The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-26
THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA, APRIL 2s 1881.

acquaintance and winning him new
friends.
Hls companion on the contrary, was
quite small for one of his apparent age,
even, with dark curly hair, shading
features perfectly regular, yet inclined to
thinness, of the brunette order; and
such eyes No one ever succeeded In
getting near enough to them, save the
Lieutenant himself, to determine their
color, but the judgment generally rem
dered was that they were rich, dark
brown. There was shy, retiring dis
position manifested by their owner that
prevented any advances toward an inti-
mate acquaintance being attempted, and
hence 1t came about that we knew as
little of the Lieutenant's brother In
October as we had In the early part of
August proceeding, when he first made
his appearance In our midst.
The battle of Balls Bluff was fought
upon the Goth or 2lst of October, and
during the night succeeding that event
the greatest confusion prevailed. All
the troops that could be spared from the
Notifications were ordered up in the
direction of Chain bridge, and those
upon guard, myself included, were forced
to remain on duty for more than forty
eight hours.
About midnight, or shortly after, lieu
tenant q. came to me at the ferry land
ing, stating that he had been ordered
Out with his raui n,ant ond xuos to efa ~
at once, and requested me to SO inform
his brother when he should arrive next
morning from the city, whittier he had
gone the day previous on business. He
also suggested that his brother should
recross to Washington, and there re-
main at their ''old stopping place" until
the return OF the troops. Receiving my
promise to see his wishes carried out, he
departed.
The next day l was much occupied by
the throngs of troops, citizens and teams
crossing the ferry, and it was not until
evening that l remembered my pledge
to the Lieutenant; and then, when |
came to think of the matter, soon salts
fled myself that his brother had not
come over. TO make sure, / interrogat-
ed the man stationed at the wharf, and
who examined the passes in my absence,
and he corroborated my belief.
Supposing that the youth had entered
Virginia, If at all, by way of the Aque-
duct or Long Bridge, gave the subject
no further thought.
The next morning Lieutenant CPS
regiment returned to camp, and he i'm
mediately sought me out II was still on
duty at the ferry; and upon learning
that his brother was yet in the city,
Immediately crossed over.
In about two hours he returned in
high state of excitement, with the infor-
nation that his brother had left for
camp the morning previous, and had
not since been seen by any of his ac-
quaintances.
He questioned myself and the men
closely, and then went to the post on
the Aqueduct, thence to Long Bridge,
and about 3 A. M. returned to me, look
ing so haggsrd and broken down that
scarcely recognized him.
About A. M. L was relieved from
duty and through the agency of the
Lieutenant, secured pass to the city
for forty-eight hours.
We Immediately crossed by way of
the Aqueduct, and beginning in George
town, entered upon most exhaustive
search for the missing one. We visited
every known place of resort, inquired at
the provost marshal's office, of the
guards stationed throughout the two
cities, of every soldier we met and of
citizens most likely to have observed the
young man, but no trace could we
obtain of him after he left the hotel
where he had temporarily put up.
On my way back we began at the
arsenal and followed along the wharves.
making inquiries at every step, but
without avail, until we had nearly
reached the foot of Twenty sixth street.
We had just passed the Naval Observa-
tory, when we encountered contra
band, who in answer to our questioning
informed us that the evening before he
had seen small boat containing three
men and boy put off from the grounds
south of the Observatory toward the
Virginia shore. His description of the
boy Tailed exactly with that of the
missing party.
Our informant was evidently conceal
ing something, and to make him tell us
all he knew, the Lieutenant threatened
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