Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-03-01


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From Northern Lights.
Side View Of Bull Run.
An IlWho had heart interest IN the
/ first battle Of Bull Run, will remem-
ber the 21st Of July, six years ago,
when, with wondering eyes, we saw
the thousands of high beating hearts
march graudly up to battle. Their
/ bayonets cleaned in the morning sun,
taking one back, ia Imagination, to the
| day of old romance. War was new
/ then, thing we could not believe 1t
seemed the pageant Of q dream,-it
was no dream
You. who have never lived near
battlefield, know nothing of the look
ing forward to the great event the
grand, the terrible scene, with all It's
concomitants of glory and Voc; that
anxious curiosity that appreciation
Of the high privilege of seeing Wrought
the great deeds Of which history IS but
the reflection. The battle was fought
and lost in common parlance but 1t
was only a deep and slziiffuf movement
on the chess board Of fate,-a defeat,
the parent of victories.
L was struck with a child's remark
They are our brothers and sisters"
/ How can I tell how dear those Union
soldiers were to US, exiles in Virginia,
subject to slight and enmity for years
! Monday morning saw the last of our
beloved strangers depart, with our
anxious blessing Fastening them on to
outmareh the enemy. One poor, sick,
| lalf-crazed soldier remained with US,
but to be consigned to Richmond's
darkness. The heavy rain, and the
| careful movements of the rebels, who
4 cautiously took possession of a field
almost uncOnsciously won, gave US
/ day of rest, and many a soldier time
to escape,-how little he then knew
from what hands foE the Northern
mans heart is honest IN she common
walks of life, and had he not heard Of
/ Southern chivalTy
/ Tuesday morning came with sun
\ shine to mock misery with heaven
4 above, but the darkness Of bodily pain,
and grinding defeat beneath; :; a gloom
unimpenetrable Two soldiers IN blue,
/ drenched with the storm, their hands
blanched from the days hiding in the
wet woods, knocked at our door. They
came with all their accoutrements on,
y
threw away all. and ran for life, Their
faces were sad and stern. Beneath
1 the soldier mask we might detect, in
the one, the man of the world. The
/ other, a slight, 1.-the, Aouave-Aoo king
! soldier. suffering from 8 wound IN the
side, which doomed him to a prisoners 8
/ fate.
/ Imagine our astonisbmeBt, when, in
4 stead Of coming in to breakfast, the
wounded man put some food IN his
haversaek, and pushed onward with
the spirit Of a stag at bay,-a soldier
surrounded, knowing there was no
Il mercy. in the foe. He disappears down
Il the banks Of Rocky Run. Poor sol
dier what will be his end the hero s
reward of glory, or a nameless grave
We turn to the brighter side of a
dark picture. on II touched by the soul g
light escaping from two eyes whose
brightness has no peers in my memo
ry; while I never forget to look into
the heart of humanity through these
gates of gems. With his life In his
hand, this man, so full of soul had
gone to battle,--a great prize TO offer
for miserable defeat. He lived 4; but
what is life without liberty What
Is the breath of strong man when
hope is gone He did notsee Ander-
sOnville In all its horrors, Heaven
blessed the miserable mortal, who per
; ished in those Southern dens, by Civ
ing him faith In humanity. L can IN
] derstand now why the SoUtherners SC
: feared the ''vaudal horde :" because oi
1.-THE wickedness of their own hearts,
that came to its fruitage at Belle Isle
Sad, sad that fends yet rOamed the
earth in broad daylight IN our deal
/ America.
e Il know l must be prisoner, but le
tme dry my clothes before they come,
he replied, to our invitation to come
in.
Quickly we had blazing FIRE in ou
D little diniDg-rOOm, and a good break
+ fast ready, that he might be prepared
for a long march, and, perhaps, lon
n fast
did you hear any rebels in tn
SOh. YES. / Law in the thioket alonI
I Cub Run, near a little wood road
: through which horsomen passed an
lrepassed continually, ] gathered from
s them that the rebels possessed tn
V country five miles below CenteTVille
Then came the terrible knowledge,
am a prisoner but we will get out at
ter a while, he said, with a smile
God and the right. How often
have heard this from the lips of South
ern soldiers,-SOuthern ministers
= Strange delusion
I determined he should not be
mt prisoner without an effort to save hin
o. o. As he ate breakfast, he told me {
E his sister, who with tears in her eye
Of helped him put on his uniform th
,tt first time and showed me the mini;
ture of sweet little lady. How man
soldiers died with the faces Of DEF
2" ones elasped to their bosoms
OK Her name is Ruth. Is it not
n sweet name She is so fair her eyt
i, so blue, and her voice so sweet, an
she is so loving hearted, he said, wit
n. a bright smile, revealing dreamy Low
.eI light under the bronzed warrior mas
an [ Thought sweet Ruth must be vel
M bs happy In the love Of this honest, ear
re, est man.
q I did not forget my watch. By q
p. time breakfast was finished, l deseri'
70 a cavalry troop, at the distance of hg
& mile. dashing toward eur house.
board, close fitting butreadily litte
b- ia the porch, made complete hidin
iu place. the long yeFandah being wall
.Fo up TO the height ota few steps. / b