, 1862-08-15

Sf1ealty eQ1neu and encouraged at what had
heard, my boy, made all haste for Paris.
where1 found she Mackerel Brigade and Com.
modore Heads fleet ii great excitement over:
tbe cage of an 1rlsh gentleman who believed
this to be a. white mania ~ar, and had started
1ur Parts, just fourteen minutes after landing
IN th1R country, Tor the express purpose Of
protes: fns against any labor heing performed
BY. negroes. willie there were white men to do
It. Colonel Wpbert Wob1nson, Of the. .Anat.:
omtca1 Cavalry, 'quieted him BY Saying that;
althoug number Of negroes were than en-
gagged IN digging trenches, q ne r. line Of holes
menced in the morning, and that none put
H1enmen shpnld be permitted to build them.
On Inc night previous to my arrival, my
noy, while el the Mackerels were Watching
the stars rilh view to prevent any surprise
from that quarter, the Southern Conlederacy
On the other side Of Duck Lake trained four
!arge foWling-pleees upon their peaceful camn
from behfnda .Wood-pile, aad. COMMENCED. a
furious and ear#plitting bonbardment: = IT:
Fas come boHrs before our men could -beget
into position to return the fire, IS Captain Bob
shotts' had torgottea whtre- they had put the,
orange County HoWitzets when last using
them. Tie fleet, too, Nas, somewhat delayed
IN getting 1nt9 action, as Commodere! Head
Experienced some- difficulty ID unlocking the
bog mo ~hich he always puts his specEac1es
anaa sloT.na1ch befores retiring at night; :;
flnstiy, heTever, the ho Ritzsrs 1eEe fund
slow-mateh were forthcoming, sad our frsops
Fere pouring hot fire across Dnck Like be-.
tore the Confederacy had got more than tWo3
thirds Of the way back to Richmond. Next
the Lake, and; chased away everything on the
opposite shore except the betore.ment1o1ed:
Rood-plfev- Vhe.l2ttef contains the sBua kind
OF wood that was burned in the time Of Wash
lngtons my: boy, and twenty men were ap.
pointed to guard it from the. 5profanatlon Of
1uf tf0OnH We mUaf rT0fnnf cr1rE-ys 49,,
At al haza1ds, my boy, or the constitution bs-
.HayiDg crossed the treacherons element to:
view the immediate scene Of these proceed,
ings, and learned from Captaia William Brown
that our pickets were within ten miles Of tha
: Confederaes's capital, I was about to make
some remaEk, when q messenger came Eiding
forward in q crest Precipitation, and SAYS he:
Our pickets have been driven in"
"Hap' says William, lis the Confederacy
sgain advancing upon the United States OF
"Our picket" says the messenger, iupres-
slyelS, have been driven in; they have been
driven into Richmond.
-. "Ab" says William. pleasantly, then send
eetae s15esa ngan ,Tsy t e% th R.s boy
e1ei pickete reaching Richmond in this Tav
TO make the Union sentiment there stronger
1han ever, and .ras looking Hstiessiy to INV
loohrg, "henl Glanced 70 espy paper on
tne ground: Plcs1ng It up,:1 found Is to be a
70 her couela, dropped, probably, by one OF
the eontederacies Of the wood-p:fe. It bore
the date Of April the first, and read as folIo9s;
DEAR JUtEYER: have just sp1ce of time
70 WI1te yoa these few lines, hoping that these
few lines will find you the gaEue, and in the
enjoyment :of fhe ssme blessing. o. nv m
happy country! how art thou suffering at
this present writing have not had single
EeW bonnet for Two weeks, my beioyey Juie-
Jsr. and my suffering gloves are already dis
colored by the perpfration have shed when
I'M limiting 1 Ct ny poor, dear South. Ny hus-
Is 20 reduced By trials, that he Is q mere skeI-
ton tklrt Oh, my Juleyer, how long is this
TO cont1nuef Ere another century sh Ill have
passed way, the Yankees will have approached
nearer Chsrlestoa and Sacannah, and the
blockade b. come almost effective, Since the
n1ackeral brigade has changed its base Of oper-
atlons, even Richmond seems doomed to fall
IN less than fifty years. EVERYTHING lool,s
oafk. ieH me price of dotted muslin. for
,nndefsleeVes, p when you write again, and be-
ne7e me- your respected cousin,
There's only one thing about this letter
date: 0' NV
When very near this city, on nv return
nome. net chap. weighing about two hun
way to a lawyers to get his exemption rom
thu draft duly filed.
"see here, my patriotic invalid" says L
skephcaily, "hoW do you come to be ex.
empt?"
II am exempt" says he, In q profoundly
melancholy manner, because am sufrednx
nom broken heart"
"Hsm," says T. II
."1t's true,'' says he, shifting disnallY. Ut
asked the female of my heart to have me. Sac
said hadn't enough postage-stamps to snlt
her ideas Of personal revenue, and she didn't
care to do my washing. That vas enough: nv
heart is broken, and ana not an ao1e-bodIed
man."
Drafting, my boy, Is Of a nature to deystop
the seeds OF disease in the hitherto healthy
human system-seeds which, if suffered to
f!uctify, will be likely to ultimate IN what gen-
1emen OF burglaricus accomplishments would
chastely aud botanlcally denominate YerY
1arge-sized ''plant." Yours, seriously,
OHPHEUs G. KERR.