Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-06
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uarrers of the Battle Field

isErSGIS OF the ottIC iCtas
Tie tu.iowiug extracts from let!cr
published ii one Of the English parers.
may give the ieAdsr some idea of lhe hor.
rors offending the present war between
Ru>>jr and the Allied powers:
! Il Charge. Oh, such charge. New
er think of tie gsl|up aud tot which you
have ofDsn Witnessed IN lhe Ph9nix Park.
when Won desire To form notion of a
genuine h,0odhot, aH.mad chssge, such
as tina; have cone ont Ci-wiih q lew
lance prUdS. minus some gold lace, he'll
M.t chair, and Brown Bills (the chargeT
right ear. From The moment we dashed
at the enemy, whose position, aud SO
forth, Won doubtless know as much about
as can tell you, knew nothing, but that
was impeAed by some irresistible force
onward, aud hy some invisible and mn
tpcrceplible influence 10 crush every obsia-
Gle which stumbled before my good sword
and brave old charger. | never in my
life experienced such sublime sensation
as in The moment OF the charge. Some
fellows talk of being "demoniac.'
/ COW this, that it was such as made me q
match for any two ordinary men, anu
gave me such an amount Of glorious indll-
ference as TO life, as | thought il impossi-
BILE TO be master of II would GO your
Celtic heart good TO hear the most magnl-
hcent cheer with which we dashed into
" hai p W calls "Ihe guilty
>crinluags." Observation-Disclosures
rIang, AMI there we were in the midst ola
such smoke, cheer and clatter, as never .
before stunned morta's ear. Ii wasS.
glorious Down, one by one, aye, two
Ibv two, fell lhe thick skGlled and over
Inumerous Gossacks, and olhcr lads of tho
tribe of old Nick. Down. too, alas, fell
many hero with warm Celtic heart,
and more than one fell screaming loud for
victory. could not pause. IL was all
push, wheel, phrensy, strike, and down,
down, doWa, they went Twice | was
,unholsed, and more than once had TO
tgriP my s~urd tighter, The blood of foes
streaming down over the Hill, anG running
up my very sleeve.
Ueari1d UM Slaughter. | cannot
depict my feelings when we returned. L
sal down completely exhausted and una.
bic TO eat, though deadly hungry. All
my uniioEm, my hands, my very face
were bespaIered with blood. Ii was iha!
huf the enemy + Grand idea ! Bu, my
feelings, they were full Of that exulialion
which il is impossible 10 describe. At
least twelve OF the Russians were sent
wholly out Of the "way Of the war;" by
my good sce! alone, aud al least as many
more put on the passage TO that peaceful
exit by the same excellent weapon. So
also can others say. What thing 10 re-
fleet on. | have almost grown soldier
philosopher, and most probably will one
of these days, if the bullets which sre
flying about so abundandy give me time
to brush up.
Getting Horses. No novel ever had
sham hero who comes up 10 The realities
| have Witnessed. One Of my troop, for.
instance, had his horse shot under him in
the melee. "Bloody wars" he roared,
"ihls won'l do I" and right at a Russian
he ran. pulled him from his horse by the
sword hand in the most extraordinary
manner--tllen deliberately cutting of bisb
head as he Came doga,sryatlted finsoF the
saddle, and turning the sRnssianf eIsarger
ssgs:SiIsi rs late friends, fought hisawssy
This took less dine 10 do than 10 teiii,.
saw another OF our fellows unhorsed. and
wounded. creep unber Russian charger.
and run he sword up his belly. The an,
imaI plunged and fell on his slayer. crush.
ing him 10 pieces.
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