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Otkeego; Ciiinpbee. 4: Mid.
We Join Ourselves
VOL. 18.
./....nomity maxima.
The Great. Battle at Manes
Junction.:
Pull Particulars by an
Witness.
• General Mcbowell, with his who
command, left 'Centreale at - 3 . &doe
a: in., on Sunday reorning; - July 21
mat-hing to. attack -the Rebels' -strut)!
hold at Manatias Junction. •
At six a. in.. on Sunday . a heaVy _ 6 e
was opened upon the gull Run battlefiel• ,
and the Rebels did"not answer, althon • hi
it was known that-thejr-were there; .at d.I
I our shell were . thaking terrible havoc. - • 1
[ W m
hen the asked battery fired' upon I
I Schenck's column, Lieutenant Dempsey, I
1- Company C, New York Second 'Regi:
1 tnent, was killed at. the first fire ;• and
1 Wm. Maxwell, .drummer, who was at the I
time carrying Water. On“roops Were
I kept tinder this - galling fire for, fifteenbr
!twenty minutes,Within a stone's throW,Of
'the battery, but brought nirall the killed t
- 1 1
I and Avounded. - , _
1 A-few moments after the attack Of
Schenek, at Bulls Run, ou the Warro-
ton road, clouds of dust came "from -tile
direction of 3lanitssas Junction .and 1
Brentsyille, shoWing that the rebels we
reinfoteed. A White flag . was run up ( at 1
that point,' to show that."we have ben I
attacked by the main body of, tha cranky.
Send, kali' Ceneral.3lcDowell's late i
force had , now' got in the enmity's rear, 1
'and was driving them down'towards 0(1!
Junction. .
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The most g allant charge of the day was
made by.theNew YOrk sixty-ninth, and
Nineteenth . , end Thirteenth, who rushlul
;Ten one'Oftheiitteries, firing 'as thy
proceeded, and with great criat attacking
it with the bayonets' point..
The yell of triumph seemed to carry 11
before it. --They found that. • the Rib As
had abandonedVie,battery, and only ia
ken 'one gun; bUt, this success was'acquir
ed only after a severe loss.of life,in which
the Sixty-ninth:most severely suffered :1- 7 •
Lieutenant-Colonel Haggerty was amoig,
the first killed.
, At:10 45 General-Schenck led his ell
umn, headed by the Eighteenth and Sec
ond Ohio and York,-Withln . a f4w
hundred feet of a masked battery of -4.
guns.
They wailed till our men got up dope,
' and theu.opened up
on them, firing in rnp
id '
Ten mea were' and wdanded be ,
longing to the New York Second Regi
ment, and also four in the Second 01,io
Regiment, by the premature dischargeof
your muskets in their hands. A retreat
was ordered, and our men fell back. 2 - I
Schenck f a iled to raliy his column - lin
j any order. The Qhio and New York
' men scattered through the woods in pur
-1 suit. of shelter and water. The site ulas
broiling hot, and almost sidrocating, fur
the men were new
.out of water. .
The roar of artillery and peals of mils
' ketry was lc - pttip incessantly fur a npe
or two. along Bulllts-Rnn.
j
. The fighting was so ge;neral and indis
tinct, it was impossible fur us to learn
'Habic the exact position, of.the different
brig,ades. •
Wherever our men had a good chaee
in fair fight , they , swept rp lto
abOut three p. in. our army was viepri
otts, but`the men had a dread - of - the
masked batteries, that could not be over
come ; they were placed all oVer the
hJll
tbps and on sides of ri'i-ines, and would
open.fre on us when least expected.
Colonelltichardson, Who distinguished
himself in the previous engagement, pro
ceeded on the left, With k - ciur Regime its
of the Fourth Brigade. , to hold- the lytt
tee,/ hill on th 4 Warrehtown road. in he
vicinity . of the place where the last battle
was fought. -;-
Informatian was received by Tyl .
command 'of the exiigenc6.• of the even
battery, commanding, the road.
troops were then formed in battle arr
The Second New York and Second C.)
.On the lett,•the Third Ohio and See
Wisconsin; and Ser.entninth, Thirteen
and Sixty ninth New• tork on the
Col. - Miles' division foiloWed in the rd
~,Seheneli's and Sherman's brig - ade,
advanced the
remon road, while Heintzleman's
Hutiter's dhisions took the fork of
Wittreutoti,riiad, to nuivelwtween Bo
Run and Manasea ..Tunction
brigade remained at Centreville
Up to the hottrof three o'clock p.
was generally understood. that, we 1
hemmed in the enemy - entirely, and tl
they weft; gradually ce.tiring ; that_ Hun
had driven theikback in Abe rear ;• tl
Ileintzlethan's command was meet'
with every 'sucO . ess, and that it regid
htjt - theroservO of Tyler's to push on
Manassas Junction.
