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

ADysHrugMzSFs inserted at the usnaI price,
Esom the Mouthly Magazine for October.
fflE fortunes OF THE MAID OF ARC.
~s TEE AssAu1r.
,sThese ths breach lies for passage, the ladder
$, toscsle,
Ard yoar bands ON your sabses, and how
s6ould ye fail!
- UAo 6sst downs with the red cross, may crave 4
~ hesgt's dsssest wish let him ask IT s. bave'
n sseesoh CosmouT6 the dauntess vizier
M replv vas the bsaDdish of sabre and sJear,
IA ne shout OF fierce thousands in joyous ire
01soce-hask to the s,gnaI6re."
SIEGE or coRxIrH.
TnRtin Of battle ended suddenly as il (.
had coomcnced; the weary and discOm-
lt;ed fores g. the islanders were TO"
concealed behind their palisades, save
here and fhere a solitary warder, pacingl
to and fro on the low bas:ions, his steel
cap snd speas point flashing back the rays
Of the aoon-iidc sun. The long array oil
Prince. which had fallen orderly and
slowly back without the fight Of arrow or|
the range Of ordnance, might be seen md
way between the town aud the works of
the besegers. Horses were p'cqneted
AID outposts stationed along their front;
while, their weapons stacked, their hei-
NETS unIaced, and their bodies cast ieis-
urely on the ground, the troopsenJoyed 10
the utmost their brief interval OF truce.-
Camp fires had been. lighted, and their
sm ike cu,led peacefully ia fifty places to-
wsrds the bright sky above them: sutilers
had come out from the town, bseves had
teen slaughtered, wine casks bsoached
and without a sign Of revelry or wild de-
bauch the army toasted after their nocn-
day strife.
Al a short distance in advance of ,'lc
lineoccupied by the main body Of the for
ees. there stood magnificent elm tree,
the only one in 81 gh,, which had risen to a
height sufficient TO rrotect those beneath
its shadow from the glare Of a meridian sun.
Immediately from under its roots pure
cold speine welled forth into basin Of
stone, artihcially. ihong, roughly, hewn
In receive its waters; and trickling thence
in q small but rapid s,Teaniiet wouad lis
way towards the distant river. Beneath
this tree, and around the basin OF the
spring, group Of warriors were collected,
whom tho si,ghtes. glance might have DIS
covered to be Of no ordinary rank; their
splendid arms, their gl;hnt steeds, led
forth and backward by squires OF gentle
birth and gay attire, and theii embaz med
banners pitched INTO the ground besld"
their place Of rest, designated ut once the,
leaders Ofthe host.
A wide sheet Of crimson damlsi had
been spread out upon the turf; bottiaafg Of
leather or fiasks ofmc:al were plunged in
20 the vivid waters 10 cool their rich con
tents, gnble's Of gold, and dishes already
'raosacked, were mingled in strange con-
fusion with sculptured helmets, jcwcled
poinards, and the hits Of many a two han
ded blade cast on the sod in readiness to
the grasp Of it's bold owner.
The visage ofthe king was flushed and
his eve sparkled with the intoxication, Eot
Of the grape, hu, Of his recent victory; noI
did the brow Of Dunois wear its wonted
gravity; gay words and boasts, rendered
less offensive by their prowess oft the nor
ming, passed amo"g the younger knights.
but on the lips of Joan there WIS no srni G.
and in her eye no fl Ssh; stcadfas;ly gazing
on the heavens, sne safe with deep sh lde
Of melancholy on her chsaIled lneaments.
resembling rather some sad captive Wi,
ing the hour Of her doom, than prophet
'ess whose words had been accomplished.
"a warrior whose first field had been Il
triumph.
"Why lie. SO deep shadow on the brow
ofour fair cl,ampione" cried the youthful
monarch; SIN such an hour as this sadness
is ominous, and open NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., IN!
Cheer thee, bright beinG-t',e king drinks
to his preserver?'N shifting the action to the
word, he filed goblet with the maniiing
wine Of Avergnat and rendered 1t to the
silent maiden; 'sOne more carouse," hei
said, sand then to horse, To horse, and VIC
will win the trenches Of III Sc dog ISLAM
ders ere the sun sinks On the 'ea.'
sAnd are you then determined" she re-
Piled in tones Of Sorrowfrl, not angry, i'm
port; 'and you ere then determines TO risk
all-honor, lifa, victory. var couatry'si
hope, your people happiness. BIZ this mad
haste, this rash ami OBSTINATE impieiy! l.
tell yon nos, as heretofore tod you. be
patient md vic;orious-be ra>h. and ini,i-
my shall I'LL Oh vou: the ia.lr'y Of fight,
and terror. and defsat."
81 am dctcrmincdr' was the cool and
somewhat naughty answer; al am deter
mined IN fore. those rampar,s ere sleep
this night; or under 'hem sleep tina; sleep
which knows no earthly wakirgr
''And thou shall, force those ramparts--i
wilt thou but larry. larry til; the shadow
- 81 y IL, i
sun hath stopped within a hands breadth
Of the horizon; ia.ry till then. and thou
shalt conqner-advance now, AMI It's
that say it, IJoan OF OrIcr
now. and thou shalt rue the hourl'
sNay,maiden,n replied DuHois, who had
hitherto sic = silent fhnurh NOT u:,infcrl