The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-01-30
GENERAL mCtELLAN,s DREAM.
BIZ WESLEY BRADSHAW.

Two O'Clock of the third night after
Gen. Mcclellan arrival in Washington to
take command of the United States ARMY
found tina. Justly eminent soldier pOring
over sevela maps and reports of scouts.
AS the hours came loiling through the
night. together with the dull rumbiing Of
army wsgons and artillery wheels, the
wearied hero, pushing from him his maps
and reports; leaned his forehead on his
folded aims ON the table before him, and
fell asleep SO deep that even the occasion
al booming Of the heavy guns, being put
imposition on eutrenchments, was INSULT
cient to disturb it.. .v .5.f.-
at,I could not have been slumbering thus
more than teo minutes" said the General
20 an intimate friend, to whom he related
the narrative, "when Thought the door
Of my room, which had carefully locked
was thrown suddenly open. and some one
6tf0de UP to ME, and laying hand upon
my shoulder. said, in a slow, solemn
voice:
e"'Geheral Mcclellan, do you sleep a,
your post? Rouse you. or ere i can be
prevented, the foe will be on washing
i6nl'"
"Never before in my life have heard a
voice possessing the commanding and e.
ven terrible tone Of the one that address
cd me these fearful words. Aud the sem
salion that passed through me. as it fell
upon my ears. and cowardly shrunk in
to myself at the tho't Of my negligence
| can only compare it to the whstling,
shrieking, sweep Of a s.orm of grape shot
elschatged directly through my brain. l
Gould not move. however, although ! tried
hard To raise my head from the table.
As a sense Of my willingness and yet
helplesshssS 70 make answer to the un-
. known intruder oppressed me, once
more heard that same slow and solemn
voice repeat:
General Mcclellan, do you sleep al
your postf'"
..tTLsre was a popularity abont IT this
time; it seemed as though la mere atom
Of matter--was suspended in the centre
Of an infni space, and that the voict
came from hollow distance all around me
/. as the last word was uttered I regained
by some felt, and yet unknown power my
vulition, and with the change the grape
shot discharge sensation in my brain ceas
ed, and strange bat new one seized my
heafi; one as Of huge rough icicle being
sawed back and forth through me.
,.I started up, or rather should say
thought ,Istarted up, for whether | wa'
awake or asleep. lam utterly unable i'
decide. My first thought was about my
maps, aud before my eyeIids had half o
pehsd. my hand was grasp!ng them
Blu, this was all, The table was still be
fore me, and the maps, all crnmpled u
my tightening clutch, were still before m
but everything else Lad disappeared
The furniture was gone. the walls Of tn
apartment were gone, the ceiling was no
70 besoeu. All Isaw was the tableau
am about to describe 70 you.
my gaze was turned Southward, an
there spread out before me, was a livin
nap, yes, a living map, that is the onl
expression / can think Of befitting th
sOene. In one grand coup d'oel my ey
took the whole expause of country as IA
south as the Gn'f Of Mexico. and frol
tbs Atlantic ocean on the east to the Mis-
sissippi' river wsstwardly.
..nBut.be fully fixing my attentio
upou ths immense scene, however, tho
oiithe mysterious visitant, whose voice
had heard but moment previous, and
iooked toward him, An apparition stoo
'sn my .lsft somewhat in front, at dis
sSuoe Of about six feet from me. ! sougl
for his features. hoping to recognize hin
But ! was disappointed, for the s.atut
like figure was ,nought but 9 vapor,
cloud, having only the general outlines
man s8 G Va r, -4
"This troubled me, and Twas turniI
the matter over in my mind, when Il