New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-20
NV PUBLICATIONS.

Afr H.ae, Lecture, on O.0nwel delivered
f1rc- the c-.r.r of lat Winter have l SOME measure
adjust o anticipate thc character oi Tile b.o-rap1y-
s-ree with him that there la yet been no saus,ac
tory and impartial life of he Protector Ca1iylcs WORK
which fl. much more reliable than those Of former su
,1rs giving us only 1limpscs of biz character and de-
schcd pictures of oveIis rather tran any connected
l..rr.rfv There e. al.o marfest Frlgreiy il this
'for b.s,s undertaken ty an Amercan Party pr..u-
a.ees sre st 20 stlou- -l .ai fhat SANDING
tho r-..e.rla- t0r which Cromwell ana UsmFien bate
-ef i.r. u.caae pl- 9- n-toaa .a.'h o-, party IS
-.u,tsrt t1 do honor tlc iron trless md .o'y .1-
...a.r af tle character .. tae ..-l.r while -ua otl
er i - admiration Of BE .t.nc. 60 oh. ,.ra1a.-a
end corrupt practices o. CAareas rel=a -.ry --- .i
ter lesIs Of cruelty obs 3-'oL
Wr. u.adle7 h.- aimed o. .e inst anl imperial ani
gher. there i doubt az 20 che motives ofCromwel Dr.
has cans.l .l.,y v..lle-d proHolncnz llismelt-
The work IS written with more care than any Dee has
+ heretofore published Hs lanslaze i7 clear aud in
e.- exceedingly vivid and .lEc-qle, wono-
tca ess frequently .toso iaui of style tor which be
las been ccusurei Do ac has erred ID any respect We
think 10 is ia TOO lightly passing over some of Crom
wells acuon- which Gro mucl less lsldabie tian his
share 90 the execution or Charles ia Tie stern an-
snch.Hr hostility of o., parties which then srits'ed
En-.aul 70 was hardly possible .or great leader 20 be-
without strong mur blt History never a,taius % an
entirely correct decision concerning s1ch cras and we
win uo. ssy that ST. losity - not as ue-r sat as
those who have written before h.m.
Amourti best specimens oitlc al.hors spirited and
-.1iu- style IS Che iol1w.l., vii-a .s so admirable H
,s way tla. wc quote % entire.
IsrrLs oF nrynAr
Tie SPOT on which O. veg DREW mp L.a lff-c army.
was small narrow. tongue Of land running out INTO
the frrh OF Ecrfh-hIl and uets near where DO joined
the main land and overlooking ou cl,lef sde, ie rest
le-. ocean. The town li Dunbar was behind NINA
single mansion Br0CS-m3I.A House iaccd ui, extreme
l,t-c.-e there not covering 900 t1e ie.'lae ok
pau.e save one hut into which Tie cannon "rr, care
rcd shelter them from tnc rt.n, winch ic. ln Tor
rents.
ON fh.. bleak and narrow peninsula ou.y mile and
half wide 40 it, base, behold TIE white tents o Cron
wells army in front oi him. lsndward, is desolaic
unpas.abc moor with Tow rd-e Oh mus Dty oHl' on
which stand the scotch army. twenty three thousand
strong 40 the base ol these runs small streaul.eL
forty feet wide and almost many deep furnishing
only taO passes over which troops can march lron
wells ships ia the oing. bis now la-t remaining
resource; tAc Ion D. DO length caught ana lie prey
deemed secure
On thc second Of September Oliver looks forth
from tar Or-o..te heath. which bis army drawn
up u order I'd. battle. and lo ulff s-lt meets hls
ra1c Behind url tle -aa swept hy strong wind,
ami before him. blocking h.m n from shore t' -llr.
chosen army ostuuH.ocrin- DIS own tHo to ono. Ilr
white tlnt-. iaat are spr-A.c4 over .l.. 4'' i.'-i
rock t0 and fro BOO the storm of -'rct and h'lt a.t
darkness aul gloom hang over the Puritan host lHis
-f1p of land j. aii that joel has fit loo Scott u1 while
ul,.er army stands ready 10 sweep him into tlc s0a.
Fuf DO 4 Zoo crcrm-tnrc like lc-" fhnf h'- character
shines forth with greatest 7plcndor. THOUGH h' over
throw seems certain, he exhibits 40 dscodi0-cinenL o
lcaf, Tor hc r0s 1ng nan 90 l1e aff1 ftf"s ~ "'f
is de hiQf D'0rs 0f Ne fld hope slime nt hug ..
