The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Scene at a Hotel.

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Scene at a Hotel.

--(Time, midnight.)--Act 1st. Room in 3d story. [Dramatic Personna.] Parties arriving by train. Belated traveller — just arrived — to lucky traveller snugly ensconced in bed and not anxious for company.

Colloquy.--First Traveller--"Is this bed you're in occupied, stranger?"

Voice from beneath the quilts--"Yes, sir."

First Traveller--"How many in it?"

Second Traveller--"About 15,000, I reckon, from the way they "crawl! " [Exit first traveller with baggage.]--Chattanooga Rebel

The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 9, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Scene at a Hotel.