The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-02
from the Hartford (Ky.) Herald

tFrom the Hartford Ky Herald.l
"You see, I was gettin' rusty. and
wanted sharp work. intercepted dis.
patch from Con. Burbridge to Gen. Gilt
ner, saying that he intended to attack
and destroy tho saltworks Oct. 10, and
gave the number of his men as 10000.
Dash it to dash, that was the best news
I ever heard. had only $50 men-all
the balance of on Throughput they
were regular rippers, you can bet your
bottom dollar.
II ordered = dress parade, and read the
dispatch to them. then made dash of
a speech, a regular heart'stirrer, blood
boiler, such as nobody outside of dash
dash but me can make. l told them
the dashed Yankees were coming, and
that dash would be to pay. spun to
them whole dashed lot Of eloquent stuff
about Leonidas and his Spartan band at
the Pass Of Trigonomery. l told them
the eyes of their mothers, wives, and
swcethear.s were upon them, that the
fate Of the Southern Confedsracy would
hang upon their gallantry that day.
For, you see, | knew that old Lee had
got himself cornered in way he could
not get out short of surrender. knew
that dashed fool had got t'othsr army
destroyed, and ! was conscious that the
whole dashed fabric rested on my shout
ders.
"The boys were just as wild for the
fight as l was.
swell, the morning Of tho 10th Of DC.
tober, 1854, which my own good sword
has cut from the calendar Of ordinary
days and pinned upon the scroll Of fame
as the epoch Of tho grandest victory
known in the history Of arms, arrived,
and SO did Burbridge and his 10000
men.
''Thsy hadn't more than got in sight
till my dashed braves were spelling to
begin the battle.
"But you see, there must be systemat.
ic work on such occasions, and am 4
dash Of military genius. I told EN- to
wait until the dashed Yankee had made
his dispositions, and then We would 70 in
and whip dash out of thcm by detail.
-Burbridge was not backward in taking
up his positions. He posted $4,000 in:
fantry on some rising ground on his
right. He then put $4,000 infantry in
position on his left, and hold back as q
reserve force $4,000 more of infantry and
$4,000 cavalry. Besides these he had
240 pieces of artillery.
"You may well look astonished, my
honest friend. Things wore = dashed
bilious look. But then each of my mer
was equal to thousand Yankees. And
they knew that Twas there to head 'em
If Bob Leo had been in my place, h.
would have retreated on Richmond: but
dash my soul to dash if there is such ,
word as'retreat'io my military dictionary
when saw that tho dashed Yankee
had made all Of his dispositions, I turned
to my braves and shouted: Boys, follow
me J! and chargedupon the encmy's right
and, before Burbridge could realize wha
was up to, had routed it entirely ant
captured $4,000 prisoners and eighty-fou,
guns. leaving 900 Yankees dead as dasl
on that portion of the field. the,
charged his centre and reserve. and 500,
had them flying in every direction. Her
captured nearly 1000 prisoners and II!
cannon. It was then that I discover
ed that the enemy's left, hav,rg witnesse,
the destruction Of their right and center
had fed from tho field and were out o
reach, leaving al their artillery behint
them. amounting in all to 245 pieces.
had the dead Yankees counted and buriet
and they amounted to just $4,000. Mex
morning I started the $4,000 prisoner
and wounded, and the $40 guns ha,
captured, to John q. Breckenridge, VIII,
was Secretary of War.
"That, sir, is tho exact truth about tn,
battle Of Saltville. It was tho creates
battle ever fought on tho top of tho earth
julius Cesar was tho only General VII.
ever captured at one time as many pris
oners Is did. l am q candidate 70,
Governor, and if you can find a bette,
General, and one who has won moro fam,
than me, vote for him. But I'm dashet
il you won't have a hard time scarin,
such . man up. Let's take a drink, ole
fellow
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give me kissi" Polly j: "No; MANN,
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