Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-30
An Incident of the Panic--Tloyv a
CnnEressmnn WIS EINah.

CDns sre&sEnUH was EELeds
The herd of civilians that followed The
grand army ana contributed to the confusion
and rout, should never have been permitted
to cross the r.vsr. We have no d ubt The ar
my was greatly embarrassed BY Tue congress
men and other individuals. who "Wanted to
see battleo We hope orr fussv
congressman, who have been so ill-informed
and Impatient and so anxious to smell gun
powder, have had enough Of it-CinctRaaH
Commercial
There is an amusing sfsTy Of Congressman
GuTleF, from the second Ohio district going
the rounds Of the laughteT-loving circles Of
the city. Guriey was one OF the ''fusEy con-
gTessmen" that was "anxious 10 smell gun
powder" and wfO, IL the story is true, and it
is abundaBtly YOuched for, chad enough ef
it" A prominent citizen of Tolede tells that,
being anxious 70 see "rebel rout," be hired
buggy in Washington, got pass, and put
Z for the battlefield. When be arrived there
be hitcbed bis hoTse in ravine, near an emf
neDce, where were collected some fftv OF sixty
congTessTen and other civilians. Re had not
been in position long before DR.. Mcmillan. a
surgeon Of the Ohio troops, came ard advised
the spectators TO leave, though unsble to give
any safisfa etory reason for his advice. Very
soan, however the eyes OF The civilians saw a
signt ehat vas net in the bills, and which in
taking They saw, 10 the distance, men tum-
bling with great energy the contents Of wsg-
ons into tie road, and whipping the horses
forward with great fury, while others were
cutting the traces, mounting TIE horses and
putting WashingtoDwaTd with all the speed
thew could command. But, worse than all,
they beheld further back an immense body Of
cavalry, with drawn sabers, approaching, and
which they knew were not federal troops.
Citizen Toledo pat far the rsvine after his
buggy, but could Bot find it, as 1t bad been re-
moved When be came across It, be found Il
occupied by a Mr.. EgglestoB, or some other
CincinnatiaD, and be was soon in. He had to
90 up a small activity o get into the road.
When he reached it, who should be there but
Congressman GuTiey, who made q desperate
grab at the Teils near the buggy, and succeed
ed in clutching them. He then commenced
most pte0us appeal to be allowed to get in
and clung with such tenacity to bis hold on the
reins as to prevent The buggy's progress. Citi
zen Toledo satisfied there was no time to take
aboard passengers, hit Gurley lick with bis
Rst, and knocked him back some ten feet Then
commenced al indescribsbls scene Of Indian
dancing and boohoOing on the part of the con
gressman, who kept one eye on The appToa eh-
ing cavalry and the other on the retiring
buggy. How be got away Toledo could not
tell, but be had the pleasure Of meeting him
the next morning in Washington, and apollo
gizing for bis apparent discouFtesy GurleV
bad resorted to shsnk's mare, and made a suc-
cessfui escape. Braver men than Gurley cat
worse f5ures that day Than did be, and we re-
late The incident not as being discreditabe to
him, but simply as illustrative of the profound
and universal panic that prevailed on the
ground Cincinnati EHqairsr.