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Whole No. 2765.
ICKEO. 7 r. SLEEK,
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
end to business iu Mlffliu,Centre aud Hunting
on counties ny26
DR. J. I. IC4.RX3
UVFFERS his Professional services to the
c.7 citizens of Lewistown and the surround
ag country. Office in the Public Square op
. pusite the Lewiscowu Hotel. janl3-6m*
I Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds
J\ m of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will find a gootf assortment on hand, which
will he sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce aken in exchange for same. Give me
a call 3 • V alley street, near Black Bear Ho
tel. feb 21
Jaoob C. Blymyer & Co.,
Produce and Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
and Gram of all kinds pur
chased at market rates, or received on storage
and shipped at usual freight rates, having
storehouses and boats of their own, with care-
captains and hands. Piaster, Fish, and
ll'Salt always on hand. sep2
Lock Repairing, Pipe Laying,
I Plumbing and White Smithing
milE above branches of business will be
I promptly attended to on application at
the residence of the undersigned in Main
street, Lewistown.
janlO GEORGE MILLER.
AMBROTYPES
AND
The Gems of the Season.
THIS is no humbug, hut a practical truth I
The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholder !
are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH
FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and j
[DURABILITY. Prices varying according
to size and quality of frames aud Cases.
Room over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 23, 1860.
I ~ J. A. ROHRER,
DENTIST,
TYrOULD respectfulv inform the citizens ■
t T of Mifflin and Huntingdon counties,
that he will practice at the following times
and places;
The first week in each month at McVey i
town; second at Belleville; third at McAlavey's j
Fort, Huntingdon county.
He is prepared to execute work of all kinds j
pertaining to his profession. Teeth inserted !
on silver and gold plate or vulcanite base. ,
Extracting and tilling teeth done in the most
approved manner. jel7-ly.
Mt. Rock Mills.
ORDERS
FOR FLOUR, FEED, Sic.,
(IAN, until further notice, be left at the
J Store of S. J. Brisbiu & Co., or at Pratt's
Store, at the old Felix corner, at which pla- ;
ces they will he called for every evening, fill- !
ed next morning, and delivered at any place !
in the Borough.
018 G. LEIIR. |
Not Wiman's Steam Gun !
BUT
MARKS & WILLIS'
STMM PLASTER IIIIX!
htmie subscribers have erected a Plaster
Mill in connection with their Steam Mill,
and are prepared to furnish all who may call
on them, at any time, with fine, fresh ground
Plaster. They will purchase all kinds of
Grain offered, and pay the highest market
prices. Flour and Feed. Coal of all qualities
and sizes, Salt, Fish, Groceries <fcc., constant
ly on hand and for sale to suit the times.
MARKS & WILLIS.
Lewistown, Jan. 15, 1862.
Lewistown Mills.
THE
HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR WHEAT, AND
ALL KINDS OF GRAIN, *
or received it on storage, at the option of those 1
having it for the market.
1 hey hope, by giving due and personal at ]
tention to business, to merit a liberal share of
public patronage.
ISipPLASTER, SALT and Limeburners f
COAL always on hand
WM. B McATEE & SON.
Lewistown, Sept. 16, 1803.-tf
Estate of Robert Wallace, deceased.
is hereby given that letters tes }
A. Y tament try on the estate of Robert Wal
lace, late of Wayne township, Mifflin county,
dec., have been granted to the undersigned, the '
first named residing in Indiana county. Pa., t
and the latter in Newton Hamilton, Mifflin
county. All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment, i
and those having claims to present them du
ly authenticated for settlement *
WM. WALLACE. Ind. co
my 4 JOHN PURCELL, N. Hamilton. t
BEST Note and Letter paper at t
march 2. SWAIN'S. <
THE IMITRIE.
; "IT GROWS VERY DARK, MOTHER
VICKY DARK!"
