Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-11

below. The chilled joint and the cramped limb,
told by the dull groan and the sharp cry, Indicate
the invalid here and there. Afternoon bowed low
towards evening as the rear came For weary
hours the lines had been g-wading-wading
Splash and whoop alternate from file TO file. Many
of our men, it is true, had shoes to pull off; but
all had feet to agitate and provoke the limpid
waters.
"Picture it, think of it,;
Lave in IL, drink Of IL,
Then, if you cam"
MANASSAS AS 1T WAS AND Is.
Those who have known Manassas in other days
may be interested to take a glimpse at it now with
Us.
From the depot as a central point we will look
towards Centreville. One waste of ruin " lies
there: All is dry and dead. The dull gray sand
lies bald and desertke for miles. Turn which
ever way you will, it is all the same. The genius
Of deSolation seems to have made his headquarters
there. Not a tree, scarcely shrub with but here
and there solitary sickly weed, can be seen for
mile more. Dust and blight are over all. Every
parched leaf that has survived is coated with dust
Dry-dry-dry as Sahara 1t is miles to the first
good spring OF water One poor muddy spring a
mile off, and two waterleSs or putrd wells are the
only chances for water. About the wide plain
of whitSh gray sand rise the old redoubts and re-
dGns that were constructed last year. These frown
around magni6cently and in gloomy harmony with
that deSolated field of Mars. There many graves
there; observation-disclosures. suffers shop an am
brotypstS stand, and few hasty plank houses
besides the depot and the old -ndnHsSas Hotel "a
plank shanty,) are all the buildings there. Wars
iron heel has stamped out the life of the place. 1t
is dead-a gigantic skeleton.
AS Hills Division marched across that Plain of
Manassas on the morning of Thursday, the 2Sth of
August about three o'clock, the scene was impos-
ing IN the extreme. quarter Of a mile of cars,
richly laden with goods for the Yankee army,
in one continuous blaze. The of a circle de-
scrihed by the fires in perspective looked like the
jaw OF some fire, demon, and the glare was like
great city on fire, or the Internal regions
Our forces moved past that magnificent conha
grafton Of between one aud two hundred cars, so
early, PROBABLY because the enemy were touching
lines with a force at least five times our own.
We moved to CentrevIlle by Blackburn's Ford, in
order to amuSe the enemy till forces could con-
centrate-tiil LongStrect formed junction with
JackSon-till We get ready for Pope, as we were on
the 3Oth at the old battle ground-ManasSaS Plains.
BY the way, that battle Of Manassas in 1862
should have been called Battle Of GrOveton because
it fought at little village of that name, and
distinct would separate it in history from the
former Manassas Now calling both Manassas, a
circumiocution is necessary whenever one speaks
of either battle Better have named il after beau
t(ul creek upon which it was fought, Kat. llarpn
Run. N.rgnians always call a creek run.
THE CAPTURE OF uARPER's FERRY.
The CONT asst between the Yankee soldiers and
our own was finely brought out at Harpers Ferry.
As soon as the surrender was complete, Grcgg's
brigade put on duty to guard the prisoners and
upon Bolivar Heights. The prisoners by
thousands stood in line perfectly uniformed all in
splendid order, with trappings complete and outfit
in the most approved style Not button rusty
tout of place; not gun or bayonet but was bright
and in perfect fit The whole army Of eleven thou
sand was in magnificent trim. Their guns and
trappings were stacked at their side, and i'll
clad, dusty, rusty and dirty barefoot rebels filed
thyfNN h. ham lal
the contrast striking. The fine clad Blue coats
made great eves at US. Explanations burst from
all sides" Just l0oky here -" Did you erer ~
"Well, I'll be ID r'-and such, many more pro-
fame than these. Taunt and repartee were banded
freely. How is it that you men are content to
fight so with such scanty outfit?' ave came to
fight and not to dress" where's your sodger
clothes ?" LEFT our store clothes at home"
LOOK here, how came you rugged out so shabby p
ave never wear our best clothes when VIC come
to kiN hogs"
As the thirteenth filed around their handsome
columns caught these words, spoken in grave low
tone: "Men who can endure that are certainly in
earnest There must be something in their cause"
And our brave men, beside that external short
coming, were even then hungry.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
On Thursday, the 10th, Mcclellan, with some
fifteen thousand troops crossed the Potomac, came
to MarInsburg and passed down to Harper's Fer
ry-all in a hurry.
Since then our corps Fdrmee has been engaged
largely in tearing up and burning the famous Bat-
more and Ohio Railroad. OF this We have de-
molished about twenty miles between the Ferry
and North Mountain Of the Harper's Ferry and
Winchester Railroad the Yankees tore up part
and we the remaindsr. The Baltimore and OHIO
, Railroad is a splenddly constructed, double track,
finely graded road-the most splendidly constructed
we have ever SEEM 1t requires about as much
labor to tear it up would construct an ordinary
road. Our division has just returned from one of
the road-raising excursions back to our former
camp-Camp Barnes.
sToNEwALL JACKSON.
A few days ago. while our troops were halted on
road in groups of regiments every fifty yards,
making continuous line of some two miles or so,
Gen. jackson rode along The first regiment gave
him rousing cheer, to which he responded by
raising his hat-(he has a new oDeD At the next
group the same was repeated. At the third again.
Old Stonewall began to get nervous. 1t flashed up
on him that he about TO have couple OF miles
of that His pace increased; STILL off and on went
the hat At length, he kept his hat off in one
hand-held the bride in the other--put spurs to
his horse and dashed at full speed through the line
ofour corps darmeel
As he sped on amid the successive cheers Of an
enthusiastic soldiery, he was handsome. His broad
high forehead, piercing eye, and 'w-stroug nose,
with lips that rarely smile, though almost smiling
then, made splendid picture He Looked the he