The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-21
THE AMERICAN. BIvOuAG. ON THE
BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE.

TaE AMERICAN BIvouAe. ON THE
BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE.
ssas3us s. BY 9. W. PATTES. U. s. A. .fa
A song went up at close oil day 80 II,
from The shining land where the gold mines lays
5traneelysthe while mid cltrons ripe, IS slov
5listened the flag of the stars and stripe. ~
There were foreign bands in that sunset light
Lying at ease by their falchions bright, sl Il n4
A nd thew lifted III cir heads the vines among.
At the thrilling sounds of their native tongues
tbs aIoroas--Oh! Ills glorious, ganssotf sas
(Glad voices sweiled the lay)
The fla % amid the citron trees! H s.ise
And the trumps that wake the day. & asss
The lances bathed in liquid light
And the steeds that sweep the plain se' =
It's gloTious-Oh I'tis glorioust sssst s.i l.
On! 10 the charge again.
But tits lonely--OA tits lonely. ie2 ltsai
"a voice desponding sighed,) III :, = esasa
That we should leave the PEACEFUL hearth
For the battle's storming tide; s-oui fsesaiSH&
That should change, for language strange
Fond words we understand
IT'S lonely--Oh! tits lonely-- $3.50 E 81 9saE2e
This march through foreign land 4.
Nay! gIorious-Oh. tits glorious.
(Rang that exulting cry3 IS slolfasfs
To mark the floating OF the stripes t.ar
Amid the battle sky;
Beside the eagles glitterng crest,
To watch its proud career. e'a ~
And with an ann above the rest -t.
To strike 'mid shout and cheer.
'TIs loneiy--Oh! 'iis lonely! $3.50 sssig
tSull sighed that yearning hearty
*Al day We hear the roll which tells
How human hopes depart; bs2i.sa sssssd So
Lo! cross his hands upon the breast.
Which beat like yours for fame:
And bear him 10 his place OF rect, 80 III giinsu
A GRAVE WITHOUT a NAME.
A nd the song was hushed on the evening breeze,
And the day grew dim thro' the plantaiR trees.
And the brows that were lit by the sunset West,
On their pam-ieafpi pillows dropped downin rsat;f
Some TO recall their native sky, h.,r st.a ess
Some to dream of-vicToRY.
CAMP NEAR THE Rio GRANuE, Dec, 1916. stfia
&rhe dead ms arch is too frequently heard in
the vicinity of Camargo for one 10 argue in favor
of the healthfu ness OF that position FroH one
of the hospitals, in November last, the remains
Of eight soldiers were escorted to .stheir lonZ
homer in the course OF twenty-four hours. IA
CHARACTER OF AARON BURR. e
.;az, ,t,,. By WILLIAM WALLACE. sssEssis& assa
| If Blennerhassett had been the only person
ruined by Burr, charity would suggest burial
of our remembrance of the Exile's desoauon.--
But the victims Of Burr are to be numbered BY
hundreds. The base and the peaks Of society,
alike, show the scslhing marks of his fiery WIS.,
itation. He cherish ed no friendship; he return
ed unhonored the drafs Of gratitude: he kinded
the fame cfust at the Preside hospitality aud
and felrliltle pleasure IN bidding adieu to the
Lares of his host until the dearest objects that
fourished under their sacred inhuenss,
were sacrificed But for the deep affection which
merits seem to have been GOODNESS courage, and
| yet clustering as were the laurels which they
show red on his brow, his baser passion so pre-.
dominated that he held it more glorious TO se-
duce a woman than to shine in the field Of let.
ters to scale the sleeps Of philosophy, or TO wave
banner VIGOROUSLY in battle.
| He coarted the man to corrupt his wifs-ths
Statesman to profit by his infuence-the milion-.
are to obtain his money--and the world to graft
ify his desires. He was more dangerous from
the possession of an intellect massive. piercing
and brilliant, united TO form once handsome
aud vigorous. His mind was but the keen wes-
pom with which he hewed path to conquest.--a
That weapon was Protean. If the victim fully
came under the gaze Of an eye whose sharp ligh,a
resembled lightning imprisoned and forever
playing in cloud black as death-hs was for
i ever lost. Burr's conversation was irresistibiy
fsscinating-for his hands swept every chord Of
the happy with never fading flowers Of still
brighter hue; he arched the troubled sky Of
the desponding, with the rainbow of hope; he
cOnjured up before the rapt vision of the avsri-
cious, golden Gocondas; and to the aspiring he
pointed out the illuminated vista Of Glory.
Thus be stood gifted and unprincipled ruthless
and terrible. The want of great fortune. alone
prevented his presenting in vast Alpine
mass that Evil which he accomplished but too
| svcc essfully in many details. Chance conGnedtc
valleys, comparatively humble, the stupsndous
glaciers which only need the rays of the Gun of
fortune to devastate continents aas A's
}, Itmay be asked: Is not his vaior on the battle
, fields OF his country to be rememberedp Yesl
That was redeeming thing. No matter from
what motive his military talents were exercised.
onr land reaped some benefit. But we are forc-
ed to doubt the patriotism OF one who was SO
ready TO forswear his allegiance: who trampled
garded his exploit against royal tyranny less
, glorious than the moral destruction ola human
beng e-4a.r...s, s...-.r7 - sa71
/ Age Is expected TO subdue; but with Burr.
the winter oil time brought snow to cool the
lava of passion. At fore-score-and-six the era
ter wore glow as ardent as att 20. Ills facul-5
= ties Knocked at century,,
Age should bring the soothing calm of reli-
giOn to prepare the tempest tost bark for its
entrance into another and final Sea Burr died
L. L. l.