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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31
LEUCoRRHGA, OR WHITES.

II has no equal Ia relieving the Distressing symp
toms Also, Headache, Heartburn Acid stomach, voInt
ing Food. &c. Take teaspoonful after dinner The
dose in all may be increased desired but it should
be done gradually
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31

These Dangerous and Troublesome Diseases
tchich hape thus far Resisted the best directed
Treatment, can be Completely Controlled
bythe REMEDY nOw before US.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31
CONSTITUTION WATER,

which gives those organs time TO the healthy
tone and vigor We able that the Constitu-
ton Water has cured every Of Diabetes which il
has been given.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31

Diseases occurring from and the same cause will b,
entirely cured by the Constitution Water iftaken an,
length OF time. The dose should vary with the severit,
Of the disease from twenty drops teaspoOnful hr
times day. in water During the passage Of the Cacu
lus the pain and urgent symptoms should be combateC
with the proper tmedes. then followed up by the Con
stuton Water, ss above directed.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16
United states Of America:

DISTRICT OF MIDDLE TENN} sSEE-No IS
KNrHEREAS, an inform alton was fled IN the
w i-triet Court u tho Untcd state fer the Dis.
tliet afortsaiI en- TIE 18th day OF september s63
states, for tho district aivrosaiti IN behalf Of tho
Uuitsi States ngIinst e'cvcn boxes Goods, Wates,
and AsIeh'uW1', VII rolf 'hroe boxes esntaln
Shoes thioe, shuts, one Bostfi Gus Roots aud shoe
one BATS. one, knJpsacks aud Iftvetsacks; me
domestic and thor articles; alleging In substance
that on the let day Of september, 1865 In the Dis
r'ct aforesaid on land, nd property was seized ny
Thomas j Cox, Captain and Q N. IT'S as fol-
ieitsd 10 the United States for the forth In
the aid Information, {" Wit that ON the day and
ye r Aforesaid, salt properly was purchased TO he
used IA ai;iug, abeting and PROMOTING an ins rec
ii n against the Cove nnett ut tne Uuited Sta es;
and, further, hat, on tho day and year noresaid,
said property was Transported fir ~ Louisville in
the STATE Of Kentucky, 60 Nashville Ia the ote Of
Tenness.e @, without permit OF Guy su horiscd
Off er OF the Treasury Department. or II W IN such
permit that tho was oh lned By false state
meuts and deception, in violation Of the equations
IT the seGTptaty Of the Treasury, mnds March 81,
1868, and further, tnat at the time o. and stter the
passage Of an act O. Congress, ap sci July II,
1902, titled " an act to suppress insurIect on 10
pun sh treagOn TO seize and cO-hscate tn prOIert
Of rebels aud for 9th purp, the " said
property WIS engaged IL aiding and abottiBg an
armed rebellion against the GOYsrnment of the Unit
cd stat 5, aud did not within sixty days at or the
rroclematioh % the PresiceLt Of IL, United STAT
made tic 25t day VI Jolly, l't3, in pursuance OF
fad act cease aid countenance, nd abet said re-
be lion, ard turn TO bis allegiance TO the United
sttes and praying ior process ag.ni said propo ~
TO sni5rce the ssizu-c, contscSiion aud condemua
I on thereof
Now theroorc To pursuun1eoi Tic moniiion OF said
Court, und be seal OF me Court Ia directed and
delivered. DO hereby give public notice to all per-
cOreernVd IN, Ia crested ia the property aOre
said, that they be ant APP before said Court at
the Fedora Court room, ia the Capitol, at Nashville,
In ths Dist Jet az fes.id "a the first day Of the
next lerm th ref Icing October 10Th, 1868, then
aud the . TO inter- ose their claims aud make their
Allegations IA that behalf
5000 +. r. GLASCOCK,
seplG-lit
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social ,3sihoring