-
I "Our boys died game. One was ordered to fall in
| rank. He answered quietly. -I will if I can.' His arm
• liun shattered by his side, and he was bleeding to
j death. His last Words brought tears to the eyes of all
around. He murmured,-It grows very dark!mother.
: —very dark.* Poor fellow, his thoughts were far away
: at his peaceful home in Ohio."— Cincinnati Gazette.
The crimson tide was ebbing, and the pulse grew
weak and faint.
But the hps of that brave soldier scorned e'en now to
make complaint;
'•Fall in rank!" a voice called to him—calm and low
was.his reply:
"A es, if I can, I'll do it—l will do it though I die."
And he murmured, when the life-light had died out
to just a spark,
"It is growing very dark, mother—growing very dark."
There were tears in manly eyes, then, and manly
heads were bowed.
Though the balls flew thick around them, and the
cannons thundered loud;
They gathered round the spot where the dving sol
dier lay.
To catch-the broken accents he was struggling then
to say ;
And a change came o'er the features where death had
set his mark—
"lt is growing very dark, mother—very dark."
Far away his mind had wandered, to Ohio's hills and
vales.
Where the loved ones watched and waited with that
love that never fails;
He was with them as in childhood, sealed in the cot
tage door.
Where he watched the evening shadows slowly creep
ing on the floor;
Bend down closely, comrades, closely, he is speaking
now. and hark!
"It is growing very dark, mother—very, very dark."
He was dreaming of his mother, that her loving hand
was pressed
On his brow for one short moment, ere he sank away
to rest;
That her lips were now imprinting a kiss upon his
cheek,
And a voice he well remembered spoke so soft, and
low. and meek.
Her gentle form was near him, her footstep he could
mark.
" But 'tis growing very dark, mother—mother—very
dark." j
And the eye that once had kindled, flashing forth !
with patriot light.
Slowly gazing, vainly strove to pierce the gathering I
gloom of night.
Ah! poor soldier—oh! fond mother, you are severed i
now for aye;
Cold and pulseless, there he lies now, where he I
breathed his life away.
Through this heavy cloud of sorrow shines there
not one heavenly spark ?
Ah! it has grown dark, mother—very, very dark. j
Gather round him. soldiers, gather, fold his hands and
close his eyes,
Near another one is dying, "Rally round our flag!"
he cries;
"Heaven protect it—fight on, comrades, speedily
avenge our death I"
Then his voice grew low and faltering, slowly came
each painful breath.
Two brave forms lay side by side there; death had
loved a shining mark,
And two sad mothers say, "It has grown dark, ah!
very dark."
TARES & SKETCHES
THE NARROW ESCAPE.
'Carpet shoes are much needed in the
hospital.' The remark was made in a city
railroad car. Two ladies were conversing,
aud a third sat listening to what they were
saying. The listener was quite young, a
fair faced girl with soft brown eyes, whose
countenance was full of Interest. She was
a stranger .to the ladies and therelore did
not join in the conversation, but she took
in every word.
At Chestnut street she signed to the con
ductor, who stopped the car, and she left it
going down to the square below Ninth
street. In front of Evans' dry good store
she paused and then passed in. But after
moving towards one ot the counters a few pa
ces she stood still for an instant, as if in de
bate on some subject, and then turned about
and leit the store. On rega ning the street
there was an apparent hesitating state of
mind. She walked as far as Eighth street,
stood a little while on the corner, then re
traced her steps as far as Evans', paused
there, turned toward the door as if resolved
to enter; and then as if the debute which
had been going on in her mind had closed,
pressed up the street with a firm step and
determined manner. A little while after
wards she was in a carpet store inquiring
the price ot small remnauts.
'For what purpose are they intended?'
asked the dealer.
The fair faced heightened in color with
the almost timid answer—
'For carpet shoes They are wanted in
the hospitals.'
'Ah . —wel!—in that case—let me see.
Glow large a quantity did you propose
getting?'
