The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-10

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son. Therefore, fear nothing The eye,
Of the whole civilized world are upor
you, and History and domestic Romance
expect TO write--that you did ptthom n
grod3i
At the conclusion of this touching and
appropriate speech, my boy, all the men
exclaimed: We will = except young
person from New York. who said that
| he'd rather Groan without die !" for
which he was sentenced to read Seward s
next Letter
The army being formed into great
quadrilateral, (see RSymond's Tactics, }
moved forward at double-quiok, and reach
ed Accomac just as the impatient sun
was rushing down With the exception
of mule, the only Nirgian to be seen
was solitary chiyalry, who had strain
ed himself trying TO raise some interest
from a confederate treasury note and
didn't get away.
Observing that only one man was in
sight, Captain William Brown, who had
stopped to tie his shoe behind large tree
on the left, made flank movement on
the chivalry.
as these the borders of Accamac p
says he, pleasantly.
Why" says the chivalry, giving a
start, "you must be Lord Lyons
"Wha, makes you think that ~ asked
William.
"Oh, nothing-only your grammar"
says Chivalry.
This made William very mad, my boy,
and he ordered the bombardmcnt to be
commenced Immediately; but as all the
powder had been placed on board a vessel
which could not arrive under two weeks,
il was determined 20 take possession with
out combustion. Finding himself master
of the situation, Capt. William Brown call
ed the solitary chlyalry to him, aud issued
the following
PROCLAMATION.
CITIZEN Of AccoMAc. | come anlsng
you not rs inccndiary and assassin, but
to heal your wounds and be your long.
lost father. Several of the happiest mo-
ments i'm my life were not speut in Acco-
mac. and your affecting hospitality, will
make me more than jealousy watchful OF
your liberties and the pursuit of harpi-
ness See the Constitution
Citizen of Accomac These brave men,
of whom ! ain spectator, are not your
enemies they are your brothers, and de-
sire to embrace you IN fraterna bonds
They wish To he considered your guests,
and respectfully invite you to observe
the banner of our common foretnthers. In
proof whereof, ] establish the following
orders:
If any niger come within the lines
of the tnited States Army to give
information, whatsomever, OF the
movements of the enemy, the
aforesaid shall have his head
Knocked Of, and be returned 10
his lawful owner according to the
groceries and provisions of the
Fugitive Slave Alex. (See the
Constitution
U.-lf any chicken or other defenceless
object belonging to the South, be
brought within the lines of the
United States army by any Mig
ger, his heirs, administrators and
assigns, the aforesaid shall have
his tail cat of, aud be sent back
To his rightiul owner at the OK
rensc 0: the Treasury Depart
ment.
lIi.-Any soldier found guilty of shoot
ing the Southern Confederacy, or
bo,hering him in any manner
whatsoinevor, the sane shall be
deemed guilty of disorderly con-
duct, aud be pronounced an ac-
cursed Aholitionist
WILLIAM BROWN, Eskeyire.
Capt. Comic s. elton Mackerel Brigade
Commanding Accomac.
The citizen of tecomac, my boy, re-
! ceived this proclamation iavorably, aud
said he wouldn' 60 hunting Union pick
cts until the weather was warmer Where
upon, William Br wn fell upon bis neck
and wept copiously.
The Union army MY boy. now holds
undisputed possession Of over six inches
of the sacred soil Of Accomac, and this
unnatural rebellion has received blow
which shakes the rotten fabric tn its shiv-
ering center. The strong arm of the gov
! eminent has ut Last reached the strong
hold of treason, and in a few years this
decisive movement on Accomac will be
followed by the advance of our army on
the Potomac
Yours, with expedition,
0RpiIEus g. KERR.
south EN- items.