Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-01-09


the roses among the plains of Georgia, were
fathcrless.
The Battle Field OF Frederiekskurg.
F,om the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Our dead here marked the advancing lines
OF attack-thc extreme Il vance reached---
and those portions Of the ravine and table
land where we lost such frghtful hosts of our
brave men. The scene was terrible, ghaStiy,
dreadful! Could it be that men had done
this? Had the concentrated destructiveness
the engineering deviltry of military genius,
so mangled, crushed and destroyed those
once animate forms? 1t is easy to believe
how omnipotent wrath might have accom-
pliShcd it, but it staggers my creduity in be.
ieving that hands of clay, weapons of mod
ern warfare, welded even by fratricidal hate,
could thus deform, disiigurc and Destroy
Long rows, piles, columns Of our dead,
" Rider and horse in one red burial blent"
While riding over the field, particularly
in that portion fronting the stone wall, our
men lay in every conceivable shape and
attitude some across each other; some had
fallen with outstrctched arms others with
hands beneath them, and again some with
arms or legs partially upright in the air
| noticed Il great many had fallen apparently
backwards, and our soldiers informed me
that these were probably shot in the back
saw two or three with half or more Of their
hcaos blown off; one in particular whose
body lay half concealed IN ditch, and wac
bore little resemblance to q human being
But the most humiliating and sacreglous
fact is this: they were nearly all naked, hay
ing been stripped by the enemy on the night
succeeding the battle and had thus lain for
more than 60 hours, as naked almost as they
came from their mothers wombs
could tell of the long, shallow trenches
and bitches in which our brave dead were
deposited; of conversations with rebel cti.
zens and soldiers !; of relics picked up; of
particular portions of the field, where shot
and shell
-----Tore Hell's concave, and, beyond,
Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night;
but will close with the public announce
ment that | do not wish to visit another bat
field
A LITTLE HgAvY.-C-- q good soul, af-
ter takin. all the little comforts he could af-
ford to give the wounded soldiers, went into
the hospital for the torticth time, the other
day with his mite, consisting of several pa
pels of fine-cut chewing tobacco-solace for
the wounded as he called it. He came to one
bed, where poor fellow lay cheefully hum
mlng a tune, and studying OFT faces on the
papcred wall.
''Get fever p asked c..
mo, answered the soldier.
"Got cold ?"
"Yes-cold lead--like the ID ~
"Where!'
"Wcll, to tell you the truth. its pretty we'll
scattered First, there's a bullet in my right
arm they amt dug that out yet. Then,
there's one in my thigh-it's sticking in yet
one in my leg-hit the bone; that fellow
hurts one through my left hand-that fell
out. And tell you what, friend, with this
lead in me, feel, ginerally speaking, a little
heavy all over"
C ligetened his woes with double
quantity of solace.
How UNION WOMEN ARE TREATED IN SOUTn
CARoLINA.--A Hilton Head correspondent
Of the New York Rribuae says:
Georgetown is small to ogn of about 900
inhabitants, some of whose hearts still beat
strong for the Union On recent occasion, |
when Il tug-bOat, witha flag Of truce, went
lp to the town. with a communication from
he Captain of the blockading squadron,
ady residing near the dock waved her hand
serchief to welcome the eapproach of the stars
md stripes. For this she was taken from
Ter residence, and ordered by the inhuman
of the chvalrous sons of South
Carolina to be shot. His Infamous order
vas executed. She fell, her breast pierced
~ mimic ball. In dying she heaved hel
asst sigh for that glorious old flag, whose
hen unprotecting folds were not able to save
'er from martyrs grave This cruelty is
worthy ola State from which has emanated
uch foul treason, and of traitors VIII er
'ame. will be only handed down TO posterty
or their infarny. We cannot but admire the
orious exhibition of true patriotism IN this
ady, anc trust her name and her memory
rill not he forgotten. Her bright example
eininds Us of the spirit of the brave daught-
RS of the Revolution, and it should enkindlc
fame in the hearts Of the sons of the North
hat should never euench until every vistage
{ this uhholy rebellion shall have passed
way.
A FUNNY MIsTAKE.-A little boy asked his
bother what "blood relation" meant. She
xplained to him that il sienified near rela-