The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-07
Secession i'm EEOrnby, Mc.-.Eet-
ter from Ethan Spike.
HoRNBr, May 20,
Of the Suvrinity one.

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We've had good deal of trouble in
organizing aour army on account of no one
beir willin to sarve lower than corporeal
Consequence is, we've more officers than
we know what to do with and only three
prlvits-one of which is Under guard for
whistling Yankee doodle, another has &C.
ceded and sot up on hi, own account.
T'other poor cuss, havin to stand the
hull brunt, is fast bein drilled to death.
All the officers has lick at him
They rout him aout at iu the moinin
and trot him raound till pitch dark. Lat
terl7 he's got SO waouud up, his wife says,
that he might jest as well not 60 to BED
ct ali, havin become reglar somnombol-
lie, an trains all night aout on the cold
floor with nothin On but his-that is, |
meantersay-or rather she meantersay-
or perhaps both of US meanteTsay-without
his uniform on. Originally It Wis fixed
that aour forces should be divided into
three grand corpscs. One destined to take
Augusta, another to okupy Portland, an
tother to harass Saccarappy, but OWN to
aour truale With Yirginny, an the great
skersity of pri7its, the arrangement was
gin up an consolidated into the grand ar.
my of okerpation. What we're goin to
okypy amt sartin-moast probably this
ere moonispolity, onless we're driven aout,
in which case, okipation will be more Or
less permiskious.
In fact we come pretty nigh clearin
out few nights ago, Some ipechaiary
undermined Major General Libby's wood
pile over by the meetinus. Thar was
more'n so cords into it and the crash was
awful We all thought we was shellcd! !!
The falanx, however, turned aout prompt
ly and got better than two miles away
from taown afore they facund what it was.
Gineral Libby rode arter them, told EN-
what it was, and that they needn't be so
scarf.
So artcr sendiu a advance picket rear
guard to reeoniter, they marched back
agin to the pump where the gineral pub
licly thanked them for their prompt ae-
ton. 1t is looked upon as great marcy
that the gineral thought to ride arter 'em
If he hadn't there's no tellin WHARF aour
army would have been naow, as when he
como up with EN- they was practiSin the
Zooarve trot toward Kanerdy.
Wet we moast fear is blokade,-tho'
Pyltiah Peasiee, who once thought of
studyin law, but gin ap on account of be-
in cross eyed, says he's looked all thro'
the Taowu Office" likewise "Chitty OF
Bills" and don't find that the state has
any right TO DO it.
Aour letturs of mark hav bin pnfortinit
so fur Tim Kyer an Peter Libby are
the only two who hev bin commissi;lel
Tim vas cotched ia fox trap week ago
last night, in a hin roost over to letter
vile, where he went arter d" "reprisals -
as he says-though I've no doubt he was
al ter the hins. He was licked hat aout
of his skin, and then released on parole.
Pete captured a boss somers over Bethel
way, and the Gretched half starved mer-
cenarys of Gov. Washburn hev set aside
the haybcus korpus act, indewrance, and
put him in Paris Jail. But let tic oppres-
sors tremble! Hcrnby will avenge the
indiguity offered to her gallant sons. Good
Heavens what are we comm to when
men with lutters Of mark in their pockets
are shut up in jails or caught in traps like
woodchucks
What do the hirelings of Washburn
mean? All we ask is-just tv be let alone
ARE our rights to be tux away on account
of few hosses and hins and sich like
more or less? Do they think to conju
gate? Could they see the spirit that
runs through-biles and rampages the
people Of this Suvrinity, they would know
that sicb people can never be corrugated
could they hear the bunkum speeches of
our patriots aud the boastin of aour in-
viGcible warriors, Wasbburn and his Blood
thirsty mermaidens would see that, tho
Worlds may rack
And matter crash,"-
Likewise
"Leaves has their time to fall"
Yet the Woodchuck flag of the free and
hum of the brave
-" shall yet terrific burn"
Let as alone
We only want to grub raound and pick
up what we want We don't Intend to
take anything we don't want. Why can't
you let US alone? If you won't listen to
reason, why then kick on. Bring on
your marcenarys-an see if you kin ketch
US. On that day we shan't be there.
Isn't it onalienabfe' right laid down
in the Coonstitootion that every man may
do as he had minter? That's all We
want-that, an nothin shorter.
There's party detached for secret sar-
vice to, night. 1t seems thars an old wo-
r,.x, fro,, Dortlond I'm harn ~, n visit tn