The Placer herald., 1861-09-28
WAR MISCELLANY.
SAYINGS AND DoINGs OF "a DIsBANDED
VOLUNTEER"

b.
pondent of the New York Sunday Mercury,
continues to advise that enterprsing journal
concerning military movements in and abou.
the national capital, as far as the new regu,
lations permit. In his letter of August 10th,
the "Disbanded" discourses of the prospects
of the Grand Army, the plan of the cam
paign, the progress Of the blockade, and
other incidental topics:
believe vilate no confdense in estimatin
our vailabe force in this city and subbubs,
at 449, 900 men, and kin state rs a positiv
! fack that AS sun as this detachment has been
increased by the tormashin OF new judgments
to 904 900, forrard movement will imme
diately take place in all direckshns SO
far as the pla Of operashins has been made
none to me, it is kalkilated to insour brilyant
and dessive victrys at every pint Of the
cumpas. arter witch the hui! army will shake
hands with the President and instantly re
tire to privit life, each sojer receivin as mutch
land as be has the face to AK for and thou
sand dollars to sport hissef and family on,
ontil the fust crop of hog and hommonv
begins to cum in. Ef it meets the vews Of
Kongress the wind is TO be raised for the
sojers, by sails of confiscated Southern Cot
ton and ransummne Suthern Shivera.ly tuck
durin the war at $4,000 peace, or less eft
thar friends doosent consider EN- wurth taken
outer pawn at that price. Contribands is
also to be returned to thar material gardens
at the same fgger if Wreckwred.
The blockhead continues onstisfacterry-
leasways to our side, but haven't Iarnt that
the South makes emmy complaint again it..
The Richmond Wig hes considerable to say
on this head Speaking of the har bors of
South Caroliny it ses thar mouths is open
and private ears is runnin in and out with
impewnty. Not Union crewsir is heerd
on in AllbemauI Sound, or seen from Cape
Look out or dredded at Cape Fear. How
sever eff thars emmy in Weles the Navy De-
partment is doom its hull dooty and aint by
no means the misabu! old pump as menny
sposes.
| understand as Bowreguarl and Jonstun,
hevn an idee that thrrs considahul OF pns
in the government coughers is all wultish
ankshus to sack the federal Capital. Let
EN- cum on. In the langwdge of the selly
brated Ginefal Liley of Mssyour:
Come one. come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base, in il pigs eye"
Take Washingtun!-wh it would be an
eesy task in caparisop, for Flolidy wrecker
to onlock the gates OF Heven with the Dub
bic Headed hot KEGS. But all the rebl Iced
ers thenks about is plunder. To use wnnst
more the wurts of the forsed Ginral Riley
"a lot of spawned, ringboned ham'strung,
wind CALLED, swine eyed poll eved split
hoofed pollytshuns, as he'd thar noses in the
public crib ontil thar warnt fodder enutf left
to make grui for sick grasshopper, and ef
they could oney Git thar ugly snoots inter it
agin, now its replenished, they'd be as much
in thar element as drove of shad bellied
shoats in rooterbaga patch But they kant
cum it, They've got all they ever will get.
The nashinal egul sits pearchcd alott outer
thar reech on the tree Of liberty and they
kin neether skare him with thar shootin
iruns nor ketch him by putin secession salt
on his independent tail.
he'd a short interview with our venabul
and farseeshus President on Munday last, on
witch ockashun he axed me why this Fall
would resemble airly Spring. | reckwested
hafe an hour for considerashun, and he gin
it to me, but couldent git it throo my har
so he was kind enuff to solve the mestry.
Ses he:
"This Fall will resemble airly Spring be-
kase thar'l be foroard March in Septem,
ber.''
line afeard he forgot in his overfowin
humor, that he was revealn an important
Cabbynet sekrt.
Heven nu;hin further to add sum up by
remainin as ushil. Yours alus
A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER.
MUTINY OF THE MACKEREL BRIGADE.
Orph, lis G. Kerr, one of the most reliable
Washington letter writers, attempts dag
nosis of the disease which has created no
little seeming disatfection among the defend
ers of the Flag on the borders of the Poto-
mac:
"General MrcLellan's attempt to abolish
the Oath in the army has had the effect to
produce much sickness in the Markerel
Brigade and the Sanitary Committee report
that it can only be cured by free use of
hot tumllers applied to the head. One of
our best men felt the fit coming on him, the
other day, and wanted to 60 home; but as
he knew the colonel would not let him 60
farther than the hospital, he made up story
about his parents being very sick indeed
"Colonel," said he, wiping bis eyes with
his havelock, "my aged mother is very bad
with habeas corpus on the brain, and if
don't 90 home she'll size die without bles
sing her only infant"
The colonel was mixing the Oath, with a
little sugar, for rebel who had just been
caught. He looked Up with stern copnte
nance, and says he: "Solder, pity thee
and would grant thy request were ! upon
nv native hills; but as I am not there, it
only remains for me to have you shot early
in the morning, if you don't 60 back to your
J,tv,, Tn an instant the soldiers fine face