'I will Ly out five dollars in this way.'
She spoke with regaining confidence.
'Very good. For five dollars you shall
have more than ten dollars' worth. Where
shall I 6end them?'
The address was given and the money
paid.
'Back already !' As the maiden entered
a plain hut neat and well furnished room
she was greeted with this remark in atone
that expressed surprise. The speaker was
a middle aged woman, with a calm, a kind
face.
'Y'es. It didn't take long to get through
with my shopping this morning.'
'What did you buy, deaf?'
'I don't know what you will think of
me, Aunt Grace, —but—' The young
girl paused, not completing the sentence.
'But what, Edith?'
'Well, you see, Aunty dear'—and Edith
leaned toward her relative speaking in a
tender deprecating voice—'as I rode down
in the cars I heard two ladies talking about
the sick and wounded soldiers in our hos
pital; and among other things they said
that soft carpet shoes were wanted for the
convalescents who were getting just strong
WEDNESDAY, WAY 25, 1864.
enough to walk about in the wards. An<
so—now don't look so soberly at me; don'
say lam weak and impulsive—l spent nr
money for remnants of carpets instead o
gloves, ribbons, and undersleeves. They'l
be sent home iu a little while, and I an
going to cut them all up into carpet shoes
Katy Dawes has a pattern—l saw her a
work on some last week—and she willshov
me just how to make them.'
Edith paused, with her pure, earnes
eyes full on her aunt's face, waiting for th<
answer to all this. Aunt Grace, in hall
surprise, mingled with pleasure, was already
leaning toward her neice. Laying hei
hand gently on the head of Edith she sail
iu a voice slightly veiled with feeling :
'I have not a word of disapproval, my
dear. VV hen we obey suggestions of sell
denial lor the good of others, we obey God
You have done well.'
Tears came into Edith's eyes. She bent
her head for a few silent
rallying to full self-possession, she replied
'I am glad you think I've done right
And now I'll put on my bonnet again and
run around and see Katy Dawes about the
i pattern.'
•\ou were just in my mind,' said Katy,
as her friend looked in upon her. 'l've
been wanting to see you all the morning.
You don t know what a nice letter 1 receiv
ed from George ! And what do you think?
: lie has been promoted again.'
'You don't tell me so !'
'Yes, indeed! He went as a private
Not lor honor or pay," but with a brave true
heart to save his country. It was hard to
let him go; hut I would have loved him
less if he had stayed at home.'
Edith sighed faintly. - Her friend went
on.
'He was wounded in the arm, you know
at I'hillippi, and had to go to the hospital
for a month. W hen he came out, well
enough to rejoin his company, he found a
seond lieutenant's couiui ssion awaiting
him, conferred for soldierly conduct and
bravery in battle. Wasn't my heart proud!
Did nt it seem fur a while too large for my
bosom !
Another sigh parted the lips of Edith.
'And now he writes me that he is a first
lieutenant.'
'[ am so pleased to hear of it,' said
Edith.
'Promoted again for bravery and good
conduct,' added Katy Dawes.
'No wonder you felt proud, dear Katy.'
Edith spoke in a slightly subdued voice, as
if there were in heart some drawback to
the pleasure expressed.
The two friends spent an hour together,
during which time Edith acquired the art
and mysteay she had come to learn.
From some cause she was not in the best
of spirits when she returned home and ap
peared disinclined to talk. Atoncesheset
about the work in band, assisted by her
aunt, and was soon fashioning the remnants
of carpet -into soft shoes for sick soldiers.
Twilight stayed her busy fingers ere the
day seemed half departed. During tea
time Edith's face wore an absorbed, almost
troubled expression which her uunt did
not fail to observe. After supper she re.
sumed her work. Half an hour later the
door bell rang. The sound gave Edith a
start, and her aunt noticed, in the pause
which followed that her hand slightly trem
bled.
'Mr. Loto,' said the servant, coming -in
a few moments afterwards.
