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THE DYING YEAR.
'the dirge of the year *ill soon be sang.
The lased of his dead is already riig, •
lies'ootstreteh'd otifiis icy bier,
Monad his hroiv is a chaplet sere, -
And Time the seston.rwith hurried tread
Prepares the turf tur his narrow bed.
BM now ere the funeral rites ire done.
The mourners are greeting his yotatal son,
Forgetting the sire, so lately dead,
With garlandA they deck the infaors bead ;
As if in a bridal hall they trod,
Their footsteps trip o'er the new-laid sod.
Yet whit bath the old man done, that he
Mould surer such groSs indignity 1
What foul misdeed hath his life time shown,
For which, in his grave, he should thus atone I
Alas! I fear that the revelling strong
Ware dime to hi§ ailiiitriffotitlredtig; •
His life was a mineledtale, file ours.
Of sorrow and gladness. sus and showers,
Of the leafless woioif and blooming vale
The breeze taf siwing . !end the winter gale;
Like mists mat fled at the dawn of day,
Or the breaking waveb-;41 pasied stray.
'Tis said that he kept a secret scroll,
A record true ofthe boidyp 3601,
Wherein he graved with impartial pea
The actions, feeling and thoughts arrest ; •
And few there Are but would fain- elT.ice
"Soule lines Ins hand has been known - to trace.
And therefore in idle mirth they tread
The turf that covers his lovely head,
And quaff; with shouts of insensate joy,
Rich goblets filled to the blooming bly-ti
Jost sn, when his age sire was young-
Around his cradle they danced and song.
But long . ere youth's bright locks are gray
Or the bloom on his cheek shall pass away,
Hearts joyous nOw shall be sad with fears.
And eyes now bright shah be dim with tears
Hopes blighted for ever--affections lost.
ompanions seveigil and friendships lost.
so-let us live that time's onward flow
May leave, as it passes, no pang of wo ;
That whether our lot be dart:or bright,
The heart within tiray be true and right,
And its future records exhibit not
A single line we could wish to blot.
THE AVENGER OF. BLOOD :
A Tale of the Allegheny Notantahen,
EMBRACING A SERIFS OF WELL AUTHENTICATED FACTS
• --BT A CITIZEN OF TENNESSEE.
In lie year 1812, the weAtere portion of the great
Sate of Pennsylvania, embracing the mountainous
n•gioni Iretween Chambersburg and Pittsburg, pre•
selite,l lode more than an tmsubdued and unbroken
wille,iress through which the great road from Phi
ladelphia to the head waters of the Ohio passed—
and- ;11 that period, it was a lonely and dangerous
p.c.liway, to all wayfarers between the eastern ci.
ties, and the great western wilderness of Ohio and
Kentuckv.
To the best of my recollecions, this road passed
over five • distinct and lofty ridees of I.nountains,
AN ith here and there a sparse settlement of haul}
ipnuutauteers and hunters and with racar,ti.iiially
between the inlant settlements, some solitary and
remote booths of the wan 'erieg hooters, deserted,
ininons : arid.ferlora, exceot during the hunting sea
sons of the year. Of,all the s3litudes in the mil
verse, ihose seem the most deserted : chilling and
awfully alone, which bear the marks of human ha.
bitation—xtril havirr.; been deserted by their fur
mer inmates forever. Of the five ridges of moun
tains, over which the road just mentioned passed
to the westward, the middle ridge was by far the
highest, and was called by the wagoners,. the
" Backbone" by way of pre-eminence, and because
the word " Allegheny," in the Indian language,
means' "the parent or father of mountains." From
the eastern brow of this lofty middle ridge-l-where
resided, at the period I speak of. an lioneit, weal
thy, Pennsylvairia Dutchman, whose name was
tottler, who kepi a public Inn—in viewing the
rugged and precipitous landscape to the eastward,
the eye was lost in a bed of inferior am' barren
ridges, which seemed to extend to the very verge
of the horizon, like the waves of some vast ocean
beheld from a bold head-land, or - towering motin
tain peak. In fact, to make use - of a poetica) figure,
the whole surface of the eastern horiion, viewed
from the eastern brow of the Allegheny ridge,
Seemed like the billows of a tumultuous ocean in a.
storm, suddenly arrested by the fiat of Omnipo
tence, and fixed forever in their rations positions
and attitudes! The whole scene was indeed sub.
lime, beyond anyower or language I can corn.
mand
The house in which Stottler resided, was em
phaticallyo Dutch house, one story higiywith a
porch along the whole front, and, dormer windois
in the roof. * * * * 4
Daring (he winter of 1812-'l2, on a journey be
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg, f Stopped at this
orderly, trail regulated tavern, to remain over night.
