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VOLUME VII, NUMBER 3.j
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1863.
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S.ca (Wj o'er tba qtiiek aad iaadj
jjatreoiaot end adered detail -.
Wtieh miHiooi rushed to arm. to peel!
ild metrer ofimmortal birth,
Xtoj nie ia Heaven tit on earthT
II.
fcVls of iltin heroes formed thy rajij
Eternity flirted through I bhiel
The nwl rfT ""'' pnft
Wa fn n I"! " honor here;
Ad lb. light broke on human evel.
Lilt v olcino of the .kin.
III.
111. Iiti roI!eJ thv tr..m ofMooJ,
A"d swept down "!"" wlln " Bxl!
Earth rocked bunt thee to ber bait.
As thoo didit lighten through all space;
Mi lb. born nn grew dim In air.
Aid t wliil thon wart dwelling there.
IV.
Before lbt ro. and with thee grew
A rainbow of the toT.li.u bne;
Of three hnsbt colon, acb ditto..
And fit for thit celestial sign;
For Freedom! band bad blended th.m,
Like uou in an Immortal fem.
V.
On. not wi of the ignbeim'i drei;
One, the bio. dentb of leripb." ejei;
One, tie pore ipint'l reil ofwbiU
Hid robed in radiance of Iti Iigbt:
Th. three, io minled,did beie.m
Tbe textore ofa bearenl dnam.
VI.
Star of the brare' thr rajr ia pale,
And darknen moit a;am prerail!
Bat, ob! thoo rainbow of the freel
Oar lean and blood mnit flow for thee!
Uhen thr bnht promlie fade, awaj,
Ocr life i. bat a load of clay.
VII.
And Freedom hallowa with her tread
Tbe lileftt citi.a of tho dead;
For beantifol in death are they t
lVbo proodly fall 1c her array:
And aoon, oh, Godden! may we bo
Forever more with them or thee.
THE SOLDIER'S DEEAM.
Bat tbe soldier alept, and bia dreama wera .bright,
Aelthe roy lowof In. bndal night,
With the anel on his breast;
For be passed away from the winlry gloom,
Tothe pleasant li-ht ofa cheerfol room,
U here a cat sat parrm; opon the loom,
And bis weary heart was blest.
His children cama Two blae-eyed girls,
Mitb Isoghtrig lips and snnny cnrls.
And cheeks of roddy glow;
The mother, pale, bet lovely now.
As when apon her virgin brow
He prondly sealed his early tow,
In the Summer, long ago.
laid aside their coats. Traverse bent
the blade of hit foil to try its temper and
spring ; it proved to be the best German
steel. Alvarez tossed his high in the air,
caoght it with the right and left hands,
threw it over his arm, and played with
it in a thousand dexterous fashions. At
last they sainted gracefully, and inter
changed the preliminary passe to ascer
tain their distance.
" On enard I" cried the Spaniard,
stamping bis foot; and the glittering I his frjend, strolled away in the direction
blades were engaged
Traverse was considered a good swords'
man. He made a pass, and his antago
nist sent his blade whirling thirty feet in
tbe air.
" Take mino, I beg yon," said Alvar
ez, with a polite bow.
Picking up the American's sword, be
renewed the encounter, and touched his
antagonist lightly on the breast. Tra
verse laughed in return, and was dis
armed instantly.
" I give it up," said he, gayly. " St.
George was not more a master of the
sword."
" It is nothing," answered the Span
iard, indifferently, yet well pleased at the
compliment. " My fencing is like yonr
shooting. I have lived with the sword
in my hand. It is my favorite weapon."
" He is an inveterate duellist," whis
pered Walter? to bis friend. " He has
killed four meu to my certain knowledge,
and each one was drilled in a different
place. His success makes hi an something
of a bully."
"Come, gentlemen, to horse," said
Captain Alvarez. " The sun has almost
touched the horizon the breezo has
sprung up we shall be in time to pay
our respects to the ladies on tbe Pasco."
The gay party lighted their cigars,
mounted their little Andalusian horses,
and cantered toward the city at an easy
pace.
cero for the choice of weapons lies with
me, and be is at my merer."
" Deuced lucky, too I" muttered Wal
ters. "If it had been otherwise, be
would have split yon like a lark. But
What's to be done now ?"
".To the captain's quarters," replied
Traverse. "Adieu, ladies."
" Good fortnne go with yon, gallant
caballero 1" cried the girls together.
.traverse, nutting bis arm in that of
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fHITRrFlirniPITlTK
THE AGE OF SPADES.
BT FltAVCIS A. DUniVACE.
