The Litchfield County post., 1829-01-22

-and there stood awhile upright in his | stirrups, econnoitering-while the enemy | who appeared by the smoke and dust that | rolled before them in the wiEd, to be near CT than they were, redoubed in their eff forts, but at last he saw favorable oppor- tunity. The column wheeled-lhe wind swept across their van, revealing them like ] a battalion of spirits, breathing fire and smoke, he gave the signal-Archibald re- peaicI it-Arthur-and myself. In three minutes we were ready for the charge S when Pulaski shouting in d voice that thrill led through and through us, struck spur to his charger-it was halfa minute-So terri bI" was h.s charge, before we were able to come up with him. What could he mean! gracio '> heaven my hand convuIsively, like t,:a of a drowning man, refined up for d mOment-when saw we were galloping straight forward into field of bayonetS- yet he was the first man and who could not have followed him! ! we did follow him and with such hurricane of fire and steel that when we wheeled, our path lay broad
 an open before us with wall on either , hand-but not blade or bayonet in front, except what were under the hoofs of our l horses. My blood raSheS now like a flash
 of fire, through my forehead when recall
 the devastation we had made, almost to the
 heart of the enemy's column. But Pulas- ki, i,who afterwards rode into their entrench-
 men's on horseback, sword in hand, was
 accustomed to it; and having broken over them once-aware of his peril if he should give them time to awake from their con- sternation he wheeled in blaze of fire with ] the intention of returning through wall of death, more perilous than that which shut in the children of Israel upon the Red ] Sea-but no the walls had rolled in upon
 us, and we were left no choice but to con- tinue on as we had begun. The undaun-
 ted Pole rioted in the excess fjoy, re- 1 member how he passed me again and a.
 gain, reeking with blood, riding absolutely
 on the very points of the bayonets; and
 at last, as they passed upon him-and horseman after horseman fell from their saddles-whcn we were faint and feeble,
 and even Archibald was fighting on foot
 over his beautiful mare, with Arthur bat
 ,ling over his head, we heard the cry of
 succom! succOur! and felt the enemy give
 way-hedve this way and that, and finally
 concentrate beyond us: "Once more !'
 cried Pulaski, once more '' and away he
 went again, breaking in upon them as they l were forming, and trampling down whole 1 platoons in the charge, before man could ] plant his bayonet or bring his piece to aim -and the moment we were securing over the ground, where could see Archibald and Arthur battling it with four or five of | the enemy's horse but our aspect, as we came laundering round upon them, ,proved
 sufficient. They took to their heels, and we brought them off unwounded and un- 1 hurt.
 It was getting dark, but the hour was
 that of sunset, when in this climate, the sky
 is like mass of coloured vapor floating O.
 yer bath. Greene was forming in our rear, with that fearful calmness, which bo- ded terrible time always to him that ven- l tured upon it. The gronnd was favorable to him :; and tho half hour that the enemy lost by our charge, mere handful, into hls column, was of inconceivable benefit to
 Greene for his men were literally out of breath, and ready to drop down at the first onset. But that half hour gave them an opportunity to see their commanders face, and hear his voice; and from that moment they would have stood their ground, though the heavens had rained fire on them.
 have been in many battle; many one that made my hairsstif1en afterwards ill my sleep when dreamt of it but never 1 in one where the carnage was so dreadful 1 the rush of blood so inceSsant as that which followed the arrival of Greene; we were
 unable to strike blow. The enemy m-
 agining us no doubt to be much more form
 idable than we were, had edged in all his
 exposed points, by rank of men, kneel-
 ing with planted bayonots and though We
 rode through them again and again, dis charging our pistols at their faces, yet not one of them shut their eyes, ,or fired a shot;
 but where he knelt he died; and his place
 was filled with another as resolute so that
 we could not, the thing was impossible,re
 peat the blow we had given.
 But one thing happened, within my sight
 and hearing which nearly brought me to
 the ground in terror and hel pleSsness. Two horsemen had set upon me, and while l
 was doing my best to re urn their visit, saw that they were only part ota squad , ron, whom brought into action; and that several were upon Archibald, who, while