The wvWhd jnWfttWinced 'danger?
ous a'hd %H5enc^aSll!c*teWn*
iVH."tiWe Mis-
sissi-i^M trV'a!ty
aW, bu'tagainst'1^-^tWepyj
i
urthe
bl.e between the twof drunken men*-1
I immediately ran upstairs, and'
thor
trw
8&w thf i iHagc
ho
Hole-in-the-day by thre* arml,d an^ni
trying to place the muzzle of ft
revolver near the lattery's'heart.
Before-J could reach them he shw
Hotip-in-tlie-day in the back of tluf
neck tl*e bulit't passed completely^
through and came out of. the lat-'
ter's mouth, but did not injure th#
tongue any and .loosened only Wd
tooth. We were all ti feVer of
excitdfnerit, arid ptio'flie Vv*ere ruri^
frotn DhcscVifni fori* fear of be1'
slfo*tr.
1 rushed on tn'e'm just in tin#
:t
save Hole'-in-tli'c-day from beirifc
shot through the body, for wWft.
j the Pillager pulled the trigger of
his l'eVolver my trAimb was be*
tween'tlietnbe ttficl ^he hanrhfiei^
and
'WHfitiKod kitd
antorn*. Of all year* for Vreatieft
this, beats them all-. We are all
doortK^ 'to d'isaipiioin^mt'nt: Slttcfc
the \\i*b \'Mki deligjttiort left here*
we bave liad orn^iderabie li^'
making a ir\niy 'but it is'all oVI*
now-. lark Thorn pson wtfl arri vti
here froih _New Vork tomciwrj^
with ComniTRsioViev DolJ* iirlu tlil'Tf
I suppose Sv Will be cirHered
hornet
YWfthHd'ai' \Ve siiv ihv greatest
sigWt i Mer belaid: the wMflfeof
the litli, army cor^ friMA tHrbu^
the" city with tW mW$ fjniy"nig?
cblor'.s filing-, aFnis glittoitliVg in
cluding in all sixty thrmsiirtd mf^?
nujstly v^^rhns': l.
The President with Genera!
Burnside, the commanding office/
of the corps, stood on the balcony*
of the Willard Hotel saluting
the regiments as they passeof
by? The ^cent' was fery im
posing:
Mr. Johnson Peter Hoy an$
ni.vselr" in in good healthy but de.r-
|irii*rt!l SjWrh^: Mrff-ctrra-dac^'
is well also.
Yoltr affectionate brother^,'.
