The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-08-14
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wise, is from Vanity Fair. Those who
have pored over column after column OF
unintcresting details, only to find them
empty OF interest, will relish something
that has point to it:
WAsnlSaroS, July "a, 1851.
DEAR VANITY Affairs remain pretty
much In statu quo. ....& !. !:
My statement that the ''futurc was big
with something was a forgery. My letters
have been tampered with. Perhaps It might
be better, hereafter, for you to have all yodr
correspondence written in your back ofi1ce,
as the Tribune does.
That, however, is circumstance to whicff
I will not at present refer. This letter, at
all events, shall be authentic and truthful
Upon my honor.
have just had long talk with John
Minor Bolts, whose limitations of my letters
have produced so much laughter among thu
readers of the Tribune. ain not angry
with John. His correspondence is such an
evident burlesque Of mine. that nobody
could imagine for q moment tlidt he meant
to mis-lead any one. =.
There are no rebel soldiers in Virginia,
and those are only mob Of half starved.
half naked wretches, who always run away:
In fact they have all run away, and John.
says that he thinks some Of them arc still
running.
Gen. Beauregard, Of whom you may
have heard, is half starved, and half naked
like the rest. He lately ran away front
Richmond to Manassas Gap, where the poor
wretch was obliged to erect heavy batteries,
for fear the Federal troops should march
upon him. ,l.
1t is by such cowardly acts as these that
the rebels have lost the respect of the whole
Cabinet and army.
Old Abe has no longer hesitatcd to avow
his contempt for the entire confederacy.
Bolts tells me that the rebel army is
headed by fellow named johnson, broth
or Of the assassin of Ellsworth.
An engagement is expected to occur
somewhere shortly.
Nothing seems to be known, however, on
any subject.
Our picket guards were all shot last
night, by party Of rebel scouts, supposed
to be brothers Of Jackson, the assassin of
Ellsworth.
Prof loves plans have all gone up.
Mrs. Lincoln is we'll. The report that
she took paregoric, habitually, is unfoun:
ded.
Three secession spies were discovered in
the basement Of my tent last night. put
up new gallows and turned them of this
morning, in the presence of my gallant
Zoozoos and several invited guests, among
them were some of the bellies of Washing:
ton.
The poor devils died easily and gamcly.
They were said to be brothers Of jackson,
the assassin of Ellsworth.
Bolts tells me that affairs in Virginia are
very unsettled. He stayed three months
in Richmond and commerce is so dead there
that grass grows in the principal Streets
In fact, he pastured a COW for three weeks
right in front of his street door.
The negroes, he says, are kept busy all
the time quelling insurrection among the
whites. The Tribune has engaged Bolts as
q regular correspondent, to take the place
Of Harvey, who has been rewarded by fat
foreign mission. Abe says that if Cover
nor Pickens will come on to Washington,
he will give him the consulate of st. Pc.
tersburgh. There is another man applying
for that post now, who will probably get it.
His name is jackson, and he said to be n
brother of the assassin of Ellsworth.
Scott informs me, unof6cially, that he is
very tiesirous that the rebels shall remove
all their batteries and camps from Virginia:
As write, forty thousand Massachusetts
troops are defiling past my camp. They
are returning from furlough granted them
in order that they might enjoy a regular
old-fashioned Fourth of July clam-bake at
home.
They were assaulted, during their march
through Baltimore, by a large mob, headed
by two ruffians named jackson, supposed
to be brothers of the assassin Of Els
worth.
A very brilliant little affair took place
near Clouds Mills the other night. Three
of my Zoozoos were out on picket duty
and were attacked by fifty of the rebel cav
airy. The boys bravcly stood their ground
until assaulted, when each retreatcd in u
different direction, but in good order.
They picked up three hundred stand Of
arms, and cannon, flags, musical instru-
ments, &c, in great quantities, which the
rebels dropped in their fight. One Mimic
rifle, encrusted with gold and precious
stones, bore the name of Jackson, a rebel
farmer living in the neighborhood The
boys were especially anxious to catch him..
as he had been known to maltreat tho
Union men in the rebel army, and he is, al
so, brother Of Jackson, the assassin Of
Ellsworth.
have just learned that Bolts is not to
be trusted. His washer woman tells me
that among the dirty linen he sent her, was
l. secession flag that he had used. sus-
pect him Of cOllusion.
People are very much blamed by every.
body.
Nothing is known.
think that something will happen.
Blanca is ironing dozen clean haveocks
for me.
My men are shaving themselves and
backing their boots, previous forward
movement
The newspaper correspondents are hold
ing meeting with closed doors, no gentle.
men being admitted Their object is to-
give advice to me and General Scott, and
to have their statement of facts agree, for
once
am partially intoxicated.
A mysterious stranger, with a slouchcd
hat and long black cloak, has been ar.
rested for trying to bribe Old Abe to rec.
ogniZe the Confederate Government. At
first, he was supposed to be only hero i'm
one Of Ned Everett's or Ned Buntline's
blood and thunder novclettes, but it has
since been discovered that he is brother
Of jackson, the assassin of Ellsworth. He
is safely handcuffed, and am
McARoNE.
"What are you going to do, you
bad woman's boy ~ said Ar. Partington,
as Ike passed through the kitchen into tho
garden. down with the Seseshers p he
shouted, and she looked out just in season
to see the ton of weiccla bush fall before