Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-06

How the EaJs taiar Back From the First
Battle Of Manassas.
Coxs sThree Decades Of Federal Lexlsla-

lIow The E.,ys Came Rack From the First
Battle Of Manassas.
Cox's "Three Decades Of Federal Leglsla-
Lion."
With bate.l breath congress awHsis
the issue. It's business lags It's menl-
bers gossip in the rear OF the seats
and in the cioak-rooms. At length
dispatches come. They are read ut
the clerks desk. Then Jsull Run
comes in-preceeded by the Pickaway
contractors cattle 0ii a stampede.
Then comes intelligent contrahands
and an incongruous array OF wearicd
soldiers in muddy uniforms. What
Of the senator's and representatives ?
Chandler, Wade, Richardson, Login,
Gurley, Morris and Riddle return
safely. ELY is borne by his resissl.sss
patriotism, darkly and fearfully alar.
The Black Horse cavalry of the enemy
carry him into Richmond. Libby
Prison receives him, and his goodness
of heart and ample means enable
him TO aid his fellow prisoners. MIR.
Riddle relates how his company had
been charged upon by wild rliders OF
sable horses: "It seemed" sud he, in
"A deliberately penned description, sas
If the very devil of panic and coward
ice seized every mortal soldier, officer,
citizen, and teamster. No officer tried
To rally the soldiers, or do anything,
except TO spring and run toward Gem
terville. There was never any thing
like it for causeless, sheer, absolute
absurd cowardice, or rather panic, ON
this miserable earth before. Oh they
went, one and all; of down the high
way, over across the fields toward the
woods, anywhere, everywhere, to es-
cape. Well, the further they ran the
more frightened they grew, and, al
could, the fugitives passed us by scores.
To enable them better To run, they
threw away their blankets, knapsacks,
canteens and, finally, muskets, car
tridge-boxes and everything else. We
called to them, tried TO tell them there
was no danger, called them To stop,
implored them to stand. We called
them towards, denounced them in the
most offensive terms, pat out our
heavy revolvers and threatened 10
shoot them, but all in vain; cruel,
mad, hopeless panic possessed them,
and communicated to everybody about
in front and rear The heat was awful,
although now about six the men
were exhausted, their mouths gnped,
their lips cracked and tlackened with
the powder OF the cartridge they had
bitten of III the battle, their eyes
starting in frenzy; no mortal ever saw
such mass of CHASTITY wretches. As
we came on, horne along with the
mass, unable TO go ahead or pause, or
draw out of il, with the street blocked
with flying baggage wagons, before and
behind, laundering and crashing on,
we were every moment exposed TO
danger OF being upset. or
or of breaking down; and for
The first time on this strange day
felt II little sinking Of the heart and
doubt whether we could avoid destrue-
ton in the immense throng about us;
and nothing but the remarkable skill
)f our driver and the strength OF our
carriage and endurance Of our horses
saved us. Another source of peril
beset us. As we passed the poor de-
exhausted wret.hes, who could
not climb into the high, close baggage
wagons, they made frantic efforts TO
get on TO and into our carriage. They
yasped it everywhere and got ON To it,
nto it, over it and implored us every
way to take them Off"
Mo more graphic picture has since
,een presented of the race OF this
Irmy from an imaginary pursuit The
PENCIL of David could not do ii JUS
ice. No colors can be harmonized for
uch chaos. DeQuincy's "Flight OF
Tartar Tribe" j. far less veracious and
Tot more thrilling.