrayed along its top, ftd-
lowingthe movements of the ajiproatdi-
ii’.g columns, as the eyes of the ima
ginary charmers of our own wilder
ness are said to watch tiieir viciims.
As the ujiroar of the ariiliery aa::iin
g!-ew fuiiiter, the crash of filling
stie' ts, and the ajipallii;g sotinus of
it.e conflagration, on tiieir left, he-
c.ime tr.ore audible. Immense volumes
of bli’ck smoke i.>sued tVoni the mould-
et'iiig 1‘tiins, and bt Hying outward,
f)!d beyond fold, it over-huiig t'le
work in a hideous cloud, cr.stir.g its
gloomy shadow ncross the jilaco of
blood.
A strong column was now seen as
cending, as il irotn out the burning:
tiAvn, and the advance of the wliole
became (|iiiek and sfiirited. A low
call ran l.irougii the platoons, to note
the naked weapons of their adversa-
rii.'s, ami it was follijw'ed by the cry
ol ‘to the bayonet ! to the ba\ (met i’
‘Hurrah! for the Hoyal Iri^h !'
shouted M’Fu.se, at the head of the
dark column from the coidlaLcration.
‘ Hurrah !’ echoed a well-known
voice from the silent mound ; ‘ let
them come on to Breed's ; the ' pco-
|ile will teac!) 'imu the law I’
-M(mi think :d such monien'ts with
the rapidity of li^htnin^, ami Lionel
had even l.iiicied his comrades in pos
session of the work, when the terri
ble stream of fire llasiied in the faces
ol the men in iront.
‘ Bush on with the—th,’ cried tlie
veteran Major of marines—- pu^h on
or the ISth will get the honour of
the day I’
‘\N’e cannot,’ murnmred the so!di(>rs
ol the—til ; 1h(,ir lire is loo her.vv !'
‘'I’hen break, and let the mari’iies
pass throuic'i you !'
I he le('b!(* battallo!! melted awav,
and the wairiours ol the (h'Cj) trained
to conflicts hand to hand, sjU'ang for
ward, with a loud si,out, in tl.ci,- pi;,.
CCS. 'I'he Americans, exhausted (.f
tiieir amnumition. now sunk sullenlv
hack, a l(«w linriing stoncjs at thei'r
toes', in (u-sjjerate in(li(.':nation. 'J’he
cannon of the British had bt en brouLdit
to eidilade their short breast W(uk,
which was no longer tenable; and as
the columns approached clos, r to the
low' rami)arl, ;| became a mutual pro
tection to the ad\'erse parties.
‘Ilurral, : for the lioyal Iri.sh!'
again sliouled M'Fu.se, Vushin- up
the trilling ascent, wl)ich was but
little more tlian his own height.
‘Jluiral'i! repeated Bitcairn w;-,-\-.
ing his sword on anotiier ai.vie ef the
wo]'j»—‘ tne da\ s ovir own.'
One n'iOic shef t of flame issv.ia ■
of tlie bosoin of the 'work, arid
those brave men wlio Imd emulav'!
the examples of their oHicers, ;v
swept away, as though a \vh’iihvilj
liad passed along. The grenadier
his war-cry once more before* U
jjitched headlong among his entmij
w’hilc Pitcairn fell back into the aiir-
of his own child. ^ The cry of
wartl 47th,’ rung through their ranis
and in their turn this veteran battal’
ion e^allantly mounted the rarnpari'
In the shallow ditch Lionel
the (lying marine, and csiught the dy
ing nnd de.spairing leak from his cvc's'
and Tn^another Instant he^'fouud llinj*
self in the i)resence of lus foes.
company followed company ^imo
defenceless redoubt, the Americans
sullenly retired by its rear, keepin..
the bayonets oi the soldiers at ba?
with cluhhed muskets and sinewv
anus. When the whole issued unon
the open ground, the husbandmen re.
eeived a close and fatal fire from the
battalions which w'ere now gatlierin"
arnund them on three sides. A scene
of wild and savage confusion then
succeedecj to the order of the fighf^
and many fatal blows 'vere given and
(akon, the J/iclcc rendering the use
ef lil t* arms nearly impossible for sey-
eral minutes.
