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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-6-17, Page 2THE BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE, BY EARNEST l'IWIKSHANK. The eaey triumph of the Americans Inainly due tu the exeellent prat:Mee of th althongttheir great superior .u numbers was no tionlit an importt factor in their success. dudgieg from loss, Ripleyt; brigade was scarcely engag aid Pozter's as we have seem MIA beat entirely out of adieu at a very early peri Their loss was variously stated, but pr ably did not exceed four hundred of ranks. tha the othev hand, General Rt lost upwards of five hundred, of whom t fifths were killed or missing. W ninete officers of the 100th wile went into t aotioe, fourteen wore killed ur dieable with one hundred and ninety non•conin sioned officers and men, The sew companies of the Royals sailer still more severely, eleven officers a two hundred and seven rank ancl fi being returned as killed, wounded and m sing. Altogether these two battellons le four hundred and twenty-two Gingiva ai men out Of a total of only nine hundred tie fifty ; and on the whole, Riall's force w reduced by more thau one-third. Two clays later the British general w compelled to destroy his works and ebeaul his position upon the left bank of the Chi riava Inconsequence of a turning mome doubt at Queenston was likewise evacuate and he leisurely retired upon Fort Georg He had Already been deserted by nearly tl whole of his Indian, and by many th militia, who were alarmed for safety their families. The invading forces a minced to the summit of Queenato Heights, whence tt ey menaced the Britis position. Here they remained perfecti inactive for several days. On the night the 12th MajorEvans advanced with Sa lair's company of the 8th, numbering onl thirty-four rank and file, to recommit/ their outposts, in the hope of taking a fet prisoners. His retreat was intercepted b General Swift, of New York Militia, wit one hundred and twenty volunteers, mei was also upon a scouting expedition, and sharp skirmish took place, in which Evan lost six men and the American leader wa killed. The movements of his opponen next morning led Riall to belteve that an at tempt would be made upon the depot et Btu lington, and having increased the garrison o the three forts at the mouth of the river t 1,554 effectives, he resumed his retreat to wards the head of the lake with only se officers and men of all arms, while th American at Queenston were firing mina guns for their dead general. The same da Colonel Henry Scott advanced from Burling ton withsix hundred of the 103rd, leaving the two boy -companies and some invalids and militia hi garrison there, and joined Riall at the Twenty Mile Creek, where the united force encamped upon the heights. The pros mit of a suceessful defence of the forts I resolutely attacked WaS no great. Fort George possessed no means o resisting an assault beyond &single bad ros of pickets, and certainly could not have re pelted the force under General Brown's nom inand had he ventured to attack it. Tli others could then be eamly reduced in sue cession by bombardment, For more than a week Brown lingered upon the brow of Queenston "mountain,' gazing anxiously out upon the blue waters of the lake below in the vein hope of catching a glimpse of Chauncey's squadron speeding to Ids assistance. From time to time Ins oolumus wound down into the plain and crept with. 10 clement cannon -shot of the batteries of Fort George, and as often retired to their tents again WI thont acoomplishing anything. During all this time they did not even suc- ceed establishing an effective blockade of the British works. Upon one occasion two British fleld-guns galloped out of Fort George raid shelled their rear -guard, and the mime day five of their CILVILlry videttes were eurprised and carried off by militia lurking in the woods along their line of march. The women and ohildren in the farm houses and fields by the wayside conspired to wasteful and baffle the detachments sent in pursuit. Meanwhile a, levy en nutass of the militia from Long Point to the Bay of Quinte had been proclaimed, and in a few days Riall was joined by upveards of a thousand men of different battalions, "many of them fine serviceable fellows," but badly armed and undisciplined. A goodly number of these inarched in from the London dietriet. Those who had temporarily deserted him rapidly recovered from their panic, and a considerable number of stragglers was cut off by them in the vicinity of Queenston and St. Davide, and many deserters were brought into the British lines, On the other hand, the course of the American militia and Indians was marked by pillage and rapine. " The whole population is against us," wrote alajor McFarland of the 23rd U. S. Infantry, "Not a foraging party goes out but is flred on, and frequent- ly returne with diminished numbers. This state was to have been anticipated. The militia and Indians have plundered and burnt everything," Willcooks' battalion of Canadian refugeee seized the opportunity of wreaking seminary vengeance upon their loyalist etemies. Old men and boys were sent as prisoners to the United States, mid women malereated. Before oroeshig the