Dilqr of frt rtcg d had gone on 90 on 1Hcrs'
AZ four o'clock that evening as De was watching the
cnov's movements through bis glass. he saw that lc
scotch commander we bringing down the whole army
from the h 20 the brook 20 10 base 90 be- ready n -
day to commence the assault Do this movement hs
quick eye detected an error which, Ike bonapafie he
determined 90 avail him 90 oL
Lesley lu csccutug Dos mancufcr bad packed DIS /
ma.n body into unrro" space, "lcrt Do c'''i h', /
ea-iIy depoy, whie tle entire ucnt wing s.rotcif'i
uto tlc plain Cromwell ss", t."t 3D. Ae could ro.i
chi. wing and rI.i 10 back bob disorder on tna un"iriy
mas- before DO could Draw pop in order OBJ oliie l iNt
omen ground victory would he sure. That u- nt urfD
f'rr l.s twelve thou-rud men were placed 100 btiIr /
atr.v with nothing white about them fY show D.n. !
snraous u tle du.sy twilight fni win oIder- a- /
soon ae the morning dawncd 90 iaI 'n NE enemy
All night long. Che drruchcd army stoui. without /
ut to cover them FOO the cold storu while the moan ~
he .ea as 30 rolled heavily ou thc beach seemed chant
uy ia rrgI.em beforehand flr the dead t.ar should I
cumhar the fsd Bur, amd che shrek OBJ the blast /
and the .readv roar tine wafcs tle voice ~ prayer
was heard along the lines and many Brave heart /
that before another night sloId leal no more poured
forth its earnest upplirai0ns 90 tn' bod oi battles
Toward morning the clouds broke away. and the /
moon shone dimly down on the silent host Cromwell /
who had been utcntly watching tine enemy motions /
a column moving uoNu Tue -vAti-ih f'a'1
and hfng Up bis arm, exclaimed, the Lord hain de-
Htercd them into our hands The trumpets then /
-Ouuded the char-c-thc artillery opened tnru hie'
while louder than All rang the shouts " 10, L'rH I /
Hosts ne Lori ~ H0sfs .' as infantry and cavalry
rurcd In one Wild torrent together on the enemy The
dr-. division a tle foot rccoled when Cromwcil /
ordered up bis own regiment which, Wlth IeY'.el
pike. pre--cd -fcruiy forward amid tlc carnage ucr
came laundering ON the scotch paused n terror lr
nUsf moment the c .ffrriu- tempest Na- upon in,ii-
over the brook and over tle hostile tanA- thy wen.
irlmp.ug down Che steady battalion. iAe grass prh''
icr feet and bearing three thousand souls io te n'At
world in their fierce passage. In thc mdt ol iu-, tI
ri8lc clarr. on which Cf0mwclls csc rested wtl ll'
deepot ansiety the rose over The naked n.s, hd
struggling through the mist that was gently moving .
away from the battlefield sent hs level beams aih"iIi
the comm.ngled hosts
$50 lid Tie sun rise on Napoleon a. Borod.no as Dee /
stood and surveyed the nod which two hunired and
sixty thousand men We're moving % battle, ana tAe ]
sublime expression burst from hs hps, benol1 ti'
sun OF Austerlitz But Cromwell, carried away by /
a higher sentiment than glory, gave vent ID nl- emo
tons in sublimer language As the blazing nfe-ot /
rolled slowly into view and poured rs Asnt over I'd,
scene he burst forth, "LEr Con ARISE. ana d me- sis
MICS Be scarertd .' Ay. and they were scattered
The right wing broken and di-oriered, was rolled 10
confused mass upon tie MAN body OF tl- army anu
the panic Spreading those twenty thous md men ',
came cloud of iugitives, sweeping htheT and thlilti
over the field 80 Lc base oi Doom lll on wn4ch lA'
enemy had been cncamped Cromwell ordered gene /
rai hlt and while the horse could be rallied Tor ih'
chase babe the army sing the hunif ~ ana
Psalm Hundred and seventeenth Psalm o.. llc IOoi /
oi Doom Hill there we upllt DO 20 tle tune ol nin-oi
or some .f higher score and roll DC strong ana -i
against the sky 50 the mighty anthem diei aW ~ on
the hed the shout of battle was ssaln heard ana tAe
fierce cavalry drove amid the broken ranks rom.
down the flgi.iyes and sabrng them without mercy /
tll the Ground was covered with the dead
Three thousand were slain and ten thousand iat'h /
prisoners while fifteen thousand stand oi arms Two
hundred stands OF coors and twenty seven .'liloN
,,,,,f9 ss s,7s ~ the victims 10 an utter rOut
of the scotch the whole country around became COY
cred with disorlerly multitude, through winch the
steady squairons of the republicans saloped "iihou
resistance.
- Lucy HosNER; Or The Guardian and /
the Ghost: Tale Of Avarce and Crime Defeated ~ /
D. r. THOMPSON, author Of the Green Mountain
Boys Locke Amsden, &C has been issued - IRA
ham. in cheap style.