HOSPITAL No. IS, Sept 10 1868
III. Eliio1. One of those Htlo pleas
aniries which go 50 far towards softenipg
the asper.ties of life, took place at our
pllatial Hospital on Monday evening.
Miss H, r, aud N, ladies of
said institution, gave complimentary
supper to our worthy eommissaries in
kind appreciation for their interchangeable
excrtions and rigid economy 10 saving all,
40 as to provide more Of those delicacies
so necessary for the inmates of this
place. True, they were worthy of a
more extended compliment, bu. the ladies
ever watchful and appreciatiye, are al
ways foremost in every good work, and
thus took tins by the fOrelock.
The evening passed off pleasantly un-
til TIE last fl ickIiDgs of the tapers
warned that time was wearing into night,
when they descended from their airy
chamber with merry beasts and foot
steps 40 ligh, that they ~oU'd not have
disturbed tho "p,ally dew 60 t5 laugh
ing grass" and rhus f. the siumbcrs OF
the objects af cir solicitude uudis-
turbed Lung may they live to enjoy
such consrAtplA.or' sirpri sos is the ar
dent desire Of their admitting friends,
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DISTRICT uF MIDDLE TENEtS-EE-No. ~
WHEREAS, an information has been dledlu the
w oislrict Court " the United states tor tie
DISTRICT Aforesaid, ON tho l2h day Of Sep'cmbsr,
rs %, 10y Horace Harris n Esq, Atturue, ut the
United States Tor said District, against opa b. Gu
tanning siodical Books and six boxes cuuttlI ing "a
an ono hundred and 6tieen bales Of spun lhra ];
alleging In substance, that on the LIST day of Jauuay
1883 IN the district az r'sAii, on land sal prore ty
was seized as Frisied to the United Si,ie0 because
the owutr 'hcreuf being eng ged N aiding aud abet
ting an armed rebellion against tbs GuNAIumoul {
he tLli3 states, at Tho time o. thr pa "a, CT su
act OF Go rress, aiptovui July ~, 1902, ard u.
u,d, Eau a. 70 ppr insl net, u TO Iunisb
treason aud rebellion, 90 seize aud cOu6scate the
lreporty Of rsb is, aud Tor other Purposes did not
within siNty day aitor the Proclamation Of tho Pies
asBt - the URiiei States, made on toe 20 da, Of
July, 1862, ia pursuance VI said act cease to ail
uuteuRuCe, aud ahot sa rebellion, ard return 10
his allegiance ~ the Unitod sta ties; and pra, u for
process 70 enforce the silure IOlh cat N ar CON.
domination Of ID property
Now, therefore, IN pursuante e tho monitor Of
said Court, ugd,T the sed o. the Court to me
directed aud delivered, 4 do hcrybt give pub ic
notice 10 all persons concerned IN interest ia said
property. 10 appEr before tho said Court on the rst
Gay Of the next Term thereof being OCtoror 1874,
1868, vt the Federal Court nv, 10 the Capitol, at
Nashville, in the District uior sitI then aud there
10 int rpose thslr cldms la hat behalf
Z q. GIASCOIK,
O. S. Marshal for MJro D5tat Of Tcun, s.,e.
sup l6-l4t
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1863.

We invite tho attention of our readers
TO the excellent article from the New
York Times, in reference 70 slavery in
Tennessee. We had intended 70 write
something on the subject, ourselves, bat
as the task has been so well done by the
Times, We prefer to let our readers sec
how the subject appears to able and dis o.
passionate minds at distance.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16

Tie nation is rejoicing over the Eman-
cipAtion of Tennessee from the iron
grasp of therebel army. May it soon
rejoice over another Emancipation in
our whole state--her emancipation from
the thraIdom Of that odious and barbar-
GUS system which is the chief corner
stone" of the rebel Confederacy.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16
United States Of Ane. lea:

