The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-31

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EgrOans, the surrounding glsam. made sll
invisible BEYOND the length Of The, ssm.
At that instant 1 felt o sudden paag
q dizziness. . bl4cknsss, like death, came
over me; | elatshsd wildly At the Sulphur
ous airs reelsdl ind, ell. qpsg ii4B b. NJ
\ When | recovered my senses. I.discov-
cred that i was lying ea pynsids. bleed.
ing lsligh.ly from q flesh wound in ,bs
thigh, I Lad bied prolusely. before 70,
covering. for / was saturated in half con.
gealed gore. iiRaisipg myself ION my sl-
bow, Hooked round for my eemF4drs.--
The moon. was shining xi,h al lhs sOf!,
ness of her beauty uhot The spot. lpoun,-
% five bodies lying within . oOmpass oi
almost 81, many, yards. Il sndsaycr-d t.
discover ,helr uhiIotms. but could not 81
tha, distance. ] arose slowly. and. with
much difficulty. reached The eesres.. He
was dead. with blue hole 10 the ssn.rs
Iefhis iOrehsad, through which the bulle.
had passed, and the blood still slowly
oozed. l crswled to The neg. one; he 100
was past all earthly aid. So on 70 the
third, fourth apd 9Th. The bullet had
done its full work on eli. These had been,
q few hours before. my comrades, eager
to deal destruction upon foes. and care
less Of the fate that met them. Iwas the
sixth and las. Of the party.
But where was the enemy, or what bad
been the enemy? Ihea'd no sound. and
the moonlight falling directly upon the
dead men, and the gray. weird like rocks.
produced an effect that was sickening and
horrible. I remembered the man had
slain. searched for his body. ba,i. was
gone. searched for others Of the enc
my, but all had disappeared. There we've
no dead left on the battle-ground but the
five fallen scouts. Yet, that others had
perished there. WAS obvious from the
blood lying n little pools among the rocks,
behind which the ambusl.ed foe had
poured upon US his deadly FIRE.
My wound began to bleed afresh. which
brought faintness upon me, and l sank
TO the earth. A burning ,hirst was COD
suming me, and groaned In agony.
After little while made another effort
to rise, but failed; and thsu falling back
as canily as possible. | yielded t, my late
I thought Of past days. wheu, in early
youth, no cry for blood had yet awakened
that inherent ferooity that lu'ks unseen
in the heart Of man. until the fearful seem
arouses it as Il does the bloodhounds. and
it springs forth with swiitnsss that ap
pals and strength that desOlases.
A oAPrURA.
N, r"e,..e was broken by the sound o
a yt,C .h'a came that Of approach inl
'fy.s --, IS it drew nearer q new Inf
Isfss IL q .ver through my veins, like
..:-s1 "A A.ofa virgin spring. The mos
sa s -'JAto whom the torture Of . cap
tive. oa,o an unapproachable delight. 81
vanp. upon me with the nenaces Of
demoniac,' would at that moment hav
been welcome rs AZ angel Of light in CON
parison to the lonelihess--ths utter wo
of the dismal glen, and its bloody and un
buried dead. o
In few moments dozen armed mel
were on the spot leaning on their rife
and gssiug round upon the dead. Som
stopped and examined the bodies viii
careless scrutiny; otheTs merely stirie,
them with the foot or turned them owe
with the muSzles Of their guns, with III
brutal indifference bloodshed sngendsr
In the heart '
They're dead. Let them rotl' sal
one who appeared to be the leader Of th
, party. .ss,
mot all dead, said I.
Had voice actually Issued from
! tomb as mine undoubtedly seemed TO d
its effect would not have been much NOR
, startling. Each man, for an Instant, seen
/ ed changed into . statue. Then III
whole group made S.mullAueu Gus move
ment towards me.
5 That's the fellow that bayonnet,s
8 Ike" exclaimed ona Of them. cooking b
Z revolver and thrusling the muzIls b.
I tween my teeth.
r In another instant l should haye bee
o in eternity, bu, for The sudden jsrklu
' back Of my would be des,royer's arm B
Z one Of his comrades. who calmly remart,
elf he's got through the rough work
had awhile ago we'll not kill the poor de,
r il now" With mu,tersd curse u
q ruffian replaced his belt and wi,hdr-,
} Where are you hurt?" Inquired
|. who Sc interference had just saved M
j. "can't you 60. up? | told him had be'
n shot 10 the hip, and was dying of thirs
Here he called member Of the patty
= him, and taking from his haod cantse
Q poured some OF its contents brandy ~
y water--dowu my throat. Ny wound hi
h entirely stopped bleeding. but my who
j side was stiE and painful. With mu'
IF difficulty rose to my tee.,snd BY Il
70 aid Of two Of my osptors, ior such tn
At were. managed 10 move along with d
III band, through what Appeared clsA in (.
I. mountain, pursuing new path to tha,
" had hlrherto traverssd 10 The compsDy
in those who had fallen, and whom l "
now leaving behind me forever.
nt For some time We followed IhiS rOa
!. running at the base Of two dssliVi,iss
ls most perpendicular. whose diSsy Summi
be I could not scan, and whose rugged Gid
ID Of gray. at intsrvAls we're shining cold
10 beneath some stray glenn Of mOCHligi
u that, even in that cavernous pass. lOu
" its way and smiled amid the gloom,h
the good glance Off visiting angel.
=. Suddenly We emerged from this glOoI