Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-06-11

iitUul toWu3 anu " miOo, duo = Hiac'
and any other number Of miles; an,
that they we're coming on the Ala
bam road, aud the Cave Spring road
and the river road, and any othe
road /; that they we're crossin th'
river at Quinn's Ferry, and Bell
! Ferry, and Wiiliamson's Ferry. ant
any other Ferry that they had TUX
the steamboat "Laura Moore" an(
"Chirokee," and Alfaratta," ant
any other steamboat; that they haC
shot at Camanchy courier and hi,
him in the coat tail, or his hosses
tail, or any other tail; that they had
seized Sis Morris, or Bill Morris, OF
| lJep Morris, or any other Morris. =
In fax man koald hesr any thing
by gwine about, and more too.
Shore enuf, however, the important
crisis which were to hav arriven did
aktuly arriv, about 10 o'klok 10 the
morniu, A. NJ, on May the Sd, 1868.
| am thus partikler, Mr.. Eiitur,
bekaus it are to be entered on the
next years almynak as remarkybnl
event. The head Of the raid did
akluly arriy at the surburban villa of
MIR. Myers, and thar it stopped to
rekoDDoiter. Thar they learned as
how we had 600 head Of artillery, and
60O0 kotten bags, and a permiskuous
number OF infantry taktix, and we
we're only waitin to see The whites Of
their eyes. Also that the history Of
Gen. jackson at New Orleans wer
red 10 publik, and that every body
were inspired to do sanathih;; where
upon the head of the raid turned
pale, and sent forward u picket. AL
this ouspicious moment foot skout
on our side let fly wbistlin bullet,
which TUX effek sum wbar in those
rejuns. 1t were reasonably sup.
posed that one Yankee war killed,
and perhaps two, for even to this
time sumthin ded can be smeIt in.
those parts, tho the buryal squad
had not been abul to find it up to
late hour yesterday. After right
smart skirmishin, the head u the
Raid fell back down the road to the
Alabam. and wer pursued by our
yomanary at a fespectabul distance.
Now, while all these valyant
feets were going on here abouts, Gen.
Forrest had been fitin the body AMI
tail of the Raid away down at the
Alabam line. Finally he proposed
to the raid to stop phitin, and play
a game or two Of poker. under
cedar tree, which they accepted
Bot The Gineral wer not ir lux, and
bad bad hand, and had siaiked his
last dollar. The YANKEES had a
Strait, which would have tux For
rest and raked down The pile, but
he looked EN- right i'm the eye and
sed, she wonM see ens, and 1000 bet
ter" The Raid looked at the Raid,
and never blinked. The Rid trem-
bled afl over in its boots, and gin it
up. The General 6luGed EN-, and
ever sence that game was played, the
little town close BY has been called
8 Cedar Bl0" l. wer flush Zines
10 the Alabam, that day, shote.,
Well, Mr.. Editur, you know the
seeqnil. Tie General bag'd EN- and
brought EN- Oh. The pIanks We're
put back on the bridge. The river
bank Infantry countermarched and
fired a permiscuous tolley in token
of jewbilee. One Of the side wipinI
cannon wen! off on its own hook, and
the ball went dej through a bouset
and tors buro all to flinders. Sum
sed it wer a Mter 5aro, but a potash
man who examined, sed he reckon
not, for ther wern't DO ashes in the
drawers, nor nary ash hopper on the
premises.
BY, and, d,by, the -Can,anehy skouts
and pckets all kun in, and sbucks
their ambrosial locks and received
the congratulashuns Of iber friends.
Then begun the ovashon of fir no.
men and brave men to Gen. Forrest.
and bis gallant boys. Bokays and
tears we're all mixed up perrhiskuous.
Big hunks O. cake and gratitude we're
distributed generally and frequent.
Strawberries and cresm, eggs and
iaguns, pies and pankakes, all flew
round amazin, for everybody was de-
termined to do .sxnatbia. Gen. For
corn c1,o,r,ns;s;pbsided, and Gen. Jewbilee tax
ao;o ~ 33d Rome wer herself
lae'n. lne 4 pro-ead forks and sill.
yer spoons rose from tno S, u Lad aS' ana nd
even the old hen vhatons Of oui i c;,s css