The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-01-10

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For notwithstanding lbe totlsome
marches, iht bleolshel of three srea,
ba'tles, that attended tbs summer
campaign under Sheridan, it had the
. JOY, the brilhance, and The triumphs
g Of crusade. let despite the ability.
4 ihe will sud iae berolsm hat have la
0 toEed to make tbs greater campaign
j equally victorious, ii sin has the drea-
+ ~ monoiony aud horror Of 4 siege.
The evening comes. and We are on
the Potomac. The ,umult of The
wharyes grow fainter and fainter
The huge dome Of tie capital fades IN
gloom. The lights Of the city die out
one by one, s. wo glide away. Cab
med and at supper, We toag, the cap
tain, and welcome the night. Back
from the board recedcs the thought.
darker than winter, Of what the win
ter may bring forth. The lamp.light
gloats upon scene Of boisterUus gIee. |
/ Come, captain, come
Wen, gentleman, II YOU will have
a toast, here goes. You're bound for
the army Of the Potomac, where I'm
told Tie boys are troubled with ver-
min. Here's hopin' that none Of you
may ever be as lousy as a friend of
mine, who got SO bad that be used 10
lay awake nights, dreading TO snore h
for fear the hce would think il was the
dinner gong, and turn 10 eat him up.
Up on the deck, where the wind
blows chill and the darkness gathers.
a iew forms, muiiled in o,ereoats and !
capes, pace for The sake Of fresh air {
and digestion, after supper. Lights
atar. up and down the river. approach i
and disappear. Huge bulks, trans
ports, supply steamers, war vessels, q
loom and pass, The shore Of Virgin. /,
"a is Inc Of drerer gloom. Beyond c
through the night, flies the fancy oil Il
her desoIUte homes. her anxious cit a
les, her darkeued fate. The echoes Of n
her battlefield arise the specters Of p
the fallen in forest and field shut out cl
the rising stars. A land Of graves. n
over which solno gigantic phantom
with spade wanders in ths track ofar
mics, muiiering pepelually:
4 gather them ms gather them ln.'
TIE night grows cold lei us 10 the
,abin The stairway is lined with re.
lining soldiers; the lower deck is Of
lied with slumbcring men, and piles W
'i baege, and military equipage, and all
aupluB horses. Wherever head ca
AN burrow, a head is slowed asleep. lai
hc rest Of the body can equirm il nj,
Ell into reFose as best il can. To pa
ieep IS to forget discomfort; TO the @,
I'd soldier the paunch of his compan- va
1u, well filed knapsack, and even bis
De round Of a stool al need, are "soft tai
do~ny pillows are" Besides this th'
elier-skciter scene, the cabin. even the
nth the floor for a bed, is most in thC
ming place. There slumber is not ser
ct thought Of. Poker is in full blast me
round the table under the chandelier. ed.
tcTy-teliRg progresses beside the
iHdows. The doctor Is relating with her
1sto incidents Of certain recreaut orl
nights Of the muske; who were de- Dat
cted IN attempting 10 procure their gaz
scharge from scryice-the first sham REQ
ing fits by swallowing a quid of to- lies
icco,whicL produced The conyulsions onl,
ID by chewing piece of hard soap, wAc
hlch produced the iroth at tie mouth tor,
@ second shammiug a loalhesome dis mic
Sc by rubbing his side with croion besi
!, causing horrible swelling and wor
res; The third by feigning paralysis to n
the arm. The fellow with fitssays e;oa
ooetor' was prevented from hay the
any more by the application OF hun
i-hot iron to the small Of his back. inrs
alnst his unavailing protest The ihro
penmenter with croton oil was win
Iidged TO submit TO the inhic.ion of ture
own medicine on other parts OF bis fresl
ty, and 10 lie abed for a FORTNIGHT. scor
'sissihg on water Cruel, with the OF m
ture OF a piercing appetite produc- hold
BY frequent doses Of whisky and loue
nine. The geatleman trouble a row
h paralysis was detected by the awai
den plunge Of a lancet into one Of his y
most sensitive muscles Of the az mutt
ed member, which cased him 70 cen,e
u aloit win yell Of anguish. nenf.
Daylight comes. cloudy and cold "a teleg
night. Alter breakfast we s,op meut
half an hour at Fortress Monroe. ing a
re, IN the bay, rests feet: flee, instal
folded wings, droped anehors. trans
ionless huiks, sea oi low. slug vas;
I leaten waves; a skv 'aShen ana only
y, unlighted from horizon to hor. of Tie
, wi.h a single CLEAN. So many and 1,
ions have been expended 70 crc- many
ihese colossal shapes 80 many Richn
ID naval legends hover round EN-
D; 50 many thousand human lives aud "a
any ihunderbolts or death and docks
ialion are garncrcl within them. foln
he spectacle produces much lie will 4
nameiess impression that one specta
when gazing upon an army. Al "all ii
devoid oi splendor, underneath siderir
lreary sk this modern feet Is WlneE
Like lie idealof history that Gle cure 8
AZ armada might as well have sappH,
a myth. opsat
.e evening falls again /; tbs time 81 ira
iE4l-a ilshi ard calm. Close be- greatly
te rres bank, tie b0a,--a mef- Eugls
a. Ea..E- 80 a-..a Ill. -. -. .