The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-06-11
CoNTUARANDIANA.

THE FORTRESS, Monroe correspondent Of the
Phil,dclpha I,gnircr, says every reader Of the
Ingnirsr feels az in'creat in the cnntrnbands, OF
which we have nearly five thousand here at prcs
cnt aud NAV therefore he permitted 10 rl't"
icw anecdotes of them, illustrative OF their
character.
There IL a devout old coorcd man NJ Camp
HaInil on who acts as ~ preacher or pastor 20
several hundred ui hiI fellow contrahinds. Som"
weeks since the Government ovrrsc"rs Furnish
ed "UuClr Peter" with u house for the u.c OF
himself aud congregation. On n brigh' Sunday
afternoon the bile m,niRipr cslcd his tinCli to-
gc,hcr in the frame chapel Of ease and told
thcm that he desired particular attention tha
dav to hil tcmarkR Unfortunately, during the
permon several OF the more mi Chevous con
rrabRuda Obtained pack Of playing cards and
creeping up she s'nirs had nn hours Tmusrmen'
a II game that negroes ARE paNsionutely fond ti
buff
The old man heard voices above saving Mt the
end at his simple paragraphs, eom"' hirR like th"
10 lowing: 500 dat nj 60 twice heitrt W
" Come W., got three aces and two k'ugs; g'm-
me d, pile No'hrg hruntrh, however. ~ this.
the p,sor qnirrly di.msAcd the congregation
and uh'a,nrG good white u X twg he went up
sttits and Administered severe prmand 20
those who would dcseortlc the SabDa'h and de-
grade religion, by play ing cards on the day that
,hcu i hc kept huly.
" I'ucir Sn nmon" Il aomc,hing of musiciAn
aud on Chri.tmta he wns presented witn new
violin hy hrs trirndl ot which he - vrrv proud.
The question wa4 put ard carried that II
should ne given in the con rnhtud qr'r'rra, nud
that in rrruIn ,or the fiddle UuC,c Ben shuuld
furnish the mus'c.
An went u,crry uotil the dAmaels became wrnry
Of ,hr " hn-down," whrn two white sailors on
rrrcd the room, boiling over with finn, a..d with
" two shccts in the wind" TITO N lors desired
10 dance The cunuirE con'rahauhs agreed,
aud, totmuY ring around the ssi'orS, the mn.
.ic commrucCd The tsrs looked around tor
partners, but M none "prcnrcd thcv determined
not To he "schtchrd," and dtuc"d together nm
I'll nearly exhausted, much TO the amusement
ol the culntcd folks When the sailors ceased
/ darcirg, one OF the Conrnhsud. stcpprd for.
wa,d aud gave e-ch oi Tho Jack Tars quarter
of n dollar for tho nmuSem,ut furnished hy
them
/ One more, aud will have done with the sub.
ject
/ The o'hcr day NIcs Fletchcr, ESQ Super.
( ,n'tnlcrt of Puhhs Instruction C,r the State O
/ Indrnn, was wandering around on the beach
trying "a "klll time" while waiting f,r the ar,
rival of his brohcr from Richmnnd Va Sud
| heulv he cam" upon u place on the bench whrr,
/ The contrahtnas hud been DIGGING crn, cl out a
ute 10 b" subsequently used 'rr repairing road'
The wagOna had ul been n.t,i aud haul d on
and the c0ntraharda hNd seated ihcmsclves oul
OF sight in the gravel rit sndouslv poudcriuG
! primers ond spelling. books One OF tho mos
[ learned w,s acrinE ns monitor.
"T, o. G." Gays one.
! "Woll, what does dat spellf " asked the mon
/ itor
! Dunno ausgcrrd CuI,pr.
Du spells Iag ioG at wood YOU know
| rcininrd the monitor ,riumphanrly.
Aitcr getting along through he column n
words with various success. Que little contrahou,
sung ont:
"B, T. A, L, what do dat spell, nor egy"
THE WAS stnmper for all hands, a"d ihi
class had unanimously determined to skip" II
. when Nr Fletcher came forward. muoh To thri
supple. sud said, that spells bear"
Whats dat Nas'r?" asked one OF the bra
vest of the flock.
"Whv, irs great, ugly. black animal tha
lives in 'he woods Wonder "
"llil Hi De grmmcn means a vile beast
a bar
Aud thew all laughed so heartily over Mr
Fletcher = bad pronunciation. that he bod 20 ne
n hnsry retreat IN order to get ont at hearing @
the i'h"s and jokes OF tho graveI.pit coutra
bands.