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poriry.
DREAMS.
Oh! thoro is n dream of early youth,
And it never comes again;
'Tls a - vision of light, and life and truth,
That Hits across the Imdn.
And love is the theme of that early dream ;
So wild, so warns, so now.
That in all lb after years l deem
That early dream were true.
OW there is a dream of mature! . years,
More turbulent by far,
'Tic a vision of blood. and woman's tears,
For the theme of that dream la war;
Aiid Nee toll In the field of danger and death,
And shoot in the battle array.
'Till we lid that dream in a bodiless breath,
Which vanishes a way. . .
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Ohl there Is a dream or ary age,
'Tie a vision of gold i - to—
Of sums noted dOWS on me figured page
To is, eomited o'er and o'er:
And we fondly trust in our glittering dust,
As a refuge from grief and pain,
'Till our limbs are laid on the last dark bed,
Where the wealth of the world is vain.
And is it true from man's birth to his grave,
In the path which all are treading?
Is there nought in that long career to save
From remerse,ond self uphraiding
Oh yes there Is n drenm so pure, so bright,
• 'NOM the being to whom it is given.
Bath bathed in a 503 of living light,
And the theme of that dream Is deafen.
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3.oattle
'HE STORMING OF CHAPULTEPEC
The National Monitor, a new. literary pa
,er published in New York, contains a
ketch of a portion of the militar): operations
-ditled in.the .Iriny, or Reminisvenres
the Mr.riran II iir,ty a :Vito ri,rk 'Faun
ynr." The style of the writer is plain and
leid, and he narrates with nineh
nd direct to the poiiit. I f ere is an account
the sto using of Chapultepee:
''lt was a somber morning, the - heavens
,einrr oliscarmwith dense. black clouds: there-
ore not a wail ca.sTle was iisible - th
:he eye— nothing but the lights thatdllumi
tated it, attracted the eye—presenting a
,rand imposing spectacle—a concentration .
if brilliant meteors. suspended from -- -the
black clouds above, being the nearest simili
tude to jt. As we neared the castle the grea
test possible caution was observed. The men
were cautioned not to lit their tin canteens
to strike against their muskets or cartridge
b oxes —not a word was allowed to be spoken in
the ranks—every possible precaution was ta
ken to keep the enemy in ignorance of our
approach. Onward we marched, with noise•
less steps, silent tongues, and °Talpitating
hearts. Nearer and nearer we approached
the formidable castle, bristling with heavy
artillery, and containing 12,000 of Mexico's
best troops, and commanded by one of her
bravest and best generals. Suddenly we
were brought to a halt—the division to which
I was attached being intended to suppoß a
battery under the command of Captain Ornin
which had been erected during the night, di
rectly under the castle.
Just as we halted the' shrill notes of a trum
pet assailed our ears. Then the rolling of
drums were heard, and piesently a full band
joined It was the enemy playing the rer
eille. A death-like stillness prevailed in our
ranks at the time—not a whisper or a breath
ing could be heard—theretbre, so unexpee•
-ad was the musi✓•, that when it struck the
ear"it caused a momentry thrill to' shoot
through my frame—l felt it peculiar indes
cribable sensation. I havd no doubt others
experienced the same.
"The music was suddenly interrupted.—
Bang , r-r I went one of the huge Pieces of a-„
tillery from Drum's battery, and for a mo
ment the dreadful whiz-z-! of its iron-death
messenger was heard through the air, and
then its fatal crash as it struck the castle.--L
Instantly every light in the castle was ex
tinguished, and it was invisible—shrouded
in darkness. Silence was no longer observed
-in . our ranks ; the cominanding, voice of Bax- •
ter to 'Forwardfi.was heard. We marched a
short distance, filed to the right and baited,.
taking up a possition in supporting distance
of Captain Drum's battery.
t.
"Presently the sombre cloudsz•that obscur
ed,the heavens separated, a streak of light
,was visible in the Eastern horizon—the day
was breaking. Light and lighter it grad-.
ually grew ; objects that had been preVious
ly invisible, now appeared to tlie.sight. A
non, the blaizing - sim peeped . forth fvt its
hiding-place, diffusing a flood of light upon
the earth, and revealing to our astonishing
sight the white massive walls of Chapultepee
the huge muzzles of a hundred heaVipi eeE is
of artillery,'that peered from their respective
embrasures, and•the glittering bayonets of at
least eight thousand Mexican infantry in the
woods stirrounding - the castle, and at the
base of the high hill upon which it stood.
