The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-08-02

sons digappaer- there in clouds Of dust, and
dolnot know whether they were ever seen
afterward or not You remember how
the TpTkiSh Embassad'rTs used TO rlie fai
on the ground there, to avoid what they
iosugp0seds 70 be the dEsadfsi simeous Incl
-fdeRtiiQ theigeEa and peighbarihg cOun-
tries. 1 have SEN p showers of mud on
4 PeqgsylEaHia, Avenneaeaused by the wet
ding by rain Of clouds Of dust inl thesat-
hRosPHeres ISayiI Thought I3liad seen
! icdqsts but I never had. L think one of
-yggE correspondents gave a graphic isc-
! count of the dust gu the march Of the
lfArnEPf the Potomac from Cold HaFbOr
l5te1 sgamfs Riyer.5zAll athe bOysla soy
THAT Vas yR9fdust at aps ns.i-,sf zfd rs7
3vrqI will .tslsEQn hqE7ito is.el The usOi On
Fthe south sdesOf James River, in this Sec
'ii0gdis very light, sandy leam,i which
| theihOt'and1olong continued dhOuth and
constant attrilion of army operations and
movements had worked, wherever thsleast
exposed into a aeentiR4ous bed1oof the
lightest, drFest kind of dust, 'seyeralinehes
deep. Il the lightest dryosE kind of -four
were spread over the ground, from Three
to sikinshes deep-no, that will not ex-
/ press it -four is % heavy If The dry aud
dusty eqPYePs of all space apd-time were
gathered together and ground with the
hightest. dryest magnesia and BdThioe stone
tt0 the finest. dryese powder, and strewn
from ankle to knee deep over the surface
Of the earth. throughout tbisiPart of the
t.seaniry,othe result migth approximate in a
tslighti degree to the state of ths soil and
the dosshere. Up to this. morning man
nor 5poF beast could not stir without stirring up
alelo1d of dust. riTbs movement Of a
FenrPorals guard would be. taken for the
change Of an army corps OF army, and
would be fable 10 bring out the artillery
jallll along the enemy's Ines The move
Eipeptef lsEgebOdyFof troops would have
bbsen, to say the-least, the dustiesU move.
4hsbts the world ever Bgheld. Not a bird
could iwaIlpW by, the roadside without
barrieadipg it with dust sNer could even
EbthirstB grassh6pper stTetehaiIis legs BY
pspringiug to a iheighbOring gnblade without
raising the challenge; .iRho q goes
Sfhere?' While officers and orderT es; nd
.jng along the Ines, had mutually sezhumed
each other0from Observation-Disclosures
Ito know which was which, Immature was
s8dfHtatedl-29 -29Ilan, mai beast, bird, and insect
we're .paEcBeaand ehoaked with, dust. all
things we're covered with tie Light, 7bla-
tile powders the earth,Was a sensitive dust
heap; the air-norn; noon, and higbtL
was foggyi With its q dusty exBaiathions !;
forest and plain, plant and tree, as with
3fsatbeEy snow in Winter, were draped in
saqsf--airy; ;sm6key; feathery, ,zFOIatilodust
14ascr Slightest breeze, nor tiniest insect,
eaaldy Stir without filing all space With
1laaFmIBspt, 1aF vqpIting, binding, sufoeating,
misunderstanding dust;4aa5 .5dfsaa
morning ittommeuced to rain;
first came half dry mud, then the article
more diluted, saturated, and then MILDLY
Yater3 but now pours eopiously the good
0ldlfashiOnedY limPid rainrWaterza ALMA
.hureis.ohanged. Where banks Of impen.
.etrablei dust alone were SEEM green forests
are now visible !; plains and fields. that
before were all of one dusky hue are now
with the different crops they
boar; men and animals are distinvtlys6eu
moving about7and horses can be disti1
iguishel from mules, and officers from men men
and civilians. All nature is vocal andde-
moustratiYe, of praise for the resurrection.
Even the little 8oads (rained-down I sup
pose; in tBe first shower Of mud) are skip
ping iauhtily about on Q ground, as if
glad to get to terra frnas the delighted
birds are cheerfully pelformiRg-their toilet
and ehirpiqg their -jpyfulness- from thous-
ands Of boqghs, and officers and men arc rid
ing and walking about in the rain for the
fun and refreshment and luxury of the
thing, while commanding generals Pgoudly
pace their tents with an air of reliefand a
sensation and feeling universally
prevails 9yg i that something can and VIII now
pees lesq qohe'1sltae -alfrv -aa Il. .g
1 asked an aged eOlored woman to-day,
native Of the locality and to the manor
born, if when the soil got wet it was apt to .
stay wet or whether it would very Soon
get dry and dusty again / asked her
carefully and cautiously, inweIl-c6hsidcr-
ef phrase, deeply sqlicitous of the re-
ponse. She replied that when tie ground
got right wet it7was maugbtyiapt fQ Keep
moist a good while, and that without being
very mudy. ] felt relieved and breathed
easier. So you may expect to hear of
magnificent army movements here before
great while. 'N4' 1'i '.'.-
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