Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-01


{ hsiisrvd ID the 1 dege, suspicious Here is the
ie .,r:
CARoLIHE G. UNFY Va,
BOWling Green, sept 70 ls6s.
To Tia RJiiOr Of Lhs Whig
4. vii To remembered that about Zen years since
TIE Ia = lOng description OF 80 animal called -
'gOnal" ia tho "WarreR1Ou flag killed by Mr.. Harvey
RI-ts Oi Eik Rul, Va. I dOub know how it got IL.
nam anything else about il; but Il va said that
- a. She drsG spsevs Of tue "GO0aL ever Seen.
Mr r Ard Bal ri, OF thus village, While coon huut-
M lev Lights Stree, cane across as be thought) =
snaks ealing cat; but after examination, ionnd, to
hs grcss surprise haLf IaGks aud haif eat He (Bil
la th,nkug at tue inns &c vas "Wonderfnl animal,
lDok q al.ss AID hGS n as get.
Gill MOI ty "a desc ID tho "GObai;" but viii say
tor tn beus6 OF al ShI are lovers OF Ghe and
uonIeru Or IALss great pleasure il shhioitlng hD
"pOndsriLl animal al his sIorC, on Milford street.
RsO,ctfuiy \ a. TUENER
PS-hrB expects to Wit r ehmobd SOOn, and
vii. il you d,sirs 1t, make you present Of tbs 70
u. rkab.s animal
No Of the pArties alluded to in-ths str ngs story
arO known 70 us-nsither Mr. HHYly RAWl', Of y h
Kun nor Mr. Richard Rull4rd Of this village" nor L.
Turner, the writer tie letter. The description in
o. War, n.On Flag Is equally rnkr0Wn and u would
not be surprising igAton should prove that tie
tApsr aud the persons ara mythical. paper Gal ed
Foe Flag OF vs." used to be Pubshedin Wa1enton, and
u al, QuArAn Of thI city informs thai several ysArs
aso all - count Of the GoOAL did in some paper
unsh created good d,A. OF excitement At the time,
aud was copied into selsnu6, journals Of England,
Frares, Germany and Italy. MAJ A. tor ASAsrs. Ra"lS
. aud Turner, and their intimate relations With
tie "GO5Gt" the ihorsdaOus public must be excused
tor uot esviug one word Of il. TheIo may be pet
81 Il. answering tbsSe Opp'lGOnr, and so also there
may be "GObai, tanned, dOmestcAtsd and belonging
10 each OF them, but prefer to en- ertAin better
opii Ii both OF tie Laws OF hybridty, a. Of the pr
,.ts character Of virginiA gentlemen.
Nevertheless, the GobsI is a remarkable sp men Of
Alur. history, aud the les so foe beng Wis ble
ONLY n tbs night time TO a OoOn-huner. We venture
10 sHrm that Mr.. Richard Billiard will never again
j, coma across" another 80 remarkable animal aud
be should will not a. writer Of the lettse prom
ss bring aim to she Wig Office for exhibition. II he
viii We hi We may SAFELY promise TO secure him a
lucrative position As custodian o! the eu.Ostss Of the
Confederate Patent Othee.
A. FIST sight, the lbAtApPOar to DO snake eating
cat but upOa s1AminAt en-, it proves to be monster
haiisuAks and hAlfelt, though the precise point Of
uucturs between the Two animals is not stated. This
however, viii be easily discovered when the animal 10
.xhbted in Richmond a. doubt not t will soon be-
lost a. soon IN iAct Is "E. L. Turner" can cOms from
The back room Of Mr.. Richard Billiards. store in Milford
street In Bowling Green 10 the Ballard House. For 1t
Z quite obvious the "GObst" when inspected BY the
.ob,. s,es Of person WHO'S not hunting will resemble
an, ks or cat much less than black bottle full Of
psv .rp.s brandy. And if this be now great Curl
O.i,y and remarkable AN b in Bowling Green it Is
abupdanIy evident that Bowling Green is in very re-
duced circumstance and that lis Ancien glory has de-
parted.
But Il "A by no means certain that TIE "GObaL" Is
bottle Of apple brandy. That would be al exceedingly
pCos and eIOVsrly JOKE, eVsh fer II ii. Turnet"
(shOever he may bel 10 PeiP'tTA,e. We give him
credit for more sense and contlade that there deep
lad msAnrg in bis marvellous story about the "GobAL
IL /. sueres,ed that the "G0bA" Is intended ~ ypiy
some Of our great officials This is hardly probable
siuss ,,E IL Turner" would not have remAlnedln Boz
linz Green all this time il he had been dislOyal man,
AID none but Yankee sympathser would think Of aim
inc sush oks At the inoaensiVs heads Of authOn
ti.a For the life of US, eanCt discover any rssem
bl,pcs between tie "GObaI" and the Pres DENT or Mr.
Memmin er or Mr.. Benjamin, and, as tho other mem-
bers Of the Cabinet are Of the question: we dismiss
the suggestion 81 wholly untsuAbls. Tnsrs y nothing
feline and nothing OPh about any Of the ohcers Of
our Government, and hence there cannot be "GOOaI"
among them.
The proper solution Of the matter Is this-the true
name Of the "GobAt" is "GOback," and the hOrrid
creature ia emblsmAGc Of the RsoOustIucOuist. THIS
reptile, Is We all know, is the Vsst OF the species
more Shiny, slippery, veneDOus aud lOathsOns--ia a
word the snAkiett OF snakes He is not joined TO tst
cat, but s continually attempting to swallow one, and
hat cat is the North. Tue task is difficult one, for
tho GObat" or "GObaek" aims not - get back into
he UaOn but get the North back again into his en-
uiAlG-a isat impossible owing to the relative sEs Of
the parties and possible, fatal Tor the 6rSt buaino's
Of the Northern cat alter il had been sWAlosed By he
Southern suaks would be claw lis way out and tear
the snake 10 atoms. Toe "GObG" or "GjbAck' may
strain his Jaws to the ustermOst aud lubrolte the Yam
cat With any amount OF slime, but the only reward
for bis paus svsn 4 be should succeed in sWal oWiog
him. would be precisely what We have indcased Let
the Gobaek, then, 60 back a. coon as he PleAses