The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-01
DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

that po ectile hurled at it in a straight
line, cannot simply CRATE II to any extent
~ith"nt making wound in Eome place
The coat tails Of the human GOrm," says
William, lucidlv, ''cOnld mt without in.
jury TO that form be severed at the hut.
tons by a hall, unless they were sticking
straight out at the instant; and it j. i'm.
portant that the United States Of Amtrirn
should know whether the lace Of the
wcarer was turned towards the Southern
COnltdcracy, or in an opp"Site drpctiun,
at the exact moment If the disaster. g.
The elect7iiyiug is,lnm Of this thought.
ful speech, my boy, had the effect to pro-
duce nn immediate adjournment nf the
Generals friends; for when the test 0f
anatomy is applied To a mans bravery,
that bravery becomes mtre matter Of
form. . .4... ..-s W. \ - 20,
The General. my boy, is the idol Of the
Mackcrel cLil3Trn. AMI ~ ~ SS,--.>,,,,
slowly advance To deal the death-bOw To-
this impiOuS rebellion, it will be proved
that he was not responsible for single
one Of the mistakes he has made, and
COULD NaSsStNk*0 RichInUn1 long ago, but
scr "iS 'zs.sss.:::.:s;;.. s::s; . $s-nTSa Hra>e forgive
these Jnc"hin Black Republicans who nb-
ject To his being President in 1865. This
is the PRAYER Of twenty milliOnSlree white
men under the Constitution, as was very
justly remarked to me by political chap
from New Haven last Ac,k. On Tuesday,
the Mackerel Brigade was on the nniskirIS
Of the AccOmac-t 'OnpanV 3, Regiment
being sent ahead. under the command 0i
Col. Wobert WObinSon, to watch the
movements Of some regiments Of c0ufrde
racirS. who we believed to he either there
or in South Carolina. The advance guard
>tayel there two days, my boy, and then
an orderly cnme riding in to the =, neral,
with the request that lie would immedi.
attly send reinfnrcementS and provisions,
aS Company 8, Regiment !, wns in danger
Of starvation and drfeut at short notice.
The General ceased tanning hims II for
a moment, and says he to the perspiiing
orderly:
81 have heard your request, my child I;
but before ! comply with it, | wish tn
know what IS the present political cOn.
pleXion Of Colonel WObinSnn."
The half.StarvCd orderly clasped his
thin hands together, aud says he:
II don't know what; but for Gods
sake, General, send Us something to cat,
and some help, or not one Of Us can be
saved"
The General waved his hand magisteri
ally, aud SAYS he:
That's very true. But I must first
know what are the sentiments of Colo. el
! WOhnSOn on the nrg'n question"
The orderly might have responded, my
boy, had he not tainted just then from
weakness. In pity f"r his comrades, nr
derS were at once given for the trnnspnr.
tation Of provisions and reininrcrine Is To
| Company 3 before the end Of the month /;
and had the aforementioned confrdrra.
ccS delayed marching into Arcomnc until
/ that time, ! should not he Obliged now to
chronicle another Of those disasters to cur
arms which the traitornus harangu,s of
Wendell Phillips have 50 outrageuusly
produced.
If this war IS to be prosecuted with
vig"r, my boy, we must rrI.ose unlimited
confidence IN tine ability Of the Admins.
uatlnn and of our q, nerals, res'lutely
irnwning down all Jacobin demonstrations
at home. and suffering our leaders to bc
interfrrrd with nv no one but each other.
II We permit civilians to mAuage matters,
the country will be uudone but il, on
the contrary. We trust everything TO our
Generals, the country will he done
brown.
Luckily for us oil, the occupation of
Accomac by the celebrated Southern Con.
fetcracy, is n part Of the great plan Of the
General nf the Mackrrtl Brigade to end
this rebel N in one crushing blow, and a<
soon rs the entire ConfeieracV shall have
entered AccOmac III safety, the Mackerrl
Brigade will proceed tn bag it.
You don't see exactly how hat is to be
done, eh!
There y"n go again. my boy! always
'neddling with what you d"n't unher
stand, and presenting, in your civilian
imbrcility, to doubt the practicabi i;y-
not to Say the uti.itv-of Il covert irwin
cihlity. rendering it futilitv on the part
Of 5 'uthrrn agility to take for weak de.
bil'ty what Is Really strategic facility, end
bound, in great fcrtiiv nl warlikc n,cnti,
hility aud utter reliability. to turn all the
Toes agility 10 final accountability, that
Snhl cause nhn, w InlhTe huulIllty, h
treat us, at hast. With civiIitv.
Such, my boy, is the Mackerel plan to
at.
This Stratrgy'S like some plan for again
depending IN fail Of rain. that. in less
tn week, should the drought remain,
'twould rLin it altogether. 1t pondereth
bindly whether or no the opposite nests
vii! do So and 50; aud how 1t will end at
last, you know. drrcndcth upon the
whether" Yours, calulv,
ORPHEUS {. KERR.