Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-27
BLANCHE oFmoNmorTH.
Her bare right arm, uplifted high.
All light, her large and glorious eye.

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All light, her large and glorious eye,-
Aud her whole CONGRATULATIONS
-- sheleoked the Pythoness inspired, -ColtOa.
Blanche! Blanche! We're on the eve
Of an action! 1 come to embrace you for
the last time! !
The speaker was horseman in the
American cavalry. Enveloped in clouds
of dust. he was dashing up towards the
veranda Of large mansion. built in the
colonial taste. and exhibiting all the evil
dence of colonial af1uence. HIS horse
was feeked over with foam, and his man
ner was fearfuIly excited. The person
whom he addressed was young girl of
scarcely eighteen summers. Her form
was round perhaps too round-perhaps
too redundant for those who deem eua6on-
point inconsistent with beauLy-but grace
fuI as sylph's. About her expressive
face there played profusion of nut-brown
ring lets. and in her moist. dark eyes there
beImed an earnest aud meaning look. in
dicative at once Of great force Of charac-
ter and depth of passion. Her Ii ps were
full and slightly voluptuous in expression.
her nose was classically regular in cou-
tour, and her chin indented with little
HulC4 ScISSu as d
nesting place for thousand loves.
Not for the last time, trust she re-
piled, with sweet and encouraging smile.
MY heart tells me that the American arms
will be triumphant! Who commands the
forces p
Gen. Lee is at the head Of the FIRST di,
vision, and Washington follows close in
his rear with the remainder Of the army.
I left my command for a moment, and
rode in advance to take leave of you. my
Blanche. The army will soon come up.'
Let us trust in the Col of battles for
the issue. He will sustain our Just cause
How glorious it mast be to fight for one 5
country. And by the side Of Washington.
Edmund Stanley. were it not for you,
continued the lovely enthusiast. bIushing
to the temples. were it not for you. could
wish that we're soldier, an1 might bear
arms in the cause Of America
The army is approaching. l must
leave you. God bless you, my Blanche
God bless you, Edmund. l would no t
counsel you to do any thing unworthy of
yourself, but do not plunge into unneces-
sary danger. For my sake. do not
The dragon folded his beLrothed in his
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full expression to his emotions. tore him
self hastily away. and re-mounting his
dusty charger. plunged down the road.
Blanche Rivers gazed after his retreat.
ing form with streaming eyes. Her limo.
cent bosom heaved beneath its laced bod
dice. and for Il moment she stood the very
picture Of feminine woe. But she was !.
brave girl, and the resounding tread Of
the advancing squadrOns stirred all that
was heroic in her soul. and quickly chased
her tears away. Leaving the veranda,
she placed herself at an open easement of
the mansion. ami silently awaited the APP
pearance Of the marching troops. To the
stirring strains of martial music, the gilt
tcrins column advanced along the hi 5h.
way. headed by Lee in person. atten led
by his suite. The day was insutferably
hot, and many Il can:een was pressed to
a weary soldiers lip upon that dreadful
march. Infantry. cavalry and artillery
toiIeA quickly by, and clouds Of dust roll.
ed mp before, behind, AMI on either side
Of them. only To settle in thick folds upon
their shoulders. AMI add TO the parchlng
thirst which devourcd them. Blanche
gazed ill she WAS weary upon the passing
the narrow highway. swept in an ncon
ceivabIy brief period before her eyes. or
their way to Monmouth. When the last
stray Cling c"rpS had vanished from hen
sight, the heroic girl left the window and
proceeded to her fathers stables. Order
Ing the groom to saddle, and bring around
her horse, she re-entered the house. an
after moments absence, appeared at the
front entrance, armed with pistols at her
belt-a perfect ClOrinda, or Joan Of Arc
all save the gOrget and morton. In mo.
ment she had mounted, and was flying W
the road, upon the heels Of the American
soldiers.
Il will be an eye witness to one strug.
! gle for freedom said Blanche. as she
checked her horse, to prevent him from
approaching too near the American rear.
Lee soon reached the plain Of Mon
mouth. AMI drawing up his soldiers under
cover Of the woods. went forward to reco.
noitre The broad field was covered will
the gIitterlDy squadrons Of the British
while extending in the distance as far as
the eye could reach. was an immense
train Of baggage wagons, with stores fol
the support of ten thousand men. Drum.
bea:, u.les sounded the charge, and the
battle commenced. Protected by the
shades of the woods, Blanche Witnessed III
security the various maneuvres OF the
cOntending armies. She saw Wayne
charge with resistless impetuosity, and
her heart beat with emotions Of the puresI
patriotism. as she reflected that there was
one in that cavalcade in whom she had an
interest. whose arm would strike, that day,
many blow for his country's cause. Not
selfish thought in regard to her lovers
peril crossed her mind; her whole soul was