Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-05-02

carried by assault. The American army
pressed forward, Gen. Washington -four
Ished his sword and exclaimed son on !!
my brave boys" Lord CORVALLIS noun
ted the rampant of the citadel and thun-
deied defiance at the assalants. Bang |!
bang went the guns-Huzza huzza
shouted the spectators. The musketry
roared again, the drums beat a terrible
generate, the sky was rent with shouts
and shrouded in smoke. Sure never did
pigstye present scene SO sublime be.
fore.
But Just at this moment all the specta-
tors were struck with surprise at observ.
ing an uncommon appearance in York.
town. The firing suddenly ceased and
The whole garrison fell instantly into a
most singular confusion presently Lord
CORVALLIS came tumbling over The walls
of the pigstye with his whole staff at his
heels, and the rank and file Of the garri-
son after them hurly burly, peIl nell,
scamperiDg off like mad. Every body
stared and was struck with establishment.
But we must 60 back for a moment 10 ex.
plain the cause of this.
This same pigsiye, as we said before,
was cleared of its tenants day or Two
previous, and the pigs shut up in anoih-
er enclosure. 1t so happened that an OBJ
stinate. surly old sow, not liking her now
quarters, contrived TO get loose early on
the morning of the battle. After roofing
abou! the fields and stufiiag herself with
a mons.rous meal, she trudged instinc-
lively back to her old dwelling where she
got in unobserved while every body was
absent at dinner. There she snuggled
away in dark corner and fell fast
asleep.
But the roaring of the muskelry aud
the rolling ofthe drums and shouting Of
the multitude, and the trampling up and
down of Lord CORVALLIS and his soldiers
upon the citadel at Yorktown. at length
aroused the snoring animal. and she open
ed her eyes with most significant grun.,
wondering what could keep this dread
ful pother DER her head. Getting up and
pokng her snout in the open air, she found
her peaceful domicil filled with men of
war making such racket and tantarra
as were enough to drive any hog in the
universe crazy.
No hog could be more hoggish than the
one of which we speak. She was as cross
grained, snappish and malicious piece of
pork as the country for ten miles around
could show and more than that, she |
was ofabout four hundred pounds weight.
In an instant she sprang among the ene-
my, and knocked down whole platoon
of them before any one was aware ofthe |
new assailant. The next instant she but
ted an aide de camp out at the sally port.
and gave Loid CORVALLIS grippe in the
rear at the slack ofhis panialoons, which
ruined that portion of his regimentals for
ever and aye. His LordshIp spraug over
the wall in jiffy without waiting for his
suite, and the whole garrison were put to
rout in the twinkIiug Of an eye. Some
threw themselves over the ramparts, 9th
ers climed up the bastion, others scuttled |
off to the half moon the fierce animal
meanwhile rooted hther and thhher a.
mong them, knocking down, and biting,
and scratching and kicking at most ter
riblc rate. Those who could not get out
in season were obliged to turn upon the
assalant by beating her with the but ends
of their muskets. Dire was the conlu-
sion The soldiers belabored the porker
and the porker pummelled the soldiers,
bit their legs, tumbled them down and
irampIed them under foot! Chaos was
come again. The soldiers reared and
shou,ed-the old sow squealed in tri-
nmph-lhe walls of the pigstye trembled
with the clamour--the basions came tum-
bling down-the citadel shook to its foun-
lations, kicks, ,humps, cuffs, thwacks,
bangs, blows, pokes, hits, forestrokes and
'ackstrokes pevailed shouting. scream.
ng. yelling and grunting filed The air
The walls came tumblipg down, and the
he old sow came scampering down the
ill at gallop after the routed army!
This happened at the very instant in
y hich Gen. Washington had put himself