Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-30
rronll lrs .aan Of ihe Oldrn Tlme,

'NIW WHO NlNU llIN ~ IHIN wiz q
battalion ium Little l'I.h ty foH
I"wsun.
"Nrc you gwiuc Gro i.uc "a.
Iirs down iu Mcyicut
"Nu SIR the NcXicuu vor + end
81 und We arc now op ,hr N1y lr
t"c Chockluw nation
"Whurdil 'ccomo from. stranger?
We cainc iast from Pa-wguull.
"Mought you be- the boss hussiN,
ct hat thar army| pointing tn
the men.
II am the commanding officer oi
that detachment, sir
"Wa!l, Mr. lIossitr, be them sure
'uutr sogrrS, on Is they make b'licvc
chaps, like | scon down to Orlcans?'
They have passed through the
Mexican war, aud ! trust they have
proved themselves not only worthy
the nppellation Of real, genuine sol
dicrs, but of veterans, sir''
Now ! gcst want 10 known one
thing more, boss; be them chaps
reg lars, or be they mclish p
Il assure you that they belong to
the regular army Of the United
States"
Then, pointing to my uniform, lie
added, "Appuriently, then, tightin's
your trade"
II adopted tho profession of arms
st an early age" ] replied,
'War You at the Orleans FIGHT,
whar our boys gin sieh particular
FITS to ole Pack %
| answered that, though n pretty
old soldier, my commission did not
date quite so far back as 1914.
"Wall, ole boss, you moughtn't Il
been thar, but you ain'l no chicken
now, sure"
he continued, "Onc time, me and
him, Ike Thompson, we went on a
sogcrin spree"
"Ah f.! indeed; in what place did
You serve, pray"
'1n several places; but the last
pop, we tout at the baltic of the
Horse Shoe, whar we and ole HEX
ry cleaned out the Ingincs,"
chat was a most decisive and
sanguinary battle" | observed.
II calkerlate Mr.. IIossifor, that
war the most docisivost and the
most sanguinariost fight you ever
seen in all yer born days. We boys,
we up and pitched in thar, and we
gin the yellcr. bellies the most par
'icular hail Columhy. We chawcd
nm all up; we laid nm out colder
mar wedge; we saved every moth
cr's son Of um-wc did that thar
little thing boss"
replied that I had no doubt very
many Of the Indians were killed,
but that l had always been under
the impression that some of them
made their escape and, in fact, |
was very contid>nt that several
Creek Indians were then living up
on the Canadian River who partic-
ipated in the battle Of The Horse
Shoe. He said he "raythcr rcck-
on'd not" but, at all events, he
was quite certain "of any Of the
dogond varmints did gitaway, they
war ID badly wounded, sartin
sure
He then produced a bottle Of
vitation ''to liquor" remarking that
lie "war rot too proud to take
horn with Teller soger, even if he
war a regular.
After havin. taken the drink, he
approached M, and in serious
iono said, "Tba''s marry paper tuck
in this yc"t settlement, but l hcarn
tell that Ginrai jackson ar dead
maybe you monght heer'd some
talk bout it as Won com'd long the
road, stranger?
LETTER FROM Mr.. LINCoLN.-Thc
following letter is a conclusive cvid-
cucc that Mr.. Lincoln, if living now,
would be wiling toadmit the South to
representation upon the single con
dition Of an oath to support the Con
stitution Of the United States;
ExEcU FIVE MANSION, !
WASHINGTON, Nov. q, 1862.
DEAR Su-Dr, Kennedy. bearer
Of this, has some apprehension that
Federal officers, not citizens Of Lou
isiann, may be set up as candidates
lor Congress inthat State, In my
view there could be no possible OBJ
iect in such an election. We do not
particularly need mombcrs Of Con-
gress from those States 10 enable us to
get along with legislation here.
What We do want is the conclusive
tlratrospectable citizens Of
are willing to be members
ofCongrc,9, and swear to support the
Constitution, and that other respect
able citizens there are wiling t. vote
ior them and send them. To send Il
parcel Of Northern men here as Re
preventative elected, as would he
understood, land perhaps really so,)
ut the point OF the bayonct, would
be disgragelul and outrageous, and
were . member Of Congress here,
! would vote against admitting any
such man t. q seat.
Yours worry .rHiy, A. LINCOLN.
Hon g. 7 Shcply.
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The New York Times says that !
Gen. Grants new residence in (
j. one Of a block built ,
come ten years agoby Senator'S Doug
as. R;cc and Brecltinridgc, as their ,
metropolitan residence while inofice.