The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-01-20
MILLS EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF WASHING


The plaster cast OF this Statue, ordered
Of Mr.. Clarke Mills 10y the CONGRESS q,
the United States, is in the main i::i>hc,
and SO set up as to cna! lc much of III. cc
feet Of the work in is fully completed con
d'ti"n 10 tc now seen AMI app cci,c,
; Tl" point in WaShiug,ons military carrce,
which has been chosen Tor illustration, o,
we ought rather to say for close rrrrc.on
'alon, Is that momcn, in the bate q!
day turned solely upon he General himself
whcn he sat upon his noble but terrified
charger the moral and l.!rvsici,l make
weight that titled Tie mcar!y b,!arccI scale
and brought 10 the American cause Il sIo.i
o's irri"nierarcr. II. mo oiic does Il ap-
n,e;si that the dread moments Of which We.
,icak. hi:. with tie fate Of Washington a::,l
@: A"crir:l, have been So pointed and viv
lilly described Il, hy Il writer in the Drums
wick U;"orwia) Advocate, Of Dcccm!,n,
II, 1850, who, recording the animated re.
r:i;'l Ct an eyewitness, Col. john Fitzgerald,
Wa>hington's OWN aid &c camp, SAYS lis fol-
lows r:
"Ihe Abide Camp had hccu ordered to
bring up the troops from III, Fear Of the
column, when the band. under Gen. M.r-
Ger, became engaged Upon rcturnin. to
the spot where he had left the commander
In-Clicf he WAS no longer there; and. upon
looking round, he discovered him cl,irav-
"ring TO rally the line which had been
thrown int" disorder hy IL rapid onset Of
the foe. Washington. after several iref
irriuai efforts to restore the fortunes Of the
iight, is seen TO rein up his horse with lis
heai to the enemy, and in that position to
become immovab!c. 1t WIS last appc:l
to his army, and seemed to s"v, will YOU
give up your general to the foc9 S.,ch I'M
appeal was not made in vain. The d:.con
fitted Americans rally in the instant and
form into !inc the enemy halt and dress
their line, the American chief is between
tn" adverse posts, as though he had been
placed there Il target for both. The arms
Of both lines were levcllrd Can escapc
from death he possible? Fitzgerald. horror.
struck ut the danger Of his beloved com
man1cr, dropped the rcins upon his horses
neck, and drew his hat over his face that he
might not see him die a roar of musk.
try succeeds, and then shout 1t WIS the
shout Of victory. Tho all de.camp ven.
lures to raise his eyes, and or, glorious
sight. the enemy arc broken and hyinr:
while diinlv, amid the glimpscs of the
smoke, is seen the chief alive, unh;.rncd
and without wound, wa,in. his hat and
cheering his comrades to the pursuit"
We cannot but express ourselves lis sim
cere'y thinking lha, Mr.. Mills has been
singulally fortunate in his choice Of a
crisis and thoroughly successful in the re-
suit Of his studies tlercupon. In fact, the
horse and his rider in Mr.. Mills group tell
the whole story Of the terrible moment on
the field Of Princeton. The horse, no raw
praIcer, but veteran steed, to w!.ich the
sharp roll Of muskctry and the deeper
booming of artillery were accustomed and
daily sounds, finds himself in position. he
had never been in before, and all hi facul-
ties, nay, his whole nature is stricken, quail
ing in the face of the death to which he Is
bearing his master and himself lie threw
himself back upon his launches, his fore
feet curved inward and backward, rs if seek
ing to recede; his eye wild with terror, but
still confessing submission to superior
will Such is the account given bv the
mere animal, though a truly fine one, of
the awful instant in question. but what
is the story rendered by that form which
brstrdcs with un4uaiing though not in
sensible purpose tho noble stccd Bearing
slightly backwards in acknowledgment Of
the storm Of death that hurtled in his front
and yet using that motion as but prepar-
atIve for penetrating to the storms very
source, with sword drawn, Washington
shows his soul in his face; intrepid deter.
mined, with spirit that looked indignant.
ly upon danger and death when seen in the
path of duty, he meets the fury Of the lead
en- tempest and the flashing Of the serricd
steel with chargc equally sudden, furious,
and unswersing.-Nutionol Ltelligencer.
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