The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-27

with such cheer as only Irishmen can
give. The foe gives back. That glisten-
ing line of steel, over which proudly Il ,ats
the green flag of Erin. is too much for him.
earth. They charge! Let us meet the en-
emy half way /! Forward, now Charge !.
He seeks shelter in the wood from whence
he came. Back, now, the Ninth Give
ground slowly, as if on parade. We must
get position where they cannot flank us,
and where, if it is possible, orr support
may come up. Again the rebels Charge.
They think we are retreating, do they !?
They'll find out About face, the Ninth !!
At them again Another sight of the sun
burs. advancing, and they take to the
woods again, but our loss of officers and
men is fearful. Again and again was this
repeated, from noon till four q clock in tie
afternoon. Our commander now knows
that he can rely on no support and that the
safety of the army depends upon his regi-
ment alone. 1t is now four o'clock. The
Confederate General Cobb takes the field,
with his own legion, at the head of Jack
sons column and with HIM the Nineteenth
North Carolina and the Fourteenth Nir-
ginia, in the language Of Count Estvan, a
Prussian officer serving on his staff ''foam-
ing at the month";" to see the best troops
of the Confederate army foiled by a single
regiment. Cobb drives his brigade for
Wdiu I'd CEusu tndb SIndll llDe Oh Olue over
which waves i'm defiance, though torn with
shot and shell, the green flag and the stars
and stripes together. He comes out of the
wood with his brigade deployed in two
lines.
One would think the very appearance of
those charging lines of gray would cause
the blue to vanish from the field. Our
lieutenant colonel, the cool but daring
Gniney, makes the disposition to meet them
by counter charge. STEADY, now,
boys - he shouts. Color bearers, for
ward Men, follow your colors ~
Now the cheer, and our blue line cuts
through the charging column as if it. were
a Damascus blade of shining steel. The
tide Of battle is stayed-nay, is turned back.
But what a loss of our officers and men
Our blue line is shorter now as we close up
our ranks The flag Of the golden harp is
saved, but bathed in the blood of its heroic
defenders. o God the green is red now,
as it will be again and again before dear
old Ireland gets her place once more among
the nations of the earth
The lecturer here paid an eloquent
tribute to the late General Quincy, whom
he described as patriot, hero, soldier aud
lawyer and one HON his hearers had been
called to mourn within a very few days.
But there is another country-the land
of his birti--wbich may well mourn him
with more of anguish aud regret for his
loss, as that country may well grieve over
the early loss of many another young soldier,
trained to war in the best of all possible
schools-that of camp and field III oui
armies. l have believed, nay, | have
learned from more than one gallant young
Irish soldier, when | have asked him.
what special inducemeut had you to en-.
list to fight our battles?'' from the reply
given with glowing and proud eyes, "Ah, y
General, there should he some young Irish
men somewhere trained up as soldiers tC
take part in the redemption of the dear ole
Ireland, and to restore her to what she
once was" We will yet bring her back tc
f-govcrnment, liberty under the law
freedom from oppression, liberality and tol
eTance in religion, industry and prosperity
in her labor, culture i'll her schools, pro
gress in science and art, until the dear ole
land shall be what she once was-the hom,
of kings and princes-but they shall b,
princes and kings by the choice of hel
people.
These were the aspirations, | doubt not
which filed the minds and uerved the arm;
of many a brave young Irishman, who, like
our deceased friends, fought for the Union
Many of them are still alive, and now ap
preaching middle age, with each of whom
the fervent prayer TO God will daily be tina
the time when he may strike for Ireland
as he has done for America, may come be
fore his arm is palsied by age.