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Monday Evening. 8th
Were I not possessed of
the perseverance of Job (!) I would have ab-
andoned this attempt in despair ere this, and
consigned, it to the flames, - for just as my
thoughts, which had been rather unceremoniously
broken by the circumstances allowed to, had
recovered sufficiently for me to resume my
subject. Up dashes another courier with
information which very decidedly compelled
an abandonment of every thing else, - and an
immediate ride to Bottoms Bridge, - (time
2- a m) A few moments more & we
were there – A few hours more, and the dark-
-ness which had been impenetrable, gradually gave
way, before the grey mists of dawn, and as it
slowly grew brighter, and we shivered in the
cold air, damp with rain. – one by one in
the distance could we see mounted forms, deploy-
-ing in our front. – The first decided light
of day put them in motion, and a long dark
column came riding. gaily & briskly toward us.