The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-08
THE WEEKLY PioNEER AND DEMOCRAT.

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inches in diameter, just in rear Of my
Hae,s"1 what. we venture to assert, no
Other man in the army could have seen
and lived to write the account Of he
here, unoonsclously, pays attribute to his
own courage, which She, make his place
secure among heroes. got a. $685.,
But it was in the b;.ttiss of Nashville
that Col. MARSHALL won his star, and that
right worthily. Here again We get our in
formation from the highest authority,
which is himself During the first days
fighting, the Colonel captured three guns
in the enemy's works, besides large
number of prisoners, which, however, he
says, he left Gen. GARRARD to Secure"
On the second day, according to the Col
onels narrative:
Ihurriedly asked Gen. Smith if l should not
charge the battery and works of the enemy on
the left of the pike, with my brigade. With
some confusion, he said, {" No, wait; your left
will be unsupported" Just then he turned
his horse to get back into q position more shell.
tered from the bullets that came thick and
fast: the enemy had then opened along his en-.
tire line. l looked at Colonel Hubbards bril-
gade, splendidly sweeping towards the enemy
receiving the FIRE from my front as well as
his own-and without waiting orders from, or
farther parley with, the General, told my Ad.
jutant, +" We must charge; and putting spurs
1aShod fhr0nOh the fire that
was sweeping like a hail-storm over the some
what elevated ground we had to pass In reach
ing our lines. 1t was but an instant until,
with wild cheer, the third brigade was DASH
ing, like resistless wave of the storm Vexed
sea, towards the enemy's works. -Four can.
non belched their fire of grape and canister and
shell into our ranks. Many brave fellow
sank in death, but his comrades pressed on.
The parapet Of the enemys works CLEANED
with the fire Of musketry, but our lines never
faltered. I saw that we must take this bat
terry by the flank, and pointing and leading to
the right obique-for no human voice could
be heard in that awful thunder of artillery and
cracking musketry-l LED the way WIN me
eolors to q gap on the right in the stone wall
behind which the enemy were posted This
once gained, the glorious work was done, the
fire Of the enemy ceased, and the fear-blanched
wretches, by the hundreds, supplicated mercy.
Our men poured through the gap and all along
over the enemys breastworks. dashed down
to the left, inside the works, assuring the pris-
oners that they need not fear. and ordering
them to pass to she rear by the right. Be-
yond where the left of my brigade extended.
the rebels were running away. We pursued
them. My horse far outran the weary ex-
hausted men that had just made the charge,
and rode down and captured prisoners single
handed.
We haven't a particle Of doubt Of the
truth of this description. So far from
that, We gladly sepublish it now that it may
meet the eyes of the delegates to the
State Convention, for whom it was de-
signed, and VIII" might not otherwise be
cognizant of bic military parts; for he is
evidently too modest a man to blow his
own trumpet. Though, really, it is not
necessary that he should assert the fact Of
mis- own puisssnce His appearance tells
all that, and more. We're bis coadjutor,
WHEELoCK, writing of him, he would say,
in strains something like this: "The stars
that crown the shoulders of Brevet Briga-
dier General MARSHALL are frightened
less by the beams of the MONDAY sun,
than by the lustre of his martial deeds;
while the very stars of heaven, are but the
reflex OF these, which symbolic his
glory" it
So, there can be no doubt about MAR
SHALL, in military way. And. that be-
ing so, we world like to know what reason
our Republican friends can assign for re-
fusing to make him Governor. he has
labored hard {. ough. The Press clique,
which owes It's existence to this idea, have
labored hard enough. Failing in this, all
the political ,:areuvres of the last four
years, are failJr : And this is a condi.
ton of things ich The Press clique have
not deserved they have worked hard
and faithfully go themselves They only
ask, in return, al there is to dispose Of
to themselves. With MARSHALL as Go
vernon, DR1sooLL as Public Printer, and
'WHRELooK to pick up any loose crumbs
that the other two may leave lying about,
the scheme becomes complete and salts
factory-to themselves. They have la
bored hard. The laborer is worthy of his
hire Let them have their reward.