Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-07
The ..1xeor" Correspondence.

The following contains the latest advi-
ces received by the New York Sunday
Mercury. from its irrepressible correspond
ent at the National Capitol:
Mr.. EDIToR:-We hnve met the enemy
at last, my boy, but | don't see that he's
ours We went after him with flying
banners, and noticed that when we came
back they were flying still Honor to the
brave that fell on that bloody field +! and
may we kill enough secessionists to give
each of them monument of southern
skulls
was present at the great battle, my boy,
and appointed myself special guard of
,of the baggage wagons in the extreme
rear The driver saw me coming and says
he:
s.You can't cut behind this here wehi-
Gle, my fiue little boy"
looked Mt him IL moment, after the man
uer of the late great actor, Mr. Kirby, and
says ~:
..solIier, hast thou wife,"
Says he:
~ reckon
"Aud sixteen small children ?"
Says he:
"There was only fifteen when last heard
from"
"SoIdier," says I, ''were you to die be-
fore to morrow. what would be your last
request 2"
Here | shed two tears.
at would be-" says he, 'sthat some kind
friend would take the job of walloping my
offspring for IL year on contract, and find
ing my beloved wife subjects to talk
ABOUT"
Soldier" says l, "Pm your friend and
brother. Let me occupy seat by your
side"
And he didn't let me do it,
While WAS skirmishing around in the
rear of another wagon, met Raymond, of
the Times, and found that he was hunting
for the ''Great QuadriIlateral." He said
that lie would go into the thickest of the
fight and write an account of it on the
knapsack of dead rebel, if it wasn't for
the fact, that if he should happen to be
mortally wounded the Herald would say
that he was shot while running after his
hat Just ut this minute something burst,
and found myself going up ut the rate OF
two stecpIes and shot tower a second.
met Fire Zouave on the way down, and
says he:
sTowhead, ifyou see any of our boys up
where your goin' to, just tell them to hur-
ry down for there's goin' to be muss,
and Mines fellers'll take that ere four-gun
hydrhuC from the secesher5 in less time
than you can reel two yards of hose.
AS WAS Uery tired | did not go all the
way up; but turned back at the first cloud,
and returned hastily to the scene of strife.
happened to light on IL fat secesher, who
was doing little rnnning for exercise.
Down he went. with me on top of him. He
was drendfully scared but says he to lne:
"I've seen you before, by the Gods?"
winked ut him an. i commenced to shar-
pen my sword upon stone.
''Tell me- says he, chad you female
mother r.
81 had" says !.
"And II masculine father?"
'.tie wore breeches."
"Then you are my long lost grdndfnth-
er" exclaimed the secesher, endenvoring
10 embrace me.
'.It won't do," says I. "Ive been to the
Bowerv Theatre mys9lf;;" and with that l
took off his necktie and wiped my nose with
it. This action was so repungent to the
feelings of n Southern gentleman that he
Immediately died on my hands; and there
left him.
With the remembrance of the many
brave souls who sacrificed themselves for
their country that day, | have not the
heart, nv boy, to continue the subject.
was routed about o'clock in the after
noon, an fell back on Washington, where
am now receiving my rations. don't
take the oath with any spirit since then,
and skeleton with nothing on but hav-
clock is all that is left of
oRpHEUs KERR