Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-03-27

Friday. when our troops remained
masters Of the field.
OF THE REBEL BUCK
Hrs CORRESPONDENCE WITH TIE LoUIs-
VILE JOURNAL.
FoRr WARRks, Mass, March 4.
To The Editors Of Louisville Journal;
GExrLExEs: Amongst other iuxu-
ries Of which I have been deprived
since my imprisonment, is the pleasure
Of perusing the chaste and refreshing
notices with which, for some time past,
your paper has henored me; and al
though in nay progress through the
North have met with many attempts
on the part Of the press at an imitation
of your peculiarly felieitous style Of
Misrepresentation, l haYe found none
to equal the original. I am. therefore,
under the necessity Of applying to the
fountain head. ! inciose two dollars,
for which please send me your country
daily, to the following address:
Gen. s. B. BucKSEE.
Care of Col. ]. Dimick,
Fort Warren, Mass.
S.-Since writing the above, our
friend, Col. R. W. Hanson, has reach
ed the celebrated resort, and desires
me to add that the present Of demijohn
of whisky, which he learns you have
promised him, would never be more
acceptable than at this time-the locali-
" and the latitude as well as the senu-
ments of our neighbors up the harbor
holding ont most tempting inducements
to cultivate q taste for that delightful
beverage. As a matter Of caution,
however, he urges me to add that he
hopes, if the liquor is of good quality,
you will not venture to taste it, as be
might thereby incur much risk in
losing it altogether-a privation which.
however agreeable to yourself, would
be attended with serious inconvenience
to himself during the prevalence Of the
prevailing "nor'easters." s. B. b.
The Journal says:
We are glad the bsgged rebel is in
such good humor. He evidently feels
a great deal more comfortable now than
he has for many months, and hence,
from being sullen and marose. he
actually undertakes to laugh and jest.
Perhaps be experiences a sense Of
relief on account of being quartered in
a safs retreat where hostile bayonets
CLEAN not nor hostile bullets sing and
whistle.
By the way, we are not surprised at
his having carefully cut out the figure
of the American eagle that was stamp
ed upon the corner Of the sheet we
have received from him. No doubt he
regards that terrible bird with dread
and horror. almost fearing that even a
paper eagle may pick his rebel eyes
out.
II our distinguished correspondent,
as the end and upshot of all his trea-
sonable deeds. shall undergo, on his
emerging from Fort Warren, the fate
OF those that it is said "can't be drown
ed" we hope he will send us ticket
invitation to the interesting little enter
tainment If he shall think proper to
make charge for it, we will cheer
fully pay him back the two dollars he
now sends US. All, if he had come to
Louisville last fall as be intended, and
had caught us, we should have been
dangling spectacle for his eyes instead
of living and anticipating his becoming
one for ours. But we hope he is we'll,
and that the dinners he eats in Fort
Warren lie more lightly upon his stom-
ach than the famous one he didn't eat
here.
As for Roger Hanson's message to
us. it shall of course be attended to-
We id promise Roger some fine
whisky, and it is on hand. 1t is al
ready jugged-like Rodger himself
While it is passing down his throat. he
will perhaps almost forget the disa-
greeable sensation that. in his mo-
ments of reflection, he no doubt feels
about his neck. He begs us, il the
liquor is good that we will not venture
to taste it ourselves, as in that case he
might lose it altogether. Well, he
seems entirely aware that there is no
danger of our drinking any but good
liquor. If his taste had been equally
unexceptionable. if he hadn't burned
up one half OF his senses and two
halves of his patriotism with mean
whisky, he never would have turned
rebel, never would have challenged US
to mortal combat, never would have
been an inmate OF Fort Warren, cursiug
the flag of his country almost within
the awful shadow of Bunker Hill and
its mighty shaft, never would have
felt choked for the want Of drop to
drink or looked forward with appre-
tensions of being still worse choked
one Of those days by "a drop to
much"
We are not without hopes that one
demijohn of good whisky or at most
two or three, will make Roger a Union
man again. We don't look for him,
however, to be what he declared him
self short time before his apOstacy,
Ca Union man without IFS or buts;" be
may be Union man without an if. but
certainly not without a most ponderous