The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-20
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Narrow Esca % - General LeUAn.
From IN account Of tho battle on August s.
When the charge was made At half past
four. on the Sd instant, the shot snd shell
were aying thick and fast from the rebel
batteries for when our men advanced
from the woods into the open zelda. their
object was discovered and the movements
resisted. General Logan, after issuing
his orders, di.mounted from his horse,
and havi & left m with an orderly. passed
slowly down rasine The shell whistIsd
and buzz d merrify over his bead. and
feh into the woods beyond. As he pro
ceeded, his steps we're for . moment ar
rested oy susll pool Of water which had
collected from the recent rain, and though
short leap might have sufliced in order
to clear it, yet that strange impulse which
sometimes causes one. in M IDLE moUeat,
10 pas around slight obstruction when
the same may be a. conveniently over
lesped 1T this moment seized upon the
General.
He wheeled slightly to the right. and
IS be stepped aside. huge hell fell sis
zing and plunging into the pool before
him, barely missing his left leg Is it de-
scended. The mud and water splashed
into his face and eyes, completely binding
him, and compelling him to stoop down
and wash the mud therefrum, out of the
same pool which had SO miraculously
saved his life lid he not changed his
course at the thrilling moment. or had
not the pool been formed in which to ex
tioeuish the fuse, no power on earth
could have saved him FROM being blown
into . million Of atoms. Many have
been the narrow escapes IF Logan 10 his
even full career, but all must acknowledge
no one OF them could equal this. An
orderly who witnessed the scene, rode
rapidly up in order that the General might
escape to another and less dangerous part
of the field; but the hero o. many battles
his nerves Is steady and his voice as
calm as surrounded by bis staff and sit
ting 10 his tent at hea iquarters-rspiied !:
"No, my boy. the dagger in this quarter
is passed; it is now too lsie TO run" and
continued on hiscourse. Passing short
distance 20 where groupof soldiers were
loungipg behiud small earthwork, he
stopped TO converse with them for a mo-
ment, and sat down, As all were sitting,
with bis back to the works and feet Resting
on slight elevation of ground before
them. He was just questioning one as
to the manner in which a wound in the
foot was received. which the soldier was
dressing. wh.nsuddenly six pound solid
shot.. csme, passed straight between two
of the men on the right, injuring neither.
and buried itself deeply in the ground on
which .heir feet were resting. This time
the General @as slightly affected. H.
leaped to his feet, aud, hurryiag to his
horse. endeavored by rapidly Fastening
to She scene Of conflict TO forge. the cir
cunstance which had Tor the instant
startled him.
Hxy The New York dry goods trade i.
at . stand sill, aud importers are at a loss
to know what to do, whether to take their
goods QUE OF bond or re-ship them to Eu
rope. The'prices of many articles place
them be,ond the reach OF consumers
and the Presidential contest will Gu
down the regular trade of the country a
lesst oue-halt. A considerable amour
OF hosiery and gloves has been re.shippet
to Europe by importing jobbing houses
EE Here is kind Of retaliation" t,
which no reasonable person can ever Oh
jec,:
The York pa. True Democrat under
stands that qnite number OF recruits 70
tie one year service. who, previous |
the election, had intended 10 credit the u,
Selves to the townships 10 which they r.
side. now positively refuse TO do 80 bs
cause those townships, by m jority, d.
clsred that the soldiers had no right I
vote.