, 1861-05-25

Of You TRIBUNE folks-your printers, guess
-hnye made 10 giYe my letters sensation
headings! Now Old Horace In biz Aes Rttsca
aays, great license II given to poets aud paint
not lawful, even for them, to cap of woman
with q herse's head The fact u, the telegraph /
epoils all letter writing in the1e days, reduc-
Ing their matter down to tnmeness, Wills the
Lightning docs the sensation. Your corze5-
pondent has been lead into this figure OF |
lightning ngImesn-~Iast summer. Perhaps aome |
u your corps would appreciate figure Of the |
following SOFT better, that ts, that the te1e- |
graph has tho same effect on letters, which |
time has On bottle Of champagne that h2s |
9een Ess ra o. ssnse
Hfrd{d for warning against OVERRIDING the
headings-where5n the render ia A1st struck
With wonder or horror at the news and next
Is wondering Is he reads further, ''is that alls
But to Washington: The elevation Of the
Flag is likely to become - much q passion II
tie Capital as In the country, and in both, It
is the religion Of patriotism, as much as the
Elevation Of the Host is the religion Of Catho
lies. Bunting is decidedly on the rise In price,
In position, md in mea1lng too. It's sovg Is
now that Of Byron, "pm aaoat," and What,
Who viii not 1aiAe one. Adams's Express has
been obliged to hang the banner on their
outer wall "Show your color" has been
told many business firm, who month ago
were u Indifferent as to the fate Of the United
her husband said, She felt sorry, but then he
want any blood kin Of her's!" The red,
white aud blue is put to you By the boys in
The street; you find 1t In the windows; It IS
used as neck tie by the youths With chokers;
it il prettiest around the necks Of the ladies,
or In their ribbons; and pTettier yet, as 1t
eml1es in their red lips, white teeth, and blue
eyes, whence the origin Of our Tag, say tho
pnReEs. r. .,o uo,,-,n, =, .ro ,,,,,s;na , .o,ta,a
on the "South side view" ofthe Postotace and
various enquiries have been made about the
| mail thief and we're going to hsng bin. An.
other said it was where JEFF Davis was destined
eoon to find himself, minus footbo1d, and
kicking at nothing! But to~moIIow will see
President Lincoln on TINT scaAold, to raise
| fourth one Il nsw made, some forty by sixty
! teet, which he will soon give to the breeze
| from the White House. The adair, tomorrow.
| will be grand one. There will be = speech
from that worthy brother Of Frank Blair, the
| Postmaster General, stone clear through, and
| grauite at that. There will be the hosta Of
our Israel, which may be numbered, without
| SHINING, as David did, md called oyer thirty
| thousand! There Will not be standing room
| for half Of them, nor climbing room ior ha1
I. chance for showing al the troops will he when
the Stars aud stripea are raised On the White
| House.
the officers and many Of the troops OF the 1Est
arrived Second Regiment Of NeT z 1ork, o1ess TIE
Celcnels, Lieut. -Colonela, Captains and athl:
leIy men. Orc Of the latter company, attached
to This regiment, and loading up some boxes
marked sfHowitzer,n told me they had ever .
thousand men, md psfeGtt battery, VIII wi5o
to an anchorl It's one Of the finest regiments
that has arrived yet. Their dress Is neat, but
not gaudy, and will not spoil In week. as the
red pants Of the 14th-the~ Brooklyn boys
have. HHenry Ward Beeeher had, as that rec
iment eay, much to do In getting their ontht
I wish be + ould come on and see them now
ts half Of them appear In their pants Of red
al covered with stain1. 4 pair Of b1eeches
should be immaculate 1orger than week, ane
hold their integrity longer than these scaElel
iannels will There ~ a5e & two things 1g whtst 1s:
clothes, md the other Is the size Of the sol
dIere. The fact Is, some OF the regiments
: taper Off too much into boys: On the side
! Tolks here you meet groups of mere youth
in military rg A. dirst yon think thsy yts' a5
!, city, or at any rate they are drummess, and q
such nay be small. But you look again AMI
you see they have letter md figure on thei
GETS, and you hear them talk, and 1t is ahon
= | Going to A1eIEndrla!- Nov know that II
tmslIcr the body the less danger Of being bit
and that Napoleon vas called q the little Co,
poral;' but there Is something in heing gren
adiers, Muscle tells as sure as blood, especiall
in q bayonet charge and while the South ar
sending sons Of mark to the field, men bi
enough to have " SIX toes and SIX t1ngers." le
l. Tie North show that their rice {
!. men Is not amall and growing beaut
t fully Ices. You have 90 very man
4 men there they are spelling. to come. Vel
j. send them on the eclectic principl
j choosing out those who caA lop salt of fro.
1. the head Of common men. Lincoln Is the sty
:. Of man for perpendicular; and your "dghtiu
= editor'' would do for breadth There Ia SON
e:1 news have, which the telegraph has not give
i. It comes to me direct from Grafton, Virgini
Il to the effect that that place Is now sHarmlr
,f:l with troops to help them vote; TINT res
"a ment Of troops left .Harper'a Ferry for Or:
.r ton last Saturday week, tRo companies
n which arc from South Carolina; that the cl
4. gers arc determined the Yirg inia and seccssis
:. TROOPS ehaQ not make that rendezvous
5. declared md that they arc expecting 500
,rt} & troops from Wheeling, when. there will
T tghtir < ttindeed 1t IL not undertaken V5tao
ta lEsir hsIp Citixenz are stopped by guard
IL property Is depreciatod; !; and great e1citemel
a. This is In Western Virginia; and II 20 the
n what must It. be il; the Eastern part Of It
,p doomed Dominion. ~; :. ]. ". &
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