Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-10
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And swiftly forming in the rank Of war; -,
And the deep Thunder peal on Pea. afar. ''.' ,
And near thebeat Of the alarming drum,' ;eGo'In1
Reused up the soldier ere the morning star, d,h
While throng'di the citizens with terror dhmbI
Or whispering with white lips, 1lhe fds. They
Come, they come" n gI8t ii oidO 70 eifa
Fieldrof Waterloo, won by tile "fTolyc
Ailiancsp ofall the discordant elements ofs
Europe-tls4'dst and treackeyy? Why did
Groucly commit such blunder? Was it
accidentior deslgs9 d Were. there any sllure
mentss Had tHetg5ld Of eOtd Eagiand'tD'
any thing to do ID the matter" 1T once
found its way into the pockets Of Arnold,
and he bad fought as brayely. in defence Of 4
American freedom, as ever Grocchy
had for his "sire." Had Grouchy obeyed
Che positive orders Of Napoleon, in The prop
per management of the judicious and well
concerted reserve or, "check,'', Butcher %
with his eighty thousand hifclibgs would
not have joined in the rout and carnage Of
''totfncrrow" Napoleon would not have
died in ''e&ile" nor Wellington "hero;''
neither would there have been monument
erected in Westminster Abbey to the mem
ory of such. low, cunning and driviling
lrlshman, Oouf paternal parent knew him
well, and knew too, his low, cunning, in 4
suficiency and imcompatability even as a.
classmate, and he was made to feel his in
human ity and ingratitue in after years in
the martyrdom of beloved brother. But
why waste our time this Sabbath morning
in contemplating scenes of carnage, and
fallen foreign grandeur, and the inhuman
conduct of mercenary hielihg, who
could be so lost to every sense and feeling
Of humanity; and, we might almost add,
consanguinity; and who could disregard
shat lie wlick binds nanto man, as to stand
unmoved and see brother officer shot, and
that too, on testimony Of the most doubtful
character--far from his family and home, fol;
the most triAing offence, which was after
wards found to be incorrect. A hireling
who would have fears of the promotion of
brother officer, would make an attempt to- s.
perform that with t'5ri5e'' which his in
capacity as General could not otherwise ef-n
feet. The obscure grave in Flanders OF an 2
uncle whose name we bear contains more
bravery, and is more honorable than a mon I
ument erected in Westminster Abbey to the j
memory of such homicide, low, cunning,
pngrateful, and driviling Irishman.o iI
The recurrence of Mis day brings always
to our mind some of the scenes 0our youth,
and events of our boyhood. 1t is forty
gears this very day since we saved the life /,
Of class-mate from drowning. The cir1 B.
cumstances connected with the transaction
are too lengthy to give in detail, yet they
would not be improbable nor uninteresting
to the juvenile reader. We cannot give
them without using the prohoune tY' and
'we.' This would savor of egotism, which to
our mind is always disgusting. Twenty Il
seconds more, as reported by the physician,
would have told the tale for him, and avery
few minutes more would, in like manner,
told the tale for me. Had we failed in our
sixth and last plunge and struggle that we
could possibly have made, he would not now
be "Comtnodore Porter, " commanding our
squadron in the Mediterranean, nor we a
poor Kigmy hafrating the tale. A marble
slab. would "record who rests below and
show to the passer-by that we were lying by
the side of deceased brother and sister,
How different our fortunes, and diasimilar
our pursuits. We were his equal if not su- \
perior, ias school boys,-- outsripping him
in spelling, reading. writing, arithmetic, rec-o
itation, &c. We loved each othet like
brothers, and were constantly, while at
school, in each Others company, We add, y
again, how different our fortunes, and dis
similar our pursuits. lie, after receiving the .
most refined and accomplished education,
now plouing the clustering Ocean, and al
most at the altitude Of fame we, afler be-
ing placed in an obscure and unbroken will
derness, where we were deprived of receivr
ing eUen a common English education
ploaUiag some of the rugged declivities Of
Ohio. 1t is strange that little events may
change the pursuits, and, | might say, des'
tiny of man. This event, as we afterwards
learned, was the cause Of Our parents NOV &
ing to Ohio. ;G,SNF'2 So
81 Capt Porter, the boys father, for our CON
duct, proposed to take us in charge and give
us midshipman's place in a short time,
and seeing that we were deslrous Of accept
ing the t;proffered step to fame" our, pa
rents frustrated our design, Ibyg imme-
diately migrating to 'theeback-woods!"-A
We'll, at the end forty years it isnot worth
while To s'moufn over lost marbles" Had