The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-25
Letter from Maj. Jack Downing.
:. WAsHINGroN. Aug. Il, 1862.

of the hull of US. Eff don't write letter
this time worth printing, it Will DE because
my idees have all kinder oozec out through
my skin. One day the Kernel says TO me,
SEE he. Major, what do yeu think about
McCIellan's new base on the Jeemes River
wall, SEE /. Kernel, it reminds me for all
the world of old Truxton Miller's bar hunt.
away mp in the north part of N aine, when
was q boy
The Kernel likes to hear story as well as
to tell one. so he insisted that should tell
him all about it. So proceeded. SEE L,
'Old Truxton was the most noted bar HINT
er in that part, and it waru't often, when he
got started after q bar. that it ever got away.
He could yell ard boiler equal to wild In
girs, an he generally scarf away all the var
minis for. several miles around. One spring
the bars had been very troublesome, carry
in off his sheep lambs, an even calves au'
yearlin's an Truxten vowed he'd go an at
tack the bars in their den. So off he start
ed with his dIbbel-barreled shot gun an his
big dog Harcules. for resIar bar hunt. He
soon got or their track, an lie followed lem
to the den. Jest as one was goin' in. let 90
his gun. am took one of 'em in the thigh
This only made matters worse, for out come
two or three others, an soon the old Teller
was tickled on ali sides. He felt pretty safe
with Harcules. but soon the bars made for
The dog am they tore him to pieces in a jffy.
Truxton shot one Of 'em, but that put the
Intervals 10 the rest, an the old Teller had to
skedaddie. as they say in these days. See
ing tree handy by, he started to go up, bu;
powerful beast fetched him a wipe with
his paw, an tore off the seat of his trowsers
He got away, an that was all, an looked
down on the bars in dismay. g
Now SEE /, Kernel, think that Nc
1a1I La-o a., l. I. l-a n
Truxtop's. But all of his peishbors turned
out. an finally got the OLD Teller ont of his
danger, am when he come down ne made
this remark. sez he, neigh bors. it's one thing
to hunt a bar, but it's quite another thing
when bar hunts youi' So,' seq I, Kernel,
it's one thing to hunt the Secesh, but it's
quite another thing when the Secesh hunts
you. au' it appears to me as il MeCle Han was
freed in his new base wall, Major seq
the KerLel. slow are we to get him awavT
WALL seq i do jest as old Truxton's neigh
bors did-scare off the tarsi Scare off the
Secesh! Get around 'en on all sides, an
make 'em believe you are going to attack
'em from every quarter, an they will soon
scatter, SO that the General can change his
base again. Call it "a great piece OF strutegy.'
and the people won't know the difference =
WALL seq the Kernel that's Jest what has
got to be done, an though its a nifty danger
Gus movement, right in the face OF the
rebils, vet it must be DONE or ali the troops
will die Of disinterry where they are' Be-
fore this letter reaches. your readers. the tel
Ee-graf will announce the hull movement
The other day the Kernel had call from
some niger preachers. He sent for 'em to
have a talk, about seein' whether they
wouldn't consent to go to Central America,
but they didn't seem to like it much. They
A. \ ~ T., L., =
/ TON the Kernel that when he got niggers
to immigrate, that the next thing he could
do would be to get the kinks out of their
hair. SEE he, why not, Majer?' WALL
sez I, because it amt their natur' SEE |.
Kernel, you talk to those niggers Jest as if
they were white people. all except their col
or. You seem to think that they will DO
something for their postertv, sacrifice some
thing, but they won't. The niger only
cares for the present. The mullattoes hove
come of the talents of the white man, but
the niger not a bit.'
Now, Majer,' SEE Linkin, you are preju-
diced. Don't all the great mon of the world
all the learned men Of Europe, am all the
Christian; Philanthropists, don't they all con-
slider it the highest duty to try an elevate
the black racer Now seq i. Kernel,
don't care blue postage stamp for all the
great men in the world. A little plain moth
er wit have always found better than a
stack of book larnin' am eff any one will jest
take up the niger race an study it out
practically, they will see that it has alters
been the same uncivilized, heather people,
when white folks didn't have control of 'em
You send 'em to Central America, an in
gineration or so they will lie again eatin'
lizards an worshippin snakes, as they do in
Africa now
Ses !, KernaL there's 10 peopul in the
worldso likely to lead you astray as edecat-
ed peepul. They are all as mad as March
hares on this niger questshun, Jest as they
were in old Cotton NJ ather's time on witches.
Edecated peepul. Kernal, amt got any more |
wit or common sense than other peepul but |
they try to make you believe they have, and |
will talk high falutin words, jest to frighten |
you il they can. They tried that on the old |
Ginneral 10 the days of Biddle's Bank, but |
they couldn't bulge him an inch. One time |
the bankers and money lenders ana Brokers
In Wall!street, sert on a comnitte to see the |
Ginneral, to honeyfugle him into not vetoiBg
the Bank bill. Ogden Huffmvn, then the ,
snartest crater. and jest the smartest lawyer
York had, was sent on as spokesma He
could talk jest as slick as grease, an know
moro law in a minDit than the old Ginueral l
did ir all day. Ore night he sta;d till morn.
ing. talkin and talkin. scolding little an
pslayerin good deal more. The old Gin
neral didn't say much only once in whale
putin in a questshin.
Finally Huffman got reddy to go, an axed
what the Ginueral thought of the arguments
he had made. The old Ginnerai pushed MS
spectacles.up on his forehead. run his fingers
through his hair. an jumpin out OF his cheer,
walked across the room as If he was tarein
mad. Hte up to Mr.. Huffman. When he
got there, ses he Mr. Lawyer, your talk is
all very pretty,very eloquent, an,very larned
with Latin, butt Gan here he fetched his old
hickory down on the tioor) 4 shall veto that