The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-02-20
THE C4NPAIGN IN THE INTERIOR.


1t wasn't "the cannons' opening roar"
at all that I heard at the conclusion Of my
last letter.
Some of my men had tipulated too lux
uriously In I-Openers, and that sort OF
thing Thereby becoming Highlarious.
And the like.
The "boys" have been lying here, in
state of almost utter inactivity, for nine
months past. Nine months is passably
long stretch of time. Nothing To Do is
about as bad a companion and bedfellow
as Nothing To Wear. Time and tide
| wait for no man. What your hands find
eth to do, do with looseness. Patience
is not caoutchouc.
Unlike Widows supply Of oleaginous,
this latter item occasionally gins out l
have had ocular and practical demonstra-
tion Of the fact.
A barrel of contraband Boomerang is
not calculated in any great degree to add
TO the harmony of either court or camp
In short, what with this and which with
that, my men mutinied
Whereupon, they appointed commit
| tee from the drunkest of their number to
confer with me as to when / intended
making forward move.
Not being able to discern their author
ity to pump me in the premises, l sugges-
| ted that it was none of their biz.
'This Court" said I-"gentlemen, this
| Court knows itself: and knowing dare
maintain"
They retired.
After they had tuckered all around
again, another committee came to me on
| the same errand.
| This committee consisted of three. /
Immediately chopped off all their three
heads off, They needed salutary lesson
TO check their insubordinaton.
always temper my justice with mercy.
| I then went out and smashed in the
head of the barrel of contraband After
drinking its contents, proceeded to feel
! better
Calling my men about me, [ read them
a severe lecture on the error of their way.
"Your attempt to coerce me into letting
the feline out of the bag has failed. Sig
nally failed, gentlemen, [ say"
looked fierce. They looked bad.
"Now," said /, an tell you when I'm
a going to ambulate If the weather
prove auspicious, and the mud dries up,
and it don't rain, d. V, ct Get, we will
probably move about the first of April, or
the fourth of July, or, at furthest, when
the leaveses fall from the treeses again.
If. however, we don't get started on either
of those occasions, the presumption may
safely become violent that | intend TO ap-
ply the principle of moral suasion to the
enemy, by letting him severely alone"
They Immediately presented me with
splendid sword, and begged pardon for
having "swarmed" on me-
They have great confidence in me.
I made reconnaissance down the river
on Tuesday. We attacked, reduced, cap
turcd, and otherwise successfully took,
thirteen forts during the trip. They were
all ably defended, bat they couldn't quite
withstand my mastery strategy and impet
uous charges. These are considered as
the most stunning blows the Rebellion
has yet received.
! We penetrated as far as Indiana coun-
ty. The inhabitants along the route
cheered Justify for the Stars and Stripes,
and bespoke any stray chaws of tobacco
that VIC might have had lying around
loose This is a cheering fact. 1t exhib
it's conclusively that the Anaconda is
gradually Tightening it's folds, and that,
unless something startling intervene, we
will all be eAlb.ed, sooner or later, to
subscribe for the county paper.
The people of this section are just now
greatly agitated about the "Dog Law"
question. Taxing Tea raised a respecta-
Bile breeze in Boston once upon time :
taxing Tray has bad a corresponding eff
feet in Beulah. The points at issue are,
Did our forefathers eight, bleed and die"
for the perpetuation of liberty to all man
kind, dogs included, as some say! Or
didn't they? And if so, how much
A dancing masters prevailing weakness