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The Daily Dispatch: October 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], The President at the South. (search)
re than fifty of the enemy's ballets; and that its gallant bearer he had just promoted for his heroic conduct. He also spoke of the necessity of strengthening our armies from the large number of home reserves, and mentioned the present jaded condition of Wheeler's cavalry in Tennessee and the want of mounted infantry to relieve, to some extent, their great labors. The President closed amid much applause, and shortly afterward proceeded to the depot, where he took the train for Meridian, Miss. A lady here, intent on seeing the President, awaited his arrival most anxiously at the depot, and, upon seeing him, rushed frantically to where he was, exclaiming in pathetic accents, "Oh, Mr. President, will you let the Yankees come to Selma?" "I assure you, my dear madam, they shall not," replied the dignified Mr. Davis, and there upon the overjoyed fair one smacked his lips. No dainty "bus" it was, either, but a regular "sockdologer," that sounded like the report of a small pis