Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-21
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hOuQ PlCtufCS
The general Judgment Of mankind looks 10 the
struggle Of tho battle field alone for Its examples
ct bravery. II calls him courageous who, il may
be. made his movement forward in an excitement
that amidst tho aud fire and smoke gave no
space for any other emotion than impulse. That
determination in which tho results Of tho action
are thought out, is nm incident Of bravery not al.
ways connected with the deeds for which orders
are claspod upon arms and rank bestowed 1.-THE
Duke declared that the brayest man at Waterloo
was the one who shut tho gates Of the chateau of
Hugomont in the face Of the French guns
The physician who takes tho hand Of tho suf.
ferer in whose veins is tho dsatl-tde of malignant
fever, is brave beyond the smoke covered soldier.
The men who entwincd tho fbros that form tho
great strands that support hugo burthons across
tho Niagara, bent and tied tho plable iron while
tho passionate rapids furious two hundred
lect hensath them. and their only platform was It,
sell wire, tho men who take tho heavy plates to
tho centre of the fierce st. Lawrence and rvet tho
tubes Of that wonderful Bridge, these face danger
with the calmness that mnkes tho act truo bravery
and they labor to make life long and happy tho
man OF the battle is brave in his efforts to make il
short and bloody
At the station of Syracuse. there is assigned to
Mr. Glenn the duty Of arranging each day 70
which of the engines tho several trains arc to be
assigned. no that tho hour Of departure for each
comes, the engine shall be found in readiness to
take its burthen.
lie was for n number Of years an engineer In
active service. distinguished tor courage and for
prompt resolution. There are some instances of
this which by their incidents ought not to DO
omitted from the roll Of tho truly bravo deeds
done by men.
He was at his BAR his engine carecring on with
tho speed that ouly steam's strength can give the
road was clear. the busy wheels kept their regular
roll the huge drivers beneath his seat made swift
circing,. and they who in the cars were borne
onward knew no obstacle In their journey
Everything moved on according to tho card, and
they who were by the road side found the car
marking hy its passage tho moment as accurately
as If il was by tho hand Of grcnt dial. Sudden
ly he discovered u small object near tho rail-
Tho human vision grows sharp beysnd tho OPP
ticans art in such an instant The object moved
assumed form, became only too apparent II
was little child playing with tho dirt between
tho rails.
One may in the race pull the blooded horse to
his launches and in brcfspacc control his move
mem, ,thnt springing muscle has but light weight
to control the backward dnddlc soon changes the
course of the steamer, but this huge engine with
its rather rush than roll, pondorous, powerful In
such earnest in Its motion that it must haye great
space of change how shall this this stop before it
shall crash out all form of lite in TINT feeble child
Tho plny with the soil IL Of 80 much Importance
TINT the little one does not hear the roar Of tho
wheels, or il il does. it liz n child of cabin prox-
innate to the rail- and the sound is familiar one
it continues its play, and nearer and nearer by
MI advance that is the very step OF death, tho
trnin comes toward it What if it was checked
and the speed, TINT was measuring the mile by
every few minutes. diminished, the death blow by
the swltter would be the more merciful -destruc-
tion was certan--ihc little one must meet the
force that would crush it from tho record of the
living and its play went on, MS if it was at its
mothers feet
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in an instant. He left his bar Tho frcman's
heart forgot to bent; MS for the passengers they
were acting out the every day scene of n COM
mon place peaccable journey; perhaps tho check
cd speed caused somebody to lay down bis news
paper; OF the intense scene without they knew
notliug.
Ilc left his bnr and walked firmly over the top
Of tho locomotive, the hot boiler, past smoke
stack. he climbed over the front and down tho
stcp-like frame c-work OF the pilot, and grasping
that with desperate strength he leaned over
the bars Of iron seemed to glide dzzily away be-
fore him, and now the struggle for tho child was
ono between death and bravery and. rs ever in
this mortal time. the King Of Terrors seemed to
hive the might in his skeleton hand. lle leaned
over he reached forward and Mt that instant, at
that point OF time, (moment ~ too large word
to express this the cruel edge Of the pilot was
about to crush the little one he, not the locoino-
tive, struck the child if ever there was a bold
butH tHIS WHY ohe, unu lnc PcTiIicu ono Do-
tween the ties and on the fast train dnrted. Then
down went brakes the strong arm of tho brakes
men strained their wheel lever 10 crowd the de-
laying surface against the speed then passengers
aroused to find the train coming to pause. while
neither station tank near: then this brave
man trod his locomotive top back again, and. as
soon us the power Of the advance could be subdu-
ed, jumped from his iron step and ran down the
read the wonder was that sgitated limb could
move 80 Mst, and there-therc was tho child,
living, unharmed, not bone broken, not quite
recovered from its astonshment ut the life-giv-
ing blow which had turned aside the dart of death.
Restored to its parents, who thronged around
its delyerer. tho little one. too young 70 realize
that it hud quivcred on, over, the very verge of
another world, was taken home, Mr.. Glenn re-
turned to his engine, and the rolling locomotive
cnreercd to it's grand progress, with not stain Of
blood upon it's FURNISHED metal.
And il not this the record Of the deed Of the
highest order of bravery, the courage that saves
life IN. T. Courier and Enquirer.
FATAL CASE OF ACCIDENTAL SHooTING.-Edward
Welsh, young man whose parents reside on
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