The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19


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EDrroR 7. t., AT an sarlg huut p6sls
day morning, while yet the DIV ~ m
the grass, and on eyerythln9 elsl sF1esf
enough to be out at that matineI huff
my boy, saddled my gothic sleed Seal
sus, and took trot for the beneflt AZ NJ
health. Having eaten'a Wh6ls BtsSs I'D
and piece of an Irishman's thcal ~ lt
ring the night, my boy, and as be 0ihIsd
the fresh air and unfurled the feInhalll1
OF his Warlike ailtn.the hreeRa 0fhnaxalls
an Steed which had such n contemptaleF
the -Spsad-Of- ell -etheF has6es, that ~.
never would rpD rith tbsm-in etynY
boy, he neveS %SSAnu run NJ al. =
Having struck match on that rib OF
Pegasus which was most convenient u
my hand. lit a cigar, and dropped the.
match, still burning, into the right ear Of !
my fiery charger. Something Of this
kind is always necessary TO make the sa-s
gacious animal start; but when once |
get his mettle up he never stops, unless
he happens to hear some crows cawing n
the air just above his venerable head, u
am frequently glad that Pegasus has Lost
his eyesight, my boy; for could he 81.
the szpcR0iOM on the faces Of somssf
these same crows, when they get near
enough to squint along his backboneait
would wound his sensibilities fearf1lly7I
On this occasion he carried me. aesa
speed of 2:40 hours q mile, to point jusl
this side of Alexandria, when the SQUAD
Of heavy cannonading and cussing maiis
me pause. At frst, Day, boy remem-
bered an engagement had iD Washiag-ss
ton, and was about to hasten back 6Nt-
while | was pressing the lighted endspf
my cigar to the side of Pegasus, 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 hid
just been attacked by fourteen Thousand
rebels, with twenty Columbiads Ths
odds" says he, 'is rather heavy; butOur
cause is the noblest the world ever knew,
and if my brave boys do not vaDquish the
unnatural foe, an indignant and decimatsd
people will at once call upon the Cabinet
to resign" has
told him that thought had read
something like that in the Tribune, but
he didn't seem to hear me. ....s.i-s
BY this time the cannonading had COM
menced to subSide, and as trotted along
side of Col. Wobinson toward the field Of
battle, asked him what he had done
with his horse. lie replied, that While
on his way to the field, his sagacious
beast had observed hayStack, and was
so entranccd with the vision that he re-
fused to 90 step further; so he 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, kill
ing four regiments, which were also car
ried away. On our side nobody was
killed nor wounded. In fact, two Of our
men, who went into the fight sick with
the measles, were entirely cured, and
captured four good surgeons. must
state, however, my boy, that although
side, there was one man missing. It
seems that when he found the balls flying
pretty thickly abont his ears, he formed
himself into hollow square, my beyy
and rctrcated in good order into the neigh
boring bushes. Ike formed himself into
a hollow square by bending gently for.
ward until his hands touched the ground,
and made his retrogade movement on al
fours Col. WobnSon remarked that this
style of fhrming a hollow square was Gn
intensely immense thing on Hardee. ''T
believe him, my boy
YuorS, martially, ,sss
ORPHEIss G. KERR.