Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-13
FLIGHT OF \ HEssIAN CONGRESSMAN

FLIGHT OF \ HESSIAN CONGRESSMAN.
The Cincinnati Enquirer tells the following:
The herd o! civilians that followed the grand
artny and contributed to the confusion and
rout should never have been permitted to cross
the river. We have 30 doubt the army was
greatly embarrassed by the Congressman and
other individuals, who wanted To see q battle "
We hope fnssy congressman.
who have been :li-inioi IN ID and impatient.
and 80 ,.nXious TO smell gunpowder, have had
enuush of it.
There is al amusing story Of Congressman
GuTlev. from the second Ollio district going
the rounds OF the laughter-loNn'g circles Of the
city GuIl,y WAS OF the 'luSsy Congress
men" that WAS anxious to smell RunpoWdeT," "
and Mo, if the story X true and il is abun-
lantly Nouchcd ior, had enough Of H." A
prominent citizen IF To,cdv tells that, being
.,nAro;ss 10 sec rebel :oLt. he aired buggy
II u Na~hington got pass AID put for the bat
lie field. When he arrived there he hitched
/ his horse III ray .Ie, neaF cIninence where
were collected sOnIc lif!y sixty Congress
men, ,:.ld ether "iy Iians. He had not been in
position long before Or. Mcmillan, a surgeon Of
the Ohio troops, came and advised the specta
! tors to leave, though unable to give any salts
factory rea5,,l, for !iis advice Very soon how
ever, the eyes OF tie civilians saw a sight that
Wa, not in tAc biI!s, aud which inspired them
with (, sudden desire for leave-taking. They
saw IN the distance men tumbling with great
energy the contents Of wagons into the road,
and whipping the horses forward with great
fury, WhIlc others were cutting the traces.
mounting the horses and putting Washington
ward with all the speed they could command.
I But worse than all, they beheld further back
an Immense body Of cavalry. with drawn sabres,
! approaching, and which they knew were not
Federal troops.
Citizen Toledo put for the ravne after his
buggy, bat could not fiud it. as it had been re-
moved. When he came across it, he found it
occupied by Mr.. E,,.leston or some other Gin
crtIIatian ;ud was soon in. He had to go
Up small aclivty to- get into the road. When
he reached IT, who should be there but Con
greSsman Guficy, who made desperate grab
At the reins near the buggy, and succeeded in
cfutchiHg thcKI. He then commenced most
pitcous appeal to be allowed to get in and elung
With such tcnacity t. his hold on the reins as
to prevent the buggy's progress, Citizen To-
lcdo, satisfied there time to take aboard
passengers, hit Gurley lick with his fist and
| knocked him back some ten feet. Then COM
menced an indcscrbabc scene of Indian dane
ing and bonhooing the part OF the Congress
man, who kept eye on the approaching
cavalry and the other on the retiring buggy
How he got away Toledo could not tell, but hs
had the pleasure Of meeting him the next morn
ing in Washington, and apclogizing for his ap-
parent discourtcsy. Gurley had reserted TO
shank 5 Inare ar made successful escape
BTaveT men than Gurley cut worse figures that
day than cid he, and we relate the incident not
as being discreditable TO him, but simply as
illustrative of the profound and universal panic
that prevailed on the ground