Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-05-30

freely distributed, added intoxiration
to bigotry. Then the fierce stream of
fanaticism and inebriety was rolled
against the weak defences. The gates
and both breaches were simultaneously
assailed. A steady fire made the ele-
plants which led the attack on the
gates recoil, treading down in their re-
treat the crowds that pressed behind
them. The party attacking the breach
which they lay across the wet ditch,
were foiled by the elective play of
gun which Give himself pointed. A
mass that seemed resistless mounted
the other breach; while multitude
coolly sat down below to replace them
if they should fall. Not even at Ba-
jadoz was. breach more effectively
counterworked, or more bravely de-
Tended. The stormers assembled with
out receiving shot, gained the first
trench that had been raised, and then
were opened on by a fire close, cease
less and deadly. The front ranks of
the defenders fired without intermis-
sion, being supplied from behind with
charged muskets. Every shot slew,
they fell in masses, were instantly re-
placed, their successors fell as they;
while shells, cast from the ramparts,
were spreading wide destruction and
wider terror among the crowds below.
For whole hour they passed on to GER
tain death, as doggedly as snow fakes
to the ocean. For whole hour the
fire Of the defenders consumed every
man that advanced. At length they
laltered, wavered, and Withdrew
Their brave leader was left among the
slain. And heroic as were the deeds
at Lutzen when Gustavus fell, none
equaled that Of a soldier, who returned
beneath the wall to rescue his COM
mander. Forty muskets showered
danger around him; but he fiinched not,
and bore away his generous burden un-
harmed. That night the siege was
raised. Give was reinforced the next
day, pursued the enemy, defeated them
at Ami, captured Conjeyeram, and
made the English arms respected;
eventually triumphant Perhaps the
historians of future ages may say, that
the defence of Arcot bore the same
relation 10 the Mohammedan power in
the east, rs the battle of Tours in the
west; and that Charles Cartel and
Olives were the instruments Of Provi-
dence in giving the check, at those ex-
IRENE points, to the restless current by
which that system of lust and blood
she'd had overswept the nations; and in
commencing the reflex by which we
now seeit falling back, with rapid sub
sidence, on the centre whence it origi-
nally sprang.
An instructive lessonis conveyed by
the fate of those who conducted the
struggle for a European empire in In
din. Dupleis rose splendid dignity.
became abiter of the Carnatic and
Deccan, was courted by eastern kings,
ennobled by his own, and then died
the victim Of disappointment and power
ty. Labourdonnais foundlhe reward Of
pre-eminent talents and services in the
Bastile. Lally, after displaying bra
very and zeal in thecaus of his adopt
cd country, was drawn through Paris
in dung cart to the guiIlotine.-
Give rose from an obscure clerkship TO
be Governor Of Bengal, a British
peer, the boast of his country, the he
no of his age; and at the very moment
when his sovereign was looking to the
mighty talents he welded rs the only
hope of saving America, his life of
victories, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and fame
was closed by suicide. Such is the
bliss of greatness! The love Of con-
quest, like Moore's Prophet, wears
veil of transcendent lustre to shroud
features of inefable disgust. Poets
and historians converge the rays of
glory on the glittcring mask, which,
SO irradiated, dazzles, fascinates, in-
flames. But, ever and anon, such
events as the suicide of Give lift the
veil, and discover on the visage of war
lineaments far fouler than those which
mar the more destructive but less ca
parisoned funes, pestilence and famine.
The largest tannery in the world is
in Prattyille, Greene county, Pennsyl-
vania. The building is over four hun