Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-03-10

What pen can tell the JOY that filed the
Scotch woman's soul at those well remem-
bered sounds, or with what feelings she
knelt down and blessed the God of her
fathers for this deliverence!
But the poor English lady heard nothing
OF this. The " rattle of the musketry" on
y broke the stiffness of the night, and she
thought Jessie was still raving" as she
sprang to the batteries and her voice rang
up loud and clear above all the roar of the
fight:
Courage! courage! bark to the Slo-
gan-to the Macgregor-the grandest O
them a'-here's help at last"
Asher voice pealed along the line, a new
hope sPrang to the hearts Of those worn ont
men. They ceased firing, and listened as
the dying listen for some hope of life. But
they only heard the tread of the enemy,
and the sound of the Sappers; and the
Colonel shook his head, and the mems
heads sank again, and the wall of the wo-
men who had hocked to the spot at that
cry of JOY rose up and and filled the mid
night with means.
Then Jessie, who had sank on the ground
sprang up, and her voice rose and vibrated
once more in triumphant certainty along
the line? "Will you mo- believe it moo
The Slogan indeed has ceased, but the
Campbells are coming Dye hearl dye
hear"
And then they did hear it-those wall
ing women-those worn out men! SharI
and clear there swelled, above the thunde
of the cannon the pibroch of the Highian
ders, and they knew that deiiverance wa
at hand. No wonder they thought 9Th,
voice of God" was in the blast of the Scot
fish bagpipes; no wonder they all sank oil
their knees, and tie strong man, and tn
feeble women, and the lisping child, sobbe
out from hearts too full for words thei
thanks unto Him whohad giEenthem tn
victory" Oh, speaking as men speaE
would it not have been worth some yeals (
} q lifetime, to have been with that littl
; band at Lucknow as itrose upland to hav
joined a thousand lips, and rolled down t
the Highland regiment, as it never role
/. before, " God SAGE the Queen"
( How the sound must have thrilled tt
! hearts of the Highlanders, as they answe
ed loud and eager with that sweet O
/, tune,
! Should auld acquaintance be forgot"
! No, blessed be God! they had not fc
! gotten " auld lang syne; :" for through t.
and WEAKNESS, and forced marches, und
those burning skies they had come, brin
/ ing deliverance, when, had they delay
I for rest another day, all would haze been OK
4 Oh, Jessie Brown! Jessie Brown! bra
Scotch woman, you had your reward VIII
they led you before the General, who
\ name his country will delight to honor,
81 he entered the Fort that night, and VIII
y your health was drunken at the office
Il banquet, and the pipers marched round
Il table to the sweet tune of auld lang sy
y You shall have your reward, too, in knc
II ing that, wherever, over all the earth,
III English tongue is spoken, your name 81
- be a household word, honored and bel
ed
" And when years may have passed aw
III and we sit, gray haired grandfathers
al grandmothers, amid our homes, and
cA-i arr IOHg WI
evening around US, and listen eag,
eoi while W. tell them of the fearful slaugl
al of Cawnpore, we will tell them also of
,dt deliverance at Lucknow, and the b.
III story of ,JesHe Broom"