Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-10-24

ID, WAYNE COUNTY. INDIAN
I,naffock were cieariug The ground in Their
front,-at this instant the wailiag note Of
a single bugle rang from within the works. !.
Ere the signal had well reached fte assail-|
ants, the rampant WIS thronged from end to
end with thousands Of the green,frocked
archery of England; again the bilg.e was
winded and at that riefds,ance the cloth
yard shafts fell in one continuous volly !;
darkening the air with the numbers, and
almost drowning the shouts of the battle
with their incessant whizzing. Close,
howe yer. as they fell and boldly, each ar
row there was aimed at its peculiar mark !;
and each, with few exceptions, was buried
Ifeafher-Geep in the breast Of a French
skirmisher. 1t was IN vain that they re-
piled to that blighting volley with CROSS
bnw bolt and javelin. no missiles could
compete with that unrIvaled archery; the
advance was strewn upon the ground IN
heaps Of slaughtered -csrcas=es, the lost
wayered and was about TO f1y-but then
arose the trumpet like shout Of Dunois.
), Goa! on /! Orleans-Orleans to the res
cue close up-close up even the palisa-
des, it is but at distance tina: their sho!
is deadly"
| And. secondng his words by deeds, the
powerful knight rushed forth, bearing his
pavesse high on his left arm, and his mas
sive axe sweeping IN circles round fus
+ head-a doz n arrows struck him on the
crest and corslet and glanced of harmlessly
ION ne rushed, though every step was
planted on wriihlng cospse, and none
came 10 secopd fim--he reached the base
of the rampant, his axssmote on the tim
bers of the palsade, and down came stones
and beams, and shaft and javelin, ringing
and rattiings 6rop his heavy shield and
panoply of foof; yet he needed them no
more than the oak heeds the thistledown
that flats UPON the summer wind. Valour,
like terror, is contagious; with mighty
effort a dozen knights broke through the
throny of their own disordered soidiery, and
forced their way to the side of the bold
bastard but not like him, unharmed-an
arrow sl:ilfuly directed against the vision
of young Delascrre shot through the mar
row aperture and Glove his BRAIN; pom
'lderous axe, hurled f ON the hand of Sails
bury. crushed through the cerveilliere OF
! Montmorencv, as though it were bowl OF
Icrystal; yet still undauntedly they hurried
lon-and now they joined their leader
The dus, already eddying upward, the
lheavy masses of wood and timber, tina.
rolled down beneath his ponderous blows,
j Showed that his attack was prosperous as 1t
was gallant The din Of blows gwen and
taken hand to hand, between or above the
broken palisades, was mingled with the
hur,Iug ofthe arrows, the shouts or cries
Of the fierce combatants.
i "On!onrn the voice Of Dunois rose a.
1 gain above the confusion--s'on! on! the
breach is opened!-Orleans and victory!'
but as he spoke, stone heavier than any
vet hurled against him, fell from a huge
machine full on his lifted pavesse; his arm
! fell powerless By his side, ard the tall war
rior reeled backward from the breach, diz
Nv and helpless rs child-but yet more
evil was the fate Of his companions; ore
dropped, crushed out Of the very form oil
+ humanity. BY the same stone; and then a
food of boiling oil was siiowered upon the
| heads o. the weak and wearied remnant.
q 'St. George for merry England-tor-
ward brave hearts, and drive them from
our p4 is desr' and with the word Bedford
and Huntington leaped down with axe
j ana eSps!dfos. wSsle many youthful aspi-
rant rushed after ibesn in desperate emu
hilton The gallant Du3pi :oused like
wearied war-horse to the frav, fought tear
essly and well; yet his blows fell no long
er. as was their wont, Ike hammers on the
anvil--hs breath came thick, the sweat
rolled in black drops through the bars of his
vzM; he staggered beneath the blade OF
Bedford. AT this perilous moment roar,
louier than the ocean in its fury, lou
! der than the Alpine avalanche, burst
on their senses. s.God aid the king
cried Dunois, even in this extremity care
less of his own peril-"it is the Births,
! ordnance
! The s:no'se rolled like a funeral pile
over the fray, that still ragged beneath it;
and a mingled ciamor, as of thousands in
) agony and despair, smote on the ears and
appalled, the hearts Of the half con-
qs.ered Frenchmen. The column Of the
King had advanced upon the very muzzGes
/ Of the ordinance. after with heavy loss from
the archery they too had passed the chan
mel Of tile stream, and had but narrowly
I ESCAPED annihi.ation. A mounted mes
seRger came dashing through the strife.
Draw of your men, Dunois," he shouted
from distance; s'iraw otf--no victory to-
dayr>
i But he shouted 10 no purpose, for the
| .old ear he addressed was for space seal
ed in oblivion deep as the srave.-his we'll
tired sword has shiye.ed in his grasp
stunned by the sweeping strokes of Bed
ford. he had fallen, and must there have
persisted, had not young knight in azure
panoply bcstriddsa him, and hai,led il
night CALAMITY above his senseless form.
I # was tie maiden! Fresh and unwea