Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-22

an orderly came tearing in, wiIhsa report
of the skirmish going on. lii-h faoniia
"Ha I" says the patriotic chap TO him
"hoW does the canvas proceed 2n5n17i e ~
"Well,R' says the orderly, breathlessIy,
NBanks' outpost has lost twenty votes In
the Tenth Ward by desertions, and has
thirty donble-votes wounded; but think
Banks can still keep neek.and-neck with
Mcdowell ~ 81 liqles ;. sists-t7 81. n
',YOu do, hey 2",says the patriotic chap,
in great excitement. "Thenl Mcdowell
must not lend Banks singlo vote. Tell
him to keep his Ward Committees under
cover Hntil Banks gets through with his
canvas; for il; he takes part in that, and
tile election results in a victory over the
Confederacy, Banks will get all the credit
of it, and win the card in the next Nocli-
mating Convention" - q hHaJss.l - g
So McDowell's votes didn't reinforce
Banks in the skirmish, my boy, aud Banks
lost much popularity by being wOrsted by
the Confederacy. -
AS soon as the firing had ceased, went
out to meet some Of tie returning Wards,
and came plump upon the s%alTow -taIl
who was agitnting the negro question in n
corner of the late battlefield, surrounded
by fugitive eOutrabands. lisl q aet
"Friend Of the human race" says /,
show now 2" .t...,.a .#.e..sss.-- -.
"foung man." says he, hastily tying a
red silk pocket handkerchief about his
head, Il hn teaching these oppressed be-
ings to spell, having gextemporized college
on the very scene of their recent emauci-
patton"
'.How far have the collegians progress
ed.w says,I. aa. fsi ~ .'iii
"They have got" says he, "to their alb,
abs. Thus: a-b, nb, o-abo; (; lei Ii, aboli /;
t-i-o-n shun-aboIition.n
Shameful to relate, my boy, the swallow
tailed chap had no sooner said this, than a
cavalry ward came charging, hetter.skeI-
ter, right through the college. tumbling
the faculty into tic the mud, aud brufsfug
several sophomore graduates SimuTta-
neously, the patriotic Democratic chap ap-
peared on the scene, and insisted upon it
that the conttdbands should be Immediate
'ly returned to the Southern Gonfederacy,
as this is a white mans war. "Other-
wise" sayshe, cholerfcaily, culture recon
ciliation aud RECONSTRUCTION will be impos-
sible.f $3.50 tN9F.f' o. 5fii
Fearful that should become confused
a little if remained there any longer,
my boy, at once retired from the place,
in company with two sick votes, who were
going home on furlough, and reached
this city again in good order. se-5 ~.
Almost the first fellow7being j met on
my return was seely aud earnest chap
from New York, who was worth about a
quarter in ready money, and had come to
Washington post haste to pledge the
Empire States last dollar and last drop
Of blood for the vigorous prosecution of
the war. IS %
''See here, my selfdenying Btutus,' y
says i, as we took Richmond together at
the bar, ''who commissioned you TO
pledge so much as all that 2" sH =
''ro tell the truth, /" says the secdy chap
conlidentially, its all I've got left. T., to
pledge: pledge my .pinehbeck chronp-
meter for three dollars" SAYS he sadly.
Just before | left New York; and Pm
trying this pledge on speculation, Il
| have, sometimes feared, my boys that
our Uncle SamuePs concern Is turning.
into n pawnbroking establishment on u
large scale, where they make advances on
everything tangible and intangible, except
Richmond, my boy-except KichmUnd.
y Yours, with a presehtiment, eaa -
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