Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-21

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| side the officer of that exhausted, but still
resolnte band, aud exclaimed. ssThe ar.
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lThe main portion ofthe guard was now
dispatched by the shortest route to The
ferry, while Lee still lowered with his le.
gion in front of CORVALLIS. As the for
lner approached the river, they saw
Greene, wan and haggard, sta nding ON
the shore, and gazing anyiously up the
road by which they were expected to ap-
pear. His army was over. but be re.
| manned behind to learn the fate Ofthat no.
BILE guard. and Unnecessary, to fly to its
relief. His eye lighted with exultation,
as he saw tho column rush onward to the
| river with shouts which were echoed i'm
deafening accents from the opposite shore
II was now dark. and the troops crowded
with utmost dispatch into the boats and
hastened over. Scarcely had they safely
| landed. before the banks shook beneath
! the hurried heavy tramp of Lees legion,
as 1t came thindering on towards the
terry. The next moment the shore rung
with the clatter Of armor. as those bold
riders dismounted, and leaped into the
boats ready to receive them. The horses
were pushed into the wsier after them,
and the black mass disappeared in the
gloom. In a few moments lights dancing
along the father end of the shore, told of
their safe arrival, and shout that made
the welkin ring went up fro N the Amer
lean camp. Lee was the last man that
embarked; he would not stir ill his brave
dragons were.all safe. and as the boat
that bore him, touched the shore, the tread
of the British. van echoed along the banks
he had just left. The pursuing columns
closed rapidly in towards the reve., but
the prey they thought within their grasp
had escaped Not q boat was left behind
and CORVALLIS saw with the keenest
anguish, a deep broad river rolling be
tween him and sight ofhis foe. 1t was
bitter disappointment; his baggage had all
BEEN destroyed in vain, and this terrible
march oftwo hundred miles made, only
to BIZ retraced. ata
But no pen can describe the 10y and
exuitation that feigned in the Amer can
camp that night. The army received that
gallant rearguard with open arms, and
hailed them as their deliverers: Forgot
was all their lacerated feel, and stiffened
limbs, and empty stornachs and scanty
clothing-and eventhe wintry wind swept
by UNDECIDED in the JOY of their escape
Together they sat down and recounted
their tolls, and asked, each of the other. of
his PerIls and his hardships By the way
Laughter, and mirth, and songs, and all
the reckless gayety of camp from which
restraint Is taken. made the shores echo
But it was with sterner pleasure Greene
contemplated his escape; and as he looked
on the majestic river,rolling its broad deep
current onward in the starlight. noun
tain seemed to lift from his heart. He
listened to the bosterious mirth about him
only to rejoice that SO many brave fellows
had been sna'ched from the enemy; then
turned to bis tent to ponder Oh hir posi-.
ton, and resolve what next to do. -.
Thus ended this glorious retreat. Il
had been conducted for two hundred anc
fifty miles,througha country not furnish
ing single defile in which a stand could
be made. Three large rivers had be en-
traversed-aHdth through rain and mud, and
over frost and ice. Greene had fled 70.
twenty days. battling every attempt ofhis
more powerful antagonist to force him to
decisive action. For the skill in which
It was planned; the resolution and the en-.
ergy with which it was carried through,
and the distance traversed, it stand alone
Inthe annals ofour country, aud will bear
comparison with the most renowned feats
of ancient or modern times. II covered
Greene with more glory than a victory
could have done. and stamped him at once
the great commander. eal@s a1t -
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