The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-03-29
Gen. Euckncr to Prentice, Of the Louis
vile Journal, and Prentice's Reply.
From the Louisville Journal. Of Saturday.
Fort WARREN, Mass,
March l. 1863


vile Journal, and Prentice's Reply.
| From the Louisville Journal. Of Saturday.
| Fort WARREN, Mass,
| March 1, 1863
| To the Editors Of the Louisville Journal
| observation-disclosures other iuxuries OF
which ! have been deprived since my i'm
prsonment is the pleasure of perusiug
those ehaste and reil eshing notices with
which, for some time past, your paper has
nonored me; and although IN my progress
/ through The North have met with many
attempts on the part of the press at an
imitation OF your peculiarly fslIcitous
! style OF Misrepresentation, ! have found
/ none to equal the original. | am, there
fore, under the necessity Of applying to
the fountain head. inclose two dollars,
for whck please send me your country
daily, to the following address
GEN ). b BUcKNER,
Care Of Col. J. Dinick, For Fort Warren, Mass.
| P. S.-Since writing the above our
| friend, Col X w. Hanson, has reached
this celebrated resort, and desires me to
| add that the present of demij Ohm OF
| whiskey, which he learns you have pro
missed him, would never be more accept
! able than at this time,-the locality and
the latitude, as we'll as the sentiments ot
most tempting Inducemeut, 20 cultivate a
taste for that most delightful beverage
As matter Of caution, however, he urges
me to add that he hopes, il the liquor be
OF good quality, you will not venture TO
taste il. as he might thereby incur much
risk Of Losing it aitOgether,-a rrlyatIon
which. however agreeable to yourself
would be attended with serious lncOnve
nieuce to himself during the pre'aience
OF the prevailing " nor casters. ). b. b.
COMMENTS
We are glad the bagged rebel IS in such
good uumor. lie evi Ier.tly feels a great
deal more comfortable now than he has
telt for many months, aud hence, from
being sullen and morose, he actually un-
dcrtakes to laugh and jest. Perhaps he
experiences sense OF relief on account OF
being quartered in safe retreat, where
hostile bayonets glealn not nor hostile
bullets sim or whistle.
By the way we are not surprised at his
having carefully cut out the figure Of the
American eagle. that was stamped upon
the corner OF the sheet We have received
from him No doubt he regards that
terrible bird with dread and horror, al
most fearing that even paper eagle may
pick his rebel eyes out.
II our distinguished correspondent, rs
the end and up-uot Of all hl, tTeascnable
deeds shall undergo, on emerging from
Fo,t Warren, the fate Of IT,. :. that Il g
.sid "con be drowned We nope he will
send us a ticket of invitation 10 the int.
resting little entertainment. i lie shall
think proper TO max" charge Tor 1t. we
Will cheeItui.y pay him back the TWO
dollars he now sends u All. # he bad
come t. Louisville last fall a. he Intended.
2nd he'd Caught us, We should have been
a dangling spectacle for fi7 eyes. instead
OF living to anticipate h becoming one
for ours But we hope he is well, and
that the dinners he cat, ia Fort Warren
lie more lightly upon his stomlcl than
the flmous one he didn't eat here.
As for Roger liarsou's message 10 Us ii
shall. OF course, be attended 10. We did
promise Roger some fine wAisGey. and it
Is on hand. II il already jugged-l.<e
Roger himself And truly we can recon-
mend it While it Is passing down his
throat he viii perhaps almost forget the
dI~acrecable sensation that. in his mo
meuts OF reflection, he 10 doubt feels
about his neck lie begs u. it the liquor
is good. that we VIII not venture 20 ta-te
it ourselves, a, in that case, he might lose
il altogether Well he seems entirely
aware that there Is no danger of our
drinking anything but g72d liquor. If his
taste had been equally uucxceptio"a,i-,
ii he hadn't burned up one half OF ms
senses and two half halves o! MS patriot
ism with mean whiskey, he never would
have turned rebel; never would have
CHALLENGED Us TO mortal combat; never
would have been an inmate of Fort y ar
rem. cur-in. the flag Of his country almost
within the awful shadow OF Bunker HIIl
and its mighty shaft; never would have
felt choked for the want OF a drop to
drink. or looked forward with apprehen-
sions of being still worse choked one OF
those days 10y "a drop too much.
We are not without hopes that one
demijohu of good whisky, or at most two
or three. would make Roger Union man
again. We don't look for him, however.
to be what he declered himself "a short
time before his apostacy, " a Union man
without ifs or butts he may be Union
man without an if, but certainly not with
out mos; ponderous butt
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