Three Days Reign of Terror (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Three Days Reign of Terror The disappointing brother, too, was employed on a sad mission, helping a friend to Gettysburg to find the body of a slain brother; so that within doors we found it as dismal as without, and our first impressions of the great city were any thing but cheering. Our prospect was limited to two rows of brick houses and a broad expanse of house-roofs from our room in the upper story. Nobody was in town, but the streets were jammed with carts and children, and the noise and clatter were incessant and deafening. The weather continued most oppressive, Low, dingy clouds possessed the sky, and not a breath of fresh air was attainable. I thought New York a most dectestable summer residence, and resolved to leave it as soon as possible. On the third morning of our sojourn, however, the sky brightened. The sun attempted to shine, and the papers brought good tidings. Lee was retreating, Meade pursuing, the Potomac rising, and oiuspirits rose with it. At breakfast Central Park was moved and cariied by acclamation; but soon some pattering rain-drops brought out an opposition, which induced us to defer our jaunt till settled weather. So we scattered in various directions J.down town, and I to Broadway. But even there I could see nothing attractive. Every thing looked hot, glaring, and artificial, and every body looked shabby, jaded, and care-worn. An overworked horse dropped dead in the street before me, and I was glad to take refuge for a time in the Astor Library. Returning thence at mid-day I first saw signs of disturbance. A squad of policemen passed before me into Third Avenue, clerks were looking eagerly from the doors, and men whispering in knots all up and down the street; but I was too much a stranger to be certain that these appearances were unusual though they annoyed me so much that I crossed at once to Second Avenue, along which I pursued my way peacefully, and once at home thought no more of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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