There was much company there, in additioWto
those who arrived at the time I did, bat it was of
an orderly travelling chante.er, composed 'chiefly
of western merchants, and we were not much in
the way of each other: It is a characteristic of the
western porkpie, not Only to congregate together,
when in.a land of strangers, borto be comnnseica.
live with each other freely, in hope of diecoverimg
any aneient friendships, or even distant relation.
ships, that may exist among them-,and to hear the
news. And besides all this, your real westerirmea
unlike - the sullen English euekney, who refused to
save a 'inart from drowning •hecaurat he had itot
been introduced to itiro, , ittut inquisitive and inset
ligible animal, merely korthe sale Of imparting
and et:ceiling . 10kkination* on subjciets; in the
words of colinselter Correia, who applied them to
the Irish people, the western man is proverbially
bild and fertile*, ',lid he therefore OsonStfetrirroth
er, without hiesitappn.i xAmigog difouits who sir
rounded the fire' eller L itnpOr i 'karattiott4tban i tif
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-aitli'a large it;ittZtif Ettene4 bullocks tor 00114.
ladelphia and *Wows markets, Who,staid it. Was
bisinteutiod to bring back -the :proceeds ht recateyii•
to pay up his connucts-and that be tortrO prow
bly return, in such a length oftir?,,eamitagtheAte:
rind. Ilia name, and titelkentl also thit-piSce, oh
his , residence, thave now -fiegottes ; but he•rude
white Imes:, of a *trey Superior spirit - lad *tart:
and I mention - the patticular Colo? b 1 )als,lttirse, be 7
cane it was that wtdeh efterxrardot , saved his life.,
Some weeks after haired been gone, and
. about the
time off& expected istere; taro Carradiasi French-'
moron toot, well dressed ittid well armed, one ear:,
B.y :tag . * brace of pistols, and the adieus rifle, came
from the direction of Pittsburg, and stopped it , this
house for 'break - LAW •they told 31r; Stadler ditey
had no money; that they were
,thottlling..tb r t:ititas
deiphia-an xyariay of
,other. matters.,-and that
they bad Lost Ile itnmediamaly:aider
ed breakfast for them, amt, thetatii heard!y-L-doti;
i
versire a , t the Woe time Fe dt cri tairi l igt l mat'
•in an 'under tone. One (l d. - . was a large,..opet
man, and the other was a person Ititesamite; they
ba t h h a d maetrthe air of geatlereen. , •
" After they tread breakfasted they started east
ward, iii the Phtadelphia . ; there was
a light, soft snow on the ground, and the walking
was somewhat heavy and difficult. .They had not
proceeded mote than tlire miles xi , hen in the dis
tance, from a rising piece of ground, they tliacoe•
seed a traveller advancing toward them mounted
on a white .horse. • Mitt wayfarer and his white
steed, they ima , ,, , ined, were the object of their long
ing and anxious pecsnit;•and, no sooner was this
Gimlet' discovery made, than they suddenly tented
their feces again to the westward, and appeared to
be travelling in that direction. The solitary travel
ler on the white horse seen overtopk-and accosted
them in the most friendly mower. On being ques.
tioned, they told him they were on their War to
Pittsburg, and were destitute Otthe means of defray
ing, their expenses, and desired him to easist sham
onward. His reply was what might.have bees ex.
pected..—it was precisely what always my brief:-
peeled, by any destitute wayfarer, travelling in the
great west. He told them he was a poor ma him
self, and borthened with the heavy charge of a nu
merous and helpless ef children; that his
name was PoLiAxat, a laboring farmer by prefer.
goo, and that he lived on tented-land, not far frum
the resilience of Gen. Arthur St Chair, in -Ligonier
valley: that he had but avery small Sinn of motley
with hint, but that he would ohne it with them, in
beariwg their expenses to the 1061 cent. Conversa
tion on this and other themes, browght the - tiro va
gabond Frenchmen, and their generous end noble
comrade; Pollock, back to &Dulcet' house of enter
tail& ment Here poor Pollock ordered,refieshments,
for his stranger companions and himself, ardpaid
for theta from a leathern purse, but very poorly grid
meagerly supplied; and the travellers 'started tau
their way Westward in company.