DISTRICT OF MIDDLE TENNESS EE-No 90
IETHFREAS an Information was filed in the
w District Court OF the United States for the Dis
trict AZ resaid, the ldh day OF September, 1863
by Horace Harrison, tsq Attorney Of the United
states for said District, against Que box cIntanTg
Coats and Vests; ono box containing Cotton ana
Wool en- Cloth, aud one containing Tobacco, alleging
Ia substance, that eaid property seized Ia The
District aforesaid land, the Let day Of sci tenn
bor 1858, forfeited TO the United States for causes
SCI forth In said urn4tien, TO Wit that the said
property was on tbs day.ani year Aforesaid, trans
ported nom the stare OF Kentucky. 20 the state u
Tennessee, without permit Of n duly Authorized
cicer of The 4 easury department, or II with such
permit that u as traululepty obtained and furth-
er, uiatth owners o. said property being engaged
In aiding and abeitihg an armed rebellion againgt
the Govorument ~ q United Star+s, on tho nth
day OF July 1853 not Within sixty days AT or the
Ptocamation Of The President made July 25th, 1882
In pursnance of said net, to aid Coun tenance
aud abet sad rebellion aud return to their ALI "a
anCe 10 the United staes and praying for process 90
enforce the couiscat on aud condemnation Of said
pr perry.
Now therefore, iupursuuce Of the motion Of said
Court, under the seat OF the Court, to me directed,
hereby give public notice to all pera0ns concerned
IN Interest m fRid pro- cry, q appear before said
C01rt Oh the fr5I day Of the LeX term thereof be.
ing october 1871 1858, at 10 O'Clock in the renoon
OF said day. a. tue federal Court ROOM the Capitol
at Nashville ia tho District RfOr, said then and
there 10 intetpose their claims in that behalf
h. OLAsCOCK
T. s. Marshal Tor Nildie District Of Tennessee
scplB--l4t.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16

The Tax collectors book for Davidson
county foF 1862, The third richest county
in THE Slate, il We remember reveals the
following important facts
There are "A tax -payers Who are as
scssed for $4,000 and upwsrds.
1870 persons assessed for S25to0 aud
under $4,000 ~
36S persons assessed fuf $1,000 and
under S25 600.
y And 584 persons assessed Tor $1,000
aud under 10000.
There is an unusually large amount of
wealth concentrated ia this city and
county, and yet ont Of population Of
over 10000 persons, III this wealthy To-
cality, it appears that there arc but 5Sl
persons who are worth oUsr $4,000; and
but 58t more who are worth over $1,000
or ,1G5 persons in all. These facts not
only indicate he Concentration 81 loeaM IN
The hands Of a few persons, but also the
insignificant number of property -hol-
ders who would be affected by the con-
fseation act,
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Does that man lack common sense or
patriotism, who maintains that the States
must manage slavery to suit themselves,
even at the risk Of the nations life?
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Special Notice.

no ALL THOSE WHO KNOW THEMSELVES
j Indebted Co tho late hun Of M0ulhgn a sblrk,
III Their by note ur account, Will call upon ID N mou-
ohan, The surviving partner Of hou0Aan a shifk
aud pay uP, 40 onser indu gence will NOT De given
An those who neglect tus cs may expect o. Aui the
olGtmB Ia th- hands II al. officer Tor collection
ST. M. MUNOnAh
sslIO-3ua
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LOST! LOST!

fVHE UNDERSIGNED LOST ONE QUARTER.
A hASIEt NOuChth, giNeu BY Lteut Whits,
A. U NJ Post, Ffaukuu, tennessee, tar two bay
Horses, dated September 18Th, lsts The p1isl Of
the cores Wa not stated sad Voucher Was ap.
proven by III t0l Drumuuud. Any one hldi6g
said Voucher VIII he hheraly rewarded ty ioayIus
10 at Coo Juiup ONCE GU. hiLi,
arnIU=Na
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The knoxville Register and Ohaltanoo-
ga Rebel have both exploded harmlcssly,
but shrinking worse than Greek fire.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16