" Twenty to one I hit it at the first
ihotP ssid Frank Traverse, a young
American, as he pointed ont to his com
panion"!, a gronp of Cubans and Span
iards, a playing-card, the ace of spades
pinned to the trunk of a palm tree at
twenty paces distance, in the capacious
garden of a country-seat in the neighbor
hood of Havana.
" Draw it rather milder, for heaven's
ke. Frank," whispered his friend. Will
Walters, a New Yorker, a long resident
of Cnba.
twenty to one I centre that ace !
repeated Traverse, looking round him.
i v .- - ..
uu nre jesting, amigo, - saia a
dashing yonng Spanish officer. Captain
nuwnio Alvarez, ot tbe lanceros. '.lYoo
jesting, or you want to throw away
yonr money."
"That's" my look out, Captain -will;
Job take me up ?"
"Certainly."
"Well, then. I'll make the offer fairer,
t will tarn my back to the mart wheel
the word fire 1 and discharge my pis
W at one-two three. You shall give
ord, if you like."
"Done,"
J-rtTerftA tnrntvl i TtaU u it. M4
The
cptam gave the
hedftiand fired at
Traverse
AW. WU. ajpiIU
-s ran np and examined the card.
"e warned, stroking bis coal-black
Ooostacne."
' loo iU
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I . " Bl
snored to one I'll do it aeain four
m.: a. n
Done,'
o
said he,
cl,n, IS
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A lT C j w 8l,ot'" rePBted Traverse,
he running."
"one." said Ae eapU;n
...a . 8econ(l oot widened the hole
AT.I-? ,h" fir?1- Tn cireemferenee of I
AmsdUk 8 ,onrth nd fifth'shotewi-edrlV'p?alnre-
Tho card was hand
;4ttb. admiration of the
lfcrM 8mJIed " h9 PQt e card, in
fin? tt'- "This .nothing.?
XL;' lhav8 mda better shots.
iiIi '?.uVh,D8 wnderfol in it." I have
1Tnwithlnp:.tolinmyhnd.'r
. o yon undprBf.r.j .. iiL
aA , h. . " sua Btuaii ttwuru
" S? ,.',ked th8 Uncero' cartlesslf.
.. wl7,l,y wel1." pHed Traveri.
"With all my heart." , .2V
Am.i, He otjuedahe
.mu imi onoice.
It was holiday time in Havana, and
Traverse and his friend, both masked,
were chatting with a couple of senoritas
on whom they were making an evening
call, when a group of maskers entered
the room. One of them held a guitar in
his bandit, which he touched skillfully,
while he sang, with a voice whose rich
ness was not entirely suppressed by the
mask he wore, the words ofa Spanish dit
ty. When he ceased, he approached the
senorita Melendce, and said :
" Mnnnela, do you know me ?"
" I know you not, 6enor."
" Can yon not guess ?"
" It flashes on my mind," said the
senorita, " that yoc are bebastian JNeva-
ro."
" Wrong 1" replied the stranger, with
a light langh. " Try again."
" I will be sure this time," said the
gay girl, .and she sprang from her seat
and snatched at his mask. The stranger
defended himself, and as he was much
taller than his assailant baffled her efforts
completely.
Traverse laughing, sprang to her aid,
and bad almost rudely seized the stran
ger's mask, when a shriek nttered simul
taneously by the two ladies, arrested his
hand. He turned away in astonishment.
Manuela, pale as death, sank into a chair,
and coveting her face with her hands,
sobbed convulsively.
" What the devil have I done now ?"
asked Traverse of bis friend.
" Don't you know," replied Walters,
"that it is a deadly insult to lay your
hand on a mask ?" A woman has priv
ileges, bnt a man, none. It is like pull
ing an Oriential by the heart!. You've
got vonrself into a precious scrape."
"'You'll stand by me. Will ?"
" Yes." replied Walters, witb some
hesitation.
At this juncture, the stranger approach
ed Traverse, said in a low, deliberate
voice :
" Yoti desired to see iny face. Be
hold it then !" He raised his mask.
" Captain Antonio Alvarez," exclaim
ed Traverse.
'" The same, sir, at your service," re
plied the captain. "It appears yon
know me. May' I ask yon to favor me,
in return, br disclosing your face ! 1 am J
very anxious to-kntiwto"whom I shall
pay my respectsffor" IBe honor yon did
me jnst nowin presence of these ladies.
Remove yonr, mask, if yon please."
" Not here, 'captain, bat yon shall
sooB-leara who.I am. I; never concealed
aavielf from friend or .foe. I will send
you my card, -and' then yon will know
townora to address ?your cam tor i
presume yoa consideriyonrself insulted."
