APPENDIX.
CONTENTS.
| Note to the | Resurrectionists.—[Ghost in the Grave Yard.] | ||
| ” ” | Old Kennedy, No. I.—[Lieutenant Somers.] | ||
| ” ” | Old Kennedy, No. III.—[“The Parting Blessing.”] | ||
| ” ” | Old Kennedy, No. IV.—[Explosion at Craney Island.] | ||
| ” ” | Hudson River.—[Military Academy at West-Point.] | ||
| ” ” | Night Attack on Fort Erie.— | ⎧ | [The Dying Soldier.] |
| ⎩ | [The Officer’s Sabre.] | ||
| ” ” | Lundy’s Lane.— | ⎧ | [Detailed Statement of the Battle.] |
| ⎪ | [Rainbow of the Cataract.] | ||
| ⎪ | [The Day after the Battle.] | ||
| ⎨ | [The two Sergeants.] | ||
| ⎪ | [Death of Captain Hull.] | ||
| ⎪ | [Scott’s Brigade.] | ||
| ⎩ | [Death of Captain Spencer.] | ||
| ” ” | Montreal.—[Military Insignia.] | ||
| ” ” | Lake George.—[Attack on Fort Ticonderoga.] | ||
| ” ” | Bass Fishing.— | ⎧ | [Crew of the Essex frigate.] |
| ⎩ | [Mutiny on board the Essex.] | ||
| ” ” | Long Island Sound.—[New-England Traditions.] | ||
APPENDIX.
Note to the Resurrectionists.—Ghost in the Grave Yard.—In New-England, most of the burying-grounds as they are called, are at some distance from the villages, and generally neglected and rude in their appearance, frequently overgrown with wild, dank weeds, and surrounded by rough stone walls.—Dr. W., a physician, whose extensive practice gave him a large circuit of country to ride over, relates that returning late one night from visiting a patient who was dangerously ill, his attention was attracted by a human figure clad in white, perched upon the top of the stone wall of one of these rustic cemeteries.—The moon was shining cold and clear, and he drew up his horse for a moment, and gazed steadily at the object, supposing that he was labouring under an optical illusion, but it remained immoveable and he was convinced, however singular the position and the hour, that his eyesight had not deceived him. Being a man of strong nerves, he determined to examine it, whether human or supernatural, more closely, and leaping his horse up the bank of the road he proceeded along the side of the fence towards the object. It remained perfectly motionless until he came opposite and within a few feet, when it vanished from the fence, and in another instant, with a piercing shriek, was clinging round his neck upon the horse.—This was too much, for even the Doctor’s philosophy, and relieving himself with a violent exertion from the grasp, he flung the figure from him, and putting spurs to his horse galloped into the village at full speed, a torrent of ghostly lore and diablerie pouring through his mind as he dashed along. Arousing the occupants of the nearest house, they returned to the scene of the adventure, where they found the object of his terror,—a poor female maniac who had escaped from confinement in a neighbouring alms-house, wandering among the tombs.