The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-03
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Visiting a Seeessipnlst Family. =.

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The correspondent Of Cincinnati .Gaseite
from Huntsville, after a humorous allusion to
General Bucll's order that the army 90 OH
half rations, thus describes an Interview with
the secessionist woman a. =
Speaking Of the country reminds me Of q
call I made at the house of aswealtiy planter
within six miles of this place, recently, when
I learned more Of the effects Of the rose-water
policy of some Of our great men than did
how to Sell tin ware to this dear people, !
called where had some previous acquaih-
|tance, and Of course was disappointed find
ing that the old gentleman Was in town, and
only the lady of the house with the servants
lat hone. II.
THE LADY DOES NOT LIKE GEN. MITCHELL.
She p,orcd the present condition Of af
fairs hoped Tat compromise could soon set
tie our troubles thinks the CINCINNATI En-.
qui,rr is most excellent and ably editct
paper; would muck, like that the Western
States would separate from the Eastern; an'
|jo;n the Southern 'ConF~d racy don't Sc;
why the E"l~iyer and Mr.. Vallanl;sham &c
not say more about that, for t;le South wouI
vi|iinyy accept union with the West. IL,
husband did not like Gyn@ral Mitchell hi
was kind enough to place e:i'arA at then
house for four weeks to keep the soldiers fro:i
annoying, but then his policy Of making tiat
p ople take the oath who never had been tc
war was very bad esp p1raly those WHO :'av<
conscientious scrnplcs Oh the subject.
TER OPINION Or GENERAL BUELL..
"W, are deli ;ntc1 with hi y. He is NO.
so fearful that We are all cnc!lies as Genera
Mitchell was. III fact, We r,sarl him as
most excellent General. Mr. - says h;
heard Gcrrral Bta:;rer,rl say that Bnc!l Wa:
mo}2l g"ntl ,n,an, if there was on: in tht
North, and our pcopl: have great con;ia enc,
in General B:,nr .yar:l, ana believe any state
,n2nt he would make'
KISSING A LITTLE BOY.
Just about that time b2aut;f1l LITTLE bo,
of about seven years calnu near me, whose
features were moulded in symmetry, ant
whose bright eyes looked from beneath a vel
shaped forehead, that was itself ovyrhung b,
beautiful auburn locks. Casting the war pol
icv an' tAe war conversation to the duyS.
: remarked on the beauty Of her little boy, an'
as had not kissed a baby "or any o!he
man" for t>n iortAi ..ts, you II ay guvsS tla
: the pulse had tod but few ID ats b>f1re pay
: cd the country politician most completely.
"Why,' said the lady, that's the c;il o
one of our svrvants.'
, 'Os for lol :. il SOM" vast wilderness,
was, Of COURSE INN -diat>iy i,up1 ,5vd On Ii,
$ mind.
= My lady, however. took the ;iI',;r n,;rthf,:::
ly, and said that the mistake was often made
9 You may be sure that did hot ask ;Io;!
the father of that child; pur could !, jus
then, have come to any other conclusion TIA,
: that the system Of slavery was oac that, il
practice, evavleapc,l the bounds Of |omcsti
n virtues and iavaucd the domains Of most i,
I famous harlotry and amAl:.an:a,,on. All This
;. 800, tAe spirit Of noble wives m',st bear an
with bleeding hearts yet SMILE, t:onch
i BEAUTIFUL Slave cnt;'cs un.>ittiig'y the h "r
" Or, at least passions, Of her husband S"ut,
II 'rn wives would have 10 reason to 1cp'occ
y if tie nece' it's Of " IT S,lou grind t. p w.
P d i the whole system of slavery, witt is al
J. ten'ant vices, provided they held 'nart" OF
; legations as sacred as end t!lr Roman matror
u After TIC abo-e incient left, not f..'|
G lcternin,d whether the joke was on nsySc
or the pretty boy.