The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-23
Dalslnore Garlic Market.
from the New York Albion.l
Jessie Brown Of Lucknow.

The famine sun, the pitiless flaming sun
Glarss on The baftIements. where dauntess few
Rut resoiute n the death. keep ward and watch.
q, OF smits the foremost Of the ravenous hosts
swarning around, rs wolves that scent their prey.
And woman. to, Ia there, with gentlest hand, =.
To hind TIE ~onnd: or soothe the parting spirit
with words of comsort-agoniz. d At heart.
But calm Of ssphct. for at least she knows .f~s
OF her sod dstsr'.
80 Every thought. word, prayer.
Bres.hes OF the suooor that should come. but comes
The little ou.s pent up 10 that grim place
Catch the one tone. and IN their play repeat
The old old question of their nursery tale.
"Dost thau sss no one coming sister Amer
II could not last. The next day was to bring
Relief. or-ell was ended. Yet their souls.
Nor man . nor woman's qnailed. Duty went on.
And discipline was kept.
s|f In common times
The Captains lady aud the Corporal's wife
Are wide apart In habit. az In rank,
They were knit now in closest sisterhood.
That when poor Jessie Browns outwesried .tength
Gave way at last and on the ground sheiay
M ops n. 70 called her TEDDY She had begged
That when her father from the blowing came
Sss night Dc sn, gh ssa Jessie
And they both slept. forsetlul of the morrow.
Unconscious Of the booming Of the guns.
A wild unsarthiy scream! ......
The lady woke
e4s
Bent forward, lIstening rapt Then broke she forth
"Wo're saved! we're savedl Diana ye hear II moo |!
f I e h a s.S
The lady was Devil lered and-her ear
Catching alone the hateful. ceaseless sounds
Whereof II had been used Of lste-was shocked
Isftsd. exciaiiniog, 'Couragel help at iasti
Hark to the slogsnl the Macgregors slogan"
A CLEAN Of hope. The soldiers heard. and owned
Tka rfrf~ fhru ha fla 1,sor la raa4
With hslfbit cartridge: the 1.-THE afghan paused,
And the tall Sikh; and paused the stslwart Brton.
Men, women. childrsn-they were ear, all ear.
In hushed suspense.
But oh! the agony.
The mnrmurs. aud the waiiings, when no sound.
Save OF the booming shot or whstling bullet,
Came to the expectant earl And when they looked
A mute enquiry to their chief. and he
Shook mdurnfully his head. what coui they deem
hut that poor Jessie Brown was daft She lay
Cptching the earth. intent. moment more
ana mp she spTang. radi"nt as though inspired.
WHAT will ye no believe 1t moot Dye hear,s
4.s nae tue slogan: Oh, >, the bonnie air.
Jessie Brown snake truth.
What she bad heard. they hear-not lannon's roar,
Nor tbs d1 ~ Of the
IL ID the blessed pibroch! they are hersl
Relief relief What wonder that men wept
In very thankfulnsss though soon rung out
Bent In on orison. "3od save the Queen l"'
Thi- from the Fort; while near aud nearer still
The bagpipes give response In soft II strain,
.shculd and acquaintance be forgot" they ask,
"And auld lang Fynes"
Well, we'll the Ca plains lady
Might say that. after this, nouEht else that hap
pened
Made an impression on her. Che but knew
Tnat n ay locx with his Highlauders marched fn
That the brave General greeted Jessie Brown,
When told that she was first to greet his coming
Alt hat at night. when d wing cups were quaffed
ToQu-en. and home and vengeance IN their FOES
The Uorporal's wife was toasted.
Hath Romance
A mora touchiuvr