Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-12

Our whoIe army passed softly silently by two or
three ohcers posted upon the roadside continually waving
.neF SWORDS with notion if euoin the death.
hKe sness; and dearhike it was, for nothing could be
pu' the blowing of horsea oltng sound
" the wet snow there he artillery wagons and gun carria
yes cut Through into the groundand general Deep
heavy water.
few moments after, troop of vrginians under apt.
ashngton afterwards distinguished the soutb
raded M beautiful style through the suo brought
us intelligence which tended accelerate our march, Be-
fore his arrival we had hoped GAS afewad found
PRISE the enemy at Trenton while yet ovcrpowered by the
festivities OF the preceding highland make his
Sleep the sleep of deatbut that hope as abandon
cd for Captain ashngtou had his picket en-
changed few shot, and left him prepared fo what
remarkable that he had heard vague of-ou
tended attack Yet this very affair." which, first threat
ened to be disastrous the froc of Capt ashugon was
probably the chie reason why succeeded in surprising
the enemy at last; for, that followed up,
ed to quarters after waiting reasonable time,
wards found thinking the whole Virginian ro,c.
Our troops were thrown into divisions. We were
separated from father-who detailed under Suli-
van and ST. Clair to take the river road-whle we, under
Washington HIMSELF Greene, Norris and Stevens, pushed
onward through what is called the Pennington road.
few moments aferward-jus while Thought nv hca,t
had lost its motion entireyfer felt looking about me-
and seeing the dark array but noscless crea
lures, horses and waggons-ar the whole army were an
apparton-a cavacade of dead men-marchiug from
place of burial to another:-I heard shot so near me that
horse leaped of the rank. This was followed bv
loud cry-two three woris-a volley-aud them shot af
ter shot, as if line of sentinels, sleeping upon posts
| pieces and in
| Our advance well furnished with bayonets-and
they Immediately charged upon the picket, and we dashed
after them tanplng them death with horses riding
over them like whrlwind, without speaking word or fir
ing shot, This scarcely done when we heard the fir
ing vt the other dvson the opposite quarter-so am-
raby timed had been the arrangemen-and we Immediate
gaoped into the centre of the horse foot de-
tenined to ride the enemy down. ayonet them before
they had time to form. Washington was readflv expos-
ed The h,s picket, thinking this attack of the
hadH
elected to give the alam:aud the ouposts though thew
ought most CALAMITY reteang by STEP behind the
houses, dsputg every nch their brrht bav
onetS, without aeh of POWDER wherever rode in upon
then-so that could not with all cutting and spur-
g orce our horses upon thenand then norcni that
we had faced about blazing away upon US and runuu. IN
the next hOusc-wcre driven in.
Al last had opportunity for fair play; the essians
were formed aud iornns with the whole glitterng with
bayonets tremendous struggle going right,
under the very eye of Washington with the eneny artil-
iey, which taken, when, with rOup horse Arrhi-
bald rode down, his cap off, his sword flashing, like fire.
brand IN the light and smoke omusquet y'chage charged
Inc cried-charge! brave flows'and provoke them to
fire. Another troop! Another. and anotle, Numbered down
tom the right and lett hut with effect at all upon the
inviucibc Germans tc front rank kneelcd all found while
the rest were iornns and presented ,her bayones without
! firing a shot.
"By heaven" said Archibald, shouting as if his. heart
would break, to Captain Wasington-"I will try them
again And, he said he rode full speed so near
that appeared that he could have the enemy
with his sword-and fred his pistol into their faces Our
front rank followed the exampeand the moment all
the Hcssans brought their pieces up cheeks and
poured tremendous volley in upon usI my father
fa-Arthur reel in his srupsbut Archibald, as if pre-
pared for this very thing, shouted "wlee and charge."
"Whee and charge" repeated hundred voices in our
| rcar-"whecl aud charger
We obeycd-and the snow few-and the swords flashed
and the nest moment hundred of the enemy-the whole
of his front rank tramped to death before us, and
twenty human heads rolled upon the gond among the feet
OF our horses.
The infantry under Greene poured in vocy, same
tlme and Knox having brought round his field pieces to
BEAR as II they had been bunderbuses, PLAYED upon
them, an uninterrupted roll of thunder and smoke.
1t impossible stand -nu human being could have
endured the hurricane OF fire bullets longer They threw
down their rnSahout thousand in all--and then il
-He'i-when it was necessary about the aui-
operations of Strife began TO feel the intense
GOODNESS OF the nght2 keen air cutting into our new
wounds like rough broken glass.