..,
• We were in the centre of Tyler's di is
ion, on the hill jest east of Bull's. Run on
the WarienSon road. About 2. p. m. ' ive
saw cleuds•pf dust rising to our. left, as
though theylwcre trying to outflank us
and come on is in the rear. ' . We called.'
several officers attention to it, but there
seethed to be no man who could have
inforceinents sent for to cover our flan -
On the left pftheread were Sherma a's
and Carlisle's . batteries, drawn up 'or
fight; on the right werasoine three thou
sand. men, 'consisting, of parts of the Olio
"and Newliork Regunents, and the Nr
York Sisty-nifith. About. three - o'cl A
p. m_. their batteries opetied'on .us ; eviry
.141 was; well fired; the fink - fell in feta,
It.)
'of the batteries; and the !est one took ff
the heads of tn.o men,.a few 'yards bel w
• uSW.here3lesSrs.S. R. Smith, Sheriff; 1.T.:
Harper, Mr. Shaw,' of the-N. l -Y. Her. - Pot,
find ourself, Were standing. :Orders wlre
now given forthe motto lie - _down, a d
let-the bills •pass over; and just •as, the r.; diewas giieti,..another one: swept e ei
00..hwids; an ploughed - the field. . a- f w!
steps in our:tear.. •• Otttibatiery:' did :".. of
'gin a oi:,; - :The enent); were • not to - -. e
Seen, owing: to - ffetise woods biet*neti
theiti aiding, Oar heavy siege . gut.. Was
lying 'to the right, disabled by the c . i
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no ::Party that Does not Carry the Flag and Keep Step . to the Music of the Whole Union.
riage being'brokeri dowq ; the balls fiew
faster and faster, and the : batteries were
apparently being brought closer. We
then went back to the edge of - tlie woods
where our hospitals weft: located. , Im a
little negro cabin where, the wounded
were being carried in, we 'secured the
dames Of about dozen in oue note book,
and passed overio,ailother andsecured the
names 'of the New- York Second killed
and wounded. Here we found a prisoner,
just brought in, who gave his name as J.
P. Pryor; and on questioning him closely
we found he was a first cousin of Con
gressman Pryor, of the Potter duel notori
ety. He. was Brigade Quarteimaster of
the Mississippi forces under Gen. Johnston
was for five years editor of the .E4' , /e,
published at Memphis, Tennessee, and in
the,lait.campaign was the leader of the
Douglas forces at: Vicksburg, Mississippi,
where he edited the -Vicks burg Sentinel.
-He said their loss was heavy; that our
artillery outnum-bered theirs, and great
execution wherever we-bad full sw.eep at
them. .
The first question he asked, "how
about the negroes—haye you - mapy of
them in arm's?'.'"None at all," we told
him. "Yes, you have," he answered: •qi
have seen a good many; and there is - one
now, with a.mpsket." - We informed him
that they were servants merel,y.; he' said
' that they .have large numbers of negroes
in fine fighting order. lie kept his hat
down over his -eyes,' and,. seemed very
much downcast. He said they had about
eighty thousand men,andthough whipped
then, could never be conquered. He had
no arms; not even a .sword; his pants
were miserable -cotton stuff, with a gold
stripe down the sides, and his hat was a
Kossuth, and fastened up at the Sides
with a button, on whioh , were arnis of the
State of Mississippi.
A Georgian, who was taken, says their
loss was heavy at the • Bull's Run fight.
and they would have retreated if we had
I:charged boyonets on the battery.
I A Louisianian, wlio was caught hiding
'Alia barn, states that he was from Texas,
h-and drove cattle to New Orleans, and
I one night getting drunk was arrested and
forced to juin the Rebel -army the next
day, with. large number of , others who
were in the same predicament;
.and that
Ia number in his
J tegiment would desert
the r tirSt chance., Another prisoner was
a 'bricklayer,' and. had to enlist or starve,
'as there was no work; and he must live
somehow.' •
About four p. uf. a report flew from
man to man that General Cameron's broth
er, Colonel of the-Seveoty-uintb, was shot
through the breast by a cannon ball, and
instantly killed.-
Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott, Of the Spy.
enty-ninth, rode towards Regiment,
having been after . reiifforcements, wifen a
ball cut his horse's- heid off, and threw
him down, bruising him so , that he could
bare];• escape. All the stragglers now
commenced to run towards Ceutreville,_
and the caissons, ambulances, and sutlers'
, wagons were ordered tribe taken back at
once towards Centreville. • 2-
The batteries ,were. ordered around to
cover our retreat, and keep the -Rebels
from cutting us off frotn Centreville,which
was about three miles in our rear, and
where we had about - four or five.thousand
of.a reserve force; the batteries wheeled
! off and took up the road, and - were re
i treating -in good order, 'wben, about half
I a mile out, one of the gun carriages. w•as
A portion 'of Sherman's and Carlisle's
were left in the roadside, the gunners
cutting the traces and running the hor
ses. This put the infantry in a perfect
panic . ; they broke ranks indiscriminately
and commenced to run ; knapsacks, hay:
ersacks, guns, eatridge boxes, hats, coats
an everything, being thrown in, addirec
tion.< The men .were parchedfor Water
and were falling in every direction. 'Offi
cers W„Re equally - panic stricken with - the
privates,,and in vain we 'endeavored to
stop the retreat.
