Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
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"A military correspondent Of the New York
AeFAsy writes as iollowF, from Washing
toni ..---. ,.7 en- ,...r.~.-.5g .,... .
am. living luxuriously, at present on the
top Of q very respectable fence and tare
sumptuobsly on three granite biscuit a
dyy, and a glass of water wsakensd With
bTeDdy. A high private in the Twenty
rseCond Regiment has promised to let me
have one Of his spare pocket tlhsndkerchiefs
for a sheet the first rainy night;-and never
Roito bed on my comfortable iwindow-brush
without thinking how many poor creatures
there are in this world who have to sleep on
hair mattresses and feather beds all their
lives. Before the great rush OF Fire Zouavee,
! and the rest of the menagerie, commenced, l.
bearded exclusively on front stoop in Penn
syIvanialavenue, and used, to slumber, re-
gardless of expense, ia a well-conducted ash
/ box but the military monopolize all such
sccommodatious now and give way for the.
sake Of ny country.
/ tell you, my boy, we are having high old
atimes here Just now, and if they get any
higher | shan't be able 70 afford to stay.
The city is Sin danger" every other hour,
and as q veteran in the Fire Zouaves re
marked, there seemed to be enough danger
! lying around loose on Arlington Hights to
make very good blood and, thunder fiction
I M numerous pages. II the vigilant and we'll
\ educated sentinels happen to see a nigger on
the upper side of the Potomac, they sing ont
"Here they comep and The whole blessed
army is Swapping caps in less than minute.
1 Then all the cheap reporters telegraph TO
/ their papers in New York and Philadelphia,
4 that lief. Davis is within two minutes
+ walk of the capital, with few millions of
meD,p and all the free States send six more
\ regiments piece TO crowd us little more.
4 than't stand much more erowding, for nv
fence is full now, and there were six appli
cations yesterday TO rent an improved knot
hole. My landlord says that if more than
three chaps set up housekeeping on one
4 post, he II be obliged TO raise the rent.
! The great confidence in General Scott is
felt by all, and it would do you good to see
the gay old hero take the oath. He takes il
I after every meal, and the first thing when he
gets up in the morning. sr,-r s..
Those Fire Zouaves are fellows Of awful
suction, tell you. Just for greens, l asked
one of them, yesterday, what he came here
icr2 "HahW says he, shutting one eye
1--WE came here to strike for your altsrs and
your fres-especially your Jfres."y Genera
Scott says that, il he wanted to make thes'
chaps break through the army Of the foe
he'd have fre-bell rung for some distric
! on the other side of the rebels. He say
that half million OF the traitors couldn'
| keep the Fire Zouaves out of that distric
five minutes. | believe him, my boy
an learn, from good authority, that Presi
dent Abe has perfected great plan for th
: prosecution Of the campaign. He will kee
the troops where they are until the Southern
|, troops are all grown to be very old men, an
then he will attack them without more de
! lay. Il am informed that the ships whic
! sailed from New York and Boston, recently
! are under sealed orders to proceed immedi
!. ately to the South by way of the coast {
! Africa. We shall hear from them some tim
next century. Yours, automatically.