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The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Northern Virginia. (search)
"old Peb. Fane" and old Fass and Feathers." It is related of the famous battle between the two Kukenny cats, that when it was over there was nothing left of them but their tails. It may be doubted whether modern tactics admit of such inveteracy; but if they do, we should think the war raging between those ancient fossils whom we have designated above would have a similar termination. The Northern papers almost to a paper have taken the part of old Fuse and Feathers. They abuse poor old "Pub. Fune." without stint or merely. Yet in no one instance do they undertake to controvert a single statement he has made, or to contest the genuineness of that proof under his own hand which he has brought to bear upon the veracity or short memory of his adversary. They are, indeed, extremely cautious of coming to particulars, and take care to deal only in general abuse. For instance, Buchanan says that he had only four hundred men at his disposal to reinforce the nine forts which