'Say that I will be down.'
The servant retired. Aunt Grace hardly
recognized a familiar tone in the voice that
made ths answer. As Edith arose and
left the room, taking her work with her, a
paleness was visible in her face.
The young man who met her in the par
lor was about twenty three; stout, com
pactly built, and in robust health. He
wore a full beard; the moustache carefully
cut and slightly twisted at the ends. He
moved quickly across the room to meet
Edith as she came in, catching her free
hand in both of his, and greeting her in
words of tender familiarity. He would
have been blind or stupid net to have no
ticed a strange impressiveness or we might
say coldness, in her manner. Still he af
fected not to perceive this altered state,
and said lightly as he seated himself beside
her on a sofa.
'And pray, what is this?' at the same
time taking hold of the work in her hand.
'lt is for the hospitals,' replied Edith.
A slightly amused expression was seen
in the young man's countenance as he lift
ed a halt made shoe and held it out before
him.
'Oh . I see.' And he dropped the arti
cle. He did not manifest contempt, ridi
cule or disapproval— only indifference.
'And now Edith,' he said, speaking with
the pleased ardor of one who brings wel
conA intelligence, 'I have some good news
for you.'
'Ah! what is it.' She fixed her soft
brown eyes on him expectantly.
'l've escaped.'
'Escaped what?'
'The enrollment.'
'The enrollment? I'm not sure that I
understand you.'*
'You know they have been earolling for
the draft.'
'Yes.'
'Well, I'vo been nervous about it ever
since the thing was ordered. If my name
d got down I knew it would be all over. The
t draft would take me sure. That's my luck!
iy So I set my wits to work to escape the en
of roiiuient, and have succeeded.'
11 Indeed . The soft brown eyes grew
tit large and round, parting with much of
s. their softness.
st *\es. And 111 tell you how it was
w done. And the young tuau tried to get
possession of one of Edith a hand's, bat she
*t moveu it out of his way.
Ie 'As soon as I learned that the enrolling
If officer was at work in our ward I got up a
y little breeze with my landlady—no hard
ir work at any time, for she has a quick tern
dPPr under cover thereof left the house.
I \\ ithin an hour afterwards J had my trunks
y removed. 1 take uiy meals at an eating
If house and sleep at the store. Next week
1. ; I will find a new boarding house. I tell
you all about it to relieve your mind. But
it don't speak of it for the world. If it gets
n out the marshall will order iny arrest and
: put a musket in my hand for the war. I
t. i had a narrow escape, for the enrollment iu
d our block was made on the day ufter I left.'
e '\ ou are not the only one who has made
a narrow escape, .Mr. Loto.' Edith's face
was almost white; but her voice was firm,
e bhe had drawn herself a little away from
:• the young man and was looking at him j
'- sternly.
? i 'Ah ! who else has made an escape?'
'I have !'
•You!'
'1 asked a week in which to consider
e your ofJer, Mr. Loto.' Edith's tones did
0 not falter. 'lf you had been a soldier iri ;
t the field, or on the eve of marching to 'he j
defence of our imperiled country, I would
t have yielded this hand without an instant's \
hesitation. But your lack of courage or ,
r patriotism, 1 know not which, made me
1 hold buck and question your fitness to be
1 my husband. Now I know you to be un
a worthy. I might have looked past a nat ,
r ural shrinking from the hard and danger- I
I ous life of a soldier—excused you on the
ground of constitutional impediments, if
f you will call them so—and on this plea ac
cepted your failure to spring to the rescue
when your country was assailed—still hav
t ing faith in your will to do right, no mat
i ter how stem the demand might be when
1; it came clear and unmistakeable I can
understand that there may he good rea-
I sons why one may hold away from the act
of volunteering— and 1 gave you the bene
fit of this assumption. But when the dan
i ger becomes so imminent that an allotment
' has to be made for defence, only the mean
est spirits seek to evade their duty. John
, j Loto, I am speaking plainly, for I do not !