Lionel continued in advance, pressing
on the tootsteps of the retiring foe, sie|,.
pint; over many a lifeless body in his
diHicult progress. Notwithstanding the
hurry and vast disorder of the fray, his
eye I'ell on the form of the graceful
stranger, stretch- d lifcle'^son the parch
ed g;rass, which had greeiiily drank hii
hiood. Amid the ferocious crie.s, ar..-l
fierccr passions of the moment, tlie
young man jiaused, and glanced hiscyn
around him with an exprej-sion thatsaiii,
he thought the work of death should
cease. At this ijii,>menl the trappin;«io:
his attire caught the glaring eye-balls of
a dying yeoman, who exerted hiswast-
iiigstrength to sacrifice one moreworthv
victim to the manes of ^lis coiuitrvmen,
The wliole of the tumultuous sccne van
ished from the senses of Lionel iit the
ilash of the tntisket of this man, and he
sunk beneath the fec't of the coiiibatints,
iitsoi.siblc of further triumph and ol’ovc-
ry danger.
'I'he fall of a single ofTicer insucha
contest, was a circur.istance not to be
regarded, and regiments passed over
him, without a sitigle man stoppins t5
iiKpiire into his fate. When the .\.ncr-
if'ins had disengaged themselves front
tlie troops, they descended into the hol
low between tlie two hills, swil'tly, anJ
lifve a disordered crowd, bearing oif
most of their wounded, and leavini; but
few ju'isoners in the hands of tlicir iocs.
'I'h.e formation of the ground favored
their retreat, as hundreds of bulietJ
whistled harmh.'ssly above their hp:ids;
and by the time they gained the acclivi
ty of Buiiki'r's, distance was added to
thrir security.' Finding the field lost,
the men at the fei'C(' broke away in*
i)o!y. iVoni their [)osition, and abandon
ed jlie meadows ; tin? whole niovimrm
confiisi'd ma^sL•s behind the crcst of tlie
adiaeeiit heiicht. 'I'he shoutingsolilicr)'
I'ollowcil in their footsteps, poiiringin
fruitless and dist;int volleys ; but on tiie
summit of Bunker their tired pl.itoor«
were halted, and they beheld thetliror.p;
move fearlessly through the trfmcndnis
liri' that enfiladed the low p^ass, as
injurel as though must of them bore
charmed lives.
'I’he day was now drawung to a cio'^
W ilh the disap}iearanceof theircnemifJ)
the sliips and batteries ceased theirciiii*
nonade, and jiresently not a musket
lu.'ard in that jdace wliere so licrcc ao'*-'
tost liad K) hug raged, 'i l'^’
commenced foT til’ving the outward
neiieeoii which they rested, inordfrt®
maintain their barren cotu'uest. and no-
tiling further remained for the arhii'V'-
uieiit of the royal lieutenants but to?)
and mdtirn over their \ ictory.
[The loss of the British in thisaf’ti'"
amounted to 1200 men—tiie
loss about 500, ineluding prisoners.
'THE Hi:V. Mlt. I I.KTCIir.R-
Mr. I'letcher prcarhiti!;
tvpe of Christ, he was in the
most animated desrriptifHi ol
day cd’ the I.,(H'd, when he suihh’nh p^‘
ed, ('very feature of his
temuK »' was marked with jp.
atul strikim^ liis hu'chead J.
of hi s hand, he cxriainicd, .*■',vv
man that lam! belo\ed l^rethrcn.'
cuts me to ihe soul, as it does at t ii
mcnt, to reilert that whih' I d/
eii(!ea\(jrin:>-by the forcc ol
hcauty of holim'ss. and even by
of the l.ord, to bei^ of volt to wa.
peac(>able paths of rii^htcousncss.^
in ri'S|)e( t to many of you who if’J
(;‘os|',(d. oidy tyin.q; milistfiHCS roiui^
u'“cks. to sink you deeper in P''' '
'i'he wlude clm’rch was
Vas some tinu’ b( f‘)rc
his sul'jec*