The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-02-25

is needful Such shall be my cours
o while ! am from thee, battling in defenc
of our country 5 rights. There are friend
d who will be all to thee that thou cans
. Wish. Farewell, mother"
! And clasping her hand, with passion
: ate embrace, he left scalding tear upoI
+ her cheek
Farewell, Clara!" murmurod he, as b,
caught her to his burning bosom, aud
when met their fearful gaze of love, he
imprinted kiss upon ber ruby lips
Exchanging lockets with her, aud agar
embracing her and bis mother, aud wiring
ing the hands of his friends, he joined his
regiment in waiting, and proceeded to tbs
pier, there to take the steamboat which
was to conduct them to vessel that lay
anchored mile from the dock
An! many were the last partings, many
the last embraces given! And as many
an eye glanced for the last time at their
homes as they disappeared in the mazy
distance, manly breasts hcaved, lips quiv-
cred, aud blauched checks we're wet with
tears.
Bat we will return to the mother, she
/ wbo bad hidden an adieu- perhaps, for
eveg,--to the only link that bound her to
earth Mrs Corbett had been widow a
number of years. burying her husband
during the devastating rayages of that fell
scourace, the cholera, in 1896. at that
fiue Charles, the hero of our sketch. was
q ~o.,,-o ,r Rho }o,,ilu ,vbtcb +hn7,
numbered some balf-a-dozeu. But dis
ease aud death had thinned the household
and Charles and his mother only remain
ed Need we wondor that that mother
should dread the agoni2ing parting?----
Need we surmise as to the nature of the
conflict which would rage within her bo-
som! None but mother could deeply
sympathisc With her, and stTiye TO heal
The lacerated heart
Clara Ashton was as beautiful as an
B9uri. and possessed all those qualities
IS bich serve to eunoble woman kind -
There dwelt within her bosom as pure a
heart as ever throbbed, and impulses, gen
erous and divine as those Of an angel
fresh from the "mcrcy seat, claimed
their origin from that source. Should We
o;ine that tRo fond spirits, such as they,
whohai always been very intimate, should
feel Tor each other . passion more glow
ins and ardcut in its nature than friend
ship. when the very air they breatbcd
seemed co6genial TO theni Gentle read
er. be not surprised when we speak OF
thatreligy0Se which existed between them,
as each vas, IN every respect. equal to
each otber. Tie passions aud feelings Q.
each were of the same stamp, and the 10
bic actuations of the one were swallowed
VI in those Of the other. They had been
betrotLed from carly childhood; each were
OF tie same age budding eighteen, the
heyJay Of !i:e--and the childish sports
Of infancy had generated an attachment
of nature paEtaklng OF that seublance
Of holy purity which ever charaetctizes
the spotless name of the Sagior Of man
kind! Why should we cease to admire
The cravings Of that earnest heart, when,
Just as she was expanding into all the
blooming beauties Of Womanhood; when /
each passing wind seemed fraught with I
tender, su-cep:iee emotions, and the rosy
path ofli:e had been unchecked by storms /
Of scrrow, or The cloud of affection from
pursuing its undertaking course; Why I
should VIC cease to admire ber noblepess,
ghfu parting from one whose gery image +
had been t@iped about the tendriis OF her
heart,-a suudering of which almost
threatening to rend the very heartstrings
and cause them to bleed anew, rendering
eyery pulsatioD ditienitY
Itis impossible to picture the grief OF
the mother, aud that of the gentle
Clara, v hen they sadly realized that
Charles had departed; that his footsteps
would no more be heard echoing through
out the mansion, uor his handsome, beam
ipg co1nteuance greet their gaze until
years had effaced the memory Of many
loved one. aud cast into oblivion deeds of
manly fortitu3e and daring and acts Of
atrocious and Ge I'D like malgnity. We
cannot portray grief Of SO piercing a n a
ture. and leave theo to their own bitter
reflections which time may obiiterate.
CHAPTER H.
REsEcA DE La PALMA
The evening Of the 9Th Of May lS48,
rolled arouad -au eyeDing to be reaiem
bered by those who participated in and
survived the terrible conflict, the sanguin,
ry struggle; and the American army was
preparing to blgoNac on the battle Geld of
Reseca de Ia Palma, which, but few
short hours before, had been comniing- !
led mass Of living Inhabitants now pre-
senting a scene Of the horrors OF a con.
.est 10 which brothers by nature perish By
each others hands.
1t is needless to recount the brave aud
,neouailed valor of those who partlcipa
ed In the bloody struggle, and the daF-
nq acts displayed by these true soldier
hearts Of whom America has abundant to
boast. We reed not describe the mo,
zus 0Deyaaal2 of the cyentfui battle heia
-the deployiDg Of the courageous troops
he slillful maaocuvres, the various eyo-