DISTRICT OF MIDDLE TFNEEssEF.-No 10
4NyHEREts. information has boon Ned iu the Do.
w rct Court II tho United states Tor aaid uirrict,
nn tle z day August, A. % 1853, ~ John Triu be,
Esq Attorney Tor the United tatcs ~ aid Distrci
aud on behau TIE United ates Against 'ertain
Ut aud the large unfinished Ht tUl bnildiuE. tnd
0thor Improvements bereon, standing, situated %
thc NofhNt,t corntt 81 1hureh or Sptiug ent Cuer-
~ STREETS, 10 Nashyille District aforesaid said un-
finished building teirg Known as the Maxwell huusei
ore John u,Qtou being the rpu'tod own'r Their OF,
salt prlperiy .having teen setzej by. nud uow IN
caitodyot \. Gl1scitk, Mauhal, Sc under Am
oraer " aeitnN, i~ued by ssiI John rimbls an
gust y, 1865 auodginE, n spbst'ute, anon
otter unnss that sud properly wls seized
on land la said District, and is liable ~ contscaion
because said owner was 90 tlo lat day OF January,
1893, engaged Boz aiding and nbctuuP a certa "a armed
rebellion aaa The Govern reul of The United states,
Dot having returned 10 his alcs glance oihc Uuted
states aitnn 90 days after tho rruc,lna SON Of The
President Vt tlo unied States, rr.orrcd tl n said
Information.
Now, therefore, 20 ur uauoe ci the nonit o., under
the Hcai OF s1 Court, % dirc ted aud delivered,
do hereby give public notice 10 all persons claiming
said property, or Ia any manner interested therein,
that Ihcy D. and appear before the said District Court
10 be hel 20 the City Of Nashville In and for said
Disro the 18Th dayof otober, 1869, alto O'Clock
IN the forenoon Of that day, then and there 20 10
lerposa their claims aud make their allegations Ia
thatbehaf ~ X, GlAsGOUK,
Marshal " the United states
Tor the district OF Middle TCunessee.
ep'6--lit
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secessionists would do well to take
"bacls seats" in Tennessee, and many of
them will consult their safety by hurry
ing out of the back door.
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ASSISTANT QuARrERmAs1ERs OFFICE,

ASSISTANT QUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE, 4.
Nashville, Tenn, sept IA, 1888.
Partes holding Purchase aud Service Vouchers
issued by Quartermasers, on duty at this Depot are
requested to forward to this Once, preyou. TO Sep
teub,r Goth, statements Of the accounts showing
~ whom given, on what account, date aud amount
Accounts thus filed viii have preceIencs IN psy-
ment. = PERKINS, JR,
Captain aud A. Q. NJ
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16

The father Of . family may continue
to rule and govern his household on the
same principles, that he always did,
while his prodigal children may reform
and improve greatly SO il is with tho
United States Government We can
have the same free Goyorpment conduct.
ed according TO tho same great princi-
pies, while the status of the States is
reformed and improved We can have
"the Union as il gas," while at the same
time We may have Tennessee as she ought
4, Ls
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16

- l.. ASuHHinGE, successor 10 Horube5k a
4 Ashbr.ige, VIII continue the iry Goods Boot
and Shoe busness AT hs GA stand ~ College street
aauII-dt
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Dissolution.

rpHE FIRM or HORSBEcK a A3BBkIDGE -
L tails day Dissolved BY mutual cousett.
-. W. az kNBECK.
g. J. AshBkfDGE
Nash, me-. ;ept 10, 'G
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16
FOR SALE

ONE IMPROVED PATENT CIDER MIL. FOR
" sale 40 less Than cos and transportation, g5Iks
easy the lest IN use makes Ave 20 tght barrels OF
cider Per day. Call and see it, az So North Market
street, near the louisville AID Nashville Railroad
Depot CLARK a GREGORY.
nhu1g-TtlIWF
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STORE ROOM no REM.

