. The Rough and ready annual;. hair reaches down to his shoulders, and his beard isof equal length, so that when riding at the head of hiscommand, his hair is the most conspicuous object abouthis person. He is tall in stature, of powerful frame, andhis charges are irresistible. In battle, he is perfectlycool, and his only fault appears to be, that his braverytoo often approaches to recklessness. This is a nationalcensure upon almost all the officers of the present war,and presents a spectacle unknown to European warfare. Colonel May has lately visited different sections of theUnited
. The Rough and ready annual;. hair reaches down to his shoulders, and his beard isof equal length, so that when riding at the head of hiscommand, his hair is the most conspicuous object abouthis person. He is tall in stature, of powerful frame, andhis charges are irresistible. In battle, he is perfectlycool, and his only fault appears to be, that his braverytoo often approaches to recklessness. This is a nationalcensure upon almost all the officers of the present war,and presents a spectacle unknown to European warfare. Colonel May has lately visited different sections of theUnited States, and was every where received with thehonor and enthusiasm due his distinguished merit. THE DEATH OF MAJOR RINGGOLD. BY MRS. J. A. BEVERIDGE. He died, as brave men still should die,A soldiers calmness in his eye ;He breathed the Patriots latest vow,With Victorys laurel on his brow. A grateful country mourns his , foremost stood at Honors call,Upheld her cause, in battles for her glory, perilled ^;>.V4v • ^ REFLECTIONS ON MEXICO. 59 His word was onward : on the dayWhen waniors met in stern array,And brave men followed, where he led,Secure in valors path to tread. Wo to the direst of his foes,Who dared the heros arm oppose,Where mid the thickest of the fight,His sabre flashd its deadly light! But Death still loves a shining mark,And mid the din of conflict, hark !The cannon deals the mighty blowThat lays the dauntless soldier low ! He fell!—but the fair hand of Fame,On her high altar graved his name,And Libertys bright genius, wept,Above the bier, where Ringgold slept! REFLECTIONS ON MEXICO. Mexico is full of objects calculated to inspire seriousspeculation in the contemplative mind. Her future, it istrue, is dark and repulsive; but the past abounds withlessons worthy the study of every nation. An acquaint-ance with the history of Aztec as it was at the invasionof Cortez, compared with a view of her condition subse-quent to that period, mu
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