river, Gem Browu had intimated that he expected to be in a position to invest Forts George and Missaml gauge on the 1015 of July. This engage. , ment he might have fulfilled to an hour had the American fleet been in sight, Contrary e ct to taadvice of his engineer Altera, he deemed it neeessary to wait for siege -guns, and wrote an urgent despatch to hasten their arrival. But his letter found Com. modore Chauncey sick in bed, and thatprn. dent commander positively refused the next senior offioer to take his ships to sea. The partizan warfare deity grew keener. On the 15th an American wagon train was attacked at Queenston, and the greater part of it, destroyed. On tho following night an outpost et Fort Erie was eut oft to a man, Next; clay the militia surprised and took a cavalry picket in St. Devids, Will. cooks himself having it narreiv esoa a, and another party nearly captured iffillory at Beaver Dame. On the 18th, when the main body of the American artny was reconnoitring Fort George, they again dashed into St, Davide and Queeneton, making more prisoners, These incidents so exasperated the invaders that upon the letle they burnt the entire village of St. Devide, tiontaining some thirty or forty houses., al - 'aging, probably with truth, thet the in• habitants hed participated In the &Mack on their wagone and had killed an offioer of dragoon& This was followed up hy the destruction of every dwelling between Qtteeriston mud Niagara Falls, Theo pro. eciedings were atteeded by such' revolting conduct on the pert of their militia under Coloael Stone, that Major McFarland, who was tient to cover their reereat, &telexed that he would have resigeed hie acenmiesion vas Having been joined by Bemire] eompthies sir ef the Glengarry Light Infantry from York ity muter the overmerive Fiiegiblion, Mall ad 0111 ve,teel the SUMO day 10 bus Mile 1)..eek its with hie left wing, minium:mil cif 111111Lia itet ed indictee, eel Linden as far DeCew'a Falls en tGied ineniteing the row of the Ameritan peel nt Gott hp way of leuely's Lante Thu entire °I'• male Panicle( ion immedietely flew to arms, all tied joined him, Actuated by a spirit of 1,,. all tense hostility towerde the invadere His wo scouts friend their way into se Davide, 550 Queenston, even Chippewa, harassing he the enemy's pickets, and plotting up swag. (I, glen, His apprehensions were, howevue, is. at the same tine, Dammed by mysterioto en negotiations on the part of his Indians with ed their kinsmen in the American service, nil and a raid from Detroit upon the defenceless be settlement at Port Talbot, which was ruth. is. leesly destroyed, compelled him to detach st the Oxford battalion 01 militia awl some itt Indians In that direction, as a precautionary id measure. On the :Mtn, leaving abeut 3011 as men in possession of the ithandoned redoubt on Queenston Heights, 1.4.01V11 adVa110- isa ed with the reminder of his army on within two miles ot Fort George, where lie encamped and begen to nt collect materialfor siege batteries, e e- appears to have entertained the hope that T R BRUSSELS POST, ,frNE 17, 1802. Egypt, lionand, and the West India. din, e. the mid ing tpuseter of a emitury of military fit yam to an pat!. la flit ottu t of rime at daybreak next 1M/riling, he lear that the sittuitem leth nett changed, General Brown had retired to Chipraiie, inel Biel( Mut taken advantage of this Met to push forward 111,1 brigede (if light eroope the inglit before, te mino the import ent • suategie poeition note Niagara ladle one. mend 55 11, junction of Lundy Lane with the Portage Bowl, with the intention ol slporting it that 111110155with the whole of de division. At nightfall 00 the ;24 th, the ilisposi Lien of the liviiieh forces Ives 15 followinee-Tbe First Brigade, 4. 'itonub Henry Seett ecimmending, oomposed of a de. tacement of the Bah Light Dritgoone, Miff a battalion of the fLbu, and seven computes of the 103rd, with two 6 -pound fielffiguns, lay at Twelve Mile Creek; the Seeond Brigade, neue-Colonel 'I ticker, consist- iug of half is battalion of the level Scots, half a battalion of the 8th, vee second battalion of the 41st, and a wing of the 10015, with a lletaahment of Royal Artillery in charge of two 24 -pound and WO tipound lield-pieces, occupied the mouth of the river, and had juet been jollied by Colonel Morrison with his cletaehment of the 80th ; the Third, or Light Brigade, Liene•Col. Pearson, mimetic up of a troop of the 10th, Meier Lisle, the light compithies of the 8th and 102ril, the Glengarry Light Infantry, and the intoeporated Militia, en- camped at Four altle Creek ; the Fourth Brigade, Lieut. yd. Peery, consisting of three battehouri ot embodied militia, end a body of Indians, formed the right wing of the British line, etretching along the 'rwelve Mile Creek as far as DeCetv's Fells, while the flank and four battalion companies of the Royal Teets, and four bat toilette of embodied militia, nith three 6 -pounders end a howit. zee were held in reserve limier Lieut, -Col, Jobb Csordeu. 