Charles Ogden, George R. SMithiSher
iffllarper, Russell Errett, of Pittsburg,
and.others, begged otir men. not to re
treat; and pleaded_with tears for theM to
go back and get Col. Cameron's
We took-muskets and"threatened to shoot
them down if they did not; but we Might
as well have pleaded with the winds - to
cease blowing. The clouds of dust were
now perfectly suffocating.
-The enemy appeared in sight, firing
their guns, the- balls raining upon its
thick; emerging'from the valley we saw
the reporter of the World, with the stan
dard of the Massachusetts Fiftli waving
it over him and pleading for the men •to
rally around him;, but it was in vain, they
heeded him not. An officer asked the
privilege of riding behind him. It was
granted, and before they had gonea bun
dled
.yards, ashetfrom.the thicket struck
the officer in the head, and.he reeled off.
Mr. Stedman wrapped up' the stattdard,
and galloped about a'mile „ahead and af
terwards succeeded in rallying a •large
force.
Our friends had.now all left, and the
troops were. Byingr, and'at the cry that
the cavalry were riding them down and
butchering all; we started for Centreville, I
In the edge of the woods we noticed Mr.
Villard, of the New York - herald trying
to pacify theirien; telling them it was on- I
ly a panic. Ile - was mounted
. 1;1A could
not, any passengers. Our thirst was
now painful, the dust filling our nostrils
till we could scarcely get breath. Find
ing no headway could be made: on foot,
and being liable to-be shot oihewn down
Momentarily, we Made= for a horse we
heard rushing through- the woods, s and .
caught him ; he trad a shot through hint in .
the flank, and was bleeding prolusely,abd
had - no saddle or s bridle. - We mounted
and clinging to his mane, made for the
road again leading_to Centreville. ,
. Here, the road, was strewn with wreaks
of -wagons, provisiona, muskets, blankets,
anithunition, :and everything 'the men.'
could divest tbeiiiselves of. The ground
was full. -The fiel4in all directions' were
full. The fire'of the' nemYiras - leept up
in the rear. .Part - of Sherman's•-battery,
breaking down, the' men cut the traces '
and ammunition . : Wagon.: was:
left on the teld..- IWe eilienildjudge that
ten th4i4eanelsnnei ar4
s riflee were lost on.
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST,I; 1861.
`the' way, while the catridge boxes, bayon
ets, sabre bayonets anctswords were
numerahle. About a mile froths, Centre
iille,--an attempt Wits made , to rally the
men but_ with little success. A few thou
sand were stopped, but Many without
weapons. On the high hill top at Cen
treville a eelemn of-infantry was seen:,
-withtheli 'gleaming baionets., On the
top the artillery were also drawn up pre-
pared to fire. • .
The Garibaldians,Eiastein't and Bleuk
er's regiments were drawn up at the foot
of the hill, and escaping men ordered to
fall in. Loud cheering wis done,and the
rallying cry given, but it was but tittle or
no.use—men had no *officers' Mien, they
did halt,. and so they kept on retreating; I
"water, water I" was the cry ; "give me 1
water or I'll sink," was heard - from all
sides ; not a'drop was to be had fit to
drink; the' wells were an d,rained, and the
clouds of dust filled the air at every point.
We gotin the'rear of a negro. hut, and 1
there secured water thick with filth, but !
it was the best to be had; a number of
buildings were used for hospitals, and on
every side cries were made for surgeons:
All the inhabitants nearly had. fled
from Centreville, expecting it to be I
stormed by the Rebels. Guards were !
stationed at the feu" wells not dry- to al- !
low no water except to the wounded and
'sick. A house.on the top of the hill had I
'been burnt the previous night, and what
few men conlir.be induced' to work were
engaged'in throwing up afi embankment,
some eight feet thick; out of the ruins
and ofdtrt ;.it feet
but about two hundred
feet square.- Orders were now 'circula
ted for the men .to gather at their last
camping ground,, around Centreville it
was heeded by someiobut others neglect
ed it and kept' up the stampede. N s o pro
visions were. to he had, and the metivere•
all hungry, havinir ' had. nothing to eat
'since two o'clock, a. pt., and but little or :
no water. At' six and a half o'clock,p.m.
when we started for. Washington the
,
troops were coming in, and not one of
any coolness or self-possession supposed
Our fii - rces would retreat from Centerville.
