Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-07

Nor e'eu by word o mouth
Disturb the thing wo crave
Twas our torefathers' hand
That slavery begot
There AhrGm, let it stand
Thine Acts ,halharm it not.
a. the conclusion Of thi. spirited National An
them, the Border State chaps who have been sing
ing it are invited TO have another interview with
the Pre.ident, who has only seen them twice the
same morning. A> they pass out the celebrated
Mis-, Columbia appears, wrapt IN deep thought
and the American flag, and reading the twenty
third proclamation for The current month. She
asks her hear she Is indeed dlyorced-if her
HHc happy Luioa ie indeed uroken and as her
hear .t.u.es 10 answer any such common ques-
ton, doubt is allowed 70 remain in the bosom
OF the spectator. 10 deep agony she knees at
the Monument Of Washington and softly sings
" Hail Columbia whilethe Southern Confederacy
VINO has just arrived, proceed, 70 plant batteries
ali around ner, assisted in Inc work by reliable
contaband. After son moments spent in
prayer Tor the repose Of Secretary WelIes, Colum-
ba discover, Der surroundings, and IS about to
make q faint, whcn the pirit Of Napoleon appears
and tell, her tha, he has nothing 70 fear, as he is
about to change hi, base Of operations, and take
Richmond. He tells her that be would haze
taken il long fore but ior TIE Tribune This is
a yery fine scsne-ye0 fna. The spirit Of Napo-
leon hen proceed, to pick up every thing he can
find and throw it over to the Southern .COnfeder-
aoN at The same time swinging himself around 50
bis ett fist may be presented to 'he enemy instead
Of hi, right only pausing long enough to drive
back o reliable conuaband who has started to de-
7ert him
Matters are progressing admirably and the
Contedeacy be. only planted twenty four more
batteries around C,lumbio when the Conservative
hora, comes tearing back to the scene, with the
news that the Presiden has determined to pay
for all runaway slaves in postage stamps lis
splendid stroke OF poic' completely snggers
the Confer erlcy, that he 0nly erecs lhiriy-two
more batteries, and acknowledges that bis back
bone is broken. Strange to say, Columbia still
labors under the delusion that she is in danger
but is finally relssured by the spirit OF Napoleon,
VINO conynces her that all is going on well, and
az once draws bis shovel and commences to dig
hole Columbia asks Wherefore this digging"
10 which the answer is
Our Union in It's broken state
Is discord ~ he soul
And ilsrefore are we digging here
TO make ih- Z ninn hole"
"
poeon IS sunk deep into the earth, when the
Southern Confederacy deliberately stems over the
hole a1d captures Washington, az the same time
ordering Columbia to black us boots Columbia
would be utterly bereii OF hope at This urn 10
affair, but for the cheerful conduct OF the Conser-
yatye Oh rus, who bid her rejoice that the good
old times have come again. Columbia then re-
members thai she did indeed black the boots of
the Conf deracy in the good old times, and it sud-
denly flashes upon her that the Union i, in truth,
restoret-As II WAS \ brilliant blue light is
thrown upon the scene, and as the cprtain falls,
the Conservative Chorus are seen in the act OF
taking all the credit 10 themselves aud indignant
y yrefusing to pay their war taxes
This affecting drama OF real life was played en-
tirely by gifted Mackerels, my boy the one acting
Columbia being po sessed OF voice as musical as
that which comes between the teeth of new
saw.
When 'ht last round OF applause had subsidized
and wa, leaving the theatre, | came upon the
dpu.lis, Captain William Brown, who appeared
to be waiting to hear what | had TO say about
this work. Says to him;
"WeIl, my versatile Eurpdes, your play re-
semble. the better dramas Of HschS us, inasmuch
as it is all Greek to me-"
"Ah "says William, hastily assuming the atti-
tude in which Shakespeare generally appears in
his pictures DO remind you torcby of the
bird Of Avon ?'
"Yt>, says |, kindly You might easily be
aiken lat Shakespeare-after dark"
~ urned 70 Ieave him, my BOY, | could not
help thinking now often the world will call man
" Second 50 and SO, long before he has anything
ike commenced to be the first even.
Yours doubtingly,
ORPHEUS c. KERR.