Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-10-17

was about two p,ces from me. He CRISP
ed his musket convulsiveiy; hIs eyes fash
ed FIRE, and his lips mnrmured. All at once
u blush Light burst from the redoUbt, a
fearful sound Of explosion made the ground
srembIe beneath Us; and thick smoke hid
from US the field Of tat,le, already strewed
With bodies. Ploquet WAS no longer ear
me, and believed him TO nave been kill
.d hui :he wiod carry ing IF the smoke,
disc yered the lower half Of The c,rpora's
body peepng out from the embrasurc Of
por,-hole, and ~res'ling violently to follow
The other half which had struggled itself
into the interior Of the retionbt. ] easily
recognized hy the fragment # the carfouch
box which was lef, him, an6 FASTENED to
his snccour; but before ! reached him he
had got the whole Of his body in; and a.
tho took the same way Instantly, couli
not discover him. Its true, indeed. that
tnose who entered there, had not much
lime to speSd in sasechsng Cot lost com
rades- The assault wa conhnued: io1
the example Of Ploqnet had been followed
nv host Of sbraves." They no longer
fired every where glistened the sabre aud
,be bayonei, which made horrible carnage.
They f'ught man TO man: they rolled in
The blood, or stumbled against the bodies
Of the fallen. This listed for about TWEEN
ty minutes, and believe that there never
vas kno~o a more terrible insiance Of
wholesale dueliing. at length the work Of
slaughter ceased, the air resounded with
the cries Of victory, The redaubt was ours,
md our eagle was planted in one Of the
breaches.
A voice WIS now heard ordering the
drum major ITO beat TO the fig" There
was no longera drum major. The master
dummies acre called; there WAS no longer
my master drummcrs. They sough, for
The drunmers: there were no drummers
left. Four hundred men only were still
standi &; il was the only remnant o. re-
yimeni which counted four effective batfal-
lions Of eight hundred men each.
II was at this m ,meDt t,t found Pho
q'Iet once mrre, sitting on the ground, and
e,niny against a wheel Of the fore train
He was s,aunchi-g with the sleeve Of his
shlr, the blood which WIS A wing profusel
f,om wound he hid received Oh the
IT his head. pressed forward t1 lend
him NV assistance, and then saw Z Ia, the
,ame stroke that had wounded H., had
.pli, the upper p,rf ofhis sch
"A luck. thing that .tv 50 well fiIled, ;
,aidl.
"Ah! sou call that lucky? Two
,,ck-gs Of cigars spoilt; such IS | never
W. X d before, and shall never meet with
g m"
And he showed me the cigars which the
,nbr' lad chrpped up.
s.B1t had 1T moi been for these Gig rs.
:orp'ral l'loquei, you must have been Fri
"a sei'
"Weli, that is possible"
His wound, fortunately. not being
5 'riou., he refused to accept the priviIe, re
{ beng con, idcred off duty, and OILY re-
luested that his ssrvices NIGH, be dispen-
sed with for iweut, four hours. He was
put in The order ofthe dav for h,s noble con-
duct. and received the celebrations Of hi
bnt all without appearing more
than usual.
O., the morrow ii was rumorcd through
ne array that til. emperor had received
II pl iced outside his tent with the view Of!
satisfying the curiosity ofa,l Ipro,osed
TO Plaquet that we shou 90 together 10
see this portrait. He agreed to The prop J.
s'l-aot without grumi'iing though-andI
We spon arrived near the tent, VII re We
sIw crowd at superior Offices In the
course Ola few seconds we heard the name
of Ploquet circul,te among The grnu,s.-
TlI"n all at once the crowd separated, and
the Emperor appeared at the entrance If
hts tent. iopi ing scare hing.y on al around
him be pointed with his tinyer to corporal
Piaquet, easily known on acc unit of his
head dress. composed 1T an o,t-bnc. C. ,v.r-
e,. with Il b!oo' -stained handkerchief He
gave order hat he shou'd be told to APP
preach. The corporal obeyed, without APP.
psaring 10 be disturbed in The ieas, IN the
world
.Ploqnei," said the Emperor to him, 81
!. new that you were the frs, to enter the
redoubt IA the affair Of yesterday: YOU are
a brave fellow; and an well content with
you"
''Fa'ih, emperor r, il Is no bad thing Tor
you to be content; there are those here
who are dcv,li>ly little SOY
A Look ofthe Emperor put stop to the
tmurmur Caused by this response, and M
p leon resumed:
''Well! look you, what is yonr Wish? l.
y advan-eraen, yen would desirey'
"On, mercy! Emperor, | cannot want
more than rave here. tits qut enough
10 have an escon0de on the ARA
lis j; then The GRO y'u would have
As - this, il is only ours 50 far rs we may
rem IN god iriends''
And de;acihns bis own cross. Napol on
am'.is Z neral accl ,maiio,s, pF esanted ].
n!,nset !" fioquet. WAC took i; with on
hand. VII Is with the other he made In.
ni'iiafy s.lu,e. He then very calmly II
'ached /, u one OF The buttons of his "a !,
aiib "a, Sh wing III 10 cauutenIace the
least 90 4 emotion. O. all tn spect {