Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-28
Humors Of the Campaign.

The highly intelligent and veracious
correspondent of the N. Y Mercury
sends, from the seat of War, the follow
ing graphic account of some matters
(which have escaped the notice of less
vigilant camp followers who write for
the press - ijA 3 q. -
Editors T. T.,-We have met the en-
1emy at last my boy; but don't see that
he is ours. We went after him with
ffying banners, and I noticed when we
}eame back they were flying stilli-
Honor to the brave awhos fell on that
bloody feldl and may we kill enough
lsecesslonists to give each of them a
t1nonument of skulls! @'' = =
/ Has present at the great battle, my
] lsa nd "a ppointed myself a special
Igdard of,one Of the baggage wagons in
the extreme rear.Hhe driver saw me
coming. and says hes ssss5 57szs
\ { You cant cut behind this here vehi-
Gle, my fne little boy. : s4.s
| looked at him for a moment, after the
manner of the great actor, Mr.. Kirby,
and says /: iesA ~ .szss-s5.sss : .s5sz-'
.tSoldier, hast thou a wife2"
Says he:s 81 reckon" za
"And sixteen small children?' sgzs
Says he:f s9There was only fifteen
when last heard from" zssssssezs&
Soldier" says ], "were you to die
before tomorrow, what would be your
last request!' S Here I. shed two tears.
st would be-" says he, "that some
kind friend would take the job of wal
Looping my offspring for year on con-
tract, and finding my beloved wife in
subjects to jaw about" .ss
Soldier says T. "l'm your friend
and brother. Let me occupy seat by
your side 5a.E ss5. ases5} - sS5...l
And he didn't let me do it..
While I was skirmishing around in
the rear of another wagon / met Ray
mond of the Times, and found he was
hunting for the ''Great Quadrilateral.' y
He said he would go into the thiekest
of the fight and write an account of it
on the knapsack of dead rebel, if it
wasn't for the fact, that if he should
happen to get mortally wounded, the
Herald would swear that he was shot
while running after his hat.s, just at
this minute, something bust, and /
found myself going up at the rate of
two steeples and short tower "a second
I met fire Zouave on the way down,
and says he:g s s..sz. s<-s4 vs. .s.ss.s
''.Tow-head, if you see any of our boys
up where you are going to, just tell them
Ito hurry down; for there's goins to be a
muss, and Nine's sfellers ill take that
ere four hydrant from the sseceshers in
less time than you can reelatHo yards OF
hose" sTslfwaTE.
As I was very tired / did not go all
the way up; but turned back in the first
cloud, and returned hastily to the scene
esstrifsiis 1 happened to Ightson q very
fat secesher, who was ldoingsa little ran
ming for exercise. Down he went with
me, on top of him. He was dreadfully
scared; but says he to me; Give, seen
you before, by. the Godsl" I winked al
him, and commenced to sharpen my
I sword on stone. .ssv s. e fsr. ss7s,re
-, ell me" : said he, chad you fe-
/ male mother?'' .---..-.a s,f, F,sr~. a..
81 had, says I. taz sac gs a..ss.5
i "And a masculine father2''' 8 .s.gs;
s'He wore. breeches. ''7reza a.. .. SEED
"Thsn you are my long lost grand
father! exclaimed the secesher, endeav-
oring to embrace me-. a.*se-, 5ss -
TT won't do says I; I've been to the
/ Bowery Theatre myself" and with thai
took off his neck tie and wiped my
nose with it. This action was SO re-
lpugnant to the feelings of the Southern
gentleman, that he Immediately ex pired
on my hands; and there I left him. q
With the remembrance of many he.
roic souls who have sacrificed .themselve.
for their country that day, 1 have mo-
the heart, my boy, to continue the sub
jeet. was routed at about FIVE O'Clock
in the afternoon, and fell back on Wash
ington, where am now receiving my
rations. l don't take the oath. with
any spirit since then; and a skeleton
with nothing on but havelock is al
that is left of your'correspondent The
Maekeral Brigade, of which I have the
honor of being a member, was about the
worst demoralized of all the brigades
they covered themselves with glory anc
perspiratitn at the skrimmage at Bull
Run. In the first place they never hae
much morals, and when it came to b.
demoralized it hadn't any; so that eve
since that disaster the peasantry in tn.
neighborhood of the camp have been il
constant mourning for departed pullets
and one venerable rustic complains tina
the Mackeral piekets milk all his cows
every night, and come to borrow his
churn in the morning. When one O.
the colonies. heard the venerable rustic
, make this accusation, he said to him:
"W ould you like to be revenged OIL
those who milk your .animiles?" Th'
venerable rustic took chew of tobacco
and said he: II wouldn't like anything
better" The Colonel looked at hin
sadly for moment, and then remarked
"Aged stranger, you are already re
yenged. The men who milked your an
imiles are from New York, where the
had been accustomed to drink milk com
posed principally of Croton water
Upon drinking the pure article furnishes
by your gentle beastesses, they wer
: all taken violently sick, and are no1
: : lying at the point of illness, expectin
every moment to be their first TIL
: venerable rustic was SO affected by thi
: intelligence that he Immediately wen
: home in tears ~ So 90
By invitation of a we'll known pow
! der monkey, l visited the Navy Var
|, yesterday, and witnessed the trial 6
= short duration, and the jury brought
. verdict of 'innocent of any intent
: kill.a@ @sz ,es za2 y sera @
q . The first gun tried was similar
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