furnished me by a gentleman* of high
respectability & is perfectly reliable. It is this.
Glass & Carr reached Wise's Head Quarters about
8 o'clock P.M. Wise was in an ill humour.
They stated the object of their mission or rather
attempted to state it. Wise, upon hearing
that a third time, he was commanded to
send aid to Floyd's gallant band. Threw
himself into a rage -- divested himself of self-
respect & absolutely foamed with anger
& fury. throwing himself like a mad-
man upon a bed he rolled & tossed and
uttered oaths loud & wild against Floyd
^'his' army & the whole Campaign. Upon being
told of our gallant defence & the success-
ful repulses of the enemy, his anger rose
to a high pitch -- & to the shame of all
present -- invidious malignity were the
ruling spicing of his sentiments. He refused
to hear -- or consult for nearly an hour.
He boldly proclaimed that he had neither
sent the men, nor did ^'he' intend doing so.
At last a strange change was wrought upon
the spirit of his dreams. He heard that
Genl. Floyd himself had been wounded.
At once a new & a milder disposition poss-
essed him. A calm came o'er his ruffled
elements & he expressed the most earnest
concern for Floyd & his army. He enquired
particularly whether ^'the wounded Genl.'
to take command on the following day.
Major R. H. Glass of the Lynchburg Republican
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