The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-12-28
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Editor T. T. At an early hour yes.er-
day morning, while yet the dew was on the
grass, and on everything else green enough
to be out at the matinal hour, my boy, I
saddled my gothic steed Pegasus, and took
a trot for the benefit of my health. Having
eaten whole straw bed and piece of an
Irishman's shoulder during the night, my
boy. and as he snuffed the fresh air and I'M
furled the remnants of his warlike tail to
the breeze of heaven, was reminded of
that celebrated Arabian steed which had
such contempt for the speed of all other
horses that he never would run with them
in fact, my boy, he never would run at
all.
Having struck a match on that rib of Pc
gasus which was most convenient to my
hand, l lit q cigar, and dropped the match,
still burning, into the right ear of my frey
charger. Something of this kind is always
necessary to make the sagacious animal
start; but when once get his mettle up
he never stops, unless he happens to hear
some crows a-cawing in the air just above
his venerable head. am frequently glad
that Pegasus has lost his eyesight, my boy;
for could he see the expression on the faces
of some of these same crows, when they get
near enough to squint along his backbone, it
would wound his sensibilities fearfully.
On this occasion he carried me at speed
of $40 hours mile, to point just this side
of Alexandra, where the sound of heavy
cannonading and cussing made me pause.
At first, my boy, remembered an engage
ment had in Washington, and was about
to hasten back; but while I was pressing
the lighted end of my cigar to the side of Pc
gasus, to make him turn, Col. Wobert
Wobinson, of the Western Cavalry, came
walking towards me from piece of woods on
my right, and informed me that ten of his
men had just been attacked by fourtsen
thousand Rebels, with twenty Columbiads.
''The Odds" says he, sis rather heavy;
but our cause is the noblest the world ever
knew, and if my brave boys do not van
quish the unnatural foe, an indignant and
decimated people will at once call upon the
Cabinet to resign"
something like that in the Tribune, but he
didn't seem to hear me.
By this time the cannonading had COM
menced to subside, and as l trotted along
side of Colonel Wobinson toward the field
of battle, asked him what he had done
with his horse. He replied, that while on
his way to the field, his sagacious beast
had observed hay stack, and was so en-
tranced with the vision that he refused to
go step further; SO I had to leave him
there.
Upon reaching the scene of strife, my
boy, we discovered that the ten Western
Cavalry men had routed the Rebels, killing
four regiments, which were also carried
away. On our side nobody was killed nor
wounded. In fact, two of our men, who
went into the fight with the measles, were
entirely cured, and captured four good sur
geons. must state however, my boy,
that although nobody was killed or woun-
ded on our side, there was one mar missing
1t seems that when he found the balls fly
ing pretty thickly about his ears, he formed
himself into hollow square, my boy. and
retreated in good order into the neighbor-
| ing bushes. He formed himself into a hol-
low square by bending gently forward until
his hands touched the ground, and made
his retrograde movement on all fours. Col.
Wobinson remarked that this style of form
ing hollow square was an intensely inn
mense thing on Hardee.
believe him, my boy!
Yours martially,