The firing oche enemy was kept up on
our rear with artillery, and their cavalry
rode through and through ' Cuttingx and
slashing with perfect fiendishness. • 'We !,
heard of a number of the most infamous ,
and damning acts ever committed by sav
age tribes. • ,
Our wounded and dead are . nearly all
on the battlefield in the hands of the, ene
my ; such as could crawl or walk were
trying to get -away, and .such pitiable
spectacles were seen as made our heart
sick; but we dmid hot help them; the
few :unbalances were started off early
with the wounded_and never ruturned.—
We saw a number lying.on the roadside;
with medicine tthests,,and bandages.
The,immense baggage train, bonsisting
of some sit hundred or a thousand wag
ons, lined the road for ft mile and a half
`on the Warrenton rtpd towards Bull's
Run, two miles bacl of Centreville.— .
When the panic started the wagons tried
to fall back on Centreville, but a number
were upset and broken (Lawn; the drivers
would immediately leat-e them and escape
on the horses. Others would throw out.
their load of provisioit'aud stores, and fill
up with soldiers and 'muskets; the 'body
of the luggage, however, got in the rear
of Centrevill. • It is utterly impossible to
ascertain the.number lost, either prison
ers, killed or wounded. The most exag
crated statements are afloat. COlonel .
Cameron, Lieutenant-Colonel Haggerty
(Sixty-ninth), and others are .reported
killed, but as we did-not see the bodies,
we will give no names we do' not -know
to be correct, so 'as to avoid giving un-.
neeesSarydistress to the families. of the
' unfortunate.
It will be' several days before our. nett
loss is known, as so many men are scat-,
teredall over the country.
•
Our opinion is,- and it can go for what
it is Werth, that after our army werevic
torious, we were defeated by a flank
movement of troops brought up from Ma--
nassas Junction, and who attacked
Schthick's and Tyler's unprotected rear:—
Had this-been amply protected, and rein
forcements-turned back the flank move ;
Mont, we could have kept up our advan
tage, and drove them to the Junction, al
though they outnumbered us, and had
every advantage arising from choosing
their position and fortifying theinselVes;.
and their thorough knowledge of the
country and its mountainous character,
giving them every natural advantage.
If we are to have anytnore battles, God
'save its from such • Generals 'as Schenck
and some of the other eonimanders, who
-figtired on. Sunday, as they are worse en :
crakes than Davis and Lee. A gentleman
came to us.at a late hour last t4ening
near Centreville, and 'after hearing of
.Schenek's actions,: told us We had opposed
him for wanting a-Command, and he Was
thankful he had not received it, for his
military knowledge was inktiflicient • for
the responsibility,and there are more who
will throw up their commissions and take
muskets.
Col. - Miles was sent - with deipatches
from Gen. Scott, while lie was lying in,l
Centreville, in the hottest of the fight,for 1
Gem MeDoWeli, whichle . .had orders to
deliver immediately. .• H e, at once without
- making any attempt to do so, said if Gem
Scott wanted to get his head blown off,
let him take them himself; he Would not'
do so, and so they never went.
Nye left Centreville with the chekring
news that General Mansfield,' with artil.
0
ler "'lnd an immense forCe, was . coming
u
1 turn the Rebels back: '. About a
mt east ofCentreville we met the First
New JerSey,lwith the Colonel riding at
their bead,. and. his staff pleading' for the
men to return ; hiS druintrrer. corps were
playing "Yankee Doodle," and their cot.
ors were flying;* the men kept : cheering
all the • time, and drging -one .: apother to.
return; they. - were :nearly . worn out - with
their forced march from ..--Vienna. '-: They
werelolloWed by ,ili4sZeWJersey . Third.
.: They 'inspired courage into the-retreat•
in. , ' soldiers but maily:Tell - "exhausted by
the way Side cOneiderug '.4 safe to ref-oath
a . few, minutes loner .42 rest. Largo
nyniber . of the mienteltiOst4eir old grip
'grctundS and the - baggage' "wagonsdrove
-into the'
,fields ill *long the road hit the
most sorrci,wful sight was the' loss of
provisions and-all kinds of Stores that lin
ed the road . for, five miles. •
A drove of eUttle:%as being taken.aerosi.
the fields tWo miles by large - JiUmbers of
men driving them at the point Of bayonet
iu a body they were indueed'to stop 4rid
did so in a wheat field.
No crops have been harvested- in . this
section of country and,any qiiantity,
.of
forage can be had ;the fences are all levell
ed to the ground and the houses deserted
and abandoned with their contents.
