Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-12-05
TOO MANY BULLS.

third man has "claims !" and all arc legisla>
tors judges, clerks and constablcs By birth,
Here is tho only danger to the true faithin
vitginia-aAll Of the Lords people becOm,
ing prophets"
candidates running in one county. The bel,
lowing, buuing, hooking and paving among
these leaders musth have dcmoralizedthe drove.
These "lrec>fghts" recall an incident of
tho war An order was sent from Gettysburg
tO "post CommisSary about Woodstock or
Mt. Jackson in the Valley to collect rations
for four or Eve thousand prisoners. A bright
idea struck the "a. G. s." He had been re.
fusiug to buy the bulls offered by the farmers,
thoug h below the price of beef. lie imme.
diateIy sent runners to bring in the bulls
"good enough for Yankees to eat" 10 ia lew
days his 'sargCauts" had bought one hundred
and nm bulls, assorted sizes"
lie had never thought how such cOllcc'
ton of cattle could be driven to Winchester,
the point Of delivery. Now, one big bull
with halter Gu, and deep base voice, walk.
ing with slow and solemn dignity in front by
the side Of his keepers, never fails to bring up
the drove of steers, COWS and hciters in regular
order, in fact, is necessity to every seattle
man" in the country. But one hundred and
fifty bulls and no plain stock behind them was
entirely "unprOiessiOnal"-a disgrace to the
cattle trade.
Now the bulls had been gathered and
pcuncd in twos and threes These scutlled n
little during the night in their primary meet.
iugs" but got FUSED to each other" by day.
light. Early in the morning they were all
driven into the turnpike OF once and an effort
made to "start them" Instead of moving on,
not bull budgod. Every one squared him.
self in the road with his horns lowered aud
his hOoIs busiy defining his position" p
Each covered himself with a cloud oil dust,
and no one knew "when hc Stood" until
some "member' accidentally "trampcd on his
toes" which was followed by "lunge," the
signal for general fight. The hundred and
fifty announced with loud snort they had
accepted the ISSUE" One hundred and fifty
tails flashed in tho air. Three hundred horns
-loug aud Short-met in fierce collision
The dust rose in vast fogs, as from an army
10 motion with cannon and cavalry. The
mountains on either hand beloved back the
deep mud deafening roar of thu combat
Fences worc splntered, Trees torn up
Crops persisted, The earth shook,
The SUI rose as they joined battle, and
,nnnLoN &c Vnpitk rrI1t .ho g., r,ov Ho,nn,.
Night settled down upon few battered bulls
staggering aong-the last Of the living "ra>
tons" HooGs, tails, hair, horus and hide,
marked the distance Of that days "drive"-
just half mile
As the sun set and tho detailed men" re.
turned with Only the stumps of their whips
left, the Commissary opened his mouth in q
wise saying: There were too many bulls for
a safe trip, boys."-LcriHg'on Casctte.
A VIRGINIA BATTLE FLAG AT TIE NEW
ORLEANS FAIR-The Louisiana State Fair
opened on the 23d instant with great pOmp
aud ceremony. There were $4,000 persons
present. The Pieeyune gives tho following
as among the interesting objects on exhibition
at the fair:
The battlc.aag Of tho First Virginia Cayal-
ry, presented by scrgent Zimmerman, Of the
l4th Louisiana Infantry, who kindly loaned
the same for exhibition to tho lovers Of "l'he
Lost Cause, to Mr.. Stevens. We observed
that the flag was pierced aud torn with many
a battle mark, which 10 several places had
been literally cut into ribbons. Thisaag was
preserved by scrgrnt Zimmerman in the heat
of conflict at tho last charge ii. AppOmattOx
Court, House, when its capture appeared Ger,
tain. Sic Sempcr tyrdnais is the motto upon
this war.marked banner.
1t is surmiscd, on whit data We know
not, that tho small pox which has been SO
deadly in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and some
other cities, was derived from buffalo robe
taken from the camp Of tho unhappy Piegau
Indians, whose massacre, year ago by order
of Gen. Sheridan, sent such thrill Of horror
through the land.
Two hundred aud seventy, if We remember
rightly, were put to death, nearly all women
aud children, while suffering from this dread
full malady or nursing those who were. Tht
miserable property Of these people, comprising
SKINS earthen pots, lOdge.pOles, &C., wus in
vcutoried and ordered to be destroyed. Mont
Of it was worth anything to the captOrs bu
buEfalo>robes These were at the time alleged
to have been burned with the rest but few
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