V I am;tQibe fonnd at my quarters 5n
tbe cavalry batrraeks, whither I am go
ing directly. -Until we aaeet again, sir.
farewell."
The captain offered bis band first to
TraverMthen to bia friend. Then with
a low bow, and ao pies de uttradtt.
senoritas,- ha passed ont of the room with
a stately 'step. .1- v -
ItEaoh of-nis icomraaes exBiouea; ww
S J V. aeaaaah
same, stately .oouriesy, m.
Americans were left alone witn tbe ladies.
Wa.nni.la threw herself into tbe arms of
Traverse, and .wept opon Jiia shoulder. -15
" nil I" .haVxclaimetl. V.I wish that!
r .1nd. I have brouzht this on yon
bysthonghtlBS'ct and be will kill
yon aa bubaa dons so aBy oner. om?
-what .will yonr poofjBiadretdo,.wheBlbe
bears, that JierrasJoa has fcUea Jnf
qnirrel like tbis'f ' j- .
'Ki'iAn''eabs.Cw,rtoa tears .from yoo,
Beerorittiiarecaeaply.- purchased by.-lir.
'iH'ist- UteeU'.pUod' AtsveraeviwicB nigauowi.
4 at,. .1I.klrw.a RrjY drT.OUr.bnitht STBS
The yotjng men or prepare to shed tout tesrs for tba ilsn-
of the barracks,
."Why the duce.did yon not mind
four own business V grumbled Walters.
" It's a confounded ticklish thing to med
dle with a man's mask, and yon ought
to have known it.''
" How should I ?"
" Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of
custom, any more than in the eyes of the
law. But you're in for it now. What
do yon propose to do 7
" Send him my card."
" He'll fieht, of course.''
"I should suppose his profession
will force bim to it."
" Very well yod name pistols. Yon
can't think of killing him ?"
" Do I look: like a ruffian, Walters ?"
" Very well, then. You fire in the
air. He's dissatisfied, demands another
shot yon grant it, and very likely the
fellow will hit you. No, no I you must
wing him at the first shot. Touch bim
in the arm."
" And perhaps cause him the loss of a
limb 1 1 can't think of that."
" Then all that I have to say is, that
it's a very bad scrape. What if you
apologize 7"
" Apologize !" cried Traverse. "No!
no ! tbe blood of tbe Old Dominion will
not allow me to stoop so low as that. I
can bleed, but cannot blush. It's an
awkward affair, as you say ; but I must
see it through."
" Very well, or rather very ill," said
Walters. " And hero are tbe barracks.
I am to go in and ask for Captain Al
varez, and hand him yonr card ?"
" Exactly, and wait for his answer,
whatever it may be.
" Confound ill" cried Traverse, search
ing his pockets, " I haven't any cards
about me ; I left them all at my hotol."
" How nnlucky 1" cried Walters.
" Unlucky, indeed 1 Stay, have yon
a pencil 7"
" Yes, here it is ; have yon fonnd a
card ?"
"Yes," said Travorse, producing a
crumpled and soiled card, " there it is."
" Do you call that thing a card ?"
" Yes, it is the Ace of Spades 1"
Tho very card you centered five
times."
" Yes, it must serve tbe purpose."
And Traverse wrote bis address upon it.
Walters took the card and disappeared,
while Traverse walked to and fro, wrap
ped in deep thought.
In a few minutes his friend re-appeared,
with an exultant countenance.
" Joy 1 joy I" he cried.
" What do yon mean ?"
" Alvarez has backed out. It was the
Ace of Spades that did it. As soon as
he saw it, he.changed color. There is a
note from him."
Traverse tore open the note :
" Cabo mi Amioo : Had 1 known it
iftK Dtnrs iptarcxxXj
T BE. WX. WAlJtM.
"Ob, wrap taw flaj um. aaa, boys,"
And lay ma dowa to die'
iVbara Uaa cuaoe) nan aroaad tu.
And th caraaja rajeei bifb;
tVbn say last tbaafMa aYaoy eoaatry -.
And aoj motkar ob. By Gad
Let Thy itronj rijht arm support bar.
While aba passes neatb Thy rod.
Tbere'i a coltaya on tba bid-lido
Of tba nobla "Prairie State,"
Where a golden willow droopeth
O'er a little rustic fata,
And my grey-haired lira I. .lUing
With hi. Bible on hi. knee,
By its hearth-stone, while b prajett,
Evan now, perhaps, far mo.
And farther on, another still
Bat, ob! tba madd'alef tbaogbt!