The soldiers within a, mile of . Fairfax
Court House a portion Of the Michigan
Fourth • were drawn up across the road
making aline of half a mile and at the point
of-the bayonet forced the men to-fall back
and endeav;?red in. vain th stay the tide ;
the - mass were kept back blit large num
bers - escaped by going around the . guards.
We found them all along the road to
Washington. .
colonel Tompkins was — going Whis
old quarters near Washington with a-num - -,
ber -of men ;he Aays he told his men to
retreat. to the old.camp ground and:every
man for liiinSelf.• , A majority tlirew away
their'arms and accoutrements. Our-great
.est•loss is in the thorough demoralization
of our army: It will-lake weeks to gather
the scattered forces in the. eohditibn we
had them. On Sunday morning. When
they rode into.the field with General Mcr
Dowell atAlleir head it took the column'
four hours and a half to pass by the lower
part of Centreville and was as grand a
sight •at the early-dawn of day' s was ever
witnessed.
All along the road were --:Ii thousand
wagons with provisions- guarded by the
Newdersey Fourth on their - Way to Cen
terwille but had been halted - tolearn whet
her it were safe for, them to go on.
From the hill on which Centreville
located a truly_ ulignificent view can be
bid afar off-to the left with . a glass. Man
a4sas Junction- can be seen and to the
right the .Manassas Gap, 'a pass through
the Blue Ridge. Th heavy cannonaigng
at Bull'sßun battle field, the smoke riskg
and clouds of dust-raised by tbe. moving
,troops could be plainly discerned'.
The movements of the diffe'rent . divis
ions could be however but indistinctly
J:nowzi from that point-.
'1 THE BROKEN LILY.
A . Romance of Real Life.
• It was a lovely evening. in the latter
,Part. of the month of June. My hoine, at
that. time was in one Of those New Eng
land towns, lying directly on Long Island
ound, which of late has been so much
noted as a place for Sunimer. resorts. On
the one hand, 'is the Soiind; its blue
ters stretching.southward as fir as the
eve can reach; with the white' sails and
.
tall masts of the ships, lifting up a g ainst
the sky—sailing off into• the dim, hazy
distance, and seeming to gild and- disap
pear in the ether. On the North •and
Nest, are high hills, end dark:.' forests ;.
and on the East, a small, ciniet4iver, with
weeping-willoW trees growmci the
banks, and large flecks of white ;ducks
and geese, sitting lazily upon its
grass everywhere there, is.of au em
erald green. FronAmong the rows of tall
-pbplars, greyttrunked sycamoreS, and
ancient elms, the neat white!cottages; and
stately dwellings ofthe citizens are
. seeif
peeping. The gardens, too are, stocked
with roses, lilies, heliothopes, verbenas,
every variety of, flowers ;
with. marble
vases, tiny fountains, and. small latticed
bowers covered with creeping vines and
fragrant honeysuckles. There are sights
of beauty all around ; and every musical
sound of nature, from the sea, river, wa
terfall, trees, wind, birds'and,insects while
the air is heavy
. witb the aroma, of 'the
flowers. - • -
I stood. at evening, on the day I men
tioned, among the white lilies, that were
profusely blooming in , ' graden. I had
Watche&the tiny humming-birds just be
fore evening ; as they fluttered their rest
less wings over the lily-bells, drinking in,
as the night-den:tell, the nectar lying deep
in those greet chalices. I. had, watched
the honey-bee, as they also : revealed, in
the sweets, flitting from roses, to • lilies,
and then*to ..the boneS•sucki6 flowers; and:
after .gathering pollen froth 'each. upon
their tiny feet, I saw them wing their way
home to the
I ! I hairseen.the sun, that evening, as he I
Slowly sank. belliud the Western rangeofl
hills; wrapped iii a mantle of erinisowand '
purple, bordered with erinine, and flecked
with gal . ; and, I watched the full moon
using from the East, with a bridal veil
of gauie and mist, spangled • With . silver,
floating about lies; and,as, she rose threw
back her veil and stepped out inlier - glory
in: the sky. with her royal retinue of stars
and suns, and the fixed stars like sentinels
standing to guard her silver track across
tbe heavens, I saw, the roses acd lilies: of
the garden drcip their graceful heads, as I
!though bowingin obeisance! before the
Ipresence*Of Her Imrerial :Majesty. There i
:was a grandeur, and a beauty frevading I
all the earth, and heaVens, tni,that night,,
I gathered - soine'of the.lilies tit my hank
.and stepped With. then► into a neighbor's
house where; like the brokeiiiilies of/the
gacden, a young girl was ! lying, • , fliding,
dreoping; dying ;—and, here,', my story
,commeilees., Her name was Lelia .ilddi--
soif. - I well remember her, ,i, a school
girl—Studions,:quiet, thoug'htfin ; - with a
!holy light in her `` meeltittreWn eyes,"—a
!placid forehead, white aiftiiiiiv, with the
Mite veins-clearly stiowii* ',through the
!tansparent skini . ,aniLliet. mouth; : sweet in ,
:its, repose, but, alive;'and;gittVering under
:every emotion!.. • She was theldest of four
'children, and,,wben iji her thi teenth year
her mother, sickened and - 'dfed,' Before
her, death; sbe called Lelia tallier hedside,
,blessing the girl,, with -every:-.blessing,
:and charging her, * with the motherly care
!of three s"° little..ones ; 4 ' and I with. every
I.fesPee't ',and :all' watehfulrieSs over • the
~ . poor:.r father,',who was fast; oinking into
!;le / Ottiltition by his intetriperimce.. _:Kith
Ae.resolntion and - energy. ;helonging to
Iriper years, thavehild gave herself to, the.