Dunn; the two visits the straugers had mate at
Stouter'' , home, their appearahee, conduct and cha
racter, hail been narrowly and closely acrotiujzed,
by a brotlier-m-law of Stouter's, whqte name was
John Lambert, a blacksmith by. bade, and with
whom. I afterwards took some pains to become ac
quainted.
* * * * •
After the departure of the two French foot-pads,
with Mr. Pollock in company, burden xentarked
to his brother-in-law, that he did cot like the op
pearance of these twir Frenchmen : that he distrus
ted their intentions, respecting Pollock : that their
countenances and characters seemed to bun to be
mysterious, dark and sinister: that be had eon:tete
the determination of following them a few miles.
Stonier dissuaded him from this resolution, as be
ing futile and not well Wended: told him that no
harm would result to Pollock from travelling in
their company, and desired him to dismiss his sus
picions, as he was himself convinced they were
innocent and worthy trim. While Lambert and
his brother-in-law -were debating these points on the
front porch, Pollock's horse suddenly turned . a cor
ner of the road, and advanced towards them at full
speed, without his rider! When the he's,. came
up to the porch, the whole tragedy was fully ex
plained; the horse's neck and shoulders, 'as well
.as the 'addl., and eaddle-okrib, were covered with
blood, and no doubt could exist as totoUock!s mur
der! Thuservattts and 'yinHtng Men of the house
were Immedituelt . mounted on hotel-bock, and
sent to summon the reeighbers_to assist in recover
ing peer Pollock's body, and assist, if pos! i ible, in
capturing°del:W*li. Neighbors in seck a,
country as th 4 was at that tinni,.inclutledall who
lived within ton or twelve miles of the place desig
nated, •
" A little : idler 'the middle of the' day, 'tin or G
twelve of the hardy driellers of the mountains~ bad
collected themselves on Solder's porch. * ; 211 '
With Lambeit as their chosen leader, who hiffd
made a menu, vow to capture or destroy the mur
derers, the company started on foot and well SEW
ed, in pursuit of the bloodstained fugitives; horses,
'however active and Oowerfid o could be of no use
among the rocks and precipices of the mountains
covered ns,they, rite
di When the compasreame to , the seen of the
murder, no doubt could exist ,as to the faet's i the
wow was much- tramplekend ready - discolored
with blood, and disclosed traced of irditailly Stag
gtervfiifer - and - teithrftenrie
Astrum le mast havei!beelirlFsg and
evmce4 the *1**101:AiieildlIlk=111
of iitsaiusination mail have cgoispdok .
which rash ol on theitihWof t the I
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series of the evems.oftheiar• reeFseetsed sesisally
tray
be anti e 4 tUa.bli Viiit (lain ; i rtioAio or
ordinrup Ii n 4 ,ling¢r loutou the conaues
of I f ile r okyr 7/ 1, ,
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that die' 1;4 o f ifieteCinu4 . COOtd fir!/07.
alarm% from the wawa death :'ittalit h few Min
utes' search the-coepte. *at t.tiscorerett. • lit was
we t ted in , befween•liitite*;4 , l itbinal been
rolled oat brilikix4o, and `l 4 ;r* w i lt th,e
lash or leace4, .biesbweedrAilmi . ranee-pieces- of
wood, and bawdier marks atm most taanguinar3r
t butchery. TTap balls ftentoc&il tlattmerilie lady;
and tfilitti breeist'end.itagt ovefs s aind, the "marki
Of several . vilut offirtoiel*
heeter'sinife. Pthictef4he handsel the .deceased
*el horribly disfighred e* , 'tteetritilliti if the 11fr1 1
the 41o6d ; ',P' . 41ipalCipallri ior
aiarg,okilifiivaechltadbeen draw ibly throagh
his hand,aod, newly . seTered.the &onus of his an
gels! His Chairing was auteli;rant and tont io the
combat, and-his cotatenance,exhibited the indica
lions of greet agony idles lastinotnetiuk "
" A cenneit *tet nrrar - held* the cornpray,,
wlint,was lOW/ Acme,: pod, age; having rout the
dead body-back to Suatler's - housei Lambert pro.
