New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-06

The editor of the Terre Haute Daily Jov''
.sal relates the following anecdote If the
late Joseph Glenn, of Cincinnati:
When General Mcdowell marched from
arlington Heights to fight the first battle
81 Bull Run, Joe Glenn" was then in
Washington, and hired horse and accom-
gained the army as correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Ga-ete. On the day of the bat
sla Glenn rode along with Schenck's brig
.@e, and remained where it held position
.ioae by the stone bridge, during all the
DAY of the fight. When the battle was
ending, and the head of the panic came
dashing along the Warrenton road, Glenn
started to mount his horse and fall back on
Centreville, but the horse had been swept
away by the current of horses, men and
wagons, and poor Glenn had to make foot
journey to that village. This he did in
his peculiarly leisurely way, and having
quite an aversion to fast travelling, took
his time for it. lie went slow and the pan.
ic went fast, and before he had reached
Centreville that terrible exhibition of hui.
passed him. In the rear Of the panic all
was calmness and peace. Over the hills
east of Centreville, and heading straight
for Washington, dashed on the wild havoc
OF men, hcrsea, wagons and artillery. Glenn
entered Centrevile just at dusk, consider
ably tired and leg weary. He went TO the
little tavern where he had taken his break
fast the morning before, called for some
thing to eat, took a candle, went to his
COON. and wrote letter for the Cincinnati
Ga-ettc. This occupied him until twelve
O'Clock that night, and having finished it,
he retired to bed and slept sweetly until
morning. In the morning early he took
his letter, went to the landlord and asked
him to send it at once to Washington. so that
it could go the next day to Cincinnati. The
landlord looked at him in establishment and
said "They have all gone to Washington
There is not a federal soldier or Yankee in
town. They are all running north. pur.
sued by the Confederates. and are by this
time on the other side of the Potomac"
Glenn was puzzled. lie was the last of
che Northern army in Centrevlle. lie had
written his letter and slept sOundly sur
rounded by soldiers who would have been
.'nt too glad to get his scalp. or to have
taken prisoner the CORE spondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette. Had the landlord
known who his guest was he would have
turned him over to the Contederates at
once Glenn took in the situation at
glance, and walked out of the tavern to the
hills east of Centrevile. There he saw
nothing but Confederate soldiers and the
Confederate flag. The thing to be done was
to get away from there, so Glenn struck
for Washington by the most direct route.
The day was a dismal and rainy one, but
she correspondent of the Gazette made good
time, and arrived in Washington about
daylight the next morning.
As soon as he arrived he began to INQUIRE
FOR his horse. Ten thousand loose and
riderless horses had run back to Washing.
ton or been captured by the enemy No
man who had lost horse in that miscel-
famous retreat back to the capital ever
dreamed of getting it again. Joseph Glenn,
however, had notions OF his own, and ne
concluded to advertise tor his horse in the
city papers He did so, and his friends all
laughed at him for it. But 40" bad con-
tidence in the virtue of printers ink, and
the second day after the advertisement ap-
peared a soldier rode up to his boarding
house and inquired for him. Going to the
door the soldier told him that he supposed
he had his horse, as it suited the descrip-
ton in his advertisement, and pointing to
the hltcbing post, there stood Glenn's horse,
saddle. saddle bags and all. "Jo' was de-
lighted. paid the soldier handsomely. look
possession of his horse, and turned the laugh
on his friends.
Who would ever lave thought of stop
ping at Centreville and writing letter at
such a time and with such surroundings!
Who would have thought of advertising
for horse, lost in such terrible retreat
as was made by the federal army at the
battle of Bull Run! And who would have
possessed the luck to get the horse except
our old c!assna.e, old friend, but now de-
,ar d. Jo-epl Glenn!