Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-02-19
BY GEO. II. BEAMAN

stray lie would h, heard over the va.
''f,, minclr. 'chlv with jhc Gcrrcr
piping II the winds and anon The
deep roll of The drum would boom n
cross The niVhi. the neigh oi hor,e
would iiOai from the opposite shore or
the crash If lamming lcc would h.
heard lake far oil thunder. The csn-
uonccfs beneath tnc were dragging
piece II artillery up the ascent
and the mru were rapidly form
ine an the shore tc'ow ashley landed
1t was stirring scene. A this in
slant band Of the ---- reg,nrr,
struck up anrnliycnnI AR and plun
gag my rowcls into my stead ] whlrl-
ed him round IN the road, and went
of IN a gallop TO overiake 'hc staff oil
the commander ~ chici' II was now
ten oe'ock, ana 80 niucn ''mc had now
tcen consumed h'ha o. became imposs-
ibic 70 reach our destination before
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WY "a WI 'y
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nun ''i' ''' NJ az ;. 90 '''''' III y
80 a. oN9'o,'' p"' Wv ',"' P"uSo
WIZ" yo" .c"o., VIC u'I"S's INV
'"Vii i" "''o,e 'i'.'i i"i'N' ''i' ,o''i',
and pursue them Ia the very centre OF
( the town. ! shall bc there 10 take
them in the fiank-the rest we must
leave 10 the God of battles. And now
gentlemen to our posts In five min
utes we were IN motion,
The cnccrncss Of orr troops TO come
I'M with the enemy was never more
corsp,cuous thnu IN the morning of
Tint eycut(,h day. We had scarce.y
lost s,oht Of SulI,yons detachment n -
cross the intervening fields before the
long threatened storm burst over us.
The NIGHT was intensely cold.tllc sleet
and ram ratified luccssantlv upon the
mems kuapsacl,s. and the wind sblck
cd. howled and reared among the old
pine trees with terrific violence. At
times the SLOW f,,l pcrpcndicularlv
downwards- then il beat horizontally
into orr faces with furious impetuosi.
'tv. and oooin il wac whilcd widely ON
high cddyinp round and round. swcep.
nIg away on the whistling TEMPEST ia,
down in the Gloom. The tramp of the
ncn-the low orders of tho officers
the occasional rattIc OF muSAe'S were
almost loSt III 'hc >nrl' voice o. ul'
gaze or ''' u'', N"''''' ,o'' Vi "'1 WI
tnred forest hTch "'' Sou"IS ~
I'hg'il ceased, ana we co''' .l., ~, III,
narch III Pfo''''''" S'''.ioc ''',' .,'
rs we iIGN near ''I' o''' l'','N o' ''.' ',i
'"iY' ne 't .',''3 'Tl'''oo ~ Wv
que '',o''e" It ' ,, ~ '''u o"'n n,|al
"' our o'"Ne co'i''Il l'.'' w"s ',''''.'
WIN Joy rs II uecIcnN'" ',i' '''''''oo'
oi ou' u.soI e., - y , ''u 't,"T .,rnr;,o
more nope LOT surceSS'"' ~ ! ~.
~ ,,r..I -, ',,,, 3,,,. b., ,Lo Iot
thai dteau'ui hl9't no'llnS o,y l'' AZ. ~,
" pa.rio,'S,ii Oh ,,c. ,r Lot''u ''",'
sustained 'noih LII, i'H' oro.arG, " dos,i
"'''".n ''''''' "''o''
'utc oil p'''Ac'S, =, Nv! "aH', - ''o'I
p WY on as.,nN' i''' , TO- ~ ~ ;,
$ drehch,d 10 inc sAlii' euiNetiiS " " ~, y:
I every blast, ana 100 oiteli liidth'he 'Le'
footsteps WIN p'ooa' va os Il"
now, me recoiiGclioi' Is sun 'ltiu !,
, my mind. Hod ior1ld o'A' such SUI
I ienngs should ever nave 10 oe ehdui
, ed again.
Tie dawn at Taste came, but the storr
: still ragged. The trees were born
Q down with slcct, and the slush was ar
/ kle deep in the roads. The fields th'
we passed were covered with wet sno'