The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-06-26

may be interested in this new candidate for
Northern favor. / do not think this animal is de-
scrbed in any work on Natural History. He is
OF the SUI generis order. He is very long, very
lean, and very savage. lie confronts person
with flashing eye and name erect, and, if his ar
tagonist is small boy q woman, he always re-
mains master of the field. Our boys say he is
made to drink out of canteen, his nose is 80 long,
slender and arastocratic. Some genius has writ
ten quite an elaborate ode in his honor from which
quote:
"Thou Iene and lanky kuss All hale!
reckon yure nearly rite fur baken.
What dost thou with that ere
Not tide in thy taleP To kepe
Thee from runnin thru the phensis!
tbs uselis, allow for thou
COuldst jump nine rsle fence"
That is doing the animal no more than poetic
Justice, and leave it to the tender mercies Of the
men who raise, and the poets who praise it.
Although it is always unpleasant to criticisc the
habits, manners or persons of those among whom
we sojourn, vet, as throwing light upon the study
of Ehnology, and as illustrative of the effects of
slavery upon society, l may be pardoned for at
tempting to describe very briefly and imperfectly,
some of the traits and characteristics of the people
of this part of Missouri.
II is almost incredible to believe that such per-
sons could be born, and brought up, where the
American idea of equality and selfdependence, or
independence has had even the most limited cur
rency. Can it be, often ask myself, that men SO
dull spirtless, SO ignorant, mean and bringing.
cell themselves Americans? 1t fairly disgusts US
to their little poor, apologize air, when con-
versing with our soldiers About the manners of
the most ignorant and youthful of our Northern
soldiers there is freedom, ease, and spirit in
strange contrast with those of the people of this
section. They are generally very ignorant: the
proportion who can read and write should l state
it, would astonish you. AS indication of the
state of socety take the fact that nearly all the
women, young and old, smoke or chew tobacco.
l have not seen any woman chew, for did net
wish to see that sight and live after it, but there
is no doubt about the fact. The other day. just
after the suttIer had opened his store at Bloomfield
very nice looking country girl of about IL came
into the store to look at the dry goods &c. But
the only article that seemed to attract her special
| notice was meerschaum pipe. She examined it
with the air of cOnnoiSseur, asked the price hung
very tenderly over it. and said she would buy the
pipe if the man would take Tennessee money for
it. He was hardhearted enough to refuse cir
culating medium which is very abundant in this
region, so the girl does not enjoy the luxury ofin
haling Missouri ambrosia through meerschaum,
but must be content to smoke what her mother
does an old clay, or corn-cob pipe.
A few days ago, while out upon a scout, we tar
ried at an old log house to get some dinner. The
occupants were an old man, and his daughter
young lady of I8 or 10 years of age The young
i,op
hands mixed the dodgers, her tongue expatiated
upon matters in general. She told us che had been
''out in the lot all the morning drapping corn af
ter pap" One of her weghty reflections l shall
not soon forget, it was so original, antithetic,
and took me by such surprise. Speaking of the
desolation caused by the war,she said never
seed SIGH country as thi5'n you kant git as much
as kaliker dress pack o. kards." wish
could reproduce the style of articulation. Was
not that sententious? 1t compressed into sem
tence the whole statement of the case, as under
stood by large numbers of the people of this coun
try. But the significance of the sentence was in
tensfed by the circumstances of the fair " speak
or. regret that must be personal in order that
your readers may the point oimy observations.
The girl had not combed her hair, verify believe
was of that dubious color, which showed that it
was in the language of the poet, tracy of the SOIL
What sublime disinterestedness to think of pack
: OF cards under such circumstances! And then
such graceful grouping of the useful and the
pleasing Horace said long ago, Omne tuit pune.
, tum gu mtScuH Utile dulci"-let this young Mis-
souri, belle not be deprived of her reward, for she,
too, brought the serviceabe and the amusing into
friendly juxtapostion. l am not sure, however,
that many down here would not include cards
among the necessaries of life. see them used
} very generally. People can't read, as a general
thing where they can, can't get books or papers,
and, ofcourse, they must do something therefore
they take to card-playing. That is about the pro.
cess of reasoning. The negroes work; the whites
play--euchre. Sunday morning last, just about
the hour when NOrtherners assembling in
their places of worship, l in a house near
where we encamped, two young gentlemen and
as many young ladies deeply engaged in that in
teresting game. torn, dust covered bible lay,
at modest distance, upon a SHELF wearing an air
Of apology tor the objectionable presumption for
being there at all. That is the genius of Southern
institutions. / do not wish to be considered as
partial to negroes or unjust to the white inhabi-
IdnIS OF luis region, Wnen say Lndt nave seen
more refinement of manner, more morality; and Il
higher degree of native intelligence, among the
former than among large numbers of the latter
There are exceptions, of course, to this state of
thing: but they are exceedingly rare. The great
mass of the people are as l represent.
l must turn to the affairs of our regiment. You
may be cure the grass will not be allowed to grow
under our feet, SO long we under such off
GERS as Col Daniels and Major LAGRANGE. If
were to designate the special element in which the
regiment excells, should say it its mobility:
1t moves from point TO point with the utmost quiet
ard rapidity. The rebels are struck almost be.
fore they are aware we are in their neighborhood.
The people of the little rebel town of Kennett
walked up the other morning to find their village
occupied by our men, They come upon the town
In the gray dawn of the morning, as noiseessly as
II but single man had entered therein
So, also,it was in the capture of the rebel steam
boat Daniel B. Miller upon the Little River a
tributary OF the st Francis. Information was brot
to headquarters that the boat was en- route for
HornersVlle. ThereupOn. considerable force
OF the regiment rapidly moved to Hornersville and
entered the town at a full charge. The rebels on
the boat took the alarm, and one of them present.
ing pistol at the breast of the engineer, Union
man, compelled him to push the boat out into the
stream. Meanwhile, men had reached the
waters edge, and commanded the boat TO he bro,t
to shore. The order was disregarded, when our
troops opened fire, from rife and cannon, upon
them and soon caused the rebels to come TO land
The boat and its cargo consisting mostly of cotton
sugar and molasses fell into our possession. The
value of the prize was about $40 600 There were
about sixty passengers on board many of whom
were officers of high rank in the Confederate SER
vice. will mention the names of only few of
these taken They are Col Brent, Adjutant Gen
eral of Green's staff Col. VIM. Davis, aid de {
camp to Gen. Green; Col j. A. Walker, Cap 8
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