What misery to tLee, beloved.
Treason's black hand hath wroofhtf
Bot tbina t. not tba only heart
That bow. in woa to-night.
Nor thin tba only stricken aoal
That looki above for light.
Bot be) ya strong, and bear y np
We bare not bled in vain
The fatten we have stricken oC
Will ne'er be forged again;
And had I now a thousand lire,
I'd give them all for thro.
My native land, my precious boaa.
If they might make tbee free.
Then "wrap the flag aroond ma, boyi,"
Tba Red, tba White, tbe Cine;
In every thought, and every act.
To them I have been true.
Living, I fongbt beneath its folds
Dying, my prayer shall be.
That every star may typify
AcWiatfytrolyfree.
as .
LETTEE FEOM ORPHEtfS C. KERB,
his brow than on his beardless chin. j could. How long were snob outrages to
Kcatiiclfy Rye lie Attends a Tal
lanaisauam fleeting-.
word.
two.'
wag you who laid hands on my mask,
the affair would have ended with a laugh.
We cannot bold foreigners responsible
for acts committed in contravention of
our social usages. Let it pass as a frolic
of the Carnival. Excuse my apparent
rndeness, and believe me ever yonrs,
" Antonio Alvarez."
" Valiant captain !" cried Traverse, aa
tbe two turned to regain their 'lodgings.
" I appreciate his motives he had no
idea of being centered like the Ace of
Spades."
FirTT Years Aoo. On Monday of
thepresent week, Mr. Thurlow Weed
passed throngh our city on his way home
ward, from attending tbe funeral of one
of bis earliest friends at Rochester.
While the cars, were stopping-here, one
of our oldest citizens, Air. Adams, in
passing tbrougb tho depot met Mr. i Weed,
with whom be was acquainted in early
life. Alter exchanging salutations, air.
Adams said, " Mr. Weed, I 'think it is
folly fifty years since' J last saw yon.''
"Yes," responded Mr. Weed, "it is a
little more than that, 'and then I was
blacking boots in your father's tavern at
Onondaga Hollow." A few minutes of
pleasant conversation ensued between
these, acquaintances of half a century ago.
It is characteristic of Mr. Weed that he
never loses sight of his ihumble origin in
life. Syracuse Journal.
Diktat Port Hddbok.and YicxsRTiRb".
It mnst'bo1 uncomfortable living just
now atVicksbqVgand'Port Hudson.
People of delicate nerves must find it es
pecially annoying t5r be dodging sheila
snd cannon balls;" running out .of tbe.way
of tottering walls snd chimneys, and
stumbling at almost every step over some
friend or neighbor who has been smitten
down by tbe avenging' ooii- jnsoie-io
find safety elsewhere.tha repoits tellroi
themore timid atVicksboTg stjs'.bnrrow
Ing'in eaves and cellars ; brteTeajthere,
now and'then.'no-dohht, uncivil shells
intrade. Shell, scrambled, for, breakfast;
Vrrspe, fHjatilled.'- for' dinner i hot-shot,
for tes. This is tbe dipt to which, at'least,
the rebel VicbbnrgiaBS are reduced.
Afldhard aa it is. difEciilt; ai It most be
of digestion, tbert re few who will ssy
that it ia sot deserved.; ' .
n- r. - "" ' -.Hssiw'
that anfBt B'dikjoaat Valiant
dig-Ham.
Iftilor T. T. : The beantifol Spring,
my boy, is ont in tbe sunshine once
more ; bowing ber pretty face over ber
lap, aa thongb. to breathe the odor of the
fresh violets lying scattered upon her co
quettish green apron, but really to hide
the blnsh mantling the cheeks on which
the hot breath of enamored young" Sum
mer is tempting the roses to premature
birtb. Wbat a bne old world Ibis is,
after all, if wn have plenty of money in
our pockets, plenty of health in our sys
tems, and no poor relations. As you
stand on tbe Arlington side of the Po
tomac, on any one of these fair May days,
and look around you in any direction,
there is a beanty even abont the tracts of
war which enables , you to comprehend
why so many of your brass-buttoned Gen
erals are fond of staying in one place so
long. Behind you rise Arlington heights,
which are disliked by our excellent Na
tional Democratic Organization, only
because they wear i covering of Lincoln
green in Summer ; before you, and &
cross the Potomac, is the Capitol of our
distracted country, looking like an am
bitious marble on its way out of town ;
and close b9side yon is one of our nation
al troops extracting certain wonders of
the insect kingdom from a Government
biscuit. On Tuesday I was standing
with the Conservative JSentncky chap
near Long linage, surveying this scene,
and says 1 :
"Behold, my Nestor, how the scars
left upon nature's face by the chariot
wheels of War are turning into dimples,
and all the twinkling curves of a placid
smile."
