The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-08-09

voices OF cnhunoou, anu swell 10 heaven
upon the song of mAidens. 1t shall live |
in the stern resolve of manhood, and |
rise to the mercy seat upon woman's
gentle availing prayer. Holy men shall
invoke its perpe.uity at the altars of re.
ligion, and it shall be whispered in the
last ascents of expiring age. Thus
shall survive and be perpetuated the
American Union, and when it shall be
pro claimed that time shall be no more,
and the curtain shall fall, and the good
$! all be gathered to more perfect Un-
ion still, may the destiny of our dear
land realize the conception, that
Perfumes as of Eden flowed sweetly along,
And voice as of Angels, enchanting by
song;
Columbia. Columbia, to glory arise,
The Quee of the World, and Il child of tho
skies"
Waterloo. the Day After the Battle.
Though many a brave spirit fell on
Sunday last, the slaughter was not quite
equal to that in which Napoleon was de-
prived of his prestige. We read that on
the surface of two square miles at the bat
tie of Waterloo it was ascertained that
fifty thousand men and horses were ly-
ing!
The luxurious crop of ripe grain which
had covered the field of battle was reduc-
ed to litter and beaten into the earth, and
the surface trodden down by the cavalry
and furrowed deeply by the cannon.
strewed with many relic of the fight.
Helmets and cuirasses, shattered firearms
and broken swords, all the variety of mil :
itary ornaments, lancer caps and High
land bonnets; uniforms of every color,
plumes and pennons, musical instruments,
the apparatus of artillery. drums, bugles;
but, good God! why dwell on the harrow
ing picture of foughten field? Each
and every ruinous display bore mute tes-
timony to the misery of such a battle
Could the melancholy appearance ofthis
scene of death be heightened, it would be
by witnessing the researches of the liv-
ing, amid its desolation, for the objects
of their love. Mothers, wives and child
rem, for days were occupied in that mourn
full duty; and the confusion of the corpses
friend and foe intermlngled, as they
were-of,en rendered the attempt at re
cognizing individuals difficult. and some
times impossible.
In many places the dead lay four deep
upon each other, marking the spot some
British square had occupied, exposed f 7
hours 10 the murderous FIRE of a French
battery. Outside, lancer and chase eur
ere scattered thickly on the earth
Madly attempting to force the serriee
bayonets O. the British, they had faller
in booIess essay by the musketry Of The
nner files Further on you trace th'
pot where the cavalry of France ane
England had encountered; and the heavy
Norman uOTSSS VI tuS pSliai uoi
were interspersed with the gay charge
h at h ad carried Albion's chivalry. Her
the Highlander and traileur lay, side b,
side, together, and the heavy dragoon
with green Erin's badge upon bis hel
met, was graphing in death with tn
Polish lancer.
On the summit Of the ridge, wher
the ground was numbered with the dead
and trodden fetlock deep in the mud an
gore by the frequent rush Of cavalry, th
thick strewn corpses Of the imperial guar
pointed cut the spot where Napoleon ha
been defeated. Here, in column, ths
favored corps, on whom his last chance
rested, had been annihilated; and the ad
vance and repulse Of the guard was trace
able to a mass Of fallen Fren chmen. l
e the hollow, the last struggle of Franc
e had been vsinly made; for there the ol
guard attempted to meet the British an
O afford time to their disorganized compar