The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-18

OeaLQ were 1IlSu, tutIc - III OuI A00II
strange mingling of pride and anguish |
as we think, ''Oh, that this was for Ile-
land!"
The following is taken from the arti-
Gle which appeared in the Pilot. ~
And here we will remark that the Pi-
lot is winning new iaurels under the
management of our gifted friend Boyle
A. REILLY, than whom there never was
a more gallant nor truer 1rishman:
We learn from the London Telegraph
that of six hundred and seven dragons
who followed Captain Nolan into the
Valley of Death. no less than three hum
dred and twenty-6ve-or more than hat
the Brigade-were Irishmen. One Of
the soldiers at the banquet was the sur
vivor of three Irish brothers who charged
bridle-to bride to the end OF the Valley, |
sabred the Russian guDners there, and |
rode back Through shot and SHE'LL" es-
Gaping without wound. This brave
fellow, whose name is James Donoghue
was Sergeant OF the 9Th HUI -sars; and
in a recent letter to the committee he
said: II would think it one OF the hap
pirst days of my life TO m. ct with the
old comrades whom have not seen tor
21 years" The hero OF the day. where
all were heroes. was the gallant Irish Of
f1cer, Captain Nolan. who carried from
Lord Raglan or some one else, the blum
; dering order which gave the world ano-
Their immortal story. Captain N Ian
: was one of the most remarkable cavalry
officers in Europe. He was known
throughout the army because Of his i'm.
provernents in tactics, drill, riding and
Announcements. He was the model Of
! ficer of the British service, and had be-
Z tore him a career Of extraordinary bril-
liancy. When he bore the order for the
: Light Brigade to charge the Russian
guns, he knew that it was fatal blum
der. and that his name would be mixed
: up in the blame. But there could he no
u blame for dead soldier; and thinking
81 so, he rode into the Valley at the head OF
the Light Brigade, and was the fir.t man
e HI led. Mr.. Kinglakr, the historian of
q when Captain Nolan rode in front OF the
Light Brig .de, and waved his sword
d Violently. he must have seen the error
a Of going down the fatal North Valley,
IF and, instead of leading. was warning.
); back. But says Kinglake. in his
> magnificent description Of the charge.
J; "a Russian shell bursting on the right.
"a frunt Of Lord Cardigan, now threw out a
e fragment which met Nolan full on the
L chest, and tore way into his heart
% The sword dropped from lis hand but
q. the arm with which he was waving i,
N the moment Lefore still renamed high
IT upliited ia the air, and the grip of the
rs practiced horseman. remaining as YET
"a mrelaxed, still ht Id him firm in the saddle
re Missing the p -rfect hand of his master
|" and finding the accustomed governance
c. now succeeded by dangling reins, The
y horse all ut once wheeled a5oat and be
n gas to gallop back upon the front of the
advancing brigade. Then from wha
n had be, Nolan-and his form was still
nc erect in the saddle, his sword arm still
81 high in the a:r-there burst forth CRY
Is so strange and appalling that the heare
who rode the nearest to him has always
e. called it .unearthly' And, in truth,
n imagine the sound resulted from no hu
ne man will but rather from those .pasmod
1g ic forces which may act upon the bodil,
frame when life, US u power, has CT ased
at The firm-seated rider, with arm uplifte,
vn and stiff, could hardly be ranked wit
I'D the living. The shrek men heard rend
to ing the air was scarce other than tn
sh shrek Of corpse This dead horse
,rs man 70 ,e on till he had passed throug
is the interval Of the l4th Light Dragons
OF Then, at last, he dropped cut of the sad
OF de-"
For the sake Of those who only kno,
ri. the story fiom the Laureate's poem, Il
US recall the scene, aided by y recer
nu graphic description 1t was Q mist
aid morning OF October, 1854. and the Ru
hat sian Liprandi had debouched from til
sa. Tchernaya defiles with twelve thousan
horse and foot and thirty cannon, to y
,.e sail the allied position outside Balakl
~. MS va. The Russians early in the day ha
= .ne fallen upon the detached redoubts he
by the Turks, and taken several. safe
ing the Muslin. and steadily advancin
toward hill behind which lay Col
Ce. Campbelrs esd Highlanders. They b
ilot mounted it and suddenly seen the ..thi
inc red line7-two deep. but immovable-
and some of them had dashed at it in scor
A, but had recoiled, when the firm Hi2
-sl. land ranks, instead of showing disma
uu- greeted them with FIRE. The main box
ne bad swept onward. and then the Britt,
Heavy Brigade. consisting of the Scot,
mi Greys and the Enniskillen Dragon
ed, crashed through the first and secol
in formation of the Russians, scattering
force twice their own strength. II
..it spectacle of battle seemed ended on d
,uld plain, from the hills round which the {
) in lied commanders on one side, and g
> enemy's staff on the other. were wat:
ish, ing the beautiful yet deadly drama B
ush now came the deed which Was not WI
re- but which was 80 magnificent. I
rere Russian army stood in sullen retiremel
sed massed, horse, foot, and guns, It q
the mouth Of the misty valley; the Scot
the Greys and the Enniskillen Dragos
for were back irom their 6erce ride; {
the Highlandsrs stood at ease;" the acti
j. practically over; the Light Brigade b
b OF ed mile and half from the Ruasisl
tn six hundred and seven sabres of them
Fish told, made mp from The 4th and 1:
ars- Light Dragons, 6th and llth HssDI