Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-04

Vie knew for whn, his life was abou, 10
be sacrificed that devastation and butcher.
ering would follow the footsteps of his heart
less foes tina, helpless women would be
sacrificed 10 saiiate the cruel drsire of the
conqneror feeling the holy inspiration of
dying patriot he fought manfuliy, I'LL the
loss OF blood and approach OF death stayed
his uprniscd arm his rife was hrokcn to
pelces, his pistols ell 10 the floor, nothing
but his faithful sword was left In the ag.
ony Of death, with a terrible grasp, he
brought, this last weapon upon the head Of
his neares, assaiant and fell across his body,
church there were &c dead Mexicans, and
no other American having fought or fallen
OF tina, point, it is considered beyond all
reasonable doubt that all of them fell by the
hand of Tennessee's favori,e SOM Ali are
now dead. Not a compa,riot left to rear a
monumen, TO their memory But oh no
monumen, is required TO perpetuatc their
fame. FHagersiown News.
"PoETRy OF LIFE"-When the ccle.
brated DR. Samuel Johnson was asked why
so many literary men were infidels, his re.
ply was, because they are ignorant Of the
Bible Ifthe question be asked why the
lovers of general reading so often fail 10 nc.
quain, themselves with the sacred volume,
one reason that may he assigned doubtless
is, they are not aware Gifts interesting rari-
EN- This feature ofthe Bible is well Illus
racd by Mrs. Ellis, in the following clo-
hnr FL lo.
the Poetry Of Life-Jour Com
"Whh our established ideas of beauty,
grace, pathos, and sublimity either concen.
,rutcd in the minutest poisk or extended
10 the widest range, we can derive from the
Scripture, fund of qualification not 10 be
foundin any memorial of pastor present time
From the worms that grovel in the dust be-
meath our feet, to the track Of the leviathan
in the foaming decp-from the moth that
corrups the secret treasure, TO the eagle that
scars above his eyry in the clouds-from
the wild ass in The desert, to the lamb with
in the shepard's fold. from the consuming
locus, TO the cattle upon thousand hills
from the rose Of Sharon TO the cedar Of Lee
banon-from crystal streams, gushing forth
GU, Of the finty rock, TO the wide waters Of
the delugc from the barren waste to the
fruitful vineyard, and the land flowing with
milk and honey--from the lonely path o
the wanderer, 10 the gathering ola mighty
mutitude-from the tear that falls in secret
to the din of battle, and the shouts of u tri
umphant host-from the solitary in the vii
derness, to the satrap on the thronc-fron
the mourner clad IN sackclo,h, TO the prime,
in purple robes-from the gnawing of tn,
worm that dIcth not, to the seraphic vision
ofthe blest--from the still small voice, t.
the thunders of Omnipotence-from tn
depths of hell, 10 the regions Of eternal glo
ry-there is no degree of beauty or deform
ity, no tendency to good or evil no shade
of darkness or CLEAN of light which doe
not come within the cognizance Of the Hol,
Scriptures; and therefore there is no i'm
preston or conception of the mind tina, ma
not find a corresponding picture; no thirS
for excellence that may not meet with ii
full supply and no condition of humanit
necessarily excluded from the unlImite
scope Of adoption and of sympathy compr'
hended in the language and spirit of tn
Bible"