• "This was' our first sight of the castle, and
-I gazed upon its imposing appearance with
admiration—contemplating at the Bantam
inent the convulsion winch was to follow an,
attack up 'n its impregnabl2 walls—the lives
at taus/ necessarily be sacrificed.; the
,de widows; the parents childless i t. ,
brothers and'sisters mourners, and helpless,.
i• children perhaps fatherless.!' Casting my
[ eyes over the gallant little band that stood
before me—:eompanions who had escaped
:through storms of lead and iron—who had
fought by my side in all the preceding bat
tles—the sad and awful conviction forced it
self upon my mind, that in a brief time, ma
ny of them whose smiling faces _ and cheer
ful'hearts betokend no `thought,,Of the mor
r)w,' would lie in the cold, icy embrace of
dent h.
"The loud report of a gun from the castle,
and the startling noise of grape and master
as it went crashing and tearing through the
tall dense pique plant, in my immediate vi
einit,y, checked all further reflections on my
Part. The enemy- had discovered us, and
was evidently determined to do us all Ole In
jury he possibly could. Cannon after can
non, and huge mortars on the wall, vomited
forth utrremittingly, their ponderous round
grape, ofinnister %tt shell, doing us
however but - l ittle injury, as we had taken
the precaution to occupy a secure position.—
The guns from our several batteries, at dif
ferent commanding points, promptly answer
ing the .enemy, sending forth their deadly
contents in reply. All day—front daylight
until the sable curtains of night shrouded
the contending armies in darkness---the
bioining of cannon, the bursting . of
the crashing of grape arie i canister. and the
sharp report of musketry greeted the ear.
"Various incidents that came under my
observation during the day, now force' them
selves upon my memory.
"Captain Drunt's bo.ery, which kept up a
C destructive fire upon the castle the
w:tore day, was statioaed about ,sixty yards
faun the right of toy \-eginterit. Our whole
diVlTiiisll • corn comtuaadVd
brGlMeral -- QUltman,
msisting of second Pennsylvania and South
C trolina Volunteers, And a lrattallion of - Gni.
t - td States marines, besides the New York
volunteers, also occupied a position ill sup
porting distance of the battery. Attached to
the South Carolina regiment were several
negroc slav6, who had accompanied their
masters ; sonic of them privates, too—on
the campaign ; and 011 several oceasions diS•
played commendable gallantry. One of
these negroes a huge black muscular fellow
.--stood about ten yards frOm one of the guns,
and at every discharge he would eagerly
watch - what effect it 'would have upon the
castle. if a favourable one lie would jump
up in the air, clap 'his bands, and- '*clAim:
`Golly, massa, you give 'enrgoss that time--
Then he would resume his position behind a
tree, and await with anxiety the discharge of
another cannon, with straining eyes watch
for the shot to strike the castle, and then
rush into the road, and go through the same
performance as mentioned above. The fel
low had conducted himself in this manner
for two or three hours when a shot from our
battery made desparate havoc with one of
the out-works of the castle. The terrrible
crash could be distinctly heard, and :, .,pte
clouds admit that ascended into the air from
the demolished masonry presented a picture
similar to a vast conflagration. The ne
t's delight was uqbounded. He threw
himself on the ground, rolled over and over
and kicked and squirmed like a dying animal,
uttering loud and joyoos exclamations.—
Then suddenly,springing to his feet, he lea
ped about five feet from the ground, struck
his heels together Clapped his hands, and cx.
claimed I 'Who-o-up ! Hoo-ral IBy grashus,
mAssa, dat was the best of 'cm all ! Give it to
'im fkgatili
"Just as he concluded the last sentence,
he loud report of a monster cannon was,
heard from the castle, then the whizzing
n >lse of a ponderous shut, As it came flying
t'lroug,lt the air. It was , the pour negro's
deathlnessenger; before he had an opportu
nity to resume his position, it struck him in
the stomach, completely tearing out his en_
and of course instantly depriving him
of life. The poor fellow's merry voice was
silenced in 'death.
"Within musketVango of Captain Drum's
battery, a small force of the enemy, perhaps
fifty, occupied- a. position thatlnabled.,them
t) annoy us very much, and occasionally kill
or woiffd one.orlhe menstatiaii - A at the
guns. These men were undoubtedly sharp
shooters, and were stretched along, for per.
haps sixty yards, in a ditch. Taking advan
tage of every opportunity that presented itself
of making. their services available, to our
detriment, they would partially raise up, dis•
charge their weapons at us,. and then quickly
resume their lying position.. These fellows
had been harrassing us so long.and so fatally
that General Shields (who' commanded the
brigade to which my regiment was attached)
deemed: it advisable to dislodge them. For
that purpose a detachment of thirty men,
under the. command of a qieuteliant, was
sent forward.,, The lieutenant gallantly and
rapidly advanced with his- men, under a
tEarli9le pernlb.