'This seems a formideffile foree on paper, but the Royals, 80, and 100th, were meve skeleton bettalions. The latter could 'nester but one captain, three send - terns and 050 effective meu, while the others were very little stronger. The militia regi- ments were week in numbers, rind miserably armed ancl equipped, On the evening of the 23rd the whole of General Brown'a army onee more eneamped in the plain between Street's Creek and the Chippewa, but ti battalion of riflemen and a regiment of militia were still posted on Lewiston Heights, having their pickets ad- vanced as far as Youngstown. Their prin. cipal magazine of supplies had however, been retnoved to Schlosser. At midnight Colonel Pearson received orders to advance with his brigade, number. ing about 800 of all ranks, and by seven o'clock on the morning of the 25th he bed taken possession of the high ground at Lundy's Lane without encountering the slightest opposition. At the same time instructions had been issued to Colonel Scott to move upon the mune point from Twelve Mile Creek at three in the morning, but these orders were subsequently went- ermancled, and his brigade remitted i their quarters until afternoon. In the sourse of tne morning Hien rode forward, accent- pamen only by Liope•Col. Drummond and a small escort, and joined Pearson. P. ireetecl Realist his right flank. The r d, by this movement, the 13ritish commantler e. inight be induced to hazard another engage - le meet with ink:vier numbers, to relieve the e garrison. Two days later, Riall succeeded uf in concentrating in advance of Twelve Mile Creek, 1,700 regular treops, including the 11 Glengarey Light Infantry and incorporated 11 Militut, 700 Lincoln Militia anti an equal y number of Indians, in readiness to potmee of upon the flank and rear of his adversary d• should he attempt the actual investment y of the forts. Fort George was at the same .e time garrisoned by400 of he Royal Soots and is 260 or the 100th, Fort alisseasuaga by 290 y of the 015, a company of negro volunteers h and a few artillerymen and artificers, mak- e ing au aggregitte of 400 persons, while a Fort Nitigera was °occupied by 530 men of s the 41st, end fifty artillerymen. Nearly one- s fourth of the garrison were, however, upon it the mek list, and many others too young to - be of much service. ' It was ascertained that General Brown r had been joined by considerable reinforce. 0 ments since the action at Ch iprawcs, and that • he brought over nearly the whole of his supplies from Lewiston, where he had cot- e ieeced many boats, thus avoiding the neces• sity of preserving an uninterrupted line of .Y communications with Fort Erie. Hamm- - nearing the same afternoon with tinny picked men, Captain Fitzgibbou obtained an excellent view of his entire army spread nut in the plain below, from the summit of Queenston Heights, As he weer:hod them movements, their tents were struck, aud their retiring columns filled the roads t extending from De Puisaye's holm: within cannon -shot of Fort Georgee v without a break to the village of Queenston, a distance of more than five - miles. Lingering too long in his covert e he was sbbsnovancsi by their bigbst troops, and - hotly pursued almost to the the British out pests upon the Ten Mile Creek. That nigh the American Remy again encamped a Quesuston and the 13ritish advance -guard was pushed forward to Four _elite Creek. The next morning General Brown receiv ed a despatch from Sackett's Harbor, in forming him that the Americen squadrin was still closely blockaded there and he immediately retired behind the dhippawa, Relinquishing all hopes of co-operation on the part of the fleet, he describes his inten- tions to have been to disencumber his twiny of all unnecessary baggage, and having lull- ed his antagonist's seipieions by his retro- grade movement, to make a rapid march upon Burlington. Be entertained no doubt of his ability to cope with the British anny in the field and to march ni any direction through the country, but based his hopes of reducing the forts entirely on the arrival of Chaunecy's squadron with heavy ertillery. Unfortunately for the suc- cess of his plan, Sir Golden Drummond arrived the same day at York, bringing with him from Kingeton 400 of the second battelinn of the 8015, under that sturdy soldier, Colonel Joseph Warton Morrison, who had won the hard-fought battle at Chrystlert; Farm the autumn before. The two flank °empower; of the 1040, complet- ed by volunteers to the nutnber of sixty rank and file 0a0/1, bad already been sent forward to strengthee Riall, under the com- mand of their fiery -hearted Lieutenant- Colonel, his nephew, -William Drummond. Further reinforcements, consisting of the Regiment. De Weateville tend detaeliments of other corps weve likewise on the wily from Kingston, leaving thee important post al- most without a garrison. One of Drummond's fleet acts was to order the discharge of all the vary11 as the old and weakly snblitbansan, with the double object of relioviug the strain upon his supply of provisions, and setting them at liberty 10 gather their hay. Learning that the Atnericans had web. netted their base of inippliee at Lewiston, he ; immediately emberkeit the 800 in the two armed vessele, Star end Cherwell, leaving York garrisoned by only a few invalids, with instructions to proceed (tiredly to the mouth of the Niagatet Upon its arrival, Lieut -Col. Tucker was instreoted to draft wo-thirds of the garrisons from