Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-02-22

g of graves over which some gigantic phantom
with a spade wanders in the track of armies
muttering perpetually:"
81 gather them in; gather them imp
/ Tbs night grows Geld; let us to the cabin
The stairway is lined with reclining soldiers
the lower deck is filled with slumbering men
and piles of baggage, and military equipage
and stamping horses. Wherever a head car
burrow, head is slowed asleep The rest o
the body squirms itself into repose as best il
lean. To sleep is to forget discomfort; to the
old soldier the paunoh Of his companion, q
well filed knapsack, and even the round of g
stool at need, are "soft as downy pillows are "
Beside this helter-skelter scene, the cabin
even with the prospect OF Its floor for bed,
is amost inviting place.
There slumber is uot yet thought Of Pok-
er is in full blast around the table under the
chandelier. Storytelling is progressing be-
side the windows. The doctor is relating
with great gusto incidents of certain recreant
knights OF the musket who were detected in
attempting to procure their discharge from
service-the shamming fits by swallowing
quid Of tobacco, which produced the convul-
sions, and by chewing piece of hard soap,
which produced the froth at the mouth; the
second Shamming q loathsoGle disease by
rubbing his side with croton oil; causing a
horrible ovryoIliDo opJ ro-oe . tbo kb;,J H.,
feigning paralysis of the arm. The fellow
with fits, says the doctor, was prevented
from having any more by the application of a
red hot iron to the small of his back, against
his unavaiIing protest The experimenter
with croton oil was obliged to submit to the
inhiction of his own medicine on other parts
Of his body, and to lie sbed for fortnight,
subsisting on water Cruel, with the torture Of
piercing appetite produced by frequent dos
es of whisky and quinine. The gentleman
troubled with paralysis was detected by the
sudden plunge of lancet into one of the
most sensitive muscles of the afflicted mem
ber which caused him to lift it aloft with
yell of anguish. The doctor has it to observe
that he quite understands all these little
tricks, and it is really very likely that he
does.
Into the blankets we turn at last. The
captain comes down from aloft as the COM
pany roll over to sleep, and announces a fog.
We've passed everything with hair on al
ready" he says. Something without hair'Il
bang into us presently. Tn going to drop
anchor till daylight"
\ somewhat obscure observation, assentcd
to by snores.
Daylight comes, cloudy and cold as the
night. After breakfast, we stop for half an
h-ur at Fortress Monroe Here, in the bay,
rests a feet; fleet with folded wings, drop
ped anchors, motionless hulks; a sea of low,
sluggish, leaden waves; sky "ashen and
sober" unlighted from horizon to horizon,
with a single CLEAN. So many millions have
been expended to ocreate these colossal shapes;
so many grand naval legions hover round
them; so many thousands of human lives, so
many thunderbolts of death and desolation.
are garnered within them, that the spectacle
produces much the same nameless impression
that one felt when gazing upon an army
At rest, devoid OF splendOr, underneath this
dreary sky, this modern feet is so nnlike the
idea Of history that Cleopatra's armada might
as well have beer myrth.