The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-07-28

On tic oist az Aususf, - so A NJ 2
aas lyins on ray bed in the Charleston Hotel.
uuable 20 sleep from sho okoessiye hcai ADD
lsteniag % tAe DOnofenoa- aouri of iso Gene
noDade kept np on the enemy position from
tie batteries on James islaud. Rtsties- and
weary ofthe night. had lighted candle in
deafnce 81 tlle m ,-quitoes, aud .ou yht TO pas
away The time With volume of LIS Mistr-
abifs Il happened 70 be the one contain
ing the account II the battle Of Waterloo /;
AMI while deeply interested la the descTipt~
ion Of the ru.hlag sQuldrens OF culiassers, !
Was startled by noise bat, from connection
with my. reading. Tesembled the whirr OF a
phantom bIigsde OF caValTy ealloppe 10 MID.
air.
Ny first feeling wac that Of utter aston
ishnent bat IA crash succeeded by deaf
ening explosion in the very street on
which my apartment was situated, brought
mo with a bound into the center of the
room. hooking from thc window, / saw
smoke and fire issuing from house in
which were stored the drugs OF the mcdi-
cal puryey0r. A watchman was running
frantically down the street. aud when be
reached tho corner Just below me, COM
menced striking with his statf against the
curb--a signal of alarm practiced among
the Charleston police At frs, | thought
a meteor bad fallen but another awful
rush and whirr righf over the hotel, and
another explosion beyond. settled any
doubts might have had-thc city was be
ing shelied People are not generally
given - laughing under such ciroumstan-
cos, but | will defy any one who witness
ed what ! witnessed Of leaving my room,
not % have given away 20 fuirth in mod
orntion.
The hotel was crowded with spectators.
who hao been attracted 10 the city by the
sale Of some blockade cargoes. aud tho cor
ridors were dllel with the terrified gem
tlemen rushing about in the scantiesi of
costume aud the widest alarm One per
spir ng Individual, Of portly diInens.on-
was trnltiug to and fro with one boot nn
and the ether in his hand. and tins was
nearly all the dress he could boaa. of. ia
hiseScitement and terror, be had forgot
ten the number of bis room, from which
be had hastcncd at the first alarm, and BIZ
distress was lndicrous % behold. Anoth-
or, in a semastate Of nudity, with portion
of his garments on bis arrn, barked tie
shius Of every one in bis way in lis efforts
a. drag an enormous trunk 90 tie Stair
case
On reaching The BAL loall motley
crowd some ,of whom with lle bi-gt.f ~
wordswere cars ng the Felarsl conmal-sf-
Wh'rr. came another shoi over tC fQf
sad down 14 their face nonl cfcrs rnal .atl
io5scco-jnicc and cieaf ends sri elafilaas
among ne sritto0n.. ! need toi ~ iha. tbs
i a c.t-a - moi from whom ibe confcicracy
hopes nothing, N ne contrary. bl their
ezlorlien. pricticed on .ufl.Fisl people
they have made themseirs- execfaiei. II
shesl c3uld have fallen .n iac midst and
exterIniaated the whole rsce of hiicksiers
j. would have been Of greai benefit to
the South. The population was nos
aroused, the streets filled with women
and cuildren, making 10 the upper part
- the city, where they won,d And com
psrstive safety.
2 ne volunteer Gre bfi-s1es iro- hf ~
their eagincs. sd psrties Ct fhe citizen -e~tfs
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II f-s8ic>ss - give ss-istancs nhen recafffs
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