sharp fire from those occupying fhb ditch.—'
Before he had advanced forward sixty yards
three of his men were shot dead. , Still this
did not intitnidlite him or his men. Onward
he pushed—rapidly nearing the enemy. Now
ho'was within thirty yards of them, and still
they maintained their position. liVrward the
lieutenant pressed, and just as lie was within
about ten yards of the ditch, a masked bat
tery in its immediate vicinity opened its mu"-
derous fire upon the little party. When the
smoke cleared away, but three of that gal
lant band stootk , upon their feet—the re
mainder, with the lieutenant, were stretched
upon the blood damp ground, frightful man
gled corpses. The three survivors stood be
wildered for a moment, and .then recovering
themselves, speedily' rejoined us.
"We, too, had our sharp-shooters stationed
at advantageous positions around the castle;
and the many Mexicans that we found the
next day, stiff in death, with their foreheads
pierced With the balls, bore, proof of the ac
curacy of their aim. The mounted riflemen
is the regiment that I allude to. 1:111 . regi
ment was composed of the best body of men
—nearly all American—that I ever saw. l Z--
They )yeretill crack shots, each man being
sure to 'fetch his man.' Al Chapultepec,
they Were scattered in different directions, as
near the castle as they possibly could get
and hundreds of the enemy that day perished
by their unerring, deadly aim. An incident
that I witnessed on
,the 12th, suggests the
mentioning of the regiment, in order to in
ermine() the incident itself.
"From the base of the bill on which 'the
castle of Chapultepec stands, running up to
the castle itself is a broad, paved road.—
Down this road, during the morning, a horse,
mounted by an officer, was frequently seen
o furiously. Thy rider was a - OA - Hess
un rt ifl-de-ca nip, carrying orders from Gene
ral Bravo, stationed at the foot of the
He was a very showy chap, and therefore I
Wondered he eseapiid our rifles. His horse
was richly and showily caparisoned, and he
himself was dressed. in a Orgeous uniforni—
. ,
iU : short,. he was 'as gay as a peacocli,' as the
eccentric but gallant Captain Fairchild re
maiked tit the time. I had my eyes fixed
intently upon him the . last time I saw him
dashing down the road, expecting every mo
ment to see him fall, from his saddle. .But
he escaped: Then I awaited his return.—
Presently he came dashing up—t-he- road, as
he had repeatedly, done. He had proceeded
about half way, when suddenly I saw his
horse stumble and fall. He immediately
disengaged himself from- , the stirrups, as,'
horse fell, stood erect over the fallen animal,
and waved his sword over his head, as if in
deliance. The sharp crack of a rifle sudden
ly greeted my ear, and at that moment the
temerarious officer fell dead beside his dying
1115 M
."Anothe'r incident is recalled to my recol
lection, which serves to show the effectiveness
of our artillery, particularly the battery com
manded by Captain Drum. Late in the af
ternoon, a party of the .enemy were engaged
bringing a heavy piece of artillery from the
castle to the support of their troops at the
foot of the hill. They had succeeded in get
ting it about half way down ; losing, however,
so. tar, two or three of their men in the at
tempt, by the deadly aim of . 4nr riflemen—
when Captain Drum's attention was called to
the proccedju g,.
, ".‘.l'll see if I can't pat a stop to that,' was
his cool remark, which was presently followed
by the deep-toned thunder of one of his
hea-y pieces of artillery. The effect was as
tonishing; the shot from. his gun striking the
enemy's cannon; and killing three - or four of
the men. The rest immediately retreated lo
the castle. No similar attempt was male by
them that day.
"Hundreds of incidents • occurred during
the day—too many to undertake to relate in
this article.