' | mean that you shall misunderstand me
Our ways part to night never to touch
; | apjai u, and iu parting I leave with you hard
words that' may do you good. Take my
■ | advice and give in your name to the enroll
ing officer. If drafted, go cheerfully and
i : stand up with brave men for your country's
I safety. JThere is a worse thing than death
—it is dishonor !'
He attempted in a confused way, to re
ply— hut Edith had arisen, waved her
; hand, saying:
'Leave me, s'r! The argument is clos
ed. Our ways have parted, and they can
not meet again !*
'I have passed through a great"trial j
| aunt . said Edith in reply to anxious ques- j
| tions. Aunt Grace had found her. not
long afterwards, lying on a sofa in the par
j lor in a state of partial stupefaction. She
; had not been weeping. Her face was still
very pale; her eyes had parted with their
tender sweetness; her lips were.almost rigid
On returning fully to herself she made this
i answer.
'And come out purer and stronger, I
j trust. Is it so, dear Edith ?' replied her
j aunt.
'Purer and stronger, if walking through
pain to duty gives purity and strength,'
j said Edith.
'lrial—pain—duty. These words in
j elude stern meanings, Edith. Mr. Loto
| is not here.'
'And will never be here again, aunt. I
! have made a narrow escape.'
; 'How ?'
'The man who lacks honor, courage and
i patriotism, is false to the heart's core.'
'Does Mr. Loto lack them ?'
'He has, on his own confession, by a
mean trick evaded the enrollment.'
'lou fill me with surprise !'
'I was shocked. But strength and cour
age came to me. I rebuked him in strong
indignant language, and then told him that
here and now our ways parted—parted lor
ever. A coward and poltroon for a hus
band. My whole nature rises in revolt.'
The pale face grew crimson with the
mounting blood, and the dull eye flashed
with kindling fires.
'Poltroon ia rather a coarse word for my <
Edith's lips,'said Aunt Grace. <
'Do you know its origin ? Only yeeter- J
day, I read it in French, and the signifi- t
cance being in my mind, I could not re- I
pre-= 8 the fitting term. When bows and 1
arrows were among the chief weapons of j r
-emi-civilized European tribes and nations,
it sometimes happened that a mean and £
I cowardly fellow would cut off the forefing- f
er or thumb of his right hand so as to un- t
fit hiui for a soldier's duty. He was called t
from the act a poltroon—and the word has f
come into our language to express a mean- a
souled, cowardly fellow, who resorts to any b
ECESIHLSSy ©fflCSJSFffa rewyr.
trick or shift to escape from any unpleas
ant or dangerous duty. And so. under the
impulse of strong feelings, I have called
this uian a poltroon. It is the fittingest
word, in all our language, to express my
present thought of hitu. Thank God for a
narrow escape, dear aunt! lam wuunded
and bruised in tfie sudden sharp conflict
through which I have passed—hurt in
wardly—hut not unto death. A little
while, ami my heart shall heat strong aud
evenly again I did not love Mr. Loto
for what lie wa. but for what I imagined
him to be. The iJA oLisu I thought to
be of gold, silver and precious stones, is
discovered to he of clay, and I sweep it
from the pedestal of honor.'
Edith laid her face down upon the bosom
of her aunt. Her frame was trembling
from excitement. In a little while the
( tremor ceased, and she grew very still—
j still and heavy. For nearly hall an hour
auut and niece remained thus without
1 speaking. Then Edith raised herself up
j slowly and wearily, and going to her own
room shut the door aud entering alone in
to her pain stricken heart, commenced
j gathering up its reut fibres, and laying
them back in safe places tenderly, that
■ nature assisted by time and repose might
heal them. For such wounds there isal
| ways balm.
jiOßM&Bmsioiii
United States Christian Commission—
Timely .Relief for the Wounded.
