The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-23

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Cobb bad none 70 sssd. ssa could oalJ
prcnsss 70 come IL person.
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dissovsrsd yst fusthss diaspisioa cf oaI
force ! vent - esssd mosss q Z
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the ssccksds vail; about shsss. p1istiAe /
little 70 The right of vhsss bad bsss ~
entrances. TIE sssass ID shs prison wsss
somewhat unusuAl. Herr and there
srosps would iosn and hold undertous
ooavsrsatioss. WAssssise tAis. wirs
grew ~ more uneasy asd osdsrsd I'll ~
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loeonoslvs cans slSsaiss sAsongA ~
pines from NE dirscsioa q Macon. Iron
which. when II drew mp d ths depot. stsp.
ped Gen. Cobb and two ollcen Of bis staG
Thsrs w iew minutes u cosvsrsatioa
bstveeu then end Wirts and Wlodeg, and
then The party. With the sscost. marched
toward the stockads.
while wnts was forming ihs troops d
the post into hollow square. fAoing V
The centre. Gen. Cobb and sta6 stood with
Winder ia the shade Of yonder tses. Look.
ing at Howell Cobb. I remembered bic
having been secretary Of war Of The Uni-
ted States. II VA evident be W. going
70 speak, and wss glad that my station
vas near enough 10 hear him. II vas
about hvs minutes before II o'clock. noon.
when, accompanied By his stan, wirts and
Winder, he walked 70 The center Of the
square and. with Wirtx's assistance. step
ped upon the large stump you ses there
'6oldiers Of the confederate states" |" hs
began. "what news il this that has been
borne TO your district commander from
the eemmandant Of this posti Caa il BE-
possible that soldiers OF the South Geor-
gians have been guilty Of desertion-of
abandoning the duty assigned them Of
guarding yonder horde Of vandals. whom
your more valorous brothers in arms have
captured upon many wsllfousht Aeldf"
At this instant, 10 o'clock from the cen.
tor Of the prison pen We heard sound Of
song. Turning my eyes in that direction.
/ saw that several thousand men bad cor.
gregated, while others wsrs hastsaisg
toward ths assemblsgA Perhaps NOT
more than fifty voices were wording The
Arst verse Of the familiar anthem. The
speaker outside VA continuing exprss-
sions Of astonishment ct what be had heard
when The chorus wAs reached. and With
detonation like 40 explosion 5000 voices
pealed:
The star.spangisd banner. o Ing nsy Il vsvs
Der the land of the isss and Ne hons, Of ~
lbrsvsi
The song.burst had startled the speak
or or drowned his uttterrncs. for be had
suddenly stopped and turned biz face TO-
ward it. When Il had ceased, and only
few voices we're singing the second stsnza.
he commanded Wirx: 60, stop that
noiseI" wirtz hastsnsd away and Howell
Cobb resumed:
"Would you ses that horde turned loose
within your state. 70 pillags and burn
your homes, with your wives, sistsrs snd |
daughters on their msrcyi -
The verse was sung and ths CHORUS
reached again. The congregation nsm.
bored 10. 600 more than before. HSaybasi
what ! swell Of Soundi The VIZ sir |
seemed to quiver With The ooneussicn- |
the stockads wall 10 tremhls. Ths guards
o. mount were stsnnsd With ~oadesmsst.
Who bsd reached tie great gate,
stood stock stilas II psralJssd The soldisrs
forming square wsrs IN scw iaciss ths
prison.
The storn lullsd. The speaker sopsht toi
resume, but bis msansr Va diseoaS Ssltsd,
wirts VA moving bsrvoasly about 6ut
sssayins nothing. They heard the
brsess Of song sweeping The lines Of ths
third stanxs, but knew II only forboded
The return Of The tempest And nov Il
comes:
The star spsngIsd banner
There ere twenty thousand throats
.weliing the call Of the pennsnt under
which they bad fousht, and i've thonaand
more joined in the Invocation II
30 Ioss nay II vsvS.
Der the land Of ths fsss and ~ hens Of ths
[bnvs.
The scho Of the last word hes but stsuet
shs brsncbss Of the tall. strisly pines.
vAen they begin 70 repeat. Higher. vid-
v. deeper. stsopss. ioudsr. the svslli Il
psals--it rosss.- Il booms IL thspdsrsi-
L y IN artillery Of sonsi The spsaksr
,utsids trsosnxsd He has heard ths sn-
hem before, bat never = nov. Perhaps
1 l. reminding him Of The high position
,s bat lately held nader .bs AAs il dsdSss
Tho listsners appear almost paDicksd.
! gusrdsman's gun drops from his hands
vithout bic missing Il. /,
Again they repeat and sov the scsps
yrovs Wild. Thirty Thousand voices srs
'isnsisg the chorus thirty thossand
,osoms swslIiae With thousht Of sosstsy
pd Aag and home end loved esss ffou
vhom they ere parted. Msu With bat one
q chamber mp and. asd supported bv
heir stronger eomrsdss. wave thar Gaps
LOFT Esd join The ehorus: Il
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