New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-12
rhe Grand Charge Of the Rebels.

G1As sxE6uSl Inafre Oh Enc EseBetS. A.
The Chicago Times contains a lengthy accoun
of the battle Of Lexington, from which we extrac
The following description of the grand charge d
orr forces 81. ID s
"A CLOUD of smoke anyeloped the battlefield
Y which almost hid The combatants, and our brave
little garrison watched iss dense folds with intense
anxiety, waiting for the grand charge Of thousands
which they expected, and stood ready toreceive.
i At about 9so'c clock it came. d column of about
5000 men emerged from the forest, and charged
en- run at the east barTicade, next to the river
Their approach was the signal for breathless anx.
iety within the breastWorks. The gallant band
spoke not sa word, but knelt, every man Of them
with gnn5leyeled and finger on the trigger The
at that line, and silence reigned unbroken
except BY the whispers which directed each man
to aim steadily, and hold his fire until the order
4 vas given. The swiftly advancing column. EN-.
bpIdencd BIZ the silence Of the foe, gave forth loud
hurrahs and dashed up almost to the muzzles of
4 the S1ns. va
Scarcely fifty PAGES interviewed, and they seemed
or the point OF storning over the works, when
voice Of command rang out, and q hne Of light
opened across the breastworks and rang along the
entire line like Hash of lightning, II was like an
avalanche Of fire sweeping through the tail prairie
grass. The men went down column after column.
3 They struggled TO rise again. and fell under the
tranrling feet OF their comrades, who still impetu-
on, rushed onward to the fray. The smoke had
naraly arissn before every ggn was loaded and
SSt4i tnE uluTtdfOAS kp9rlH Oh bQfleES went
deadly errand, aheathed in flame and smoke Il
crushed through tta SERTED ranks, and moved the
leaders down BY columns. Still they rallied, and
ied on by daring officers, again trod over the dead
bodies II their comrades with desperate energy.
Again the smoke ar0se, and third time the terri
bic volley was poured into their foes, The ground
was piled with dead and dying, and in despair the
whole body broke up IN disorder and retreated.
They rushed down the hill with an impetaosity
which betokenedi dismay and fear, and were mot
rallied until they gained the refuge of the woods
4 again s.s ssssss si.e,ss. 4
Anas sounds very singular to person who has
read Gen. Prices official OF our loss-twenty
seyen killed s.'
4 THsRMopYLE N KENTUCKY. We have re.
peatedly stated, says the Nashville Banner, upon
what we regarded az reliable authority, that re-
crHiting for Lincoln in Kentucky was an exceed-
ingly slow business The Louisville Journal Of the
4th Instant contains the following EDITORIAL, which
is con6r,natory of all that We had heard upon this
subject The honest masses of Kentucky, not.
withstanding the plausible sentences Of Prentice
40 the contrary, too well apprised of the char
acter cf the cruel domination sought to be estab-
lished oyer that commonwealth by Abolition
leaders, syerto offer their strong arms and brave
hearts ii the prosecution of SO wicked scheme
Do We want Thermopyla in Kentucky? God
forbid and yet one seems all hut impending. The
Legislature deliberating not unlike the Isthmian
congress of Old on the means of resisting the In
WAGER has resolved that the invader, shall be ex-
pelled and Lennidas, with his band of heroes, has
gone forward to BIS post but, though the invading
legIoks are drawn up In battle array and in oyer
powerang strength before this devoted phalanx. a
portion of our people, negleeting their vanguard
as the Greeks neglected theirs when the uyrials
Ct Asrxss hung above Il Ikea thunder cloud, are
~ lnactive and aupine as if the shadow Of danger
had not crossed their minds or had erossed all,