New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-05

was raised. My Qcarterma5ttr had
| eye for horse, and made up his nina y
mine was prize. If you want to %.
that horse: he mad once or twice iSs;nnss
Il should be willing to take HIM off y,
| hands, but meeting nc eucourayanaNN
| finally admitted that he knew mara
| the animal than did, and he wonld aoae
cut the horses old home when bs c,p p1t
| it. Il was charming little old bouass
| the summit Of the Blue Ridge, with oss
| away of in the valley to ward the P,
| There were trees TO shade from the bo.
there were green fields and fresh hrs'ss
everything favorable to the nurture of
| horse. ~
There was an Old negro at the Lo-so
| he, knew, could tel me soue.hlog ,f%
capture, but preferred to let chi, aid y
| want make the discovery if he could S'.
| ordered all TIE horses of nv staff W. W.
some others, to be tied together !, ~
| woods, aud then, calling to the neg,0;
| asked him If any one trem that bouse
| gone away with Ashby's cava!r-.
80, yes" he replied, "Marse John j,
gone with Marse Ashby."
Did he take horse with him Fl.
here !"
80. yes. he took horse from dis hons,
do you Know the horse =
"Do know, him! Q, yes, raised bin,
IL he good horse!
yes. indeed. Marssa. he's good bO,.,
he's son Of de cd horse, and h ains any
| exile TO Lim-no. No norse is exc to him.
"Why notl"
why not! why, dat ole horse. he IN.
run sixty miles n sixty minutes. and ~
horse couldn't do dat; no, he couldn', i,
dat
Look around here in the woods anna,
these horses and see if YOU see one NJ,
looks Ike the horse Marse John rn'
away" said.
IL moment the dsrkey's eyes opensiu
large as saucers. He had unerclrgIy mad.
straight for Ashby.
"Where YOU don get dat horse :" be .,
claimed. as he fonG,ed his cid tavor.,e. d,
Marse john dead p
Ne" I reui:ei. hut we have cantu,.i
h:s horse-away in the valley at Wood
stock"
"Youse hey got mighty good horse, dea
OATS TRUE
That the horse was of famous breed, AMI
that he wac then old fhow o:d cold p@
ascer.a:nl. was all the reliable Into.uatm
could get.
But from the day Of his capture u1t!n
close of the war that horse was M b
separable companion. Nothing could ft
him or break his spirits. For days M
nights, in Pores campaign neither 6ridlelr
saddle was removed, and all he ate w&by
hasty snatches at grass or musty hay. and
yet he came into Alexandria with proud
step and unbroken courage, ready Tor h.
Maryland campaign.
have never known such a horse; neve,
expect to know one like him. Every mo-
nleoe a manifestation Of power and game
ness. feerless in his sweeping gallop uu
moved by the din of battle, his mettle III
spiced courage. He seemed to invite the
thunders of war. and he never shrunk from
the sound. In winter, hardly sheltered from
snow and ice. in summer exposed TO the sun
and rain, he bore his part in the campaigns
OF the war with a nerve and bearing that
attracted the admiration of the army.
He was with me for eight months ona
wre;ched sand bar of Charleston during
Gillmore's operations; he was with me in
Florida: l carried hun ny sea to New Or
leans, and thence up the Mississippi in July
where on transports he was borne around,
and buttetteG from place to placa-now at
Memphis. then at Arkansas. up the White
river, at Nicksburg, and back again at New
Orleans. then Mobile Bay, and on the NAL
arIous shore until again Transferred by sea
10 the army of the Potomac, there tore
main until the war closed, when | brough
hin TO quiet country home within twenty
niles of Boston. In a comfortable stable
with a box stall, with every provision made
for his comfort, old Ashby has passeda
tranquil life. In his peaceful home, sud
with kind treatment, his disposition became
gentler. and his response to caresses, never
decided. was not SO haughtly rejected
doubt if Ashby had ever been in harness
until l clothed his limbs in such gnobls
bonds. He resisted stoutly and maafulr
at first, but at last when an appeal TO Bis
reason was made, submitted, and be
haved well when kindly and quietly
treated. In this as in every thing
about this horse, one could accom-
pIish anything through reason-aags2peai
to his reasoning faculties. H9 hida large
brain, and could understand when appeal
ed to. He could not be driven By blows. i
In our twelve years COMPARTMENT never
struck him blow. Nothing wculd have
tempted me to show passion or to atteMp'
to reach him but through reason and love
Therefore l always secured his pest ser
vices, for they were never given from ieal.
For the nine years that have paisea s'aus
the war closed, my pleasure ana my lG
have been greatly increased whenever
COutu COutElOut0 10 lHo CoLulohv
wants of my faithful friend. To let MN
run in the field in summer, to lead hin
the choicest bits of grass N the sprIng'p
respond to his begging neigh when lcans
toward him in my daily visits, to pick y
the choicest apples to be taken from ny
hand-a,l these interchanges of mutua
respect and affection added to my pleasure
in life.
have written these lines to tell ofI!
faithful horse, though he has at last tMN
ISL met that death which, on the battle
fed Of the ocean, in the chill of winter o.
tie heat of samIner. seemed long ago inev
table. Despite shelter and tenderest carr
and most nutritious food, he now sleep
under the green sod in the orchard where
be has SO many times played without re
straint, in sight of the home that hass
gently cared tor him, of the stable that hH
SO warmly sheltered him. and under TIT
apple trees whose food he has so ot,a
eaten, and whose blossoms now whiten BIZ