A messenger directly from the front
| brings most, gratifying intelligence of
| the admirable working of the plan
; adopted by the United States Chris
tian Commission to relieve and save
i our brave men fighting and lulling for
us in the great butties.
The Government made large provi
sions, but the protracted-struggle and
change of the line of supplies at last
exhausted the stores for the wounded.
The Christian Commission had a
large wagon with each corps, and ex
tra one as a reserve. When the Govern
ment supplies began to fail, then the
stores of the Commission came into
requisition In the Wilderness all the
tents and 'flies' of the Commission were
brought into use to shelter the wound
ed. The same at Chaneellorsville,
when they were removed there, and
all day Sunday while on the way to
Fredericksburg, the delegates of the
Commission wer <s chief feeders of the
wounded heroes. The food, stimulants,
refreshing drinks and care thus given
saved many lives during their removal.
At Fredericksburg also most timely
aid was given to the surgeons. All
the remaining supplies left from the
field were apportioned among the
thousands ol wounded in Fredericks
burg to keep them alive unlil Govern
ment supplies should come.
The teams came on to Belle Plain to
renew stock and return immediately.
Three ot tiiern are to be with the front,
and two at Fredericksburg, to keep up
supplies. Tbq only regret is that the
force of teams, stores and men could
not have been doubled or quadrupled
tor so great an emergency. The Gen
eral Field Agent, John A. Cole, Esq.,
calls for men, stores and teams. The
Commission uni respond. Let the
people keep up the treasury by send
ing to Joseph Patterson, Esq., Treas
urer, at the Western Bank.— S. School
Times.
IfSCEEEAf EOtll,.
THE WILDERNESS
The Close of the Fight on Friday.
[From the New York Tribune ]
Half ot three quarters of an hour of al
ternating success aud repulse, and Gen.
Wadsworth orders a charge, to recover his
command from a slight waviring. He is
cheered loudly by his men, who loved the
gray haired chieftain. One horse is shot
under him. lie mounts a second, and
spurs to the front, hat in hand, and we
should have won then, but his men saw
him fall. He was shot through the head,
killed distantly, and his body fell into the
h jrids of the enemy. His command fell
back to their original position with com
parative order. Wadsworth's death is a
heavy loss.
Prisoners came in at the rate of 100 an
hour. The day was excessively hot, and
the men were much exhausted. We had
neither gained nor lost ground, but contin
ued this thing long enough, and we hoped
to wear them out. At o'clock Han
cock was prepared for a grand movement
of our entire left. He did not make it,
fir the enemy anticipated him, and he had j
to repel perhaps the most wicked assault
thus far encountered—brief in duration, j
but terrific in power and superhuman mo
mentum.
The first few minutes we were staggered.
Stragglers, for the first time in all this
fighting, streamed to the rear in large num
bers, choking the roads and causing a panic
by their stampede and incoherent tales of
frightful disaster. It was even reported
at general headquarters that the enemy
had burst entirely through, and supports
New Series—Vol. XVIII. No. 30.
were hurried up. Grant, and Meade seat
ed their backs against the same tree, quietly
listening to the officer who brought the re
port, and consulted a moment in low tones.
The orders for sending reinforcements were
given, anil for a little time not H word was
spoken in the group of more than twenty
officers. They but looked into each others'
faces.
At length Grant says, with laconic em
phasis, " 1 don t believe it lie was right.
Long before that llancoek had recovered
from the first shock, held his own awhile
and now was gaining ground." In forty
minutes from this attack the enemy was
completely beaten back with tremendous
slaughter, and the loss of some hundreds
of prisoners.
It was HOW nearly sunset. From one
end of the liue to the other not a shot
could be heard. The day's work seemed
over. Our line to night would be that of
last night. The auguries were good. In
two days' fighting we had lost heavily, but
not more than the enemy. Our assaults
had been futile, but the enemy's had been
equally BO; and it is by these massed as
saults that he has ever uchieved his victo
ries.
