, 1862-11-21

Tic 1i2;ng that :f,roug Broadway care little |
perhaps for the dead at An.icssm, but NC fancy !
tley would jost1e less carelcEsl5 down the |
great :lo1oaS Shiare, saanter less at Their ease,
telds laid along he pavement. Their: would
be 1atEcri1s ni OF Ekiris and careful pick
ing ot t1e way; conversation would be less
Lively, al,i te general :lir Of pedestrians more
s'.M.'ed Asst Is, the asad Of the at:le-.cld
ct.n'e np 20 us very rarely, even in dreams.
We stc The list in the n1orain:s paper at break
fast, hut dismiss its Tecul:=:tion f"ith the
'fl:e. These is a coutuscd mass Of ucnl.:s,
"nt they sre aal strangers; we forget the hor-
1i:'l' E'i.lasauce that d7elss amid the jaulble
in Eternity, end pale, trembling li2s are
a1sserjlg it. ShadowJ fingers poin. from
tie raeC tu a field where eva iila.iu1tioa Is
10Th 70 follow. Each 0. ttesa lit.le n2ule=
that the printer struck off so lightly last night.
w:,i:ilii !: over his work, and that ne tcaS
with a clip Of the top=ae, represents bleed
ing nanE'ed corpse. 1t is tnuu1ernolb that
vii; crash into some b7air-a tiuli, dead, &C.
Inorseless weight that wi41 fall upon some
Ecart, stsa;uing it to breskiug, There is
nothing very terrible to us, however, in the
iis>, though cur Eens;iians might &c ti1erea:
If the rcesraEer ear-ier lett The names On the
battlefield snd the bodies at our doors in
sttnd.
Ne recognize he battlefield SIS rc.lity,
but it stanc. n. 4 remote one II is like
turcrsl next door. Tie cr4ce on the hell pull
tells there is death il. the hot {, and it the
| close carriage that rolls away with Eau.,l.d
| '.heelz, ycu Know there rides q woman to
| whom tie world is very dark nov. But yoa
| rn1y Etc The moarners in the lust Of the 1on:.
! line Of cartiages-1hay ride very jolly and at
| their cssc, emnEipg cigars IL turt:ge ana dis
| cn7siyc p.arEeT, pe1iaIs, and, were it 70! for
t:c black gloves they wear, which the Geeeas-
| might be weddi,sg tor all the world would
kroN- tt attract> your attention, bu. does
not cIlisr your sympathy, Bat it is very diff
ttrrnt whtn ths bcarsc stops a. yoar OEE
deer, anG the corps is carried c1lt over yoar
c"n ::reshold-you know whether it Is fu-
nc:al or wedding ttcu, Without looking at
rlic cr1or Of the Eloyes worn. Those who
lose friends in hattie know what batt1e-fjelds
arr, and our MarS1sldrrs, With tier door
| yards EtTc~n with the dead and dying, aud
their houses tnrned into hospitals for the
| wounded, know what batt!e-deids arc
t Mf. Brady had aoEe something 10 bring
home 10 us the terrible Tea1ity and earuesthess
at Wat T: lie has not brought bodies and laid
t,,e!s, in Ctlc door yaras aud along thu streets
he has done something ye1J like it. At the
Dead Of Ant{etaus." Crowds Of people ars
constantly going up stairs; follow them, ant
yen find them bending over Photographic
views Of that fearful battle, taken ir1uediate1,
after the action. o. a1l ohlects Of horror on
would think the battle field should stand pre-
l r.
repoleiCeDcss. But, on the con:rary, there 1
aterrihle faclratioR about it that draws oa'
Eear :h5se pictures, and mikes him 10th Il
leave thefs- You Will see hushed, reverend
groups standing around these weird copies o
carnsge, bend4pg down to look iuto the pal
tsces Of thc dead, chained by the strange sr.1
that dwells in dead meu's eyes It ec.n,
somewhat singular that the same sun til.
looked down On the faces the slain, bIistct
ing them, blottlng out from the bailies ii
senblsnce to humanity, end hsstening co,
ruption, should have thus caught their featur
tpre upon canvass aud given them perpe1ul,
forever. But CIT IT,.
t These poor subjects could not give the su
sittlcgs, and thsy arc taken 90 they fc9l, thsi
IN epus1na Of pain, o. reacGing out for hcl
which tcEe gaze. Union soldier and co.
feocraie, side b5 side, here they lie, tho RI
light Of battle Iad+d IRON their eyes but the
lips set rs when tbey met in the-r Last tlers
c5aEgc Which laose { their souls aad Sent the
g'rrplirg With each other and battling to Il