, 1866-12-30

blending: their gentle ard refining influences
*th the wealth nud the cn'ctprtso Of New
York, and increasing the social charms OF
or %y poron of 1 the hoase .1s as
Uierstadt calls It, Is on the south side. and
consfste OF at least d dozen large and e1c
gantly furnished roon.s.
AF1ELD DAY tn TIE AEAY.
4 Lau:sab1e Hcnaintscenco Of Lie In
Shcrxuan's Army.
sherman's army rarely cvcs halted long
enough in one place to permit Of those
splcCdid reviews which are so thrilling to
the bcholder, and which, at the salar
time, Is of more Importance stimulates the
the oft:cers or men have leisure 10 Indulge in
thoee sports which are feature Of armies
doomed to long siescs or permanent sta
tiors.
While, near the close Of the war, regotia-
lions were pending between Sherman and
Johnston, our army WIS exercised In drilling;
and reviewing, Willie sports nnd fun Of one
kind or another TILED up the hours.
There arc G0td holses In the army, f1st
hor.cs, very fast-but niy horse! 'TLrre's
no usc. o talking" as people always say
whtn there las been great deal too much
talking, and threatens to be . great deal
more but thus each young officer tries to
think Of h's own horse, and having brought
himeelfto tllat belief, he loses no leisure oc-
casion to endeayor 10 impress his bcliefuiou
others.
And vas II not a Fiela-dny-ield for OIL
GERS and soldiers in the morning, and field for
isolic, fun aud horses in the afternoon: THUS
it VAS tlat the not Unusual ho;se discussion
came up iii that merry group that merry
|"day- For several minutes there had been
the old dispute between two aids-de-ca,np
es to the 1eiatiye speed Of their two horses.
LIT Us call the aids Brown and Smith the
s1ccds brown and buy. It Is to be feared
though no one feared 1t thcn-that Browu,
not 10 eay Smith, aud, N truth, the whole
company, bad lndulged too freely in the
simple beverages Of the Season anl locality !;
fur after tue usual amount Of preliminary
Farley ing Brown makes direct assault upon
Smith, in the following manner:
II soy, Alator, you've been talking about
that superior mare Of yours Tor long time.
Nov let's hare that race, and settle the mat
ter"
:"But, Brown. mE dcar fellow, don't yon
see that the mare is weak: she has not yet
recovered from that run the rebels gave NC.
Why, tsyn't Lad a saddle on her twice,
before Today, since We LEFT Savannah"
"Wcll, WHEN will you run Ac1:" asks
Brown, with some impatiencc.
smith, not a little nett1ed at the ius:nun-
Lien evident enour! iu Browns language
| aod manner, promptly replies:
''Gh, Whenever you please
"Vcry we'll. }onr horse Il On the ground,
and so i minc- We wilt ride them our-e.yes
SOW, and in the wide road which passes The
"Ail right. accept the proposition"
The bJetan1e1s, who have been listening,
Il IN this excited mud exciting cailoquy, Al
u !.1s1sG.fnteted into i',r erirlt Of tkt luu with
the most jIhl1ant demonstrations. An ad:
}nu1nmcnt was at once made to the front OF
l ~ lint {1yc tr,rr hrnnrhf nrpur1
examined, and criticised; unpircs were
eli, zen. starters designated. and Eets wctc
made. In tive sort minute. ali the material.
| preparations, and acccsSorics Ut = Derby
bay, IN very small scale, had been malc
and were present.
General - offered to wager a one hun
dicd dollar rebel shin-r!astcr, new issue,
against three cent postage stamp on the
a,n,c- General R., with great alacrity,
accepted tlic wager, aud the funds weft
placed in the hanls Of third party. Othe.
esss eSs Of e2ai III .ass soIs ~se eS s.ss ad
i b:evet to boot-jack. The distance
marked out for the race was about thrcs
hundred ystds in ore Of the min streets o
lsaieigh. II passed By the headquarters o
several general officers. On oDe side Of tht
track was m orphanAsylum, aud oa the othcl
dred Of whom were dls1ntcrestcd, II no
amused, spectators Of the scene. The street
nov, tie trnck, was rery good for Raleigh
q compound Of hard clay, with her, aat
there few stones, but with an unreasonable 10
If let unlimited number Of 1ut holes .i.k
::sd padcics. The wirnils.post VS. wi.ss
DITCH t'7t.;in:: part OF line Of -rliiica:lon
h1ll' fsr The defence Of the cityi;:..ehc catliee
Such was Tic track. The sr.tlersn }o.lk.