The inference was clear that we had
overmatched him fighting at his and
strongest.
Men separated in the heat of the day,
now chancing to meet congratulated each
other. Ihe rebels can't endure another
such day, and we can, was the expressed
conviction on all hands, and this statement
epitomizes the situation at sunset.
The sun went down red. The smoke
of the battle of mote than two hundred
thousand men destroying each other with
villainous saltpetre through all the long
hours of a long day, filled the valleys, and
rested upon the hills of this wilderness,
hung in lurd haze all around tlie horizon,
and built a dense canopy overhead, beneath
which this grand aruiy of Freedom was
preparing to rest against the morrow.
Generals Grant and Meade had retired to
their tents. Quiet reigned, but, during
the reign of quiet, the enemy was forging
a thunderbolt.
Darkness and smoko were mingling in
grim twilight, and fast deepening into
thick gloom, when we were startled out of
repose hack into fierce excitement The
forged thunderbolt was sped, and by a
master. A wild rebel yell away to the
I right. e knew they had massed and
were charging. We waited for the volley
with which we knew Sedgwick would meet
! the onset. We thought it but a night at
; tack, to ascertain if wc had changed our
| position. We were mistaken—it was more,
j They meant to break through, and they
j did. On Sedgwick's extreme right lay
i the 2d Brigade, od Division of his corps,
under Gen. Seymour, who had been as
! signed to it but the day before, fhc bri
i gade is new to the Gth Corps, and jg
I known as the Milroy brigade, connecting
on the left of Seymour by Shaler's and
the Neill's brigades, the latter being a bri
) gade of Getty's division that had not been
j sent to Gen. Hancock. These troops were
' at work intrenching when fallen upon.
: Ihe enemy came dowu like a torrent, roll
| ing and dashing in living waves, and
| flooding up against the whole Gth Corps.
Ihe main line stood'like h rock, bet not so
j the extreme right. That flank wa9 instant
■ly and utterly turned. The rebel line was
i the longer, and surged around Seymour's
; brigade, tided over it and through it, beat
j against Shaler, and bore away bis right
j regimeuts. All this done in less than ten
minutes, perhaps not five. Seymour's men,
j seeing their pickets runuing back, aud
j hearing the shouts of the rebels, who
charged with all their chivalry, were smit
ten with panic, and, standing on no order
of going, went at once, and in an incredi
ble short time made their way through a
aiiie and a half of woods to the plutikroad
in the rear. They reported in the f'rautio
manner usual of stampeded men, the entire
corps broken. Grant, as in Hancock's cue
did not believe it. Hut when three of
Sedgwick's staff rode in to the army head
| quarters separately, and stated bow they
| had ridden from Sedgwick's to keep Sey
mour's men to their work, had been borne
back by the panic, and had last seen Sedg
wick and \\ right hard to the front working
j like Trojans to hold the wavering line, the
situation appeared more critical. No word
j came in from Sedgwick. It began to be
feared that he and Wright, disdaining to
: fly, were prisoners.
Artillery moved quietly to commanding
positions, to be prepared for the worst, and
cool heads felt that were the whole 6th
Corps broken, the army, as an army, would
stilTbe invincible. Warren's corps is in
stantly but in perfeot composure, disposed
to meet the situation. Grant, and Meade,
and Warren, are in Grant's tent, to and
from which officers come and go with
a certain earnest air that bespeaks urgent
and important cares. So during an hour.
No firing has been beard the Inst three
quai ters of an hour. The rebels must Have
oeased to advance; but how far hare they
penetrated, and what is the present situa
tion?
The 6th Corps' flag comes in. Where
is the 6th Corps' chieftain? My watch says
ten o'clock at night A dispatch received.
Sedgwick safe. Wright safe. The
6tb, Corps holds a long line; only Seymour's '
and part of Shaler's brigade have broke.