the differ- nt forts, making with the etith and blank communes of the 104th it body of eliont 1,500 men, and at daybreak on the 23111 1,o issail the batteries the Amerioans wore seed to o have begun near Youngstown, while Genend Riall was directed at the same time to enamel towards St. Davide for the per- ; pose of distracting the attention of their , Inc in Camila ancl preventing them from ; Lending reinforcements acme the river. A ee ipplies, he mewled, would seriously tpul sucoessful stroke at their depot of jeopardize the position of the invert These movements induced an immediat change in Drummond's plan of operation Colonel Morrison, with the 890, a detect . ment of the Royals, Lieut. Hemphill, an t One of the 815, Ceptain Campbell, with tw t 1 24 -pound brass field•pieces, Lieut. Temkin I was directed to march by Ivey of Queenston Ito the suppo 11 General Riall al lanntly's . Lane, winle Lieut. -Col. Tucker, with 500 . men of the Royals and 41st, and some In - diens, advanced along the other bunk upon Lewiston, accompanied upon the river by a number of beets manned by seemen undet: Captain Alexander Dobbs. Tucker's col umn arrived at Lewiston about noon, and drove Due the pries= after a trifling skir- mish, capturing a hundred tents and a stnall ! quantity of other stores. The light company ef the 41st and the detachment of the Royals ; were then brought over to Oueenston and : added to Morrison's aolume, increasing it to about 800 officers and men. I After a brief halt, the inareh was resum- ed, and towards six o'olook a dragoon rode • up in haste to meet Geueral Drummond, who was near the rear of the column and still eeveral miles from his destination, • bearing a, message from Riall, stating that the enemy was advancing in great force against his position. Upon receiving this alarming intelligence, the general, rode rapidly forward, and on reaching Lundy's ; Lane, to his intense eurprise and disappoint- ; meta instead of -finding the ground occupied , by General Itiall's entire divieion, as he ex. poets& he discovered the light brigade alone retiring in the Ince of the enemy, the head of whose columne WAS already within a few hundred yards of the orest of the hill, ancl the woods on either side of the road swarming with their riflemen. The narrow road in the tear leading to Qeeen. sten wee choked by Morrison's advancing oolumn, which heel just come into view, aid retreat NM in tt manner impossible 'svithout hazarding disaster. mm ster. Druond's resolution was promptly taken. He at once countermanded the movement, and ordered up Lient. Tomkins with his twenty.four pounders to hold the Americans in cheek until the remainder°, the troops could come up end form, Shortly after his arrival at Lundy's Lane, Pearson had despatched Ceptain W. H. Monett with a few Provincial &agoutis to recounoitre, and the entire American army wits discovered quietly encamped beyond the Chippewa. When Generel Well came ip, he sent off an ordeely with a message, lireetiug the adenine; if Colonel Suottas it en e anc a nettle)) nf the reeerva, leav- zig the main body of the militia and In. ibune still encamped near the Twelve Mile Creek. In the course of the afternoon, (ignored Drown learned that the British had admit°. d Isi coneiderable form along tha right sank of the river, cold bed talteu poseession f Lewiston, and were then supposed to be dvancteg upon Sohlosser. Ile had sent noel: of his beggege way, reserving only •no tent to every ten men, end obtained a oo gernmoetemzsmstaseeierre.senasematectiertnearailivilirtmaNcitataillISMatiatotatleeaS016=111011rtGaginissehlanarrearmunurrosramenssmaermammtikrtlellVtrinU 801111/ of them Inman tly ultdopod oil end die ba behind the belt, of weed.; beyond Ina one elderly lean ill the middle of tho man anil teeny surveyed theft. move• !twine entil ther 1%1110 11111,11C1.1111,1, tiling in Ernst, and I mie tepidly alter his ocnrqetnioue. 'they found 11)0 landlady 11111'• VOUS, lint C011111Illalnal I Vo, 1411 t• expreeted her regeet that they hail hid adVallOnd with greaten Aileen as they ti len 1,1'0itsIb captured. th-M e inh; of her late guests, aud estimated General force, which she n deafeed rem; eirettinstan Wally, at 1101/1110 In111111.1 14101'4;01, The $01110 01 many !melee wee limed and bey111111 liln and Scott at once despatched a stall...time to demand reinm forceent& Tho remander of the Ainevioan tinny being tilrenely under armee It was immediately put in motion. The exact etrongth of Brown's (Bretton et that data ba difficult te °Actinide. He ad- mitted the loss of 320 dilutive and mon in the ece)on at Chippewa, nit it has been stated to have been considerably greater by a friendly writev, Forty or fifty 'novo hail been killed or taken in skitenishos since ; small garrison had been left as Fort Erie, and a detachmeht sent to Schloeser. He had been three weeks 1,,Canade, and his force must have been somewhat reduced by the dimes° and league incident to a campaign in the field. His regular regiments had been considerably climinithed by desertion, no less than six deserters having come into the British lines in a single clay, while the militia had probably suffered in a still larg- er degree from the sauna cense, Ile distinct ly mated that