The Placer herald., 1861-08-17
San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9Th 1861

bed soldiers, you can hear very sagacious
military views-I many, that you can. A
friend of mine announced as his view of the
affair "that jeff got the bulge on them, and
his fightngers swashed around too heavy for
the Others" This view is at least conclu-
sive and settling the case upon this basis,
saves much intense thought and loss of sleep.
Our republican friends are deeply mortified
over the result and in very bad taste become
angry and make savage threats against those
Of their fellow citizens, they brand as seces
slonists. | don't hear of any great number
of them enrolling under COL Lippett, Or in
the horse Battalion. Defending the Over
land mail they say is not their game-they
want to throttle Davis or Beauregard at
once. Hence we hear on the street, of rails
ing Battalion to 90 East by steamer, and
pay their own way / don't expect them
to start for week or more vet. The curse
of slavery rests very heavy on their consci
ences, and there is no telling to what ex'
iremes the fierce blood letters will go The
"Rowel Gnards" are counted upon, as a
certain addition to the forces from this
State
These angry fires ought not to exist in
/ Calitornla,-w from all parts of the
country east of this, with relatives and
! friends in both contending armies, and we
Should endeavor to smother the fires of pas
sion and cultivate in this asylum from
civil war the qualities of neighborly kind
ness and good fellowship.
Our interests present future alike point
to this as the proper spirit, instead Of threats
other purpose than to divide friendship and
stir up wrath and bitter animosties ee
spt ech and free press, are very sacred rights,
and have been enjoyed 50 long by the Amer
lean people that tlIey will not resign them
without d st.uggle-a bloody one think
because they cost that years ago. and are
worth that sacrifice to retain them.
The business Of the city. is sapparently as
lively AS ever Crazy people commit suicide
as usual, and the ,heat;es continue to draw
pleased audiences.
Coming along the street the other evening,
| dropped in on my iiiendS,-tle Suooks.
| found the good lady officiating in the shop
ms vendor of the merchandise of her ieye
twins had been placed at rest and were
sleeping the innocent sleep of infancy.
made some passing remark upon the beauty
Of children when asleep, of hers in partcu'
lar, which made her face glow with happi
ness, far deeper and purer, than the hectic
flash that overspreads the cheek of pamper
ed vanity, at praises of its own roses.
"Would l sit down-or perhaps | would step
into the parlor,-Joshua was there--and al
though he had given orders not to be dis
turbed. / was such particular friend, she
knew lie would not consider it an intrusion"
1t relieves my solitude to talk to Snooks
and accepted the ladies offer, and made
my way into the family sanctum-sanctor-
pln. AS mere citizen it is nothing for
me to be surprised -but Shocks is mill
ta!y man. and he was taken by surprise.
The shock was mutual He was dressed in
his full regimentals, sword at his thigh, his
body fla, upon the carpe; and he perusing
over map. No sooner had entered
then lie leaped upon his feet drew his sword,
and presented The point to his naked left
breast. cried 'halt the counersgnn' counter
sign the devil, says are you crazy!-"Oh!
Judge is that you, thought it was an edi
ter of some of these San francisco news.
papers, they are always spying around en-
deavoring to make people quarrel and hang
each other, andI have to be on the watch
for them" Here he put up his sword re
adjusted his shake and both having recov-
cred from our fright, we shook hands and
had refreshing laugh at ourselves you
see me now, says Snooks, doing just what
the great Napoleon has often done, and do
ing it exactly as be did,--l'm studying the
plan of campaign. When that great
Captain was about to start for Italy in 1900
he dressed himself in full Gen.'ls suit of
the Imperial Quad (much as you see me
now laid his maps down on the floor, got
down on his belly before them, and six weeks
beforehand stuck pin in the very place
where he would fight the great battle of the
campaign Marengo. This you see here is
map representing Maryland and Virginia,
and I've been studying up the plans of Gen.
SCOTS anaconda, and jeff Davis Iron,fst.
| find there's great assistance somehow in
then, when get down on my belly before
the map, it all becomes clear as day. Wife
she says she cant see what good it does,-
but Judge, you are aware that women know
nothing about war matters" J remarked
that had no donbt, the human mind .was
SO peculiarly organized in certain persons,
as to be greatly attended for the work of
genius, BY surroundings, and that undoubt-
edly his regmentals and his attitude on the
carpet, were just what he needed;-recol
lected the anecdote Of Napoleon, but
thought he didn't wear any bear skin cap.
This decided him to lay the map aside and
had then sight at the map myself You
sec here, says he, is the northeastern bound
ary Of Virginia, all along up here on the
ill ar of HarnQr'c Eorrv