A STORE ROOM IN THE CENTRAL PART OF
n the city would De rented ou reasonable {, rus
application is made soon. Inquire atW Il. Cor.
uelius', on church street
sepl3-lWe
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16

jeff Davis is almost blinded by the
tic dolorcux, and almost bCggared by the
LII d1llar one -
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When and where does Gov harris pro-
pose to assemble bis hgaeious lsgisla-
ture .r.
There is not rebel soldier, guerrilla,
civil officer under the rebel government
a seccssionist, or secession sympa-
thizer, in all Tennessee, who 10 not in
favor of the exercise of the qreserve
right Of Tennessee over all slaves With
IN her borders aud who is not opposed
to settling the slavery question nov.
They wish 10 sec it remain to prolong
civil strife among us. Lot Iowa! men
beware how they hold fellowship with
such disturbers Of peace,
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$50
WANTED,

FIRST RATE PuOTO9RApHEe, at GERS
~ GALLERY, corner Of Union aud College street.
sn1i-3k
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COTILLON PARTY. 9A

MR. GOODWIN WGLGIYEA COTILLaN PAKrY
IVA on Monday evening, September 2lst, at his
koomH, No so Uai0n street His scho0l for Young
Ladies' ana Masters, win open Saturday ovenrR, Sep.
toinber 1911 o'clock Class for Gentlenisn ara
aow open, where all the IA hionahle pancss are
taught. MIR G''s abilities, Tetoher, arc Vel
known Go ule oltiYons of Nashville
feplG o.
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SANITARY STOnES.
TIlE SOLDIERS HOW

Has been removed from the Nashville at
nooga kallrlrd Depot % tho PLANTER .
where uisCha grd hau tgriougusd a'..
Food, Lodging, and aI nfrl. az
Ta.atiun o. tuelf papura, al uHut.r "i'
Branch unl0e Of ths JOmulas. u H'
street, Nashville aud aI She store TON
s.r.lr I..
-sspl-3mj
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United States Of America :

..p'siit
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-02-04

TNOR anything you want 60 buy In the line Of Boots
r. and Shoes call on Wheeler. 1t the N. Boot
Shoe store. lie keeps the best. stock In town -"
sells the chesbest. j..
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Waste Of Life.
Human life. human blood. have been the

Human life, human blood, have been the
objects Of more wicked waste than gold OF
land. To say nothing Of the war, where
millions Of lives are swallowed up Cor slight
results, fellow. creatures are 'eXpended''
fcrib'y fast in many trades. The canals of
Egypt cost 4 fearful aggregate Of innocen:
deaths each pyramid, temple. or city of
he ancient world was Moloch that de-
Youred mu!titudes Of workers; and tn
auays, railways, and harborS Of America
tre fatal to crowds Of Irish immigrants
.'eace has its victims as well as war. There
Is grim ejaculation among s'asers, that
:wo-thirds Of a human cargo landed alive
II one voyage out OF three pays high
croft after expenses arc deducted. There
Is another among Cuban planters, that it
is more ganful to import ready grown la.
Dor than to rear domestic blacks and the
Fir, cruel Queen Of the Antilles is jug
-.ernant that yearly ,hungers for sixty
thousand fresh Africans. Yes, there is
taste eGough-waste in every barrack in
Europe OF America, where life is below the
average; waste in factory and workshop,
where unhealthy trades 60 on; waste 10y
steel dust and choke damp; waste by ar
scnic and yitr;ol fumes; waste in the cop
rerworks; waste where glidors toll amid
mercury or cyanegen; waste among poor
girls bending over the deadly green leaves
for wreath and bouquet. There Is waste
among us all, so long as tainted air and i'm
pure water, want and excess, fever haunted
lens and cholera, bresding lai,s, exist among
sis. II the natural tenure Of existence bc
as the Paslmist puts it, at thre,scrore and
ten, and the assurance companies tell truth
.shen they strike the average dying day Of
:5ur species at thirty years, the waste
;houghout society must be hideous indeed.
As for wasted talent, wasted opportunities,
wasted chances Of doing good, such things
are before ~, around us within US every
day.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-02-04

