Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-25

xWSs, Nom 70 ~ IeiAuus csPN' 80 -
e xtfsct the solivw ne para raphs. Ihey
con,siua high compsiment 10 the bra
very ndpowers Of endurance esinced
by somc VI on. own l00th ,csirnen', and
will b read WITH pride and regret By
the friends and reiat YES oi the gallant
men ose suffer nss they recount
We relieve ca ID other Ia tie trenches
every night. At what hour, precisely,
| dare not say even to you; but Wagner
has argus eyes-if not she |, sIugui~riy
20 ID at guessing, aud 1t is at sneh tunes
he Is particularly 10 be feared. There
are many exposed places IN the the pg
Ines OF parallels through which We mus
PASS, ,hat are swept by her lire. Ac os-
these p ,iDts we make as fast time as
possible ; but We c1nnot pass IN two
ra, X, at the same III mcut. IL takes
some time for even hundred men to
get by on the double quick; bit We have
"A trave army oi men iere, aud some
even IN TO take the .ubIe quick, but
lc,surely follow Up and take their posi-
tions in good tine, witt Their comrades;
very, very close under the sand bags O.
Wagncr-so close that we dare not
speak much louder titan whisper for
lie OF caves drgppefs among the rebels
over The next biek. For neighbors en-.
paged in sueh qa.rrc as ourselves,
h. proximity IS certainly nncnv'sbe.
At nearly ii sht ansle with the p"al-
lels are dug small pits say eight ieet 10
length, -four in breadth, and two AID a
hall in Geptb, making them, with the
cath thrown on top, neary nsc &c
dep. Tuere Is no coverlag ovcs the.r,
snd they are, at best, pfecar'ous 'neaes
Of projections. Into these "noles' we
manage TO stow orr persons t. the mum
brr vi from sesen TO n ne IN each, pack
ny ourselves win head, feet. iegs and
arms promiscuousy ''mlxca," tue latter
Of wbi Ii mon bets soon he ONE SO per-
I city numb anh camato e, by theIca Oh
Of non-circula ion ot The flood, that il IS
difficult TO indentiy ones leg from that
1t his neig hbor, uslers pecia'iy 'ethem
beseJ by some pecna'ity o clothleg
Silently aud pa entiy We SIT III ,ie.s
shaiio. pits. through Tie "ug, weary
hours OF night, and the ted GU, scorcf-
iag ones of day Bum : a duI, hcav,
roar lar away 10 the wet Of US. 1t IS
II ght. oomc DC whispers johnson -
I'VE di-lke Johnson) ami instantly We
raise our heads aad tnrn them towards
J ohn-,n. w. gee something that re-
sembles burning star, mount hgh,sery
high 10 The ar, nth Ii is nearly over
IL, when it suddenly comineaces 10 de-
scend.
TIE thought Thea strikes ns--wilI i
fall into our PIT aud explode, or INTO ouf
n,Jgnbo,s, or viii il explode IN the air,
aud crush US with Its falling pieces; OF
will it tai snort, or fall c,ond us :? Bat
there is very little time to speculate. =
| We hea the rnsnibg noise and spa ter
ing of The fuse, and we know Is III IS on
10, harm or otherwIss, VIII be known n
aeother second, aud we shut our eyes or
hug st,ll coser the sides aud bottom Of
on, PIT. A terrible eX ,lo-ion follow, ana
we IA draw breath OF ,el ct. We ar,
"a e, but not all. - thought t at viii
The expicsion we heard cry of pam
ADD g,oans 10 lo~ipg. Five mihu'es Al
ter retcher passes with the form OF q
man upon il. That tosm rs no,ionlrss
and to a Inquiry, oue ufShe bearers AN
saers-'d, al - AnVher to'm is car
ned by ~ b anket, aud t,cn another
another, anothe,, "a d anothcr. Tue las
even are OILY wounded, no seyer. On
" wounded me poor ie iow had hi
arm blown off above the elbow, hct
Is eqi vaent to death IN this cIimac.
brave bows! not Que of tnem groan-
ed o. VIII npercd, AS they were borne /,
hea iqua,tets, some two hundred yssd
10 the rear, bnt preserved the Injunction
of silence, even III the thrnes OF mnrts
a ony. Yes, they are brave boys, ane
,h,if country should feel proud OF them
and honor item, deal or alive. They
belong to The lOotb New Yo,k, and Oh
THIS occasion, n con inctIon with th'
l69th, occupied an xt'emtly dsngerou
ros!tlon In The advance parallels, close Il
Wagner. And single shell made al
h S havoc--lh.t she'll from Johnson. :
Whv ,honldn't we fear johnson? Why
not watcn that III eng the, a. j cleave
the air like some meter OF the sky
through the dim haze # night, ilh III
compressed and suspend d breath |
! fe . Gu, ap, OF dear ones home o in
I'D, rent, hit q en- he braecst shool,
n II fear ? The brAve-t IT ,uen the worit
s.vrrS saw arc h jat, VINO eyup .cucp ever