pored an instant-ant vigorreis Portrait -or the Mur
derers, before their trait (tout-trakkit) would be et
faced from the soft sna, The propositioa teases
seated to by the whole company ) and in' 'Luba'
dm*, the •of the -mutdersva was -iliscovlwedi
bearing a little Wist'Of nor th : the show 'was *hi
and turpacketl:enti exhibited their, fOot Pants With
great clearness and certainty. t • ; • , ;
Whencthe Company started antra trail its was ,
late in the eeen,h4 l the tom - riot being more than
two hours from the borlion, and die" alai country
over which {hewed of the fitgairas passed, kndwn
only telittaten, *Mtt it wild and' itackless
ii il.ler`-
gess, tanglUd with an ufder7rowth of , latind and
breslaworri. 'The plantners,itowerrer,keptihetreck
with , industry, persevennwe and resohnion, until
sunset and the approach - of Attriofeiss. The' moan
tam now begin to taisurnein mcrebleak autl dreary
aspect: the } sound of ihit whid through the 'calicos
tougbitand bouithes'of the trees, seemed to be
fraught withthe load hotel ofthe wolf, and the shrill
scream of the pinther, andf the distant and sullen
roar of the tern:attain totrents, seemed ominous of
solitary and unknown imagers., To the ignorant
and uncultivated mind, the sublime and inkrufable
mysteries of natnre, are always the cause of snper
stition audterror, arid more.particularly so during
the hours-of night and darkness.
" Lambert now discovered, as the night begun to
set in - , that the courage and resolution of his com
panions were lasi ebbing, and that they would soon
be brought to a dead stand still, and he called a
halt for further crinsulration. The result of this de
liberation wasthit each individual forted or framed
an excuse for returning home, and Lambert was
left alone to puma his dangerous and lonely enter-
Prise•
Ile was, however, doubly armed : ,first, with
the justice of his cause, and his consciousness of
rectitude; and second, with a good rifle, tomahawk
and hunter's knife, and with-there he pursued his
precrnions journey—not ;ra,prdless of consequen
ces, but prepared to meet all event* that might oc
cur. With the assistance of starlight, reflected
from a bright surface of snow; he Was enabled to
trace the foot -steps of the murderers: and when
the moon arose in fall splendour. a little before
midnight, be found no further difficulty or uncer-
tainty in pursuing his way.
" After travelling in a north-western direction
twelve or fourteen miles he came to au old and
nearly disused rued, running nearly parallel with
the nne he bad left; this was celled the " Old Penn
sylvania true," between :Philadelpilia and Red
Some Old Fort, situated on the waters of the Men
onmthely river; it wastber tint mad - ever opened
between Eastern Pennsylvanitiand -the bead wa
tens 01 , the Ohio river, and the ancient land marks,
" three chops end a blase," tram still •visible by
daylight on the old trees .-These ancient toads'iuul
lazul_niarkss_inivelrmWprmedoitire, &rived,
by the 6 9 1 7 4 1 01 0 and °petters. of road's is the
Wed, to propitiateAsseen in &enrol *the Arm set
tlers of the gloat )ltrissiern 'ltltlercess: "Mid' bents°
the arst ebop was for .the ; ,PitiserT- 1 411
san-..--aa4-the third.korthcaply Gionst; and the
blue mac merely deifigned td 'Want thefeye of the
ober,' et: Wftek berthed sit•tkitstlioldtraeareiti,
his almnierell'in4sinietit"
cabin, nearly opposite to him,' oa the north side on
thiadilapidatewt and solidity rond..; The Moan Aura
now nearly -[mined her Mericliimv stlxl hearted WWI
fill and mitiondedviendeipiiihe stitiwyllealui of
Qiq distaialiPtuitsq*Awd 4 9. 1 41
• *et before him: -rThere -siood,lia set.