"The firing on both sides continued as I
said before;'all day ; • there - was no ees ation
Whatever until 'night threw her mant4 o'er
the. earth;' then comparative quiet (met more
reigned. I shall not here detail the proceed
ings,ot theAight—the laborious duties th*
had to be performed;. suffice it to say,, that
t ie rm-suig sun never ,reeci - ved amore hearty
cordial greeting than I-gave it the next morn-
"At daylight we took the, same position
that we had occupied the day previous.—
Whether ive,were to remain there during the
whole day, we were, at the time, perfectly
orant. —howas; however, the general •wish
that we wee not, for the positionexposed
as we were to the scorching rays of a tropr„
cal sun—mas a most disagreeable one.,, We
were soon, howe'Yer L inforated that we were
not to remain long in our Presentposition—
that the castle teas.to be stormed! At WS -an-
noubeetnent every oye'sVas, in a, moment, di
rected towards that ,formidable, imposing
structure, and a deep murmur througlanit
the ranks betokened that the news was••re
ceived with the greatest satisfaction. We
wire now anxiously 'waiting•the 'order to
'move forward.. I could not help remarking
at this awful crisis, when, so many in our
ranks were on, the brink of being dashed.into
eternity, i n'iioleninity and silence among the
men deeper than I ever witnessed before.—
With hearts beating, each was waiting to
hear the expected order to 'Forward!' At
last it came. Standing on
, the right of the
regiment, his face pale from excitement, and
his eyes sparkling like jets, Lieutenant Col
' onel Baxter exclaimed, in A loud voice, 'FoiI
wARDI7
Instantly the regiment moved forward to l i
the right of the division, and then led off
towards the castle in. double quick time. A
tremendous cheer at this moment pealed
through the welkin and every gun that the
castle could level against us, poured fourthL .
their deadly contents in reply. As we moi-
ed forward, canister, grape, round shot, and
shell came pouring upon us, with a regular
hailstorm of bullets, making awful slaughter
in our ranks. Bitt without a pause, our men
dashed gallantly forward, and turning to the
left into a vast field directly in front of the
castle, with a shout that fairly shook the hea
vens, onward they rushed, headed by the
gallant Baxter. Chapultepec was enveloped
in a sheet of flame, so incessant and rapid
was the discharge cf the enemy's artillery.
nischarge after dischrge of grape was hurl_
ed with awful destruction through our ranks;
still our brave boys were not daunted; with
the flag of the Empire State proudly waving
at the head of onr column, onward they
pushed. Van O'Linda fell dead on the green
swri‘d, gallantly leading his company ; then
Baxter, mortally wounded; then Pc:arson,
_and_ti.fetrfuLnumber
Still, our regiment dashed boldly forward,
until the stone wall surrounding the base of
the hill on. which the castle stood, was reach
ed. Then a short delay was necessarily
made, in order to enable the remaining regi
ments composing the division to come up.
Some sharp fighting took' place at this point,
the enemy wererdriven from their position,
and aided by ladders- we scaled the lower
wall, and dashed up the precipitous hill.
Now commenced a straggle that no pen is
adequate to describe. , The enemy's artill
ery becoming:ineffective in consequence of
the steepness of the hill, musketry was
brought into requisition. The noise of the
musketry was deafening, drowning the groans
of the wounded and dying.
• "The` bullets flew among us like hail, si
lenciug in death many a brave fellow who
with a loud cheer, was dashing boldly and
fearlessly up the steep ascent. Now enthu
siastic shouts and the report of l musketry
were heard on ourright and left, proceeding
from the troops under Generals Worth, Pil
low, and others. The attack upon the castle
was made simultaneously at three different
points. Quitman's diyision,advanced direct
ly in front of the castle, .While the division
of Generals Worth and Pillow charged up
the right, left and rear. On they came, dash
ing up the rocky ascent with a determination
to conqueror die. Reanimated by their gal
lant bearing, our brave boys pushed forward
with renewed Officers' and men fell
dead and.wdunded under the murderous fire
of musketry that the Mexicans poured in /upon
us; gallant melt, whe had proceeded us in
the scaling parties, were streched out lifeless
upon the hill, their ladders clutched firmly
ia , their hands, in the last, strong, convulsive
grasp of death—but still undaunted, and
with a determination to Conquer, our troops
valiantly continued the charge. Now the
massive walls surroundingthe Caslltrate
reached, and with a cheer that must have
strtick• terror to the enemy, our menjed by
their officers, and aided by the scaling lad .
dersoromptly and boldly bounded over them.
Then followed loud shouts front *the victors,
the clashing of bayonets, and the .piercing
shrieks of the Mexielms, as they were forced
at the point of the bayonet over a lofty pre.
oipico. In five minutes after, the castle was
ours —the gaudy flag of Mexico; that had
for years floated undiSturbed from its lofty
staff, was torn down, and the colors^of the
New York regiment - flung to' the breeze over
the conquered castle. Nine deafening cheers
---i-cheers such as only mon flushed with vic
tory can give—greeted it as its folds were
opened out by the wind."
