The Washington critic., 1886-07-21
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, JULY 2l, 1856.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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iiucr, rc'n"rkeu an o'u 'ioopoi
reporter OF the Atlanta CohS'"""0h.
"He wouldn't cover as much ground
in single day, perhaps, as the dash
ing yi,notricl, who was olwavs rest.
,n r,,nn,n. h,, ~ ,aa ,,.no,.d ~
,ns VI unnns, pu, no "as "'"aye so
ing lrode WIN MIN IN the spring OF
1854 from Nicholasville, Ky, to Tun-
mel Hill, Ca, going by way of Somer.
set Rio CrooI Oar Kinos,op Cleve.
1ona ond pa C,.p W. ,,, oho,'.
y ,"no, noo anu i'ou Oiay' "o na' "oV.'
o'ooo men and only one wagon, which
was drawn by eight white mules.
Rations for man, beast and carbine
were carried on pack mules. We
would mount at daylight and ride an
hour and half halt half an hour for
breakfast, ride till noon, dismount,
take dinner and thirty minutes nap,
and at 1 o. clock were again In the sad.
die pressing steadily ahead. At $50
o'clock there would be short
halt for rest, then onward till
dark, when half an hour would be
given for supper, and at taps the
vast bivouac Instantly became hushed.
Thus from forty.flve to fifty miles of
IL. A..t IL l.
% areG ir Iav ,ha sons nnin",o wouso sa,do pe COY
ing at faster gait than walk. -
"Kilpatrlck was quick to decide, and
swift in action" remarks a war corre-
tponucnt IN lhe same paper. one
camp north of the Chattahoochee.
Lieutenant Northrup, Of his staff, had
been dispatched to Shermans head
on rustic benches. telling stories. louph.
ipa and smoking In genuine cnmn stvle
XII. doing most of t6e tall,ing pres.
emily os Kilnatricls wos in tho middle
of n story lieutenant Northrun
rode IN. dismounted called him
aside aud renorted The General
walked SLOWLY ont 10 n low fence-
yvo wore encomnad In n vord-.inolSod
nm at the moon for not to exceed fif.
teen seconds--then turning walked
quickly hack summoned his Adiutont-
General Estes gave l,is ordors and 4,
five minn,es resSmed his seat and I his
story Nctinr under tbose ordors d.
liveycd to brigade Commanders ] Within
half nm hour tbe cavalry division
forced m crossi,c nU % at sondtoyn sGd ut,1aUn at dav
Iicbt and made The memorable raid
around Atlanta rlttinD thn rQilrOn6 nt
Toveiov's station and rnnninc tho
gauntlet Of infantry and artillery in
MAKING its wov bocl, to the linton
lines Incidental to that raid and
illustrative of the close onarters In
which we were at one lime 1 must tall
Won about Major VIM II Dav n gallant
staff officer. now n nrominent lumber
merchant at Dubuque, la. lie had fine
horse that on more than one occasion
hau Deateh Nilpalrick slaVorlle SADDLE
nrners o " r;dirr ' nou Supf'a %ad oisn N.Y. ,no
yided himself with nm clegont saddle
and brace of silver mounted pistols.
At a turn in the road we found
blockade OF fence rails, a masked bat
sery, anu Slo woous were "ilvG WIN IN IN
tr;cot;ng b;mseif IN the % perv foceN
mouth Is the usual term-of rebel
cannon, and drawing his sabre, he cut
the tugs attaching a skeleton artillery
horse to caisson, leaped upon it's
back, piled the spurs, and escaped un.
harmed. Major Day would give 81 900
for horse, saddle, and holsters to day."
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Tn ,o,,or dosor;,,,ro 80 tho ,,o,,o,s
~ 'e'.oi u1so'ip"'. @ o nno I"'tou' t,
a''rO'ions oi Washington, FRANK oar'
penter of the Cleveland Leader says:
The bicycler will be interested in know
ing that there are 279 miles OF these
wosbinotor s,roo,s ond thot thov
,, WV e', ahu .na. 10y
couiu mere rue almost the oistahce pe'
tween Cleveland and Chicago on pave.
ments as smooth as so many planed
boards. without going over the same
ground twice. Washington has the
greatest area OF streets in proportion to
its size of any city in the world, | think.