"Yes" says he, hastily picking np the
Jack of Diamonds which he had accident
ally drawn 'from his pocket, with his
handkerchief,. "the scene is rather pleas
ant, but not equal to Kentucky, where
there is more rye."
Here the Kentucky chap became so
deeply affected that be was compelled to
smell a. cork which he took from bis
vest pocket, and says he : , .
"Kentucky raised a great deal of rye
before the breaking ont of this here fatal
war, with the Southern Confederacy, with
whom Kentucky is connected -by rmar-
riage; she raised it by tbe bottle: in
which form it becomes, as it "were, tbi
crowning glory of agriculture. Ah," says
tbe Conservative Kentucky chap, stirring
an invisible beverage with an .imaginary
spoon, "how softly on my senses steals
Kentucky's national anthem '
'If a bodr meet a body, r
Comin' throngh the rye.'
And the old rye of Kentucy is famous for
its body." Tbe Kentucky chap hiccup
ped jU the bare recollection of the thing,
and says he : '."But we can no longer say
mat tne oioom is on tne rye ; lor tois
juooatoial war has killed the agriculture
oT Kentucky-andbroken, many of ber
bottles; O, Kentucky 1 Kentueky ! bow
thirsty I stbl"' - T
. Aftec tiis speech; my boy, I could bo
longer profane the glbry-oftGed'tbeaa-tifnl
pictureby talking abbat it to a chap
who eonld scb '-nothing in' handsome
landscape bat rys 'fields. And yet' it is
bmVaataral foraay'Ccrawervativrehari to
talk thus, after adl; fori havs fonnd 'it
to be a peculiarity of nsarly all onr Con-ervauve.now-ba.g:
th Old Bye is
forever rsnaiBg-ia their beads, t .. -Oa:WedBsIaywhile
I wasr'oa my
weekly. Tint to tM Mackerel camp; aef
Dock-Iaie.-I.wM-ealt)d to look' apon
the bod of a poor, soldier who bad Mta
shot dariBg the Bight by a prowling Cob
federaeyr He was-very young chip, my
twyirwiib, lights wavy haw, "Bad might
havs been takes forer"e lad; bad there
There he lay npon bis Run, with one
band clenched in tbe sand, and the other
npon the damp red spot npon bis breast.
He looked like a child who had fallen
asleep after nnkind words from his moth
er. The chaplain and a private Macker
el in rags were bendiog over bim, and
says 1 1
"Who was be?"
"He went by the name of Nemo,"
says the Chaplain, sadly ; but no one
knows what his real name was. Be in
listed only two days ago, and kept him
self apart from the other men. I think
bo was a gentleman."
Here the private Mackerel in rags
broke in, and says, "Yes.hs was a gentle
man, I ain't no gentleman, but I know
he was, and I can lick any man that
ssys ho wasn't I I spoke to him last
night when he was relieving s gnard, and
asked bim wbat fire-company be belong
ed to ; and he said none. I see he look
ed sick, and wasn't fit for duty, and I
offered to go out on picket in his place.
It was not much to offer; but he
squeezed my hand very hard, and said
that my life was worth more than his ;
and that be wonld go. I asked him
wbat he wanted to come to tbe war and
get killed for ; and be said he'd tried to
do bis best in the world, but every body
was against nim, be bad been disgraced
for trying to do an honorable thing j and
could nt stay and tace people any more,
because all turned away from bim. I
told him I could lick the man who hurt
his feelings, and he only said : 'They all
do that,' and went away." Here the
poor Mackerel in rags shed tears, and
says be; "I know ho was a gentleman."
"I see how it is," says the chaplain,
shaking his head ; "he was one of those
unfortunates whose sensitive natures are
a legacy of unhappines or madness, to be
cancelled only by death, and yet his kind
ness of heart with this rnde soldier
proved how much goodness there was in
him that the world had not turned to
bitterness."
Alas 1 my boy, what a pity it is that
these finer natures are forever coming
under the heels of everybody, and get
ting themselves crushed ! Tbe are like
fine Sevres Vases amongst stout earthern
pipkins, equally ready to split with the
cold, or to bo pulverized by a tilt from
their next door neighbors. It is a mis
fortune for such fragile natures as these
to be in this common-place J world at all,
my boy, and they cannot do the more
useful portion of humanity a greater
service than by getting themselves out
of it as soon as possible. I have known
human Porcelain vases of this kind so
fragile, that they were half-cracked be
fore anything touched them.