the whole of his Indians had lef him. (no corrx:Zuk:D.) when ho mantel apart), et:American tin') A Hint for Farmers. The celebrated Mr. Robert Bakewell of Diahly, Leicestershire, and the foueder of the New Leicesteeeheep, usedto tell annm ao dote with exceeding high glee of a, fernier not only of the olden school, but of the golden times. This farmer, who owned and °eon - pied 1000 mores of hind, had theee daughters. When his eldest daughter married he gave herne oquarter of his land for her portion, but no money ; and he found, by a /ittle more speed and a little better management, the produce of the farm did not deorease, When his second daughter married he gave her one-third of the remaining land for her portion, but no money. Be then set to work, and began to grub up his furze end fern, and ploughed up what he called his poor dry furze land, even when the furze covered in some ohms uearly half the land. After giving half Isis land away to two of his daughters, to his great surprise he found that the produce increased; lie made more money because his new broken -up furze land brought excessive crops, end at the same time be farmed the whole of his land better, for he employed three times more labourera upon it ; he rose two hours sooner in the morning, had no more deed fellows once in three yeare ; iustead of which he got two green orops iu one year, and ate them upon the land. A garden never requires a dead fallow. But the great advitwage was, that he got the same money to manage 500 acres as lie had to manage 1000 e acres; therefove he laid out double the 5. money upon the laud. When his third and 1- last daughter married lie gave her 250 acres, d or half whioh remained, for ber portion, and o no money. He then found Om; he had tho re, while ho explicitly stated that k •e did not wish to risk an engagement neonW beide bank of the river until the rennin. er of his rehtforcoments alrealv mine so.ed' Is in a a 151iuiX fo ths coMmanding officer had not been clue 2,.a supply of provisions from tkond the if tem. Ilia men had been refreshed by o day's rest, theBritish foroo was ellen.; end be believed the ffivorable moment executing Ins inrivement tovvards Bur. gton had errived. The fore° thee had ppectrorl at Lundy's Lune was reported by his sooats to oonsist entirely °flight troops Ltd militia, sent forward, it was oonjoatur• cl, far the purpose of watching his move. ents and picking tip stragglers. His en. ira division scanimmedietely placed under rine, and General Scott, with hie own bri• ade, accompanied by Towson'a tiompany of rtillery with three guns mill the whole tidy of oevalry &lid mounted riflemen, was incited to march upon Queeneton, and if Oencountered the enemy in fame, to re, ort the fact et ono, when he wonlci be upported by the entire clivision. Neva Table Rock there stood a small tetv- rti kept by a Mrs. Wilaon, which had are aped the generafielevestation of the frontier, a the head of Sena's column approconel his house, several 'British officer:1 wore rile wired to come oet and mount their homes, hen he confidently expeoted finieli the ampaign at a blow. Bien too, admonished by the chock he a ad reoeived at Chippewa, pronounce(' a trongly against meeting the enemy egain a the field petit the reinforcementsalready •n the march, consisting of three strong ue aetalioof regular troops had arrived, 4 hieh he hoped would "nreato swill a force g O to render the enemy's discomfiture and a nnihilation complete." Bue the merest b oaident oompeltecl them to fight tee a need. d &Maga in Witten of their 000151 judg.Is ant, Late on the afternoon of the 2415, Dram• a oral himaelf went on board the sohooner etley, and Mit sail for Niagare with the a tention of assuming the command of the a meg in the field, He wee then in hle A Miseed irom the served', rty-thltel year, tui &ogee, bravo, reeoluto, si ekilful ;miller, who had seen war in same money to farm one-quarter of tho land as Ile had at first to farm the whole. He began to neck himself a few questions, and set his wits to work how he was to make as much of 250 as he had done of 1000 acres, He then paid off his bailiff, who weighed twenty stone I rose with the larks in the long days, and went to bed with the lamb he got as much more work dons for his money ; he made his servants, labourere, and horses, move faster ; broke them from their snail's pace ; and found that the eye of the master quickened the pace of the servant, He saw the beginning and ending of everything ; and to servants andlabourers, instead of saying, 'Go and do it," he said to thutn, "Let us go, my boys, and do it," Between come and go he soon found out a great difference. He grub- bed up the whole of his furze and ferns, and then ploughed the tvhole of his poor grass land up, and converted a great deal of eorn into meet for sake nf the manure, and he preserved his blank water (the essence of manure); out his hedges down, waich bad not been plashed for forty or fifty years ; straightened his Mg -fences ; nut his water- courses straight, and gained a deal of land by doing so; made dams and sluices, and irri. gated all the land he could ; Ile grubbed up many of his edges and borders oovered with bushes, in some places from 10 to 14 yards iu width, some more in his stnall closes, some not wider than streets ; and threw throe, four,five end six closes into one. He found out that, insteed of grotving wlsiLa- Isorn bedgee end haws to feed foreign birds in the winter, he could grow food for man instead of migratory birds, After ell this improvement he grew more, and Made mere of 230 acres then he flatiron.' 