The Worthington advance., 1881-08-11

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there was no more sleep for mo that night.
But this was not the case with the general
by my side, Who was more fortunate, / was
glad 70 sec, in securing for himself tho
benefit OF Tired natures sweet reetorer,
which I knew he greatly needed. Jackson,
however, had the happy faculty Of sleepinR
when he pleased, of waking when he want
ed to do 10 and OF taking maps under cir
cumstances that, certainly. were not calcu-
lated to lull the senses in oblivion. For
not only have frequently seen him nod
ding BY the camp fire, with his staff laugh.
ing and talking around him, and sleeping
IN the saddle amid the dust, confusion and
discomforts Of q march, but, like wise, on
more than one occasion, when under Are
a. was notably the case at Halltown in May,
81. when made pencil sketch OF him as
he reclined on the ground against tree in
the rear OF tho battery, not more than thirty
feet from the guns, and was slum6eting az
placidly Is an infant in ito mothers arms,
while the cannon were firing rapidly, and
their reports were AZ loud al the live thun-
| der" itself. .y.. .s.-s,-s, ..sx
But to resume the thread Of my mar
| ntive. It was about 2 O'Clock when the
general awakened, and he did 90 suddenly,
as it by his own volition, at the expiration
OF the tine he had previously allotted for
bus nap. He got up carefully, making ~
little noise a. possible, for he evidently
thought was still asleep-an impression
on his part which did not think proper to
correct.
Relighting the candle he began to write
on the table, which stood near the foot Of
the bed and in position that enabled me
as he sat by it to study his handsome profile,
10 which, by the way, none of bis pictures
do justice. After being thus engaged for
some little time he turned toward me, and
| seeing that the light Of the candle shone in
my face he softly arose from his seat and
brought book from the opposite side Of
the tent, which he carefully adjusted on the
tatle between. the candle and myself, 80 as
to shield my eyes completely from tho light.
It was little thing for him to do, a very
little thing, indeed, but at the same time il
vas sufficient to indicate to me the thought
fnl goodness OF that great heart of his,
which va. as bold as a lions and as gentle
as a lambs.
JACKSON AND GREGG.
While laid there looking at him through
| my half closed eyelids heard some one
galiop up to our quarters and inquire of
the orderly if the general was in, and pres
| emily an aide Of General Maxey Gregg's
| was ushered into the tent, who came with
verbal message from his dying chief.
General, said he, General Gregg has
! sent me to say to you that he will be glad to
see you before he leaves US. We fear that
he will not live until morning and he wish.
es to tell You that he regrets having sent
you the note he did day before yesterday. as
he has since discovered that you were right
and he mistaken"
Poor fellowl" exclaimed the general, in
tone Of deepest feeling; Il feared his
wound was mortal, but did not think the
end so near. Give my love to him and say
| that will see him as soon as I can get
there. Whereupon the young officer took
his leave. and the general, accompanying
him outside. gave orders for Jim to saddle
the "Old Sorrel' for him at once. When
he re-entered the tent I took occasion to
speak to him to let him know was awake.
and after some little conversation about
General Gregg, whom he referred to in
emphatic terms OF praise, affection and re-
gret, l asked him what was his idea Of the
| situation at the front and whether he
thought the attack would be renewed.
| Yes" said he, and think upon our
right; so have given orders to strengthen
| our position there by entrenching. Burn.
side has doubtless discovered by this time
that it's useless for him to make any fur
ther attempts on the left and left center of
our line, and that his only change for af-
fecting anything will be to concentrate his
force upon our right, near namilton's
Crossing, making feint in the direction Of
his last assault, near Fredericksburg. but
colonel, he said. as he drew on his boot.
we'll be ready for hi n, and, with God 8
help, "e,A gain another victory"
MASTER AND MAN.
| When he went out to mount his horse
there was somewhat amusing colloquy
between him and Jim, which, though char
acteristic OF master and man, showed how
the Inter failed for once in obedience to
! orders and the former, likewise, in enforc-
ing his own command. Jim, it seems, had
put the saddle on the wrong horse, which
caused the general, as he discovered it, to
ask him:
Why, what does this mean3 Didn't I
send you word to saddle the old sorrel?"
| Yes, sir, you did," said Jim.
Then why have you brought me this
animal9" was the next INQUIRY.
We'll, sir, tell you, !" said Jim. ~You
see, sir, when you come back last night it
was most midnight and the "'Ole Sorrer
was that dead tired cause you'd been q
riding Of him all. day long that sort o.
promised him some rest befo' he should be
rid again, sir. TharfQ'. sir, rs done fotch
the young sorrel for you this time, sir. {"
But Jim," replied the general, Il always
prefer to ride the Old Sorrel in battle. !"
1 know that, sir, responded Jim, "and
1t there gwine to be another battle tell
You what I'll do. Soon as bar the first
gun go bang I'll fotch the ole Sorrer
down to the front for you, sir, and then.
you see, sir, he'll be fresh, sir.
That assurance seemed to satisfy the gen.
eral. as he rode off without further remon-
STRANGE. Whereupon. calling Jim into the
tent, asked him what it was his master
was saying about another battle, and his
reply showed that he was by no means de.
ficient in sagacity, For, said he, "the gen.
eral, sir, he thinks there's gwine to be an
| other battle here; maybe this morning. But,
sir, don't believe it-for it stands to rea-
son, sir, that the powerful lickin' We done
give the Yankees yesterday is gwipe to
they won't want any mo- doin's O. that sort
day. No, stree. thcy's too smart for
that-them thar Yankees is, SIR"
Jim was right in his prognostication, for
though the morning disclosed the feder-
ais still drawn up upon the plain in full A.
ray, and their commander, General Burn
side, was anxious to renew the engage
ment, he received no encouragement to do
SO, it is said, from either his officers or
men, and the following morning passed
without any demonstration, except some
artillery practice at long range and a con-
tinual skirmishing of sharpshooters until
temporary truce was granted to enable the
federals to relieve their wounded on the
field, many of whom had been lying for
twenty -four hours on the freezing ground
where they had fallen. and some poor TEL
lows for two days and nights, unattended
from the time that they Had been stricken
down In the preliminary skirmishing of the
day before tie memorable battle Of De-
cember 13, which closed the campaign
Of 1862. A. r. BorE1ER.
Don't Marry for Money, Especially for Sill.
yer Dollars.
From tho Richmond (VA) Dispatch, July 81.
Uncle Pleasant Batkins is 60 and his wife
72. The other day friend said: Uncle
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ry woman nearly old enough to be your
mother?" you see, boy" he replied with
a sigh, Il was a wurkin' for Long John