The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-10-08
Letter from Orpheus q. Kerr.
The Mackerel Brigade DeIude the SOUTH
ern Confederacy into an Invasion of
AtcOmac.
From the Sunday Mercury

crn tOnteuerhcy INTO hh INVASION oI
Atcomac.
From the Sunday Mercury)
EDIron L. T. :-AsI sit looking out of my
window, my boy, on the street below, and
notice how TRANQUILITY all things are going
on here. despite the excitement of the time,
q deep sense of satisfaction steals over me,
and the American Eagle of patriotic pride,
flaps his breezy pinions on the oak tree of
my heart. Though have Just been laugh
ing myself almost sick at the ludicrous man
ner in which my friend, the Contederacv
has walked right straight into the cunning
trap prepared for his destruction by our Eo-
BILE and profound generals, actually hasten
ing his own ann;hilation by rushing blindly
through our lines, and capturing the twen-
ty or thirty artful villages, towns, and gar
risons left there for the express purpose of
tempting him to his dreadful doom-though
| have just been splitting my sides over
this roaring case of ridiculous suicide, my
boy. the city of Washington still maintains
its caImness! Ever conscious that conquer
we must. for our cause it is Just, this city
remains as placid as a summer dream near
" all the liquor shops doing a good bust.
ness through the day, and the evening find
ing majority of our army officers at their
posts.
Lamp-post, my boy.
There is something touchingly grand in
the calmness of Washington under such cir
cumstances, and it reminds me Of a pleas
| ing little incident in the Sixth Ward.
There was female millinery establish
ment on the third floor of a building com
posed principally stairs, fed with frequent
small rooms, and the expatriated French
countess. who realized fashionable bonnets
there. used one of her windows to display
her wares. At this window, my boy, she
always kept young woman of much bloom
and symmetry, with the Latest Style on her
head, and All expression of unuttcrable smile
on her face. \ young chap carrying a
trumpet III the Fire Department happened
to notice that this angel of fashion was al
ways at the window when he went by; and
as the thought that she particularly admired
his personal charms crept over him, he at
once adopted the plan of passing by every
day attired in the garments best calculated
to render tire-going manhood most bcauti-
ful to the eye. lie donned vest represent
ing in detail the Sydenham flowcr-show on
yellow ground; wore inexpressbles rep
rescnting nnumerable black serpents as
cending white columns, assumed nec!;-tie
concentrating all the highest glories of the
and three studs torn from some & lass house,
and wore a kat that slanted on his head in
an engaging and intelligent manner. Day
after day he passed before the millinery es-
tabishment, my boy, still beholding the
beloved object at the window, and occa-
81 onally placing his hand upon his heart,
| in such a way as to show large and gorg
! eous seal ring containing the hair of n fel-
low fireman who had caught such cold
at great fire that he died some years after.
| How cam she is?" SAYS he to himself land
she's as pretty as ninetys new hose-car-
riage. 1t seems to me" says the young
chap to himself, STOPPING down to roll up
the other leg Of his pants-'it seems to me
never see any thing so cam, She observes
my daily agony and yet she don't so much
as send somebody down to see If there's
any overcoats in the front entry"
| One day, my boy venerable Irish gen.
tIeman keeping a boarding house and ice
cream saloon in the basement of the estab-
lishment, happened to so to sleep on the
stairs with lighted camphene lamp in his
| hand, and pretty soon the bells were ringing
for contlagration in that district, lmme-
diately our gallant firemen were on the spot;
and having first gone through forty-two
streets on the other side of the city to wake
the people up there and apprise them of
their great danger, reached the dreadful
scene, and instantly began to extinguish the
flames by bringing all the furniture out of
house not more than three blocks below.
In the midst of these selt.saorifcing efforts
form was seen to dart into the building
like spectre. 1t was the enamored young
chap who carried trumpet in the depart
ment. He had seen the beloved object sit
a I ia wi 10
| upon saving her. even though he missed the
exciting fight around the corner. Reaching
the millinery room door, he could see the
object standing there in the midst of a sea of
fire. How cam she s," says lie, Miss
Mllliner," says he, "don't You see you're all
in blaze2" But still she stood at the win
dow in all her camneSs. The devoted
young chap turned to a fellow-fireman who
was just then selecting two spring bonnets
and ribbon for his wife, in order to save
| them from the flames, and says he "Jakey,
what shall dor" But Jakey was at that
time picking out some artificial flowers for
his youngest daughter my boy, and made
no answer Unable to re9Ph The devoted
maid, ana rendered desperate by the
| thought that she must be asleep in the
midst of her danger, the frantic young chap
madly hurled his trumpet at her. 1t struck
her. and actually Knocked her head off, Hor-
ried at what he had done, the excited
chap called himself miserable wretch, and
was led out bY thp Gailar, 1t was Jakey
who did this doed of kindness, and says he:
| whats the matter with you, my covey."
The poor young chap wrung his hands, and
says: i've killed her, Jakey, I've killed
her-and she so cam" And so it was; but
the affair had such an effect upon she young
chap that he al once took to drinking, and
when the delirium tremens marked him for
its own, his last words were, "l've killed
her, Jakey, I've killed her-and she so cam"
Washington my boy, is scam in the
midst of conflagratiOn. That is to say
the Government is ''cam" they say, and it
may be dQubted Whelher it wOuld be other
wise, even with its head knocked off.
The other day, paid another visit to the
/ Mackerel camp across the river, and was
present at meeting of officers called to de-
bate upon the propriety of presenting a
sword to the beloved general, for his hero
ism in the great battle. Captain SaMyule
Sa-mith was in favor of the presentation,
and says he; "Our inimitabe leader, which
is the admiration of everybody, richly de-
serves the blade in question. In the thick
est of that fray, his coat-tais were torn en-
tirely off by parrot shell"
Capt. William Brown PLACED the hottie on
the table again, and says he:
AT which joint were the tails amputated,
SamyuleY"
samyule took little more sugar with his,
and says he:
"Close to the buttons"
"Ah?" says William, (which way was the
conquerer's face turned at the timer"
II can't say" says Samyule, "hut don't
see What that has to do with it,"
That's because YOU have feeble intel
lect, SamYule," aays William mildly. "The
human form, says William reasoningly,
"has such variations of surface, that a pro-
jectile hurled at it in straight line, cannot
simbly Craze it TO any extent without max
ing a wound in some place. The eoat-tails
of the human form = snYs William ncihlv