Affieultiask hp - posed upenlier—Although
step : hy . .Step . She felt herselt failing in the
!' Fectil scale ; . she. persevered !niher enditav7
it NO. 30.
ors: husbanding their narrow
: interne '1
She answered - briefiv—diat sbe•wished
Cheerfully! . performing - , household' ;no release. ,When.slie promised: to be his.,
drudgery,..ano3„ . spending all her leisure I wife she loved him dearly ; his misfortune
inoments„intea' ching "the ' children bad shown her
-how inuch that loVe• hid
their rtidiinexital lessons. • -Finding, at the ! since strengthened. It was a inisfi;rtune
!-age of sixteen, thaetheir income;. was all i that had overtaken him—she' could see
spent, and that theentire support `of 'the] her duty clearly ; She • bad a prOsperous
.family must , devolve upon her ,. she - set business now, his presence was a comfort
herself it learning- a business; which • was land an assistance to her „• and: she would.
sewn accempliihed; • . • I'notleave him, and make herself iniserable
Her beautiful, devo"ted . life, had attract- ; for life by such a stei;. So they renewed
ed the. interested attentions Of 'young itlieir plighted vows again, she standing
mechanic in her neighborhood, 'who,- Inas- like .a strong
_rock; he; like 4 feeble
ter of his trade,was trying-to save enough . :girl. '
capital to enable him , to commence busi,:i. - His-health,,energies' and cheerfulness,
ness for hintself, And set up lioniekeeping. I fully returned, after that conversation.—
Lelia sootf learned to love the young roan With - the two fingers of his left' hand„, ha
but refused his others' of marriage; until taught himself to write. - At' firit very..
her task at home bad been 'faithfully ac- i cluinsily,.lnit, by . perseverance, at last,
complished: Slid; felt that she could not I handsomely -and rapidly; thus ably sec-,
tax him Within share of her chalte... I ended Lis head'ivith his hand:
' "We are both young yet James," she I As soon as Jarne's was 'fully:recovered,
would reply to his passionate arguments: the gentlemen, on whese estate he had
„ Let us wait until' the girls can do for.' been employed sent for -him 'to go to
themselves,
and help bring Willie up.— •
L iVew Orleans, witercchr' assisted
.in
It will not be long, first, and then,. James, [establishing a inUnc. store. In . this busi
we will be married. I shall be so much Jaines succeeded beyond' his- motif,
happier,when my duty has been discharg ! sanguine expectations, and the second
ed "fully:" -. •' • 'business year saw him still increasino; in
So, the months wore away. "The girls,": i
were "growing up"—by their abilities, as-
listing Lelia,
,and removiUg the obstaclei
to her happy; marriage, for ..which both
parties began their arrangements. -
James had been .employed by a pithy
ofgentlemen, slave-holders, for several '
successive winters, in Georgia, to teach_
the trade of which he was, master, to some
of their slaves. The last year of his en
gagement was nearly it its close. Full of
dreams ofambition; lie and happiness,
-he wrote to Lelia: "COmitig•home, dear
est, With • money enough .to commence
business for myself,. and with the happy
thought at heart, that very soon, I shall
clasp you in my arnis, and ;fold you , to my
besom, as my own, owni:preciouS 'darling.
wife, Be ready for me, Lily—all. ready.
My heart is with you all - the time.—Would
to God, I were actnally.there."
,
And she made readyfor his,' coming,
-and waited, day after day, until the weeks
became months. The Spring had opened
but she heard no further thlings,snd Jame
had not arrived. At last, she wrote: to
the gentleman at whose house he -had
stopped for the Fluter", • and received . a
reply, couched in terms of cotirteous'sYui
pathy, stating that James had met • with
a severe accident, and bad • been danger
ously ill, was much better at the time the
letter was written, and would soon start
! for'home; and soon.another telling her,
I that "he had started on his way." • ,
1 As Lelia was seated, drooping over her
I work, one morning,thinking_ofiler absent
1 lover, and hoping soon to welcome him
home, she saw a gentleman enter, with a
.slow, weak step, a face pale, and haggard,
and one arm in a sling. It was James, the
1 old love light - still in his eyes—but chank
ed by the sorrow and sickness in all
; else. .