On Thursday, my boy, the report that
a triend of tbe well-known southern Con
federacy bad ben arrested and court-martialed,
in Ohio, for simply advising the
intelligent masses to set fie to a few
Union hospitals and go hunting after
American eagles by the light thereof
tuts report, 1 say, excited amongst the
loyal but seditious patriots of Accomac
an indignation tbat was anything but
speechless. Shades of our Revolutionary
sires 1 was it possible that s citizen of
the Republic could no longer speak pieces
without being arrested for speaking peace.
Ashes of the great I could it be, indeed.
true, even where there were no police, a
man's perconal liberty was no longer
safe 1 The people of Accomac, my boy,
were alarmed for their own liberties, and
at once held a pubic meeting, at which
I happened to be present.
As all the citizens who were worth
9300 each sent notes to say tbat they
had imperative business to prepare for
the approaching Conscription, and could
not come, the meeting was composed
entirely of the other citizens,' many of
whom engaged in single combat on their
way'thither, for the purpose of making
the distance seem shorter. Punctually
at seven o'clock p. M., a gentleman of
much mncle touched off a small field
piece with' such admirable precision as
to break all the windows for two bloeks
around, and then dexterously discharged
a two pound sky-rocket into the third
story rbedroon- of a venerable maiden
lady living across the road. The demon
strationtwas received with joyous accla
mations' by the populace-, ' nearly twelve
of whom 'had already arrived ; and a
victim of Federal oppression, with-a
very large stomach, jnountedthq plat
form elected for the speakers, and said he
would commence proceedings ori this
occasion, by-reading a short portion of
Washington's Farewell address from the
volume of Bancroft which he held in bis
band. (Great applause.), ;Tbe honor
able gentleman then proceeded to read
somethiDgYbat was interrupted by a re
porter, who remarked that the speaker
must bs mistakes abont that being
Washington's Address, as bs bad cer
tainly read it in the Bible. The honor
able genUernjsn.thaBtnrned.hia book over
so that be couldseo ttbe title, sad said
that be had indeed, made a slight mis
take about the volume. He would defer
reading the Address'for 'tbepresent, and
begged Heave to introduce -'Mr.' 'John
Smith, the: Hon. FerdiaaadiDe .Percy
having failed to be-presest
. ;Mr. Smith, .said it
be endured ? He advised his hearers to
strictly honor the laws; bnt be wonld
have them go home, organize into regi
ments, pnrchase artillery, procure iron
clads, and destroy every man who dares
to speak in favor of an Administration
under which the boldest man dared not
express his sentiments. He would have
them do all this peaceably; bnt be wonld
bare them, do it. Great, applause, and
cries of "keeD offmv corns, dura ve I"
Ar Chesterfield'Mortimer, the celebra
ted Accomac-speaker, was not able to be
present on this occasion, Mr. Jones was
introduced, and made a few sensible re
marks. He said that he had always
been a law abiding man, and would al
ways adf ocate the strictest observance of
tbe laws. The wretched Lincoln, be
trnsted, would be assasinated at an early
day, by some great-souled man.
At this moment, my boy, the speaker
suddenly stopped ebon ; staring at a
white object which had just appeared
fluttering down the street; and then dash
ed wildly from the platform; tore furi
ously in the direction of said object,
which appeared to be moving, followed
spontaneously and with frantic speed by
his fellow speakers, and also the entire
meoting. I was astonished ; I was over
whelmed ; for such a breaking np and
precipitate- flight of a great indignation
meeting was never witnessed before.
Quickly monnting the vacant rostrum,
I drew my field glass from my pocket,
and proceeded to scan the wonderful
white object which had produced such an
electrical effect. It was moving on as I
fixed my glass npon it, and 1 found it to
be a new banner, borne by a fat young
man in a white apron, and bearing the
inscription :
a
BROOKSES
NEW BAR ROOM,
JUST OPE.
Free Lunch Now Ready.
This it was, my boy, that had broken
np one of tbe most significant meetings
of the age, by artfully working npon the
idea of its supposed inn-significance.
On reaching Washington, on my re
turn, I heard that a serions minded
chap, of Republican officiousness, bad
jnst waited upon the Honest Abe, to ask
if he did not intend to cause the arrest of
Smith and Jones for their treason.
The Honest Abe smiled feebly, scratch
ed his head, and says he
"What Smith and Jones, neighbor ?"
"Why," says the serious-minded chap
earnestly, "the Smith and Jones of Ac
comac." "Well, really," says tbe honest Abe,
pleasantly, "it is curious, now ; but I
have never heard of them before."
