Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-07-31
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ArrEAaArcz 6rrHE DsAS.
4 victsburg correspondent thus moraliaes
over the scenes Of : battle field. The pic.
ture il taken after the charge On the 22d Of
June:
They lay 10 I'll positions some with mus.
ket graspcd % though still contendlng; 9th.
ers with the cartridge in the fingers just
ready to put the deadly charge where it
might meet the Zoe. All ferocity had gone
Noble patriots uninhabited tenements! We
rest here now in security Your portals
whence the spirits fed are as calm and pale
- moonlight upon snow -as though no sweet
love had ever woven for ye myrtle wreaths
nor death draped your hearts in ivy--as tho
mirth had never smiled nor sorrow wept
where oil Is now silent War with its dan
gers, earth with its perpiexities, neglect and
poverty with their pangs, SANDER with its
barb, the dear, heart broken ones at home
al fail to call ye back to strife A dark and
fearful shadow has crept over the land and
gathered ye in its gloonu. O., the tears that
will be shed q, the hearts that will be des-
C1ated Eyes will look in tain for your re.
turn to the hearts that ye once gladdened,
while fame crowns ye with its laurels, and
the isnd Of the hereafter welcomes ye as
they who saved the land"
A remarkably sweet and youthful face was
that Of . rebel boy. Scarce eighteen, and
- fair IS maiden, with quite small hands !;
long hair Of the pale golden hue that auburn
changes to when much in the sun. and curl
ing at the ends. He had on shirt Of coarse
white cotton, and brown pants well worn !;
while upon his feet were woman's shoes Of
about tho sire known as fours." Too deli
cate was his frame for war, perchance some
mothers idol His left side was torn by q
shell, and his left shoulder shattered. Poor
misguided boy r Haycinthwa scarce more
delicately beautifuf than was he. Mayhap
he had his Apollo TOO. = ~
Two men who had caught ata Ag tree to
assist them up steep embankment lay dead
q its feet, slain in all probability by an emf.
lsde Gre from their right; the branch at
which they caught was still in their grasp.
Some could not be recognized by their dear
est friends. Several were head}ess Others
were armless. but the manner Of their death
was always plain. The mimic left its large
rather clear hole; the shell its horrid rent !;
the sharpnel and grape their clear, great CASH
%, - though one had thrust giants spear
through tho tender, qnivering flesh.
In one trench lay two, grasping the same
wsapon-friend and foe. Across their hands
fell vine, the end upon the breast of the
rebel, whore it had fallen with them from an
elevation shove: the roots still damp with
the fresh earth upon it was beautiful pas.
sioa flower in full bloom. and two buds the
buds were stained with blood-the flower as
bright - was the day when the morning
stars Gang together. On the faces of both
WAS the calm that follows sleep-rather pale
perhaps, bat seeming like him Of old, Of
whomit was said, He is not dead, but
slsepeth." But ali, the crimson! All is not
well whore earth is stained with blood. In
some places the dead were piled, literally,
ike sacks Of grain upon the shore.
Il b Ssmarkable with what patience the IA
tally wounded, they who already stood upon
the shore, borS their suferings. Some knew
that they could not recover, but bore it man
fully. Sometimes tear, and low voice
would say, Ny sweet wife," or Darling"
Mother" God forgive "a culver, then
oil was over. Let US hope that friend and
foe alike found favor in MS sight, where all is
web.
Ossso 10 AS uystefy-tnas unetiSCoVeI-
ID country whence none return-in no place
% great and marvellous study as here.
Ono would think that war would develop
ferocity in hard natures; perhaps it does /;
6nt it 10 not shown in the faces Of the dead.
They enter the silent land with eyes open
. stare Of surprise Il in them; the lines of
sars azs soAened upon tho brow, and the
cheek, when untosn MISREPRESENTATION as
though they slept where doubt is unknown,
whereall mystery is revealed; where the
reason Of our creation to bear the myrtle leaf
Of joy or the habiliments of mourning, to
reap the golden sheaves Of content, or gath.
q the mildew Of misery, isunknown:
They have been sent, rather than gone, to
tho garner where all shall be gathered.
This b. tho work of treason! This it is to
unroof the temple of law and order, and let
loose the demon ofdiscord. A people more
than prosperous have fallen upon evil times.
Murder, arson, theft, all kinds of injustice,
follow in the footsteps Of war. Nor. is the
end yet. When shall spears and swords be
beaten into pillow. shares and pruning hooks
=" How long, @ Lord 2"