Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-03-26

being quartered IN safe retreat where
hostile bayonets CLEAN not nor hostile bull
lets sing or whistle, and vet how he can
manage to employ his time without weari-
ness where there are no bridges or locks
and dams &c blow up, no railroads to de-
stroy, no wagons to seize and conhscate,
no horses, ca tie, sheep, and hogs TO steal,
is really more than we can conceive. We
nope he VIII enlighten US upon this point
IN his next epistle. BY the way, we are
not surprised at his having carefully cut
out the h@ure o. the American eagle that
was stamped upon the corner of the sheet
we nave received from him. N0doubt he
regards that terribl- bird with dread and
horror, almost fearing that even Il paper
eagle may pick his rebel eyes out.
We are glad that the biz rebel, in sub
scribing for the Journal, has had judg-
IN Mt enough to send us good Union mon
ey instead of the rebel n-plasters he
has so often forced upon as good Union
men as ourselves. 1t seems that he avow-
eddy sui scribes for our paper because he
thinks 1t SURPRISES all others in misrcp-
resentation Now if he has such delight
IN merely reading falsehoods, how deep
and Keen must be his rapture in telling
them. Beyond all doubt, his life must
Bat we cannot, because he is coopcd up
and can no longer exercise his vandalism
upon other noble and useful public works,
permit him. unrebukcd, 70 attempt to de
mollsh that great bridge of national safe
~, that noble lock and dam in the stream
of political intelligence, that doubletrack
railroad for the promotion of the great in
terests OF the country, The Louisville
JonrRaL Accustomed to rob and steal
with lmpunlty, he vet must not be allowed
to steal the Journal S character, although
unlike his own, itmay be we'll worth steal
ing. II he repeats the fa@itious attempt
we shall, In defiance of all flags of truce,
propose TO move Immediately upon his
works. We suppose he will pronounce
our course Ingenerous ana = unchiy-
alrous, but we can't help that
If oar distinguished CORES pondent, as
the end e"d upshot of all his reasonable
deeds, shall undergo, on his emerging from
Fort Warren, the fate Of those that it is
said can't be drowned" we hope he will
send us a ticket of invitation to the inter
esun@ little entertainment If he shall
think proper to charge for it, we will
cheerfuly pay him back the two dollars
he now sends us All, if he had come to
Louisville last fall as he intended, and had
caught us,w should have been a dangling
spectacle for his ewes instead of living to
anticipate his becoming one for ours
But we hope he is well, and, that the din
ncrs he eats in Fort Warren lie more
lightly upon his stomach than the famous
one he didn't eat here We would kindly
suggest to him. that if be has any time to
spare from the reading Of the Louisville
Journal and from repenting OF his sins
he might devote it to carrying on and con
summating the negotiations, which, at the
time he occupied Bowling Green; he pro
posed to Mr.. Guthrie for the running of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
As for Roger Hansons message to us,
1t shall of course be attended to- We
did promise Roger some fine whisky, and
it is on hand. 1t is already jagged like
Roger himself And truly we can rec
ommend it. While it is passing down his
throat, he viii perhaps almost forget the
disagreeable sensation, that, in his mo-
ments of reflection, he no doubt feels
about his neck. He begs US, if the liquor
is good, that we viii not venture to taste
it ourselves, as in that case he night loose
it alto cther Well. he seems entirely
aware that there is no danger of our
drinking any but good liquor If his taste
hadn't burned up one half Of his senses
and two halves Of his patriotism with
mean whisky, he never would have turned
rebel, never would have challenged US to
mortal combat, never would have been an
inmate Of Fort Warren cursing the fag
of his country almost within the awful
shadow Of Bunker Hill and its mighty
shaft, never would have felt chokcd for
the want OF Il drop to drink or looked for
ward with apprchensions Of being still
worse choked one Of these days by a
drop too much.
We are not without hopes that one demi
John Of good whisky, or at most two or
three, viii make Roger Union man
again. We don't look for him however,
to be, what he declared himself 4 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 Il most ponderous butt. We don't
wonder at his and Buckners disposition
to take to drink during the prevalence
Of the nor casters, for, in those winds,
the glorious old flag that streams from the
liberty-stan Of Fort Warren points di-
rectly toward Fort Donclson.