Drawing an inference from this litte
circumstance of Executive Conversation,
my boy. it strikes me tbat it would add
considerably to the importance of some
of our large sited local revolutionists, if
they would overtorn the present ignorant
Administration, and establish in its place
a Directory.
Yours, double entendrily,
ORrHEus C. Kerr.
tbeprdadest
moment of bis. life. aad Jte..reit itao
honor" to be there. .Tlvey Jbad met togeth
er to denounce and spij- upon an iniam
ona AdmTriiitTatwn cmder whose tyran
nical sway no maa"was .allowed .to-say
one "word against it." A .fellow citizen
had been arrested in Ohio Onoa" the mis
erable charge of adydeaUftg peace, when
not been more yean in the deep lines on he was really disturbing the peace all he
'frVatt CorrcspoHdcav.ee.
Out West, May 30.
Dear Vanity : I am happy to inform
yon that I have gone into ;tba wholesale
Raid business, and am doing uncommon
ly well at it.
I now ride three hundred miles and
burn a couple of railroad bridges every
morning before breakfast
Grierson goes with me. He is a Terr.
very hnnky boy, and one of the very best
.. -w . V V - .t 1 '
raiuera i snow, naving neen in tne oust
ness a long time, and possessing- rather
extensive facilities.
I nied to do a little in that' line occa
sionally, during tbe Italian War, but the
country was too .small. I remember,
once, Garibaldi and I went out for a bit
of diversion, and nearly got into trouble,
by riding over into -Sardinia" before we
knew it. .-
(And, indeed, last week, extending out
operations a trine farther than mma, I
and Grierson destroyed 'a railroad culvert
in the opper part of California, supposing
we were still ia auasissippi.j i i
Still.-the rsid is not a ttraager to.Eu
ropean warfare. It was known ,'msny
years ago, to both furious Prank' and fi
ery Hon. Yon recollect Campbell's'.re-
ference to it, in " Uohenhnden '
By torch and trumpet Cut a Bald."
Here, we nse neither torches not tram
pets ; they are old and almost obsolete
weapons now. Carbines, sabres and pis
tols, have snperseded them.
- B peaking of implements.'of war, it is
surprising how many troopajVof -Fiyisg
artillery the rebels bare, ootnere. In my
various expeditbnslateIyXJiave seen
no lest than a bnadred troops of artillery,
and everyone of then, was Flying. cz.
And.it was tbe same witn ,tbeir other
troops." .
The only mas-I baveloai, in all these
operations, was one who's1 1' had 'court
martialed aad executed. r - Z,
Jnst as he was lad ont to be shot, ha
turned to me and made a remark:
General, whatam I'shot for V '
"For.s)ae)piBgaB,T8K:ptBcJ! -i
"Thes ibijtatgAtOtiiotA,jm,yrTU
thaa ne. I onlr stent on bit Dost, while
job sleep oa, yonr Foor-posC,; " 'jV,
(inis was' a piayiui aiineios to my
beantifol canopy bedaUad.'prBaWotedto
ma bv.tbe-editorsof the" Chicazo-Tri-
bune.'fortelling more truth Fa"fivo cba-
secutive letter lumrv tawix- war vgrreaj
pondesta did.in tes.) ,
I gently chid, him for jesting wjbea or
the brink of the grave, and he seemed.to
realize bis condition.
"General," he said, impressively, "Van
yon grant me a simple request the. last
I shall ever ask of yon-? - Consider that'
I speak as a dying man, and do;not,ob t
do not refuse my plea." ' "" ""
My eyes dimmed. 1 3 '
"It is granted," I'ssid. - - '
" Promise." '
"I.promise.'' ,rf-a-,!r.
"Then, General, wiUjoa. be.-kiad-enough
to hsve the muskets toadei uiih
Hank cartridges I"
I bad promised, and a 'McArone can
not tell a He. I ordered the muskets
loaded with blank, but took my nun out,
afterwards, just back of the camp,, and
hanged him. ' -
Grierson had just come in from' -'a
small, under-sized raid.
He brought in; a mile and a half of
railroad, with embankments and all com--plete
he tells mo that he burned 'two
canals in Eastern Mississippi. An intel
ligent counterfeiter, with whom" he con-
versed,. informed him that' the backbone
of tbe rebellion was broken; at least
such was the opinion of eminent military
aiunoruy in Aicnmona, last wees;.
Perhaps the most important rsid I
have mads, personally was when I tore
up the itsritan Delaware it. B, I
went tearing np that road; one bright'
night, at the rate' (George Cooper said)
of " 8ev'yy-fi' miles 'n 'onr."