can silence and seeming desertion, the but-vslerels
14infrim' ea; piribigt, the abject of Giilr ltfng iisd la
borious pursuit; and, to satisfy the anxiety of his
-mit* respecting the actual meteors of-the -mut
derem Mithwtstdd be ottthe alert ati pretablakka
defieitiee ill,l6l4i4Per*lse.algaders 4 0 3 boa .to
authi;p.eilimt and cautious *mit mond thaluit, et
aametfistkillistaners from rimmed aifar -air
dui" ‘ri io r. tprsuia! thirlitatctie
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the east room containing eoe:bed, nett aleneards
appeared, wee `aoiltpied by the' VA* - villiahir of
whironambert irair ircpurscrit:' 'After' gel: f iring a
feAr . ,parres intro the,, door tatibett_ gave /oud
cough ot. awaken -11teroid ovotatail
boldly 'advancing to the vier/ and tamping the
freat his leet,dletticed adrojnance in a kri,gned
Tpicet . tl iellin iiek at ; the 11p1130 time shit he
was a 'Amager . who had fast his tray—that he was
nearly how to death in wan lathe; about—ond
that he irisAied her to ni:l4hll4e fire, to warm
him
selr
u.Stut-initnetliately obeyett-and soon replenish
ed and re-lighied.the the, whilst he remained ma
shie the, door; under pretenen of disro'bin,l, his !pet
of the aucw.r--44; mat obOet listing to .await the
ei t tbe-fint, that he teighilairty etteelle, -the
whom he had jag beard talking, in on
alarmed lid startled - tone of voice, in . the" tower
ropm. 1,7;14P4be Map* ov 'dm door, ill, into
the bright light of the fire, his first salutation was
theibodsepert of a awakes front the luvre! room,
the tiro balls itere'whick !truck the Joni pest;:an
icOi or twiarain his head! _No.tinie Was now to
be lost.. lieservisg his fire r he sprang down to the
lower mons let reeking with the -smoke of -the
burned:powder; and rising his tomahawk with dex
terity ' and etket, knocked the villain senseless Who
had jtlet,Aredopon him, and whom he believed he
had killed. In the interim, while them events
were p.vtising; the smaller villain of the tvro—for
Lambert had Gillen the larger one on the floor with
the heavy blow of his tomahawk—had crept
through a small outdated window immediately
above the side of the bed, and was running off in
the bright moonlight, directly towards the north.
Lambert soon.diaeovereAl him, And mounting on the
bOrl, as the fellow was running directly from the
window, in a straight line, clothing in hand, brough
him down on his face, with two balls from his own
rifle, planted precisely between the shoulders of the
horrible miscreant ! Then, seizing with • giant
grasp, the sturdy - villain whom he had felled to Ate
floor, and who seemed. Jo bereviving for further
combat, Lambert placed his knee on tare fellow's
breast and asked the old woman for a rope. This
she furnished by caning a bed-cord front oue of the
bed-steads. With this Lambert bound the fellow,
and dra gg ed him to the fire place in the upper
room. Then, absenting himselflor a tevr moments
only, he brought in the dead man on his shoulder,
and placed the corpse side by side with the living
murderer!
When the day dawned, the word of death be.-
ing finished, tambert prepared to return home,
having accomplished in a few hours with his sin
gle arm, what would have immortalized any hero
of the ages of chivalry.—When deserted by Lis
fainthearted companions, among the mountains,
this man of knit resolotion and lofty moralenergies,
never faltered or betrayed the least hesitation of
(rt e, • * * • * vs •
" Lambert now acceptpd the loan of a horse,
from his aged and venerable friend, the poor old
woman of the mountains. He - neet placed his liv
ing captive on the animal, after having pinioned
his arms behind him and secured Waled bellow
the horse. Aral then fastening the dead body of
miscreant he had killed, across the shouldersof the
horse, and firmly lashed it to his companion in in.
iquity—he gravely led the horse, atilt its burden
of murder and carnage, to the house of his brother.
in-law. Here he found many persons assembled
Stern all section oldie adjacent country, and among
them the chop-fallen deserters of his heroic and
seccemlutadventnre—who met, in the coreemptu
ous corintermnces of the assembly, the disdainful
reward of their timidity and cowardice.
" The captive murderer was soon sent to jail, un.
der i strong guard, and in the course of time ex•
piated his crime on the gallows. •
"This was the last robbery and Intirrier ever
perpetrated nu this wild and lonely road.—lnstead
of the rich plunder the murderers had expected
from the " diover of the white horse," they, found
buiihree or font dollars in the pocket of poor Pol
lock, whom they bad mistaken for the venerable
rich drover who arrived at-the place a few dayi
'alter the•tragerly, - With hie money safely deposited
in M 1 Onitnienteati.. When he had been informed
of all.the particulars relating to the -murder of the
decesandr..md that he had left a widow mid a
lame fonlailyof ehihltent steeped to die:vety yin id
poverty and,d.eptiintioncogipassioa,atonesprver.