HESPEcKED HUSBAND The patriot who
',as Just made the Senate House ring with
his vehement denunciations Of tyranny,
Uses the latch key for admission to his own
zlomicile with the nervous tremor Of an in
experienced housebreaker, and steals on
:iptoe up stairs, his heart FACILITATING in his
bosom lest the crcak'ng Of treachcrous
board should awaken from her early slnm-
salnt who mighty repnsas by hi. -;a---..
The poet whose strains have entranccd
the world dares not for the life Of him dine
ont without permission asked ind obtain,
I'd and woe be to him if, in moment of
nnthnking hilarity, he has been persuaded
10 quaff but one cap more OF spirituD Gus
NECTAR than is his jnst and reasonable al
I,wance! Retribu,iOn cOineth in the morn
ing, aud the favored Of Phebus, in ord r
to obtain the assuagenent Of an additional
Lasin Of bohea, is fain to play the penitent,
ana. submit to lecture in which his in
temperance disgusting behavior is unsavor.
ably contrasted with the habits Of tbs
beasts.
Even the veteran o; a hundred fights
whose valiant spirit quailel not in the
midst Of massacre and death who has led
forlorn hope, plunged through the ditch
and scaled the wall BY the shattered anG
vibrating ladder, when the hostile bastion,
were helching fire. md the rainparts bri.t
ling with s,:el-even the covers like {
helpless lamb before the wrath Of his dull
Get Amaryliis. and mcekly in.plores her 70
that mercy and forbesrance which he woult
disdain to ask by word or sigh from tn
most truculcnt Goliah Of q foclnan, ever
were bis weapon struck from his grasp, o.
biz sword arm disabled by wound.
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Composed of the R He BIS
Dnion all of which
with and assist in
,d Eth onnxn
di tmughrvr
ot di l h eel
Iwhih m n also by
% per . dt ryha6tso rHhc.n
dsetvc6 hcm ianggh dmrn
nddoyo
ur
dim
lowsner
freely
h4wm n tina Bh
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tn b oidev
- HUNTINGTON Proprietor,
McCro
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- ~ gvE
The Suuken Noad at Waterloo
An odd numerical coincidence, twenty
ba.a!ions were to receive these twenty six
sauadrons. Behind the crest Of the p!a.
tcan, under cover OF the masked battery.
me English infantry, forlntd in tl,;rter,
squares, two hattaliohs to the square, anG
upon two lines-seven on the first and sia
on the second-with musket to the shoul
der and eye upon their sights, waiting
calr, silent, and mmovable. They could
not gee the cuirsxsiers, and the cuirassier.
could not see them. They heard the in
e+easing sound Of three thousand horses,
the alternate and measured striking OF their
hoofs at full trot, the rafting of the CUR
asses, the clicking Of the sabres and aS0rt
Of fierce roar Of the coming host. There
was moment of fearful silence, then, sud
denly, long line of raised arms brandsh-
ing sabres appeared above the crest. with
easdues, tTumpets, and standards, aud
s!,ree thousand faces with grey moustaches,
crying "Vies Emperor ~ All this cav
ally deboucE,cd on the plateau, and it was
like The beginning Of an earthquake. 81.
All at once, tragic to relate, at tn, left
Of the English. and on our right, the head
Of the column Of cuirassicrs reared with
srightful clamor. Arrived at the culminat
ing point of the crest, unmansgeable. full!
OF fury, and bent upon the determination
Of tho squares and cannons, the cuirassiers
saw between themselves and the English a
iitch--a grave. It was the sunken road Of
Ohain. -&# #@a %
1t was a frigh.fnl moment. There was
The ravine, unlocked for, yawning at the
very feet o: the horses, two fathoms deep
between its doubl.sslope. The second rank
pushed in the first, the third pushed IN the
second; the horses reared, themselves
over, fell upon their backs, and. struggled
with their feet in the air, piling up and
over-turn'ng their riders no power to re-
treat the whole column was nothing but a
:,rjcctile. The force acquired to crushthe
English crushed the French The inexor
sble ravine could not yield until it was
filled riders and horses rolled in together
pell nell, grinding each other, making com
mon flesh in this dreadful guilt, and when
this grave was full Of living men, the rest
marched over them and passed on. AL
:nost third Of the Dubois brigade sank
.nto thir abyss.-Les .Niserables.