Ewere lixeeA in position, IT,: words xez'
i Given-o,e, two. thrcs!-acd awsy the,
N-trnf- Tht r-rTft1k+nf P0H-+i1t,+nSnf : Fn
-o'ac scsson traislo .his day saith does no
and'r<t:.EG, ARown's horse had the adsan
;see Of swbfsb.ths ct the start. whic:
Sni,h's 'iasc partially .'scr:ane IN the iirs
'.ts Jn'a7. al tL,s point The. was y 81 z.l
IL IA sc read aud in a.fliss. :1r lex
.;fuxn'e ho7ee crossed the t4:h'ssy er Stalih'
mart, 50 that her iore-f.r1 catac in contac
| T:ith bis hs"d-1eSs; lie +! ed awls uniaj jurcd
she cane dovn IN he: knees and 'i:h saonl
| dcF, and 50 great w.s tt!t it7l. / III. tAl
that shs rolled orer eud for end. 1t rss7a'se
plfasaEt l'la ses-te iescrite au th.s, ;~-...ct
lock Face in the twinklinc OF A. eye. Th
! mare 7ves down arr. done for.
But Smith, 1t requires no grea: clTo.t t,
insagins what became Of Smith. For i'll
-ool stced Lis own memory was somew1na
'Ad.=t'nef, and lis perceptions dlEllaca. Du
| dlsinferc7ted spectators aver that be- wen
thro: sh the MIR with sp:xd that was impos
:ibic to bis msre. Of to crr other mans. i
oEe moment bis sola.er-!ikc head was diml..
seer--tIen his military boots. Head. legs
aod arms III rapid, rotatory motion, marvel
ously 5eseubled the hub ard Frokes Of
| swti,-turrtng eart-Ehecl. He de.-sibed eli
cles rs he had never descnEd tue virtues c
| lis VICE !e11M ma-c. TIE mere militay.
'ro- r. .3ot h. %.aac 4 swift, shcll-l.ke, pal
f.ntn.- irs:a-1' ed c,AaE1fo1s explosion. .le
f. -, 4, s.:nsc, ..t+i lt41e. I'd h1a.4j lay j
r. ~, ~. II trembling :, il s3yctal lard
&C Tie mH.a ~
f:.'s vs. !: *: s.Nt.. e u eaia. ea!ne,
- 80 ~ ''--t-: tr1rhtct ri ft1en,s< viii
:sss ae...f I-ptains, Majors
~ ~ :; -. j.: ~. r-:' red around:
! . ,.. -. = -. s*fs -'--:1.-.s race- AL wh
i-i:,:,,.:,. .:osa ,5ther ~. The General
- .:-f: = il lair, ant = bald-headcd
~-'-- lost @&Gtatsur- .,portunity; tu
, ,;ho b. upon the mase lost tLeir p:
: ttcpccs I'd their, staked postal currency
.. credit. The mare was examined, md W
fourd to be badly cut where her hind fet
had come In contact with the inside Of bot
fo5c-thoulders, but she *Rs otherwise III
, smith states that be i. fully satisfied th.
herd. His tare, which was shocking
tsrui.cd, Vas bleeding and, altogetae
smitl, was in pitiaale plight.
AeAnWh bile, what became Of Brown Il
victorious: Not seeing the ml<hap Of b
: antagonist, not yet hearing The sound
.att-,olluwins hoofs, he turned in his saddl
That mcment-onc partly Of inquiry. chief
. ef triumrh, for he was wildly wAriny
hat the whi]c-cost him his own seat Al
r the seat Ct his white cnrdusoys. For at th
, iEstant the hnrse shIed at the w1yin- ha
+ md, with no given words nf one, two, Ihre
| away wtnt Brown-hc ono TAv, the startlt
stccd the other-and Brown rose from II
$ E.eund with ftiehtful rent or cut aero
t that portion Of his pantaloona delicate
Grat Unknown, tic bzoadeat part"
E Then there was another yell-not fo
5 Brown but from the assembled crowd. r
s wound d were brought In plasterA Wc7c q
e Piled In both c@ses; the usual s:imu1aI
:. we're exhibited; neither Smith nor BroE
c sustained any serious Injury, and from tn
: | al.ish Tide hey both soon rallied
/ But that night there was not q pstsate $
b der In all that ErtAt army xho did I
e | kEaF that two ttah-odiee1s, AAtne This =
i Major That, Of General So-Rnd-<o's hes
il uuafttls, lad been cuhol sed that Mornlu
s, aud ot al1 the merry met who laughed
c their expense, none cnjoJed the Fie!dc
=, race apG its disasters more heartily than
j. The principal participants therein.
~ poof Smith Kept his room for day or 4
i with plastered yet p'acid conntenaucc,
n. centre 81 = eharact e1istic crowd of brot
ia ficcrs who csne from far aud uear In ca
in | TO pay their visits Of coincidence.
h Such Eympatnyt No photographer NO
I'd | believe that meh -ou'd pull tlteit faces
n .uch lengths; no undertaken wonld bell
"a that heavy. J.hooted military uen could &C
q. into darhened room 10 silently, 20
nd emnly. Ihey stood IN groups. and whisl