Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-07


are actresses.
There will be always two worlds sub
mitted 70 the sDecula-iCus o. philos-
/ ophers; that Of the imagination, where
every thing is probable and nothing il
| true, and that OF nature, where every
thing is true without being probable
Ideas 90 round the world. They roll
! from age TO age, from tongue t0 tongue,
from verse 10 prose- uGul they become
elVsl0ped in a sublime image, living
and luminous expression, which never
leaves them, SId il is thus they enter
into the pstrimouy Of the hUmsn race.
Speech IS the vestment OF thought, but
| expgess is its armOr.
Makers of phrases remind me Of that
Greek who lighted torch to behold the
dawn,
Political life is like the sphinx Of the
fable; it devours al who do not explain
its riddles.
War is the tribunal o; kings, and vic
tories are its veIdjcts.
Memory is content with hangings Of
cloth: but imagination insists upon
Gobelin Tapestry.
Memory is always at the service Of
the heart.
Time is the shore o. the spirit; every
thing passes before it, and we think
| that It passes.
You see that Rivaro; was not merely
| man OF Wit; hs wa thinker as we'll;
but IL tTuyh no one has the right to Re
called nan o. Wit if he ouy igts of
an occasional tirsscracker to make the
| darkness more ptr1eptjbe True wit
shout always leave 2 luminous track IN
| the thought and the spirif. With sil his
Wit Rivar1l came 10 nothing. The
| Able DC VOisin said: ~ am too subtle;
l mus attach myself to earth by some
| thing stupid He was right. y reason
able stupidity is q good quality, bzc0m-
ing daily more and mCrs rare.
A Hero of BaIakIaVa.
There is now in New York, and Q
| member Of tbs police Of that city,s man
by the name of M'KeuZie who was one
OF the six hundred who rode into the
valley Of death. The GrCphic gives a
! likeness Of M'kenzie and OF the various
medals he has received, with q sks ten
OF mis- life and his description III the
charge M'KeDzis says: "The Earl Of
| Cardigan, who commanded he brigade,
| was far in advance Of his men, en-
c0uraging them by his voice rs we'll SIS
/ by his example, although, with every
| iuteilgeyt man ia his command, be
must have known by this time at least
that the charge was periec. madness.
Scarcely q pause YVES made At the guns
! The guuuers were Cut down or JvsrTuu
ia their fl ght. Then the foremost
horses We're driven fyrWard against the
Russian infantry. M'KeDZ'e says they
were brave men, end Appeared TO sc0TD
to form ia squares against such ahaGdiul
# the enemy. 1t vas afJsTWard TenCrs-
ed that squares were formed, tut he says
that be saw noue. The force Of the
charge broke through the SIX lines with
cut aIsa. The bayOnetst horses fell
forward with tGe impetus they had
gained, and their weight made way for
those that followed. Those In The can
ter Of The bridge had only dead aud
wounded men and horses to ride over.
The six ranks had been broken through
L.
unexpected hand-tO.haud contest with
C0sssck cavalry. This was q terrible
moment. 1t was expected st the very
least, that after the Russian line had
teen broken through, there would be al
opportunity to form, although underfiTs.
A Couuter-c charge of cavalry on their
weakened and disOrdered mass was the
climax OF their mi5fOrtUDes. In this
bloody nleHe M'Kenzis received as
sabre stroke on the left side Of mis- head,
which cut through his tough shake and
made q deep cash, the scar o! which is
stjll piaiUlY visible, after toe lapse Of
twenty one ysSI5. He says he knows
he gave the CGssack one stroke IN Ts-
turn, but whether it was fatal or not he
could not tell. The next moment ne
was carried on by his horse. He struck
where he could, and was compelled to 1
guard himself on all sides. I. was q Wild
maze of struggling horses and hostile |
riders. The Cussscks fought bravery, |
and had the advantage Of superior num- |
UsTs. The English had themselves at |
tackled before the isst Of the troop had /
passed through the gap IN ths Russian |
lines. II might have been minute or
five minutes that they were thus en- |
gagged. Then they heard the bugle /
sound for q retreat. Hitherto the guns |
had been silent, 5u. as the shattered |
column broke again through the center |
Of the seGioircular battery, the |
guns at either end began to open upon !
it. The slaughter was terrific 10 retreat |
IS well as in the advance"
The american CyclOpeoliG says Of this |
charge Of the Light brigade:
"They tOOz the guns, cut their way /
a int "a FRY ant flnaa
wsy through the cavalry. Nothing /
stopped them till they reached the banks |
Of the TChernaya, when they wheeled, 4
three about, only 10 see that they were /
unsupported and developed. Still they 4
cut heir way back under the play Of the |
Russian batteries, tut with fearfully 1
diminished numbers. A gallant charge |
OF the French ChssssUrs u riqus, who /
carried a battery on tbs left, partially ex-
treated them, OF rather covered their re-
trsst;aud when they reached the ground /
from which they had started on that
headlOBg charge, the handful Of sUrvi-
V0Ts, net above one hundred and fifty
men, wheeled round to face the enemy,
dressed up as for parade, and burst into
a cheer Of exu t-tiOn and Defiance
There were one hundred and ninety
eight, instead OF q hundred and fifty,
that returned.
S;orm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
: hey that had fought so well
Came through the Jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of He'll,
All that was left of them
Left Of six hundred.
Behind the guns which the brigade
was commanded to cspture, there was
. Russian infantry force OF sixty thou
sand men and large force of COsssck
cavalry. Such an attack, such mad
ness, is not recorded in history. There
was a half lesgue, mile aud a half, to
2 ass under the fire Of the Russian bat
t-ries befOra they could be resched, and
then, CeiOTe reaching the batteries
which they were ordered t. take, was
the more dreadful fire OF the supporting
infantry. "SOme Ous had Numbered"
Who it was will never be known. Tue
commander Of the British army, Lord
r giau, denied that he gave the order
for the charge. The commander Of the
cavalry, Lord LucaD, who sent ths order
10 the Earl ofCaTdigaD, Gays he received
il from Captain Nolan OF Lord Rsgisn's
staff Cautain Nolan wss killed in the
Chsrge. He nee, how and ny whom the
-erribls 0.l- der Tss made can never be
known. After the gr. 1t SspOy REBEL On
in India was c.Us he'd NJ KenZie returned
TO England, and esry III our late war
came to New York, intending 10 join ]
he cavalry service Of the United States,
but was enticed or board Of man-Of- .
war. He served with the Federal navy
40 the Mississippi on the General Price,
tue iron.cIad Mound City and Admiral
Po-teI's flagship, the BIsckhawk. He
was in the engagements at Island Nc. :
TO- Port Hudson. VIcksbuIg, Haine's
bluff and many others on the Mississippi
and Red rivers. Since the war ne has
been on the police force Of New YORK :
city. Last July he WIS severely and
lmOst fatally wounded in On attempt TO
capture some burglars in the Harlem
district OF the city. "EOr his courage
BUS CONDUCT di=plyed on that occasion
the residents OF the neighbOrhOOd will
give him gold medal. He hiss United
States navy medal. He has a four
clasped Crimean medal bearing the
Dames Of BalaklRya, SebsstOpCl, Inker-
man and Alma, which was pinned to his
coat by Queen Victoria herself A star
vas awarded to him for gallant conduct
It the relief Of Lucknow, and q medal :