fully in his bosom. Being wealthy, and having no
Wetly of ha awn, be commitned hinutelPthe pas-
Twit pt ter, and'fidthfifilriend-rxr Prolleoael be
raved and destitute Wail) , apd fade d e nt Ma
It *,ems whisk hammed mow ' i
after
ward. , ... •
tt I regret," 'said the
,opeaker, in minelcision,
it thailmutaiot giro yin; the name or '
thiagsnerous
and noble :Hp irited ; but .kar,so doubt;
arrived hit; great manthi be9romi the grave?'
a After a short pause, t asked therapeaker
rrhetb
er Mr, tauthert,, the hero Of titratereeillig uara
tire, visa still living
He reified-0 Yes air ;la is ma the , chair
-Remo your own !"—and took occasion to' 01-
1101rif 'ittA ajipe44tuy:e.., .thit It
Might deeplY hipmaredrou my memory,
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rtiqthe icy bridge (11. ngfrArilf •4
.here the wbiteliiiiittutOrs
Where gr. thhertnaieZ std ati tit
Anil pie inekle;sforina .7
Ca the suptesi c.olOot the 7,7
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Heihmel, be eotnra--the Prom Spirit &Alert •i
Attd the quiet - lakerbttail teal • •
The.torpid meta otitis grazin breath;
And nag to the skater's heel ;
And Me streams which danced on the bittheniock
s i n
Or sang tothe.lea tog grass, -
Shall bow 10111 tot 'irmintershain e.
And in isettrafut from pane. •
lie comes. he eptnesi-.tae Foust 19pitiOnmes.!
Le( its meet hitwas we may.
And tarn witb i the t)te parlor fire
His evil power
And gather closer Me circle round.
When the firelight' dalicis SO. .._
And lan 'b it 'the stirietr of the lagleitl i .netid;.
MI sounding laving goes WO '
bigamist* of Asia. intim "
After the Mexicans bati.faii,...l in their a‘ki r
on
Buena, TiAa, they made a determined effort Wince
their way to the road at a point nearer the plate-int.
They.twought down' froin near the mountains op
posite and to the left of the - baCieethc s fresh bri-
Bade of cavalry, ooryred by intanly is all its pas
sages of ravines. With this they adVance . l to en
gage the Mississippi riflemen, the fragment of the
2'l Indiana Volunteers, and the Id regiment of the
same, who *eve twill acting agetri and who had
near them one howitzer under C
,pt., Sherman.—
The position of these troops wasacima fivehendred
yards nearer the mad than the point where Col.
Davis' regiment was flow engaged in the morning,
bet farther down the same tdv it le.l, As soon aii this
new btiguAle.indicatod, bv.4ha ,umnite;pf
its ap
proach, its determination to charge out riflemen
and infantry, they were vapidly formed to receive
it. The Mississippi regiment, in line ofllattie, ex
tended across the,little plain twat which theY.now
were—their right being near thetavine, their-hoed
toward the mountains; the Indiana troops•wert
formed so that their reftlested Oa 14e ! Jot
Davis' regiment, their tight open the iaxiiie higher
up, their from being also lowan! the mountains,.bu
more to the north. hr this way, an obtuse re en
tering, cutg,le ryas pretreated towards the cpproach
:ng cavalry, &ennuis howitiel ribeirt on it§len.
The enemy *se formed in close COl4lllllll of squad
cons, and came down the slope at an easy hand gal
hip. His ranks'w6re welt closed, his troops Habig,
li.nee to knee, and 'Aiming handsomely on theii
guides. All the flags and pennons were fly iug—
some fifteen hundred of them—the teen were in
full uniform, and the horses 'elegantly caparisoned.
