The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-12-11

would it be for thee to gaze upon this
once happy and fraternizing people,
now reveling with desperate vengeance
is each others blood, and sadder yet to
witness the downful of this Govern
ment of Constitutional Liberty, to the
uprising of tyranical and arristocra-
tic Confederacy. God grant that such
may never be.
After strolling over the grounds for
some time, and gathering some trifing
"keepsakes," we mounted our horses,
bid adieu to the ever memorable place,
and started on our return. We went
back as we came out, in "double quick"
reached Alexandria about sunset
called on our friends ed. B'' and "W.
H."-took a social-smoke, mounted
and were off for Camp. We had gone
perhaps three blocks, when our friend
Spencer expressed wish to visit the
Marshall House, of Ellsworth notoriety,
before leaving town. Accordingly we
"about faced, Erode to astable, deposited
our horses in comfortable stalls (0 went
to the above Hotel, registered our
names and called for supper. 1t was
now about 5 o'clock. Supper would
be served at six-one hour to wait-a
long time for our friends, who, being
inexperienced in the saddle, suffered
considerable from the furious
ride we had Just accomplished, of "a
miles in less than two and half hours.
In due season the bell rang and we
were soon seated at the table and par
took, with keen relish, of the delica.
cies thereof, which, by the way, were
more rare than rich, and equally as
scarce as they were scanty. However,
we wish it understood that we took tea
at the Marshall House, in Alexandris
that's certain.
After tea we sailed forth with light.
ed cigars, for the ostensible purpose Of
finding friend of Capt. Heazlit's. who
was in some unknown part of the city
unknown at least, to US. After a
weary pilgrimage of some three or four
hours, up one street. down the other
and across to the next, making diligen1
and vigilant search for his whereabouts
we finally found him found him a
our friends ed. 's"-where we leas
expected to find him "The lost wa
found,' to be sure, but we had con
sumed so much time in the search, thai
it was now quite late, and we conolud
ed, rather than to get our horses up al
so late an hour, to 90 to the Marshall
House and take rooms for the remain
der of the night. Accordingly We
went, called fo rtwo rooms, and-every
room was taken-not bed empty
There was a stumper. We thought o
the scriptural, Il believe) quotation
'sBirds have nests, nuts have holes,
&C., "but man hath nowh ere to lay hi
head" The Clerk suggested that W.
60 to the "City Hotel''-perhaps W
could get bed there ;-and we wen,
On our arrival we found middle age,
amalgamated individual in possession
of the house. We asked the aforesai,
representative it we could get tw
beds, and being answered in the affirm
ative we registered our names, AM
wished to be shown directly to on
room. "The pay, eff yea please, sab.
sHow much is it?"
'Dollar apiece, sah."
"Dollar a-piece?''
"Yeas, sah."
"You mean for lodgings and break
fast %
s'No sah-for the beds"
That was stumper for our frien,
Spencer as well as for the Dr., CAP
tain and myself Two dollars for tn
use of bed four hours! Whew! o.
that we absolutely "took a drink"-
called for our. horses-straddled ther
and were off for Camp, arriving ther
at IL M. in the dark, turned in an
slept "bully" till morning!
Soon after breakfast our friend
started on their return to Washingto
on foot, preferring to walk rather tha
ride on horseback! No doubt the
were in better condition to walk afte
they got there than when they startet
We learn, by the way, that Surgeo
Milney was quite "indisposed" all day
and that our friend Spencer also wa
"slightually under the weather"-s
much so that he kept his room durinI
the day. I think, however, / can safe
ly say that we all enjoyed our tri
"hugely," and will many years hence
, should we live, remember it with pleas
} ure. Q. M. s.
ga line in one of Moore's song