The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-27

energy to all, and Just little after dark
the lights Of the hotel were seen and soon
a pretty hearty supper was discussed. The
place proved 10 be Catletts Station. Here,
after an eighteen-mle walk, the day was
ended.
BETWEEN TEE LINES.
All were tired, and beds were soon IN
demand. But the house was full OF refill
gees. IL was the last open house until Bull
Run would be reached. Indeed, IL was the
only house Of entertainment between the
lines. and was the usual tarrylng-place oil
all the North bound refugees. Here, then.
the slOweSt party caught up to all VINO
had passed them during the day, so that,
while il was a comfort to know that the
slow were as far on the way as the fast,
there was, as a necessary consequence, a
scarcity OF beds. Improvised beds ILL
ed every room. and upon quilts, Dlan-
kets, etc, everybody rested, for the
tiresomc Journey made the beds soft.
In the morning. after good break
fast, which afforded the last opportunity OF
using southern money, all take fresh
start. Bull Run is only sixteen miles
away. There will be found railroad trans
pOrtaton. Eagerly all start refreshed to
seek the Union lines. The widow with
her family start earlier than the rest on ac-
count of the slow marching-gait OF the
children, and before long, one after an
other. the parties begin TO pass. How the
young folks tried to keep up with each
party as it came up was really heroic, but
finally each time they had to fall back to
the rear and plOd on alone.
DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAY.
Empty aud deserted houses are passed.
Two abandoned railroad stations are
dreary-lOoking enough; one, Manassas
Junction. has its gloomy aspect increased
by the remains Of burned train which
had been DESTROYED at tins point. They
plodded along without any idea OF dis
lance. No one was at any place TO tell
how far the party had gone, aud although
it was evidently only a little past noon,
the CRYING OF the younger portion. who had
in their anxiety TO keep with the other par
ties, walked too fast for their strength,
made a halt necessary, and yet how
much further must be gone was painful
and doubtful inquiry among the little COM
pany. The mother chcered her little ones
to 20 forward. They must go on. 1t cam
not be much farther, surely; she sees
smoke rising above the trees in the dis
lance. The little ones. however, fail TO be
encouraged, and only go forward because
they must. and Just rs they were about to
give up and were crying for rest, ana
the mother was about yielding to the cries
OF her family, some one called out,
.'Ualt?" II was a soldier in blue across
the run.
WITHIN UNION LINES.
A gladder company never Obeyed com
mand. They were under arrest, but 1t was
The arrest they had wished for and were
burrving to. How far to camp?' the
oldest asked. sIIalf MILE was the re-
Spon,e. How short distance il seemed.
only half a mile and then-rest. Every
one fairly danced over the distance untll
Bull-Run bridge brought an end TO walk
inc. And it was only , O'Clock. pretty
good walking for an eight-year-old boy"
said the other refugees who had passed the
party. When they were brought III a
train was just about starting to Alex
andria. General Hayes, who command
ed. pitied the woman with her chll-
drcn. and without enrolment put
them aboard the train and telcgraphed
the names Of the last OF the tifty-tWO reiu'
Gees he sent on on that day. At AleXan-
dria the Provost Marshal examined all,
and III the morning about two hundred
refugees who had come in on the trains oil
the preceding day were sent by boat 10
Washington. The crowd was guarded ana
marched through the muddy streets OF the
capital city to the Prevost-Marshal-Gen
RAILS office, and one after another OF the
party recorded, and after the proper oath
required OF the male adults, dismissed 10
seek and find congenial homes ana WORK
III chosen localities OF the North.
MEYERsDALE. SOMERSET COUNTY, PA.