The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-12-18

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Our Reception ae 6eatEoF1.
It is only to put in Aagrant eontra1l th6
stupidity Of the heavy dailies and IL sns
terprise Of the comic press that we consent
to reproduce this paragraph from the
Worlds account Of the battle in Port Roy
al Harbor:
Soon after landing, detachment Of msf,
proceeded up to Beaufort, and found Il ten!
, antlcss except by one dilapdiated person;
who presented some traces Of cultivation,
and Of having been an original South Car
olina gentleman, but he appeared to be
either psralyxed by drunkenness or fear;
and it probably was net the latter. Hc
met the federal troops on the outskirts Of tho
city, and with hat in hand, and gently sway.
ing from side to side, hiccupped out 4 JssS
undistinguisha6s ssords Is they passed
on.
We call attention to the phrase we have
italicised above. 1t tdisplays vividly slack.
ness in the Worlds correspondent. 1t il
the old excuse Of the reporter who is toe
lazy or too drunk to sit out public meet
ing, and who makes apology for the speech.
es he omits by the well-worn formulas -
"We regret that want of space prevents
our giving report Of Hon. Mr.. Smiths
very able remarks" or. 1.-The lateness Of
the hour precudcs our doing that justice to
Mr.. Browns forcitle appeal which We could
wish" a,
The World, it is well known, is slug
gish journal Of limited circulation.
How far Vanity Fair surpasscs it in all
the elements Of ccllence, modesty forbids
Us to mention. The following reports
which We have just received from our spe.
cials speak for themselves:
7riumphal entry Of the Fsderal trocys intS
Beauf;rt! Address Of soslcome bya
prominent citizen! Abls-bodisd ~
marks! FuIparticulas! .. -as
Specially reported for Vanity Fair.
On BOARD STEAMER WABASH. ]
OF Hilton Head, Nov. Q, 1861.
In their hcadlong flight th5
Southern gentlemen appeared tn forget
their boasted courtesy. Ttcy left but one
Of their number behind them to welcome
us to the city. The gentleman ON whose
shoulders this duty had fallen, however,
went through with it in a very creditable
manner, and everything passed of plrasant-
ly. On our arrival at the outskirts Of Beau-
fort the orator Of the day advanced towards
Us, hat in hard Being entirely alone two
members of the 7th CONNECTICUT regiment
were puted to support him, as a matter
OF etiquette. His speech did credit to his
head as well as to his heart. append e
verbatim report:
"Ow'r you boys? Fine wer'r. Glart'
ses you. Welkcl t. Beaufor'! = Gel. Dray.
ton gone! Wouldl stay. Fine wer'rcrt.
w h-o-o-o-o p!-L"sh take drink -
Great applause) You Noreners perry
good fellaS, (cheers)-Gel. Drayton wonldi'
sthay. See I, to him, SEE I /: Gel. Dray.-
ton you musht (hic) sthav, absholute -
necessary Sez (hic) he to the, ssz he to
m-c.e-e, SEE he to NEE, sez he to me,
John, can't do it ole fella. Mustn't (hic)
90. Got business (hic) engashment'--
Gel. Drayton's frien' o. mine Know Gel.
Drayton? Gel. Drayton's good (hic) fella.
All good fellas. Beautort's (hic, all right?
e.autort's all right Fine wer'cr -
" -o-o-o-o-p."
II re. overcome with emotion, the speak.
+ sot down Amidst loud and prolonged ap.-
1lausc.]