We both rode on the cdw-catcher, bnt
being "no railroad man," I "didn't know
my danger." Dick Rierson didn't either,
though be does now. He was my Chief
Engineer, then bnt, poor boy, be got
killed, or something, at the battle of Jer
sey City.
Tbe natives along that line of country'
are harmless but conspicuous l people.
They don't object to tbe Old Flag, nor
to invitations to drink. Some of them
are clergymen. Tbat is a good profes
sion, but as a rule, I prefer the railroad
fellows. However, chag'un a ton gout4. .
If any native of that country bas found
the hat I lost that night, and will TStara
it, I will give bim the cold'I got .on tba
same occasion.
But a truce to this flippancy. The
stirring peal of the bugle calls 'to boots
and saddles. I must start on my after
noon raid. t ,
Tou can't gueu vlat I tlaU grk.
about, in my next letter. Remember these
words, and look sharp. Mark me. , Lay
low, and keep dark. There is lomething
to be expected. MoAbovb.
ArxcmtM Ward oat CfpcrUeaAM, '
Artemus Ward maybe stamped 'sound'
on Copperheads'. He says' ' in his last
letter: . ' '
Not long sgo I made revoo ot Jos
eph's army. I was considerably sorptis-
ed to obsarve all the cannons pintia rite
towards the North.
" My blood stained veteran," sea' 1
addressing a Lieutenant Brigadier, who
was playing "old sledge" with, a, -tenth
corpora's clork for a yallor postage stamp
in a corner, "my blood-stained veteran,
why sir not them gnus' pintia towards
the Southern Oonthiever4cy J" j ; - '
'Thonderl" replied the Lieutsnane
Brigadier, tnrnia'up a Jack '.from tba
bpttom "thunder I" what's, the nse o"!
aiming 'em towards the South as lorng
as. there is wuss enemies -to onr Gov
ment in the North ? It will be a easy
matter to wipe out the rebs arfter we nut
down the Cop'perheads in.ths North.',,
"'My blobmin hero.' sez L" "I guesa
yon air abont rite. ' The Butternuts' Wrr
mean trailers, bnt the Northers ' 0. "H.
air a infernal site the.metaaster V'nY. ;
" That's so 1" aeathtj tenth porporfl'e
clerk, slipping a ace rip bis kote sleeve.'
II left em 2 tbare lhneraenf pwHnu aa
propetd propeld a lirtlVrbo- anenvror
X wandered outside toe Fed'rudineavfncl
surrounded 2 secesh pickite, ana took em
prisoners. The F. F. VY-these F.' T. .
Vs dont mean" Five -Fodlfsh VTririas r
sesreely ; the F. F. Vs objected 'to ao
componin .me ; .so I olloved tbesa;-
Considerin tber was mv nrisoaen the
use'd me pretty rufBy.. Bnt its. tbare way.
I follered the chaps nearly to' Hichmnw,
when sura r. F. v. shnvilries got S
squint at' me. They immediaieljr eoa
mensl fer to bold tbar noses abet, aa earn
pulled off tbare shoes as stocking as. I
was going to lick thare" feet ' r .
" Keep's respectable d is tana V 'WrJne.
"Yes, I will to keep respectspfe;"
Those was my.rarcestic.setqrt. - -,-.
".Be2Tour,parainr' apologized ths '
F. F. y.Vpntttnonrtbare shoes oV.stoek.. '
ins, aa taken thare digits from tbesaesl
organs. "We thort yon waa'-esej of
them Nnthem 'CoppefheJed peas- smb. i
who sir allars wsntrn to .lick oax.tse. aa
nake.up with ns." . ",J"." '' '. --
"TTsry peas men 1." se t "I'm 'ji
favor or a vigras proeecnttet'tW tb' wirf.
Ditto my friend.'-AjIi.'? - - " 'rv "
" WriMLtr-tfsaTr. " era -haw. mmm -
respect for a1 Yankee wot slsflds BjrfoT
bis Gnvjaent ;-eet the blowy Va!lea'r
digfaasssaere; Wcodeeerfldgasee, sad sw
u,-?4rHl, M"Wrtv WB-
away wgtw.Aitaey was jock-bb jfj
aet oaly traitors to the North, bsite' ts
South 2." TPrff-s
" I alien considered em'M (m jraent
to tbe Sooth.' DiK'mV'frtead'A.-LV'
'-1 pologised for is e-pttiorfag- rfcere 1
pickets aa ta'reis- ae. a.'aaeele
wood be aa good a TJu'oa staa artte
rebels. Jist abost. -
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