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ms, one or both of his eyes to have been able to compass that desirable end. The question recurs, why upon earth did he not stop, while he was running, long enough for Lee to catch up with him? The movements of Lee have evidently damaged the Yankees enormously. He took about three thousand prisoners and a large number of horses, broke up the roads, and spoilt their campaign completely. Indeed, under his teaching, they have learned that is not the way to Richmond. The south side of James river, it seems, is the only true route, perhaps because it has not yet been tried. But, first of all, Meade is to get behind his works at Washington, and send off large reinforcements to Tennessee, to finish up things in that quarter. Then the whole combined force is to march upon Richmond by the south side. Such is the programme now, involving the small affair of destroying Bragg's army before it can be carried out. But Yankee Doodle never estimates little difficulties of that kind upon pa
ng. Years ago, it and Augusta, in Georgia, were noted the country through as the headquarters of the sporting fraternity. In this connection an anecdote is told of the late Chief Justice Marshall. While on his way to hold the Federal Court at Augusta, he was overtaken in the sandy country of South Carolina by a sallow- looking chap, riding a flea-bitten, sand hill tacky. With the curiosity characteristic of his class the wished to know all about the "stranger"--what mout be his name, and what mout be the place he come from, and what mout be the place he was going to. The "Old Chief" good-naturally "played off" his catechize for a while, but at last permitted him to ascertain that he was from Richmond, in Virginia, and was going to Augusta, in Georgia, "Well," said sallow-face, "you say you are from Richmond, in Virginny?" "Yes," said the Judge--"And you say. " replied the sallow face, "that you are a gwine to Gusty, Georgy? I'll be darn'd if you aint got a deck in your pocket"