1000 ; at the same time lie found cue that half of Eng- land et that tine was not cultivated from the want ot means to aultivtite it with. I let him rams and sold him louteahorned bulls (said Mr, Bithoweli), and told him the real value of labor, both in -doors and out, and t,vlutt ought to be done with a certain i umber of men, oxen and hereof, within a given time, I tempt bibun to sow less and plow better ; that there wore limits and measures to ell things; and that the hus• bandman ought to be stronger than the farm. I told him how to make hot laud colder, and cold land hotter, light hind stiffer, and alit' land lightee I soot °tweed him to shake off all Ids old deep-rooted prof. unties, anti I grafted new ones in their planes. I told Inin not to breed inferior cat - tie, sheep, or horses, lent the best of allot) kind, for the best consumed no more than the worst. My friend Immune a now man in his old ago, and died rich, Oetteneal Bea POT the Batla An authorityjells how to make the oat - mood bags which, used in tho bath, give a velvety sof Woes and whiteness to tho skin. Take five pouuds of oatinoal, ground tine, is half pound of prim Casein soap reduced to powder and a pound of powdeved Heinen orris root. Ont a yard of thin ohmic cloth into begs about four inches square, sowing them on the maohine and taking care not to leave any untied threads where a break may let the coetents ooze out, Mix the soap, oatmeal and orris root thoroughly end f111 tha bags looeely. Sew up the opening in each and lay them away to Wife as requir. ed. They are used as a eponge, clipped in warm water, making a Molt, velvety lather and womlerfully softening the skin, while the omit imperts rt lasting fragrance). It will lie remembered thee &II soap appli. °atone, oven the perest should he entirely ringed from lie skim Hospital nurses no taiined to wash patients fierce in soap and teeter, then in char, vory hot water to tithe nff the soap. Ti in reengnieed water 10 ,11 of tee excellent milil dieinfect. ants. FOUR DTIBI, IN AN 110111. --- v.ernordittntry citeptoft. A Serica 1 4Illo0111111/111Whien aro probably tinpremelen tell hi the annttle ef dueling • tools niec,s early en Tuesday mosumg bs a stelucleti part of the Dols dol./01110gal) 1 Ito enter ammo out 01 a quarrel width orig. inland at the cipent timing tho that repro. sentation of Saltirtinho," rin Mond:14 evening, Aiming the attlintlne gen' denutil named Benitez, who at is prominent member of tho 11sobs 1'Eserinie Franceiee; and who its the Inlid110411 W0P111 111 well known Ns all 1515111,1' of telephenie apilltre- t11/1. An altereatlon immured 5, tween tide gentleman, who is over 50 years of age, and eome younger men, 11 ended in the femme serulleg s fennel challenge to throe of the latter -21. 111. Blondin, and Teodoro. M. Roulex was represented in the niattev by two of h i$ relatives, and it was arranged that he should fight his three ailvereavies une after the °thee in the Boo do Boulogne, The meeting took place am cordingly. al. Boulez, acoompenied by Iiiii seconds and ((odor arrived at the appointed rendezvous panctuelly et nine o'clock. Ho found his three opponents, who AMe AM, notieen At(i.x between SO and 35 years of age, already in attencianee, each being accompanied by tWo Seconds and a doctor. The proliminarie had all been satiefactorily arranged, ruid th: combat was at once begun. Duelling mortis of the mutilation doecription wore the weap- ons chosen, The firm adversary, M. Rom lee, was called epee to confront Ille Blond• in, and the tight Wand only a few tnotnents. Rapidly dimagegiitg " tierce quarte " M. Boulez paseeil hit ovord through the body of his opponent, severely wounding him, and it is reported piercing one of his lungs. The seconds and IllediCal 111611 iminettlately intervened and stopped the fight. wounaed man having been carried off the geouncl AI, Demount, atteeded by his seo. ands, next confronted the victor. The vec• mut contest MILS almcst as brief as the fleet, and ended not less decisively. al. Demut- h' received a thrust so skilfully and vigor. ously directed that the sword passed right through his arm and wounded him slightly In the side. Having thus effectually dis- posed of his first two adverfetries, AL Bou- lez, after a short breathing spite°, emit' took up his positiffin and beet' el, Leclerc. The letter, perceiving that he had to rlo with a fencer of ErthA011PISARY and endurance, did not long stand his ground. fle began to retreat, defending himself as best he could against the ferious onslanghtev of the veteran swordsmaiewho, however, throughout his third combat show- ed 110 sign of fatigue, but on the contrary pressed M. Leclerc so hard, and with such consummate mastery in the art of fence, as to corner him by driving him agaiest a tree after he heel retreeted a distance of nearly two hundred yards. On coming in contact with the tree M. Leclerc was unable any 1 nger to act upon the defensive, and on at- tempting to advance he seas wounded in the face by the sword of M. Boulez. This mit an end to the combat, but M. Boulez tied not yet finished his morniug's work. One of the seconds on the other side lost all pa- tience on seeing the third encounter termi- nate as 1.7iFORTUNAirnix von MS liAliTY as the first end second. He assailed Boulez in unmeasured terms, and threaten- ed him with personal chastisement. 