Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-09
A Bis OF Fan from wasninessn.
A "soger" correspondent Of the New Yolk
Mercury writes as follows:

A "soger" correspondent Of the New Yolk
Mercury writes as follows:
am living luxuriously, at present, on the
top OF very respectable fence, and fare sump.
tuously on three granite .buscuit q day, anda
glass Of water weakened with brandy. A hieh
private In the 22d regiment has promised 10 Ia,
me have one of bis spare pocket-ha X erchiefs
for sheet the first rainy night, and never 20
TO bed on my comfortable window -brush with.
out thinking how many poor creatures there are
In this world who have 10 sleep on hair mat
tresses and feather beds all their lives. Before
the greatrush Of Fire Zouaves, and the rsst Of
the menagerie commenced, boarded exolu-
sively on front stoop on Pennsylvania Avenue,
and used to slumber, regardless OF expense, "a
well conducted ash boz; but the military
Honopolize all such accommodations now, and
give Tor way the sake Of my country:
tellyou, my boy, we are having high old times
here Just now, and II they get any higher.
shan't be able to afford to stay. The city 10 In
"danger" every other hour, and, as veteran
In the Fire Zouaves remarked, there seems to
be enough danger lying around loose on Ar
lipgton Heights to make very good blood and
thunder fiction In numerous pages. II the vigi.
liant and well educated sentinels happen TO see
niger on the upper side of the Potomac, they
sing out "Here they comew and the whole
blessed army is swapping caps in less than
minute. Then all the cheap reporters telegraph
to their papers in New York and Philadelphia,
that "Jeff. Davis ia within two minutes' walk
Of the Capital, with few millions of men,"
and all the free States send six more regiments
piece to crowd US little more. sham stand
much more crowding. for my fence 10 full now.
and there were six applications yesterday TO rent
an improved knot hole. My landlord says that
il more than three chaps set up house keeping
on one post, he'll be obliged to raise the rent.
The great conddenc in General Scott Is felt
by all, and 1t would do you good TO see the gay
old hero take the oath. He takes Il after every
meal, and the first thing when he gets up In the
morning.
Those Fire Zouaves are fellows Of awful sue
tion, tell you Just for greens, asked one Of
them, yesterday, what be came here for9
"Hah" says he, shutting one eye, 1--WE came
here for to strike for your altars and your fires
especially your fires" General Scott says
that, II he wanted to make these chaps break
through the army of the foe, he'd have fee
bell rung for some district on the other side of
the rebels. He rays that half million of the
traitors couldn't keep the Fire Z,uavea out of
that district five minutes. believe him, my
boy!
learn from good authority, that President
Abe has prepared great plan for the prosecu-
tion Of the campaign. He will keep the troops
where they are until the Southern troops are oil
grown to be very old men, and then he villAt
tack them without more delay. am inform
ed that the ships that called from New York
and Boston, recently, are under sealed ordera to
proceed Immediately to the South by wa Of the
coast of Africa. We shall hear from them
some time next century.
Yours, dipomaticalIy.