The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-19
NO. u
Saber to Saber.

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7 at the critical moment when General Gregg
: was advancing to seize the road The whole
: face of things had changed in what seemed q
2 single instant. The fields and woods directly
, in front of Fleetwood, recently so deserted
had suddenly become scene of agitation, Of
: hurrying columns, dust, uproar everything
was concentrated toward the range which was
: virtually occupied by the Federal cavalry
while four hundred yards southwark was the
} threatening line of General Gregg, about to
| close in like wise. With his cavalry scattered
} and apparently having no time to concentrate
} at the point where the final attack was now
about to be made. Stuart was certainly in i'm
minent danger. Gen. Buford was pressing
hard at Beverly's and Gen. Gregg was on his
flank and rear. A confused combat was going
on in every direction, mixed with shouts and
the gallop of jaded horses; altogether it was
such melee as l have rarely witnessed.
The fate of the fight was decided, as have
said, SO far as my observation went, by an in
cident which will now describe. am able
to speak of it with accuracy, as it made a
strong impression upon me. When l found
General Stuart again near his artillery at the
eastern foot of the range he was in state of
great excitement, his fine face wearing very
different expression from that had noticed in
1t when he gave me the jocose order to go and
bag the artillery or the inconsiderable demon
stration in his rear. His face was flaming, and
a vein in his forehead had turned black. l
never saw eyes more like red-hot Goals.
The Federal cavalry within three or four
hundred yards had already moved to charge,
and he had but one gun in battery. This he
| aimed in person, haying thrown himself from
the saddle for the purpose, and shell fired at
| the charging line burst within few feet of it.
The men had not broken into trot and the
fire created some confusion; the line paused
for moment, and when another shell was
fired the line halted. Quite astonished at this
looked for some other cause, and soon dis
covered 1t. A column of cavalry was advanc-
ing from the direction of BeYerley's toward
the right flank of General Gregg, and it was,
no doubt, the appearance of this force which
induced the hesitation in charging the artil-
lery. When pointed to the approaching col
umn which could not see plainly for the dust
it raised, and asked Stuart what cavalry it
was, he exclaimed:
ut is Hampton! Bring him up like light
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reached the column in a few moments, and
finding the Cobb Legion in front gave the order
to my friend, General P. NJ B. Young, who
1a;,,
to him what he was expected to do, and GER
tainly as unnecessary to doubt his doing it,
One of the greatest pleasures of the gay and
gallant young Georgian was charge, and he
turned IN his saddle and whirled his saber
with the order to gallop. As he had been adj
vancing almost directly upon the right flank
OF the Federal column, the advance brought
him in front of it, and it was only necessary
to face the column to the left, where they were
in line of battle.
The order to charge was then given and this
was done without firing. The movement had
been made so rapidly that the Federal line re-
ceived it standing Thus the impetus carried
all before it, and the Federal force, after offer
ing brief resistance gave way and scattered
over the large field, pursued by Young. The
engagement was from first to last an unmixed
fight with sabres, and some of the dead were
cut through to the chin. Neither carbine nor
pistol was used in the fight, and probably the
whole affair did not continue five minutes.
Calculating that it took ten minutes to form
line and charge this would give quarter of
an hour, in which time the event of the battle.
of Fleetwood was decided. General Gregg
retired to the woods on his right and rear to
form a junction with General Buford, under q
heavy Smelling from the artillery on Fleet
wood, and General Hampton followed, steadily
pressing him back toward the river.
Saving Cabbages till Spring
Germantown Telegraph.
We know OF no better way to preserve cab
bages through the winter than that which we
hare recommended for number of years. 1t
is to plant OF set them up in rows as they
grow-that is, with the roots down-fll in
with soil pretty freely, then make covering
by planting two posts where there is a fence
to rest on, or four where there is not, allowing
for pitch to carry off the water; lay bean
poles opposite the way the pitch and cover
with corn fodder or straw or boards. In using
through the winter AVOID as much as possible
the sun side and close up again. We have not
found that setting the cabbage upside-down in
the rows, as many do, of any advantage. as
we have kept ours for more than twenty years
in the way we mention in sound, perfect
through the winter into the spring,
and could even up to the first of May if desir-
able. We see other methods recommended,
and they may answer just as well, but as to
our own we speak from along experience.
You say you heard both shots fired?" asked
an Austin lawyer, who was cross-examining
a witness in a murder case. Eyes, sab, heard
bofe shots. Dey was fired simultaneously. l
wasn't more dan forty feet off at de time"
" But on the direct examination you swore the
shots were fired one after another, and now
You say they were fired simultaneously ?"
"Jess what l said, sah Bofe shots were fired
like, oneanudder."
A little Philadelphia boy had his long curls
cut off the other day, and was annoyingly re-
minded of the fact by the remarks of all his
friends, To his delight he escaped them by
going with his family to the country. Soon
after his arrival, however, he came running
into the house in great sorrow, crying, Mama
mama, even the hens laugh at me; they Ill
say, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES haircut
The Richmond correspondent of the Peters
burg I1ader, under date of Oct. 5, says:s
From various counties there comes consd-
cradle complaint to the office of the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction with regard to
some old members of the county school trus-