21. Routes replied that this fresh insult could only lie wiped outfit the stime manner as those which had lett to the previous chal- lenge. Seconds were chosen on the spot, and it was determined that a fourth en- counter should be held forthwith. It took place accordingly, and 111 a few moments the last of the four opponents whom M. Roulen had been coiled upon to face was rendered hors de combat receiving, like each of his companions, a somewhat severe wound. The four consecutive duels were fought within an home M. Ronlez, whose conduct from first to last was marked by extraordinary coolness, returned to Paris, and spent the clay attending to his business affairs, keeping till his appointments as if nothing unusual had occurred. His exploit is the generril topic of conversation all over Paris and in sporting circles especially it is commented upon as one of the most remark- able performances of the kind on record. The Apple Trade. Although a few smell supplies froin Nova Scotia arrived on the London market this eek, the apple season for 1891 and 1892 is vim utelly at au end. That it has been an lie norm,' season every ono (tomcat:el with elie trade is well aware, but one or two points mentioned byNowa Woodall & Co. of Liverpool, in their last report, in which they briefly review the season as a whole, are worth noticing. The receipts at Liver- pool elone of Atnerican and Canadian amounted to nearly 1,000,000 barrels, In Nevem iser 050,000 bervels came to hand during the limed], and as many aa 90,000 in a single week but the entente Was never glutted. There Waq, indeed, throughout the semen a steady dem: lot at very fair prime, and Caned= Oilmen; ought to have done well. Muses. Woodall say that the market for Caliente) Beldwins opened at lOs 151; tho lowest figure touched cur No. 1 sound stock was les flit and the highest 38 end They give the following as the ruling rates al; the date of their lest report for tho sea. sont-Brildwina, 34e ; Spy. 3.1s ed to 38s 1115 linssets,2-is ad to 3'28 6d; Ben Davies,26s Od to 34s, anti Cooper's Market, 26e (Id to 36e. The scare which was so quickly got up with roped to arsenical dressiugs hes, I Oink, prettynearly died ont, mew, In the egricj ultural ournals 11 s ettributed to au attempt of piety pan:idiom to discredit the work of the Unittel States DepartmOnt of Agrienituve. One writer says :-"I believe if all the are01110 hl a dressing wore absorbed by the ep les thMW at a OM 011id have to eat 600 busheYe to dike a fatal dose. This has never, I believe, boon doinonstrated Isp ;ideal experience, but if the editor of The HorticultuthlTimes dotibtsmystatement he might try the apothem) t lis propria persona. If Ile dies before ho has entail the whole a post-mortem would toll tut if Ile died from arsoninal poisoning or fvoin too much vege- tarianism." SNOW AND FROST. Ten noshes or the Beautiful at Deal111,0011 111111 Frost With IC A 81. Peed despatch says :-Despatehos received this evening sey that a greet sinew storm is raging west, of the Missouri river in South Dekoth, At Deadwood snow has been falling &mealy for 10 hours anti lies on the ground to the depth of 10 inches. Traffic is almost suspended and the temperature has fallen below the freezing point, Nothing of the sort hes evor before occurred in Juno in the north-west in the history of the signal service. Thai is a big country. It mutable lend enough to give every person in it, a farm of 160 acmes, LATE FOREIGN NEWS eldy peer. leeland enjoye element; auf- frau°. hievea, no enerineuely rid), atitl no miller. Ic.eland hex no prieoners, no pollee, no t On ono of the !blonds off the eonat of ',Valve lives it man, now :a) years old, who was burn theite and has mime, been off the Wean llo has acetiroulee.1 a fortune in the grocory lonnome, and is content. to LINO and dio on the bus a' seagirt, acres. demos Retliker, of Von Fairfield, ale, hes jusl been releaxed fvoni Houlton jell after en hummer:Won of tom years for debt. He was able to pay, biff wouldn't, and transferred ell of his property, worth sev, ral thousancle of dollars, to relatives, savieg 1 hat he could stand hoarding at the jail as long as the county and hie oreditors could. The amount of his indebtedness was insignificant. A despatell received dated Ciapetown, states that the locust pone is still doing a great deal of demagc in South Africa. Otte swarm crossed over Alleedale towards the Sea iuu a COhlt1111 °Val' SiX miles wide. The hulk of the mune crop lis the Orange Free State lute been destvoyed by the locusts, causing an estimated lose of needy 12.200,• 000. Tn. Shanghai correspondent of the ,Siandard says t -At the request of the Chinese Government, the 'British Govern- ment lutve renewed for another six months, from April last, the