"Dear James !' . ,
~.. , He shuddered like one in ague. They
" Yes ; Lily, I have come."
. .fell from l i covered her, cold feet; then. the room was
his lips, as she moved to his side, seating , still again. ' The moonlight lay full and_
him tenderly in-ta chair, and kissed his : rich upon' the carpet, and 'I held in -my
pale cheek and • lips. "Lily, darling., .1 I hand tfie broken lilies, whose 'perfume
have come," he mournedbut, but . see: I Ow filled the room. She looked up' at
am g cripple, helpless, ruined for life !.- I me, and then at the flowers-k-took ,them
My right arm, that I depended-on - for my I languidly from me, held them a • moment,
business, and your support .and protec- I then dropped them upon the pill beside
Lion, darling, is gone, and see, I have left iher• .
to me but two fingers on my left-hand.- i - " James ?" -
-
Would to God that:l ba'd died !
turn Why
, "Yes, darling!" !' .. • , ,
.
did I live? ;vas the burden of his bitter ! !
" I am dying now--don't- grieve ; God
cry, as he saw Lelia's cheek .
pa t e, 1 does it—wait a - little while,wfth patience,-
turn pale,
an . d You will come s on.. I shall bo
convulsive trembling
,the cenvuliiembling of her white . James.
lips. ~ , _ . . - -J there. Kiss me." •
' Poor James!' sit down by- -me and i A shadow fell across CI moonlight, the
tell me how all this happened," and she !Deatlf.angel steppo .between the, lover
;drew and his hide. She sliuddered 7 ---lier - sweet
4 4 . 1rew his head down .to her shoulder,
i !claspinibini-around the neck with one ! voice was IntAedEber eyelids slowly
band, and holding his maimed - hand in ! Closea— she gasped -once—'twice—and :.:ll
the other, soothing him as' a mother
,svgs over. Beautiful had been her life,
soothi . .a sick Child, until aid heart spasth i aim beautiful Was her deatb: Amid such
had passed, and then told her . : • - .! ! a blossoming of the flowers of •Earth, in
".At first, Lily,l had the . typhoidfever. ! the glorious effulgence of the moonlight,
I could not write-to you myself, an d 1 - . dm.,.through the. balmy; summer air, leaning
one e l se; p m : upon the angel's bosom, her spirit passed
not want to'dict ate to any
II thought that.-every day I would get bet- : 'IP into the "regions of the blessed."
ter, but insteaftl grew worse and Weaker !.' James sat like a statue—the room was
filled withi,eople,.but, with his eyes rivet-: until I could neither' bare written or ,diei!
! tated at all, and the fever had run -,ifs'Lgd upit'the girl's thee, he sat, totally - un*
conscious of any presence save' the' one;
course. Then, I began,: tinder the Most./ 1
mit
excellent.nursing,and medical advice
. - 1 ,; ( ' ) and when her last sigh passed, and the si
ence room broken by
get better. I was just -able to sit/in/M il of the
Y
quick sobs that burst was
from. every - heart,
per to write to Ton ! My servan'
~
t wo
this
chair, add'One day, riot a pencil - 7ply] pa-'i
t, ,,„;m 4. .. turned his eye , . looking at the people. .in-
me so much stronger went'
•
ir m 50 ,„,„ quiringlv, then , back:-again, and bowing
.
crrand, leaving me -sitting' before ,the , his 11e:14: down ek)se to' the dead girl's)
wood fire-in the fire4ilace. It Ninember . ; lace; gave' ime low, bitter cry: - "Lily!
of a strange feeling comingo<!er me, that
ilily , darling ! don't you know me?" press-
I could not hold my . pencil,and that ewer}-ding his, ivarm lip 4, in sm.-ingo:ly do her as
thing seemed'swimming/about nie. I gel ! 09 1 0 1 his voice and. wish- could sleep.. But she was rouse
'member nothing tiers fOr weeks. , I had ; s
her from thatti*Cul
fallen' forward in /a filint, that _day, lute i away, and fain fing ivith the pain of parting
the fire; my fev / er returned, and i was ! his, head fellnl"'n her thee — his fung ! hair;
taken up so badly turned ;that-my right;
falling over her and the white lilies upon
pillow 'where she lay. - At last he vise
arm had toleamputate'd - to-the.shOulder r ' the
:v,l qaietly left the roan.. lie came out -
and I had duly the thumb and little finger
left on my left band. Oh Lily, he moaned : undor - the moonlight- . and stood ainong
"to Co the home so to you: : the flowers, waiting until she was shroud
have/died darling!! • I had better
' ed—then lie resumed his vi g il. .
