The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-10-17
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Nobody.sees a bsi,le. The common
ssldisr 6 G. away smid.i . smoke.mi.t.
OF Lurrns On % the ehsias in . ero~d
wh'eh hides every thing f,ou HIM. The
otticef is lao anxtaUs about the petEOr.
aanees Tor What he Is specially charged
With 10 mind wlai OILERS are doing. The
eomna1des esnn@s bs present every.
~heEs, and zee every wsod. wafer course,
or rsSine. ia whirh hu ort,Is are carried
iuio execution; he learns from repor,s how
the vUrk goes On. Il is vel for . ba =
lie 10 one ol ihoss jobs Which men do
wi.hou, dsriIg 10 look upon. Over m'lrs
oi coun'ry. at every field, fence, in every
gorge pf > valley. or entry in,o q wood.
there 10 Ourjtr comn'i ting--wholessls.
continuous, reciprocal nurc.r. The hu.
msn form-God's imsgr-is mutils,ed,
dsfotned. l.eer.ed IN every possible wsy,
aud with every variety OF iorlute. The
wounded are 'ltej .f IN carts " the rear.
ti:eit bare d nerves crushed into maddeniug
pain al every stone or Iu'; or The flight
and pursUii bsmple over them, leave them
10 wnthe and r"sr without assisisnce-
and lever. and ,hirs. the noa enduring
Of painful sensshovs. possess them Gu.
nr,ls.
ThiIst. too, hiss seized upon the ye'
able bod'ed solder, ~ho, ~iih bloodshoi
eye and tongue killing ou,. plies his uade
-blsspbeming. killing with s.vsge de-
Ugh, ra!lous when the b, ains Of bis hrsI
beloved comtade are spattetsd over him.
The battle field 10. il possible, more
painful object &c contemplation than the
combsIants. They are in their vocation,
earning their bn ad-wbai will not men
do fpr shilling a tla, ! But their work is
carried on amid the fields. gardens. and
homs,eaJ uf ,nen unused 10 var. They
LIFT Their homes, with al tia. babi, and
happy associations have made precious,
to hear i,s brun,. The poor, the aged. the
sick. sre lei in HE hurry, to be l II, d by
stray shots or b. atsn down % The charge
and countes charge GO over hsm. The
npenine grain 10 ,rsmpled down. the gar
, den 10 r"dden into bl. OK mud; The fruit
; trees. bending beneath their luscious Load,
ste shattered by the cannon Oh 1. ChuI'
ches and private dS e!lngs ate used az f"r'
tres,rs and ruined 10 the conaici. B'rns
and stack yards catch Ere and The con-
1agtston spreads on ell sides.
At nigh, the tteed 10 ab!ed bssi!s the
altar. and the weary homicIdts of the day
complete The working Of houses t. make
their lsirs for slumber. The fires OF the
biouyac complete VIA, the fires kindlec
: by The battle have lett uncnn.utped. The
surviving soldItu march on 10 act tht
same scenes over aRa'n chew here. the
remnan, ofthe scattered inhabitants return
! 10 fiod the msngled bodies OF those they
had loved am,d the bl,ckened ruins o
their homes; Ia NOUN with more agon'z
ing grief over the missing. Of whose ia't
they are uncertain; I'd feel themselve'
bsnkrup, Of The worlds stores, aud loos
from their children 10 the desolste f. ld'
and gsrncrs. and think oil famine and PCS
thence engendered by The roi.ipg bodies o
the balf-buried myriads Of slain. The sol
der marches on and on. inflctiDg and sui
fcriag 40 before. War 10 a continuance
bs.tle'-an epidemic strid,ng from place
to place. more horrible than the ,yphu'
pss,il.nce. or cholera. which not unire
qssD,ly follsxs in i,s ssin. This sleg