The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-11-10
''''7'o Richmond IN a aPanic. ,Hn'
Correspondence' of the Monte Aave,{,~s

correspondence of the Mobile ADVERTISED.
i sr'vlovs1 Richmond, hoctoberi.u snsii 10
TRULY, this has bsetiqa week Of uuprscs.
dentsd excitement IN the Confederate CAPT.
tai What with Early's retreat down the
valley, and his sturdy standJ at Browns
iap--the furiods Hcannonade Wednesday
n'sat--the passage Of the large BODY sot the
enemy to the north side Of the Jahes.-the
capture'of Fort Harrison, tthe1key of Ohaf-
dns which 10 the key Of DtexrysfdsfF
vain tattempt to oapturs back thia !nnport
Ant works ande yto'dAy's. hard. fight tho
middle lineIef defenses, We h.Js Ind such .
time g wenevsr3 hsd before since the war
began, and sush "a, I trust, we shall never
havs again. We, are 7Sccustemedso TO- isol.
ish and leng- continued belLrinsing, (kept
ups Ibe!ieye, out0f mere mischief,) and we
are used to the general turn out Of citizens,
cleEks and eGoyerppeut rsnpioyss, but "A,
i9eeiSint thpnderingi ,of bic guns, only
thtes'~lee from town y aruewathins to- ~
entirely.f,p sef,o sdj t,s7eire sSsssfT' .lfsfas
Riehmend 4 esstsialy IN grsss1a~ssra-
greater, psrAaps than sser9 Sstsys; but ~
people do not rsst.s IT,. Neither did the
people Of, Vicksbwg or sAthata n realize
their danger. after they becamsCusedl TO the
noise Of battle at, their doors I yThs. Divine
hand may again idterpose in our behalf, -
i has az often done heretofore, bot sbs
present state Of affairs makes ma wish, most
heartily that ths, Government '.stores, ithe
archives, the machinery and material of war
were safely away. The loss of Richnond
would be 2 bard blow. but We could beer it
well enough ~ Il our machipery ,aady muni-
'tiops vi were ssyed BIT these ana 20 s9or-
MONS, and our, transportation fson limited.
thas there's little or no chance ofgetting
men away; aY;auoiaJ - srs''iw : -. $: 81 CIV q
N From dsnnsr time, until dark the houses
in h the suburbs Of the city far,hest from
the scene Of action, hare literally been shar
ken by the concu ,sion Of heavy artillery,
which roared and ,reverberated under the
dark canopy, Of heavy. cloud. As sat list
eening to the uPr9ar, | was often reminded
q ths opening lines lines to ;TennysQp's Morte
= A'oi bes1te s7g JosGudsud h tfspn
can day long the noise Of battld rolled,
Among the nsantains By Che winter ses, "f u
and ever and anon, has q moment dof des-
pondsncys would ssisss me- u thoushtpof
what King Arthur said to- bold pSirw Bsdi-
vere:i a{ai % la baqsbto ssiff1Tyua edt 10
II Am ruined BY this people which I |
made.' a7adidf3 sdi isnisge sur-n a % a
iiiNeyer wss the fghtibg material ofsthe
city 10 thesoushly regot together. y Y ester !
day the guards spared neither ago nor oon-
didons assm almost tempted ntoi add ssx,)
andTtosdaV they haye7t tfotced, thsit way in. |
70 the gambling ohells, which. in times like
the present. have slvsys 4 been theoprivate
of zsskulkers. ~ Thisa evening |
when the firing, ,awas atitsihostest,i found
iagshs woaas5apanfhe hikssps, and hoasss,
only four white smeno three Of whom were !
ovet fifty, and the other N invalid; the rest
were children and nsgroes.svir sal;qn ysu
One ola gpsup Of little girls who we're
seated on % ase-tsp.s with shawls cover |,
their beads to- Rsotset them from sthe.raiu, !
Eas asked BY q pAaynate On apsther house.
Eap whsre her 4fatheEnwas- Iastnight be
'snt lsHe1 bArNss three. miles from tavp, 4
a line ofhAtsle oiua thsu srensbAsA,.s xsssthet
reply Ard b. these trench
~ Are al the able bodied fathersst sops Andi
brothers Of Richmond, With this haaxy au-
Eunn rain pouring down On, thtm--ths mud
'Aei: .aly mattress, the sky their only Gov
srha.od sidi ae nvcns jo7 st u .grDutroo
,ysI sE,9s 20 30 oso7,, ,ra .ei ss;r ..,,.n. /