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the Chdteau, pale, but dauntless, on a black charger, 

 supported by two grenadiers, one at each side of his 

 horse, a General-Officer wearing the uniform, which won 

 at Fontenoy, won at Laufeldt, as well as at the (1) 

 Monongahela and at (2) Carillon. A bloody trail crim- 

 sons the Grande AlUe, St. Louis street, on that gloomy 

 September day. My friends, 'tis the life-blood of a hero. 

 Drop in reverential silence, on the moistened earth (3) 

 a sympathetic tear : France's chivalrous leader, the 

 victor on many battle-fields, has returned from his last 

 campaign ! 



" Oh! mon Dieu ! mon Dieu ! le marquis est tu4 " 

 is repeated by many voices, notably by some women as 

 the death-stricken but intrepid general glides past, to 

 which he courteously replies, trying to quiet their fears, 

 " that he was not seriously hurt and not to distress 

 themselves on his account." " Ce n'est rien ! ce n'est 

 rien ! ne vous affligez pas pour moi, mes bonnes 

 amies." 



You have all heard the account of the death-bed 

 scene, of his tender solicitude for the good name of 

 France, of his dying injunctions to De Ramesay, the 

 King's lieutenant in charge of the Quebec Garrison, and 

 to the Colonel of the Roussillon Regiment. " Gentle- 

 men, to your keeping I commend the honor of France. 

 Endeavour to secure the retreat of my army to-night 

 beyond Cape-Rouge ; as for myself I shall pass the 

 night with God, and prepare for death " / 



" At nine o'clock in the evening of that 14th of Sep- 

 tember (1759), a funeral cortege, issuing from the 

 castle, winds its way through the dark and obstructed 



(1) On the 9th July, 1755, De Beaujeu won this brilliant 

 victory. 



(2) The 8th July, 1758, has been rendered memorable by 

 Montcalm, his regulars and Canadian Militia, at Carillon. 



(3) We are told a light shower of rain fell on the morning 

 of the 13th September, 1759. 



