Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-12
of the cairo Times.

some time. l know you will pardon my re
missness when you hear the reason. l hav
been suffering from severe attack of Undo
lens int7et6ita6szis. DR.. Dunning can explain
to you the nature of this "di ifficulty," as
have seen him afflicted in the same way NOR
| than once.
am now somewhat better, thanks to ''olt
Bourbon and quinine, the former taken Alo
pathicaly, and the latter Homeopathically
| Gam correct in my orthography Of these two
| words? Please consult Webster, or Dungli
son, or DR.. Mcdowell; either are good author
| ity.) am rot quite sure Of a letter ever
now, as have no material on hand from which
to construct one. Any body can write letter
! if subjects are plenty. You will appreciate my
difficulty and make all proper allowance.
1 Ipromiscd in a former letter, to give you ar
anecdote or two that l had picked up from
some officers of the late Confederacy. Here i.
one:
Gen. Jubal Early, who commanded the rebe
forces in the valley of the Shenandoah, was
not held in very high esteem either by his Off
GERS or men, and was universally spoken of as
''old Jube.'' On one occasion, as his troops
were making the best possible time up the
valley, with Phil. Sheridan ''bringing up the
stopped by the roadside with his staff, fol-
'srest and refreshment.'' After having
strengthened the inner man with corn bread
and bacon he was solacing himself with his
pipe, and mentally cursing his fortunes, or
rather, his mistortunes In the meantime his
retreatng troops, with weary steps and dcs-
| pairing looks, were filing past him.
The few beef cattle still in the possession of
his Chief Commissary, had been divided among
the different brigades. One lot had been re-
duced to a solitary little muley bovine The
| ''Confed" to whose care this bit of live stock
had been entrusted, was wag, in his way,
and had christened the said muley ''Jube' -
AS he, with 'Jube' number two, was plodding
along, he Unexpectedly, found himself within a
few feet of the General and his Staff He at
| once became very energetic, to get up more
speed on the part of his fresh provisions, -
and as he punched the poor OK up with his goad
| he exclaimed: ''Git along, old Jube, darn yer
old pictur, git along; if you don't make better
time, by thunder, I'll get Sheridan after you -
Ny informant said the expression of Early s
face as he "tried to look as if he didn't hear
IT. may be better imagined than described,
and that the efforts Of the officers, who were
near him, to suppress their laughter, threatened
apoplexy IN more than one case.
One who was an old friend of mine in the
| days O. aud lang syre-n called on me a few
days ago. He fought against secession as long
as he could and then. like thousands of 9TH
ers, gave it his adhesion and support. He had
foresight enough to see the condition in which
the South would be in regard to ''supplies
and laid in for his own family a stock of flour,
sugar, coffee, tea, Sc, such as, excepting the
flour, has not been exhausted yet. He occu-
pied the position Of corps quartermaster. The
description he gives of the suferings and des-
ttution Of the rebel armies is far worse than
anything generally supposed at the North. He
carried with him to the field his own horses
and his own servants. One Of these servants,
Jm of splendid ebony color, had been a IA
vorite, and, at home, was one Of the best
dressed ''gentemen'' that twirled mustache or
cane on the street of a Sunday afternoon. Jim
had managed to keep up his wardrobe, and at
a time when the rebel soldiers were nearly
destitute of clothing, he could appear we'll
mounted and well clad. On one occasion, the
major had occasion to ride down to where a
body of troops had just come in from a long
march. Among them was a regiment from
his own county. Jim, as usual, was his at
tendant and, as usual, also, about the best dres-
sed man in the corps. AS they came up to
this regiment, one of the privates began di-
vesting himself of his traps. Down went his
musket, followed by his knapsack, his tattered
blanket and brmess hat, then throwing him.
self into tragical attitude, he exclaimed q la
Macready, ''Back me ! black me black as
the ace of spades, then, perhaps, I might get
to ride a fine horse and wear good clothes,
like Major IS Jim
The major said the contrast between Ebony
Jim and the soldier, together with the serio-
comic manner OF the latter, made most ludi-
crous scene, and the roars of laughter that
frop tbo t1o %
Jim and his master, showed that the fun of
the thing was fully appreciated. Jim rode
away thoroughly disgusted, remarklng ''won-
der whar he got his liquor? He never had no
good clos, no how, when he was home; what's
he putin on ars for new"'
I have friend who is the proud progenitor of
a bright eyed little fellow of some six summers
The other day, on calling a: my friends house,
was met at the gate by his juvenile represen-
side porch. ''Tum," said he, ''tum and help
me fix my hobby hotl, it's all broke" L
went, as desired, and found the ''hobby hoth''
| sadly dilapidated indeed. Its tail, one leg
both eyes and both ears were detached -
The little fellow had a piece Of lath that by
the aid Of a nail or two, he proposed making
do duty for the leg which had suffered from
both compound and comminuted'' fracture
With piece Of red tape, which he had picked
|
| been trying to readjust the caudal appendage.
The eyes and ears he considered
matters Of minor Importance | looked
at the remains of the once abeauti
ful hobby horse that the little fellow had
often bestrode with so much.pride, and thinking
the case hopeless Charley said |, you
had better give him to the cook for kndline
wood and get your papa to buy you another
Ehis is used up' With look of dsappoint-
Aent, mingled with anger, the sanguine little
1kan exclaimed, mo l won't div him to the
Lfook, he's a dood hoth yet, and l can fix hin
my own thelf' When | left Master Charlie
he was standing with the piece of tape in one
} hand and the broken tail in the other, little
puzzled how to proceed, but evidently wei
| satisfied that he had "a dood hoth yet
| 1t occurred TO me that my little friend was
not a bad type of certain politicians known a.
the ultras or radicals both of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties.
Suggest to Vallandingham Democrat tha
his hobby of Estate rights is blind and lam,
and has not tail enough left to swear by; o
hint the same thing to a Radical Republican
about lis celebrated hobby 'woolly head
and each will look fierce and tell you you ar,
no Judge Of horsefesh, or you could see tina
his hobby was "a dood hoth YETI
The WirZ trial still drags its slow lengtl
along, but must soon be terminated, and b,
transferring his case, by means of writ o
hemp" from the military commission to
''higher court" he may get 're- -hearing.'
The telegraph has already informed you of
mortifying affair that occurred at Lynchburg
Va, IA few days ago, of Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral Briscoe robbing the safe Of the Quarter
master at that post.
| When / first heard Of it | was in hopes, 70