Q." What is the chief use of bread ?"
asked as examiner of a recent school exid-
"The chief .use of bread," 'Answered the
urchin, apparently astonished at the, simplicr
ity of the inquiry, "the chief use of bread is
to spreild butter and molasses on it!" •
'FREE Discusstot-Who over is afraid o ,of
submitting any. question, civil or. religious,
to the test of free discussion, seems to me to
'he more in 10e with his own opinions than
with truth--Bishop 11 u(so~tr
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The,following very pretty lines will finclan
echo in every heart:
The September number of Frazer's Mar,
azure closes an, article on the "Church a
mong the tall Chimneys," with some sensi
ble remarks-on the disposition to hold the
Clergy resposible fin• every thing:, ,
"The fault of the Clergy 1 Where are the
Clergy? How glibly do, such expressions
come front the lips of men who, by precept
and example, are undoing all that the Clergy
are attempting to do! There is not a grov
eling penny-a•liner who cannot, after rising
in the morning with a drunken headache, in
quire on any exhibition of popular ignorance,
'Where are the Clergy?' rhere is not a mob
u outher as he mounts JiisAith after thrash •
ing his wife and starving his children, who
eannotmsk, 'What is the use of the Clergy?'
There is not a graceless, upstart membCr of
'the House' who cannot, Aer leaving his
heartless frivolities, exclaim, with well feign
ed astonishment, on any appropriate occa
sion, 'What are the Clergy doing?' There is
nut a lazy, negligent-manufacturer who Can
not, after refusing his five shilling piece to
the national school, wonder, in the midst of,
a tinnult, 'What have the Clergy be,en about"
The Clergy have not done:i everything, it is
true—but they have done much."
The same sort of temper is 'showing itself
?n this country. One class of men, looking
at the evils of society—its ignoritneeTritherty
and eritne—until the scene is quite too much
for them, launch forth their denunciations
upon the clergy fur the unurrested growth of
these moral deformities. Another class hold
the clergy responsible for the Infidelity and
isms of the day. The opposite extreme
censures them for exerting too much influ
ence. So they go. Whichever way the pen
dulum swings, it is sure to hit the clergy.—
Now, it might assist the ideas of sundry peo
ple to remember that the clergy have a spe
cific work to do, viz: to preach the religo.4.
of the Bible. They are set apart to this
task, and it is foolish to judge them as to
what they do or do not, outside of their ha.
mediate vocation. If they neglect the of
fices of the putliiit, let them be condemned,
but we apprehend that no such charge can
be substantiated against theta in this country.
Taken as body, they are here a most labori
ous, earnest, faithful profession. They have
done snore to elevate the character of the A
merican community,Ao advance its educa
tion and virtue, to diffuse sound principles of
piety than all other agencies combined, and
at this day we owe our position, in great
part, to their selfdenying exertions. if the
world tides not get better as fast as we could
wish, there is no sense in carping ut them
about - it. It would be miser to recollect bow
much worse it would — be' but for their zeal'
and industry. No sane man would 'think of
holding his shoemaker responsible for a
badly made coat or a leaky "umbrella," and
yet the sago philosophers of the.land thunder
away at the poor clergy, because this rickety
world does not hasten on at raili'oad rapidity
into a paradisaical condition.. It is getting
on quite fast enough, and we rather pinkif
its speed were much accelerated there would
be somekecious regrets among these high
strung reformers, that their fault-Gliding
ury had departed.
An old farmer who feared neither God.
nor man, had hired a devout negro; and to
' get some' Sunday workout of him he would
always plan a .case of ‘!necessity" on Sat.,
urday, and on
,Sunday would put that point
to the man's 'con - 1300110e. One -morning old,
Sambo proved refractory: "he would work,
no more on , Stuidays:" The master thou ar
gued with him that it wain "case of necess ,
ity, that the scriptures allowed a man to get,
out of a pit, on a Sabbath day, a beast that'
had. fallen, id. "Yes,- innssa, "rejoined' the
black, "but not if he spend Saturday in dig.
, i/it,!,9 the for thcvcry purpose!"
3Riortlantatlii.
ECHOES.
Hark! through Nature's vast cathedral s
Blended calms over rise,
Swelling In a mighty anthem
To its over arching skies.
Every bird dent wings in
. Every honerladoned ben,
Every ennirrell in tholorest,
Every cricket on the"tron„
Every musk dropping, fountain,
Every softly murmuring rill,
Every dark and raming turrant,
Every a•aterrgulded mill;
Every rain-dmp nn the hOuse.top,
Every beetle's noisy drone,
Every tixd , fall on the pavement,
Rakes an echo of Its own.
Sobs of woe and songs of gladness,
Each responsive echoes find,
'Words of love and words of anger,
LeaVO their echoes fin• behind.
Every great and noble action
Is rtsecheed o'er, and o'er,
Lift+ itself is but an echo
Of the lives that were before
IE2
BLAMING THE CLERGY.