Every lancer sat erect, and, kept his chanter well in
hand; and the whole lxigade. preserving exactly. '
us intervals and - the direotion os its march, moved
forvrard with the ease regularity of the hest
drilled troops on a field-day. Had,the .ititnroander
of this beautiful brigade desired to win the.applause
Of both armies; he could not hay* pat it in bluer
order; or led his men oil with more professional
style.. The tout assemble of his, column was most
aimirable. • It hada sort of air about ii,—an easy,
nenchalantmanuer of going into the work—which
could not but recall to one's maul his :ideal pictures
Uf the cavalry of olden days. Those fintiMlows
were the chivalry et Mexico, and with the (meet"
tions of the President's pereanaigeard, tbernintent
of Flossars,—they were this most desttingtroops the
Republic had ever sent to the It 'Uld. O ppose.! to
them were our men cat foot,--a mere handful in
comparison, and haring *boat them unroof the
pomp and circumstance," the,glitier, an 4 gold,
and feathers, and tassels of their antannlits They
stoodyahnly and fearlessly sttU, with,, their . , pieces
at a carry. But they, too, had aa air; one that had
mimhief in it Their ranks had been thinned out;
some of their best, then ,hed There Were
even fathers Needing, there, whose sons had Bone
down by .their sides,--tbeir.pst• boys, whom they
bad rearedend terought forth" blight for their coun
try. Anil their Sods; too
_whose , clotheshad. been
baptised with their filters' blood, not ,yet dry.—
Brothers, who had stood shoulder trrshoolder in the
morning, stood 'so no mote; btlt, while 'one lay
stark and meGlialesa upon the etuth, tri, ether was
near,by to mom him. Them were neighbors,
too, and friends, who bad •grown op-together in
school boy days.
They were - not yet eepareleil l ,-717st. 11,Orrirors
snod there,,Ehile thomt who bail home ell these
tender relations to them were stroim, dead or dy
ing, on. every heir& Yet all in sight they' ley
the familiar forms and faces of thosiie whom they
bed beenileeply.altathed r ood Fiona , they Paled
by.lbeir fins name from hammy. It cannot be
wondered, then, that these men Mood fins.
- ItWari a stiblimeratid terrible - sight. The troops
on b a r!lA Alias Were so cool and determined, that all
knew ibetstrmlemost be sanguinary and despe
rate in the extreme. Not e.wortl was spoken; the
din of the suno , upding battle, seemed lortit itoment,
hushed`; irke Molding sound of the ; as, the
brigade swept-mnrani4like a living tluandatimlt,
appeared - to berth's 043 ,1 audible marrifestatico of
the appidadinkfitinage. , therftexicabe came
anorak y eteleattypdo Asa bebef,that they
soold,iimw the beef asymewbefore conkl be
.vetydroMmetivii, and' timorthliti, Whikr eyepieces
f# 4 "t l o7r,, it: e X iS ag eme r a i"R 411 OW iat
itif44oo,llolln; '0 . 4 1- ail c i)LOtei t r }tie :
loom • Botninditills , OlvAhe thedllurnithal acs at.
pliparvriptisellingatnerafible
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attittifey affearancetatti-gailant bearing. Finally.
J11441011E4 *award in a `lima / n*44
bait grilikbt
araikirlikTiio'imetinte it, thei'
ratilpititriiiiirit few" kipiregi
criPaibtlik•ofibeiWd litie4 offire. 'Tlte inatatp
mite down on tolib l fitelll4
atigNiit Ettahe same Mite Fithlinil
Nothltibeiesinintlek noted pkiwlritir tre4ticti
man felt for his aim ; then ibei seallett
firm atibailloi •attiel." o Now, we ail war
trompetyWritalfol-Wobi was .lioatkiii c
Two Atka 'etrAinteti i•otivertrA Ittat4 . r td
bgielatle• It *if: Vez4l* he :4
the column waerpetnretli:ae,,
multitude, - Witt treirtilion Catania!, Amami from
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Before the Mexicans couldrecov4W from thur:ei.
feetsof :his blow, Sharman out them up widi grope
and canister. Then .carne thc , trapisk and deadly
firing brae, of our -riflemen , alnd, intantry::7 Xs'
troops in the world could have fitted if:without the
mirat awful sacrifice ofdife; mid untler it the whole
brigade gave vray t and (led malteds the alOantiliN
leaving the ground literally covered with Oa. dead,
lo this *flair, bed ti i,e been for ;hat unancoimla
tie and suicidal pulling up to a ball iheletere betlY
ofibtt beit'eterksmett . In the wollti v and dirasud
uu
ly eighty yarde;-4nal thiii compact Male 0 chiv•
alry iu room el.doiug.dur, dashed's *peed iotallre
angle before , diet% they Would , have
,kost many
men, no doubt, but it is difficult to conceive ?what
could have saved the Missiserppi and Indiana
troops from total dnairticliite 'And, had so huge a
force broken ! through our lines, wt.,. al.
gained the mad between Buena Vista and Le k ?Vt.-
gostura, the forums of the day would again .have
been placed in tt jeopardy mtko . pahrful to coutem
plate.
