Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13
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impress. q e z s's--1SsEccS III
With our families ahEi little Gl6tbins WS s.
crossed the Rtowah bird g; ;aBouE7 the, .broksA
on day on Wednesday,, tthe : I7tIr Of .May.7
1861 prezaklya year and two weeks, from i.
| the-t'me when General Forrest marched in
triumph through our streets. BY and bv Z
I the bright rays If the utcrrin sun dispersGd
the heaTy tte,, which like.a5pall of dethi had
soyeFsPread all natnr. Then were exhibited,
70 our afflicted gaze highway crowded With
waglns aud teams, katie and hogs, nIggers
and dogsS Women and children, all moSfn / O.
DISNEY yelled Haste to places and parts knowna-
I Mules were bnlyin,acattls- were lOWin y hogs
We're squeellR. 1shaep vera blatin, children
] were cryln, wagglners. cussin, whips were.
1 poppin, and horses stain, but stiEl the eaFassd
] k'ravari moved on. Everybody was k6ntfrfEii
ually ailooGfn behind and sdriviu sbefSre-
erybody-wanted to know every1hin, and.
nobody knew nothip, Ten thousand wild
rumors filed the sirkumambient air The
cverlastin Lavalry was there, and; as theyll
dashed to and fro, gnye 'false alarms ioT Ethes
enemy beln IN hot tlpursuit:S : syer -: mi
/ Aboutthis most kritikal jupcture of affairs.
some philanthrppik frepd passed by with the
I weIkum news that the bridge wer burnt, aud
the danger all over ''Fhen. ceased the farik 9.
then calne the peaceful calm of heroes after,
the strife of.wari IS. over; then exclaimed,
Frank Rails my demoralized friend, 'thank
the good Lord for that, Bill, let's return rnA
thank and stop and rest Boys, let me sIt-t
out and lie down, I'm humble-as a ted 3nssf
ger. tell You the truth, Z sung the lone
meter doxolosy as crossed the Etowah.
bridge, and exPekted to be ded man in
fifteen minutes. BE thankful, fellersAfePs
all be thankful; the bridge is burnt, aud the
river is three miles deep. Good, sakesl do
you rekun them Yankees ken swim2 Git >.
up, boys-lets drive ahead and keep moyin.
L tell you there's no akkountin for ANYTHING
with blue clothes on these days. DiDEed ifs
| ain afeaFd ofa blue tail fly." as,f - r. ia
With most distfessin flow of language Ehe ;,
kontinued his rapsody OF random remarks.
Then there was that trump of good fellows,
0'J. J.sJ0hn---as clever as he is fqt, aud as fac
MS old gFalstaf-inde fdtigable diligence, he
had sekured, as, a last resort, a -one.Rorsee
steer spring ~agin, with low fat body q
settln on two -riketty springs. Being mounted
thereon, he was urgin more speedy loko-
n0shun, by layin on to the karkass Of the
poor old steer with a thresh.pole some ten
feet long. Havin stopped at house, he =.
procured two.inch auger, and BORN hole
through the dashboard, pulled the STEERS
tail through and tied up the end in knot.
MY running gear is weak" sod he, "but I
den t intend to be stuck in the mud. Ifthe
r33ody holds good, and the steer don't pnl on
his tail, why Bill, am safe" "My friendS,
'sed ], ''will you please to inform me what
port you are bou"d for, and when you expect
to reach it!' "No port at all, Bill" sed he,
Il m goin ded strate to the big stone mottf< !
tam. am going to git on the top aud roll
rocks down on all mankind. now forewarn
every livin thing not to kun thar until this
eVerIastIn toolIshness is over" He were then,
bn' three miles from town. and been travelIin
the livelong night. "Ah! my big friend, !.
thought /, when wilt thou arrive at thy Jour-
neys end! In the language of Patrick Hen u
ry, will it be the next week or the next Year?
Oh, that kould write poum, would ema4 :
balm thy honest face in cpik verse kan
only drop to thy pleasant memory passing
random rhyme! -, -
Farewell Big John, farewell, ..
a.. 'F""s P7inlul to my heart, .--.- ~
10 see thy chances Of escape, - 4 - -
Hss tbHE old steer and kart! r..s- - ~
ttethiniss gee the SOW, -
With "GletresS all broke, " "SI
-. And wheels with nary hub at ALL
And huos with nary spoke. -
- Rn, ,bona,, a,, - =. -, :--:s On: 1T
Thr wis WIS Win df % never = fo1 oE ,ssW 10 s.G,
That faithful steer viii Jake thee opt'I 49,.
lfthon wilt hold his tail. - =. ''7' >
Mr.. Editor: under sich vary gated suetIes We "a
reported progress. and in course of ctinIes tfss
rlYed under the ShadoWIOf thy sittys wings, ID
atoundin in gratitood aud Joy. -,
With sweet and patient sadness. the ten
der hearts of our wives and daughters bea. -
mourntuliy as we moved along. sOfteH, alas, ,.
how often, was the tear seen swimming ia :.
the eye, and the lip quivering with emotion. d
as memory fingered around deserted homes, =, :.
and thoughts dwelt upon past enioymentst
and future desolation. We plucked The ?
wild flowers as-we passed. sang sohgs Of Fffefsd.
rlnIent, exchanged our wit with children4I.;
smotheriDgI by every means the sOFEoy of :,
our fate. These things, together Hith the :
comIck events that okEurfed By the way.. X
were The safety valves that saved the pooof' q
heart from bursting. But for thein; our !,
heads Woala have been fountaius and ,sur d
hearts river of tears. Oh, if. some kind
efriend would set our. retreat to nusick, Il
would be greatly appreciated indeed. II p
shoutdbe a plaintIVe' tune ihfcfsp pefsea iHftlPiO
!. okkasioual comick notes and frequent fugss4 y
shattered .pfoP,iskuously. =. b-.,-4 - -
Our retreat were kondtcted in excellent,
order ayter The Jrirlge 1tas burnt IF tEers'
were any stragglin at all. they stTaspIed z
ahead. IL would have delighted GenesaI Z
Johnston to have seen the, alikri4ylof ours
movements: The great struggle, Of our con, Z.
test seemed to be which army conh retreat :
the fastest. General Johnston's or -,
which could putphlank the outher. and Il Z
allow as how it we're pull Dick phil Devil .
between EN-. 1t are source Of. regret. how. -
ever, that some Of our households of the: Az.
rIean scent have fell back into the arms Of
the fowl invaders. suppose they may now
be kalled missin genaturs, and are by t6isS
time increasin the stock OF, .OnIour dlAtriaIes sS
in Northern society, which ,populaT.' .peTfknmo.
have crowded cut of the market. all those ex.
tracts which made <. Bazin, julius Haul, aud.
i;aoln 7; fafnons Good bye sweet otter SE
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