Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-04-19
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a Battle Of she Ann--By as1f1 71-e..
IWss witness to events Ofa lsss n.a..-
full character. One day when went -
to my wood pile, or rather nv uiis- A.
stumpa, l observed two large ants, ne ono
red, the other much largsr-nesrIv kaIf
an inoh lopg-and black, tiereeIy oontond-
ing with one another. Having onos "a
nola they never let 60, but struggled Snd
"restled snd rolled on the chips incearsnt-
Looking further, I was supprised "a
ma IN the chips were covered 1ith suob
com oatantsi that it was not a duellum- mt
DeiIuml war between two races of enta
the red always pitted against ne MAJ
an dfrequenuy two red ones n oDo 49,
The legions Of these nvr.i5s,,,,
sll The hills and vales in ~
woodward, and the ground -
already streWn with the dead and AZ.
ing, both red and black Il ives ths oniv
battle which had ever witnessed, tie On.
iy battle held ever tFod while The battle
was raging; internecine war; the red Rs-
puOIcans on the one hand and the hiaek
imperislists on the other. On every sids
they were engaged in deadly combat, Vsf
without any noise that I could hear. and
human soldiers never foughtso resolutsly.
watched 3 couple that were fast locked
N each others embrace, in . little SUNNY
valley amid the chips now At noon-day.
prepared to fight till the sun vTsSt
down, or life went out. The amalleP
red champion hsd fastened himself liIra
9 vice to his adverssry's front and
through all the tumblinRs on 80
field, never for an instant ceased % nav
st one OF his feelers nesr the root. hsvinR
already caused the other to 20 bv M
board while the stronger black one dasb.
ed him around from side to side. and a
saw on looking nearer, had already diveat.
ed him Of several Of his members. Fbev
fought with more pertinaoity than buIi-
dogs. Neither manifested the least diaDo.
sltion to retreat It was evident that tBsir
bsttle-cry was, Conquer or die. Ia1fbo
meanwhile there came along a singla- ra1
ant on the hillside Of this valley syidsnt-
ly full Of excitement, who either had iig.
patched his foe, or hsd not vet taken mart
IN the battle, probably the lstter. for Ia
had lost none Of his limbs. whose moshsr
had charged him TO return vith
his shield, or upon it. Or perohSnoa
be was some Achilles, who hsd nourisbed
his wrath apart and had now some "a reS-
cue or sVenge his Pstroclus. He saw this
unequal contest from sfar,-Rer the blaoEa
were nssrly twice the size Of ths rsda-
he drew near with rapid pace till he etoO5
on his guard within heif an ineb ~ ~
CON oatsnts; then, watching his opportu-
nlty' ne sPrang upon the black warrior,
ana commenced his operations near he
ioot OF MS right fOre-lsg, leaving the fos
% . seieet among his own members; and %
mere we're three united for life, as nG
new klno OF attraction had been invented
which put sll othar locks and dement's "a
shame. Ishould not have wondered BY
tnls time 70 md that they had their
respective musical bands stationed on some
smlnent chip aud playing their nstion-
d airs the while, to excite the slow and
'neer the dying contestants. was myself
excited somewhat even as IL they had bean
men The more you think Of It, the lesa
me dinerence- And certainly there IA
not the night recorded in Concord historr
It least IL IN the history Of America, that
Will bear moments comparison With this,
Thether the numbers engaged in il, or for
me patriotism snd heroism DISPLAYED.
FOR numbers and for carnage, Il was an
Austerlitz or Dresden. Concord FiehtI
Two killed on the patriots side, and Lu-
her Blanchard Woundedl
why here every ant vas & Buttriek.
Fire for Gods sake IRE r-snd thou
sands shared the fate Of Davis and Hos
ner. There was not one hirelinz there.
nave no doubt that It was q principle
'ney Iought Tor as much az our ancestors,
,neir -tea5 snu- tirv~I5Ssaso -or-snrst saUES
will be as important and memorable TO
those whom it concerns as those Of the
battle Of Bunker Hill ct least
&c 1 took up the chip on which the three
have particularly described were struE-
Cling, csrriedit into my house, and placed
it under tumbler on my window sill, In
order to see the issue. Holding q mieros-
cope to the first mentioned red ant, / saw
that, though he was sssidiously gnaWiDg
at the near fore-leg Of his enemy, having
severed his remaining fselsr, his own
breast was all torn away, exposing
what Vitals he had there to the Jaws Of
the black warrior, whose breast-plats
was apparently too thick for him
to pierce; and the dark osrbunoIes OF the
eyes shoDe with ferocity such as
war only could excite. They struggled
half an hour longer under the tumblef, ana
when looked again the black soldier had
severed the heads Of his foes from their
bodies, and the still living heads were
hanging on either side Of him like chastity
trophies ct his saddle bow, still apparently
as firmly fastened as ever, and he was en-
deavoring with feeble struggles, being
without feelers and with only the remnant
Of a leg, and know not how many other
wounds, to divest himself Of them; which
st length, after half an hour more, he
accomplished 1 raised the glass and ne
went of over the WtndoW-sin in
that crippled state. Whether he finally
survived that combat, and spent
the remainder Of his days in some Hotel
des Inyslides, do not know; but
thought that his industry would not be
worth much thereafter. 1 never learned
which party was victorious, nor the cause
Of the war; bat felt for the rest Of that
day as if had my feelings excited and
narrowed by Witnessing the struggle, the
ferOoity and carnage Of human battle
before my door.
A Cure for DIptherfa.
Dr. L. Luse, Of Wsttsburg, Pennsylvs-