Age of the 11Wse.
The method of judgi/ the age of a horse is by .
elamining the teeth, winch imamate forty :when
complete, namely, six aippens ; or incisors, as, they
are sometimes called, two tuslies,.and six,grindets
on each side in both jaw*. • A foal, when firstborn,
has in each. jaw the first and second - grinders de
veloped ; in about a week the two.eeetteo nipper.
male their appearance, and within a mouth a third"
oritider. Betweeli the siinertAa 'ninth month the
wholeof the nippers appear, comaphstiog the sol r
=Wk. .At the completion of the first year a fourth
grinder appearsoutd . a fifth by the end of the se
coed year. At thus period-a pew proses/ commen
ces, the.front or first grinder gives way, ibigh: is
succeeded by a large and permanent tooth, and be
tween twolrma and a half end three years, s rlie
two middle nippers are displaced, and succeeded
by permanent teeth. At lure years cid the sixth
grinder bas either made or is about making its 1-
peamnce. In the fourth year another pair of nip
pers and the second pair of grinders are. shed.; and
the corner nippers, towardsdr end oche fifth year,
are succeeded by permanent teeth', when the mouth
is cousideredaltncint perfect, anar the salt or filly
becomes a gorse or a mare. What is called tile
mu* of the teeth by , ,Fbich p iudgmeut of. the age
of a horse, for several years may he funnel, con
sins rof a portion olf the enamel bending over and
7 .forminta little pit in theosurfaie of the nipper, the
• initide , and •bottOM of whichbeeinner b!ackeneil by
the food. Tbis seam begins to wear down; the
nark become"; shorter, and wider, and Ginter.
the wad of the first - year the mark in the two. mid
dle teeth ii *ide and faint, and becomessfillitider
nod fainter till the
. ertil of the third year, by tibih
tinted* centre nippers have beendisplaced by the
permanent teeth, which are larger than the others,
though not yet so Met, and the mit is long, nit
row,'deep, and black. At kno years, the st;coliid
pair of.penniutent nippers will be up, thentark of
which Will be deep, while that of the fine pair. will
be somewhat fainter, and that of the corner pair
nearly ellaced. At tide age, too, the flashes bek,in
to appear. Between the fourth and fifth year, the
comer nippers having ceen shed, and the new teeth
come quite up, showing- the long deep Onto, tar
mark, the other nippers.bearing evident tokens . of
increasing wearing. At six years the otaskini the
centre nippers are wool oat, but there •is ,Rill a
brown hue in the centre of the tooth. At-;sere"
yearn the mark will be worn from the tour :cane.
1 sippers, and will have 'coniptetely disappeared t
eWyears from them all. It may he added,ltnit
it is the lower jaw of the horsethat is naciallY : ea:-
ambled, and which:ll.Year described. The &an
gettof the teeth taking placein bialtiaWe about the
same time, brit the Cavity-ofthe teeth in the upper
I . .tio! being
somah ift d eeper, titet:lihirk. jasisiOieri
though Abe easel p er iod •is .sanatier nflixtotrowenty.
According to what may be conidered good author
ity, oniever, it maybe stated' thaklit nine' ism
pie ruarrwill. be *ern from 'fthe okille nippers,
from this next pair at tea , sad:lrmo all•ihe• upper
nippers at eleven. During, all this time thenohes
(the extremities of eitieli'areitt first tkontiolitted
and curved) beeomes z goidially Sauter, .shinter
and rounder. . ,
Dm rr ox Posross.—An honest old fanner had
an unruly bull, which had a remarkable loVe !or
him "in a kom",and a singular pesdamt for gv.•
big his friends and acquaintances a' 9 lift in the
wotld." One day the old tanner was driving the
bull home muchwpinst his hielinaitiottoiatd get•
tag ea:aged he seddeuly: the' Alt Man
'detest' i the 'fence into thn rixid,"oo.4o*.
slightly hurting him. lie 'Old siikri - gained his
fna. th e n bttlei M irnal
l4}wing the 4, * 0 14449.4. 1 41 01 4:514.W.1141
the ground. The old man looked steaddrat Munn
.than shaking *his fist at him, ex
cliitunstki "411-iirn..your, hpillights.—yee weeil'Ut
theaclast t4at.critser as bowinival s /kir
' tit
bi-kaiiisl: 4 !,4 ou :Aug
taimary itth, 1846, • • -
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