The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-31


led by one of the ab!est soldiers
of the age, flushed with the pres
tige, pride and ardor of success,
r"Iu one dark torrent broad and strong,
Tie advancing onset rolled along
The mountains Of the Sierra Mad
re, in all their lofty majesty look
ed down upon the scene, grand
in its physical beauty, grander
i'll its IN raj snbiimity. Cool,
calm and collected in danger to
appal the stoutest heart, but in
spired with intrepid courage by
The support OF that brave oIi
back woods soldier am; his accom-
nlished adintant, that gallant
little band stood ike the noun
tain wall around them, and watt
ei the onslaught Of the foe.
Then shook the hills with thunder riven,
| Then rushed the steeds to paftio driven,
| And loader than the bolts of Heaven
| Fast flashed the rel a;tilery;"
and with gistening arms and
fiauntin2 coiors, serriea ranks in
| proud attire, and waving plane
were dispersed like nists before
the NOV ing SIN:
| i,ee0iied in common rout and fear,
! Lancer and guard and cairassier,
| H0rseman AMI foot, a mingled host,
Their leaders fallen, their standard lost"'
And when the curtain of flame
and smoke from it's brhze'l throats
lifted on the scene. still ''a'one
and unsupported stood that bat
tery aud that brave old Chief"
with the dead and the dying and
the wonadel Of frieud aud foe
around them.
And the clans Of Santa Anna were scat
tered ilisht'.
! In al Cur wars, in the military
records Of the void, there is no
nobler, prou,ler display OF devo-
ted valor crowned with success
than this part enacted in the
bloody drama Of Baena Vista s
fgut ':a:oue and unsupported by
that battery and that brave Old
chief" Tenuy>on has elubalmed
in immortal verse ''rhe Charge
0f the Light i5Gjgaien in the Csi
mean wA;; Campbell has gloritied
i il nob'est rhyfaln the fierce bat
. tie OF Hohanlillcll and the feAr
FIJI day Of Cuiloaen; the g:pa'
Wizard nf the North has com
mamcratel in martial >ong fht
fields Of r,odtien aBil Waterloo
aud other scenes. lDcidebts ant
, characters Of warijle fame. II
i !rttiASt di"tIon the magniiicen
( Byion tells Of the grand mllitar,
drama eu@,:ts! soon after ''Bel
gium'S clpi,al h lf. gathered ther'
| her beauty and her chiva.ry.'
+ Auh R0Dresva'ies' tightand Long
g fellows Uopl;,S de AlanriGHe ar
''@ems Of pntest ray serene" il
= the brilliant caSkHt OF heroi
/ deeds renowned in song. O'he
pens and richer pencils have celP
!: brated other epiSOj!es Of martha
4! glory and vaior. bat no one ha
6 vet risen to picture on painter
= canvas. or to portray in the glow
4 ing ian@na ge OF poetry or Of song
c the @ran'!esL scene. the proudts
: deed in our annala Of war.
III the presence OF his comra5e
r of the Mexican war, iii the pres
!, ance of those who fought wit
G him for the '-noSt Cause" of h
t Confederacy, | utter ,hese word
4 in praise Of BraXtOu Bragg, cor
!: flent Of their full appreciation c
t. the grandeur Of the scene and c
n the snbIimr intrei>l'}ity OF hi
O conduct and of their full endorse
Z meut of this just tribute to hi
l. and to that battery and tia
is brave old chief, that stood alon
!. unsupported"l Gu the field
" Buena Vista's fight.