The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-07


as dark as midnight, framed q determined
fsce surmounted by smslf cap, glfttefing
with "a single golden tsssel. The young
warrior bestfodet Z magnificent charger,
broad ID the chest, small ID the head, deli:
cate ineaeh slender limb, and with ostrils
quiverilg ss though they shot forth jets Of
fame. That steed was as death. Hs' t'a q
10 Without a word, the soldier turned to
his men. n.sysq sGisycf2 avn Tlaai 2ai g'jzl
Eighty.fonr forms, with thtOsts and breast,
bare, eighty four battle horses, eighty four
sabres, that rose In the clutch Of naked
arms, and flashed their lightning over eighty
four faces, kait in every feature with battle
FIRE. yo Las '7.a nsaiua o'iSS7a'- tt''s4o
amen, feIIOwl" shouted the young com.
mander, wbo had been created soldier by
the hand OF Jackson, as his tall form rose
in the stirrups. and the battle breeze played
with his long black hair. 7o' o. es's'Sl'
There was no response In words, bH you
should have seen those horses quiyer be.
/ meath the spur, and spring and launch away.
Down, upon the sod with Ons terrible beat
came the sound, Of their hoofs, whilethrough
the cir rose in glittering circles those battle
scimitars. ,uG fgbsss7g lg g1iHaEaa SID !
Four yards in front rode May, himself
| and his horse the object Of a thousand eyes,
so certain was the death that loomed before
him. Proudly in his warrior beauty herrode
that steed, his hair floating from beneuthhis
ca 10 raven curls upon the wind. 81 o2u
He turns his heud-his men see his face
with stern lip and knit brow; they feel the
fire Of his eyes; they hear not "men for
vardy' but smen follow!" and away, like
an immense battle engine composed Of eighty
four men ard horses, woven together by
swords-away and on they dash. :iss1
They pear the ravine; old Taylor follows
them, with hushed breath, aye, clutching
his sword iilt, he sees the golden tassel Of
! Mey, cleaning in The cannon fash. bsa ,sb
They are on the verge of the ravipe,, May
still in front, bis charger aingipg the earth
from beneath him. with colossal leaps, when
from among the cannon, starts up a hult
clad fgure, red with blood and begrimmed
with powder. s9el a Ids SSsa q, soinf 81
Itis Ridgely, who to day has sworn to
wear tile mailtle OF Ringgold, and to wear it
we'll! AT once his eyes catch the light now
blazing ia the eyes Of May, and springing
| to the cannon he shouts, ,.t,r at'f
| .Oue momeut. my comrade! and ! will
draw, their 6re!" a5-i,, E,,yrrgu If sz-as.g
7 The word Is not passed from his lips when
his cannon speaks out to the battery across
the rayine. His fash, his smoke have no,
gone, but hark! Did You hear that storm
of copper balls cla.ter against his cannon;
did you see it dig the earth beneath the boots
of Mays sQuadrons ~, 4. '+-@,' ,, 80. a'' -.
| ,nMen, followt'a Do you see that face
cleaning with battle fire. that .scimitar cut,
ting its glittering circle in the air Those
men can hold sEouts no longer. Send.
ling the air with cries. Hark! The whole
army echo them. They strike their ispass
and worried into Madness their horses7whirl
on aud thunder away to the deadly ravine
! The old man, Taylor, said, after the bat
tile, that he never felt his heart beat as i dig
then, forit was ,gloriops sight 10 see thu
young mon, May, at the head'of his squad
ron, dashing across the ravine, four yards i
advance Of his foremost nan, while long ant
dark behind him, was stretched the sole
line of warriors and their oteeds.rlg s'ar's
Through the windowssofth the clouds some
j o le ANS Of sunlight fell-they light the gol
I den .assel on the. cap-they illupine the
1 dark horse and his rider. with their warn
glow they reveal the battery-yeuf see II
4 above the further bank of the rayine, frown
inc death from every muzEle. t'@ 3'V2,'
I Near aud nearer, up und on! Never hee'
! the death befoEe you, though tits certain.-
1, Never mind the leap, thoughitis'terrible.- =
Rut nm the bank and over the cannon-hur
rah, At this dread moment, just as hi
horse rises for the Charge May turns an
sees the sword ofbrave Inge on his right
1 turns again and reads his own soul writte
in the fire of Sackefs eye nsgw
To his men once mere he turns, his hal
aoatina back behind him, lie points TO th
eanne,nn,,I to the steep bank and the certai
death, and as though inviting them, one an q
ali. to his brida feast,s hes "Come!"l y :
Thesy did come. II would have made q 10Y
: blood dsdanceto, sees7 1T. ,Asaone man the
: whirled up the bank. following Mays swoI
: as they would ban aer, and striking mad
home, as they heard. through the lrfdloi roar
], battle they card III that word Of frenz.
aCome"
Al one mass Of barred chests, leuping ho
: ses and dazzling scimitars, they charged "
! on the bank; the cannons dre rushed ini
\ their faces; Inge. even o. his shout rang Z
/ the air, wac laid ., manglsd thing before }
steed. his throat torn open bya cannon shc .
.. ssckst was buried beneath his horse, a
seven dragoons fell q the batterys i mu'
..EsIes. their blood and brains whirledd IN n
II .heir couraass' eysssro3 eossM tei:s8.
II Still Msy is yoader, above the clouds, !
z I horse rioting over heaps of dsad, az with !
i sabre, circling round big flowing ban. he 9
~ h;s way through the living wall, Apd Gays