The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-02-12

A Rich Note from Co. sK,', Union
r..r RQn0ef0.

The correspondent Of the Chicago 7ri
June, in a recent letter from Benton Bar
racks, St. Louis, gives racy sketch of a,
affair between corporal of Co. *" (wh
is he p and a Missourian who claimed t,
he the ebony proprietor of a stalwart youn:
Congo, whose face would rival the black
ness of midnight. 1t seems that the twair
were discussing the question Of title to tn,
contraband, in vehement manner, wher
finally, the Corporal turned the tables anc
ended the matter in this wise: graspine
his hayelock, he brought it down upon his
uplift,d knee will, terrible crash, by way
of emphasis, as he exclaimed, "see here old
hoss, I'll be ID fyou get him; and now
that ends it; and if you don't want your
wife to put a patch on the scat of your
trowsers, you'd better be making tracks
from the neighborhood Of my toad sticker
ID fast" At this point old Missouri
slid, and Iowa was declared victor.
Soon thereafter, the Corporal with dig
nilicd military stride marched out the CLOS
s.v chattel before the mess, and bringing
him to halt, observed as follows, (here we
copy the statement:
"See here, Dixie, before you can enter
the service of the United States you
must be sworn" "Yes, massa, | do dat"
he replied, when the Corporal continued,
"Well, then, take hold of the Bible
holding out letter envelope upon which
was dclineated the goddess of liberty stand.
ing upon Suffolk pig, wearing the en-
blem OF our county. The negro grasped
the envelope cautiously with his thumb and
fore finger, when Corporal proceeded to
administer the oath by saying, "You do
solelnnly swear that you will support the
Constitution of the United States, and see
that there are no grounds floating upon the
coffee, at all times" "Yes, masss, do
dat he replied. 81 alters settles him in
de coffee pot Here he let go of the cnve.
lope to gesticulate by a downward thrust
of his forefnger, the direction that would
be given to the coffee grounds for the fi,-
ture. "Never mind how you do it," shout
ed Corporal, "but hold on to the Bible e.
'Lordy massa, | forgot" said the negro, as
he darted forward and grasped the envelope
with tirmer clutch, when Corporal con
tinued-"and you DO solemnly swear that
you will support the Constitution of all the
oynl States, and not spit On the plates when
cleaning them, or wipe them with your
shirt sleeves" Here frown lowered upon
the brow of the negro, his eyes expanded
to their largest dimensions, while his lips
prouu udcd with with rounded form as he !
exclaimed "Lordy massa, | neber do dat. |
alcrs washes him nice Ole mssus nigh |
.y ticler bout dat" ''Never mind ole
nissus," shouted Corporal, as he resumed
land you do solemnly swear that you
will put milk in the coffee every morning,
md sec that the ham and eggs are not
cooked too much or too little "Ycs, !
nassa. do dat; ise Il good cook. land !
asty,' continued Corporal, ''you do sol I
,mnly swear that when this war is over,
you'll make tracks for Africa almighty
asst "Ies, maSsa, do dat. alers
wanted to So to Chez CARGO Here the
egimental drums beat up for dress parade,
When Tom Benton (that being his name)
vas declared duly sworn in, and commits,
Ionea as chief cook in Company X, of the
'irst Iowa Cavalry. ...