`yNo! no ! Jamesdon't say that. (*skid ; He purchased . the lot for her grave owl
has spared your life- for! some,' wise pr .'. , his arranged for her funeral and tbllowed
pose. We must not repine,
even ;ht. ; as.:ehieltnourner . at the burial.. On tho .
such heavy misfortunes. Don't. talk.
- s o . place where they laid her he placed asmar
any More. - . . - •We Monument with this inscription
_,_. "Le.
." Mt Lil do yOu realize, how terrible lia' ()paw
• ' kddison betrothed wife s Blank.-
y
, ,
will—died June 185 G, aged 22 years:
it is to me ? That I- cannot work .any Everyyearsince her decease when -the
nuire,lor I have no hands to ,secimd my .
_bloom is onthe lily bell. : 116 comes from the
head; .that l -Canuot protect, provide for.
Sotith to visit the grave -where the :flqwer
or cherish a wife,- but must live a helpless
of his life lies buried. Id e . brings every
buiden'upon my friends? That I have inj
!to I day of Ids stay the freshest flowers to lay
right arm to clasp about von, for !yea upon it and when tlm lily bloom is over
lean upon through life? : Oh! Lily,. had l igoes away home again knowing ...full well
not better have died.?"' ; .: .
. - '• !' that unlike the binutiM lilies thatb
* ,4 ,N0 ! James, it ii better as it is. Yon ! som e in 'Earth's garden, but to - decay,l l ll
ninst not talk about it any more, but conic i faded fro m earth.; to, bloom forever
to me,end . let me nurse-yen:till yon ire i Lily
i in the Gardens, of . Enntortality.- .
quite. well ;'then, we will talk it all over . ' • MIRIAM,
together.r
.- ' . ~ . i 1
. ,
-- - .
' Under- her tender. care, soothing and
nursing,:Jail ies. - rapidly' • recovered - his
strength, and partially his . ¶onted
,cheer-..
;fulness. ~Helad.fletermined to releasethe deioted-girl trona her betrothal vows,
t tb **Otis visits to hOr, • and,, to :wait
I. with patience until she 'lshonld have form.
, Aid some other titWibment, and he settled
.i.hatipOy, in life. Theithougbt• - was agOny
to biro, but , he felt it_ be his 'duty, and
I
so be told her, coolly - and / quietly' as his
, beiting.heart - woulci allow. - -
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prosperity.; and happy in the prospect - of
his marriage at last, with the- devoted
girl, who bad stood by his side, sustaining '
- anti cheering" Lim, in those dark hours of
agony and
_misfortune, -by her steadfast
affection, and beautiful example.
Their wedding da - y.was - fixed in June. .
She wrote him, that "She was not strong
and .well any more: The Doctor thought
1 a change from the sea air, would benefit .
her health, " so, dear t-Janie9, I 'will .kcy
back wlien you return, with . you." She
was indeed drooping. The roses of fever
brned in her cheeks,-her eyes grew lar . ge
and lustro.uSly aright, and the blue
to
her hands and temples seemed to show
plainer as she grew weaker.
When James arrived, -he fo - und 'Lelia
stretched upon her sick-bed, - -prostrated •
by a severe hemorrhage of the lung s , and
; •
he knew full well • that :she - was fading
Lforever away. Eight - reeks she lingered,
but be neYer.left her :side. All day he
~ ,sat beside her, fanning her whPn the fe
ver was high, bathing her bead, smooth
! it- , -her head, mid liften holdino^ her liku
an infantto his bosom. - - At niglt he'slept
,
iit-tin easy chair, seated tiy her • bed - side,
• never seeming wearied,but pleased at
the thought, that he could be near her to
cherish and care for hey, while she lin
gered•
It was u lovely evening in the month of
June, when Lelia lay,. like -the .broken
lilies of the ..gardeir, .
and dying.
4 , Her lips were parted, voice was hus
ky, the lids ,drooped over the loving eyea,
big drops of sweat stood upon her fair
i brow, and the death Luc rested,.upon her
! lip, cheek and brow. ,
"James!" said she, speaking with diffi
culty.
chiding ?"
" I am very cold!"
- • ",
• My story is not a fiction. •. The gen tie.
Man who is its hero is living •still; and in
the neighborhood where .these events
occurred,- my natTatimivould be imme
;diately recognized. The; names of the,
parties "hOwever are not given here. • Un-
Aer . those circumstances if you wish to_
publish it you_ . a re weloonio to do so.
. •Respec.,t4lLim.
Shun the shoat - lei as you would poison