, 1863-12-02
Qbica9o Qribl1uc.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1868.
A CAVALRY FIGHT.

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| We copy a portion OF tsA1ice OF Monmouth. :,
stednan'e new poem. descriptive Of q cavalry
fight;
"Haltr and Right into liner-These on the
In battle orde, We let the horses breathe;
Inc ioi9nsl 1aieed his glass and scanu'd the
The tents On the bank beyond, the stream beneath.
Just then the snn broke from the redder east,
Stretch d Ike dark etocEade aeainet the sky: K
W. W. heard beg their 1ong.rog slamor loud and nigh:
r. r. half mlnutc rumbI,ng battery Mhirl'd
And q twelve pound solid shot came right along,
And toaeh,d my colnrado's leg, and the poor boy
And dropt't to the turf, holding his britlo still
" ell ,5 VIC moved out Of rangc-wcre wheeling
Think ior the Colonel had taken his look at thclr
nhus be was ordcrd, 1t sccms, and nothing more:
4 4MaIoly worth coming at midnight forp
"hen, oYer the bridge, troop Of the. cncmy's
Dash'd ont upon our course,
Giving ue hope OF a tusscl to warm onr blood.
Hadn't been sounded for nothing, amer ali
And halting, to wait their movements, the column
*'1hen into sqradrons we aaw their ranks enlarge,
And slow and steady they moved to the charge,
Shaking tho ground as they came In carbine-fnnee,
front int9 line! March Haiti Front
Our Colonel cried; and in squadrons to meet the
Wc' too, from the walk to the trot our PAGES
.ga1lop. march i'-and hot for the ftay,
fastols and sabers drawn, VIC canter away.
~, ~ Twenty rods orer the slippery clover
We ga!lop aB Eafly as lady aud lover:
He'd tho Ielns lightly, our good weapons tightly,
Ere solid sQuadrons al shining and slightly;
Not too fsst.half the strength Ii our bra7c stccds
Not too slow-for the warmth Of their fire made ne
a it esme With rattle and open'a the battle,
So the distance grew shorter, their eaborB shone
Thcu Is saels's wild blaro and the co1ouels loua
cnAnaEr and We eprang, while the far echo
And thetf bullets, like bees, II our c.rs aercely
Eorward We strobe to pay what nc owed,
6isnt 6i a. me bead q their column we rode;
As VIC cut in and ont, right and LEFT, all about,
aand TO to hand % blow for blow shot for shot, shout
Til the Garth aeem'd to boil with the heat Of our
Pit in less than ave minutes we fet them recoil,
Heard thetr sh!i rally sound, and Ike hares from
Each ran for himself; one and all fed the ground.
%S g9saed hem up to their guns, where they
And the breeze c1eard the field where the battle
cloud lowcfd.
7 Three seose Of them lay, to teach them the way
an Ghelt md his ringers their compliments pay. |
. 5nt plenty, s~caE. Of our aaadlcs were bare:
Friend and ioe, horse and rider, lay sprawrd
Twas bard hitting you zee, Sit, that gained us the
}es, they too had their say before they fed,
aoo INC aoss Of our Colonel is worse than ill the
3ne Of their Captains ain'd at him. as ho led
nc foremost chargc-1 shot tho rascal dead,
51t the Colonel fell, with bullet throf his breast
Se lifted him from the miro, when the field was
won,
md their captured co'ors shaded him from the sun
'he ErmeF's "ngon VIC took for his homcward
sut he never said word nor open'd hIs eyes.
Ill We reached the camp. In yon hospital tent he
nd hts poor young wife will come to watch By his
he Surgeon hasn'nt found the bullet, as yet,
ut he ears Its mortal wound. Where viii ron
get
mother zuch man to lend us, II he dics:''