prohibitien of the ex- portation of terms from Hong Kong, which Was made in consequence of the Mason affair, This meaeure was considered neces- zhaleyeeeerneatieoceoettenttojefe.the continued activity of A Gibraltar Telegram states that a Span- iard was brought into the British lines, on Monday evening, sufferiegfrom a serious gunshw ot ound, whichi , it s supposed, he received in rismugglers' affray. Tim man, whose condition was at once seen to be hopeless'was conveyed to the North Front Hospital, where notwithetandieg every cure and ettention, he expired shortly after ad- mission. A oonsular report just issued says that some few years ago English hats were al- most unknown In Graeae, but now that ',hey have been introduced there is an in- creasing demand for them. Hard -felt hats are ahnost all English, while the soft -felt remain French and Austrian. English nuthers ought to keep their well-known trade marks on the best qualitiee aml have clifforent ones for the inferior article, for which there is a reedier sale. The superior kind is only bonght by the upper classes, and there is a fear of th e eale Tithing off if the mark is indifferently placed. A ease of remarkable longevity is report- ed from Vienna,. At Bremen., in the dis- trict of Mostar, lives a peasant named An- ton Juritch, who, if his docutnents aro to be credited, is at present 130 years old. He still works in Ins vineyard, and goes to cheroh every Sunday, although the °berth is "two hours," distant item Iubs home. His eyebrows meet over the noee and grow so thickly that they Moe to be cut that they may not obscure his sight. He likes to talk of old times, and tells interestingstories. His mother died tiged 120, but his father died young. A horrible domestic tragedy wee enacted 011 Tuesday, in the village of Woellnau, near Eilenburg, in the house of a wheel- wright nained Conrad. His son, 22 years of age, was foond dead in bed with ha, skull split in two, wino in another part of the building lay the young ition's mother, terri- bly wounded. The 11,01111111 was still alive, but her condition was such cis to preclude all possibility of eliciting. any information from her. Ona cearell being subsequently made in the yellm of the house the body of Conrad hiins ,If was found in a well. It is presumed that in en amass of insanity be savagely ettaoked his wife and son and than drowned himself in the well. Begin the Day Aright. A good beginning is always desirable in a day of work or pleasure. A few cheerful words count for more now than at any other cline, for they often serve as a keynote for the whole day. It depends largely upon the mother of 15 family whether home is a tunny resting -place or merely a habitation of com- plaint and contention. Unhappy indeed is the household that begins the morning with Mimetic clouds. There are eome heads of amities who seem to consider it due to their dignity that they should perpetually wear a crave aspect, and who are never sterner or nore un relenting than at the break fast -table. 'he family leave for their reepective daily asks with is mention of chilliness thee re- uires the most <Amadei surroundings to v2eiel IT en ee, re mothers who begin the new clay ay recounthig all the minor vexations of he day before, The husband and sons who re hurrying oil' to business aro compelled to sten to the grievances with servants and flier patty ikilliat0118 Willoh the mistress Lay os to echoers& It is hardly strange they inwardly wonder if all the Wes of ouseholcl woes are not dna to bad manage- ent, so continual is the problem preeented. he thoegh uhnother airs none of her do- eetio trials at the beelikfast-table. Here is n atmosphere of seventy and sunshine. e. sunny word uow goes far to lighten the ey's tasks, to speed the petting members 's the famtly and to help those who remain ellind in the performence of their various diem. The hostess who goes to her kitchen ffideftily straightens out with 15 few touch - of her own the trangted skein of work hich she may find there accomplishes more a few well chosen words of encourage. mit than she will by a score of complaints. a. end kiedness often do wend- s with even the most stupid and obdurate , servants. It shows great eelliehnees for o family or for the mother to make other embers of the household bear the burden their hedividund trials and grievaimes et , e breakfast table. Each Gee hes a right &cheerful beginning of hie ney's week. k. The Military Marching Step. An Interesting statement has bean pub- Ifehed by a Frenth army doctor to the ef- fect that the regularity of the marching stop in the army has a most &omelette ef- fed epon the hemith of even the strongest soldiers, The regularity ()BUNS the indef. inite repetition of a shook to the brain which does not occur in the ordinary irreg. tiler walk, As a preventative of this shock he has suggested the attechment of a rubber hool to all minuet boots, with whieli eX• perimonts aro now being made in the Frolieh army to the undoubtodee +of of the soldiers. The (moon of a, healthy silk.wortu will often yield a thread 1,000 yards in length. The legislative assembly of Styria isa Austria has passed it law forbidding poor people to loamy without a special float, rem the authorities.